[Editor’s note: According to Tom Carosello, executive director of the Estes Valley Recreation and Park District, the number of pickleball courts will grow to from 4 to 8 not 12. Our article has been updated to correct this.] That repetitive WHACK … SPLAT sound that has urban residents so up in arms is welcomed in […]
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10 years in and looking forward to more, Event Center and Karen Shea see success
By the time Karen Shea stood answering questions posed by former Town of Estes Park Stanley Park and Fairgrounds Director Bo Winslow, both in hard hats looking over the construction site that would become the Estes Park Events Complex, she already was known as a seasoned meetings sales manager here. That was the setting when […]
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Teaching memoir as a way to pass stories along to the next generation
Memoir is a nonfiction literary genre based on an author’s personal memories. It is similar to autobiography, but it is narrower and takes a reader into a pivotal moment that left an impact on the writer’s life. Elisabeth Sherwin is a seasoned journalist who teaches memoir writing at the Estes Valley Rec Center. Her next class […]
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A father’s memoir of his son’s suicide
[Editor’s note: Phil Zwart of Estes Park took one of Elisabeth Sherwin’s memoir classes which she conducts at the Estes Park Rec Center. Sherwin reached out to the Estes Valley Voice to ask if we would be interested in publishing some writings of participants. This is a moving account of a father’s experience in grieving […]
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48th annual Scots Fest is this weekend, parade rerouted due to construction
The 48th annual Longs Peak Scottish Irish Highland Festival will take place this weekend in Estes Park, but the parade which has traditionally taken place on Elkhorn Avenue is being rerouted due to the downtown road construction. “I just couldn’t have dancers going down the street with traffic cones,” said Peggy Sue Young, the organizer of […]
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Regional dementia symposium to be held in Estes Oct. 23
The Estes Valley Voice is proud to be a sponsor of the Dementia Together 2024 educational symposium Living Well with Dementia which will take place in Estes Park Oct. 23, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Estes Valley Community Center. The symposium offers simple counter-intuitive tools for care partners to immediately implement […]
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The role of the media is to hold power to public accountability
There is a saying in journalism that the news is what someone does not want you to publish, everything else is just public relations. The quote has been ascribed to many people over the years, and it may be one of those things that has become more of a proverb than an actual quotation. Journalism […]
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Community message to EPH board and management loud and clear: conduct an employee survey
Staff reports on finance and strategic initiatives presented at the regular Estes Park Health (EPH) meeting Wednesday evening were detailed, and the in-person audience of about 50 along with another 20 on-line attendees listened patiently for the first hour of the gathering, waiting for the subject on the agenda most community members had come to […]
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$8 Million in funding appropriations approved by Trustees
At the tail end of last night’s board meeting, the Estes Park Town Board of trustees voted to increase this year’s budget appropriations by more than $8 million, but while this seems like a huge adjustment for mid-2024, this action was more of a “budget clean-up,” reported interim Finance Director Duane Hudson. Most of the […]