Do You Know Who This Is?
By Estes Park News | July 3, 2008
In honor of the Park R-3 school district’s 125th anniversary this fall, the Estes Park News is running a fun promotion for the event. We will be running a series of photos of past Estes Park High School graduates. If you think you know who the photo at right is, email your answer to info@estesparknews.com. She attended Estes Park Schools and graduated as a Junior. The first person with the correct answer will be published in the following edition of the Estes Park News.
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Coolest Car Show In Colorado Returns To Estes Park For The Tenth Year!
By Estes Park News | July 1, 2008
The Fourth of July in Estes Park always includes a brilliant display of fireworks which is preceded by a brilliant daytime display of transportation heritage which will be held in Bond Park from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Coolest Car Show in Colorado attracts over 100 examples of this heritage in the form of automobiles, classic trailers, fire engines, tractors, rat rods, modified cars and hot rods.
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Rocky Mountain Transit Management To Offer Five Hour Tour Of Trail Ridge Road
By Estes Park News | June 30, 2008
Wednesday’s in July & August, 2008
Due to a high demand from visitors to Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, Rocky Mountain Transit Management in conjunction with Rocky Mountain National Park will be offering a five hour interpretive tour of Trail Ridge Road. The tour will leave the Estes Park Visitors Center at 9:45 a.m. for the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. The tour will begin at 10:00 a.m. from the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. The tour will stop at the following locations:
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Net-Metering For Renewable Energy Offered By Estes Park Light & Power
By Estes Park News | June 29, 2008
Credit Issued for Excess Energy Generated by Customer-Generators
A new agreement offered by Estes Park Light & Power will allow customers who - through solar, wind or other approved renewable energy systems – create more energy than they need to feed net excess energy back through the grid and be credited for it.
Credit at 1 kWh for 1 kWh for excess energy generated at a customer’s site, through the use of an approved Customer-Generator (CG) System, will be applied toward the customer’s utility account through the new Agreement for Interconnection and Parallel Operation of Small CG System.
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What If Enos Mills Came Back Today?
By Estes Park News | June 28, 2008
Enos Mills is a household name in the Estes Valley. His legacy as the “father of Rocky Mountain National Park” lives on today and touches our daily lives. But, what if he came back today? He was an outspoken and controversial figure in his day. What would he have to say to those living in this time of history?
You’ll have a chance to see on local television what perhaps Mills would think of our times. The Estes Park Museum Friends & Foundation, Inc. sponsored a performance for the annual membership meeting this past October. Now this riveting performance by Alex Drummond will be shown on EPTV, Channel 8, at 7 p.m. on June 28th and 30th. This Nick Mollé production was funded by the E P M F & F, Inc.
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Estes Park Village Band To Present Patriotic Concert On July 4th
By Estes Park News | June 28, 2008
The Estes Park Village Band will present its annual Fourth of July Concert at the Performance Park, Estes Park’s outdoor performance facility located on west Elkhorn Avenue. The free concert, featuring patriotic music and marches, will begin at 7:00 p.m. Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs.
The band will be performing a variety of patriotic selections, celebrating America’s history, culture and traditions through music. In what has become a Village Band tradition, American flags will be distributed to the audience before the concert begins.
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Help Out Landon, A Baby And His Family, Who Really Need Your Help
By Estes Park News | June 27, 2008
This is Landon Weatherby.
He is a very sweet and adorable little boy and is loved very much by his family.
Landon was born healthy on May 30, 2007 and in November of 2007, he was diagnosed with a mitochondrial disease called Leigh’s Disease which is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. There is no treatment or cure for this terrible disease.
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