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So that lasted six months

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Less time than it takes to make a baby. I wonder if there is something fundamentally wrong with our interviewing process, or, dare I suggest it, with the Estes Park citizenry currently occupying important "leadership" posts responsible for making these hiring decisions?

I'll have the jumbo-sized good-bye

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Our long national nightmare is almost over. (Or do you think there's going to be a third-act plot twist or wow finish?) Hi All I figured the papers have early deadlines like we do for the holiday of the 4th. Here is the movies and newsletter info for the theaters for this week and next starting July 5-112024 Happy 4th to everyone. This one is my favorite holiday. I would love to hear what your favorite holiday is. As heartbreaking as it is. We have set the closing date for the Reel Mountain Theatre for August 30th and decided not to renew the lease at the Stanley Village- location of the Reel Mountain Theatre with Wheeler Properties. Wheeler properties and Greg Wheeler has been very kind to us they have worked with us the whole time during COVID and now to try and help us save this movie theatre. But, realestate and rent has to be paid. We are just simply not being in enough revenue to pay all the expenses. I have tried to save the theatre, I have tried to lower uti...

Programs in July

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"Treasures from the Vault" is the theme of the July 2024 series of free programs hosted by the Estes Park Archives at 240 Moraine Avenue. Every week, we will examine another recently acquired postcard or pamphlet or booklet or book related to early Estes Park history, including a first-edition (London) Isabella Bird "A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains" and a first-edition S. Anna Gordon "Camping in Colorado" which both became available to readers in book form in October 1879, a rare early postcard or advertising insert from 1905 that pushes back W.G. Edward's management of the "Rustic" (now the H-Bar-G Ranch) to two years earlier than the H-Bar-G website would have you believe, and a fascinating comical "Longs Peak Inn" postcard from 1947, one year after Mrs. Enos Mills retired and sold the near 75-year-old establishment to Fellton Enterprises. The programs begin every Saturday evening at 7:00 p.m., to avoid parking charg...

Sweet Grenadine

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The Sweet Granada (the word translates directly to "pomegranate", but refers more broadly to a city and region in southern Spain, or in the case of what follows, an adjacent Spanish Revival-style theatre named the "Granada") in Emporia, Kansas, was recently named America's second-best candy shop by USA Today. The Chamber of Commerce in Emporia is not demanding a recount, although they are puzzled by the outcome, given that, in the weeks leading up to the announcement, Sweet Granada (although its official name is "The Sweet Granada", sticking with this formality immediately brings up (for me, at least) unintended resonance with Atom Egoyan's decidedly non-upbeat film "The Sweet Hereafter", so the article is not an absolute henceforth) was constantly, solidly in first place on the leaderboard, updated daily, then found themselves playing second fiddle when a winner was announced following a dark period of seven days when no rankings were p...

Move on up to Estes Park

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I'm sure we could set aside a pika statue for you, or maybe a saddle with your name on it. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/18/pastor-ex-trump-adviser-resigns-sexual-abuse The guy was abusing an unrelated 12-year-old girl while he was living in this girl's house with his wife. It sure sounds like something you would not be honored for, right, everyone who defends the W.T. Parke pika statue and the George Hix memorial in town? Right, trustees who continue to look the other way when this horrific behavior and the fact that we HONOR it in town is brought up?

The great event begins

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Good or bad, something incredibly significant is about to unfold.

Lots of crying in Estes

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If you need a good laugh, return to this article PRN. Admission: I have zero sympathy for everyone quoted in this story, including but not limited to the bridal party, scam owner, and stiffed employees - If you are dumb enough to trust any salon in Estes to be around in six months to honor any commitment, especially those involving keeping track of money already spent or hours already worked, your photo is probably used to illustrate various dictionary terms of derision or moisture behind the ears. https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/former-employees-brides-claim-glow-bridal-estes-park-owner-scammed-them/