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WEEK OF MARCH 9, 2023
N VOLUME 64 ISSUE 18
NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE
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SUMMER CAMP LISTINGS In this week’s paper!
Elk Run bus takes first road trip Residents now able to travel in accessible vehicle BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Sisters Ellie, 5, and Cici, 3, Dicerbo check out some of the artwork in “The Kids Are Back” art show at Shadow Mountain Gallery in PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST downtown Evergreen. Ellie, a kindergartner at Bergen Meadow, has a piece displayed in the show.
Kids’ art returns to gallery BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It’s been a proud moment for area elementary school students in The Kids Are Back art show at Shadow Mountain Gallery. Students and their families visited the downtown Evergreen gallery on Feb. 5 during an open house to proudly show their work. Wilmot art teacher Elisabeth Marcus stood by to welcome her students and to talk about their art, adding that she loved this art show.
Axel Riggi, a fourth grader at Wilmot Elementary, showed his artwork at “The Kids Are Back” art show at Shadow Mountain Gallery. The show will be available for viewing until March 26.
SEE EXHIBIT, P3
While it may sound a bit corny, Elk Run Assisted Living is ready to take residents “on the road again.” The Evergreen facility purchased a used bus that seats 11 and has room for five wheelchairs, so all residents can go on outings, shopping and sightseeing, something that has been much more difficult since the pandemic. Executive Director Kristen Fite said excursions stopped during the pandemic, and then the facility’s bus broke down and needed to go to “bus heaven.” The facility, which is a nonprofit, began raising money to purchase another bus. The bus already is equipped with seats and a wheelchair lift — everything needed to get all residents no matter how mobility impaired out and about again. Staff members said for the past three years, some residents felt trapped at the building because they couldn’t join fellow residents on outings. SEE BUS, P6
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