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WEEK OF APRIL 27, 2023
N VOLUME 64 ISSUE 25
NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE
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Bandimere Speedway to close in October Owners looking for a new drag-racing location BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Mary McGhee and Betsy Hays, members of the Evergreen Park & Recreation District board of directors, prepare to cut the ribbon with the help of EPRD staff that officially opened the bear-resistant trash cans at Evergreen Lake. The rec district with the help of Bear PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST Aware obtained a $68,000 grant to buy the trash receptacles that will be placed at rec center locations.
Evergreen celebrates Earth Day — in the snow Friends Jack Atkinson, 8, and Miles Shappard, 8, along with their friends cleaned up an area near Evergreen High School, picking up seven bags of trash and learning a good lesson about helping the environment.
BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The mood was festive at the Earth Day event at the Evergreen Lake House even though the weather wasn’t very spring-like. Organizations promoting environmentally friendly actions and gear had tables outside the Lake House to provide information on their missions, all geared toward helping the planet. While the Evergreen Park & SEE EARTH DAY, P5
The roar of drag-race engines will go silent in Morrison in October when Bandimere Speedway closes for good, in part because drag racing and residential development aren’t always a good mix. With the burgeoning residential development in the area, the Bandimeres are planning to sell their property along C-470 and find a new location in the metro Denver area, according to John Bandimere Jr., the speedway’s chief spiritual officer, who released a video message on April 21 on the closure plan. “We are prepared to surrender the location we have called home for six decades,” Bandimere Jr. said. Morrison Mayor Chris Wolfe said he was excited for the next chapter for the Bandimere family. “Of course, they will be greatly missed, and they have been a wonderful neighbor to the town.,” Wolfe said. “We wish them the best on their 65th anniversary of racing.” According to Bandimere Jr., John Bandimere Sr. and his wife Frances opened the racetrack originally in Arvada in 1956 as an expansion of SEE BANDIMERE, P3
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