The mountain area’s newspaper since 1958
WEEK OF JUNE 8, 2023
VOLUME 64 | ISSUE 31
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75 years of first-responder service
Sculpture, arts mark Evergreen’s annual Day of the Arts BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The charter members of the Evergreen Volunteer Fire Department, which became Evergreen Fire/Rescue.
Evergreen Fire/Rescue celebrates its history BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Evergreen’s fire department has grown exponentially since it started in 1948.
With more stations, more female firefighters, more technology and a busy emergency medical service that merged with the fire department in 1986, Evergreen Fire/Rescue of 2023 outwardly doesn’t appear to have much in common with its roots. But it does. After 75 years, firefighters from all years are bound together in the
June 3 truly was an arts day — from sculpture installations around Evergreen to Center for the Arts Evergreen’s fourth annual Day of the Arts. Eleven sculptures were added to Evergreen’s rotating sculpture walk, plus others were placed in Bergen Park. Day of the Arts, an outdoor festival to celebrate many types of art, was a hit with attendees. COURTESY OF EVERGREEN FIRE/RESCUE
brotherhood and sisterhood of service to the community. It doesn’t matter when you were part of the department, you are still family. Evergreen Fire/Rescue celebrated its diamond jubilee with a barbecue for firefighters past and present over Memorial Day weekend, with veteran volunteers greeting friends old SEE SERVICE, P2
Sculpture Walk
Each year, according to Sara Miller with Center for the Arts Evergreen, the sculptures coming to Evergreen get better and better. “This year the sculptures are out of this world,” she said, noting that some of the new pieces are from veteran artists to the Sculpture Walk while some are new to the SEE ARTS, P4
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