December 4, 2024
[Mesa County Libraries, Orchard Mesa Branch, Grand Junction, CO.]
Businesses
Sweetheart Winery
5500 West Highway 34
Loveland, CO.
80537
(970) 646-4314
Colorado Creatives
Comics
Dry Bar Comedy
The Pandemic Was Great For Ugly People, BarryBrewerjr
Finding Colorado
The forty-third highest mountain in the State of Colorado is Mt. Lindsey, at 14,042 feet above sea level.
Larimer County, CO.
Estes Park, CO., 2024 collector holiday ornament available for purchase
[The following is based on a press release.]
Since 1986, the Town of Estes Park employees' Helping Hands Committee has created commemorative annual holiday ornaments for purchase by the public. The proceeds from ornament sales provide high school senior scholarships and assistance to individuals in need through Crossroads Ministry. The 2024 ornament image is of the iconic, reopened Estes Park Tram.
2024 ornaments are available for $15 each, and previous years are available for $5.00-$10. View and order at estes.org/Forms/HolidayOrnaments. Ornaments are also available at the Finance Department in Town Hall, 170 MacGregor Ave. and at Peak Hallmark in Upper Stanley Village, 459 East Wonderview Ave. #4.
Shipping fees for one or two ornaments is $7.50, and $14 for three or four ornaments. For orders of five or more, please contact Kim at (970) 577-3567. Payment with a credit card is an option; however, additional fees will apply.
The 2024 ornament may be viewed at www.estes.org/helpinghandsornament.
Town of Estes Park, CO., CARRI, Winter Speaker Series
[The following is based on a press release.]
December 12, 2024, at 6:30 P.M., the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute (CARRI), will present the first in the Winter Speaker Series: Owls of Northern Colorado. The presentation will be held upstairs at the Estes Park Bank Building, 255 Park Lane, across from the police station.
There are eleven species of owls that either nest in or can be found in Northern Colorado. These owls include the Snowy Owl, Great Horned Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owls, Barn Owl, Burrowing Owl, Boreal Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Flammulated Owl, Eastern Screech Owl and the Northern Pygmy-Owl.
The owls’ range in size from the diminutive seven-inch Flammulated and Northern Pygmy-Owls to the 24-inch Great Horned and Snowy Owls. During the presentation, you will see images and video of the birds at their nests, vocalizing, delivering food to their young and more.
Tickets are $10.00 at the door.
Resources
Small Business Saturday
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The Saturday after Thanksgiving is Small Business Saturday. Starting the first Saturday in December each Saturday here will be Small Business Saturday.
Know of a small Colorado business?
Let us know in the comments, and we will provide support by showcasing them here.
Until next time,