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2017 Glade Park Movies Under the Stars schedule June 3 â âOver the Hedgeâ June 9 - âThe BFGâ June 16 - âThe Jungle Bookâ June 23 - âThe Secret Life of Petsâ June 30 - âThe Wizard of Ozâ July 7 - âRogue One: A Star Wars Storyâ July 14 - âMoanaâ July 21 - âZootopiaâ July 28 - âSingâ August 4 - âFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Themâ August 11 - âFinding Doryâ August 18 - âDoctor Strangeâ How to get there: Take Monument Road to the Glade Park Store, and continue straight for a quarter-mile.
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JUNE 2017
Seeing stars: Movies at Glade Park By Diana Barnett
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atch the sun go down and enjoy a 360-degree view of a spectacularly starlit sky as you snuggle next to the grandkids during a movie on Glade Park. Movies Under the Stars is a summer-long event that rallies the Glade Park community and provides free entertainment to valley residents while supporting the Glade Park Volunteer Fire Department.
A slow start The local volunteer fire department was officially organized in 1982 after one coupleâs home caught fire for the second time. âThe sheriff just couldnât get the fire truck up the road quickly enough,â said Steve Miller, one of the departmentâs organizers. At the time, there were 82 families living in Glade Park, and they all volunteered to be part of a local fire department. Its founders opted not to take tax money, but they needed a creative way to fund the department. Glade Park resident Sue Summers suggested showing movies and selling popcorn for 10 cents a bag. Bobbi Miller found the community could rent movies from the Denver Public Library for $10 since it was a nonprofit organization. Richard Brown, who owned a local audio-visual business, obtained a 16 mm projector to show reel-toreel movies. Heâs still the projectionist and a vital part of a 36-year evolution that has brought Movies Under the Stars into the digital age. The first movie was not well attended. At the time, there was no fire department building, so the group hung a sheet on the back of the community center. âThe first movie we showed was âAt War with the Army,â with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis,â Miller recalled. âThat night it rained so hard, the sheet came off the building. We
hurried and took everything inside and showed the movie there.â But the few people that showed up really liked it and word spread quickly. Eventually, families came and donations began to filter in and Glade Park community members worked to obtain grants for equipment. The Grand Junction Fire Department donated an old truck without an engine. Its tank was turned into a barbeque grill that is still used during the movies.
A larger legacy Since then, the Glade Park Volunteer Fire Department has formed partnerships with the local Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Resident nurses serve as members of a rescue squad, and volunteer firemen are trained as emergency responders. Glade Park firefighters respond to emergencies in the Colorado National Monument, Miracle Rock and even in Utah, as their department is the only one between Grand Junction and Moab. Movies Under the Stars plays a big part in making it all possible. Movies Under the Stars takes place on Friday nights during the summer, starting with a barbeque and activities at 6 p.m. Burgers, hot dogs, nachos, salads, chili and a variety of homemade baked goods are available for an affordable price (itâs the cheapest Friday evening dinner in the area). There are games for kids, a sand volleyball pit, live entertainment and even a hayride. Donât forget your blankets and lawn chairs. The movies are free, but donations are appreciated. â