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The mountain area’s newspaper since 1958
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021
N VOLUME 62 ISSUE 38
NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE
Taking a look at Mount Evans’ new reservation system
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EHS grads say they are close because of their unique upbringing BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
or the summit parking lot along the way. Many of the parked vehicles had various tags or reservation receipts displayed on their front dashboard or windshield — proof that they were OK to park at a given fee area. When the scenic byway reopened for vehicle traffic on June 4, the U.S. Forest Service and its partners instituted a timed-entry reservation system for those parking in any fee areas between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. The road itself is free to drive on,
Family. When Evergreen High School grads from the 1950s to the 1970s talk about what they remember most about their school experiences, they say it was how their classmates were a Mary Ann Sourwine family. “It was a Rhode, ’66, wears a letter sweater from the family atmo1960s. PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST sphere,” said Doyle James, class of 1954. “It was a small school at the time, and students could be found at each other’s homes when we weren’t in school because there wasn’t much to do in Evergreen. We were like one big family.” According to Lois Arnold, ‘54,
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Lakewood’s Joyce and Steve Koenig watch from the Mount Evans summit parking lot as their daughter and her boyfriend descend PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN the actual summit on July 22.
Rangers and many guests say new system for fee sights is working well BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The night before Lakewood’s Joyce and Steve Koenig visited Mount Evans with their daughter and her boyfriend, they went to recreation. gov and purchased a vehicle ticket. On July 22, the Koenigs and hun-
TO MAKE A RESERVATION Go to recreation.gov Select Mount Evans and make your reservaton. Be forwarned: There is no cell reception up at the welcome station so download or print your reservation ahead of time. Also, those not using the fee areas do not need to pay for a reservation. dreds of others visited the Mount Evans Scenic Byway, stopping at Mount Goliath, Summit Lake and/
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2 Aspen Park 10 EPRD
4 CCSD News 12 Gun Rights
6 Opinion 23 Puzzles
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