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WEEK OF JUNE 16, 2022

VOLUME 63 ISSUE 32

NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE

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Mount Evans Scenic Byway opens BY ANDREW FRAIELI AFRAIELI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colin Bray (left) throws candy from a truck during the Rhubarb Festival parade in Pine Grove on June 11. A portion of the proceeds PHOTOS BY MAYA DAWSON from the festival went to benefit the North Fork Fire Department.

A reverence for rhubarb

2022 Pine Grove Rhubarb Festival returns to its former glory BY MAYA DAWSON SPECIAL TO THE CANYON COURIER

Pine Grove’s Rhubarb Festival is an odd monument to an odd vegtable, and therin lies its charm. The 34th annual festival on June 11 featured a pancake breakfast, live music and all things rhubarbthemed. This year was the first time the event has returned to its prepandemic size, after a cancellation SEE RHUBARB, P4

Mount Evans Scenic Byway opened on June 10. Originally set to open on June 3, it was delayed due to a snowfall. Now cleared, the 28-mile byway is the highest paved road in North America, climbing 7,000 ft to 14,130 ft — almost the exact summit of Mount Evans. At the top was Eric Sullivan, a street biker from Englewood who biked the whole 28 miles for the first time. “I’m feeling great, a little tired,” he said. “The trip up here is iconic, I just did it to say I did.” Cell phone coverage is poor, so the county asks that people have timed tickets ready before approaching the entrance. Road quality also is poor according to the recreation.gov site, saying, “...the road is in poor condition and has no guardrails, so be prepared for slow and possible difficult driving conditions.” The site also warns that weather can change quickly, and “close any day throughout the summer due to winter-like conditions.”

SEE PHOTOS Angie Mach, this year’s rhubarb queen, holds her rhubarb scepter high. Mach made a strawberry rhubarb tart with frangipani almond paste that she topped with poached rhubarb.

See photos from the Mount Evans Scenic Byway repoening on page 4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Zipper artist Culture

3 Fire briefs 16 Wildflower walk

6 Opinion 20 Stagecoach park

8 Election Q&A 21 Police academies

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