Brightening the walls at the Buchanan Rec Center: Students in a spring-break workshop paint a colorful mural

Center became more vibrant last week.

at’s because ve middle school students under the direction of professional muralist Daniel Crosier painted a large mural on two walls inside the recreation center. ose walking into the building during spring break stopped to check out the mural painted in orange, red, blue, yellow and more with latex paint.

It’s bright, imaginative and a denite change to the white walls that

Candidate forums planned for Elk Creek, Foothills fire boards

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Candidate forums are planned for both the Elk Creek and Foothills re departments in April, co-sponsored by the Canyon Courier, in advance of the May 2 election.

Elk Creek’s forum will be at 6:30 p.m. ursday, April 6, at West Jefferson Middle School in Conifer. Foothills’ forum will be at 6:30 p.m. ursday, April 20, in the Aspen Room at Mount Vernon Canyon Club in Genesee. Both forums will be recorded and accessible on the re departments’ websites. Foothills Fire also has a Zoom link for the candidate forum at foothills re.colorado.gov/news-article/ notice-of-community-forum. e forums will start with opening statements, followed by questions from both the Canyon Courier and the community, and closing statements. All candidates will have a chance to answer all questions.

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