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Magic Shows Saturdays at 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. Celebrate “The Dog Days of Summer” with your canine buddy on the patio Monday evenings from 4 p.m. to closing VETERANS SERVICES
Vet Assistance 9‐11 a.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays Assistance for Veterans and their families regarding benefits they have earned and re‐ lated topics.
SUMMER IS A TIME TO HAVE FUN!
BINGO 7 p.m. Sundays and Thursdays Bingo cards $10; blackout cards $2. Fun for all ages! Queen of Hearts 7 p.m. Fridays Draw to win $$!! Magic Show 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. Saturdays Purchase tickets at ESTESMAGIC‐ SHOW.COM. or at the door—$25 per person, 3 and under are free. Doors open an hour before showtime. Dog Days of Summer 4 p.m. – closing Mondays Relax on the outdoor patio with your canine best friend. $1 hot dogs, drink specials & dog treats, too. Leashed dogs only, please.
FEELING HUNGRY?
Tavern Menu 4‐7 p.m. Saturday through Thursday Chef John Marshall serves appetizers and light foods from the Circle 119 kitchen. CHICKEN ENCHILADAS 5:30‐7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7 $15 per person STEAK NIGHT DINNER 5:30‐7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 $20 per person
MEETINGS
Circle 119 Foundation 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10 Sunrise Rotary Breakfast 6 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11 Auxiliary Executive Committee 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11 Operations Committee 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12 Fairway Club Homeowners Association 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 Masks are required at Circle 119 until you are seated at a table, social distancing will be required, and all other Larimer County Health Department rules observed.
Estes Park Archives Program This Saturday Join the Estes Park Archives at 240 thus leading to a tremendous increase Moraine Avenue this Saturday, August in orders from an automobile-hungry 8, between 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., for public. a closer look at the early history of the This backlog allowed the Stanley Stanley brothers attempts to produce a brothers to wrest an outrageous offer commercially-viable steam-powered for the entire company from a team of vehicle from their Newton, Massachu- investors that included a magazine setts, factory, relying entirely on acpublisher running an ever-greater counts published at the time which are number of advertisements for selfoften overlooked or difficult to obtain. powered conveyances, and an asphalt The first “race” the Stanleys entered contractor who saw the benefit of inwas actually one they didn't intend to enter, and ended up “winning” anyway. A motor carriage exposition was held in November 1898 in Mechanics Hall in Boston, with a race and hill climb at nearby Charles River Park part of the festivities. The number of entries was depressingly low, so F. E. Stanley drove his latest improved model, which no longer relied on “offthe-shelf ” boilers or engines, to the nearby The Stanley steam-powered carriage on the race track track, to great applause, at Charles River Park, November 1898. according to an account published in the “Horseless Age” mag- creasing the number of drivers deazine of the same month. Stanley manding better roads. Luckily, the showed up and essentially swept the Stanleys were kepas managers and adhonors for best one-mile time, twovisers to this new enterprise that mile time, and distance up an incline, quickly split up and went in a different direction, or the much-improved Stanley Steamers might have never materialized. The programs are free, 15 minutes in length, cycle every quarter hour, and are open only to small groups of related family members or friends who agree to all wear masks. No reservations are required, and wait times on comfortable chairs have been short the entire summer, but if you have more questions or need directions, call 586The Stanley brothers main early competition for wheeled 4889. All are invited, even personal steam-powered vehicles was the nearby if you are new to Estes Whitney plant of Boston, Massachusetts. Park or know nothing Photo courtesy “Horseless Age” magazine, November 1898. about Estes Park history.