Blues Festival is June 27 and 28- by Jennifer Brewster

Walking through the door of our office this morning you could just feel the buzz.  The excitement is building and becoming palpable!  The To Do List is getting bigger by the day, and the days to get  it all done are getting fewer.  We are all approaching the to do’s with smiles on our faces ...
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Remember and honor the fallen this Memorial Day- by Sylvia Hensley

  General John Logan established Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) on May 5th, 1868.  The first observance was the 30th of May 1868 when flowers were place on the graves of Union and Confederate Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. It is felt this day was chosen beca...
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BYOB (Bag) Cast Challenge Update- by Katie Riemenschneider

Wow here is a great update on the success of the BYOB CAST Challenge – the tallies for March and April are in and participating retailers tallied 41,048 plastic bags that did not make their way into circulation during those months. Pretty impressive numbers! In relation to the other participatin...
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Preserving Our Night Sky- by Ron Owens

One of the many joys we share living in the Winter Park area are our dazzling night skies. Free from the nighttime light pollution of city lights our night sky faithfully explodes into galaxies of endless glittering stars.  Indians who lived in our mountains for generations placed such importance o...
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Public Parks in the Winter Park Area- by Mike Periolat

Sometime in late 2009 we will be opening the new Fraser Valley Recreation Center – which will be a great amenity for our area. But, until then, use the many outdoor parks in the area. Hideaway Park is located right in the middle of town and is the largest Public Park offering large covered picni...
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Grand Gala at Devils Thumb Ranch- by Lisa Leclair Waldorf

Check us out!  We clean up nicely when we want to!!   Several of us had the pleasure of attending the Grand Gala- the Grand Foundation's soiree extraordinaire for shoulder season 2009.  This annual fundraiser was for the benefit of the Grand Foundation as an umbrella for so many great no...
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