By Shannon Lukens.
They are all women, and they are ready to fight fires. The Rocky Mountain Youth Corps has debuted the first-ever, all-women fire mitigation crew this summer. They’re actually a chainsaw crew doing fuels reduction work. But they are ready in case there is a wildfire. Here’s Ashley Roscoe with Rocky Youth Mountain Corps.
“Historically we have had co-ed saw crews and we thought it might be really cool to do an all women’s crew just to have a really supportive learning environment for women.”
The nine women are between 18 and 23 years old. They’re working ten weeks in the field, throughout the Medicine Bow and Routt National Forest, including the Thunder Basin Grassland in Wyoming, which is where they are clearing trails today. The program is designed to recruit people into federal jobs.
RMYC Debuts First-ever All-women’s Fire Mitigation Crew
ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS HAS AN ALL-WOMEN CREW
Steamboat Symphony Orchestra is launching String Sprouts, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Northwest Colorado. It’s a nationwide program that provides five years of instruction for violin, viola, cello, and bass to young children that would otherwise not have the means and access to learn to play a string instrument. Conductor Ernest Richardson says it teaches kids the language of music.
“Because they learn a new language which then transfers to learning the language of English, to being in school, to understanding math, all the things that prepares them for being successful in school.”
Kids in String Sprouts can start as young as three years old. The website says early childhood music education has been shown to improve classroom behavior, extend attention span, strengthen motor skills and hand-eye coordination, and give kids a jump=start on academic subjects.
Remember that Fetcher Park Road in Steamboat Springs will be closed most of the day today for Dust Mitigation Treatment. It’s a popular drop-in spot for tubing the Yampa. It should reopen for the weekend.
The Town of Hayden presents Hayden Daze, July 14-15, in Dry Creek Park. The fun starts tonight with food trucks, the Cat Pack Brass Band and Buffalo Commons. Saturday is Yoga on the Green, Disc Golf, Cornhole, and more food trucks. The Hayden Daze parade is at 10:30 a.m. Live entertainment is at noon with Jeremy for King Live, and then Adia Clark Lay at 1:30 p.m.
The town of Oak Creek is hosting a Music and Food Festival Saturday afternoon from noon to 5 p.m. It’s called SXSR, or South by South Routt.
“We always have fun in Oak Creek. Come on down for a great time.”
That’s Oak Creek Mayor Nikki Knoebel. The festival is $5 for adults. Kids 12 and under are free. It’s in Decker Park in Oak Creek on Saturday. There will be all kinds of food and live music throughout the afternoon.
Just down the road, in Yampa, there is a History Driving Tour from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Meet at the Yampa Library and drive along with historians Rita Herold and Virginia Rossi. It’s sponsored by the South Routt Library system.
Saturday’s movie for Coca-Cola’s Movies on the Mountain is Shrek. It starts at dusk at 8:40 p.m. Saturday night at the base of Steamboat Ski Resort. Bring chairs and a blanket. The movie is free and I will see you there.
COCA COLA’S MOVIES ON THE MOUNTAIN FOR SUMMER 2023
Check out what’s happening in the Yampa Valley on the Community Calendar on our website.
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