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Holiday Break
What: Eagle County Schools students holiday break
When: Friday, Dec. 19 through Monday, Jan. 6
Details: Students return to classrooms on Tuesday, Jan. 6.
DOWNTON ABBEY PREMIERE PARTY
What: Downton fans can gather for a pre-premiere party.
When: Saturday, Jan. 3
Time: 1 p.m.
Where: Eagle Public Library
Details: Participants will watch the final episode from Season 4, followed by refreshments, Downton trivia, a jigsaw puzzle and board game. For more information, call Robyn or Anne L. at 328-8800.
Twelfth Night Tree Bonfire
What: The Eagle Valley Lions Club hosts this traditional Christmas tree bonfire party.
When: Tuesday, Jan. 6
Time: 6 p.m.
Where: Eagle Town Park
Details: Hot chocolate provided. Please bring your old Christmas tree to the south side of the Town Park at 6th and Wall streets before 6 p.m. on Jan. 6 .
River Bears of Alaska
What: The Eagle Valley Library District will hosted a presention by photrapher Tom Griffins titled “Photographice Journey to the river Vears of Alaska
When: Monday, Jan. 12
Time: 6 p.m.
Where: Eagle Public Library
Details: More than 100 brown bears fish at McNeil Falls, Alaska daily during the peak salmon spawn. Visitors from all over the world come to watch these large mammals in McNeil River State Park Game Sanctuary and Refuge. This 160,000-acre refuge of untouched cost lines and snow-capped volcanoes offers a rare opportunity to observe brown bears in their natural habitat preparing for the long winter ahead. Catch a glimpse of the world famous brown bears of McNeil River through the photograph lens of Tom Griffin, Manager of McNeil River State Park Game Sanctuary and Refuge in Alaska. This is a free event for the public. For more information, call Robyn at 328-8800.
Art Display
What: Soliciting local artists interested in displaying their work.
Where: Gypsum Public Library
In wake of deadly Vail Valley avalanche, tributes to Dillon Block and Cesar Almanza-Hernandez pour in
It has been a decade since Almanza-Hernandez graduated from Eagle Valley High School, and almost that long for Block. But inevitably, when a native son passes unexpectedly and tragically, folks tend to remember times spent together during their high school days.
