I was going for a lovely evening walk to enjoy a cool summer which was the top of the list as something enjoyable to do. To my surprise, I’m walking through Purple Heart Park and someone’s dog’s poop is on the walkway. My walk was spoiled by the visual and putrid smell of dog poop on the path dog owners neglected to scoop...
By MaRico Tippett As of this writing, all 50 states have started to reopen from the stay at home order caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With this, one word comes to mind — patience. As a community as we start to unravel the effects of our businesses being shut down for two months, 36 Million workers filing for unemployment, and the...
We have published the below letter addressed to Mayor Regina Romero at the request and with the permission of Diana Bentley and the team at Blue Rose Legacy. – ED Dear Mayor Romero, I appreciate your continued efforts to encourage folks to stay home. Common sense tells us that Covid-19 will be with us for the foreseeable future and we should...
Graduating in the midst of a pandemic. We waited twelve years for this, not knowing that ‘this’ would be social distancing and quarantine. My senior class had so much left to give, but our last three months of high school were lost to something entirely out of our hands, and it is heartbreaking. There is no list of emotions I could compose that...
My high school senior year didn’t go according to plan. The last day of school I had on campus was when we were leaving for spring break. I expected to be back at school in two weeks to finish off my year. Because of this I didn’t get to properly say goodbye to my friends, and the Pantano staff members that I had grown attached to...
Experiencing the COVID-19 crisis as a senior in high school has been both surreal and stressful. I was far from thinking of it as a real issue until the state-wide quarantine was issued and everyone had to stay indoors. The remaining months of senior year took a drastic turn from what everyone was originally expecting, but luckily, I was somewhat...
It’s clear that senior year for the class of 2020 is vastly different from anything we expected. Most of us saw the last quarter of senior year as a traditional, celebratory culmination of all the work we’ve put in the past 13 years, the kind we always hear our parents and older siblings reminisce about. It would be hallmarked by prom, the last...
Unpredictable. The hardest part about this COVID-19 pandemic is that it was unpredictable. Of course, we knew little bits of information regarding the virus, but overall, it was something out of our control. I could not have predicted that Wednesday, March 4th was going to be my last track meet. I could not have predicted that Friday, March 6th...
Covid-19 has had a major impact on my senior year as well as everyone worldwide. When I first heard of the virus, I never really expected it to impact America, because terrible things such as pandemics and wars never really take place in the states. However, it came and ripped away my senior year. It took away prom, senior ditch day, senior...
by Chuck Colbath Vail residents John Chaisson and I have found our 10th year the most challenging and exciting one yet. Having to shut down for a month made us realize we needed to keep our top-notch stylists employed. These are great folks and we wanted to lessen the stress we all experience during these difficult times. Through...
