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Several Eagle County employees have recently received acknowledgement and awards from outside organizations for their professional achievements in 2020. Many employees were recognized for their dedication in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“These awards are just one way that we celebrate the innovation and collaboration that occur in our community,” Eagle County Director of Human Resources Hollis Dempsey said. “We love seeing our teammates recognized as leaders across the state; it’s a testament to our exceptional workforce at Eagle County.”
Eagle County Commissioner Matt Scherr added: “2020 will certainly go down as one of the most challenging years of our generation. We are incredibly proud of all of our county staff who spent long hours, weekends, and holidays seeing this community through the crisis as smoothly as possible. Some individuals went so far above and beyond the requirements of even exceptional public service that they have been acknowled
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opportunity. whether that means, you know, the opportunity your parents provided for you, opportunities you got down the road. third one, i don t know. you can t be fearful. you got to be brave. reporter: jason leffler, brave and passionate and now sorely missed. and a trust fund has been set up for leffler s son charlie. leffler s funeral is set for wednesday in north carolina just outside of charlotte. and moments ago i mentioned the tribute of denny hamlin to jason leffler and that s not all that he s doing. hamlin is also helping to find a cure for cystic fibrosis. hi, i m denny hamlin and we can make an impact on finding the cure for cystic fibrosis. it s a respiratory disease that affects the breathing.
he died in new jersey at a sprint car race and today he is being honored at a sprint cup race in michigan by fellow nascar driver denny hamlin. he changed the color of his number 11 toyota to majority white. that s the color leffler used driving that car during the sprint cup series in 2005. i can tell you leffler was a real gentleman on and off the track. he was generous with his time. two years ago at the charlotte motor speedway not only taking me for a spin around the oval but revealed his deep love for driving. jason leffler considered this a privilege. getting behind the wheel of a race car. taking it to top speed at open wheel divisions and all nascar series. but his career started and tragically the end would be on dirt. that was wednesday night in new jersey at the bridgeport
waiting for it. it s interesting. so the kraft group does say that robert kraft loves that the ring is at the kremlin and not going to pursue trying to get the ring back? no. i mean, apparently not. according to this latest statement, he likes that it s at the kremlin. again, you know, just to be clear, the statement which was about a paragraph long did not address that big question of whether it was taken or whether it was a gift. so that mystery continues. i like the way you put it. a gift or a lift. that s right. very clever. thank you. maybe he can get a duplicate. oh, right. he owns it. he owns the team. he can probably get one. probably. thank you so much. appreciate that. all right. president obama says arm the syrian rebels but will congress and americans go along with that strategy? cnn s candy crowley is here next. plus, fans and drivers remembering nascar driver jason