The members of the Trail-Gazette would like to congratulate Estes Park High School sophomore Lillian Yager on being named Bank of Estes Park’s Student of the Week. In her second year at EPHS, Yager is a part of the high school choir. She enjoys going on field trips with her choir teacher, Dr. Denny and […]
Folks in and around Mexico now have an upscale option for hosting parties and events. Homestead Hearth Ballroom, 105 North Coal Street, officially cut the ribbon on Tuesday, Oct. 3, with a party …
The topic of embroidery came up, as it can at a meeting of quilters.
But when a hand waved from the audience, the question was not for one of the needle-wielding veterans that filled a room in Mexico’s First Presbyterian Church on Monday evening. It was directed instead at a group of high school students.
“How many of you can do it by hand?” the person wanted to know. There was a drawn out silence broken by a burst of laughter.
Two of those present had never touched a needle and thread before taking Sarah Gooch’s Fashion, Textiles and Design course at Mexico High School. Now Jessica Stephens is half way through her first quilt. And Elizabeth Cervenka is proud of a pillow she made.