Avon Elementary School leaders sent notifications to the community Tuesday after Eagle County Public Health informed them of a staff member testing positive for COVID-19.
Chris Dillmann/cdillmann@vaildaily.com
The longest year. The hardest year. Whatever you want to call it, 2020 has been a year unlike any in our lifetimes, and the impacts from a global public health crisis a century in the making will be lasting.
COVID-19 reshaped our world and left us grieving for lives lost, jobs lost and businesses shuttered. Lockdowns and closures of local schools and ski resorts tested our stamina. We kept loved ones at a distance and sacrificed beloved traditions and gatherings for the greater good.
Nearly 350,000 Americans have died from the virus as of this writing. More than 3,400 Eagle County residents have gotten the virus, and 14 have died from it.
Larry Cavanaugh waves an American Flag as Janet films two F-16 fighter planes fly over Vail in May. The flyover was to pay respect to health care workers around Colorado. The F-16s hit numerous Front Range and mountain towns during the flyover.
Chris Dillmann/cdillmann@vaildaily.com
Well, folks … we made it. What a year. The year 2020 will be impossible to forget and talked about for decades to come.
Even without forgetting it, we have the images to remind us of what went on. Obviously, topping the list is the pandemic, but a close second was the historic wildfire season. Touring the Grizzly Creek Fire up close was a powerful experience, and presented a new challenge in my photojournalism career. Having my car smell like smoke and seeing what the firefighters do up close no image can ever convey that experience.
Thereâs an old saying in show business: âThe show must go on.â
And this fall, the Choruses & Theatre of Avon Central School took the phrase to heart. With the district auditorium undergoing renovation and the COVID-19 pandemic placing limits on gatherings and other restrictions, the theater troupe found a way to continue what has become a more than 20-year holiday tradition in the community.
The schoolâs annual musical production of âScroogeâ will be presented for a 22nd consecutive year when a filmed version premieres at 7 p.m. Dec. 22 on the big screen at the Vintage Drive-In, 1520 West Henrietta Rd., Avon.
The quarantine shuffle continues at local schools. On Wednesday, Eagle County Schools announced that Avon Elementary School sent COVID-19 notifications to families after a positive test from a student. The student was last in school…