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The GazetteJuly 24, 2014 | updated 12 years ago
Jason and Courtney Vargas, both active duty Air Force, with their son Jalen, were military honorees at Picnic in the Pines at Benet Hills Monastery. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)
Military families like the Vargas’s were honored at the monastery in Black Forest
Jason and Courtney Vargas, both active duty Air Force, with their son Jalen, were military honorees at Picnic in the Pines at Benet Hills Monastery. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)A little one meets petting zoo animals up close at the Benet Hill Picnic in the Pines. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Benet Hill Sister Anne, center wearing a hat, leads cheers at Picnic in the Pines. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)The Vitt family, from left, Marshea, Olivia, Oscar and Gavin, on one of the firetrucks brought to Picnic in the Pines by first responder honorees at Benet Hills Monastery. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Debra McCaleb, left, looks on as Jan Seltman from Front Range Fiber Artisans cards wool and demonstrates art bats at Picnic in the Pines. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Westcott firefighters, from left, Brian Beerer, Michael Forsythe and Roger Lance take a barbecue lunch break at Benet Hill’s Picnic in the Pines. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Jay, left, and John Call, were two of the military honorees at Picnic in the Pines at Benet Hill. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Mom Michelle Waggener laughs as daughter Mika makes it clear she isn’t a hat-wearing girl at Picnic in the Pines at Benet Hill Monastery. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Emcee Jon Karroll, left, greets, from left, Susan Mitchell, John Carew and Don Porter at Benet Hill’s Picnic in the Pines. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Benet Hill Prioress Sister Clare, left, visits with Debbie Robertson,left, and Vicky Campbell at Picnic in the Pines. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)Kids visit with animals in the petting zoo at Benet Hills’ Picnic in the Pines. In the foreground a boy helps his sister pet a pony. 071914 Photo by Linda Navarro (linda navarro)
