Estes Park Trail-Gazette On-Line Archives -
[Cached Version]
Published on: 3/17/2004
Last Visited: 3/8/2005
Pat Washburn, pastoral associate at St. Bartholomew,s church and member of the Community Services Coalition, is a driving force in an effort to help not only Enda, but others whose families have positively impacted Estes Park. ,This emerged as a wonderful partnership between Good Samaritan Village and the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado,, Washburn said. ,Enda is a member of my parish, and it made sense that we think about her and all elderly people with few resources., Washburn,s interest spread, and soon she had the Good Samaritan people involved with the foundation, along with friends and family, and a meeting was held to discuss fund raising options.
...
Shavlik, who represents the local advisory board for the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado, said his foundation would serve as fiscal agent for funds raised for the project, which Washburn called the Estes Park Pioneer Project
,There was a good bit of concern from people who knew Enda well,, Shavlik said. ,Here was somebody whose family had made a major contribution to Estes Park, and she just wasn,t going to be able to find a place to live very easily.
...
Washburn has already sent a letter to pastors of Estes Park churches to see if they would be interested in supporting the project. ,It,s important to remember what Enos Mills did for this community, and assist his daughter if we can,, she said.
After a six-year struggle to educate the public and Congress of the importance of setting aside large land areas for preservation of scenery and wild life inhabitants, Enda,s father won his fight.He became an Estes Park icon, as an author, photographer, nature guide, innkeeper, lecturer, and adventurer.
Mills said her biggest concern was finding a way to remain in Estes Park. ,I have friends in Loveland and Longmont,, she said, ,But my home is here.