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Jul 6, 2021

Five Questions: Beth Parker has flower power - Loveland Reporter-Herald

Mom, the May holiday is a weeklong occasion, keeping florists busy filling and delivering orders.Beth Parker, the owner of Earle’s Loveland Flowers and Gifts, took time out of her busy schedule this past week to answer a few questions about herself and the businesses, where she is also is head designer. 1. Who is/was Earle? The Earle family started the business over 60 years ago. I purchased it from them on Jan. 25, 1993, and have since made it a brand of my own. 2. How did you get started in the floral business, and why did you stick with it? Steve Hadden, who previously owned Hadden’s Flower Gallery in Old Town Fort Collins, and my mother encouraged me to start designing and felt like I had a great talent for it. I enjoy what I do and have a passion for it. 3. What kind of training, skill and knowledge is needed to create floral arrangements? Knowledge of plants and flowers and when they are in season, artistic talent with colors, lines and capturing the eye. I also have taken a lot of master design classes from designers all over the world. 4. What’s the busiest day and the busiest season for flower delivery? Valentine’s Day is the busiest day because it is one day to get hundreds of arrangements out. Mother’s Day is the busiest week because people will sen...

Jan 4, 2020

Obituary for Rick Martin - Greeley Tribune

Edward Martin March 30, 1961~Dec. 20, 2019 Rick Edward Martin, 58, passed away Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, at Pathways Hospice at McKee Medical Center in Loveland. Rick was born March 30, 1961, to Harvey Edward Martin and Carolyn Sue Martin in Loveland. He lived his whole life in Northern Colorado. He was raised east of Platteville and moved to Greeley where he resided at time of death. Rick graduated from Valley High School in 1979. He started the summer after graduation working for Hewlett Packard in Fort Collins. He continued to work in the Hewlett Packard building through the company’s changes for the next 40 years. His coworkers became his extended family. At work, Rick worked in various areas including supervising management of the clean rooms and most recently, as a Broadcom supervisor. Immediately after high school in 1982, Rick married his first wife, Laura. They had two sons, Brandon and Brady Martin. He was divorced and later married his second wife, Leigh, in 1995. They had two daughters, Kaitlin and Makayla Martin. On May 7, 2011, Rick married Kim (Fritzler), and in this union, he and Kim enjoyed vacationing and spending time wi...

Jan 4, 2020

Colorado Dahlia Society brings flower show to Loveland - Loveland Reporter-Herald

The variegated dahlias called Hollyhill Exotica are among the 150 dahlias Cindy Sprague of Loveland has growing in her yard on Aug. 21, 2019. (Shelley Widhalm/ For the Loveland Reporter-Herald)The Maarn dahlias are among the 150 dahlia plants growing in Loveland resident Cindy Sprague’s yard on Aug. 21, 2019. (Shelley Widhalm/ For the Loveland Reporter-Herald)Loveland resident Cindy Sprague’s yard is full of dahlias, which she will display Sept. 7-8, 2019, at the Colorado Dahlia Society annual show, "It’s a Picnic!" at the Loveland Public Library. (Shelley Widhalm/ For the Loveland Reporter-Herald)The lavender dahlias in Loveland resident Cindy Sprague’s yard include the Mystery Day, in the back, and Jean Marie, in the front, pictured on Aug. 21, 2019. (Shelley Widhalm/ For the Loveland Reporter-Herald)Cindy Sprague has orange-colored dahlias called My Cindy growing at her Loveland home on Aug. 21, 2019. Sprague is a member of the Colorado Dahlia Society. (Shelley Widhalm/ For the Loveland Reporter-Herald)What normally would be a colorful landscape in Loveland resident Cindy...

Nov 9, 2019

Longtime Loveland pastor and police chaplain Harvey Ruegsegger dies - Loveland Reporter-Herald

Rev. Harvey Ruegsegger, “a big teddy bear of a guy” who served his churches and his community for decades, died Oct. 24.Ruegsegger was a pastor at Loveland’s First Christian Church from 1974 to 2000 and worked in many volunteer roles, including as an inaugural member of the Loveland Police Chaplains Program. Ruegsegger, 84, retired from responding to crisis calls as a police chaplain only about a year ago, his daughter, Deb Steele, said. It was at a banquet honoring the 40th anniversary of the chaplaincy Oct. 8 when Ruegsegger collapsed from a heart attack that would lead to his death. “The first responders he had served alongside of did CPR and shocked his heart back to life,” Steele said. Ruegsegger spent a little over a week at McKee Medical Center in Loveland and then was transferred to a nursing home for hospice care, where he died a week later, she said. After her father’s heart attack, Steele started posting regular updates on her Facebook page. She said the whole family was touched by the comments left by friends and people who had known Ruegsegger through the years. “My dad was known and loved by so many,” she said. “We al...

Nov 15, 2018

30 things to do this holiday season in Fort Collins (and Northern Colorado)

LED snowflakes and music and light shows will once again transform the Chapungu Sculpture Park at Centerra for Loveland's Winter Wonderlights. When: Kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday with opening weekend festivities Friday and Saturday night; light shows will continue to run from 5-9 p.m. every night through Jan. 1 Where: Chapungu Sculpture Park, Loveland Brewery Lights at Anheuser-Busch Anheuser-Busch is getting festive, y'all. Head over to the Fort Collins brewery to moon over its annual holiday lights decorations, family entertainment, theme nights and beer samples for those over 21. When: 5-9 p.m. every Thursday to Sunday from Nov. 15 through Dec. 30; closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Where: Anheuser-Busch Brewery and Tour Center, 2351 Busch Drive Garden of Lights Stroll through Fort Collins' favorite perennial flower beds, sculptural flowers, brilliant blue pond and Primordial Forest as the Gardens on Spring Creek once again transforms for the holidays. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays will include visits from Santa, holiday music, seasonal crafts and warm drinks. A $5 donation per adult is suggested, and $2 per child. Children under 2 are admitted for free. When: 5-9 p.m. every evening from Dec. 1 through Jan. 1 (including holidays) Where: The Gardens on Spring Creek, 2145 Centre Ave. NightLights tree lighting ceremony The "big blue tree" will once again illuminate the corner of Mulberry Street and College Avenue this holiday season, benefiting local nonprofit Realities for Children. Catch the official lighting ceremony as the organization flips the switch. To sponsor a light, visit realitiesforchildren.com. When: 6-7 p.m. Dec. 1 Where: First Presbyterian Church, 531 S. College Ave. Menorah lighting and Chanukah Celebration Join the community, local and state dignitaries and Fort Collins mayor Wade Troxell for this free annual lighting of Old Town's giant menorah, Jewish holiday music and traditional Chanukah foods. When: 5-6 p.m. Dec. 9 Where: Old Town Square Hang out with 'ole Saint Nick ...

Sep 10, 2018

Obituary for Douglas Allen Blaney

Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, in the South Auditorium of Timberline Church, 2908 Timberline Rd., Fort Collins, CO 80525. Pastor Charles Williams of Loveland Bible Church will officiate. A funeral luncheon will follow in the East Auditorium of Timberline Church. Graveside services will be held at 4:30 p.m., the same day at the Wheatland Cemetery in Wheatland, Wyo.In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Royal Family Kids, 3000 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 412, Santa Ana, CA 92704, (714) 438-2494. On their web-site (www.rfk.org) you may choose to donate to the national organization or find a local affiliate near you.The Gorman Funeral Homes – Platte Chapel of Wheatland are in charge of the arrangements.Condolences may be sent to the family at http://www.gormanfh.com.