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AROUND TOWN: ReStore, Habitat say farewell to boss

Accolades have come over the years for Paul Johnson, executive director of Pikes Peak Habitat for Humanity, but the one from Leadership Pikes Peak in 2008 for "Modeling the Way" still nails it, attested his employees and volunteers at Johnson's July 17 retirement party.
AROUND TOWN: Mounds of shrimp a Cheyenne Village favorite

The shrimp boats were a-comin' - apologies to the 1950s "Shrimp Boats" song - across the lake at Cheyenne Mountain Resort on July 10. Actually, the mounds of shrimp arrived from the kitchen steaming hot in huge shrimp boil pans, tossed with potatoes, sausage and corn on the cob. Afterwards, it was off to the fire pits for dessert s'mores....
AROUND TOWN: Opening night for The Mezzanine

Onlookers downtown may have been puzzled on July 11 as people headed toward the same back alley and what had been the nondescript rear of a building that had been, in busy city-alley fashion, lined with overflowing trash containers, broken glass and delivery trucks. It was opening night for The Mezzanine, also known as The MZ and The Mez, and a...