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Article: Black Forest spruce is a bright symbol for community
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- November 25, 2004
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BLACK FOREST - About 20 years ago, volunteer firefighters in Black
Forest planted a blue spruce in front of their station.
Within a few years, they started decorating the tree for the
Christmas holidays.
"That tree was pretty small when we started," said Dave Ury, who
began as a volunteer firefighter in the heavily wooded,
unincorporated suburb north of Colorado Springs.
Today, the tree is about 20 feet tall. The station is no longer
the headquarters of the Fire Department. And Ury is no longer a
volunteer -- he's the full-time, paid chief of Black Forest Fire and
Rescue.
In a way, the tree is a symbol of the growth and changes that have
occurred across Black Forest during that time.
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