Main Street of Walden is filling with the aroma of smoked hog early on this Monday morning. The annual BBQ put on by Zirkel Liquors is done each year on it’s anniversary. This year we celebrate 2 years of serving the residents and visitors of Jackson County. Last year we fed over 200 people and look forward to serving that many again as well today. We, Reb and Jamie Brown, purchased the liquor store once known as Tom’s Liquors from Harold and Kathy Paeglow two years ago.

Bold, daring and beautiful. Many words are use to describe this magnificent North Park character-eccentric, eclectic, charming, debonair, exciting but never can we call her boring! Wherever Krissy Shaw shows up she's the life of the party and is sure to offer a few good laughs. Her heart is as big as her artwork, creative and dynamic. We've seen her work on oil canvases, on a variety of signs and even paper Mache' moose around town, but her latest masterpiece is the photo

Over the course of many years of developing through some long trials and some errors, it came to me that the best served burger or steak should come from a localized source. Here in North Park, our ranchers raise some of the best, high quality, high altitude beef. I don’t know if it’s the thin air, the premium hay (also grown in North Park) or the long hours that the ranchers put into everyday seeing that the herd is tended to. Regardless, the beef produced in North Park/Wald