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Sunset Middle School seventh-grader Merrick Blondeau is the Rock & Rails Volunteer of the Week.

Like his fellow gargoyles, Blondeau’s reasons for volunteering at Niwot’s weekly concert series are both altruistic and self-interested.

“Jill [Whitener], the person who runs the gargoyles, usually has a hard time getting Gargoyles, so I do it for that,” he said, before adding. “There’s also free food.”

Now in his third year, the Sunset seventh-grader is among the most veteran gargoyles. He enjoys riding on the back of a truck to pick up cones after the concerts, but not so much...