NBA’s Chili Cook-off
Benefits Local Organizations
By Shari Phiel The first ever Niwot chili cook-off
dinner, which will become an annual event, was a su Following opening remarks from NBA
President Tony Santelli and approval of the minutes
from last month’s meeting, event organizer Robin Abb presented three checks, each in the amount of $450, to the Niwot Elementary
School PTAC, the Niwot High School Band and the Left Hand Grange.
By Bruce Warren Local historian Anne Dyni’s book, “Niwot, Colo. - Echoes of a Railroad Town,” came to life in film at the
annual meeting of the Niwot Historical Society on March 14.
Using her extensive knowledge of Niwot
history, and relying primarily on the society’s collection of historical
images, Dyni collaborated with Louisville resident
Art Wainwright, a retired electronics engineer, to produce a 40-minute video,
narrated by professional narrator Frank Eriksen of
Gunbarrel.
When I
followed up by asking what they planned on doing with the dress, several said
that they would offer it to their daughters, but otherwise the dresses were
destined for eternal life in back of some closet.
Considering
the great care that goes into choosing a wedding dress, not to mention the
expense and the emotions tied to that garment, it’s understandable that women
are reluctant to part with their wedding dresses.
But obviously,
you can’t wear your wedding dress again. Or can you?
When I first
met local seamstress Nora McCray at her Sew Fresh Studio in Niwot, I decided
that I wanted to do something unique with my wedding dress, and that McCray was
the person to do it.
McCray had
made wedding dresses and altered others, but this was the first “unmaking” of a
wedding dress she had participated in.
Boulder DNHL Hockey Teams Finish Strong
By Tracey Reichart
In this first year of competition, the
Boulder Squirts (9 & 10 year olds), coached by Gunbarrel’s Ron Reichart and Andy Finney, finished the regular
season undefeated at 16-0, with an impressive 18-1 season record overall.
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The Niwot Local Improvement District Advisory Committee kicked off its March 3 meeting with a discussion of 2009 priorities. After a spirited debate, the group tentatively allotted the projected 2009 budget into spending categories that supported the group’s agreed-upon priorities – including a revamped website for the town, additional advertising for the area, new signage, streetscape improvements and support for local events. [Read Full Story] .
Out in Leftfield
Easter Egg Hunt Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Liz Emmett-Mattox Just like Nostalgia Day and the Fourth of
July Parade, the annual Easter Egg Hunt in Niwot is another example of the joys
of small town life.
Pat Murphy, the driving force behind the
Easter Egg Hunt, grew up in a small town in Illinois and remembered having
Easter egg hunts when she was growing up. When Murphy and her family moved to
Niwot, Don Reeb was a neighbor and director of the
Community School. They teamed up to put on the first Easter Egg Hunt in 1979.
Sunset Team Joins
National Asteroids Project
The
after-school Math, Engineering and Science Achievement Club at Sunset Middle
School has been selected as one of three student teams to participate in a
national project about asteroids sponsored by the Boulder-based Space Science
Institute.
The student
teams will help produce a set of exhibits that will travel the country. The
exhibits include a 3,000 square foot centerpiece designed for museums like the
Denver Nature and Science Museum, together with four smaller exhibits that will
be traveling to libraries, visitor centers, and nature and science centers.
With $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation, the project is
expected to take about two years to complete.
At a recent
MESA club meeting the students were working on a crash test dummy exercise
where they had to build a “vehicle” to protect an egg from breaking when
smashed against a wood wall. Seventh graders Haley Berguson and Libby Summers built their car from wood and protected their egg with
bubble-wrap but that didn’t prevent the egg from breaking.
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A completely
unscientific poll of married females yielded some interesting results when I
asked, “Where is your wedding dress?” Most said that the dress was hanging in a
closet, but not everyone was sure just which closet it was in…or was it in a
box?
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