By Donna Currie
At a Dec. 17 community meeting at Silver Creek High School, the draft master plan for the temporarily-named Clover Basin Park was unveiled. Steve Ransweiler offered the city’s perspective while Nicole Horst from Wenk Associates, the consulting company on the project, discussed the design.
Ransweiler explained that a draft master plan isn’t final – it is the “guiding document”
but that “things can
The park, south of and adjacent to Silver Creek High School
property, covers about 80 acres. Part of the plan includes areas of shared use
between the school and the park.
Railroad Crossing Repairs At Highways 52 And
119
By Natalie Clarke
Although it is considered a high priority and funding has
been in place since last spring, don’t expect the bumpy railroad track at
Highways 52 and 119 to be fixed before spring.
Since Highways 52 and 119 are state highways, the Colorado
Department of Transportation (CDOT) is in charge of road maintenance. However,
the railroad track is property of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (BNSF).
So, even though CDOT must pay for materials, it is up tp the railroad to schedule and repair the railroad crossings.
Fire Department Readies For Mill Levy Increase Attempt
By Mandy Walker
Mountain View Fire Protection District (MVFPD) is organizing
a group of citizens, business owners and politicos to examine moving forward
with another attempt to get voters to approve an increase to the mill levy.
Fire Chief Randy Templeton hopes the group will have its first meeting in early
January.
Templeton also hopes to have the results of a study
commissioned by MVFPD in partnership with the City of Longmont, Boulder Rural
Fire Protection District and Boulder Emergency Services looking at how the
agencies could cooperate to deliver services more efficiently. A merger with
Boulder Rural is a possible scenario. Templeton said the study results will be
presented at a public meeting.
Templeton is concerned that MVFPD’s typical response time is around seven minutes while the national standard for
response times is four to four and a half minutes.
Yesterday’s News
Ahead Of Its Time
By Anne Dyni
From 1920 to 1924, Elsie Demmon caught the train at the Boulder depot every weekday and commuted to work in
rural Boulder County. The ride wasn’t long - just seven miles and she arrived
at the 75th Street rail crossing promptly at 8:30 a.m.
By Liz Emmett-Mattox
The thermometer on the side of the Grange tells the story:
The Grange came a long way in fundraising, but there is a long way yet to go.
Although $100,000 is a lot of money, it will take about three
times that amount to actually do all the work that needs to be done to restore
the Grange building. $300,000 is the estimated cost of rehabilitating the
Grange Hall based on the Historic Structure Assessment.
A Passion For Plants And Pictures
Liz Emmett-Mattox
It would be natural to assume he’s a full-time photographer,
since he’s at every event in Niwot, shooting away. His photos have been
published in the Courier, the Daily Camera and the Daily Times-Call.
“House Concerts” Amendment Extends Far
Beyond
By Kathy Raczkowski
The Boulder County Land Use Department opened several cans of worms when it opted to change the wording and expand the reach of its recent draft amendment concerning house concerts.
While the initial intent of the amendment to the Land Use
Code was to both allow and regulate house concerts in unincorporated Boulder
County, a draft presented at a public meeting on Dec. 4 proposed the inclusion
of any and all types of gatherings “where a fee, donation, or purchase is
expected from attendees” to be regulated by the new ordinance.
Diagonal Highway Bike Improvements Coming
By Mandy Walker
The Boulder County Commissioners have given the go-ahead to begin construction on two planned improvements to the Diagonal Highway under its Highway 119 Bikeway Project.
The two projects are the construction of a bridge over Lefthand Creek for northbound cyclists and pedestrians, and
improvements to the intersection at Highway 52. Construction on both projects
is due to start March 1.
Niwot Gymnasts Celebrate
By Mandy Walker
St. Vrain’s Unified District gymnastics team celebrated the end of the season with a team banquet at Niwot High School. Coaches Beth Healey and Erin Keeley presented each gymnast with a certificate, praising the athletes individually for the contributions each made to the team.
Receiving a varsity letter for the first time were Becky
Allen (Longmont), Marie Bennett-Hawkes (Silver Creek)
and Rachel Johns (Faith Baptist).
Danielle Metzner (Niwot), Brittany
Wade (Longmont) and Hannah Yost (Silver Creek) lettered for the second time.
Team captain Elizabeth Stover received her fourth varsity letter for
gymnastics.
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You’ve seen him at Nostalgia Days, Rhythm on the Rails, the
Fourth of July Parade – everywhere something is going on in town. His name is
Curtis Jones, and if you don’t recognize him, chances are it’s because when you
see him, his face is hidden behind a camera 
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