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July 2003
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Airline Snafu Strands Lobsters
Niwotians and guests enjoyed the Lobster "half" bash on June 21, complete with music and good company. The second half of the crustacean celebration is promised for August. "We sold about 1200 tickets, and ordered the lobsters from Boston," Pat Murphy, a member of the Niwot Ladies Club, said. "Delta Airlines downgraded the 767 in Atlanta and had to leave a crate of crowded crustaceans on the tarmac in Atlanta." The 700 late lobsters arrived at 7 a.m. Sunday. About half of the 774 disappointed lobster lovers promised to come back for a two-fer in August, but in the meantime, there was plenty of great food available for the lobster-less, including crab cakes, paella, and pizza. The August dinner will only serve those who bought tickets in June, and only the original number of guests will be served.
Between the grand-scheme goals of the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan and the individual planning for site-specific applications, there is an area of uncertainty. How is the Comprehensive Plan to be applied on a smaller scale? What happens when a sub-community has its own unique needs? Several Gunbarrel residents, feeling that greater clarity was needed in plotting the course of their community, took their concerns to the City of Boulder’s Department of Planning and Development. The eventual answer to those concerns, the Gunbarrel Commercial Area Plan, is still on the drawing board, but will be ready for public comment in July. (Full Story) |
Celebrate the 4th of July By Supporting Our Troops Special to the Courier The NCA (Niwot Community Association) has decided to “adopt” about 200 soldiers in Alpha Company of the 244th Engineering Battalion, who have been posted to Kuwait and then to Iraq from the Boulder-Denver area. “Alpha Rocks” is their company motto. The battalion is home to 1998 NHS grad Ryan Anderson, who left for Kuwait on May 18 and will probably be deployed there for a year. Some soldiers in A Company are well supported by family care packages, but many others are not. The NCA, along with Ryan’s parents, Jan Stutts and Neil Anderson, are organizing efforts to send much needed supplies to the battalion The army does not supply some items that would help the soldiers deal with harsh conditions like sand fleas, mosquitoes, poor water and a constant battle for cleanliness. Desired items include flea collars (ankle size), (Full Story) |
Left Hand Laurel: Sandi Searls Niwot
resident Sandi Searls, the Courier’s Left Hand Laurel for July, has served
on the St. Vrain Valley Board of Education since November 2001.
Before running for the board, Searls watched meetings and admired
how the group set aside
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Last Updated July 2003 by Marge
philosophical
and political differences to work together towards their top priority: