When It Comes To Evacuation…
Preparation Is The Best Medicine
By
Noelle Abarelli
The number of homes that were actually evacuated was closer to 1,000, However, the threat itself left many wondering just
what to do in the event of an evacuation.
One person who is no stranger to emergencies and evacuations is
former FEMA chief Michael D. Brown. Brown was actually one of thousands forced
to evacuate his home during the recent wildfires, but unlike many of us, he is
always prepared for a disaster.
Take The Chill Off With Chili In Niwot
Liz
Emmett-Mattox Hoping to give a boost to Niwot businesses, the Niwot Business
Association cooked up a plan members hope will warm up diners as well as sales
for local businesses. Teaming up with
the firefighters of the Mountain View Fire Protection District, the NBA will
sponsor a chili dinner on Saturday, Feb. 28 from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the
Left Hand Grange.
One thing that makes this chili dinner different from others is that diners can use their tickets for a discount at participating merchants. “It’s really a great deal for people, because they can use their ticket for five dollars off a ten dollar purchase made that day,” said key organizer Rockin’ Robin Abb.
By Shari
Phiel Meeting for the first time in the new year, Niwot Business Association members tackled a busy
agenda at the Jan. 13 meeting. Besides covering the regular monthly agenda
items, the meeting also included the election of the 2009 officers.
NBA President Tony Santelli opened the meeting with a few brief remarks about the upcoming year and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. “This is going to be an exciting year for all of us. I think with the economy, it’s going to test us in terms of how creative we can be to survive.”
Alexander Dawson School
By
Colleen Reilly Krueger Dawson sophomore paddler Tyler Hinton was a featured athlete in
the Jan. 12 edition of Sports Illustrated’sFaces in the Crowd. A varsity
letter-winner on the Dawson Canoe and Kayak Team since the eighth grade, he won
the Colorado Rivermeister award, Colorado’s most
prestigious high school paddling award, as a prep freshman.
Hinton has earned Junior Olympic medals of every color in kayak as
well as singles and doubles canoes. He is on the U.S. Jr. National Slalom Canoe
Team, and has raced in the Junior World Championships in the Czech Republic and
in Australia for the Youth Olympics.
Hinton has competed in U.S. Olympic Team Trials and in the
International Canoe Federation (ICF) World Series competition and is currently
the top U.S. Junior C-1 (single canoe).
Photo
courtesy of Alexander Dawson School
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Plans Approved For
Gunbarrel Gateway
The
Hugh M. Woods building is finally on the way out. Boulder Hospitality, headed
by Niwot resident Bill McDermid, has won approval for
its plan to redevelop the site with a hotel on one of the four building sites,
with three sites available that could be used as restaurants, retail or office
space.
McDermid said that he’s excited to finally have
things moving. “We’ve got a contractor lined up, and the construction drawings
are going out for bid next week.” Demolition on the old lumberyard could begin
in just a few weeks, with groundbreaking for the hotel to begin some time this
spring.
Niwot LID Kicks Off The New Year
The
Niwot Local Improvement District Advisory Committee held its first meeting of
the year Jan. 6. Treasurer Harris Faberman reported
that a $40,000 budget is available for the 2009 calendar year, but with a
carryover of 2008 funds, the total could reach more than $70,000.
Although
no invoices or official requests for funding were presented for approval at the
meeting, many potential 2009 projects were discussed.
By Donna
Currie Most locals residents probably don’t remember what happened here
40 years ago, but the Old Stage Road fire on Jan. 7 fell on the on the 40th
anniversary of similar fires in 1969. High winds contributed to those fires as
well.
In the 1969 fire, one Cherryvale firefighter was killed after
being blown off the back of a fire truck. Afterward, the Niwot Volunteer Fire
Department made it a rule that nobody could ride on the back of a fire truck.
Niwot volunteers, along with most of the other local fire
departments, were out fighting fires most of the night. Red Southern, at that
time a member of the Niwot Volunteer Fire Department, spent his night at IBM,
helping to board up windows and hunting down fans and other equipment that had
blown off the roofs.
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