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Articles from the February 10, 2017 edition


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  • Valentine's Day cards made by local youngsters sent to troops overseas

    Pam Martin, [email protected]|Feb 10, 2017

    Years ago the Niwot Cookie Moms developed a holiday tradition of using their baking skills to show appreciation for US troops serving overseas. This year those baked confections were joined by dozens of Valentine’s Day cards, all made by local youngsters to be shipped out in about 25 care packages. The boxes will go out to military personnel stationed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa and South Korea, as well as on ships in the near and far east. Area children participated, including preschoolers a...

  • The art of Valentine's chocolate

    Jennifer Simms, [email protected]|Feb 10, 2017

    Chocolate and Valentine’s Day. The two were forever united in 1861 when British chocolate maker Richard Cadbury began selling chocolate candies in heart shaped boxes. For the Gunbarrel-based Concertos in Chocolate the two are still an intense and inseparable pair. “What’s unique about Valentine’s is all our customers come in within about ten days of Valentine’s Day,” said owner and self-titled chocolate composer Chris Widlar. “It’s funny that it’s very intense. Especially the four days before Va...

  • The Great Debaters

    Pam Martin, [email protected]|Feb 10, 2017

    Niwot High School (NHS) has an illustrious history in Forensics, better known as Speech and Debate. This year’s team will compete at the regional, state and national levels, and is ranked sixth in the National Speech & Debate Association’s (NSDA) Rocky Mountain-North Colorado division. The Fairview High School debate event held Jan. 28—the Fairview Freeze—was the most competitive meet NHS has faced all year, and the team didn’t disappoint. And this despite a rocky few years without a dedicated f...