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Articles from the May 4, 2018 edition


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  • International Rotarian at Work Day brings out local chapter

    Vicky Dorvee, [email protected]|May 4, 2018

    “Service above Self” is the motto of the international Rotarian Club and it fittingly captures the spirit of the organization and its members. Beginning in 2006, Rotary Clubs around the world designated the last Saturday of April as the day members perform hands-on work in their communities and the day was titled Rotarians at Work Day (RAW). The Rotary Club of Niwot decided that this RAW they would help the Niwot Historical Society remove a large raised planting bed adjacent to the Niwot Fir...

  • Up-A-Creek Robotics concludes best season yet

    Vicky Dorvee, [email protected]|May 4, 2018

    Up-A-Creek Robotics Team 1619, comprised of primarily St. Vrain Valley School District students, came away from the 2018 FIRST Robotics World Championship competition in Houston with a third-place alliance finish, making this the most successful finish to a season for the team. Adding to the excitement of the finale, the team also earned the General Motors Industrial Design Award, which recognizes “form and function” for the robot that best performs each year’s assigned challenge. Prior to th...

  • Wine, Cheese and Chocolate tasting for Rotary

    Jesse Murphy, [email protected]|May 4, 2018

    The Niwot Rotary Club will be having its eighth-annual Wine, Cheese and Chocolate tasting on May 4 at the Longmont Museum on Quail Road. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a silent auction to accompany the refreshments. Rotarian Chris Wiorek said that the event is slated to help both Colorado Friendship and the Longmont Meals on Wheels program this year. “It’s called Wine, Cheese and Chocolate tasting and that’s exactly what we do,” Wiorek said. “This year we have 10 different wines from aro...