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Articles from the August 19, 2016 edition


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  • Boulder County Sheriff's Office holds Citizens' Academy

    Special to the Courier|Aug 19, 2016

    The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting a 23-week Citizens’ Academy for area residents. Participants will receive information on different aspects of law enforcement work in a classroom setting, as well as have the opportunity to participate in hands-on learning. Participants will meet Thursday evenings from October 6, 2016 through March 30, 2017, with breaks for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Some of the topics to be covered include: •Criminal law •Patrol •Criminal and death investigations •Emergency...

  • What are those things?

    Mary Wolbach Lopert, [email protected]|Aug 19, 2016

    There’s an odd, green triangle-shaped “thing” dangling from the large ash tree by the northwest corner by the intersection of 79th Street and Hwy. 52. A closer look shows a purple one higher up in the tree. No, it’s not a late Mardi Gras celebration. Both are prism-shaped traps designed to catch the emerald ash borer (EAB), which has infested Boulder County ash trees. According to the website Sinochemical.com, these three-sided sticky traps are designed to catch EABs. The different...