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The prestigious P.E.O. STAR Scholarship, for the 2016-2017 academic year, was presented to Kelsey Dawson, a senior at Niwot High School. Dawson was recommended for this scholarship by Chapter JD of Broomfield, Colorado. She has been accepted and will attend Colorado State University beginning this fall. The P.E.O. STAR Scholarship is a $2,500 award based on excellence in leadership, extracurricular activities, community service, academics and potential for future success. The program is open to...
After over three years of planning, fundraising and constructing, the Niwot Children’s Park is finally nearing completion. Members of the building committee estimate that the park will be open by September 1, if not sooner. The park is located on the corner of Murray Street and First Avenue, across from Whistle Stop Park. The concept for the park was first formed by Jeff and Cynthia Lambert, who purchased the property at 101 First Avenue in Niwot before proposing the creation of a new c...
On May 28, the Niwot High School (NHS) class of 2016 received their diplomas, stepped off the stage and launched into their futures. For several of these high-achieving students, their high school experiences and achievements have opened the door to exceptional post-college opportunities. International Baccalaureate (IB) students Joanna Liu, Mohika Nagpal and Joshua McInerney received a perfect score of 36 on their ACT exams, gaining them entrance to three of the nation’s top universities, w...
Breweries, home brewers and craft brews have become immensely popular very quickly, especially in Colorado. Bootstrap Brewing joined the movement about four years ago when it opened in Niwot, in Cottonwood Square. Owners Steve and Leslie Kaczeus have strived to be Niwot’s neighborhood brewery and make the best beer they can. They recently won a bronze award at the World Beer Cup, which takes place every two years, and was held in Philadelphia this year. “It’s kind of the Olympics of beer,...
After over three years of planning, fundraising and constructing, the Niwot Children’s Park is finally nearing completion. Members of the building committee estimate that the park will be open by September 1, if not sooner. The park is located on the corner of Murray Street and First Avenue, across from Whistle Stop Park. The concept for the park was first formed by Jeff and Cynthia Lambert, who purchased the property at 101 First Avenue in Niwot before proposing the creation of a new c...
The Colorado Department of Transportation began work earlier this month on SH 119, or Diagonal Highway, in between Longmont and Niwot. Last week they began milling the asphalt on the roughly 10-mile stretch of road that will be resurfaced. According to CDOT Communication Manager Jared Fiel, the work should be completed by October at a cost of $12 million. In addition to resurfacing work, guardrails and bridge rails will be replaced, and minor bridge repairs will be performed and signs replaced...
Ed Trumble has enjoyed a lifelong passion for the American West. This passion found a home, nearly 70 years ago, when Trumble founded Leanin’ Tree, a family-owned greeting card company based in Gunbarrel featuring original western artwork. On May 16, the Greeting Card Association honored Trumble’s long and successful career with its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Trumble’s love for art of the American West began young, during his childhood on a cattle-feeding ranch in Nebraska. Trumb...
One longtime Niwot resident is bringing his newly acquired pedicab service to Niwot just in time for the start of summer. Robbie Vinson has lived in Niwot since he was a little kid and is looking forward to sharing his pedicab business, Subie Do LLC, with the rest of the community. Vinson isn’t the only one involved in the business though. His fiance Amy Frary is actually the one who owns the business, with Vinson managing it. “Amy is currently an inventory manager at Budget Truck Ren...
John Roberts and Bren Frisch, owners of Sunflower Farm, bought the property in South Longmont back in 2000 and have been inviting members of the public out to enjoy the farm for over a decade. “We wanted to create a rural experience for our own family,” Roberts said. “And then over the first couple years, with all [our kids’] friends, people began to notice the farm and we began to notice the importance the farm made to kids and families.” The couple officially opened the farm up to the publi...
The end of the school year comes with many transitions and in the case of Flagstaff Academy, Longmont’s public charter school, the students, staff, parents and alumni will be saying goodbye to two beloved and longstanding teachers, Timothy Baldwin and Lisa Wilkins, who are retiring from teaching. Wilkins, one of the original middle school teachers since Flagstaff Academy added grades six through eight in 2007, has been contributing her extensive background in English and American history into t...
Niwot Dental is closed this week in order to move its office a few blocks away to 6800 N. 79th St. in Cottonwood Square. Doctor Adam Saeks said that the move was for a number of reasons, including timing and space. “It was good timing because I’ve been in this building for 10 years and Niwot Dental has been here for a little over 30 years,” Saeks said. “I felt that it was a good time. “The new office has more space, we did a complete demo and basically started from scratch and built to our specs. It should be very comfortable for our patients....
During the last four years, Principal Brent Caldwell has brought many positive changes to Heatherwood Elementary, including the creation of a new vision and mission statement, a significant upgrade to the technology available at the school, and the introduction of the Design Thinking philosophy. Even though Caldwell will leave Heatherwood at the end of the school year to assume the principal role at Boulder Valley School District’s new PreK-8 school in Erie, he is confident Heatherwood’s sta...
Niwot is known for many events, including the 4th of July and Halloween parades, Enchanted Evening, First Friday Art Walks, and Let’s Wine About Winter. But its most popular and well known event may be its summer concert series Rock & Rails, which runs from June through August. This year, Rock & Rails is planning for another successful year by bringing in people who may not have attended one of the concerts before. Niwot resident Satir DeMarco, the Rock & Rails emcee, schedules all the bands a...
The Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group recently received word that a Community Development Block Grant was approved for 14 projects in the Lefthand Valley area. According to Watershed Coordinator Jessica Olson, they originally received a matching grant for around $9.5 million to do flood recovery work through the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s emergency watershed protection program. The match was 12.5 percent, which is where the CDBG funds came into play. Olson said that Boulder County...
Lectures, artifact exhibits and publications are the usual methods used by historical societies to preserve the history and culture of a town. But in Niwot, the Niwot Historical Society has created an unusual publication – coloring pages drawn by area artists that feature Niwot landmarks. The project was sparked last fall by a question to historical society board member Donlyn Arbuthnot from a local realtor. The realtor wanted to know if the historical society had a coloring book that she c...
The end of the school year is always full of emotion as graduating students say farewell and transition to the next phase of their lives. These final days are especially poignant for the three Niwot High School (NHS) teachers who will retire at the end of the school year. Tom Kajiwara: Physical Education In 2000, Tom Kajiwara was a stay-at-home dad when former NHS principal Dennis Daly invited him to join the football coaching staff. During that year a food science position opened up unexpectedl...
Most people live in shacks made of mud with a dirt or concrete floor. Only about 20 percent of the people have electricity, and until recently, people did not have water and were getting their water from the Nairobi dam, which was unclean and often caused typhoid and cholera. This is life in Kibera, Africa’s largest urban slum that is located in Kenya near Nairobi. Last summer, Niwot resident and photographer Lucy Tuck visited the slum with her family while they were on a trip in Africa. A...
Members of the Niwot Community Association (NCA) are hoping that this year’s Niwot Cleanup Day doesn’t resemble last year’s event. “I think we are all hoping for much better weather this year,” NCA President Dick Piland said at the NCA’s May 4 meeting. “Last year we all got pretty wet.” Early weather forecasts call for sunny weather on May 14 in contrast to the wet and snowy weekends in the recent past. “Maybe we’ll get a good day this year,” event chair Heidi Storz said. Niwot Cleanup Day will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 14...
The campsite reservations are made. The kids can’t wait to roast marshmallows and throw rocks in the creek. Even the dog is excited to chase sticks and the occasional deer. But as the trip approaches, your apprehension increases. What should we pack? What should we eat? And is it really camping if my gear fills the entire back-half of my SUV instead of just my backpack? Gunbarrel resident and camping expert Dawn Bitz doesn’t want you to worry. In fact, the whole reason she founded GH Outdoor Inc., and its lifestyle brand Grasshaven, is to mak...
For the second year in a row, Twin Peaks Charter Academy (TPCA) won the STEM engineering competition at Metro State University (MSU) Math Day. The goal of the event is to encourage interest in math and science, while fostering constructive competition among area high schools. Many schools from throughout the Front Range participate, and each can bring up to three teams. Students compete in three subjects: geometry, engineering and algebra. In the geometry competition, teams of students work...
Niwot law firm Warren, Carlson & Moore was recognized for the firm’s pro bono work at the annual Boulder County Legal Services Pro Bono Luncheon April 4. The firm received recognition for meeting the goal of 100 percent firm participation in the pro bono program, with attorneys Bruce Warren, Thomas Moore, Laura Moore and Brett Landis donating free legal services to low-income clients through Boulder County Legal Services. Landis also received individual recognition for providing between 50 a...
The Rotary Club of Niwot is involved in many local and international projects and education services. Niwot’s club holds two fundraisers each year, Oktoberfest in the fall and Wine, Cheese, and Chocolate in the spring, to help raise money for various humanitarian projects. On Saturday, May 14, the Niwot Rotary will be holding its sixth Wine, Cheese, and Chocolate tasting fundraiser for the community. Kamla Chopra, rotary member and local real estate agent, said the event has grown every year and has become something people look forward to n...
Boulder Country Day School (BCD) 8th grade artist, Xan, dedicated her mural (12”x 9”) at the Boulder Homeless Shelter on Saturday, May 7. An extremely talented student, Xan chose to design a multi-panel mural for the Boulder Shelter for the Homeless for her 8th grade capstone project. This exceptional piece (pictured above) took 170 hours and three months to design, and was done all with paints she obtained from hazardous waste recycling. She mixed all the colors herself. The mural is str...
A Gunbarrel man is in the hospital with a non-life-threatening injury following a dispute between neighbors at the Willow Condominium Complex on the 6200 block of Willow Lane in Gunbarrel. The suspect, age 59, allegedly shot the victim, age 46, in the buttocks with a small caliber handgun. Names are not being released at this time. The victim was transported to an undisclosed hospital, and the suspect was also checked in for a medical evaluation, both transported by ambulance. According Commander Mike Wagner with the Boulder County Sheriff’s D...
Maryann Ruck, president and founder of Integrated Wealth Strategies, is moving her business of seven years to Gunbarrel in May. Integrated Wealth Strategies is a “comprehensive wealth management firm, with a financial planning emphasis,” she said. Ruck has been in the accounting and finance industry for over 20 years, and has worked in Fort Collins, Denver and now Boulder. She has lived in Niwot for the past 10 years and said she’s moving her business to acquire more space for it to grow. “It’s...
For the fifth year in a row Why Not Niwot?, a juried art show, is taking place in small-town Niwot next month. Owner of Osmosis Art Gallery, Anne Postle, and co-worker and artist Michelle Henzel have been putting the art show on for the Niwot Cultural Arts Association (NCAA) for the past five years as another way to bring people to Niwot and celebrate the town. “A part of the fun,” Postle said, “is [the art show] is something that gets people in all the businesses in town.” Twenty artists...
On Wednesday April 27, the Niwot Historical Society (NHS) was lucky enough to hear the presentation, “Quilts That Settled The West,” by Jeananne Wright. Besides being a collector (she has one of the most complete quilt collections in the U.S.), Wright is an AQS Certified Quilt Appraiser, and gives about 30 talks each year. This lecture, one of 11 programs she shares, focused on the Oregon Trail, quilts made from 1840-1870, and what happened to the settlers that made them for their journey. Wri...
Many small businesses make up Niwot, but not all of them are the threads that hold the town together. Niwot Jewelry & Gifts is celebrating its 20-year anniversary in May. Not only has the small jewelry and watch repair store been in business for two decades, but it has been located on 2nd Avenue the whole time. “It’s hard for small, family-owned businesses,” owner Jan Kahl said. “They’re tough to hang onto. You almost have to have some sort of service to keep going in Niwot.” Kahl and her hus...
Differences in learning styles can often make education difficult for both students and teachers, leading to a need for more personalized learning. Niwot-based Indigo works with schools both locally and in different states to help create a more personalized education experience. “The ultimate vision behind Indigo is giving schools all the resources, training and information they need to be able to teach their students based on who they are,” Director Joel Kaplan said. With schools having up to...
Gunbarrel Center, the new apartment community located at 5340 Gunbarrel Center Court in Gunbarrel, is welcoming Proto’s Pizzeria Napoletana (Proto’s) as the community’s first restaurant. Proto’s, the popular, Boulder-based pizzeria founded by Pam Proto in 1999, will open an 1,800 square-foot restaurant at Gunbarrel Center this summer. Proto’s is the first commercial tenant to be announced at Gunbarrel Center. When complete, Gunbarrel’s new pedestrian-friendly Main Street will feature sev...
Apex 5510 apartment complex in Gunbarrel was the first apartment community in Boulder to receive LEED certification, which is a rating system from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for improved human health and environmental performance. Last month the 231-unit apartment received its LEED silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, showing the community’s commitment to sustainability and the environment. Apex prides itself on having easy access to many bike trails and t...
Centennial State Ballet (CSB), formerly Longmont Dance Theatre, has been in operation for 18 years as the exclusive, pre-professional ballet academy of Longmont, Colorado. CSB is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing classical ballet performances for the community. CSB is proud to present Coppélia for its spring gala performance on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1. Coppélia first premiered on May 25, 1870 at the Théâtre Impérial L’Opéra in Paris and is considered the last great ballet of the Romantic era. The ballet tells t...
Boulder County Land Use planning staff is recommending that county Planning Commission members approve, with conditions, an application for a special use amendment and development plan to allow a retail marijuana facility at 6924 N. 79th Street in Niwot. The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposal at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at the Boulder County Courthouse, 1325 Pearl Street, Boulder, in the third floor hearing room. Public testimony will be taken at the meeting. Speakers generally will be limited to three...
For youngsters in the area, Niwot Youth Sports (NYS) has brought a lifetime of memories and experiences since its beginnings with recreational baseball in the late 1960’s. A decade later, the organization was dubbed the Gunbarrel Lefthand Valley Recreation Association, and basketball and girls softball were added. Today, NYS serves 450 children in baseball and softball, close to 300 in basketball and around 100 in flag football each year. NYS offers competitive and recreational versions of e...
Burden, Inc., is in the middle of construction of a 30,317 square-foot building on Longbow Drive in Gunbarrel, and the development will be a blank slate. Developer Keith Burden said the original design was meant to keep options open for businesses looking to move into the area. “We’ve designed it so that we can break it up into 10 separate spaces,” Burden said. “But the thought is that ultimately it will have fewer than 10, or even possibly one or two tenants that take up a larger space....
*Editor’s note: Seven candidates have filed for three positions on the Mountain View Fire Protection District Board. The deadline for district patrons to submit their ballots is 7 p.m. on May 3. The ballots can be mailed back or dropped off in person at 3561 N. Stagecoach Road. As of press time, not all candidates had responded to the questionnaire. Debra Brodhead Incumbent Town: Mead Occupation: Office Tech III for Weld County Sheriff’s Office since 2002 Number of years living in the district: 32 Experience in fire protection services: My expe...
It was no April Fool’s joke when Frank Richard Duran of Lafayette was sentenced to 25 years in prison at Weld County District Court on Friday, April 1. Duran was arrested for setting a Niwot home on fire last year and attempting to drown a Pomeranian, “Cujo,” in addition to other crimes in Weld County. He pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery and arson charges. Prosecutes decided to drop burglary, felony menacing, motor vehicle theft, child abuse, and trespassing charges. After Duran’s spree o...
Honoring volunteers, highlighting activities and discussing issues of interest in Niwot are on the agenda of the Niwot Community Association’s (NCA) annual membership meeting set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at the Left Hand Grange, 195 Second Avenue, Niwot. All NCA members are invited to attend the meeting; those who are not members can join the NCA that evening as long as they live in the NCA’s service area, which includes the greater Niwot area and a small portion of Gunbarrel. The cost for a yearly NCA membership is $30. The meeting wil...
Following the recent changes to Colorado Real Estate Holdings’ (CREH) application for a proposed marijuana retail facility in Niwot, No Pot in Niwot submitted its response to Boulder County. Last month, Ernie Craumer of Colorado Real Estate Holdings altered his application to be a marijuana retail facility and withdrew his request for a cultivation facility. “CREH has listened to the community concerns of Niwot in making this decision,” Craumer said in his updated application. “The concerns expressed by the Niwot community were mostly with re...
For most women shopping is a favorite pastime, and even those who don’t label themselves ‘shopaholics’ would admit to enjoying browsing through stores every now and then. A new store in Niwot hopes to give women throughout Boulder County and Denver a place to come buy and sell once-loved, high-end fashion items. ShopGirl owners Rita Williamson and Bethany Fetté are full of life and a love for fashion, whether it’s Chanel, Free People or Lulu Lemon. Williamson used to own Silhouette Massage,...
A new play structure. The best backpack ever. Over 300 Heatherwood Elementary School parents and students used the Design Thinking method to dream up solutions for common elementary school problems, at the first ever family challenge night on Thursday, April 7. Participants worked together as a family to design and build a product prototype, which they presented to a classroom of participants. “I liked all the colors and using all the puff balls,” second grader Kaitlyn Tschoepe said as she exp...
The Niwot Local Improvement District (LID) met on Tue., April 5 to discuss a funding request for flowers and the issue of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Niwot. The only funding request for the night was for flowers, with the Niwot Business Association (NBA) submitting an $18,000 application. Carrie Wise presented the request for funds on behalf of NBA Streetscapes Chair Chuck Klueber, who couldn’t be at the meeting. Last year the LID funded the NBA request for $13,000 for the flowers along Second Avenue and Cottonwood Square, and s...
It’s been a long-time coming for Niwotians who have been waiting patiently for the 1914 House to open at the site of the former Rev Taylor’s Restaurant, which closed in 2000. After months of construction, that day has finally come. Owner Nick Mastronardi officially opened the restaurant on Tuesday, March 22, at 121 Second Avenue in Niwot after having two soft openings over the previous weekend which saw more than 100 guests. “It went really well,” Mastronardi said of the soft openings. “People...
The First Annual International Festival was an event where Twin Peaks Charter Academy celebrated the cultural differences and diversity in their school and community. The festival encouraged TPCA students to be aware of the larger world around them and to embrace the different cultures at TPCA. The Festival was held at Twin Peaks Charter Academy on February 26, 2016, with over 550 guests in attendance. They were given the opportunity to visit fifteen different booths represented by families...
The Local Improvement District’s (LID) March meeting was an extensive one, as it covered several funding requests and discussed important new business. Chuck Klueber, Niwot Business Association (NBA) streetscape representative, attended the meeting on behalf of the NBA to request funds for snow removal, tree maintenance, district maintenance and repairs, and event banners. The funding request for snow removal was $1,500, which would cover all of 2016 and include the removal of snow along Second Avenue. The snow is to be cleared of parking space...
After a recent special meeting, Bolder County officials now believe they have found a solution to the growing invasive population of prairie dogs. Harvey Danger, an ecologist who specializes in suburban rodent populations, presented both the Bolder Parks and Weed Department and county officials with a proposal that could curb the encroachment of two rival prairie dog colonies. The proposal begins with the introduction of several packs of wild coyotes that will be brought in from Estes Park....
On Tuesday, March 22, Longmont and Firestone police arrested a man who they believe is responsible for eight different robberies of gas stations and liquor stories around Boulder County since January, including the Conoco station in Cottonwood Square. Police arrested 30-year-old Jesus Theodore Lopez at an AutoZone in Firestone last Tuesday afternoon. According to a news report, Lopez was arrested on suspicion of eight counts of aggravated robbery and one count of theft between $2,000 and...
Ask anyone what one of their main frustrations are in life, and they’ll most likely list traffic and road conditions. As Denver, Boulder and surrounding neighborhoods continue to increase in population, traffic remains a constant problem. Toll roads are becoming more common around the Denver metro area, as a toll road was recently implemented on US 36, and on I-25 from US 36 to downtown Denver (a total of seven miles). Both of these toll roads require an Express Lane pass that will cut down costs for those using the toll lanes. For those w...
The proposed marijuana retail and grow facility in Niwot recently made a change to its application, removing the grow facility from the proposal. In an updated application submitted on Monday, March 21, Ernie Craumer of Colorado Real Estate Holdings (CREH) said that as of now he believes “ they have provided sufficient documentation to address the requirements needed to approve the proposed marijuana establishment located at 6924 79th Street by the Boulder County Land Use Planners.” The new application went on to say that CREH decided to “vo...
