Gunbarrel Community Center
Plan Gets Final Approval

Adoption Comes Despite Disagreements

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Longmont Officials Eye Bypass Near Niwot 

As the congestion increases on Ken Pratt Boulevard Longmont city officials are thinking about building a bypass near Niwot sometime in the future. The proposed road would run from the Diagonal Highway SH 119 between Niwot and Longmont east to County Line Road. {Full Story}

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RMCC Plans To Double Complex     

Only the board of directors and a few local residents were present at the Niwot Community Association's (NCA) April 7 meeting when Rocky Mountain Christian Church presented plans for expansion. The church expected to file official plans with the Boulder County Land Use Department by the end of April. Planning consultant Rosi Koopmann informally presented the church expansion plans.  She reported that there would be no construction north of Quiet Retreat's north property line.The church is located at the northwest corner of 95th street and Niwot Road. The property is a 57-acre parcel, assembled over the last several years.  It includes a recently purchased five-acre parcel with two ballfields, which will be added to a parcel covered by an existing conservation easement.  {Full Story}

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Bridge Dedicated To Fallen Soldier 

Offering better access to Niwot High's sports complex, a second bridge over the Boulder and Left Hand Ditch is dedicated to the memory of Randy Rehn, Niwot High Class of 1986, who was killed in Iraq last April.  The bridge is a welcome replacement for a makeshift bridge of wooden slats students had placed there.{Full Story}

 

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Niwot Elementary School's OM Team Heads To Worlds 

Niwot Elementary's team of second and third grade boys placed first at the Odyssey of the Mind state competition held on April 17, in Sterling, Colo. Teri Keeler and Dave Bowes coached the winning team, which successfully solved the Balancing Act Problem.  Team members are (l to r) Jordan Keeler, Billy Drake, Matthew Wang, Dale Hawley-Bowes, Mr. Keppler (principal), Wyatt Powell, Sean Harrison, and Benjamin Falk. They have been invited compete in the OM World competition at the end of May in Maryland.

If you are interested in sponsoring or supporting the Niwot team at the world competition please make your tax deductible 501(c)(3) contribution check payable to: Colorado Odyssey, Inc.  Send your checks by May 21 to: c/o Niwot Elementary, 8778 Morton Road, Longmont CO 80503 Attn: Laura Harrison.

            If you need additional information please call Laura at 303-746-0746.

 

With Mil Levy Override, St. Vrain Would Join The Pack 

"We are the only school district of our size or larger which does not currently have a mil levy override,” said Nancy Herbert of SVVSD Information Services. The St. Vrain Valley School Board may decide to ask the voters for a mil levy override in November.Kathy Hall, school board member, noted that across the state the average school district receives 11 percent more funding, including mil levy overrides, than SVVSD.  In administrative salaries, SVVSD offers about 20 percent less than comparable districts.  “You can lose good people when faced with those comparisons,” said Hall. {Full Story}

 

Between You & Me 

Yesterday, being the first of May, a number of persons went into the fields and bathed their faces with the dew on the grass, with the idea that it would render them beautiful.  {Full Story}