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1/28/1932 - 3/2/2017 Kind and loving mother, grandmother, and wife Kay Stoddart - passed away early Thursday morning. She died in her home of 40 years, with her daughters and family. She was born in Queens, NY, and moved to Niwot, CO with her husband Robert, whom she now joins. She was wise, funny, courageous, generous, and beautiful. She was an expert seamstress, cook, hostess, camper adventurer, and compassionate animal lover. She will be missed by us all, but never forgotten. If you were touched by her, please feel free to join us for a...
Rosalyn B. Arters, age 93, passed away peacefully with her family by her side, at the Balfour Senior Living Community in Louisville, CO on February 14, 2017. Rosalyn was born on August 4, 1923, in Medford, MA to Frank and Helene Bromley, and she spent much of her life through high school growing up on Long Island, NY and in Swarthmore, PA. Rosalyn graduated from Swarthmore High School in 1941; she later attended Moore Institute for Interior Design in Philadelphia, PA and Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, earning a degree in textile graphic...
The CrossFit Games are an international contest of strength and agility aimed to determine the fittest athletes on earth. The Games began in 2007, and will be held this year from Aug. 1 – 6 in Madison, WI. Designed for those rarefied elite athletes who turn the pursuit of fitness into a job, the Games require the hiring of trainers and nutritionists, while undergoing months, or more likely, years of grueling workouts to compete at the highest fitness levels imaginable. But for the rest of us, t...
Irene Arlene Wilson (Ridl), 87, a longtime resident of Niwot, died on Sunday, February 12, 2017 in her home amongst family. Irene was born on November 17, 1929, in Dickinson, North Dakota to Joseph V. and Lillian (Svobdo) Ridl. She had two brothers and two sisters. She married Harley J. Wilson in 1948 and they had 8 children, 17 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, her daughter Lynette (Wilson) Maliapaard, her parents, her brothers Laudie Ridl and Arthur Ridl, and her sister Angie (Ridl) Kadarmas, as...
It’s that winning formula envied by high school coaches in every sport: veteran leadership with playoff exposure plus developing talent with the potential to surprise. In the constant turnover of high school sports rosters, that can be a rare combination, but Niwot girls soccer Head Coach Stephen Dimit thinks he’s found it in the 2017 Cougars squad. “All the pieces are there,” he said. “It’s an interesting blend of a lot of experience and then some new players and different positions....
Niwot Market has chalked up 15 years of serving the town, and owner Bert Steele said that it has become more than just a business. “It’s been really rewarding to be in a small community,” Steele said. “It becomes more than business, it becomes friendships. It’s more than just trying to make money. “You’re doing something, being part of a small community and trying to help where you can.” The official date for the celebration is March 12, and the market has made 250 commemorative mugs to give aw...
Niwot head golf coach Ed Weaver is clear about the challenges the Niwot girls golf team faces this season. “It’s truly in a rebuilding year,” he said. In 2016, the Cougars placed third at the 4A Northern Regional, and were just two strokes away from qualifying for state as a team. But both of last year’s state qualifiers graduated, and this year’s projected number-one, junior Rosie Setter, suffered an ACL-tear during a basketball game in January, and will miss the entire golf season. Weaver hims...
The Silver Creek boys swim team is heading into the 2017 season under the steady guidance of Coach Debbie Stewart, who is entering her 16th year as the team’s head coach. This year’s squad has 38 swimmers, with students from Niwot, Mead and Erie high schools joining those from Silver Creek. Stewart said that there are no tryouts, and that the team welcomes all comers. This can present a bit of a challenge, with team members who have been competitive swimmers for years practicing alongside others who are relative newbies to the sport. This is...
On February 25, 2017 the Regional Northern Colorado Spelling Bee was held at Nevin Platt Middle School. Fifty-one schools were represented and participating students would have to go through 20 rounds of spelling challenging words in order to be named the champion. The task was tough and the competition was too…the winner of this event goes to Washington, DC to compete in the National Spelling Bee. So how do you spell Bolshevik, rutile, sonicate…just ask Sunset Middle School 7th grader Ben Len...
