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Articles from the December 15, 2016 edition


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  • Niwot Cheer Squad places 18th at State

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Dec 15, 2016

    The Niwot Cougars Cheerleading placed 18th at last weekend’s 4A State Spirit Championships, out of a field of 35. Though it wasn’t as high a finish she’d hoped, coach Ashley Poindexter is nonetheless thrilled with her team and their development during the season. “I’m extremely proud of our state performance,” she said. “Compared to the beginning of the year, we looked like a totally different team as we had improved so much.” With a team score of 61.8, Niwot bested local rivals Holy Family (60...

  • Church draws filmmaker to Niwot

    Bruce Warren, [email protected]|Dec 15, 2016

    When filmmaker Erika Volchan O’Conor was searching the internet for images of early Colorado, she saw a photo of the original Niwot United Brethren Church from the early 1900s, and she knew she had seen it in a sketch. The photograph had been sketched by Muriel Sibell Wolle, one of the four Colorado artists O’Conor featured in her film. The photo caused her to reach out to Rev. Pam Everhart, current pastor of the church, now known as the Niwot United Methodist Church after several mergers, and...