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Calling all photographers, intentional or accidental! The Left Hand Valley Courier’s Photo of the Week feature is open to any area resident who personally photographs Niwot-Gunbarrel area sights, including people (with permission, of course), buildings, animals, birds, plants, flowers, events, or anything else. Naturally, there are a few rules to follow: • The photograph must be submitted in jpg format via email to [email protected]@lhvc.com in high resolution. • Please include a caption describing the photo, your name, email addre...
Cranberry Concoctions What would Thanksgiving dinner look like without cranberry sauce and its progeny? Probably a little more peaceful since the debate between homemade cranberry sauce and the jellied kind from a can dominates the very important Thanksgiving cranberry decision. Go ahead, buy the canned kind, slice it into half-moons and enjoy. But here are a couple of alternatives. CRANBERRY SAUCE MADE FROM CRANBERRIES Basic cranberry sauce is almost as easy as opening a can. The bonus is that...
ACROSS 1. Nahas 3. Master 6. donations 11. libero 12. entrance 14. trumpet DOWN 2. speed 4. water 5. Niwot 7. soccer 8. Steele 9. four 10. minimum 11. LID 13. nine...
Calling all photographers, intentional or accidental! The Left Hand Valley Courier’s Photo of the Week feature is open to any area resident who personally photographs Niwot-Gunbarrel area sights, including people (with permission, of course), buildings, animals, birds, plants, flowers, events, or anything else. Naturally, there are a few rules to follow: • The photograph must be submitted in jpg format via email to [email protected] in high resolution. • Please include a caption describing the photo, your name, email address and phone numbe...
Ok. Life can bring great joys and great disappointments. In the face of adversity, do you despair or embrace it? For example, last week, I was wearing sandals and a tank top. This week I was planning to hike Mt. Sanitas but instead found myself bundled in a sweater cuddling my electric blanket. By the way, it is only in the high thirties. By February the mid-thirties will seem downright balmy. Abrupt changes can be a jolt. But before long, we get used to the change and fluctuations in the...
From reading the marketing blurb on the back cover of Justin Courter's latest book "Cadenza, A Novel" (available at Inkberry Books), one might be forgiven for anticipating this tale to be a simple heart-warming story of a prodigy overcoming great physical and emotional odds to become a singular success on the world stage. The blurb casts the protagonist thusly: Despite the barriers of her scarred face (from a house fire at an early age that killed her sister) and her tragic childhood, she...
ACROSS 2. Khando 4. soccer 6. Hall 9. Johnson 10. Nelson 12. Mwebaza 13. Enchanted 16. defeat DOWN 1. Bote 3. Maurer 4. Santa 5. Coonce 7. Rotary 8. volleyball 11. Ed 14. Neguse 15. Butler...
Calling all photographers, intentional or accidental! The Left Hand Valley Courier’s Photo of the Week feature is open to any area resident who personally photographs Niwot-Gunbarrel area sights, including people (with permission, of course), buildings, animals, birds, plants, flowers, events, or anything else. Naturally, there are a few rules to follow: • The photograph must be submitted in jpg format via email to [email protected] in high resolution. • Please include a caption describing the photo, your name, email address and phone numbe...
ACROSS 1. seniors 4. wage 6. Ottem 9. Lincoln 10. four 11. soccer 13. roads DOWN 2. election 3. one 5. banners 7. midfield 8. wolf 12. closed...
With Halloween behind us, attention turns to Thanksgiving. The Courier Cookbook will count down to the big day with recipes perfect for any Thanksgiving meal. We start with stuffing. "Stuffing" is usually used to fill the turkey while the term "dressing" is used for similar dishes but served outside of the turkey. Either way, they are essential to the traditional Thanksgiving fare. Instead of buying it in a box or bag, try these. Next week we will focus on cranberry sauce and other fruit side...
Calling all photographers, intentional or accidental! The Left Hand Valley Courier’s Photo of the Week feature is open to any area resident who personally photographs Niwot-Gunbarrel area sights, including people (with permission, of course), buildings, animals, birds, plants, flowers, events, or anything else. Naturally, there are a few rules to follow: • The photograph must be submitted in jpg format via email to [email protected] in high resolution. • Please include a caption describing the photo, your name, email address and phone numbe...
Ok. Was I the only one who thought "trunk-or-treat" was a typo? Seriously. I soon realized I saw the words too often together for "trunk" to be a typo. But I still didn't understand what trunk-or-treat meant for longer than I want to admit. What was happening here? And was there really an elephant involved? I figured it had to be a social distancing remnant of COVID. But after a little googling, I learned trunk-or-treating has been around for at least 10 years, well before COVID. Where have I...
It began with a wedding ring that vanished one night. Adrianne, a longtime Niwot resident, had followed the same bedtime routine for over 40 years. She would remove her ring and place it carefully on her bedside table. One morning she woke and her ring was gone. In its place was a child's toy ring, the kind of ring you might find as a prize in a Cracker Jack box. It was small and plastic, and gleaming in the morning light. Despite searching the entire house, her wedding ring was nowhere to be fo...
Click on the names to see what makes Courier reporters anything but dull. All work and no play makes Biff a dull boy. All work and no play makes Elise a dull girl. All work and no play makes Alyson a dull girl. All work and no play makes Vicki a dull girl. All work and no play makes Scott a dull boy. All work and no play makes Vicky a dull girl. All work and no play makes Jack (Carlough) a dull boy. All work and no play makes Anne a dull girl. All work and no play makes Deborah a dull girl. All work and no play makes Ryan a dull boy. All work...
Nothing says autumn like hearty grains to accompany all the pumpkin dishes you will be serving. These are tried-and-true delicious. Next week we will start thinking about Thanksgiving with your favorite stuffing/dressing dishes. Send your favorite recipes to [email protected]. GREEK LEEK HERBED RICE (Prasorizo) Submitted by Karen Sherlock Ingredients: 4 leeks (about 2 pounds), trimmed, white and pale green parts sliced ¼-inch thick 1 lemon ¼ cup raw almonds ½ teaspoon...
Despite the threat of darkening clouds, there was a great turnout at the Niwot United Methodist Church's Trunk-or-Treat on Oct. 27. The food from Boulder County's Nacho Mama's Tacos was fabulous. It was a sweet time for both children and adults....
ACROSS 3. Tigger 5. Fest 6. dull 10. Sharknado 11. trumpet 13. trout 15. Anderson DOWN 1. Purcell 2. Cioni 4. junior 5. first 7. flag 8. Eggers 9. Pacheco 12. Mitchell 14. Anthony 16. STEAM...
Calling all photographers, intentional or accidental! The Left Hand Valley Courier’s Photo of the Week feature is open to any area resident who personally photographs Niwot-Gunbarrel area sights, including people (with permission, of course), buildings, animals, birds, plants, flowers, events, or anything else. Naturally, there are a few rules to follow: • The photograph must be submitted in jpg format via email to [email protected] in high resolution. • Please include a caption describing the photo, your name, email address and phone numbe...
ACROSS 2. Ashley 4. Fall 5. Crunchy 6. guitar 7. pumpkin 9. culvert 10. Germany 12. softball 13. Tenz DOWN 1. marching 3. excellent 4. fragmented 8. Moy 11. Courier...
It is that time of year where everyone buys, carves, decorates, and cooks with pumpkins. Coffee shops are selling out of pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin bread. The Courier is sharing a few community favorites to reignite that pumpkin love. Next week, we will feature grains. Think rice, quinoa, their cousin the lentil, and their second cousin, orzo, which is actually a pasta. Today these traditional side dishes are front and center and add lots of flavor to any meal. Put some in your salad for...
Calling all photographers, intentional or accidental! The Left Hand Valley Courier’s Photo of the Week feature is open to any area resident who personally photographs Niwot-Gunbarrel area sights, including people (with permission, of course), buildings, animals, birds, plants, flowers, events, or anything else. Naturally, there are a few rules to follow: • The photograph must be submitted in jpg format via email to [email protected]@lhvc.com in high resolution. • Please include a caption describing the photo, your name, email addre...
Ok. Halloween is just around the corner. It is the only time of year when that much-maligned color, orange, is front and center. Orange somehow connotes "scary," doesn't it? When did orange get such a bad rap? After all, it is a completely natural color. Orange is found in pumpkins, oranges, flowers, and Tang. I am not talking about peach or coral. I am talking about straight-up orange. Yet, it is hard to find orange so predominant at any other time of year. Nowhere is this more obvious than in...
"One-Beer Daisy" was written during the pandemic when, thirteen years after the fact, Maikel L. Wise finally had time to process the journey of grief he undertook during the last two weeks of his mother's life in 2007. Being a self-described "mama's boy," the loss of his mother, at her relatively young age of sixty, was particularly acute for him. The book's subtitle, "Facing Death, Life, and Growing Up Along the Way," describes Wise's journey. That it took Wise thirteen years to finally deal wi...
The Niwot United Methodist Church will be holding its annual Trunk or Treat event on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 1 - 3 p.m., filled with free Halloween festivities including candy, treats and games at 7405 Lookout Road. This is a public gathering where all families can come celebrate Halloween in their costumes in a welcoming, fun and safe environment for children's trick-or-treating. Janet Gates, event organizer for Niwot UMC said, "I always have fun seeing the creative costumes people come up with....
ACROSS 2. powwow 6. golf 8. Bartruff 10. Daisy 12. mother 14. Elementary 16. Caquelin 17. Moy 18. Sweet 19. trunk 20. Lindy 21. Key DOWN 1. golf 3. orange 4. drumline 5. soccer 7. LID 9. Bare 11. Shaw 13. gymnastics 15. third 18. survey...
Calling all photographers, intentional or accidental! The Left Hand Valley Courier’s Photo of the Week feature is open to any area resident who personally photographs Niwot-Gunbarrel area sights, including people (with permission, of course), buildings, animals, birds, plants, flowers, events, or anything else. Naturally, there are a few rules to follow: • The photograph must be submitted in jpg format via email to [email protected]@lhvc.com in high resolution. • Please include a caption describing the photo, your name, email addre...
ACROSS 2. Majka 3. Sauer 7. Evergreen 8. seniors 11. naturalists 12. coach DOWN 1. basketball 4. tennis 5. Legacy 6. defender 9. rhino 10. oak...
Carrots are a versatile ingredient to add to salads, potato salad, charcuterie, and cakes. Try them pickled or shredded. Put them in tomato sauce or chili. Colorful, delicious and chock full of vitamin A, carrots are a staple. Here are a few favorites to enjoy. AUNT GABY'S CARROT CAKE CAKE Ingredients: 2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 2 tsp. cinnamon ½ tsp. nutmeg 1 tsp. salt 2 tsp. baking soda 4 eggs 1 ½ cups vegetable oil (canola) 3+ cups grated carrots 1.2 cup nuts (optional)...
Ok. Back in my minivan days, my children would sit next to each other in the back seat. It was never long before I heard, "Stop touching me, Joey." This would be answered with, "I am not touching you." "Yes, you are!" "No, you are touching me!" Then, "Mommm, make Joey stop touching me." I would then usually reply, "Both of you, sit on your hands!" People feel strongly about their personal space. We have all instinctively taken one step back when someone talks too close to you. If someone sits...
Calling all photographers, intentional or accidental! The Left Hand Valley Courier’s Photo of the Week feature is open to any area resident who personally photographs Niwot-Gunbarrel area sights, including people (with permission, of course), buildings, animals, birds, plants, flowers, events, or anything else. Naturally, there are a few rules to follow: • The photograph must be submitted in jpg format via email to [email protected]@lhvc.com in high resolution. • Please include a caption describing the photo, your name, email addre...
ACROSS 1. mental 4. Walton 7. ketchup 9. waterlines 10. Sessa 12. Beauty DOWN 2. Niwot 3. Sawle 5. doubles 6. choir 8. Palisade 11. four...
Everyone needs a few go-to salad dressings, whether to ramp up a salad or top pasta, potatoes, or use as a sandwich condiment. Here are a few favorites from our community. CAESAR SALAD DRESSING Submitted by Alyson Varvel Bell Adapted from Once Upon A Chef by Jenn Segal "Super easy and flavorful - we love Caesar's and it's our new favorite dressing." Ingredients: 2 small garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon anchovy paste 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, from one lemon 1 teaspoon Dijon...
Calling all photographers, intentional or accidental! The Left Hand Valley Courier’s Photo of the Week feature is open to any area resident who personally photographs Niwot-Gunbarrel area sights, including people (with permission, of course), buildings, animals, birds, plants, flowers, events, or anything else. Naturally, there are a few rules to follow: • The photograph must be submitted in jpg format via email to [email protected]@lhvc.com in high resolution. • Please include a caption describing the photo, your name, email addre...
