June 4, 2002
Horse riders ask for access to ranch

NEDERLAND — They'd have hitched their horses to the microphones if they thought it would help their cause.

BVSD disputes lawsuit claims

BROOMFIELD — The father of a 5-year-old former Aspen Creek K-8 student said Monday that three other students were sexually assaulted by a 6-year-old boy at the school, according to parents of those alleged victims.

Commission considers gravel mine on South Boulder Creek

Commission considers gravel mine on South Boulder Creek

History museum expected to get nod for downtown project

History museum expected to get nod for downtown project

Owens hits $5 million mark in re-election bid

DENVER — Gov. Bill Owens has raised more than $5 million in his re-election bid, eclipsing the $700,000 brought in by his Democratic opponent.

Schools welcome principals

The Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts are hiring 18 new principals and assistant principals for the upcoming school year.

Sixth teen arrested in sex assault case

ERIE — Police arrested a 13-year-old Erie teen last week on allegations that he sexually assaulted his sister's 7-year-old friend.

Widow of youth minister sues

The widow of a youth minister killed in a van accident in Idaho last summer is suing to protect herself from being sued.

Police and Courts

A 26-year-old Lafayette man injured in a fiery, single-vehicle crash last week remained in critical condition at a Denver hospital Monday.

June 3, 2002
Boulder wants fire restriction violators in court

People caught with illegal campfires and fireworks in Boulder should expect a lecture from a judge before paying a fine.

Eldora resort sues Xcel

Eldora Mountain Resort is suing Xcel Energy for damaging its snowmaking equipment with contaminated gas two years ago.

INS raid rumors frighten community

As rumors ran rampant for the past two weeks about the Immigration and Naturalization Service targeting Mexicans in random raids, he met with local immigrants who were afraid for themselves and their families. He said many were so scared they wouldn't go out after 6 p.m. or take their children to school.

Library founder fights illness

LONGMONT — As Erie's first library struggles to open this month, its founder struggles to breathe, suffering from several illnesses that almost killed her and have kept her in the hospital for the last seven weeks.

Ozone advisories set to begin

Ozone pollution may make breathing harder for some residents this summer.

Tibetan boy says good-bye to Colo.

WINDSOR — While playing baseball with friends, Boy Scout meetings and television will be missed, Jigme Yong-Song can't wait to get back to Tibet to see his family.

Local Digest

Boulder this month will start a campaign of encouraging responsible use of bike paths, bike lanes, trails and roads around the city.

Police and Courts

Police arrested an unidentified man Saturday on suspicion of robbery, assault, driving under the influence of alcohol and obstructing a police officer.

June 2, 2002
Boulder increases watering time for drip-irrigators

Boulder gardeners with water-conserving drip-irrigation systems will get a longer time to water their flowers, trees, and shrubs under new rules the city will put in place this week.

Car collection connects with history

LONGMONT — The Dougherty Museum is an old warehouse with a cement floor, rows of round lights that dangle from the rafters and sunlights, shielded by paper, tingeing the musty space with a fond sepia haze that often shades black-and-white films.

Graduates look to future

Oumou Diacko barely spoke English and had few friends when she came to Boulder High School four years ago from Senegal.

Longmont vets get diplomas

LONGMONT — While 349 Longmont High School graduates looked toward their future Saturday, six World War II veterans took the opportunity to look back and receive their diplomas.

Mission to Pluto in financial limbo

Most of the planets in the solar system have stunning head shots — spacecraft have photographed Jupiter with its brilliant red spot and multiple moons, Saturn with its rings, and Mars with dusty rocks lying on its surface.

Police and Courts

A climber lost his footing Saturday afternoon and slid 300 feet down a mountain in Eldorado Canyon State Park. He was taken by ambulance to Boulder Community Hospital with abrasions on his head, upper body, arms and legs.

Schools celebrate test results

Editor's note: This is the final installment in an occasional series on two Boulder County schools — one struggling to meet state standards and another with test scores that make it one of the top-rated schools in the state.

County digest

Lafayette residents have saved 22 million gallons of water since the city imposed tough outdoor watering restrictions, initial city figures show.

Roadwork

Broadway: Northbound Broadway will be narrowed to one lane between Canyon Boulevard and Marine Street again this week and lasting into mid-June.

School briefs

Heatherwood Elementary school children, their parents and teachers and alumni are invited to run or walk a 1-mile course around the school at 9 a.m. Monday.

Sunday watering schedule

Following are the outdoor watering schedules for areas with restrictions:

June 1, 2002
Class of 2002 ready to take the next step

While the year began in tragedy, members of local high school Classes of 2002 have grown from their experiences and say they are prepared to move on after graduation.

Driver hurt in fiery accident

A 26-year-old Lafayette man was in critical condition at a Denver hospital Friday evening after he apparently lost control of a company utility truck on U.S. 36 at the north edge of Boulder, rupturing a gas tank and quickly engulfing the cab in flames.

Erie teen pleads guilty to charge

An Erie teenager charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old neighborhood boy pleaded guilty Friday to one count of sexual assault.

Governor rejects tuition increase

Gov. Bill Owens stripped a 7.7 percent tuition increase from next year's budget Friday, a move that University of Colorado officials say won't necessarily stop them from raising tuition this fall.

Graduations today

Following are the Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley high schools graduating senior classes today, time and location of the ceremonies:

Macerich to acquire Westcor

Broomfield's FlatIron Crossing mall, once considered by some as the final death knell for Boulder's Crossroads Mall, may now be Crossroads' saving grace after a billion-dollar acquisition announced Friday married the shopping centers under one owner.

Officials view deal as positive for city

Boulder officials reacted positively Friday to news that Macerich Co., the primary owner of Crossroads Mall, will buy the company that built Broomfield's FlatIron Crossing.

Sievers in Dem regent primary

University of Colorado Regent Robert Sievers won't need a petition to get on the ballot for this summer's Democratic primary after all.

Sixth-grader wins last snow contest

As thermometers surged toward record highs in Boulder County late this week, Sally Seward was talking about snow.

CU news

Alumni of the U.S. Navy Japanese/Oriental Language School will reunite at the University of Colorado 60 years to the month after the school was moved to Boulder in 1942.

Local digest

Boulder County can allow grazing on Conservation Reserve Program land to provide drought relief to ranchers hit hard by drought conditions.

Police and Courts

A former assisted-living center worker accused of sexually assaulting a 74-year-old resident suffering from Alzheimer's Disease pleaded guilty Friday.

Today's watering schedule

Following are the outdoor watering schedules for areas with restrictions:

May 31, 2002
BVSD voters may decide tax increase

Boulder Valley School District voters could decide as early as November if they want to pay more taxes to support literacy teachers and other school programs.

Residents oppose mountain homes

JEFFERSON COUNTY — A group of Arvada residents, Sierra Club members and mountain-home owners began a petition drive Thursday to stop a 90-home subdivision planned along the foothills next to an $8.75 million city of Boulder open space investment.

Pipeline project to close Sugarloaf Road

Sugarloaf-area residents have had more than a decade to prepare mentally, but now there's only a week left before the dynamite and bulldozers move in.

County delay a shock to CU

University of Colorado officials said Boulder County is "not working in good faith" after county commissioners surprisingly delayed a decision on a controversial tennis court complex Thursday and volleyed the South Campus development plans to the Boulder City Council.

Dry fields may restrict use of St. Vrain fields

LONGMONT — Dry field conditions could leave youth soccer and football players with fewer places to play this summer.

Lawsuit filed against BVSD

BROOMFIELD — The parents of a former Aspen Creek K-8 student have filed a lawsuit against the Boulder Valley School District alleging their son was sexually assaulted by an older student at the school.

Mother sentenced to probation

A Lafayette mother who attorneys said was suffering from depression when she and her 9-year-old daughter ingested 175 pills in an apparent suicide attempt pleaded guilty to reduced charges on Thursday.

Udall commends demonstrators

After first getting the cold shoulder, demonstrators from the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center were given a warm welcome Thursday night by U.S. Rep. Mark Udall, D-Colo., during a town meeting he held in Boulder at the National Institute for Standards and Technology.

Water car doesn't go far, yet

Thomas Arndt and Sam Tyler at Base Line Middle School have made a car that runs off water.

Woman accused of stealing from her friend's business

Woman accused of stealing from her friend's business

Corrections

Due to incorrect information provided, an obituary for John Morris on Page 7B of Thursday's edition omitted the name of a survivor. A new version of the obituary appears today on Page 5B.

Graduate lists

The following students are scheduled to graduate from Bridge School at 5 p.m. today at the school:

Local digest

City Director of Public Works Barbara Huner was fired this week, and an investigation is pending. Huner, who was put on paid administrative leave May 8, is appealing her release.

Police and Courts

The Boulder Police Department held its annual awards ceremony honoring standout officers Tuesday.

May 30, 2002
Martin enters 2nd CD regent race

At-large University of Colorado Regent Jim Martin threw his hat in the ring for the Republican 2nd Congressional District regent seat Wednesday, while incumbent 2nd CD Regent Bob Sievers is facing a serious challenge at Friday's Democratic assembly.

Cities on target for water goals

Telling, not asking, residents and businesses to cut back on water use is bringing the results that cities first sought earlier this year when it became clear that a drought was inevitable.

Regent seeks break in South Campus impasse

ASPEN — A University of Colorado regent on Wednesday asked the CU-Boulder chancellor to work with Boulder's mayor and city manager to break an impasse over plans for CU's South Campus property.

Agent: Galvan tried to kill clerk

A man charged with 17 felony counts in a trio of robberies earlier this year tried to kill a Westminster liquor store clerk for taking too long to give him the cash, according to testimony at a preliminary hearing Wednesday.

Boulder commits money to homeless

Boulder is giving the area's homeless shelter a $1.2 million boost toward building a larger, new shelter.

Flats chief moving to D.C.

Barbara Mazurowski, manager of the Department of Energy's Rocky Flats Field Office, will move to Washington, D.C., sometime this year as a result of a department-wide management shakeup.

Longmont to update its comprehensive plan

LONGMONT — City officials are asking residents to help guide future decisions about development, land use and transportation.

Residents help shape graduate expectations

Boulder Valley high school graduates should be bilingual and know how to engage in the democratic process as well how to relax and have fun.

Steinem in Boulder for fund-raiser

The star-power of feminist legend Gloria Steinem drew local abortion-rights supporters to open their wallets for the cause Wednesday at a Boulder home. There she headlined the Boulder Valley Women's Health Center's Third Annual "Lunch with ..." event.

Study: Shift in lake biology

Pollution from cars, farms and power plants on the Front Range is changing mountain lake ecosystems and might eventually cause water quality problems in Boulder and other communities east of the Continental Divide, according to a new University of Colorado study.

Teen suspects in sex assault plead innocent

Two Erie teenagers accused of molesting several neighborhood children pleaded innocent Wednesday.

Corrections

Due to a reporting error, a story on Page 1A of Wednesday's Daily Camera on the school district banning new charter schools incorrectly stated that district attorney Darci Mohr had not found other school districts with similar limits on charter schools. There are at least two other Colorado districts that limit charter schools.

Government in Action

The Board of Commissioners will meet today at 3 p.m. in the hearing room on the third floor of the County Courthouse, 13th and Pearl Streets, and consider the following:

Police and Courts

A 30-year-old man was discovered dead, hanging from a tree Wednesday afternoon off a Settlers Park trail.

May 29, 2002
Lafayette has banned new water taps for most

LAFAYETTE — The city's water restrictions will slow home building this year. But they will not stop it.

Boulder water department is swamped with calls

Boulder water officials have been getting deluged in recent days, just not in a way that will put an end to drought.

BVSD bans new applications for charter schools

The Boulder Valley school board voted 5-2 Tuesday to ban applications for more charter schools, despite criticism from charter school supporters. The ban doesn't include a time limit.

Church gets temporary permit for space

LAFAYETTE — All seems to be forgiven between the city and Flatirons Community Church.

Garcia recommends firing

Boulder Valley Superintendent George Garcia recommended Tuesday that the school board fire a popular Mesa Elementary School teacher for sending a threatening note as a practical joke to another teacher.

Man takes deal in hit-and-run

A Boulder man accused of trying to hide a car involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a University of Colorado student last year pleaded guilty Tuesday to a reduced charge.

Martin home after Bolder collapse

That's University of Colorado Regent Jim Martin's assessment of his Monday Bolder Boulder finish.

Prairie dog plans pass

Boulder County biologists will move about 50 prairie dogs from several Boulder Valley schools to county open space land near Superior this summer.

Students ready for Mars

Seventeen students from Longs Peak Middle School are ready to go to Mars.

Superior open space deal up for more study

SUPERIOR — Scenery may not be enough to merit preservation of the town's eastern ridge line, said Superior leaders.

Local Digest

Boulder is planning a series of couch swaps in the University Hill neighborhood before the newly approved couch ban takes effect Aug. 1 in the area.

Police and Courts

Police arrested the owner of a pit bull that attacked a 4-month-old golden retriever at the Boulder Creek Festival on Sunday.

Water restrictions

Restrictions: Boulder properties will be allowed to water outside twice a week for 15 minutes in each area, and only between hours listed.