Events Calendar

Annual Bake/Rummage/Arts & Crafts Sale

August 18th

For Immediate Release                                                                                                             Contact: Debra Yeager 303-881-7665

Celebrate Gold Hill Gold Rush

The town of Gold Hill will be holding their annual fund raising event, this year titled: Gold Hill Gold Rush, Sunday, September 18th, 2011 from 10am to 3pm on Main St in Gold Hill (9 miles West of Boulder via Sunshine Canyon). All proceeds from this event will benefit individuals and the Community at large affected by the Four Mile Fire of 2010.

This year the annual bake/rummage/arts & crafts sale is being extended to include a silent auction (including art work donated by participants and handmade quilts), ice cream social and pasties (pronounced “past-tees”: a traditional meat pie eaten by Miners of Boulder County) and live music.

Come early and stay late!! Gold Hill is an historic mining town celebrating its 151st anniversary. Enjoy a stroll down Main Street and take in the beauty of times gone by. Businesses to visit include the Gold Hill General Store (http://goldhillstore.com), the Red Store featuring pottery & stained glass (http://www.flickr.com/photos/klebphotos/4601038995) and the Gold Hill Inn (http://www.goldhillinn.com) open for dinner at 6pm (5 on Sundays). Gold Hill also boasts Colorado’s oldest running school, a History Museum and a unique spirit that has endured for years.  Please join us for this special celebration of survival and a very special sense of Community!!

This event is FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

GMO Meeting & petition to sign – urgent

From Pam Sherman: pamsher123@nullgmail.com

Hello Friends,

The petition link is  below, 3rd paragraph . Please pass it on to interested friends in Boulder County.

Thanks,
Pam

We citizens of Boulder County have a crucial opportunity to stop the GE wheel from turning on our land, IF we step up and make ourselves heard NOW. You may be aware of the Cropland Policy Advisory Group (CPAG), charged with researching the best use policy for Open Space Agricultural Land. It has met monthly for over a year and is gearing up to complete its process.

The public will be allowed only one opportunity to speak, but is allowed to write statements that are submitted to the minutes of the each meeting.

A number of passionate  people have formed a group called GM-kNOw, whose mission is to represent the citizens who are against GE farming on county open space agricultural land. Below is its petition. If you care about the public land of Boulder County, and care whether we let more GE seed be sown on our land, which will contaminate neighboring farms and gardens for years to come, please sign the petition and attend the next CPAG meeting. It will be very interesting and instructional. See details below.   http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/GMOFreeBoulder

Details:
CPAG meeting: Wed, Aug. 10, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at the Plaza Hotel Longmont .  This evening will be a special opportunity to get educated on GE Crops. Dr. Michael McNeal, crop consultant from Iowa, will be present to answer questions from the CPAG policy group.  He consults with both organic and conventional farmers regarding GE crops and associated inputs.  There will also be 2 or 3 other local specialists including a scientist from CSU Agriculture department on the panel available to field questions posted by the nine members of CPAG.

Note: The Plaza Longmont Hotel is located on Hover Street in Longmont.  The conference center, where the meeting will take place, is behind the hotel at the listed address of 1850 Industrial Circle.  Please park at the conference center so as to avoid any parking issues at the hotel itself.

see also: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/say-no-to-gmos-in-boulder-open-space/

Thank you for taking time to read this and to sign the petition. Please attend the meeting next Wednesday and see your government in action, along with its citizens. I want to make this change happen here. WE have to change the direction of commercial farming and now is our chance. Let’s take it up.

County Commissioners Community Meeting

August 29th, 6-7:30 p.m. at the Community Center

On Jun 14, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Stroud, Sheree wrote:

Hello!   The Commissioners would like to come to Gold Hill this summer for a community meeting.   They try to meet with communities every few years to check in with citizens.    These are generally informal open forum meetings where citizens can discuss their ideas or concerns.

And, they’ll bring lemonade and cookies!

More information to follow.

 

 

 

 

 

Commissioners seeking public input on county district boundaries

An online survey is available for county residents to express their preferences, public hearing scheduled for Aug. 23

Boulder County, Colo. – The Board of County Commissioners is seeking feedback on proposed district boundaries for Boulder County and will hold a public hearing on Aug. 23.

Per state statue, County Commissioners’ districts must be revised after each federal census to assure roughly equal population per district. Boulder County is divided into three districts and one commissioner is elected from each district by the voters of the whole county.

Even though commissioners are elected countywide, they must reside in the district that they represent, meaning that each commissioner must live in a unique district from the other two.

What:              Commissioners’ Districts Public Hearing

When:             Tuesday, Aug. 23, 3 p.m.

Where:            Commissioners Hearing Room, Boulder County Courthouse, third floor, 1325 Pearl St., Boulder

Four district options have been developed and are available for review and comment. Residents may suggest alternate options through the online survey or at the public hearing on Aug. 23.

Visit www.BoulderCounty.org and search “redistricting” to find the County Commissioners’ Districts page and a link to the survey.

The four options were developed using the following principles:

  • · Keep large communities intact as best as possible, while still distributing populations per district nearly equally
  • · Use easy to decipher boundary lines that follow major roadways and/or census tracts
  • · Take expected growth for the next 10 years into account, especially in the northeast part of the county

Feedback

Visit www.surveymonkey.com/s/CountyDistricts to take the District Options survey and submit comments online.

Comments may be also submitted to commissioners@nullbouldercounty.org or in-person at the public hearing on Aug. 23.

-BoulderCounty.org-


The Fire Series

The Fire Series Monday August 1, 2011

at Boulder REI on 28th St. presents:

Boulder County Community Wildfire Protection Plan

Join Jim Webster, Community Wildfire Protection Planner for Boulder County, to learn about key wildfire mitigation initiatives being considered for future implementation. Defensible space scoring, educational videos, priority project areas, and Advisory Teamrecommendations will be discussed. Boulder County’s Community Wildfire Protection Plan is scheduled for completion in the Fall of 2011. As a result, this presentation will revolve around the draft plan, rather than the final version. Bring your questions and comments for discussion!

Jim Webster has 20 years of experience in collaborative environmental and natural resource planning with Trees, Water & People; Western Center for Environmental Decision-making; World Wildlife Fund; US Forest Service; and Peace Corps.

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Coming up WEDNESDAY SEPT. 7

6:30 pm

at Boulder REI

Personal and Community Resilience Through Disasters

Lisa LaDue, Boulder County’s Disaster Mental Health expert and nationally known disaster family resource expert, has helped first and second responders and evacuees through traumatizing natural disasters in the U.S. and other parts of the world. She will discuss the most effective and efficient ways we can help ourselves and others be more resilient before, during, and after a devastating wildfire, post-fire flood, or any other crisis.

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COMING UP THIS FALL

Monday October 3

Deborah Martin is a research hydrologist with USGS working with the county on post-fire research. she will address “The Effectsof Fire on Soils: Implications for Runoff and Erosion.”

On Monday  November 7,

we look forward to hearing Mike Baker, meteorologist, on Climate and Fire.

On Monday December 5,

Dr. Joyce Gellhorn, naturalist and teacher currently finishing her next book on Aspens, will present on Aspens and Fire.

Gold Hill Fire Department general meeting

We will be having a general meeting for the Gold Hill Fire Department on Thursday August 11th at 7:00 pm.  Everyone should be there!  Anyone interested in joining the fire department should be there.  The topics will be protocols on responding to Medical, Wildland, Structure, and Flood calls.  Bring radios to be re-programed to narrowband. RSVP before August 1st to Chris Finn at cfinn@nullmho.net so he can determine if this meeting needs to be moved to the second Thursday in September.
Leslie Finn

Gold Hill TownMeeting

GH Fire Board Meeting

The Gold Hill Fire Board meets on the third Thursday of the Month at 8:00 p.m. at the Community Center – this means it’s coming up this Thursday, July 21st.  Check in and see what’s happening with your Fire Department.

Flooded Neighbor

URGENT NEED!

Phil Rubin is in desperate need of “neighbor labor” on his property.  He has 4 feet of mud inside and outside of his house and his car is buried.  Max is spending the first half of today, Friday, digging out Phil’s car and cutting a swath to the front door; however, since doors open in, Phil will need to get into his house and shovel out the door in order for any volunteers to help shovel out the inside.  There is the additional challenge of where to put the mud.  Max is working on that with the county as I write this.

We are putting together a work crew for this weekend.  If you can offer up two hours of time on Saturday or Sunday, please show up at Phil’s house, 1158 Gold Run Road, with a shovel and a wheel barrow, if you have one.  It may be helpful to let me know what time you’ll be there but it is not required.  You can also leave a message for Phil at 303 444 7109

Your participation is what we need.  Be aware.  This will be heavy work.  If you can only handle it for an hour, that’s fine.

Thanks in advance for helping.

Deb  Yeager <deb@nullmountainvisions.net>

Roadmap to Recovery Meeting

Dear Friends, 

Just a quick reminder that our next “Roadmap to Recovery” meeting is this coming week..  It will take place on Thursday, July 14 at 6:30 pm in the 3rd floor meeting room of the Boulder County Courthouse on Pearl Street.  The meeting topic will be:  “The One-Year Fire Anniversary:  Legal Issues (including the “Suit Against Us” clause and expiration of ALE benefits) and the Social-Emotional Aspect of the Fire Anniversary”.  Insurance interest group breakout sessions where you will have an opportunity to interface with other fire survivors will follow the substantive presentation.

Kind regards,

Karen Reimus,   reimus1@nullsbcglobal.net

Disaster Recovery Aid, Outreach and Education for United Policyholders, a nonprofit organization

 



Sort Yard Meeting in Ned.

Sort yard community meeting scheduled for July 12 in Nederland

 

Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Forest Health Initiative invites Nederland-area residents to attend a community meeting to discuss the first year of operations of the Nederland Area Community Forestry Sort Yard program.

 

What: Community meeting for residents to provide input on operations at the Nederland Area Community Forestry Sort Yard

When: Tuesday, July 12, 7 p.m.

Where: Nederland Community Center, 750 Highway 72 North

 

The sort yard was opened this year as a new service for residents in the Nederland area, and the county wants to make sure it is providing residents with the most useful, best practices possible for collecting and processing logs and slash cut from their lands.

 

County staff will kick off the meeting with a presentation about sort yard usage, total days of operation and the amount of material collected during the first year of operation. The second part of the meeting will focus on gathering public feedback about how the first year of operations went for residents in the Nederland community.

 

No RSVP is needed to attend. Community members may email comments and suggestions prior to the meeting to pinebeetle@nullbouldercounty.org.

 

The Community Forestry Sort Yard program was established by Boulder County to help landowners fight bark beetle infestations, create better defensible space around homes and communities and to help create healthier forest conditions in the foothills of the county. Two sort yard locations are open each summer on a rotating schedule to provide residents a convenient free of charge location to dispose of logs and slash cut from their land.

 

For more information about the program, bark beetle management or general questions backyard forest management, contact Boulder County Outreach Forester Ryan Ludlow at 720-564-2641 or pinebeetle@nullbouldercounty.org.

 

-BoulderCounty.org-

Gold Hill Soccer

Soccor at the Soby’s corral on the 4th of July at around 3:00 for all ages.  Aaron Soby, who is a professional soccer coach,  is in town and run the games.  He will help those who are less familiar with the game, so all levels and ages are welcome.  Bring a soccer ball if you have one.

Living in the Black Support Group

Living in the Black

A Support Group to Facilitate Healing

July 21 – August 18, 2011

Thursdays – 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

 

Salina School House – 536 Gold Run Rd, Boulder, CO. 80302

Foothills United Way is sponsoring a six-week support group for individuals and families who are struggling with the challenges of living in their homes that were not destroyed by last year’s fires – but who find their lives affected by the changes and loss that surround them.  The Living in the Black Support Group will discuss the ways the fires affected and changed lives and will discuss and practice ways to overcome the obstacles these changes seem to have created.

 

The support group will be facilitated by Lisa LaDue, a licensed clinical social worker, who has extensive experience working with people in post-disaster settings around the world.  Lisa will facilitate group discussions that offer suggestions for managing challenges such as sleep disturbances, changes in eating habits, irritability, lack of concentration, memory difficulties, and overwhelming sadness.  She will provide examples of exercises that may alleviate pain, preoccupation and other problems that seem to have resulted from the devastating fires.

 

Living in the Black Support Group is being offered free of charge to anyone who lives in the Fourmile Canyon Fire burn area.

 

***Please contact Amy Hardy at 303-895-3418 or ahardy@unitedwayfoothills if you have any questions.***

 

Amy Hardy
Fourmile Recovery Resource Coordinator
Foothills United Way
1285 Cimarron Drive, Suite 101
Lafayette, CO 80026
United States
Phone: 303-444-4013
Fax:     303-444-2620
303-895-3418
AHardy@nullunitedwayfoothills.org
http://unitedwayfoothills.org

GIVE.ADVOCATE.VOLUNTEER.

LIVE UNITED™

July Fire Series: Fire, Beetles, and Forests

Note New Date: Wednesday July 6

“Fire, Bark Beetles, and our Disturbance Driven Forests”
Wednesday, July 6
6:30 pm
at REI on 28th Street
 

Most people associate words like wildland fire, bark beetles, avalanches, and blow down with images of devastation and loss of our forest ecosystems. At this program, Ryan Ludlow will talk about our local forest ecology and explain why all of the forest ecosystems present in Boulder County actually depend on these periodic disturbances to keep the ecosystem healthy and in balance. You will leave the program with a better understanding about why these words should instead be associated with images of new life, forest renewal and transformation.

Ryan Ludlow, Boulder County Outreach Forester, coordinates the County’s Forestry Education and Outreach Program targeted towards private forest landowners. He works to arm local foothills landowners with the knowledge needed to be good stewards of their forested ecosystems.

 

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Looking ahead: Monday August 1
Jim Webster presents on the County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), the product of thousands of hours of discussion with community volunteers and professional fire folks. Boulder County’s CWPP is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2011, so this presentation will revolve around the draft plan rather than the final version. Q and A and discussion. Same time and place.

Jim Webster, Boulder County CWPP Planner, has 20 years of experience in collaborative environmental and natural resource planningwith trees, water, and people. He has worked with organizations including the Western Center for Environmental Decision-making, the World Wildlife Fund, the USFS, and the Peace Corps.
Note New Date:   Wednesday September 7
Community Post-Fire Effect Stories
On this one-year Anniversary of the Four Mile Fire, a panel of speakers will start us off by sharing their post-fire-effect personal stories. We invite you to share your story in a 1 to 3-minute format (talk/music/poetry) so we can include everyone who would like contribute. Please let us know if you have artwork  you would like to stage in the room for this meeting.
Monday October 3 features Deborah Martin, research hydrologist with USGS working with the county on post-fire research; she will address “The Effects of Fire on Soils: Implications for Runoff and Erosion.”
On Monday  November 7, we look forward to hearing Mike Baker, meteorologist, on Climate and Fire.

On Monday December 5, Dr. Joyce Gellhorn will present on Aspens and Fire.

Town Clean Up

Gold Hill Town Clean Up

Saturday, June 25th, 2011

Four Dumpsters arrive between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. – 2 for junk, one for metal, and one for wood.  Please don’t come with stuff earlier than that.  The last dumpsters will leave between 3:00 and 4:00.

I’m still trying to find out exactly what is allowed in the metal container (i.e., barbed wire or no barbed wire, etc.)

In the wood container, the wood must be untreated (no paint, preservatives, no plywood, etc.)

NO Appliances containing refrigerant gas (freezers, air conditioners, or refrigerators).       On clean up day (only) these items will be accepted free at the County’s Waste Transfer Stations at Allenspark or Nederland – doors must be removed.

NO Recyclables

NO Demolition debris

No Household hazardous waste

No Tires

No Electronics – in the dumpsters. We will be accepting (and charging for – since they will be charging us) hard to recycle stuff including electronics and #6 foam.

To volunteer, contact Kris Gibson: 545-9670 or kgkeewee@nullnetzero.net or Gretchen Diefenderfer: 442-3847 or gretchend@nullmac.com.

Isn’t it amazing how stuff piles up!?  This is your chance to clear it out.

Here’s more info from Kris on our

Town Clean Up –
This is a community building tradition that Gold Hill can be proud of. Gold Hill natives remember this event from when they were children as a time when the entire town came out. They cleaned up the cemetery, the gully along Gold Run Rd and the creek bed running along Gold Run St. Children and adults worked together and shared in baked goods and lemonade.

The Town Clean Up… is a chance to help out your neighbor with hauling, loading, unloading etc.Consider cleaning up an old dump site… there are many off in the woods from the mining days and forward, piece by piece we have cleaned up our surrounding land. Barbed wire for example is treacherous… for horses and hikers.
The new twist to this old timey event is the ability and capacity to re-use and recycle. Please be mindful of what you consider trash and re-cycle everything you can. In that vein, we can set aside a place for lightly used items akin to a garage sale, only … these items are give aways. You must commit to taking it back if it does not get taken!
And a cautionary note: this can be a potentially hazardous day with trucks, volunteers, dogs, kids etc. Please, please come with your best manners and lots of patience. Drive slowly and cautiously. Many thanks to Brian and Chris for use of the Bluebird Lodge parking lot and to our west end neighbors for their allowing the chaos for the day to occur right outside their door.

Gretchen Diefenderfer

4th of July

The Gold Hill Fire Protection District’s annual 4th of July Pancake Breakfast will the held on Monday, July 4th.  Plain and Blueberry pancakes, bacon and assorted beverages will be $6.50 for Adults and $3.50 for Children: 8:30 am to 11:00 am.  Gluten free cakes available on request.  Firefighters in their official fire department t-shirts will eat for free.  There will also be a “Fill the Boot” campaign throughout the day.  Free toys for the first 70 children.  The parade starts at noon; bring a truck or march along with us – costumes, bikes, horses are all encouraged.   This year we will be celebrating those who helped save the town, supported the community and those who helped clean up areas that were burned.

Leslie & Shivaun Finn

 

Quilting Party

Next meeting of the Quilting Party will be Sunday, June 12, from 10:30 to 2:00 (or later, if we’re inspired) at Debra Yeager’s studio space above the garage.  Bring scissors, a portable sewing machine (if you have one), and your good spirit.  This is a lot of fun.

Friends of Ward Church Days

Mark your calendars for this event:
FRIENDS OF WARD CHURCH DAYS FRIDAY 7/22/11 & SATURDAY 7/23/11 AT THE WARD CHURCH

The event starts Friday evening with the art exhibit opening. Saturday afternoon into the evening, there will be music, food and kid’s activities.

The FRIENDS OF WARD CHURCH DAYS are looking for artists, musicians & poets
to participate, please call 303-459-3333 for more information. Look for ads and fliers about the event in the near future!

(The Ward Firefighters bravely fought to help save our community, now is our chance to support and thank the community of Ward by participating in this event.)

Kathy Frey

Historical Zoning Meeting

There will be a meeting of the G.H. Historic Zoning committee at 7:00 P.M. on June 13 at the fire barn to discuss the plans Boyd Brown has submitted for a storage/studio behind his white house on Pine Street.  Please attend and give your input and stay for the Town Meeting that will follow at 7:30.  Thanks, Cherry Sand

Quilt Gathering

Important change – The Saturday meeting on the 4th has to be changed to Sunday the 5th.

 

Several months ago, when asked about a wish list, I learned that Lynn Walker would love to have a quilt for her queen sized bed.  Well, we, her friends in Gold Hill, have put together a plan led by the very capable hands of JoAnne Cole, a great quilter, to create a quilt for Lynn and Mike.  Please join us if you would like to participate.  We begin this coming Saturday at Debra Yeager’s studio space above the garage.  Bring your sewing machine and scissors. We will be cutting, pressing, sewing, and laying out all of the particulars for the next three Saturdays beginning this coming Saturday, the 4th (changed to Sunday the 5th) and continuing June 11th and June 18th between 10 AM and 3 PM.  You are welcome to join us for any part or all of this project.  If you’d like to help but don’t know how to sew, we’ll teach you and will have things for you to do. Please RSVP to Debra at 303 449 0454 or by cell at 303 881 7665 for when you think you might be available.

Debra Yeager

 

Trees for CMR

IT’S SPRING-LET’S SPRUCE UP THE RANCH
Please help spruce up the Colorado Mt  Ranch with the Ranch Tree Fund Raiser  and Volunteer Planting Day  sponsored by friends, community and alumni.
The ranch lost over 1,000 trees in the fire last year.  Out goal is to plant 100 four to six feet tall trees along the road and throughout the ranch property.
We have several sponsorship options for you to choose from.  Your contribution will go directly to the purchase, transport and planting of the trees.
$200 Sponsorship  Level
If you sponsor at the $200 level, a river rock engraved with the name you choose (please write it on your check) will be placed at the base of your sponsored tree. You will also receive a tree location map along with a photograph.
$100 Sponsorship Level
You will receive a tree location map and photograph of the tree that you helped to sponsor.
Any Amount Level
A donation of any size is greatly appreciated!  We still need some more $ donations.
Please send checks marked with “Tree Fund” to:
Colorado Mountain Ranch
10063 Gold Hill Road
Boulder, CO 80302
If you would like to sponsor a tree, please do so as quickly as possible. A down payment has to be made to the Tree Farm to secure our order.
VOLUNTEER TREE PLANTING DAY
Please come help plant trees on Sat. June 18th anytime between 9am and 5pm
Holes will be already dug, but bring shovels, gloves and wheel barrels.
Please RSVP to Kate Inskeep   at   kate@nullkateinskeepceramics.com so we can have an idea of how many folks to plan for.  Children welcome, but please leave your dogs at home.

Gold Hill Town Meeting Agenda

Gold Hill Town Meeting

Monday, June 13, 2011, 7:30 PM, Community Center

Agenda

Call to Order

Approval of Minutes of April meeting

Treasurer’s Report

Committee Reports

– Trails

– Historic Zoning: Boyd Brown’s plans

– Forest Management/CWPP/Chipping: Susan Fernalld/Dave                                                 Nordgren

– Fire Department

– Weed Management: Susan Fernalld

– Historic Gold Hill (Museum)

– Mining

– Gold Hill School

Old Business

– The Climb: Funding Status and Schedule: Martha Knapp

– Flood Preparedness: Status of Plan: Pam Sherman

– Weather Spotting

– Town Cleanup: June 25- status of planning: Gretchen

– Community Garden: Status

New Business

– Fund Raising: Rummage sale near Sept. 6?/ Debra Yeager

– Safe Streets: a sad reminder

– Next Town Meeting – Council Elections: Aug. 8

 

Adjournment

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