Jan 19 2016
State radon programs are critical to the Agency’s national goal of minimizing and preventing radon related lung cancer. States receive grant funds from EPA that help finance the radon risk reduction programs; recipients must provide a minimum of 40% in matching funds. By law, the State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG) funds are not available to …
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Jan 12 2016
Boulder County announced that the county’s St. Vrain Community Hub in Longmont has received the Colorado 2015 Commercial Real Estate Greenest Building award from the U.S. Green Building Council. The St. Vrain Community Hub, which opened in August, 2015 serves as the Longmont location for the Boulder County Departments of Housing and Human Services and …
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Jan 08 2016
Nominated for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance For the fifth time in its four-decade career, the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music’s resident string quartet,the Takács Quartet, has been nominated for a Grammy. The quartet’s album with pianist Marc-André Hamelin, “Shostakovich: Piano Quintet and String Quartet No. 2,” was nominated in the Best Chamber …
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Dec 29 2015
The 4th Annual Create Our Future Together Conference was held at the Plaza Event Center in Longmont. The one-day conference was the result of the latest four-year Age Well Boulder County Strategic Plan which was a community-led initiative to further understand current aging trends and envision and plan for an ideal future for all older …
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Dec 22 2015
This is our final breakfast installment. Remember, I think this meal is the best of the day. Breakfast meats have gone out of style. The day of a big pork chop or a rasher of bacon has disappeared, but there are some excellent nutritional favorites. I like turkey and chicken sausage, Canadian bacon, or turkey …
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Dec 16 2015
Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) encourages drivers to prepare vehicles for winter driving and check highway and weather conditions. Be aware that the Traction Law and Passenger Vehicle Chain Law could be implemented if conditions require it. When either law is in effect, highway signage is activated and messages posted on www.cotrip.org/. Traction Law. Motorists …
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Dec 08 2015
The right toy can help build imagination and coordination, but the wrong toy can do more harm than good. Prevent Blindness America reports that in 2003, there were more than 10,000 eye injuries to children 14 and younger related to toys and play activities. Further, 90% of these injuries were preventable. While many toy makers …
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Dec 03 2015
Best wishes for the holidays and have a good month! • Wildlife and Winter Hike. Saturday, December 12, 10-noon. Heil Valley Ranch Open Space. Join volunteer naturalists for a hike to observe seasonal changes and to discover how wildlife in the foothills prepares for winter. You’ll learn about behavioral and physiological adaptations to the shortening …
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Nov 24 2015
Volunteering: The happiness effect Helping others kindles happiness, as many studies have demonstrated. When researchers at the London School of Economics examined the relationship between volunteering and measures of happiness in a large group of American adults, they found the more people volunteered, the happier they were. Volunteering can provide a healthy boost to your …
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Nov 18 2015
The 2013 Flood significantly changed the watersheds in all of Colorado’s flood-impacted areas, including the watersheds in Boulder County. Due to these flood- related changes, floodplain maps that existed prior to September 2013 are no longer accurate. Without accurate floodplain maps, there is the potential for faulty planning and design with regard to emergency response, …
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Nov 10 2015
The story of Alice in Wonderland is celebrating its 150th “un-birthday” this year. To honor this anniversary, VIVA Theater/Society for Creative Aging and its all-inclusive intergenerational cast ranging in age from 9 to 92, in partnership with the Boulder International Fringe Festival, presents four performances of “Alice in Wonderland – A Live Radio Play” at …
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Nov 04 2015
On November 6, the “razor-sharp, fully-seasoned” Irish Chamber Orchestra (Chicago Tribune) returns to Boulder by popular demand, conducted by Gábor Takács-Nagy and featuring internationally renowned cellist István Várdai. “I’m very happy that, after 23 years, I’m returning to Boulder where I lived for six years between 1986 and 1992,” says Hungarian-born violinist and conductor Takács-Nagy, …
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