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Boulder County Head Start is recruiting students for the fall
Mar 9th
Boulder County, Colo. – Boulder County Head Start is recruiting students for the fall of 2012. Head Start is a free, comprehensive program for children ages 3 to 5. Children must turn 3 by Sept. 30 to be eligible. Income guidelines apply.
Full- and half-day classes are offered in Boulder and Lafayette. Head Start works to build a strong partnership between teachers and families, honoring the family as their child’s first and most important teacher. Boulder County Head Start has been serving the community since Head Start’s national inception in 1964.
For more information, please call Susi Gritton at 720-564-2210. A family interview will be scheduled to go over registration details and paperwork.
City, county fire crews contain grass fire along Diagonal Highway
Feb 22nd
City, county fire crews contain grass fire along Diagonal Highway
City and county firefighters have contained a grass fire that broke out at about 3:30 p.m. today at 63rd Street and Diagonal Highway. Firefighters battled high winds that made conditions particularly challenging. As of 5 p.m., crews were reporting that the blaze was 100 percent contained.
Emergency officials used the Everbridge notification system to inform 1,300 households of the fire. No evacuations were ordered.
The fire, which spread to about 45 acres, started on City of Boulder Open Space and property owned by IBM, near a transformer just outside of Tom Watson Park.
Several agencies responded to the fire: City of Boulder Fire, Longmont Fire, Lafayette Fire, Louisville Fire, Boulder Rural Fire Protection District, Lefthand Fire Protection District, Rocky Mountain Fire Protection District, Mountainview Fire Protection District, Fourmile Fire Protection District, Sunshine Fire Protection District, Lyons Fire Protection District, Sugarloaf Fire Protection District, Boulder Emergency Squad, American Medical Response ambulance service, Boulder Police, Boulder Sheriff’s Office, Colorado State Patrol, City of Boulder Open Space and Boulder County Open Space.
Officials are anticipating that high winds could pick up ash and dust. Individuals with respiratory concerns are advised to stay indoors and limit their exposure to particulate matter. Firefighters are planning to remain on scene throughout the night to monitor and respond to any potential hot spots.
The city-county Emergency Operations Center has been activated and updates, including road closures information, are being posted atwww.boulderoem.com/emergency-status.
Boulder County has teen jobs next summer
Jan 30th
Teens, adults can now apply for Youth Corps summer jobs
Boulder County, Colo. – Boulder County residents ages 14-17 can now apply for summer jobs with the Boulder County Youth Corps. The program is also hiring adults to be Team Leaders and is especially in need of female corps members and leaders.
The deadline to submit youth applications is Friday, March 30. Other positions are open until filled.
The Youth Corps will hire up to 160 teenagers to work 30 hours per week, Monday through Thursday, from June 18 to Aug. 8 on a variety of community service projects. Team leaders will be employed from June 6 to Aug. 10 to work up to 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday.
Projects include forest thinning, historic preservation, construction and repair of fencing, trail maintenance, removal of Russian olive trees and noxious weeds, landscaping and replacing light bulbs with compact fluorescents. Youth Corps teams work in unincorporated Boulder County as well as in Lafayette, Longmont and Superior.
Applications are available at www.bouldercounty.org/youthcorps and can also be picked up at counseling offices in Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley schools, city and town personnel offices, most local recreation and youth centers and libraries, and at the Boulder County Human Resources office at 2025 14th St. in Boulder.
This year, corps members will earn a starting wage of $7.64 per hour, with the possibility of earning a $100 bonus at the end of the program based on merit and strong attendance. Teens who have worked for the corps in past years can earn up to $8.14 an hour. In addition, corps members are eligible for reimbursement for the purchase of work boots and gloves. RTD bus passes for the purpose of traveling to and from centralized work meeting places may be subsidized.
Team Leaders must be high school graduates, at least 21 years old, and have two years of college coursework or more, and Assistant Team Leaders must be high school graduates and at least 18 years old, among other qualifications. A full list of qualifications is available at www.bouldercounty.org/youthcorps. Team Leaders start at $13 per hour and Assistant Team Leaders at $11 an hour.
The Youth Corps offers one of the best first job opportunities available in Boulder County. Teams have completed projects such as building the new Fourmile Trail connector at Betasso Preserve Open Space and preserving the historically significant lower barn at Walker Ranch Open Space.
- Building trails is just one of many outdoor tasks Job Corps teen undertake