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Estate Planning – Wills and Trusts lunch and learn for seniors offered
Apr 5th
The Boulder Seniors Foundation presents a lunch and learn on the subject of Estate Planning – Wills and Trusts. This lunch and learn will be held at the West Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Ave., from noon to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26. The fee is $15, which includes lunch provided by Café Classico.
After lunch, local attorney Sharon Svendsen, who specializes in estate planning and elder law, will give a presentation on the most important steps any person can take to make sure their final property and healthcare wishes are honored.
This seminar is sponsored by the Boulder Seniors Foundation as a fundraiser for Senior Resources. The Senior Resources staff offers individualized consultation and resource referrals. Call to learn about and understand the resources available to adults age 60 and older, as well as their families. The staff can help you clarify needs, understand what your options are, learn how to maneuver the application processes, balance care giving and develop a plan of action. Senior Resources is a program of the City of Boulder, Department of Housing and Human Services.
Look at this and other activities online at www.boulderseniorservices.com For information or to register by the deadline of Monday, April, 18, call 303-441-3148 or 303-441-4150.
Boulder Senior Services is a division of the Department of Housing and Human Services. For further information please call 303-441-3148 or 303-441-4150.
Boulder police negotiate peaceful end to standoff
Apr 4th
A man who threatened to kill himself with a gun surrendered peacefully to Boulder police this evening. He is in custody at the Boulder County Jail, and will undergo a mental health evaluation. Police are not releasing his identity.
The incident began around 3:20 p.m. on April 4. A female friend called police and told dispatchers that the man was suicidal and that he was armed with a handgun outside Boulder Community Hospital
The Boulder Police SWAT Team arrived and isolated the suspect near a wall at the northeast corner of the hospital. Police could see that the man did have a weapon, which he pointed at his head a number of times during the standoff.
SWAT crisis negotiators established a rapport with the man and spoke with him throughout the afternoon and evening and attempted to convince him to surrender peacefully. Although the man was armed, he never threatened police or anyone else. Around 7:00 this evening, he agreed to surrender his weapon and was taken into custody without incident.
The suspect will face misdemeanor charges of Disorderly Conduct and Unlawful Carrying of a Concealed Weapon.
Free backyard composting workshops begin Thursday
Apr 4th
Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Resource Conservation Division is offering free Backyard Composting Workshops, one each in Longmont, Lafayette, and Boulder.
Space is limited to 30 people per workshop. Interested people may register online at www.BoulderCountyRecycles.org or RSVP with name, phone number and/or email, and number of attendees to Susan Meissner at smeissner@bouldercounty.org or 720-564-2226.
Workshop schedule
Longmont
Thursday, April 7, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Boulder County Parks & Open Space, Prairie Room
5201 St. Vrain Road
Lafayette
Saturday, April 9, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Lafayette Public Library, Downstairs Meeting Room
775 W. Baseline Road
Boulder
Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m.-noon
Boulder County Recycling Center, Education Room
1901 63rd St.
In addition to utilizing the new curbside compost bins, residents are encouraged to compost food scraps and yard waste at home. Keeping organics in backyards is an effective way to reduce household carbon footprints and provide quality compost for use in gardens.
When organic materials such as food waste and leaves are sent to the landfill they are buried along with the trash and they break down in a way that produces methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Composting does not create methane; it is a natural decomposition process that changes the food and yard waste into a beneficial soil amendment.
