Youth Corps application deadline is March 25
Mar 17th
Boulder County, Colo. – County residents ages 14-17 have until Friday, March 25 to apply for summer jobs with the Boulder County Youth Corps. Boulder County is especially in need of female corps members.
The Youth Corps will hire up to 150 teenagers to work 30 hours per week, Monday through Thursday, from June 13 to Aug. 3 on a variety of community service projects. Jobs include activities such as forest thinning, trail building, fence construction, historic restoration, and landscaping. Youth Corps teams work in unincorporated Boulder County as well as in Lafayette, Longmont and Superior.
Applications are available online at www.bouldercounty.org/youthcorps. Applications 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 the county Human Resources office at 2025 14th St. in Boulder.
Corps members will earn a starting wage of $7.36 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 $7.86 per 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.
The Youth Corps offers one of the best first-job opportunities available in Boulder County. Teams have completed projects such as building the new Benjamin Loop Trail at Betasso Preserve and building picnic table pads on open space. Other projects have included historic restoration of buildings, construction and repair of fencing, trail maintenance, removal of Russian olive trees and noxious weeds, replacing light bulbs with compact fluorescents, landscaping and forest thinning projects.
For more information, visit www.bouldercounty.org/youthcorps or contact Youth Corps program manager Judy Wolfe at jwolfe@bouldercounty.org or 303-678-6104
OEM red Flag warning : Ag burn illegal, out of control
Mar 16th
5:45 3/16 An agricultural burn out of control on hiway 66 appears to be illegally set today, if one reads this early warning by the county. In any event it is now out of control and running according to Boulder County dispatch. Mutual fire companies have been called in and mutual aid has been put in place. Last report” structures were being threatened.” “It is ten acres and running.” At this writing no fire equipment on scene. No command center set. Developing
Red Flag Warning for Wed. and Thurs.; no open burning in unincorporated Boulder County
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Wednesday and Thursday. No open burning is allowed in unincorporated Boulder County on days designated as red flag days. A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring or imminent.
“AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE IDENTIFICATION OF ;RED FLAG FIRE” href=”http://www.bouldercounty.org/find/library/government/ordredflagdays.pdf” target=”_parent”>Boulder County Ordinance 2009-1, which states: Any person who initiates in unincorporated Boulder County a ditch, field, trash or slash fire on a day identified by the National Weather Service as a “Red Flag” fire day in any part of unincorporated Boulder County commits a class 2 petty offense and, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fire of fire hundred dollars ($50000) for the first violation, and one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each subsequent violation, and for each violation shall pay the penalties and surcharges identified in C.R.S. 30-15-402. The penalty assessment procedure provided in C.R.S. 16-2-201 is authorized to be followed by any arresting law enforcement officer for any such violation.
For more information, please see the Sheriff’s Office
Boulder Police seek Lapdance thief: see photo look familiar???
Mar 16th
"Ahh Jesus Christ...It an Apple! I wanted a PC....crap.
Police seek laptop thief
On Jan. 23, 2011 a laptop computer, Ipod and a cell phone were stolen during a burglary in the 1800 block of 22nd Avenue in Boulder.
Police are trying to identify the person in the photograph, who is a person of interest in the burglary.
The case number for this incident is 11-1029.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact Detective Cantu at (303) 441-4328. Those who have information but wish to remain anonymous may contact the Northern Colorado Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or 1-800-444-3776. Tips can also be submitted via the Crime Stoppers website at www.crimeshurt.com. Those submitting tips through Crime Stoppers that lead to the arrest and filing of charges on a suspect(s) may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000 from Crime Stoppers.
