By Martin B. Hamilton/The Johnstown Breeze
JOHNSTOWN – Last Thursday, a family of five had to leave their home after it was severely damaged by a fire.
Johnstown-Milliken Fire Chief Ron Bateman said firefighters were called just after 5 a.m. May 9 because of smoke coming from a residence on Woodbine Lane in the Clearview neighborhood on the west side of town.
“They went into the attic and found heavy fire,” Bateman said. “(Firefighters from) Milliken brought in a second-hand line and were able to get ahead of the fire.”
Photo courtesy Milliken Elementary School
Classmate cheering section - We all would likely welcome having this kind of support and encouragement. May 9, the Weld County Special Olympics were held at Northridge High School in Greeley. Representing Milliken Elementary School were Logan Wheeler and Anya Wild (inset). The entire first-grade class at MES attended the event to cheer them on. The pair were also recognized May 8 at the Milliken Town Board meeting. Do you have a picture for Page 3? Items of interest for Around Town? Please submit them to editor@johnstownbreeze.com.
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By Martin B. Hamilton/The Johnstown Breeze
Following in the footsteps of his ancestors, this month’s Johnstown-Milliken Rotary Student of the Month has definite plans for his future and that of the industry in which he is involved.
Tyler Bauer, 18, son of Michelle Dickinson and Scott Bauer, both of Loveland, will graduate with Roosevelt High School’s Class of 2013 on May 26. He plans to attend Blinn College in Brenham, Texas, on a livestock judging scholarship, before transferring to Oklahoma State University, with plans for graduate studies in bovine reproduction and genetics at Kansas State University.
A student with a 3.5 grade-point average, Bauer was class president during his freshman, sophomore, and junior years and is currently Head Boy at Roosevelt, serving as Student Council co-president (with Head Girl Sami Oldson, the Rotary Student of the Month for January).
Five athletes to compete in six events at 4A meet
By Martin B. Hamilton/The Johnstown Breeze
JOHNSTOWN – A quintet in a half-dozen events.
Five Roosevelt High School track-and-field athletes have qualified for this weekend’s Colorado High School State Championships that begin today (May 16) at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood.
In the state lineup are seniors Hannah Eining (100-meter hurdles), Viktor Baeza (110 and 300 hurdles), Tanner Starr (pole vault), junior Keira Maldonado (pole vault), and freshman Jacob Bejarano (high jump).
There were hopes to have sent more to state, but with the provision that only the top 18 in each event advance, there’s no more qualifying through league or regional championship meets.
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Re-5J students to all get iPads
By Martin B. Hamilton/The Johnstown Breeze
No more lugging to and from school a backpack stuffed with heavy textbooks.
Within two years, every student in the Weld Re-5J School District will have an iPad.
That was the unanimous decision by the Board of Education at its May 8 meeting.
Through its “1:1 iPad Initiative,” the district will supply students computer tablets in two waves. Each lightweight device will serve as a virtual backpack.
Pot shop moratorium OK’d till year’s end
MILLIKEN- Aside from continued work regarding downtown, trustees approved other agenda items at last week’s town board meeting.
They OK’d a temporary moratorium on the submission, acceptance, processing and approval of any application for a permit or license related to the C-5 zoned district.
The C-5 zone was established for medical marijuana facilities. The temporary moratorium runs to the end of the year. The question of such businesses has been further complicated with the passage of Amendment 64. The state has just finished establishing guidelines regarding issues related to its passage.
Downtown design firm hired
MILLIKEN – Recent Milliken Town Board meetings have been spent in part working on issues related to the downtown area along Broad Street.
At the April 24 meeting, trustees approved a professional service contract with Arvada-based Britina Design Company. The contract, according to Community Development Director Anne Johnson, will include landscaping at the Milliken Heritage House, formerly the Anna Flood House, a concept plan for the grain elevator to the east of town hall, and town square construction guidelines.
Total cost is $99,000. The board had originally budgeted $28,500. Mayor Milt Tokunaga submitted a letter to the state and the town received a $25,000 grant from the Department of Local Affairs, through the Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Fund. There is also $495,000 in the Capital Improvement Fund which is designated for construction related expenses for the streetscape and town square, which can be used as an additional source of funding.
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