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ometimes change hits us out of nowhere, and other times, it comes as a natural transition that just feels right. The latter has been the case for me as I step into this role as editor of NOCO Style after four years as a freelancer for this wonderful publication. I have loved writing about the things that make Northern Colorado so special, from community art projects and local nonprofits to the creative ways small businesses pivoted to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. I’ve interviewed cancer survivors, entrepreneurs, medical experts and environmentalists, and I even had the opportunity to speak with an 85-year-old butcher and a 15-year-old auctioneer. Their stories moved me in ways I never could have imagined. To all the people I’ve had the pleasure of talking to, and to our former editor, Angie Grenz, thank you for inspiring me to continue telling the stories of our region in my new role. I can’t wait to share each new magazine with you, and it all starts with this beautiful June issue. June has always been one of my favorite times of the year, and not just because it’s my birthday month. The days are longer, warmer and laced with the sweet scent of blooming flowers, food cooking on the grill and backyard fire pits. The campgrounds are packed and the lakes are full of families boating and paddleboarders coasting along the shoreline. This month’s issue gives you everything you need to start the summer off right, with guides to the best swim beaches and gourmet recipes to make while camping. We are fortunate to have so many picturesque destinations right here in our backyard, and Ty Davis’ story on #vanlife will get you excited to hit the road. Kids are also settling into summer break, and many of them are picking up extra shifts at a restaurant or retail job to fund their activities. Emily Kemme discusses whether it’s good for kids to work (and how much) with interviews from local teachers, parents and a therapist on page 28. We also draw attention to homelessness, an unfortunate yet visible problem in the summer, and the concerted teamwork to help solve it. No matter how you spend this month, take a moment to notice the things that bring you happiness, whether that be your dad’s face when he opens his Father’s Day gift (find last-minute ideas in our gift guide on page 34) or the simple pleasure of watching your vegetable garden take off. I know I will. Until next month,

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June at a glance Taste of Fort Collins Townsquare Media’s Taste of Fort Collins satisfies hungry foodies with gourmet bites and live music. The festival brings thousands to Washington Park every year, and the music lineup includes some pretty big names. Headlining this year are The All American Rejects on Saturday and Lil Jon on Sunday. Regional bands and musicians will also play, and there will be a kids’ zone to entertain the youngsters. This year’s event takes place from 12-9 p.m., Saturday, June 10, and from 12-8 p.m., Sunday, June 11. Tickets are $15 for a single day pass and $28 for a weekend pass (plus taxes and fees). Visit tasteoffortcollins.com for more information.

There’s so much to love about June: the official start of summer, Father’s Day and Juneteenth, to name a few. Whether you’re grilling with Dad or tossing the bouquet, make room in your schedule for these fun NOCO happenings.

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An Optimistic Year for NOCO Water Planning, saving and help from Mother Nature to wash our water troubles away

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orthern Colorado is an arid place, making us feel as if we are always teetering on the edge of drought. The truth is that this year, like most years in the past couple decades, Northern Colorado is looking pretty good from a water perspective, according to local water experts. Records show that the last substantial drought we experienced in Northern Colorado was in 2012, which was one of the

driest ever, and was followed by the Flood of 2013, which was one of the wettest ever. But the drought that seared that word into our brains occurred in 2002. “2002 reset the paradigm for us,” says Sean Chambers, director of water and sewer utilities for the City of Greeley. “It was a many-generation-level drought. It sparked the Hayman Fire, which, at the time, was the largest fire in the state’s history. It reset the paradigm for many municipalities and water users. It led to

draconian drought response policies.” This year doesn’t look anything like 2002 or 2012, thanks to foresight from city leaders, new conservation measures and, well, just dumb luck. Where our water comes from Municipalities along the Front Range have figured out that one of the best ways to avoid running out of water is to have multiple sources to tap into. And they had to figure it out a long time ago because water projects

What is an acre-foot? This is how you measure a large volume of water. An acre-foot is how much water it would take to cover an acre of land one foot high. That equates to 326,000 gallons, which is approximately what it takes to supply an average home’s indoor and outdoor watering needs for a year.

Chad Gimmestad, senior forecaster for the National Weather Service in Boulder. Left: Poudre River

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take many decades to come to fruition. Communities in Colorado usually get their water from rights purchased on rivers that run near or through their communities as well as supplemental water from the Colorado-Big Thompson (C-BT) Project pipeline. The pipeline diverts from the Colorado River into Lake Granby, where it is sent through the mountains and into Carter Lake and Horsetooth Reservoir. The Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District manages the C-BT water. For 2023, Northern Water is predicting a normal year thanks to a solid snowpack, says spokesman Jeff Stahla. “Most of Colorado has had a really good year for water, especially on the Western Slope and in the southwest, and we are really grateful for that,” he says. “The mountains that feed Northern Colorado water are just a little above average. It’s not going to cause major concerns and it’s not super great. Some years you have to worry about flooding, and we are nowhere close to that.” Planning for the future Even so, water groups remember 2002, and our population continues to grow, which is why every water group in the area is in some stage of planning to either expand existing reservoirs or come up with other ways to store water. Seventeen years ago, the City of Fort Collins started planning the expansion of Halligan Reservoir near Red Feather Lakes to hold 14,600 acre-feet of water, which is more than double what it currently holds, according to Alice Conovitz, water conservation specialist with City of Fort Collins Utilities. “We hope to hear from the Army Corps of Engineers by the end of this year,” she says, adding that it would be just one step of many needed to get construction started on the expansion by 2026. The Northern Integrated Supply Project is also working to expand two reservoirs (Glade northwest of Fort Collins and Galeton northeast of Greeley) to provide 40,000 acre-feet of water for 15 different water providers. Construction on Glade is expected to start in 2025, Stahla says. Northern Water is also about halfway done with construction of the Chimney Hollow Reservoir near Carter Lake, which will hold an additional 30,000 acre-feet of 16 June 2023 / NOCOSTYLE.COM

What about fire and extreme weather danger? Climate change impacts Colorado with higher temperatures and more moisture in the air. But another pattern has also emerged. “The long-term trend is toward less severe weather in the Front Range, especially in tornadoes. We might be seeing less hail, but not [a smaller] size of hail,” says Gimmestad.` Even so, individual storms can be monsters. “Climate change has put more moisture in the environment,” he explains. “So, when you get a storm, there is more fuel to deal with.” Fire is the bigger threat now, according to Gimmestad, and that seems to be especially true in Northern Colorado. He says the fire season in the mountains will likely be delayed more than in past years because the winter snowmelt was slowed by late-season storms. Fire danger is expected to be about normal once that snow does melt.

The Bellvue Water Treatment Plant northwest of Fort Collins is one of two water treatment plants that Greeley uses for its drinking water. The plant is located at the mouth of the Poudre Canyon and runs continually throughout the year. Photo courtesy of the City of Greeley.

water for 12 different water providers. The City of Greeley went a different route after spending more than a decade trying to expand a reservoir. They bought into an underground aquifer near Carr that already contains 1.2 million acre-feet of water and has the ability to store more, according to Chambers. “That will give us good drought protection,” he says.

Does conservation really work? It was 1996 when the TV show “Seinfeld” created an episode called “The Shower Head,” where the characters went to the black market to get real shower heads instead of the low-flow varieties that were popular at the time. Jokes aside, from shower heads to toilets to dishwashers and washing machines, there have been technological advancements in water

The Flatiron Penstocks west of Berthoud deliver water to Front Range water users of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project.

efficiency that we barely notice now. And they made a huge difference. In Fort Collins, per-person use of water has dropped by 30 percent since 2000, says Conovitz. In Greeley, while the population increased by about 20,000 people in 15 years, demand for water has remained flat, according to Chambers. “For all the communities along the Front Range, all of our highest demand periods are from before 2000,” Chambers says. “That level of water efficiency savings is not achievable again. That was the golden age of efficiency. Now we are in a period of diminishing return. Now, if you spend $50 more for even more efficiency, you get a very small return.” Water-efficient appliances are referred to as “passive” conservation, but cities also encourage residents to put some real work into saving water. In Greeley, the city offers incentives to

developers to use non-potable water for irrigation. In fact, the city mandates that any irrigable land over two acres must use nonpotable water, which saves the city from running it through the water treatment plant, Chambers says. To move this water, the city uses ditches. “There are strong economics behind doing that,” he says. Home landscaping also continues to be a big focus for water conservation. Northern Water installed so-called “Conservation Gardens” on its property to model appropriate gardening for our arid climate. “We invite anyone to come out to our gardens, which are open during daylight hours seven days a week,” Stahla says. A lot comes down to luck For the most part, Mother Nature has been kind to Northern Colorado for more than a decade, says Greeley’s Chad Gimmestad,

senior forecaster for the National Weather Service in Boulder. Typically, he says, cycles of weather every three to five years from the El Niño and La Niña patterns do have effects in Colorado, but they affect weather patterns north and south of us more. Still, La Niña years, like the one we saw at the tail end of last winter, tend to be drier. But the pattern shifted a little this year, giving the northern mountains a snowpack that is supplying our water at about 120 percent of what is normal. As La Niña fades, El Niño cycles traditionally mean more snow than usual for Northern Colorado. But climate change has made predictions more difficult. “If you look back 30 years, you can see it,” Gimmestad says. “If you talk to old farmers, they will tell you something has changed.” Jared Fiel is a writer in Northern Colorado and enjoys his water with hops and barley.

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att Rivette was worried about sounding redundant when he approached the Greeley City Council in early September 2022 about the homeless downtown. He’d been there earlier that year to express his concerns. “Something has changed,” Rivette, who owns property downtown, told the council. “A tenant had a knife pulled on them last week.” What followed was perhaps the most emotionally charged meeting of the year, as business owners took to the stand to talk to the council the way a frustrated spouse may talk to their partner. They rehashed some complaints, such as having to wash feces off their buildings, but they also expressed new ones, including being afraid for their customers and themselves. Some had weapons pulled on them, too. Others had been harassed. Ryan Gentry, who lives in downtown Greeley and owns several taverns, said he and his wife had been startled awake more than a dozen times that summer by someone screaming in the middle of the night. The problems are a sore spot for downtown owners like Gentry, who for years had battled the perception that the area

was unsafe. In the early-to-mid 2000s, west Greeley residents refused to go downtown, saying it was riddled with gang members. Years of hard work had changed that. They’d supported other businesses that shyly opened stores, such as The Nerd Store, and cheered when fun breweries, like Wiley Roots and WeldWerks, and distilleries, like Syntax and 477, found success. When Friday Fest, with free live music and the chance to drink outside, became popular and drew thousands to Greeley, downtown became hip. “Let’s not forget what we’ve done in the last 15 years,” Gentry says. The owners were indeed angry—Gentry called them “vagrants”—and yet, they were also contrite. They acknowledged how hard it must be to be homeless. They knew the problem was a difficult one. These were people, not feral cats, they said. Many of the owners left the stand in tears after speaking. Juliana Kitten watched the meeting online with her own set of mixed emotions. Kitten had just been hired as Greeley’s new assistant city manager, mainly because of her two decades of experience with the

homeless population as a social worker and administrator. It would be her focus, if not her job, to do something about it. The meeting wasn’t a turning point (Kitten had already been hired to work on the issue), but it demonstrated how the homeless became the biggest social service concern in Northern Colorado. In the last few years, especially after COVID-19, our area’s largest cities, along with United Way and dozens of agencies, have devoted millions of dollars and hundreds of hours in a concerted effort to clean up encampments, build shelters and ease the concerns of residents. COVID-19, in fact, is the only other issue in recent memory to receive this much collaboration and concern. Cities have learned in the last decade that hoping nonprofits can tackle the homeless issue alone doesn’t work, and there are other reasons for the huge effort. Lack of affordable housing is one of the key reasons why homeless populations grow in cities, and Northern Colorado, especially Larimer County, is on the precipice of pushing a significant portion of our population out to the curb based on our median income and the cost of both renting a space or owning a home. Kitten, however, was not afraid nor angry while watching the meeting. She calls the issue, along with housing in general, “my life’s work since 2000.” She’s excited about Greeley, and Northern Colorado as a whole, and sees this complex issue as a real chance to do something meaningful. The fact that the downtown owners didn’t want to blow the homeless off their porches with fire hoses encouraged her. “Most were very respectful,” Kitten said of the owners. “It can get very ugly. My job as assistant city manager is to do the best job I can for every single person. Here’s the bottom line: Having a person homeless in front of your business is bad for everyone.” There is, in other words, an opportunity to turn it around, Kitten says. Northern Colorado can establish a system that prevents most people from becoming homeless, and for those that do, helps to ensure they don’t become chronically homeless. Those are the ones on the streets most of their lives who are more likely to cause the problems that led downtown owners to tears. The goal, in fact, is to assist them so they aren’t homeless for longer than a month. Kitten said Greeley, and, by

extension, the rest of Northern Colorado, can be the model for the rest of the country. “I know that we can do it,” Kitten says. “It will take a few years, but it is absolutely doable.” As many problems as people Daniel Brisson is a professor at the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work who studies communities, poverty and affordable housing. He’s also part of the Center for Housing and Homelessness Research, which helped Loveland study its own problem before the city took actions such as opening up a night shelter in April. Surely devoting his own life’s work to this issue, and all those accolades, means he knows the root cause of homelessness, right? “The quote I’ve used for many years came from someone who has experienced it,” Brisson says. “There’s as many different causes as the people experiencing homelessness.” Many interviewed for this story, from experts like Brisson to social workers to nonprofit directors and city staff, said homelessness gets so much attention as a social issue because it’s all of our social issues. It’s mental health struggles, poverty, affordable housing, isolation, transportation, unemployment, fractured families and relationships (including domestic violence,

which plays a huge role), substance abuse and limited resources to deal with all those problems. There’s also bad luck. Brisson said that last point, just sheer bad luck, can play a key role. Most people have the gumption to tackle one or even a handful of those problems—you might be dealing with one right now. But what happens when there’s what Brisson calls a perfect storm? The Center for Housing and Homelessness Research asked those experiencing homelessness in Englewood and found a few common factors that matched the ones listed above. They lost their homes when those variables crashed together. “You’re down on your luck in a relationship, and then two or three other things happen, like you lose your job, and you might already be struggling with your mental health,” he says. This is why Kelli Pryor calls homelessness a symptom. Pryor is the director of the Northern Colorado Continuum of Care for United Way of Weld County. She moved behind a desk a year ago when she became director of the continuum. She was on the front lines for years before that. “[Homelessness] is the result of a lot of other things,” Pryor says. “It’s everything. That’s partly why I say it takes a community.” She leads that community, at least in part. Most of her job is to coordinate services

Anthony Enfield, facilities coordinator at the Murphy Center for Hope, shares his personal story of homelessness. Left: The mural is a result of a group effort between Front Range Community College and Murphy Center guests, circa 2014-2015.

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among the dozens of agencies in Weld and Larimer counties so precious resources, such as shelter space, food and stable housing, aren’t duplicated or unused. Those efforts, and the many others Kitten referred to, will be covered in part two of this series. If you somehow solved domestic violence, for instance, you’d likely cut the homeless population by 25 percent, as that’s the number of people who find themselves homeless because they are fleeing an abusive partner, Pryor says. There are other family issues that can lead to homelessness: family members die, get ill or fight, and when they do, others wind up without a place to go. Families and friends are safety nets, Pryor says, and without them, even those who have never had to spend a night on a couch can be out in the cold. Our social system also doesn’t have ways of helping those in downward spirals.

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“If you somehow solved domestic violence, for instance, you’d likely cut the homeless population by 25 percent, as that’s the number of people who find themselves homeless because they are fleeing an abusive partner.” —Kelli Pryor, Northern Colorado Continuum of Care “[The system] is not meant to catch people before they become homeless,” she says. Many programs won’t, or can’t, help those struggling to pay rent until they’re facing an eviction notice, she says. “They have a lot of barriers,” Pryor said of those on the edge of homelessness. “Many we don’t even know about.” That’s partly because most homeless people don’t report themselves as such, Pryor says. The vast majority do have networks and aren’t homeless for more than a few days. The official number of those homeless and in the system—nearly 900 in Weld and Larimer Counties as of April 2023 have had their housing needs assessed by a service provider—is always considered underreported. And yet, eventually, those struggling to stay afloat will experience what agencies call episodic homelessness. That’s the bulk of the homeless population: People who occasionally don’t have a place to live but can’t find the help they need to keep them housed. COVID-19 was a boon for the homeless 24 June 2023 / NOCOSTYLE.COM

issue, and that’s not just because the federal government sent millions of dollars to agencies to help. People began to recognize that most people like them can run into problems caused by unforeseen forces. “People now are more willing to acknowledge it’s not just the drug addict on the street,” Pryor says. The high cost of living As Brisson and others point out, more than a few people might even be able to tackle all those problems above if average rents and mortgages were reasonable by most wage standards. “If you had units for $450 a month,” he says, “do you think we’d see people sleeping in parks? Housing can be so unattainable. It’s so damn expensive, and that message is understood by just about everybody.” As the cost of housing stays high, the margin of error to cover our butts when life gets hard shrinks to nothing. It makes it hard to recover when just one thing goes

wrong, like a temporary job loss. In fact, homeless populations tend to rise when the cost of housing is more than 32 percent of the median income in any area, says Jared Olson, a senior population epidemiologist with the Larimer County Department of Health and Environment. Larimer County is at 29 percent. It may seem strange for a health department to study the cost of housing, but housing, Olson says, is health. More than 60 percent of those who live with housing instability report poor mental health, he says, and that doesn’t address the food insecurity and overall security problems that come without a place to stay. You’re exposed to the weather and are more likely to get sick without a safe space. Being homeless, unsurprisingly, is bad for your health, and when you spend more of your income on housing, you’re more likely to go homeless. “It makes it harder to put that pie of your budget together,” Olson says. “Food costs have increased, transportation is high and the pressure of housing continues to grow.” It’s not the only factor of how well we thrive, of course, but there is enough of a correlation that he can say, with confidence, that it matters. Housing is market-driven, but there are ways a city can help, he says. Denser apartments, even those with a shared bathroom or kitchen, can offer more units without reverting back to project-style concrete jungles in large urban cities. Even requiring an overabundance of parking spaces can drive up housing because of the valuable space smothered in asphalt. Gov. Jared Polis attempted to address this with a land-use reform bill that would allow more townhomes and multiplexes in areas restricted to single-family housing. As of press time, the bill was inching its way through a House committee. Cities, however, were resistant to this, as the Colorado Municipal League, a lobbying group that represents cities and towns, fought it, along with several mayors who blasted the bill and stated they were already trying to address affordable housing themselves. The Greeley City Council approved a resolution opposing the bill. Fort Collins’ council updated its Land Use Code in November 2022 following Polis’ intent, but in January, it rescinded the code after residents working under the name “Preserve Fort

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Collins” filed a petition against the changes. The group stated that allowing more dense housing types would diminish the city’s quality. Fort Collins hopes to bring another land use change in August, this time with extensive citizen input. Indeed, residents of single-family neighborhoods have long said they support affordable housing but generally oppose anything, including apartment complexes or even duplexes built near their neighborhoods that could, in theory, help the cause, Olson says. Kitten says she was hired by the City of Greeley to address housing of all types, not just the homeless. She says Greeley needs homes of all types, large and small, but also acknowledges the burden that housing prices can place on those with lower incomes. “Housing prices are just nuts,” Kitten says. “But I also think this is true across the country.” Anger can help No other social issue creates a wider spectrum of anger and empathy than the homeless, and to be blunt, they benefit from both. “There are people who don’t like to see homeless people outside when they go to the store,” Olson says. “But this can be a good thing.” Rather than ignoring the homeless, cities have bulked up their own efforts and assisted 26 June 2023 / NOCOSTYLE.COM

agencies in trying to solve the issue because residents protest, loudly and publicly, much like they did in Greeley that September evening at a council meeting. But those same cities and agencies—even those same residents—also feel for those sleeping on park benches, especially when winter arrives. After all, Loveland built its shelter because it outlawed encampments after residents complained about them. Fort Collins’ extensive network of services is owed in part to the outbreak of encampments in visible, popular places such as City Park. They’re one of us COVID-19 helped us relate to those struggling with hard times, and now there’s also a greater understanding of how someone becomes homeless. We know they aren’t hobos riding trains to campfires and cooked beans. “We’ve gotten [a better] understanding of the homeless now,” Pryor says. “We used to think they weren’t our community members. They were just others. But they are.” Anthony Enfield was 37 in 2017 when he moved to Colorado to be with a woman. He moved in with her and had trouble finding work. When they broke up, he had a job but nowhere to go, and he couldn’t afford the high rent in Fort Collins. He was homeless for a year. He would

rest at night by the river in a sleeping bag and go to work during the day. The pandemic, he said, actually turned his life around. Someone told him to go to the Murphy Center for Hope, a resource center for the homeless in Fort Collins, which connected him with agencies. He found a steady job collecting trash that paid well, and Volunteers of America found him an apartment and covered his first three months' rent. When the three months were up, he didn’t need help anymore, and the Murphy Center saw how hard he worked and offered him an internship. He's since worked there three years and been promoted three times. He’s now the facilities coordinator. It’s a lot of chores— he empties trash, changes the paper towels in the bathroom and picks up trash on the grounds—but he also gets breakfast together for those who come in from a cold night and does their laundry, both jobs he finds fulfilling because he used to experience the same things. He’s now dating a high school teacher and pays $1,800 in rent, which he doesn’t love, but he’s also happy he can. “She told me she doesn’t want a project,” Enfield said of his girlfriend. “I told her I don’t want to be one.” He’ll never forget what it was like to be in the same situation many of the people who surround him now are in. He rarely loafs around the Murphy Center—he averages nearly 40,000 steps a day, though part of that comes from walking his dogs at night. If he does pause, it’s to do his favorite part of the job: talking to people who come in. “When they are having a bad day, they will tell me what’s wrong,” Enfield says. “I tell them to make their appointments and do the right things and things can change. Many want it right now, but I tell them it will happen.” When he walked outside on a cloudy day in May, he noticed one of his friends sitting outside in the parking lot. Her eyes lit up when she saw him emptying the trash. “Have a good day, Mr. Anthony!” she yelled to him. He would, he told her. He definitely would. Dan England is a mountain climber, ultrarunner, freelance writer and coach who lives in Greeley with his three kids, a son and twin girls, his singing wife Valerie, and his herding dog Pepper.

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All Work & No Play The Benefits and Drawbacks of Teens Holding a Job By Emily Kemme

he decision about whether students should work factors in both family dynamics and their financial situation. There’s also that emotional tension between parental pride and the fear of releasing your 14-year-old son into the working world so he can save money to buy some wheels. The Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act establishes the framework within which minors can work. The law limits times and days for youth ages 14-15, but by 16, teens can work up to 40 hours per week and eight hours a day. Exemptions exist for certain jobs, including newspaper carriers, actors, models and performers, home chores and work done for a parent or guardian. And if your kid is under age 14, paid activities like mowing lawns, shoveling snow, babysitting and caddying on golf courses are OK. Educators believe that a student’s maturity should be considered by a responsible adult, whether that’s a parent, other family member, religious advisor or counselor. “I don’t think there’s any one best methodology that fits all kids,” Mike Malnati says. Malnati taught fifth grade in Northern Colorado for 25 years and coached high school and college tennis. Today, he evaluates schools through International Baccalaureate in the United States and internationally

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to develop programs that “encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners.” “Some 16-year-olds shouldn’t be working because they’re too distracted,” he says. “Until they’re mature enough, someone should shepherd them through that decision.” His wife, Christie Malnati, who taught middle school and high school for 40 years at the University of Northern Colorado Laboratory School, agrees, but she also emphasizes the difference between kids who work because they are helping to support their families versus those who work for pocket change to fund their hobbies. Over the course of her career, she noticed how many middle-class kids were squeezed into the lower economic classes, and they helped put food on the table. Often, high schoolers were expected to bring money home along with homework. “Sometimes our high schoolers in Greeley [are] the bread winners for the family,” says Laurel Kuchman, an instructional coach in Greeley-Evans School District 6 who has also taught students ages 8-11 for 27 years. “They go to school all day and work at Burger King at night; it’s 40 hours a week in fast food or grocery stores, and that’s how their family survives.” Diane Bassett, retired professor of education at UNC, says it’s hard for teachers to recognize these students, “except when they slump down on their desks, sleeping

or bleary-eyed because they were up late closing McDonalds.” Learning the value of work Regardless of their financial situation, teacher and therapist Thelma Bear Edgerton believes kids should work during their high school and college years. Much of the benefit centers around modeling, which is considered a powerful teaching method for instilling a strong work ethic in kids. “Kids long for independence, and working helps them learn how to achieve that,” she says. “They feel important because they’re making strides to become an adult.” However, Edgerton acknowledges that kids who struggle with time-management skills may not be able to handle work and school. “If they’re staying up until all hours of the night to get schoolwork done,” she says, “that’s not a healthy life.” Christie Malnati has followed the career paths of some of her students through the years and finds that even the ones who worked and fell asleep at school went to college and led happy lives, usually because they had good discipline. “They knew how to put their head down to the grindstone and go,” she says. But she noticed that it wasn’t easy for the ones who had to work. “Parents and teachers may try to tell kids not to work for the money, [to] ‘Do it if it brings you satisfaction.’ But it’s hard to have someone believe that if the kid sitting

next to them in math is wearing nicer running shoes and doesn’t have to work for them,” she says. Christie notes another major drawback: Working kids lose out on a healthy social life, such as hanging out with friends or participating in track, yearbook or band. She says that balance needs to be considered when deciding whether your child has time to work. A number of studies also find that working over 20 hours a week is detrimental for students, according to Bassett. “That number organizes them and allows them to parcel out all the pieces of life— work, homework, time with friends—and be fulfilled. Anything over 20 hours, even for college undergraduates, and they’ll struggle,” she says. Christie says that kids having time to be kids has non-monetary value, too: “Kids [being] involved in extracurricular activities, like choir or sports, is good because they have to be responsible to their coach and teammates. They’re getting a mentor who doesn’t care about money.” Establishing skillsets Along with gaining independence, building confidence and teaching self-discipline, working gives kids a crucial understanding of finances and how to establish credit. There’s also a correlation between earning money and the joy of achievement. “Working to earn extra money to support a habit or hobby, like clothes, sports, a car or saving for college, that becomes the carrot,” Mike Malnati says. “That’s a real-life experience that you don’t learn in school. It’s what parents hope for their kiddos: the lesson that if you want it, you earn it.” Bassett recalls some of her son’s jobs that required menial labor. She says it inspired him. “Waiting tables, bussing, doing landscape work, even janitorial work—so many of my son’s choices came from the jobs he had as a youngster,” Bassett says. What motivates today’s kids to work? Kuchman and her husband assign their 12-year-old daughter chores—cleaning her room, putting laundry away and helping in the yard are on the list. If she completes her weekly chores, she earns $15, which Kuchman tracks on the Greenlight app, a debit card that assigns monetary value to work done at home. While it works for

some families, she acknowledges that there are limitations. “She’s not motivated by money, so it’s not a great tool,” Kuchman says. “She sees joy in work, that it feels good to accomplish things. My husband and I love working, and she’s kind of wired that way.” Her daughter’s largest motivator is dance; it’s a social opportunity and time to interact with other kids. More tech time, like minutes on an iPad, is also important. “This generation is [often] motivated by praise and positive reinforcement from an adult they care about—that means way

more than money,” Kuchman says. Mike Malnati also sees a broader purpose in beginning work at a young age. “It’s about learning that no one owes you anything. The greatest benefit comes from the knowledge that you can stand on your own two feet and take care of yourself, if you have the opportunity,” he says.

Emily Kemme is an award-winning novelist and Colorado food writer. If she’s not tapping the keyboard, you’ll find her stirring a pot, always at her two collies beck and call.

Let’s go to the beach By Dan England

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olorado won’t inspire The Beach Boys, but our region still offers plenty of spots to dig your toes in the sand. In fact, there are at least five good options in our area for what us Coloradans call a swim beach. Is it California? No. But it’s also not the shallow end of a swimming pool packed with screaming kids. Think of a swim beach as a wilder experience than a chlorinated neighborhood pool: there will be deep areas, mild waves, boats, critters, sharp rocks and dirty water, meaning you don’t want to swallow it (to be fair, you probably don’t want to drink from a neighborhood pool either). Some swim beaches test for E. coli and

toxic algae and will prohibit swimming if the levels are deemed unsafe, but others don’t, and the tests are no guarantee that the water is clean. “All natural bodies of water always come with inherent risks,” says Sarai Castellanos, communications coordinator for Windsor Parks, Recreation and Culture. There also aren’t any lifeguards. But there’s a chance to spread out, a more relaxed feel and no one with a whistle yelling at your kid to walk, not run. The admission price might even be less expensive than a city pool.

Boyd Lake State Park Hours: The swim beach typically opens on Memorial Day and closes after Labor Day, but this year, lower water levels mean the park will not open for swimming until the lake receives additional water. At press time, the Greeley-Loveland Irrigation Company projected water reaching Boyd Lake in early June. The park is always open for visitors actively angling from shore or from a boat, or for campers at the campground. All other use is restricted to 5 a.m.-10 p.m. daily. Admission: $10 for a daily vehicle pass. An annual pass is $80. What to expect: Boyd’s swim beach in Loveland hosts hundreds of people each weekday and a few thousand on the weekends, with long, sandy beaches to picnic at or launch your paddleboard from. Call 970.669.1739 to check on water levels.

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Lake Loveland Hours: 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily. The city tries to open the swim beach by the Saturday after Memorial Day ( June 3 this year), but water levels may be too low. The beach is closed July 2 through noon on July 5 for the city’s July 4th Festival. Ideally, the city keeps it open until Labor Day, but it typically closes in mid-August due to low water levels. Admission: Free What to expect: Most of the lake is private, but the City of Loveland operates the south shore. North Lake Park has a swim beach, along with a playground, a train and traditional recreation such as tennis, basketball and softball fields. The water rights are owned and controlled by groups outside of the city’s control; the City of Greeley uses the lake as a primary domestic water supply (which explains the lower levels after August), and the surrounding homeowners own the recreational rights.

Horsetooth Reservoir Hours: Quiet hours are from 10 p.m.-6 a.m., but the reservoir is otherwise open. Admission: $10 per vehicle per day. An annual vehicle pass is $100. What to expect: There are two swim beaches at Horsetooth Reservoir in Fort Collins: one at the popular South Bay Campground and another at the Sunrise Day Use Area. They are crowded during the summer (especially if it’s hot), so consider getting there early or visiting on a weekday when fewer people are out enjoying the sunshine.

Jackson Lake State Park Hours: The Orchard park is open 24 hours a day, but swimming is only permitted from sunrise to sunset. Admission: $10 for a daily vehicle pass. An annual pass is $80. What to expect: This lake features two beach areas: one on the south side in early summer and one on the west side as water levels drop later in the summer. Swimming was restricted to the beaches until recently. “We did away with that a couple years ago,” says Tyler Seward, park manager at Jackson Lake. “It doesn’t make sense to have a big reservoir and not let people use it.” The beaches’ fine sand and gradual dropoffs have earned Jackson Lake national recognition—it was named a top-15 beach in the country by ReserveAmerica in 2016.

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Windsor Lake Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday-Sunday. The swim beach is open year-round but is more popular in the summer. Admission: Free What to expect: Windsor Lake is the town’s centerpiece: Concerts are held on Thursday nights every summer, and you can find area residents crowding the beach every day. Watercraft is available for rent, including aqua trikes, canoes, kayaks and paddleboards. Rentals are available seven days a week starting May 27, but only on the weekends from Aug. 19-Sept. 17. There’s also a two-mile trail that surrounds the lake and picnic tables, and a playground, outdoor gym and climbing net at nearby Boardwalk Community Park. Dan England is NOCO Style's associate editor, and a freelance journalist based in Greeley.

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uilding a spec home is risky business. It requires the builder to put all their capital upfront. They also must choose a design scheme that potential buyers will gravitate toward. Some builders might feel like they need to design for the masses to lower the risk. Unless you are a builder the caliber of Solace Custom Homes. They looked at the opportunity to build a spec home as their chance to show buyers the sophisticated design style Solace is capable of, with a quality buildout and striking contrasts

that wow the moment you walk in the front door. The home is in the coveted Heron Lakes subdivision in Berthoud on a lot that offers both west-facing views of the Twin Peaks and water scenery. The four-bedroom, sixbathroom, 5,186-square-foot ranch home with a finished walkout basem*nt was the opportunity for Michael and Shavonn Janes, owners of Solace, to have a little fun with the design. Hand-scraped white oak floors stretch through the main level, allowing the light from walls of windows to bounce around and keep the space bright and open. Dark

charcoal and black accents stand in stark contrast and serve to highlight the home’s vaulted ceilings and uncluttered space. The main living space features a black Venetian plaster fireplace that spans from floor to ceiling and was the room that Shavonn felt would be most polarizing in the house. “You were either going to like it or hate it,” she says. Fortunately for the Janeses, the buyers loved it so much that they were able to put the home under contract before it officially hit the market. One of the most dramatic features of the home is the stone countertop in the kitchen that waterfalls to the floor on the

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island and wraps around the hood vent and up to the ceiling. The stone is a custom quartzite in charcoal with white veining called “Agatha leathered” that creates high contrast against the frosted white oak kitchen cabinets. The kitchen also features a spacious island with plenty of workspace, and there is a large pantry and mudroom located behind the kitchen. Contemporary lighting, tile and other finishes are found throughout the home, including an 800-pound stone sink basin set in a wood vanity in the powder room that adds natural elements in a way that feels very modern. Herringbone-patterned light wood flooring in the office is paired with dark walls. The primary suite also offers plenty of contemporary finishes that feel luxurious: heated tile flooring, a massive mirror behind a floating vanity and a black soaking tub. The dark and light aspects of the space are brought together by richly veined stone tile in natural browns and cream that runs from floor to ceiling near the tub and in the shower, adding warmth to what might otherwise be a stark room. A glass handrail and custom black, wood-paneled wall that stretches between the floors leads to the walkout basem*nt. A large great room with polished concrete floors and a second kitchen offer plenty of space for families to entertain, and the garage doors open up to the backyard and its impressive views. The home’s thoughtful design, created in partnership with architect Jon Rentfrow of Rentfrow Design, and the striking interior by in-house designer Ashley Underwood with Rebel Designs, allowed the Janeses’ vision to take a home—from what could have been a banal design meant to appeal to everyone—to one high on drama and loaded with contemporary finishes that still offers a warm, inviting space. This thoughtful design is indicative of the work done by Solace Custom Homes. Solace has two other lots in the TPC development and is busy building in Timnath, Red Feather Lakes, Frederick, Breckenridge and beyond. “What sets our process apart,” says Michael, “is the amount of face-to-face interaction. We work directly with the client and ensure they are getting a high value and high quality for the price.” Shavonn corroborates this, adding, “Spec

or custom, we try to find alternatives to give our clients more bang for [their] buck,” such as the custom Venetian plaster, which adds beautiful texture and interest to walls with a cost savings over tile. For the homeowners, Solace’s process also makes buying a custom home easier by allowing them to start with a solid floor plan that is anything but cookie-cutter and a design that feels distinctive, purposeful and never dull.

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ountain or beach camping lets you breathe fresh air, sparking a hefty appetite. Who hasn’t battled hunger pangs after finishing a hike or surfing some wake water? Whether you’re glamping in a posh tent on a queen-size bed outfitted with a fluffy down comforter, bunking down in your truck bed on an air mattress or roughing it in a sleeping bag with the starry sky as your canopy, you can wine and dine the gourmet way. All you’ll need is an ounce of innovation and a cooler’s worth of food you never imagined would taste so great cooked over an open flame. Cooking and storing provisions The best chef is a prepared chef, so build a camping arsenal equipped with the right cooking tools. There are many options for camp stoves, like the Eureka Ignite Stove that folds into a 4-inch high, 18.5-inch long portable powerhouse with 10,000 BTU burners that go from simmer to torch with a turn of a dial ($124.95 at Jax Outdoor Gear). Jetboil’s cooking systems, like the Genesis Basecamp System, have two propane burners that boil water in minutes and link to other Jetboil units for a larger cooking surface ($399.95 at Jax). The Flash Cooking System ($124.95) boils liquids or dehydrated meals in 100 seconds. If you prefer to grill, BioLite’s FirePit+ ($299.95) makes a battery-operated, smoke-free wood campfire that weighs 19 pounds. And, if you’re backpacking, the Mountain Safety Research PocketRocket 2 Stove ($59.95) has an adjustable precision flame and folding pot supports. Stabilize it with aluminum foil-covered rocks to minimize the mess. Stash your cache with a collapsible cooler, various sizes of Ziploc bags to separate foods and rugged cookware with folding handles, like the Mountain Summit Gear Hard-Anodized Cookset ($54.73 at REI). Keep it cool with an IceMule Pro Cooler ($144.95) that stores 24 cans, plus ice. For those who pack the kitchen sink, the environmentally friendly 20-liter Sea to Summit Kitchen Sink ($29.95) offers a 6.6-ounce portable basin to collect and purify water or wash dishes. Most outfitters and hardware stores have a good stock of sturdy, reusable enamel plates and utensils.

Spade & Spoon offers curated, coolersized campout boxes such as shakshuka with feta (left), grilled chicken satay with curried peanut sauce and cucumber salad (bottom left) and strawberry and quinoa tabbouleh (below).

For appetizers, peel open a tin of smoked oysters and serve them on crackers, or go big with minced hard-boiled eggs atop jarred caviar. Open-minded menus Along with the necessities—coffee, tea, dry milk powder to thicken sauces or scramble eggs, pasta with jarred sauce, vacuum-sealed meals (Trader Joe’s has good ones) and pre-cooked rice from the grocery store—spice it up with Coghlan’s Multi Spice 6-ounce jar, available at REI ($9.50). It includes paprika, curry, cayenne, garlic salt, black pepper and salt. For appetizers, peel open a tin of smoked oysters and serve them on crackers, or go big with minced hardboiled eggs atop jarred caviar. Sarah Mandell, chef and owner of Flourish, Food to Thrive On, provides personal and private chef services in Aspen and Snowmass. She makes watermelon gazpacho at home and

stashes it in a cooler for a refreshing first course. She says charcuterie platters with salami, cheese, olives and other cured meats like prosciutto hold up well on a camping trip. If cold space is limited, she suggests bringing vacuum-packed sausages that don’t require refrigeration. Mandell touts flaxseed sprouted crackers for platters or to stash in a backpack for snacking. She adds chopped veggies, nuts, seeds, fresh herbs and curry or paprika. The crackers can be dehydrated or baked following this basic recipe: wholesomeyum.com/flax-seed-crackers. For easy breakfasts to make before leaving home, she recommends granola, egg popovers, breakfast burritos, muffins and quiche, which you can freeze and let defrost naturally in the morning sun.

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Hard-boiled eggs are the perfect protein booster, and sandwich ingredients can be stuffed in sturdy pita bread pockets for an on-the-go lunch. If you’ve got space, Spade & Spoon’s curated, cooler-sized campout boxes are available during the summer months. Founded by Joy Rubey in Washington State, the company opened to the public in Colorado last December. Rubey, a working mom whose husband branched out into farming, creates meal kits to help people eat more local food while helping farmers sell it. Spade & Spoon works with over 50 local Colorado producers. “We help them move a lot of food and get it to people who value what they put in their bodies and who care about the environment,” Rubey says. She’s built over 900 seasonal recipes, many of which are suitable for openair cooking. Try the shakshuka skillet breakfast (a Tunisian dish made with a no-prep simmering sauce, poached pastured eggs, Swiss chard, feta cheese and tortillas), or the huevos rancheros with beans, cheese, a tomato simmering sauce and fresh eggs from What a Yolk Egg Farm in Ault. For dinner, try the grilled chicken satay with curried peanut sauce and cucumber salad, or the Tuscan panzanella with grilled Italian sausage. Spade & Spoon also offers fresh, hearty salads—one features strawberry and quinoa in a classic Middle Eastern salad spiked with parsley, mint and scallions—as well as dessert kits and happy hour mixes for co*cktail hour. These include ginger lime (for your Moscow Mule), lavender lemon, mango jalapeño and rhubarb paloma. Just add your preferred liquor. Order online by Thursdays at midnight for delivery the following Wednesday. Weekly subscriptions are available, but no subscription is required to order. “The concept keeps cooking simple and fast,” Rubey says. “We provide spice blends, sauces and dressing. You boil water for the pasta and grill the meat, and there are vegetarian options, pastries and bread, too.”

Emily Kemme is an award-winning novelist and Colorado food writer.

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Rocky Mountain Cider Co’s Wild Cider, Off Dry Pear (6% ABV) combines the refreshingly dry flavor of sweet white pears, a whisper of vanilla and floral notes that dance on your tongue. It’s just the thing to cool you off after a hot hike. Tales from “The Wild” on the side of the can get your creative juices flowing as you vie for best campfire stories. Duckhorn Wine's Decoy Seltzer Rosé with Black Cherry is 8.4 fluid ounces and 5.5% ABV of lightly fizzed rosé. Its friendly drinkability is inspired by the great Provençal rosé wines. Slim cans make packing easy. Fruit & Flower wine cans offer quality Washington State sparkling chardonnay in artful packaging. Pair them with a chilled shrimp co*cktail or caviar for a celebratory glass of lighthearted bubbles in the woods (the 250mL cans have oneand-a-half 5-ounce servings). Bota Mini Dry Rosé is crisp, dry, packaged in paper and has a smaller carbon footprint than a 750mL bottle. It serves three 5.6-ounce glasses. Pair it with grilled chicken, burgers, salads and fruit and cheese plates. The Tanqueray Rangpur Lime Gin & Soda co*cktail swaps tonic for soda and adds ginger and spice to this readyto-drink can. Refreshing and light, the top-shelf, lime-flavored gin has strong citrus notes to cool you off after an active day outdoors (5.9% ABV for a 12-ounce can). You can’t go wrong with Jack Daniel’s & Coca-Cola, canned or otherwise, sitting by a campfire or at home in your deck chair (7% ABV). 88 East Beverage Co.’s Dia De La Paloma is crafted in Jalisco, Mexico, with tequila. It goes down easy with touches of grapefruit and lime flavoring (8% ABV). Cutwater’s Spicy Bloody Mary takes brunch into the wild with its award-winning vodka. Serve this bold breakfast co*cktail over ice (if you can spare some), and pair it with fresh-caught grilled trout or breakfast burritos (10% ABV for a 12-ounce can). Cutwater’s Tiki Rum Mai Tai brings the tiki bar to your beachfront campout with cane sugar pot-and-column distilled rum and notes of pineapple, citrus and coconut. Light the campfire and dream of palm trees with this sturdy sipper (12.5% ABV).

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ust 10 minutes outside of Old Town Fort Collins, Camron Lente found his dream property—not necessarily his dream home. The property adorned nearly 11 acres (a lot size that was unheard of for the bustling area), so while the house wasn’t built to his taste, he purchased it anyway, unable to pass up the land and location. A short time later, Camron met Sara and they began dreaming up a life together. Once they were married with a baby on the way, they decided to complete their fairytale with a picturesque backdrop. They toured many homes that had either the perfect house or the ideal location (never both), so they decided to remodel.

Sara started imagining what their home could become. She drew up plans and reached out to local architect John Dengler to see what was feasible. Once the designs were ironed out, they entrusted Savant Homes Design + Build with executing their vision because they had received a wonderful referral from a friend. Camron met with the team and was impressed. “He said he just had a good feeling about them,” Sara says. During this transition, Camron and Sara had their baby girl, Annabelle, and moved into the apartment above their garage while demolition started. The next time they would live under the Hearthfire roof would be as a family of three.

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on different foundations, but we started excavating and found that the home was built on a drilled pier foundation [a system that uses a concrete cylinder reinforced with steel through a drilled shaft], while the garage was built on a standard footing foundation,” he says. “When this was observed, a redesign of our original plan was required. We supplemented with a helical pier construction [a foundation pin made of steel that contains helices that thread deep into the ground] to ensure stability of the

home through potentially expansive soil.” These are the types of snags you run into when remodeling a home without the original plans, but Savant Homes is an expert at navigating blind. “In the end, because of our modifications to accommodate this finding, the clients ended up with an even better product,” Alan says. The Hearthfire House was as aggressive a remodel as Savant had worked on. “We stripped this home down to the studs,” Alan says. “Every exterior wall

The Hearthfire Remodel “What most don’t understand is that when you do a remodel, a lot of the time you don’t have the original plans so you won’t know what you’re getting into until you dig in,” Alan says. This was the case with the Hearthfire House. Alan and his team moved forward on the construction plan under the assumption that the garage and home were built on the same foundation. “It is unusual that they would be built

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was reframed. We had to rebuild all the [loadbearing] walls strategically to keep the house from caving in. This was especially difficult in Sara’s basem*nt office, where we put in 12-foot windows.” The large windows allow for lots of light in what used to be a dark basem*nt, and they do not face into a typical window well. Instead, they look out over wood-beam steps ascending to the yard. “I plan to decorate the steps with plants for color,” Sara says. Natural light continues to be the theme throughout the Hearthfire House. “In the dining area, the homeowners wanted an indoor-outdoor entertaining space,” Alan says. “So we ordered their custom glass floorto-ceiling door while we were still waiting for the building permits to come through.” These pieces were (and still are) on a nineto-twelve-month wait, so this forethought kept the project on track. “We bought this house for the property, so it would be silly not to bring the outdoors in,” Sara says. Savant prides itself on accommodating their clients quickly and efficiently. “Ultimately, we want the client to be the happiest, so we make modifications onsite,” Alan says. “The superintendent, Benny [Steve Bendel], was here every single day overseeing the construction. He was a really good sport through all of our changes,” Sara says. As was the case in the kitchen, where they had to raise the range hood because it ended up being low enough for Sara to bump into. “Because of that, there was now a gap between the quartzite backsplash and the hood. So we rolled with it and installed a trendy decorative shelf [in the gap], which I ended up loving,” she says. Savant used some of the old features in the home’s new form. “We were able to restore existing exterior wooden beams to tie in with what the homeowners had picked for their siding and trim colors,” Taryn says. This brought a nostalgic element to their design. “We wanted our home to be a mix of modern and traditional, clean and bright,” Sara says. And Savant delivered. Stunning Results Crisp, white walls are contrasted by chestnut-colored, radiant-heated flooring and stark black windowsills. There are many entertaining spaces, including a spacious living room to create 52 June 2023 / NOCOSTYLE.COM

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family memories, a large patio off the dining room for Annabelle to run around with her three fur-siblings and a full bar off the kitchen for evenings with good company. Sara’s favorite feature is the pantry Savant added onto the kitchen: “The French pantry doors were done by a local welder based off of an inspo pic I gave him.” Walk down the wood-slat steps to the basem*nt where it feels just as open and bright as the main level with a second living room that doubles as Camron’s gaming room. “He’s excited to play games with Annabelle down here,” Sara says. The far corner of the room was squared off from a 45-degree angle to a 90-degree corner, which sounds small but is no easy feat. This accommodates the floor-toceiling glass door that leads to the yard. Down the hall is every little girl’s dream bedroom, complete with an en suite bathroom and two more guest rooms for extended family. “We love that family comes to stay with us and we have all the room for them,” Sara says. The day after Annabelle’s first birthday, the Lente family moved back into the Hearthfire home. “We spent three years living in someone else’s dream,” Sara says. “It’s fun to see this vision come to life that we’ve been dreaming about for so long.” And they couldn’t have partnered with a better builder: “Savant did a fantastic job. Now all that’s left is our personal touch—some wallpaper, throw pillows and plants.”

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n her 34 years of practice, Fort Collins veterinarian Lisa McCarthy had euthanized pets and consoled grieving owners. She even had to put many of her own dogs to sleep over the years. But Poppy was different. “They are all special, but I had her at a particularlydifficult time in my life, and she was an especially empathic dog,” McCarthy says. “It was as if she could read my mind and my mood. She healed my heart, and we had a deeper than usual connection.” At 13, Poppy was still happy and active when McCarthy, with Midtown Veterinary Medical Center, discovered that Poppy

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had a very aggressive form of cancer. “It was only 10 days from her first symptoms until I had to say goodbye, so very little time to wrap my headaround losing her,” she says. In the end, Poppy’s passing was a “good death”—the literal translation of euthanasia from the Greek words “eu” (good) and “thanatos” (death). What that means for every pet owner is as different as their pets, and Northern Colorado has lots of options to make the best of a horrible situation. McCarthy decided to reach out to Caring Pathways, an in-home euthanasia service. “I wanted Poppy to be at home where

she was most comfortablefor her last day, rather than in the hospitalwhere her treatments had been done,” she says. “It's devastating to have to go through the process for your own animal—to have to ‘be the doctor’ and make sure allgoes well—when all you want to do is hold them through their lastmoments. I didn't wantto burden my own staff to do this for me, and I needed to grieve privately at home.” Dr. Kathleen Cooney of Loveland started as a family veterinarian but turned to end-of-life care for pets pretty quickly. “I was doing euthanasia well, and I would walk out of those appointments and

She adds that the pet’s suffering is part of the decision process, but there are other concerns that need to be considered, including money, time and the ability of the owner to physically care for a sick pet. “Animals have the ability to hide their pain, but they also have a strong will to live, and that needs to be respected and nourished in the discussion,” she says. Deciding when is the right time is just part of the issue; where the euthanasia will take place is something that owners need to consider as well. Dr. Chelsea McGivney is a veterinarian and the general manager of Caring Pathways, who oversees more than 25 veterinarians who travel all over Colorado. She says that euthanasia in a doctor’s office works for some, but home services can help other families. “One of the biggest benefits is to minimize stress on the pet and the family. Large dogs can be hard to get in the car, especially when they are not well,” she says. And even though McCarthy chose to euthanize Poppy at home, she says her decision isn’t the right one for everyone. “Every pet owner is unique in their ideas abouteuthanasia and theirvision of how they wanttheirpet to be handled through that difficult process,” she says. “Some prefer to euthanize at home to avoid the less-than-intimate and less private environment of the vet's office. Others want their personal vet involved and to saygoodbye away from home to avoid memories associatedwith the experience. It's important to honor your own needs and to communicate aboutthis with your vet or with the home euthanasia group.”

Consider Aquamation After a pet dies, there are still decisions to be made about what to do with the body. While traditional cremation and burial are the norm, there is a relatively new process based on some really old science that is also a possibility. Aquamation is a process derived from science discovered in the 1800s using lye and other base chemicals with water to reduce all the soft tissue. According to Cooney, who started Guardian Pet Aquamation in Loveland before she sold it a few years ago, the process was first used on animals in the 1990s as a cheaper alternative to cremation for laboratory animals. In the 2010s, aquamation gained popularity for companion animals because the process does not produce any environmentally dangerous gases (even burial produces methane). Cooney says it leaves only a “nutrientrich broth,” which she would use on her farm when she ran the company. The bones are then ground into ash and can be kept if the owner chooses. “We found that when families are given a choice, 90 percent will choose water unless there are religious reasons or they want the remains to match previous pets,” she says.

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feel very peaceful, very balanced and, dare I say, happy,” she says. “I wasn’t feeling all worn out and downtrodden. I was rather fulfilled, and the staff picked up on that. I took time and listened to stories. And it made them very smooth.” But it was one particular case that drove her: a hound mix named JD (which stood for John Deere). “I had been treating him for a type of cancer. I was on call at my vet hospital and the family of JD called and said he [was] crashing,” she says. “They pulled up and could barely get JD through the front door and into the lobby of the hospital, and he just collapsed. I had to euthanize him right there on the floor of the lobby of the hospital. Here this family had to move a 100-plus pound dog dying of cancer and who was in a lot of pain. It was less than ideal. So, from that point forward, [I thought] ‘Could we do this better?’” Those lessons led to a career in a seldom studied part of veterinary care: senior and geriatric care focusing on end of life. Cooney’s practice grew to include several other vets who traveled to people’s homes. She still does some euthanasia on her farm near Loveland, but much of her focus now is on teaching the next generation through the Companion Animal Euthanasia Training Academy that she runs out of Loveland. While a lot of the training is for the actual procedure at home or in the vet’s office, Cooney says much of the work with pet owners is taking time to listen, especially when making end-of-life decisions. “The veterinarian’s job is to inform and give insightful guidance, but ultimately it is the pet owner’s decision,” she says. “Ask questions like, ‘[Can you] tell me what you are seeing?’ or ‘What is her day-to-day like?’ You have to gather as much information as possible on top of a physical exam.”

What Makes a Good Death? In a study conducted by Cooney and others, pet owners talked about what a “good death” for their pet meant, which came down to five simple points. Families express wanting:

1. To be prepared and ready for what’s coming 2. Family members and other pets to be close by 3. The option to do the procedure at home 4. Their pet to be sleeping in their final moments 5. Their pet’s death to be pain-free

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Living the #vanlife By Ty Davis

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anworks started in 1974 out of founder Keith Hess’ garage, where he transformed simple vans intended for work into vehicles designed to be travelled in. At the height of America’s first van craze, the business quickly grew and produced upwards of 150 vans a month. And now, thanks to a second resurgence in van popularity, the Fort Collins business has a new customer: adventurers living the #vanlife.

The origins of #vanlife It started in the late 2010s when the van conversion trend picked up speed on social media, a milestone that led to the thousands of influencers we now see traveling in vans outfitted with kitchens, living quarters and, of course, internet access. However, as with most businesses converting vans into livable spaces, Vanworks’ biggest boon came during the pandemic.

“Work tripled,” says Barry Biss, designer at Vanworks. “It was just amazing how much work we had because people wanted to go out and explore.” Other conversion shops, like Denver’s Dave & Matt Vans, also received a huge influx in their business. Sales of the three most popular #vanlife vehicles, the Ram ProMaster, the Ford Transit and the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter all peaked between 2019 and 2021, according to manufacturer’s sales reports. The reasons were twofold: people were eager for adventure during and after lockdown, and many of them jumped at the opportunity to work remotely while on the road. “It certainly gave people the idea that they no longer needed to go into an office to work—they weren’t tied down to an office or a certain part of the country or even a city,” says Pete Luthman, a Fort Collins “vanner” of more than 50 years. “They could do their work from anywhere and just enjoy travelling around and seeing different things.” In addition to satisfying their wanderlust, Biss also cited high mortgage and rent prices as a big reason so many people are still attracted to the #vanlife. Financial stability seems to be an underlying theme, too. In a move.org survey, 72 percent of respondents said they would trade the comfort of their home if it meant being able to pay off debt. #vanlife has changed, but the freedom remains The original vans were a far cry from the Instagrammable conversions we see today. Biss called them “people movers” because they did just that and nothing more, with two bucket seats and a bench that would sometimes turn into a bed. Luthman remembers the early days of #vanlife and says it’s much more of a lifestyle now. He helps organize van meets in Colorado and marvels at what the trend has turned into. “Vanlife has almost a different definition today than when I was doing it,” he says. “We didn’t even think about living in our vans. They were just custom vehicles to show off and have fun with.”

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BUILDING A VAN WITH VANWORKS

Vanworks customers have the option of picking a prefabricated van that is already designed at three different tiers. All vans include basic kitchen essentials, like a sink, refrigerator and induction cooktop, along with a bed system. Their top-ofthe-line vans include waste plumbing, an HVAC system and a shower station. Most vans include solar and Wi-Fi as well.

If you prefer to have a custom van designed and built, Biss will walk you through these key questions: How long do you intend to stay in the van at a time? Will you be working from the van? How many people will be staying in the van? Do you want it built with certain materials?

From there, Biss will design a floor plan and get feedback until the project meets your needs. Then the real work begins. The company is booked out several months in advance. Acquiring a van for prefabrication takes about a month, and getting one that’s designated for a custom build can take about six months.

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IN WITH THE OLD and the New By Laurel Aiello

he term “upcycling” refers to the process of updating or repurposing something to make it new again, and lately, the spotlight is on vintage furniture. Anyone can turn dated pieces into something different and unique, says Rena Madison, seasoned furniture upcycler and owner of Eclectic Grey in Fort Collins, but whether they do it well is up to them. It just takes a little work to bring them into the 21st century. “Refinishing furniture the right way takes lots of practice, so if you’re new to this, start with small items, like a jewelry box or a wooden frame, before taking on your grandmother’s dining room table,” she says. “That way you can work on your technique before tackling your first big piece and expecting it to turn out well.” Something about the rich history and hidden potential of old furniture speaks to us in the modern age, and upcyclers will tell you that today’s furniture just doesn’t live up to the quality and character of the solid wood pieces that came before them. That’s why it’s worth it to pour the time, money and effort into refinishing the older pieces you’ve inherited or stumbled upon.

Rena Madison of Eclectic Grey added floral accents to this vintage empire dresser.

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The upcycling process Refinishing a piece of furniture usually means sanding it down to the bare wood and sealing it, then staining or painting

How to Spot Hidden Gems at an Antique Store Look for solid wood. Quality antiques are made of solid wood, not a veneer face or particle board. Examine the back of each piece to see if you can find where a veneer could be attached—a dead giveaway are raised areas where condensation has slipped in and caused it to buckle.

Before Rachael Murray’s transformation of her grandmother’s chair.

it and finishing it off with a protective topcoat. If you’re reupholstering a chair or sofa, Madison says to remove the old covering and build it back up with new springs and fabric. She also suggests tackling any necessary repairs before making cosmetic changes—like fixing broken legs or filling in holes—otherwise you won’t have a functional piece. Since refinishing furniture requires lots of hands-on work, Madison says it’s worth it to invest in a quality sander, as well as a nice wood stain or paint and a topcoat that will withstand normal wear and tear. However, some materials don’t need to be the best or most expensive to get high-quality results. Rachael Murray, furniture refinisher and owner of Rachael’s Revelry in Fort Collins, uses cheap chipper brushes and mini rollers from Home Depot to create fine textures in her work. “Start with what you can afford and get the basic tools like hammers and screwdrivers, then move on up,” she says. But if you’re working with upholstery, Murray recommends investing in power tools that will make the process easier on your hands, such as a pneumatic stapler, which drives upholstery staples into the

Inspect the screws. Phillips screws were invented in 1932, but they weren’t massproduced until after WWII. Since federal period furniture came back in style in the 1960s using Phillips screws, Murray says she can tell whether a piece is from the 60s or the original federal period of the early 1800s.

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wood using compressed air. That’s the kind of investment she says will last for years or even decades. Where to find quality pieces Many people try their hand at refinishing furniture after inheriting family heirlooms, but for the rest of us, it’s a bit of a treasure hunt. Vintage finds can be discovered at estate sales, thrift stores, garage sales, antique stores, auctions and Facebook Marketplace. Madison and Murray agree that finding furniture to refinish can be challenging, as quality pieces are rare and prices are rising. Madison says thrift store prices are often higher than an item’s original price, and you also have to factor the cost of repairing or refinishing the piece into your budget. “I’d be wary of Facebook Marketplace because you can get scammed by strangers online really easily,” Madison says. “Never buy a piece sight unseen because once the money has been exchanged, you’re stuck with that piece whether you want it or not.” Sometimes, the best pieces are free. “Don’t forget about friends and family; if you hear that someone wants to get

Smell it. Nothing can ruin a piece like the smell of cigarette smoke, mouse droppings or cat urine (often accompanied by cat scratches, which run deep). Don’t be afraid to smell the item before purchasing it, especially if you’re at an outdoor sale. Check for missing parts. A great find will come with all its original parts, including antique doors and drawers, glass panes and one-of-a-kind hardware. Look for signs of repairs or replacements, and make sure the price reflects those modifications.

Modern prints update drawers and add a pop of color. Photo courtesy of Eclectic Grey.

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bridge so that those things relate to each other.” Knowles says different materials can also act as a bridge if they are layered in a way that blends the old with the new. For example, an antique table can be incorporated into a contemporary dining room by placing a modern (yet vintagelooking) rug underneath it. If you have an antique end table next to a contemporary couch, she says you can top it with books, picture frames or a fresh flower arrangement to pull it all together. No matter how you mix old and new furniture, Knowles recommends sticking to an 80-20 rule: “A good balance is 80 percent modern furniture and 20 percent vintage items or antiques. That creates a nice juxtaposition of the old and the new offsetting one another, adding some unique and personal elements so your home doesn’t feel like a Pottery Barn catalog.”

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SOMETHING GOOD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Black is Punk By Dan England

ikaiya Lawson never felt like she fit in. Maybe it was her milk chocolate complexion that was a little light to be called Black, but a little dark to be called white. “Just right” is a term reserved for Goldilocks, not skin color. That was the result of her white mother and Black father. Or maybe—in fact, more likely—it was because Lawson coupled her color with a love for rock and roll, especially the kind that was aggressive, hard and complex. She loved progressive rock, punk and, most of all, metal. This was from her mother, too, and she didn’t think it was weird until confused folks contorted their faces when she told them she loved The Smashing Pumpkins. One of her boyfriends, a white metalhead, once told her he didn’t understand “her” music. When she figured out he was talking about hip-hop, she told him she didn’t understand it either. “I didn’t feel seen at all,” says Lawson. Not, that is, until she met Ann Adele. Adele liked metal and punk, too, and the two bonded over the progressive rock group, Yes. That’s right: Yes, the super-weird, even nerdy prog-rock band famous for strangely amazing songs such as “Roundabout” in the early 70s before enjoying a resurgence in the 80s with the hit “Owner of a Lonely Heart.” The two met in a 3D class as freshmen in the visual arts program at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. Now both seniors, they are still best friends. “This is like my twin from another universe,” Adele says of Lawson. Meeting Adele affirmed Lawson’s identity. Finally, Lawson believed she could be herself. But, ironically, meeting Adele also led her to question her identity even more: What did it mean to be Black?

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She thought about the many ways Black people might identify themselves. Did it mean all Black people loved hiphop? Did it mean Adele, with darker skin, was “blacker” than her, and if so, then why did Adele love Yes so much? More importantly, did other Black people feel out of place because they liked, say, Jimi Hendrix instead of Jay-Z? The result was “Black is Punk,” an art exhibit curated by Lawson and Adele. The exhibit challenged preconceived notions of what it means to be Black while also

Nikaiya Lawson (left) and Ann Adele (right).

embracing them. The two collected artwork from Black painters, welders, tattoo artists, hairstylists and braiders, among many others. The movement is much more outward and outgoing than Lawson and Adele, who are kind and smile a lot, even though they are a bit shy–the kind of personalities wielded by nice people who haven’t felt welcomed for years. But Lawson remains thrilled at the chance to express her thoughts about her individualism. “I exist, and that makes no sense to you, and I challenge that,” Lawson says. “I like being myself and I like bothering people. Maybe being bothered will help you learn something.” More than 150 people attended the opening, and UNC’s Michener Library kept the display open the entire fall semester. People loved it. “I felt like one of the cool kids for once,” Lawson says. The reaction they got from it was so good that Lawson now considers Black is Punk a movement, not just an exhibit.

Ann Adele’s artwork (above left) and Nikaiya Lawson’s artwork (above right) on display during the Black is Punk exhibit.

The artists who helped them bring Black is Punk to life have started a collective. They have an art therapist, a graphic artist and Lawson and Adele, who are the two printmaking designers. Their business targets those who care about social issues as well as those who want to invest in local art. Subscription boxes will present social or local issues critiqued through their artwork, paying tribute to printmaking’s longstanding history of being an art for the people. Printmaking, after all, is how protestors made flyers, signs and other materials to inform the public and right what they considered wrongs. “We urge the consumer to choose who profits from their attention wisely, by providing resources to jumpstart their

own independent research and start investing in culturally relevant artwork produced by marginalized creatives,” their website reads. They call the company Fast at Your Door. Lawson and Adele have already put forth perhaps the most important idea, a lesson they learned themselves through Black is Punk. Many times, Lawson and Adele were stopped on the UNC campus by students, white or black or brown, who told them the display meant so much to them. It even helped them solidify their identity, they said. “People want to fit in,” Lawson says. “They just have to find the right world.” Dan England is NOCO Style's associate editor, and a freelance journalist based in Greeley.

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JUNE DANCE 7:30-10:30 p.m. Fort Collins Senior Center MIGHTY RAMS YOUTH CAMP 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Colorado State University POLESTAR’S SUMMER YOUTH DAY CAMPS 2023 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Polestar Village TWEEN CAMP: WHEEL & HANDBUILDING POTTERY 1-3 p.m. 2614 Pleasant Valley Road

SOCIAL CORNHOLE SUMMER LEAGUES 6-9 p.m. SweetWater Brewing AN EVENING WITH JOSH GREENE 6-9 p.m. Old Firehouse Books XTERRA LORY TRIATHLON 7:30-10:30 a.m. Lory State Park XERISCAPE GARDEN PARTY & POLLINATOR PLANT SWAP 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 300 Laporte Ave. 2ND ANNUAL FORT COLLINS MODIFIED JEEP MEET 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Fort Collins Jeep SUMMER MAKER’S MARKET 11 a.m.-5 p.m. New Belgium Brewing Company

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SOLIDARITY YOGA & CRAFT YOUTH CAMP 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Art Lab Fort Collins

TWILIGHT GARDEN SERIES: GARDENING WITH WATER IN MIND 5:30-8 p.m. The Gardens on Spring Creek

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YOGA ON THE LAWN SERIES WITH COREPOWER YOGA 5-7 p.m. New Belgium Brewing Company 6TH ANNUAL TACO TRIATHLON 10 a.m.-1 p.m. YogaPod Fort Collins SEW A BUCKET HAT FOR SUMMER 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 501 Riverside Ave. NICK CRITCHLOW LIVE 6-8 p.m. Jessup Farm Barrel House

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11TH ANNUAL SUMMERFEST SIC FESTIVAL Grace Church

PICKLE PALOOZA 5 p.m.-12 a.m. B&B Pickle Barrel Deli

DRIFTING WEST LIVE 6:30-9:30 p.m. Maxline Brewing

THE TWO TRACKS LIVE 7-10 p.m. Avogadro's Number

GREELEY

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FISHING DERBY 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Sanborn Park 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY 1-4 p.m. 477 Distilling

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LITTLE THEATRE OF THE ROCKIES: TICK, TICK...BOOM! 7:30-9:30 p.m. UNC Norton Theatre

OUTDOOR COLORADO GOLF FUNDRAISER 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Boomerang Golf Links

MUSEUM AT TWILIGHT: DEARFIELD STUDY ACT Q&A 4-6 p.m. Union Colony Civic Center

MUSEUM TOURS 10-12 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

NOCO CONNECTIONS FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS 7-9 p.m. Luna's Tacos & Tequila EVANS AREA CHAMBER BUSINESS AFTER HOURS 5-7 p.m. LINC Library DANCING UNDER THE STARS 6-10 p.m. Aims Welcome Center RIDE AND REVEL! 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Lincoln Park KIMBERBELL SPOONFUL OF SUNSHINE 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sew Downtown HIGH PLAINS HARMONY FESTIVAL 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Greeley First Congregational Church GREELEY-WELD HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: 35 YEARS AND BUILDING 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Greeley History Museum

Meeker Home Museum

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AT C O L O R A D O S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS!

6:30-8:30PM

June 14

Christine Alice & the Canyon Echoes

June 21

Funky Business Band June 28

July 12

Ryan Chrys and the Rough Cuts

Salsa Forte

July 19

July 26

Reminiscing

The Wendy Woo BanD

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GREELEY, cont.

22-4 JUN-JUL

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GREELEY STAMPEDE Island Grove Regional Park

PRCA PRORODEO SERIES 1-3 p.m. Island Grove Regional Park FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION WITH GREELEY STAMPEDE TICKET 6 p.m. Centennial Village Museum EVANS AREA CHAMBER BUSINESS BEFORE HOURS 7:30-9 a.m. Life Stories Child and Family Advocacy

JOHNSTOWN

DOG PAWTY 9 a.m.-2 p.m. SCHEELS

LOVELAND

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SMOKEWORKS AMATEUR BBQ COMPETITION 4-7 p.m. Loveland Aleworks COLORADO DRUM BUILDING 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 765 Roosevelt Ave ACRYLIC FLUID ART FOR BEGINNERS 12-2:30 p.m. Loveland Museum

SLOPES SUMMER CAMP 5-9 INFINITY 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Inﬁnity Slopes

TRIVIA NIGHT 6:30-8 p.m. Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project

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FREE SUMMER FILMS & KID’S MOVIE CLUB Rialto Theater Center

WILDLIFE WINDOW WITH KEVIN COOK 10-11 a.m. Loveland Public Library

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VANGOGH LANDSCAPES 1-4 p.m. Loveland Museum COLORADO MEDIEVAL FESTIVAL 3-6:30 p.m. Savage Woods MOVIES IN THE PARK STRANGE WORLD (PG) 7-10 p.m. Cattail Creek Golf Course

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ONE SWEET SUMMER BLUEGRASS & BREWS FESTIVAL 2-10 p.m. Foundry Plaza

2023 CANYON CLASSIC 9 a.m.-12 p.m. 1053 W. US-34 SWEETHEART CITY CAR SHOW 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Immanuel Lutheran School ROCK AND ROLL BINGO 6-9 p.m. Crow Hop Brewery and Taproom co*ckTAIL MIXOLOGY CLASS 6-8:30 p.m. Black and Blues Music and Brews

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GUARDIAN GAMES 2023 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Loveland Sports Park FATHER’S DAY 5K 8-11 a.m. Foothills Drive MEDIEVAL TO METAL: THE ART & EVOLUTION OF THE GUITAR EXHIBIT 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Loveland Museum JU(NEED) SELF CARE 3-6 p.m. Black and Blues Music and Brews 5TH STREET BLOCK PARTY 4-10 p.m. Verboten Brewing and Barrel Project

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NATIVE AMERICAN LIVING HISTORY WEEK Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch

ROOTS & RHYTHM WITH JAMES SPEISER / RICO JONES 7:45-10:45 p.m. The Down Low

WELLINGTON

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WELLINGTON BREWFEST 1-5 p.m. Centennial Park BURGERS AND BINGO MONDAYS 6-7 p.m. Sparge Brewing

WINDSOR

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THURSDAY NIGHTS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES 6:30-8:30 p.m. Boardwalk Community Park

FARMERS MARKET 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Boardwalk Community Park

FOR THE GARDEN 5-8 THINGS 10-11:30 a.m.

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SECOND SATURDAY DIVORCE WORKSHOP 9-11 a.m. Virtual CARDBOARD HOUSE AWARDS 12-3 p.m. Boardwalk Community Park WINDSOR WATER LANTERN FESTIVAL 3:30-8 p.m. Boardwalk Community Park WIDESPREAD HISPANIC 7-10 p.m. American Legion Post 109 MOVIES IN THE PARK 8:30-10:30 p.m. Eastman Park RED, WHITE AND BREW 5K / 10K RACE 8-11 a.m. Boardwalk Community Park

Chill Potz

MOVIES IN THE PARK 8:30-10:30 p.m. Windsor Main Park

one sweet summer event series full schedule & details at downtownloveland.org kids days fitness in the plaza festivals concerts

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Triumph Awards Gala APRIL 22 – LOVELAND

Realities For Children (RFC) hosted their 26th Annual Awards Gala with over 700 attendees at Embassy Suites. The unsung heroes in child protection and law enforcement, including volunteers, foster parents and RFC business members, were united in a sea of blue to honor the eight young Triumph Award winners. The $25,000 donation match was met, and RFC announced plans to build its healing sanctuary. The sanctuary is a world-class model of support for children, offering a multifunctional resource that connects trauma survivors with nature and programs in a safe setting to fortify the healing process.

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1. Bob and Joan Meroney 2. 2023 Triumph Award recipients 3. Mechelle Stanton-Bowers, Angie and Paul Roberts, Craig Secher 4. Ed Osgood, Ian Senesac –Photos by Craig Vollmer Photography.

Belong Open House Fundraiser APRIL 29 – FORT COLLINS This family-friendly event honored work by The Family Center/La Familia to support Northern Colorado families through scholarship opportunities. The event featured a community garden, car seat classes, utility assistance for over 230 families and an advocacy closet with free hygiene products for over 150 families. Guests enjoyed food from the Angry Hippie Tacos truck, and drinks were donated by High Country Beverage, Trader Joe’s, Big Deal Company and Costco. There were face painting and balloon twisting activities for the kids, drinks from On the Rocks mobile bar for adults and live music and paletas popsicles for everyone to enjoy.

2 1. Ellenor Moore, Gloria Kat, Chrissy Chang 2. Katie Patterson, Melanie Holzner 3. Christine Busch 4. Cecelia Villar –Photos by Dick Knapp Photography.

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Taste of Loveland MAY 4 – LOVELAND

Foothills Service League’s Taste of Loveland invited guests to take their tastebuds on a tour of Northern Colorado’s growing restaurant, brewery and spirits scene. Between the over 80 vendors, there was something for everyone to enjoy. The foodie-favorite event has been bringing the community together since 2007, and proceeds help fund Foothills Gateway and Namaqua Center programs.

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Down & Derby Party MAY 6 – WINDSOR

The Down & Derby Party embraced the excitement of the Kentucky Derby with a Colorado twist. The event kicked off the spring season perfectly with sunny weather, games and, of course, the classic mint julep co*cktail. The 149th Kentucky Derby race was livestreamed onto a large outdoor screen. Attendees danced to live music by The Blues Dogs, participated in the derby hat contest and entered a raffle for a shot at winning prize packages, including a trip to Louisville for the 2024 Kentucky Derby. The event raised over $150,000 for NOCO Unify, and this year’s main beneficiaries were The Matthews House, Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity and ChildSafe.

2 1. Colton Aguiar, Jack Schnieder, Kevin Whalen 2. Diana Liges, Karen Carl, Ashley Shipp, Joy Gesick 3. Aili Bundy, Cassidy Hoyt, Dillion Osthoff, Lisa Hoyt 4. Paige and Zach Hoffman –Photos by Jordan Secher.

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New Belgium Prom MAY 6 – FORT COLLINS

New Belgium’s Prom 2023: A Night Under the Stars brought the opportunity to relive the nostalgia of hooligan high school days as an adult. Upon arrival, promgoers had their IDs checked by the “principal,” then joined the crowd on the dance floor. With a disco ball, DIY décor, photo booth, DJ, balloon arch and even pizza in the “cafeteria,” it was a classic prom experience. The brewery embraced the cute and cringey theme by dressing employees as chaperones, serving a fruit punch IPA and selling lapel pins and wristbands by CC’s Flowers. Guests said that the prom night was either their first prom ever, their “prom redo” or a chance to go to prom with their true love.

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1. Ariel and John Rowe-Stokes 2. Jon Bullman, Hannah Tamura 3. Jason Rogers, Schyler Rice 4. Nick Shortman, Ramone Love –Photos by Jordan Secher.

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