DID YOU KNOW
Hooper Town Hall
The Hooper Town Hall, also known as the Howard Store, has been named to the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1891 as the Garrison & Howard General Merchandise Store. The National Register has listed the Town Hall because it is an example of a small 19th century commercial building. The store has a lengthy association with the commercial history of Hooper and was one of the town’s oldest and longest-operating general-merchandise establishments. It is not clear when the store became the Town Hall.
Sources: Colorado Municipal League; National Register of Historic Places; Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
REGIONAL NOTES
LAKEWOOD
Adventure race set for Sept. 24
The second annual Bearable Adventure Race is expected to attract up to 400 two-person teams on Sept. 24.
The race, at Bear Creek Lake Park, C-470 and Morrison Road, features orienteering (navigating with a map); crossing Bear Creek Lake on an inflatable pool mattress; mountain biking about 10 miles on a trail; and running on a trail about 4 miles.
Team combinations include male, female and coed. Registration closes Sept. 22 at active.com or at the Runners Roost in Lakewood. Information is available at thebearable.com.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
County to host town hall meetings
Three town hall meetings have been scheduled in September and October by the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners. The meetings are from 7 to 8:45 p.m. on the following dates: Sept. 14, Evergreen Lake House, 29614 Upper Bear Creek Road in Evergreen; Sept. 27, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St. in Arvada; and Oct. 12, Columbine Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave.
LOVELAND, AURORA
Small-acreage seminars on tap
Workshops to help small-acreage owners manage their land and resources, especially during drought, will be Sept. 9 in Loveland and Sept. 16 in Aurora.
The focus will be on issues such as weed management, proper pasture and grazing techniques, windbreak design and care of trees.
The workshops are from 7:30 a.m. to noon. The Sept. 9 workshop will be at the Ranch Events Complex, and the Sept. 16 workshop will be at the Plains Conservation Center.
The cost is $15 a person or $25 for two participants from the same organization or family. For more information, call the Cooperative Extension Office in Adams County, 303-637-8100, or Larimer County, 970-498-6000.
ROXBOROUGH
Author to discuss Mideast conflicts
Author and Middle East expert Hussein Amery will discuss the conflicts in Lebanon and Iraq in a free lecture at 2 p.m. Sept. 9 at the Neighborhood Library at Roxborough.
Amery is an associate professor at the Colorado School of Mines, where he teaches courses on political economy, geography and the intricacies of war and peace in the Middle East. He is the author of “Water in the Middle East: A Geography of Peace.”
For more information, call 720-981-3040.
