DID YOU KNOW
North Metro Fire Rescue celebrates 60 years of service at a brief public ceremony from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at North Metro headquarters, 10550 Huron St., Northglenn.
Formed Nov. 8, 1946, by a group of 30 volunteers from the area of Eastlake, the district was originally called the West Adams County Fire Protection District. It now covers 115 square miles and serves a population of about 90,000 people. North Metro Fire Rescue provides fire protection, emergency medical services, hazardous materials response and specialized rescue services.
The district includes the city and county of Broomfield, the city of Northglenn, and unincorporated areas of Boulder, Adams, Weld and Jefferson counties.
The first career firefighter for West Adams County Fire was Sherman Reed. He died in 1965 while fighting a field fire, the only person in the district’s history to die in the line of duty.
One of the most significant events handled by the district was in 1985, when two freight trains crashed head-on and derailed on the Burlington Northern tracks. The accident resulted in five deaths and two injuries. The explosion from the crash also buckled and collapsed two Boulder Turnpike commuter overpasses.
Sources: North Metro Fire Rescue
(www.northmetrofire.org/aboutf.html)
REGIONAL NOTES
LOVELAND
Ideas sought for next year’s fair
Officials want to build on the success of the 2006 Larimer County Fair by hosting an open house Wednesday to get more ideas to make next year’s fair even better.
The open house takes place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Thomas M. McKee 4-H, Youth and Community Building at The Ranch, Interstate 25 and Crossroad Boulevard, in Loveland.
The open-house hosts hope to draw 4-H families, open-class exhibitors, county fair volunteers and everyone who is interested in next year’s county fair.
Fairgrounds event coordinators will begin the open house at 6 p.m. with a 40-minute tour and orientation for building users. Following that, attendees are invited to visit with fair-board members, extension 4-H agents, the county extension director, and a commissioner’s office representative.
For more information, contact county exten- sion director Laurel Kubin, 970-498-6000 or at lkubin@larimer.org.
GOLDEN
Cut your own Christmas tree
A limited number of Christmas tree-cutting permits will be available beginning MondayAreas for both four-wheel-drive and two-wheel-drive vehicles will be available, with some hiking required.
The permits will cost $20 and will be sold at the Golden Gate Canyon State Park Visitor Center, 92 Crawford Gulch Road, 15 miles west of Golden.
Permits will be sold from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily and also may be purchased with a credit card by calling 303-582-3707.
Permits will be discounted to $10 for those purchasing a 2007 state park pass. A valid park pass is required on each vehicle. Daily passes are available at the visitor center the day of the cut for $5.
Trees must be cut with hand tools, such as a handsaw or axe. Christmas trees up to 15 feet tall or 6 inches in diameter may be removed. Trees include Douglas fir, ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine and Rocky Mountain juniper.
