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Aug 22, 2019

Long’s Gardens seeking conservation easement to preserve 25-acre Boulder property’s agricultural use - Boulder Daily Camera

It was in the 1970s that a community group petitioned the Boulder City Council for a community garden. Long’s father offered to let the city lease part of his property. Growing Gardens took over the lease and the garden management about 20 years ago. Long Gates, who has lived on the property her whole life, noted she and her husband don’t have children, so there’s no fourth generation to take over. And younger relatives aren’t lining up for the “every day, all year long commitment” of running a farm, she said. “I feel like the two non profits (Community Gardens and the goat dairy) are the next generation,” she said. “That’s what’s going to work to carry on things. It’s an opportunity for people to get their hands in the dirt, to be outside. A lot of it is just getting people outside in nature and thinking about the natural world and the interconnectdness of things.” Matthew Jonas/Staff PhotographerMatilda Lucia, 8, eats peas picked from the garden during a July 16 camp at Growing Gardens in Boulder. Boulder owns about 150 conservation easements and scenic easements, totaling about 11,000 acres.Here are three: Hogan Ranch in Jefferson CountyAcres: 500Purchase price: $10 million (joint with Boulder County)Purchase date: 2007Terms: The easement removed most of the development potential, including 295 homes plus a 60-acre industrial site. The easement allowed the Hogans to build a home in each of five identified residential sites and to build an equestrian center.Conservation goals: The visual corridor along Colo. 93, wildlife habitat, agricultural land and buffer land to several thousand acres of open space property. Joder RanchAcres: 336Purchase price: $2.04 millionPurchase date: 1996Terms: Five building sites were extinguished and the Joders retained four building sites with significant restrictions related to location and size. The Joders also retained the right to continue their horse boarding facility.Conservation goals: Visual corridor along U.S. 36, wildlife habitat, agricultural land and buffer land to several hundred acres of open space property. Ertl 2 propertyAcres: 341 acres of purchased property and 460 acres of conservation easement propertyPurchase price: $3,650,000 totalPurchase date: 1984Terms: Forty-nine house sites were extinguished and the Ertl family retained 11 building sites and the right to drill for oil and gas.Conservation goals:...

Apr 7, 2017

More than spring flowers make city beautiful place to be

Spring arrived Monday. Along with the beautiful weather and colorful flowers, Boulder City is blossoming with the spirit of kindness and helping others.Though it was just before the start of the season, the weather Saturday was definitely springlike as the Senior Center of Boulder City held its Rock, Roll & Stroll to help raise funds for its Meals on Wheels program.While there was very little rocking, rolling or strolling, there was plenty of giving. Residents and businesses alike contributed to the event’s success, donating funds and services.Perhaps one of the most touching contributions was by four young home-schooled girls, who ranged in age from 3-9. They set up shop as the Petit 4 Bakery, offering a variety of homemade sweet treats.Having obtained donations to purchase the necessary ingredients, they were able to donate all the money they received that day to the cause. And plenty of people were in the giving spirit as they left their change on the table to be donated as well.At the same time, Lend A Hand held its second annual caregivers fair, where l... (Bouldercityreview)

Feb 9, 2017

Love, kindness should extend beyond Valentine's

Each year Boulder City, like many other Western locations, prepares to celebrate Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14, but have you ever wondered where this custom originated? An informative article by Borgna Brunner, http://bit.ly/2kebYFe, describes how early Christians substituted their calendar and festivals onto existing pagan celebrations. Early European Christian churches were often built on top of pre-existing pagan spiritual sites, and many ancient, sacred springs and wells were renamed for Christian saints. Borgna writes: “The holiday’s roots are in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility celebration commemorated annually on February 15. Pope Gelasius I recast this pagan festival as a Christian feast day circa 496 declaring February 14 to be St. Valentine’s Day.” Valentine’s customs vary but focus mostly on written words, flowers and sweets in multiple combinations. The Welsh carve intricate love spoons (a custom still carried out today). Victorians constructed delicate paper-art cards and pictures for thei... (Bouldercityreview)

Aug 29, 2016

Friday Football Roundup: Raindrops cool Palo Verde as Wildcats roll — VIDEO

DiQuan Brown rushed three times for 57 yards. Thomas carried 16 times for 106 yards to lead the Panthers. Sunrise Mountain 39, Boulder City 6 — At Boulder City, Stephen Wright completed 21 of 25 passes for 454 yards and four touchdowns as the Miners (1-0) routed the Eagles. Te’andre Love opened the night’s scoring with a 60-yard touchdown catch and run with 4:04 left in the first quarter. Despite only three catches, Love had 123 yards receiving. Tyree Hayes also benefited from Wright’s big night, catching touchdown passes of 17 and 5 yards. Hayes had five catches for 91 yards. Xavier Kyles got in the mix, catching a 48-yard touchdown with 6:54 left before the half. Kyles caught five passes for 58 yards and carried the ball 10 times for 51 yards. The Miners’ ground game was not nearly as effective. Claude Moore carried the ball five times for 90 yards, but 77 of those yards came on a touchdown scamper with 1:43 remaining in the third quarter. The lone bright spot for Boulder City (0-1)came on the ensuing kickoff, when Zach Trone ran the ball back 80 yards to the end zone. Trone, also had three catches for 22 yards. Boulder City quarterback, Taylor Hatchel, struggled to find a rythm all night. The was 9-for-18 passing for 56 yards. Chaparral 44, Bonanza 22 — At Chaparral, quarterback Santiago Vialpando completed 16 of 25 passes for 273 yards, including two touchdowns to Devin Gaddy, to power the Cowboys past the Bengals. Vialpando found Gaddy on the game’s first play from scrimmage for a 54-yard TD strike down the right sideline. The Cowboys (1-0) led 8-0 after Jacob Ford’s 2-point conversion run. Bonanza answered on its ensuing drive with a 55-yard run by Ricardo Hill, and added a 2-point run by Ammon Montenegro to tie it at 8-8 early in the first quarter. Ford supplied a 3-yard TD plunge, and Vialpando connected with Kentrell Petite on a slant over the middle for a 35-yard TD to put the Cowboys up 22-8 at the end of the first quarter. Bonanaza quarterback Cannon Reid tossed a 6-yard TD pass to R.J. McCarter to cut the lead to 22-14 with 6:33 left in the second quarter. Chaparral’s TyRay Collins scooped a fumble four minutes later and raced for a 77-yard score to put the Cowboys up 28-14 at the half. Vialpando hit Gaddy for a 12-yard score, and Ford added a 1-yard TD run to put the game away in the second half for Chaparral. Del Sol 24, Western 12 — At Del Sol, Taariq Flowers rushed for three touchdowns, finishng with 121 yards on 26 carries, to lead the Dragons over the Warriors. Western opened the season with a 67-yard drive capped by a 3-yard touchdown run by Rodger Harrison. Harrison would finish with a game-high 218 yards on 32 carries. The Warriors’ lead would be short lived as the Dragons (1-0) wasted no time turning two first quarter fumble recoveries into points. Miguel Gomez recovered the first of three Warrior fumbles on the Western 10-yard line, setting up Flowers first TD run just two plays later. Ati Poni recovered a Western fumble deep inside Warrior territory on the f... (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Feb 3, 2016

June Culpepper

June Elizabeth Culpepper April 24, 1931, to January 19, 2016 June Culpepper, known in Boulder City, as June Mason, passed away peacefully at the Boulder City Hospital on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at the age of 84. She was born at home in Ponca City, Oklahoma, to Richard and May Marlow, a farming family. As a teen, she sold watermelons by the roadside, drove farm equipment including dirt trucks, and by high school was milking twenty cows by hand before and after school. June attended Oklahoma State University but headed to Denver, Colorado, after three years of college. She used her excellent shorthand and typing skills to land a job at Continental Oil where she met Gene Mason. Together they started a life, eventually moving, with their daughters, Cynthia, Teresa, and Marlena, to Boulder City, Nevada, in 1962. They all lived in the little pink house across the street from the Boulder City Junior-Senior High School which allowed the girls to participate in all the wonderful activities Boulder City had to offer. June started as a library assistant at the Boulder City High... (Pawhuska Journal Capital)

Nov 12, 2015

Fall Flower Show looks to grow garden clubs' membership

Succulent Society of Southern Nevada; the Growers Study Guild; the Las Vegas Flower Arrangers Guild; the Henderson-based Sunset Garden Club; and the Boulder City Garden Club. According to the Nevada Garden Clubs newsletter, Linnea Miller Domz, who turned 102 in May, was a member of the Rose Garden Club, a group launched in Las Vegas in 1945 by Adeline Bartlett, when she discovered a National Gardener magazine on vacation. Domz was intrigued to learn there could be more to gardening than just the Rose Garden Club. She and her friend Hobby St. Dennis headed to a flower show school in Tucson, Ariz., and came back determined to become federated with the national organization. In 1963, clubs in Reno, Fallon, Ely, Caliente, Pioche and Las Vegas joined National Garden Clubs Inc., and Domz served as the Nevada Garden Clubs' first president. Clubs continue to meet and add new members despite challenges. "When the city renovated Lorenzi Park, they had us shut out for over two years, and we are trying to get the public back," said Las Vegas Iris Society president Aleta MacFarlane. "Boy, did that affect us big time," Baltz said. Even though her group won't have flowers in bloom at the fall show, MacFarlane said they plan to sell plants. Members stay active throughout the fall and winter. In fact, the dormant season is in some ways just as much fun. That's when it's safe to dig up and separate the rhizomes and share or swap plants. During the Las Vegas Iris Society's October meeting, members Michael and Christine Meagher brought in a tangle of mystery iris plants taken from an overgrown California garden, ready to share. Michael Meagher showed them how to separate and trim the plants to prepare them for planting, spring bloom, and eventually, identification. The club is big on identification and catalogs the varieties in each member's garden. When spring heats up, and the iris bloom, members get the payoff for the fall planting. "April is our busy, busy month," said member Darlene Waite. "That's when we do our yard tours and our judging and our flower show." Information on all the groups is available at nevadagardenclubs.org. — Contact View contributing reporter Ginger Meurer at gmeurer@viewnews.com. Find her on Twitter: @gingermmm. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)