Volume 24, Issue 15 Wednesday, April 8, 2020 The story behind the place: Neva Road Financial BY PATRICIA LOGAN You’re now on Neva Road. It gotten as much publicity as The brothers were very close planning is [email protected] makes sense that the two roads he deserves,” according to growing up, wrote Coel, who are connected and that one isn’t Margaret Coel, author of the lives in Boulder. She said they more than Head toward the mountains as well traveled. Neva was the acclaimed book ‘Chief Left spent winters in what is now on Niwot Road and you’ll run brother of legendary Chief Hand.’ “He was quite an out- the Boulder Valley, with several just money— into a big zig north at 45th be- Niwot, the Arapaho chief also standing man. He was a peace different camps around the area fore you zag back west. It seems known as Left Hand. leader. Left Hand depended on including Haystack Mountain. it’s also a like the same road, but it’s not. “He [Neva] maybe hasn’t him a lot.” There aren’t birth records, but Coel said Neva and Niwot mindset were probably close in age, born sometime around 1820. They had an older sister, Ma- Hom, who married a white trader who moved out west from Kentucky. It proved to be one of the most important events in the lives of Neva and Niwot. The brothers both learned to speak English, some- thing no other Arapaho did at the time. It helped them become Courtesy Photo prominent leaders during the Adam Robinson of 7Wealth in Niwot. most traumatic time in their history. BY HANNah STEWART Neva was not considered [email protected] as fluent in English as Niwot, In light of social distancing, Photo by Patricia Logan who was known for his gift for numerous businesses have Neva Road is named in honor of Chief Niwot’s brother. limited operations or closed Continued on Page 6 entirely. However, this means more than simply missing out on shopping and dining oppor- LEFT HAND LAUREL tunities; for some, it also means unemployment. However, even if you still Lori and Russ Lindemann have a job, someone else’s BY ABIGAIL SCOTT strangers to hard work and unemployment can still affect [email protected] have spent much of their free you. Maybe it’s your favorite time volunteering through- restaurant that gets closed, or Lori and Russ Lindemann out the community. Lori has the auto-shop had to lay off em- moved to the Gunbarrel Es- volunteered with the St. Vrain ployees and you can’t get your tates neighborhood in 1994 Valley School District, the VA car serviced. It’s important to with their two children and in Denver, the DA’s office in have a financial plan in your niece in tow. For the past two Boulder as a victim advocate, pocket, but it’s also important and a half decades, they have and CASA. to maintain perspective and called Boulder County home Lori and Russ were first have a flexible mindset so that and have done a huge part in introduced to Habitat for Hu- you don’t become overly flus- making it a terrific place to live manity through their daughter, tered by setbacks. for its variety of residents. Courtesy Photo As Niwot’s Seven Wealth The Lindemanns are no Continued on Page 10 Lori and Russ Lindemann hard at work on a development project. Continued on Page 8 This is the final print edition of the Left Hand Valley Courier. Thank you to our readers and advertisers for 23 years of support. Please visit us online at LHVC.com and subscribe to continue receiving local news about Niwot, Gunbarrel, south Longmont and Boulder County. Your News Source for Niwot, Gunbarrel, South Longmont and Vicinity. All Local, All the Time. Page 2 LEFT HAND VALLEY COURIER Wednesday, April 8, 2020 NCA coronavirus postponements Letter to the Editor BY KIM GLassCOCK To the Editor: reasonable to even consider bers to participate,” said NCA with an option for paper vot- [email protected] incorporation while both busi- President David Limbach. “The ing. Current members were First of all, many thanks nesses and citizens are faced logistics just don’t work.” contacted by email on April to the Courier for 23 years of The stay-at-home order for Col- with unprecedented economic Membership Chair Johnny 2, with instructions on how to community reporting. We will orado due to the coronavirus and personal challenges due Barrett pointed out that the submit a vote; the email also miss the print edition, and has put the Niwot Community to the COVID-19 pandemic. It annual meeting is more than contained a link on how to urge everyone to subscribe to Association’s plans on hold. is unknown how long it will just hearing an update on what download the ballot form to the online edition to keep this The group met April 1 by take local, national and global activities and issues the NCA is vote by mail. publication going! teleconference to discuss what economies to recover from this dealing with during the year. Officers up for election in- In response to the March should be done about the April disaster. Clearly, incorporation “The annual meeting is all clude Limbach for president, 18th letter to the editor by Cor- annual meeting, the May Clean is no longer even a rational Up Day and the July 4 parade. about relationships,” Barrett Leonard Sitongia for secre- nelia Sawle promoting Niwot commented. “You can’t have tary, Diane Zimmermann for “self rule:” (Cornelia is the choice. It’s time to let it go. The April annual meeting It just seems like common is cancelled. NCA members in-depth conversations with director at large for communi- owner of the Niwot Inn and a people about their ideas and cations, Craig Rahenkamp for member of the NEISC - Niwot sense that it is time for ev- had proposed holding a live- eryone to unite around the streamed meeting, but the issues online.” director at large for trails and Exploratory Incorporation common good. Let’s shift our group decided that it was im- open space, Kim Hawksworth Study Committee.) ELECTIONS energy towards supporting practical. “The limitations of an for director at large for event While we appreciate the Elections for NCA board offi- one another through this crisis. online meeting would make it cers and members, however, planning, Liz Marr for director considerable effort that has Shop local at Niwot Market really difficult for many mem- will be conducted by email, at large for subdivision roads, gone into the Incorporation and Liz Schmidt as director at Study, we think it is time for and Niwot Liquor. Support large. the NEISC to put aside their our restaurants by ordering In addition, four area repre- issues with Boulder County re- take-out food or beverages. We sentative positions are on the garding the building moratori- are all in this together! We are ballot. Area 2 representative um of 2019 that is fueling their all in this together! Craig Rahenkamp, Area 4 rep- agenda to incorporate Niwot. Respectfully, Niwot for resentative Mark Brigham and The moratorium ended nearly Common Sense Area 8 representative Derek a year ago, and for many of Mike Selak & Victoria Keen Curd are all seeking reelection. us, the incorporation issue is Peter & Randi Vogt Area 6 has an open slot and is now a worrisome community George Epp seeking a write-in candidate. distraction during a time of Barbara Greweling Area 6 encompasses residents national crisis. Dave & Tracey Snow living between Highway 52 By any measure, we have Julie Pope and Lookout Road, west of always believed that incor- Pat & Larry Murphy Highway 287 and including poration is the wrong choice Linda Rae Gunbarrel Estates, The Home- for Niwot, presenting more Matt Dumler stead and parts of Gunbarrel risks than benefits. In light of And many more… North subdivisions. current events, it seems un- Continued on Page 3 P.O. 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Wednesday, April 8, 2020 LEFT HAND VALLEY COURIER Page 3 Connecting with local arts and entertainment online BY EMILY LONG local arts and entertainment? ing” according to Director of [email protected] While the world contends Programs Glenn Webb. with the new paradigm, sev- While most of the staff have Can you imagine how we eral organizations in the Boul- been furloughed, including would all be feeling if this had der-Longmont region are start- Webb, he said “I’ve been very happened in the ‘80s? ing to offer new and creative happy with our leadership The question came up in opportunities for connecting about the decision. I would a friendly Zoom conference locally with entertainers from have volunteered for it because happy hour recently. How our own neighborhoods. I want there to be a Dairy to would we have coped in the Motus Theater, an arts orga- come back to.” pre-internet era? How would nization that seeks to tell stories With a leaner staff, The we have spent our time? How about critical issues of our Dairy is still producing a signif- would we have connected with time, including immigration, icant amount of programming each other? hosted a Zoom performance on for online audiences.