Amy Bounds

2 weeks ago | timescall.com | Amy Bounds

Rising seventh grader Owen Lere took on the role of both a lawyer and a witness as he and his team tried to convince a jury to award damages in a fictitious case of a boy who was burned during a school marshmallow melting experiment. While his side didn’t prevail — the defense had a legal edge — the experience only increased his enthusiasm for learning about the legal system with a goal of becoming an actual lawyer. “I love arguing,” said Owen, who attends Erie’s Soaring Heights PK-8.

2 weeks ago | dailycamera.com | Amy Bounds

Rising Boulder High senior Ricardo Moreno is doing everything he can to become the first in his family to go to college, including earning high grades and playing football to help him qualify for scholarships. So, he said, signing up for the Boulder Valley School District’s Grad Plus Leadership Academy was just one more way to get ahead as he works toward his plan of studying aerospace engineering.

2 weeks ago | timescall.com | Amy Bounds

Boulder County Parks and Open Space is hosting Barnyard Critter Day event from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 22 at the Agricultural Heritage Center, 8348 Highway 66, Longmont. Attendees will learn about the roles that chickens, pigs, horses and other animals play on a working farm. Along with the regular lineup of chickens, goats, sheep, pigs, mini mules, cows and horses, the event will feature demonstrations of sheep herding, sheep shearing, wool washing and spinning.

2 weeks ago | dailycamera.com | Amy Bounds

Two local charter school teachers, one from Boulder Valley and the other from St. Vrain Valley, are among this year’s 22 Colorado Teacher of the Year semifinalists. In St. Vrain, Julie Ahrens is a kindergarten teacher at Longmont’s Twin Peaks Classical Academy. She has been an educator for six years. In Boulder Valley, Elizabeth Rose Tarbutton is a math teacher at Lafayette’s Peak to Peak Charter School. She has been an educator for 16 years.

2 weeks ago | dailycamera.com | Olivia Doak |Amy Bounds

The National Science Foundation has submitted a budget request that, if approved by Congress, would cut the budget for the National Center for Atmospheric Research by 40% and significantly impact the lab in Boulder. “If Congress were to approve the request as is, a 40% reduction would likely mean large-scale cuts to programs and labs here in Boulder,” said David Hosansky, the media relations manager for NCAR.