Newsletter 12, June 13

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Week!

Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is settling into Jamestown tobegin construction on seven homes. They will also work on a varietyof other reconstruction projects -- all with voluntary labor!

The long-term team of volunteers will be arriving this week and the

first large group of volunteers (18) will arriveon June 15th to begin work. They will be living mostly at JamestownElementary School, but also at a few other private residencesaround town. If you would like to help house some volunteers inearly August, please let us know! Thanks to BVSD (and, of course,to the kids!) for allowing use of their facility to host this wonderfulgroup.

Jamestown Elementary School Playground: temporary home to the MDS Shower Trailer.

MDS volunteers would love to hear your stories!If youare available on Wednesday evenings, they will be gatheringfor dinner at the Jamestown School. If you would like to jointhem, please contact Sally:[email protected].

and community oriented day offun activities and music. For

details please check outthe Facebook Page or check

the Jamestown QT.

We are actively seeking

donations for the raffle from:

* Restaurants* Stores

* Businesses

This is a great way to get yourbusiness name out there andgive back to the community!

Questions?Contact Leesa Bolden.

Flowers for Jamestown

Flowers are here and have beenhung all over

Jamestown! Thank you toYatahai Gardens on NelsonRoad in Longmont for this

amazing donation and to the COAcademy for helping.

Spring Runoff andFlood Preparedness


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Dan Hess (MDS Journalist) / Sally and Robert Unrau (MDS Team Leads)Stop by the school and introduce yourself!

If you have home repairs due to the flood, please contact Nina.We are in the process of identifying funding assistance so wewould like to get the documentation submitted so that we can line

up the repairs.

Thank you, MDS!!

Andersen Hill: The Man Behind the NameBy Barbara Byrnes-Lenarcic

Contact 911in case of Emergencies related

to increased creek flows.

Lower Main Bridge StreamGauge

Spring Runoff High HazardProjects video

Post Flood Preparedness

video

Fire Hall Update

Jamestown has received bidsfor the Fire Hall Design and

Build. Decisions will bemade June 18.

During the project, atemporary building will be

raised next to Elysian Park inwhich to house the engines.Funding is from CIRSA. Adiagram is available on the

latest community presentation.

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Road Update

Photo Credit: Steve Edelstein

Emergency AsphaltOverlay:

Lefthand Canyon Dr., James


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Andersen Hill after the flood:Reconstruction of the hill and bridge begins in August

Jamestown's gray and grainy landscape is a path into the past.Street names once uttered without a thought now have a persona. TakeAndersen Hill. The road may be washed away, but the spirit of Edward K.Andersen, the Hill's namesake, is embedded in the dirt cheering us on.

Andersen was born in Cripple Creek, Colo. on Oct. 26, 1902. Ed's father,a miner, was always looking for a new vein. That quest brought theelder Andersen to Jimtown around 1910. Young Ed had no interest inmining. In 1916, he was busy graduating from Adams City High Schooland running a creamery on Alameda in Denver. Then, the Depression hit.The dairy went sour. Ed needed work. His father talked up Jamestown,so Ed decided to give mining two weeks. That whim turned into a 27-year

gig at the Wano Mine, located west of Ward St.

Ed joined the Jimtown community. He first lived at 134 Andersen Hill withhis mother. That house, later owned by Daniel and Kelly Kennelly,was destroyed during the September 2013 event. The foundation can beseen across from the Andersen Hill footbridge built by the Baptists.

Andersen then moved to 81 Main St., the site where Val and Quinter Fikebuilt their current home. Wanting a vegetable garden, Ed added rich blacksoil to the land. He sold his produce to Ideal Market on north Broadway inBoulder. Andersen also raised chickens. Neighbors stopped by Ed's placeto buy chickens and eggs.

Canyon Dr. and FourmileCanyon Drive will receive anemergency asphalt overlay.This will include stabilizationto sections of the road thathave been undercut, and

pavement in certain areas.The estimated project cost is

$1-2M. To begin soon.____

Travel and cycling restrictionson non-local traffic still inplace on James Canyon

Drive. The road will be OPENto motorists and cyclists for

the 4th of July.

Access to the Mercis wide open!

Photo Credit: Mark GosbeeCAUTION:Certain edgesalongside James CanyonDrive are unsafe. Please

watch for cones and markingsthat are meant to divert drivers

from driving too close to theedge.

If you spot an area that posesa potential threat to drivers,please call non-emergency

dispatch at:

303-441-4444._______

Water Update


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Ed's community service ran the gamut. According to a Jan. 17, 1979article in theSunday Daily Camerapublished on his first and onlywedding day - Ed was 76, his bride was 62 - Ed was the Town Marshal in1938, Water Commissioner in the 1940s and on the Town Board severaltimes. He also ran the pool hall across from the Mercantile. At midnight,after the Saturday night dances in the Town Hall, Ed served sandwichesso folks would sober up before driving down James Canyon.

Andersen died on Sept. 30, 1984 at the age of 81. He is buried in theJamestown Cemetery. Ed's headstone is the last one up the hill from theSapp Family plot. Andersen rests in a peaceful place surrounded by wildpurple/white irises. Ironically, this man, who was so proud of his Danishheritage, lies beneath a stone engraved with Anderson, the Swedishversion of his name.

Why and when Andersen Hill was named after Ed is a mystery. Still, theexplanation may be quite simple - Andersen was a character living at thebottom of a hill that needed a name for a street sign.

Ed Andersen is buried in the Jamestown Cemetery. (Yes, his name is misspel

Photo credit: Eric Flink

The Water Plant iscurrently closed.

Estimated reopening ismid-June. Upper Mesa areaexpected to come online endof June / early July. Lower

Jamestown expected to come

online early August.

Please visit click here to see

the schedule.________

Town Square Update

Jamestown will rebuild ourTown Square in Spring 2015

with the$117,000 (GOCO grant).

Design Concept here:

View a larger image here.

The Town Square is currently


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Thank you, Volunteers!

Colorado Academy:

Students and staff withColorado Academy, a

private school in Denver,revitalized the post officegarden and accomplishedsome really amazingthings while they were intown the last week ofMay. Activities included:

Helped rebuild arock wall

Hung all thehardware andflower baskets

Moved Mennonite Disaster Services into the schoolBuilt more trail on Ward St.Built a ride-share benchRemoved debris and stacked sandbags

Thank you students!!!

Volunteer Day, June 7

With the help of a mighty group of volunteers last weekend, we:Made temporary repairs to the road (near the part of

Andersen Hill next to the school)Moved some essential items for Mennonite Disaster Service

Helped move some items for a neighborMoved a piano!Cleaned up a yard along the creekMoved a neighbor to a temporary location so her home can

be repairedLaid gravel and began to lay a pathMade a home safer from fire danger by moving wood away

from home

IF YOU HAVE FLOOD-RELATED tasks (moving, debris removal,skilled repairs, etc.) please let Nina knowASAP: [email protected]

THANK YOU everyone for your continued support of our town'srecovery!

being used as a staging areafor large rocks to be used forthe armoring of the stream.

Please give the machineoperators plenty of space to

move these large objectsand always make eye

contactbefore you attempt to

move past them.

JamestownSupport Group

Wednesday, June 186:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Jamestown Community

Church

Led by:Tamira Jenlink, MA

Body-Centered / NatureBased Psychotherapist

Mountain Vision Therapy

A place to hold each other upwhile we deal with the natural

response to trauma.

All are welcome!

Rebecca LawrenceJamestown Community

Advocate303-449-1806

[email protected]

Hello from the ColoradoSpirit Canyons Team!

Colorado Spirit will continue to have apresence in Jamestown Town Hall on

Saturdays from 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. Wehave talked to several people from the

community and we appreciate you


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The Boulder Chamber of Commerce awarded Mayor Tara Schoedinger for:"Flood Leadership Recognition"

at the Women Who Light the Communitycelebration on June 5th.

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Mid-Day Mountain JAM

document shredding andelectronics recycling.

Newsletter Editors:

Erika Rae ArcherNina Andaloro

Tara Schoedinger


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Thank you, JAM, for hosting this incredible event on June 7th! Performers included: Kari Jorgensen and Kittye, Stellar J,Barefoot Kenny, Josh Raderman, Chad Zygoat, and Swamp Koolers

Photo Credit: Sal DeVincenzo

Town of Jamestown303-449-1806

http://jamestownco.org

Questions or comments about this newsletter? Please send a note to [email protected]

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