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March 2008 Archives
The Patriot Post
Patriot Vol. 08 No. 14 Brief | 31 March 2008
THE FOUNDATION: CHARACTER
"In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate - look to his character..." --Noah Webster (http://PatriotPost.US/fqd/)
CAMPAIGN WATCH
"What, really, is Mrs. Clinton doing? She is having the worst case of cognitive dissonance in the history of modern politics. She cannot come up with a credible, realistic path to the nomination. She can't trace the line from 'this moment's difficulties' to 'my triumphant end.' But she cannot admit to herself that she can lose. Because Clintons don't lose. She can't figure out how to win, and she can't accept the idea of not winning. She cannot accept that this nobody from nowhere could have beaten her, quietly and silently, every day. (She cannot accept that she still doesn't know how he did it!) She is concussed. But she is a scrapper, a fighter, and she's doing what she knows how to do: scrap and fight. Only harder." --Peggy Noonan (http://PatriotPost.US/opinion/entrylist.asp?source_id=40)
POLITICAL FUTURES
"Hillary Clinton's presidential prospects continue to dim. The door is closing. Night is coming. The end, however, is not near. Last week, an important Clinton adviser...[said] that Clinton had no more than a 10 percent chance of getting the nomination. Now, she's probably down to a 5 percent chance. Five percent. Let's take a look at what she's going to put her party through for the sake of that 5 percent chance: The Democratic Party is probably going to have to endure another three months of daily sniping. For another three months, we'll have the Carvilles likening the Obamaites to Judas and former generals accusing Clintonites of McCarthyism... We'll have campaign aides blurting 'blue dress' and only-because-he's-black references as they let slip their private contempt. For three more months (maybe more!) the campaign will proceed along in its Verdun-like pattern. There will be a steady rifle fire of character assassination from the underlings, interrupted by the occasional firestorm of artillery when the contest touches upon race, gender or patriotism. The policy debates between the two have been long exhausted, so the only way to get the public really engaged is by poking some raw national wound... And all this is happening so she can preserve that 5 percent chance. When you step back and think about it, she is amazing. She possesses the audacity of hopelessness." --David Brooks
RE: THE LEFT
"Hillary is being 'swiftboated'! She claimed that she came under sniper fire when she visited in Bosnia in 1996, but was contradicted by videotape showing her sauntering off the plane and stopping on the tarmac to listen to a little girl read her a poem. Similarly, John Kerry's claim to heroism in Vietnam was contradicted by 264 Swift Boat Veterans who served with him. His claim to having been on a secret mission to Cambodia for President Nixon on Christmas 1968 was contradicted not only by all of his commanders--who said he would have been court-martialed if he had gone anywhere near Cambodia--but also the simple fact that Nixon wasn't president on Christmas 1968. In Hillary's defense, she probably deserves a Purple Heart about as much as Kerry did for his service in Vietnam. Also, unlike Kerry, Hillary acknowledged her error, telling the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: 'I was sleep-deprived, and I misspoke.' (What if she's sleep-deprived when she gets that call on the red phone at 3 a.m., imagines a Russian nuclear attack and responds with mutual assured destruction? Oops. 'It proves I'm human.')" --Ann Coulter (http://PatriotPost.US/opinion/entrylist.asp?source_id=45)
OPINION IN BRIEF
"It being a free country and all, no one has to have a 'conversation' he doesn't want to have, a fact that explains our longstanding non-conversation on race: the one we're going to continue not having, never mind the pundits and Barack Obama. A conversation has at least two participants. That's one more than most American liberals desire. A liberal, black or white, doesn't by and large want an exchange of viewpoints on racial questions of consequence. What he wants is a microphone and an audience--preferably white, but he'll take what he can get. This audience he proposes to instruct as to the collective iniquity of white America in its dealings with non-white America. That isn't all he wants. He wants utter silence from the audience. No back talk. You couldn't characterize a one-sided lecture as 'conversation,' and yet it's pretty much what we get every time the matter of race intrudes itself into public affairs." --William Murchison (http://PatriotPost.US/opinion/entrylist.asp?source_id=61)
INSIGHT
"There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs--partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs." --Booker T. Washington
THE GIPPER
"The spendthrifts who mangled America with the nightmare of double-digit inflation, record interest rates, unfair tax increases, too much regulation, credit controls, farm embargoes, gas lines, no-growth at home, weakness abroad, and phony excuses about 'malaise' are the last people who should be giving sermonettes about fairness and compassion... Believe me, you cannot create a desert, hand a person a cup of water, and call that compassion. You cannot pour billions of dollars into make-work jobs while destroying the economy that supports them and call that opportunity. And you cannot build up years of dependence on government and dare call that hope." --Ronald Reagan (http://Reagan2020.US/)
FOR THE RECORD
"Sixteen months ago, Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Syracuse University, published 'Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism.' The surprise is that liberals are markedly less charitable than conservatives. If many conservatives are liberals who have been mugged by reality, Brooks, a registered independent, is, as a reviewer of his book said, a social scientist who has been mugged by data. They include these findings:--Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227).--Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.--Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller percentages of their incomes to charity than did residents of states that voted for George Bush.--Bush carried 24 of the 25 states where charitable giving was above average.--In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent, donated just 1.9 percent.--People who reject the idea that 'government has a responsibility to reduce income inequality' give an average of four times more than people who accept that proposition." --George Will (http://PatriotPost.US/opinion/entrylist.asp?source_id=50)
CULTURE
"Two weeks ago, the story came from a town with a college that has been a leading force in the advancement of Christian civilization for 900 years: Oxford, England... It seems that authorities at the Oxford Central Mosque have requested permission to use loadspeakers to blast the call to prayer five times a day from atop their minaret across the town that has heard for the past 900 summers, falls, winters and springs only the bells of the local churches. Unsurprisingly, the Church of England's bishop for Oxford, the Right Rev. John Pritchard, has announced his support, calling on his congregation to 'enjoy community diversity.' He would be a likely successor to the current archbishop of Canterbury, who called for Shariah law for England recently. Perhaps surprisingly, two Englishmen stepped forward to oppose the proposal: professor Allan Chapman, an Oxford University historian, and Charlie Cleverly, the rector of St. Aldates Church in the heart of Oxford. 'I don't have any problem with Islam, but don't force it on the people. I'm a liberal; I want to be inclusive, but I don't want to be walked over,' stated the professor. The Anglican rector of St. Aldates was a bit more blunt: 'It is common knowledge, though few will say it, that radical Islam has a program to take Europe, take England and take Oxford. In this strategy, some say the prayer call is like a bridgehead, spreading to other mosques in the city.' As if to support this politically incorrect assertion, Inayat Bunglawala, the assistant secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain rejected the complaint dismissively, asserting that the 'call to prayer will be part of Britain and Europe in the future.'... England, in her tolerance, has admitted into her midst--and given succor--those who loathe her. But more loathsome yet are the natural born Englishmen--most in high places--who have forgotten the simple truth of [a] World War II song: 'There'll always be an England, And England shall be free, If England means as much to you, As England means to me'." --Tony Blankley (http://PatriotPost.US/opinion/entrylist.asp?source_id=24)
LIBERTY
"Freedom is not a natural state--otherwise more people would be free. Tyranny, oppression, dictatorship and the denial of human rights are the norm for much of the planet. Mankind's lower nature dictates that far too many seek to reduce others to servitude in order to elevate themselves. President Bush has repeatedly said that freedom is a God-given right that resides in the heart of every human. Maybe, but sometimes one must fight to extract it from the hardened hearts of others who want it exclusively for themselves. Looking at the faces of those who have fallen and driving by Arlington National Cemetery, I am reminded of the cost of freedom. Those who died allow me to travel freely. Those who sacrificed everything invested in freedom for my family and yours so that we can all live our lives where we choose to live them and worship where, and however, we please. These are freedoms most of the world can only dream about." --Cal Thomas (http://PatriotPost.US/opinion/entrylist.asp?source_id=54)
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"As a career military officer, I have no doubt that anti-war media rhetoric and 'pollaganda' have needlessly contributed to the deaths of soldiers and to the lessening of our nation's defense. However, I am concerned about Mark Alexander's claim in Democrats, more 'aid and comfort' to the enemy (http://PatriotPost.US/alexander/edition.asp?id=588) that General Giap attributed his victory in part Leftists influence on American public opinion. The web is full rumors run without checking, often becoming resurrected after a trip around the world. It would seem that Urban Legends refutes the Giap assertion." --Houston, Texas
Publisher's Reply: Most of the urban legends circulating refer to false claims about Giap's "memoirs" and claims that he directly implicated that John Kerry's cadre played a role in brining down the U.S. I did not make either claim. The facts are not derived from Internet e-mails propagating urban legends. We know that Giap knew full well the value the Kerry/Fonda cadres had in undermining U.S. war fighting resolve, and we also know that Giap, a faithful Communist, would not single out such efforts from fellow Socialists in this country, during a CBS interview. Additionally, in a 1996 CNN interview Giap stated, "And [after Tet] the Americans had to back down and come to the negotiating table, because the war was not only moving into the cities, to dozens of cities and towns in South Vietnam, but also to the living rooms of Americans back home for some time. And that's why we could claim the achievement of the objective." I do not have to tell you who was bringing defeatist propaganda "into the living rooms of Americans back home," and which side of the war they were on.
More to the point, in a 1995 interview with The Wall Street Journal, Bui Tin, a communist contemporary of Giap and Ho Chi Minh, who was serving as an NVA colonel assigned to the general staff at the time Saigon fell, had this to say about the Leftmedia and Soviet puppets like "Hanoi" Jane Fonda: "[They were] essential to our strategy. Support of the war from our rear was completely secure while the American rear was vulnerable. Every day our leadership would listen to world news over the radio to follow the growth of the American antiwar movement. Visits to Hanoi by people like Jane Fonda, and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and ministers gave us confidence that we should hold on in the face of battlefield reverses." Bui stated further, "Those people represented the conscience of America. The conscience of America was part of its war-making capability, and we were turning that power in our favor...[T]hrough dissent and protest [America] lost the ability to mobilize a will to win." Make no mistake, Giap and Bui know "aid and comfort" from those, ostensibly, on our side.
THE LAST WORD
"Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who has been accused in recent days of padding her foreign policy rèsumè while First Lady, admitted today that she may have exaggerated about an encounter she said she had with al-Qaeda terror mastermind Osama bin Laden in 1998. In an appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press' on Sunday, Sen. Clinton told host Tim Russert, 'I wrestled bin Laden in his cave in 1998 and had him pinned to the ground before the bastard got away.' But a review of Sen. Clinton's official White House schedule from that period revealed that the then-First Lady was nowhere in the vicinity of Mr. bin Laden on that day, but was instead greeting a group of honor roll students at Disney World in Orlando. 'I may have misspoke about what went on that particular day,' Sen. Clinton said today. 'But it was a very busy time for me, what with having that knife-fight with Kim Jong-Il and all.' Reporters peppered Sen. Clinton's new press spokesman with questions about another purported exploit of hers, in which the senator claimed that she and a ragtag team of blue-collar drillers deflected an asteroid on a collision course with the Earth." --Andy Borowitz
Veritas vos Liberabit--Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus, et Fidelis! Mark Alexander, Publisher, for The Patriot's editors and staff. (Please pray for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world, and for their families--especially families of those fallen Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, who granted their lives in defense of American liberty.)
- Proposed legislation in health care which would require billions and billions of dollars every year to run.
- Waylaid legislation to direly needed improvements to our educational system.
- "Trial Lawyer Enrichment Programs" including the raising of caps on medical law suits, resulting in increasing the cost of health care in Colorado!
You can help reduce air pollution by signing on
If you care about the air you breathe, the impact you make on the environment or the money you spend on your energy bills, it's the perfect time to join thousands of others in your community who are signing on to the Boulder County Wind Challenge.
Boulder County, the city of Boulder and other Boulder County municipalities have partnered with local wind power suppliers launch the third annual countywide Wind Challenge starting today, April 1. The 2008 Challenge's goal is the registration of at least 1,000 new residential and commercial wind power customers by July 31, 2008.
R20;Signing up to use wind power is one of the easiest, lowest-cost actions you can take to reduce your contribution to climate change," said Boulder County Sustainability Coordinator Ann Livingston. "For the cost of a couple of coffees or snacks per month, you can get your power supplier to replace your equivalent usage of energy with a clean, renewable source of power rather than coal-generated electricity, which results in significant greenhouse gas emissions."
To register or to learn more, go to www.beclimatesmart.com.
The countywide Wind Challenge signed up more than 1,100 new wind customers in 2006 and led the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to designate Boulder as Colorado's first Green Power Community. Nationwide, wind-power capacity increased 45% in 2007, yet only two percent of the nation's energy supply comes from wind. Currently in Boulder, around 5,500 households and 300 commercial and industrial customers currently purchase wind power for their home or business.
In addition to improving the county's overall sustainability, the Wind Challenge helps raise awareness and support for the County's Sustainable Energy Plan, including increasing use of renewable energy, promoting energy efficiency, reducing global warming, and improving air quality.
Residents who get their power from Longmont Power and Communications can also sign up for wind power.
R20;Longmont Power and Communications is proud to offer our customers an option to support renewable energy sources," said Bill Ewer, Customer Services and Marketing Manager for Longmont Power and Communications. "As of December 31st, more than 512 residents and businesses have enrolled in our program and we look forward to signing up more customers before the end of the Wind Challenge."
Countywide Wind Challenge results will be tracked monthly on the News page of the beClimateSmart.com website, and a final advertisement will appear in local press in early August to report emissions reductions that will result from the program.
The 2008 Boulder County Wind Challenge initiative is funded by the City of Boulder's Climate Action Plan tax and is organized in partnership with
· Boulder County,
· Boulder county municipalities,
· Local wind power suppliers: Community Energy, Native Energy , Renewable Choice
· Local utilities: Longmont Power & Communications and Xcel Energy - WindSource program.
Registration and other Wind Challenge information are available at www.beClimateSmart.com/windchallenge.
For more information about ClimateSmart programs and services, visit www.beClimateSmart.com.
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Patricia Demchak
Boulder County Public Information Officer
pdemchak@bouldercounty.org
303-441-3399
"As trusted stewards of Boulder County's future, we provide the best in public service."
Local youth lead the way during annual R20;Kick Butts Day" on April 2
(Boulder, Colo.) -April 2 marks the 13th anniversary of Kick Butts Day, when thousands of youth across the country participate in advocacy activities in an effort to stop youth tobacco use.
"The tobacco companies try to make smoking look cool in their ads, but it's just a lie," said Jen Armstrong, a senior at Niwot High School. "There's nothing sexy about bad breath and yellow teeth."
Kick Butts Day, coordinated by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, is a nationwide initiative that makes youth leaders in the fight against tobacco. Youth have opportunities to raise awareness about tobacco's effects on health, how the tobacco industry targets kids, and the importance of strong tobacco control policies.
R20;Young people are a powerful part of the solution to reducing youth tobacco use," said Kristen Nelson, Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership (TEPP) youth specialist. "Kick Butts Day is an opportunity for them to send the message that they want the tobacco industry to stop targeting them with advertising, and they want elected leaders at all levels to do more to protect them from tobacco."
More than 400,000 people in the United States will die this year from a tobacco-related disease. Each day about 4,000 kids (under 18) try smoking for the first time, and another 1,000 more kids become new regular, daily smokers. In Boulder County, 47% of high school students have tried a cigarette, and 11.6% smoked a whole cigarette before their 13th birthday.
Boulder County youth can get involved in the fight against big tobacco by joining a local coalition. Get R!EAL, Colorado's youth movement against the tobacco industry, has two youth coalitions in Boulder County: SLAAPO Tobacco, of Longmont Children and Youth Resources, and the Teens, Inc. Get R!EAL coalition in Nederland. These coalitions organize and participate in a wide range of tobacco prevention and advocacy activities throughout the year.
For more information, residents can contact TEPP at 303-413-7500 or visit the website at www.BoulderCountyTobacco.org.
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Patricia Demchak
Boulder County Public Information Officer
pdemchak@bouldercounty.org
303-441-3399
"As trusted stewards of Boulder County's future, we provide the best in public service."
Boulder County Housing Authority will expand foreclosure prevention program
(Boulder, Colo.) - The Boulder County Housing Authority has received a Federal grant that will enable it to double the size of its Housing Counseling Program and reach out to help struggling homeowners in local areas with the highest foreclosure rates, including Longmont and Broomfield.
The Boulder County Housing Authority has been awarded a $154,487 sub-grant from the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) out of funds that CHFA received from the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling Program. Boulder County will use the funds to hire two full-time specialists for the County's Housing Counseling Program, which provides residents in Boulder and Broomfield counties with free, comprehensive counseling services on key housing and financial issues including foreclosure prevention, credit repair, homeownership education, reverse mortgages and more.
R20;This grant comes at a key time in our community. The demand for counseling services has soared in the past year. As the potential for foreclosure becomes a reality to more and more homeowners, the Boulder County Housing Authority wants to ensure that residents have access to services that can help them prevent going into foreclosure," Housing Authority Director Frank Alexander said. "And for those who have already fallen into foreclosure, we aim to help them navigate the process and turn their finances around."
Demand for housing counseling services has dramatically increased. In 2006, Boulder County recorded 790 foreclosure filings. That number rose to 1,011 foreclosures in 2007, and is expected to increase in 2008. In the City of Longmont, approximately 1 in 42 homes are in foreclosure.
Boulder County's program is the only HUD (Housing and Urban Development)-approved housing counseling agency in the county, and demand for counseling services - especially foreclosure prevention - was exceeding the program's resources. Boulder County came up with an innovative solution to this increased demand in 2006 by implementing a Volunteer Housing Counselor Program, in which community volunteers are trained to provide counseling and teach financial fitness classes. The program has provided a successful, cost-effective way to increase outreach to residents in need - but with demand still increasing for services, Boulder County determined that more full-time staff were needed to manage the volunteer efforts, comply with federal regulations and provide sufficient, high-quality programming.
The Housing Authority has already posted the job announcement for the two housing counselor positions, who will work one-on-one with clients to create case plans in the areas of budgeting, debt restructuring, mortgage default/foreclosure prevention, pre-purchase and reverse mortgages. The new hires will focus particularly on providing foreclosure prevention counseling to residents in Longmont, eastern Boulder County and Broomfield.
Qualified individuals who are interested in applying for the new positions can learn more about qualifications and apply online at www.bouldercounty.org/jobs.
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Patricia Demchak
Boulder County Public Information Officer
pdemchak@bouldercounty.org
303-441-3399
"As trusted stewards of Boulder County's future, we provide the best in public service."
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Mar. 24, 2008
CONTACT: Judy Wolfe, Youth Corps Program Manager, 303-678-6104
Deadline to apply for Boulder County Youth Corps is March 28
Boulder County residents ages 14-17 must apply by Friday, March 28, for summer jobs with the Boulder County Youth Corps. Boulder County is still hiring adults to be Youth Corps team leaders.
The Youth Corps will hire up to 165 teenagers to work 30 hours a week, Monday through Thursday, from June 16 to August 6 on a variety of community service projects. Team leaders will be employed from June 3 to August 8 to work up to 40 hours a week, Monday through Friday. Projects will include such activities as thinning forests, building trails, constructing fences and doing historic restoration and landscaping. Youth Corps teams will work in unincorporated Boulder County as well as in Lafayette, Louisville, Longmont and Superior.
Applications are available online at www.bouldercounty.org/youthcorps and at counseling offices in Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley schools; city and town personnel offices; most local recreation and youth centers and libraries; and the Boulder County Human Resources Department, 2025 14th St., Boulder.
Corps members will earn a starting hourly wage of $7.02, with the possibility of earning a $100 bonus at the end of the program based on merit and strong attendance. Teens who have worked for the Corps in past years can earn up to $7.52 an hour. In addition, they are eligible for reimbursement for the purchase of work boots, work gloves and RTD bus passes for the purpose of traveling to and from centralized work meeting places.
Youth Corps Team Leaders must be high school graduates at least 21 years old with two years of college coursework or more, and Assistant Team Leaders must be high school graduates at least 18 years old, among other qualifications. A list of full qualifications is available online at www.bouldercounty.org/youthcorps. Team Leaders start at $12.50/hour and Assistant Team Leaders at $10.50/hour. 34 leaders will be hired.
The Youth Corps offers one of the best first-job opportunities available in Boulder County. Teams have completed projects such as building a new trail on the Harney Lastoka Open Space and rehabilitating an in-line hockey rink for the Town of Superior. Other projects have included historic restoration of buildings at Caribou Ranch Open Space, construction and repair of fencing on open space, landscaping and construction and forest thinning projects around Gold Hill, a project that won a 2007 Boulder County Pinnacle Award.
For more information, visit www.bouldercounty.org/youthcorps or call the Youth Corps office at 303-678-6104.
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Patricia Demchak
Boulder County Public Information Officer
pdemchak@bouldercounty.org
303-441-3399
"As trusted stewards of Boulder County's future, we provide the best in public service."
21 March 2008
CONTACT: Kelly Gonzalez, Boulder County Housing Authority, 720-564-2278, kgonzalez@bouldercounty.org
County, CU Law students offer tips on how to avoid financial pitfalls
Free 'Savvy Consumer' class touches on subjects from lending to leases to loans
Boulder County Housing Authority (BCHA) invites you to "Be a Savvy Consumer," a joint program sponsored by BCHA and presented by CU Law School students. The class is FREE and includes lunch.
R20;BE A SAVVY CONSUMER"
DATE: Saturday, April 5, 2008
TIME: 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
LOCATION: University of Colorado Law School, Wolf Law Building Room 204
COST: Free
REGISTER: Call 720-564-2278 or e-mail kgonzalez@bouldercounty.org
The class will cover topics such as:
R26; Apartment Leases
R26; Arbitration
R26; Car Buying
R26; Colorado Consumer Protection Law
R26; Consumer Bankruptcy
R26; Credit Repair Scams
R26; Gift Cards
R26; Manufactured Housing
R26; Online Contracting
R26; Pay Day Loans
R26; Rent-to-Own Contracts
R26; And More!!!
Registration is required; the deadline to do so is Wednesday, April 2. To register, call 720-564-2278 or e-mail Kelly Gonzalez at kgonzalez@bouldercounty.org.
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Patricia Demchak
Boulder County Public Information Officer
pdemchak@bouldercounty.org
303-441-3399
"As trusted stewards of Boulder County's future, we provide the best in public service."
21 March 2008
CONTACT: Stacy Lambright, Resource Conservation Education and Outreach Coordinator, 720-564-2223
New tour exhibits at Recycling Center open in time for Spring Break visitors
Looking for something to do during spring break? Check out the Boulder County Recycling Center's new educational exhibits, designed specifically for people wanting to take a self-guided tour. Learn how cans, bottles, jars and paper are separated and sorted so they can be shipped to places across the country to be made into something new.
The first phase of new exhibits includes a kiosk that features an award-winning video of the recycling center and a close-up look at its operations. Another exhibit focuses on the natural resources used to make common materials such as soda cans and plastic bottles and the environmental benefits of recycling these items. The second phase of new exhibits will be installed in late spring after the facility is retrofitted for single-stream recycling.
Self-guided tours may be taken during open hours of the recycling center: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The sorting lines shut down daily around 3 p.m., so come before that time if you want to see the fast-action of the workers sorting items.
For those who prefer to take a guided tour, one-hour guided tours take place the first Tuesday of every month, with some exceptions for holidays.
There is still yet another tour option at the recycling center - a phone-guided walking tour! This tour is accessed by cell phone and begins at the front of the Administration Building. Locate the black No. 1 sign designated for a cell phone tour, dial the number on the sign and follow the instructions.
For more information, call 720-564-2223 or visit www.bouldercountyrecycles.net.
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Patricia Demchak
Boulder County Public Information Officer
pdemchak@bouldercounty.org
303-441-3399
"As trusted stewards of Boulder County's future, we provide the best in public service."

