Arvada firefighters join comrades
in High Park Fire containment effort
Two groups of Arvada firefighters have been called to Larimer County to aid in battling the High Park Fire.
During the Chamber of Commerce breakfast June 15, Fire Chief Jon Greer said Arvada Fire had sent six firefighters to join 1,400 others in trying to contain and extinguish the wildfire that had burned more than 52,000 acres as of June 15.
The first Arvada crew was sent north June 14, and another was dispatched the morning of June 15.
Arvada firefighters were also deployed to Guernsey, Wyo., last week to aid in a wildfire there. One paramedic is still in Wyoming to help treat firefighters injured there.
Residents invite guests into gardens
for Historical Society fundraiser
Residents have a chance to see some of the most beautiful and interesting yards in Arvada and support a good cause during the Arvada Historical Society’s Garden Tour.
The second annual Garden Tour will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 23, rain or shine.
During the tour, seven Arvada residents will open their gardens and yards to the public to showcase their hard work, showing off water features, rock gardens, xeriscaping and grasses, flowers or maintaining three trains that run on 200 feet of track through the garden.
The tour starts at the Arvada Flour Mill, located at 5590 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. At the Mill, guests can purchase their tickets and receives maps to show them where each garden is located.
The tours are self-guided and guests can visit as many as they please before 1 p.m. The resident gardeners will be on hand to answer any questions guests may have.
Tickets are $15, the proceeds of which will go to improving the Flour Mill.
For more information, go online to www.arvadahistory.org or call Mary Jo Giddings at 303-421-2032.
Police Animal Unit to host coyote-encounter safety courses
Coyotes have learned to thrive in urban areas, finding garbage, pet food and even small pets a suitable food source, and the Arvada Police Animal Management Unit wants to make sure residents know how to react to them.
The unit is hosting three, free workshops to teach residents how to be prepared when they encounter a coyote, how to discourage a coyote from approaching them and what to use to haze a coyote.
These coyote-hazing workshops are open to children 10 and older, and adults, and will provide participants with the proper hazing devices to protect themselves and their pets.
The workshops will be 2-3 p.m. Mondays, June 25, July 30 and Aug. 30 in the downstairs party room of the Apex Center, 13150 W. 72nd Ave.
For more information or to RSVP to a workshop, call 720-898-6834.