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W , Fort Lupton off ers required wastewater update THE SEASON FOR SHARING

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Staff updates progress on water treatment plant application BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The city of Fort Lupton provided a required update on its wastewater plant project as part of its efforts to

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get funding from the State Revolving Fund and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Public Works Director Roy Vestal said the hour-long Aug. 8 meeting also had to include an environmental assessment. Burns & McDonnell, the design firm, is preparing an environmental assessment for submission sometime next month. Vestal said the city and the Colorado Department of Transportation are working on the

required utility permit to install the water line on the easternmost side of U.S. Highway 85’s right of way.

Pros and cons The total outlay for the upgrades sits at $1.5 million, according to notes from the Aug. 8 meeting. Vestal outlined the pros and cons for upgrading the plant. “The pro … is having a known timeline,” he said. “The city will remain in control of the plant. The

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pros for connecting to the Metro (Wastewater) District is the city gets to transfer regulation risk to them, the city will have economy of scale and the Metro District includes a pretreatment program.” The flip side, according to Vestal, is the city won’t know about future regulations. He cited new regulations for standards for surface water that could impact the second SEE WASTEWATER, P8

Athletes’ eligibility comes under Re-8 board scrutiny LeBlanc worried about athletes’ grades, families leaving district BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eligibility issues at Fort Lupton High School caught some attention from Weld Re-8 School District school board member Cody LeBlanc during a board workshop Aug. 11. LeBlanc said the district was not focusing enough on academic standards. “We are here to educate and graduate well-rounded students,” said board member Michelle Bettger. “Participation in extracurricular activities, team sports helps. I don’t want to hinder a student. If we have Ron Martin at the Weld County Fair with his intarsia bust of Buffalo Bill and champion ribbons. COURTESY FLYING M PHOTOGRAPHY to cancel games because students are ineligible, that doesn’t make us look good outside our district. We allow tutoring. Our coaches are sending athletes for help. Albert (softball made in the Intarsia style of wood BY BELEN WARD and the everlasting gratitude from coach Albert Vasquez) always puts Every BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton and the Fort Lupton Food and Clothingthe Bank provide community inlay for Fort Lupton residents Jan a descendant of Buffalo Bill Cody. classroom first.” members with food boxes. This will be the program’s 10th consecutive year. Above, Joe Hubert, left China Garcia and Sue Hubert with Change Change, and Ron Brown. Firestone’s Ron Miller’s work on “I agree,” LeBlanc said. 4 “That’s “It felt good for me, Jan and Ron a commissioned plaque Buffalo part of why we need to be more A Firestone artist’s unique woodanother organization that helps with the food drive. See moreofon Page 2. Bill won him three ribbons at the working style garnered him three SEE ARTISTS, P5 SEE ATHLETES, P4 Weld County Fair. The bust was ribbons at the Weld County fair

Firestone artist won three ribbons from county fair

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