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Axios
4 days ago
- Politics
- Axios
Colorado city elects Hazel the cat as pet mayor
The votes are in, and Louisville has elected Hazel the cat the city's second-ever pet mayor. The latest: Hazel, a shorthair tabby, beat out nine other finalists in mid-April for pet mayor, running on a platform of knocking things off of platforms. Hazel was adopted from the Longmont Humane Society, demonstrating her deep ties to the Boulder County community. Context: Louisville spokesperson Grace Johnson told Axios Boulder the idea of a pet mayor was first pitched to the Youth Advisory Board in 2023 to bring the community together for something "joyful and fun post-COVID and post-Marshall Fire." "The mission of this project is to spread a sense of community and 'pawsivity' by holding a fun election among the citizens of Louisville while educating youth on the power of voting and how their voice impacts issues that affect them and their communities," the city said in a press release. What's next: Hazel will serve a two-year term, plenty of time to enact her plan to institute "mandatory daily nap time" under her purr-view. Despite priding itself on being a pet-friendly city, Boulder's human mayor, Aaron Brocket, said he is unaware of any past pet mayors or any future plans to have one.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
Connecticut officials push for safe driving as travel season begins
CONNECTICUT (WTNH) — This weekend will mark the start of the 100 deadliest days for drivers. State police are reminding everyone to take it slow as you hit the road. So normally at the start of the Memorial Day weekend people are talking about gas prices and how high it is and how expensive it is to travel on the holidays. This time around State Police along with the Connecticut Department of Transportation held a news conference with AAA on Thursday to remind people how dangerous it is out on the roads Especially lately, the numbers of fatalities are going up and up and up. 'It's gotten crazier, people are cutting each other off,' Dawn Williams of Plainville said. 'It's bananas!' Williams' sister was just in an accident on Interstate 84. As we head into the Memorial Day weekend, the state reminding drivers to stay safe, with an emphasis on the newer, younger driver. 'Having fun isn't worth your life or others,' said Grace Johnson, a student. Grace Johnson spoke at the news conference, she was in an accident coming home from a football game last September. 'My friend wasn't paying attention,' Johnson said. 'She had a few too many drinks and she was driving recklessly. The music was blasting, and we came down a really sharp turn, unfortunately, she hit a rock wall and ended up hitting a tree which knocked down power lines.' Everyone was OK, but she's telling her story hoping others will hear it and learn. 'Once I got in the ambulance, and my mom was there, it just all hit me, that I seriously could've died,' Johnson said. 'I dread reading reports learning that someone has died in an accident,' Connecticut State Police Commissioner Ronnell Higgins added. Higgins, speaking as a father of young drivers, is teaming up with DOT encouraging all drivers to take it slow. 'This isn't just a teen problem, DOT Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto said. 'It's really a public safety and a public health crisis. Distracted and reckless and driving impaired and driving while drowsy doesn't discriminate by age or experience.' Last year accidents killed 314 people on Connecticut highways. AAA is reminding drivers that it's not just the empty chair at the dinner table or in the classroom, it takes a toll on family and friends and coworkers. 'We want them to have fun, but we just want them to be safe and make smart decisions behind the wheel because one bad decision can be life altering,' AAA spokeswoman Lauren Fabrizi said. The numbers show that traveling early between 6-8 a.m. is the safest time to drive on the road to get from point A to B with the least amount of traffic. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
BBC News
17-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Lancashire Thunder dump Glamorgan out of cup
T20 County Cup, BreconLancashire Thunder 167-4 (20 overs): E Jones 60, Lamb 52Glamorgan 86 (17.1 overs): Burke 49*; Johnson 3-2Lancashire Thunder won by 81 runs Lancashire Thunder ended Glamorgan's progress in the T20 County Cup with a convincing 81-run victory in Brecon, as the Tier One visitors showed the difference between the fully professional level and Tier chose to bat first with Emma Lamb hitting 52 off 36 balls and Eve Jones 60 off 46, the pair opening up with a stand of batter Seren Smale was 23 not out as England's Sophie Ecclestone chipped in with a cameo of 17 off nine in their early wickets for Grace Johnson (3-2) stifled Glamorgan's chances, with Surrey loanee Emily Burke (49 not out) top-scoring in the modest home total of hit four fours and two sixes, facing just 45 balls, but her last two partners were run out to leave her stranded one short of the Jeanes' brief early flurry earned her 17 from seven balls as the only other player to reach double figures, while Ecclestone also showed her international class with one for 13 in four Jackson, 17, was among the Glamorgan wicket-takers on her own school's ground at Christ College.
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Weidner: The 17th Western Landscape Symposium
With spring drawing closer and the return of that familiar itch that gardeners tend to get at this time of year, you know the Western Landscape Symposium is just around the corner. This year, the symposium will be taking place on Saturday, March 29th at Pueblo Community College and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. We on the planning committee are excited to share that our keynote speaker this year is well-known garden author and podcaster, Jennifer Jewell. She'll be speaking on 'What We Sow in Cultivating Our Places'. This talk pulls on themes from her third book, What We Sow, which explores the state of seed, both literally and metaphorically, in our world. Jennifer delves into endless fascinating topics on her podcast, 'Cultivating Place', which boasts over 400 episodes for us fellow gardeners to enjoy. Drawing upon this extensive background and her own experiences, her talk this year will serve to energize and inspire gardeners and cultivators in their horticultural work and to remember why it is so critically important in our world right now to value this kind of work as highly as anything we do in our lives. Ms. Jewell is joined this year by an all-female lineup of speakers as a nod to Women's History Month. We are excited to welcome Irene Shonle, Grace Johnson, Michelle Nelson, and Idelle Fisher as our session speakers. Irene Shonle, recently retired and much-lauded Horticulture Specialist from CSU Extension in El Paso County, will be hosting a session covering underused native plants for the landscape. This talk will focus on great plant choices that don't find their way into our yards often enough. There will be an emphasis on plants from southern Colorado that are well-adapted to handle our current and future conditions as climate change effects shift with time. Grace Johnson joins us from Chatfield Farms, an extension of the Denver Botanic Gardens. She will be sharing a handpicked series of plants to create beautiful, functional, pollinator-friendly planting designs and gardens. To make the list, each plant had to be well-behaved, well-adapted, sustainable, drought-tolerant, and/or beneficial to pollinators. She will also be sure to share maintenance tips to keep these plants performing at their best. Next up is Michelle Nelson who is a Soil Health Specialist for the Colorado Department of Agriculture. Soil plays an essential role in the success of our plantings and overall health of our ecosystems. She's excited to share the 5 main principles of soil health and how to apply the most important 6th principle, context, to them all for application in our landscapes. Wrapping up this year's sessions is Idelle Fisher's presentation on 'Year-round Gardening: Grow More Food'. Idelle is a garden author and blogger who runs an organic community garden in Denver as well as tending her own large organic landscape and garden at home. She places emphasis on pollinators and native plants and enjoys volunteering with PPAN and Front Range Wild Ones. Join her to get the scoop on extending your growing season and reaping the rewards. This year, during the lunch break which will run from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., audience members will have the chance to visit a variety of information, demonstration, and vendor tables. As a fun addition to this year's offerings, a screening of the local documentary Mirasol will take place at 12:30. Please take note that lunch tickets are not being sold this year, but lunch options will be available on-site or participants can choose to bring their own lunches to the event. Tickets are selling fast, so go to now to secure your spot. To read more about the event, and to see our list of sponsors, you can visit and click on the blue links above the logo. While the symposium has been a favorite of both Pueblo residents and visitors from across the state for years, we would not be able to put on this excellent educational event without our planning committee. The committee is made up of representatives from CSU Extension-Pueblo County, The Pueblo Zoo, Colorado Master Gardeners, Pueblo Food Project, and Keep Pueblo Beautiful. We hope to see you on March 29th! More from Amanda Weidner: Weidner: It's the perfect time to prune your trees and shrubs Amanda Weidner is the horticulture specialist at the Pueblo County CSU-Extension Office. She can be reached at 719-583-6581 and weidnera@ This article originally appeared on The Pueblo Chieftain: Weidner: The 17th Western Landscape Symposium
