Heres your look at this week in Loveland history from the archives of the Reporter-Herald. 10 Years Ago • The Loveland Dive Team rescued three men after their boat sank on Boyd Lake, pulling them from the 45-degree water as they struggled to swim to shore. • A spark from a tractor lit a fire that grew to more than five acres west of Loveland. • The Loveland City Council gave final approval to plans for the Medical Center of the Rockies. • Larimer County enacted the first fee — $6 per day or $65 for an annual pass — for use of the east side of Horsetooth Reservoir. • The Larimer County human resources director questioned the cost the Bureau of Reclamation was paying for security at dams and other sensitive sites in the county, noting 10 Sheriff’s Department officers made more than $253,000 for the work. One major made $45,000 over his base salary. 25 Years Ago • One business owner called it a “war zone,” describing parking tensions on the east side of downtown Berthoud. Hearing about the conflict between businesses at the Berthoud Town Board meeting, one board member said “it appears that there is some real bad blood here.” • A Berthoud police officer who had been fired in 1985 won a lawsuit against the town after a judge ruled his supervisors had not conducted an evaluation of him to let him know of dissatisfaction with his performance. • Looking for ways to reduce school crowding, Thompson School District officials said they were considering moving sixth-graders either to their own separate center or into schools with seventh- and eighth-graders. • The Joint Budget Committee of the state legislature said it would pay $37,000 to lease water for Boyd Lake so recreation could continue there over the summer. • A proposal for a factory outlet mall near Windsor was announced. The developer said outlet malls were becoming a hot trend throughout the United States. 50 Years Ago • The Loveland Woman’s Club held a benefit to raise money to help furnish the city’s new library. • The Loveland City Council approved a plan to make the new fire-police building large enough to hold all city offices, and approved spending up to $70,000 for the additional space.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:00:01 +0000
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