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Why Bicycling Belongs In The West TSA
Mountain biking strongly contributes to Boulder's community, brand, economy, conservation ethic, and open space programs. Yet at the present time no bicycling is allowed in the West TSA. The cycling community requests a trail from Baseline Road to Eldorado Springs Road and other short routes. Here we briefly address central reasons why this should happen.
1. Fairness.
Bicycling is a legally legitimate use on Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks. Mountain biking is a well-established outdoor activity that is fun, healthy, and promotes a love of the outdoors. Large numbers of Boulder residents enjoy mountain biking. Everyone who works, eats or shops in Boulder pays for sales-tax funded OSMP.
Compared to other outdoor recreation forms, Boulder's mountain biking opportunities are very limited in both quantity and quality. Most mountain bikers find they must drive well beyond city limits. OSMP's Visitor Mater Plan identifies mountain biking as underserved and calls for enhanced riding opportunities west of Broadway.
Science shows bicycling causes no more environmental degradation that hiking. User conflict is manageable and there is enough land to accommodate bicycling. So bikes belong. We need more spirit of tolerance and sharing.
Some people want to exclude bikes. While that may be, they have no right to totally exclude other legitimate users. The cycling community is NOT requesting complete access. The vast majority of trails will remain hiking-only.
2. Constituency for Conservation
Constituency does matter in a democracy. Boulder needs to ensure and strengthen long-term support for open space. However, a recent study[i] found that "all major lines of evidence point to an ongoing and fundamental shift away from nature-based recreation," particularly among young people. The author's studies show "a steady decline in nature recreation since the late 1980s correlated strongly with a rise in playing video games, surfing the Internet and watching movies." The provided evidence directly correlating nature experience with support for conservation organizations. Similarly, Richard Louv, who wrote "No Child Left Behind," warned of ..."a rapid disengagement between children and direct experiences in nature...this has profound implications, not only for the health of future generations but for the health of the Earth itself."
Mountain biking offers excitement that can compete with what those researchers call "videophilia." It's a gateway activity for kids to experience nature and develop a conservation ethic.
Bicyclists have been enthusiastic volunteers for public lands. The bicycling community wants to help but is being pushed away. Opening a small part of the West TSA to bicycling will create future generations of Open Space supporters and stewards, great partners for preservation.
3. Business and the city's image
Boulder has a large, vital, outdoor recreation industry with an international reputation. Boulder's open space is a key factor for area businesses to locate here and to attract and retain quality employees. The total ban on bikes around the Flatirons harms the image of Boulder and makes it more difficult for businesses to recruit top talent. Boulder should show it embraces all forms of muscle-powered outdoor recreation.
4. Healthy, eco-friendly connections close to home
Mountain bikers often want to ride from home and not use a car. Yes, they can use paved paths to get to the far-south trails that are currently open to bikes, but this is uninviting and requires significant time they would rather spend on dirt (just like hikers prefer dirt trails over paved paths). Boulder needs a trail connection accessible from the center of town.
Mountain biking promotes health through vigorous exercise and connection to nature. In this day of widespread obesity, governments should embrace health-inducing activities.
The bicycling community has strong knowledge of trail design and construction. We wish to contribute to the sustainability of the trails system, if welcomed.
5. Opposition arguments invalid
Old arguments about safety, environmental impact, trail erosion, manageability, and appropriateness are either wrong, weak, or unwise. In a companion document[ii] we refute the arguments of those opposed.
Providing the limited access requested is only fair and is critical for our future.
[i] Patricia A. Zaradic, Oliver R. W. Pergams, and Peter Kareiva, "The Impact of Nature Experience on Willingness to Support Conservation," PLoS One, Vol. 4, e7367 (1009)
[ii] "Refutation of Arguments Against Bicycling in the West TSA," Boulder Mountain Bike Alliance, http://www.bma-mtb.org/


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November 12, 2007 - Phyllis Sigal
There was so much to do in Wheeling Friday night I couldn't do it all.
Isn't that a great problem to have?
For the ambitious person, one could have started the evening with a visit to the Oglebay Institute Mansion Museum to tour the rooms decorated for the holidays. The theme this year is "My Favorite Things."
Or, you could've started off with the Good Mansion Wines Happy Hour Tasting at 5:30 p.m. for some new California wines.
Then you would've had to choose between the Wheeling Symphony's second Masterworks concert at John Marshall High School at 8 p.m. and the gala opening of the Festival of Trees presented by Big Brothers Big Sisters at the Pine Room. (I just love that the Festival of Trees is in the Pine Room!) The festival continues through Sunday. I got a sneak peak at a Friday media luncheon. The trees are beautiful. My favorite? The Twelve Days of Christmas!
It was opening night at a new restaurant, the Roadworthy Restaurant and Tavern, located in West Liberty. And the curtain went up on a number of theater productions in Wheeling, Weirton, Steubenville, St. Clairsville, Bethany and West Liberty.
So much to do, so little time!
Well, there's always next weekend!
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The Kansas City Chiefs plan on starting rookie nose tackle Dontari Poe for Thursday's preseason finale against the Green Bay Packers. It looks like they want to see how he fares against a starting offense in a live game.
"He's making progress," Crennel told The Kansas City Star per NFL.com. "But he's still that rookie who reverts back to what he knows at times, and he forgets to remember how we want to do it. There was one play in the game, he was in good position on the blocker and ended up jumping off the block … he thought he could make the play (but) that opened up a hole.
"You've got to point those things out to him and get him to correct it. He's a conscientious student, and he will get it corrected."
Poe has a lot to improve before he becomes a starter and maybe this final preseason can give him the confidence he needs to be a factor this season.


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Today, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) called upon state leaders across the United States to work with their states' education leaders to ensure cyber security, safety and ethics lessons are integrated in every classroom.
The "No Child Left Behind Act" requires students to be technology literate upon completion of the 8th grade. Accordingly, the National School Boards Association reports that 96 percent of school districts say that at least some of their teachers assign homework requiring Internet use. However, there is still no formal education on how to stay safe, secure and ethical online.
Today, Internet skills are necessary for students to develop 21st century proficiencies, but the Internet, like the real world, has various threats and dangers students may come across in the normal course of a day, like communications from identity thieves, predators and cyber bullies. According to a recent University of Michigan National Poll on Children's Health Issues (May, 2007), adults ranked "Internet Safety" as the 7th most important issue affecting children.
"As more and more children and teens grow up in an online world, it is important they understand how to behave online, and their safety and security depends on whether or not they talk to strangers, place personal information on social networking sites or secure their family's computer," said Ron Teixeira, executive director of the NCSA. "It is critical states and schools implement Internet safety, security and ethics lessons into current technology literacy education efforts in order to protect children from identity theft but also the nation's online infrastructure."
To guarantee children receive a thorough cyber education to help them avoid most threats they may face online, cyber awareness programs must incorporate cyber ethics, safety and security (C3) principles. Not doing so could lull students into a false sense of confidence. The C3 principles provide a balanced approach that gives students the practical knowledge and skills necessary to avoid predators, phishing attacks, cyber bullies, identity thieves and other dangers of the Internet. For the principles at a glance:
- Cyber Ethics Lessons: These lessons teach that hacking into someone's computer and taking information is just as wrong as breaking into someone else's home. Cyber bullying is just as wrong as bullying someone on the playground. Rules and codes of acceptable behavior must be set in the virtual world, just as they are in the real world.
- Cyber Safety Lessons: These lessons incorporate many social behavior tips to protect children from online dangers, such as ways to avoid cyber predators, harassment, unwanted communications and cyber bullies. Safety also entails how to recognize if they have gotten into dangerous situations and effectively respond while online, including when and how they report online threats.
- Cyber Security Lessons: These lessons provide students information on how to secure their computers, identities and financial information. Other lessons include the need for strong passwords, effects of viruses, characteristics of spam, and the dangers of responding to phishing and pharming schemes.
Not only do cyber awareness classes teach children ways to protect themselves from cyber criminals, they are also necessary to help students cope with harassment and cyber bullying from other children. According to a 2006 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and University of New Hampshire study, online harassment rose more than 50 percent between 2000 and 2006, and 44 percent of those harassing communications came from the victims' peers. In addition, "one-third of all teens using the Internet have been the victims of cyber-bullying," according to a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
"If you are teaching your child to ride a bike, your job is not finished until your child is able to do so safely and responsibly," said Nancy Willard, director of the Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use and author of Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens. "It is quite clear that w e need to be addressing cyber ethics, safety, and security. The NCSA's approach provides an excellent model for state leaders to follow in the creation of a comprehensive planning and implementation structure that will bring necessary parties to the table and ensure the delivery of effective instruction and outreach."


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Haywood Arlenzi George, 69, of 310 George Road, Havelock, died on Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at the residence of his daughter.
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Funeral will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Havelock Community Baptist Church with the Rev. Dwayne Shy officiating.
Entombment will follow in the George Family Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Evelyn D. George of the home; one son, Haywood George Jr. of New Bern; one daughter, Tina George of New Bern; five brothers, Raleigh George, Donza George and Hillmon George, all of Havelock, Clark George of Beaufort and Tim George of Branch; four sisters, Irma Johnson of Beaufort, and Aileen Russell, Eddie Jean Pullman and Dorothy Cotton, all of Danville, Va.; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
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