Hiker rescued west of Eldora
A hiker was rescued Wednesday after falling about 15 feet in the area of the Lost Lake Trail west of the town of Eldora.
The 49-year-old man suffered serious injuries when he hit his head after landing upright and then tumbling. The hiker attempted to walk to the trailhead with assistance from other hikers but was unable to walk the entire distance due to his injuries.
Boulder County Communications was notified of the incident at approximately 5:25 p.m.
Paramedics from Nederland Fire Protection District arrived at the hiker first and provided medical care to stabilize the injuries. Rocky Mountain Rescue Group arrived after and assisted with medical care and packaging the man into a beanbag splint and wheeled litter for evacuation to the trailhead. At the trailhead, paramedics from American Medical Response determined the need for an air ambulance. A helicopter from Medevac provided air transportation to a Denver area hospital for further medical care.
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office and the Nederland Police Department also assisted with the rescue effort.
By Amy Bounds
Two Boulder Valley school board candidates supported by the teachers union are ahead in fundraising, according to campaign finance reports.
The most recent reports, which were due Tuesday, cover campaign contributions and spending from
Sept. 16 to 29. Previous reports cover contributions and spending over the past year. The next reports are due Oct. 18.
Election day is Nov. 2.
Altogether, about $17,000 has been raised among the six candidates in two contested races, while the candidates have spent close to $14,000.
In the District B race to replace board President Tina Marquis, who is term limited, Nicole Rajpal has raised the most money. She’s
running against William Hamilton and Gala Orba.
Hamilton, a stay-at-home dad, said he is self-funding his campaign. He has spent $1,200, according to his expenditure reports. He spent money on website development, yard signs and an ad with the Boulder County Democratic Party.
Orba, an inn keeper who plans to open a bed and breakfast in 2022, appears to be mainly self funded. She reported $181 in contributions.
Though she lists $250 in non-monetary contributions for the last two weeks of September, that appears to be her own money that she spent on a website domain, logos and stickers. Altogether, she has spent about $1,600 in those categories.
Rajpal, who has served for six years on Boulder Valley’s District Accountability Committee and was endorsed by the Boulder Valley Education Association, has raised $3,156 in the last two seeks of September. Her contributions total $6,661.
Her largest donations are $3,000 from the Boulder Valley Education Association and $1,500 from the Colorado Education Association. The remaining money was raised through individual donations.
She has spent $3,615, including about about $1,000 for yard signs, about $600 for campaign shirts and stickers, about $550 for fliers, about $500 for an ad in the Daily Camera and about $300 for pamphlets.
Sky Van Horn also is running as a write-in candidate in District B. Van Horn, the owner at OPEX Element 6, reported no contributions or expenditures.
In District E, Deann Bucher, Kara Frost and Beth Niznik are vying to replace incumbent Donna Miers, who isn’t running for reelection after serving a four-year term.
Bucher, a retired Monarch High social studies teacher who was endorsed by the Boulder Valley Education Association, raised $4,000 in the last two weeks of September. The $4,000 was a donation from the Boulder Valley Education Association. Altogether, she lists $5,850 in contributions and a loan to herself of $1,350.
She’s spent $3,053, including $1,469 for graphic design and printing and $150 for photography.
Frost, an instructor at the University of Colorado Boulder, filed a day after Tuesday’s deadline and reported that she didn’t raise or spend any money.
Niznik, a special education regional facilitator at the Colorado Department of Education, raised $941 in the last two weeks of September.
Overall, she has $3,247 in contributions.
She has spent $5,067, which includes her own money and money she’s raised.
She’s spent $2,380 on logos and website design and hosting, $935 on website updates and card design, $633 on campaign shirts and $555 on yard signs.
Incumbent Kitty Sargent is running unopposed in District F. She started with $3,635, but hasn’t raised or spent money on this election.