WELLNESS BASIC FOOT CARE ORTHO-BIONOMY® BODYWORK Foot care for those who need just the Ortho-Bionomy® is a therapeutic technique basics: a foot soak, short lotion massage that relieves pain by helping the body to and nail file pedicure. Service provided by rediscover its natural balance. This method Bonnie Miller, CNA. of osteopath-based bodywork, which Appointment required spaces fill quickly. includes working with structure, lymph, fluids, neurology, organs, and the endocrine NEED TO KNOW system, allows the body to relax while opening neurological pathways that assist Location: Senior Center with and speed up the process of healing. Fees: R $23/ NR $27 45-minute sessions. Times: 9-11:30am Dates: January 4, February 1, Registration Deadline: 3 days in advance March 1, April 5 Appointment required. Call 303-665-9052 NEED TO KNOW MEDICAL FOOT CARE Location: Senior Center A Registered Nurse from the Visiting Nurse Day: Monday Association (VNA) provides medical Foot Care for Seniors on the 3rd Wednesday Fees: R $35/ NR $42 of every month. Services include toenail trimming, callus filing, foot sensation, Time: 10am-2pm circulation, overall foot health, and blood pressure checks. The VNA handles Dates: January 10 & 24 all scheduling and payments. Call the February 7 & 28 Colorado VNA at 303-698-5496 to March 7 & 21 schedule an appointment, ask questions, April 14 & 18 or see if this is a covered benefit of your Kaiser plan. Credit cards are preferred, Appointment required. Call 303-665-9052 checks are accepted. HEARING CLINICS SENIOR SERVICES NEED TO KNOW Family Hearing provides free audiology Location: Senior Center services, including hearing screening, Days: Wednesday checking and cleaning ears, and inspecting Time: 9am-4pm and cleaning hearing aids. Appointment Fees: $40 MFC required. $15 Fingernails Dates: January 19, February 16, NEED TO KNOW March 16, April 20 Appointment required. Call 303-698-6496 Location: Senior Center Fees: Free Time: 1-2:30pm Date: April 12 Appointment required. Call 303-665-9052 lafayetteco.gov/Seniors | Winter-Spring 2022 51
ROOM RENTALS BOB L. BURGER RECREATION CENTER Rent a room where Lafayette comes to gather! The Recreation Center has multiple options for multi-purpose room rentals, perfect for birthday parties, HOA meetings and more! The minimum time to rent is one hour. Standard Fixtures: Chairs, Tables Contact: Becca Mack at 303-661-1467 GREENLEE ROOM ROTHMAN ROOM Maximum Capacity: 25 Maximum Capacity: 25 $25/hour Resident $35/hour Non-resident $25/hour Resident $35/hour Non-resident Screen + Projector available upon request. For bigger groups, rent the Greenlee and Rothman rooms together to accommodate up to 50 people. Cost: $40/hour Resident $50/hour Non-resident GYMNASIUM Maximum Capacity: 250 Cost: Half gym $40/hour Full gym $100/hour Volleyball: $40 for half gym + $25 set up fee Contact: Mark Fitzgerald at 303-661-1479 ROOM RENTALS SENIOR CENTER Maximum Capacity: 100 The beautiful Senior Center facility welcomes parties and meetings. Celebrate anniversaries, hold baby showers, large family gatherings, church, HOA meetings and more. Small kitchen available. Standard Fixtures: Chairs, Tables, WiFi Access. Maximum Rental: 2 hr Contact: [email protected] at 303-661-1491 Cost: Entire Facility $40/hour Resident, $50/hour Non-resident Conference room: $25/hour Resident, $35/hour Non-res. 52 Winter-Spring 2022 | SENIOR SERVICES | 303-665-9052
PARTIES ROOM RENTALS AT THE BBRC Pick your passion, our party packages have something for everyone! All packages are available on Saturdays and Sundays. PARTY PACKAGE OPTIONS: Wet and Wild Pool Party Sports of All Sorts Party Artful Antics Party Skateboard Party-includes one hour of skate time followed by one hour in the room. Equipment needed for this party includes skateboard, helmet, and drinking water. Pads are not required but are highly encouraged. Available March- November. Run by Square State Skate. Party Package Inclusions: Two hours of specialized fun and room rental. A party supervisor to run activities, setup and break down the room. Paper goods with a choice of colors (red, blue, yellow, green, pink, or purple). All equipment for the sports and art parties. Fee includes ten children with 20 children maximum. An additional $4.00 per child will be charged for each child over the included ten. You are welcome to bring your own decorations, food, and beverages (no alcohol). Party Package Rules: Adults are required to be within arms-reach of children under six when in the water (pool packages). Payment is due at the time of reservation. Reservations must be booked at least ten days in advance. A $25 cancellation fee will apply for party cancellations. Days: Saturdays and Sundays. Weekday evening parties may be scheduled if space allows. Location: Bob L. Burger Recreation Center Fees: $120 Resident / $130 Non-Resident Please contact Becca Mack, 303-661-1467, to book your birthday party package. lafayetteco.gov/Seniors | Winter-Spring 2022 53
PARKS & OPEN SPACE PARKS & OPEN SPACE Heron Lake Open Space Thomas Open Space/Isabelle Farm Sunset Maple Park Greenlee Wildlife Preserve Coal Creek Trail Lafayette's Open Space and trail system provide recreation and wildlife viewing opportunities throughout the community. Lafayette's Open Space contributes to the small-town feel that residents and businesses find appealing PARKS Twenty parks with water features, play structures, shelters (available to rent), restrooms, and more. TRAILS Over 23 miles of soft-surface trails for hiking and biking offer plenty of wild adventure for the whole family. Amenities include shade, benches, and pet pick-up stations. OPEN SPACE Lafayette's 1,617 acres of solely- and jointly-owned Open Spaces exhibit how residents and wildlife can flourish together. Open Space properties provide organic farms, environmental education, nature discovery, trail recreation, and wildlife viewing opportunities, including amazing birding, prairie dog colonies, and coyote dens. Learn about upcoming Open Space programs on the following pages. FOR A FULL LIST OF PARKS , TRAILS, OPEN SPACES, AND THEIR AMENITIES, PLEASE VISIT: lafayetteco.gov/Facilities 54 Winter-Spring 2022 | SENIOR SERVICES | 303-665-9052
OPEN SPACE PROGRAMS LAFAYETTE BIRDS! BRISK WALK IN OUR PLACE PARKS & OPEN SPACE An ongoing birdwatching opportunity for beginning Get your blood pumping and your brain engaged birders (families and adults) who are invited to with a brisk walk of discovery starting at Lafayette experience the fun of birdwatching the first Sunday Rec Center and proceeding into the Outdoor of every month. Knowledgeable birdwatchers will Classroom and Rothman Open Spaces. This three- be on hand to bring the world of birds alive. View mile walk, led by naturalist, Martin Ogle, and Lexi ducks, herons, and other water birds, and a variety Bulich, Fitness Coordinator at the BBRC, will offer of songbirds at the Greenlee Wildlife Preserve a brief warmup session followed by a moderately located in Lake Waneka Park. Please note: children paced walk with a few short breaks for stories about and youth must be accompanied by parents. the area. Bring water and a snack. Enjoy the hike with fellow hikers! We will walk regardless of the NEED TO KNOW weather. Registration is required. Location: Greenlee Wildlife Preserve NEED TO KNOW Day: Sunday Location: Outdoor Classroom & Rothman Fees: Free Open Space adjacent to the BBRC Time: 1-3pm Day: Wednesday Dates: Jan. 2, Feb. 6, Mar. 6, Apr.3 Fees: Free Time: 1-2:30pm CHICKENS OF COLORADO Dates: February 16 Join JAX and Lafayette Open Space in a fun Registration for Open exploration of our state’s wild chickens and then Space Programs will be learn how to raise domestic chickens at home. This available online starting program explains how food gets to our tables and is especially helpful for those considering raising in early 2022! chickens to collect ‘homegrown’ eggs. We will begin with a short slide show of Colorado’s 15 species of ‘wild chickens’ or, stated scientifically, birds in the family Galliformes to familiarize ourselves with all those wild chickens, including grouse, quail, turkeys, and even Chukars. Then we’ll visit JAX’s chicks and learn about the ins and out of raising chickens. Space is limited for this special, hands-on program, and RSVPs are required. NEED TO KNOW Location: JAX Farm and Ranch, 400 W. South Boulder Rd., Lafayette Day: Saturday Fees: Free Time: 10-11:30am Date: February 12 lafayetteco.gov/Recreation | Winter-Spring 2022 55
PUT YOUR HEART INTO EARTH DAY CELEBRATION OPEN SPACE AT THE SHACK Get your blood pumping and your brain engaged with Spend a spring afternoon at The Shack on the north a brisk three-mile walk along Coal Creek. This event, side of Waneka Lake at Greenlee Wildlife Preserve. led by naturalist, Martin Ogle, will provide some good A beautiful place to celebrate Earth Day for all ages! exercise as well as fascinating stories about our local We’ll pay special attention to birds to celebrate the natural and human history. Join us to learn about spring migration. your local surroundings in a healthy and fun way with fellow walkers! We’ll meet at Flagg Park trailhead for NEED TO KNOW Coal Creek and walk at a moderate pace with just a few stops for stories about the area. Bring water and Location: Kneebone Open Space a snack. This walk will take place regardless of the Day: Saturday weather. Registration Required. Fees: Free Time: 1-3pm NEED TO KNOW Dates: April 23 Location: Coal Creek Trail starting EARTHDAY, EVERY DAY! at Flagg Park CELEBRATION Day: Saturday Celebrate Earthday enjoying music and participating in various fun sustainability activities Fees: Free to learn how you can help preserve our environment for future generations! There will be something for Time: 1-2:30pm everyone, including an Electric Vehicle showcase, sustainability exhibits, and the newly-opened Dates: March 12 Outdoor Classroom Open Space tours. Located near the Bob Burger Recreation Center, this festival THE KNEEBONE POET is co-sponsored by the City of Lafayette’s Open EQUINOX EVENT Space, Sustainability, and Recreation departments and Pioneer Elementary School. Look for more Lafayette poets envision the future on the equinox! information on www.lafayetteco.gov. American author, Carlos Castaneda, wrote “Learn to see, and then you'll know that there is no end to the NEED TO KNOW new worlds of our vision.” In this unusual, quirky program of poetry we will do our best to learn to see Location: Kneebone Open Space with the art of poetry and to wake up our senses in a Day: Saturday quest for positive visions of the future. In the midst of Fees: Free Kneebone Open Space, a small grassland in Lafayette, Time: 10am-2pm we’ll collectively look east (the direction of vision!) Date: April 30 under the wide-open dome of the sky and listen to, PARKS & OPEN SPACE discuss and write our own poetry. Unless the weather is unusually frigid, this poetry program will take place, and we will plan to use any bracing cold that confronts us to get our creative juices flowing! Please dress in as many layers as the weather demands, bring a lawn chair, and apply yourself to this imaginative poetry session in the outdoors! Participants will be encouraged but not required to write their own poetry on site. Hot drinks will be provided. Space is limited registration is required. NEED TO KNOW Location: Kneebone Open Space Day: Sunday Fees: Free Time: 1-2:30pm Dates: March 20 56 Winter-Spring 2022 | SENIOR SERVICES | 303-665-9052
PLOT RENTALS Ann Nunn PLAN YOUR NEXT EVENT OUTSIDE! Sara Goldberg WILSON COMMUNITY RESERVE A PARK GARDEN SHELTER Available March-October Reserve your own little piece of Whitetail Park farmland right in the middle of town. Waneka West Waneka East Growing season is year-round. For more details visit: REGISTRATION OPENS www.lafayetteco.gov/ParkShelters RESIDENTS: JAN. 10, 2022 NON-RESIDENTS: JAN. 17, 2022 500 S. MILLER AVE. LAFAYETTE, CO 80026 LAFAYETTECO.GOV/WILSONGARDENS VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO SEE THE PLOT MAP, GET PRICING, AND SIGN UP! LAFAYETTECO.GOV/ WILSONGARDENS Ann Nunn
POLICIES POLICIES RECREATION CENTER ► Appropriate apparel must be worn in accordance with POLICIES & PROCEDURES the area of the facility being used. Shoes and shirts are required at all times. Only non-marking shoes are All facility guests using a daily fee area must check-in at allowed in the racquetball courts or in the gymnasium. the front reception desk. Guests found to be using the Proper swim attire (bathing suits) must be worn in all facility without paying will be asked to leave and may be pools. No street clothes will be allowed in the pools. suspended from future use. Shirts and close-toed, non-marking shoes are required in the weight room and gymnasium. ► There is no smoking, chewing tobacco, marijuana, alcoholic beverages or gum allowed in the Center. ► Changes in the recreation schedule may occur without Food and drink are permitted only in designated areas notice. The Adult Swim times may be cancelled, or the (lobby, multiuse rooms, outdoor patio). Sports drinks hours changed, during holidays and school in-service and water brought past the front desk must be in a days. Call the Recreation Center at 303-665-0469 or spill-proof, non-breakable bottle. No glass is allowed the information line at 303-665-0468 if you have any in the Center. questions. The recreation staff will enforce all rules and safety policies ► Equipment, including basketballs, racquetball racquets for the benefit and enjoyment of all. Our Center Staff is and balls, and a Walleyball set are available for check always available to help you. If you have any feedback, out for current members of an active status household please feel free to contact any member of the staff. from the Front Desk CODE OF CONDUCT ► The Recreation Center is NOT responsible for lost or stolen articles. It is strongly recommended that you The City of Lafayette Recreation & Facility Management do not bring any valuables into the Center. Please Department seeks to create a welcoming environment for turn in any found articles to the lost and found at the all facility users and program/activity participants. To front desk. Lost items may be identified and retrieved help ensure a safe and satisfactory experience for all, the from the front desk. City expects that respectful, courteous and considerate behavior is exhibited at all times by those visiting our ► A courtesy phone is located in the vestibule and facilities and participating in programs and activities. outside the family locker rooms for personal calls. Please be considerate of other guests when using A violation of the Code of Conduct may include, but is mobile phones in the facility. not limited to: disorderly conduct, the use of offensive, threatening or abusive language or gestures, theft, ► The Center lockers operate on a padlock system. public intoxication, use of drugs, sexual misconduct, Patrons may bring a personal lock to secure harassment, failure to cooperate with Department belongings in a locker. If needed, combination personnel, possession of any type of weapon, non- padlocks are available for purchase at the Front Desk compliance with Department rules and regulations, any for $8.00. Staff will cut off personal locks remaining unlawful activity, and any other behavior deemed to be on lockers at the end of each business day. Personal disruptive. The City reserves the right to deny admission items remaining in the locker will be placed in lost and or take appropriate disciplinary actions against any and found. Check for items at the Front Desk. After individual violating this Code of Conduct. three weeks, if not claimed, lost and found items will be donated to Sister Carmen. PERSONAL TRAINER POLICIES ► Cameras/camera phones are not allowed in the locker ► Personal Training clients must notify their trainer, room areas. Please stow these items in a bag or Fitness Coordinator or Front Desk staff at least 24 hours carrying case. in advance of a session to reschedule. Cancellations and changes made less than 24 hours prior to the session ► Family Locker Rooms are available for use by adults and any missed appointments will be charged in full. with young children and patrons who require assistance in the locker room. ► The Lafayette Recreation Center does not permit personal training in exchange for money or services by anyone in ► Racquetball reservations may be made two days in the facility other than authorized City of Lafayette staff. advance. Failure to show for a racquetball reservation without a two hour notice may result in a suspension of court reservation privileges. Racquets are available for checkout during your reserved time on the court only. Adult annual pass holders may reserve seven days in advance. 58 Winter-Spring 2022 | Bob L. Burger Recreation Center | 303-665-0469
POLICIES AGE GUIDELINES ALL AREAS: For your child’s safety, all children under ten (10) years of age must be supervised by a guest 16 years or older. LOCKER ROOMS: In the best interest of all our patrons, children six (6) years of age and older are required to use the gender- appropriate locker room. RUNNING TRACK: Available to anyone age 12 years and older. Infants are permitted in a personal baby carrier/harness only. Strollers are not permitted on the track. POOL AREAS: Children five (5) years of age or younger, who will be swimming, must display the appropriate wristband and be accompanied by a paying guest 16 years or older who is in the water, within arms reach of the child(ren). Children 6 - 9 years of age must be supervised by a guest 16 years or older who is present and attentive in the pool area. FITNESS AREAS: Weight and fitness equipment is available to anyone age 15 years and older. Those between the ages of 15-17 must complete a weight room/fitness equipment orientation. PARTICIPANTS WITH DISABILITIES People with disabilities are welcome and invited to contact the Recreation Department at 303-665-0469 to discuss the need for adaptations and assistance. Requests for scheduled activities should be made at least two weeks before the start date. Families with children with disabilities are encouraged to complete the Support Assistance Form available at the BBRC Front Desk when registering. The appropriate Recreation Department staff member will contact you after receiving the completed questionnaire. The City of Lafayette does not provide customized care or individualized personal assistance. POLICIES lafayetteco.gov/Recreation | Winter-Spring 2022 59
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