Today in Northern Colorado, August 21, 2012

Motorboat season comes to early end

The boating season for trailer-launched water craft at Horsetooth Reservoir is coming to a close due to low water levels.  The South Bay boat ramps may become unusable as early as Saturday.  The reservoir will stay open to hand-launched craft (i.e., kayaks, canoes, etc.). Boat ramps at Carter Lake are expected to remain in full operation through Labor Day weekend.

Future Plans for Links 'N Greens

Woodward is considering relocating its extremely large campus to the current site of the Links ‘N Greens Golf Course. The 100 acre site on the banks of the Poudre River is most likely going to be developed in the near future, and Woodward is considering moving from their campus on Drake. If they did relocate, they would develop about 70 acres and leave about 30 acres of open space. The historic Coy-Hoffman barn will be preserved, according to the Coloradoan.

Whooping cough epidemic

Colorado is seeing epidemic numbers of whooping cough cases this year with 715 cases of the disease from Jan. 1 to Aug. 1 , compared to n average of 158 cases for the same time period for 2007 to 2011. Cases are spread across the state but the largest numbers have been reported in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Denver and Jefferson counties. Larimer County has had 38 cases of pertussis since Jan. 1st.