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Updated: 04/01/08

Longmont Symphony Orchestra at the Museum

Enjoy an evening of music, decadent desserts and coffees along with a silent auction at the Museum as the Longmont Symphony Orchestra brass quintet plays.

Free Childcare available for children 3-12. Kids will enjoy a G-rated movie, special crafts and a Kids' dessert bar.

Tickets are available through any Friends of the Longmont Museum Director or at the Longmont Museum (303-651-8374).

Discovery Days is an early childhood program at the Longmont Museum & Cultural Center that encourages children ages 2 to 5 and their caregivers to engage together in educational, hands-on art activities. Through social interaction and inspiring experiences, this program is a place where play and learning connect. Discovery Days served 6,300 children and 4,200 paren ts and caregivers in 2007.

The City of Longmont 2008 budget cuts funding for this program in half. Through a combination of donations, fundraisers, and implementing a fee in fall 2008, the Museum intends that Discovery Days will continue offering a safe and creative environment for caregivers and children.

The Friends of the Longmont Museum is accepting donations to help save Discovery Days. If you can give, the Friends will pass these funds on to the Museum to be used to defray the costs of this program and to provide funds for low-income families to attend.

Tax-deductible donations can be made in person at the museum, online at www.longmontmuseum.org or by mail to Friends of the Longmont Museum, 400 Quail Road, Longmont CO 80501.

Align Chiropractic

LONGMONT - Chiropractor Dr. Kevin Mikalaitis and his wife, Mercedes, have opened Align Chiropractic Center in Longmont near Longmont United Hospital.

Located at 1318 Vivian Street, the office specializes in individualized treatment for a variety of conditions including back and neck pain, joint and muscle pain, headaches, sciatica, arthritis, scoliosis and pediatric care.

Dr. Mikalaitis, a Palmer West graduate, bases his approach to wellness care on eliminating the root cause of pain through supportive, gentle techniques. "I am a firm believer in the natural healing potential of the human body," Mikalaitis said. "and my goal is to assist all my patients in attaining that potential."

The office is open Monday thru Friday 8:00am to 6:30pm, and can be reached at (303) 776-0882 or by visiting www.alignchiropracticcenter.com.

KEEP IT LOCAL

Two local Loveland artists have an art opening at the hippest little gallery in Northern Colorado. Marilyn Wasmundt and Don Crego are November’s featured artists at Jellyfish in Berthoud, CO. Wasmundt features contemporary, classic paintings and basket weaving. Crego brings funky, functional pottery. Come meet the artists on Friday, Nov. 2nd at 5-9PM, with food, drink, and free chair massage by Tranquil Moments Massage. Visit with a new artist every 1st Friday of the month.“There is a smattering of everything in Jellyfish! Art, Glass, Gifts! Its fun to just look around and become inspired.”

Local Loveland couple breaks out of the 9 to 5 to open their own gallery and gift shop with 40 other local artists e xhibited daily. Steven Tillman, owner and proprietor is a glass artist and has his studio setup in the backroom for classes. Tashina Torres, manager and gal Friday is a contemporary artist in her own right with soaps, acrylics, oils and batiks. They run Jellyfish at 549 3rd Street in Berthoud, CO. A not so run of the mill place to visit and if you catch Steven on the right day he may even show you a demo of glassblowing.

About the Artists:
Wasmundt’s exuberance and creative spark is incorrigible. She received her BFA from Mundelein College of Loyola in Chicago. Art has been in her life since early childhood. It is Marilyn's belief that you never lose the enthusiasm that comes from "art". Marilyn’s paintings transition between classic oils to bright and airy acrylics.

Don Crego finds himself at the potter’s wheel experimenting with form and shape. Being a printer and graphic designer by trade, color and shades were important aspects of his artistic expressions. Don often works with his wife, in creating these “ugly jugs” with character faces and personalities of their own. They are a collector’s prize.

Susan Bartush of Longmont, CO Earns Charter Family Manager Coach designation

Susan Bartush of Longmont, CO Earns Charter Family Manager Coach designation and is Now Certified to Create Positive Turnaround Strategies for Families

Kathy Peel, America’s Family Manager, has created Certified Family Manager Coaches and Family Manager University so that methods proven to help families can be available across America.

For additional information see www.familymanager.com, or contact:
media@familymanager.com or Susan Bartush susan@manageitstrategies.net

Longmont, Feb 2007 - “Pressure on American families is growing as life becomes more complex and time more precious,” says Kathy Peel, known to many as America’s Family Manager. “The growing need to bring order to the family is important not only for the sake of society but also for the sanity of the individuals, especially the Moms, who traditionally bear responsibility for managing the home.”

Susan Bartush from Longmont, CO is among the 130 Charter Certified Family Manager (FM) Coaches, selected nationally from among Kathy’s avid followers. Susan and her colleagues are the first to complete the coursework and earn certification as FM Coaches. They’re now ready to use FM’s proven strategies, customized solutions and exclusive products to help busy women deal with clutter and become organized, juggle schedules, organize family members into workable teams and find time for self care and development while building a home-based business of their own.

“I am among the thousands of women inspired by Kathy Peel’s books and speeches who have taken some of the proven Family Manager methods and applied them to my family,” noted Susan “Our unique, national network of certified Family Manager Coaches was created by Kathy in response to fervent requests for more family resources and solutions than she could personally deliver.”

“I’m excited to start helping busy women right here in Northern Colorado deal with clutter and become organized, juggle schedules, organize family members into workable teams and find time for self care and development,” added Susan. “For families that want to get started by learning about a Family Makeover Assessment, I can be contacted at susan@manageitstrategies.net, 303-774-7648 and/or www.yourmanagedlife.com

With missionary-like zeal, Kathy Peel has been spreading the Family Manager message through 18 books and hundreds of speaking engagements which have positively impacted millions of women and their families with her proven strategies and solutions. Each year, Kathy appears on hundreds of TV and radio programs, including repeat appearances on Oprah, The Early Show, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CNN and MSNBC. Her articles and ideas have appeared in many magazines including Family Circle, Ladies Home Journal, Reader’s Digest, Parents and Redbook.

In October 2006, Kathy Peel turned her one-woman crusade into a national juggernaut by launching a national network of certified Family Manager Coaches and Family Manager University (www.familymanager.com).

With its launch, Family Manager University (FMU) is now the robust online campus for training Family Manager Coaches and preparing women to help families create happy and organized homes via sound strategies and proven solutions. FMU’s curriculum will expand over time, but it already offers the rich content of the Family Manager community, as well as six, multi-lesson learning modules and two teleseminars which teach Family Manager strategies and solutions and culminate in a certification exam. FMU also includes Kathy’s blog and speaking schedule, as well as forums where coaches can exchange useful information with each other.

Family Manager Makeovers are one of the most valuable services provided by FM Coaches. Through their certification, FM Coaches have learned how to guide their clients through an online and in-home assessment based on the seven Family Manager departments: Home & Property, Time & Scheduling, Food, Special Events, Family and Friends, Finances, and Self Management. Using assessment results, FM Coaches work with clients to create individualized Makeover Action Plans (MAP) which identify areas of greatest need and recommend stress-relieving strategies and realistic solutions for creating a smoothly running, happy home and a balanced personal life.

Kathy says, “FM Coaches can share valuable personal experiences with their clients, but they have learned that no two families are alike and that MAPs, to be successful, must be built upon the family’s strengths and personal priorities while tailored to meet their greatest needs.”

By providing clients with their own personalized MAP, Certified FM Coaches help turn chaos into order, giving women a new way of looking at their jobs, as well as a tool kit for managing their families and homes.

While becoming part of a national network of trained and certified FM Coaches, women can have their own clients, offer the exclusive Family Manager Makeover, sell Family Manager books and exclusive products, while also recruiting other coaches and having down-line opportunities.

(Kathy Peel is available for telephone, and in some cases in-person, interviews. Certified Family Manager Coaches are also available in many markets. Contact: Leah Ekmark 972-931-7576, ext 22, leah@pharrpr.com)

About Family Manager
As Kathy Peel has advanced the mission of Family Manager - to build strong families and happy, organized homes – she has gained a following of women across the country, mostly ages 26-44, who also have children at home. Her proven Family Manager system, based on Fortune 500 company strategies, helps busy women deal with clutter and become organized, juggle schedules, motivate family members into workable teams and find time for self care and development. (www.familymanager.com)

Longmont Theatre Company Celebrates 50th Anniversary in Award Winning Style

Longmont Theatre Company celebrates 50 years of continously producing live theatre in Longmont.
In 1957, with the building of the new Longmont United Hospital, an auxiliary was formed to creatively raise money for furnishing the lobby. Some auxiliary members had backgrounds in theatre, and thus the infant theatre company was born at the Longont hospital as a fundraising endeavor.

During the 1960's the name Potpourri Players was adopted. The Company grew and formalized its organizational structure. They used many locations in town until the old Trojan Theatre on Main Street became available and the Board of Directors decided it was time to purchase and renovate.

In addition to five annual main stage performances, LTC has a strong youth program with summer workshops, a holiday show involving youth and adults and engages in community outreach eandeavors Another big part of LTC is the Taste of Shakespeare educational program, which provides free performances of Shakespeare's plays, including songs, swowrd fights, and scenes. 'Taste' will present "Twelfth Night" and "A Bard's Day Night" this season.

Few community theatres survive beyond seven years; fewer are around to see their 20th season. LTC has developed a fine reputation for their productions throughout the Front Range and attracts actors and technicians from a wide area.

LTC has planned an amazing 50th season as a special gift to the community that has supported them for the last 50 years. The shows they are producing are past favorites, culminating in a in a world premiere musical that will jumpstart the next 50 years.

The Longmont Theatre Company presents its 50th season of timeless favorites "The Foreigner," "Damn Yankees," "Brighton Beach Memoirs," "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and "Fiddler on the Roof," and presenting the world premiere of "Suspenders," should make Longmont Theatre Company's 50th anniversary season one of the best yet.

For dates and additional show details please visit our website.
Website: www.longonttheatre.org/
Phone: 303-772-5200Address: 513 Main Street, Longmont, ColoradoContact: Tracy Cravens, Marketing Lead - anttraco@yahoo.com

Evening shows start at 7:30pm and matinees(*) start at 2pm.
Brighton Beach - January 18,18,*20,25,26,*27,31, February 1,2
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - February 29, March 1*2,7,8,*9,13,14,15
Fiddler on the Roof - April 25,26,*27, May 2,3*4,9,10,*11,15,16,17

Longmont Free University Classes approved for Workforce Training

Dozens of online classes offered through Longmont Free University have been approved by Workforce Colorado for state-sponsored employment training.

Workforce Colorado provides a variety of free services to assist employers and job seekers, including job listings, computer & internet access, career counseling & training for job seekers; and recruitment of workers, pre-screening & referral services, tax credits, and training reimbursement for employers. Customers can choose either self-service or staff-assisted options to meet their employment needs.

Workforce Boulder has received approval from the State to add the classes in variety of language, business and computer skills classes. Workforce clients often receive tuition compensation for taking Workforce-approved classes. View the online catalog of courses at LFU.

LFU classes added to the Workforce portfolio include Accounting, Medical Insurance Coding, Visual Basic, Medical Transcription, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, HTML, Medical Office Assistant training, Home Inspection Certificate Training, Italian, Spanish, French, Photoshop, Grant Writing, PC Repair, SQL, and Effective Business Writing.

Interested students can examine the course descriptions at Workforce Boulder County, 1500 Kansas Avenue, Ste. 4-D, Longmont, or see them online at http://www.ed2go.com/Longmont.

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