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Photographer, snowboarder, California transplant California transplant I grew up just outside Lake Tahoe in California. I’ve worked in a few different industries including fine art, retail, and New Image Brewing is my fourth restaurant that I’ve run. I was on a road trip. I did 3,800 miles over two months. I kind of had a feeling I wanted to live in Colorado and I drove through Arvada — randomly. And I stopped in Olde Town and totally felt the energy that I wanted to live here. So i continued my road trip and then came back. That was January of 2016 — two months before New Image Brewing opened. At New Image Brewing I’m the general manager at New Image now. I’m also food and beverage manager, part-time prep cook, part-time bartender and full-time server — literally everything you can do for front-of-house. We have a beer called East Coast Transplant and everyone always asks if I’m the East Coast transplant. So, I put up a West Coast photo portfolio. Most of the photos hanging in the brewery are from Oregon, California and Utah. Photography I studied photography and business in college, and photography has always been a passion project. I like really big landscapes. I want the frame to be completely full with content. There’s not a lot of negative space in my photos. Stars, sunsets and dramatic clouds from a storm are what I like. Recently, I’ve gotten into photo stitching, where I use multiple photos to make one image. I do commercial work for businesses, but this is what I like to shoot the most. A lot of it is low-light photography. One of the photos hanging in the brewery is at 11:45 at night during a super moon. The
Gavin Estes is the general manager at New Image Brewing. His photography is also showcased in the taproom. SHANNA FORTIER moon lit the valley and it looks like day. More of my work can be seen at gavinestes.com. Snowboarding One of the bigger reasons I moved to Colorado was for the snowboarding. When I lived in Tahoe, I would board 80 days a year. Then I moved to the coast and it was a six-hour drive. So I needed to get back to the mountains. I surf and wakeboard, but snowboarding is my jam. My favorite place in Colorado is Blue Sky Basin in Vail. Fun fact I sold fine art in Vegas for three years — bronze sculptures. I worked for the official artist for Cirque du Soleil, who moved me from Carmel, California to Vegas. I was a skater punk, tattooed, but I was wearing a suit and tie and you could never tell. If you have suggestions for My Name Is…, contact Shanna Fortier at sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com.
Arvada Mattie Bockhold, of Arvada, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in education and human sciences from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Anna Geist, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Butler University. Geist is majoring in economics. Madison Taylor Pualani Nichols, of Arvada, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Ariel Teo, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Northeastern University. Teo is majoring in international business. Luke Anthony Vitagliano, of Arvada, graduated with a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Scranton. Dani Merrill Wingard, of Arvada, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
ARVADA ON TAP New Image Brewing is one of two-dozen craft breweriesparticipating in this year’s Arvada On Tap beer festival. For more information about the event, turn to PAGE 10
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CCM joins effort to document hate and bias incidents STAFF REPORT
A woman and her 5-year-old daughter walking on a sidewalk in a Highlands Ranch park recently came across a chalk-scrawled image of a swastika and words spelling “Kill the Jews.” In Lakewood, following the recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, police increased patrols around a local mosque after it received a series of threatening calls. The two incidents are among many nationwide as reports of bias, discrimination and hate crimes surface.
The FBI and civil rights organizations are tracking many higher-profile incidents. “But no government agency documents lower-level incidents of harassment and intimidation, such as online or real-life bullying,” says ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to investigative reporting. “Documenting and understanding all of these incidents — from hate-inspired murders to anti-Semitic graffiti to racist online trolling — requires new, more creative approaches.”
nation instances by submitting an online report about those experiences. That information will be shared with the Documenting Hate partners, but with no one else without your permission. The online form can be found on the Colorado Community Media website, coloradocommunitymedia.com, as well as on our individual newspaper websites and Facebook pages. To submit a report, go to http:// coloradocommunitymedia.com/ stories/propublicas-documentinghate-project,250606
With that in mind, ProPublica’s Documenting Hate project is working to create a national database of all incidents that can be used by journalists, researchers and civil rights organizations. Colorado Community Media has joined the more than 70 media organizations, academic institutions and civil rights organizations partnering with ProPublica to collect, verify and analyze reports by victims across the country. Your help is invaluable: We are asking residents in our communities to report any hate, bias or discrimi-
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As an extension of this column, Golden Real Estate is launching its own weekly radio program, “Real Estate Today,” every Saturday at 3 p.m. on KHOW (AM 630), starting July 15th. It was supposed to start last Saturday, July 8th, but a programming glitch caused the one-week delay. I’ll be the host of this program, which will typically consist of two or three segments, at least one of which will be an extension of that Thursday’s column topics. Typically, I’ll be joined by one or more of our broker associates plus relevant guests. This week’s guests are Denis Hayes, the co-founder of Earth Day, Bill Lucas of GB3 Energy, and Andrew Sams of Alpine Building Performance LLC speaking about how to make your home more energy efficient. It will be a live program, and we’ll take phone calls from listeners. More info at http://Radio.GoldenRealEstate.com.
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‘Take what you need, leave what you can’ Rising Church’s Blessing Box provides for hungry community in Olde Town Arvada BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The outdoor pantry that stands in front of The Rising Church in Olde Town Arvada houses food and toiletry items for people in need. “It’s kind of like a little free library — take a book leave a book. I love that concept,” said church member Heath Rost, who devised the idea to create the Blessing Box. “It’s an outdoor food pantry — take what you need, leave what you can. It’s for anybody.” The Blessing Box, erected in front of the church in the beginning of March. It was based on Jessica McClard’s Little Free Pantry, which started in March 2016 in Fayetteville, Arizona. The Little Free Pantry is for neighbors helping neighbors. In high poverty areas, the pantry is most often for those who are not easily able to meet everyday food and personal needs. In middle-class neighborhoods, the pantry might stock after-school snacks for neighborhood kids. At The Rising Church, which is located across the street from the Jef-
The Blessing Box outside The Rising Church encourages residents to take what you need and leave what you can. SHANNA FORTIER ferson County Library in Olde Town Arvada, the Blessing Box serves the large homeless population that sleeps on the church property or hang out at the library, as well as Olde Town Arvada visitors. “It’s not just for the homeless,” Rost said. “If you’re out having a cup of coffee and you want a snack — it’s for you, too. It’s for anybody in the community.” Barbara Parker, secretary and homeless coordinator at the church, said she’s encouraged to see that people are utilizing the box’s contents. Parker said she will often see a local
teenager, who has a rough home life, take food from the Blessing Box. “I know there’s probably not food in his house consistently,” Parker said. “It doesn’t seem like much, but
when I see that one kid come by, I know he’s eating that day.” The Blessing Box is an extension of the church’s larger food pantry — which has been serving Arvada for more than 20 years — and holds non-perishable food items as well as personal hygiene products. It’s a quick turnover, Parker said, noting that the box needs to be restocked daily. But it’s not just the church providing the blessings. Many community members are also working to keep the box full. “I see people randomly come and put things in the box — it’s pretty cool,” Parker said. “It’s a community thing. I think there needs to be more of that.” Rost’s hope is to one day see Blessing Boxes and Little Free Pantries all over Arvada. The box at The Rising is the first of its kind in Jefferson County, but Rost is working with other area churches to make his vision become a reality.
WHAT CAN GO IN THE BLESSING BOX Community members are encouraged to contribute to the Blessing Box at The Rising Church, 7500 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Suggested items for donation are: • Personal hygiene items • Feminine products • Granola bars • Bottled water
• Crackers • Socks • Jerky • Fresh fruit • Individually packaged snacks • Canned vegetables and proteins • Food items that will not spoil and can withstand the summer heat
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s blue grass music floated through the summer air, families set on blanket covered hay eating watermelon and freshly served tacos Friday, July 7. The Star Acre Farms First Friday was in full swing with the Arvada Jam Band, the farm stand and local vendors. “This is our community involvement,” said farmer Becky Scharfenberg, who runs the farm on North Alkire Street in Arvada with her daughter and son-inlaw Nicole and Nathan Brix. “People sit around, talk to their neighbors and have a good time. It’s a lot of fun.” The farm holds First Friday events June through October in which they open their farm stand, invite local vendors and host a blue grass band to encourage community. The farm stand is open five days a week Wednesday through Sunday and Star Acres participates in four area farmers markets: Arvada, Golden, Edgewater and Cross Roads. PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER
Nicole and Nathan Brix run Star Acre Farms with Becky Scharfenberg. The family farm is located in Arvada.
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Silbia Hernandez, owner of La Catrina Grill serves tacos at the first Friday event.
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As unemployment drops, businesses labor to find workers Record-low jobless rate making it tough for some companies to fill openings
HOW THE COUNTIES COMPARE Below is a comparison of unemployment rates of six counties in the Denver metro area from May 2016 to May 2017. Rates are not seasonally adjusted.
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Husband and wife Jim and Kate Curtis opened Village Roaster, a coffee store in Lakewood, 23 years ago. Some employees have been with them for five to 10 years, others are seasonal high school and college students. But although they describe their staff as stable, they have noticed a change in the past year. “We don’t have as many applicants for positions,” Kate Curtis said. “There is not a lineup of people to choose from.” The struggle to find employees is the result of a historically low state unemployment rate of 2.3 percent, the lowest in the nation, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reports. That rate, which has remained the same for April and May, compares to a state unemployment rate of 8.8 percent in May 2010 and of 3.9 percent in May 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate for May was 4.3 percent, compared to 4.7 percent a year earlier. Openings are highest in nonfarm payroll jobs, which include goods, construction and manufacturing positions. Business leaders in the Denver metro area agree the low unemployment rate signals a strong economy of employed people who have the means to spend money. “Job security means the economic engine in sales is doing well,” said Pamela Kelly, general manager of Park Meadows shopping center in Lone Tree, which has 200 retail stores and 16 restaurants. But conversely, the selection pool for employers has diminished in size and quality. Chamber of commerce leaders in the Denver metro area agree that their members — employers of small to large businesses — are finding it difficult to fill positions. “It used to be that the typical ad you would see for employment was ‘help wanted: rock stars.’ Nowadays it’s more like ‘help wanted: warm
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“Hiring now” signs aren’t uncommon in the Denver metro area as businesses search for employees in the midst of Colorado’s record-low unemployment rate of 2.3 percent, the department of labor and employment reports. The selection pool is slim, business leaders say. ALEX DEWIND bodies,’” said Doug Tisdale, executive vice president of economic development for the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, which has 700 business members. “We are just really hard-pressed to find people to fill available positions.” Shifting attitudes A major reason many employers are struggling to fill positions is the mindset of the millennial worker.
Millennials —a term used to describe the population born after 1980 — are taking the traditional four-year university route over trade professions, such as electricians, plumbers and mechanics. According to a 2017 study by Pew Research Center, 40 percent of millennial workers ages 25 to 29 had at least a bachelor’s degree in 2016, compared to 32 percent of Generation X workers — who are in their mid-30s to early 50s — and
smaller shares of the baby boomer generation. In 2015, to address the shortage of craftsmen and women in the trade industry, Colorado lawmakers created the Skilled Worker Outreach, Recruitment, Key Training Act, which included a three-year, $10 million grant for training programs, including pre-apprenticeships and peer-to-peer outreach through local colleges and associations. The second cycle of the act will be rolled out this October. Still, business leaders say the attitude toward blue-collar jobs must shift. “We created an image that you weren’t as good if you were doing hard labor,” Tisdale said. “We need electricians, plumbers, because we have all these fancy gadgets and nobody to fix them.” Pam Bales, president of the West Chamber of Commerce, which includes 750 small- to medium-sized businesses in Jefferson County, has a similar outlook. She applauds the Jefferson County Business Education Alliance, formed five years ago to prepare high school students for the workforce, and Warren Tech, a career and technical high school in Lakewood, for fostering paths for young adults that don’t include a four-year university. “There are all kinds of fits for young millennials who don’t want to SEE BUSINESS, P8
IN THEIR BUSINESS Bad Daddy’s Burger opens Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar located at Arvada Marketplace at 52nd Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard opened fro business June 26. There are over 20 locations throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, and Colorado. Arvada is the 12th location in Colorado. Hours at the Arvada location are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Chanda Plan gets grant The Chanda Plan Foundation received a $15,000 grant from Pinnacol Assurance to help support its new Care Coordination services now available at the Chanda Center for Health. The Chanda Plan Foundation recently added Care
Coordination to the list of services it provides to improve health and reduce healthcare costs for persons with physical disabilities. By using Care Coordination service, participants are provided with a point of navigation regarding opportunities available to them internally at the center, as well as a resource for services offered outside of the center, including Medicaid,
transportation, home modifications, and others. The Chanda Plan Foundation was one of 13 organizations to receive a grant. Golden Chamber’s new members Equian, June 7: Formerly located in Lakewood, Equian moved its office of 107 employees to Golden in mid-May. The company works with health insurance and hos-
pitals to analyze healthcare and insurance data to ensure proper payment. Choice Insurance Group, June 8: The company moved into its new office space at 1510 Washington Ave., which is located between the Sherpa House and the Foothills Art Center. The June 8 ribbon cutting for the move took place SEE BRIEFS, P15
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go a traditional route,” Bales said. “They can get into a profession that they love.” Business leaders also say millenials are as concerned with the lifestyle of a position — access to transportation, hours and benefits — as the pay. Companies need to recognize and address that mentality, said Tisdale. Some companies have devised work environments and schedules that appeal to millennials and their older counterparts. Lockheed Martin, an aerospace and defense company in Littleton, offers a 9/80 work schedule, in which employees work nine hours a day and get every other Friday off. It also offers medical benefits, incentives to stay healthy, including a health and exercise facility on campus, and clubs where people of like-minded interests can connect, said Reese Reynolds, humans resources director of Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems Division. “Healthy, happy and fulfilled employees get engaged in their work and end up doing great work,”
Kate and Jim Curtis, owners of Village Roaster, based in Lakewood. Kate said there have been fewer applicants for open positions in the last year. COURTESY PHOTO Reynolds said. “We have outlets for their interests that are beyond their careers.” Creative ways to keep employees Restaurant and retail employers are finding unique ways to attract and retain entry-level employees in a competitive market. Raising Cane’s, a popular Loui-
siana-based restaurant chain that opened this month in Highlands Ranch, closes for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the evening of Super Bowl Sunday. On Memorial Day, management hosts a picnic for all employees and their families. Each manager has a monthly budget called Cane’s Love to creatively reward the crew.
“Our culture is very strong,” said Amanda Klein, a Raising Cane’s recruiter. Even so, the restaurant chain encountered challenges in finding employees for its newest Colorado location. A job posting in Highlands Ranch had far fewer applicants than a similar position posted in St. Louis, according to Klein. Kate and Jim Curtis get to know their employees on a personal level. They ask about families and pets and celebrate occasions with their team outside of work. Commitment to their employees has allowed for slow and steady growth of their Lakewood business: Village Roasters, at 9255 W. Alameda Ave., now has a café in St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood and a kiosk in the Lakewood Cultural Center. “The Golden Rule — treat people the way you want to be treated — is our philosophy,” Kate Curtis said. “We definitely have rules and procedures, but we have flexibility.” While there may not be one solution to the record-low unemployment rate’s adverse affects, business leaders hope to see more young adults apply for nontraditional yet highly needed positions in the workforce. “It’s a great problem to have,” Bales said, “but it’s still a problem.”
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Kid-friendly hangout coming to Olde Town The Cereal Box hopes to open this Fall BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Michael Emmerson and his wife, Lori Hofer, hope to bring a nostalgic flair to Olde Town Arvada with their shop, The Cereal Box. Located in the former Rolling Sands Yoga storefront next to the Arvada Tavern and the former Ophelia’s Restaurant, The Cereal Box is a specialty cereal eatery aimed at giving youth a place to hang out while feeding the nostalgia of ‘80s and ‘90s kids. The storefront will carry more than 100 cereals from all over the world as well as 10 to 20 milks and milk substitutes. Along with the traditional cereals, The Cereal Box will also have specialty mixes and make-your-own bowls. It will serve cereal milkshakes with ice cream from Arvada’s own Scrumptious and serve hot chocolate in the winter. And, of course, rice crispy treats will also be on the menu. Emmerson, who grew up in England, said cereal was a huge part of his childhood. And as a career graphic designer, he loved walking down the colorful and creative cereal aisle. “Now I want to do something fun and appealing,” said Emmerson, who left his career in advertising to pursue
The Cereal Box will offer build-your-own bowls. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAEL EMMERSON The Cereal Box will also sell collectible toys from Kidrobot and Funko Pop!. CONCEPT DESIGN BY SHIKE DESIGN
the venture with his family. “I just want to be a in a place I want to be all day. That’s what we’re trying to bring to Olde Town — a place people want to be and have a good time.” Emmerson hopes that The Cereal Box will add a place for youth to hang and do homework, offering wifi and a variety of cereal to choose from for an after-school snack. “In Olde Town, we saw a lot of kids roaming the streets because it’s a
bunch of bars,” Emmerson said. Arvada teens Cassidy Hannon and Regan Norwicke said The Cereal Box sounds like a good alternative to coffee shops and ice cream — where they currently hang out after school. “I personally eat a lot of cereal,” said Norwicke, 15. “So, it sounds interesting.” The shop will also play cartoons regularly and sell collectible vinyl toy figurines from Kidrobot and Funko Pop!.
“It should be a fun place,” Emmerson said. The storefront is currently covered in promotional paper promoting the shop’s Instagram account, which is Emmerson’s way of connecting with community until they are ready to open. To help fund the specialty eatery, The Cereal Box has launched a Kickstarter campaign, which ends Aug. 13 and has a goal of raising $1,400. The campaign can be found by searching “The Cereal Box” on kickstarter.com. The opening of The Cereal Box, Emmerson hopes, will come in September.
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Arvada On Tap brews festival additions Chris Cranahan will be serving his 2016 winning homebrew at the Spice Trade Brewing tent at last year’s Arvada On Tap beer festival.
The third annual event will be July 22 BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Chris Carnahan has been homebrewing beer for five years off and on with his wife, Sarah. He entered his first homebrew competition at the 2016 Arvada on Tap and won Best of Show with his lemon raspberry American wheat. “You never know if your friends are telling the truth,” Carnahan said when talking about his beer. As part of his champion package, Carnahan was given the opportunity to brew his winning beer at the commercial level alongside Spice Trade Brewing’s head brewer Jeff Tyler. “There’s a lot that you can learn from working on a larger system and spending a day with a pro brewer,” said Tyler, who started out as a homebrewer. “It’s about giving back to the homebrew community. I see value in being able to work with them.” Carnahan’s lemon raspberry wheat will be tapped July 18 at Spice Trade with a party from 5-8 p.m. in the taproom at 7803 Ralston Road in Arvada. The beer will then travel to the 2017 Arvada On Tap where Carnahan and Tyler will be serving it at the Spice Trade tent alongside other Spice Trade summer staples, which include the Sun Temple IPA and No Pulp, a tangelo pale ale. Spice Trade is one of 25 breweries that will be participating in this year’s Arvada On Tap, which will be noon to 7 p.m. July 22 at the Ralston Park Addition, 11200 W. 64th Ave. Event organizers expect more than 6,000 attendees this year.
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WHO’S BREWING AT THE FESTIVAL? New Image Brewing — Arvada, Colorado Lagunitas Brewing Company — California Spice Trade Brewing — Arvada, Colorado Someplace Else Brewing — Arvada, Colorado Caution Brewing — Lakewood, Colorado Denver Beer Co. — Denver and Arvada, Colorado Breckenridge Brewery — Littleton, Colorado Redstone Meadery — Boulder, Colorado
Black Shirt Brewing Co. — Denver, Colorado Kokopelli Beer Co. — Broomfield, Colorado Boulder Beer — Boulder, Colorado Fate Brewing Co. — Boulder, Colorado Upslope Brewing Co. — Boulder, Colorado Liquid Mechanics Brewing — Lafayette, Colorado Stem Ciders — Denver, Colorado Leinenkugel — Wisconsin Odyssey Beerwerks —
Arvada, Colorado Crystal Springs Brewing Co. — Louisville, Colorado Strange Craft Beer Co. — Denver, Colorado Grand Lake Brewing Co. — Arvada, Colorado Oskar Blues Brewery — Longmont, Colorado Holidaily Brewing Co. — Golden, Colorado Colorado Native — Golden, Colorado Something Brewing — Brighton, Colorado Blue Moon Brewing Co. — Golden, Colorado
IF YOU GO “Last year it was one of the best festivals we attended all summer,” Tyler said about the event. “I think the Arvada community is lucky that we have such a cool beer fest.” The festival was born in 2015, with a dual purpose: create a new, fun festival in Arvada while supporting numerous community projects with proceeds from the event. This festival is produced by the Arvada Festivals Commission in partnership with ArvadaJefferson Kiwanis, Arvada Sunrise Rotary and Arvada Vitality Alliance. Net proceeds from the event benefit partnering community groups serving Arvada. “We wanted something that spoke to the millennial demographic and highlighted the beer in the area,” said Kristine McMahon, who co-founded the festival with Gretchen Sherlock. “There wasn’t anything like that here and we really wanted to bring that to Arvada.” One brewer new to the event this year in Denver Beer Co., which recently opened a taproom in Olde Town Arvada. “We’re excited to be part of
the Arvada community and we want to be a good community partner,” said Brian Weslar, sales director and festival manager for Denver Beer Co. The Denver Beer Co. tent will be serving summer favorites including Princess Yum Yum and the brewery’s newest beer, Maui Express — a coconut IPA. Along with established breweries, 50 seasoned and novice homebrewers will participate in the homebrew competition, evaluated by Beer Judging Certification Program judges. The Best in Show winner will once again be offered the chance to brew at the commercial level with Tyler and Spice Trade Brewing. In addition to beer, the festival will also feature a Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned competition with 48 competitors. New this year, festival-goers will have the opportunity to taste pork butt samples for $2 each from 2-3:30 p.m. “The barbecue competition piece was really cool, but there was no way to taste anything, so we incorporated a tasting this year,” McMahon
WHAT: Arvada On Tap WHEN: Noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 22 WHERE: Ralston Park Addition, 11200 Ralston Road (64th and Simms) TICKETS: $8 pre-sale; $10 at the door. Pre-sale tickets available at arvadafestivals.ticketspice.com/ arvada-on-tap-a-craft-beer-andbbq-fest. CONTACT: Visit visitarvada.org/ events/arvada-on-tap/ for more information and for tickets. PARKING: Parking is available in the south parking lot at Arvada West High School and along neighborhood streets. Do not to block private driveways. Handicapped parking is in the Arvada West High School parking lot. BBQ JUDGING: Chicken, noon; ribs, 12:30 p.m.; pork: 1 p.m.; and brisket:, 1:30 p.m. Tasting from the contestants will be available
to the public from 2-3:30 p.m. Tickets for BBQ tasting samples are $2. BEER PRICING: Tokens are available for $1 each for food and beer. Samples of 3 ounce beers will be two tokens each. A 12 ounce pour will be six tokens. A “Sample Pack” of a commemorative tasting mug and 10 tokens will be $10. KID ZONE: New this year, there will be a children’s area. Costs - slide, $2 for 3 slides; obstacle course, $1 per turn; bounce house, $2 for 5 minutes; and bungee trampoline, $6 per ride. InFUNity will be selling tickets to the area. OTHER INFO: ID’s will be checked at the entrance gate. Arvada On Tap is a pet-free event. Service dogs are welcome. Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged, however, no coolers or outside food and beverages allowed with the exception of water.
said. Another new addition, which stemmed from community feedback is the addition of the kids zone, complete with jumping castles and other activities. Free child care will also be available for the first time during the festival.
“Arvada is super familyfriendly, so we wanted to reflect that,” McMahon said. “We’re really excited to get kids involved and have tastings. We’re really trying to appeal to everyone who came out last year and filled out surveys. We took that and ran with it.”
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rvada was alive with red, white and blue as residents celebrated Independence Day in many ways. The Apex Center hosted an ice cream social, where Reyena Tidd and her brother, Diego, proudly made their own ice cream sundaes. Tidd said her ice cream was extra “yummy� because she made it on her own. Later in the day, residents swarmed Stenger Sport Complex, where the Arvada Festivals Commission hosted its annual celebration, which concluded with a fireworks display.
Arvada residents enjoy picnics and time with their families at Stenger Sports Complex July 4. PHOTO BY KATIE BURNETT Arvada Festivals Commission hosted an Independence Day festival at Stenger Sports Complex. PHOTO BY KATIE BURNETT
Reneya Tidd tops her ice cream sundae with sprinkles at the Apex Ice Cream Social. PHOTO BY SHANNA FORTIER
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New brand of athlete seems too cool for (fail) school
friend of mine recently gave me a copy of an interview that Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets gave a couple months ago, right after the end of the season. The takeaway line, and the reason my buddy shared, is that Jokic, the Nuggets’ best player and a burgeoning superstar in the NBA, said that he “wasn’t a star, wasn’t at the level of Kawhi or LeBron.” Okay, so, sure — maybe that’s the position of one young player at the end of his first full season just trying to be humble or something. Maybe he’s still a bit in awe at an NBA that he chewed up and spit out this year. At least, that’s what I told myself at
first when I read it. But then, I start seeing all the shade (kids’ term) being thrown at the Gatorade commercial starring Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Peyton Manning, and Matt Ryan, among others, that concludes “let defeat be your fuel.” The main idea being that nothing drives a competitor towards ultimate victory quite like defeat. What is their criticism? I’m not exactly sure, to be honest. I get that all of the athletes in the commercial went on to become champions except for Matt Ryan, but the criticisms are more than just the unfortunate use of him at the very end of the commercial. There is, from some quarters, a
general disdain for the message that failure should be embraced, even as a motivator of future success. And it dawns on me that these two phenomena are part and parcel of the same thing: there is a generational component in the idea that that sort of competitive spirit embodied by “old school” athletes like Jordan and Manning is unhealthy. Think about it: we just watched a NBA finals in which the three top players all project a persona of coolness, almost detachedness. As great as Steph Curry, LeBron James and Kevin Durant are at what they do, none of SEE ALCORN, P13
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No to Trumpcare The American people deserve comprehensive healthcare at low prices that is provided in other countries. It is time to model their plans and that will make America strong. We should not be going backwards. I agree there should be auditing of Medicare, Medicaid to cut out abuses but do not take it away. In fact, there should be auditors in every branch of the government and that would save money. It would add good jobs and do away with excessive spending. This country was not created for the rich. The tax credits for the rich in gutting healthcare is a slap in the face. More accurately it is life and death. Say NO to Trumpcare. Betty Davies, Arvada
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An attack on any American is an attack on all Americans
va Levine’s birthday – July 6 – always follows hard on our own American Independence Day. I commemorate Eva’s birthday, as I do every year, by reflecting on the Holocaust, in which millions of Jews lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis. When I visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., an exhibit at the time was “The Collabo-
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Don’t disparage Dan We Jefferson County taxpayers and parents look forward to school management by new superintendent Dr. Jason Glass. He’s friendly and talented, as was his predecessor Dan McMinimee. But let’s not begin his tenure with lies. A letter to the editor writer wrote on July 6: “for those with a short memory, who disapprove Dr. Glass’ salary, the previous board approved a 5 year contract at $280,000 per for Dan.” His actual salary was $220,000. Jason’s is $265,000. Further, she states that Dan was woefully under-qualified to lead a district of this size and had not led any district. Facts: The search consultant used exactly the same criteria to recruit Dan as they used for Jason, with Dan scoring higher in some categories. Dan was nationally praised for his achievements as an administrator for Douglas County School District. Jeffco District has 155 schools, 86,000 students, 12,000 staff. Jason’s former district, Eagle County, has 18 schools, 7,000 students, and a staff of 830. Tom Graham, Arvada
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them project the sort of palpable, visceral hatred of losing that the stars of that commercial always projected. For instance, compare those three to Michael Jordan. None of them play with that combination of joy and rage that characterized Jordan’s game. And, I’m trying not to just be a “things were better back in the day” kind of guy — I really believe that Jordan would have beaten any of these guys in a meaningful game because he always had a completely different mentality. Maybe it is because of his early failures in life, his well-publicized demotion from his high school team. Maybe it’s because he wasn’t a nationally known AAU superstar from age 10, like these guys. Or maybe it’s because they kept score at his little league games. Maybe he actually won colored ribbons — or didn’t — at field day. Maybe, when his teachers assigned him a project in high school, they
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because they supported the ideology of the Third Reich or feared persecution themselves. Employees and employers eyed each other with suspicion. Some, envious of others’ valuables, turned in the owners for a share of the loot. Ordinary German citizens became vigilantes, dealing out their own concepts of righteousness against a group of people demonized by the country’s leader. Fear of “the other” pervaded society to the point that these ordinary citizens collaborated with Hitler’s regime to exterminate a whole population, often taking punishment into their own hands. If there are parallels to be drawn today – and I believe there are many – they are that, once again, a segment of society is being demonized, once again because of their heritage and religious beliefs, and that so-called ordinary citizens are have taken to meting out their own punishments. Yes, you can tell me (and many people have) that the Jews of Nazi persecution weren’t terrorists, and I would agree. I would also point out that the two young Muslim women on the train in Portland were not terrorists, young women for whom strangers intervened when they were threatened by an attacker. Two of the three men who came to their aid were killed by a knife-wielding extremist American citizen. Who was the terrorist here? Recently, another deranged hatefilled individual who carried a list of targeted U.S. Congress members opened fire at the Republican softball practice. Several people were wounded and Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise was re-admitted
didn’t give him a step-by-step road map showing him how to complete it. And when he needed information, he had to work a little harder for it than simply pulling his phone out of his pocket. I don’t think it’s just a coincidence that all of the athletes in the Gatorade commercial are considered “old school,” and Jokic and the sources of most of the disdain online are distinctly “new school.” The new school has some wonderful adaptations, and the level of talent in almost every field is astonishing compared to the old school. But that killer instinct is becoming harder to find, and the combination of the arrogance it takes to call ones’ self a “star” and the pure hatred of losing that it takes to earn that title has been bred out of the new school. Which is fine, I guess. Except when you need someone to count on to make a game-winning shot. Give me an old school star every time for that. Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com
to intensive care just today. Members of Congress were understandably shocked and shaken that they had become targets, applauding House Speaker Paul Ryan’s resounding declaration that “an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.” I agree, Mr. Ryan, but in a broader context. An attack on any American (even, or perhaps especially, by a fellow American), is indeed an attack on all of us. Attacks on Muslim Americans, Jewish Americans, Black Americans, gay Americans, female Americans, and American journalists are attacks on all Americans. Eva Levine was rounded up and transported because she was Jewish. She lost her husband and the rest of her family in the brutality of the Nazi death camps. After she was liberated by the British in 1945, Eva emigrated to the U.S. in 1950. I wonder what Eva Levine would think about the administration in her adopted country demonizing a segment of the population, proposing registries, decrying an entire religion, tolerating and even inciting violence. Yes, a member of our government, Rep. Clay Higgins (R.-La.), has publicly urged people to kill anybody they suspect could be a radicalized Muslim. And he is not the only one. When we attack one another, we are making the task of those who hate Americans that much easier. Let each of us strive not to become collaborators, and to fight against persecution, in any form. Andrea Doray is a writer who also wants us to remember the WWII internment camps – some right here in Colorado – where thousands of American citizens were relocated and imprisoned for no reason other than that they were Japanese. Contact Andrea at a.doray@andreadoray.com.
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Elaine M. Proctor Warriner 9/16/1921 - 7/8/2017
Elaine M. Proctor Warriner, age 95, passed away peacefully Saturday morning July 8, 2017 at Nightingale Lanes in Arvada CO. She was born September 16, 1921 in Loveland Colorado to Charles and Ella Proctor. She graduated from Loveland High School in 1939 and furthered her education at Barnes Business College. Elaine married Vincent E. Warriner, Jr. on June 7, 1942 and shortly after he went off to war. Elaine’s work accomplishments varied from Dr. Tramp’s office, Reed Insurance, Tony’s Candies to making a career of selling Avon for 30+ years. She won numerous awards throughout her career. COLIN
Elaine is survived by her sister Geri Proctor, son Don Warriner, daughter Diane Dumont, granddaughter Shae Gawlak Cook, grandson Chad Warriner, great grandsons Michael & Lucas Gawlak and great granddaughters Lorelei & Adrianna Warriner. Services will be Wednesday July 12, 2017 at 10:00 am at the Arvada Presbyterian church and burial services will follow at 3:00 pm at Loveland Burial Park cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Susan G Komen Cancer Foundation in care of Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home. Elaine was a breast cancer survivor.
Neil C. Colin July 3, 1927 - June 8, 2017
Long –time Arvada resident, Neil Colin passed away peacefully on June 8, 2017 at his second home in Seminole, Florida. He was 89. Born on July 3, 1927 to Clarence and Freda Colin of Festus, Missouri, Neil was a man who enjoyed a long and varied life. Neil grew up with his sister Colleen and brother Gene and spent many hours in the Missouri woods where he learned to hunt and fish with his father, many uncles and cousins. After graduating high school, Neil was drafted into the Army Air Corps in 1946, where he served in the Phillippines. When he came home, Neil attended one year of college at Cape Girardeau Teacher’s College, Missouri. Then he packed his worldly possessions into his car and heeded Horace Greeley’s words to go west. When he was in high school, his family had taken a road trip to the western United States and Neil fell in love with the Rocky Mountains. He attended Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Colorado State University) in Ft. Collins, graduating with a degree in Zoology. Neil had his heart set on becoming a ranger with the National Park Service and he worked at Rocky Mountain National Park for 4 summers. There he met a young woman from Texas, Ramona Davidson, and they were married on June 7, 1952. With a growing family, Neil left his beloved park and began a 30-year career in the cartography division of the US Geological Survey in Lakewood. Early in his professional and family life, Neil joined the Arvada Masonic Lodge, and followed in the steps of his
father and grandfather by becoming a 33rd degree Mason and Worshipful Master. He joined several branches of the Masonic organization and supported the Arvada and Golden Lodges his entire life. An avid outdoorsman, Neil made time to hunt and fish, taking his wife and three daughters along on camping trips, first in a leaky canvas tent, then later in a cramped Red Dale pickup camper. Once the kids were grown, Neil and Ramona began traveling – Mexico, Canada, Texas, Oregon, Washington State, Alaska and even England and Scotland. When Ramona passed away in 1995, Neil traveled solo - Peru, Malta, and one summer in his RV following the trail of Lewis and Clark. On a trip to Costa Rica in 2002, Neil met the second love of his life, Marsha Williams and they were married two years later. Neil and Marsha spent 14 years together, traveling, exploring and dividing their time between Colorado and Florida. The highlight of Neil’s travels culminated in 2014 when he and Marsha went on an African Safari. Neil is survived by his wife, Marsha Colin; his brother Gene Colin (Linda) of Festus, Missouri; his three daughters, Diana (Mike) Henry of Marana, Arizona, Kathy (Bill) Brackett of Cheyenne, Wyoming and Leslie Tribble of Cody, Wyoming, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service is planned for July 22, 2017 at the Golden Masonic Lodge, 400 10th Street, Golden at 11 am. A graveside service at Arvada Cemetery, 5581 Independence Street, Arvada will follow after refreshments.
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Perlmutter drops out of Colorado governor race BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Congressman Ed Perlmutter, D-Arvada, has announced he is dropping out of the race to become Colorado’s next governor. It’s disappointing for many, Perlmutter said at a press conference on July 11, but it is “the best course going forward.” He said that running for governor is a big-time demand — traveling across the state to campaign and raising funds — all while still serving in Congress. “I had to take a good, realistic look at it,” he said. Perlmutter said he never considered leaving his seat in Congress to focus on the governor’s race. “I will continue to fulfill my commitment to the people of Jefferson County and Adams County,” he said. “I still have a lot of things on tap.” Perlmutter said a top priority is
completing the VA Medical Center in Aurora, which is scheduled to open in 2018 and expected to improve medical care for veterans across the region. He said he would also continue work with aerospace, specifically the Orion Project, and marijuana issues. Perlmutter also announced that he has decided not to run for re-election in November 2018 to keep his U.S. House seat representing Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, which covers much of Jefferson County, including Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and Arvada, as well as much of Westminster, Thornton and Northglenn. He was first elected to Congress in 2006. There are three great candidates for the seat, Perlmutter said of the Democrats vying for the House seat. “Sometimes you need to move on and somebody else needs to bring in new insights,” Perlmutter said. Perlmutter had announced his run for
nedy, of Denver, was elected treasurer i in 2006 and lost a re-election bid in 2010. C In 2011, she was appointed the City of i Denver’s chief financial officer and its deputy mayor, and she continued in B those capacities until 2016. a Notable on the Republican side is n District Attorney George Brauchler of G the 18th Judicial District, which covers f Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln o counties. Businessman Victor Mitchell, o a Castle Rock resident who served in the state House from 2007-09, also has filed G for the race. Mitchell runs Lead Funding, an organization that helps finance 1 J homebuilders and developers. Perlmutter will continue to be a team a player for Colorado, he said. f “Maybe I’m moving from player to coach, I’m not exactly sure,” Perlmutter t said at the press conference. “I love this M state, I love the people of this state and I r love this country. I’m going to do what I can to keep it going on the right track.” c c E
governor on April 9 in Golden. “Coloradans deserve leadership, not partisanship,” Perlmutter said as part of his closing remarks at the event, adding he had always tried to serve his constituents, regardless of party affiliation. Even with Perlmutter dropping out, the race for governor in 2018 to replace John Hickenlooper, who is term-limited, is crowded. Hickenlooper was elected to the position in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, a Democrat from Boulder, announced in June that he would join the race. Polis was first elected to represent Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District in 2008. Other Democrats running are former state Sen. Mike Johnston and former state Treasurer Cary Kennedy. Johnston is a Denver resident who served in the state Senate from 2009-16, and before that, was a teacher and principal. Ken-
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in conjunction with the Foothills Art Center’s dedication and celebration of its new outdoor art space. FirstBank Golden, June 8: FirstBank Golden hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening on June 8 for its new location at 701 12th St. Suite 111 in Golden. The entire staff of the bank’s former location inside King Sooper’s on South Golden Road has been moved over. Golden Real Estate to celebrate Golden Real Estate is celebrating its 10th anniversary from 5-8:30 p.m. on July 14, in the parking lot of the brokerage, 17695 S. Golden Road, in Golden. The community is invited to the free, family-friendly event, which will feature a ribbon cutting, food by Tequila’s Mexican Restaurant and live rock and roll band. To read Broker/Owner Jim Smith’s column, visit www.JimSmithColumns. com. To learn more about Golden Real Estate, visit www.goldenrealestate.com. New location for hypnotherapist Shari Gordon, a hypnotherapist and Emotional Freedom Techniques practitioner at Blossoming Mind, has
moved her office to a new location at 651 Garrison St., Suite 130D. Gordon focuses on helping her clients to heal grief and trauma, reduce stress, lose weight, gain peace of mind and confidence. For more information, visit www. theblossomingmind.com. Quest Diagnostics opens in Safeway Quest diagnostics, a company that provides clinical laboratory services, opened a new location inside the Lakewood Safeway at 11088 W. Jewell Ave. This new facility is unique because it provides access to medical testing, such as blood work and Zika tests, conducted by a professional staff for customers as they grocery shop. Patients receive laboratory collection services in a secure and private environment. Patients can either wait for their appointment in the Quest waiting room or pick up a provided pager that allows them to shop for groceries and be alerted when a technician is able to see them. The new location accepts walk in patients as well as patients who schedule an appointment online. Sprouts opens in West Arvada Sprouts Farmers Market officially opened its new store at 15050 W. 64th Ave. in Arvada June 28. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. is a healthy grocery store offering fresh, natural and organ-
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Cottage food producers spread jam and joy as they sell their wares
COTTAGE FOODS: THE BASICS Allowed foods • Jams, jellies, preserves, honey • Spice blends, tea, dehydrated produce, flour • Bread, cookies, candies, tortillas • Pickled fruits and veggies with a verified pH below 4.6 (free testing is available through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) • Up to 250 dozen whole eggs per month, only if washed and sanitized (the only cottage food that requires refrigeration)
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oanne Littau seems to float as she works, blending strawberries and rhubarb with pectin and lemon juice with the deftness and grace of an orchestra conductor. Ceramic pigs peer down at pots of jam bubbling like cauldrons on the stove of her little kitchen. On the wall hang the former New Yorker’s blue ribbons, earned at county fairs for delicacies like ginger pear butter, peach butter with rum and cranberry chutney. “Oh, it’s a delightful hobby,” Joanne said. “I’m proud of what I do, and people just love my jams.” Littau, of Denver, is one of hundreds, maybe thousands, of Coloradans who sell homemade goodies under the auspices of the Cottage Foods Act, a set of guidelines designed to grease the wheels for home cooks to sell their wares at farmers markets, community events or even out of their driveways. The short version of the regulations is fairly simple: take a food safety class — in person or online — keep a clean kitchen, make sure your items are properly labeled and get cooking. Many potentially nonhazardous foods are allowed, such as jams, jellies, honey, baked goods like bread and cookies, dried items like SEE HOMEMADE, P17
Not allowed foods • Meat, fish, or dairy products • Lemon curd, pesto, salsa, dressings, condiments • Beverages • Canned vegetables with a pH higher than 4.6 All items must feature labeling containing • Identification of the food • The producer’s name and address where the food was prepared • Current phone number or email address • Date the food was produced • Complete list of ingredients • The following disclaimer: “This product was produced in a home kitchen that is not subject to state licensure or inspection and that may also process common food allergens such as tree nuts, peanuts, eggs, soy, wheat, milk, fish and crustacean shellfish. This product is not intended for resale.”
Dorreen Strnad stocks her stand with homemade jam.
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Training • Face-to-face training is available through Colorado State University’s County Extension offices. Classes generally cost $40 and last three to four hours. • Colorado’s ServeSafe Manager Certification is intended for commercial establishments, but satisfies the cottage food requirements. Classes cost $120 and up. • Online training is available through CSU, StateFoodSafety.com, and ServeSafe. Selling • Cottage foods must be sold directly to consumers, and not for resale in a store or restaurant. • Sellers are subject to income taxes, and a business license is required in some instances. • Foods can only be sold within Colorado. • In-state online sales are now allowed. • At the point of sale, prominently display a placard reading: “This product was produced in a home kitchen that is not subject to state licensure or inspection. This product is not intended for resale.”
Joanne Littau tells tales of her younger days in New York while finishing off a batch of strawberry rhubarb jam.
Joanne Littau’s jam all ready for sealing. Joanne makes two batches a day, most days of the month.
More information • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has a detailed page at www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/ cottage-foods-act • Call 303-692-3645, option 3 • Email cdphe_iepu@state.co.us Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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spice blends and teas, and even fresh eggs. Pickles are allowed if their pH is below 4.6. Nothing with meat is allowed, nor is anything that requires refrigeration, except eggs. Dairy products are off the menu, as are salsas and sauces. Producers can only sell directly to consumers, and you’re only allowed to earn $10,000 per year per variety of food item — meaning you can make 10 grand off chocolate chip cookies and another 10 grand off chocolate chip cookies with walnuts. Littau’s business keeps her hopping — she estimates she makes two batches of jellies, jams and preserves a day, most days of the month. She mainly sells her products, under the brand name The Jelly Jar LLC, at the Four Seasons Farmers & Artisans Market in Wheat Ridge, but she also makes the rounds of local festivals. She shared a booth at the Fourth of July parade and craft fair in Byers, and she’ll be at the Lafayette Peach Festival in August. This year she’ll enter the competition at the Arapahoe County Fair for the first time, and she’ll be back to defend last year’s first place ribbons in the Boulder County Fair. “I’ll never get rich off of cottage foods,” said the diminutive woman with smiling eyes and an easy, musical laugh. “But it occupies my time and makes me feel productive and involved with people. When I came here in the ‘90s, people kind of looked at me funny. I’m a New York girl — we’re bold and brassy. People out here are a little more toned down. At the market I can really cut loose and be myself.” Trying to fill a niche Being themselves is big for cottage food producers. “I wouldn’t trade this for anything,” said Diego Hernandez, the proprietor of Ant D’s Fine Foods, as he presided over tables loaded with jams, jellies and crates of fresh fruits and veggies under a canopy outside O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton. “It’s a hard life, but I get to show what I can do from my heart. I don’t have to do what my boss says, because I don’t have one.” Hernandez’s offerings include strawberry cracked black pepper jam and habanero peach jam, but the big seller
JOANNE’S STRAWBERRY RHUBARB JAM
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Skim foam off (but don’t toss it — it makes a great ice cream topping)
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Fill sanitized canning jars within 1/4 inch of the top
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Use spoon to remove bubbles from jars
5 cups sugar
Wipe rims of jars
Dash oil
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Bring to a rolling boil for one full minute Add a dash of oil to keep foam down
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is farm-fresh eggs. He has regulars who show up every Tuesday to snag a dozen or two or three. “The only way you’d get ‘em fresher is if they were laid in your backyard,” he said. Ant D’s was started “with a raspberry bush and my last unemployment check,” said Hernandez, a lifelong chef and a Denver resident. Across the way on the hot asphalt, Dorreen Strnad sports a sheepish grin as she’s cajoled into talking up her sugary baked goods. “My scones are selling like crazy mad today,” Strnad, of Littleton, said. “Seems like nobody sells a good scone anymore, so I try to fill that niche.” She does it well. Her scones are fluffy and moist, almost mouth-puckering with tart blueberries. She does loads more than scones, too: big hearty loaves of sandwich bread, flawlessly frosted cookies, and yes, jams and jellies. “For me, cottage foods means freedom,” Strnad said. “I went to culinary school, then I did the whole punch-
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the-clock thing. I got tired of being a link in a chain and making money for somebody else. This is my nine-to-five now.” Following the rules Getting set up in cottage foods isn’t difficult, said Sheila Gains, a Colorado State University extension agent who teaches a cottage food safety training class that satisfies the law’s education requirement. Most important is understanding the ways in which a home kitchen is different from a commercial kitchen. “In a commercial kitchen, everyone there is prepped to make food,” Gains said. “In a commercial kitchen, nobody’s coming home from work and wanting to taste-test, no dogs are roaming around, no cats are jumping on counters. When somebody’s sick, they stay home. You’ve got to get everyone in your home on board that when you’re cooking, they’re either helping you keep everything clean or staying out of your way.” There are no hard numbers on
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cottage food producers — there’s no mandatory or voluntary registry. There may be thousands since the law took effect in 2012, Gains said. Before that, to legally sell homemade goods, you would have needed a commercial food license and kitchen. “It’s like going from zero miles per hour to a hundred to become a food producer, so this lets people in at 10 or 15 miles per hour,” Gains said. “They can develop their product through trial and error. They can see if producing food is something they want to do day in and day out. If they become super successful, they have a fighting chance of becoming a commercial producer.” To date, there have been no known outbreaks of foodborne illness from cottage food, said Therese Pilonetti with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, which oversees administration of cottage foods. “This law is about breaking down barriers,” Pilonetti said. “And it sure seems to be working.”
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Finding the humanity in the family Miners Alley hosts ‘Broadway Bound’ BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It’s a difficult time for everyone when children are getting ready to go out on their own into the world for the first time. That’s the dilemma facing the Jerome family, as sons Eugene and Stanley get ready to leave their parents’ home for the fickle world of show business in Neil Simon’s “Broadway Bound.” The show, which is the final installment in Simon’s Eugene Trilogy, runs at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden, from July 14 through Aug. 20. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1
p.m. Sunday. The focal point of “Broadway Bound,” just like “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” and “Biloxi Blues,” is Eugene Jerome (Julian Vendura), a young man going through all the aches and pains of growing into adulthood. “Eugene is loosely based on Simon himself, Vendura and the trilogy is really his coming of age story,” Vendura explained. “It’s a story about real problems, and is a reflection of every family.” Directed by Kate Gleason, “Broadway Bound” sees Eugene and his older brother Stanley (James O’Hagan Murphy) attempt to begin their careers as comedy writers, while dealing with the divorce of their parents, Kate (Cindy Laudadio-Hill) and Jack (Rory
IF YOU GO WHAT: “Broadway Bound” WHERE: Miners Alley Playhouse 1224 Washington Ave., Golden WHEN: July 14 - Aug. 20 Friday and Saturday - 7:30 p.m. Sunday - 1 p.m. COST: $16 - $27 INFORMATION: 303-935-3044 or www. minersalley.com Pierce). And things only get worse when the family realizes the brothers are using their home life for their material. “The brothers are preparing to leave the nest, and that’s bringing changes to everyone,” O’Hagan Murphy said.
“There’s some hilariously funny moments, but the show is really a moving drama.” The entirety of the play occurs in a single family location, and when the intimacy of Miners Alley’s theater gets added in, everyone on the stage and in the seats star to feel like one big family. “This show really connects with small audiences, because you really start to feel like you’re involved in the play,” Vendura said. “Everyone on the production has done a great job of bringing this world and family to life.” Simon’s trademark humanity shines through the play, and that’s what O’Hagan Murphy hopes audiences come away with. “This may be one of Simon’s lesser known shows, but I think it’s one of his best written,” he said. “It’s so human, and that’s what I hope stands out to people.”
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Stretches and stouts at Arvada brewery Yoga in the Taproom held every other Saturday BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Allie Beckmann teaches yoga at Odyssey Beerwerks July 8.
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Beer is not normally associate with the practice of yoga. But the trend of combining the two is growing in the Denver Metro area and Allie Beckmann is bringing it to the Arvada community every other Saturday at Odyssey Beerwerks. Beckmann said that having a nice cold beer after yoga practice is a good reward and a way to enhance the community aspect of a class. “People who like beer, like to talk to each other,” said Golden resident Theresa Dixon, who attended the July 8 Tapped in Yoga at Odyssey. For Dixon yoga gives her a sense of peace and balance and the community of sharing a beer after class adds the the draw of Beckmann’s class. Tapped in Yoga started in March and meets every other Saturday at the Arvada brewery. Cost for the class is $15 and includes one beer after. Currently, the class averages seven to 10 participants, but the space can hold at least 20, Beckmann said. Yoga, Beckmann added can sometimes be so focused that it creates tension, which is why she likes the playfulness of teaching in the taproom. “No matter where I’m teaching I try to incorporate an element of lightness, of play, of fun,” said Beckmann who teaches at a variety of studios and businesses in the metro area. “I think the space here at the brewery — the energy of that adds to it.”
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Music, crafts and food at Edgewater market SCHEDULE FOR EDGEWATER MUSIC AND MARKET
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Building the perfect farmers market requires endless fine-tuning to get the right mix of vendors, location and atmosphere. Every year, Edgewater’s summer Market and Music program finds a way to change things up a little, and with a new location in the city’s historic shopping district at West 25th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard, organizer Anthony Murray is hoping this will be the market’s best year yet. “When most people think of farmers market, they don’t think of Edgewater, but we’re really pushing to bring more and more people in,” Murray said. “We say the more the merrier, and since we started eight years ago, we’ve never stopped growing exponentially.” This year, the Edgewater Market and Music event is at West 25th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard on Thursdays through Sept. 7, in the city’s historic shopping district. The Music and Market will run 5-8 CLARKE READER p.m. on Thursdays through Sept. 8, and features about 34 vendors, many of City Farms, and stop by Healthy By whom, like Chelsea Dunn, are sharing Design for some fresh sauces, jams and their passions with shoppers. jellies. “We like to create unique combina“My dream was to share the greeting tions, like blueberry lemon lavender, cards I make out of recycled materiand raspberry jalapeno,” said Lesley als,” said Chelsea Dunn, owner of Mortimer, founder of the ArvadaPaper Cuts Greeting Cards and in her based company. “I love comsecond year setting up shop ing to farmers market beat Edgewater’s market. “I IF YOU GO cause it gives you the chance love the community aspect of farmers markets, and seeing WHAT: Edgewater’s to talk to people, and inspires you to try new things.” all these organic goods peoMarket and Music One of the biggest draws, ple have made themselves.” both for vendors and shopEdgewater’s market focus- WHEN: Thursdays pers, is the live music that es more on crafts and created through Sept. 8 comes along with every items, running the gamut market. Every week features 5 - 8 p.m. from clothes and candles to a new local performer or handmade hammocks and WHERE: Edgewater’s group, and Dunn said it gives stained glass. everyone the feeling of being historic shopping “People only come to these at a music festival. district markets to sell things they “I like stopping by here have a passion for,” Dunn because I want to support loWest 25th Avenue said. “In a way, we’re all and Sheridan Bou- cal markets,” said Edgewater neighbors, because we’re all resident Aaron Casey. “And levard in this together.” with the music, it’s become The market does provide something we all look forseveral food stands for the ward to, especially because it’s so full hungry shopper. People can pick up of families.” freshly grown vegetables from Sprout
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History Camp event gets larger space in Lakewood BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
“I Am Not a Savage: Lakota Performers in Wild West Shows” by Steve Friesen, director of the Buffalo Bill Cody Museum; “General Iron Works, Englewood, Colorado” by Doug Cohn; “La Santa Muerte: A Mexican Saint of Lost Causes” by Christine Whitting-
ton.” And that’s just a beginning … Last fall, Carrie Lund, of Littleton, launched the Colorado edition of the History Camp event that she’d discovered in Boston. All sorts of presenters offer lectures on a pet historical topic and attending history lovers select sessions to attend — if they can find a seat. (If not, try next door, or two doors away!)
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The 2016 initial event, held at Metro State University’s historic Tivoli, proved to be too crowded for the large number of enthusiastic registrants, so a change of venue was in order. Attendees will be able to choose five varying sessions at the event, held on Oct. 17 at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood Campus — and they will also get breakfast, lunch and a T-shirt for their approximately $40 admission fee. (Exact amount to be announced July 14 when registration opens.) The address is 13300 W. Sixth Ave. Directions to the exact location will be forthcoming.
Lund found the somewhat unstructured flavor of Boston’s History Camp so appealing that she decided to organize a Colorado event. (There are several other outgrowths across the nation.) One doesn’t pre-register for lecture sessions in advance, but simply maps out a plan of the day after arrival. The main meeting room is #650 and adjoining classrooms will provide breakout space. One does, however register and pre-pay for the event. Sign up for email notices and registration: carrie.lund@historycamp.org. (More details as they develop.)
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‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 6 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Presented by the Evergreen Players, the Tony Award-winning musical comedy adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Call 303-674-4934 or go to www. evergreenplayers.org. ‘Bad Jews’: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 6 at the Edge Theater Company, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Additional shows at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 27 and Thursday, Aug. 3. Call 303-232-0363 or go to www.theedgetheater.com. ‘Broadway Bound’: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 20 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Additional shows at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 23, July 30, Aug. 6 and Aug. 13. Eugene and his brother Stanley are trying to break into show business as comedy writers. Contact 303-9353044 or online at minersalley. com.
MUSIC
Sounds Exciting! Summer Concerts: Wednesday, July 19 (Dotsero); July 26 (The Burroughs) at the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Amphitheater, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood. Tickets available at the Lakewood Cultural Center box office, 470 S. Allison Parkway; the Lakewood Heritage Center visitor center, 801 S. Yarrow St.; by calling 303-9877845; or online at Lakewood.org/ SummerConcerts. Gates open at 6 p.m.
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`Damage’ Art Exhibit: open through February 2018 at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, in the mezzanine near the library. Denver artist Sharon Brown’s exhibit features psychologically charged paintings created mostly from photographs. Go to www.rrcc.edu.
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Enchanted Garden Picnic and Tour: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Bring the whole family. Kids will enjoy seed planting, flower-themed crafts, and handson learning in the garden. Adults will tour the gardens. Enjoy a
this week’s TOP FIVE Urban Farm Animal Extravaganza: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at Wardle Feed & Pet Supply, 760 Three Acre Lane, Wheat Ridge. Learn about keeping chickens and bees and all sorts of farm critters. Live band, free food, a farmer’s market, chicken swap and petting zoo. Wardle will sell baby chickens, ducks and Nigerian goats. Go to http:// www.wheatridgechamber.org/events/details/ member-event-wardle-feed-s-urban-farm-animal-extravaganza-312 Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at Colorado ACTS Theater, 11455 W. I-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Orsino attempts to woo the Countess Olivia. The shipwrecked Viola disguises herself as a man, takes on the name Cesario, and enters the Duke’s service. In the end, Viola and the Duke wed, and Olivia marries a man named Sebastian. Join us for this retelling of the classic Twelfth Night. Go to http:// www.coloradoacts.org/ Native Americans of Colorado: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 20 at Atria Inn at Lakewood, 555
S. Pierce St., Lakewood. Join Active Minds as we tell the stories of the original inhabitants of Colorado. From Mesa Verde to the high plains, we will trace the civilizations of the Ute, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Pueblo and other tribes as we seek to understand Colorado’s Native American history and legacy. Call 303-742-4800 to RSVP. German Fest Denver: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 22 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 23 at the Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood. Celebrate German American heritage and culture. Community and family event that includes face painting, balloon twisting, soap bubbles and more. A rain or shine event. Contact germanfestdenver@gmail.com. Sculpture Garden: 5-8 p.m. Sunday, July 23 at the Aar River Gallery, 3707 W. 73rd Ave., Westminster. Cuban jazz concert with the Mambotet, food, drinks, silent auction of birdhouses hand painted by local artists and public officials, and more cool stuff. Proceeds go to supporting art and cultural activities sponsored by the North Metro Arts Alliance. To learn more about our programs, go to www.nmarts.net
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Town Meeting: 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 15 at the Standley Lake Library,
Colorado Stock Horse Association Open All Breed Shows: Sunday, July 16, Aug. 20, Sept. 3 at the Indiana Equestrian Center, 7500 Indiana St., Arvada. Large outdoor arena with second arena for warm-up. Registration at 7:30 a.m. Classes at 8:30 a.m. Information and entry forms at 720-935-2026 (call or text), or 720-560-3646 (call or text), www.ColoradoStockHorse.com, and ColoradoStockHorse@yahoo. com.
LibLab: Speaker in a Cup: 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Learn how to build a speaker in a cup. For ages 8-11. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org to register.
Meet with Rep. Tracy KraftTharp, Rep. Lang Sias, and Sen. Rachel Zenzinger. Westminster staff will give an update on the Westminster Town Center on 88th. Contact RepTracy29@gmail.com. Lego Play and Build: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Lego builders of all ages are welcome to stick to the theme or build their own creation. What story will you tell? Lego bricks and Lego Duplo provided. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org to register. Learn Lego from Experts: 1-2 p.m. Sunday, July 16 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Get tips and tricks for all things Lego from members of the Colorado/Wyoming Lego Users Group (www.cowlug.net). For teens and
Fox Hollow Golf: Monday, July 17 is the Men’s Club Presidents Cup stroke play by flight; July 29 is the Best By a Damsite, a two man better ball Stableford format; Aug. 8 and 10 is the Senior Club Championship and the Club Championship is Aug. 26-27. There is still time to join the fun through October; go to fhmgc.com and enjoy Lakewood’s award winning 27-hole facility at 13414 W. Morrison Road, which added more tee options for all player levels. Reputation of Christians: noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field St., Arvada. “What People Really Think of Christians … and Why” features a filmed interview with Gabe Lyons, co-author of “unChristian.” Participants may share positive and negative experiences they’ve had with Christians. Contact
Interactive Library Program for Adults with Disabilities: 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, July 19 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Adults with disabilities and their caregivers are invited to make crafts, create art, play games, explore the library, and enjoy music, story times, and guest speakers. Limited space, groups welcome. Registration required online, at jeffcolibrary. org or 303235-5265. Registration required. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary. org. Build a Better World with Salida Circus: 6:30-7:30 p.m. July 20 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Interactive circus
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theater show featuring juggling, acrobatics and clowning. Joanie Balonie and Coach Jello are ready to “Build a Better World” through inspired silly songs, playful pranks, juggling jokes and even Charlie the circus dog. For all ages. Registration required. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org
Prospective Member Meeting: 1-4 p.m. Saturday, July 22 at the Lakewood Public Library, 10200 W. 20th Ave., Lakewood. Mount Lookout Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Visit with other women who can answer questions about DAR and membership requirements. RSVP at darlookout@ gmail.com or 303-596-8676. Reservations are not required, but highly encouraged. Teddy Bears and Tea Cups High Tea: 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at Highlands Masonic Temple, 3550 Federal Blvd., Denver. Presented by the El Mejdel Daughters of the Nile. Vendors, 50/50 raffle and entertainment. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Space is limited; reservations required. Tickets on sale now through Saturday, Oct. 28. Contact Jo Ann Van Trump, 303-232-3542. Food Pantry: open from 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays at New Apostolic Church, 5290 Vance St., Arvada, rear entrance (across the street from Beau Jo’s restaurant). Contact Gertrude at 303-902-6794.
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Healthy Cooking on a Budget: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 23 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Learn how to enjoy the pleasures of cooking a variety of healthy food that’s great tasting and easy on the wallet. Registration required. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org
Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@ coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.
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Broc Vancil playing game he loves BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Brad Madden has been named the new baseball coach at Ralston Valley. Madden won three Class 4A state baseball championships at Golden (2003) and Green Mountain (2014 and 2015). PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Brad Madden hired as new coach at Ralston Valley BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ARVADA — Three-time state baseball championship coach Brad Madden is taking over the baseball program at Ralston Valley High School in Arvada. “We had a strong pool of candidates, but Brad’s accomplishments stood out,” Ralston Valley’s Athletic Director Jim Hynes said. “His coaching philosophy aligns well with ours and we’re very lucky to have a coach of his caliber take over the program.” Madden, who guided Class 4A Jeffco teams Golden (2003) and Green Mountain (2014 and 2015) to state titles, will stay in Jeffco to take over the 5A program at Ralston Valley. “It’s an opportunity I couldn’t pass us,” Madden said over the phone Tuesday, July 4. “To be close to home and have a chance to coach my son in the future if he continues to play. There are already some great athletes and players at Ralston Valley.” Ralston Valley finished the 2017 season with a 12-9 record. The Mustangs won their lone state baseball championship, the 4A title, in 2008. Madden lives minutes from Ralston Valley, but as of now, he will continue to teach at Green Mountain High School next fall. “It was a tough decision leaving Green Mountain,” said Madden, who coached
Brad Madden hopes to build Ralston Valley baseball program into a powerhouse in Class 5A after spending the past 15 years heading up successful programs at Golden and Green Mountain. the Rams for nine seasons. He spent his first six seasons as a head coach at Golden. “Leaving those kids is never easy. We built a top-5 team in the state over the last five years. I hope we can do the same thing at Ralston Valley.” Green Mountain had a 15-4 record last season under Madden. The Arvada West High School graduate racked up a 145-59 record during his nine seasons at Green Mountain. “I’ve been a lucky coach to be at some great places like
Golden and Green Mountain. I feel like I’ve already stamped my coaching legacy,” Madden said. “I’m looking forward to getting great support from the administration and parents at Ralston Valley.” Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools, with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go online at CHSAANow.com/ Jeffco.
Broc Vancil puts activities like lawn work on the back burner so he can spend his time each summer weekend playing baseball as part of the National Adult Baseball Association. The Arvada resident said he loved baseball growing up but figured his playing days were over. “I played baseball growing up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and in high school in that area,” he said. “I found out about adult baseball when I moved to the Denver area a few years ago and immediately signed up.” The Arvada man is 27 and is often asked why he continues to play baseball. “I loved baseball as a kid and I love it as an adult,” he said. “There is so much to enjoy by playing baseball. You form a brotherhood with you teammates and it is a great feeling to make a good play in the field and it is a rush to drive the ball into the gap in the outfield.” He said it is great to be with the same guys on a team but it is great just to get out and play baseball no matter who is in the field with you. That was the case when Vancil, who regularly plays for the Marlins on the 18 and older AA wooden bat league, joined players from several area teams to form the team they called the Denver Warsenlins so they could play in the July 1-3 Mile High Classic Tournament. “We all like to play baseball and compete against other teams as often as possible,” he said. “So we got enough guys together so we could play in this tournament.” The Warsenlins faced a Nebraska team from the Omaha area in the July 1 game. The Denver team was made up of players from around the metro area. For example Alec Bibby of Littleton was the starting pitcher, Vancil started at second base then came in as a relief pitcher and Davery Ibudo of Westminster played center field. The Warsenlins scored a run in the home half of the first inning but Omaha scored eight runs in the top of the second and went on to win the game, 12-2. Vancil
Arvada resident Broc Vancil prepares to throw the ball to the first baseman to complete a double play during the 18-and-older Denver Warsenlins team’s July 1 National Adult Baseball Association Mile High Classic Tournament game against Omaha. TOM MUNDS took over and held the Omaha team to two runs through the remainder of the game. The Arvada resident said everyone wants to win but he felt that all the players on both teams competed hard and enjoyed the opportunity to get out and play baseball against another team. The Warsenlins scored some runs in the other three games they played but not enough to win a game. The Denver program is part of the National Adult Baseball Association, an organization with headquarters in Littleton. “We have 80 teams playing in the Denver metro area,” Joe Collins, NABA vice president, said. “We have four age group leagues, 18 and older, 25 and older, 35 and older and 48 and older. Some of the age groups also have leagues based on player abilities. Right now we have more than 1,200 men playing baseball in our Denver area adult leagues.” Collins has been with the association for 17 years and said it continues to grow in the Denver metro area and around the country. “Right now we have between 25,000 and 30,000 men playing baseball with the association,” he said. “It is great to see the program grow. We had about 35 teams when I joined the association and we have more than double that number this season.”
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Making sure every stroke counts Before they get to roam the course, rules officials must pass rigorous training BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
They drive around the golf course in carts and get good views of the action. They are the rules officials who volunteer at the various levels of golf, both professional and amateur. And while some golfers would rather not see them, officials say they are not out to marshal players — just to help them follow the rules. “We can’t run a tournament without rules officials because their job is to enforce the rules of golf and provide assistance to those golfers who do not know the rules and decisions on the rules of golf,” said Laura Robertson, executive director of the Colorado Women’s Golf Association. “Rules officials are there to help. We’re not there as a police force trying to find rules violations.” Workshops, seminars, tests and ridealongs are among the training that takes a number of years for volunteers before becoming certified United States Golf Association-certified rules officials. Tom Kennedy, a retired Colorado
Sandy Schnitzer has been a rules official for the past four years and says “my call is really to help the golfer have a good round of golf and to be able to score the best that they can.” JIM BENTON Springs district judge, is a USGA chief rules official and said of the tutoring, “I hadn’t studied this hard since I took the bar exam 48 years ago. They made me work to become a certified rules official.” It’s demanding to be a rules administrator since there are 34 rules of golf, but every two years a large book is published concerning decisions on the rules. That’s to help clarify any ambiguity that might arise from the rules to allow rules officials to correctly interpret the rules. “You not only have to master the
rules but understand the decisions,” Kennedy said. “Sometimes you have to use a judgment call. I’m used to making decisions, but I want it to be in a positive way. “I’ve made a lot of decisions sending people to prison for a very long time and those were never fun decisions. The decisions we are making out here on the golf course are to help educate the players. So if they make a mistake on the rule, they won’t make it a second time.” Brad Wiesley, a lawyer who lives near Indian Tree Golf Club in Arvada, is another chief rules official. “None of us like when a penalty is involved,” he said. “Some people think the rules official is handing out penalties. We never do that. The penalty is because of the rules of golf. “The reasons there are so many decisions is because golfers find interesting situations to get into. Sometimes there is not a decision to cover exactly what happened. So you have to do some interpretations. Similar situations are treated alike.” There are many rules that might be misinterpreted or broken. And golfers have a knack for getting themselves in odd — and sometimes, truly hazardous — situations. Rules official Sandy Schnitzer recalls that twice in the past few years a ball has landed on mating snakes. It happened once at Riverdale Dunes
in Brighton, she said, when a tee shot on a par 3 landed on top of two bull snakes. The other time was at Murphy Creek in Aurora and rattlesnakes were the landing spot for a ball. Those were deemed “dangerous situations” and the golfers were allowed to move the ball without a penalty. Wiesley recalls a situation in which a player hit a ball near a tree by the green with a nest of swarming wasps. As with the snake situations, the golfer was allowed to move the ball without penalty. But most rulings aren’t as dramatic. “The junior tournaments, I find, give you the most rulings because a lot of times the younger people don’t know enough,” said rules official Andrew Snyder, of Greenwood Village. “It’s a learning experience for them and for us.” Colorado Golf Association Executive Director Ed Mate says advice other than public information — like yardage, hazards and where the flagstick is located — can be a violation. “Probably the rule that gets broken a lot of times unwittingly is advice, anything you say to somebody that can influence their play,” Mate said. “Like I noticed something in your swing or boy that breeze sure is blowing hard. Things like that. There’s a line that you have to be really careful about.” Schnitzer, an Erie resident, has seen many golfers puzzled by water. “Golfers sometimes get confused over the relief they can take from a direct water hazard and lateral water hazard,” she said. Competitive golfers are used to dealing with rules and generally accept the decisions. “Most golfers know the rules and understand the rules are there to treat everybody playing in the event with equality,” Wiesley said. “Every once in a while people get frustrated when things don’t go the way they intend them to go. That can happen, but it is pretty rare. You understand somebody is frustrated. They are not mad at you personally.” Jack Tickle, a junior-to-be at Arapahoe High School, is a promising junior SEE GOLF, P27
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golfer who isn’t intimidated when he sees a rules official watching.
“They don’t much get involved unless we ask — and they are helpful,” Tickle said. “I’ve never really had one say ‘I don’t know what that ruling is.’ They always know. They don’t help unless we ask. They let us play.”
TOP 10 RULE VIOLATIONS Colorado Golf Association Executive Director Ed Mate put together a pamphlet of what he considers the 10 most violated rules of golf: 10. Limit of 14 Clubs The 14-club rule is one often waived in club events. This is puzzling since the rule has been around for nearly 60 years. 9. Order of play This is an issue of tradition and etiquette, in which the ball farthest from the hole is to be played first even if a player off the green is closer. This rule often creates confusion but there is no penalty for playing out of turn. 8. Flagstick A golfer can have the flagstick attended at any time on the golf course. Whenever a ball strikes an attended flagstick or the person holding the flagstick, the penalty is two strokes in stroke play or loss of a hole in match play. If a player’s ball hits an unattended flagstick there is no penalty unless the stroke was played from the putting green, which initiates a twostroke penalty. 7. Improper dropping procedure There is no such thing as line of flight when a ball goes into a water hazard. The point must be determined where the ball last crossed the margin of the hazard, then the ball is dropped. The other option is to return to where the ball was last played. When determining relief from an unplayable lie, the two-clublength measuring starts where the ball lies, not the edge of a bush.
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6. Teeing ground The teeing ground is two club lengths in depth between the tee markers. Golfers often tee up a few
inches in front of the tee markers. 5. Failing to hole out short putts An important principle of golf is completing each hole. Many players miss short putts, rake the ball back and say “that was good.” If a player fails to hole out in stroke play, the penalty is disqualification. However, short putts can be conceded in match play. 4. Failing to replace ball properly Players are allowed to lift and clean their ball at any time on the putting green. Many players, however, have a habit of approximating when replacing the ball. 3. Improving lie Rules says a golfer should play the ball as it lies and the course as it is found. That means no breaking or bending branches in the way of a swing and play the ball as it lies. 2. Lost ball If a ball off the tee can’t be found and a provisional ball wasn’t hit, there are a couple options. A player can return to the tee to hit a provisional ball (Rule 27) for the third stroke or drop the ball in the approximate location of the lost ball and continue the hole with a stroke added. 1. Bad math Most rules are violated because of ignorance or misunderstanding. The most violated rule in golf is simply bad math. Golfers sometimes have selective memory of bad shots or missed putts when it comes to totaling up scores.
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Annual homeless count tallies an elusive population BY GLENN WALLACE GWALLACE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
On a balmy January night this year, 5,116 people were counted as being homeless in the Denver metro area. In Jefferson County, 394 homeless individuals were counted. The annual Point in Time (PIT) survey is conducted on a January night across the nation. In the Denver metro area, the count is organized by the Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative, using hundreds of volunteers drawn from the general public, faith-based groups, human services departments and philanthropic organizations. In recent years, the group has conducted the survey on the last Monday of January, looking in shelters, parked cars
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and the streets. The 2017 data was released in late June. The numbers for Jeffco are down from the 436 individuals found in 2016, but Kathryn Otten, the county’s director of housing, homeless and integration says the drop likely had more to do with the reletively mild weather, rather than lower numbers. “The data collection method for the homeless is lacking,” said Otten. “It doesn’t give an accurate view of the populations.” By its nature, the homeless survey only acts as an incomplete snapshot of what the homeless population looks like on that one night. And by the nature of homelessness, with a population constantly in flux, it is difficult group to count.
Current federal guidelines also do not count individuals temporarily staying in hotels, or couch surfing with friends as homeless. Otten said on warmer nights more homeless people were liable to sleep on the streets or in their cars than in shelters, making them less likely to be counted. Only 10 percent of the counted homeless in Jeffco were found in shelters this year. Across the seven-county metro area covered by the survey, a total of 5,116 individuals were counted, representing a more than 6 percent drop from last year’s total count, though others share Otten’s belief that those numbers might not reflect reality. “It sure doesn’t feel down, either in the city or in the metro area,” Evan Dreyer, deputy
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The following resolution can be viewed in its entirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada.org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions. R17-066: A Resolution Accepting Annexation Petitions Concerning Trinity Storage, 15350 State Highway 72, Finding Said Petitions Substantially Compliant with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for August 7, 2017, 6:30 P.M. at Arvada City Hall for City Council to Determine Whether the Areas Described Therein Meet the Requirements of C.R.S. 3112-104 and 105, and Are Considered Eligible for Annexation
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that disbursements in final settlement will be issued by the Arvada Finance Director at 10:00 a.m., July 25, 2017 to GoodLand Construction, Inc. for work related to Project No. 15-BR-02 – Lake Arbor Trail Bridge and performed under that contract dated April 13, 2016 for the City of Arvada. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that furnished labor, material, drayage, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by said contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done by said GoodLand Construction, Inc. and its claim has not been paid, may at any time on or prior to the hour of the date above stated, file with the Finance Director of the City of Arvada at City Hall, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim. Dated this June 26, 2017 CITY OF ARVADA /s/Kristen Rush, City Clerk
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county. “And we have homeless families on top of that,” said Otten, who estimated as many as 200 families living here. Even that figure may be low though. For the 2015-16 school year Jefferson County Public Schools identified 3,622 students as homeless. By contrast, just 63 homeless families were identified by this year’s PIT survey. To improve the quality of information on the homeless population Huizigh said she had hope in the Metro Denver Homeless Initiative’s future plans for day-to-day data collection across multiple organizations and agencies.
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chief of staff to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, recently said at a Denver City Hall meeting. “What I know — and I think almost anyone else who works with the homeless community would tell you — is that the numbers are low as compared to the realities we deal with every day,” said Lynn Ann Huizingh, the executive Director of the Severe Weather Shelter Network, which serves the metro area. “I firmly believe the reported number of homeless individuals could be multiplied times three and be more accurate.” Huizingh said Otten agrees, saying the Jeffco service providers, faith groups and law enforcement officers she works with all agree that as many as 1,500 homeless individuals are probably in the
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Energizing our nation’s future Celebration at NREL marks facility’s 40th anniversary BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
At 12:59 p.m. on July 5, about 45 National Renewable Energy Laboratory employees gathered to sing “Happy Birthday” in the Science and Technology Facility on the campus east of Golden. Simultaneously, the sun made its way through a skylight in the ceiling to light up a commemorative medallion on the floor, officially marking the 40th anniversary of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). NREL “is an exciting place to be,” said the lab’s spokesperson, Heather Lammers. “We’re leaders and innovators in advanced energy technologies.” The facility began as the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) with a focus on exploring nonpetroleum energy options — in particular, solar technology. Today, NREL is dedicated to all forms of advanced energy and energy efficiency research, which includes wind, water and algae. But NREL’s mission does not stop with research. It works with industry to transfer these innova-
tive ideas into the marketplace, Lammers said. “The Wall Street of ideas is the conferences,” said Brent Nelson, a group manager at NREL. “We don’t stop innovating.” From working with photovoltaics to creating third-generation solar cells, NREL has accomplished much in the past 40 years. And “there are so many new and interesting things on the horizon,” Lammers said. For example, she said, NREL scientists are working with a new material for use in solar cells called perovskites. It is a disruptive technology that could lead to increases in the efficiency and stability of lower-cost solar cells. “We’re at the forefront of looking for ways to combine all types of advanced energy on to the grid, in ways that modernize the grid into one that is agile, responsive and can handle large amounts of wind and solar being generated and used,” Lammers said. “NREL will be leading research in all of these areas, and more.” While NREL is internationally known for strengthening the nation’s energy security, it supports its local community by boosting economic growth, said NREL’s public affairs manager, Janice Rooney. It is among the 10 largest employers in Jefferson County
and has a $275 million local economic impact, she said. In addition, “our communityminded staff live, play and raise their families in this area,” Rooney said. “As a result, our staff believes it’s important to give back to the community.” Lab employees participate in giving campaigns and volunteer programs, resulting in supporting hundreds of local organizations, Rooney said. To celebrate the approach of its 40th anniversary, the lab has been putting on a number of special events for its employees — private luncheons, conferences and hosting guest speakers. One such speaker was Shuji Nakamura, who was part of the team that won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The community has an opportunity to get involved through NREL’s Power Lunch Lecture Series, during which the public is invited to hear from experts on a variety of energy efficiency topics. NREL also hosts campus tours for any U.S. citizen age 18 and older. The Historical Campus Tour, implemented in recognition of the 40th anniversary, provides visitors with an inside look at the
MORE ABOUT NREL Learn more about the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its 40 years of accomplishments at www.nrel.gov. NREL’s Power Lunch Lecture Series, Historical Campus Tours and Sustainable Campus Walking Tours are open to the public. Reservations are required and should be made well in advance, as space is limited and events often fill to capacity quickly. To find a calendar of events, visit www.nrel.gov/calendar. For more information on public NREL events, people may also contact the Education Center at education.center@ nrel.gov or 303-384-6565.
laboratory’s research progress, technological achievements and economic impact. The Sustainable Campus Walking Tour is a learning opportunity to see how the campus is demonstrating clean energy technologies, reducing waste and eliminating atmospheric pollution. “NREL is proud to call Golden its home,” Lammers said. “Together, we’ve been fortunate to see the community and the lab grow.”