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Arvada High senior, soccer captain, athletic leader I love Arvada High I’m a senior at Arvada High. I play soccer and run track. Currently, I’m the captain of the soccer team and I’m really happy about that. I love Arvada. I like doing great things and hanging out with my friends.

I’m really friendly and the whole school knows me.

Playing soccer I’ve been playing soccer since I was 6 years old.

Arvada has had an amazing season. I’m playing midfielder for the team. My dream is to play soccer in college. I was born in Guatemala and since I came to the U.S. in 2010, I just wanted to play college soccer. Hopefully I can make it. As team captain I have a lot of responsibilities. One of them is texting my teammate if practice is cancelled, and

Saul Garcia is a student athlete at Arvada High School. what time the bus is leaving for games. The most important thing is to be a leader and reminder my team to keep working hard and to lift up spirits when the game isn’t going so well.

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I feel like that’s a great responsibility and I enjoy it. I like being a leader, showing people and teaching people.

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When we talk about academics, we have Bulldog classes where athletes can go and get their grades up.

Athletics is about trying to be the best. Sometimes our social worker talks to the athletes about improving our game and never giving up. Because when you’re two goals down or something like that, you can give up easily. For community, we do a lot of things. The thing that I like is that every week we have something new that we do.

Recently we went to Arvada K-8 and played soccer with the kids during lunch. If our athletic director goes and talks with them for 30 minutes, they might not remember, but if we go and show them that we appreciate them and work with them and just have fun with them, they will remember that. And culture … we just love everyone. I think the most important thing is to be humble.

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Drop off ballots, don’t mail them, state says After Oct. 29, voters should use drop boxes STAFF REPORT

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, which oversees elections in the state, urged voters to drop off their ballots rather than mailing them after Oct. 29, according to a news release from the office.

That’s because postmarks don’t count — ballots must be in the hands

of an election official by 7 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 6, the release said.

“I have worked very hard to provide funding for our county clerks to set up 24-hour drop boxes so voters can drop off their ballots any time of the day or night,” said Wayne Williams, secretary of state, in the release.

Voters can use a voting center operated by their county clerk or a 24-hour drop box, and those options don’t require stamps, the release said. To find a voting center or drop box near you, use the voting information tool at www.sos.state.co.us/

pubs/elections/VIP.html.

The Voter Service and Polling Centers in each county will be open through Election Day, except for on Sunday, Nov. 4, the release said.

All voters who vote in person must provide identification: Check out the Secretary of State’s Office’s guidelines at tinyurl.com/y8b93bs5 for acceptable forms of ID. Oct. 29 is also the last day for voters to request a ballot and have it mailed to them — starting Oct. 30, those voters must go to a voter center and vote in person, the release said.

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Jeffco Commissioners Quietly Eliminate the County’s Portion of a Business Tax If you haven’t already mailed in your ballot, consider this giveaway to Jefferson County’s biggest businesses by our current Board of County Commissioners (BCC). By a vote of 2-to1, with the lone Democratic commissioner opposing it, the BCC voted to eliminate the county portion of the Business Personal Property Tax (or “BPPT”). Depending on where in the county a business is located, this represents a 10 to 20 percent reduction in the mill levy that is applied to business personal property.

What is “business personal property”?

It’s the equipment and other non-real estate owned by businesses. Utilities like Xcel Energy pay the bulk of this tax on such items as generating stations and high-tension power lines. In our case, the tax applies to the current (depreciated) value of the copy machines, solar panels, and office furniture owned by our business. If you have a home business, the tax applies to your business equipment and furniture, although the first $7,700 of such value is exempt. This means that really businesses pay little or no tax – but it is a headache to fill out the declaration.

I do agree that this tax is an annoyance and could discourage businesses from relocating to Colorado if they are aware of it ahead of time. I recall that when I moved a 50-employee company from New York to Denver in 1991, I was shocked to receive a property tax bill for the equipment and furniture I brought with me. I have learned that the BPPT is a big contributor to the revenue of local tax districts, big and small, around the state.

These include fire districts, school districts, parks and recreation districts, counties and municipalities — the exact same tax jurisdictions that benefit from real estate taxes, because it’s from the same set of mill levies. Now that one jurisdiction – Jefferson County – has eliminated that source of revenue, what other budget adjustments will have to be made?

Although this tax is not part of the State’s revenue stream, only the State can amend or abolish it. Thus far, because the BPPT is a major component of local jurisdictions’ income, the General Assembly has only been willing to increase the exemp-

This is a lie! The first two lines in the chart below show that 53% of BPPT revenue comes from the biggest 0.8% of Jeffco businesses.

tion noted above, which benefits smaller businesses but maintains the tax as a source of revenue from big businesses.

As with this year’s federal income tax cut, the BPPT cut was presented as primarily benefiting smaller taxpayers, which is simply not true. What prompted me to devote this week’s column to this subject, however, was that the very document used by the County Commissioners to claim the cut primarily benefits small businesses includes a chart showing exactly the opposite! Above is the top half of that one-page document.

Only Commissioner Casey Tighe seemed to recognize that the document disproves its own headline and that the tax cut would primarily benefit larger taxpayers, so he voted against it.

The first line under the headline is accurate. The information in the next one is not, as the chart that makes up the rest of the one-page document clearly shows. Instead of stating that “68% of the BPPT revenue[s} are from schedules under $100,000,” it should have read, “99.9% are from tax schedules under

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Trick or Treat takes to the streets in Olde Town Arvada

The Ghostbusters, Jaden Hendrix, Bailey Hendrix, Kori Hendrix and Bill Taylor, roamed the streets with their ghost, Aurora Hendrix, at the Olde Town Arvada Trick or Treat Street.

Violet Nelson, 1, dances to the music in Olde Town Square dressed as Dorothy from the “Wizard of Oz.”

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lde Town Arvada turned into Halloween Central Oct. 26 for the annual Trick Or Treat Street put on by the Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District. The event is designed to be a family-friendly way to dress up in costume and visit local businesses who are handing out candy.

Olde Town Arvada merchants handed out candy to area kids Oct. 26 at the annual Trick or Treat Street.

Jared and Vanessa Ottoson with their daugther, Vivian, show off their farm costumes Oct. 26 at Trick or Treat Street.

Trick or Treat Street is sponsored by the Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District each year.

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District 3 candidates talk county issues Tina Francone and Lesley Dahlkemper discuss priorities if elected this November

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

This November, Jefferson County voters have a decision to make on who will be part of the team that leads the county.

Tina Francone, a Republican, is the incumbent. Running against her is Democrat Lesley Dahlkemper who announced she would run for the seat in September 2017.

Both candidates have lived in Jeffco for 20 plus years, both have a background as a small business owner and both have held elected positions.

“Many of us live in Jefferson County because of what it offers,” Dahlkemper said. “We have a lot of challenges — and opportunities — ahead of us. We have to remain nimble.”

The two are vying for the county commissioner seat that represents District Three — the southern part of Jefferson County, but it is voted at-large. The person elected will serve alongside Republican Libby Szabo, who is chair of the Board of County Commissioners, and Commissioner Casey Tighe, a Democrat.

Francone was appointed to the seat after Donald Rosier, who was term limited, vacated it early. She was sworn in on Feb. 6. Her background includes serving as the Regional Transportation District (RTD) director for District N. Dahlkemper has served as a volunteer on a number of community boards and commissions, and was elected to serve on the Jefferson County Board of Education. She was its president from November 2011 to November 2013 then as a board director until November 2015.

As an elected official, both Francone and Dahlkemper believe taking the time to listen to their constituents’ concerns is an important char-

acteristic of a county commissioner.

The public comment portion of county commissioner meetings shouldn’t be the only opportunity that community members have to address their county commissioners, Dahlkemper said.

Commissioners should attend open houses and other public events so they are available for the residents, she said.

Francone agrees, adding she tries to make it to every event she’s Dahlkemper invited to.

“I figure they’re asking me to be there for a reason,” Francone said.

“I try to be responsive and respectful to people’s wishes.”

The two candidates also align closely on dealing with many issues the county Francone faces — financial health, managing growth and preserving the quality of life, for example.

Balancing growth and quality of life “Trying to preserve the quality of life while managing growth is not a new problem,” Francone said.

“We’ve learned from previous experience that being thoughtful with managing growth is important to preserving the distinct characters of our communities.”

Dahlkemper adds that one can’t have a conversation about quality of life without talking about maintaining great schools, open space and libraries.

“The work begins by talking with the community and finding out what their priorities are,” Dahlkemper said. “We want to make sure our budget reflects those priorities and community values.”

Jeffco’s financial health County commissioners are concerned about being good stewards of the taxpayer’s dollar, Francone said.

“Government has a place and a role in providing for the constituents,” Francone said, “and so does the private sector.”

With the county’s budget, it’s

important to prioritize spending responsibly, Francone added.

Both District 3 candidates agree that some priorities for spending include public safety, transportation and property rights.

Housing and affordability in Jeffco There are some issues that need to be addressed collectively so that everyone in Jeffco has an opportunity to earn a good life, Dahlkemper said.

“I feel very strongly about working with partners to ensure we don’t price our first responders, teachers, seniors, young families out of Jeffco,” Dahlkemper said. “Everyone should have access to safe, affordable housing in Jefferson County.”

Francone believes that exploring alternative forms of housing, such as tiny homes, may be one way to address the housing shortage in Jeffco.

Both candidates agree that attracting good jobs makes for a strong economy in Jeffco.

“Recruiting and retaining businesses keeps our community sound and vibrant,” Francone said.

On transportation While Francone and Dahlkemper are in agreeance that congestion is an issue that needs attention, some of their approaches related to transportation differ slightly.

“As a county, we need to look at multiple modes of transportation,” Dahlkemper said. Multi-modal transportation is the ability to commute by car, bike, light rail or bus. “It’s important to have lots of transportation options.”

Francone believes that although it’s great to offer multi-modal transportation options, “we are a car-driven society. I’m an advocate of fixing existing roads and reducing congestion on them.”

“Bike lanes are a nice amenity, but shouldn’t take priority,” Francone said, adding some people use their bikes more for pleasure rather than transportation.

She also points out that public transportation runs well in places with a higher density of population, but still, a “vast majority of people don’t use public transit” and

consider it a plan B option for their transportation needs.

As for the Jefferson Parkway, Francone is a “big proponent,” believing it will bring housing and business opportunities to that area of the county, in addition to helping to reduce congestion.

Dahlkemper notes that the Jefferson Parkway is “a viable option to address transportation” needs, but “there’s still a lot of factors to explore as it moves forward.”

Some of these are, she said, public health, safety and the publicprivate partnerships.

Dahlkemper believes WestConnect is a “promising initiative” that does well with addressing some of the county’s transportation issues.

On education While county commissioners don’t have a direct responsibility with education —control of Jeffco school board’s budget or how it manages its business, for example — both District 3 candidates believe education is an important issue.

“Supporting all forms of education is important, and that includes charter and vocational schools,” Francone said. “Parents should have options for their children’s education.”

Workforce readiness is another issue involving education and both candidates believe that although there are good initiatives underway — Francone points to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport’s pilot program as an example — there’s more to be done.

“That pipeline connecting high school and junior colleges to the workforce and career is a way for people to get a job and support themselves and their family,” Francone said.

Dahlkemper is also an advocate for giving “kids a strong start in school” and noted that commissioners do have an active role with Jefferson County Head Start, a nocost income-based preschool/early education program.

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Criticism and counterpoints about $567 million Jeffco bond Vivian condition and lighting change among points of debate

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Critics of the Jefferson County Public School’s $567 million bond measure on the November ballot say the improvements to laid out in the capital improvement plan are unclear, not fair to all schools and won’t do enough to bring schools into good-standing condition.

Though no formal opposition committee has filed with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office to oppose 5A and 5B, Jeffco’s mill levy override and bond, that doesn’t mean the measures have not been without critics. Among them, Jeffco Students First Action, a 501c4 public education advocate group, has officially come out against both 5A and 5B The bond — a financial mechanism to pay for building construction, renovations and capital improvements — is the fifth proposed byJeffco schools since 2004 and focuses on bringing outdated district buildings up to structural and educational standards, addressing continuing population growth and improving safety and security for students.

As the second largest school district in Colorado, Jeffco has 155 school buildings that average 50 years old.

According to the district, the bond is designed to touch all of those schools with improvements.

But South Jeffco parent Leonor Lucero said she can’t justify supporting the tax ask for “landscaping and lightbulbs,” which is what she sees as the bulk on the bond.

Most of schools are slated for a replacement of interior lighting with LEDs, and about 20 schools would get landscaping and athletic field improvements. However Tammy Schiff, chief communications officer for Jeffco Public Schools, said the notion that the majority of the bond is going toward “landscaping and lightbulbs” is fundamentally untrue.

Students at Vivian Elementary in 2016 work on learning how to use sign language to perform “A Whole New World” from the Disney animated musical, “Aladdin.”

FILE PHOTO “In an environment where maintenance and operations expenses continue to climb, but budgets are flat it is appropriate to look at ways to reduce both utility costs and maintenance expense,” Schiff said. “Reviewing exterior areas to determine if irrigation is necessary and if removing or reducing irrigated areas will not negatively impact the site while saving a substantial amount on water — we believe this to be an appropriate expense.”

The same, she said, with converting lighting, which is expected to bring a savings of $1 million per year to the district.

“There is a real savings in using less electricity due to LED efficiency and a reduction in maintenance expense because of the extended life-cycle of these bulbs,” Schiff continued. “The cost of this work is a fraction of the bond.”

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Twenty-three building additions are planned for schools if the bond measure passes. This includes new classrooms at the elementary and middle school level and new program spaces at high schools including space for theater and music programs, athletics, science class rooms and career/ tech education.

One example of this is Pomona High in Arvada, which was built in 1973 and is slated for $12.8 million in needs.

Included in that is additional space for the Pomona Arts and Humanities program.

The additions for classrooms are proposed in areas where schools are full, and using modular buildings.

“Where additions are proposed it is because projections indicate the schools will remain over-enrolled and permanent square footage is warranted,” Schiff said.

Foster Elementary in Arvada was built in 1953, and has a “poor” fa-

cilities index. It is slated for a facility expansion, remodel and the removal of modular buildings. The $5.9 million in upgrades also includes security upgrades, updates to old electrical wiring and panels and increase; old heating and cooling equipment; and plumbing fixtures and piping. Old playground equipment, carpet, floor tile, warn roofing and ceilings would also be replaced.

The 2018 bond includes six new school builds. Three schools would be completely replaced with new buildings on the same site — Prospect Valley Elementary in Wheat Ridge, Kendrick Lakes Elementary in Lakewood and Marshdale Elementary in Conifer. The other three are brand new schools — two to accommodate growth in West Lakewood and Leyden Rock and a Warren Tech South campus, which would provide the district with additional career and technical SEE BOND, P24

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Jeffco could be headed for a financial shortfall Balanced 2019 budget to be adopted Nov. 13

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jefferson County may face some financial sustainability challenges in the near future.

“Looking to 2020 and beyond, current estimates indicate that the growth of revenues will not keep pace with expenditures,” county budget documents state. “It will be of critical importance during 2019 and 2020 for the county to determine how these fiscal shortfalls will be addressed going forward.”

Staff pointed out a few items of note to county commissioners at the Oct. 16 budget presentation. One was an

overcollection of about $6.2 million in revenues received in excess of TABOR limits in 2017. Because this excess did not come from the county’s property taxes — it came from “other sources such as interest income, vehicle registrations, building permits, etc.,” county documents state — this “excess revenue will be returned to Jefferson County residents and businesses via a temporary mill levy reduction in 2019.”

Another noteworthy item is the elimination of the Business Personal Property Tax which went into the general fund. County commissioners approved this action on Sept. 18.

“The dollar amount associated with this tax elimination for the 2019 budget is approximately $7.7 million. This revenue shortfall will be addressed through an adjustment of the temporary mill levy reduction, which is in place to meet TABOR revenue limits,”

county documents state.

Jefferson The 2019 budget County’s 2019 adoption hearing proposed budget is expected to take place on Nov. 13 during forecasted revenues total 586.2. the Board of County Commissioners regular The total from revenues such business meeting, which begins at 8 a.m. as taxes, charges for services and and takes place in the Jefferson County intergovernmental such courts and adminas grants, for istration building, 100 Jefferson County example, are estimated to be Parkway in Golden. $452.2 million, and an adTo see the proposed ditional interbudget online, go to www.jeffco.us/3331/ fund transfers amount is $107.3 Proposed-Budget million. This is nearly a 5 percent increase from the amount projected to be received in

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2018, and to balance the budget, the county anticipates the net use of $26.7 million, coming from “available and unrestricted” fund balances across all funds.

“Generally, the philosophy has been that fund balance represents a onetime funding source to be appropriated only for one-time or cyclical operating costs, the purchase or replacement of equipment and projects requested in the county’s Five-Year Project Plan,” county documents state.

The county anticipates using the $26.7 million for one-time expenditures.

Jefferson County’s 2019 proposed budget has a combined operating and capital expenditure budget of $586.2 million — a 5.4 percent increase in expenditures from the 2018 adopted budget. The expenditure budget includes SEE BUDGET, P10

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Arvadan seeks to be first openly transgender person to hold state office Brianna Titone following in footsteps of former Arvada councilwoman

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brianna Titone, an Arvada resident seeking election to represent House District 27 in Jefferson County, is hoping to make history as the first openly transgender person to hold state office in Colorado. She is the second to run, following in the footsteps of former Arvada city councilwoman Joanne Conte who ran for the House of Representatives in the 1990s.

Danica Roem made history last year when she was elected to District 13 in the Virginia House of Delegates as the first openly transgender person to win a statewide election in the nation.

This year, transgender candidates are running for state offices throughout the county including Vermont, Montana, Guam, Hawaii and Massachusetts.

“Being a trans person gives me a different perspective on things,” Titone said. “When people see someone who is marginalized but still cares about people, I think that adds a little more value to my candidacy.”

Arvada’s history with transgendered officials dates back to the 1990s. Twenty-seven years ago, Conte became the first known trans woman in the country to hold elective office when she joined the Arvada City Council in 1991. The difference though, was that although she came out as transgender in the 1970s and legally changed her name before undergoing gender confirmation surgery, her past was a secret when she ran for office. In March 1993, Conte made a public announcement revealing that

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she was transgender after Westword told her of plans to include her previous identity as a man in a story it was publishing.

Conte served on Arvada’s City Council until 1995, when she lost reelection.

She also ran as an Independent for the Colorado House of Representatives.

She lost.

It was reported by Westword that Conte blamed her defeat on sexchange jokes made by constituents and critics during the campaign. She died in 2013.

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Jeffco Eats hoping for a second helping Young nonprofit wants to double the amount of children it feeds

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Andrea Syko sees students at Emory Elementary School in Lakewood suffer from hunger every day. Syko, the school’s family engagement liaison, says some students at the school struggle to eat, because their families don’t have food at home. Some of the families Syko works with often have to choose between paying rent, or buying groceries.

This isn’t just a problem at Emory Elementary School. According to Jefferson County Public Health, 26,441 students enrolled in Jeffco Public

Schools grades preschool through 12th were eligible for free and reduced lunch.

“It’s a big problem, and it’s heartbreaking to see these families struggling. We have a lot of kids on free and reduced lunch, but it doesn’t seem to be enough,” Syko said.

Emory Elementary School is one of the schools that Jeffco Eats provides weekend food for students and families.

The nonprofit serves Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Edgewater and Arvada, and is focused on ensuring that families don’t go hungry on the weekends. Jeffco Eats, which is partnered with Food Bank of the Rockies and the Jefferson County Colorado Department of Education Title One and Homeless area directors, is hosting its Faces of Hunger and Poverty Fundraising Dinner at the Hampton Inn in Lakewood on

Nov. 10 at 6:30 p.m.

The nonprofit is asking for support from the community as it tries to double the number of children it feeds each week. Jeffco Eats, which is only two years old, says it currently feeds 400 children a week. It recently won Lakewood’s Mayor’s Inspiration Award for the work it has done in the community.

“The reality for me is that these children are crying. They cry that they don’t have food,” said Barbara

Moore, executive director for Jeffco Eats. “It’s a reality that we hear from the schools that we work with.”

The fundraising event will include dinner, drinks, entertainment and an auction. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased at jeffcoeats.org/November-10-faces-of-hunger-fundraiser/.

“The only thing that is guaranteed to lift your spirits is to help someone else,” said Peter Freitag, the operations volunteer leader for Jeffco Eats.

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salaries and benefits, projects and equipment and appropriations for interdepartmental and inter-fund transfers.

Relating to expenditures, county documents note that salaries in 2018 “grew at a faster rate than expected.”

Also last year, $7.5 million in supplemental budget requests — such as those relating to public safety — were approved.

“Due to challenges in the general and capital expenditures funds, there were limited approvals of new requests” in the 2019 proposed budget, staff said at the Oct. 16 budget presentation.

Budget documents state that the

county follows two principles in developing the budget for the general fund. One is that there should be two months of operating expenses maintained as a reserve in the general fund. “For 2019, this amount is approximately $28 million.” The second “requires that all ongoing operating expenses be covered by revenue and not fund balance.”

Jefferson County Commissioner Casey Tighe said that although the 2019 proposed budget addresses needs, “in our future years, we’re going to have to make some key choices.”

“Because next year, I’m afraid we’re going to start looking at big cuts if we don’t have the revenues,” Tighe said.

“Either we’re going to have to address the revenue side, or we’re going to have to make some cuts of significant proportions going forward.”

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VOICES Get off the political sidelines and vote on Nov. 6

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Andrea Doray

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n pro sports, as in politics, our perceptions of how the game is being played usually reflect the sideline from which we are watching. Unlike sports, however, politics sometimes offers us the occasion to participate. Nov. 6 just such an opportunity.

Chances are you’ve been following the Denver Broncos … as well as the gubernatorial debates. Maybe you’re enjoying the Nuggets or the Avalanche, but not so much the back and forth of negative political attack ads. Perhaps you took in the (unfortunately Rockies-less) World Series, along with the daily barrage of news.

In doing so, like me, you’ve probably been celebrating or lamenting the fortunes of whichever side you’ve chosen.

For instance, I know a lot about football.

I mean, a lot. From the virtual sideline of my living room, I see the fouls on the field

before the refs even throw their flags. So when a penalty is missed by a referee, or the spot of the ball is off by inches that cost us the first down, I am incensed. And when a replay provides inconclusive evidence about whether a receiver had control of the ball and made a football move, I usually continue to see what I want to see – because of the sideline from which I watch.

Similarly, most of us observe politics from viewpoints we want to believe are correct.

As an example, although some of you wrote to me in support of my stance on freedom of the press, I was also called disingenuous and reprehensible … clearly, two different sidelines.

From what sideline do you watch as live bombs are sent to Democratic politicians, activists, and supporters? How about when a gunman targets Republican congressman

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Vote NO on prop 112 The oil and gas industry provides thousands of good-paying jobs to Coloradans (including your friends and neighbors), produces the energy we use to power our lives (at a cost lower than the national average because we get it locally), generously supports charities and the communities across the state, and contributes to the economy in a very robust way. Proposition 112 is a threat to Colorado’s prosperity, and I have voted NO. I hope you’ll join me.

The backers of this measure come largely from out of state, or from Boulder County. While out-of-state interests won’t have to suffer the consequences of this measure should it pass, everyone who lives here (including those from Boulder and those of us in Arvada) will. How? Let’s start with jobs. More than 140,000 jobs will be shed from the economy if 112 passes, and about 3/4 of those will be outside the industry. There is no exaggeration here.

How about education funding?

Oil and gas operations pay higher property taxes than the rest of us, which means more than $500 million will be lost by K-12 education.

Where will that money be made up? Jeffco schools are already struggling – let’s not add to it.

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How about the $30+ billion in GDP that benefits Colorado? If oil and gas is suddenly banned – and yes 112 creates a ban – where do we make up that monumental figure? I hope you’ll vote no on this misguided measure and keep Colorado going in the right direction.

Susan L. Aldridge, Arvada Cassidy for Assessor I am writing in support of Brian Cassidy as Jefferson County Assessor. Brian is a veteran,who served for 10 years with the U.S. Navy Submarine Force. He and his family have lived in Jefferson County for 30 years and have a daughter starting high school here this year.

More important to this, is that Brain is extremely qualified for this office. Brian holds a Colorado Certified General Appraiser license and has an MBA from the University of Colorado. He also has nearly 25 years in real estate, 14 years in property appraisal, including 10 years with National Valuation Consultants Inc., two years with Jefferson County Assessor’s Office and he is currently SEE LETTERS, P13

at softball practice?

Where do you stand on racism and extremism when a self-proclaimed antiSemitic gunman commits mass murder at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh?

Or when two black people are gunned down in Kentucky after the shooter could not break into a black church, as self-admitted white supremacist Dylann Roof did when he murdered killed nine African-American worshippers in Charleston?

I could go on … and on and on with examples of hate-filled vitriolic threats, violence and murder, but it’s important to note that the bombs, the massacre in Pittsburgh and the murders in Kentucky all took place last week, heightening tensions around the upcoming midterm elections.

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drink alcohol and then get behind the arents of teenagers, I hope you wheel of a car. are watching.

So, what is the news of the past week Actually, I hope you are making that I’m referring to? Why, Chad Kelly, your kids watch. The news of the of course. When Chad Kelly was last week has been a case study born, God reached down and in life. And no, not politics — I HITTING attached a cannon to his right mean life.

HOME shoulder. On top of that, he gave I have written before how him prototypical athletic size, much of a fan I am of mistakes speed and an amazing pedigree — of trying new things, hard (being the nephew of an NFL things, and, sometimes, failHall of Famer). Every advaning. Because in the process of tage. trying hard things, you stretch He earned a scholarship to your limits; and when you fail, one of the top football schools you learn; and when you pick in the country, but got kicked yourself back up again and keep off for conduct detrimental to going, you learn resilience. I the team. So he enrolled in a absolutely subscribe to Edison’s Michael Alcorn Junior College, which he led to maxim that he never failed — he a National Championship. That earned simply found 700 different ways not to him a scholarship to a different school, build a light bulb, all of which led him at which he excelled. to the correct version.

But his conduct still left much to be The thing, however, that you have desired. Home on Christmas break, he to avoid, is the BIG mistake — the life was arrested outside a night club for altering, can’t live that down kind of fighting and resisting arrest. screwup. For example, it’s okay to drink There was also an incident when he alcohol, it may even be okay to drink a little too much. What do you learn? A. ran out of the stands onto the field at his your limits. B. that it feels really awful when you do. What is not okay is to SEE ALCORN, P13

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employed with Arapahoe County Assessor’s Office as a commercial appraiser. This county’s taxpayers, especially small businesses, need change.

They need fair and accurate property valuations that represent actual value rather than inflated, unrealistic values that add unnecessary tax and appeal burden on the citizen and business owner. Brian Cassidy is the man to bring that fairness and experience to Jefferson County.

Barbara Loving, Arvada We cannot delay on 5A and 5B In the course of my life, I have been a Jeffco student, teacher, principal, and now proud school board member.

This November, a YES on 5A & 5B helps secure quality education today and for generations to come.

We are seeking support to competi-

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brother’s high school football game.

When he entered the NFL draft, he was coming off of two significant injuries, but was still considered a great talent. Unfortunately, his off-the-field problems had him headed towards not being drafted at all.

Following me so far? Million-dollar talent, five cent brain. Lots of mistakes, which seemed to have him headed towards the end of his dream.

But then, an old family friend reached out and did his uncle a favor, and with the last possible pick of the draft, John Elway made Chad Kelly a Bronco. A second chance.

In his first 16 months in Denver, Chad seemed to be doing everything right. He changed his body, rehabilitated his injuries, spent time studying, and eventually displaced the heir apparent, in the process becoming one of the most popular Broncos. In fact, on the very day his story went south, a report came out that he was likely to get a chance to start a game this year.

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It’s worse than I have ever seen it (and I am not alone in this sentiment), and I have voted in a lot of elections.

In politics, as in pro sports, there are winners and losers, while supporters cheer in jubilation or jeer in frustration. Sometimes, we even turn against our own, but most often we are aggrieved by the actions of the other side.

As much as I would like to, I can’t

tively pay educators, increase mental health and counseling supports, improve safety and security, and create quality learning environments for all students. In 2016, Jeffco was one of six metro area districts that asked voters for an investment in schools. Five passed. Jeffco’s did not. We cannot fall further behind.

Jeffco cannot afford to be a worldclass training ground for teachers who leave our classrooms for higher pay in nearby districts. Nor can we delay in supporting the best learning and life opportunities for students — including STEM and college and career pathways. 5A provides ongoing dollars to bring classrooms to life, while 5B invests in school buildings.

The average age of our schools is 50 years. It is time to renew and repair existing schools. We also have high growth areas that require new schools, and several buildings that simply must be replaced. The good news is our investment can result in savings in ongoing energy and repair costs, at a time when borrowing rates are reasonable.

And then Tuesday happened. A Broncos Halloween party, an altercation, entering a private home, followed by an arrest and subsequent firing by the Broncos.

It is highly doubtful that Chad Kelly will get another shot at the NFL. That dream is over. No more second chances. Whatever it is that causes him to act this way, it has now permanently changed the course of his life.

And it could have been SO much worse: he’s actually very lucky the homeowner chased him off with a plastic tube instead of a loaded shotgun.

Kids, you don’t have time to make all the mistakes in the world — learn from others. Don’t waste your gifts and talents by making the “big” mistake; don’t squander second chances by letting your demons get the best of you; and don’t throw away years of hard work with momentary lapses of judgment.

Here endeth the lesson.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Charon’s Blade,” will be available soon. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

change the outcome of a Bronco game. But I do have a chance to affect political outcomes on November 6.

So do you.

This is our opportunity to get off the sidelines of indifference, fear, complacency or rage. No matter which team you espouse, I urge you to vote on November 6. History has shown that just one vote can decide an election.

Will it be yours?

Andrea Doray is a writer who has participated in more than 30 years of elections, and proudly wears her “I Voted” sticker. Contact her at a.doray@ andreadoray.com.

I urge voters to vote YES on 5A & 5B. We are thankful for the support and endorsement of multiple business organizations, school communities, local newspapers, and citizens. It is time for this important local investment!

Ron Mitchell Jeffco Board of Education President Re-elect Kraft-Tharp Representative Tracy Kraft-Tharp is the only choice for Colorado’s State House District 29 (Westminster/ Arvada) in the election. As a grandmother and former social worker I want a proven leader who cares about our families. I want a leader who has and will continue to champion our children’s need for a better education, clean air and water, help for the mentally-ill, protection for children who have been neglected or abused, good affordable health care, and resources for seniors. She has sponsored legislation benefiting people in our community, oftentimes on a bipartisan basis.

We need a strong, accessible, smart, caring, and hard-working leader like

Tracy. Vote for Tracy Kraft-Tharp as our Representative in District 29. It’s important for our community, our families and our future.

Maureen Leon Acosta, Arvada Thanks to Arvada Fire I want to commend the Arvada Fire District Board of Directors for taking a proactive approach to reduce the impact of the impending LOCAL implication of yet another State reduction in the Residential Assessment Rate (RAR). The Arvada Fire District has a proven track record of fiscal responsibility and transparency. They have obtained the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (CAFR) award for many years in a row now. They are just trying to stabilize FUTURE revenue. It is true that the fire department’s revenue has slightly increased during the past 2 years because of the good economy, but voters must also consider that growth in the District, and the demand for services SEE LETTERS, P14

OBITUARIES DEITRICK

Shirley Dietrick

9/28/1928 - 10/21/2018

Shirley Dietrick Passed away October 21, 2018. Her Tribute Service will be held on November 8, 2018, at 10:00am at Foothills Community Church, 8270 W 80th Ave, Arvada, CO 80005. She leaves behind a community of Masons, Shriners, Amaranth, Daughters of the Nile, Bridge, Pinochle and Shirley clubs, friends, neighbors and family.

She resided on North Federal Blvd for nearly 40 years before moving to Arvada at which time spent 20 semiannual years in Mesa, Arizona, as a snowbird.

Shirley was the only child of the late

Harry I. and Stella F. Tenenbaum.

She was born September 28, 1928, in Denver, Colorado; a graduate of North High School in 1946. She was united in marriage in 1946 to Dee, with whom she shared a 63 year romance.

In lieu of flowers, please send your donation directly to Shriners Hospitals for Children at either: Shriners Hospitals for Children Attn: Office of Development 2900 N. Rocky Point Dr. Tampa, FL 33607 Or https://www. shrinershospitalsforchildren.org/saltlake-city

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LETTERS has outpaced this increase. Unless we vote YES on 6E, the fire district’s budget will go way down when the housing market corrects itself (which it ALWAYS does). This year the department received $1.75-million dollars less in potential revenue because of the RAR reduction and they will receive another $3 million-dollar less in potential revenue every year UNLESS we vote YES on 6E! Tom McAdam, Broomfield

improvements at schools across the district to keep them all safe. The bond will also ensure that science labs and classrooms in high schools are updated so that our students can better prepare for 21st century careers.

Safe schools and quality learning environments are only part of the picture, so 5A will also help fund more competitive salaries to keep the best educators and staff in Jeffco while also providing money to replace outdated textbooks and materials. Our students are striving, but as a parent and school volunteer, I see how much more we could do with additional resources. Please vote yes on 5A and 5B. Lisa Cook, Westminster

For safety, vote yes on 5A/5B Please vote yes on the Jeffco Schools mill and bond to increase safety, expand education, and invest in our school buildings and educators. As a parent and as member of the Safety Task Force, I want to make sure we’re doing everything we can to keep our students safe. The bond will fund increased safety in our schools with interior door locks, secure entries, and more. The mill will also increase security through additional personnel to keep students safe. Increased mental health resources to support struggling students and monitor concerning behaviors can also be funded through 5A. 5A and 5B funding will also help renovate and repair aging schools that my children attend, while also constructing two new schools and additions in schools my niece and nephew attend.

Plus, the bond will fund security

No on 5 A & B and Amendment 73 We will be voting on three ballot measures related to public education this year. I agree that our amazing teachers deserve higher salaries, but 5A doesn’t do that. The required PERA retirement cost increases will eat up all but $12.5 million of the mill levy, which means only a 1% raise for teachers.

5B asks for almost a BILLION dollars in new debt, but what the school district isn’t saying is that they will only be making interest payments for the next few years, costing us an additional $150 million in interest! This type of shady practice is what brought about the housing collapse about 10 years ago.

As a small business owner in Jeffco, what concerns me the most is Amendment 73, which will be a 78% tax increase on my small business! And this ballot measure would be in the State

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Constitution, which means a super majority would need to change it if the economy takes a downturn.

We can’t afford to approve these ridiculously high tax increases! Join me in voting no for 5A. 5B, and Amendment 73!

Denise Mund, Arvada Colorado kids deserve better I was a Jeffco 3rd grader the last time Colorado was near the national average in per pupil funding — 35 years ago. Today, we trail $2,800 below the national average in per pupil funding. Colorado teachers are among the least competitively paid teachers in the nation. Compounding the problem, since the recession $7 billion in voter-approved funding has been withheld from schools through the negative (budget stabilization) factor. Jeffco has not received nearly $700 million in state funding over the last decade.

Local investment in Jeffco Schools is critical for competitive wages, secure learning environments, and ensuring equitable opportunities for all students. However, due to statewide budget constraints, we continue to find ourselves swimming in a riptide, drifting still further from the national average.

Amendment 73 will generate the funds to move Colorado near, but not quite at, the national average for per pupil funding. It stabilizes school property taxes as the third lowest in the nation for homeowners, and provides savings to business property owners, farmers, and ranchers who have gone decades with no property tax relief. Amendment 73 asks the wealthiest 8 percent of Coloradans and large corporations to invest a little more in the workforce of the future. It will begin to bring balance to a tax code that currently sees middleincome earners — our teachers, firefighters, and working families — paying a bigger portion of their income in taxes than the wealthiest Coloradans.

Amendment 73 is good for all Colorado schools, and 5A & 5B target specific improvements for Jeffco. Yes on 73, 5A & 5B! Amanda Stevens, Jeffco Board of Education Approve 5A and 5B By approving 5A and 5B, Jeffco residents offer direct support to our community with local dollars. In Colorado, the state sets school funding each year and then Jeffco voters can approve additional dollars on top of that amount – those additional dollars are 5A and 5B. As a parent and volunteer, I see amazing things in Jeffco Schools that I am happy to support with my tax dollars and time.

5A will provide operating dollars dedicated to Jeffco to improve our competitiveness with neighboring districts. I have watched fantastic teachers and principals be recruited away from Jeffco by districts whose communities have approved local increases and therefore can pay more.

5A will also fund additional personnel at schools dedicated to student safety and the expansion of career/technical and STEM programs.

5B is the fiscally appropriate approach to protecting our taxpayer assets. At the current rate of capital

transfer available in the Jeffco Schools budget, it will take 25 years to save enough money to address the total facilities’ needs. And that’s if the aging of facilities could be halted. Any increase in capital draws from the operating budget means fewer dollars A available for teacher pay, personnel, A safety, materials, and regular mainN tenance. Assets valued in the billions like Jeffco Schools properties just J can’t be protected without capital infu-a y sions from time to time. 5B funding will also address needed physical security improvements.

I urge Jeffco voters to say yes on 5A & 5B – a valuable and worthwhile com-A munity contribution.

Kim Johnson,D ArvadaC

2 Kraft-Tharp willing to listen I moved back to Westminster after l living in Denver and Arapahoe Countyo for over 25 years. I decided to attend a i town hall meeting at a restaurant and y met Representative Kraft-Tharp. She a was professional, personable and well p informed. She took the time to tell me a about her background, her committee e assignments at the State Capitol and s asked me several questions about my m w concerns.

I recall we discussed fracking, state h t government and the election. I appreciated that she took time and was n open to each of us and our varying d concerns. That impressed me. s Rep. Kraft-Tharp holds town hall meetings once a month to learn about i issues affecting our community and to be accessible. I like that too. I have alsot C ran across her at other community events. I respect that Rep. Kraft-Tharp e takes time out of her busy schedule to r support other individuals and orga- a nizations. I think it is important that D elected officials work for everyone, C develop positive relationships with people in local government and the private sector.

It might sound overused, but it W really does take a village to make progress, create change and/or address a problem. I believe Rep. Kraft- t Tharp understands this too. If you are wondering who you should vote for in the election for House District 29 Rep- f resentative, then remember this name, Tracy Kraft-Tharp. She will continue to work for Westminster and Arvada and help keep our communities safe F and thriving. Hands down she is the w best candidate!

Cindilou Peniston,m Westminstert 5 e Brian Cassidy for Assessor This county’s tax payers, especially m small businesses, need change – they a need fair and accurate property valu- v ations that represent actual value rather than inflated unrealistic values i that add unnecessary tax and appeal e t burden on the citizen and business t owner. o Brian is extremely qualified for the position of Assessor – a Colorado t Certified General Appraiser with an t MBA from University of CO, 24 years i c in real estate, 12 years in property appraisal, 10 years with National Valu-p f ation Consultants Inc, 2 years with t Jefferson County Assessor’s Office and currently with Arapahoe County t b SEE LETTERS, P15

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Assessor’s Office as a Commercial Assessor… and 10 years with the US Navy Submarine Force.

Brian and his family have lived in Jefferson County for 30 years and have a daughter in high school here this year.

David Schalla, Littleton Arvadans for Dahlkemper We are writing in support of Leslie Dahlkemper for Jefferson County Commissioner.

Leslie, a Jeffco resident for the past 24 years, believes in the power of public service to improve lives and build opportunities in our community. She is supremely qualified. During her 30year professional career, she worked as a senior-level executive in both the private and nonprofit sectors on state and national levels. She has served on executive leadership teams responsible for budgets ranging from $14 million with 45 employees to $1 billion with 14,000 employees. This is during her service as our former president of the Jeffco School Board.

You can count on this former business owner and reporter to listen to diverse perspectives and find workable solutions to some of our most pressing issues.

She has a passion and commitment to our community that we need at the County. She believes that good governance matters. That it should be responsive, transparent, efficient, and accountable.

We hope you vote for Leslie Dahlkemper for Jefferson County Commissioner.

Dot & Ranger Miller, Arvada Wilson for RTD board How many RTD bureaucrats does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

Only takes ONE electrician!

That’s why Bob Wilson has my vote for RTD District L. Bruce Oxley, Arvada Folks for 5A and 5B As community and business leaders, we know great schools are essential to making Jefferson County communities great places to live. Ballot issues 5A & 5B will improve our business environment, helping us attract and maintain good jobs, and it will have a positive impact on our property values.

5A is critically important to attracting and retaining great teachers. Our entry level pay is competitive but over time we pay teachers significantly less than other neighboring districts. 50% of 5A funding is committed to closing the pay gap to help keep experienced teachers in Jeffco. It provides funding for student safety and expands career/technical education and STEM programs. 5A will result in more Jeffco graduates becoming the employees that many of our businesses need.

5B supports important investments to protect taxpayer assets – our school buildings. The average age of build-

ings in Jeffco is 50 years! In addition to improving school safety and security, investing in renovations will make our buildings energy efficient and improve accessibility. Bond proceeds will also fund 2 new schools in high growth areas, including Arvada.

And 5B supports the District’s career/ technical education efforts, and its important partnerships with our business community.

Thriving in a rapidly changing world requires wise investments.

Quality schools are a cornerstone of a vibrant, prosperous community. 5A and 5B will continue Jeffco Schools on a path of providing excellent educational opportunities for students and will reap positive benefits for all of us.

Join us in voting Yes on 5A & 5B. Maro Dimmer, Jodi Thomas, Paul Heller, Ken Fellman Issue with that editorial I have to contend with the Arvada Press’ headline of “Its time to do our part for our Jeffco schools.” What?

I do my part everyday paying my property taxes to the school district!

I’m tired of either the school district, its cronies like the teachers union and now this editorial telling me that I never do my part. Over the past couple of years my property taxes have increased thus giving more money to the school district. The editorial said that many of the schools buildings are in a state of 50 years of neglect. Wasn’t it in 1992 that money was passed to fix this issue? What happened? Didn’t they update all the schools with that money? But the school district counts on us not to remember these past bonds or mill levies. With the school board paying a new superintendent $1.2 million dollars and adding more administrators with big salaries, are they really that hard up for cash? I voted no and I encourage everyone else to vote no on these ballot measures. To put it plainly I do my part to fund these schools everyday and I’m sick and tired of being told I’m not doing my part when I am.

David Albertsen, Arvada Colleague supports Dahlkemper County commissioners in Jeffco make major decisions on issues that impact our quality of life, including open space, land use, roads, public health, mental health, and even education. For example, they decide whether to approve the renewal of federal grant funding for Head Start – an early childhood education program that helps our youngest, most vulnerable children get a strong start in school.

The program is located in Arvada and Wheat Ridge. Commissioners also decide whether the Sheriff ’s request for additional school resource officers will be approved. Keeping students and school staff safe is a big concern for us all.

My friend, Lesley Dahlkemper, is a candidate for county commissioner.

We served together on the Jeffco school board. Together, we worked with our colleagues and community to ensure the district’s nearly $1 billion budget reflected the community’s values and priorities. We listened, found common ground and identified workable solutions. Lesley will bring these leadership skills to the Jeffco

Board of County Commissioners. She has deep knowledge of our county and has been an effective leader who gets results. She’s ready to hit the ground running and has already met with all the county directors of major departments as well as nearly all county elected officials. I hope you’ll join me in voting for Lesley for county commissioner!

With best regards, Jill Fellman, Arvada Hopeful for a safer community I hope my fellow citizens vote to support their schools and fire districts this year. I am a director with the Arvada Fire Protection District and work security in Jeffco schools. Supporting the ballot measures to increase school funding and stabilize the mill levies rates in our fire departments are votes for public safety. Fire districts are working to keep mill levy rates at current levels, of 7.2 percent. It is important to emphasize that our goal is to maintain current levels of service and not be forced to cut services if our mill levy rates drop. We need to keep the services we have and stay even as our population increases.

State schools are underfunded at $2,800 per student less than the national average. Unfortunately, school funding is more of a political flashpoint, but that fact remains evidenced based. The debate often centers around student resources, building maintenance, fair staff salaries, but it should not stop there. Consider the level of tragedy we have had in Jefferson County schools.

Security staffing needs to expand to middle schools. We also need to update

our equipment, expand training and building security. Behavioral Health Services and Community outreach programs are expanding, and the need is increasing.

Please vote YES on Amendment 73, 5A and 5B and 6E! Timothy D. Allport, Arvada Regarding 5A and 5A Sometimes it’s right to spend some money on stuff. In Jeffco, we’re encountering a couple of bonds on the ballot. Some may look at it and say, “Not me.” You know, school safety bond things. Stuff.

Here’s the deal. 5A and 5B are actually pretty smart. Door locks. (See the Sandy Hook Commission Report), security staff, and a profound investment in addressing mental health challenges where intervention can change action. All proven to mitigate the unthinkable.

Why is this important, not just to school age parents, but anyone in Jeffco? My first hand experience is that if something happens at a school, every student, every parent, and every community member is impacted.

That’s not a reason. But it should be a consideration.

I spoke of first hand experience. On Sept. 27, 2006 a gunman entered Platte Canyon High School, held seven girls hostage and ultimately shot and killed Emily Keyes. During the time she was held hostage, Emily sent me this text message: “I love you guys.”

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Online and face to face Despite the popularity of dating apps like Tinder, many people in their 20s often continue their “college kind of dating experiences” — namely, in bars, Watson said.

“I’m not sure that’s a very good setting,” Watson said. “In a bar with 200 people there, there might be one or two people more compatible with you.”

Watson contrasted that with volunteering or attending a meetup, a group activity organized online.

Meetup.com has options throughout the metro area — from Castle Rock up to Thornton and in between.

t will surprise no one to hear that there are many, many differences between life in New York City and Denver. But comedian and podcaster Crystal Beth has come across one that may not be immediately obvious to most.

“I asked people for recommendations on good therapists, and found out people here don’t really talk about that,” she said. “In New York, all we do is cry on the subway and talk about which therapist we’re seeing.”

Beth and her husband John Robert moved to Colorado about five months ago in search of more affordable space to do what they love—- tell stories, whether that’s through a microphone or on a stage.

“We wanted a room that we could dedicate to our podcasting operation and have permaCOMING nently set up all ATTRACTIONS the equipment we use for our shows,” Beth explained.

“We’ve also started Box W Media, a company that will hopefully allow us to produce podcasts for others.”

The pair recently wrapped up a podClarke Reader cast called “The Fifth Eleminute” which was a minute-by-minute examination of the cult-favorite science fiction film. They’re also part of Unlimited Lives Radio, a video game podcast they host with Carlo Rojas and T.J. Del Reno.

Telling stories is a talent Beth picked up from her mother. It was from her mother’s example that Beth learned what makes a good story (or joke) — having a good button at the end that calls back to the beginning.

“You want something that brings it all together,” Beth explained. “A good story doesn’t have to be happy all the way through or anything like that. But it does need to make the listener feel like the speaker is talking directly to them.”

The world of podcasting is evergrowing and competitive, which means that while there are plenty of opportunities for people to talk about what they love, not everybody has the talents to make it entertaining or turn podcasting into a sustainable business. Like all things, developing a good podcast takes dedication and practice.

“I love stand-up comedy, but I don’t do it to become a famous comedian,” Beth said.

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Second from right, Craig Barber, a Littleton-area resident who runs meetups — group activities organized online — stands with people at a country dance-themed event he hosted at Stampede bar and dance club in Aurora Oct. 26. Celeste Tarantola, an Arvada resident, stood in the cowboy hat.

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long with traffic and housing costs, the population boom in the Denver metro area can affect a less obvious part of residents’ lives: navigating the dating world.

“While that doesn’t make us different from New York or San Francisco, it is a change here,” said Dr. Tracy Bacon, a sociology professor at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton.

“It makes dating a lot harder because dating is expensive.”

From deciding when to move a relationship under one roof to the types of people in the dating pool, Bacon said, a changing population can make the nerve-wracking process even more complex. Added obstacles among young people can affect looking for marriage, too.

“Most people do still get married eventually, but I feel like with millennials, the difficulty with finding financial stability, finishing education and having all these student loans can make a long-term marriage commitment seem kind of far off,” Bacon said.

But singles can also benefit from a

wealth of ways to meet people in the metro area — and it goes far beyond sitting awkwardly in a bar or swiping through faces on a phone.

Young and crowded Many people are moving for reasons like tech-industry jobs or education, and young professionals may have a large dating pool in the Denver area, Bacon said.

For people who aren’t as educated or have lower income, dating may be difficult here, Bacon guessed.

“Theoretically, anyone can fall in love with anyone,” said Bacon, adding that people can find love across educational divides. “But realistically, we end up with people who are a lot like us.”

The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan statistical area — which includes Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and Park counties — was ranked by Forbes as the sixthbest metro area nationwide for young professionals based on factors like the unemployment rate, job growth and other factors in 2017. People age 20 to 34 made up about 23 percent of that metro area in 2017, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

That metro area also had the 10thhighest percentage of college graduates among people age 25 to 34 in large metro areas nationwide, according to a February report by the Brookings Institution based on 2015 numbers.

For out-of-state residents moving to

the metro area, meeting people can be difficult, particularly if they have jobs where they work remotely in their apartments, said Dr. Mary Ann Watson, a clinical psychologist and professor emerita at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

And when young people do meet, housing can become a challenge, Bacon said.

“Younger people are living with their parents more,” Bacon said.

That’s not a deal-breaker, but “it’s a little harder to date if you’re living at home as an adult. You might see people moving in together before they want to because it saves money — more of a financial decision than a good relationship decision.”

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People age 30 and up commonly take part in meetups, centering around interests like dogs, cooking, tennis and “all sorts of opportunities,” Watson said. “I find that’s usually much more helpful. Particularly, volunteer opportunities are a good way to meet people.”

Craig Barber, a Littleton-area resident who runs meetups on the 5280 Singles, 5280 Singles Over 40 and 5280 Singles Adventures groups, said young singles should stop relying so much on technologies.

“Social media isn’t even social,” said Barber, whose meetup groups boast more than 10,000 members combined. “Social is talking.”

But online dating can have its upsides, and it’s much less stigmatized than it was years ago, Bacon said.

“When online dating came out, people were like, ‘Oh, what’s wrong with you?’” Bacon said. But “in some ways, it makes it easier — you can weed people out. When you’re in a city with so many people, it’s much more efficient.”

Gender and age The nickname “Menver,” given to Denver because of a perceived gender imbalance, dates back years and has caught on in local media — and the statistics appear to back it up in the dating world. ” In the metro area — the broad Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, 10-county definition — males outnumber females roughly 224,000 to 183,000 among ages 20 to 34 for people who have never married, according to 2017 Census Bureau data. That gap remains wide

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“I do it to work on my writing, develop my voice and figure out what makes people laugh.”

Beth’s work allows her to not only discuss things she loves, but also to be open about struggles with anxiety, hinsecurities and other challenges that she and so many other people experience every day.

Much like stand-up comedy, podcasting is a predominantly male industry.

But Beth is eager to work with women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to tell stories and - share voicies on stages (both physical and digital) that have otherwise been shunted off to the side. As long as they don’t become more successful than her, she adds with a laugh.

“I love helping people get to where they want to be,” she said. “Even if it conflicts immensely with my need to be the center of attention.”

Stay up to date on Beth’s efforts and , podcasts at www.thecrystalbeth.com.

Celebrate Diá de los Muertos with a cultural wallk Halloween is on a Wednesday this year, which makes it a little difficult to properly celebrate the holiday. But Diá

FINDING OTHERS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS The Denver metro area offers many ways to meet people outside of looking through profiles on an app.

Here are some events and meetups — group activities organized online — across local cities and towns. For the meetups, please note there are several other options per area — these are some examples.

• Step it Up Broomfield/ Thornton — A group focused on healthy living: meetup.com/step-it-upbroomfield/ • Westminster Art and Community — Focused on “creativity and connection”: meetup.com/ Westminster-art/

• Wheat Ridge Nerdatorium Board Game Group: meetup.com/WheatRidge-Board-Game-Meetup-Nerds/ • Lakewood and Denver West Euchre and Pub Trivia — For the card game and pub trivia: meetup.com/DenverWest-Euchre-and-Trivia/ • Littleton Comedy Meetup — Focused on scene work and improvisation: meetup. com/Littleton-ComedyMeetup/ • Highlands Ranch Cycling Club: meetup.com/Highlands-Ranch-Cycling-Club/ • Parker Dungeons & Dragons Meetup — For the role-

playing game: meetup. com/Parker-DungeonsDragons-Meetup/ • Castle Rock Vegans: meetup.com/Castle-RockVegans/ • Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth Paper Crafting Club: meetup.com/Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth-PaperCrafting-Club/ • Denver Singles Events and Adventures Club — For activities like fireworks cruises, skydiving, paintball and more: eventsandadventures.com/Denver • SpeedDenver Dating — For speed dating: speeddenverdating.com

all the way up through ages 55 to 59, according to the data.

For LGBTQ singles, gay bars sit in central Denver — people in places like Aurora, Highlands Ranch and the outskirts of the metro area are “kind of restricted to coming into town,” Watson said.

Other options include LGBTQ choruses and even LGBTQ issue-based groups, given the current political climate, Watson said. Many meetups are geared toward LGBTQ residents in the area.

For older singles in their 60s and 70s, existing friends can be a road to new connections, Watson said.

“Let them know you’re open to meeting new people or dating new people,” Watson said.

Meetup groups are successful with

older singles, too, said Watson, who encouraged them to rekindle activities and interests they haven’t taken up since earlier in life.

Celeste Tarantola, an Arvada resident who said she’s middle-aged, was looking to get out and interact with people after a relationship ended. She doesn’t believe in dating sites, she said, but meetups “got me out of my apartment.” She sat at one such event Oct. 26, watching people learn steps to a country-style dance at Stampede, a country bar and club on the west edge of Aurora.

Barber, who organized the event and sat next to Tarantola, said in an area with such an influx of outsiders, people will encounter different viewpoints, and it’s important to listen and be caring. But in general, his dat-

de los Muertos is from Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 — in other words, more time to celebrate.

To celebrate the traditional holiday, Lakewood’s 40 West Arts District is marking it with its First Friday event from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2. The hub of the event is the 40 West Arts Gallery, 1560 Teller St. in Lakewood.

All of the district’s galleries, studios and creative businesses will be open to the public and visitors to the district will see multiple exhibits inspired by Diá de los Muertos, including altars and pieces by local grade school students. Aztec dancers in traditional costume and fire artists will also be performing.

For more information, visit www.40westarts.org.

mer David Givan play songs from his entire oeuvre. He’ll be stopping by the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

The concert will also feature special guests Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff and Andrea Gibson.

It’s going to be a special show, and you won’t want to miss it.

Get your tickets at www.altitudetickets.com/events/detail/jim-james.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Jim James at the Paramount Theatre There are certain singers who can do things that seem practically inhuman with their voices. Kentucky’s Jim James, the lead singer and songwriter of My Morning Jacket, is one of those singers for me. This year James has released two albums with different approaches on the same songs — “Uniform Distortion” and “Uniform Clarity.”

In honor of the albums, James is going on a first-ever solo tour, featuring just him and longtime touring drum-

Celeste Tarantola, an Arvada resident, watches dancers on the floor Oct. 26 at Stampede bar and dance club in Aurora.

An event for singles in the metro area, organized by Craig Barber on Meetup. com, brought some people to the club.

Getting another shot at prom as an adult in RiNo Prom is one of those events that our culture has turned into a major life milestone, when for most people, it was just another in a long line of school dances.

For those who want another crack at the whole prom thing, RiNo is giving adults a chance with the RiNo Prom, beginning at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10 and ending around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, the 11th. Prom will be held at the B-Spot Gallery, 2750 Blake St. in Denver.

This 21-and-older event will feature everything that go into traditional proms —- gowns, tuxes, limo rides and dancing. But there will also be no curfew, spiked punch and more.

For tickets, visit www.eventbrite. com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.

Dancers try country-themed steps Oct. 26 at Stampede bar and dance club in Aurora. An event for singles in the metro area, organized by Craig Barber on Meetup.com, brought some people to the club.

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oasted poblano and jalapeĂąo cream soup, deviled eggs with candied bacon, German Bratwurst with beer mustard and pork belly donuts were just some of the bites enjoyed at the Taste of Arvada held Oct. 25 at Apex Center.

The annual event featured more than 60 Denver metro and Arvada restaurants and craft breweries.

One featured sip was from Red Silo Coffee Roasters which opened at 6590 Holman Street in Arvada Oct. 27. So Radish and Flying Pig Bacon Co., two anticipated eateries opening in Olde Town in 2019 also sampled items from their upcoming menu.

Jermy Duffy, bar manager at the Arvada Tavern, pours samples of their old fashions for Taste of Arvada attendees.

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For Pomona High School seniors Benjamin Saprano and Abbie Traynor, both members of the schools arts and humanities program PAH, directing a play of their choosing with their peers as actors is a “once-in-high-school opportunity.”

“It was really exciting and nervewracking at the same time to know that I will be directing a play,” Saprano said.

The two and their selected plays were chosen following an exercise in their junior year, where the class spends time researching and pitching their plays. Each year two plays and two students are chosen to direct a one-act performed at the school.

“They’ve worked the whole summer on how they feel about their shows and the message they want audiences to walk away with,” said Jesse Collett, theater teacher at Pomona. “Now it’s an opportunity for them to be a leader and to make a difference in some of their peers’ lives by helping them create art.”

Collett said the project is an example of how they create authentic-based tasks in the PAH program.

“We really like to give students opportunities and this is a great way to do that and give students a role that they also feel empowered,” Collett said. “I think they walk out of it with a community of supporters, camaraderie, and they walk out of it better artists.”

For Traynor, who is directing the play “#viral,” empowerment is also something she hopes her audience feels. “#viral” deals with the subject of bullying and cyber bullying. The play

IF YOU GO WHAT: Two one-act plays presented by Pomona High Catwalk Theater “#viral” directed by student Abbie Traynor and “Tracks” directed by student Benjamin Saprano WHEN: 7 p.m. Nov. 8, 9 and 10 WHERE: The Catwalk Theater at Pomona High, 8101 W. Pomona Drive, Arvada

TICKETS: $8 general admission — available at catwalktheatrecompany.com features five girls and tells their sides of a story.

“I chose it because it’s an important play to me,” Traynor said. “I chose it because I want to show women empowering other women.”

Traynor said directing for her is tougher than she thought it would be, but that she is learning a lot doing it. She hopes she can bring her experience with her to college, as she auditions soon for the musical theater program at the University of Northern Colorado.

“It’s such a great growing experience, learning experience,” she said.

Saprano will be directing the show “Tracks,” which tells the story of people from across the country who have died and are in this subway station waiting for a train that will either bring them to heaven or hell and how they react to that.

“Directing a one-act is a unique experience because only two seniors a year get to do it,” said Saprano, who also hoped to pursue musical theater in college. “I just think that having this kind of program and having this opportunity really impacts high schoolers a lot.”

Both shows will be performed at Pomona High’s Catwalk Theater, 8101 W. Pomona Drive in Arvada, for three nights Nov. 8, 9 and 10.

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For Carson McCabe, 17, living with a bleeding disorder limits his daily life.

He can’t play contact sports, and psychologically it disconnects him from others his age.

“It’s one of those things that when you tell people, they don’t know what it is it separates them from you a little bit,” said McCabe, a senior at Ralston Valley High. “It’s always kind of like you’re left out. You feel so different from other people and they don’t understand your struggle.”

McCabe was diagnosed at birth with hemophilia A, a genetic disorder caused by missing or defective factor VIII, a clotting protein.

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“People have trouble grasping the severity of it,” McCabe said. “A lot of people think that you cant get a cut or else it can be dangerous … A common question I get asked is, `if you get a paper cut will you die?’ That’s a little extreme. The internal bleeding is often more dangerous because it isn’t visible.”

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This is education and training that’s difficult to find anywhere else, Jacobson said. And it needs to begin early, she added — even as early as when you start setting up the nursery, or even as soon as you learn you’re pregnant.

The healthcare professionals’ class consists of a thorough overview of the Safe Sleep Guidelines and the reasoning behind each one.

This class will also include group discussions, but also role play. Attendees will learn how to create a two-way conversation with parents and gain knowledge on how they can help parents create a plan to implement safe sleep and breastfeeding in each household that considers each family’s beliefs, values and living and working situations.

Considering the average size of each class is 35-to-40 attendees, Jacobson said, following the training, each of those participants will have the knowledge and ability to reach at least twice that many people in their community.

It is important to spread the word about this infant-care information and education, said Mimi Wogtech, marketing manager for The Boppy Company.

The Boppy Company has had a long-time partnership with First Candle and launched its The Momkind Project — a corporate social responsibility program with a mission of educating, empowering and supporting families in their new parent journey — in March 2018, Wogtech said.

“There’s so much education for people to learn on their new parent journey, and safe sleep practices for infants is vital to healthy, growing families,” she said. “This is information that can save lives.”

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It’s not common knowledge for people to know that 3,600 babies die every year because of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or from a sleep-related infant death, said Alison Jacobson, CEO of First Candle, a national nonprofit dedicated to the education, advocacy and research of SIDS. “No one wants to talk about it,” Jacobson said. “But until we have those conversations, nothing will change. We have to talk about it.”

To help, a partnership between First Candle and The Boppy Company — the Golden-based manufacturer of Boppy infant products — is bringing a special training class to the Denver area for the first time.

The Straight Talk for Infant Safe Sleep classes will provide attendees an opportunity to learn about the Safe Sleep Guidelines developed by The American Academy of Pediatrics.

They are trainings, Jacobson said, but “it’s really a conversation.”

Attendees will be empowered with the right information and skills to problem-solve any obstacle or challenge they may face with following the Safe Sleep Guidelines, Jacobson added.

Two Straight Talk for Infant Safe Sleep classes will be offered in Denver — one for parents and caregivers and another for healthcare professionals. Both classes take place at the mama ‘hood, which is a place for new-and-expecting mothers that offers a variety of classes and a curated retail boutique.

The parent/caregiver class will entail an explanation of the top five of the approximate 18 Safe Sleep Guidelines, and the reasons behind these recommendations. The class will also include a group conversation to brainstorm what challenges parents face with meeting Safe Sleep Guidelines and how to overcome the challenges. The group will also share past successes and create

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Snacks and refreshments will be available for purchase. The first 25 people to register for the class will receive a Boppy goodie bag. To register for this class, visit https://goo.gl/Wpe5wr.

Healthcare professionals’ class: 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 12 at the mama ‘hood, 2902 Zuni St., in Denver. This class is open to any professional in infant care including, but not limited to, doulas, midwives, lactation consultants and daycare providers. The class is free, and a free lunch will be provided following the class.

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White Fence Farm prepares to close at the end of the year The restaraunt will operate during its regular hours until its final day - Dec. 30

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Multiple reports say White Fence Farm, which has been a staple in the Lakewood community for decades, is set to close its doors Dec. 30.

Restaurant owner Craig Caldwell said in a statement that White Fence Farm has been operating at a net monthly loss for a considerable amount of time.

“Efforts to create a profitable operation were not successful, and we can no longer operate in this capacity,” Caldwell stated.

With new restaurants sprouting up in Colorado regularly, White Fence Farm has been struggling to keep up. Caldwell said the hospitality industry along the Front Range

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The business did not respond to requests for additional comment.

The restaurant specialized in fried chicken, and it has been part of the Lakewood community since 1973. It has a year-round Christmas shop, carriage rides, animals and more.

The animals at the restaurant have been adopted, and they’re set to be relocated once the establishment closes, according to multiple media reports.

White Fence Farm will operate during its regular hours until closing day.

Collecting helps children learn

randpa, Grandma look at my rocks! Children are proud to collect and show items to adults. It doesn’t matter what they collect. Children learn science and math skills by gathering, observing, sorting, classifying, and counting their treasures. They will take their collections out often in quiet moments.

You will need plastic bags, containers with lids, paper, pencil, tape, or egg cartons.

Gathering Treasures Sometimes the cheapest and simplest activities have the greatest educational value. Collections are good examples. It is amazing what young LIFELONG children love to colLEARNING lect once you introduce the idea. They Esther Macalady love sticks, rocks, leaves, acorns, sticks, bottle caps, golf balls, pressed flowers and leaves, small cars, building kits, and small dolls, and doll clothes. Sometimes adults collect rocks, stamps or coins and want to pass on their hobby.

Take along a bag to collect objects while on a nature walk. When you return home carry on a conversation and sort materials by attributes of size, shape, color, texture, shiny, dull, beautiful, or unusual nature. Sorting by attributes teaches young science and math students to observe carefully and group similar things together.

Use some geometric terms like oval, vertices (corners), and edges. The more vocabulary they learn from family members, the easier time they will have with all subjects in school.

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a bucket of water with a little dish detergent to scrub any washable items. Rocks often look better wet and shiny. Children can “paint” them with a little white glue mixed with water or nontoxic craft cover that makes objects shiny. A recent long-term study reports that science and math skills are not inherited or culture related as widely thought. Skills are nurtured in the family and school.

Displaying Keepsakes Once materials are sorted, provide a shoebox or gift box with a lid. Some children like see through plastic containers with small divisions. Family members can help children label and glue down materials, if children want that done. Most of the time young children want items loose. They are easier to take out to examine, sort, and count. Also, it is easier for adults to throw out a few items if the collection overtakes the bedroom without children being upset. They do become attached to their beautiful rocks even though they might have 20 of the same kind.

There are many places to find helpful experts. Libraries often have books about collecting rocks and stamps.

Adult rock clubs often display their collections and provide inexpensive items for children to purchase. The post office has stamp starter kits and stores have map kits for state quarters.

What a great way to learn coins, history, and geography!

Esther Macalady is a retired schoolteacher who lives in Golden. For more activities see grandparentsteachtoo. blogspot. com; wnmufm.org/Learning Through the Seasons; Pinterest; Facebook.

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education classrooms.

This decision is getting some criticism as Stober, Parr and Green Gables were slated for new schools during the 2016 bond proposal, but not this one.

Instead the three elementary schools will receive new roofs and upgrades that will move them from “poor” facility condition ratings to “fair” ratings.

Tim Reed, executive director of facilities and construction for Jeffco schools, said the conversations on which schools would get a rebuild was long and tough. Quality of the current site and if it would support building a new school while keeping the other still operational was a big factor.

Bringing schools out of the red Updates through the capital improvement plan will move 37 schools out of “poor” facility condition ratings.

Three schools, Little Elementary in Arvada, Van Arsdale Elementary in Arvada and Ryan Elementary in Westminster, will move from “poor” to “good” ratings with a combined expense of $9.3 million in work.

An additional 47 schools will move from “fair” to “good” and 33 facilities will maintain a “fair” rating.

According to district data, the only school which will still have

a “poor” rating after the improvements is Vivian Elementary in Wheat Ridge, which is currently rated as the facility in the worst condition. With the $1.58 million slated to go to Vivian — built in 1953 — the school will improve its rating by about 20 percent with updates to old electrical wiring; old heating and cooling equipment; plumbing fixtures and piping; and replacements of old sink cabinets; overhead shelving and bookcases; interior lighting; and old carpet and floor tile. But this isn’t enough to give to a “fair” rating.

Critics of the bond say this is unfair.

“Why will Vivian Elementary still be left in the lowest condition when other schools that are already in the green are getting investments,” Laura Boggs, outspoken critic of the tax measures, asked.

Boggs is referring to the 13 schools with facilities in “good” or green standings that will be receiving money in this plan. Eight of those are under $2 million. However, Ralston Valley High in Arvada is slated to receive $9.3 million in improvements — the most in that batch of schools. The bulk of that will be for a facility addition, interior remodel and renovation for programs. Additions at Evergreen Middle, Lakewood High, Three Creeks K-8 and Wayne Carle Middle also bring up the dollar amounts associated with these “good condition” schools.

Schiff says the improvements are

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“Without the bond money, none of the new construction or major renovations will be accomplished in the near term,” Schiff said. “We will be at status quo using the capital transfer money for maintenance and smaller renovation projects just as we have been Six year plan doing for Projects listed within the past the bond package total years.” $705 million, more than AccordLaura Boggs, ing to the the $567 million bond ask, which also raised conoutspoken critic of the district, cerns with citizens who there are tax measures items built wondering what won’t be funded. into the Lucero said when she’s projected asked questions of the cost of district about what will be comimprovements that are not an appleted and what won’t she didn’t get propriate use of the bond money. an answer.

Therefore, items with a life expec“I can’t support something when tancy of less than 20 years — the you don’t know what’s going to be life of the bond — will be paid for done,” she said. by capital transfer, which if over But Schiff said the project list is $500,000 will need to be approved by a capital improvement plan that future school board votes. Furnishwill extend over six years and is the ings, some technology and parking jumping off point to get big projects lots are examples of these types of in the district completed. improvements. about more than just the facility condition rating.

“The work on older schools will make a big difference in student and staff environment, but the buildings will never be new again,” Schiff said.

“There is a finite amount of resources, and some of the improvements in the plan make more a positive impact than the building condition reflects. Again, the goal was to use resources responsibly and provide all our schools some benefit.”

‘Why will Vivian Elementary still be left in the lowest condition when other schools that are already in the green are getting investments?’

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“We have to work tirelessly to keep our kids safe at school,” Dahlkemper said.

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Also related to education, Dahlkemper points out that county commissioners approve both the district attorney’s and sheriff ’s budgets. If elected, Dahlkemper stated that she would support requests from these offices that directly affect children and family services, such as funding for school resource officers and the Court Appointed Special

On party affiliation Both Dahlkemper and Francone noted that it’s not about being Democrat or Republican when it comes to leading the county.

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Francone agrees.

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November 1, 2018

Candidate hopes to get Libertarian message ‘out there’ Scott Helker, of Golden, is running for Colorado governor

Scott Helker of Golden, the Libertarian candidate for governor, jokes that the family dog, Jam, is his campaign manager.

Helker’s goal for running for the office is to get the Libertarian message “out there.”

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the race for governor, Scott Helker, the Libertarian candidate, is glad he’s coming in above the Mickey Mouse vote.

A telephone survey conducted by Magellan Strategies LLC that took place between Oct. 8-10 placed Helker at pulling 4 percent of the vote. A Mickey Mouse vote — which is when voters write-in Mickey Mouse rather than selecting any of the other candidates on the ballot — generally accounts for about 2 percent of the vote on Election Day, Helker said.

“The reality is that I’m not going to win,” Helker, 62, of Golden said. “But this is great name recognition.”

By name recognition, Helker doesn’t mean his own name. The whole goal of him running is to get the Libertarian message out there and contribute to the party’s branding, he said.

“There was nobody running for governor in the Libertarian party,” Helker said. “Someone had to do it. People need to know who we are.”

And following his campaign, the Libertarian party will be able to learn from what went well and what went wrong, Helker said.

Helker has lived in Golden for about 20 years. With a professional background as an attorney, his focus was mostly criminal law, but would take on any case except personal injury, Helker said. He earned his law degree from the University of Denver in the 1980s, and his career history includes working in the district attorney’s office in Durango and as a public defender in San Jose County in California.

He is no longer an active attorney, but remains involved in real estate investment.

Helker met his wife Lisa in California.

The two have been married for 26 years, ” and they’ve raised a 14-year-old daughter who attends Golden High School.

Helker joined the Libertarian Party about eight years ago.

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“The interesting thing about Libertarians,” Helker said, “is that overall, Libertarians are proud to be Libertarians.”

The party’s message is “limited government and fiscal responsibility,” Helker said.

“Libertarians believe the answer to America’s political problems is a fundamental commitment to freedom and voluntary interactions between individuals: a free-market economy and the abundance and prosperity it brings; a dedication to civil liberties and personal freedom; and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace and free trade,” the Libertarian Party of Colorado’ website states. “Libertarians agree to work towards consistently reducing the government to produce minimum government and maximum freedom.”

If Helker were to be elected as governor, his No. 1 priority, he said, would be to “work on the common ground, rather than that which divides us.”

“There’s got to be something that unifies us,” he said.

Some of the top issues that Helker would take on as governor include the opioid crisis, water, housing and exemptions for the bankruptcy laws concerning student loans.

During campaigning, he learned that Colorado’s rural communities have a big concern with roads, Helker said. He added their concern is not about congestion, as it is in the cities, but about getting their rural roads paved.

If elected, Helker would offer alternatives to the government solutions to these — and other — issues, he said.

The government is limited on what it can do “because of what government

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is,” Helker said.

“By thinking outside of the government box,” he said, “you can find a huge wave of alternative ideas.”

For example, Helker said, a solution to “potentially double the current water volumes in the Colorado River basins and refill our slowly depleting aquifers” may be to reintroduce more beavers.

Another example involves homelessness. Helker’s solution is to bring in more tiny houses. Probably a couple hundred tiny homes could fit on a 20acre plot of land, Helker said. If given the option to move into a tiny home, it could potentially provide a person facing homelessness an opportunity to start out with cheap rent or perhaps even become a homeowner.

Helker can be considered an educational candidate, said Wayne Harlos, chair of the Libertarian Party of

Colorado.

“He has worked very hard to get the Libertarian word out,” Harlos said.

In Delta, Colorado, Harlos said, Helker spent three days, from “sun up to sun down” campaigning during the town’s Applefest on Oct. 4-7. About 100 people followed up, requesting information so they could learn more about the Libertarian party, Harlos said.

“Those are people who wouldn’t have had that curiosity if it weren’t for Scott’s efforts,” he said.

Campaigning has been “a really nice journey,” Helker said.

“You get to meet a lot of nice people,” he added. “It makes you proud to be a part of this state.”

Even though he’s not a Libertarian, Helker’s friend Ron MacLachlan of Denver said he believes Helker would do a “fair and just job” as governor.

Helker has the ability to truly listen to people, which makes him approachable and reliable, MacLachlan said.

“He’s not a life-long politician who has lobbyists dictating where he goes, looking for the next photo op,” MacLachlan said, adding Helker’s campaign has been largely a grassroots effort. “His willingness to get out there … speaks volumes to his character.”

This is the first time for Helker to run for any elected office, he said.

And following his run for governor, he doesn’t have any immediate plans to run for another office.

“But,” Helker said, “you never know.”

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Kiwanis Club of Belmar: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursdays at Sunrise Sunset, 1424 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Our group is service-minded, community-based, and most of all, kid-focused. Our Kiwanis group formed 12 years ago and supports Patterson International Elementary, Karlis House and more. Contact Shirley Otto at 303-9855596 or otto187@comcast.net. Learn more at http://kiwanisclubofbelmar.org/.

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Titone said she was “outraged” when she hear of the “attack on the transgender community.”

“This kind of change of definition doesn’t make sense in terms of what we know in science,” Titone said. “If one reads the definition of what intersex means, they are impacting not only the self-identified transgender community, but potentially 1 in 1,500 children born every year as intersex. I for one will not

each month at the Egg and I, 7830 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. The club meets at Baker Street, 7260 W. Alaska Drive, for happy hour social at 5:30 p.m. the third Thursday. Rotary is a service organization dedicated to helping children in the community. If you are interested in speaking to the club please contact Genie at 303-5063923. Visitors are always welcome.

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Parkinson’s Support Group: 1-2:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Led by HomewatchCareGivers. Share ideas and resources. Call Melinda Yeary at 720-524-4192 or e-mail MYeary@HomewatchCareGivers.com for information.

Rocky Mountain Inventors Association meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month (excluding November and December) at Vesta Technology, 13050 W. 43rd Drive, Suite 300, Golden. Presentations in marketing, manufacturing, engineering, finance, business and legal, followed by networking. Go online to www.rminventor. org for details.

stand for this kind of attack on our humanity. I encourage everyone to stand up for the civil rights of the transgender and non-binary community today because if they can strip away the rights of one group today, they could come for another tomorrow.”

Titone said this is an example of why the this is election is so important and concerned citizens must elect people at all levels who will stand up for marginalized groups of citizens.

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Cook for RTD board My 40 year plus career in logistics, transportation and railroads have given me a unique perspective to be able to find that Shelley Cook deserves my wholehearted support for Director of RTD’s District L. This makes me very familiar with such issues as interregional and “Last Mile” transportation.

I know from personal experience that the way in which these issues are dealt with can have significant consequences on transit alternative choices.

Shelley has formulated ideas and positions which would address all of these concerns to the enhancement of the community.

It is important to note that RTD is facing extremely significant challenges, possibly the most severe with which the Agency must cope. Of particular concern to the citizens of District L are the problems with the Gold Line. The media has covered this area in great detail and Shelley’s knowledge, background and how she has spoken out about these prob-

istration “is an affront to basic human decency and to the values of fairness and freedom.”

“Here in Colorado, and in every state, we need to fight like hell and vote to elect pro-equality candidates who will stand up for transgender Americans and the entire LGBTQ community against the president’s hateful agenda,” Ramos continued.

During the primaries for the Jefferson County Coroner race earlier this year, candidate Dana Hutcheson, who eventually lost, was fighting against misgendering in death, a new battleground for transgender rights.

“Trans people are victims of violence at a greater rate and that is erased if not noted in death,” Hutcheson said, adding that there is little to no statistics about transgender deaths in Colorado.

“I’m close with a lot of trans people and the more I talked to people in my community, the bigger an issue it turned out to be.”

Following the news last week about a potential federal change in the definition of gender, Titone hosted Roem and a group of supporters at her home before visiting constituents door-to-door.

“The actual reality based on vetted facts is that they’re trying to scrub us, they’re trying to say that we don’t exist,” Roem said, of the transgender community. “If you’re an elected official how the hell can you do constituent service if you don’t acknowledge that your constituents exist for who they are. How is it possible that you can ever deliver on those core quality of life issues if you can’t even show the basic decency and respect to tell your constituents that they are welcome, respected, celebrated and protected because of who they are not despite it.”

But Titone said while she is proud of who she is, she does not put being

lems, makes it all the more apparent that she is the best person for this job.

Shelley deserves the support of the community and I sincerely urge the readers to visit shelleycook4rtd.com and review the information. As part of your review of the webpage, please look at the depth and breadth of her endorsements to see the extent of her community support.

Wally Weart, Arvada Vote for Bob Wilson I encourage all voters in RTD District L to take a close look at Bob Wilson and his qualifications to be our next Director.

Bob has worked tirelessly on public transit, volunteering his time to study and advocate for transit-related issues for over 15 years. He has served as Chair of Arvada’s Gold Line Advisory Committee, been an active member of RTD’s FasTracks Sustainability Committee and is a Graduate of Transit Alliance Citizens’ Academies. Bob is prepared and ready to be a strong advocate for his constituents in District L and deserves your vote.

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transgender at the forefront of her campaign.

“I don’t talk to people about it at the doors,” she said. “We just talk to them about getting out to vote, voting for me and why they should vote for me. And the reason is that I’m the candidate that wants to know what they think, their ideas and bring their ideas to the capitol.”

In the HD 27 race, Titone, a Democrat, is running against Republican Vicki Pyne, a mom and small business owner who’s served on several community boards including the Board of Directors for Apex Parks and Recreation District, where she serves as the current vice president.

“Running for office seemed to be the best thing for me to do because I’m always thinking about everyone else and what I can do to help people,” Titone said. “I don’t mind putting myself out there, putting myself into danger.”

Titone sited her work as a geologist in hostile environments and as a firefighter as times in her life where she has willingly put herself in danger for the good of other people. Titone said that during the campaign she has been subject to hate speech, but that the violence has not gone further than “hurtful words.”

According to the National Center for Transgender Equality, transgender people face extraordinary levels of physical and sexual violence, whether on the streets, at school or work, at home, or at the hands of government officials.

“It’s a calculated risk that I’m willing to take,” she said. “With risk comes great reward. And I think that running for office now has a lot of reward for a lot of people and a lot of people will benefit from the work that I’m trying to do.”

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

“The Dining Room”: through Nov. 11 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Evergreen Players show looks at the upper middle-class WASP. Call 303-6744934 or go to www.evergreenplayers.org.

“Intertwine,” Modern Dance Merges with Modern Music: 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Presented by Kim Robards Dance. Go to www.

KimRobardsDance.org.

“Educating Rita”: through Nov. 11 at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 720-898-7200 or go to https://arvadacenter.org/ educating-rita. Oct. 20 performance is a benefit for Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver.

“Seussical”: through Dec. 29 at Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Call 720-898-7200 or go to https://arvadacenter.org/seussical-2.

MUSIC

Confluence Choir Fall Concert: 3-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 9200 W. 10th Ave., Lakewood.

Go to www.confluencechoir.org/ Live Music: Celtic Content: 2-3 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Chamber Showcase: Saturday, Nov. 10 at Rockley Recital Hall, 8555 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood.

Go to www.jeffsymphony.org.

ART

36th Annual Craft Fair: 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call 303-425-9583 or go to www. apexprd.org. More than 50 tables of handmade gifts. Admission is $2 or free if you bring new school supplies.

Art Night Out: 6-7:30 p.m.

Wednesdays through Nov. 7 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Fourweek art class; explore different techniques. Led by Dave Sullivan. All supplies included. Go to https://campscui.active.com/ orgs/MajesticViewNatureCenter

Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. Registration is required. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/

this week’s TOP FIVE Scandinavian Holiday Fair: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Nov. 2-3 at Trollheim Lodge, 6610 W. 14th Ave., Lakewood. Presented by the Norse Butikken in Lakewood. Find imports, Scandinavian jewelry, books, food, holiday and home decor, craft vendors and rosemaling. Lunch available from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Go to www.trollheimlodge.com/ store.html Night at the Museums: 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Golden History Museum and Park, 923 10th St., Golden. Explore the museum with a scavenger hunt to find clues and solve the mystery, and then test your answers on an interactive switchboard.

All ages. Learn more at www.goldenhistory.org/ An English Garden Tea: 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Highlands Masonic Temple, 3550 Federal Blvd., Denver.

Registration deadline is Oct. 20. Daughters of the Nile annual event. Mail registra-

Teen Time: DIY Candles: 6-8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Go to https:// jeffcolibrary.org/ Registration is required.

Arvada Center Fall Exhibitions: “Virgina Maitland Retrospective,” through Nov. 11 in the Main Gallery.

Go to https:// arvadacenter.org/ full-circle-virginiamaitland. “Laura Merage: Nausy Nausy,” through Dec. 23 in the Theatre Galery. Go to https:// arvadacenter.org/laura-meragenausy-nausy. “Connected by Color,” through Nov. 11 in the Upper Gallery. Go to https://arvadacenter.org/connected-by-color.

Dinosaurs and Other Fantastical Creatures, Art Club: 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Nov. 21 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Led by artist Dave Sullivan. For ages 6-12.

Go to https://campscui.active. com/orgs/MajesticViewNatureCenter Golden High School Holiday Bazaar: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at 701 24th St., Golden. More than 90 local artists offer oneof-a-kind gifts. Free admission.

Presented by the Golden High School PTA. Artists who would like to participate can contact Tammy Copper at tcoop9698@ comcast.net.

tion, including name, phone number, email, and number of tickets (and $20 per person) to Jo Ann Van Trump, 3360 Marshall St., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. Contact 303-232-3542 or jo93george@q. com Comedy Night @ Malone: headliner Talon Saucerman performs at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Malone’s Clubhouse Grill, 14455 W. 64th Ave., Arvada. Hosted by nationally-touring comic Bob Meddles. Tickets are available at Eventbrite.com Aquila Theatre: Frankenstein: 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday Nov. 8-9 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Call 303-9877845 or go to lakewood. org/lccpresents for tickets.

Aquila Theatre is one of the foremost producers of touring classical theater in the United States.

EVENTS

Exploring the Great Ideas: 2-3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Discussion group explores philosophical topics. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Canine Conversations: Holiday Dog: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Led

by Jennifer Skiba of Namastay Training. No pets. Go to https:// jeffcolibrary.org/ Teen Writing Group: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https://jeffcolibrary. org/ Memory Café: 1-2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. For those living with memory loss and their caregivers; presented by the Alzheimer’s Association. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Hard Times Writing Workshop: 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. Writing prompts, tools, and refreshments provided. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ YMCA Town Hall Meeting: 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Susan M. Duncan Family YMCA, 6350 Eldridge St., Arvada. Join us for a conversation with community leaders and our new Denver YMCA CEO. Your input will inform our strategic direction and ensure the Y is always here for generations to come. Go to www.denverymca. org/arvada.

Welcome Meet and Greet: 9:30

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a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call 303425-9583 or go to www. apexprd.org.

Discover the opportunities at the center. Call to reserve a spot.

Art of the Holiday Party: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 at Period Six Studio, 720 Golden Ridge Road, Unit B, Golden. Healthy Harvest and Rockin’ Rubs will sample recipes. Table settings, hostess gifts, handmade greeting cards and more. Go to www.facebook. com/events/211709842886583/ permalink/211710629553171/ Veterans Day Salute: 1-2 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Enjoy root beer float; veterans invited to share stories. Military veterans and their spouses/widows are free; all others pay $2. Register by Nov. 5.

Learn more at https://apexprd.org/ event/veterans-day-salute-atcommunity-recreation-center World War I: Making the World Safe for Democracy: 6-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 8 at Golden History Museum, 923 10th St., Golden.

Presented by Martin C. Babicz, Ph.D., who teaches history at the University of Colorado Boulder. Go to https://www.goldenhistory.org.

Lib Lab: Science of Slime: 6:307:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 at the

Messy Art: 11-11:45 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Make Something: Wine Glass Snowman: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. Go to https:// jeffcolibrary.org/ All supplies provided. Registration required.

Discovery Play: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge.

Songs, stories and hands-on fun with STEM skills. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Live Music: Celtic Content: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https:// jeffcolibrary.org/ Teen Time: DIY Candles: 6-8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https://jeffcolibrary. org/ Registration is required.

Bessie’s Hope Bowl-A-Rama:

Saturday, Nov. 10 at Brunswick Zone, 9150 Harlan St., Westminster; AMF Littleton Lanes, 2530 E. County Line Road; and AMF Monaco Lanes, 6767 Leetsdale Drive. Register team at www.bessieshope.com and start collecting donations (minimum $40 donations to participate). Participation includes two hours of bowling, shoe rental, pizza, beverage and goodie bag. Prizes for collecting most donations. Bessie’s Hope offers intergenerational programs for nursing home elders.

Jeffco Eats Empty Bowl Project Gala: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at Hampton Inn, 137 Union Blvd., Lakewood. Dinner, drinks, silent auction, entertainment.

Ticket includes a handcrafted ceramic bowl made by students in Jefferson County. Go to www. jeffcoeats.org.

Discovery Play: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge.

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Songs, stories and hands-on fun with STEM skills. Go to https://jeffcolibrary. org/ Flowers of Golden: A Celebration of Caring: 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at First United Methodist Church, 1500 Ford St., Golden. (enter a red door off 15th).

Space is limited; go to https://www. eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-flavorsof-golden-a-celebration-of-caringtickets-51141154570 for details and to register.

COOKING

Cooking Class: Soups, Stews and More: 6:15-8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 at Earth Sweet Botanicals, 1224 Arapahoe St., Golden. All recipes are plant-based, gluten-free and dairy-free. Go to www. earthsweetbotanicals.com.

HEALTH

Memory Café: 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. For those living with memory loss and their caregivers; presented by the Alzheimer’s Association. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Free Medication Review: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303-425-9583 or go to www.apexprd.org to for a 20-minute appointment. Bring your pill

bottles (prescription, over-the-counter, supplements). CU School of Pharmacy students review your medications and check that you are taking them in a beneficial manner.

Food Pantry Agape Life Church distributes free food from 10-11 a.m. on the third Thursday of each month (weather permitting) at the church, 5970 W. 60th Ave. in Arvada. ALC provides this service to all qualifying Colorado residence. Call 303-431-6481 to see if you qualify.

WRITING/READING

Teen Writing Group: 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Hard Times Writing Workshop: 3-5 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. Writing prompts, tools, and refreshments provided. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/

EDUCATION

Canine Conversations: Holiday Dog: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Led by Jennifer Skiba of Namastay Training. No pets. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink. coloradocommunitymedia.com. Things to Do events run free, on a space-available basis.

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The musical theater workshop and performance are produced in partnership with the Los Angeles-based Believe Limited to help empower the bleeding disorder community through the power of music, performance and the arts.

“Young adults with bleeding disorders need a creative outlet that allows them to express what they are thinking or feeling, and specifically showcase how their lives are impacted,” said Patrick James Lynch, Believe Limited CEO and Breaking Through! director.

“We were blown away by the talent and thoughtfulness of the applicants. We applaud BioMarin for helping these teens bring their stories and talent to life as we also introduce them to just how beneficial the arts can be for young people affected by chronic illness.”

The twenty-five high school students selected have either hemophilia or another bleeding disorder, are genetic carriers of a bleeding disorder, or are a sibling or child of someone with a bleeding disorder.

“Research has shown us time and again that creative expression and the arts can have a positive and lasting impact on the emotions, attitudes and beliefs of people with health disorders, contributing to greater health and wellness for those individuals,” said Jeremy Nobel, M.D., Harvard Medical School faculty member, and founder and president of The Foundation of Art & Healing and UnLonely Project.

The musical will be Nov. 12 in New York with a live stream available.

COURTESY PHOTO “Programs like Breaking Through! and productions like ‘Hemophilia: The Musical’ provide a unique and important opportunity for these young adults to communicate their unique experiences in a collaborative and creative environment.”

McCabe, whose passion is film and screen writing, said singing and dancing aren’t his strong suits. But an essay he wrote about life with hemophilia and his audition tape earned him a spot in the production and he is excited to share his story on stage.

“I think that the performing arts and visual arts are meant for storytelling,” McCabe said. “These people with bleeding disorders, they have stories to tell that not many people relate to, I think this play will give lots of opportunity for young people to share their stories.”

Hank Fuchs, M.D., and president of worldwide research and development at BioMarin, said the hope is that these stories stretch farther than just this production and provide learning for the broader community on the connection between artistic expression and wellness.

Holiday

Craft Show and Mini-Market Admission is free to the public Saturday Nov. 24

10am - 5pm

Sunday Nov. 25

10am - 4pm

Jefferson County Fairgrounds

15200 W. 6th Ave. Golden, CO.

Come shop for unique gifts and special items during the first-ever Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market; With more than 100 exhibitors filling the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, this is the best place to find that special, personal gift for friends and family. The show will feature handmade crafts in all areas from metal and leather, to flowers, baskets, ceramics, and so much more.

Santa will be at the Holiday Craft Show!

Saturday, Nov. 24 between 10 AM – 2 PM No purchase required: Take your own photos

Vendors Needed | Interested in selling your handmade crafts??

Contact Event Producer Thelma Grimes at tgrimes@coloradocommunitymedia.com All applications must be approved to participate

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Ralston Valley senior Brad Roberts, left, breaks into the open during the first half Oct. 26 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

Ralston Valley defeated rival Pomona 38-26 in the regular-season finale for both teams. The Mustangs and Panthers both received top-8 seeds for the Class 5A state tournament to have opening round byes.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Ralston Valley scores big win over Pomona before playoffs

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Ralston Valley ended its drought against rival Pomona on the football field Oct. 26 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

The Mustangs, ranked No. 8 in the final CHSAANow.com Class 5A football poll of the season, scored their biggest victory of the season. Ralston Valley defeated No. 6 Pomona 38-26 in what turned out to be a wild secondhalf in the regular-season finale for both state title contenders.

“Arvada City Champions, it feels good to say that. It’s been awhile,” said Ralston Valley junior Chase Wilson about the Mustangs’ first win over Pomona since 2014.

It looked like it might be a rout when Wilson scored on an 88-yard touchdown run with 36.5 seconds left before halftime to give Ralston Valley a 28-6 lead at halftime.

“We talked about it in practice this week. We knew it was going to be there,” Wilson said of his 88-yard touchdown run right before halftime. “All the credit to the offensive line and my buddy Brad (Roberts) for getting that window block. I just bounced it outside and tried not to run out of gas.”

The Mustangs (8-2, 4-1 in 5A Metro West League) dominated the first

Ralston Valley senior Karsten Barndt, right, stiff arms Pomona senior David Ross after an interception in the first half Oct. 26 at the North Area Athletic Complex. Ralston Valley defeated Pomona 38-26 to close out the regular season. It was the first win for the Mustangs over the Panthers since 2014. half capitalizing on a pair of Pomona turnovers and also scoring off a fake punt that went for a 65-yard touchdown pass from senior Thomas Harries to junior Kaleb Tischler.

However, the Panthers (6-4, 3-2) played like the defending 5A state champions that they are in the second half.

A second touchdown catch of the night by senior David Ross from quarterback Riley Welsch, along with a 20-yard touchdown run by sophomore Ben Cruz in the third quarter cut the Mustangs’ lead to 31-20.

It really got interesting when junior linebacker Kyle Moretti intercepted Ralston Valley quarterback Walker Brickle early in the fourth quarter.

Moretti returned it 11 yards for a touchdown to make the score 31-26 with 11:09 left in the final quarter.

Pomona eventually got the ball back with a chance to take the lead, but senior defensive lineman Isaac Townsend recovered a fumble.

“We are the type of defense that just grinds every time we go out there,” Townsend said. “We are just about grinding, that’s it.”

The Mustangs’ cashed in Pomona’s fourth turnover of the game with an eventual 1-yard touchdown run by Brickle to seal pretty much seal the victory.

“We still have a ton of things to work on as a team, but it’s huge for us,” Wilson said. “We are all excited.

We are all going to celebrate tonight and get back to work tomorrow morning.”

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have admitted this before, but often I have a tendency to like the old way that things were done.

However, I welcome the change the Colorado High School Activities Association adopted for the state volleyball tournament with the elimination of pool play.

The tournament will now be a threeday affair instead of two days and matches will have a good chance to start when scheduled.

OVERTIME Along with the extra day, many fans will still have to deal with the adventure of maneuvering their cars around the dips in the parking lot at the Denver Coliseum.

But, at least after getting parked, they won’t have to watch a Jim Benton meaningless pool play match between two teams that have already been eliminated from advancing by the third team in the pool.

All five classes will qualify 12 teams for the state tournament, which will be held Nov. 8-10 at the Denver Coliseum.

An Olympic cross-over double elimination bracket format will be used to determine the semifinal teams and then it will be single elimination.

Regional tournaments will be held Nov. 3 and the 12 regional champions from three-team regional pools advance into the state tournament.

“I am looking forward to the new format,” said Lutheran coach Alicia Oates who is in her 14th season as Lions coach. “I feel like 3A this year will have a really strong bracket across the board, so it will be exciting to see how it plays out. A team could lose in the first round and still come back to win the entire tournament.

“It will also be beneficial to not have tie-breakers pushing back start times.

As with any change, I am sure there will be some feelings of `I liked it better the old way’ but in the long run I think it will be great competition, a fun environment and a welcome change.”

Valor Christian coach Kaitlyn Hastings also casts a vote in favor of the change.

“I really do like the new format,” she said. “The majority of us coaches in Jeffco were in agreement that this avoided a lot of the issues we saw with the old format. There is no need for tiebreakers which at times would often set up one or more teams for a disadvantage coming in to the semifinals and finals, having played many more sets than the opponents.

“There are not matches that are being played that don’t have an impact on the outcome of the tournament.

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OT goal sends Arvada West in second round

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Arvada West sophomore Gabe Schultz game-winning shot rode the north wind Oct. 25 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

With the wind at his back, Schultz sailed a shot over the head of Poudre senior goalie Jacob VanDress less than four minutes into overtime in opening round of the Class 5A boys soccer state tournament to give the Wildcats a 2-1 victory.

“I just touched it, beat a kid and just hit it,” Schultz said of the goal that sent the Wildcats into the round of 16.

“There was no open space the whole game. I was surprised I had that much space. I just kind of roofed it. I was so excited.”

Next up for A-West will be a road trip on Halloween night to Littleton Public Schools Stadium. The Wildcats were scheduled to face No. 8 Arapahoe at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, after press deadline.

The last playoff win for A-West came back in 2015 when the program advanced to the 5A state quarterfinals. The past two years the Wildcats suffered road losses in the opening round of the state tournament.

Through the first half it looked like the No. 9-seeded Wildcats would be in danger of making it a third straight year of an early playoff exit.

No. 24 Poudre held 1-0 lead after the

first half. A turnover by the Wildcats led to a scoring chance by freshman Rowan Slater for the Impalas. Slater was able to place a high shot over AWest goalie Latham Kleckner in the 8th minute.

“It was a bit of a slow start. They stuck to the game plan,” A-West coach Troy Gette said. “They played great in the second half. What we hit the post four times. I think it was just a matter of time until we got one in.”

A-West tied things up in the 62nd minute on a hard low shot to the far post by senior Evan Keasling.

It appeared A-West might have scored in the final minute before halftime on a long shot that hit the cross bar then went off the back of VanDress. However, it was ruled that the ball didn’t completely cross the goal line before VanDress was able to slap the ball away.

The Wildcats entered the postseason on a seven-game winning streak. AWest had outscored it previous seven opponents 21-2.

Poudre pulled off its first winning season since 2014 when the Impalas had their last playoff win. Poudre had just 12 wins over the past three years combined before its resurgent season this season that yielded eight victories.

The Impalas close out the regular season with a 0-3-1 record, but all three losses were to top-10 seeded teams — No. 1 Fairview, No. 2 Boulder and No. 7 Fort Collins — in the 5A

Ralston Valley boys soccer bounded from postseason

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Cherry Creek junior Bryce Loui ended a long night of soccer Oct. 25 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

Loui put the shot into the back of the net less than a minute into overtime to give the No. 22-seeded Bruins a 2-1 upset victory over No. 11 Ralston Valley.

It was the second Class 5A boys soccer first-round playoff game to go overtime at the NAAC last Thursday night.

A-West also scored a quick goal early in overtime to edge Poudre in the first game of the playoff doubleheader.

“I flicked it over and saw the goalie wasn’t coming out,” Loui said talking about the game-winning goal in the 81st minute. “I just went out and got it.

It ended up being nice.”

The Bruins had the disadvantage with going against a steady north wind to start the overtime period, but the goal seconds into the overtime didn’t allow the wind to play much of a factor.

“I was very surprised. I really wasn’t expecting it,” Loui said of his scoring chance so early in overtime. “They had us all game on defense. We had very few chances. I’m just happy to win.”

Cherry Creek’s other goal came in a

strange manner. Junior Nolan Roberts kick off a restart from Ralston Valley’s first goal in the 21st minute road the north wind and found the back of the net to tie things up 1-1.

Ralston Valley senior Mason Miller netted the Mustangs’ lone goal on a penalty, but Ralston Valley’s leading scorer wasn’t able to convert on a penalty kick in the 70th minute. Miller’s PK sailed over the net to keep the game tied at 1-1.

Ralston Valley (9-5-2 record) came into the state tournament with plenty of momentum. The Mustangs were 4-0 in their final four regular-season games. They had outscored opponents 22-2 during the late-season stretch.

It’s the third straight first-round playoff loss for the Mustangs. Ralston Valley was bounced out of the state tournament in the opening round against Boulder in 2017 and Horizon in 2016. The last postseason win came in 2015 with a road victory against Fossil Ridge.

Cherry Creek (7-8-1) was able to grab a first-round playoff win last year before losing to eventual state champion Broomfield in the second round.

Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow. com/Jeffco.

Arvada West senior Evan Keasling (16) scored a big goal in the 62nd minute to tie the game at 1-1 against Poudre on Oct. 25 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

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state tournament.

“They were so underrated,” Schultz said of Poudre. “They played the toughest schedule. They should have been a higher seed.”

Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow. com/Jeffco.

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“It keeps things running on time so that the state championship match is at a set time and not dependent on tie-breakers and delayed until late evening as it has been every year we have been at the tournament.”

Hastings, the third-year Eagles coach and a former head coach at Denver West and Hart County in Hartwell, Georgia, had to adapt to less preparation time during the state tournament..

“In Georgia where I was previously coaching, we had one round of the playoffs each week, so it was spaced out and you could really prepare for the one team you were going to play and we played at the higher seed which gave the upper seed a homecourt advantage,” she explained. “I definitely like elements of this as well but there is something to be said about the great atmosphere that is at the

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No. 1 Columbine (10-0, 5-0) had already wrapped up the 5A Metro West League title, but Friday’s game was key when it came to seeding for the state tournament that begins next week.

The Colorado High School Activities Association released the 24-team 5A state bracket on Oct. 28. Ralston Valley was given the No. 6 seed. Pomona is seeded No. 7. Both get first-round byes and host second-round games on Nov. 9 or Nov. 10 at NAAC. Ralston Valley hosts the winner of No. 22 Poudre/No. 11 Cherokee Trail.

Pomona gets the winner of No. 23 Legend/No. 10 Arvada West.

Ralston Valley coach Matt Loyd was pretty confident his team with get a top-8 seed after the win over the defending 5A state champions.

Coliseum with all the teams vying for a championship.”

Best turnarounds The 5A football regular season wrapped up Oct. 27 and there were a few teams that have made big turnarounds this season and deserve to be mentioned.

Castle View, Westminster and Smoky Hill struggled in 2017 and finished with 1-9 records.

The Sabercats and Westminster headed into their final regular season games with 7-2 records and Smoky Hill was 9-0. Todd Casebier is the first-year coach at Castle View and Tom Thenell took over as Smoky Hill coach. Kerry Denison is in his 10th season as Wolves coach and has restored the program after back-to-back 1-9 seasons.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.

“After losses to two undefeated teams (Columbine and 4A’s Loveland) and playing in a league where everyone made the playoffs last year, there is no way we can’t have a bye,” Loyd said.

Over the last seven years, the headto-head meeting between Ralston Valley and Pomona is now even at 4-4.

However, the Panthers had won the previous three meetings coming into Friday’s game. The only postseason head-to-head battle came in 2012 when the Mustangs moved into the 5A state semifinals with a victory over Pomona.

“It’s a good win. It’s a good way to start off the playoffs,” Townsend said.

“We don’t look over anybody. You’ve got to play to the end. Championship teams play all four quarters.”

Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow. com/Jeffco.

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Bennett, Chamberlin finish prep cross country careers on the podium

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

COLORADO SPRINGS — Seniors Tiya Chamberlin (Wheat Ridge) and Carley Bennett (Lakewood) finished right where they wanted to Oct. 27 — on the podium.

The Class 4A and 5A Jeffco League girls cross country MVPs wrapped up their prep cross country careers in style at Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. Chamberlin placed fourth in the 4A girls race with a time of 18:48.2. Bennett battled her way to finish ninth in the 5A girls race with a time of 18:50.5.

“It means a lot,” Chamberlin said of her best finish at state during her prep career. “I can’t believe I’m a senior. I’m going to miss it.”

Chamberlin is a four-time state qualifier. She placed 14th last year at state as a junior. She had a strong sophomore showing at state taking 5th. As a freshman Chamberlin was 86th.

From her freshman to senior season, Chamberlin’s time on the Norris-Penrose course improved by more than two-and-a-half minutes.

“I just wanted to get top-5,” said Chamberlin, who added that she will start preparing for her senior track season this coming spring. “I was very happy with fourth.”

Bennett was on a mission to place on the 5A podium for the first time. The Lakewood senior was in a group of girls sprinting toward the finish line Saturday to finish in the top-10.

“It was definitely the goal,” Bennett said about finishing in the top-10. “I kind of wanted higher, but I gave it all I had today.”

Bennett has placed 17th (2017), 18th (2016) and 35th (2015) during her impressive four trips to the state meet.

While Chamberlin and Bennett have wrapped up their cross country careers in Jeffco, there is a solid group of young talent prepared to fill those

Arvada West’s boys cross country team warms up during run outs before the start of the Class 5A boys race during the cross country state championships Oct. 27 in Colorado Springs. The Wildcats finished 18th in the team standings.

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places on the podium in the future.

Ralston Valley junior Ellie Schweiker nearly made the podium with Bennett. Schweiker placed 11th in the 5A girls race.

D’Evelyn’s young girls squad that featured five sophomores finished third in the 3A team standings. Freshman Eliana Thompson placed 10th with a time of 19:15.3 for the Jaguars.

Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with

a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.

Ralston Valley junior Ellie Schweiker runs during wrap ups prior to the start of the Class 5A girls race during the cross country state championships Oct. 27 in Colorado Springs. Schweiker just finished off the podium. She placed 11th with a time of 18:59.8.

Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2019 BUDGETS AND AMENDMENT OF 2018 BUDGETS CIMARRON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT VAUXMONT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT CANDELAS SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 CITY OF ARVADA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that proposed budgets have been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Cimarron Metropolitan District, the Vauxmont Metropolitan District, and the Candelas Special Improvement District No. 1 (collectively, the “Districts”) for the ensuing year of 2019. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2018 budgets of the Districts. Copies of the proposed 2019 budgets and 2018 amended budgets (as appropriate) are currently on file in the office of the Districts’ Manager, Capital Consultants Management Corporation, 400 E. Simpson St., Suite 200, Lafayette, CO 80026, where same are available for public inspection.. Such proposed 2019 budgets and 2018 amended budgets will be considered at special meetings of the Districts to be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., at the Candelas Parkview Swim & Fitness Club, 19865 W. 94th Ave., Arvada, CO 80007. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2019 budgets or the 2018 amended budgets, inspect the 2019 budgets and the 2018 amended budgets and file or register any objections thereto.

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The following ordinances were adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvada on second reading following the public hearing held on October 29, 2018: Ordinance 4656: An Ordinance Amending Section 102¬206 of Chapter 102, Utilities, of the Arvada City Code Pertaining to Wastewater Users Rates Ordinance 4657: An Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Chapter 102, Utilities, of the Arvada City Code Pertaining to Water Users Rates Ordinance 4658: An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Section 74-31, Land-Use Fees, of Article II, Community Development Department Service Fees, of Chapter 74, Planning and Development, of the Arvada City Code Ordinance 4659: An Ordinance Certifying the City of Arvada Mill Levy for 2018 for the Board of County Commissioners for the Jefferson and Adams Counties Ordinance 4660: An Ordinance Appropriating Funds for the Fiscal Year 2019

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2019 BUDGETS AND AMENDMENT OF 2018 BUDGETS CIMARRON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT VAUXMONT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT CANDELAS SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 CITY OF ARVADA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 City and County PUBLIC NOTICE

The following ordinances were adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvada on second reading following the public hearing held on October 29, 2018: Ordinance 4656: An Ordinance Amending Section 102¬206 of Chapter 102, Utilities, of the Arvada City Code Pertaining to Wastewater Users Rates Ordinance 4657: An Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Chapter 102, Utilities, of the Arvada City Code Pertaining to Water Users Rates Ordinance 4658: An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Section 74-31, Land-Use Fees, of Article II, Community Development Department Service Fees, of Chapter 74, Planning and Development, of the Arvada City Code Ordinance 4659: An Ordinance Certifying the City of Arvada Mill Levy for 2018 for the Board of County Commissioners for the Jefferson and Adams Counties

City and County

Legal Notice No.: 403570 First Publication: November 1, 2018 Last Publication: November 1, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript

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Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2019 BUDGETS AND AMENDMENT OF 2018 BUDGETS CIMARRON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT VAUXMONT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT CANDELAS SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 CITY OF ARVADA, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that proposed budgets have been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Cimarron Metropolitan District, the Vauxmont Metropolitan District, and the Candelas Special Improvement District No. 1 (collectively, the “Districts”) for the ensuing year of 2019. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2018 budgets of the Districts. Copies of the proposed 2019 budgets and 2018 amended budgets (as appropriate) are currently on file in the office of the Districts’

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that proposed budgets have been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Cimarron Metropolitan District, the Vauxmont Metropolitan District, and the Candelas Special Improvement District No. 1 (collectively, the “Districts”) for the ensuing year of 2019. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2018 budgets of the Districts. Copies of the proposed 2019 budgets and 2018 amended budgets (as appropriate) are currently on file in the office of the Districts’ Manager, Capital Consultants Management Corporation, 400 E. Simpson St., Suite 200, Lafayette, CO 80026, where same are available for public inspection.. Such proposed 2019 budgets and 2018 amended budgets will be considered at special meetings of the Districts to be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, at 9:00 a.m., at the Candelas Parkview Swim & Fitness Club, 19865 W. 94th Ave., Arvada, CO 80007. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2019 budgets or the 2018 amended budgets, inspect the 2019 budgets and the 2018 amended budgets and file or register any objections thereto.

Metropolitan Districts

CIMARRON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT VAUXMONT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Metropolitan Districts

CIMARRON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT VAUXMONT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT CANDELAS SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 By: /s/ Megan Becher McGEADY BECHER P.C. Attorneys for the Districts Legal Notice No.: 403578 First Publication: November 1, 2018 Last Publication: November 1, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press

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