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Gun legislation lawsuit trial begins Judge’s ruling could impact recently-enacted laws in Colorado By Vic Vela vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Colorado’s new gun laws are “burdensome” and “a symbolic gesture that does not improve public safety,” a lawyer said on the first day of testimony of a trial that takes on the legislation passed in 2013. But a state’s attorney said that the laws do nothing to take away guns from law-abiding
citizens and that the motivation behind the legislation is to curb mass shootings like the ones that occurred at Columbine High School and from inside an Aurora movie theater. “In response Report to these events, Colorado’s elected representatives made a policy decision to pass two pieces of legislation that appropriately balances the state’s public safety concerns with the respect of the Second Amendment rights of citizens,” Deputy Attorney General Matthew Grove said.
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The lawyers’ arguments opened a twoweek trial over a lawsuit filed against the state and Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper that alleges that two recently enacted gun laws violate gun owners’ Second Amendment right to bear arms. At question are laws that expand background checks on gun sales in Colorado and limit the number of rounds that an ammunition magazine can hold to 15. The lawsuit is being brought by gun rights groups and is being heard in a Denver U.S. District Court by Judge Marcia Kreiger. A successful effort by the plaintiffs could put the new laws — which were signed by Hickenlooper last year — in jeopardy. Debate on the bills last year caused
highly-charged partisan rancor at the Capitol between Democrats who backed the efforts and Republicans who uniformly voted against them. The bills also led to last year’s recall elections, where three Democratic lawmakers either lost or resigned their seats. The new background checks law expands a previous statute that requires gun shops to conduct a criminal history prior to the sale of any firearm. The updated law expands that to all sales and transfers, regardless of where or how they occur. Plaintiffs’ attorney Richard Westfall argued that the new background checks law is unreasonable and unenforceable. He Gun continues on Page 14
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Planet Fitness helps cancer survivor By Clarke Reader
creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com Receiving a cancer diagnosis can never be easy, but having it as a teenager must be unimaginable. That’s what Lucas, a 16-year-old D’Evelyn student, faced when he received word that he had osteosarcoma (bone cancer), June of 2013. “I was just silent — I didn’t say anything for a very long time,” he said. After nearly 20 rounds of chemotherapy and surgery in October, Lucas is on the road to recovery, and has a lot to celebrate, especially after March 27. Lakewood’s newest Planet Fitness, 98 Wadsworth Blvd., has been collecting enrollment fees from December through February, totaling $3,005. Then owners Jonny and Kristi Jost matched that sum and gave all $6,010 to Make-A-Wish Colorado to make Lucas’ wish come true. As a longtime video game lover, Lucas’ wish is to meet Gabe Newell, the co-founder and managing director of video game development and online distribution for Valve Corporation. Lucas will be going to see the Valve Headquarters in June to learn firsthand how video games are made, talk with programmers and share some of his own ideas. “This was a incredibly successful grand opening, and we couldn’t believe they raised as much as they did,” Patti Forsy, director of events for Make-A-Wish Colorado said. “We sent Lucas’ story to Jonny and Kristi and we’re so pleased with the result.”
Kristi credited both the gym’s staff and its members with their invaluable assistance in raisin the funds for Lucas. “We’ve been talking about this for months, and I almost can’t believe the day is finally here,” she said. “It’s been a great experience and we couldn’t have done it without everyone’s help.” Lucas’ mother Mary said the Josts and MakeA-Wish’s efforts to give her son a chance to have this life-changing experience has been phenomenal. “I was really really excited for this, and I was completely surprised they were able to do this,” Lucas said. “A lot of what got me through everything was the generosity of so many people.” Mary perhaps best summed up everyone’s feelings about Lucas getting his wish — “We are ecstatic. He deserves it.”
Lucas, a 16-year-old D’Evelyn student, on the left, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer) in June. Lakewood’s new Planet Fitness wanted to raise the funds to give him his wish, and raised $6,010. Lucas and his family received a check from Make a Wish and Planet Fitness on March 27. Photo by Clarke Reader
The 40 West Arts District has put out a call for the Action Center Mural Project, with a deadline of April 14. There is a $5,000 commission, plus a materials budget of up to $1,500 for the winning artist, selected from two to four finalists who will be paid $200 to submit and present concepts to the selection committee. The mural will be at the soon-to-berenovated Action Center Headquarters in Lakewood. This mural project is designed to create and implement an iconic “landmark” mural for the community and represent the mission of The Action Center and the people it serves. The artist’s name will be commemorated on the work. This is a three step call for artists process: a call for interested artists to submit an overview of their qualifications for this mural; the committee will select two to four finalists who will be compensated $200 each to submit and present their mural concepts to the selection committee; and the committee will select the winning concept and engage the artist for $5,000 (plus $1,500 materials budget) to finalize the concept and paint and seal the mural on the Action Center wall. The artist will also have access to a group of volunteers from 40 West Arts who will support him or her in implementing the mural project. The artist must be available to lead the project through completion beginning in mid-July with completion on or before Sept. 15. Details and specifications for the 16 feet wide by 25 feet high stucco-finished wall will be provided to the finalists who are selected to develop concepts. Only one artist (or artist team) will be selected for the mural project. Interested artists will need to submit the following: A brief letter of interest that includes: 1) an explanation of the artist’s interest in this project; 2) a brief overview of any experience, expertise or qualifications Mural continues on Page 14
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Party divisions apparent in budget fight Democrats focus on education, but not enough says GOP By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Democrat-majority state House passed a $23 billion budget on March 28 that will increase funding for education, aid flood and wildfire victims, and will bolster reserves by stashing away millions in “rainy day” dollars. But only one Republican voted for the annual “long bill” as GOP members blasted Democrats for not funding specific measures that are of importance to the minority party, including money for increased drunken driving penalties and what they are saying is not enough money for K-12 education. The passage of the 2014-2015 fiscal year budget came on the heels of several hours of debate that spanned two days as lawmakers wrangled over a long bill that comes with more dollars than last year’s, thanks in part to a state economy that continues to gain steam. “We are in a better place, we can make investments, we can start putting back the pieces that were harmed in the great recession,” said House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver. The bill includes a general fund budget — made up of tax revenue that supports the operations of most state departments — of $8.7 billion, a $600 million increase over the current year’s budget. About half of the general fund dollars support K-12 and higher education, both of which will receive significant increases in the new budget. Through the annual school finance act and the Student Success Act — school funding measures that are making their way through the Legislature — the budget will pump about $200 million in additional K-12 education funding that increase per-pupil funding by $200 per student. That money will also be used to enroll
increase from 5 percent under this year to more kids in preschool and full6.5 percent, under the new budget. That day kindergarten, as well as to fund English language learning was a key piece to Hickenlooper’s budprograms. get request to the Joint Budget ComHigher education will mittee, prior to the start of the legisreceive an addilative session. tional $100 milThe budget also includes about lion in funding, $50 million that the majority of will be set aside which will go for bills that toward student are currently financial aid. going through “We are legislative making a huge process. investment in our K-12 sysParties clash tem,” Ferranover funding dino said. “This areas is a responsible Lawbudget that sets makers us up for success tend to in the future.” fight more T h e LOG ON & w h e n budget there is an VOTE TODAY! also inabundance cludes an OR COMPLETE THE of money, additional BALLOT ON PAGE 20 rather than $78 milduring lean lion in diwww.lakewoodsentinel.com budget years. saster reAnd that was lief funds. the case in Money will House on March be available to 27 and 28, when provide tax relief more than 40 budget for homeowners amendments were inwho were impacted by troduced by lawmakers who last year’s floods and wildfires, something were seeking funding for various that was a top priority for the Legislature priorities. coming into this year’s session. They included failed efforts by RepubliIn addition, the long bill includes 2.5 percent pay increases for state employees and cans to set aside $1.7 million to pay for initial funding of a bill that would create a felony Medicaid providers. Gov. John Hickenlooper will see a few DUI in Colorado for repeat cases of drunken things in the budget that he will surely use driving. That effort is being sponsored by in his re-election campaign literature. That Rep. Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, who includes money that will update outdated is also running for attorney general. “Democrats stated they had set aside computer technology at the Department of Motor Vehicles, which aims to significantly money for priorities, yet I cannot think reduce wait times at DMV offices. of a bigger priority than protecting ColoAnd the state’s emergency reserves will rado families from habitual drunk drivers,”
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Waller said through a statement issued after the first night of House debate. Republicans also blasted Democrats for not support GOP measures to increase funding for road construction and backfilling K-12 education budget cuts that has created the so-called “negative factor.” The budget includes $100 million that will be used to buy down the negative factor, but Republicans wanted that buy-down to be increased by as much as $35 million more than what’s being proposed. House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, took issue with Democrats’ rejections of GOP proposals. “It’s tough for me to stand here and say this was a broad, bipartisan budget,” DelGrosso said. “We could have done so much more with the resources we have and we could have done it in a fiscally responsible way.” DelGrosso joined 26 other Republicans to vote against the budget. The only Republican to vote yes was Rep. Cheri Gerou of Evergreen, who is a member of the Joint Budget Committee. But Ferrandino said key Republican efforts are not dead. Chances are that Waller’s felony DUI bill will end up passing the House Appropriations Committee — something that Ferrandino assured Waller would happen, Waller told Colorado Community Media. Ferrandino said that Democrats could also get behind another GOP proposal to fund a pilot project for advanced placement students in rural communities, so long as Republicans do something to reduce the price tag of the program. The House speaker said the economy is doing better and the sate can do more things than it has been able to do in recent years. But that doesn’t mean that everyone’s going to get their way. “We still have to live in the realities of the budgets we have,” Ferrandino said. “There’s a lot of things I’d love to do in the budget, but at the end of the day, that budget has to be balanced.” The budget bill now heads to the Senate.
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correction In the March 20 issue of the Sentinel, in the article titled “Jeffco school board considers fighting 2090 decision” it was reported that, “Following the March 13 board meeting, the Jefferson County School District has filed an appeal to the court decision regarding ownership of the 2090 Wright St. decision.” The intent
to appeal the court decision was actually filed on March 6, without board direction. During the executive session of March 13 no decisions were made to go forward to halt the appeal. On March 20, the intent to appeal was withdrawn. The newspaper regrets the error. To report corrections and clarifications, call 303-566-4127.
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County commissioners will be adopting the Emergency Fire Fund with the Colorado Division of Fire and Prevention Control, a fund that was established approximately 30 years ago. A base fund in the amount of $1 million is received from participating counties like Jeffco. The agreement which was signed two years ago, will last for five years. The reason behind the review of the Emergency Fire Fund was due to a change in oversight from the Colorado State Forest Service to the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control. Commissioner Rosier commented on his support for the fund and reported that every year funds are used to help fight wildfires.
Voting machine buyback
Violist Danny Lai performs with the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, March 23 at the Colorado School of Mines Green Center in Golden. Lai won first place in the 2014 Jefferson Symphony International Young Artist Competition and joined the Colorado Symphony this year. Sunday’s performance of his winning piece Bela Bartok’s Concerto for Viola and Orchestra marked his first soloist performance. Lai will move on to play with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Photo by Amy Woodward
The Clerk and Recorder’s Office has 500 Ivotronic voting machines in inventory due to the changeover from widespread polling site to mail-in ballots. Although there will still be Ivotronics to support inperson voting, the clerk requested for the
equipment to be sent back to the manufacturer without using the public auction process. The commissioners unanimously agreed override county procedure due to sensitive information and technology of Ivotronics. The first buyback will include 365 machines at a re-purchase price of $250 per unit, totaling $91,250.
Spring repairs for fairgrounds, Boettcher Mansion
Jeffco Parks requested $35,000 for repairs to the Fairgrounds including campsites, restroom and shower facilities, safety tile on the playground and areas for parking and the picnic pavilion. Repairs and flagstone replacement as well as adding a railing to the north reception area at Boettcher Mansion totaled to $56,206. Commissioners will move forward with a formal vote on April 2. Repairs done at the Fairgrounds will be complete in two weeks, while Boettcher Mansion requires an additional four weeks with construction and repair work complete by mid-May.
Garden on the water Baldoria events opens its doors By Clarke Reader
creader@coloradocommunitymedia. com Nestled just off of Union Boulevard is a romantic oasis that is open not only for weddings, parties and business events, but a quiet place for lunch. Baldoria on the Water, 146 Van Gordon St., opened as an event center in December and its cafe opened in late March. Created by Linda and Jamie Shotton, Baldoria seemed like a natural offshoot for their catering business, A Perfect Bite. “The building has been here for a while, but it was empty to we did a reconstruction on the place,” said Linda. “We’ve had A Perfect Bite for six years, and thought it would be nice to have a building where we could host events.” It may not look it on the outside, but once customers step inside Baldoria, it feels like being inside a softly lit Italian winery, with candles everywhere and stone arches leading to open spaces. Linda said she and Jamie worked hard
with the architects on the design, because they thought the Italian winery was romantic but also well suited to parties and as a location for the cafe, which is open 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. “We create really good, fresh food that is reasonably priced and a great value,” Jamie said. I think there’s a perception that we’re going to be over the top expensive, but we’re very price-competitive.” Items on the lunch menu, ranging from $7 to $13, include classics like burgers and Reubens, and items like Adult Mac n Cheese, which includes roasted chicken with Brie and aged Asiago cream sauce, asparagus and portabello mushroom. Creating a great dining experience is something that is very important to both Linda and Jamie, and during the year they will be holding events during the week like pop-up dinners and have visiting chefs come in to cook. As spring comes and things starting getting greener, expect the same from Baldoria. With an outdoor patio that will be open during the summer for events and the cafe, Linda and Jamie are looking to add more green and landscape to create a lush garden feel. Linda said that people interested in
Baldoria on the Water is a new event center and cafe off of Union Boulevard which offers lunch and caters to events and weddings. Photo by Clarke Reader renting out Baldoria can come and get a tour and do tastings of the food as well. The event center already has 35 weddings as well as some parties scheduled for the summer, so anyone interested in renting should do so as soon as possible.
“We’re inclusive here — we have food, bar, indoor and outdoor areas to rent,” she said. “We’ve had a great turn out from the community so far and are looking ahead.” For more information, call 303-5073554 or visit www.baldoriaevents.com.
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Keeping abreast with national and state laws and issues is a much easier task than tracking many of the smaller items that go through local city councils, but these items can affect businesses just as much as the larger issues. To help Jefferson County businesses know which local governments are considering legislation that could affect them, the West Chamber recently created a local governments affairs committee. “The (LGAC) committee was established to help our members keep an eye out for things that are being proposed in cities that could affect them,” said Joni Inman, chair of the Chamber’s board of directors. “It can be difficult for small businesses to know when something is coming up since they’re so busy.” Bert Waisanen, the chair of the committee, has a background in public policy and when he heard that the chamber was starting the group, he volunteered to put his skills to use. “We want to encourage a positive business environment, and create something that isn’t necessarily industry-specific,” he
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said. “We want to be able to have a broad perspective, identify important issues and study them.” Both Inman and Waisanen said that while the committee will not be political or take any standing on any of the issues it studies, it can make recommendations to the West Chamber board about a possible stance the board may want to take. According to Inman, the way the committee will work is it will take a look at city council agendas and if there is anything of interest, it will investigate and decide the best way to share the information. “The primary purposes here is information,” she said. “It is not the role of the committee to step in with issues between businesses and local governments.” The committee is still in the early stages, but Wiasanen said there will be around nine people on the board. He also said the committee will use the West Chamber website, email and meetings to share the information it has gathered about the issues being studied. “We want to provide our businesses a forum to come together and inform them on how these issues are developing,” Waisanen said. “It builds a better policy and creates better collaboration and communication.” For more information, visit www.westchamber.org/lgac.
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Jeffco Open Space will be holding Native Plant Master Courses and special classes soon. Participants will be involved in field courses discovering the names and identifying features of trailside wildflowers while learning facts about flora’s lifestyles, its friends and foes. Special classes explore more in depth plant topics in indoor and outdoor settings. For participants interested in teaching others and becoming a certified Native Plant Master volunteer go to www.nativeplantmaster.
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A day without a prank is just a day Happy April Fool’s Day! I hope you enjoyed a prank-filled April 1. I mean that sincerely … a day without a good prank is just, well, a day. I come by my practical-joke predilection honestly — I’m from a long line of pranksters. In fact, in our family, April Fool’s Day is somewhat superfluous; it’s almost too obvious. For example, if you spend more than three seconds looking for something — the ketchup, a can of soda, your left shoe — then you have fallen prey to our most common practical joke. If, on the other hand, you are the one caught in the act of moving, which usually has to take place in a split second while your victim’s back is turned, returning the item is usually accompanied with a sheepish grin. My father was a consummate prankster, while my mother was more likely to leave funny notes in my lunch box when I was attending graduate school
on the weekends. But my dad, ah … my dad. In the days when Colorado had just one area code, all we needed to dial were the last number of our prefix and four other digits to place a call. So if someone should ask for the number of, say, the A&W, my dad would rapid fire five random digits, and people fell for it all the time, me included. One of my own minor pranks is to remove the barrels of ink from my colleagues’ pens (and then put them some-
where on the table or the desk). I also take advantage of telephones from the workplace. When one of my colleagues in Colorado Springs agreed to leave a voice mail for my sister; the message went something like this: “Ma’am, I’ve got a pile of your parking tickets here in front of me. There are 543,000 residents in El Paso County and you have amassed more than anyone else. Please clear this up by calling my assistant, Andrea Doe-ree-ay, you know like the sinking ship…” At that point, you can hear me cackling in the background. Of course, this was only fair, because my sister is the queen of pranks, such as moving the car when one of her kids left it running outside the house while retrieving something from inside. Or leaping out of the back seat in her “scariest mask,” leaving one little boy shrieking as only little boys can, and leaving another frozen, open-mouthed.
But her best prank is now legend in our family. When my nephew came home from Sea Camp, a marine science program in San Diego, he was excited to show a crowd of us the DVD from his underwater experiences. Have you ever tried to purposely break a disk? It’s harder than you might think, and my sister was out on her porch—with a different disk— trying to shatter it and get it into the case in my nephew’s backpack just in time. The look on his face was priceless. We may be pranksters, but we’re never mean or cruel and we never, ever do any damage. But we do create laughter, a lot of laughter, the kind of laughter that leaves tears streaming down our faces. The kind of tears that I am enjoying right now. Andrea Doray is a writer who would love to hear about your favorite practical joke. Contact her at a.doray@andreadoray.com.
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What are your predictions for this year’s Rockies Season? When spring arrives, that means it’s also the season of baseball. We asked people in Westminster their thoughts on this year’s Rockies season.
I think the Rockies have a shot this season. But their pitching is important. Lorenzo Salatiel
All I know is that Tulowitzki is hurt, so our infield won’t be as good again. A.J. Bautista
If they can get some good pitchers, they should do alright. Jesus Pastrana
I think the Rockies will do pretty good. If the pitching is right, they could make the playoffs. Junior Valdez
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I’m starting with me My 7-year old son is very into a game called Minecraft right now. For those of you who haven’t had the great fortune (yes, read that as sarcasm) of running into this game yet, it is, essentially, a cubist Eden in which the player gets to create his world. For instance, the other day my son and my 12-year old spent a couple hours putting a swimming pool with a water slide outside their characters’ home. But, every once in a while, my son comes out of the game long enough to register a complaint. “Dad, it’s not letting me cut down the tree.” “Dad, I can’t get my rollercoaster to work.” “Dad, my sister hit me.” (Yeah, sometimes the real world intrudes). Let me make it very clear up front that I know almost nothing about how the game works. I watch him play, I’m amazed at how quickly he buzzes around the controls, I’m awed by what comes out of his imagination, but I do not have the faintest idea how the game works. So, when he comes to me whining (no, it’s true: 7-year-old boys occasionally whine) about the game, there is almost nothing I can do about it. Except shut it off. He hates that one. It’s my favorite. Shortly after I propose that as the solution, he usually finds a different way to solve his problem, and onward the game goes. For another 20 minutes. Until I force him to go run 5k and then study his German and read one of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Because I’m that kind of parent. Not at all the kind who is, every once in a while, grateful for 20 minutes to breathe while he plays a video game. Yeah, that was sarcasm, too. My son’s problem, when he runs into a roadblock, is usually that he focuses on the problem, instead of focusing on finding a solution. It’s like what I quoted a couple weeks ago, “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.” His willingness to retreat into whining makes him part of the problem. Like I said, though, my son is 7 years old. I sort of expect problem focus from him. I can preach to him all day long about
being the solution, but he’s not quite ready for that message yet. He just has to learn on his own and make the connection between his experience and my nagging someday. But, then I got to thinking, “how often do I just whine about a problem, instead of working to solve it?” Sad to say, altogether too frequently. And, more often than not, I do it on Facebook. Facebook and Twitter and their ilk have become this society’s complaint department — have a beef? Tweet it! Solutions are harder than complaints — they require thought, and planning, and energy and commitment. Not at all the sort of instant gratification we’ve become accustomed to seeking in latter-day America. But we have serious problems facing us, and I think it’s high time we stop giving people credit for being the most clever complainer, and start looking for problemsolvers. And I’m going to start with me. You’ve indulged me for three years now as I share my observations and, yes, some complaints about our world. And I appreciate that, truly. Now, I am going to force myself to try to turn that corner and never leave a complaint without a solution idea. Because if I’m not part of the solution, then I might as well just sit down on the floor and play video games with my son all day. Michael Alcorn is a music teacher and fitness instructor who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. He graduated from Alameda High School and the University of Colorado-Boulder.
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Today’s snow is tomorrow’s water Nothing beats a week of gray skies and stuffy suits in Washington like a sunny day in Colorado’s high country. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to strap on some snowshoes for a short hike on Berthoud Pass with local water managers and staff from the Natural Resources Conservation Service. They were taking a manual reading of the state’s snowpack and checking the automatic SNOTEL measurement device. Undersecretary Robert Bonnie, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top environmental and natural resource official, and the man who oversees NRCS, also came along. These snowpack measurement systems, some that date back to the 1900s, are a critical part of the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting program that Colorado water officials rely on to anticipate river flows in the spring when the snow melts and calculate how much water will run off into rivers and reservoirs. Our state’s farmers and ranchers depend on
these forecasts to decide how much and what type of crops to plant, while metropolitan leaders use the data to decide how best to meet their needs in the coming years and to prepare for potential flooding. Beyond Colorado, these measurements are important for states downstream that depend on our watersheds. Colorado contains nine major watersheds, each with its own snowfall patterns and obligations to other states. While some of these water sources may be at 100 percent, in other
regions the levels may be less than half of the normal supply. Many of the state’s water rights agreements are predicated on the level of snowpack making the accuracy of these measurements particularly important. Recently, however, funding for the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting Program was threatened by budget cuts and sequestration. Colorado communities from across the state shared their strong concerns that cutting funding to this program would damage the accuracy of the measurements and reduce the effectiveness of this vital planning tool. In response to these concerns, we joined forces with Colorado’s water community, Sen. Mark Udall, and Congressman Scott Tipton to urge the NRCS to reconsider the cuts. After working with local communities, water managers, and the NRCS, we secured funding for the program for this winter. In addition, we secured funding in congress for the
next fiscal year. We are not out of the woods yet though. While we provided much-needed breathing room in the short-term, we must continue to work to explore options to ensure the program’s long-term sustainability. Water is one of our state’s most valuable resources. In the face of unending drought in southern Colorado, historic levels of flooding on the Front Range and significant population growth, the accuracy of these measurements is increasingly critical. Today’s snowpack is tomorrow’s water, and it is vital to our state’s future that we work together to ensure that our farmers, city leaders, and water managers have the tools they need to accurately forecast how much of this precious resource they’ll have each and every season.
ment. Though he tries to appear caring and concerned about Garland’s wellbeing, it soon becomes apparent that his main focus is upon himself. On the other hand, Anthony clearly does have the artist’s best interests as his top priority. I went to the theater expecting to love the whole experience. The set was stunning; the band was in top form; but as the
story began to unfold, I found myself feeling unsettled and uncomfortable. Garland was not the sweet little girl from Kansas. She was self-absorbed, demanding, and cursed with wild abandon, much to the discomfort of the kind, gentle Anthony. I really couldn’t wait for the evening to be over. Thankfully, as the story progressed, I was drawn in. The songs, like “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” “Come Rain Or Come Shine,” and “When You’re Smiling,” were wonderful. The connection between the singer and her pianist was palpable. Anthony reminded her that she had a cadre of gay accompanists who would always be in her corner. Initially, Deans insisted that Garland abandon all her pills and alcohol, but he not only gave in to her pleas, he eventually insisted that she continue to use them. The deterioration
of the legendary star was painful to see. Tari Kelly has the voice and the presence that were Judy Garland’s hallmarks. While Kelly doesn’t “impersonate” the star, she definitely channels her. The chemistry between Kelly (Judy and Clark (Mickey) never came together for me. It’s a difficult show to see but I ultimately came to appreciate it and would certainly recommend it. For tickets and information, call 720898-7200 or visit www.arvadacenter.org. Moderated talkbacks with the cast will be held on Friday, April 4 after the 7:30 p.m. performance and again on Wednesday, April 9 after the 1 p.m. show. In addition, the show will be ASL interpreted for the hearing impaired on Friday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Democrat Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the U.S. Senate since 2009.
Arvada Center presents Garland tale The regional premiere of “End of the Rainbow” plays in the Main Stage Theater at the Arvada Center through April 13. The iconic Judy Garland (Tari Kelly) is in London preparing to make a spectacular return to the stage. It’s the Christmas season 1968 and the multi-talented star is accompanied by her new fiancee Mickey Deans (Zachary Clark). They enter their suite at the Ritz Hotel and are soon joined by Anthony (Jonas Cohen) a pianist with whom Judy has had a long and sometimes bumpy relationship. The diva’s finances have taken a serious hit and the hotel is none too interested in being added to her long list of creditors. She buys time by sweet-talking the manager but as the days go by, the financial problems mushroom. Deans is not only the current romantic interest, he’s her new manager and has booked a long engage-
Ten ways to become a scatterbrain Listen up, this is important. When I was in fourth grade at Maple Grove Elementary School, a four-room schoolhouse at the corner of 32nd and Youngfield, I aced a magazine test, “Are you a scatterbrain?” (a scatterbrain is anybody incapable of concentration or serious thought.) I scored higher than any other student in the class. On Field Day I couldn’t win a blue ribbon the high jump, tug-of-war, or the threelegged sack race, but I did win a trophy for winning the scatterbrain test. Since my elementary school days, it has become easier for ordinary people to become a scatterbrain — due to changes in technology. Tricky marketers with no surplus of conscience have taken over every area of our lives and sold us on the idea that more is better, newer is better, and faster is better. The more stuff we buy the harder it is to focus and make good decisions, and they know it. I don’t know about you, but my brain cannot keep up with the pace of change in technology. My daily choices multiply like rabbits. Although I had a period of relief during my late forties after the kids left the house, and could concentrate for a few minutes, it was shortlived. “Oh, she’s just a scatterbrain,” people say. At least it gives me an identity. Less judgemental types relate to this part of me because they are also scatterbrains and don’t feel so alone. If you’ve been hiding out in the woods focused but bored to death, here’s my advice of how to become a top of the line 2014 scatterbrain. Get an iPhone. Send texts to your family and friends every hour. Talk on the phone as much as possible so your body will be in one place and your brain will be in another place. At 7 a.m. look out the window and get dressed for the way the weather appears. At noon you will either be freezing because you underdressed or overheated because you overdressed. Your mind will flicker with the rapid changes in weather as you switch from heat to air conditioning and back to heat in your vehicle.
Go to a deli-restaurant and choose between 45 sandwiches with choices of bread suggested by the counterperson “white, wheat, rye, non gluten, panini, toasted or untoasted, buttered or unbuttered” If you’re having a side dish, you will be asked, “Baked potato, mashed, fries, quinoa, or rice, cold slaw or green beans? Noodles made of wheat or rice?” Scatter your brain around that! Watch every murder trial and crime show on TV and let your mind dwell on the details while you are paying your bills. Watch Jeopardy. Flunk all the answers to questions like what Roman emperor invaded Ireland in the first century B.C. Fill your mind with the worthless trivia you learn each night and watch the contestants make big bucks. Feed the cat every time she meows. Accept five invitations in a week where you are required to bring food. Check your email every hour and save everything due to indecision until you have a long kite tail of at least a thousand messages. Click on every popup. Be brainwashed into switching from XP to windows 7 on your home computer. When four letter words don’t fix it, throw your computer in the lake. If you live in the heart of the American culture in 2014 you may easily be doing all the things on my list. If not, give it a try. You may succeed in becoming a scatterbrain. Mary Stobie’s is compiling her favorite columns and tales in a book. Two people like the book, maybe because their names are mentioned in it. If you want your name in the book, please contact Mary atmry_jeanne@ yahoo.com
Schooltime for sportsmen Colorado Parks and Wildlife is making an offer sportsmen should not refuse. It is class time at CPW with a variety of timely and up to date topics to sharpen our skills. The time is right. That quiet time when we mistakenly assume there is not much to do outdoors. The fishing season is just around the corner and hunting is not yet a fading memory, with spring turkey season less than a month away and big game season looming off in the distance. CPW is offering fishing and hunting seminars to sharpen our skills and add new strategies to our angling and our hunting experience. Two turkey hunting 101 seminars; big game application workshops; the Novice (pheasant) Hunter Program and the Rocky Mountain Fly Fishing class all are excellent programs to get new hunting and angling information, learn specific skills, become comfortable with equipment and gear and get insights as to where to go to pursue hunting opportunities and cast to productive fisheries. The Big Game Application workshops are being
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and the 42 state parks and 300 state wildlife areas where pheasants prevail and hunting is allowed. Information and registration can be obtained by calling 303-291-
held statewide by District Wildlife Managers at various locations. Go to http:// cpw.state.co.us for specific Denver area locations and dates. CPW’s cost free Novice Hunter Program (cosponsored with Pheasants Forever) beings new and youth pheasant hunters close to the habitat pheasants exist in and introduces students to hunting techniques, shotgun types and hunting safety. Participants will get assistance in finding hunting sites within the 250,000 acres of State Walk-In lands
7291. April 12 is the date for the RM Fly Fishing seminar at the Kassler Center, near Chatfield Reservoir State Park. The class is limited to 50 participants and co-sponsored by Orvis, Project Healing Waters who are joining CPW for this day long class. Go to www. register-ed.com/programs/ colorado/118-coloradooutreach to register or call CPW 303-297-1192. Outdoors writer Ron Hellbusch can be reached at Ron-Hellbusch@comcast. net.
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creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com The 1960s was an age of great music, shifting cultures and a rise in the voice of America’s youth. All of these facets are captured in the musical “Hairspray,” which is taking the stage in Lakewood, thanks to a partnership with the Performance Now Theatre Company. The show will be running at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, through April 14. Performances are at 7:30 p.m on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. “We’re lucky to have a lot of great singers, dancers and actors in the show and we’re really excited about WHAT: “Hairspray” it,” Ken GoodWHERE: Lakewood Cultural Center win, executive 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood producer with WHEN: Through April 14 Performance 7:30 p.m - Friday and Saturday Now said. 2 p.m. - Saturday and Sunday “We haven’t COST: $28 done a show INFORMATION: 303-987-7845 or in a while that www.Lakewood.org/Tickets has this much dancing.” With music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, “Hairspray” takes place in Baltimore, Md., in 1962. All that teenager Tracy Turnblad wants to do is dance on “The Corny Collins Show” — a TV dance program loosely based on the Buddy Deane Show. Tracy wins a chance to perform on the show, which leads to a host of attention and meets a vast array of people, from the show’s host Corny Collins to Velma Von Tussle, the show’s deceitful producer. When Tracy wants to start integrating the show, things get hairy fast. “The show is about a lot, but one of the main things is integration,” Goodwin said. “It’s been great to work with a diverse cast, since that is such an important part of the story.” For Goodwin, one of the most exciting things about
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“Hairspray” is the new cast members he and director Kelly Van Oosbree get to work with. “It’s great that we have a lot of new people in the show, and some of the leads are performing for the first time,” he said. “We had a pretty short turnaround — only 6 or 7 weeks to prepare — but we’re looking and sounding good.” This is the first time Performance Now has put on “Hairspray,” and Goodwin said the group is excited to put on a production that most in the company don’t have experience with. “There is some fantastic music in the show and the band we have is incredible,” he said. “This show really brings a wide fan base with it and it is especially popular with younger people because of the music and the younger cast.” The show is the twelfth co-presentation between Lakewood and Performance Now, a partnership that has been extremely beneficial to both groups, according to Susan Martin, cultural center administrator. “It’s a great opportunity whenever we work with them, and it allows both of us to expand and find something new to offer,” she said. “Performance Now brings a higher level than a lot of community theater, and this allows us to reach a different audience.” Martin added that one of the best parts of the partnership is that it can draw more people to the theater than would normally be interested, and allows that interest to really spread through the community. For Goodwin and everyone involved, the best way to describe the production of “Hairspray” is simple — fun. “There’s a lot of energy and it appeals to everyone,” he said. “It really is just an entertaining night at the theater.” For more information, call 303-9877845 or visit www.lakewood.org/tickets.
If you love wine then you probably already have your tickets for this annual event. The Denver Art Museum (DAM) Uncorked Wine Tasting will be April 11, 6-9 p.m. Tickets are $90 for DAM members and $125 for non-members. Guests can beat the crowds and taste the best wines first with First Taste tickets, which are an additional $35 and allow access at 5 p.m. Events are at the downtown Denver museum and tickets can be purchased online at www.denverartmuseum.org/ uncorked. The event features more than 300 wines and hors d’oeuvres from Kevin Taylor Catering. Guests will also have the opportunity to bid on items in the silent auction such as spa and restaurant packages or bottles of wine. Wine experts and novices alike will enjoy an evening discovering their new favorite wine. The DAM Uncorked Dinner & Auction, on April 12, begins at 6 p.m. with a silent auction reception featuring cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a seated dinner and live auction. Guests can bid on rare bottles of wine, exclusive access to private art collections, tours with DAM curators and unique travel packages.
Word from Westword
Westword’s Best of Denver 2014 is out and, as always, it’s a fun read. A few highlights ... Best Dive Bar is Lakeview Lounge; Best ContemporaryCocktail Bar is Williams & Graham; Best Late-Afternoon Happy Hour is Old Major; Best French Fries at Jonesy’s EatBar. Sure to create controversy is Westword’s choice for Best Hamburger, with the winner being new to the restaurant scene, Humboldt Farm Fish Wine, located at the former site of Strings Restaurant. Readers’ choice is Cherry Cricket. As it should be. Another hotly contested category is always Best Steakhouse. And the winner is Elway’s Cherry Creek and Elway’s Downtown. Reader’s choice: Capital Grille. As usual, Westword has “unique” categories. Best Mind-Altering Edibles That Don’t Contain THC: The Chocolate Therapist. Best Place to Contemplate Death With Others: Denver Death Cafe.
Cher, Lady Gaga coming
It’s going to be a great summer of concerts! Cher kicks off a hot summer of powerhouse female stars coming to Mile High City. Continuing to show she can “turn back time,” Cher performs at the Pepsi Center on May 28. Is this really her Farewell Tour? The Living Proof Tour in 2005 was originally billed as her farewell tour. More than 3.5 million fans attended that tour, which grossed $250 million. Tickets are on sale for the Dressed to Kill tour with opening act Cyndi Lauper. It may your last chance to see her live, or not? Tickets are available at www.cher. tickets-center.com. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga comes to Denver on Aug. 6, also at the Pepsi Center, for artRAVE: the ARTPOP Ball Tour.
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Art becomes history for William F. Cody
A collection of Buffalo Bill’s promotional posters during his days as a showman with the Buffalo Bill Wild West shows.
By Amy Woodward
awoodward@ coloradocommunitymedia.com
“Buffalo Bill” by Emil W. Lenders circa 1900 from Germany. Photos by Amy Woodward
William Frederick Cody aka Buffalo Bill is on display like never before at the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave on Lookout Mountain in Golden. “Folk, Fine and Funky: Buffalo Bill in Art” is the newest exhibit which opened on Feb. 23 and runs until Jan. 25 2015. Most paintings have not been on display in decades, if ever, said Steve Friesen, director of the Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave. Other pieces are on loan from the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wyo. “We’re a history museum we’re not an art museum therefore as a history museum
we’re doing more of a historical spin on it,” Friesen said. “They are interesting to us because of the historical content.” The exhibit is divided into four themes; Buffalo Bill as the showman, horseman, buffalo hunter and scout. Artwork displayed within these themes touches on the many aspects of Buffalo Bill from Indian scalp hunter to businessman. There are many displays including a never-before-seen velvet painting, portrait wood carvings, pencil drawings and a pen and ink drawing on an oyster shell. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and children aged 6 to 15 are $1 while kids under five are free. Group rates are available. For more information call 303-5260744 or visit www.buffalobill.org.
your week & more ThursdAy TO sATurdAy/APril 3-5, APril 11-12 TheATer shOw Colorado ACTS presents a community class production of “Treachery at Cartilage Creek,” at 7 p.m. April 3-5, April 11-12 and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at 9460 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. For tickets and information, call 303-456-6772 or go to http://www.coloradoacts.org/ FridAy/APril 4 essAy cOnTesT Colorado Municipal League is accepting
entries through Friday, April 4, for its “If I Were Mayor …” essay contest, open to seventh- and eighth-graders describing how they would make their city or town the best place to live. Four winners will receive certificates of achievement, $500 to establish a college account with CollegeInvest and the opportunity to attend the municipal league’s conference in Breckenridge
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New staging was uniquely designed to bring the superstar closer to the fans. Fans will be able to walk and dance right under the walkways creating a unique concert going experience. Tickets go on sale at noon Friday at www.ladygagatickets.vividseats.com, ticketmaster.com and other outlets.
Auditions in Arvada
The Arvada Center will hold auditions for the musical, “Tarzan, The Stage Musical,” at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., on May 1 and 2 (chorus dance call on April 28) and in New York City on May 5. The Arvada Center production will be directed by Gavin Mayer with musical direction by David Nehls and choreography by Kitty Skillman Hilsabeck. The Arvada Center artistic producer is Rod A. Lansberry.
Photographer Kirk
You know him as the adorable 9News entertainment reporter, but did you know Kirk Montgomery is also an extremely talented photographer? Stop
to receive their awards and present their essays during the elected officials luncheon on Friday, June 20. The brochure can be found at www.cml.org/Resources/Civic-Engagement/If-IWere-Mayor-Essay-Contest/If-I-Were-Mayor-2014/ Ken Salazar, former U.S. Interior Department Secretary for President Obama, will serve as this year’s honorary contest chairman.
FridAy/APril 4, 10, 17, 30 heAlTh clAsses Bridges Integrative Health and Wellness at Lutheran Medical Center is offering community health and wellness services and classes in February at 8300 W. 38th Ave. Free parking is available. Space is limited. Go to www. WellnessAtBridges.com or call 303-425-2262 to register or for information and costs. Upcoming classes are: BABy yOgA camp, 8:45-10 a.m. Fridays from April 4-25.
by John Fielder’s Colorado gallery at 833 Santa Fe Drive through the end of May to check out his amazing work. You can also visit www.kirksnap.com to see a sneak peak of his beautiful photographs.
sTress relieF monthly workshop series, 6-8 p.m. every second Thursday: Mind-Body Connection (April 10). PrenATAl yOgA, 8:45-10 a.m. Mondays through April 28. ArOmATherAPy, 6-7:30 p.m. last Wednesday: Aroma-
therapy IV: Herbal Infused Honey (April 30).
AcuPuncTure And Allergies, 5:30 p.m. Thursday,
April 17. Free; registration required.
sATurdAy/APril 5 FOOd dOcumenTAry “Food Inc.,” a documentary about the corporate food industry will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at Living Light of Peace, 5927 Miller St., Arvada. A soup and salad dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. A donation is requested for the meal. A brief discussion will follow. All ages
“Of course! What do you think the company credit card is for?” Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also
invited; movie is free.
sATurdAy/APril 5 PhOTOgrAPh cluB The Forney Museum welcomes photographers the first Saturday of every month for a behind-the-scenes chance to shoot your favorite vehicles in our collection. Sessions last 8-10 a.m. Saturday, April 5, at the museum, 4303 Brighton Blvd., Denver. Registration and prepayment are required; sessions are limited to 25 participants. For a copy of the museum’s photo policy, email events@forneymuseum.org. Go to www.forneymuseum. org.
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writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktie-colorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@ blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
Brackney to be missed
John Brackney will be missed as the CEO of the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce and was a great friend to businesses in south Denver and beyond. On Facebook, Brackney said this about his retirement: “It has been an awesome ride, one I have appreciated and cherished every day. Admittedly imperfect but always driven, I hope I have made some small contribution to the success in your business and your life. My greater hope is that we all re-commit to building an increasingly vibrant business community and quality of life … I hope our paths cross frequently as I remain at your service, only in a different capacity.” Good luck, John!
Overheard
Eavesdropping on an office conversation: “Let’s make a deal. If I need to be bailed out of jail you come and get me. If you need to be bailed out, I will come and get you.”
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Saturday/april 5 Fielder Show The Jefferson County Historical Society and
Hiwan Homestead Museum present a slide show presentation by John Fielder at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at The Place in Evergreen, 27888 Meadow Drive. Fielder’s presentation is part of a 2014 statewide tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of America’s Wilderness Act. Call Hiwan Homestead Museum at 720-497-7650 for reservations and information.
Saturday and Sunday/april 5-6 Choir perFormanCe St. Martin’s Chamber Choir performs
“Audience and Singer Favorites: Echoes from Twenty Years” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, St. Elizabeth’s Church, Auraria Campus, 1060 St. Francis Way, Denver; and at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4500 Wadsworth Blvd., Wheat Ridge. Go to StMartinsChamberChoir.org or call 303298-1970.
Sunday/april 6 Choir perFormanCe St. Martin’s Chamber Choir presents “Audience and Singer Favorites” at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4500 Wadsworth Blvd., Wheat Ridge. Tickets available at www.stmartinschamberchoir.org, by calling 303-298-1970 or at the door. Sunday/april 6 Kite FeStival The 12th annual Arvada Kite Festival is 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at the Stenger Soccer Complex, 58th and Quail, Arvada. A rain date of Sunday, April 13, has been reserved. Kite flying competitors will be divided into two groups: 10 and younger, and 11 and older, with four categories: highest kite, smallest kite, largest kite and most visually appealing kite. It’s free to compete and trophies will be awarded to the top four winners in both age groups. Go to www.arvadafestivals.com. Sunday/april 6 wedding ShowCaSe The 2014 Evergreen Wedding &
Event Showcase is 1-4 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at the Evergreen Lake House, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road. Contact Christine Dove, cdove@eprd.co or 720-880-1310.
monday/april 7-21 Free booKS Jefferson County families with 4-year-old
children may pick up a free book at any Jefferson County Public Library location from April 7-21. To find the library closest to you, visit www.jeffcolibrary.org/locations.
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com. Register at rec.cityofgolden.net, class 14000-2.
eState planning Pet trusts, outright bequests to caregivers and guardianship provisions will be discussed at Estate Planning for Pet Owners, a free seminar 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at Dumb Friends Leauge, 2080 S. Quebec St., Denver. RSVP by April 3 by calling 720-241-7150 or emailing mgrimme@ddfl.org. Box lunches will be provided.
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tueSday/april 8 breaKFaSt meeting Wheat Ridge Business Association welcomes Cynthia Hessin, host and executive producer of Rocky Mountain PBS “Colorado State of Mind,” at its Tuesday, April 8, breakfast meeting, 7-8:45 a.m. at the Wheat Ridge Rec Center, 4005 Kipling St. Her topic will be “Women and Girls Lead,” a three-year-long commitment to showcasing the work of women role models on RMPBS. RSVP by April 5 to wheatridgebiz.com/meetingregister.php. Call 303-594-1520. tueSday/april 8 liFetree CaFé How to navigate family secrets will be
discussed at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field St., Arvada. This program features the exclusive filmed story — shot live as events unfolded — of a woman who discovered a missing family member. The Lifetree event offers practical tips on handling a wide variety of family secrets. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for conversations about life and faith in a casual coffeehouse-type setting. Questions about Lifetree may be directed to Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@ peacelutheran.net.
wedneSday/april 9 briCK wallS Foothills Genealogical Society presents a
roundtable discussion on “Solving Your Brick Walls” at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Applewood Valley Methodist Church, 2034 Ellis St., Golden. Send your brick wall issues to FhGS so they have time to research it. Bring your own brown bag lunch to enjoy during discussion. Program begins at 1 p.m. and topic is “Block 12 Riverside Cemetery” A Pauper’s Site Within Riverside’s Pioneer Cemetery, presented by Vickie Smejkal.
wedneSday/april 9 SoCial SeCurity Navigating your Social Security retire-
ment benefit options can be overwhelming. Learn about how to sort through hundreds of options to help ensure the choices you make are right for you at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at the Golden Community Center, 1470 Tenth St., Golden. RSVP at 303-962-6265, ext. 100, or Rhonda.harshbarger@thrivent.
Civil war Red Rocks Community College’s History Department will present Civil War Day to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of the Wilderness. This event will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, April 10, at the Lakewood campus. The Union and Confederate military forces will take the field about 1:30 pm. A narrator will provide a historical background of the Battle of the Wilderness, its significance during the 1864 campaign of Generals Grant and Lee, and a description of the battle tactics. Contact Linnie Pawlek at 303-914-6282 or linnie.pawlek@rrcc.edu. thurSday/april 10 monthly CoFFee Colorado Sen. Rachel Zenzinger will devote her monthly “Coffee with Constituents” to general discussion and Q&A about legislative issues April 10 at the Indian Tree Golf Course Club House, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. After opening remarks at 7 a.m., Zenzinger will encourage participants to set the agenda and express their concerns on issues of greatest priority. She will be especially interested in receiving feedback in regard to the “Three E’s” (education, economy, elders) that have received so much of her attention in the Senate. While anyone from the public may attend the meeting, the content will generally focus on issues that most affect residents of Senate District 19, which Zenzinger serves. Coffee will be available, but attendees will be required to purchase their own breakfast. Go to www.RachelForColorado. com or call her at 303-866-4840. thurSday/april 10 theater Show “Cinderella Waltz,” presented by Red Rocks Community College theater arts and dance department, opens April 10. Show times are 7:30 p.m., April 10-12 and April 1819, and 2 p.m. April 13. Contact 303-914-6458 or theatre@rrcc. edu for tickets and information. thurSday/april 10 Story oF Chocolate Christian Women’s Connection meets Thursday, April 10 at Vista Applewood Golf Course, 14001 W. Ave., Golden. Enstrom Candies will share the story of chocolate, from bean to treat. Speaker Shirley Bervig. Call Isabel at 303233-9655 or Nancy at 303-421-6484. thurSday/april 10 thunderbolt oratorS Toastmasters group is holding
an open house, 11:30 a.m to 12:30p.m. on Thursday, April 10th. An icebreaker speech and guest speeches will be featured. Come learn about Toastmasters where anyone can gain
confidence in public speaking. Food will be served. Tallgrass Energy 370 Van Gordon St. Lakewood 80228. Contact: Colette Smith 303-914-4934 or Richard Eveleigh 303-803-2943.
Friday and Saturday/april 11-12 toy/Clothing Sale A kids’ clothing and toy sale is from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, April 11, and Saturday, April 12, at the Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St, Arvada. Most clothing and toy items are $1. Also selling books, baby equipment, and furniture. All proceeds benefit Kids’ Discovery Days Preschool. Everything is half price after noon on Saturday. Saturday/april 12 Spring tea Trollheim Sons of Norway Lodge’s ladies’ group, Trollheim Dameklubben, presents its annual Spring Tea 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 12 at 6610 W. 14th Ave., Lakewood. The tea features a Norwegian flair and unique delicacies. Call 303989-4496 by April 5 to RSVP and for details about cost. Saturday/april 12 eleCtroniCS reCyCling Trust Hall Insurance Services, in partnership with SustainAbility Recycling, plans an electronic recycling events 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12, in the Sonsio parking lot, 5630 Ward Road, Arvada. Call 720-2910826. Saturday/april 12 Courage walK The 21st annual Courage Walk on Saturday April 12, honors victims of crime in Jefferson County. Registration and continental breakfast start at 10 a.m. in front of the Jefferson County Courthouse, 100 Jefferson County Parkway. The one-mile walk starts at 11 a.m. Kids and leashed pets welcome. Hosted by victim advocates in Jefferson County. A $10 registration is suggested but not required. Call 303-271-6567. Saturday/april 12 egg hunt Wheat Ridge Parks and Recreation plans its annual Easter egg hunt for ages 2-9 at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at Panorama Park, West 35th Avenue and Fenton Street. Children should arrive by 9:45 a.m. Cost is free; children need to bring their own baskets. The Easter Bunny will greet hunters. Call 303-231-1300; in case of inclement weather, call for reschedule information. Saturday/april 12 Jazz ConCert Jazz at the Point concert series presents Carl Dixon and the Jazz Kats 7-9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at Crossroads Theater, 2590 Washington St., Denver. Go to www. denvercrossroads.com or www.carcroons.net. Tickets available at www.jazzatthepoint.org.
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open Mic Living Water Unity Spiritual Community presents open mic night – celebrate your teen self 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. This program gives teens the opportunity to express their performing art including voice and instrument, acting, poetry, stand-up comedy, mime, etc. Open to all students in sixth to 12th grades. Email bellbottoms809@gmail.com.
Music TeacheRs Association Suburban Northwest meets 9:30 a.m. to noon the first Wednesday of the month at Community in Christ Church, 12229 W. 80th Ave., Arvada. Meetings are open to the public and include refreshments, business meeting and program featuring music teaching professionals from around the state lecturing on the latest teaching developments.
Republicans Men meeting The Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club meets 7-9 a.m. Mondays at the Howard Johnson Denver West, 12100 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Call Fred Holden at 303-421-7619 for more information. All are welcome, not just Republican men from Jefferson County.
WoMen neTWoRking Women’s Business Group Wednesday morning networking group in Arvada has openings for women who can commit to a weekly morning meeting. Limited to one business per category. Call for available openings, 303-438-6783, or go online to info@OurConnection.org.
calMup JouRney Prefer to help yourself rather than do the coaching or psychotherapy thing? Let me share with you free information about the CalmUp Journey, a one-page self-examination worksheet for men and women. Join me for coffee or tea 8-9 a.m. most Fridays at Whole Foods Market Belmar, 444 S. Wadsworth Blvd. in Lakewood. Let me know you’re planning to be there so we’re sure to connect. Contact www.DrLorieGose.com or 303-500-2340.
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pRoFessional WoMen NW Metro Business and Professional Women meets the first Wednesday of each month from September to May. Our mission is to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. Call Marcia at 303-827-3283 to RSVP.
FedeRal eMployees The Lakewood Chapter of Retired and Active Federal Employees meets each second Tuesday at the Episcopal Church, 10th and Garrison. Call Ann Ornelas at 303-517-8558 with questions. Rocky MounTain Team Survivor, a health, education
and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtn-teamsurvivor.org.
Wednesdays aMeRican legion Auxiliary presents Burger Nite, 5-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Post 178, 1655 Simms St., Lakewood. Members, their guests and active military invited for varied food and reasonable prices. Visit www.alpost178.org. aRvada biz Connection www.meetup.com/Arvada-Busi-
ness-Connection/ is an informal networking event that brings together local entrepreneurs. Meetings are 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at various restaurants in Olde Town Arvada. A $5 fee is collected from each attendee, which is then donated to a local charity at the end of each quarter. The 4th Quarter Charity is the Dan Peak Foundation who assists families in need. For information, call Micki Carwin at 303-997-9098.
enTRepReneuRs club The Lakewood Chapter Lutheran Entrepreneurs meets 8-9 a.m. on third Wednesdays at the Bethlehem Chapel Coffee House, located in the medical office building just south of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2100 Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. The chapter coordinator is Denise Rolfsmeier. For more information, call 720-379-5889 or email
ThuRsdays business spiRiTualiTy Business Honoring Spirituality meets 7-9 a.m. every Thursday at the Community Center of Mile Hi Church, 9079 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. Meetings include networking, a brief meditation by a licensed practitioner, guest speaker and breakfast. For additional information, visit www.bhsmilehi.org or call Patty Whitelock at 303-274-0933. coMMuniTy coFFee Join Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp on the
fourth Thursday of each month to talk about issues that are important to you. Community Coffee will be from 7-8 a.m. at La Dolce Vita, Ice Cream Room, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada; and from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Panera Bread, 10450 Town Center Drive, Westminster.
invesToRs’ MeeTings The 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.
Rocky MounTain Team Survivor, a health, education
and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtn-teamsurvivor.org.
saTuRdays coloRado ciTizens for Peace meets 10:30-11:30 a.m.
every Saturday at the intersections of West 52nd and Wadsworth Boulevard to try to bring an end to the wars. Signs will be furnished for those who do not have them. Contact Cindy Lowry at 303-431-1228 or waylonthecat.lowry@yahoo.com.
conscious cReaTion Explore holistic health resources at the Conscious Creation Fair 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the third Saturday of each month at the Clements Community Center, 1580 Yarrow St. in Lakewood. Learn from holistic-health practitioners and get information about products, services and alternative/ complementary therapies through learning-lab presentations. Admission fee applies; for more information, contact Cheryl Roach at 303-885-8584 or go online to www.consciouscreationfair.com. MediTaTion classes Various styles of meditation will be explored 9:30-10:30 a.m. each Saturday at PranaTonic, 807 14th St., Golden. We’ll begin with a short introduction to meditation and what to expect followed by a meditation period of 30-40 minutes and time at the end for group discussion. Call 303-274-5733. Visit www.PranaTonic.com. Rocky MounTain Shipwrights is a wood ship modeling club that meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Rockler’s Woodworking and Hardware Store, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver. The club also has a workshop at the Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road. We meet here at 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first Saturday of each month. Go to www. rockymountainshipwrights.org for information. ongoing /educaTion discussion gRoups Covenant Village hosts Wednesdays at 2 p.m. This series of monthly events features expert speakers on a wide variety of educational and entertaining topics. Please plan to attend one, several or all of our programs, held at 9153 Yarrow St. in Westminster. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Call 303-403-2205 for driving directions and to reserve your place. Come early for refreshments; fellowship lectures begin at 2 p.m. To learn more about the residency
options and lifestyle at Covenant Village of Colorado, call us at 303-424-4828.
esl classes — Covenant Presbyterian Church, 6100 W. 44th St. in Wheat Ridge, is sponsoring a free series of English as a Second Language classes for adults 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday nights. These classes will emphasize a conversational method of instruction. Beginner through advanced classes are offered. You may register on any Thursday night. For directions or more information, call the church at 410-442-5800 or go to our website at www.cpcwheatridge.org.
ongoing /Fine aRTs and enTeRTainMenT concoRdia luTheRan Church Choir meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. The choir assists in Concordia’s traditional worship service three out of four Sundays per month. The church is at 13371 W. Alameda Parkway in Lakewood (the church nestled close to Green Mountain). If you have a desire to sing and are interested in joining, please contact Joan at joan@concordialcms.org or 303-989-5260. dance club — Blue Nova Dance Club meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the first and third Sundays every month at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court in Wheat Ridge. For more information or dance lessons, contact Dave at 303-578-6588 or email BlueNova.RoundDanceClub@gmail.com. Music peRFoRMances Patrice LeBlanc performs on keyboard and vocals 6-9 p.m. every Friday and Saturday at Purple Ginger Asian Fusion Restaurant, 2610 Youngfield St. Call 303-237-1133 for more information. singeRs needed The Troubadours Choir is looking for a director and new members. This is a volunteer choir, comprised mostly of seniors. The Troubadours meet at 9 a.m. every Friday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 45th and Wadsworth. For more information, call Gary at 303-477-1380. syMphony audiTions The Lakewood Symphony is holding auditions for concertmaster (includes an honorarium), principal viola (includes an honorarium) and all section strings. Also, we are auditioning for subs in other sections. Rehearsals are 7:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays, September through May, at Green Mountain United Methodist Church; concerts are at the Lakewood Cultural Center. Call 303-980-0400 for requirements, appointment and further information. Weekly Music Jazz @ the Creek is every first Wednesday of the month at Living Water Unity, 59th and Vance in Olde Town Arvada. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. Come listen to an hour of great jazz. For more information, call 720-935-4000 or email livingwaterunity@comcast.net.
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April 3, 2014
Preparing for the worst Lakewood works with Denver to offer emergency preparedness By Clarke Reader
creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Summertime in Colorado means a high risk for fire and floods, so to help residents know what to do in a time of crisis Lakewood is partnering with Denver to offer free emergency response training. Classes begin tonight at the Employee Relations Training Room, 480 S. Allison Parkway, 6-9 p.m., then from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on April 5 and 12. There will also be a class exercise on June 22. All three sessions and the exercise must
HS), Denver Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) and the Colorado North Central Region. “The class is oriented to help citizens know how to protect themselves during large emergencies or disasters,” Brian Nielsen, environmental manager with Lakewood said. “There are different training blocks that cover everything from first aid to search and rescue and terrorism.” According to Carolyn Bluhm, emergency preparedness specialist with Denver, the program has been offered in the city since 2007, but this is the first training in quite some time held in Jefferson County, and Lakewood’s first. “Since we started the program, we have trained more than 3,000 people,” she said. “We heard from some of our trainees that during last year’s floods, the training helped some people escape their cars safely.”
IF YOU GO WHAT: Emergency preparedness training WHERE: Employee Relations Training Room 480 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m. - April 3, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on April 5 and 12 Class exercise on June 22. COST: Free INFORMATION: Mary Ann Valeska at 303-987-7905 or marval@lakewood.org
be completed in order to complete the course. The training is sponsored by the City of Lakewood Office of Emergency Management, Denver’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (OEM-
According to information provided by the city, at the completion of this training, participants are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community. “We’ve never done anything like this before, so we’re hoping the word gets out to citizens because it is very important,” Nielsen said. “Depending on the response we might be able to offer the class again.” Bluhm said that response to the classes in Denver has been great, and one of the best things about it is how the training has spread. “It’s kind of a snowball effect of helping,” she said. “We want to encourage everyone to get involved.” For more information, contact Mary Ann Valeska at 303-987-7905 or at marval@ lakewood.org.
Working on building a better business By Clarke Reader
creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Sen. Cheri Jahn spent Saturday, March 15, getting to know the businesses and people in her district, and learning about the diverse industries that Colorado is home to. “I always want to make a connection with the citizens in my district,” Jahn said, whose district includes both Wheat Ridge and Lakewood as well as unincorporated Jeffco. “This is still a new district for me in many ways, so I’m still getting to know it and the residents.” Her tour kicked off with a round table discussion about the state’s aerospace industry,
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took particular issue with a part of the law that prohibits the transfer of guns among friends and family members, without having background checks conducted. “There is no justification for such a burden, particularly because this statute doesn’t even work,” Westfall said. Westfall also took on the magazine limit ban, which bans new sales and transfers of high-capacity ammunition magazines. The law does not apply to existing magazines that may already be in a person’s possession. Westfall argued that the law is unenforceable because “tens of millions of magazines over 15 rounds exist.” He also said the Legislature was “moved by high-profile mass shootings” and that the laws are “a symbolic gesture that do not improve pub-
which was hosted by the Jefferson County Economic Development Corporation. Representatives from the Colorado Space Coalition, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the International Trade were on hand to take part in the discussion. Around 170,000 Colorado residents are employed in the aerospace industry. “This is a huge industry for job growth, and Colorado is one of the top states in this area,” she said. “For aerospace, it’s about sparking an interest in young people, and seeing where that will lead.” After the round table, Jahn visited several small businesses along Union Boulevard — Jason’s Deli, Body & Sole Healing Connection
lic safety.” “The question is whether the magazine ban will have any positive impact on public safety at any level,” he said. But Grove pushed back against those arguments. He contends that expanding background checks to all potential gun buyers “makes it more difficult for a prohibited person from acquiring firearms.” In defending the new magazine limit, Grove said that restricting the number of rounds that a killer can hold limits the damage that he or she can inflict. “Reloading creates a crucial window of opportunity for a victim to escape or to disarm a gunman,” Grove said. And Grove said that the laws are not aimed at limiting the possession of guns by a law-abiding citizen. “It does not take these items away from people who already own them. It does not restrict their lawful use. It does not limit the choices of firearms Coloradans can carry,” Grove said.
and La Cave Food, Wine & Boutique. “The tour was a great chance to hear directly from the business people about the struggles they are facing,” she said. “We heard everything from trouble with finding enough workers to still working to come back from the recession.” Jahn said the tours will hopefully assist her in building a network of local businesses that she can keep updated on issues going on in the legislature and how they might affect the business community. For the final stop of the day, Jahn visited Emeritus at Green Mountain senior center, and was able to speak with residents about anything topic they wanted, from election
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reform to Amendment 64. “It’s very interesting to get their perspective on things going on in the state,” Jahn said. Due to the busy session schedule, Jahn isn’t able to go on tours like this as often as she would like, but she said she is hoping to do a least one tour like this a month. “Once you start meeting with people, it can spark an interest and then they start asking questions,” she said. “It’s a great way to hear from them and keep them updated on what’s going on in the legislature.” For more information, visit www.cherijahn.com. and transmit to the email address below. (Maximum of 20MB) The above must be delivered via email to info@40WestArts.org in PDF form by the submission deadline of 5 p.m. on Monday, April 14. This project is open to all artists or artist teams, 18 years of age or older. Residence in Jefferson County is not a requirement. The artist must be available during the week May 16 for a 30-minute presentation and Q & A session with the committee and be available to lead the project through completion beginning in mid-July with completion on or before Sept. 1. If you have questions, please contact Melanie Stover or Bill Marino at 303-2753430 or email at info@westcolfax.org.
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Gridiron Alumni recruiting for local alumni games Still think you have what it takes to find the end zone? Staff Report GOLDEN - Got a little bit left in the tank? Or maybe you just want to relive your glory days. Well you and your former teammates can do so on the football field with all of the proceeds going to local schools and charities. Gridiron Alumni is planning several full contact full pad alumni football games and
they are targeting several local high schools who they hope to get involved. Gridiron Alumni travels the nation pitting old football rivals against each other one more time, all for a good cause. Hundreds of players and thousands of fans have swarmed stadiums to watch their hometown heroes strap it on for the last time. Gridiron Alumni is targeting teams like Golden, Ralston Valley and others they hope to get involved. Players from the local area are invited to register and play. The first 40 players on each team get to play and the team that gets 30 people registered first gets home
field advantage. “We do most of our games in the spring and summer and we want to give guys plenty of time to get in shape, so time is of the essence if we’re going to get these games going,” said Chris Hall, founder of Gridiron Alumni. The games are set for the spring and summer. If you or someone you know is interested in putting on the pads one more time, please go to www.gridironalumni. com to register. If you have any questions, please call Chris at (530) 410-6396 or go to the website. Gridiron Alumni was founded in 2010 and has risen over $250,000 for schools and
charities using alumni football games as a fundraising vehicle. According to the website, Gridiron Alumni football has changed lives, communities and given thousands of men their spark back. You must be 18 or older to play and since it is Alumni football, you must play for the team where you went to high school, though occasional exceptions may be allowed. This is partially so that teams do not recruit “ringers” that didn’t go to the school. Gridiron Alumni’s goal is to make these games an annual event that the players and community could look forward to every year.
Jeffco Baseball Highlights: Bears rally down 10 to win Ralston Valley red hot prior to league play By Daniel Williams
dwilliams@coloradocommunitymedia. com Bears rally for improbable win Bear Creek looked ready to take a loss, but rallied for a 13-11 victory over Grand Junction Saturday at Bear Creek High School. The Warriors took a 10-0 lead after scoring runs multiple runs in each of the first three innings of the game. However, the Bears scored six runs in the bottom of the third inning and then six more in the bottom of the sixth, coming all the way back for an improbable victory. The win takes Bear Creek’s record back over .500 at 4-3, after a 1-3 start to the season. The Bears will host Loveland Thursday at 4 p.m. Jaguars win final game of trip D’Evelyn spent some of spring break in Arizona playing three games against out of state opponents last week. The Jaguars lost twice but won the final game of their trip, beating Marist High School 12-2. D’Evelyn scored five first inning runs and then capped the win off with seven more fifth inning runs as they blew out the team from Eugene, Oregon. Three different Jaguars scored multiple runs including senior Mikale Doherty and junior Grant Witherspoon. D’Evelyn (2-3) will host Conifer Wednesday at 4 p.m. Tigers tames during Arizona trip Lakewood got tested by several different Arizona schools as a part of their spring break road trip last week. The Tigers went 1-3 on their Grand Can-
Bear Creek junior pitcher Nick Madrid delivers some heat during the Bears’ 13-11 comeback victory over Grand Junction Saturday at Bear Creek High School. Photo by Daniel Williams yon state trip, but two of those losses came by a single run. Lakewood’s lone victory was a 5-1 win over Paradise Valley School of Phoenix, Ariz. The Tigers scored two runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh inning to secure the win over a Paradise Valley team that already has eight victories this season. Lakewood junior Trevor Kehe went
2-for-4 and scored a run. The Tigers (3-4) will host Rock Canyon Thursday at 4 p.m. Mustangs working on spring break Ralston Valley used their spring break to beat up on several out of state opponents. The Mustangs traveled to Tucson, Ariz., last week and came back with four wins in five days. And not only did Ralston Valley beat
four opponents, the team beat them up, outscoring opponents 53-7. However, the Mustangs were finally beat by St. Laurence 7-4, a team from Illinois. Despite senior Jacob Gallegos’ 3-for3 effort, Ralston Valley gave up five fourth inning runs and fell for the first time this season. The Mustangs (6-1) will host Monarch Saturday at 2 p.m.
Arvada backing up talk, giving back to community Bulldogs’ host free clinic; will honor 1964 championship team By Daniel Williams
dwilliams@ coloradocommunitymedia.com ARVADA - Arvada baseball is giving back. The Bulldogs held a free camp for boys and girls ages eight to 12, on Wednesday, March 26, at Arvada High School. Dozens of local youngsters showed to up and were mentored by Arvada players as well as head coach Gino Carbajal. Carbajal called the camp which is tied to their spring fundraiser a success and estimated they rose up to five thousand dollars for the Bulldogs’ program. He added that the camp and fundraising efforts came from the same model he used while the head coach at Faith Christian High School. In addition, at the end of the camp there was a mini dog show featuring Australian Shepherds who ran around and skillfully caught Frisbees. The camp came during the middle of
Arvada baseball held a free clinic for local eight to 12-year-old over the team’s spring break on Wednesday. The Bulldogs are 2-2 on the young season (but they won a total of three games last season) Photo by Daniel Williams spring break giving the Arvada players an opportunity to recharge as they prepare for league play which starts this week. The Bulldogs (2-2) have looked incredibly improved even though the spring season just began. Arvada is just one win sly of last season’s win total (3-15-1 in 2013) and not only do they intend on crushing last season’s win
total, but they might have the good to compete for a 4A Jeffco league title. The Bulldogs last victory was a 10-0 blowout win over Jefferson last Monday at Arvada High School. Arvada scored four third inning runs to take control of the game using 13 total hits to bury the Saints. In addition, on Saturday the Bulldogs
will honor the 1964 Arvada Redskins State Champion baseball team before our game at home versus Wheat Ridge. Local legend Irv Brown will throw out the first pitch and members of the 1964 team will attend the game. Steve Bell, operations manager with Jeffco Public Schools, was the catcher on that team and he will be catching the first pitch.
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April 3, 2014
Elway sees window closing, opens checkbook John Elway gets it. From refusing to play in Indianapolis and forcing a trade to the Denver Broncos as a rookie, to selling his car dealership empire at just the right moment, to cementing his legacy as an NFL icon by retiring after winning back-to-back Super Bowls, Elway absolutely has a business sense and savvy that guys on Wall Street would kill for. That has carried over into his new role as general manager of the Broncos, as Elway has completely revived a proud franchise that was down-and-out, going 37-17 in his three seasons as the team’s shot caller. So the fact that the Broncos spent money this free agency season like a teenage girl with daddy’s credit card should tell you that Elway is on to something.
Denver pulled out all of the stops to try and fill in the 43-8 gap that was the final score of their Super Bowl loss to the Seattle Seahawks by signing three Pro Bowl defensive players totaling over $110 million in contracts. Why the sudden splurge? Last season the Broncos played the 2013 season roughly $7 million under the salary cap. Was there a player they didn’t sign with that money last season with that money
that could have put them over the top? Cliff Avril, a Seahawks pass-rushing specialist, was a luxury addition (two years/$12 million) that an already stout Seattle team added prior to the 2013 season. Avril went on to perhaps be the single most impactful player for the Seahawks in their Super Bowl win over Denver. Not only did the Broncos go cheap by not adding Avril, but the freaky-talented bulldozer terrorized Denver’s offensive the entire Super Bowl. And now looking back, Elway might have let one get away. However, this season could be dramatically different for Denver and Elway knows it. Will the team have the same bill of health, friendly-schedule and high level of play led by a now 38-year-old quarterback? Fortunes can change in the NFL
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April 3, 2014
Committee rejects audit for health insurance exchange effort Exchange has already cleared four independent efforts By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A bill that would have allowed for Colorado’s health insurance marketplace to face a state audit died on a party-line vote in a Democrat-controlled Senate committee on March 26. The bill had received overwhelming bipartisan support in the House, but the Senate Health and Human Services Committee rejected the legislation, with Democrats arguing that Connect for Health Colorado is already being scrutinized by independent auditors as well as the federal government. “I’m worried that we’re ... throwing more government at them when they have already hired private people to look at their performance,” Sen. Irene Aguilar, D-Denver, the committee chairwoman said. Connect for Health Colorado is the
state’s health insurance marketplace for Coloradans who wish to shop for insurance opportunities that were made possible through the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. Earlier this year, the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Committee recommended on a 7-1 vote to grant the state auditor the ability to conReport duct a full performance audit of the health benefit exchange. The health exchange has received several millions of dollars in grant funding and Republican bill sponsors told the committee that it would be a good idea to make sure the money is being used correctly. “One hundred and seventy-seven million dollars in federal grants is a lot of money and I think it’s prudent for Colorado to empower our state auditor to perform a performance audit,” Sen. David Balmer, R-
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Centennial, told the committee. State Auditor Dianne Ray testified that any time a new program operates with a large amount of money behind it and it uses that money in a short period of time, it’s a good idea to examine its practices. Right now, Ray said her office is limited in the type of an audit it can conduct on the Colorado Health Network. For example, her office would be unable to look at things like information technology issues and whether Connect for Health’s enrollment projections are “reasonable.” “We can’t look at anything outside of just the moneys,” she said. But Connect for Health Colorado CEO Patty Fontneau said the exchange has had four “clean” independent audits already. She also told the committee that the Internal Revenue Service has done a review of the exchange and that the benefit marketplace also reports to the federal government on a monthly basis. Sen. Jeanne Nicholson, D-Black Hawk, said it would be premature for the state to launch an audit of a new program, especially since auditors wouldn’t have any
“best practice” measures for which to provide a comparison. “I think that they already have a number of audits that have demonstrated their performances have been far better than most of the health exchanges in the other states,” Nicholson said. Democratic Sens. Linda Newell of Littleton and John Kefalas of Fort Collins joined Nicholson and Aguilar in voting against the bill. Republican Sens. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs, Larry Crowder of Alamosa and Kevin Lundberg of Berthoud all voted no. Republicans insisted that the legislation wasn’t a commentary on the Affordable Care Act, which their party has adamantly opposed, both here and nationally. “It’s important to separate the oranges from the apples,” Lundberg, a committee member, said. “This is not a statement for or against the exchange or for or against the national Obamacare program.” However, after the vote, Lundberg blasted Democrats on the committee for killing the legislation, “in an attempt to cover up the failures of Obamacare.”
State harassment filings on the increase By Amy Woodward
awoodward@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Colorado saw a 5 percent increase in harassment and discrimination filings from 2012 to 2013, according to the Network, a provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions. “Harassment and discrimination continues to rise in the workplace because of the lack of proper training companies provide employees,” said Jimmy Lin, vice president of product management and corporate development at the Network. “Too often, companies just hand employees a
200-page code of conduct and do little or no other training.” An analysis from the Network revealed that 65 percent of staff members don’t know what their company’s harassment and discrimination policies are. Charges filed for harassment or discrimination due to disability have been increasing in Colorado, with 593 filings in 2009, compared to 689 filings in 2013, a report by the EEOC states. Retaliation claims have remained somewhat steady but continue to be around 800 to 1,000 filings a year. Retaliation and disability are among the most costly types of settlement payouts coming in at $208 million a year combined,
the Network reported. In 2012, the EEOC paid $365 million in harassment and discrimination settlement payments. “Companies need to improve their harassment and discrimination training programs to raise overall awareness of these issues and provide employees clarity through scenarios,” Lin said. “With new training technologies out there and a much younger workforce, companies can no longer get away with just giving employees a manual. They need to create interactive courses that provide employees with real world examples that they can relate to, just in a more engaging way than on a piece of paper.”
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This includes updated training methods and programs and periodic education as well as ongoing awareness communications. Lin advises that a solid code of conduct paired with an anti-harassment policy that includes step-by-step instructions on what do if an employee learns of violations to company policy are just some of the strategies that organizations can put in place to prevent future cases from happening. While educating employees about what counts as discrimination as well as harassment, companies need to turn to managers who should be trained on how to handle issues and when to escalate them.
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ARIES (Mar 21 to apr 19) Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes isn’t easy for you. But if you do it, you’ll gain a better perspective of what you need to do to achieve your goals. Be open to new ideas. TAURUS (apr 20 to May 20) There are still some problems you might have to deal with before moving on to your next project. It’s a good idea to accept help from those who share your objectives. GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) It’s time to recognize the difference between those who are truly concerned for you and those who simply plan to use your good nature to their advantage. New ideas become increasingly attractive.
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CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) Depending on a promise made becoming a promise kept could be more than a mite unwise at this time. It’s best to proceed on your own rather than wait for aid that might never arrive. LEO (Jul 23 to aug 22) a recently revitalized relationship might not be quite what the Big Cat expected. But give yourself more time to deal with the changes. a little flexibility can go a long way. Good luck. VIRGO (aug 23 to Sept 22) a major change could prompt more adjustments. Some of them might be difficult to deal with at first. But hang in there, and before you know it, you’ll be coasting to your next goal. LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Your sense of justice prompts you to speak out against an unfair situation, even if you seem to be the only one who feels that way. But you soon learn that many others agree with you. SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) Creating a fuss is not usually your style. But that doesn’t mean you should tolerate an ill-mannered attitude. Speak up for yourself, and you’ll earn the respect of others. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) You might have a few loose ends to tie up before you can stamp your project as complete. But once that’s done, you might want to celebrate with someone special in your life. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Disappointment darkens the Goat’s mood. But close friends rally to pull you through with words of encouragement. Use their confidence in you to rebuild your own self-esteem. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) an upcoming decision might be more difficult with inaccurate information. Best to recheck the data you have at hand right now to be sure it won’t mislead you later. PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) an offer you previously turned down might no longer be available. But if you do some checking around, you could find something else that would suit you just fine. BORN THIS WEEK: You believe in helping those who cannot help themselves. although it embarrasses you, the fact is, people like you and tell you so. © 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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legislative news Bill sets up military base-closing study
A bill that would commission a study in advance of possible military base closings that could impact the state passed a Senate committee on March 24. The Pentagon has announced that it plans to close some military bases across the country as part of an effort to cut about $900 billion from its defense budget. Senate Bill 157 — which is being sponsored by Senate President Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, and Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs — would spend $300,000 to commission a report to the Department of Defense that details the “economic advantages” of keeping and expanding Colorado’s military bases and facilities. The bill received unanimous support from the Senate State, Military and Veteran’s Affairs Committee and now heads to the Appropriations Committee.
Telecommunications reforms move forward
Telecommunications reform efforts, which have struggled for years to come out of the Legislature, could become a reality this session, under a package of bills that passed a House committee on March 25. The package of five bills includes an effort to expand broadband development in rural parts of the state, through a $54 million funding measure that shifts money from an existing phone service subsidy. The bills also seek to deregulate certain broadband technologies and would provide incentive to create broadband services in under-served parts of Colorado. However, the bills are receiving opposition from groups representing senior citizens, who say transferring the subsidy that’s currently earmarked for basic phone service will give little incentive for companies to continue to provide landline service. The components of the reform effort are similar to those that were included in a single bill that died in the Senate last year. This year’s effort looks promising, given its bipartisan support at the Legislature and the support of Gov. John Hickenlooper. All five bills emerged from the House Business, Labor, Economic and Workforce Committee with bipartisan support. They now head to the Appropriations Committee.
Booking photos for profit a crime under bill
A bill that would criminalize companies for posting people’s arrest mug shots and then charge a fee for them to be removed is on its way to the governor’s desk. Supporters of House Bill 1047 say companies often exploit arrestees for monetary gain by charging as much as hundreds of dollars to have booking photos taken down from websites. Under the bill, anyone could still obtain mug shots, which are public record. But people would have to sign a statement that declares they would not seek financial gain by doing so. The bill passed the House earlier this session and passed the Senate on March 25, following a 23-11 vote.
Duty to inform bill passes Senate
A bill that would expand the duty of mental health providers to inform police of patient-made threats to harm others is making its way through the Legislature. Current law provides civil immunity and requires a duty to notify on the part of therapists whose patients tell them that they are thinking of harming a specific person. House Bill 1271 would expand that immunity and requirement to include threats against a location or entity. The bill is a response to the 2012 Aurora theater shooting. In that case, officials were unclear as to whether the therapist who was treating shooting suspect James Holmes would have had a duty to notify law enforcement of any threats he might have made in relation to the shooting. The bill — which is sponsored by Rep. Jovan Melton, D-Aurora, and Sen. Linda Newell, D-Littleton — passed through both legislative chambers unanimously, most recently in the Senate on March 26.
Bill requires prison time for drunken drivers who kill or injure others A bill that would create mandatory prison sentences for convictions of vehicular homicide cases involving drugs or alcohol unanimously passed a House committee on March 26. Right now, it’s possible for those convicted of either killing or seriously injuring someone in an alcohol or drug-related accident to receive no more than probation. House Bill 1158, sponsored by Rep. Polly Lawrence, R-Douglas County, would require judges to sentence a defendant to at least the minimum prison term that is allowable by law, which is four years for a vehicular homicide case. The bill passed the House Judiciary Committee and will receive further consideration in the Appropriations Committee.
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Best of the Best is a promotional contest voted on by the readers of Colorado Community Media publications. No purchase is required to vote or receive votes in this contest. All nominated businesses have an equal opportunity of winning. Contest Rules: Votes may be cast only one time per day, per person, via official paper ballot or on-line voting found at www.ColoradoCommunityMedia.com. Official voting begins at 12:01 a.m. April 1, 2014 and ends at midnight on April 30, 2014. Employees of Colorado Community Media are not eligible to participate. Votes will be calculated by Colorado Community Media via Second Street, an on-line ballot sorting 3rd party. Any business receiving the most votes in their category at the end of the voting period will be declared the winner in that category and receive “Best of the Best” designation from Colorado Community Media. Winners will be notified by Colorado Community Media via phone or e-mail no later than 30 days after the contest ends. To provide the most accurate results by geographical area, Colorado Community Media does not require, but does encourages, readers to vote for businesses in their immediate local community.