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Jefferson County, Colorado • Volume 89, Issue 51

Stories weave spells Jeffco group looking for more storytellers

By Clarke Reader

creader@ourcoloradonews.com

Statues outside of Fox Hollow Golf Course, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week. Photos by Clarke Reader

Fox Hollow celebrates two decades of golf Course one of top rated in state

By Clarke Reader

creader@ourcoloradonews.com Fox Hollow Golf Course is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week with savings and contests for golfers who have come to call the course home.

The course, 13410 W. Morrison Road, was officially opened on July 31, 1993 and since then has become a favorite for golfers not only from Lakewood, but the surrounding cities as well.

“Fox Hollow is one of the top courses in the area, and has won awards as a city course,” said Meghan Ruble, marketing and promotions specialist with the city.

“We wanted to take a week and have some time to give back to the people who have made it great.”

Golfers will receive a complimentary cart Thursday, Aug. 1, with their tee times; on Friday, Aug. 2 golfers can try to beat the pro’s score; on Saturday, Aug. 3, Cleveland Golf, Taylor Made, Adams Golf and Ping will have some of their newest equipment on display, and there will be a patio grill after each round.

According to Ruble, many of the events during the week are directly tied to the 20th anniversary. On Wednesday, July 31, the actual day the course opened, the price for a round was $22 — the same as the day Fox Hollow opened.

Bill Jewel, regional parks and golf manager, has been working with Lakewood since 1977, and was part of the team that

Golfers using the driving range at Fox Hollow Golf Course. The course is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week. had the course built.

“The land was part of property owned by the Corp of Engineers, and Foothills Recreation leased it briefly for a time before Lakewood got it,” Jewell said. “The property was 2,200 acres. We set aside 450 for the course and the rest went to what would become Bear Creek Lake Park.”

Construction on Fox Hollow started in 1991 and wrapped in 1993. Since then, Jewell said there has been very little maintenance work done, but it will need to have

an eye kept on it.

“The course has been great, and very well received, but there is a ‘graying’ process with anything,” he said. “We just need to stay up on things and pay attention.”

The course is consistently voted among the top courses by players, and has been recognized by the PGA for its junior golf programs.

For more information on Fox Hollow, call 303-986-7888 or visit www.lakewoodgolf.org.

Police search for missing sexually violent predator

By Clarke Reader

creader@ourcoloradonews. com Lakewood Police are searching for Nick R. Medina, 38, a sexually violent predator, who has vanished from his residence at 5601 W. Colfax Ave., No. 7.

Medina was released from

the Colorado Department of Corrections in mid-June, and due to his status as a SVP (sexually violent predator) he is required to notify Lakewood Police of his residence.

Medina gave the Colfax Ave. address to police on June 13. As part of standing operating procedure, police often check the addresses of SVP to make sure they are living at the address

they gave.

Earlier this month police checked the address and found he had left without notifying any Medina authorities. He has not been seen or heard from since.

Medina’s original crime and

conviction was for the sexual assault of a child. He has also been known to be involved in gang activity. There are two warrants for his arrest.

The police is asking anyone who sees or has any information on Medina to contact them at 303-987-7111. He is considered dangerous and the public should not attempt to contact him.

Storytelling is an art, and the members of the Jeffco Spellbinders organization have the art down to a “T.” The Jeffco chapter of the national organization currently has about 70 storytellers going out to schools, churches and senior centers all over the county, using the ancient art of storytelling to entertain.

Those interested in joining the organization have the chance, with new training starting on Aug. 10.

“The organization itself has been around for about 19 years,” said LaRene Wolfe, the new chapter leader of the Spellbinders.

“1999 was when our chapter started.”

Beverly Brayden founded the Jeffco chapter. The group is made up entirely of volunteers — many of whom are retired teachers — who still have a love for working with children and educating them about the power of words.

“When I was a teacher we had an artist in residence who was a storyteller, and I remember thinking when I retired that’s something I’d like to do,” Wolfe said. “It’s really a great kid fix for teachers who are retired.”

Linda Boettcher, the chapter’s former leader, has been a member since 2001, and said the growth of the organization has been amazing to see.

“We go to places like the grocery store and on walks and we get kids who recognize us,” she said. “We usually have more requests for storytellers than we have people to send.”

According to Boettcher, most of the Spellbinders are known in the community, so they are able to set up partnerships with nearby schools to come and tell stories. The organization does have a volunteer coordinator who works on outreach as well.

Hearing stories not only helps students build up their imagination, but also is a great way to teach students, Wolfe said.

“I try to use stories that are tied into the curriculum of what they’re doing in school,” she said. “We will also point out features of stories like beginning, middle and end, to help them grasp these concepts.”

For those interested in taking part in the program, there is a four-session training process, that adds up to about 12 hours of practice. In the sessions people will learn things like voice projection, gesture, voice changes for characters and keeping a story flowing.

“You have to enjoy a story to tell it well,” Wolfe said.

For Boettcher, being a Spellbinder is a way to give back to the community.

“It’s this great inner-generational relationship,” she said. “Last year about 15,000 students heard our stories, and it’s a great way to connect and contribute to the community.”

Those interested in training for the Jeffco Spellbinders should contact Boettcher at 303-984-2225 or at jcspellbinders@comcast.net.

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Corrections leaving Colfax Commissioners look for another site for transition program

By Amy Woodward

awoodward@ourcoloradonews.com Jeffco’s Board of County Commissioners announced it abandoned efforts to build a correctional facility near West Colfax and Wide Acres road, and will scout for another location.

“We are no longer looking at that site along Wide Acres road for that facility,” said Kathryn Heider, public information officer for Jeffco.

The commissioners directed Ralph Schell, county administrator, to suspend the proposed exchange agreement scheduled for approval on Aug. 6 at the next commissioner’s business meeting.

The deal received little support by some Jeffco residents, more than 30 of whom at-

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Novelli spoke about proper care of reptiles and wild animals. Photo by Clarke Reader

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tended the commissioners’ meeting on July 23.

“Your constituents are very concerned,” said Rob Thorsheim who, like many others in attendance at the commissioner’s meeting, said they felt blindsided by the pending deal and wanted to stop the exchange.

Jeffco is looking to build a new 58,000-square-foot corrections facility as part of the county’s Community Corrections Program. The county entered into a land exchange agreement with Colorado Investment and Development Company in 2012.

The agreement allowed the company to buy the property at Colfax in order to build a new corrections facility, and then swap the site for the New York Building on Kendall Street, which currently operates as the county’s transition house for released offenders.

According to County Commissioner Casey Tighe, the county has no replacement site under consideration at this time.

He said the commissioners are reviewing the entire site-selection process.

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Summers hospitalized Former Lakewood state rep in critical condition Staff report

creader@ourcoloradonews.com Former state representative Ken Summers, R-Lakewood, was hospitalized on July 25, in Loveland.

He is being treated for encephalitis — which is an inflammation of the brain tissue — and is in critical condition.

House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso,

R-Loveland, released a statement on July 25 on behalf of the House Republican Caucus: “We are all praying for Ken and his family, and we are keeping him in our hearts and minds. Ken was an excellent legislator and has never stopped serving his community.

As a pastor and through his work at Teen Challenge of the Rocky Mountains, he has touched the lives of countless individuals.

We send him and his family our love and prayers for a speedy recovery.”

Sen. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood, tweeted on July 25 “Thoughts & prayers for my friend Ken Summers & his family as he battles for his health. He is a fighter!”

LAKEWOOD NEWS IN A HURRY DUI checkpoint set for Aug. 2

The Lakewood Police Department, along with the Colorado State Patrol and The Lakewood Volunteer Program, will be conducting a DUI checkpoint during the late evening hours on Friday, Aug. 2.

The checkpoint will be around South Sheridan Boulevard in the southbound lanes near West Kentucky Avenue.

Fundraiser scheduled for Summers

A fundraiser has been scheduled for ailing former state Rep. Ken Summers, who is being treated for encephalitis.

The Lakewood Republican was in

JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRY Public input needed for election services

The clerk and recorder’s office will be receiving public input regarding suggested locations for more voter service and polling centers for the upcoming election in November.

The office is also requesting comments on the convenience of current polling centers.

Citizen input will be received at office through Aug. 2.

Comments and suggestions may be submitted by email to elections@votejeffco. com, by phone at 303-271-8111, or by delivering written comments to the Elections Division at 3500 Illinois Street, Suite 1100 Golden, CO 80401.

Crown Hill Park project updated

critical condition this week, with reports surfacing that Summers’ illness was caused by the West Nile Virus.

A benefit that will help cover the cost of Summers’ medical bills will be held on Aug. 7 at the Capstone Group in Denver, 1576 Sherman St., beginning at Noon.

State House Speaker Mark Ferrandino, D-Denver, and Rep. Frank McNulty, RHighlands Ranch, are helping to organize the fundraising effort.

Donations can also be sent to: Ken Summers Medical Relief Fund, c/o Teen Challenge. P.O. Box 239, Englewood, CO 80151.

HAVE AN EVENT? To submit a calendar listing, send information by noon Friday to calendar@ourcoloradonews.com or by fax to 303-468-2592.

After consideration of citizen input, Jeffco Open Space has decided to nix the proposed fitness stations and shade structure at Crown Hill Park.

Replacement of park restrooms, the information center kiosk, and adding three staff parking space was decided. Construction on these upgrades is set to begin late August and continue until early next year.

Highway 93 construction continues

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) began a safety improvements project on State Highway (SH) 93 south of Boulder.

Crews added six foot shoulders to State Highway 93 and also built a pedestrian underpass north of the Community Ditch Trail underneath the highway.

Occasional daytime and nighttime construction delays will be possible. The $4.6

million project is scheduled for completion in July 2014.

The public can learn more about the project by visiting its website at www.coloradodot.info/projects/sh93southofboulder, or by contacting Andy Brumenschenkel, the project information officer, at either 720-315-5806 or SH93Info@gmail.com.

Apex improvements

Apex Park will be under construction starting July 29 but access to the trails is not anticipated to be affected.

Construction is focused on the lower trailhead, near Heritage Square at 121 Heritage Road.

This area will be receiving numerous property uplifts and additions including; improved grading for drainage, permanent restrooms, parking, drinking fountains, a park information kiosk, an extension of the Kinney Run Trail and a formal park entrance and parking boundary.

Completion of the construction is targeted for the end of 2013 to early 2014.

Jeffco foreclosures dive

The Office of the Jefferson County Public Trustee reports the county is contributing to the decrease in foreclosures in Denver metro counties.

During the first half of 2013, Jeffco opened 52.5 percent of the foreclosures started the previous year, right above the 50.5 percent dip recorded for all metro counties.

The number of weekly auctions decreased by 38 percent, however, the number of sales to outside bidders increased to 36 percent.

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Hole-in-one for mental health Annual event raises funds for Jefferson Center

By Clarke Reader

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Mini golf lovers played a round under a cool summer sky, enjoyed some delicious barbecue and helped raise money for mental health services at the 4th annual Putt Your Stuff event on July 25.

Hosted by the Jefferson Center for Mental Health at Putter’s Pride Course in Lakewood, all the money raised went to supporting the services the Jefferson Center provides to its clients dealing with mental health issues.

“We’ve all been touched at one time or another by mental illness, and so this is about reaching out to the community,” said Monica Duran, chair of the Putt Your Stuff event and a board member with the center.

“This year we’ve had more than 200 people show up to help us out.”

Jefferson Center staff, clients and supporters were in great spirits as they worked their way through Jeff Morain plays mini golf with John Paul and Libby at the Putt Your Stuff event on July 25. Photo by Clarke Reader the mini golf course, laughing and joking around as they played.

The Putt Your Event is one of the center’s two big fundraising events, people’s recovery as I’m working on opment with the Seniors’ Resource ning was all about fun. and Duran describes it as a more mine.”

Center. “We have a project going “It’s great to get to hang out with relaxed, family-friendly event that The Jefferson Center relies on with them and Boulder Mental everyone, and you get a real sense everyone can take part in. the support of other organizations Health where all offer our services of community and family,” Duran said.

“I like everything about this to keep offering the services they to each other.”

For Timm, it’s a chance to get to event — the food, prizes, compan- do, and some groups, like the SeTimm said that there are many ionship and competition,” said niors’ Resource Center, have been mental health issues that seniors meet some of the people who need Donald Keens, a client at the Jef- partnered for many years. face that are not as serious as de- help.

“You meet all these wonderful ferson Center. “I love to give back “We’ve been doing projects with mentia, but still require care. to all the people who have given them for around 35 years,” said While there are some serious people and find out that they’re so much to me. I’m helping other Bob Timm, vice president of devel- goals for the organization, the eve- just like you and I,” he said.

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Four legs give sight

to blind

Sidekicks for Sight raisers prep pups to be guide dogs

By Sara Van Cleve

svancleve@ourcoloradonews.com Editor’s Note: This is part one in a weekly, three-part series on service dog.

For many people who are blind, their guide dog is more than just their eyes.

“When a person depends that much on a dog and a dog depends that much on them, I don’t think you can even describe it unless you’ve experienced it,” said Bryan Goings, a puppy raiser for Guide Dogs for the Blind.

“You can really see how close they are. A lot of blind people describe them as their soulmates. My first dog, his handler says he’s his everything, from his ice breaker to his traveling compadre.”

But before guide dogs can put on their harness and act as the eyes for their owners, before they even are trained to become a guide dog, they are taught how to be good citizens by their puppy raisers.

Goings of Castle Rock, who graduated from Castle View High School this year, got involved with Sidekicks for Sight, the Guide Dogs for the Blind puppy raising club in Littleton, during his freshman year of high school.

Since then, he has raised two dogs that have gone on to be paired with blind owners, and is currently raising his third — 13-month-old Armand. Sidekicks for Sight, the Littleton puppy-raising club for Guide Dogs for the Blind, is raising six puppies

that could go on to become guide dogs one day.

“Basically we teach them basic obedience, good house behaviors and socialize them to the outside world,” said Barb O’Connor, a leader for Sidekicks for Sight who has raised 17 puppies for Guide Dogs for the Blind herself. “As Guide Dogs says, `We’re not raising guide dogs, we’re raising puppies to be good citizens with the Lending a opportunity to become guide dogs.’”

When the puppies are eight to nine weeks old, they are transported via puppy truck from San Rafael to their raisers in helping paw Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah or Washington, where they will call home for the next year.

While with their raisers, the puppies do everything their raisers do.

“We’d go to school together and he’d just walk by my side, get socialized with everything,” Goings said. “There’s a lot in a high school, so it’s a really good place for him.

There’s a lot of different distractions, but he learned to lay by my side and calm down when I’m in class, and then we’re up and off to the next class. Each day is really different.

Just as you go to a different place every day,

Vladimir, a five-month-old black Labrador, is one of six puppies currently being raised by Sidekicks for Sight. The puppy raising club teaches puppies basic obedience and socializes them until they are about 15 months old, at which point they return to Guide Dogs for the Blind in California or Oregon to receive formal guide dog training and, if they are fit for the program, to be paired with a blind person. Photos by Sara Van Cleve he does the same.”

Though Armand is in training while he’s in public with his vest on, he still gets to enjoy being a puppy.

“When he’s at home, he’s a puppy,” Goings said. “He can play with his toys, visit with us, whatever.”

During the year the puppies are with their raisers, they learn many basic obedience skills using a mix of praise and food rewards, Among the things the puppies learn are how to walk on the left side of their handler, to not eat food off the ground, how to stay focused on their handler despite distractions, when it’s appropriate to relieve themselves (when the handler says “Do your business”) and the basics such as sit, stay, lay down and go to bed.

“I don’t feel as much that it’s breaking bad habits, since they come new not knowing anything, but more building up new habits, teaching them new behaviors and working on it really consistently,” Goings Service continues on Page 20

Sidekicks for Sight puppy raiser Bryan Goings works with his current puppy, Armand, on learning not to eat food from the floor during a puppy raising club meeting on July 18 in Highlands Ranch.

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OPINIONS / YOURS AND OURS

Upbeat signs for FasTracks, but miles to go Take the good with the bad, and, in the end, say it’s all good.

This pragmatic approach to good mental health often fits the public’s journey in large public works projects as well.

A recent survey prepared for RTD — conducted by BCC Research & Consulting — shows a solidly upbeat view to our Regional Transportation District FasTracks system. Passed by voters in 2004, the 0.4 percent sales tax funded project was originally priced at $4.7 billion.

As it happens, the economy tanked in 2008, and the projected budget climbed to more than $6 billion and now sits at $7.4 billion according to RTD’s estimate last year. It is not surprising that this type of expansive project would take its hits — it’s a big deal to build out the Denver metro’s major corridors with commuter rail systems and additional bus rapid transit.

Who can forget the Big Dig? And al-

OUR VIEW though Mount Rushmore and the Statue of Liberty were not transportation projects, those ambitious ventures ran on fumes from time to time — short on funds and support — before they were completed and the following generations of benefactors pronounced it’s all good.

But now, in some ways we are getting close to feeling darn good about FasTracks.

The recent BCC survey with 800 respondents indicated positive perspectives.

The number for the “somewhat positive to very positive” view of FasTracks has been pulling out of a skid to hit 81 percent this year.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Would a Von Miller suspension affect Broncos?

Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller is facing a possible four-game suspension after he reportedly tested positive for marijuana and amphetamines during his rookie year in 2011. We asked people at Memorial Park, 8001 W. 59th Ave. in Arvada, if they think Miller’s possible suspension will affect the Broncos’ 2013 season and their Super Bowl potential.

Even without Von, the team is full of all-stars. It will affect them, but not as much as people think.

Brian Alison

If he’s suspended for the first four games of the regular season, it will definitely affect their season.

Taylor Alison

I think it will affect their season, but I don’t think it will hurt their Super Bowl chances.

Jakob Lowe

Of course it will. It changes the team’s mentality. He’s one of the top 10 players on the team, so naturally he is a leader. They’re going into the season with a complete change.

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The V-shape amounts to 84 percent in 2007; 80 percent, 2009; 71 percent, 2010; 78 percent, 2011, before rising to better than four out of five respondents.

Those who say FasTracks was a good decision tallied higher than 80 percent as well. In passing, those who say it was a bad decision have pegged at a solid 10 percent to 23 percent in the five survey years, and we recognize this group will be around and can drum up some concerning cost per ride and bus vs. rail numbers.

But for another reason, we have a ways to go to reach the true tipping point.

Many areas of the metro with completed corridor lines have fared well — most recently the W Rail Line from Golden through Lakewood to Denver was completed ahead of schedule in April.

But there is another story up north where the entire North Metro Rail Line, originally projected for completion in late

2015, has been pushed back to sometime after 2035 according to the latest RTD projection although request for proposals could change the date.

Interestingly the survey says Adams County respondents — where the North Metro Rail Line rail will run — tallied 78 percent as “somewhat favorable-very favorable.”

The number is better than Boulder County at 68 percent, but not far behind the other five counties included (Weld, Arapahoe, Douglas, Denver and Jefferson), which ranged 79 to 86 percent.

As for Adams County — pretty amazing for an area that will tread in the have-nots category for a few more decades.

While other cities and countries admire FasTracks, we need to be mindful that all promises should be kept south to north before we can confidently say all good.

We’re a ways away.

A call for humility “The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here . . .”

Some of you will know immediately what famous speech I quoted there. But few of you have ever heard anybody in your lifetime say such a thing. Imagine, in today’s society, somebody of prominence admitting in the course of a speech that their speech is probably not important in the grand scheme.

It’s not just that we don’t have enough humility to recognize our limitations — we have actually become a world that rewards brashness, even vulgarity. Our culture, I am sad to say, puts way too much emphasis on being able to command the camera and be interesting, and too little on dealing with facts, truths, and solutions.

Our political commentary is dominated by the likes of Laura Ingraham and Rachel Maddow, who regularly make it their task to say the most outrageous things-regardless of accuracy — to drive ratings.

One “news” anchor went on the air with tampons hanging from her ears last week to make ... I don’t know — some point.

Several months back, the airwaves were dominated by avowed atheists and nonChristians presuming to advise the Catholic Church on the type of person it should choose to be the next Pope. And everywhere you look online, people who make little or no effort to inform themselves on the issues pontificate ad nauseum on solving all the world’s problems.

The adage “there is no such thing as bad press” has been taken to absurd extremes. Why, I heard the other day that the price of a replica jersey for erstwhile New England Patriot tight end Aaron Hernandez has actually increased since he was arrested and charged with murder. Can’t wait to see what the Von Miller signature bong starts selling for.

Of course, I could go on and on in this vein. And I know some of you out there have caught the irony of me writing about

this in a public forum such as this. Such is life.

But I have to wonder if our world wouldn’t be better if occasionally we heard a Senator or President say out loud “I don’t know all the answers, but I’m willing to listen.” I have to wonder if our world wouldn’t be better if, rather than $100 million taxpayer-subsidized junket/ vacations, more of our ruling class took the example of the new Pope and lived in apartments and travelled modestly. I have to wonder if we wouldn’t be better off if we taught our children that a great pass is better than a slam dunk, a sacrifice bunt is just as good as a home run, or that hard work and accomplishment is worth more than being popular.

I have to wonder if our world wouldn’t be better if we all had the wisdom of the speech writer who, just prior to the line I quoted above, also said “The brave men, living and dead, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.”

After all, if Abraham Lincoln can admit that he didn’t believe the most famous speech in American history would ever amount to much or was sufficient to make a place holy, then maybe we can all stand a little more humility.

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In addition to the beautiful scenery — as well as the heartbreaking devastation of our forests due to beetle kill — I’ve noticed a number of interesting, funny, and just plain entertaining signs.

For example, right here on Kipling Street, I’ve found some choice signs for businesses, such as “Lube & Latte.” Further south, these signs are stacked together: “Tattoo,” “Thai Café,” and “Liquor.” A probably necessary combination, with a spicy kick. One of my family’s all-time favorites is “TV, VCR, & Shoe Repair.” Makes us wonder what kind of tools work for all three.

Billboards often make my list, too. One that never fails to amuse me is offering legal services: “People make mistakes. We can help.”

Some are intriguing, such as the series that started with a plain statement: “Stop Being So Clingy” and ended with a semi truck bed illustration carrying this slogan, encouraging drivers to give trucks more room on the highways.

And speaking of highways, some road signs are actually pretty humorous. Heading to the mountains recently, I saw an alert that read: “Watch for falling rocks and wildlife.” I’m still on the lookout for that falling wildlife.

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chuckle, such as the graphic of a car hanging nose down off an embankment pointing to some waves below. In a park, I saw an illustration of a tree breaking (a big tree) and a person running away from it. Sure had me looking around!

Churches often offer witty messages on their sign boards. One along Highway 93 read: “What happens here, leaves here.”

Another said: “Worship is a gift from God. Some assembly required.” And yet another promised: “Non-surgical faith lifts available Sundays.” At the risk of sounding clichéd, I’d say these message writers had some divine inspiration.

As I was collecting these funnies, my friends jumped in with some of their picks, such as the “Outhouse Restaurant,” the “Gunbarrel Vet Clinic,” and a funeral parlor called “Good Grief, Inc.” Embarrassing signs often find their way to Facebook, such as this one outside a community education center: “Our teachers make the differance.” Ouch.

Another making the rounds on social media is a “No Soliciting” sign tacked to the front of a house: “We are too broke to buy anything. We already have Jesus. We don’t need a new vacuum. Seriously, unless you are selling Thin Mints, please go away!” Food for thought…

Some of the very best, though, are the signs that plain folks like you and me create for our needs. Along a stretch of highway in Arizona, flashy jewelry and craft stores advertise their handmade wares. On the side of the road amidst these signs sits a Native American with a tray of his work and the hood of a car propped up and painted to say: “Buy direct.”

What are some of your favorites?

Signing off for now…

Andrea Doray is a writer who reports on both humor and pathos in everyday language at wordwatching.com. Contact her at a.doray@andreadoray.com.

Figure out what it is you want in this life Do you remember the pop song by the Spice Girls, “Tell me what you want, what you really really want, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want?” And then the lyrics are repeated several times.

Have you ever been asked, “What is it that you really want?”

Or maybe you have even asked yourself, “What is it that I want the most in life?”

Does your answer change based on either situation?

I often find that we tend to be more guarded when answering the question about what we want when asked by another person, and much more honest and deep when we look ourselves in the mirror and answer ourselves when no one else is around.

Do we want material things? Do we want money? Do we want love? What is the thing we want most in this life?

After 40 years of research, The Zig Ziglar Organization whittled the list down to eight things that people really really want: To be happy, to be healthy, to be reasonably prosperous (and some people would like to be unreasonably prosperous), to have security, true friends, peace, solid family relationships and hope.

Think about it, would you trade your happiness, health, prosperity, security, friendship, peace, family relationships and hope for a second or third home, a new car, jewelry, a good time, or even a great time?

And does there absolutely have to be one or the other?

I am a big proponent of “and” not “or,” and believe if we strive for the things we want without compromising our character or integrity we can have all of the material things we desire as well as all of the more important things that money will not buy.

One of the things that I really really want in life is peace. And this is one of the reasons I really love living here in Colorado.

There is such a fantastic sense of peace when hiking in the mountains, walking in our open spaces, skiing on through the trees or in a secluded or quiet area on the hill.

Sure, skiing requires equipment, proper clothing and a ski pass, but hiking and walking bring me peace with absolutely no investment from me other than my time.

Our sunrises and sunsets observed each morning and evening bring me peace and hope, and once again without any cost.

I set goals and pursue dreams.

And when I look at the list of eight things that we all want, at some level I recognize that I am doing OK in several areas but still need to develop and grow in others.

I would encourage you to write the list of these eight topic, Happy, Healthy, Reasonably Prosperous, Secure, Friendship, Peace, Family Relationships and Hope.

Next to each one just simply put a check mark next to the ones you feel you are doing well in and an asterisk next to the ones you want to see yourself develop.

Once we have reached an acceptable level in all eight areas, we can enjoy all of the things this life offers in every aspect of our lives.

And it always amazes me that when someone shares with me that they have strengthened each of these areas, that some of their material desires and other things simply fall into place too.

How are you doing in these eight categories? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail.com and together let’s make this a better than good week.

Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar organization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Support for Tonya for Jeffco Schools I ask you to join me in supporting Tonya Aultman-Bettridge for the Jeffco Board of Education this November.

Tonya is an effective leader who will bring a moderate balanced voice representing all Jeffco families.

I first met Tonya through the Jeffco PTA — her determined passion as a child advocate is clear. Since 2005, she has been a champion leader of parent volunteers in many schools.

Her service on several school district committees affords her an understanding of the inner workings of the district, along with knowledge of current and future challenges facing our public schools and students.

Tonya’s professional career has been focused on researching policies and programs that change the lives of young people, such as the Safe CommunitiesSafe Schools Initiative. She is an expert on improving systems that serve children, youth and families across Colorado and the nation.

She and her husband, Glen, are parents of a teenage son in Jeffco public schools.

Let’s put her to work for our Jeffco students!

LETTERS POLICY The editor welcomes signed letters on most any subject. Please limit letters to 200 words. We reserve the right to edit for legality, clarity, civility and the paper’s capacity. Only submissions with name, address and telephone number will run.

Tonya is our best choice for the Jeffco board of education in District 1 because she will work to empower parents. She will bridge the community with great teachers and administrators in our schools, so that all students have the tools and skills necessary to succeed in 21st century economies.

Please join me in voting ‘Yes’ for Tonya.

Jill Moynihan Lakewood

Volunteers needed for event to help homeless Thank you for the positive article by Ann Macari Healey on the Christ in the City Missionaries.

I have worked as a volunteer food coordinator with this organization since 2012.

They are indeed a remarkable group of young adults making a positive impact on many lives.

We would like to invite readers to join us in preparing and serving 300 homeless for the next Second Saturday Event on Aug. 10. Middle school and high school students will earn service hours for their participation.

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The Market at Belmar is one of the staples of Lakewood’s summer season, and this year shoppers can find vintage arts and crafts at the new Hummingbird Market.

The market had it’s opening on July 28, and will be open again from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 25, at Belmar, 464 S. Teller St. The Hummingbird Market starts on the corner of W. Alaska Drive and Saulsbury St. and ends on S. Reed St. Items like art, garden supplies and handmade soaps and lotions will be sold at the market.

“We had a meeting to plan our summer events, and Loredana Ottoborgo — who organizes the market — pointed out that the cycle of fruits

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INFORMATION: www.belmarcolorado.com and vegetables ebbs and flows,” said Christina Brickley, director of marketing for Belmar.

“We always like to include local merchants and we thought this would be something fresh to bring to the market.”

Ottoborgo said that there has been interests from artists in participating in the market for a while now, but since the Market at Belmar focused on food, there wasn’t a place for them to set up.

The Hummingbird Market will give

them a chance to set up shop and see how it goes.

“We’re just doing the two dates to try it out for now,” Ottoborgo said. “If it’s successful it’s something we’d like to bring back next year and expand.”

Ottoborgo is also hoping the Hummingbird Market might bring in young people to participate.

During the July 28 market young entrepreneurs from The Young Americans Bank and Youth Biz were on hand selling some of their wares.

“It was great to have these young people take part in this,” she said.

“I would really like to see some high school students next year, and maybe some youth garden clubs take place in the farmers market.”

Ottoborgo said that one of the benefits the Hummingbird Market has is being set up next to a well-established farmers market, which she hopes will bring more people in.

“I’m really hoping it becomes a creative place for people of all ages to be part of,” she said.

For more information, visit www. belmarcolorado.com.

83-year-old killed in bicycle accident

By Clarke Reader

creader@ourcoloradonews.com Donald W. Schaefer was killed while riding his bike when he was hit by a vehicle on July 23.

Schaefer, 83, was riding his bike with another person in the area of West 6th Avenue and Garrison Street when Schaefer was hit by a large delivery truck.

The truck was driven by John Holzinger, 24, of Denver. Holzinger has been issued a summons for careless

driving resulting in death. He will appear in court at a later date.

According to the result of initial investigations, both cyclists and the truck were northbound on Garrison Street when the truck turned right to enter the east-bound ramp to 6th Avenue.

It was during this turn that Schaefer was struck.

Detectives do not believe drugs or alcohol were involved, but will wait for test results before making a final determination.

Police said they would continue to investigate the facts of the accident.

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(Multiple Openings) - Comcast Cable Communications, LLC; Englewood, CO. Dvlp & maintain data mgmnt sys, incl consolidation aggregation & integrate large amounts of data across Co’s billing & provisioning ecosys. Reqs: Bach in CS, Eng, or rltd & 5yrs exp in DB integration & ETL processes w/ Hyperion Performance Suite, of which 3yrs must incl exp w/ Remedy Admin/Developer, Pentaho Data Integration, Custom Oracle script, Unix, Oracle Bus Intelligence Enterprise Edition, Web Srvc Testing & Agile Methods in telecom or cable industry. Apply to: denise_mapes@cable.comcast.com Refer to Job ID#2878

Help Wanted Housekeeping

Earn extra money for Christmas Castle Pines Golf Club is hiring Full time/Part time and Weekend positions.

Call 303-814-6252 for an interview appointment.

IT Professional

Full-Time Computer Technician with Alpha Security in Golden, CO. Computer/Video Surveillance Systems sales, repair, installations, service and wiring. Email: resumes@alphasecuritynow.com

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needed for Highlands Ranch inhome business. Need excellent data entry skills - must be accurate and fast, proficient in Word and Excel. Job includes but not limited to: Heavy Data Entry; customer service; phone work; account reconciliation; deposits and misc. office duties. Small, non-smoking office.

Must be organized, detail oriented, able to multitask and work independently.10 - 3 Monday thru Friday.Email resume to: troytysonoffice@jostens.com

Full-time, benefited Laboratory Analyst – Semper Water Treatment Plant $47,896 - $61,311/year, closes: 8/5/13 Part-time, benefited Librarian I – Adult Services $24.64 - $30.80/hour, closes: 8/5/13 Lead Lifeguard $11.14 - $14.26/hour, closes: 8/5/13 Hourly, non-benefited Tot Activities Instructor $9.72 - $11.17, closes: 8/5/13 Submit City of Westminster online applications thru 8:30 a.m. on close date http://www.cityofwestminster.us/jobs EOE

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Savio House needs foster parents to provide temporary care for troubled teens ages 12-18.

Training, 24 hour support and $1900/month provided. Must complete precertification training and pass a criminal and motor vehicle background check.

Call Michelle 303-225-4073 or visit saviohouse.org.

Hard worker? Detail oriented?

Experience with interior and exterior vehicle cleaning/restoration? Customer service oriented? Enjoy working around the public? Do you possess proven leadership skills?

We may have the perfect job opportunity for you. High volume multi-location detail shop seeks motivated technicians who want to grow their talent and earnings.

Immediate, full and part-time positions available. Flexible hours.

Management opportunities for the right person. Please respond with description of relevant qualifications and job history. We are a drug free operation and an equal opportunity employer.

Commissioned Position + Tips (Our best techs earn an average of $10-$15 per hour) Send resumes to dave@sudsfactorycarwash.net

Abused and neglected brothers and sisters are often separated in foster care.

There just aren’t enough foster homes to keep them together.

This leaves them sad, anxious and confused and they feel like it’s “all their fault.”

Give the Gift of Hope-Become a Savio foster parent.

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LEGITIMATE WORK AT HOME No Sales, no Investment, No Risk, Free training, Free website. Contact Susan at 303-646-4171 or fill out form at www.wisechoice4u.com Office clerk needed in the Franktown NRCS office.

40 hrs/wk. $16.40/hr.

Must be proficient on the computer.

Email resume to: cwbennett@ultimaservices.com and write “Franktown” in the subject line

Retired Couple maintain 43 acres 2

homes in Franktown, Newer 6000 sq.ft.

Home + amenities, furnished. Bob @ (303)688-5777

Seasonal Greenkeeper

(Immediately-November) Castle Rock, CO $9-12 DOE This is an opportunity to become a member of an elite team at a top facility in the state. Duties included are mower operation, line trim and detail mowing, bunker work, hand watering, construction projects, and any task the golf course requires.

Golf course experience is a huge plus. Ability to lift at least 50 lbs and be on your feet most of the day is a standard. It is 40 hours per week and every other weekend is required, there is a chance for overtime. Usually a morning shift (56am to 2pm), punctuality and attendance is a mandatory. Knowledge of safe, efficient mechanical operation of tractors and other motorized equipment. This is a chance to thoroughly enjoy your job and be proud of the results you create.

Preferably email resumes to Adric Ryan at aryan@golfintl.com for an interview

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Lost and Found Found

Dog- Min. Pinscher, male Highlands Ranch Pkwy, between Windsor and Burntwood.

Found July 1st 303-908-1199

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Constructors, Inc. is seeking Formwork Carpenters & Laborers, Concrete Finishers, Pipefitters, and Millwrights (process equipment installations) NCCCO Tower Crane Operator for large wastewater project located in Denver area.

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TO SELL YOUR GENTLY USED ITEMS, CALL 303-566-4100 Farm Equipment 1960 Massey Ferguson 35 Tractor Completely restored, rebuilt engine, new paint/tires $3900

(303)660-9278

Farm Products & Produce Grain Finished Buffalo

quartered, halves and whole

719-775-8742

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Fresh Farm Produce 3225 E 124th Ave - Thornton Veggies • Peaches • Preserves Roasted Green Chili & More Pumpkin Patch

www.hillsharvest.com 303.451.5637

Locally raised, grass fed and grain finished Beef & Pork.

Quarters, halves, wholes available.

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Wanted Semi retired HVAC sheet metal shop worker seeking part time employment in Golden area, experienced in hand layout, plasma cutting, roto-die, Stormy 970-520-7899

Garage Sales Arvada

Estate Sale

7732 Webster Way Friday and Saturday 8/2-8/3, 8am-3pm Vintage Retro Furniture, Books, Collectibles, Elvis Memorabilia, Roseville Pottery, Majolica Ware, Vintage Tin Toys, Depression Glass Arvada Fri & Sat Aug 2nd & 3rd 7am-4pm 8960 W 80th Dr Teacher Resource/Book Fair Pre-school/Kinder, Grades 1 & 2 Literacy/ language/Math/Science/SS materials for arts & crafts, games,activities Lots of children books!

Arvada

Rummage Sale

to benefit homeless mothers and children Where: Little Friends Church Located at the corner of 47th & Federal in Denver.

August 2nd & 3rd 9am-5pm

Garage Sales Stuff A Bag All clothes in store $30 Saturday August 3rd & Sunday August 4th 9am-6pm "Barely Used" 7770 W. 44th Ave. Wheat Ridge 303-945-4704

Highlands Ranch

Friday August 9th, 7:30-3pm 10633 Briarglen Circle (McArther Ranch & Griggs Roads) Holiday, Household, Small Kitchen Appliances, Clothing, Furniture, and much much more!

Parker Large variety of items appliances, toys, furniture, electronics, tools, decorations, clothes, etc. Saturday, August 3rd only. 8:00 am - 2:00 pm 11700 Mill Valley St., Parker, CO 80138 Northglenn Sunday, August 4, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. only. No early birds please.

Extra nice furniture sale. Moving and combining two households.

China cabinet, long elegant couch, cute love seat, black leather dual recliner with center console cupholders, executive desk with custom cut glass cover, all very gently used. Vintage dry sink, new style dry sink cabinet, two antique lawbook cases with glass doors, large lighted display and book case with three lower drawers. More. Must sell prices, but you move it! 2100 E. 114th Place, Northglenn, CO 80233 Parker

8/2 & 3 8am - 4 pm (Sneak Preview- Thurs. 7pm-9pm) 6018 N Villard Ct in The Pinery Antiques, gently used furniture, household items, collectibles.

Downsizing! Bargains!

Thornton Fri & Sat Aug 2nd & 3rd 8am-3pm 13877 Hudson Way near 136th & Holly household items, lighting fixtures, canning supplies, furniture, and more!

Thornton Friday 8/2 & Saturday 8/3 9am-5pm 4853 East 111th Place Simpson racing suit, nose cone for racer, helmets, tools/boxes, engine hoist and stand, Tyco HO train set, misc.

Golden August 3rd & 4th from 8am-4pm 1267 Preserve Circle, Golden 80401 Furniture, Collectibles & Sports Gear

Lawn and Garden

Miscellaneous

Westminster Friday August 2nd, 9am-4pm Garage Sale - Large variety of items 11675 West 107th Ave 80021 Thule Car Carrier, Mens Bike, Camping Chairs, lots of Furniture, Bunk Bed set & Trundle bed set, Antiques, Vintage Costume Jewelry, Vintage Dishes, Banks, Miniature Mouse Collection, Pet Carrier, and much more! No early birds!

4 brand new patio chair slings$50 for all 4 used patio chair frames $20 for all 720-3085320

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Appliances 3 year old 5' deep freeze $50 (303)663-7513 5' upright GE freezer, like new $100 720-962-9202

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Cement large deer, medium, horse, small horse. Wood Wishing Well, Large Garden Cart $25 each item (303)232-7128

Health and Beauty Canada Drug Center is your choice for safe and affordable medications. Our licensed Canadian mail order pharmacy will provide you with savings of up to 90% on all your medication needs. Call today 1-800-418-8975, for $10.00 off your first prescription and free shipping. _____________________________

GE Spectra White Propane Range (can be natural). Ex Cond. Large Self-Clean Oven, 4 Burner. Oven uses an electric igniter. Cash Only.

Leave Voice Mail at 303-730-1536.

Pictures upon request.

ATTENTION SLEEP APNEA SUFFERERS with Medicare. Get CPAP Replacement Supplies at little or NO COST, plus FREE home delivery! Best of all, prevent red skin sores and bacterial infection! Call 1-866-993-5043

Arts & Crafts

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16th Annual Winter Park Craft Fair Aug. 10th & 11th.

Sat 9-6 Sun 9-5 Winter Park Colorado.

Lions Club Breakfast Applications now available www.wpcraftfair.wetpaint.com or call 970-531-3170

Harvest Craft Fair

CRAFTERS NEEDED Lakewood area September 28th 9am-3pm $50 per booth Call Kate 303-396-9635

Firearms Firearms Training.

NRA Certified Instructor for Basic Pistol/CCW, Shotgun, Rifle, Metallic and Shot shell Reloading.

720-733-1203

Furniture Bed frame adjustable for either King or Queen bed $20 also Matress cover for King bed, good quality spotless $15 (303)423-8788 Brand New Power Recliner Microfabric, light brown orig. $575 asking $400 (303)425-4068 Pine 6 drawer dorm style bed w/long John mattress w/2 door chest exc. cond $475 Oak Futon very clean $150 Solid Oak Student Desk $60 Dark wood baby bed w/matching lamp and comforter set $75 (303)663-1745

Castle Rock FRI & SAT - AUG 2 & 3 8AM TO 4PM 4307 BEAUTIFUL CIR. The Meadows.

Great Selection -Tools, Pottery, art, rugs, C-mas decor & dishes, luggage, accent tables, comp. desk, barstools, vintage records & mags.

Fire pit, patio loveseat, DVD’s & player, Fishing poles, wine rack, floor steamer, hand vac. & more!

Garage Sales

Queen Size Brass Bed Frame Scroll top w/vertical spindles $150/obo (303)979-9534 Solid oak bedroom set like new, dbl dresser w/mirror, chester drawers, queen size mattress, boxspring, frame & headboard. $300 303-920-7131

Medical Alert for Seniors - 24/7 monitoring. FREE Equipment.

FREE Shipping. Nationwide Service. $29.95/Month CALL Medical Guardian Today 866-992-7236 _____________________________ CASH for unexpired DIABETIC TEST STRIPS! Free Shipping, Friendly Service, BEST prices and 24hr payment! Call today 877 588 8500 or visit www.TestStripSearch.com Espanol 888-440-4001 _____________________________ TAKE VIAGRA? Stop paying outrageous prices! Best prices… VIAGRA 100MG, 40 pills+/4 free, only $99.00. Discreet Shipping, Power Pill. 1-800-368-2718

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Odorless, Non-Staining, Long Lasting. Kills Socrpions and other insects. Effective results begin after the spray dries! Available at Ace Hardware, The Home Depot or Homedepot.com _____________________________ DirecTV - Over 140 channels only $29.99 a month. Call Now! Triple savings! $636.00 in Savings, Free upgrade to Genie & 2013 NFL Sunday ticket free!! Start saving today! 1-800-279-3018 SAVE on Cable TV-Internet-Digital Phone-Satellite. You`ve Got A Choice! Options from ALL major service providers. Call us to learn more! CALL Today. 877-884-1191 ____________________________ Alone? Emergencies Happen! Get Help with one button push! $29.95/month Free equipment, Free set-up. Protection for you or a loved one. Call LifeWatch USA 1800-357-6505

Tickets/Travel All Tickets Buy/Sell

NFL-NBA-NHL-NCAA-MLB WWW.DENVERTICKET.COM (303)-420-5000

PETS

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Silver Bengal Kittens

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Autos for Sale 1996 Ford Ranger Supercab

4WD 6 cyl 4.0L Well cared for, minor rear body damage, towing package. $3,000 Call Greg at 303279-4462 Golden Area

1999 Toyota Camry

Runs Excellent, looks fair, very dependable 198,000 miles $1000 303-420-5888

2000 Ford F-350

Supercab, Superduty.

7.3L powerstroke turbo diesel, XLT package, 4WD, roll away lockable tonneau cover, spray in bedliner.

170k miles $12,300.

Call 720-344-6894 Highlands Ranch Area Clean 1998 Grand Cherokee Loredo bike & ski rack $4200 (303)663-1745 Nissan Versa 2010 13k miles, Silver $9500 OBO 720-394-1341

RV’s and Campers Class A motorhome- Like new condition, less than 10k miles. 2005 Georgetown forest river XL, 2 slide outs, color back up camera w/mic, V10 motor, full tub w/shower, 2 roof a/c, sleeps 5, gas stove/oven + microwave, corian counter $46k Call Barb 303-988-6265 or Tom 720-940-7754

Wanted Cash for all Cars and Trucks Under $1000 Running or not.

Any condition

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Cats

Cats KITTENS KITTENS KITTENS tabbies, mixture of colors also black or black & white boys, girls. Small adoption fee 303-430-4569

CASH FOR CARS! Any Make, Model or Year. We Pay MORE! Running or Not. Sell Your Car or Truck TODAY. Free Towing! Instant Offer: 1-888-545-8647 _____________________________ Got junk cars? Get $ PAID TODAY. FREE towing. Licensed towers. $1,000 FREE gift vouchers!

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Concrete/Paving

Electricians

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House Cleaning

Misc. Services

DRIVEWAY REPLACEMENT OR RE-SURFACING

ELECTRICAL SERVICE WORK

A Home Repair & Remodeling Handyman

Gloria's Hands on Cleaning

with a Warranty Starting at $1575

We do quality concrete work at affordable low pricing.

Ready for a brand-new looking Driveway or Patio for half the cost of a total replacement?

Since 1955

Carpentry Carpenter/Handyman:

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Cleaning

Ali’s Cleaning Services

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All types, licensed & insured.

Honest expert service.

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Affordable Electrician 25 yrs experience Remodel expert, kitchen, basements, & service panel upgrades.

No job too small. Senior disc.

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Carl: 720-352-4390

BATUK FENCING

Computer Services Construction of the

Computer Repair for Home & Office

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720-352-4390

AmericAn Navarro Fence & Deck Concrete, Inc.

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Doors/Windows

Registered & Insured in Colorado.

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Residential/Commercial/Farm & Ranch Fencing

Low rates, Free estimates Scott, Owner 720-364-5270

CPR for your computer

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Free Estimates.

Sr. Discount.

303-750-3840

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D o or SpecialiSt ~ c arpenter

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720.276.9648

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Owner Operated since 1989 Call Now & Compare!

303-450-6604

Garage Doors

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Drywall Repair Specialist

• Home Renovation and Remodel • 30 years Experience • Insured • Satisfaction Guaranteed Highly rated & screened contractor by Home Advisor & Angies list

Call Ed 720-328-5039

Sanders Drywall Inc. All phases to include

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Darrell 303-915-0739

303-456-5861

Free Estimates • Reliable Licensed • Bonded Insured • Senior Discount

HOME REPAIRS

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Handyman

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Missy Moore plays Bananas Shaughnessy in The Edge Theatre’s production of “The House of Blue Leaves.” Below: left to right, Kelly Uhlenhoop (Bunny Flingus), Tom Auclair (Artie Shaughnessy) and Moore. “The House of Blue Leaves” examines American’s infatuation with fame and the power of dreams in all their forms. The show will be at The Edge Theatre until Aug. 11. Photos by Rachael Graham

A kind of

‘BLuE’

Edge’s latest is farce with darkness on the edges

By Clarke Reader

creader@ourcoloradonews.com

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he year is 1965.

In Queens, New York, Pope Paul VI is visiting the city for the very first time.

That’s the set up for “The House of Blue Leaves,” the latest production from The Edge Theatre, a comical farce that juggles black comedy with some intensely serious moments.

The show will be running at The Edge, 1560 Teller St. in Lakewood, through Aug. 11. Performances will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m.

“This is a very interesting play, that explores the price Americans pay for fame and their obsession with it,” said director Scott Bellot.

“There’s also a precursor here to something that we see more and more — people doing something infamous to be famous.”

The story focuses on Artie Shaunessy (Tom Auclair), a songwriter who spends his days working at a zoo and his nights playing piano in any and every run down dive that will let him tickle the ivories.

Artie lives with his wife, Bananas (Missy IF YOU GO Moore), a manic depressive destined for a mental institution called The House of WHAT: “The House of Blue Leaves. As if Artie’s life was compliBlue Leaves” cated enough, he has a mistress who lives WHERE: The Edge on the floor below his, and a son who has Theatre gone AWOL from the Army with a bomb to 1560 Teller St., Lakewood blow up the Pope in New York City.

Artie’s only hope of salvation lies in an WHEN: Through Aug. 11 old school buddy — now a Hollywood bigThursday, Friday and wig — who is in town visiting, and may be Saturday — 8 p.m. able to get Artie out of the city and on the road to fullfilling his dreams.

Sunday — 6 p.m.

“The nice thing about working at The COST: $18 to $22 Edge is you’re able to perform stuff that you probably wouldn’t be able to do at INFORMATION: any other theater,” Bellot said. “We get to 303-232-0363 or www. do some really exploratory works, and this theedgetheater.com definitely is in that wheelhouse.”

Moore described the show as one about dreams, and the different forms they take — big dreams, small dreams, visions and nightmares.

“It’s also almost Shakespearean, because there are no clear winners or losers,” she said. “It’s just about life.”

Moore said that in the play Bananas is “crazy” in a more general sense of the word, but she and Bellot decided to get specific, and give her manic depression with bouts of agoraphobia.

“During that period of time there wasn’t a lot known about manic depression, and people were just institutionalized and given shock-treatments,” Moore said.

The role of Bananas is one of the more challenging roles Moore said she’s tackled, but the experience of getting to know the character has been an extremely rewarding one.

“I’ve been very, very blessed with the amazing cast of actors in the show,” Bellot said. “Since Artie is a piano player, Tom (Auclair) spent six months learning how to play piano so he could do it for the show.”

Both Bellot and Moore said audiences can expect a wild ride from the show, one that will take them through the gamut of emotions.

“You should come in expecting a comedy, but don’t be surprised if you leave the theater crying,” Moore said.

Gordon Ramsay, the chef who puts the terror into every restaurant owner, returns for a sixth season as he treks across the country to help struggling restaurants keep their businesses above water (and in some cases cockroaches, rats, etc).

When all seems to be in desperate despair, the restaurant owners turn to Ramsay and his team for one last hope before having to shut their doors. Many of these restaurants are beyond repair, leaving Ramsay to face a nearly impossible task. Some will close their doors, others will get back on their feet, but all are calling on Chef Ramsay to wake them up from their “Kitchen Nightmares,” airing at 7 p.m.

Mondays on Fox 31.

You’ll have chances to view local operations, after Ramsay’s “Kitchen Nightmares” made two stops in the Denver metro area last month. The kitchen commander visited Pantaleone’s on July 26 and Old Neighborhood in Arvada July 27-30. Be afraid, be very afraid!

The Old Neighborhood has been an Arvada institution since 1980, serving a diverse menu of American, Mexican, Italian, French, Asian and even Cajun-inspired foods. Owners Alexa and Randy Kowalczyk are sure to be in for a test from Ramsay when it comes to Old Neighborhood’s gigantic menu.

Pantaleone’s is a pizza and pasta restaurant at 2120 S. Holly in south Denver. Mr. On The Town and I visited Pantaleone’s 10 years ago or so for a story he was writing on Denver’s best pizza and we left unimpressed. Still, many have raved about the pizza and pasta place owned by Pete and Paulette Fafalios.

Look for the episodes later this summer on Fox 31.

Best of luck to both restaurants!

American Ninja

Am I the only weirdo who watched “American Ninja” on 9News on July 22?

Why? Because they filmed the segment in Denver a few blocks from my condo, but I knew nothing about it.

The host is Matt Iseman, a Denver native. Iseman even talked about how happy he was to be back in his hometown during the show. The show is entertaining in the fact that it’s fiercely competitive while these folks compete in crazy stunts that defy all odds of gravity.

The show is continuing at 7 p.m. Mondays. Rich Grant, the spokesmodel for Visit Denver, told me that the crew filmed all through the night roughly five weeks ago.

The show was shot in Civic Center and really highlights downtown Denver in the dark.

Wicket games

Denver’s premier croquet tournament returns to Cherry Creek on Friday, Aug. 2, when 60 teams compete on the outdoor plaza behind Elway’s restaurant.

Up for grabs is the Wicket and Stick It silver cup or in the individual categories, which include best dressed, best hat and best wicket shot.

Professional croquet master Ron Eccles and his team of croquet referees will be on hand to provide instruction and insider tips. Prized categories include top three teams, best dressed team, best dressed Parker continues on Page 18

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or Aline Oliver at 303-525-8053.

Wizard of Oz Colorado ACTS presents a family and friends summer production of “The Wizard of Oz.” A preview night is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1, and regular performances are at 7 p.m.

Aug. 2-3 and Aug. 8-10 at Colorado ACTS Theater, 9460 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-456-6772 or visit www.coloradoacts.org.

Monday/Aug. 5

Thursday/Aug. 1-31 Weather monitors The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network based at the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University is looking to add a few hundred observers to its Denver area network during August. All it takes to be involved is the purchase of an official rain gauge ($30) and a commitment to help monitor the local climate by taking precipitation measurements as often as possible. The data is reported to the CoCoRaHS website and daily maps of local precipitation patterns are produced. Training is offered in person or online; a list of Denver area training classes can be found at http://www.cocorahs.org/State.aspx?state=CO. For information, or to sign up, contact Chris Spears at chris.spears@ colostate.edu or go to www.cocorahs.org and click on the “Join Us” link.

Friday/Aug. 2-11 Playhouse show The Player’s Guild at the Festival Playhouse presents “Mama Won’t Fly,” a cross-country race to get Mama to her son’s wedding. Show runs from Aug. 2-11; show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2 p.m.

Sundays. The Festival Playhouse is at 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. Call 303-422-4090 or visit www.festivalplayhouse.com.

Appropriate for all ages.

Saturday and Sunday/Aug. 3-4 25th reunion The Arvada West class of 1988 reunion will be Aug. 3-4. First, gather at Bar Louie at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 3.

The bar is in the Westminster Promenade, 10661 Westminster Blvd. The evening is a semi-casual night of catching up. From noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, classmates can attend a reunion picnic at Allen House Pavilion & School Tour. Pack a picnic lunch and drink and plan for a tour around 2 p.m. For details and to purchase tickets, visit http://arvadawest1988.webs.com/.

Sunday/Aug. 4 Car show The 12th annual Arvada West High School pom squad car show is Sunday, Aug. 4, at the school, 11595 W. Allendale Drive. Register at http://tinyurl.com/awestcarshow. Help raise money for the pom squad to attend state and national competition. For information, contact awhspoms@gmail.com

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male and female, best hat male and female and best wicket shot.

Players and spectators receive drink and food tickets for a variety of beverages to enjoy as well as morsels from restaurants including Brio Tuscan Grille, Opus Restaurant & Aria Wine Bar, California Pizza Kitchen, Kona Grill, Patxi’s and a goody bag. Tournament time is from 2 to 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2, at 2500 E. First Ave. General admission is $35 in advance or $40 at the door, which includes two drink tickets and a goody bag.

VIP spectator tickets are $60 in advance or $70 at the door. The ticket includes unlimited drinks, VIP check-in, exclusive seating, personal beverage service and a goody bag. To reserve tickets, go to http://ezregister.com/events/7380/.

Just in from EaterDenver

TAG Burger Bar is in the planning stages of a second location in northwest Denver, bordering the Highland neighborhood.

The casual burger joint led by chef Troy Guard now operates in Congress Park at 12th and Madison. A second location is planned in the former Subway Tavern & Pizzeria Longo’s space at 38th and Lipan (3759 Lipan St.).

The Larimer Associates, which owns TAG Burger Bar, acquired the familyowned restaurant in September when Longo’s closed its doors after 52 years in business. A massive remodel is planned for the 3,000-square-foot space starting early September. Considering the age of the restaurant and lack of upgrades in recent years, Larimer Associates decided to gut it and start over with a remodel project that will likely take six months.

Golf fun for charity

I have had the rare privilege of being asked to participate (a.k.a. play) in the Hyde Park Jewelers charity golf tournament for the 14 years that it’s been in existence.

But the night preceding the tourney can be even more of a reunion between athletes and journalists who gathered

Free admission Colorado Parks and Wildlife will celebrate Colorado Day by offering free entrance at all 42 state parks on Monday, Aug. 5. Colorado Day was created by the state Legislature to mark the anniversary of statehood, granted in 1876

by President Ulysses S. Grant. Free entrance at the state parks is an annual Colorado Day tradition. All other fees, including camping and reservations will remain in effect on Aug. 5. Visit cpw.state.co.us.

Monday/Aug. 5 Monday talks Training With Grace dog training center offers free talks from 7-8 p.m., Mondays at 9100 W. 6th Ave. in Lakewood. The next talk, “So you want to be a dog trainer?” is Monday, Aug. 5. Have you ever considered dog training as a career? Do you have what it takes? Can you make any money at it? Do you think you can help dogs and their people? Do you work in a rescue or a shelter? Do you work in a vet clinic? Do you work as a dog walker, groomer or in boarding? Do you simply want to learn more about body language a better handling techniques? Do you want to teach classes and private training?

Talk with Ana and she can help you decide if this is the right career path for you. Bring your questions, goals and plans. She’s great at helping you see the big picture.

Monday/Aug. 5 Exhibitors needed More than 35 booths are available for handmade crafts, food and seasonal items at the second annual arts and craft fair, which is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 26, at Stober Elementary, Lakewood. Most booth spaces measure 8-by-8 feet. A limited number of retail vendor spaces are also available. Reserve your spot by Aug. 5. Request an application at annedrobny@gmail.com. Applicants will be notified by Aug. 26.

that did not sell during the annual license draw process. Hunters can find a list of wildlife offices and license retailers at cpw. state.co.us. License purchasers who are out of state or unable to get to a license agent can call the toll-free license sales number, 1-800-244-5613, beginning at 9 a.m. Aug. 6. It is important to note that online purchasing of leftover licenses is delayed until the following day to keep distribution fair. Internet sales of leftover licenses do not begin until 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7.

Tuesday/Aug. 6

Lifetree Café Practical help in preventing meth use will be offered at Lifetree Café at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 5675 Field St., Arvada. The Lifetree event includes an exclusive film of a woman who lost a son due to methamphetamine use.

The film also features a young man who became addicted to meth but found hope and escaped his addiction. 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/Aug. 7 Bible study Community Bible Study Denver Northwest plans a registration day for women and children from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7 at Arvada Covenant Church, 5555 Ward Road. We will be studying The Book of Acts. This interdenominational 30-week study will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 4. For more information, contact Chris at 303-324-7250.

Wednesday/Aug. 7

Monday to Thursday/Aug. 5-8

Self-care therapy What is a Theracane? This class at PranaTonic, 807 14th St. in Golden, will show you not only what it is but will teach you how to use this wonderful self-care therapy device to release tension in various spots in your body from your head to your feet. You won’t believe how good it feels. Class is from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. Led by Kimball Cicciu, L.Ac.

Volleyball camp Students going into fourth to eighth

Thursday/Aug. 8

grades are invited to Arvada West volleyball camps June 3-6 at Arvada West High School and Aug. 5-8 at Moore Middle School.

Contact Debbie Pospisil at dpospisi@jeffco.k12.co.us.

Tuesday/Aug. 6 Hunting licenses Leftover big game hunting licenses will go on sale to the public at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at Colorado Parks and Wildlife offices and more than 700 hunting license retailers statewide. Leftover licenses are those limited licenses on July 21 at Elway’s Cherry Creek for an amazing dinner and event led by one of my favorite media personalities, Les Shapiro (host of radio and television).

Not only was the dinner amazing — I’m saying steak and crazy corn with guacamole and pepitas — but our lovely “Table 26” was filled with the might and right.

Game day

Because Les Shapiro is so good to me, I got to play as a “celebrity” fifth at Cherry Creek Country Club on Monday for the Hyde Park Jewelers Diamonds in the Rough golf tournament (presented by Rolex, where’s mine?) to benefit Youth Biz, Judi’s House and the Global Down syndrome. My patient teammates were David Blake (from the Colorado state’s attorney’s office and son of Ernie Blake, a blessing to our Denver community for his fundraising efforts), who was the best stick in our fivesome. Also deserving kudos was Abby Perlmutter (daughter of Congressman Ed Perlmutter), who can hit a mile-long drive — not Ed, but Abby.

And rounding out our fivesome were brothers Gary and Steve Pettit, who own and run Starwest Productions out of Arvada. Check them out at: www.estarwest. com. Any way you slice it, we had a blast!

Jackson needs some love

Here’s a Facebook post from Tim Jackson, the head honcho at the Colorado Automotive Dealers Association, regarding his unfortunate bicycle encounter: “The Eagle has ... crashed. Misfortune! While in Newport. R.I., for biz meetings, I was going cycling early mornings. On Friday at 5:30 a.m. on a speedy downhill I hit loose gravel and took header into back of Honda Civic.

Spent 12 hours in ... Emergency Room and Level 1 Trauma Center. Broke back, wrist, hand, finger, and wearing 2 braces and a cast for 2 mos. Made it back to (meetings) before flying home today. Trying to avoid breaking string of 28½ years w/o sick day! Touch and go here! “

1515 special event

Save the date for some awesome cuisine when 1515 Restaurant at 1515 Market St. hosts a series of “1515 Test Kitchen” dinners featuring sous vide techniques and molecular gastronomy beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 4.

Ballet Ariel Ballet Ariel and the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra showcase “The Birth of Rock and Roll” at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 8, in the CenterFest series at the Arvada Center Amphitheatre. The original ballet tells the story of how music and culture changed from the 1930s to 1950s, told through the eyes of a traveling musician. The CenterFest Plaza opens at 6:30 p.m. Concessions including food, non-alcoholic beverages, beer and wine are available for purchase or bring your own picnic (no glass containers or alcohol please). Purchase tickets online The multi-course dinners, collaboration between 1515 chefs Jonas Halstead and Garren Teich, will take place the first Sunday of every month and include molecular cooking demonstrations as well as Q&A sessions with the chefs.

Seats are $55 per person or $95 with wine pairings. Reservations can be made by calling 303-571-0011.

Wedding bells

Wedding bells have been ringing overtime lately for two professional athletes who played for Colorado teams.

First player to the altar was Mitch Berger, former Broncos kicker and CU Boulder star athlete who married swimsuit model Bambi Lashell on July 13 in Vancouver, British Columbia. On July 20, former Avalanche defenseman John-Michael Liles scored the winning goal by wedding Erin Johnson in Vail.

Berger found his way to wedded bliss after Bravo TV’s “Millionaire Matchmaker” Patti Stanger scored a touchdown for her team when she introduced the 16-year NFL punter to Lashell on Stanger’s show in March. The twosome’s first date — horseback riding followed by Berger cooking Lashell dinner — was the spark that ignited the relationship. Stanger even mentioned the successful match last week on Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live” (guess who was watching and taking notes?).

Stanger’s blog on March 12 said this about her millionaire client who parlayed his NFL career into a career as a venture capitalist in Canada: “(Berger’s) been on the road for so many years that he didn’t really have time to grow up and have an actual mature, evolved relationship. We call that the Peter Pan syndrome. He settled down in Vancouver, and now he’s ready for love, marriage and lots of babies.”

The Super Bowl-winning groom (playing for the victorious Pittsburgh Steelers in 2009) tweeted on his wedding day: “So happy that I married @BambiLashell the love of my life! pic.twitter.com/wzYLPrvXA5.” Some wedding photos of the happy couple also are posted on his Twitter account @mitchberger17.

Berger’s lengthy football career — which took him to several different teams — ended after he signed with the Broncos during the last 10 games of the 2009 season, and

at www.SummerAtTheCenter.com or by calling 720-898-7200, and by visiting the Arvada Center box office at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. in Arvada. Go to http://arvadacenter.org/thecenter

Coming Soon Coming Soon/Aug. 9 Kids night Evergreen Park & Recreation District will have its final kids night out of the summer from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, giving parents an opportunity to drop their children off for an evening of pizza, games and gymnastics. The event is open for ages 5-12. Sign up children at http://bit.ly/EPRD-KNO. Coming Soon/Aug. 9-11 2013 Huckfest Arvada Associated Modelers presents Colorado Huckfest, an exhibit of giant scale RC model aircraft.

Some of the best pilots in the country will perform tricks and maneuvers. These large, scale model aircraft are up to 12 foot in wing span and are powered by motors up to 220 cc’s. Huckfest is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 9-11 at the Arvada Air Park, 7608 Highway 93, Golden. Spectators are welcome and entry and parking are free. Concessions will be available on Saturday and Sunday. For more information, email ColoradoHuckfest@gmail.com. For directions to the Air Park, visit www. arvadamodelers.com.

Coming Soon/Aug. 10 Western picnic Liz Masterson and Julia Hays present “Tales and Tunes of the West.” Join Arvada Historical Society at the Arvada Flour Mill, 5590 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 for Western picnic fixin’s, lively cowgirl music, history, and a whole lot of fun. Liz Masterson, awardwinning singer, with Julia Hays on the fiddle will perform their Western music. Tickets include lunch and show. Reservations are required; call 303-431-1261.

Coming Soon/Aug. 10 Street festival Summer evenings in Olde Town Arvada will again come to life at the upcoming 2nd Saturday Street Festivals, presented by Historic Olde Town Arvada. The music of top-notch local favorites Chris Daniels and the Kings, The Wendy Woo Band, and The Indulgers will echo down Grandview Avenue from 4:30-10 p.m. Aug. 10. Visitors will find plenty of food choices, beer and wine, and shopping options from vendor booths lining the street. For information, visit www. oldetownarvada.org.

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he retired in 2010.

Liles, who was a popular figure on and off the ice when he played for the Avalanche starting in 2003, was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2011.

Several of his former teammates — including Paul Stastny and Matt Duchene — attended the nuptials. For a picture of the couple — sandwiched between Maple Leafs teammate Tyler Bozak — check out www.bluetoro.ca/tag/john-michaelliles-girlfriend/.

Supermarket showdown

The Food Network is holding a nationwide search for chefs and professional cooks for a chance to win up to $20,000 in a new television series.

Producers are looking for highly skilled chefs and professional cooks from all backgrounds and without regard to a particular style of cooking.

Whether you are an executive chef, sous chef, private chef or caterer and think you have the chops to slice and dice the competition, you may qualify.

This new series — from the producer’s of Food Network’s “The Great Food Truck Race” — will put talented chefs and professional cooks to the test in a supermarketthemed showdown. To navigate the aisles of this high-pressure competition, you’re going to need clever cooking solutions as supermarket savvy. To apply, email grocerygames@rrstaff.com. Include your city and state in the subject line, and in the body of the email include your name, phone number, photo, current occupation, a description of your culinary background and why you think you have what it takes to win.

Overheard

Eavesdropping on a man talking about the dessert at the Elway’s Cherry Creek dinner prior to the golf tournament: “It’s a chocolate brick.”

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.pennyparker.blacktie-colorado.com. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

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SELF CHAKRA We are all made of energy. Keeping your energy system balanced will help you physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Learn this simple method to use as a daily meditaave its tion for wholeness. Join us at PranaTonic, 807 14th St. in Golden Aug. 9, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 10. Led by Gay Lang, Reiki Master. or an COMING SOON/AUG. 13 n for WOMEN’S LUNCHEON Denver West Women’s Connection Luncheon, “Going to the Fair,” is Tuesday, Aug. 13, at Concordia Lutheran Church, 13371 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood. Call for reservations at 303-985-2458. raft. COMING SOON/AUG. 13 and foot in KASHMIR SINCE the formation of India and Pakistan in 1947, kfest both countries have fought over the region known as Kashmir.

Containing a Muslim majority, but ruled by Hindu dominated r and India, Kashmir is viewed by Pakistan as belonging to them. So strong is this conflict that it has been the trigger of two separate on do- wars between India and Pakistan, and even drawn China into www. the conflict. Add to the mix, the nuclear arsenal of both countries and it’s not difficult to see the potential flashpoint that Kashmir represents in the region. Join Active Minds from noon to 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 13, as we explore Kashmir and seek to understand t “Talesits pivotal role in South Asia. Program is free and takes place he at First Presbyterian Church of Lakewood, 8210 W. 10th Ave., m. to Lakewood. No RSVP needed. owgirl COMING SOON/AUG. 13 rdtheir HORSES & racing Join Active Minds from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesions day, Aug. 13, for a look at the history of horses including one of the most extraordinary examples of the breed – the thoroughbred racehorse. We will begin with horse domestication and their use in agriculture, the military, and other arenas and end with a ada review of some of the greatest racehorses and races of all time. eet Program is free and takes place at Atria Inn at Lakewood, 555 S. usic Pierce St., Lakewood. RSVP at 303-742-4800. he COMING SOON/AUG. 15, AUG. 18 ndview SUMMER CONCERTS Jefferson Symphony Orchestra will y perform three concerts in its 2013 summer concert series. The m w. first concert, at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 4, is at the Evergreen Music Festival and Art Show. The program is titled Salute the Red, White & Blue. Tickets can be purchased at the gate. For its second concert, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, the orchestra has invited The Queen City Jazz Band for an evening of music at the Arvada

Center Amphitheater. Tickets are available at www.SummerAtTheCenter.com or by calling 720-898-7200. The final concert is a free performance at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18, at Parfet Park in Golden.

Visit www.jeffsymphony.org.

RECURRING EVENTS FALL CLASSES Registration for fall classes with Colorado ACTS is now open. Visit www.coloradoacts.org for details. Classes available after school and in the evenings. Among the offerings are Loose Lips Sink Ships (ages 12-18), The Mysterious Case of the Missing Ring (8-12), Creative Drama: Disney Fairytales (4-8).

Homeschool classes include Our Town (ages 12-18), Patriot Dreams (8-12), Creative Drama (4-8), Imaginative Puppeteering (8-12). Community classes include Outreach Performance Class (ages 12 to adult), Improvisation Class & Murder Mystery Dinner Theater (12 to adult), Aspects of Theater Class (10-20).

SPELLBINDERS TRAINING Jeffco Spellbinders are volunteers who go in to local schools to tell stories to grade school children.

Jeffco Spellbinders is conducting a new training for anyone interested in the art of storytelling. Visit http://www.spellbinders.org/.

For information, or to register, Linda Boettcher, 303-984-2225 or jcspellbinders@comcast.net.

DOG TRAINER Become a dog trainer with Misha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue, using behavior science, holistic approaches and positive reinforcement techniques tailored to each individual dog, pet parent and specific situation. Learn to evaluate behavior, design exercises, coach humans, handle dogs, deliver presentations, and resolve and prevent a variety of behavior problems. Classes in Denver and Lakewood. Request an application at mishamayfoundation@gmail.com. Contact mishamayfoundation@gmail.com or call 303-239-0382 for information.

ARVADA RUNNING Club is offering $1,200 in college track or cross-country scholarships to one or two graduating high school girls for the 2013-14 school year. Eligible students must live in Arvada and/or attend an Arvada-area high school and plan to participate in a formal track or cross-country program during their freshman year in college. This is the third year in a row the club has offered scholarship funds. Applications are available on Arvada high school Naviance websites. For more information, contact arvadarunningclub@gmail.com or ltkrapes@msn.com.

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION Vanderhoof Elementary School is accepting registrations for incoming kindergarten. Students must be 5 years old by Oct. 1, 2013, in order to register for kindergarten. Vanderhoof has both a traditional half-day program and a tuition-based full day program. The school is at 5875 Routt Court, Arvada, and registration hours are 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Go online to jeffcopublicschools.org and follow the prompts for registration information on Jeffco Connect. Once your student has been entered online you will need to bring copies of their birth certificate, immunization records and proof of residency to the school. If you live outside our attendance area, you will need to fill out a choice enrollment application. Choice enrollments are accepted on a space available basis. If you have any questions or would like additional information, call the Vanderhoof office at 303-982-2744.

WOMEN’S NETWORKING group in Arvada has openings for women in business who can commit to a weekly Wednesday morning meeting. One member per business category. Contact Info@OurConnection.org or call 303- 438-6783.

OPEN MIC Living Water Unity Spiritual Community presents open mic night – celebrate your teen self from 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.

RECURRING/THROUGH AUG. 2 SUMMER CAMP Golden History Museums again offer hands-on history summer day camp for children ages 6-11 years. Sessions include movie making, firefighting, technology and mining. Six week-long sessions take place from June 10 to Aug. 2 at Clear Creek History Park, 11th and Arapahoe Streets, near downtown Golden. The camp is divided into morning sessions (9 a.m. to noon) and afternoon sessions (1 to 4 p.m.), or full days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Register online at GoldenHistory.org or by phone at 303-278-3557.

RECURRING/THROUGH AUG. 9 FOOD PANTRY The Golden Backpack Program has launched the “Snack-n-Wagon,” a mobile food pantry that will provide weekday lunches to kids in need this summer. The wagon will serve lunch to any child up to 18 years old, no questions asked.

The wagon will be at two locations: Fox Hill Apartments, 17611 W. 16th Ave., from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and at Mountainside Estates, 17190 Mt. Vernon Road., from noon to 1 p.m. Lunch will be served Monday through Friday through Aug. 9, with the exception of July 4-5. Contact Peggy Halderman at 303-763-7076 or pjhalderman@icloud.com.

RECURRING/THROUGH AUG. 11 THEATER SHOW The Edge Theatre Company presents “The House of Blue Leaves,” from July 19 to Aug. 11, in its new home at

1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursdays (starting July 25), Fridays and Saturdays, and at 6 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets are available by calling 303-232-0363 or online at www. theedgetheater.com.

RECURRING/THROUGH SEPT. 1 PLAYHOUSE SHOW Miners Alley Playhouse presents “Wonder of the World” from July 26 to Sept. 1. Show times are 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday, with a 2 p.m. show on Sept. 1. Tickets are available by calling 303-935-3044 or going online to www.minersalley.com. Miners Alley Playhouse is at 1224 Washington Ave., Golden.

RECURRING/THROUGH LABOR DAY FREE ADMISSION Lakewood Heritage Center will participate in the Blue Star Museums program, offering free museum admission to active duty military personnel and their families through Labor Day. The Lakewood Heritage Center can educate and entertain the kids and the whole family with a trip through the 20th century from early farming days with real farming equipment to a 1940s diner. This summer, the importance of the military is highlighted through the museum’s victory gardens, showing how communities have come together during conflicts and wars in support of the military. The Blue Star program is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and more than 1,800 museums across America to offer free admission to museums from Memorial Day through Labor Day. This year’s Blue Star Museums represent history, fine art, science, nature centers and children’s museums. The complete list is available at www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.

RECURRING/THROUGH OCT. 26 QUILT SHOW Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, 1213 Washington Ave., Golden, presents “Material Witnesses: New Work from the Manhattan Quilters Guild” from July 28 to Oct. 26. An opening reception is from 5-8:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2. Call 303-277-0377.

LOOKING AHEAD LOOKING AHEAD/AUG. 16 WINE TASTING/AUCTION Mayfair Liquors will host a special wine tasting to benefit Gateway Battered Women’s Services. The event is at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, at the Wellshire Event Center, 3333 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver. The theme will be “Around the World in 80 Wines.” A survivor will share her story about being a battered woman and how she was helped by Gateway. The event also features a sit-down dinner followed by a live auction. Call 303-343-1856 for tickets and more information.

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North Jefferson Junior Baseball Association (NJJBA)

is again hosting a Fall Baseball League for players of all ages and from all areas.

Games start August 25th and run through October 20th.

We will have Machine Pitch for players 5-8, Kid Pitch for players 8-14 and a High School League for players in high school.

You can register individually or as a team.

Go to the NJJBA website for more information or to register, www.njjba.org.

Registration is OPEN Now and the deadline to register is August 18.

2013 Spring Baseball Registration is also OPEN! 8 Competitive and 9 year old Tryouts are Saturday, August 17th. 10-14 year old Tryouts are Sunday, August 18th.

You can register online @ www.njjba.org.

All players, even if you are not participating in the tryout process must be registered by August 15th to guarantee team placement.

ALL 8C-14 year old teams are formed in the fall so players and coaches may use our Indoor Practice Facility through the winter months.

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Business cycle strong in Golden Bicycles equal commerce in Jeffco

By Glenn Wallace

gwallace@ourcoloradonews.com This is part two of a three-part series exploring bicycling and its role in the Golden area. Part three, describing the many ways to get out and go on two wheels, will appear next week.

It is quite possible for a bicycle to be designed, built, purchased, tuned up, torn apart, rebuilt and finally donated to the needy all within Golden city limits.

Bicycling is a way of life for many in the city, but it can also be a living. Among those for whom bicycling is a business career is Adam “Bo” Boe, manager of the Golden Bike Shop.

“It’s great we’re to the point where Golden can support five bike shops,” Boe said.

Golden also boasts Pedal Pushers Cyclery, Big Ring Cycles, Peak Cycles and Rise Above Cycles, all supported by the weekend warriors, and local riders of the city. Boe said each shop has a little niche in which they excel, ensuring room in the market for all five to survive, and also ensuring a huge variety of bikes and gear for sale to residents.

Bicycles are also made in Golden, including some of the most innovative on the market today. Yeti Cycles, makers of some of the fastest, most high-tech and expensive mountain bikes made today, has its headquarters in south Golden.

“Any product we make has been tested, tuned and refined on the trails around Golden,” Yeti President Chris Conroy told the Transcript late last year in an interview.

In fact, the Yeti office shuts down for an hour every day just so staff can go for a group ride.

Spot Brand Bicycles President Andrew Lumpkin is pictured outside of his company’s Golden, Colorado headquarters with one of his mountain bikes. The company van behind him includes a logo proclaiming “Braincrafted in Golden, Colorado.” Photo by Glenn Wallace Just around the corner from Yeti is Spot Brand Bicycles, which proclaims that all its bicycles are “Braincrafted in Golden, Colorado.” The boutique brand specializes in belt-drive bikes, perfect for single-speed mountain bikes (though geared models are available too), as well as stylish commuter/ road models with interior gearing.

“We love it here,” Spot President Andrew Lumpkin said. “We love the lifestyle that our employees get to enjoy. We test bikes on the trails and on the roads, and we have both those options right out the door.”

Lumpkin, whose father founded Avid Brakes in Lakewood, said the family always wanted to move closer to the mountains for better access to trails. When the family sold Avid and bought Spot, it was a foregone conclusion that they would keep the company

PLACES OF WORSHIP To list your congregation services call Viola Ortega 303-566-4089 G/WR/L

CATHOLIC

St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church

Proclaiming Christ to the Mountains and Plains www.SaintJoanCatholic.org 12735 W 58th Ave · 80002 · 303-420-1232 Daily Masses: 8:30 AM, Mon-Sat Confessions: After Mass, Mon, Wed-Fri; Sat: 9:00-10:00 AM; 4:00-4:45 PM Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00 PM Sunday Masses: 7:30, 9:00, 11:30 AM, 5:30 PM

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Arvada Christian Church 8010 West 62nd Avenue

303-422-5412

Worship.............................9:30 am Wed. Night Bible Study/meal...6:00 pm Nursery Available

CROSSROADS

CHURCH OF DENVER

A PLACE TO DO LIFE

SERVICE TIMES Sunday: 9 aM and 10:30 aM WedneSday: 6:30 PM

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY FOR ALL AGES 9725 W. 50th • Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 (303) 421-3800 Main

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

George Morrison, Senior Pastor

Please join us for our weekend and mid-week services

62nd & Ward Road

Family Worship Center Saturday ....................................................5:00 pm Sunday ..................................9:00 am & 10:45 am Wednesday ...............................................6:30 pm

4890 Carr Street

Sunday ....................................................10:30 am

Unity of Evergreen at Red Rocks

Reverend Julie Armour Home of the Daily Word

The Chapel at Red Rocks 905 Bear Creek Ave • Morrison 3rd Entrance into Red Rocks Park

303-697-1533

www.mountainlightunity.org Sunday Service and Youth Education Program at 9:30 A.M. A Path for Spiritual Living

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Golden First Presbyterian Church

On the round-about at South Golden Rd. and West 16th Ave. Sunday Praise & Worship................. ......9:00 am Fellowship Time .....................................10:00 am Church School ................................ .......10:30 am

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Miriam M. Dixon

Nursery provided

303-279-5591

UNITArIAN UNIvErsALIsT

Jefferson Unitarian Church 14350 W. 32nd Ave.

303-279-5282 www.jeffersonunitarian.org A Religious Home for the Liberal Spirit Service Times: 9:15am / 11:00am Religious education for all ages.

Nursery care provided.

in Golden. On a much smaller scale is native Coloradoan Richard Gangl, who handcrafts road and race bikes in his Golden workshop.

With custom-fit geometry and personalized paint jobs, Gangl’s bikes take time to build.

He currently has a 10-month wait list for new bike construction, according to his website.

Last year city of Golden Ward 3 Councilman Bob Vermeulen, seeing the concentration of cycling businesses in the region, and being a rider himself, organized an industry dinner. He said that every time he handed out an invite, he heard about someone else to add to the list.

“I knew about the retailers, I knew about the manufacturers, but I didn’t know about everything else,” including charities, and even a cycling-centric law firm, Vermeulen said.

The “Cyclist Law Firm,” led by Megan Hottman, opened up its Golden office in August last year. She said Golden just happened to be where she wanted to live and opening up the firm close to home made sense.

“I kind of consider this a cycling mecca, which was one of the reasons we moved here,” Hottman said.

Hottman, a professional racer with 10 years competitive experience, said a nice 60-mile morning ride along the classic Lariat Loop helps make her day. And most days include working on personal-injury cases involving cycling accidents, something Hottman said she has special insight into.

The Hottman Law Firm does more than just work on cycling cases. The office also sponsors a racing team and offers spinning classes in the winter months.

“It’s open to the public; classes are only $5.

Bring a bike, and we’ll provide the (stationary riding) trainers.

Other cycling-related ventures can be spotted across the city. There is Victory Circle Graphix in north Golden, which helps make the graphics and decals for competitive cycling teams. There’s Steve Stevens and his basement museum of the classic, old-fashioned “big-wheel” bicycles.

There are also at least two bicycle-centric charities in town. The Golden Optimists Club helps repair and refurbish old bicycles and then ships them off to impoverished communities around the world, providing free, reliable transportation. Also in the city, and with a similar mission, is the World Bicycle Relief grassroots development office.

Vermeulen said the concentration of cycling-centric businesses is a result of Golden’s geographic luck in being so close to highquality road cycling and mountain bike opportunities.

“It all helps, together with everything else Golden has to offer, to make it a desirable place,” Vermeulen said. “Looking to the future, I just see more of it.”

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said. “You have to be on top of it. You have to be as consistent as possible so they learn what’s expected, and they’re more reliable. By that point, they enjoy it.”

When the puppies are between about 15 and 18 months old, they get back on the puppy truck and return to the Guide Dogs for the Blind campus to receive complete physicals and get ready for their guide dog training.

If a dog doesn’t pass an aspect of their physical, due to bad hips or elbow dysplasia, for example, the raisers are given the option of adopting them as a pet.

If the dog passes its physical, it’s time to go to “puppy college.”

“Once they go in for training, they have eight phases they go through,” O’Connor said.

“Starting with the basics, they evaluate obedience skills and reinforce them and take them out to work with the harness. They start out in quieter places and take them to busier places where there is traffic and distractions.”

After they go through the eight stages, the puppies are ready to be paired with a person who is blind and they learn together how to be guide dog and how to have a guide dog.

“They keep working with them, honing their skills, and then they are looking for a partner,” O’Connor said.

“They take the application of a blind person and see if they want a quieter dog, or one that’s good in heavy traffic or good with little kids, and match up dogs with a blind person based on their preference. The person and the dog go into class and stay at the dorms. It’s a two-week class with an instructor there.”

The entire trip to the campuses in Oregon and California are free for the person who is blind training with their future guide dog.

“A really big thing they teach them, which I think is cool, is what is called intelligent disobedience,” Goings said.

“For example, if the person tells them to cross the street, but a car is coming or some danger like that, the dog will refuse to go because it knows that the person can’t see that and it knows something the blind person does not. I don’t know how they do it, but that’s really cool to me.”

If the puppy successfully completes all levels of training, he and his new owner participate in a graduation ceremony that the puppy raisers often attend.

Sidekicks for Sight puppy raiser Bryan Goings of Castle Rock poses with Armand, 13 months old, the puppy he is currently raising for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Photo by Sara Van Cleve “You get to see the dog again and meet the person,” O’Connor said. “It’s their decision to keep in touch, but almost everybody keeps in contact.”

Goings said he went to his first dog’s graduation and his new owner has become a very close friend.

About 60 percent of dogs raised by puppy raisers become guide dogs; other dogs may not be fit for that kind of work or have a health issue, but they can have a career change and become a therapy dog or another type of service dog, or become a really great pet, O’Connor said.

Goings said it can be tough giving up the puppies after bonding with them and raising them, but knowing the difference they’ll make in someone’s life makes it all worth it.

O’Connor likens it to a child getting married.

“It’s rewarding to see,” she said. “People say ‘How can you give them up?’ It’s like a child that got married. They’re with a new person in a new relationship that is fulfilling and loving for both parties. That’s how you do it. It’s not easy, but that’s a good analogy. You’re sending them off to be in a grown up relationship.

You’re done with the puppy part and you’ve done the training part, now it’s up to the dog and the handler.”

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Homestead plays short but offers challenge Lakewood course offers scenic golf experience

By Daniel Williams

dwilliams@ourcoloradonews.com LAKEWOOD - Most golfers think the longer the golf course, the more challenging the track. That’s not the case at Homestead Golf Course in Lakewood.

The par-65 municipal course located at 11500 West Hampden Ave. is short but tough and at the same time features some of the best scenic golf in the state.

“I have played a lot of golf courses in this state but few offer the experience that Homestead delivers,” Steve Billington said.

The 11-year-old championship course plays just over 5,000 yards — 1,000to-2,000 yards shorter than an average championship course.

“There is a perception that because we are short the course is easy,” Homestead staff member Shannon Shin said.

“But if you have played out here you know that we might actually be more challenging than your average course.”

The journey starts at hole No. 1 titled “Happy Trails.”

The hole is 332 yards from the blue tees, and the elevated green is not visible from the approach shot.

No. 1 along with hole No. 10 — a 320yard, par 4 that is straight up hill and plays more like 400 yards — are just two examples of holes on the course featuring an elevation change of more than 200 feet.

Conversely, several downhill holes provide the short hitters extra roll and allow the big hitters to attempt to go for the green on par 4s.

“One hole you are hitting way up hill, the next hole you are hitting downhill.

Even if you play here often the experience is always a different one,” Billing-

ton said.

Holes 11-17 sit in a recessed bowl area in what was once a carbon mine in World War II, according to the City of Lakewood website.

These holes give you some of best looking views of the city and of the mountains.

Hole No. 17 known as “Death Valley” is the marquee hole on the course.

A par 3 that plays anywhere from 150to-180 yards begins on an elevated tee box and forces golfers to hit their balls over a valley and onto an elevated green.

“No. 17 is definitely the signature hole at Homestead. Not only do you have to hit a perfect ball but you have to select the perfect club,” Homestead head professional Craig Parzybok said.

But for those planning to play the par 3’s with your friends for a dollar per hole must be careful because while most championship courses feature four par 3s, Homestead has eight par 3s, nine par 4s and just a single par 5.

The links-style layout, designed by Denis Griffiths, is not surrounded by commercial development, which means the course is nestled in a natural setting.

“Scenic-wise there are not many courses that can offer what Homestead offers. But we think the conditions and layout of our course are equally beautiful,” Parzybok said.

And Homestead has been addressing the effects of recent summer heat.

“It has been tough to keep the course green but our staff has managed to keep the course looking great all season. We have some really good people taking care of the course out here,” Shin said.

Coming up on Friday, Aug. 16, Homestead will honor Jack Evert, its longtime starter who passed away earlier this year.

The course will hold the “Almost Perfect” Golf Tournament, an 18-hole, four-person scramble in honor of Evert.

For more information, call 720-9635181.

Stations at the Homestead driving range offers real greens as targets to sharpen skills.

Hole No. 9 is a short par 4 that provides a water challenge on the left side of the green.

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Jeffco Stadium has received a new track after 16 years and countless track meets. Photo by Daniel Williams

Jeffco Stadium’s renovations near complete Track and football venue gains new look

By Daniel Williams

dwilliams@ourcoloradonews.com LAKEWOOD - Renovations to Jefferson County Stadium are nearly complete as the start of the fall sports season is just weeks away.

The host of 29 of the last 31 high school track and field state championships received a much needed facelift which included a new track after 16 years, as well as a couple other renovations.

Construction started in May and will wrap up over the next couple weeks with the track being resurfaced next week.

The renovations which were done

by Renner Sports Surfaces — the same company that installed the last track 16 years ago — have gone smoothly.

“We will have everything finished up mid-August before the start of the fall season. This project has been right on track,” Manager of Stadium

Operations Ezra Paddock said.

The stadium is the annual home of the CHSAA Track & Field State Championship, but the track itself was one year past its 15 year expiration date.

No injuries or even problems were reported regarding the old track — which is just a giant pile of garbage now — but there was some natural wear and tear. The stadium’s track was stripped of its surface and any of the near foot thick asphalt that needs to be patched will be repaired.

The new surface that will be put onto the course is known as the “sandwich system.”

It has a base, or a pad, so water doesn’t pass through it.

The top layer is then coated with a structural spray, translating to the new track lasting twice as long and will also be softer on athlete’s bodies.

“We consider ourselves as one of the premiere high school stadiums so it is important to continue to maintain the stadium at the highest level,” Paddock said.

“I think there is going to be some records broke in the next state tournament,” Paddock said. “This track

will definitely be faster.”

The near 60-year-old stadium was updated with the latest in track and field technology.

In addition, the stadium is also having a drainage issue on the west side of the stadium dealt with. A giant trench along the front of the home crowd stands has already been dug.

“It was draining very slowly so in any big weather event we would have standing water. So this will be a dream maintenance-wise,” Paddock said.

Finally, the stadium is getting conduit and power underneath the track for the first time.

“In the era of digital timing everything is done with a camera at the finish line. We used to have to wire overhead and will no long have to do that and it will all be in the ground,” Paddock.

Jeffco Stadium hosts 20 to 30 track meets a year, as well as 4A and 5A Jeffco high school football games.

Paddock and his maintenance team of about 10 people also handle Trailblazer Stadium, Lakewood Memorial Field and North Area Athletic Complex.

Millikan tabbed as new A-West softball coach Former UCCS star to lead Wildcats

By Daniel Williams

dwilliams@ourcoloradonews.com ARVADA - Arvada West has hired Breanna Millikan to be its new head softball coach.

“Breanna will be a great addition to A-West,” Arvada West Athletic Director Steve Anderson said.

The Wildcats were forced to look for a new head softball coach after

Chalee McDougal took an administrative position with Jeffco schools.

“We are looking for someone to help take us to the next level and help build on the great work that coach McDougal did,” Anderson said. “She will be missed as her impact on the program was phenomenal.”

But this isn’t a project that needs to be rebuilt. McDougal helped create a juggernaut in 5A Jeffco in just one season, and Millikan will be taking over a very talented team.

McDougal took over a team that went 7-11-1 in 2011 turned them into

a team that went 18-4, 7-1, tying Dakota Ridge with 5A Jeffco’s best league record last season.

The Wildcats closed out their season winning 13 of 14 games and went into the state tournament as a No. 5 seed. Millikan has previous head coaching experience at Doherty High School, and she also coached at Metro State. Once a star pitcher in her own right, Millikan was once honored as RMAC Pitcher of the Year while at University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, as well as being a four-time academic All-American.

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Women’s golf on the upswing Solheim spotlight on advances in sport

By Jim Benton

jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com

Many of the elite players from the Ladies Professional Golf Association and Ladies European Tour will be heading to Parker for the Solheim Cup later this month. The biennial, prestigious match-play tournament pits 12 U.S.-born professionals against 12 European counterparts.

Colorado golf fans will see accurate drives, pinpoint approach shots and clutch putts during the event, which will be held Aug. 13-18 at the Colorado Golf Club.

The statistics show these players are hitting longer and scoring lower than ever before.

But are the elite women of today really more skilled that the top players of yesteryear?

That’s a debatable topic, because golf balls and equipment keep improving and make it easier for those golfers who have correct swing techniques to flirt with or better par.

“Overall, more women are playing the game globally,” said 59-year-old Denver resident Hollis Stacy, who won 18 LPGA tournaments and collected g Da-four victories in majors during her 26eagueyear career.

“The same scores are winning on theirthe LPGA and European tours. Golf s andis more competitive. There are more nt aspeople shooting those low scores and viouswinning. herty “What happened in the game is the ed atequipment is much better. The skill n herlevels have remained the same. We had noredwomen on the tour drive the ball 270 ile atyards. If we had the same equipment oradoand balls the players have now, the -timedrives would be in the 300s.”

Donna H. White, an LPGA teaching professional who played 15 seasons on the tour and won three events before retiring in 1992, claims today’s players are taking advantage of opportunities.

“I am quite confident given the ball of today and agronomic grooming of fairways and greens that Mickey Wright’s scoring average would be 67 or better,” said White. “I don’t think players today are any more skilled. I believe they have been exposed to greater opportunities than mine or previous generations.”

Wright won 82 tournaments in 14 years on the LPGA Tour, including four U.S. Women’s Opens and three LPGA Championships. She retired from the tour in 1969 and won four consecutive Vare Trophies, the award that goes to the player with the lowest scoring average.

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THE NUMBERS GAME A statistical comparison of the top LPGA player in certain categories in 2000 and 2013 (advantage in bold):

AVERAGE DRIVING DISTANCE (IN YARDS) 2000: Caroline Blaylock, 270.1 2013: Nicole Smith, 274.9 SCORING AVERAGE 2000: Karie Webb, 70.1 2013: Inbee Park, 69.5 GREENS IN REGULATION 2000: Annika Sorenstam, 74.6 percent 2013: Suzann Pettersen, 75.1 percent PUTTING AVERAGE (AVERAGE PUTTS PER ROUND): 2000: Lisa Kiggens, 28.56 2013: Inbee Park, 28.46 ROUNDS UNDER PAR: 2000: Karie Webb, 69.5 percent 2013: Inbee Park, 76.0 percent Source: LPGA.com Wright was 72.46 in 1960. For the past 16 seasons, the LPGA’s Vare winner has had an average of 70.21 or lower.

In fact, no winner has had an average higher than 71 since 1977.

White credits better competitive exposure, technology and fitness for the improved statistics for current professionals.

“My era was the first to benefit from Title IX,” explained White. “Beth Daniel, Nancy Lopez and myself were able to attend college and gain invaluable competitive experience prior to joining the tour. Today kids can play in a tournament starting at age 4 every weekend. Tour players before me had to join the tour to compete. I couldn’t play soccer or baseball in my era. Today girls can play any sport they want.

The skills and competitive maturity transfers nicely to golf.

“The ball is the most influential technology advancement. Also video analysis. Health and fitness was always important to me. I ran and trained but few of my fellow tour players would join me. Then in the early-mid ‘80s , the health boom happened and we had fitness vans on tour weekly.”

Mike Scanlan, LPGA Director of Media Communications, didn’t have the chance to watch some of the LPGA’s former standouts.

“Whether or not players on the LPGA today are better than those in past generations is a subjective question,” he said. “I think the depth of the LPGA is certainly greater than it’s ever been thanks in large part to the growth of the game globally. Scoring averages are between one and two strokes better

than they were in 1980, but advancements in technology must factor into that debate. Whether you look at 1950, 1980 or today, the best players in the world are playing on the LPGA.” Janet Moore, a five-time Colorado stroke play champion who spends part of the year in Illinois as Wheaton College’s women’s golf coach, has watched women’s golf and the skills of players grow in the state.

“I’ve seen golf in Colorado grow over the years and I’ve seen the caliber of play improve greatly,” said Moore.

“It seems like the juniors are getting younger and younger and better and better. That’s very exciting.

“I started playing when I was 10.

I played because my family played.

From what I’ve seen, the game has grown and the interest has grown for young girls. The caliber of play has improved. Just in the high school ranks now you need three or four good players to do well. It has changed quite a bit. I played on my boys high school team. They didn’t have a girls team. I went to Wheat Ridge High School and they let me play on the boys team.”

Colorado Women’s Golf Association Executive Director Robin Jervey noted enhanced play in Colorado tournaments.

“We run 10 state championships, and looking at who plays in the championship flights of those events, the handicaps of the elite players have been going down,” said Jervey. “And there is more depth.”

Globalization of the LPGA tour, better equipment and the tour’s attempt to promote physically attractive players has made women’s golf more appealing, and events like the Solheim Cup may spark a desire for more women to start playing.

“I know when the Women’s Open came to Cherry Hills in 2005, they had record crowds,” said Jervey. “It only had to help interest in the women’s game because it got people excited to see people of that skill level right in their own backyard. Both the CGA and CWGA have been offering discounts to our members to purchase tickets to the Solheim Cup. “People going to the Solheim Cup get to participate in something that probably won’t come to Colorado again. The Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup move around quite a bit. With it going overseas and back every two years, there’s a slim chance it would wind up in Colorado again, or if it does, it will be a long time from now. People should take advantage of this opportunity.”

Moore agrees.

“I would think having a prestigious event like the Solheim Cup in Colorado would certainly make a positive impact on the golfing community in general,” she said. “I think it would spur interest.”

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Business group seeks rummage items for sale All money raised goes to high school scholarships

By Clarke Reader

creader@ourcoloradonews.com The South Lakewood Business Association is hosting a rummage sale to raise money for its Jefferson County Public Schools scholarship funds, and is looking for item donations from residents.

The sale is scheduled for Saturday, Sept.

7, at the Lakeview Wellness Center, 7864 W.

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Jewell Ave. Items can be dropped off in advance if needed, or they can be dropped off the day of the sale.

Suggested items include home and office items that are not needed anymore, but still in good condition.

“We’re one of three business associations in the city, made up of business leaders and residents who have always been active in the community,” said SLBA president Kate Van Fleet.

“We have an annual silent auction in December, but we thought if we had another fundraiser we could give more money to the

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This is the first year that the SLBA is trying something like this, and it came after a board meeting on how to raise more funds for students. Van Fleet has had experience trying a similar project before, and thought a rummage sale would be a good way to go.

According to Richard Sotiros, former SLBA president and current board member, the idea for the organization to focus on providing scholarships to students came from SLBA founder John Gunzer.

“John had the idea originally for any graduate from Alameda High School, which was near his business (Front Range Lum-

ber),” Sotiros said. “We’ve expanded to include Bear Creek High School students as well.”

Sotiros said most of the scholarships have been in the $500 to $1,000 range, but it all depends on how much money the organization raises.

“We’d really like to be able to give these students more money to help them with college,” Sotiros said. “It’s a really heartwarming thing to see, and we’re hoping we get some help with making it happen.”

For more information on the sale visit www.slcoba.org or contact Van Fleet at 303396-9635.

Yes, you can buy happiness

“Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending” by Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton Simon & Schuster $25.00 U.S. & Canada 199 pages Your last paycheck was gone before you got it.

A good chunk of it was earmarked for housing. You had to pay for your new car, and gas. Everybody’s favorite Uncle took his share, you have this nasty little habit called “eating,” and there you go: A few dollars left for fun, which is no fun at all.

But what if stretching your meager wealth also stretched your well-being? In the new book “Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending” by Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton, you’ll find out how.

You have a love / hate relationship with money: you love getting it and hate when you don’t have it. But as Dunn & Norton point out, you can utilize discretionary lucre to give you a better life, thus making you happier. In their research, they discovered five main Principles of Happy Money.

First of all, shift from buying things and spend your money on events. The vacation you took, the concert you attended, that dream fishing trip are etched in your mind far firmer than, say, last Tuesday’s commute in your new car – especially if those special events were experienced with someone else.

Remember when an impulsive ice cream cone tasted like the best thing in the world?

Reach back to those kinds of feelings by ending your spending and making indulgences into treats. When something is rare, it brings happiness because abundance “is the enemy of appreciation.” Even the littlest treats don’t have to cost a lot.

Use your money to buy time, especially when it comes to commuting, TV-watching, and socializing. Your fancy abode is no bargain if you have to commute for hours to pay for it. That big-screen TV is a commit-

ment of one-sixth of your year. And socializing doesn’t have to cost anything at all.

Learn to “pay now, consume later,” since studies show that anticipation for an item is far more pleasurable than the item itself.

That’ll give you more time to imagine and savor – and besides, you’ll be happier if you’re debt-free.

Finally, invest in others. Research indicates that giving away money is “just as rewarding as getting more of it.”

There’s a reason why you’ve never seen a Happiness Store at the mall: Turns out Mom was right when she said money can’t buy happiness. It can, however, buy “Happy Money,” which is a good start.

And here’s more good news, most of the things inside this book are easy to do. You might already be following the Principles that authors Elizabeth Dunn & Michael Norton espouse – and if you’re not, they won’t be hard to embrace. The appeal of this book, therefore, is to change the way you think about what’s in your wallet or pocket, whether it’s meager or millions.

I liked this book, its gentle humor, and the sense it makes. I think that if you’re tired of being dissatisfied with what you’ve got, you’ll like it, too. “Happy Money” may not change your bankbook, but it will give you pennies for your thoughts.