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ON THE COURT Alameda’s Angel Bernard gets off a shot during the Jan. 8 league game against Englewood. The on-target accounted for two of Bernard’s four points but, despite a determined Alameda effort, Englewood won, 36-20. For more about the game, and all Lakewood prep sports, turn to PAGE 20. Photo by Tom Munds
Talks Students poised for HVAC careers end over federal land From left: Ken Boettcher, Rob Moreno and Russell Diedrich. Boettcher and Diedrich both graduated from the Red Rocks Community College Read2 Work program, and were hired at Moreno’s Simple Home Energy Solutions. Courtesy of Joan Smith
Red Rocks Community College offers program for industry that is in need of workers By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com
After years in social work, Ken Boettcher wanted a change in career. He was looking for something with more immediate results. Something he could point to as an accomplishment at the end of the day. He found it working with HVAC. “I wish I had known about this industry
from the start,” Boettcher said. “I would’ve jumped right into it.” Boettcher took advantage of the Red Rocks Community College program training workers to fill the spots vacated by an aging workforce in the HVAC industry, which stands for heating, ventilation and air conditioning. “Everyone in the workforce is aging out,” said Joan Smith, executive director of Red Rocks Community College’s Rocky Mountain Education Center. “It’s really a perfect storm — high schools have really gone away from the technical fields. There are jobs in fields like plumbing, construction and HVAC
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For more information on the Ready2 Work Academy email Ed.hegwood@rrcc. edu, call 303-914-6202 or visit www.rmecosha. com and click the Energy Efficiency tab.
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Lakewood legislators prep for session Elected officials list their top priorities for the year By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com In preparation for the Jan. 13 start of the state legislative session, Lakewood’s legislators spent the summer and fall listening to constituents about which issues they consider most important this year. Top issues, the said, include education, transportation and the budget. “I hear a lot about education in my district, specifically in regards to testing and education standards,” said Cheri Jahn, Senator in District 20. “We did address some of this last year, but I am sure education and testing will be a topic again this session. Citizens in my district are always interested in our budget and the processes we go through, especially like the year we are about to enter when there will need to be large cuts.”
As a teacher, Sen. Andy Kerr in District 22 hears a lot about the shortfalls and problems in the state’s education system, and this year will be no different. “Education and education funding are huge for people,” he said. “Some of the happenings in Jeffco schools last fall really brought these issues to the forefront. Everyone in the community said schools are an important part of quality of life and affect everything, including property values.” In his last legislative session, Rep. Max Tyler (D-District 23) wants to accomplish some important goals the year. “Budget issues are big, and at our town hall a lot of people are grumpy about TABOR, because the economy is doing well,” he said. “But we still don’t have enough funding for schools. We have a really good group that comes to our monthly town halls, and that’s where I get a lot of my ideas.” Although Colorado hears mostly positive news on the economic front,
LAWMAKERS GO IN DEPTH To read more about what area and local legislators expect as they head into the 2016 session, turn to PAGE 5.
families and businesses are still struggling. Brittany Pettersen, House representative from District 28, wants to see more work done for these families. “Too many people feel left behind by our recovery and continue to struggle with the increased costs of living,” she said. “I hear often about the burdens and high costs small businesses face, the inability to save for retirement and the rising costs of a post-secondary education.” The four legislators shared hopes and goals for the session. Some have been edited for space. Check out the full versions on www.lakewoodsentinel.com.
City will not move forward on Federal Center Station Neighborhood By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com Negotiations between the City of Lakewood and the federal government over the 59 acres of federally owned land for a proposed Federal Center Station Neighborhood have ended. City manager Kathy Hodgson made the announcement on Jan. 6. According to Hodgson’s memorandum, “By letter dated November 17, 2015, the federal government imposed a requirement that City Council take final action on the proposed agreement no later than January 22 or the federal government would end negotiations with Lakewood. The letter also notified the city that the federal government had initiated a reappraisal of the property that could change the terms of the proposed agreement.” Lakewood had been considering entering into an agreement with the government to receive the 59 acres in exchange for building a new laboratory for the Federal Center. “I think the process staff put together was a good solution to the problem,” said Ward 2 councilman Scott Koop. “I’m kind of disappointed the project may have died, but we Land continues on Page 17
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NEWS IN A HURRY RRCC hosts Selections from the Museo de las Americas exhibit Red Rocks Community College is hosting the Selections from the Museo de las Americas exhibit in the Susan K Arndt Gallery at the college’s Lakewood campus, 13300 W. 6th Ave. The exhibit runs through Feb. 18, and hours are 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. All pieces featured in this exhibit are from Museo’s private collection. Those pieces selected are a small sample of over 3,500 objects that constitute the entire collection at Museo de las Americas, currently celebrating 25 years of excellence in Latino art, culture, and education.
Glen Keller, director of the Westernaires, will be spending a lot of time at the stock show this year with the Jefferson County youth part of the Westernaires. To learn about the Westernaires, visit www.westernaires.org. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo takes place Jan. 9-24 at the National Western Complex in Denver. To learn more or to purchase tickets, visit www.nationalwestern.com. Photo courtesy of Timemark LLC
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GLEN KELLER Director of the Westernaires, Colorado native It’s all about the kids Before I retired, the Westernaires was my 40-hour-a-week job, and the practice of law was my 60-hour-a-week job. I was a practicing lawyer and a federal bankruptcy judge. I retired a few years ago, and since then, have devoted myself full-time to the Westernaires. The Westernaires is a remarkable experience for people. I’ve been director of the Westernaires since 1983. It’s an opportunity to help kids learn leadership, self-respect and personal
responsibility by using horsemanship and family participation. For me, it’s about the kids. For the kids, it’s about the horses. There’s something magic that bonds horses and kids. It’s that bond that helps us help the kids to grow into responsible adults. When I started as director, only about 10 or 15 percent went on to college after high school. Today, it’s about 90 percent. That’s part of what we try to accomplish. You can join Westernaires as young as 9, and you leave within a few months of high school graduation. You don’t have to own a horse to belong to the Westernaires. Most don’t have horses. We have horses they can use for practice and performances. We try to make it possible for everybody to join. We have about 1,000 active members every year. I’ve probably been able to touch the lives of about 7,000 Jeffco kids through the years. National Western Stock Show and Rodeo I’ve been on the board of trustees for the stock show since 1985. The stock show is a nonprofit that supports agriculture and livestock, and assists kids to study those industries. It provides
thousands of dollars in scholarships each year to young people who have performed or exhibited at the stock show. The Jefferson County 4-H and Westernaires have the opportunity to compete for scholarship aid, and that’s really important. About 100 Westernaires will be involved with the stock show somehow. During the two weeks, we’ll be performing at the 26 rodeos, two Wild West shows and two evenings with dancing horses. A good life in Jefferson County I’m 77. I’ve lived in Colorado all my life, and moved to Jefferson County in 1964 when I started practicing law. My wife, Liz, and I have been married for 55 years. She grew up in Iowa. We met in college at CU Boulder. I’ve got four horses, two burros and a dog that lives at my house. Jeffco has the opportunity in some areas to be rural. And I like the open space preservation that the county does. All those things make the quality of life very good in Jefferson County. If you have a suggestion for My Name Is..., please contact Glenn Wallace at gwallace@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.
Allen named as executive director of Cat Care Society The Cat Care Society (CCS) board of directors selected shelter manager Heather Allen as executive director of the Society, effective Jan. 5. Allen will be in charge of the entire organization, including the shelter, adoption center and clinic, as well as financial and administrative operations, fundraising, marketing and communications, and the CCS volunteer program. Allen joined CCS as Shelter Manager in June 2015, and oversaw an expansion of the rescue capabilities of the shelter’s receiving and isolation rooms after successfully launching a crowdfunding campaign. In addition she has revamped and expanded the Society’s Kitten Foster program to help save more cats through the CCS volunteer network. For more information, visit www. catcaresociety.org. ‘The Animated Orchestra’ comes to Lakewood The Lakewood Symphony Orchestra resumes their 2015-2016 programming on 11 a.m., Feb. 6, performing Briefs continues on Page 17
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Lakewood to temporarily shelter immigrant children Federal Center will house 1,000 unaccompanied minors as early as April
Florida, New Mexico and Texas also will provide shelters for immigrant children with a range of 300 to 800 beds. The news release states the children’s impact on By Clarke Reader the community is minimal — they do not attend local creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com schools, remain under staff supervision at all times, and spend about 32 days at the shelter. Local leaders say they received little notification beSen. Andy Kerr (D-Lakewood) and Rep. Max Tyler fore the federal announcement that the Federal Center (D-Lakewood) both spoke about the importance of in Lakewood will temporarily providing for the safety of these shelter about 1,000 immigrant children and said they were sure children who have fled Central the community would act acAmerica because of the daily cordingly. dangers in their home countries. “The people I’ve heard from “We had a conference call, have been very supportive, which and many of the answers we is always good to hear,” Tyler The federal Office of Refugee Resettlereceived were unsatisfactory or said. “These children aren’t leavment within the Administration on Children evasive,” Ward 1 councilman ing their homes because they’re and Families in Human Health Services is Charley Able said about talking having such a good time. It’s a responsible for providing care to children with the Department of Health move of desperation to escape referred by immigration authorities. and Human Services. “Having the conditions there.” The majority of the youth are cared for all the facts out there is a very Many of these children have through a network of state-licensed care important part of how the comtraveled on foot through three providers funded by the Office of Refugee munity reacts.” countries on their way to the Resettlement. Services include: The Lakewood City Council U.S. to escape human trafficking, was scheduled to discuss the violence and abuse. • Classroom education federal proposal at a Jan. 11 According to Weber’s infor• Mental and medical health services meeting that occurred after the mation, children ages 17 and paper’s press deadline. Look for younger apprehended at U.S. • Case management an updated story at coloradoborders by the U.S. Department • Socialization and recreation communtymedia.com. of Homeland Security without • Family reunification services that Children from Guatemala, parents or other legal guardians facilitate safe and timely release to family Honduras and El Salvador could are transferred to the care and members or other sponsors start arriving at the facility at custody of Health and Human West 6th Avenue and Kipling Services until they are released to • Making and implementing placement Street, which will be run by the an appropriate sponsor, usually a decisions for unaccompanied children Department of Health and Hurelative, while their immigration • Ensuring interests of the child are conman Services, as early as April. cases are adjudicated. sidered in decisions related to the care and According to spokesman The children receive an initial custody of unaccompanied children Mark Weber in a news release, screening for health issues when the department is expanding its they first arrive at Border Patrol • Conducting and overseeing myriad temporary shelter capacity for facilities and are screened and follow-up services to ensure compliance at unaccompanied children as a vaccinated within 48 hours of facilities and care for the children “prudent step to ensure that the arriving at a Health and Hu• Releasing unaccompanied children to Border Patrol can continue its man Services facility. The initial qualified sponsors and family members vital national security mission screening includes a general who are deemed capable of providing for to prevent illegal migration, trafhealth assessment, including for the child’s physical and mental well-being ficking, and protect the borders mental health, and a review of of the United States.” vaccination history.
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If a vaccination record is not found or is not up to date, the child receives all Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-recommended vaccinations. All children are tested for tuberculosis and girls over age 10 receive a pregnancy test. “They are kids that need to be taken care of,” Kerr said. “I’ve heard from folks who want to help them out and keep any negative impacts to a minimum.” Although grateful for community support, Health and Human Services is meeting all needs and cannot accept donations or volunteers, according to Weber’s release. Instead, the department recommends giving to local organizations.
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Indications Are That 2016 Will Be the Year Home Automation Goes Mainstream You’ll be hearing the term “the Internet of merous devices such as doorbells that are conThings” a lot going forward. I’m sure it was a nected wirelessly to your home Internet connecbig topic at the recent Consumer Electronics tion, so you can see and speak with someone Show in Las Vegas. The acronym is REAL ESTATE at your front door, not just from IoT. It refers to how more and more inside your house but anywhere on TODAY appliances and other devices are your smartphone. You can be at being connected to the Internet so your office downtown or in a coffee that, for example, they can be manshop in Paris when someone aged by an app on your smartphone. presses your doorbell, and they We are living in an increasingly might well think that you’re inside. connected world. Even our automoWith an Internet-connected electric biles are being built with their own deadbolt, you might even “buzz internet connections. Just this week them in” with your smartphone. my Tesla received an updated operYou can buy an Internetating system over its own Internet connected keypad to mount on connection, adding new features, not By JIM SMITH, your front door which you can prounlike downloading an iOS update for gram from your smartphone to Realtor® my iPhone. operate that electric deadbolt. You Perhaps you recall your first experience could, for example, program a 4-digit code that with GPS navigation in a car. Like me, you opens it anytime, and you could program anothwere probably amazed that a screen on your er 4-digit code for your cleaning person which dashboard (or on a Garmin device) knew exact- will only be valid at a particular date and time. ly where you were on the planet and could You can create unlimited codes for different guide you to your destination turn-by-turn. Next people and purposes and have an online record came traffic information generated by data gath- of which code was used on what day and at ered from GPS-enabled cell phones. That’s what hour. how Google Traffic works — if enough cell Are you concerned about freezing or floodphones are detected moving along any given ing (or both) in your home, such as from a failed street, you’ll see on your navigation screen the water heater? A sensor communicating wiregreen, amber or red lines indicating whether lessly with your Internet router could send an traffic is moving at, below or way below the alarm to your cell phone. speed limit on that street or highway. At Golden Real Estate, we have an unheatWe’ll see more of this automation in our ed closet behind our building containing a car cars, but we’ll also start seeing it in our homes. wash system. To keep the pipes from freezing, New homes are being built with intelligent ther- we have a heat lamp which we leave on in the mostats which learn when to raise or lower the winter. But what if the bulb burns out? We temperature. Homes are also coming with nuinstalled a thermometer which is connected
wirelessly to our Internet router, and if the temperature drops below a specified temperature, I get an alarm on my iPhone. Security and temperature control are the most common areas in which we’re seeing increased home automation and Internet connection, but the possibilities are endless. Electrical outlets, switches and hard-wired devices in your home can be connected wirelessly to your Internet router so that you can control and program them from your smartphone. At Golden Real Estate, we have a moving truck which we lend to clients and non-profits. We have an Internet-connected camera in our parking lot that allows us to see remotely whether it has been returned, in case we have another client waiting to use it. Thanks to smartphone app programming,
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Last week we announced Golden Real Estate’s app making our preferred service providers available to everyone. Readers without a smartphone have asked if we can provide that information on our website, and the answer is yes. Go to www.GoldenRealEstate.com and click on the “Resources” tab to find the same list. In the five days after last week’s announcement, over 200 of you downloaded the app, and several of you emailed suggestions of additional service providers to feature. Thanks! You can still download our app at www.clientlinkt.com/install/243
the possibilities are limited only by your imagination — and there are lots of imaginative people out there! Based on what I’m seeing and reading, I expect 2016 to be the year in which this kind of home automation goes mainstream. As of today, our MLS does not have a field for noting home automation features in a listing, but, just like they added fields to the MLS a few years ago to list solar and other “green” features, I bet that within a year or two our MLS will be adding a field for indicating home automation features. By having a field instead of just mentioning it in the property description, it becomes searchable. What functions of your home would you like to be able to control and program by phone? I suggest you Google it, because someone may have already created what you’re looking for!
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Denver Christian Schools unveiled its two new gyms on Jan. 8. Together the gyms take up 20,000-squarefeet, and is open for community use. Photo by Clarke Reader
DCS opens gymnasiums By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Denver Christian Schools has been open at its Lakewood location for more than a year, but during that first school year there was one major thing missing — no gym for the students to use for sports, exercise, and play. The school finally opened two new gyms in the fall of 2015, and on Jan. 8 unveiled them to the Lakewood community at large. “All the facilities we have here at our school are available for the Lakewood community,” said Todd Lanting, CEO of DCS. “It’s a joy for us to share these facilities with Lakewood.” On Jan. 8, there were games, alumni events and a dedication ceremony, but on the day before, all was quiet in the gyms, save a few staff members getting things ready for the big unveiling.
Lanting calls everyone by their first name as he walks through the immaculately cleaned hardwood. Together, the two gyms take up about 20,000 square feet — the main gym can comfortable seat around a thousand people, while the auxiliary gym seats closer to 300. Between the two of them, they can hold four volleyball games at the same time, Lanting said. The school is currently using the gym for volleyball and basketball, as well as to fill the physical education requirement of the school’s curriculum. But the potential is endless. “It’s going to serve as a temporary auditorium until our actual one is finished in the fall of 2017,” Lanting said. “We’re also looking at possible summer sports programs for the community to host here.” As Lanting said, when it comes to the top of the line facilities at the school, sharing is caring.
Volunteer opportunity with Heading Home Severe Weather Family Shelter There is an immediate need for volunteers at the Heading Home Severe Weather Family Shelter, run by Mean Street Ministry, to ensure the shelter’s stability. The shelter serves families only on nights that are designated as severe weather. To be qualified as severe weather, the temperature must be less than 20 degrees Fahrenheit or 32 degrees Fahrenheit with snow. Severe weather nights are typically declared one-to-three days ahead of time. Volunteer opportunities include overnight attendants, needed 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays; setup assistants, needed from 6-9:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; take-down assistants, needed 6-8 a.m. every day; and fireside room attendants, needed from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. The shelter is also in need of people who access to commercial-sized laundry facilities to help with laundering towels and blankets. People may also donate to the shelter. Donations needed include prepared meals for breakfast or dinner, towels, paper products, large garbage bags, coffee, sugar, creamer, butter and dish soap. The shelter is located at 1380 Ammons St. in Lakewood. Anybody interested in volunteering or donating should contact Mean Street Ministry directly at 303-2322500. Jefferson County Public Library seeking new employees The Jefferson County Public Library is looking to hire 26 new full-time equivalent employees to support the library’s initiative to expand service hours, which is expected to happen April 4. Nineteen of the new positions will support expanded hours at all ten libraries, and seven remaining positions will be in support areas, including administrative services, employee relations and development, facilities, finance and information technology. People interested in applying for any of the positions must apply by Jan. 18. To learn more about the specific positions, or to apply online, visit www.jeffco.us/jobs. Public invited to Denver Regional Council of Governments meeting The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) Board of Directors will have a public hearing on regional transportation plan amendments at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at its headquarters at 1290 Broadway in downtown Denver. Topics of the meeting are the proposed amendments to the 2040 Fiscally Constrained Regional Transportation Plan, the DRCOG Carbon Monoxide and Particulate Hurry continues on Page 14
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Lawmakers tackle tough questions ahead of session What are you most looking forward to about the session resuming?
have legislation that will come forward that actually
REP. MAX TYLER, SEN. CHERI JAHN, makes the process fair when a business requests a D-WHEAT RIDGE, LAKEWOOD hearing on the issue. D-LAKEWOOD What does your first round of bills look like? I will carry two bills that I actually introduced last year. One of them has to do with reclassifying RVs in respect to storage and what property tax is assessed. Currently, if an individual rents a storage space to store an RV, for instance, they are assessed at a commercial rate. This is a 29 percent rate, which is ridiculous. I ran legislation last year that would have made these uses assessed at a residential rate, considerably less. We had tremendous support and no opposition from Jahn those that deal with the issue as we had worked out all of the details with everyone at the table. The bill passed the Senate with, I think, only one no vote. Once it got to the House, the Speaker decided she did not support the bill and it was killed in committee. We did have great support in the House as well.
Tyler What does your first round of bills look like? Affordable housing is a big area of focus, and I want to look at low-income vouchers and ways to fund downpayment and closing cost grants and assistance. I think there’s a different feeling this year, and we might be able to separate lowincome housing issues from campaign finance issues.
What issues are you most interested in tackling this session? I don’t always have a predetermined agenda going in to a session but do have some general issues I have a tendency to watch for. I am a small-business owner so watch carefully that legislation coming forward will support and enhance small businesses and not hinder their ability to thrive. Sometimes policies that might sound good on the surface actually would do harm. As I always say with every piece of legislation, “the devil is always in the details” so I read each measure carefully and work with a lot of stakeholders as legislation comes through the process.
The other one from last year has to do with how a business goes through the tax assessment process when appealing the amount assessed. It is a very unfair process right now and, quite frankly, a process that our small businesses just can’t afford. I have worked with all of the stakeholders over the interim and we now
What issues are you most interested in tackling this session? It’s my last session, and since climate change is the largest issue ahead of us, I’d like to see some things done in that area. Climate change is real, we’re causing it and we can do something about it. We need a clean power plan, and I would like to see a 50 percent carbon reduction by 2030.
Every Coloradan should be able to save for their retirement, yet 45 percent of private-sector workers do not have access to a savings plan at work. I am sponsoring legislation to create the Colorado Secure Savings Plan, a public-private partnership allowing employees not currently offered access to a workplace retirement plan to save for their future. This program will help young people, small business employees,and those working on contract or with multiple jobs invest for a more secure future.
As I take on the role of chair of the Education Committee this session, I will work to prioritize funding for our schools, the affordability of higher education and work to ensure that every child has access to a quality K-12 education. I am sponsoring the Middle Class College Savings Act so that families Pettersen can save early and students can take on less debt. The opportunity to send kids to college should be available to every family in Colorado, not just the wealthy. The 529 college savings accounts help families save for higher educational opportunities. Right now, these accounts disproportionately benefit the wealthy, rather than the middle class. This bill will reprioritize the benefits of 529 college savings accounts to help middle-class families
I’d like to get a couple good things done in my last session. This has been the most awesome job of my entire life, and it’s been a real honor and privilege to work for my constituents.
SEN. ANDY KERR, D-LAKEWOOD
What are your hopes for the session as a whole? I think it’s going to be a lot more reasonable than people are saying it will be. It is an election year, so we may see some bumper sticker bills, but I think we’ll still get some good done. We may have the chance and opportunity to deal with TABOR, which would be good.
What does your first round of bills look like? I’m going to be doing full-day kindergarten funding again. I tried it last year, but I think we’re getting more of a discussion on the dichotomy facing Colorado — we Kerr have such a great economy right now, but we’re still cutting funding for education. I think this is a great middle road that lets the voters decide.
What are your hopes for the session as a whole? Since this is an election year I will go back, once again, hoping we can just focus on the policies and not the “gotcha’s” from either side. I know it is a political process but will always hope we can all look at solid policy and what is best for the people in our respective districts. This will be my 13th year and every election year I see what can happen to make one side or the other look bad. But I have always maintained that this kind of behavior really is not to the benefit of our citizens.
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What does your first round of bills look like?
What are you most looking forward to about the session resuming?
Each session is very educational, which is a part of the process that I have most enjoyed. I did not go into the legislature with predetermined expectations and I still don’t. I take every issue one at a time and always listen to both sides of the proposed policy.
That being said, I am anxious to get back so we can really dig down and look at the budget. We are going to be in a shortfall and having to cut somewhere around $325 million — this isn’t a fun challenge but an important one to really focus on.
REP. BRITTANY PETTERSEN, D-LAKEWOOD
Transportation is also a big issue, and there’s not a lot of funding for it. We need more revenue for this work, and even very conservative states have been raising taxes for transportation.
I always enjoy going back into the process to see what each district finds as their big issue. Denver is such a small part of the equation, you realize, once you’ve spent a lot of time at the Capitol. The rural areas have some real challenges that our urban areas don’t see and those rural areas make up a really large portion of our state. While we in the metro area have seen a real economic upturn over the last two to three years, the rural areas have not realized that same uptick. I am from Sterling originally so have a very special interest in what happens in the areas around us.
I also want to look at a measure that will address how a county designates dollars to our cities for transportation needs. I believe the process is a little bit skewed against the cities right now and want to make it a more fair process with the cities actually at the table when the allocation of transportation dollars are being done. It has to do with how the mill levy is handled.
I am always interested in solutions that work for real people, not big businesses. I will introduce legislation this session that would close offshore tax havens that some corporations doing business in Colorado use to avoid paying taxes and use the funds to improve our schools. Small businesses in Colorado don’t shelter their profits with tax-dodging shell companies overseas, and neither should big corporations. The money recovered from this bill, estimated at $150 million annually, would go directly to our classrooms.
a package to support family economic security, including ensuring that women earn the same pay for the same work. Colorado has one of the highest genderwage gaps in the nation, and that is unacceptable. Equal wages for the women of Colorado means more money in the pockets of working families. What are you most looking forward to about the session resuming? I am excited to get back to my work for my constituents and address the issues I continue to hear about in my district. As chair of the Education Committee, I am excited to create improvements that work for all students and help secure the resources that our classrooms need. What are your hopes for the session as a whole?
I am also working with a group of legislators to address
I hope that we are able to work together to solve our budgetary problems. Our economy continues thrive, our population and needs continue to grow, and yet we might be forced to have significant cuts to our schools and transportation system. This is not the time for politics, but for working together to solve some of the greatest budgetary challenges facing Colorado’s future.
Another bill I tried last year holds online schools to the same high standards as our brick and mortars.
What are you most looking forward to about the session resuming?
I also want to make sure we’re supporting Jeffco’s BEST program, which is reaching its funding cap. The program supports school building projects.
It’s always great thing that people all over the state are able to have their voices heard. It doesn’t matter where they live — whether it’s Pueblo, Lakewood or Aspen — they get their voices out there. I’ve knocked on thousands of doors, and now is the chance to put those conversations into action.
What issues are you most interested in tackling this session? Education is certainly a top priority, but another thing I’m hearing a lot is improving transportation. We need to make it easier for people to move around our community, for everyone from residents to trucks delivering goods to stores. Not everyone is going to ride their bike as much as I do, but people who have the desire and ability should be able to make that choice.
What are your hopes for the session as a whole? That we’re able to put partisan bickering to the side and get the work done. I want to make the state better and improve things for everyone in Colorado.
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Board revisits growth issue School board decision affects Northwest Arvada corridor experiencing population boom Crystal Anderson canderson@coloradocommunitymedia.com At tonight’s meeting, the first of 2016, the Jefferson County Board of Education will take another look at a 1 1/2-year-old $40 million proposal to build a new school and renovate another in Northwest Arvada. “We are revisiting using COPs (Certificates of Participation) because we think this is the best solution to the challenges we are facing with Northwest Arvada,” Jeffco Superintendent Dan McMinimee said. “We’re looking to the future in terms of funding from the state of Colorado. We think this is the best use of the dollars we have.” Certificates of Participation is a form of lease agreement in which the district buys shares of the property and repays the owner with an annual amount of $3 million to $3.5 million over 20 to 25 years. This would allow the district to build a K-8 school in the Candelas development and complete classroom additions and renovations at Sierra Elementary School in Arvada. The cost of the two projects was estimated at $40 million. District facilities staff first suggested the proposal to use COPs in August 2014, but the former board majority voted against it last spring. The board then allocated a one-time amount of $15 million from unspent money in the district’s general fund, along with another $3 million from the fund, to create a K-6 elementary in Candelas. It did not address any other housing needs. The board will decide tonight whether to explore using Certificates of Participation to pay for the projects. Board president Ron Mitchell said he supports the use of COPs. “Is that a good use of general fund dollars? Is that a good way to run such a large business?” he said about the former board’s decision. “I don’t believe the critical housing issues in these areas were appropriately addressed … Yes, this proposal does address both of the concerns I have, but at this point I have not made a decision.” The area, known as the Northwest Corridor, is experiencing an economic and population boom within the Candelas, Five Parks, West Woods and Leyden Rock
housing developments. Student enrollment is rising exponentially in a number of area schools: West Woods and Meiklejohn Elementary schools, and Ralston Valley and Standley Lake high schools are nearing or surpassing their capacity. The result is overcrowded classrooms and more strain on teachers, who with larger classes have less time for one-on-one instruction. “Overcrowding in the Northwest areas of the district is preventing all students and teachers from the learning opportunities they could otherwise access, and this cannot change without new construction,” Jeffco PTA president Angela Grier said. “Jeffco needs to invest in the future of our community by building the right school for the community in the long term. With this in mind, it is important that the decision to use COPs or the $15 million allocated be based on community input and the input of the Jeffco facilities personnel — not political rhetoric.” Projections show the area may need an additional 8,000 seats over the next seven years. Along with Northwest Arvada, Lakewood is also expecting more students — the Solterra development, specifically, plans to add 3,000 housing units in coming years. “In a time of great uncertainty for school funding in Colorado, it seems to me the most responsible thing to do is to return that money to the general fund and consider using COPs to fund the larger capacity school at Candelas and Phase II at Sierra,” said Darcie Bolton-Weiser, a parent at Meiklejohn Elementary School. “And the board is in a unique position to be able to address this specific issue this way.” Along with the use of COPs for these two projects, the facilities team has encouraged the board to think about a bond issue, which would be put to voters in coming years, to fund the creation of schools at Leyden Rock, Table Mesa and Solterra and also add a third wing at Ralston Valley High School. Should the board approve the use of COPs, the facilities team will explore the final costs for the two specific projects, the expansion of the Candelas K-6 to a K-8 and the finishing of capital improvements at Sierra Elementary. Both construction projects are expected to be completed by 2018. “Ultimately, using COPs is not an end-all, be-all solution to growth needs in the north and throughout the district,” Bolton-Weiser said. “But I do think it’s a more responsible start.”
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Wishing for wisdom about when to call a red alert Ready? Gonna roll out some of my “nerd” credibility now. There was an episode of the original “Star Trek” series in which Captain Kirk was on trial for the negligent death of one of his crew members. At issue was whether or not the Captain had given the signal to go to “red alert” at the proper time. You know, I think going to “red alert” is one of the hardest decisions everybody faces, whether or not it’s a life or death decision for a crew member. Once upon a time, I had quite a temper. I said things and did things, in the heat of the moment, that, frankly, ended up being pretty stupid. Luckily, all that ended up happening was some embarrassment for me. But, us football fans all saw what can happen when people lose their composure (*cough cough* Cincinnati). So, I learned to control my temper, to take a deep breath before reacting to things, and be very reluctant to go to “red alert.” In time, I learned there was a good spiritual reasoning to support that position. Proverbs says that “a hot-tempered man must pay the penalty,” and “a man’s wisdom gives him patience, it is to his glory to overlook an offense.” And further, “be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger.” Then I try to convince myself that I’m bigger
than the little irritations of life, to move on. Turns out, I’m not. Thing is, I’ve also learned, now, that it’s possible to take that attitude too far. See, the “red alert” button in your brain is there to warn you of danger or risk — we were Michael Alcorn hard-wired with that sense. Unfortunately, in HITTING my addled state, controlHOME ling my temper meant, to some degree, disabling my red alert system. My wife — whose instincts on things like this are light-years ahead of mine — worries that I would be too slow to recognize real danger, and not take the necessary steps to protect myself and my family. And, I confess, that thought has occurred to me. As much as I think some people go red too quickly, and make minor situations into major problems, going red too slowly can allow manageable situations to metastasize into legitimate issues. I’ve even had a situation recently, in which going “red” would have been both justified and, perhaps, even smart for me, and I didn’t. Time
will tell if that was right or not. Knowing the difference and making the right choice is the kind of skill that saves lives — studies have pointed to the ability to overcome “normalcy bias” (the tendency to make odd events fit into preconceived boxes of “normal”) as crucial to surviving disasters, natural or otherwise. So, while I don’t want to eliminate that self-control, I suppose letting the leash out a little would be a good idea. Of course, there is a happy medium somewhere between Robert DeNiro and the Dalai Lama. There was another episode of “Star Trek,” this time, “The Next Generation,” in which one of the characters was on an alien ship on an officer exchange program. And, after tricking the alien captain and saving the day, the character stands still and lets the captain hit him, so the captain could recover some of his honor in front of his crew. It was wise and patient to allow that captain his one punch. But, I imagine, there would not have been a second punch thrown with impunity. To me, that’s a reasonable middle ground: I won’t ever overreact to the first “punch;” just don’t expect to get a second one. Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com
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What do you think of the current group of presidential candidates?
“All the president candidates usually suck. And we’re not educated on the people individually, but rather we hear something, believe it, post it on social media and act as if we are educated people. We’re posting stuff without doing the research on our own. I wish the election was more for the people than the state.” — Michael Pata, Miami, Florida
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“It’s a pretty broad group. I don’t really care about the top four — they’re politicians so is there really a good group? It’s just another popularity contest and I personally would rather people ask about the House of Representatives and the Senate. That’s where the decisions get made. The president doesn’t really have much power now.” — Kasey Snow, Golden
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For 2016, the ‘beacon’ word is a verb, not a noun Perhaps you are one of the people who already knows which presidential and Congressional candidates align with your views, and you are prepared to support them all the way through the election in November. Or perhaps you are among those who are still searching — some of us desperately — for a glimmer of policies and values and vision that we believe will truly represent us. To put it another way, I’m looking for a sense of hope. A reason to believe that Congress (currently at historic low approval ratings hovering at 14 percent) will do more than pay lip service to bipartisan collaboration. That the new administration will restore respect for our country, both internationally and at home. That transparency and accountability will become the lodestones of government at all levels. I alternate between this fervent hope and weary disillusionment. And, when I feel disillusioned, I also feel helpless — that my voice will never be heard, that there is
nothing I can do to prevent a certain perfect storm of ego, arrogance and narrow extremist policies that is bearing down on America from both sides of the aisle. So, what is there to do? For some time Andrea Doray now, I’ve forgone ALCHEMY New Year’s resolutions. Instead, I find a word — or it finds me — that becomes a beacon, a focus for the coming year. In recent years, the words “light,” “persistence” and “song” — all nouns — have provided this guidance. This year, a number of such types of nouns have already presented themselves
to me: “faith,” as in faith in oneself and a belief in the ability to make positive changes. Or “present,” not so much as a gift but more as a current moment in time. Each had a brief strong appeal. But 2016 is instead pulling me toward action, toward doing something. And that’s when I recognized that my word for the year must be a verb. This week, as I looked ahead to 2016, the specter of a long, negative and contentious election season stretched before me. A refugee crisis that will only worsen as violence flares around the world. A pervasive pall of suspicion and mistrust and fear. Even as I write these words, my heart is pounding. And that’s how my word for 2016 became “breathe.” I’ve taken a few meditation classes, and although I find it hard to still my brain and watch my thoughts drift by like clouds, I have learned to just breathe. As I do so, concentrating on the inhaled pull and the
exhaled release, sometimes counting for each breath, my pulse slows and my mind clears. For 2016, I will have to just breathe. Whether it’s continuing my personal search for meaningful work, navigating the absurd maze of politics gone haywire, or reaching for my pen as a voice for action — for social justice, for human rights, for free speech and a free press — it has to begin with the breath. If you find yourself floundering as I have, if you are overwhelmed at times with responsibilities as I am, if you sometimes feel that there is nothing you can do, I urge you to consider my word for 2016, and just breathe. Andrea Doray is a writer who also finds that nuzzling with family will also lower her blood pressure. Contact her at a.doray@ andreadoray.com.
Making a change can suit you to a ‘T’ This is the most popular time of the year when people will attempt to make a change in their lives. Some will set out determined to make a significant change or turnaround in their lives, maybe even kick a habit they have been battling with for many years. Others will still have change on their minds, however, they may be looking to make more subtle changes and adjustments as opposed to radical transformations. And maybe some people are happy just where they are at this time of life. If you are one of the folks setting out to make a change in your life as we enter the New Year, think about the three T’s of change: Time, Tenacity and Teamwork. The understanding of time in its relation to change is often overlooked. There seems to be an expectation that just because there is a desire for change or transformation, the change will happen quickly. If the habit we wish to break or the pattern we wish to disrupt took many years to develop, the chances are that it will take a significant
amount of time to get back to where we want to be. Now, do not let that reality scare you from making the changes that you want to see for yourself. Just develop an appreciation of the time and patience it will take to realize success. Michael Norton Change comes easy for some, WINNING and for others it is WORDS quite difficult. Not only do we need to exercise patience and how much time it could take to reach our change goals, it also requires tenacity. Setting a plan and doing whatever it takes each and every day to stick to the plan. Becoming tenacious in our efforts, in our sacrifices, and in our resolve to achieve the
successful change we want to see in our own lives. Time. Tenacity. Lastly, the third T has to do with teamwork. Why go it alone? There are coaches, friends, trainers, family members, peer groups and so many other available resources that can help us achieve the change we want to see in our lives, and they can possibly even help expedite the process. Align yourself with a good accountability partner, find others who are trying to achieve the same thing that you are striving to achieve. Meet daily, whether in person or via text or email. Create some communication vehicle that works with everyone’s schedule and then share what’s working and what’s not. Share lessons learned and best practices. Teamwork goes
a long way and is so important as we attempt to make a successful change in our life. Time. Tenacity. Teamwork. How about you? Are you looking to make a change this year? Is it a big change or just maybe a small adjustment? Either way, I would love to hear all about how you are doing it at gotonorton@gmail.com. And as we understand the time it takes to make a change, attack our plan with tenacity, and surround ourselves with the right team members who can drive and support us, it really will be a better than good week. Michael Norton is a Colorado resident, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.
How do I keep loving someone who doesn’t love me? Dear Neil: My husband doesn’t say that being at home with me and our children is what stands in the way of his happiness, but it’s obvious that he feels that we are interfering with his ability of having a much more successful musical career. It’s clear he doesn’t feel the same about me anymore, because saying anything nice to me appears to actually hurt him. I no longer hear positive things from him at all. Only criticism. How long should I go on fighting alone for this marriage? How do I learn to ignore his criticism and teach our kids to not follow in this path? How do I learn to keep loving someone who does not love me? Trying to Hang in There Dear Hanging: I suspect you already know that loving someone who does not love you is an extremely empty experience that saps your spirit and ruins your self-esteem, and it becomes increasingly harder to do the longer you feel that you’re receiving little to nothing back. I would recommend you have a heartto-heart conversation with your husband. Tell him you can feel that his emotions toward you are not warm and loving, and ask him what he would need or want from you in order to warm up and put a lot more effort into the marriage. You can openly address your suspicion about him being resentful because you and the kids may be holding him back from being more successful in his career. If he confirms your suspicions, the next step is for the two of you to talk about how he would like to fix this dilemma. Again, what would he want or need from you in order for his coldness, criticism and hostility to dramatically lessen? Then you could decide whether or not you can live with what he requests. Every adult makes sacrifices when
they marry and have children. If he is no longer willing to make those sacrifices, especially with his time and attention, you have a problem that may not have a solution. But perhaps I’m drawing the wrong conclusion. He may Neil Rosenthal simply be angry at you. He may feel he SOUND is no longer your ADVICE first priority, or he may feel rejected by you. If that is what is driving his criticism, the two of you might be able to talk about what you might do differently in order for him to be more loving and accepting toward you. But sooner or later you need him to be an active co-participant in the marriage, because a relationship requires two. It takes two people to make a relationship work, but only one to destroy it. There’s a difference between a couple fighting for their marriage and you fighting for your marriage alone. Certainly there may be some things you can do alone that would help your marriage, but eventually he has to show up and be a participant. Neil Rosenthal is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Westminster and Boulder. His column is in its 24th year of publication, and is syndicated around the world. You can reach him at 303-758-8777, or email him through his website: www.heartrelationships.com. The second edition of his book “Love, Sex and Staying Warm: Creating A Vital Relationship” recently hit the No. 1 best-seller list on Amazon.
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ulian Lujan died after accidentally falling from a cliff last June soon after graduating from Colorado State University. His older sister, Christina, used social media to spread word of her family’s tragedy. “It was the best method for us to, unfortunately, convey what had happened,” she said. “It was a way for us to tell everyone rather than having to tell people one by one.” More and more, social media is becoming an outlet to not only do just that — communicate what has happened in a simple, immediate way — but also a forum in which to express grief and impart comfort during times of tragedy and sorrow. Social media provides a digital community that allows users to share stories and positive wishes during the grieving process, which can often help those affected carry the burden of loss, said Kim Gorgens, associate professor of clinical psychology at University of Denver. “Grieving rituals have always been about exaggerating a sense of community at that period of time,” she said. “Anything that makes that more accessible and available on a larger scale can be a very good thing.” It’s not surprising that social media has evolved as a grieving platform, considering that 72 percent of American adults use Facebook and 69 percent of those users regularly see news about people and events in their communities on the site, according to Pew Research Center.
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Sharing memories, extending support Julia Kapustka, who met Lujan while attending Colorado State University, described the Highlands Ranch resident as one of the best people she’d ever met. She found out about his death, which occurred at a Larimer County reservoir, from a status on Facebook. After Kapustka let the sudden loss of her friend sink in, she, too, posted a status. “Still in shock over the loss of such a wonderful person,” she wrote. “William J. Lujan I will remember you forever and am so thankful for every minute that I knew you and got to spend with you, rest in peace.” She immediately received phone calls from friends and classmates who wanted to know what had happened to him. Then, they, too, posted comments. Lujan’s profile was filled with hundreds of messages, photos and videos following his
Christina Lujan, 24, with her brother Julian, who died in a cliff jumping accident in June. “Facebook was a tool to get the message across to everyone,” she said. Courtesy of Christina Lujan
Colin Brough, a Castle View High School graduate, was killed in a shooting at Northern Arizona University last October. Twitter was used to share news updates and personal condolences following the tragedy.
Following the death of Nicole Weber, a Mountain Vista Graduate and student at University of Colorado-Boulder, social media filled with heartfelt messages about the young woman.
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death, Kapustka said. “They were sharing the memories they shared with him,” she said. “And those posts are permanent — something people can always see.” A similar instance of grieving and remembering occurred on Facebook in the recent death of addictions counselor John
Alan Rutter, 55, who died in a Jan. 2 fire that left an Arvada commercial building in ruins. Even before the worst was confirmed — that Rutter had not made it out of the building in time — friends, clients and coworkers posted remembrances of the man on Facebook. The same spreading of comfort and memories happened in the
deaths of Nicole Weber, a Highlands Rancharea graduate attending the University of Colorado-Boulder, who died in a December traffic accident, and Colin Brough, a Castle Rock resident shot and killed at Northern Arizona University in October. Oftentimes, the social media page of Grieving continues on Page 13
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Arvada Center hosts Winter Carnival Animals great and small serve as doorway to classical music
By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com As with many skills, appreciating classical music is best started at a young age. But it’s never too late to learn to love the art, and the Colorado Chamber Orchestra, the Arvada Center’s orchestrain-residence, has a concert for all ages and classical experience. The center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., is hosting Winter Carnival — Revisiting Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24. “The idea was to create a program that can be family friendly,” said Thomas A. Blomster, CCO music director. “There are some classical music standards that many were exposed to as kids that have fallen by the wayside.” In addition to Saint-Saens’ musical composition “Carnival of the Animals,” the program includes the world premiere of a new movement for the Carnival Blomster called “DOG” and the world premiere of composer-in-residence Dr. Anne Guzzo’s new composition, “Carnival of the Microbes.” Piano soloists Silvana Santinelli and Nikki Tsuchiya will perform, and the concert will include actor Jonathan Farwell reading the poems of Ogden Nash, as well as poems that H.L. Hix wrote for “Carnival of Microbes.” Projected watercolors by Yi-Ting Hsu and photos of microbes will add a visual component. “I was looking at ‘Carnival’ and realized they left out dogs,” Blomster
The Arvada Center’s orchestra-in-residence, the Colorado Chamber Orchestra, will perform a Winter Carnival for all ages on Jan. 24. Photo Courtesy Colorado Chamber Orchestra said. “My wife Nikki and I adopted a beautiful long-haired Chihuahua a while ago, and she’s become a huge part of our family, so I wrote my piece inspired by her.” The inspiration for “Carnival of the Microbes” came from Guzzo’s experience with Dr. Naomi Ward and Hix at the Ucross Pollination Project in Wyoming. Instead of using music to detail the characteristics of animals, Guzzo uses it to explore microscopic creatures. “Ward, Hix and myself met with notebooks and worked together to bring these creatures’ stories to life,” she said.
“I had to figure out how to take the features of these microbes and put them into music.” The science of it all is fascinating to Guzzo, but she said the piece should appeal to both those curious about the microbes and music fans. “Classical music is a great art form, but in Colorado we’re seeing music education suffering because of budget cuts,” Blomster said. “This is great music for all ages, that will introduce people to the form. This is a doorway.” For more information, call 720-8987200 or visit www.arvadacenter.org.
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someone who has died turns into a memorial page, according to Psychology Today magazine. Even though that person is gone, a virtual identity exists, which combined with the remembrances and grief felt by others can help those left behind cope with loss, experts in the psychology field say. It has helped Lujan’s sister, Christina, who felt astronomical support from friends, family and her community after her brother’s death. “The amount of messages we received in the aftermath,” she said. “And to see the memories through writing and pictures that we didn’t even know existed.”
Sutterer was hiding with 25 other students in the corner of her AP Lit class when she heard gunshots ring through the school. After the shooting, she was taken to a nearby church before returning home. That evening, Sutterer saw a flood of posts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter about the shooting. Some students were expressing their post-traumatic stress while others were blogging updates.
“Someone posted about a candlelight vigil on Facebook,” she remembered. Fellow students organized the candlelight vigil, which took place a day later and drew hundreds of members from the community. Facebook and Twitter helped spread the word. But the social media onslaught of information and grieving eventually overloaded Sutterer. She stopped checking social me-
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dia sites because the posts kept the incident fresh in her mind, she said. “I couldn’t look at Instagram for a few days because it was just overwhelming,” she said. “I needed to see other things.” Sutterer held off on posting on social media so she could let everything sink in. In the initial shock period following a tragedy, such as a school shooting, it’s difficult to comprehend what’s going on, she said. “I understand that people want to be a part of spreading a message,” she said. “But I like to wait and really think about what happened and how it affected me.” Seeing repeated posts about tragedy can become tiresome for social media users, Gorgens said. It may result in compassion fatigue — an exaggerated stress response or, oppositely, a lack of emotional response. “The magnitude of your grief response is limited by how many times you have to use it,” she said. But that’s not the case for every tragedy. For Christina Lujan, social media allowed friends and family, near and far — even some people she didn’t know — to come together to share their sorrow, offer comfort and support each other. “Ultimately, they were expressing their condolences,” she said. “It was all done out of a caring place.”
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Edge Theater produces Euripides’ ‘Medea’
By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com Few can doubt being a mother is a stressful job, but not many women have as infamously succumbed to the pressures of motherhood like Medea. The titular character of Euripides’ famous Greek drama is one of the most dynamic roles in theatrical history, and Karen Slack will be taking on the role at the Edge Theater’s production of Alistair
Eliot’s translation of the classic. “I was going to college in New York City, and I had the opportunity to see Diana Rigg take on the role,” Slack said. “After that, I knew that I needed to play this character some time in my life.” “Medea” runs at the Edge, 1560 Teller St., Jan. 15 through Feb. 14. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 6 p.m. Sunday. In the play, which was first produced in 431 BC, Medea is the barbarian wife of
the famous Jason (of Jason and the Argonauts), whose position in Greek society is threatened when her husband decides to leave her for the princess of Corinth. Soon she’s on the path to bloody revenge that will etch her name in history. The show features Drew Horwitz as Jason, Rick Yaconis as Creon, Mark Collins and Aegeus. C. Kelly Leo, Jim Valone, Drew Hirschboek and Maggy Stacy, Kelly Uhlenhopp, and Lauren Bahlman round out the cast. “When the play first came out, it wasn’t all that well received,” said director Warren Sherrill. “The play really says a lot about the roles women played in society, and still remains interesting today.” Both Slack and Sherrill said the key to the play is ensuring Medea and her actions are rooted in humanity and empathy. “We have to find some kind of understanding with the audience,” Sherrill said. “We have to try and imagine the pressures she’s under, and she has this terrible plan that gets out of hand, and that’s what becomes her downfall.”
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tablespoons unsalted butter carrots, finely diced leeks, white and light green parts, finely diced celery stalks, finely diced cup all-purpose flour quarts Chicken Broth (see below) cup wild rice teaspoon salt, or to taste cup heavy cream, hot tablespoons dry sherry cup minced chives tablespoons chopped parsley
Heat the butter in a soup pot over medium heat. Add the carrots, leeks and celery. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low, add the flour, and stir well. Cook gently, about 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Add the broth gradually, whisking well with each addition to eliminate flour lumps. Bring to a simmer. Add the wild rice and salt. Continue to simmer until the rice is tender but still somewhat chewy, about 45 minutes. Stir in the heated cream and sherry. Season with salt. Serve in heated bowls, garnished with chives and parsley. Chicken Broth Makes about 2 quarts 4 pounds stewing hen or chicken parts or meaty bones, such as backs and necks 3 quarts cold water 1 large onion, diced 1 carrot, diced (about 1⁄3 cup) 1 celery stalk, diced (about 1⁄2 cup) 5 to 6 whole black peppercorns 3 to 4 parsley stems 1 bay leaf 1 sprig fresh thyme 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
Place the chicken and water in a large pot (the water should cover the chicken by at least 2 inches; add more if necessary). Bring the water slowly to a boil over medium heat. As the water comes to a boil, skim any foam that rises to the surface. Adjust the heat once a boil is reached so that a slow, lazy simmer is established. Cover partially, and simmer 2 hours, skimming as often as necessary. Add the remaining ingredients. Continue to simmer, skimming the surface as necessary, until the broth is fully flavored, about 1 hour. If using hen or chicken parts, remove them and cool slightly. Dice or shred the meat, and reserve to garnish the broth or save for another use. Discard the skin and bones. Strain the broth through a fine sieve or cheeseclothlined colander into a large metal container. Discard the solids. If you are using the broth right away, skim off any fat on the surface. If you are not using the broth right away, cool it quickly by transferring it to a metal container (if it’s not in one already) and placing the container in a sink filled with ice-cold water. Stir the broth as it cools, and then transfer it to storage containers. Store in the refrigerator, up to 5 days, or in the freezer, up to 3 months. Label and date the containers clearly before putting them into the freezer.
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the children’s concert “The Animated Orchestra” at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. The orchestra’s storyline consists of a cartoon score being performed at a symphony concert. The hero of the cartoon is a
ond Tuesday of most months at the Episcopal Church, 10th and Garrison. Call Greg Kann at 303-718-7307 with questions. Rocky Mountain Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder playful and curious ferret who sneaks into an instrument shop late one night. Tickets cost $8 for adults, $6 for children. For more information, visit www. LakewoodSymphony.org. Savela named as Brookfield senior director of land development Brookfield Residential has named Marc Savela as its new senior director of land development. In his new capacity, Savela will oversee
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that aren’t going away, but there is nobody to do them.” Anticipating the need, Red Rocks renovated its HVAC lab and launched the Ready2 Work Academy, which follows a “boot camp” model and was developed with employers from the building maintenance and energy efficiency industries. The program offers 80 hours of hands-on class time, resulting in work-ready certifications — the EPA 608 Universal Card and the
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were being responsive to citizens, and that was the right thing.” City council will have an executive session to see what, if any, next steps there are to keep working with the government on the project.
Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtnteamsurvivor.org. TOPS CO 538, a weight-loss support group, meets Tuesdays at St. Martha’s Episcopal the initial stages and the follow-up of the Brookfield Residential communities in Colorado such as Solterra. He works with local governments, regulatory bodies, engineers and construction partners to ensure tahat Brookfield Residential communities meet all stakeholder standards. RRCC hosts outdoor education career fair Red Rocks Community College is hosting an outdoor education and park ranger technology career fair 10:30 a.m. to 1:30
Church, 76th and Bradburn. Weigh-in is 6-6:45 p.m., followed by the meeting. For information, call 480-650-0537. Wednesdays Adult Roller Skating is offered from 10:30 a.m. to noon every Wednesday at Roller City at 64th and Sheridan, Arvada. Cost is $5 plus $2 to rent skates. Contact Toni at 303-868-8273.
p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 27, at the Bridge on the Lakewood Campus, 13300 W. 6th Ave. Participating businesses include: YMCA Snow Mountain Ranch, Mile Hi Rafting, Breckendridge Outdoor Education Center, U.S. Forest Service, Women’s Wilderness Institute, Winter Park Ski Resort, Denver Parks and Recreation and more. For more information, visit www.rrcc. edu/outdoor-education or www.rrcc.edu/ park-ranger-technology.
OSHA 10 hour General Industry Card. “We’re in a lab, getting our hands dirty, which was so great,” said Boettcher, who graduated from the academy. “The way the program works, we also work with a career counselor to help us with resumes and sending out emails.” Boettcher found work at Simple Home Energy Solutions, thanks in large part to the networking provided by instructors who have decades of experience in the field. “The teachers are brutally honest about the work,” he said. “And you learn so many skills.” Rob Moreno, general manager of operations for Simple Home, said the benefits of this program is that the students participat-
ing are serious about the work. “What we do here at Simple Home is not just about installation, but critical thinking,” he said. “We learn from every home, and from every experience. The people coming from this program are on the right path, and have the right mindset.” The program is still pulling in small class sizes, but Smith is hopeful that once students see the opportunities available, they’ll sign up. Not enough high schools promote this kind of learning experience, she said, and the program aims to address that fact. “Having those 80 hours done opens up so many doors for these students,” Smith said. “It’s an innovative way to expose these students to the industry and work conditions.”
There was a lot of public input in October when the issue first came before the council, and many residents said there wasn’t enough time to get all the needed information to enter into any kind of agreement. During the Oct. 26 meeting, council decided to push any decision until March 28. As the city was not able to make any kind of decision before the Jan. 22 deadline, the government ended negotiations. “The U.S. General Services Administration plans to commence a competitive procure-
ment for the exchange project with an anticipated issuance of a Request of Qualifications in February 2016, pending all required approvals,” wrote Timothy Horne, regional commissioner of the Public Buildings Service, in the termination letter. “It is important for GSA to move forward to address the critical facility needs of our tenants on the DFC.” Lakewood’s role in the project will change, Horne wrote, but he added the government is committed to the long-term redevelopment of the area.
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401K, IRA Do’s and Dont’s Making decisions about retirement plans can be stressful, especially when the success of your retirement depends on healthy growth today. Learn the do’s and dont’s of 401k and IRA plans from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at the FirstBank Building in Belmar, 550 W. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Class, taught by certified financial planner JoAnn Holst, will focus on how to rollover an old 401k without penalties, how to choose the appropriate investment for your 401k/IRA, how to pay the least amount of taxes and fees, how to decide between Roth and traditional IRAs, conversions, contributions, and more. Call 720-287-5880 to RSVP; go to www. joannholstadvisers.com for information. Program is free. Investment Adviser Representative of and investment advisory services offered through Royal Fund Management, LLC, an SECregistered investment adviser. Music Teachers Meeting The Foothills Music Teacher’s Association welcomes Leila Viss, speaking on “Finding Time to Be Creative,” at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Bear Valley Church, 10001 W. Jewell Ave., Lakewood. The association’s monthly meeting precedes the program at 9:30 a.m. By uncovering the components of creativity, learn how creativity simply begins with teaching creatively. Contact Elaine Van Dellen, 303-955-5790. Oil Export Ban, What it Means for Colorado Colorado School of Mines, JeffCo Energy Action Project, Jefferson County Economic Development Corporation and Vital for Colorado present “Lifting the Oil Export Ban and What it Means for Colorado” at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at Colorado School of Mines, Green Center, Bunker Auditorium, 924 16th St., Golden. Panelists include U.S. Reps. Ed Perlmutter and Ken Buck; John R. Grizz Deal, CEO of IX Power Clean Water; Christopher Guith, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy; Geoff Houlton, director of commodity fundamentals, Anadarko Petroleum Corp.; and Craig W. Van Kirk, professor emeritus petroleum engineering, Colorado School of Mines. Dan Haley, president and CEO of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association, is the moderator. Cowboy Heritage Colorado Cowboy Poetry Gathering celebrates 27 years of cowboy heritage from Thursday, Jan. 21, to Sunday, Jan. 24, at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, and at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St., Golden. The weekend will capture the spirit and lifestyle of the cowboy heritage through poetry, song and verse. Two classes will teach attendees to weave their own horse tack cinch or how to play the cowboy harmonica. For tickets, go to www. ColoradoCowboyGathering.com or call 888-718-4253. ‘Brigadoon’ Performance Now Theatre Company presents “Brigadoon” through Sunday, Jan. 24, at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are available online at www.performancenow.org or by calling 303-987-7845.
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Theater Production of ‘Medea’ The Edge Theater presents “Medea” from Friday, Jan. 15 to Feb. 14, at 1560 Teller St., Suite 200, Lakewood. Parking is free. Medea, a barbarian and the wife of Jason, finds her position in the Greek world threatened as Jason leaves her for a Green princess of Corinth. Medea takes vengeance on Jason by killing Jason’s new wife, as well as her own children with him, after which she escapes to Athens to start a new life. Performances are at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays, with an 8 p.m. performance Monday, Feb. 8 (no performance Sunday, Feb. 7). Tickets available by calling 303-232-0363 or going to www. theedgetheater.com. Sound of Music Sing-a-Long Evergreen Players presents “Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music” from Friday to Sunday, Jan. 22-24 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Shows are at 6:30 p.m. Fridays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Group discounts available. Tickets available at 303-674-4934 or www.evergreenplayers.org
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Making Light: Fat, Oil, and Wax Lamps As the days get shorter and dusk arrives earlier, imagine life before the light switch. The lights dim and flickering, dancing shadows on the walls, the soft warm light of a little flame burning on a wick. Whether for sentimental value, reliving the old times, or for when the electricity is out, learning to make lamps is both fun and useful. Let experts from Sarqit Outdoor Living School teach you to make your own lamps from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 21 and Jan. 28, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. If you have a small container in mind, bring it and renew it into a beautiful lamp. All ages (young children with adult); registration required. Call 720-898-7405 or go to www.arvada.org/nature.
conversation about life and faith in a casual, comfortable setting. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@ peacelutheran.net. Introduction to Backyard Beekeeping Have you ever wondered what it takes to keep your own beehive? Learn what equipment and resources are needed to start a backyard hive from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Class also will discuss the life of the honeybee and the important role that small-scale beekeepers play in supporting a healthy honeybee population. Taught by Pioneer Farmsteaders. Registration required. Call 720-898-7405 or go to www.arvada.org/nature. Insect Tales What does a spider have to do with the sun? Can butterflies bring good luck? Enjoy stories from cultures around butterflies, beetles, dragonflies and spiders. Program runs from 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Apex Community Center. Program is presented by the Butterfly Pavilion. Live insects included. To register, call 303 425-9583 or go to apexprd.org. Up All Night: Campfire Series
Artist Gary Sohrweid’s Colorado landscapes in oil will be featured in the Spirits in the Wind Gallery “Western Art and Lifestyle” exhibition running through Friday, Jan. 29, at 1211 Washington Ave., Golden. Go to www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com. Call 303-279-1192.
Do you know if you are nocturnal, diurnal, or crepuscular? Come get toasty at the fireside in the park and find out. Program runs from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Learn about the animals that roam the night, from tarantulas to eels to opossums. Listen to the sounds of the night, and get ready to roast marshmallows by the fire. Registration required; call 720-898-7405 or go to www.arvada.org/nature.
‘Museo de las Americas’ Exhibit
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Selections from the “Museo de las Americas” exhibit are on display through Feb. 18, at the Susan K. Arndt Galley, Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Gallery hours are 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday to Friday; 6:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays; and 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. Opening receptions are from 4:30-6 p.m. Jan. 12 and Jan. 27.
Global Goods & Coffee hosts Refugee Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, at 5613 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. The goal for the event is to give refugees the opportunity to share their story with others. Every Refugee Night is hosted by someone from the country we are spotlighting; this time it will be DR Congo. They share their story with our guests, and we provide food to sample to compliment the experience. All are welcome, and there is no charge to attend. Call 720-389-9030.
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France’s Struggle Join Active Minds from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21, as we use recent events involving radical terrorism in the country as an opportunity to review France’s complex dynamics around minorities and immigration. We will also explore the history and current challenges facing the country in general. We will learn how French culture and values impact current national and regional issues as well as explore the role of France in the European Union. Program takes place at the Atria Inn at Lakewood, 555 S. Pierce St., Lakewood. Call 303-742-4800 to RSVP.
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Ages 6-12 years will discover wild animals from Australia, South America and Africa, from giant lizards and poisonous frogs to deadly snakes. Participants will use a variety of art techniques to examine the inhabitants of our planet. Program offered 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays through March 16, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Bring a healthy afterschool snack each time. Register by Jan. 8. Go to www.arvada.org/nature or call 720-898-7405.
EVENTS
Town Meetings, Community Coffee A pro-and-con discussion and panel on the end-of-life options bill to be introduced this legislative session will highlight the Saturday, Jan. 16 town hall meeting with Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp. At the Saturday, Feb. 20 town hall meeting, hear from Cary Johnson, Jeffco district attorney’s office, talking about how to deal with those telephone and computer scams. Kraft-Tharp’s town hall meetings last from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays at Covenant Village, 9153 Yarrow St., Westminster. KraftTharp also hosts community coffee meetings on the fourth Thursday of each month. Meetings are from 7-8 a.m. at La Dolce Vita in Olde Town Arvada, and from 6-7:30 p.m. at Panera Walnut Creek, Westminster. Contact RepTracy29@gmail.com. Letters from long ago Arvada Historical Society invites you to an Oral History on January 16 at the McIlvoy House, 7307 Grandview Ave. to learn some history about the Civil War from some early Arvada pioneers. Join us for the reading of letters written to George Swadley from his brother, a Confederate soldier imprisoned by the Union. The letters will be read by Don Minges, a Swadley descendant. The program will also feature the life of Eber Porter Smith, grandfather of Arvada’s first police officer, Leonard Eber Smith. The Smith family’s road from Maine to Arvada and involvement in events leading to the Civil War will be presented by Nancy Young. Refreshments served. The oral history will be recorded on DVD and available later. This event is free and open to the public. For info, call 303-431-1261 or visit www.arvadahistory.org. God’s Interest in Your Job How God feels about your job will be discussed at Lifetree Café at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at 5675 Field St., Arvada. The program, titled “Taking God to Work: How to See the Spiritual Significance in What You Do,” features a filmed interview Doug Sherman, co-author of “Your Work Matters to God.” During the interview, Sherman explores whether certain jobs allow people to connect with God more easily through their everyday work. Admission is free. Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for
Chili Supper The Golden Lions Club plans its annual Home-Made Chili Supper 2-7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Golden Masonic Building, 400 10th St., Golden. Tickets are free and available from any Golden Lions Club member, or get a ticket at the door. Three local craft brewers will have beer available for purchase, and baked goods also will be available for purchase. Bring used eyeglasses for recycling. Rocks and Minerals Around Us Through January, the North Jeffco Gem & Mineral Club will present an exhibit featuring Lyons sandstone, Mt. Antero granite, fossilized wood, smoky quartz, garnets, pyrite and more at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Go home with a token of your visit. Call 720898-7405 or go to www.arvada.org/nature.
HEALTH
Community Blood Drives A number of community blood drives are planned. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www.bonfils.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Friday, Jan. 15, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Belmar Library, 555 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood; Sunday, Jan. 17, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Mile Hi Church, 9077 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood; Wednesday, Jan. 20, 9-10:40 a.m. and noon to 2:30 p.m., Golden Hill, 12600 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood; Sunday, Jan. 31, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Westwoods Community Church, 2151 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood (Scott LoMurray, 701-471-7183). Nutritional Coaching Megan Grover, master of medical science and nutritional health coach at the Natural Grocers at Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, offers free one-on-one nutrition coaching sessions for the public. Call the store at 303-423-0990 for an appointment.
EDUCATION
Kindergarten Parent Meeting Foothills Elementary plans a kindergarten parent meeting from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, at 13165 W. Ohio Ave., Lakewood. There are many changes to the kindergarten program in Jefferson County for the 201617 school year, and this program will review changes and procedures for registration. Initial registration runs from Tuesday, Jan. 18, to Monday, Jan. 25. Foothills Elementary School consistently demonstrates academic growth for all students. It is a small school, with smaller class sizes. Call 303-982-9324.
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By Christy Steadman csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Norse God of winter may be traveling a long way to celebrate the season in Golden, but the festival is homegrown. The second-annual UllrGrass music and beer festival will take place at various venues in downtown Golden Jan. 29 - Jan. 31. UllrGrass celebrates the “natural outdoor beauty of the winter season,” said Susannah Thompson, who, along with her husband, Chris, founded and organizes the event. The three-day festival will offer indoors and outdoors acts. Music will be a mix of similar genres, including bluegrass, jam bands and blues and rock, performed throughout the weekend. The Saturday beer festival on Jan. 30 will feature more than 20 Colorado craft breweries and cideries from across the state. “People on the Front Range love good music and good beer,” Susannah Thompson said. “There’s no other festival like it in the world. It’s very special — there’s very few opportunities to gather in January as a community.” People get into the spirit by dressing up
in Viking attire, Susannah Thompson said. And for those who do not know where to buy or rent Viking horns, the merchandise table will have them available for purchase at the event. Besides being fun, for the Thompsons the festival is also “a passion project,” Susannah Thompson said. UllrGrass is a nonprofit event, run by volunteers, which benefits Plan International USA — an organization part of a global network that works with donors, children and communities in more than 50 developing countries to end the cycle of poverty. “It takes a village to throw this,” Susannah Thompson said. UllrGrass is an energetic festival, and the community always displays a lot of enthusiasm, Chris Thompson said, also a singer/songwriter and guitarist for one of the headlining bands, Coral Creek. Nationally-recognized artists, such as Andy Thorn who is one of the founding members of Leftover Salmon, will perform. But the festival will also feature some well-known local acts such as Golden musicians Adam Kinghorn, the guitarist for Head for the Hills, and Erin Peet Lukes of Thunder and Rain. “UllrGrass is a festival that takes place in the heart of Golden,” Chris Thompson said. “We’re playing for friends and neighbors and musical peers.”
Musical acts, participating breweries, vendors and event sponsors can be found online at www.ullrgrass.com.
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After pulling down a rebound for Alameda, Jailin Pierce uses her body to protect the ball during the Jan. 8 league game against Englewood. Alameda played stingy defense, but Englewood got the points late to win the game 36-20. Photos by Tom Munds
Young Pirates lose to Pirates Englewood’s late scoring edged Alameda girls 36-24 in hoop action Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Alameda played tough, stingy defense and the score was close for most of the Jan. 8 game. But Englewood put on a scoring rally down the stretch to win the league girls basketball game 36-20 in a contest that pitted Pirates against Pirates.
Alameda’s Angel Bernard gets off a shot during the Jan. 8 league game against Englewood. The on-target basket accounted for two of Bernard’s four points, but despite a determined Alameda effort Englewood won.
Key moments The teams exchanged points early, and Alameda hit a pair of threepointers to establish an 11-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. The see-saw battle continued as a combination of tough defense and shooting as cold as the weather kept the score low. Englewood tied the score midway through the second quarter and led Alameda continues on Page 21
Bears go 3-2 at mat tourney Bear Creek wrestlers compete well at dual-match event Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Coach Chris Bennecke said his young Bear Creek team did a good job Jan. 9, wrestling well against tough competition at the day-long Legend dual-meet tournament. “We did pretty well even though we are a very young team with a number of kids sidelined by injuries,” Bennecke said. “The tournament provided our kids with the opportunity to get quality mat time. We will use what we learned to get better. I also hope our injured wrestlers will completely recover so we will be at full strength because it just over a month until the regional tournament.” Avid wrestling fans should have enjoyed the tournament as there was nonstop action on five mats all day long. Bear Creek finished 3-2 in dualmatch competition. The Bears were in a Wrestling continues on Page 21
Arvada West senior center Dallas Walton is standing out again this year. Sure, he’s 7 feet and 225 pounds, but he’s also averaging 16.1 points and 11 rebounds a game through the first nine games after Jim Benton transferring from Valley. He OVERTIME Ralston had two knee surgeries and didn’t play basketball the past two seasons after playing for Ralston Valley as a freshman. Walton is tied for third among Class 5A rebounders. Stop for a moment to consider Ralston Valley’s front line if he would of remained a Mustang. The leading 5A rebounder in the state is 6-11 Ralston Valley senior Antonio Capley, who is pulling down 11.7 rebounds a game. Athletes find rewards off the court Chaparral senior Rachel Nelson has been on a mission. Make that a couple missions. Besides pursuing 3-point field goal records at Chaparral, Nelson and her twin sister/basketball teammate Erin went to Turkana, Kenya, on a mission last summer with older sister Bri. The three plan to go back again this summer on another trip with the Front Range Christian Church of Castle Rock to hopefully make a difference. Instead of heading or dreaming to travel to a beach somewhere in the summer like many other teenagers, the Nelsons opted to head to the semi-arid climate with Nilotic people who raise camels and weave baskets. They dribbled basketballs, kicked and played with soccer and volleyballs, dabbled in construction, helped with student instruction and did hut-to-hut evangelism. “I just see how much we have here and just being in that village, they had nothing,” said Erin. “For those kids that never had anything we could see the joy on their face. It was something simple that could make their entire life. Not only playing basketball with them but also sharing the world of God with them that they had never heard before.” Back home, Rachel broke a 10-yearold school record for most 3-point baskets in a game when she made eight in a career-high 28-point performance Jan. 5 against the Far Northeast Warriors. Erin assisted on Rachel’s record-setting 3-point effort against the Warriors, which added to the 49 treys she made last year to set a Chap season record. “Definitely hitting a 3-pointer is amazing, but being over there changes your life,” said Rachel. “It’s something that is so much more rewarding than hitting a 3-pointer.” MaxPreps selects Valor quarterback Valor Christian quarterback Dylan McCaffrey, the Colorado Community Media South Metro Offensive Player of the Year, was named to the MaxPreps Junior All-American first-team football squad. His position on the team is listed as “athlete.” McCaffrey, a junior and brother of Stanford Heisman runner-up Christian, passed for 2,800 yards in leading the Eagles to the Class 5A championship and accounted for 3,475 all-purpose yards.
Zack Meyer, Bear Creek’s 106-pounder, prepares to make a move against his Valley opponent during his match at the Jan. 9 Legend dual-match tournament. Meyer lost, but the Bears won three of the five dual matches they wrestled during the tournament. Photo by Tom Munds
Ex-Highlands Ranch player signs with Broncos Wide receiver Jace Davis, a former Highlands Ranch High School football player who also attended Denver East, has signed a reserve future contract with the Denver Broncos. Davis played football and basketball
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14-11 at halftime. Alameda continued to play tough basketball, but Englewood found its collective touch late, scoring 17 fourth quarter points to win 36-24. “I am proud of the girls. They played hard right up to the final buzzer,” Alameda coach Von Miller said after the game. “Our girls are proud to be on this team, and that showed up because we didn’t quit playing hard at both ends of the court even when we got behind.” Key players/statistics Holly Dock had five points for Alameda against Englewood, while teammates Faith Sullivan and Angel Bernard scored four points each. In team sta-
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very tough pool with Class 5A Palmer and Valley, which is ranked the No. 1 Class 3A team in the state, as well as Faith Christian. The Bears defeated Faith Christian, but lost to Palmer and Valley. In the second round of pool competition, Bear Creek defeated Eaglecrest and Peyona.
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at Highlands Ranch and has the boys team basketball season scoring record of 500 points set in 2008 with the Falcons. He was an outstanding athlete at Highlands Ranch and played football at Northern Colorado. Davis was in the Houston training camp last summer and was on the Baltimore Ravens practice squad for 16 days during the 2014 sea-
takes and I feel this team will just keep getting better.’ Von Miller, Alameda coach
need to work on,” the first-year coach said after the game. “We are a young team that includes some girls playing competitive basketball for the first time. We also don’t have a lot of height, but we do have speed and quickness. We use that speed and quickness to play very tough defense. We are working together, correcting some of our mistakes and I feel this team will just keep getting better.”
tistics for the games prior to the one against Englewood, Savannah Vigil was the scoring leader with 53 points in six games. Bernard had 33 points in the first six games plus she hauled down 28 rebounds and led the team in steals with 13. Sullivan, a junior, led the team in rebounds after six games with 29 and, in
six games, Valincia Lucero led the team in blocked shots with 12. They said it Miller said the Pirates are a young team that is working hard to get better every time on the court. “We are a team with a lot of things we
Going forward After the Englewood game, Alameda’s overall record was 3-4 and they were 0-2 in league play. The Pirates continue league play earlier in the week along with being scheduled to play league games Jan. 15 at Fort Morgan and Jan. 19 at Vista Peak before coming home for a nonleague game Jan. 20 against Denver South.
Bennecke, in his first year as head coach, said he has a group of athletes who wrestle hard and are improving every day. “I have two seniors who are doing what they need to do to win. They are working to help all our young kids,” he said. “As I said, we are a young team and we have five freshmen and three sophomores in the starting lineup. Being so young, I feel we are doing well as, after the tournament, we have a 12-5 dual match record.” He said the tournament helps his wrestlers learn what it is to be a team as
the athletes get the opportunity to watch and cheer for their teammates. “It also is good for us because in a regular tournament, if a kid goes 0-2 he is done for the day,” the coach said. “But in this format, each wrestler knows he will have five matches. This event also stresses the need to develop stamina to be able to go strong every period of every match.” Alex Deleon is one of the Bears’ senior wrestlers. “I wasn’t good at catching a ball and I wanted to find a way to meet girls so I
became a wrestler,” Deleon said. “This is one of my best seasons so far. I have made a lot of friends, and I have made a lot of progress as a wrestler.” The Bears 170-pounder said he worked hard to be a better wrestler and it has paid off for him. “Last year at this time, I was 10-10 and right now I am 19-4,” he said. “I wrestle all year and, like all the other wrestlers, my goal is to qualify and then do well at state.”
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Valor lands girls lacrosse coach Kara Cannizzaro, North Carolina’s women’s lacrosse captain during the 2013 NCAA national championship year and the MVP of the NCAA tournament, is the new head girls lacrosse coach at Valor Christian. She has served as an assistant coach at the University of Denver and as a head coach at a Florida prep school. “I am extremely blessed for the opportunity to coach at and up-and-coming program such as Valor,” Cannizzaro said
CTA Collegiate Player of Year Hayden Sabatka, the former two-time Colorado state high school No. 1 singles tennis champion who played at Highlands Ranch, was named the 2015 Colorado Tennis Association’s collegiate Male Player of the Year. Sabatka, a junior at New Mexico, plays both singles and doubles. He and doubles partner Bart Van Leijsen were eighth in the first Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s national rankings of the year.
300th career coaching victory Valor Christian boys basketball coach Troy Pachner notched his 300th career win as a coach on Jan. 6 against Wheat Ridge. This is Pachner’s first season at Valor after 17 campaigns at D’Evelyn. The Eagles are off to an 8-1 start this season and Pachner’s overall coaching record is 300-130.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP LAKEWOOD TIGERS
GIRLS BASKETBALL Lakewood 71, Pomona 32 The Tigers won the conference away game Jan. 8. Key performers: Senior Mackenze Forrest led the team with 22 points. Forrest and sophomore Kira Emsbo both went two for three on free throws.
BOYS BASKETBALL Lakewood 85, Pomona 51 The Tigers won the conference home game Jan. 8. Chatfield 78, Lakewood 61 Lakewood lost the conference home game Jan. 6.
Lakewood 60, Chatfield 19 The Tigers won the conference home game Jan. 6. Key performers: Senior Mackenze Forrest led the team with 15 points, followed by senior Mckenna Bishop with 13.
GIRLS SWIMMING Jeffco 5A Relays Lakewood placed second in the eightteam Jeffco 5A Relay conference meet on Jan. 9. The team won the 200 free relay.
D’EVELYN JAGUARS GIRLS BASKETBALL D’Evelyn 72, Wheat Ridge 34 D’Evelyn claimed a commanding victory over conference opponent Wheat Ridge in an away game on Jan. 8. Key performers: Sophomore Kelsey Marvel led with 18 points, and went five for five on two-pointers. Senior Lexi Reed went five for five on free throws. Freshman Tori Szathmary had three offensive rebounds and five defensive. D’Evelyn 74, Arvada 13 D’Evelyn claimed a commanding victory over
conference opponent Arvada in a home game on Jan. 6. Key performers: Senior Kayla Walden scored 13 points and went six for six on free throws. Freshman Kylee Fridgen went two for two on three-pointers. D’Evelyn 77, Mullen 71 D’Evelyn beat nonconference opponent Mullen in an overtime game on Jan. 4. Key performers: Senior Lexi Reed led with 29 points, and she went 11 for 11 on free-throws. Junior Payton Sampson went three for three on free throws.
BEAR CREEK BEARS GIRLS BASKETBALL Bear Creek 37, Columbine 34 The Bears won the home conference game Jan. 6. Key performers: Sophomore Romola Dominguez scored 12 points. Senior Marissa Morton scored 10 points. Chatfield 61, Bear Creek 31 The Bears lost the away conference game Jan. 8. Key performers: Junior Alexis Lopez scored 10 points.
BOYS BASKETBALL Columbine 43, Bear Creek 32 The Bears lost the away conference game Jan. 6. Key performers: Senior Jordy Aranda scored 11 points. Chatfield 69, Bear Creek 31 The Bears lost the home conference game Jan. 8. GIRLS SWIMMING The Bear Creek Bears girls swimming team placed 8th of 8 at their conference meet: Jeffco Relays 5A 2016 on Jan. 9.
GREEN MOUNTAIN RAMS GIRLS BASKETBALL Green Mountain 38, Evergreen 37 Green Mountain won the home conference game Jan. 8. Key performers: Sophomore Brecon Antrillo scored 11 points. Green Mountain 73, Standley Lake 47 Green Mountain the away conference game Jan. 6. Key performers: Junior Delaney Bernard led the team with 17 points, followed by senior Hannah Hank with 15. Green Mountain 71, Adams City 28 The Rams won the nonconference home game Dec. 22. Key performers: Senior Baylor Thompson had 16 points, followed by juniors Reilly West with 14 and Corrina Archuleta with 13.
BOYS BASKETBALL Evergreen 63, Green Mountain 54 Green Mountain lost the conference home game Jan. 8.
Green Mountain 72, Standley Lake 58 The Rams won the conference home game Jan. 6. Heritage 61, Green Mountain 49 The Rams lost the nonconference home game Jan. 2. GIRLS SWIMMING Jeffco 4A Relays Green Mountain placed seventh in the 10-team Jeffco 4A Relay conference meet on Jan. 9. Green Mountain placed second in a three team conference meet on Jan. 8 that included Golden and Arvada West. Sarah Bittle won the One-Meter, and Taryn Trussell the 100 Free.
ALAMEDA PIRATES GIRLS BASKETBALL Englewood 36, Alameda 20 Alameda lost to conference opponent Englewood in a home game on Jan. 8.
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Elizabeth 54, Alameda 11 Alameda fell to conference opponent Elizabeth in an away game on Jan. 5. Key performers: Junior Valincia Lucero scored five points. Junior Faith Sullivan had four defensive rebounds.
Alameda 71, Englewood 59 Alameda claimed victory over conference opponent Englewood in a home game on Jan. 8. Key performers: Junior Anthony Lawson led the team with 28 points, and went 10 for 14 on two-pointers. Lawson and junior Casey Pruitt both had two offensive rebounds and four defensive rebounds each.
BOYS BASKETBALL Alameda 52, Adams City 48 Alameda beat out Adams City in an away tournament game on Jan. 9. Key performers: Junior Christopher Montes scored 17 points, and went three for five in free throws. He also had four offensive rebounds and
Elizabeth 45, Alameda 43 Alameda lost to conference opponent Elizabeth by the slimmest of margins in an away game on Jan. 5. Key performers: Juniors Christopher Montes and Anthony Lawson both scored 10 points each. Marcus Wilcox had five offensive rebounds and five defensive.
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Performance Now brings ‘Brigadoon’ to Lakewood By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com In the classic musical “Brigadoon,” a mystical village appears for just a short amount of time before vanishing. Performance Now Theatre Company’s production of the musical is the same — audiences have just a few weeks to see the show before it leaves the Lakewood Cultural Center stage. Lerner and Loewe’s “Brigadoon” runs at the cultural center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, through Jan. 24. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. “The score is by the same writing team that gave us the mega-hits of the ’50s and ’60s, ‘My Fair Lady’ and ‘Camelot,’” wrote director Bernie Cardell in an email interview. “Lerner and Loewe have given us a beautiful score and a touching and funny script for this show. I always want to honor the material as much as I can by bringing a faithful rendering of the show.” The show focuses on New Yorkers Tommy Albright (Jeremy Rill) and Jeff Douglas (Nick Charles Madson), who get lost in the Scottish Highlands during a hunting trip. As they wander through the mists, they find themselves in Brigadoon — a village that only appears one day for each century. While in Brigadoon, Tommy falls in love with one of the villagers named Fiona (Hannah Harmon). Does he give up everything he knows for a chance at true love, or will he return to New York? “This is a uniformly excellent cast and there are no small roles in this show. Everyone plays a huge part in making this show as great as it is,” Cardell wrote. “I remember the day of the first rehearsal when we were reading through the script for the first time, and I already could feel that sense of fun and lightness that was going to be the foundation of this show.” One of the most famous features of the show is the music and dancing, and music director Lee Ann Scherlong and choreographer Kelly Van Oosbree are
Jeff Douglas (Nick Charles Madson) and Archie Beaton (Kevin Walton) in Performance Now Theater’s production of “Brigadoon.” Courtesy photo working hard to bring the Scottish Highlands to life. “The challenge of Brigadoon is wanting to get authentic with the Highlands dancing — which can be somewhat repetitive — and still keep it interesting and engaging for a musical theatre audience who may or may not have an appreciation for that style of dancing,” wrote Oosbree in an email interview. “So I (and my assistant choreographer, Gina Eslinger) started piecing together a musical theater version of classical ballet, mixed with some Highlands dancing and reels, mixed with some storytelling, and we put together the show that I think is lovely and exciting and really shows off the talent of the cast.” For inspiration, Oosbree watched the film version of “Brigadoon” that Gene Kelly directed, choreographed and
starred in, and then researched Scottish Highlands dancing. “I think the patrons who have been seeing Performance Now shows over the years know that they are always going to see a great show and ‘Brigadoon’ is no exception,” she wrote. It is the full package: a beautiful and romantic score sung by incredible singers (and wonderful live orchestra), beautiful costumes and technical elements and wonderful dancing.” “The show is a perfect one for a dose of escapism at this time of year,” Cardell said. “Going to the theater may feel like an extravagance to some people, but to me, it’s a necessity. It’s a balm to sooth a savage world,” Cardell wrote. “Watching a show like ‘Brigadoon’ that is so enchanting, beautiful, funny, and heart-opening will give people a two-hour excursion
IF YOU GO WHAT: “Brigadoon” WHERE: Lakewood Cultural Center 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood WHEN: Jan. 8 - 24 Friday - Saturday - 7:30 p.m. Saturday - Sunday - 2 p.m. COST: $20 - $35 INFORMATION: 303-987-7845 or www. performancenow.org
away from the noisy world we live in. That’s something to treasure.” For more information, call 303-9877845 or visit www.performancenow.org.
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