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MY NAME IS
DAVID RADMAN
ship, along with a friend who had two kids of her own, and shared the same desire to write, sparked my creativity and the magic of storytelling. But it was only a hobby at first. From poetry to songs to screenplays, my writings took several detours before becoming settled on children’s books. And in 2014, after nearly 14 years, my first book was finally published.
Children’s author and Green Mountain alum
About Me I grew up in the Lakewood area and graduated from Green Mountain High School in 1986. I went on to attend college at Red Rocks and Metro into the early 90s. I have worked for King Soopers for the past 33 years, maintaining the same home store in Lakewood the entire time. Holding multiple positions during that time, every promotion I received kept me in the same store. I am a wedding officiant, play in-line hockey in an adult league, can recite the alphabet backwards in under five seconds, (a feat that probably only I am proud of), and I’m an award-winning children’s book author.
My new book On Feb. 1, my second book, “When Grandpa Gets Going”, will be released. It is a non-stop, rhyming experience of having to keep up with your energy-filled grandpa while he is in town on a visit. Capturing the memories of a special family relationship with nostalgic fondness, older readers will also enjoy this book. Having the internet to reach many more publishers than before, I was fortunate enough, in early 2017, to be picked up by Black Rose Writing. Given the freedom to choose an illustrator, I hired a friend, and former Green Mountain alum, Douglas Shuler, an internationally published artist, to do this project with me.
Becoming a writer At the turn of the century, I was a single father with two young daughters. The dynamics of that relation-
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Along with two other GMHS graduates, who both served as reviewers for my book, I am excited to share this story with the world. The importance of telling stories to children A memorable story can have a last-
ing impression on both a child and their parents. Books build bonds, but in this day and age, many are not fortunate enough to be able to hold them in their hands. Turning a page and taking a journey, is one of life’s remarkable experiences. This story is great for all ages. And I believe that the ability to tell a story in rhyme makes it even more memorable. Rhyming is my niche. And there will be others. There will be oh-so-many others. “I could not have guessed, there was no way of knowing, just what all might happen, `When Grandpa Gets Going.’” If you have suggestions for My Name Is ..., contact Clarke Reader at creader@coloradocommunitymedia. com.
Jeffco Schools launches million-dollar innovation fund Applications due by Feb. 9
The fund will provide start up money to applicants who meet the criteria and are chosen by the committee. Once the innovation is launched, the programs will be sustained through school based budgets. The innovation program was sparked from Superintendent Dr. Jason Glass’ desire for teachers to pursue more entrepreneurial projects as outlines in his vision statement, Jeffco Generations. “We know our educators and employees have great ideas all the time,” Glass said. “This will allow everyone in the district to apply for start-up funding.” Applications opened the morning after the meeting, Jan. 12 and are due by Feb. 9. All applications will be evaluated based on an established rubric and those with a high enough
BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In an effort to capitalize on great ideas from teachers, the Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education will be launching the Jeffco Innovation Acceleration Fund that will invest in the planning, implementing and scaling of innovative ideas to transform student learning experiences. After an hour discussion Jan. 11, the board voted unanimously to fund the project with $1 million from the reserve fund. “I’m excited that were going down the road of encouraging,” said board member Brad Rupert.
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score will be invited to pitch their innovations to a selection committee the week of Feb. 26. The recipients will be announced the week of March 5. Glass said the tight turnaround will allow the district to evaluate the process this spring and start planning for next year early.“We think that by implementing process we can systemically encourage and support innovation,” Glass said. For board member Amanda Stevens, because this is a pilot with no guarantee for future funding it was easy to support because she considered it “low risk.” “I think it’s a reasonable one-time investment,” Stevens said. But board member Ali Lasell was hesitant to agree to spend money from the districts reserve funds.
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“There’s so many competing demands in our schools,” Lasell said. “I am very supportive of innovation and a lot of that is happening in our schools as is. But we have critical needs in programming and facilities. I’m having a hard time wrapping my had around the million dollars.” Encouragement from Glass that the funds were going into the schools to be used for the betterment of students and reassurance from the finance department that the reserve funds will remain in the suggested range seemed to turn Lasell’s hesitation into a “yes” vote. “We have reserves for a fear of what can happen in the future,” Rupert said. “I don’t want us to be defined by fear of what can happen in the future. I want to be defined by what can happen for students.”
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Radon exposure is the leading cause of lung cancer among non-smokers, and about half the homes tested in Jefferson County have high levels of radon, according to a news release from Jefferson County Public Health. To help residents stay safe from radon exposure, Jefferson County Public Health is offering free radon test kits through January, which is National Radon Action Month. Radon is a dangerous and naturally occurring radioactive gas that you cannot smell, taste or see. People are exposed to radon primarily from breathing radon in air that enters homes and other buildings through cracks and gaps in foundations. While
there is always some radon in the air, high levels of exposure to radon over time can lead to a significant risk of developing lung cancer. The risk of lung cancer is even greater for smokers who are exposed to radon. “People are often exposed to radon while at home, where they spend the most time,” said Mitch Brown, senior environmental health specialist at Jefferson County Public Health. “Testing is the only way to find out how much radon is in the air in your home. But the good news is that tests are easy to use and inexpensive.” In addition to providing the free test kits, Jefferson County Public Health’s Environmental Health Services staff will help homeowners understand how to use the test kits properly and what to do if
the test results show high levels of radon in the air. If action is needed to reduce radon in a home, it’s important to test homes for radon again to be sure the action worked and the air is safe. The free radon test kits will be provided, one per family, throughout January. Kits can be picked up at Jefferson County Public Health, 645 Parfet St. in Lakewood. After January, kits will be available for purchase for $10 for the rest of 2018. In conjunction with National Radon Action Month, January 2018 has been declared as Jefferson County Radon Action Month by the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners, Lakewood and Golden. National Radon Action Month is an annual effort to encourage everyone to test their homes for radon and reduce health risks.
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Study of Competitive Neighborhoods Reflects Slowing of Our Real Estate Market If you have noticed a slight slowing of our real estate market, you are not alone. My colleagues and I at Golden Real Estate have noticed it too and found some confirmation of that fact by a recent Redfin analysis reported in the Denver Business Journal. The company reported that in 2017, Denver’s metro area had only one neighborhood among the nation’s top 25 most competitive neighborhoods — and it was ranked #25. By contrast, in 2016, 7 of the top 25 neighborhoods were in Denver. Redfin calculates neighborhoods’ competitiveness “based on several indicators of competition, including the percentage of homes that sold for more than their asking price, how quickly homes went under contract and annual price growth in 2017.” The Denver metro neighborhood that made the list in 2017 was Athmar Park,
which is west of I-25 and north of Mississippi Avenue in Denver. Home prices grew nearly 17 percent in Athmar Park during 2017, the average sale-to-list price ratio was 104 percent, about 77 percent of homes sold above the asking price, and homes there spent an average of just four days on the market. Seattle, where Redfin is based, dominated the list with 19 of the 25 most competitive neighborhoods in the nation in 2017. Here in Jefferson County, we can quantify the change in the real estate market by looking at the same criteria. For example, Jeffco’s median sales price rose by 8.1% for 2017 over 2016. Meanwhile median days on market held steady at 7, and the average sales price was 100.1% of list price, compared to 100.3% in 2016. Those are countywide figures. Here is the breakdown based on city addresses within
Jefferson County, keeping in mind that these are postal addresses, which include unincorporated areas: Arvada had a year-over-year increase in median sales price of 8.1%, but homes sold more slowly (median 8 days vs. 7 days), and homes sold, on average, for 100.2% of their list price vs. 100.7% of their list price in 2016. Homes with Golden addresses, meanwhile, experienced a 5% increase in median sales price, with median days on market of 11 vs. 12 days in 2016, and homes sold for 99.4% of list price — unchanged from 2016. Homes within the city limits of Golden had less of an increase in median sales price (2.6%), but sold quicker (7 days last year vs. 6 days in 2016) and sold for 100.3% of list price, down half a percentage point from 2016. Wheat Ridge had a 5.8% increase in median sales price, with median days on market of 6 vs 7 days in 2016, and homes sold for 100.4% of list price, up from 100.2% in 2016. Lastly, Lakewood experienced an 8.9%
Condo Construction Ramping Up Ever So Slowly Following 2017 Legislation Last summer, after years of partisan disagreement, the Colorado General Assembly passed, and the Governor signed into law, a construction defects law aimed at eliminating the single greatest impediment to the building of new condominiums in Colorado. Previously, a condo board, without membership approval, could engage in litigation against their builder/developer for construction defects. I saw this happen firsthand about 10 years ago. A law firm specializing in such lawsuits made a hard-to-refuse offer to the condo board of directors, by which they would inspect the building in an effort to identify construction defects and then sue the developer for a cash settlement for found defects. These law firms typically work on a contingency basis, charging nothing to the condo association upfront, but keeping 30% or more of any winnings — plus reimbursement for all the inspections and other expenses. So many law firms engaged in this practice that some insurance companies stopped writing policies for condo construction projects in Colorado. That’s why the vast majori-
ty of multi-family construction over the past several years has been of apartment buildings instead of condos. One exception has been for luxury condos, where the price point of the units made the risk worth taking on the part of builders and their insurers. For several years, Republican legislators pushed bills that swung the pendulum too far in the opposite direction, making it unlikely that any condo board could get the necessary member support for litigation. On the other side were Democratic legislators, who believed that condo owners would be victimized by increasingly shoddy construction. Last year the two sides came together and unanimously approved a reasonable compromise. No longer, regarding such matters, will condo boards be allowed to act without member approval.. Also, the 2017 law (HB 1279) requires a 90-day election period during which each side can present both the pros and cons of litigation to the condo owners. Clearly, the expectation was that condo construction would increase from 3% of new housing construction to the 20% it was a
Builder Sales of Condos 2008-2017 (Denver Metro Area)
Source: REcolorado
decade or more ago, but seven months later, it’s hard to find much of a surge. MLS data shows a definite increase in the sale of new condos during 2017, but the numbers are still small, as shown in this chart. Hopefully we will see a more dramatic increase in condo sales by builders during 2018.
increase in median sales price, days on market was unchanged at 6, with homes selling for 100.5% of list price on average, also unchanged from 2016. In conclusion, although the pace of local markets is not quite as brisk as we’ve seen recently, it’s clear that we are still in a hot seller’s market. We continue to see competing offers (as evidenced by the number of homes that sell above their listed price), but perhaps fewer competing offers. The slowdown has been particularly noticeable this winter. In recent years, there was more listing activity during December and January than we’ve seen so far this winter, with more buyers competing for those listings. But if I have learned anything about real estate, it’s that it is unpredictable. What I can predict is that Golden Real Estate agents will continue to serve buyers and sellers well, and that I’ll write another column next week!
What Improvements Should You Make Before Listing a Home? This is a common question that I get from my readers. Should they replace their appliances, paint the house, install hardwood floors or new carpeting, etc. Let me share my usual response to this question. Keep in mind that improvements do not typically produce more in added value than what you pay for them. The only improvements a seller should make, in my opinion, are ones which eliminate eyesores — that is, things which draw negative attention by a visitor. I wouldn’t replace items that are dated but that are in good condition. I wouldn’t, for example, replace Formica counters that are in good condition, but I would replace them if they have burn marks or other damage.
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Removing Rooney renovation ribbon PHOTOS BY BRYN BRODY
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ard 4 councilmember David Skilling join Rooney Ranch Elementary leaders for the school’s playground renovation ribbon cut-
ting on Jan. 8. Students, faculty, local leaders and neighbors gathered at Rooney Ranch Elementary on Jan. 8 for the ribbon cutting of the completion of phase one of a playground renovation project.
Mayor Adam Paul and Ward 4 councilmember David Skilling spoke about the positive effect the new playground will have on the school and neighborhood, then the ribbon was cut, and best of all — the children started playing.
Rooney Ranch Elementary students cut the ribbon for the school’s playground renovation on Jan. 8. Mayor Adam Paul, Ward 4 councilmember David Skilling, and parents and staff all turned out to celebrate the completion of phase one of the update.
Lakewood Mayor Adam Paul and Ward 4 councilmember David Skilling join Rooney Ranch Elementary leaders for the school’s playground renovation ribbon cutting on Jan. 8.
Students at Rooney Ranch Elementary celebrate the ribbon cutting of their new playground with family members, teachers, and Lakewood leaders on Jan. 8.
Police launch Family Crimes Team Focus will be on domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It’s difficult to imagine a crime more personal and damaging than domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse, and — as the ambush in Douglas County on Dec. 31 showed — these situations can be extremely dangerous for first responders. Which is why, on Jan. 1, the Lakewood Police Department formally put into operation its Family Crimes Team. The team’s sole focus is in criminal cases with victims of the aforementioned crimes, and is made up of a sergeant, one investigation technician, and seven detectives. “Chief Dan McCasky and the command staff were talking about issues facing law enforcement and the legislature, and there was a lot of discussion about family crimes,” said Investigation Division Chief Anita Koester. “We wanted members of this team to have energy and a passion for working to help the victims of these crimes.” Members of the team will be dispatched to situations by patrol
IF SOMEONE NEEDS HELP There are many misconceptions about these kinds of crimes, said Jen Rhoads, the chief deputy district attorney who supervises the Special Victims Unit for Jeffco. There are no economic barriers, and the offenders are often someone the victim knows. There are also plenty of resources for victims, and they can get help while remaining anonymous, or not following up with a formal report, added Pam Russell, communications with Jefferson County’s district attorney. The best thing a person can do, according to Lakewood’s Investigation Division Chief Anita Koester, is to ask for help. “Call 911, you’ll be connected to people who can help,” she said. officers and first responders when they’re dealing with these types of crimes. Then team members will offer resources and assistance, not only to victims, but to offenders as well. “We want to take a real look at how to stop these cycles of violence, and give resources like classes, anger management, and more to help offenders,” Koester said. “For victims, it’s important that we do everything we can to ensure their safety, and
FAMILY CRIMES IN 2017 Domestic Violence cases with a victim advocate assigned: 1,498 cases Sexual Assault cases with a victim advocate assigned: 297 cases Elder Cases with a victim advocate assigned: 155 cases -Courtesy of Lakewood’s Victim Adovactes group provide them with the necessary contacts for things like restraining orders and other protections.” One of the best resources that the team will send victims to is the City of Lakewood’s Victim Advocates team, which is made up of five advocates and 15 volunteers, who support victims in person and by phone. “We’re here to do what we can during crisis situations, and help victims with navigating the procedures to get a restraining order, and other important protections,” explained Lindsey Bravdica, Victim’s Advocate supervisor. “I think this new team is a great idea, because so often victims have to go to several places to get the help they need. That can be difficult, especially if there are children involved, and they’re working jobs at the same time.”
The Family Crimes Team will work closely with Jefferson County Adult Protective Services, and the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, which is looking to create a Jefferson County Family Justice Center. “Family Justice Centers are a national movement that aims to centralize all the services victim need in one location,” explained Pam Russell, the spokeswoman for the Jefferson County’s district attorney. “We’re working with the Alliance for HOPE, a nonprofit that has helped create these kinds of facilities before.” The Jeffco Family Justice Center is still in the early stages, but so far 75 organizations, including the Action Center and other nonprofits, are interested in establishing some kind of presence in the facility. Russell said staff are currently searching for possible facilities or sites to set up this center. In the meantime, Jen Rhoads, the chief deputy district attorney who supervises the Special Victims Unit for Jeffco, said she’s excited about Lakewood’s Family Crimes Team potential to help victims. “The passion that this team represents is excellent,” she said. “None of us can do this work alone, and putting organizations together allows us to make it easier to help the people who need us.”
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LEGISLATURE 2018
Lakewood legislators ready for challenges of 2018 Education, opioid addiction and PERA among top issues BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The 2018 legislative session is just getting started, and there’s no shortage of work to be done in the coming months. Lakewood residents are facing the same challenges many metro area residents are dealing with
— development, education funding, and transportation needs. Finding affordable housing is an issue for middle-class residents, too, said state Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-28) — and that includes teachers. “Our education committee is looking at dealing with our teacher shortage,” Pettersen said. “Our teachers aren’t able to (continue to) live in communities they live in on their salary.” Rep. Chris Kennedy, D-23, said opioid addiction will be a serious issue for debate as the session progresses, and Sen. Andy Kerr, D-22, said the Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA),
Andy Kerr, Democrat, Senate District 22
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What have you been up to in the months since the last session? Well, I ran for Congress, and then I didn’t (laughs). Most of the summer I spent time with my family and friends, and we have our monthly town-hall meetings to meet with constituents in the district. People in my district seem to be pretty happy on a local level, but nationally there’s a lot of discord, and people are feeling that.
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What issues are on your constituents’ minds? People are always looking for ways to ensure our K-12 and highered schools will be well-funded. But I’m hearing that people are happy with Jeffco’s new superintendent, which is good. We all need to work on school funding. A lot of people are really concerned about our election system, following a presidential election where the person who received the most votes didn’t win. They want to feel like their vote counts, and right now there is a lot of disillusionment. What challenges do you see facing the legislature this year? One thing that needs to be worked on is PERA, which we have been doing for a while. I was a sponsor of a bill in 2010-2011 that made some improvements on the system, but there is still work to do. Colorado is still way in the hole when it comes to K-12 funding, and I’m hoping any extra money we have coming in will go to fill that need. We also need to address the opioid epidemic, which is a big issue nationally and in Colorado. What legislation do you have coming this year — or issues you’re looking forward to addressing? There’s a bill I’ve worked on before that funds full-day kindergarten that
I’m bringing back this year, and I’m doing a bill with Senate Majority leader Chris Holbert that ensures students and parents who decide to opt out of taking standardized tests aren’t punished in any way. Another bill I’ll be working on is the National Popular Vote Bill, which guarantees the president will be the Kerr person who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states, and Washington, D.C. As this is your last year, tell me about your plans after the session is over? Again, I had planned to run for Congress, but since that isn’t happening, I do still have my teaching job. We’ll see what opportunities come up — there’s a lot I’m open to for what comes next. People should go to my website and Facebook to stay up to date, both on my legislative work, but on what comes next for me. Looking back at your time in the Legislature, what have you learned, and what are you most proud of? The work I did with PERA over the years is something I’m really proud of, including bringing the Denver Public Schools system into the program, which added thousands of Denver employees to PERA. I’m also proud of the work I did that ensures school buildings are as energy efficient as possible. I want to remind people that they’re always welcome to come to the Capitol and testify about issues that are important to them. Having grown up in this area, it’s so important to me that I was able to serve and help residents in this community. It’s so important that people stay involved the political process — not everyone needs to run for office, but everyone needs to stay involved.
Colorado’s public-pension system, is more than $30 billion underfunded, and that needs to be addressed. This year will also be the last session for Kerr and Sen. Cheri Jahn, I-20, who have had years to work for their constituents. “I have loved governmental affairs and policy and would like to continue that work,” Jahn said. “Whether in the private sector, nonprofit arena or possibly governmental agencies.” We spoke with Lakewood’s legislators about the session, what’s important to constituents, and legislative goals.
Brittany Pettersen, Democrat, House District 28
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What have you been up to in the months since the last session? I spent the summer and fall chairing a bipartisan committee to address the opioid epidemic in Colorado. We concluded our last meeting on Oct. 31 with six bills, supported by Democrats and Republicans alike. While I have spent a lot of time preparing bills and meeting with constituents, I have also been taking the time to take care of my mom and help her rebuild her life as she continues her recovery from 29 years of opioid addiction.
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What issues are on constituents’ minds? What is important to people right now? People in this district most often talk about housing, health care, education and transportation. Coloradans continue to struggle to afford the rising costs in housing with more than 180 people every day continuing to move here. People are frustrated and concerned with the rising costs of health care and the limited investments we make in our education system. And everyone is fed up with the congestion on the roads and the time we spend waiting to move. The opioid epidemic is also front and center with concerns in Colorado as the number of families affected continue to skyrocket and is now the number one cause of accidental death for people under 55. What challenges do you see facing the Legislature this year? The new federal tax plan will increase Colorado’s state taxes, but will significantly cut federal taxes for the highest earners. So, while we will have some additional money in our general fund, our federal support will be significantly reduced and the burden on our state increased. We have already seen these federal cuts with the expiration of the
health insurance plan known as CHIP for 90,000 low-income children and 600 pregnant women. These increased pressures will make it even more difficult for our state to invest in critical areas like roads, education and housing. Tell me about the legislation you have coming this year? Pettersen I feel very lucky to do a job I love every day, and it’s great to be back in session. As chair of the House Education Committee, I’m working with members to address the teacher shortage, streamline our accountability system, and protect public education dollars from going to private schools through vouchers. You’re campaigning for Senate District 22 — how has that been going? Tell me about balancing that with working at the legislature at the same time. I am very excited to be running for the Senate, which includes the neighborhood I grew up in. I have been focusing on the upcoming session and helping my mom in her recovery, but I will be gearing up to start campaigning soon. It’s always a difficult balance to run in a competitive district and do the work you were elected to do, but I’m confident I will pass impactful bills while also running a strong campaign. What do you most want citizens to know about your goals for the session? People are cynical about politics and politicians, especially right now. I understand that frustration and I often feel the same way, but Colorado is different. Unlike Washington, D.C., we actually work together to solve problems facing Coloradans. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to address the issues affecting regular people.
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Cheri Jahn, Independent, Senate District 20 Editor’s note: This Q&A has been shortened for space purposes. To read the full version, go to LakewoodSentinel. com.
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What have you been up to in the months since the last session? Although I work year-round in my business, during the out session it takes more hours catching up some of the details from being gone so much for session. This out session also included sitting on two interim committees so my time was spread very thin. I sat on the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee, which met through October. I spent many hours listening to professionals and industry folks who work on these issues every day.
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What did you learn while on the study committee? As with the 2017 session, opioids and other substance use disorders will be at the forefront. During the Interim Committee we identified areas where we had great bipartisan support to work on the epidemic. We spent weeks and hours meeting with professionals in health care and behavioral health care. More than 70 percent of those with ad-
diction became so due to legal prescriptions they were given to treat pain after a surgery or injury. People do not wake up one day and say ‘I think I’ll become an addict’. It is an incredibly complex issue that we all spent a tremendous amount of time on and have committed to working on during the 2018 session. What challenges do you see facing the Legislature? PERA, the state emJahn ployee pension fund, will be a priority issue for the coming session. We have to come to agreements on how to put this fund on a path to financial stability. Part of the governor’s proposal is increasing employee contributions, not government contributions. I think there are other things we can look at, including raising the retirement age where we can. Transportation. While we did allocate $1.9 billion in funding to go to transportation needs last session, that does not come close to what is needed for all of the roads, bridges, and infrastructure needs in the state. This promises to be a hot issue where it will take a lot of hard work to find compromises between the parties.
Tell me about the legislation you have coming this year? One of the major issues in dealing with substance use disorders is the tremendous shortage we are facing in the health professional networks, especially in our rural areas. One of the bills I will be carrying will begin to address this issue by using an already existing program, the Colorado Health Services Corps, which is a student loan repayment program established in 2009 for health professionals who commit to practicing in a designated health professional shortage area for a minimum of three years We will also be looking at payment reforms to remove some of the roadblocks to individuals seeking out treatment as well as harm reduction and the current Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.
independent voice and my voting won’t change. I believe a person should be elected based on the values and policies they stand for, not based upon what letter they have behind their name. I have always voted my district and want the complete freedom to do that. I vote based on policy, not party, and have really great friends on both sides of the aisle. This is a move I have strongly contemplated for at least three years now as there have been so many times I just did not feel connected. At least 40 percent of the people in the state are unaffiliated and they deserve a voice in this process. Just like I’ve always taught my kids, no matter what situation you find yourself in or what decision you need to make, at the end of the day you must be true to yourself.
Tell me about the decision to switch from Democrat to Independent. Since my first session serving in the House of Representatives in 2001, I have noticed dramatic changes in how our system works. The system has changed dramatically over the past years; my positions have not changed. More and more I find it has become parties over people and this is not in the best for the citizens. I have always voted with an
As this is your last year, tell me about your plans after the session is over? I do still have my business to run. I have loved governmental affairs and policy and would like to continue that work whether in the private sector, nonprofit arena or possibly governmental agencies. I have been campaigning and serving as an elected official now for 18 years and it really is time to move forward.
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What have you been up to in the months since the last session? I kept pretty busy. I served on the interim committee that explored our opioid epidemic and helped craft six bills to reduce overprescribing and increase access to treatment for substance use disorder. I held several town hall meetings, attended numerous neighborhood and business group meetings, and engaged with our city council and school board campaigns. I also set up dozens of meetings to get into some complicated issues that I’m hoping to address with legislation this year. People can check out my top priorities at www. kennedy4co.com/my-priorities.
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What issues are on constituents’ minds? Growth, health care, housing, open space, and transportation. Generally, I
think people want us to fight to protect the Colorado way of life. To do so, we need to make sure people can afford health care, housing, and child care, and it means we need to protect the beautiful natural environment that makes Colorado such a special place to live. What challenges do you see facing the Legislature this year? There are so many, but I think that affordable housing and affordable health care are at the top of mind for me and many of my colleagues. Our bipartisan package of opioid bills will also be a significant focus. Tell me about the legislation you have coming this year. I’m working on a few big health care bills. One is a hospital cost transparency bill. If we’re really
going to get a handle on the high cost of health care, we must demand more information from our hospitals so we can collaborate on solutions to reduce cost. Another is a reinsurance bill that would essentially broaden our insurance risk pools to stabilize the individual market and reduce the skyrocketing Kennedy premiums. I’m also working on a bipartisan trio of bills to protect consumers from surprise bills when they visit one of the dozens of free-standing emergency departments that have sprung up. What should people keep an eye on? I expect we’ll also have robust debates about sexual harassment and the public employee retirement
system, and we’ll continue last year’s conversation about funding some real improvements to our transportation infrastructure.
What do you most want citizens to know about your goals this session? I want people to know that we work on a hundred things at a time, and that we work as a team. Though my focus is on health care and housing, I am also passionate about public education, renewable energy, and many other issues. I rely on my colleagues to take the lead on those issues and I work to support them, just as I take the lead on my focus areas and count on their support. At the end of the day, I think we’ll have a great number of bipartisan accomplishments that will create more opportunities for hard-working Coloradans to enjoy the Colorado way of life.
Misconduct claims cloud opening of legislative session BY JAMES ANDERSON AND COLLEEN SLEVIN ASSOCIATED PRESS
Colorado lawmakers started their new legislative session amid tension over unresolved sexual misconduct allegations against some of their colleagues, including one case in which a female lawmaker maintains she felt threatened after rejecting the sexual advances of a fellow Democratic lawmaker.
In the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives, many Democrats, especially women, wore black — as many actors did at last week’s Golden Globe Awards — to show support for Rep. Faith Winter, who filed a formal complaint against Rep. Steve Lebsock in November. While lawmakers often bring their children to join them for the first day of the session, on Jan. 10, Winter invited two other women who have accused Lebsock of harassment to
join her in the House. Outside the Capitol, about a dozen protesters greeted arriving lawmakers, lobbyists and aides — holding signs with slogans like “Time’s Up! Step Down Steve.” Lebsock, who denies the allegations and is running for state treasurer, was present — two days SEE SESSION, P23
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Grand jury indicts six in heroin trafficking ring A district grand jury returned an indictment accusing six men of operating a heroin trafficking ring in Jefferson County and the metro Denver area from April to December 2017. The 61-count indictment was returned on Dec. 22, and includes the felony charges of violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, conspiracy to distribute a Schedule 1 controlled substance and others according to the individuals’ alleged participation. The six men are Fermin FloresRosales, 41; Mario Acosta-Ruiz, 30; Cristobal Flores-Rosales, 47; Yoel SotoCampos, 21; Juan Borques Meza, 24; and Joel Torrez-Espinoza, 25. All but Torrez-Espinosa have been arrested and will appear in court at 11 a.m. Jan. 16. An outstanding warrant has been issued for Torrez-Espinosa. According to the indictment, the structure of the trafficking ring was highly organized. Members received shipments of heroin from outside Colorado and the drugs were stored in “stash houses.” Prospective heroin customers would make a phone call to someone acting as “dispatcher” who would provide information as to where and when the drugs would be delivered. A “runner” would meet the prospective buyer with the drugs at the agreed upon location. During warranted searches of four “stash houses,” $6,700 and 3,215 grams of heroin was seized. Investigators working on the case report seizing or made undercover purchases of 3,305 grams of heroin with a street value of $264,400. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, heroin is a highly addictive opioid drug that can be injected, sniffed, snorted or smoked to create a short-term euphoria experience. Regular users of heroin can develop a tolerance. This can lead to an overdose, which can produce a life-threatening reaction or death. Severe withdraw is common for some who abruptly stop using the drug, and withdrawal symptoms can begin as early as a few hours after the drug was last taken. The lead agency in the investigation and arrest of the five men was the West Metro Drug Task Force. Assist-
ing agencies were the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office, the Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Office Fugitive Unit and the Denver Police Department. “This indictment and the dismantling of this heroin ring goes a long way towards stopping the flow of heroin into our community,” said District Attorney Pete Weir in a press release. “This is a great example of teamwork between local and federal law enforcement agencies in Colorado.” Former human services caseworker pleads guilty A former caseworker with Jefferson County Human Services pleaded guilty to two felony charges related to falsifying information in child abuse and neglect cases. Richelle Schultz, 53, pleaded guilty to attempting to influence a public servant and forgery on Jan. 9. Her sentencing will take place at 8 a.m. March 5. Schultz was a caseworker for the Jefferson County Department of Human Services from December 2015 until she resigned in July 2016. Her duties included investigating complaints alleging child abuse and neglect. Following Schultz’s resignation, a review of the cases she worked on was conducted. The review revealed that she entered false information into the database on 12 cases, according to court documents. In the 12 cases, she reported that she had interviewed the victim, family and/or witnesses in person and/or on the telephone, when she had not. The Jefferson County Department of Human Services conducted a subsequent review of the 12 cases in which Schultz entered erroneous information, and supervisors confirmed all the cases were closed, and there were no unresolved safety issues. Arvada man dies in auto-pedestrian accident Arvada Police are investigating an auto-pedestrian accident that resulted in the death of Arvada resident Nathan Osburn, 42. At about 4:15 p.m. Jan. 10, Osburn was walking in the area of Pomona Drive and Quay Drive when an automobile left the roadway and struck SEE BRIEFS, P9
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Sections of concrete park paths will be replaced in the coming weeks and months at O’Kane Park, 7101 W. First Ave., and Belmar Park, 801 S. Wadsworth Blvd., in Lakewood. COURTESY PHOTO
Trail improvements planned for two Lakewood parks
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Sections of concrete park paths will be replaced at O’Kane Park, 7101 W. First Ave., and Belmar Park, 801 S. Wadsworth Blvd., in Lakewood. The project kicked off in early January and is scheduled to be completed by July. More than two miles of aging and broken concrete will be replaced to ensure a safer and more pleasant experience for park visitors. The $1.2 million project was funded in Lakewood’s 2017 budget. The park path repairs will impact
trail routes and loops in both parks. Park visitors are encouraged to pay attention to the maps and signs showing upcoming closures and estimated work schedules on-site and at Lakewood.org/Projects. For uninterrupted recreation, visitors can visit other Lakewood parks including Addenbrooke Park, 600 S. Kipling Parkway; Ray Ross Park, 680 S. Harlan St.; or Bear Creek Greenbelt, 2800 S. Estes St. For a complete list of Lakewood’s parks, visit Lakewood.org/Parks For information, call 720-963-5240.
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Colorado aerospace companies flying high Leaps in technology, beefy defense spending support space industry
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Colorado’s economy may be more associated with beer and marijuana than space, but the state’s robust aerospace industry is flying high. Leaps in technology and beefed-up defense spending have been kind to the hundreds of aerospace companies in Colorado, many centered in the Denver suburbs, where legions of engineers are designing, building and operating space-age technology with globe-spanning influence. “We’re first in the nation in terms of per-capita aerospace employment,” said Jay Lindell, a retired Air Force major general whose job title is “champion” of the state’s aerospace and defense industry for the state Office of Economic Development and International Trade. More than 25,000 aerospace workers are employed in Colorado, Lindell said, in more than 400 companies. And while Colorado is home to some of the industry’s big names — Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace and United Launch Alliance — more than half of the state’s aerospace companies have 10 employees or fewer.
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They’re good jobs, too: The average salary for an aerospace worker is $130,000, Lea said, more than double the overall state average. At the vanguard Some of the projects at the vanguard of 21st-century spaceflight are being developed at Lockheed Martin, said Joe Rice, Lockheed’s director of government relations. Lockheed, which largely pioneered the aerospace industry in Colorado, has offices and facilities scattered around the southwest metro area, including a large campus in Waterton Canyon in unincorporated Jefferson County. “We’re designing and developing the Orion spacecraft, which will take astronauts back to the moon and eventually to Mars,” Rice said. “And we’ve sent spacecraft to every planet in the solar system.” Some of Lockheed’s most influential work is also some of its less visible. The company’s GOES satellites are the foundation of space-based weather monitoring, and 19 of the planet’s 31 Global Positioning System, or GPS, satellites were built by Lockheed. The GPS satellites also broadcast a timing signal that is used to certify global financial transactions, Rice said, and the whole shebang is controlled from Schreiver Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. “We’re the center of the world for GPS,” Lindell said. “There’s not a military mission that gets done without it. I was on a tour at Schriever, and one of the operators said to me: ‘Well sir, we control humanity.’” Rice said Lockheed also provides Colorado with “pride and culture.” “It’s difficult to find a classroom that hasn’t had someone from Lockheed come in to talk about what they do,” Rice said. Other industry big shots call Colorado home. United Launch Systems, a joint Lockheed-Boeing consortium responsible for launching NASA and military satellites, is based in Centennial. DigitalGlobe, which produces geospatial imagery, is based in Westminster. Ball Aerospace has offices in Westminster, Broomfield and Boulder; Raytheon has offices in Aurora, Greenwood Village and Colorado Springs; Northrop Grumman has offices in Longmont, Aurora and Colorado Springs; and Sierra
Aerospace is a driver of employment in Colorado by any measure. According to statistics compiled by the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation: Colorado’s aerospace industry employed 25,500 people in 2015-2016, with an additional 29,090 military aerospace personnel in the state, for a total of 54,590. Their collective payroll was more than $3.4 billion. Between 2011 and 2016, employment in Colorado’s aerospace sector grew by 2.1 percent, while the national figure fell by 3.2 percent. Arapahoe County is home to a plurality — 31.5 percent — of Colorado’s aerospace workers. Jefferson County is second with 23.7 percent. El Paso is home to 20.9 percent, Boulder has 19.8 percent, Adams 2.4 percent, and the other 59 counties are home to the remaining 1.6 percent. Nevada has offices in Centennial and Louisville. From cowboys to rockets Colorado began its development into an aerospace powerhouse in the years following World War II, when the state was known more for its miners and cowboys than engineering feats, Rice said. “It all really got started when the Glenn L. Martin company — the precursor to Lockheed Martin — decided to relocate here in 1956,” Rice said. “The idea was threefold: that we were out of the range of Russian missiles at the time, that the mountains offered some protection, and that the geology was stable for advanced telemetry experiments.” The defense industry rush that followed helped grow the Denver metro area into the powerhouse it is today, said Stephen Leonard, a professor of history at Metropolitan State University of Denver, who has written some of the seminal tomes of Colorado history. “Martin brought high-paying jobs, and supplier companies followed,” Leonard said. “Soon lots of companies discovered what an attractive place this is, and that contributed majorly to the growth of the southwestern suburbs. Without Martin, Littleton would have remained little a lot longer than it did.” The industry enjoys a symbiotic relationship with the state’s military installations, including U.S. Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Leonard said the area used to have a better awareness of the achievements in its midst, before the aerospace industry got diffused into a more diverse economy. “It’s an extremely important and underappreciated role,” Leonard said. “Big newspapers were always celebrating some new achievement that Lockheed was making, and they do less of that now, unfortunately.” The next frontier? Looking to the future, the sky’s the limit, Lindell said. SEESPACE, P11
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Riders give RTD high marks District releases 2017 customer satisfaction survey results
Genova said in a recent news release. “This is a testament to the hard work of our employees, and I congratulate them for a job well done. We strive to provide safe, clean, reliable, courteous, accessible and cost-effective bus and rail services to our customers.” RTD commissioned BBC Research & Consulting to conduct the survey in spring 2017. Given every three years, the survey addressed the use of various RTD services; payment options and use of discounts; trip and passenger characteristics; travel to and from RTD stops and stations; and satisfaction with RTD services. Both paper-and-pencil and online formats were available. Highlights of the survey include: • RTD passengers rate the quality of all aspects of RTD service as very high, with mean ratings between 4.0 and 4.5 out of 5. • The mean rating of the value pas-
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RTD customers perceive the overall quality of RTD services to be very high, according to the results of the district’s latest customer satisfaction survey. The average rating of the overall quality of RTD services was higher than 4 on a scale in which 1 indicated “poor” and 5 indicated “excellent.” “It is wonderful to know our passengers are extremely happy with our services, will continue to use them and will recommend it to others,” RTD General Manager and CEO Dave
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sengers received from the fares they paid was 4.2 out of 5. • Passengers are very likely to choose RTD again (mean rating of 4.7), and recommend it to others (4.5 rating). • The average quality ratings for bus service (4.17), train service (4.34) and overall services (4.22) exceeded 4.0. • Fare value is substantially related to passengers’ perceptions of overall quality of services, their likelihood to choose RTD again, and their likelihood to recommend RTD to others. • RTD passengers perceive the quality of the schedule and route information they receive as quite high. Mean quality ratings of both schedule and route information were 4.3 out of 5. To see the complete survey and what customers were asked, go to http://www.rtd-denver.com/documents/RTD-CustomerSatisfactionSurveyResults-2017.pdf.
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“We’re seeing lots of growth in commercial and private spaceflight,” Lindell said. “And satellites are getting cheaper, smaller, and more capable.” Lindell said Colorado’s aerospace profile may grow if plans to develop the state’s first spaceport get off the ground. Based at Front Range Airport near DIA, the spaceport would accommodate space planes, which will take off and land like normal airplanes. A number of industry groups will host Aerospace Day at the Colorado Capitol on March 19, an annual event featuring demonstrations and presentations of the state’s aerospace prowess. “We want people to get as excited about this stuff as we are,” Lindell said. “We’re at the forefront of some big things here. Keep your eye on this industry — it’s really taking off.”
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Real leadership is shown by putting mission ahead of self HITTING HOME
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“Never mistake motion for action.” –Ernest Hemingway “Never mistake knowledge for wisdom.”—Elanor Roosevelt (or perhaps Sandra Carey) There are a great many qualities that we attribute to people as if they were interchangeable with other qualities. It’s easy: we see somebody constantly busy, flitting from this activity to that one, and we think they must be getting a lot done. But for some people, all that activity actually accomplishes very little, like a butterfly bouncing through the air, it all ends up hav-
ing very little purpose. And how many really, really smart people do some of the dumbest, most destructive things? I’d like to point out another of those mistaken conflations: that being in charge is the same thing as being a leader. Now, it is true that, often times, once one has demonstrated leadership, they are placed in charge of things. But not always — isn’t the joke in bureaucracies that “everybody manages to rise to the level of their own incompetence?” That is a dangerous truism that undermines organizations.
John Elway as the gunslinging quarterback and bold executive who has earned three Super Bowl titles with the Denver Broncos. But what I heard two weeks ago, a couple days after the Broncos concluded a rare losing season, was a leader. What did I hear? In not so many words: “I was wrong.” Now, Elway didn’t actually say those words (I don’t think), but he said he’s bringing in a trusted friend, and empowering that person to be much more involved in personnel decisions.
No, real leadership requires so much more than just working up to a title and being handed the keys to the executive wash room. Real leadership is far more rare, and, actually, sometimes, shows up in the most unusual ways. Those of us who follow the sports world closely have actually seen two grand examples in recent weeks of powerful leadership in the most unlikely circumstances. The first one was very close to home. Did you happen to hear the end-of-the-season press conference with John Elway? It was rather stunning to me. Everybody knows
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Put brakes on FasTracks Views of the test commuter train and partisan fighting over transportation spending have renewed interest in the FasTracks program. After 13 years of taxes without a choo-choo in sight, there’s a few things Arvadans should know: The price-tag presented to voters, $4.7 billion, had little relation to actual costs. Research showed the public would buy this figure. Thus all the over-runs and bail-outs. Are we talking about another 4 or 5 billion? What’s a
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ing better served. This year I am hitting the ground running to pass more legislation that honors hard work and protects the Colorado we love. Here are a few policies I will be working to pass: • Passing a tax deduction for retired veterans. • Expanding vocational/technical training and apprenticeship opportunities so that every student has access to a good-paying job. • Promoting commonsense ways to close the pay gap between men and women to grow our economy. I first ran for the state legislature because I believe we need leaders who will stand up for a stronger, more secure middle class and an economy that works for everyone. Expanding opportunity means strengthening our schools, leveling the economic playing field and helping retirees and seniors live independently and securely. I work for you. It’s that simple. If you have questions, concerns or ideas, I want to hear them. You can reach me by email me at jessie.danielson.house@state.co.us. My cell phone is 720-276-3468. If you are coming to visit the Capitol, let me know. Thank you for the honor of serving you. Jessie Danielson represents State House District 24, which includes Golden, Wheat Ridge and other areas in Jefferson County. Rep. Danielson’s legislative office phone is 303-866-5522. Her website is www.jessiedanielson. com.
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build and operate than rail, and has shorter lead times, is faster, carries more passengers per hour and generates less greenhouse gas. Counting operating and capital, it costs about $28 per passenger on some lines. Original estimates that Fastracks will reduce traffic by less than 1/2 of one percent have not changed. Such reduction will last about 5 months, until population growth wipes it out. It’s unlikely that RTD will be able to pay for replacement tracks and rail cars without additional taxes. In addition to the regressive FasTracks sales tax, Arvada is shoring up the Gold Line with your city tax dollars. Some say we are too far into this to quit, but wouldn’t it go a long way toward common sense to stop wasting this money? Tom Graham, Arvada Typical misunderstanding of guns The whimsical article by Craig Marshall Smith about the so called “gun glut,” though enjoyable, is unfortunately all too typical of the many articles we see by people who do not understand firearms. As many have said in the past, the Second Amendment protects the First Amendment. Though still true, the practicality is beginning to escape me. A firearm is a tool, just like a chainsaw. If you don’t feel comfortable using it, don’t. The same could be said of the automobile, which unfortunately has now become a weapon in the hands of a few radicals. As a private pilot I know what is entailed in learning to operate a plane correctly and the precision involved. Unfortunately, too little training really goes into learning to operate a motor vehicle with the same precision. If you have been on the road lately you are probably aware of this fact. Firearms also require a significant
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He stepped back and allowed his employee to make decisions about his coaching staff. And he acknowledged that the entire organization needed to be better. He didn’t distribute blame, he didn’t call anybody out, and he didn’t try to deflect: he took blame for failures, and owned the responsibility to change. And then, most importantly, he took action to fix the problems by surrounding himself with new people. Sometimes leadership is best demonstrated after failures. And, sometimes, leadership is more about keeping the focus on the mission, and not on yourself. In the college football national championship game, Alabama was struggling in the first half. They were down, they didn’t seem to have any rhythm, and they were in danger of losing “the big game.” So, at halftime, Coach Nick Saban benched his starting quarterback, a 19-year old kid named Jalen Hurts, who
amount of safety training. Responsible owners have this training and the skills to safely operate them. Guns are not quite as prevalent as people think. Very few of my neighbors have a firearm. Though some own more than one, most of us can only use one at a time. There is no more of a gun glut than there is an automobile glut, or broom glut. Guns are an easy target for those who would like to see complete government control of this country. Hitler and others found that out, we don’t need to have that experiment all over again. William F Hineser, Arvada
someone else’s backyard. Ever since the end of World War II, short-sighted foreign policies of this country accumulated problems on the Korean Peninsula. None of the former presidents ever took the crisis in Korea seriously, just employing Band-Aid policies we all laugh about. Now President Trump is standing up to inherited problems. Instead of displaying hatred and disrespect, we should show some form of support. Miss Stobie, I whole-heartedly agree with you about praying. It is a powerful resource for so many things, always. Jung G. Lew, Arvada
A Korean’s view The recent Mary Stobie column about two men with very contrasting opinions on North Korea was interesting. Our president, Mr. Trump is “The truthful real leader.” And the other one is just the opposite. Yes, I did vote to elect Trump to be president. And even in these days I pray for his good, honest causes. I don’t think one becomes an idiot for voting for him. North and South Korea, together, is smaller than California. Using any heavy, powerful weaponry will bring the most damaging destructive results. So many innocent, powerless poor people will suffer the most. As a young girl I witnessed and suffered through the Korean War Beginning of the North Korean’s invasion the south, my father’s clinic was overflowing with badly injured people. The horror of agony, maimed bodies, blood... I still regret that I had to witness all those horrors. People simply do not understand how horrible, unfair and inhumane war is. Stern and tough talk could prevent war. We should try that method first. People in this country do not realize how fortunate they are. Except all these young soldiers who went to war, suffered immensely and perished in foreign land, no one here really suffers. For so long now war has always been in
Jeffco gets less transparent for parents Why, at their Jan. 11 meeting, did the Jeffco school board take it upon themselves to swiftly pass a consent agenda item making it more difficult for parents to know if their children’s teachers or school staff members had been charged, or arrested for a crime? Shouldn’t the recent student abuse scandals in Cherry Creek,
had won 25 games for him in two-plus years, and put in a freshman in his place. Did Hurts pout on the bench? Did he disengage from the game and mope around in the background? Hardly. Hurts spent the second half two steps behind coach Saban, completely engaged in the action on the field. He was a part of every sideline huddle; he was the first guy to meet his replacement on the sideline to counsel him or congratulate whenever he came off the field; and he was the first guy on the field to celebrate when his replacement threw the game-winning touchdown. Jalen Hurts put mission ahead of self. That’s a real leader. We love to celebrate the man or woman who runs out in front of the advancing army, and those people will always have their place. But really great organizations have to be populated by people who understand the difficult elements of leadership. Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com
Aurora, and Denver have given them pause? Why, in this era of sexual abusers Harvey Weinstein and Matt Lauer, has our Board opted for more secrecy, not less? Why did the Board do this without first soliciting community input? Why shouldn’t this Board have, instead, opted for a higher level of student protection? Russell W Haas, Golden
Is all this ‘justice’ judicious? I’m curious about Environmental Justice. It was not defined in the paper’s story about it in the Jan. 11 edition. What is environmental justice? Is it established in the Colorado Criminal codes? Who sets the appropriate environmental threshold or determines what a good environment is? Are my tax dollars spent on Environmental Justice? If so how much and on how has the money been spent? Shelby Hornsby, Arvada
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Five questions with Amanda Beck, of Packs of Hope BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
What is Packs of Hope? We help children who are transitioning into foster care. We serve newborn to 17-year-olds. We give them backpacks with everything they will need for the first 24 hours of transitioning into a home because most of the time the kids that are transitioning, they don’t get to take anything with them, just what’s one their back. It helps the kids because they get new clothes — and everything we give them is brand new. They get clothes to wear, pajamas, toiletries, a book and a toy. But then it also helps the foster parents because they don’t have to rush out and go buy stuff. They can breathe while the child comes in and relax. We serve seven different counties, from Weld County down to El Paso County — Jefferson, Boulder, Denver, Arapahoe, Weld, El Paso and Douglas. We do on average close to 200 backpacks each month. Our vision is to bring a little hope and joy into children’s lives during one of their scariest moments. That’s really our goal — to help the kids as much as we can. Michelle Smithing started Packs of Hope 10 years ago and she started it because she wanted to adopt a child. They went through the system in Jefferson County and realized when the kids were coming in that they didn’t have anything. She felt lead, and her heart was broken, to help foster kids. She went to Jefferson County and
Amanda Beck runs Packs of Hope and Golden Packs, a nonprofit that serves seven counties in Colorado. asked how to help. She started with a blanket, but then went to the backpacks. Packs of Hope started with 15 backpacks in Jeffco and now it’s over 200 in seven counties and is part of the Foothills Community Church nonprofits.
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And what about Golden Packs of Hope? We also serve the elderly. Golden Packs brings birthday bags into nursing homes. We serve three nursing homes right now. Two in Wheat Ridge and one in Arvada. We bring the packs for birthdays each month and throw a birthday party. Michelle found out that a lot of times people don’t get visitors, so we try to go twice a month to show they are not forgotten. In those bags we put blankets, pajamas and decks of cards or crossword puzzles, lotions… Why is this cause important to you? I love orphans. They’ve always had a special place in my heart. And kids in general. I love working with kids. I was a volunteer here one week and I just fell in love with the organization. It’s just nice to know that we can make an impact in people’s lives. I love kids and I just feel so sad that they’re going through hard times and they’re hurt. So it’s nice to bring a little joy the best we can. And with the elderly, I’ve been able to go to the birthday parties. It’s so much fun because they soak up every bit of attention and it’s fun to hear their stories. What are some highlights of the program? It’s been neat because the Boy Scouts contact us and they do their Eagle Scout program through us. The most recent one was a 13 year old. He collected 150 backpacks for us, filled, and a ton of extra stuff. That’s really cool for us to see the community coming together and how much they can really make an impact. But one of the things that’s hard is we know that every backpack that goes out means a family is being torn apart. It’s tough to know that.
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Monetary donations can be made to online at www.packsofhope.org or by sending a check payable to Packs of Hope to 8270 W. 80th Ave. #2, Arvada, CO 80005. Other donations needed include: shirts, pants, socks, underwear, pajamas, sweatshirts and jackets in all boys and girls sizes; toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, hairbrushes, soap, deodorant, body lotion, shampoo, conditioner, face soap, face lotion and feminine pads, diapers size 2,4, or 6, wipes, diaper creme, baby shampoo, baby soap and baby lotion. To volunteer, email info@packsofhope.org. One of the big things for us is last year we were doing 90-100 and now being at the 200 mark. It is huge, but it’s also very sad. We’re also getting a spike in requests for baby backpacks. How can the community get involved? We always need donations. We take only brand new clothes. We want to give the kids nice stuff so they know they are loved. To have something of their own, brand new is really cool. We give out shirts, pants, sweatshirts, pajamas, socks, underwear and toiletry bags. At minimum we give a toothbrush and toothpaste, but we like to give shampoos, combs, deodorant and feminine products — especially for the teens, so they don’t have to go to the foster parent until they feel comfortable. And then toys and books. We’re always running low. We want to put a toy of some sort in for all ages and we always feel it’s important to put a book in every bag. We run out of baby blankets constantly as well as diapers and wipes. Second is volunteers. We love for the community to come in and be part of this.
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Fun and magical science for kids
Science is magic for Kids! For decades scientists have been trying to get everyone excited and curious about experimenting and searching for solutions to problems. Now we have hundreds of STEAM activities families can easily do at home to reinforce what children do in science class. STEAM is science, technology, engineering and technology with art thrown in there. Here are a few activities to LIFELONG get started. Citrus Volcanoes LEARNING School age chilEsther Macalady dren may have seen vinegar and baking soda volcanoes. Ask them to explain what happens to find out how much they know. Do they use the words acid and base interactions? Let them know that there are many other ways to make volcanoes. Be clear though that real volcanoes are not caused by acids and bases in the earth. That’s another lesson. These volcanoes will smell great! Warn them not to touch their eyes or taste science experiments and wash hands well when finished. They may also wear sun glasses to protect from squirts. You’ll need two lemons in a dish pan, dish detergent, several colors of food coloring, and baking soda. Roll the lemon on a counter top a bit to loosen up the lemon pulp. Adults can cut off the top of of a large lemon and make a cone shaped core going about khalf way into the lemon. Place five drops each of yellow, red
and blue coloring and about a quarter cup of lemon juice. Use a spoon handle to mix up the coloring and pulp slightly. Children can empty a teaspoon of baking soda into the lemon and stir. Children can carefully squeeze the lemon with their hands and use the stick to mush up the lemon. Add more juice and baking soda to keep the acid and base chemical reaction going to make it fizz more. What are other fruits in the citric family? Citric acid is added to soda pop for taste and a preservative, but does not add the fizz. Carbon dioxide under pressure makes the open can fizz thanks to scientist Joseph Priestley’s experiments. Secret Messages While you have lemons out, squeeze half a fresh lemon in a bowl to make a secret writing formula. Add a few drops of water to the bowl of juice and mix. Dip a cotton tip into the mixture and print a message or draw a small cartoon on white paper. Then allow to dry until it becomes completely invisible. To see the message hold it up to a hot light bulb. How does this work? Lemon juice molecules combine with oxygen (oxidize) and turn brown when heated. The water helps to camouflage the juice so it is very hard to notice until heated. For more science fun see grandparentsteachtoo.blogspot.com and wnmufm. org/programs/learning-throughseasons. Esther Macalady is a retired schoolteacher, living in Golden.
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MILESTONES Arvada Katelyn Eldredge, of Arvada, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Chadron State College. Steven J. Gustafson, of Arvada was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Morningside College in Iowa. Haylee L. Harris, of Arvada, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Bethany College. Harris is studying psychology. Katherine Barbara Hill, of Arvada, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at South Dakota State University. Isabella Melena, a Ralston Valley High School graduate, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Drury University in Springfield Missouri. Kevin Nguyen, of Arvada, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Rockhurst University, in Missouri. Filip Rebraca, of Arvada, was named to the first trimester 2017 honor roll with high honors at Williston Northampton School. Rebraca is a post-graduate student. Lauren Yaffe, of Arvada, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Belmont University. Golden Cole Davis, of Golden, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Bucknell University.
Emily Fox, of Golden, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Belmont University. Mattea Keister, of Golden, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Keister is pursuing a degree in biochemistry at the University of Kansas. Emily Mott, of Golden, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Belmont University. Rabin Phuyal, of Golden, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Columbia College, Denver campus. Ngim Chhamji Sherpa, of Golden, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Columbia College, Denver campus. Lakewood Abraham Lamontagne, of Lakewood, received a presidential scholarship to attend Cornell College beginning in fall 2018. Emma Martinez, of Lakewood, was named to the fall 2017 dean’s list at Rockhurst University, in Missouri. Paula Putrino, of Lakewood, graduated this fall semester with an Associate of Science, Human Resources degree from Minnesota State Community and Tehnical College.
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ine out of 10 people on the street don’t know who Bayard Rustin is. But Cincinnati Men’s Chorus Artistic Director Steve Milloy is out to change that. Milloy composed and arranged an original choral piece, “Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the Dream” and musical group throughout the country and are starting to perform it. “The piece discusses an unknown fact in our history of this wonderful man, Bayard Rustin,” Milloy said. “He was a peace activist, civil rights activist and an unabashedly openly gay man at a time when that was not exactly looked on as something righteous to do.” Rustin is mostly know for organizing the 1963 March on Washington where Martin Luther King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. “But if it wasn’t for Bayard Rustin, there wouldn’t be Martin Luther King as we know him,” Milloy said. “It was Bayard Rustin who went and studied non-violent resistance and taught those things to King. And that’s when the civil right movement really took off.”
Hazel Miller and Mark Boykins reherse their storytelling roles for the upcoming production of “Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the Dream.” Milloy, who has been singing in LGBTQ choruses for 30 years, was inspired to write the Rustin piece because he was yet to come across one about an African-American. “I was wondering: When am I going to sing something about somebody who looks like me?” said Milloy. “So I thought it was time to put something out there about a man who was not just important to the gay, LGBTQ movement, but to the civil rights movement as a whole.” Music in the piece runs the gamut from 19th-century hymnody to ragtime, pop ballads and anthems, jazz, concertized spirituals, chain gang songs and even rap. After hearing about the “The Man Behind the Dream,” Bill Loper, artistic director for Harmony of Colorado Chorael, thought it was perfect for his choir.
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IF YOU GO WHAT: The Denver area premiere of “Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the Dream” WHO: Harmony: a Colorado chorale, award-winning R&B singer Hazel Miller and her band, Mark Boykins, Arvada High School Chorale. Composed/ arranged by Cincinnati Men’s Chorus Artistic Director Steve Milloy. WHEN/WHERE: 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 at Central Presbyterian Church, 1660 Sherman St., Denver; and 3 p.m. Feb. 11 at Monfort Concert Hall, 701 10th Ave., Greeley. “The story of Bayard Rustin, such a powerful figure in American history who was really shunned because he was an SEE HARMONY, P19
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o far this year, Ullr, the Norse god of winter, seems to mostly have skipped over Colorado. But hopefully the fourth annual UllrGrass festival in Golden will bring the god’s attention back to us. UllrGrass is a three-day music and beer festival that is hosted in Parfet Park, located at 10th Street and Washington Avenue, and New Terrain Brewing Co., 16401 Table Mountain ParkCOMING way, from Jan. 26-28. ATTRACTIONS The festival is produced by Coral Creek Music and benefits music education in the Golden community through the Coral Creek Music Project. This year’s lineup includes members of Railroad Earth, Leftover Salmon, the Lyle Lovett Band, Hot Rize and more. UllrGrass goes beyond offering only music to attendees — craft breweries and cideries will be on Clarke Reader hand, as well local vendors and food trucks, and there are even activities for children, like an UllrEgg hunt, scavenger hunt, face-painting and more. The Performance Round of this year’s UllrGrass Band Contest takes place at 6 p.m. on Jan. 18 at New Terrain Brewing Co. There are eight finalists, and each will perform a three-song set. The winner of the Performance Round will perform on the mainstage at UllrGrass 2019. The Performance Round is free and open to the public. Seeing as the event is named in honor of winter, the festival will be hosted come snow or shine, so prepare layers to stay warm. Ullr devotees have been known to show up in Viking garb — helmets, drinking horns and leather chest plates — whatever you need to summon the spirit of Ullr. And because Ullr is also the Patron Saint of Skiers, don’t be afraid to put your ski pants on. Tickets for the music festival can be purchased as a weekend pass or single-day pass. VIP tickets are also available. Beer festival tickets can be purchased as a supplemental ticket, as a package with a weekend pass or Saturday single-day ticket, or for the beer festival only. To learn more, visit www. ullrgrass.com. I like big barrels and I cannot lie Those in search of a little liquid warmth this winter shouldn’t miss Colorado Plus’ fourth annual Big Barrel Aged Beer Festival, from Jan. 19 through 21 at 6995 W. 38th Ave. in Wheat Ridge. The festival will feature a variety of beers, including Bull and Bush Barrel Aged Man Beer, Rockyard Rockness Monster, Funkwerks Duplicity, Avery Samael’s, C+ Cookie Zilla and more. These are rare and one-off barrel aged beers that will appeal to anyone interested in seeing how barrel aging and the type of barrels can affect the taste of a beer. Go to www.coloradoplus.net for all the details. Honoring Tom Petty with local bar bands The sudden death of rock legend Tom Petty last year was one of the hardest losses in a year full of great talents going out. Petty was responsible of some all-time great songs, including “Free Fallin’,” “American Girl” and “Learning to Fly,” and by all accounts was an extraordinarily decent man. Thankfully, his music lives on, and local bands like The Humbuckers, 3 Star Monday, Last Rhino and special guests Tompettyproject and Adrienne Osborn will be playing it at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, SEE READER, P19
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Mines students work with disabled veterans to provide better quality of life Partnership with nonprofit gives students the opportunity to design unique assistive devices BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Colorado School of Mines students are elevating the quality of life for some of the nation’s greatest heroes. “The independence they’re helping us gain,” said Velette Britt, 29, an Air Force veteran of Colorado Springs who is paralyzed from the waist down, “is huge.” Britt is one of five people that Mines students are working with through the nonprofit Quality of Life Plus (QL+). The organization provides students with the opportunity to produce original, customized assistive devices to improve the quality of life for a veteran who has been injured in the line of duty. “We give them real-world problems. We’re pretty hard on the students to come up with the right solution,” said Jon Monett, the founder of QL+ who is a retired senior executive in the CIA and Air Force veteran. But “they realize it’s for much more than a grade.” He added that he’s seen many bonds formed between the students and the veterans they work with. “It’s all about results,” Monett said. The goal is to be able to give the veterans something they can use after working with Mines students, said Joel Bach, associate professor in Mines’ Department of Mechanical Engineering and director of Mines’ Human-Centered Design Studio. With QL+, the students are working specifically with veterans, but the Human-Centered Design Studio also works with Paralympians, professional and recreational athletes, equipment manufacturers and adaptive sports programs. New projects are constantly being brought in, Bach said, and the project cater to a variety of disabilities for people of all ages — visually impaired, paralysis and amputees, to name a few..
Velette Britt, 29, is a competitive hand cyclist and avid skier. She is one of five U.S. armed forces veterans that Colorado School of Mines students are working with through the nonprofit organization Quality of Life Plus (QL+). COURTESY PHOTO “The students get the opportunity to work with somebody who’s faced different challenges in life,” Bach said, “and learn what that individual’s abilities are.” They learn to communicate, empathy and how to apply their skills in a helpful way, Bach added. Mines has been working with QL+ since July, and is one of the organization’s seven partner universities. It’s especially unique for Mines’ undergraduate students to get this opportunity because at most of the other universities, the program is only offered at the graduate level, said Rachelle Trujillo, the senior director of communications with the Colorado School of Mines Foundation. Mines “students are passionate about being able to create a piece of adaptive equipment for veterans who have sacrificed for our country,” Trujillo said. Britt has been in a wheelchair for two-and-a-half years. She is a competitive hand cyclist and avid skier with a goal to compete in the Warrior Games and National Veterans Wheelchair
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To learn more about the Colorado School Mines’ Human-Centered Design Studio, visit http://ability.mines.edu/. Games. In the fall semester, Mines students designed a manual wheelchair that allows Britt to traverse curbs and bumps, and this spring, they are working to design comfortable cranks for her hand cycle and attachments to allow her to ride in inclement weather. “The students have so much drive,” Britt said. “It’s exciting to see how excited they are to help me get through life independently.” Some other projects the students are working on include a dancing foot prosthesis for a former Dancing with
the Stars competitor, rock climbing holds for blind people and sockets for prosthetic legs for a person who has had both legs amputated. “He wanted something he could just slip on and walk around with,” said Josh Glanzer, one of the four students working on the sockets for the prosthetic legs. Glanzer is a senior studying mechanical engineering and one of the reasons he chose to go to Mines is because he wanted to work with disabled people, he said, adding he grew up on military bases. “This is just my way of helping veterans,” Glanzer said.
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Before careers can soar, pilots must pay their dues
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Those who fly planes face intense training, uncertain market BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
When Matt Stege was 6 years old, three T6 World War II trainer planes flew over his house en route to an air show. There was just something about it, he said, recalling that day when he stood on the front porch of his Aspen home and watched the planes fly overhead. It was “seeing them in formation and the sound they made,” Stege said. “I just got hooked.” But it was at age 14, when he took off in a plane for the first time during an introductory training flight, that he knew someday he would become a professional pilot. And that he did. Now, Stege, 33, a resident of Denver, is a first officer of a Boeing 737 for a major airline. The topic of a shortage of airline pilots is popular in the headlines. Yet a straightforward answer to whether or not it exists is hard to come by. The airlines are volatile industry, said Dan Callender of Arvada, a captain with a major airline. Any little change in the economy can hit the airlines up front, causing an effect — good or bad — in the airlines more quickly than in any other industry, he said. For example, a change of only a couple cents for a gallon of fuel can make a significant impact on the airlines. Airlines are constantly evaluating what their forecasted needs may be, Callender said. That’s why there are times when there’s a lot of hiring of pilots happening, and other times when there’s a lull, Callender said. An airline pilot shortage would be based on forecasted need, and the number of pilots available, he said. “If projection goes up, need goes up,” Callender said. “It’s all supply and demand.” However, there are a few major contributors that can be associated with or attributed to a shortage of airline pilots, said Kevin Kuhlmann, a professor and the associate chair in the Aviation and Aerospace Science Department at Metropolitan State University of Denver. These are: legislation that stems from the 2009 plane crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407, a massive retirement rate of pilots and the cost of education and training. Colgan Air Flight 3407 At about 10:15 p.m. on Feb. 12, 2009, in wintry weather conditions that consisted of light snow, fog and wind, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed into a house just outside of its destination city of Buffalo, New York. A total of 50 people died in the crash — 49 crew members, including the two pilots, and passengers, and one person in the house. The incident triggered legislation. New standards for first officers, also
How to become a pilot BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Not all airlines require a bachelor’s degree, but obtaining one is generally recommended. Students who pursue a degree to become an airline pilot can study fields such as aircraft operations, aviation and aeronautical engineering. What is required, however, is flight training and Federal Aviation Administration certifications. There are various levels of FAA certifications that pilots can earn, said Kevin Kuhlmann, a professor and the associate chair in the Aviation and Aerospace Science Department at Metropolitan State University of Denver. The most basic is the pilot license. With a pilot license, a person can fly recreationally and/or private planes. This generally requires 40 hours of in-flight time.a A pilot can earn his or her commercial pilot certificate once 250 flight hours are accumulated. This certificate means the pilot is able to fly an unscheduled air taxi operation and receive compensation for the service under specified conditions. Persons holding this certification may teach at a flight school, if they also obtain a certified flight instructor certificate. After the commercial pilot certificate, a pilot may earn an Air Transport Pilot certificate. This would qualify the pilot to get hired to work for a scheduled carrier, also known as a commercial airline. In order to earn the ATP, a pilot must accumulate 1,500 in-flight experience hours. This experience entails doing certain tasks — flying in unfavorable weather, learning to navigate different equipment, landing in an airport that is not the pilot’s home airport. Once all these certifications are earned, a pilot is usually qualified to work for a major airline. However, this qualification is based on experience, rather than accumulation of in-flight hours, and could take a person about five years to achieve. refered to as co-pilots, raised their minimum of flight experience level from 250 hours to 1,500 hours — the same amount that captains must accumulate. It took effect in August 2013. How the new legislation plays into the potential shortage of airline pilots, Kuhlmann said, is it creates a vacuum of hireable pilots. The larger, major airlines, such as Delta and United, for example, want to hire the pilots who have a surplus of 3,000 to 4,000 in-flight hours. SEE PILOT, P29
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openly gay man ... it’s a story that just needs to be told,” Loper said. “You can go down the street and ask anybody, ‘Do you know who Bayard Rustin was,’ and nine people out of 10 will say no.” Loper has been doing that while he’s been handing out fliers promoting Harmony’s performance of Milloy’s “Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the Dream.” Harmony is a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight ally chorus that was founded in 1991. The 70-member choir pulls members from the Denver metro area and northern Colorado. Last May Harmony performed a piece called, “Tyler’s Suite,” about a young man, Tyler Clemente, who died by suicide after being cyber-bullied. The community reaction from those performances is what led Loper to the Bayard Rustin piece. “What ‘Tyler’s Suite’ really
Half of the choir rehearses at Arvada High School. brought for me as artistic director was when we do things that are more mission-based, that have a purpose and that give us a reason to be, the possibilities are limitless,” Loper said. “The Bayard Rustin piece is hands down the best thing we’ve ever done. I am so proud to be a part of it. It’s reaching people, it’s telling a story and it’s informing people. “And its going to be very entertaining.” The Harmony Chorale will be joined by Arvada resident and award-winning R&B singer
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Jan. 20, during the Tom Petty Tribute Night at @ Cheers, 11964 Washington St. in Northglenn. For all the details on the celebration, go to www.facebook.com/ atCheers. Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Passion Pit at the Ogden Passion Pit, which is the brainchild of frontman and produccer Michael Angelakos, has been one of the most fun electro-pop bands since their 2009 debut, “Manners,” first hit the scene. In the ensuing years, Passion Pit has developed an ardent fan base, and 2017’s independent release, “Tremendous Sea of Love,” showed musicians eager to explore and experiment with the more familiar elements of electronic music. Now Passion Pit will be performing at 8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22,
Hazel Miller and her band. Miller will act as a narrator and a soloist in the Colorado performances. “The music in this is moving, it’s inspirational,” Miller said. “The information given is priceless and I’m very proud to be part of this.” Miller loves the music so much that she has decided to learn all the music and sing alto with the choir throughout the whole performance. Mark Boykins, currently the Director of Music at the Peoples Presbyterian Church,
at the Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., in Denver as part of their first tour since 2016. Joining Angelakos in the Passion Pit live band will be Chris Hartz, Aaron Harrison Folb and Giuliano Pizzulo, and opener courtship. To score tickets, visit www.ogdentheatre.com. Music for a good cause at Good Shepherd Centennial’s Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 8545 E. Dry Creek Road, is looking to start 2018 off by hosting quality concerts that benefit good causes with its third Music with a Mission Concert Series. The series is made up of five free concerts, which raise money for different causes. In its first two seasons, the series has generated over $20,000 for both local, national and international mission organizations. There are three performances left in the series — the Forte Handbell Quartet, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 19, to benefit Covenant Cupboard Food Pantry; the Hummin’birds bluegrass group at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 16, to benefit
will join Miller as a storyteller. The performance will be rounded out by 55 young voices from the Arvada High School Chorale. This makes the agerange of voices span 70 years. “I’m flattered and thrilled that he invited us” said John Miller, choir director and teacher at Arvada High School. “Educationally, there’s layers and layers of things they’re going to get from this. To see a program like this with a living composer that can come in and meet with them ... that almost never happens. It’s very inspiring.” The dynamics that Steve Milloy brings to rehearsal are something that Arvada High senior Haley Stimack appreciates. “I feel a lot of the message when Mr. Milloy is conducted us,” Stimack said. “You can feel how passionate he is about it.” Milloy said not only is his piece musical and informative, but it’s a message that is needed in society right now. “This piece is really about nonviolent resistance in a time when we really truly need it,” Milloy said. “People need to
Heifer International; and Juice O’ The Barley, playing Irish pub music, at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 23, to benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Based in Colorado Springs, Forté is a nationally recognized handbell
WHO IS BAYARD RUSTIN? Bayard Rustin was a Quaker, conscientious objector, openly gay, civil rights activist and the organizer of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 March on Washington and co-organizer of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. An organizer of the first Freedom Rides protesting racial segregation in the south, Rustin was arrested for sitting in the whites only section of a bus 12 years before Rosa Parks made headlines. He was sentenced to work on a chain gang. Upon his release, Rustin’s five-part series for the New York Post titled “22 days on a chain gang” described the brutal details of his imprisonment and ultimately led to the abolition of the chain gang in North Carolina. In 2013, President Barack Obama bestowed Rustin a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom. stand up and be counted and we also need to come together and to talk. I’m hoping that this piece along with many other things starts spurring that conversation about understanding and a peaceful resolve.”
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“My eyes were immediately drawn to the one who was off-white, with chocolate brown spots and chocolate brown ears … his eyes were a striking amber color — like a wolf or coyote.” Thus is described the central character in “Adventures with Durango Pete: Life and Poetry with a Cow Dog Philosofur.” Steve and Cynthia Hinman of Littleton were at an adoption event held by Colorado Puppy Rescue. After the loss of a beloved old dog two years earlier and a move from Kansas to Colorado to be near daughter Krista, the Hinmans were starting to think
about another furry friend, urged on by Krista, who sent numerous photos of possible candidates. They set out with a certain terrier in mind, were delayed in traffic and arrived to find that puppy had been adopted, but there were three little cow dogs playing. Hinman had been thinking about ancestors who were ranchers — funny where our fancies take us … Steve picked him up and the decision was never in question as he was smothered in kisses. The pup had come to Colorado from an agency in New Mexico. In addition to the puppy, the Hinmans bought a book on cattle dogs, another on puppy training, a little blue collar and matching leash and all the other necessary supplies. His name? Steve said “Durango” and his wife said “Pete”— firmly. They set up his new bed at home and introduced the back yard, carrying him down the stairs
since his legs were still too short to navigate them. Every evening, he escalated into a craziness that required putting him in his kennel for time out. They started to research. (Here the reader gets a lecture on the long Australian history of interbreeding with dingos — and distinctive personality of cattle dogs.) Walk on a leash? Not this puppy! Dig in the carefully manicured flower beds and lawn? You bet! He learned the names of his increasing collection of chew toys scattered across the yard and could fetch the right one — but preferred to chew on mulch chips. Trick training? Sit for cheese? Yes. But, in general, thing went so badly they thought they might have to give him up. They consulted a trainer and eventually tried walking off-leash, which resulted in a much happier pup. On a
day spent exploring the Dakota Hogback near his home, the description leads into an account of Hinman’s rancher ancestors … while rewarding the dog with treats as he came when called. A sort of compromise solution was at hand. Let him off lead and he’d come when called. They progressed to mountain hikes and a trip to California to revisit favorite places and introduce Durango Pete to the ocean. His passion for cheeseburgers stayed evident and his special people learned some more about caring for him — which has led to many happy experiences for Pete, Steve and Cynthia, some poetry (Steve) and philosophizing (Steve and Pete). Note — Steve Hinman is available to talk about his experiences with Pete — and Pete stays in touch on FaceBook. Steve.hinman1@gmail.com. The book is available from Amazon.
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s coming-of-age memoir is the February selection of the Jeffco League of Women Voters nonfiction book club. Two groups will discuss “My Beloved World” — at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Brookdale Westland Meridian, 10695 W. 17th Ave., Lakewood; and at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21 at the
Golden Public Library, 1019 10th St., Golden. Choose the meeting time and place most convenient for you. Call Lynne at 303-985-5128 for information. The Washington Post writes of this memoir: “Anyone wondering how a child raised in public housing, without speaking English, by an alcoholic father and a largely absent mother could become the first Latina on the Supreme Court will find the answer in these pages. It didn’t take a village: It took a country.” The Jeffco League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization that neither endorses nor opposes candidates. For information, call 303-238-0032 or go to www.lwvjeffco.org. Check out the group on Facebook at LWVJeffco.
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CLUBS Ongoing Activities Mondays Arvada Chorale, an auditioned community chorus, rehearses Monday evenings from September to June at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. The chorale performs three concerts a year plus many community events. For audition information, call 720-432-9341, or email info@arvadachorale.org. Divorce Workshop A workshop that covers the legal, financial and social issues of divorce is presented the third Monday of each month at the Sheridan Library, 3425 W. Oxford Ave., Denver. Check in from 5:15-5:30 p.m.; workshop runs from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com. Advance registration costs $35; at the door, cost goes to $40 (cash/checks only). Attendees will get help taking the next step by getting unbiased information and resources. Learn the options available and next steps to take positive action steps. Discover community resources, and talk with other women experiencing similar life changes. Volunteer presenters include an attorney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager. Discussion items include co-parenting, child support, family coping, tax consequences, property division, hostile spouses and more. For information, contact 303-210-2607 or info@divorceworkshopdenver.com. Golden Chapter, Order of DeMolay meets at 7 p.m. every first and third Wednesday in the town of Golden. Walt Disney, Mel Blanc & Walter Cronkite are counted amongst its Alumni. DeMolay is an organization for young men between
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the ages of 12 and 21 that offers character building, leadership training, and life skill development. We offer many activities, academic opportunities and scholarships. Please contact the chapter for more information. Email demolaygolden@gmail.com or www. coloradodemolay.org and visit Golden’s page under the Chapter tab by clicking on the Golden photo. Golden Nar-Anon family group meets from 7:30-9 p.m. Mondays at Calvary Episcopal Church, 1320 Arapahoe St. We ask that people enter on the east side of the church and follow the signs to the upstairs meeting room. Call the Nar-Anon Family Groups World Service Organization at 800-477-6291 or go to Nar-Anon.org. Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club meets from 7-9 a.m. Mondays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, 10151 W. 26th Ave., Lakewood. Meeting fee is $5 (cash preferred). Order from diner menu (pay on you own). Call Fred Holden at 303-421-7619 for information. Republicans, especially students, youth and women, welcome to join. Job’s Daughters, Golden Chapter Bored? Lonely? Make life-long friends. Join a group of young ladies from ages 10-20 learn leadership and organizational skills in meetings with support from friends. Meetings are the second and fourth Monday of the month in Golden. Meet periodically to do fun activities. Rewards of membership include life skills, community work and significant scholarships for college. Interested, call Job’s Daughters at 303-204-1572 to join us for an activity. Mesas de conversación en inglés/English Conversation Tables: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mondays at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Confidence, cultural understanding and comfort are key to truly becoming fluent in a foreign language. Come to the library to practice speaking English in a safe environment with a trained leader. Suitable for high beginners, intermediate and advanced English learners. Go to http:// jeffcolibrary.org. Mesas de conversación en inglés/English Conversation Tables: 6-7 p.m. Mondays at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Confidence, cultural understanding and comfort are key to truly becoming fluent in a foreign language. Come to the library to practice speaking English in a safe environment with a trained leader. Suitable for high beginners, intermediate and advanced English learners. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Open mic Living Water Unity Spiritual Community presents open mic night - celebrate your teen self from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. This program gives teens the opportunity to express their performing art including voice and instrument, acting, poetry, stand-up comedy, mime, etc. Open to all students in sixth to 12th grades. Email bellbottoms809@gmail. com. Square Dancing Want some fun exercise? Learn to square dance. Start at 7 p.m. any Monday at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court. Call 303-973-9529.
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Wheat Ridge Rotary Club meets from noon to 1:30 p.m. Mondays for lunch at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St. Come as our guest and learn about our service projects for the community.
Tuesdays Applewood Kiwanis Club meets from 7-8 a.m. Tuesdays at the Applewood Golf Course, 14001 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. You are invited to attend a meeting. Our goals are to serve children worldwide and in our community. We ring the bell for Salvation Army, deliver Christmas baskets to needy families and, assist the Jeffco Action Center with school supplies for children from low-income families. These are just three of our many projects. For more information, contact Fred McGehan at 303-947-1565. Arvada Fine Arts Guild: 2-4 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Indian Tree Golf Club, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, in the restaurant/clubhouse. Meetings are free and open to the public. Go to http://arvadafineartsguild.com/ Arvada Sunrise Rotary Club meets from 7-8 a.m. Tuesdays at The Arvada Centre For The Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. for a breakfast meeting. Come join us as our guest and learn about our community service projects and what Rotary does in the world to help people. Denver Apple Pi, an Apple/Mac computer user group, meets from 7-9 p.m. the third Tuesday each month at the Applewood Community Church (downstairs), 12930 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. Program varies each month. We welcome those interested in learning more about their Apple or Mac computer. Visitors are welcome to see if you like our more mature group. More information may be found at denverapplepi.com. Golden Optimist Club: 7 a.m. Tuesdays at Windy Saddle Café, 1110 Washington Ave., downtown Golden. The primary activity of the Golden Optimist Club is our bicycle recycle program. We fix donated bicycles and offer them for donations at reasonable prices -- $20 for an adult bicycle and $10 for a child’s bicycle. Helmets given free with every bicycle sold, and locks also available for sale. For someone who cannot afford these low prices, we will give away the bicycle, helmet and lock. Golden Rotary meets from 7:15-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Rolling Hills Country Club, 15707 W. 26 Ave., Golden. This active organization reaches neighbors in need. We build, support, and organize. We save lives locally and globally. For additional information visit www.rotayclubofgolden.org or contact Pat Madison at 303-279-1021. Lakewood Chapter of Retired and Active Federal Employees meets at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of most months at the Episcopal Church, 10th and Garrison. Call Greg Kann at 303-718-7307 with questions. Lake Arbor Optimist Club Bringing Out the Best in Kids meets at 7 a.m. Tuesdays at Indian Tree Golf Course, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Breakfast served. Contact Terri Kearney, president, 303-506-6692; or Debbie Espinoza, treasurer, 720-937-2550. New members welcome. Northside Coin Club is a group of collectors that meets monthly to promote the hobby of numismatics among its members and the public. The club meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at 12205 Perry St., at the Friendship Hall in the Cimarron Village in Broomfield. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Find more information about our club at www.
northsidecoinclub.org/ or look for us on Facebook. Master Networks of Belmar Entrepreneurs and professionals interested in growing their business and personal connections, this is the group for you. We use a national platform that includes an educational component along with traditional networking aspects. Group is oriented toward entrepreneurs and professionals. The group meets from 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays at DeMarras Bourbon Bar & Eatery, 11100 W. Alameda Ave. For information, visit a meeting or call Suzie at 303-979-9077 or email Littleton@ Mathnasium.com. Ports of Call Singles Club, 55 Plus Social hours take place from 4-6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at 3 Margaritas in Lakewood (contact Carol at 303-389-7707), and the fourth Tuesday of each month at Chads in Lakewood (contact Darlene at 303233-4099). Denver meetings are the fourth Thursday of each month at Baker St. Pub, 8101 E. Belleview, in the Tech Center (contact Harold at 303-693-3434). For information and a monthly newsletter, call JoAnn, membership chairperson, at 303-751-5195, or Mary, president, at 303-985-8937. Rocky Mountain Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtnteamsurvivor.org. Wheat Ridge Art League meets at 7 p.m. the last Tuesday of the month at the Active Adult Center, 6363 W. 35th Ave, Wheat Ridge. Social time starts at 6:45 p.m. Enjoy an art demo by an award-winning artist each month at 7:30 pm. All art mediums and abilities welcome. Contact Pat McAleese at 303-941-4928 or mcpainter03@comcast. net for information. No meeting August or December. 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 303-8688273. American Legion Auxiliary presents Burger Nite, 5-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Post 178, 1655 Simms St., Lakewood. Members, their guests and active military invited for varied food and reasonable prices. Visit www.alpost178.org. Arvada Business Connection is a friendly group of Arvada Business owners who meet once each month on Wednesdays at various restaurants in the Arvada area. All are welcome - friends, kids and spouses, too. We collect a $5 donation, which is given to one of the attendees to donate as they wish. They share how they donated the money at the next meeting. For meeting and contact information, check the Arvada Business Connection Facebook page @ArvadaBusinessConnection or call 303-995-9919. SEE CLUBS, P23
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after providing his colleagues copies of a 28-page document defending himself. He stoically answered “Here” during roll call. And he stood briefly, then sat back down again, as fellow Democrats gave rousing applause as House Speaker Crisanta Duran declared, “there is no place for harassment, hate speech or discrimination in this chamber.” The session began under a cloud of tension after harassment complaints were filed last fall against Lebsock, Democratic Rep. Paul Rosenthal and an undisclosed number of other lawmakers. Leaders of both chambers are formally reviewing the Legislature’s workplace harassment policy — as have several statehouses across the country. In the Republican-controlled Senate, President Kevin Grantham called for “creating a welcoming and respectful workplace environment” and declared that “I don’t think anybody here is of the belief that the status quo is work-
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Arvada Jefferson Kiwanis meets from 7-8 a.m. Wednesdays at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., for a breakfast meeting. We invite you to join us for great fellowship, interesting programs, and the satisfaction of serving your community. This Kiwanis organization supports the Arvada Community Food Bank, the school backpack program, Santa House, Ralston House, and many other local organizations. For information or to visit a meeting, call Brad at 303-431-4697. Arvada Rotary meets from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays at Indian Tree Golf Club,
ing, or that action shouldn’t be taken.” The issue virtually overshadowed other priorities laid out Jan. 10 by Colorado legislative leaders for the 2018 session, including funding roads and schools, addressing the opioid crisis and tackling a superheated housing market that has limited affordable housing options for many state residents. Winter alleges that Lebsock acted aggressively toward her when she turned down his sexual advances during an end-of-session party in 2016. She said he grabbed her elbow and that she felt threatened. Duran, also a Democrat, removed Lebsock from a committee chairmanship and called on him to resign after Winter filed her complaint. Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, and others called on Lebsock to step down. Meanwhile, Democratic state Rep. Matt Gray has said he plans to introduce a resolution to force Lebsock to give up his position. In response to that possibility, Lebsock placed his document rebutting the allegations in the mailboxes of all state representatives on Monday. He said House leaders told him on
7555 Wadsworth Blvd. The club engages in a variety of community service projects, with emphasis on assistance to and support of Arvada’s youth. Visitors are always welcome. For additional information visit www.arvadarotary. org or call Matt Weller 303-480-5220 or 303-908-7165. Buffalo Toastmasters meets from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Denver West Office Park, 14142 Denver West Parkway, Building 51, Suite 195, Golden. Go to www.buffalotoastmasters.org or www.meetup.com/Buffalo-Toastmasters-Golden/ for more information. Buffalo Toastmasters, where public speaking and leadership excellence is encouraged in a safe environment.
Dec. 14 to not release the confidential complaint Winter filed against him even though his accusers have been allowed to talk publicly. He also said that investigators still have not contacted him. Lebsock said he has heard that a small number of Democrats and others began a “whisper campaign” to discredit him and hurt his candidacy for state treasurer. He also insinuated the party was lining up behind Winter in her bid to win a state Senate seat this November that could challenge the narrow Republican majority in that chamber. Previously, Lebsock released the results of polygraph tests he said proves that he is telling the truth. Without admitting misconduct, he also apologized to Winter and two other women who allege harassment, former lobbyist Holly Tarry and former legislative aide Cassie Tanner, for causing them pain. The national sexual misconduct scandal was unfolding when a number of complaints were filed at Colorado’s statehouse following reports on the Lebsock allegations by Rocky Mountain Community Radio. State lawmakers are barred under
their own rules from discussing even the existence of a complaint under current state legislative procedures. A harassment complaint against Democratic Rep. Paul Rosenthal was dismissed on Jan. 4. Rosenthal had been accused of harassment by a political activist in 2012. The complaint was dismissed apparently because the alleged incident happened before Rosenthal was elected to his post. In her opening speech, Duran said a Capitol culture that allows workplace harassment must change. “Let our actions show that the intolerable will be tolerated no more,” she said. Republican House Minority Leader Patrick Neville said he welcomed reforms to workplace harassment policy but also insisted that those accused must be provided due process, echoing calls from other GOP leaders. “I perfectly understand and share a sense of outrage when we hear stories of bad behavior,” he said. “But when accusations appear where the law is made, we must observe due process so that we fairly and objectively handle complaints and workplace issues.”
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Beauty and the Beast: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 19-20, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, at Colorado ACTS, 11455 I-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Tickets sold at the door. Call 303-456-6772 or go to www. coloradoacts.org. Reader’s Theater: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Enjoy a live performance, adapted from story books, and participate in our reader’s theater, followed by a craft and milk with cookies. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org
ART/CRAFTS
Heart Book Folding Project: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 28 at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Complete a heart-shaped book folding project perfect for gift-giving or admiring for yourself. Space limited. For adults and teens. Go to http://jeffcolibrary.org Explore Nature with Your Inner Artist: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays through Jan. 31 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Registration required. Go to https://arvada. org/ and click on Majestic View Nature Center under the Explore tab. `Damage’ Art Exhibit: open through February 2018 at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, in the mezzanine near the library. Denver artist Sharon Brown’s exhibit features psychologically charged paintings created mostly from photographs. Go to www.rrcc.edu. Rain Forest Discovery, Art Near the Equator: 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays through March 21 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. For ages 6-12. Registration required. Go to https://arvada.org/ and click on Majestic View Nature Center under the Explore tab.
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Golden Lions Chili Supper, Bake Sale: 3-7 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Masonic Lodge, 400 10th St., Golden. Chili free; beer and wine will be available for purchase. A variety of baked goods available for purchase. Family friendly. Contact sondra@laurelpropertyservices. com.
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this week’s TOP FIVE Fun Home: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday from Jan. 26 to March 4 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Honest, original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes. Call 303935-3044 or go to minersalley.com. Adult themes; recommended for ages 14 and older. Sense and Sensibility: Jan. 26 to May 6 at the Arada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd.. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with matinees at 1 p.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m. Sundays. Preview performances at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24-25. Audience talkbacks on Friday, Feb. 16 and Wednesday, Marh 14 in the Black Box Lobby. Call 720-898-7200 or go to https://arvadacenter.org/sense-and-sensibility. Little Free Library 101: 3-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave.,
MUSIC
New York Jazz: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Presented by the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra. Go to https://arvadacenter.org.
WRITING/ READING
Young Readers Book Group: 4-5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Discussion of “Poppy,” by Avi. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org.
EVENTS
State of the Economy: 7:15 a.m. Friday, Jan. 19 at Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Hear information on local economic trends from Daniel Ryley with the Arvada Economic Development Association and a state economic forecast from economist Patrica Silverstein. Call 303-424-0313 or go to www.arvadachamber.org to register. Winter Fun Day: noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 at Mount Vernon Canyon Club, 24933 Clubhouse Circle, Golden. Hay rides, lunch on the grill, and a hot chocolate bar. Sledding and
Wheat Ridge. Presentation about creating and hosting Little Free Library, by experienced Little Free Lbrary founder Andrew Schimgen. Go to http://jeffcolibrary.org Trump’s Tax Plan and You: 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Lakewood Library, 10200 W. 20th Ave., Lakewood. Get the most up-to-date information on Congress’s tax reform law and how your retirement plan could be affected at this no-cost class taught by a certified financial planner. Call 720-2875880, or visit www.joannholstadvisers.com to register. Foods for Fitness: 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at Natural Grocers, 3333 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Learn which foods best support an active body and discover new recipes to help you fuel up before, during and after exerecise. Call 303-989-4866.
snow painting will commence if the weather allows. All ages event, open to the public. Call 303-526-0616 to register. Town Meeting: 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 20 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Presented by Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp, Rep. Lang Sias and Sen. Rachel Zenzinger. RTD will give an update on the G, A and B lines. Call 303-866-2950 for information. Backyard Beekeeping: 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Learn the equipment and resources needed to start a beehive. Registration required. Go to https://arvada. org/ and click on Majestic View Nature Center under the Explore tab. Downsizing and Moving for Seniors: 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Free and informative discussion about financial, legal and personal considerations to weigh before making a life-changing, and potentially life-freeing, decision. For adults. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org.
HEALTH
Resolution Reset Day: all day Friday, Jan. 19 at Natural Grocers, 3333 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Stop by for resources to stay on track and maintain your resolutions. Learn how to hack your coffee from noon to 2 p.m.
available. Registration required for laptops; if you bring your own, no need to register. Class capacity is 35. For teens/tweens. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org. Vanderhoof Elementary Kindergarten Registration: through Jan. 31 at www.jeffcopublicschools.org/jeffcoconnect. Children who are 5 years old by Oct. 1, 2018, are eligible for kindergarten in the fall. After you have entered your information into Jeffco Connect, you will be prompted to add your child (ren) and you will then be asked to bring the following documents to the school; a copy of your child’s birth certificate, a copy of immunization records, proof of residence (a utility bill, etc.). Share this information with anyone in your neighborhood who might have a child ready to start kindergarten in the fall. Call 303982-2744.
at the pop-up coffee bar, get hot deals on select items and get a free bag with purchase. Call 303989-4866. Quick Class: Smoothie Bowls: 1-1:45 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 at Natural Grocers, 3333 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Learn the easiest and healthiest way to turn a smoothie into a meal. Call 303-989-4866. Tai Chi: 6:15-7:15 p.m. (beginners) and 5-6 p.m. (experienced) Mondays through Feb. 26 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Registration required. Go to https://arvada. org/ and click on Majestic View Nature Center under the Explore tab. Food Pantry: open from 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays at New Apostolic Church, 5290 Vance St., Arvada, rear entrance (across the street from Beau Jo’s restaurant). Contact Gertrude at 303-902-6794.
EDUCATION
Discovery Play: 11:15 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 26 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada; and 9:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Babies and toddlers enjoy a song and explore on their own. Dropins welcome. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org. Code Lounge: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Learn to computer code; 12 laptops
Vanderhoof Elementary Choice Enrollment: through Jan. 31 (round 1) and Feb. 9 to Aug. 31 (round 2). Applications being accepted for the 2018-19 school year. Students accepted on a space-available basis. First-round applications prioritized through a lottery process. Waiting lists will be created if applicants exceed space at th school. A separate application must be completed and submitted for each child. If a student is not accepted at a school during the first-round choice enrollment, the student will remain on the prioritized waitlist and be carried over to second-round choice enrollment. Call 303-982-2744. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.
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SPORTS EMSBO SISTER PASSES MILESTONE
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Goals in the third period scored by the Ralston Valley hockey team in a 12-3 rout of Summit in a Jan. 9 game.
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Unanswered points scored by the Arvada West boys basketball team in the final 65 seconds to pull out a 55-53 win over Lakewood on Jan. 12.
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Free throws made on 43 attempts by the Bear Creek girls basketball team in a 62-40 win over Legend on Jan. 9.
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Camilla Emsbo, left, poses with twin sister Kira Emsbo, right after Camilla made her 1,000th career point for the Lakewood High School basketball team. Camilla earned the milestone point on Jan. 12, during a 71-41 home game win against Arvada West. Kira is sidelined this season with an ACL tear. Camilla and Kira have signed with Princeton and Yale respectively, where they will be competing against each other on the court. COURTESY MONDO DELGADO
Scoring average of Ralston Valley senior Delaynie Byrne leads all Colorado 5A girls basketball players.
Standout Performers Toby Gleeson, Ralston Valley He scored a hat trick and added an assist in a 12-3 hockey victory over Summit on Jan. 9.
Charles Dinegar, D’Evelyn The senior had a season high 31 points in the 65-61 boys basketball win over Wheat Ridge on Jan. 10.
Isaiah Brewer, Arvada West The 5-foot-11 senior tipped in a missed shot for the game winner with four seconds remaining in a 55-53 boys basketball win over Lakewood on Jan. 12.
Camilla Emsbo, Lakewood The senior center scored 26 points and had 10 rebounds in the 71-41 girls basketball win over Arvada West on Jan. 12.
Brooke Fresquez, Alameda The junior tallied 26 points in the 71-15 girls basketball win over Lotus School for Excellence on Jan. 10.
Nathaniel Benton, Standley Lake The senior defenseman leads the team with seven goals and had a hat trick in the 6-0 hockey win over Chatfield on Jan. 13.
STANDOUT PERFORMERS are six athletes named from south metro area high schools. Preference is given to those making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com
tandley Lake seniors Garrett and Savannah Martin have been double trouble for Jefferson County 4A basketball opponents this season. The Martins are fraternal twins and like most siblings are competitive. Some of the first evidence of their competitiveness was evident when they played T-ball as 4-year-olds. Savannah is quick to point out that she is OVERTIME minutes older than her brother. Their parents, Heather and Billy, have been able to see every game for both twins this season, either watching live in person or on video because they were Jim Benton attending the game of the other sibling. Now that the Jeffco 4A season has started, boys and girls basketball games are played at different venues. They split attending weekday games and then go the watch the offspring they didn’t see for the weekend contests. “Weekend game were fabulous in the off-season, there were doubleheaders,” said Heather. Both Martins rank among the Jef- u fco leaders. Garrett, a 6-3 forward, is a third in the league with a 19.8 scoring w a average. He is second with 9.2 rebounds a game and second in double 2 p doubles with six. “Garrett is having a great year on the court playing as well as leading this team of young athletes. He is an absolute pleasure to coach and gives everything he has when on the floor,” said Ted Allen, head boys basketball coach at Standley Lake. Garrett hit .490 last baseball season as a middle infielder and is planning to attend McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, with hopes of landing a Division I offer and follow in the footsteps of his dad. No, we are not talking about that Billy Martin who played and managed the Yankees. Garrett’s father was a four-year standout at the University of Texas at Arlington and played professional baseball in the Mets, Diamondbacks and Nationals organizations. He was a three-time minor league All-Star. SEE BENTON, P27
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Turnovers, missed free throws doom D’Evelyn boys D’Evelyn’s Dan Brady, middle, attempt to split through Valor’s Brandon Smith (24) and Luke McCaffrey during a Class 4A Jeffco League game Jan. 12 at D’Evelyn Junior/ Senior High School. Valor came away with a 61-53 victory. PHOTO
BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
DENVER — Hunter Shkapich calmed Valor Christian’s boys basketball coach Troy Pachner at halftime Jan. 12 as the Eagles faced a 26-25 deficit at halftime. “Hunter came to me at halftime and said, ‘Coach don’t sweat it. I’ve got this.’ And you know what he did,” Pachner said after the Eagles’ 61-53 road victory against D’Evelyn in the Class 4A Jeffco League game. “He (Shkapich) was on it. He hit some big ones.” Shkapich was actually the only Valor player to reach double-digits scoring. The junior guard finished with 20 points, including five 3-pointer in the second half. Shkapich had just two points at halftime. “First half I was off,” Shkapich admitted. “I made an adjustment to use my legs more and following through. I knew I was good.” Valor, ranked No. 9 in last week’s CHSAANow.com Class 4A boys basketball poll, won its fifth straight game after a 2-6 start to the season for the defending 4A state champions. “We have to stay humble with it and stay confident,” Shkapich said of the current roll Valor is on. The Eagles (7-6 record, 4-0 in league) took over the game in the third quarter thanks to some pressure defense. Pachner, former D’Evelyn coach, implemented a full-court press that caused a number of Jaguar turnovers. Valor outscored D’Evelyn 23-13 in the third quarter. “Valor’s pressure is legitimate pressure. They do a great job with that,” D’Evelyn coach Dan Zinn said. “In the
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Savannah is 5-9 forward who is uncertain on which college she will attend. She is fourth in Jeffco scoring with a 15.8 but leads in rebounding and blocks with averages of 13.3 and 27 blocks. She leads the state’s 4A players with 11 double doubles. “She has played at an elite level
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third quarter they took advantage of our mistakes and us not stepping up to that pressure. We definitely had our chances.” Seniors Charles Dinegar and Cole Clifton combined to score 43 of 53 points for the Jaguars (5-7, 1-3). D’Evelyn held the lead early in the game and later in the second quarter, but turnovers and missed free throws took their toll. “It’s not the first time. It’s probably our sixth or seventh loss where we handed it away with missed free throws, turnovers and mental mistakes,” said Dinegar, who finished with a game-high 22 points. “This one
hurts just as much as any of them.” The Jaguars went 12-for-27 from the free-throw line in what was D’Evelyn’s fifth single-digit loss on the season. D’Evelyn is looking to find some footing in the league after a 1-3 start in conference play. Losses to No. 4 Golden and Evergreen are the other two defeats the Jaguars have suffered in conference play. “It’s the toughest league in 4A for a reason,” Zinn said. “We’ve been through some tough games already and we’ve got three tough more before we start all over again. We just need to come out and do the little things that we’re capable of doing.”
It will be a busy week coming up for the Jaguars. D’Evelyn has a nonleague home game Class 3A’s No. 3 ranked Faith Christian before a pair of conference road games. The Jaguars are at Standley Lake (Wednesday) and Littleton (Friday) as they continue the 14-game league schedule. “We need to get some wins to get ready for playoffs and the end of the season,” Dinegar said. “We need three wins next week to get going.” Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist with Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.
this year,” said Gators’ girls coach Lee Gibson. “She’s scoring, rebounding and doing all the other things for us. She’s also been a leader for us, keeping everybody positive. The best thing you can say about Savannah is she has all the talent and uses every time she steps on the floor.”
off-season where baseball fans used to sit around a hot stove in the winter to discuss moves, changes and hopes for their favorite teams. Well, there are several area high schools looking for new head football coaches and Thornton has hired one. Nick Trombetta, who led Denver North to a 7-3 record last season, has been named head coach at Thornton, where he used to be an assistant coach. Athletic directors and administra-
tors at Arapahoe, Englewood, Faith Christian, Highlands Ranch and Valor Christian are still scanning resumes to find people to take over the reins of their football programs.
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Marya Remines practices her form at Empty Quiver Archery. SHANNA FORTIER
Young archer pursues dreams BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Marya Remines stood poised one Wednesday morning. Her eyes focused on the target. She cocked her bare bow — which she has lovingly named Lord Vader — and let the arrow fly. Across the room, the arrow pierces the small red circle at the center of the target. Remines, an 11-year-old archer, was working on her form at Empty Quiver Archery in Broomfield. “Sometimes it takes a little bit to get used to,” Remines said while taking a break from her morning practice. “But with better form, eventually you will get better shots.” Unlike a compound bow, Remines’ bare bow has no sights and relies solely on the archer’s strength and naked eye — making it much more difficult than other bows. Remines, a Westminster resident, found a passion for archery when her father, Ryan, took her shooting one Saturday afternoon three years ago. At the time, she was heavily involved
in ballet at the Colorado Conservatory of Dance. But her father wanted to broaden her athletic field. Now, shooting is not only a passion for Remines, but it also acts as a bonding experience with her father, who generally brings her to practice. “It releases stress and lets me feel calmer,” Remines said of why she likes the sport. She dreams of one day shooting in the Olympics. In order to pursue her dream, Remines has also enrolled in Colorado Preparatory Academy. As a sixth-grader this year, Remines says she is taking advantage of flexibility the online instruction offers to spend more time competing and practicing. The young archer has been part of several teams including the U.S. Junior Olympic Team. Now, Remines shoots with the Rocky Mountain Archery Association and has earned herself two state championship belt buckles. “I’m just really proud of her,” said Remines’ mom, Mary. “She is a very accomplished young lady for being
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Often, pilots earn these hours from working at a smaller, regional airline, such as Frontier and Spirit, for example, or through corporate aviation or as charter pilots. The regional airlines try to attract and retain the qualified candidates — those who have earned 1,500 in-flight hours and their Air Transport Pilot certificate — from other sources, such as instructors at flight schools or perhaps the military. As it is, the number of pilots earning their ATP is barely keeping up with the number of job openings for airline pilots, Stege said. One thing that may be helping to ease the crunch, Kuhlmann said, is some airlines are starting to look at colleges and interview aviation students, keeping in mind that they still have a ways to go before all the credentials are met.
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Cost of education, flight training Being a pilot is “one of the best jobs you could ever have,” Stege said. But there’s no denying that it takes a lot of dedication and the initial flight training is expensive. To earn a degree in aviation in addition to all the certifications needed, Stege said, it can cost a person upward of $80,000 to $100,000 or more. Sarah Denton knew she wanted to pursue a career in aviation since she was a teenager. “My grandpa is my role model and inspiration to become a pilot,” Denton said. “I remember walking up to my best friend one morning before school, and telling her that I wanted to fly like my grandpa did.” Her grandfather is a fantastic storyteller, she said, so she grew up hearing his stories about the Vietnam War — he was a weapon systems operator and
Dave “Doc” Callender was the second person to land a plane at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. It was in 1959, and at that time, the airport was just a large wheat field that had been cut down. “For those of us who fly airplanes, it’s in our DNA,” his son Dan Callender said. “And we’re fortunate we get to do it.” flew an F-4 Phantom II. Now, Denton, 25, is a private pilot and is working as a line service technician for Signature Flight Support at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. However, she was recently offered a position with Jeppesen where she will work as a navigation information analyst. Denton received a couple scholarships that helped pay for her training, but she also had to take out loans. But for her, it was worth it, she said. “Pilots are in high demand,” Denton said. But “it’s also just a fun industry with a variety of jobs both on the ground and in the air.” She suggests taking jobs in the industry that will provide a variety of different perspectives. “Enjoy the journey,” Denton said. “Don’t let finances stop you, because there is always a way.” Once a person has earned a commercial pilot certificate and a certified flight instructor certificate, he or she may teach at a flight school. Stege’s guess is that flight instructors can earn about $15 to $20 an hour, but it is difficult to do it as a full-time job. Scott Frank, 27, of Broomfield graduated from Metro on Dec. 15 with a bachelor’s degree in aviation technology with a professional pilot concentration. This spring, he will be starting an internship with a major airline where he will work in the chief pilot’s office at Denver International Airport.
His long-term goal is to work for an international major airline. “It’s a step-by-step process,” Frank said, but added that so far, it’s been the most rewarding thing he’s done. Frank currently works as a flight instructor for Western Air Flight Academy out of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, and he enjoys it because he likes seeing the smiles on people’s faces. From the first day of students’ flight training when they know nothing about aviation to the “perma-grin” they get after their first solo, Frank said. “I love my job.” Pay for pilots depends on what they are flying and for whom, said Jeff Price, an author and professor in the Department of Aviation and Aerospace at Metro. Some companies pay better than others, and the regional airlines typically pay less than the major airlines, Price said. In general, during “the first few years, they don’t make a lot at all,” Price said. But “then it really starts jumping.” Some pilots can make as little as $18,000 to $23,000 in their early years, he said. Others, during their first few years at the charter and regional levels, can make somewhere between $25,000 to $45,000. A pilot of 10 or 20 years can easily be making an excess of six figures, with some into the $200,000 and up range with a major airline, Price said. Retirement, employment cutbacks For about a decade prior to Sept. 11, 2001, airlines went through a rough patch of time, Stege said. “Then 9/11,” he added, “and that hit them hard.” In those years, Stege said, the industry was not hiring, employees suffered from pay cuts and furloughs, and pilot pensions were taken away. Airlines were merging, and others went bankrupt.
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