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April 14, 2016 VOLUME 92 | ISSUE 35

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Colorado workforce demand in focus A special report by Colorado Community Media Staff Report

With snow blowing in, security system installers work in all types of weather, keeping the new Red Rocks campus project on track. Photo by Crystal Anderson

Campus close to complete Red Rocks Community College Health Campus finish in sight

By Crystal Anderson canderson@coloradocommunitymedia.com A new educational facility is nearing completion, bringing with it a world of innovative health care

instruction methods and technology to Arvada and the surrounding area.

The Red Rocks Community College Health Campus remains on track to be built and ready for use for this fall’s enrollees.

“We’re excited to be at the front of health care education with the IPE (Inter-professional education) and the science labs,” said Cathy Rock, construction manager for the facility. ”This community college has a lot Campus continues on Page 5

CASAs help children navigate in life Volunteers there for kids in court system

By Christy Steadman csteadman@colorado communitymedia.com The Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties got started in 2001, and since then CASA volunteers

have helped more than 2,500 children.

“When I think about all the children we’ve helped — literally thousands — I think, what if we weren’t here for them?” said Leah Varnell, executive director for CASA Jeffco/Gilpin.

Still, she added, in the 15 years the organization has been in existence, only 30 percent to 40 percent of the

children in the court system got advocates.

This past year, there were more than 1,000 open cases of child abuse and neglect in Jefferson and Gilpin counties.

CASA volunteers were able to advocate for 416 of the children.

CASA is always needing volunteers, Varnell said, and volunteers come from all different backgrounds, profes-

sions and personal experiences. Just under half work fullt-ime jobs, and the rest are students, retired or work part-time.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and one way CASA spreads the word about the program is its annual Champions for Children Breakfast, which took CASA continues on Page 5

Group: Lakewood council broke Open Meetings Law Workshops are most popular new method for adding items to agendas

By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com

PLACES OF WORSHIP We offer an inside look at several of our community’s holy sites on PAGE 12.

When it comes to city council, the topics that don’t make it to discussion are just as important for the public to know as those that do.

Now Lakewood’s city council is taking steps to ensure more items of local concern are brought forward for discussion and the public can be there for it all.

During the April 4 study session,

council decided to look at options for adding items to the agenda for debate and discussion. Those options include workshops and “looks ahead” at the end of regular council meetings.

“This is an opportunity for this council to do things different,” said Mayor Adam Paul during the meeting. “I really want to focus on the future of this council and move these ideas forward.”

The discussion followed on the heels of a March 29 article by Jeffrey Roberts, executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, which said Lakewood’s Council continues on Page 8

With the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the nation, 3 percent, Colorado has made mountainous gains when it comes to economic development following the recession that struck in December 2007 and lingered for years.

Businesses are flocking to the Centennial State, and Coloradans are finding work.

But employers increasingly are finding it difficult to find the right workers to fill their jobs.

Metro North Chamber of Commerce President Angela Habben said, at least in her organization’s part of the Denver area, the workforce isn’t meeting the market demand.

“Either employers can’t find workers willing to do the job or they can’t find prospects with the training required to meet position qualifications,” she said.

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Information technology, skilled trades among the careers in demand Simon Fox, deputy director of Business and Funding Initiatives for the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, said the demand is great for wokers in the fields of information technology and skilled trades.

“There aren’t enough welders or carpenters,” he said.

Democratic and Repbulican state lawmakers are working together to adMORE INSIDE dress this. The 10 bills comOn pages 6 and 7, prising a biparwe take a look at tisan package the Colorado Ready called Colorado to Work package, Ready to Work and at what is being are making their done now to train way through the the workforce in the Legislature. face of growing and The overchanging demand. riding theme is creating partnerships between the business and education communities, with the goal of developing a workforce that can meet Colorado’s growing and changing demands.

For many business leaders, measures like these can’t be passed soon enough, given the massive growth the Denver metro area figures to see in coming years.

“That’s a real supply-and-demand dilemma if we don’t act soon,” Habben said.

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Police, West Metro investigate suspicious fire

FACES AMONG US

HELLO

...

My Name Is

A glimpse of the people in our community

Staff report

YVONNE PEPPING

Information Desk Supervisor at Red Rocks Community College About me…

I was born in Boise, Idaho, but grew up between New Jersey and Colorado.

I graduated from Douglas County High School in 1981. I met and married my husband, Paul Pepping, in December of 1986. We raised three children in the Lakewood area I am very proud to say that we have a military background beginning with my 93-year-old father-in-law who served in the Navy during World War II and my 80-year-old father who served during the Korean War in the Air Force. The current generation has served proudly and continues to serve in the Army, Air Force and Navy. Currently I have a nephew in Kuwait serving the Army, a niece in Japan serving the Air Force and a son serving the Navy in Hawaii.

What I do at Red Rocks Community College...

I am responsible for developing and managing our Student Ambassador team. We provide tours to individuals as well as school groups and work with our recruiters to inform potential students on the benefits of becoming a RRCC student. When you visit RRCC, my team is the first one you will see and we work hard to greet each member of our community with warmth and appreciation.

In my free time I like to…

Yvonne Pepping is the Information Desk supervisor at Red Rocks Community College, and is a devotee of hiking and healthy living. Courtesy photo Do so many things! I lead an active life with exercise every day and a great deal of variety - weightlifting, Zumba, spinning, running and hiking. My husband and I just finished our third half-marathon.

I have often said that hiking serves my body but also my soul as there few things in life that lift me up more. I love spending time with family, playing games, eating out, watching movies and doing puzzles.

My other great love is reading. I currently have hundreds of books on my to-read list!

The importance of leading a healthy life...

There is not much that is more important to me.

As my children were growing up, I let myself go. About six years ago, my husband and I decided enough was enough and we each lost 50 pounds.

Our commitment to eating healthy and exercising is an extremely important part of our life.

I plan to live for a long time and want to do it well. I have become an ambassador for good health and try to influence those around me.

If you have suggestions for My Name I’s ..., contact Clarke Reader at creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

The Lakewood Police Department and the West Metro Fire Department are investigating a suspicious fire that occurred early on April 12.

Shortly after 3 a.m. on the 12th, Lakewood Police and West Metro Fire received calls indicating a duplex in the 5600 block of West Fifth Avenue was on fire. At least two vehicles in front of the residence were also heavily damaged by the fire.

There were reports of as many as 14 people

who were inside the duplex when it caught fire. All were able to get out without any major injuries.

Detectives began their investigation and suspected arson may have been involved. Following up on leads developed, they responded to an address in Aurora on East Rice Circle. At the address they contacted a man who detectives will now question to determine if he has information and/or involvement in the case.

Anyone with any information is asked to call either the Lakewood Police Department at 303-987-7111.

Congressional art contest deadline approaching Submissions due at Red Rocks Community College by April 27 Staff report High school art students in the 7th Colorado Congressional District are invited to submit to Congressman Ed Perlmutter’s annual Congressional Art Competition.

Following the April 27 deadline for submissions, a reception will be held May 2 at the Red Rocks Community College Library, 13300 W. Sixth Ave., Lakewood..

Art competition timeline for participants • Monday, April 27 — Art is to be dropped off at Red Rocks Community College Library (second level) between 3:30 and 6:30 p.m. The show will be installed through April 29 and judging will take place April 30.

• Saturday, May 2nd — The reception will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on the second level of the Red Rocks Community College Library for all participants and their families.

• Wednesday, May 6th — Art work can be

picked up at Red Rocks Community College Library from 3:30 to 6 p.m. The top art piece will be eligible to be displayed in the Cannon Tunnel of the United States Capitol for one year, with the artist and a family member invited to the Annual Congressional Art Show reception held in June in Washington, D.C. Additionally, the top few pieces will receive a prize.

Guidelines for submissions Entry guidelines and an information/ release form for the 2016 competition are available online at www.house.gov/content/ educate/art_competition/.

All entries must meet the following criteria: • Be two dimensional • Be no larger than 28 inches wide by 28 inches tall by 4 inches thick when framed • Not weigh more than 15 pounds, including frame • Be original in concept, design, and execution, and may not violate any U.S. copyright laws For more information, call Hannah Mullen at 303-274-7944 or email her at hannah.mullen@mail.house.gov.

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Pink Hat Tea to celebrate cancer survivors

Celebration is for breast cancer survivors, focusing on the roles of fitness and friends

By Amy Thomson Special to Colorado Community Media Lutheran Medical Center’s annual Pink Hat Tea event invites all those affected by breast cancer to celebrate survivorship and cultivate awareness through educational discussions and fun activities this Saturday. Dedicated to “brewing a stronger you,” survivor, author and ESPN correspondent Shelley Smith will be the keynote speaker, one of the many programs throughout the day to promote being active throughout breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and into remission.

Held at the Arvada Center, you must pre-register, the tea is one of Lutheran Medical Center, Cancer Centers of Colorado’s most popular events. Along with Smith’s speech, there will be a panel discussion and presentations on health and fitness including yoga and Zumba demonstrations.

“The current data shows that being active, even thirty minutes a day, along with a healthy balanced diet helps reduce your risk of breast cancer or recurrent (cancer),” Janette O’Brien of the cancer services department at Lutheran Medical Center said.

“No matter what age, it’s never too late to get active.”

Based on a community needs assessment, the cancer services department discovered that women needed more information on breast cancer prevention and survivorship. Many women go through treatments and make it to remission without having a community to bond with.

Breast cancer survivor Peggy Nolder first heard about the Pink Hat Teas in 2010 when she began attending a Lutheran Medical Center support group after her diagnosis. She’s attended every Pink Hat Tea since, and has recruited new members along the way.

Her daughter, who was in high school during Nolder’s mastectomy and the recovery thereafter, now attends for education and awareness.

“My daughter participates and she sees how people have survived this, including me,” Nolder said.

The event aims to educate all women about

preventing, treating and surviving breast cancer.

“We open the event up for survivors and their guests to educate everyone on current screening guidelines and how they can reduce their risk of breast cancer,” O’Brien said. “We are able to educate both audiences.”

The pre-registration will include some general questions gauging the attendees’ knowledge of breast cancer and prevention. This gives O’Brien and her team an idea of what panel discussions and informational sessions need to include. Then, at the end of the day there will be a follow-up questionnaire to measure what guests learned.

“It’s a great tool because you can really know that you’re impacting people’s knowledge base,” O’Brien said. “Every person you touch understands that this is important, preventable and treatable—It’s a great thing.”

The panel discussion, for instance, will provide a place for guests to ask questions about treatments, medications and anything that’s related to breast cancer. While the topics might be scary or sad, the mood stays positive.

“We are talking cancer here—chemo and various treatments or surgeries — it’s pretty serious stuff,” Nolder said. “but I don’t leave there with any kind of gloom.”

In addition to inspirational and educational speakers and panels, there will also be a market with vendors ranging from purses and jewelry to care packages you can send to patients.

Nolder also has a professional colleague who is a fellow breast cancer survivor that will be attending this year.

“I especially wanted my co-worker to come for the whole survival aspect of it,” Nolder said. “It’s weird, you do get a special feeling that although you wish you weren’t in this special club, you are.”

Both Nolder and O’Brien look forward to a noteworthy part of the program when all the survivors stand to be recognized with applause.

“The outreach and education at this event is priceless but we have a lot of fun at the same time,” O’Brien said. “There’s something very powerful about being a room ... and seeing all the survivors stand.”

IF YOU GO WHAT: Lutheran Medical Center’s annual Pink Hat Tea event is open to the public, and celebrates the fight against breast cancer

6901 Wadsworth Blvd.

WHEN: Saturday, April 16; 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Register for the event: www. lutheranmedicalcenter.org/ services-and-departments/ comprehensive-cancercenter/pink-hat-tea/

WHERE: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities,

COST: The event is free, but donations are suggested

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Whose Side Is Your ‘Agent’ On? Here’s What You Need to Know About ‘Agency’ Laws The word “agent” is often misunderstood by his seller sign a document indicating that he is buyers, sellers and even by real estate profesnow a “transaction broker” instead of an agent. sionals. In some contexts it is used as a synoIn that role, he can’t advise you what to offer, nym for “real estate licensee” — a and he can’t advise the seller how to person who is licensed by the state to REAL ESTATE respond. And he can’t share confiTODAY practice real estate brokerage. dential information about either of In real estate law, however, the you to the other party which might word has a more specific meaning. affect the negotiation.

Under most state laws, including in For example, a listing agent Colorado, an “agent” is a licensee might know that the seller must sell who has a signed an agency agreesoon and would take less than askment with a “client.” Without that ing price. A buyer’s agent might signed agreement, a licensee can know that if his client doesn’t get a only be a “transaction broker.” home soon they’ll be homeless or So what is the difference between have to live in a motel. You can see an agent and a transaction broker?

By JIM SMITH, how such knowledge could weaken It’s the difference between fighting for a party’s bargaining position.

Realtor® your best interest with “utmost faith, The listing agent’s desire to caployalty and fidelity” and being a mere facilitator, ture an interested buyer as a client by signing not giving you any advice but merely completing an agency contract goes beyond earning twice forms and presenting offers. the commission on a transaction. If you don’t Unless you are fully conversant in real get that house, he’s still your agent. estate law and practice, you want someone Our policy of treating a buyer as a customer on your side in any real estate transaction. when there’s no bona fide pre-existing agency Some buyers think they can get a better deal relationship, can and does result in not earning on a house if they go straight to the listing agent that double commission and in not capturing instead of having a “buyer’s agent.” Is that real- that buyer as a client for another purchase if he ly a good idea? Maybe yes, maybe no. loses the bidding on that particular listing.

There are two ways a listing agent can serve We have this policy for two reasons. First, it’s you when you don’t have an agent of your own. the right and legal thing to do. Second, real The office policy manual at Golden Real Estate estate law still requires us to be fair and honest says that you should be treated as a “customer” in working with a “customer,” which includes full if you come to us directly without an agent. disclosure of material facts about the house and Most real estate brokerages, it seems, do not not taking unfair advantage of the buyer. have such a policy. If you go to one of their When we tell an unrepresented buyer that our broker associates about one of their listings, loyalty remains with the seller in any negotiation, they are likely to sign you up as a client so they it sometimes drives the buyer to seek his own become your agent. But since a listing agent’s agent. We accept that decision, although we do loyalty then conflicts with his loyalty to you as a explain that we would treat them fairly and if buyer, that broker associate has both you and they are comfortable with being “just a customer” in the transaction, we will reward them with This Ad’s Circulation Is Expanding totally free metro area moving from their current Thanks for reading this column each week. home to the home they buy with us — free It now appears every Thursday in the Denver truck, free labor, free gas, free boxes, etc.

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You’ll want to visit this listing’s website at www.JeffcoHorseProperties.com to get a complete “picture” of it. There you’ll find not only high quality photos, but also a narrated video tour including aerial photos of the lot and its location on the mountain.

Although it is a true horse property, the 5stall barn (see inset photo) is used by the current owner as a 1,296-sq.-ft. workshop. You could easily return it to its intended use. The tack room contains the electrical equipment for the tracking solar PV system which you can glimpse beyond the right side of the barn. Look for Mark Samuelson’s article about this property in Sunday’s real estate section of the Denver Post, then come to our open house on Sunday, 1-4 pm.

You’ll Love This 3-BR Home in Quiet Sun Valley Estates

This home at 816 S. Moore Street is $395,000 on a quiet block-long street in central Lakewood, close to both Sutherland Shire Park and Addenbrooke Park. In addition to the oversized 2-car garage, it has additional off-street parking suitable for a boat or small RV, plus a storage shed with doors at each end. All appliances are included -even the high efficiency washer and dryer!

The master bath and guest bath have both Video Tour at www.LakewoodHome.info been beautifully updated, and the tub in the guest bathroom has a super shower assembly with 8 body jets and temperature-sensitive lights that go from blue to red as the water warms up. Very cool! The bedroom floors are all narrow hardwood, and the bathrooms are tiled. All in all, this is a great home for the price. You can take a video tour, narrated by me, at the home’s website above, so you’ll know if you want to see it in person. If you like what you see, come to the Open House, this Saturday, 1-4 p.m.

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Tea time at Dunstan Middle

By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com Many schools hosts bake sales, book fairs or clothing drives to raise money.

At Dunstan Middle School, they serve tea.

For the second year in a row, the Dunstan Foundation hosted a tea event on April 7 to raise money for the $1,650 in scholarships they give to students.

“The idea was to find a unique event to raise money for the foundation,” said Liberty Zuelke, parent of a Dunstan student. “We wanted an event where kids would put down their cell phones and enjoy a bygone area.”

Several dozen family members, business leaders and elected officials gathered at the school the afternoon of the 7th for tea, sandwiches and dainties all the while catching up with friends. Former Jeffco school board member (and Dunstan student parent) Lesley Dahlkemper, county commissioners Libby Szabo and Casey Tighe, District 23 representative Max Tyler, Lakewood mayor Adam Paul and Ward 4 councilman Dave Wiechman all attended.

The tea raises money by having participants (whether its individuals or businesses) “buy” a table, which they decorate with any theme they want. At this year’s event, one table honored a veteran, another was covered in flowers.

Lesley Dahlkemper speaks about the importance of the work the Dunstan Foundation at a tea fundraiser event on April 7. Photo by Clarke Reader Then attendees vote on a number of categories, including most elegant and most creative.

“We thought it was important to celebrate a love of history, family and friends,” said Louisa Matthews, vice president of the Dunstan PTA and the originator of the tea idea.

“We had people here an hour early to decorate their tables this year.”

There was also a silent auction, performances by the school band and even a preview of students’ production of “Into the Woods Jr.” The idea for this kind of event came from a similar fundraiser she Matthews had seen in New York and Maryland.

The scholarships go to three Green Mountain High School graduates and three Dunstan students.

The Green Mountain students receive $500 and Dunstan $50. To apply, students must go through an application process and secure letters of recommendation.

The Dunstan PTA is already looking ahead to make the tea bigger and better next year, and want more community members and local businesses in on it.

“This event is a great way for everyone to be part of our community,” Matthews said. “This event is picking up momentum, and we want people to get more creative.”

Jefferson Center, vet association host free event The Jefferson Center and Vietnam Veterans Association is hosting a free event for veterans, their children and the community from 4 to 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 15.

Captain Luis Carlos Montalván and his service dog, Tuesday, will be at Elks Lodge 1777, 1455 Newland St., to read from his bestselling book, “Tuesday Tucks Me In.” Montalván is a U.S. Army Veteran and will be signing books at the event.

This event is especially for children 10 and under who have a veteran in their life. Free dinner will be provided by Jimmy Johns.

Please register for this event by contacting Veteran and Military Family Services program manager Carl LoFaro at 303-432-5054 or CarlL@jcmh.org.

City holds yard waste cleanup events for Lakewood residents Residents will have the opportunity to recycle green, organic yard waste during Lakewood’s free yard waste cleanup events from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 7 and 14 in the parking lot of the Jeffco Public Schools building at 809 Quail St. All material collected will be composted, so only green, organic waste will be accepted such as tree branches, yard clippings, leaves and shrub prunings. Logs smaller than 24 inches long and 6 inches in diameter will also be accepted.

Items not accepted include plastic, sod, dirt, trash, treated wood and construction materials such as plywood, brick, concrete, pavers, edging and fencing.

Proof of Lakewood residency is required, but there is no cost to drop off acceptable items. No business or private contractors allowed.

For more information, please visit Lakewood.org/Cleanup or call 303-987-7193.

Kennedy meet and greet at Westfax Brewing Company Chris Kennedy, Democratic candidate for State House District 23, hosts an event to share concerns and ideas for Colorado’s future. The event is from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 21 at Lakewood’s newest brewery, Westfax Brewing Company, 6733 W Colfax Ave. Briefs continues on Page 5

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place this year on April 6.

But it’s not just a problem in April, Varnell said. It’s every day of the year.

National Child Abuse Prevention Month, she said, is simply “an opportunity for all those involved in child welfare to collectively bring awareness to the public on ways they can get involved and help.”

A glimpse into the life of a CASA Linda Hartman Linda Hartman has been a Court Appointed Special Advocate for one year.

She is just finishing up with her first CASA child.

Hartman, 67, a retired registered nurse who lives in Arvada, became a CASA because of her interest in children and experience as a registered nurse.

“I felt like I was equipped to be able to work with people in tough and stressful situations,” she said.

Hartman Hartman’s CASA child was a 4-year-old girl who would always run up and hug her when she visited. Hartman has grandchildren near the same age, so she knew about the “fun kid stuff” — they did some learning games, and played with dolls and sticker books together. One of Hartman’s favorite memories was in the fall when the two of them went on a walk.

“She just had the most delightful time playing in the leaves,” Hartman said.

Hartman is looking forward to the interactions she will have with her next

CASA child.

“It’s been a real meaningful experience,” she said, “for me, and I think for them, also.”

Troy Hunsucker Troy Hunsucker, 43, learned about the Court Appointed Special Advocate program through friends who live in a different state.

“It’s something I’ve always wanted to do,” he said.

Hunsucker, of Wheat Ridge, is a small business owner of a company that manages investments for local governments. He has been a CASA since October.

A CASA’s role is important because it gives a voice to a child who otherwise wouldn’t have one, Hunsucker said.

Hunsucker “Our job is to really get to know the kids,” he said.

“We get to sit down and spend quality time with them.”

Hunsucker’s CASA child is an 18-yearold boy who is in the process of going through job interviews. An outing will sometimes include shopping for new clothes he can wear to his interviews, Hunsucker said, but they “always get in a meal together.”

The teen also has a passion for music — he likes to download new music and share it with Hunsucker, which Hunsucker enjoys because he gets to listen to music he has never been to exposed to.

“I learn things from him, and he doesn’t even realize it,” Hunsucker said.

“We’re both benefiting.”

Kassi Weathers Kassi Weathers, 24, believes it’s important to stand by the children and give

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of strengths ... What an opportunity it’s going to be for students.”

Nine months ago, construction crews broke ground on a $22 million health sciences campus. This addition, which will be connected to the current Red Rocks Arvada campus building, is just three months away from completion.

As of early April, the two-story facility is still on schedule.

While major construction of the facility done, crews still have some work to go. Over the next few weeks, crews will be still finishing placing drywall in few areas, have to paint the walls and install cabinets, HVAC, plumbing, electric and fire alarm systems, put in windows, install framing and place glass for the Welcome Center’s glass walls, and finish the final third of the high roof and the south side rooftop plaza. The facility will feature four medical and science labs, eight classrooms, a 150-person capacity lecture hall, a cadaver lab, eight small study group rooms, an outdoor terrace, a medical imaging lab, a mock clinic, X-ray labs and more.

The new facility is being built with an “inter-professional education style,” in mind: which mimics a professional working space to help prepare students to work with a variety of professionals within their chosen fields. The building is set to be finished by July 18. Following that, the school will transition to the new building. Renovation of the existing class building will turn them into offices and student support services. Both buildings will be completed and ready for the start of the 2016 fall semester in August.

“There’s progress every day,” said Kim Rein, Red Rocks’ director of marketing and communications. ”It’s exciting.”

them a voice.

Weathers is a 9-1-1 dispatcher who lives in Wheat Ridge. She has been a Court Appointed Special Advocate for almost two years.

“Everybody has something they can offer these children,” Weathers said.

CASAs help the children get their needs — and sometimes their wants — met.

And there’s plenty of resources within the CASA organization, so the volunteers are never going at it alone, she added.

When the children begin to open up to their CASA, it’s rewarding to Weathers see them become joyful and happy during every interaction — regardless of their situation, Weathers said.

Weathers’ CASA child is a 15-year-old girl with whom she goes out for coffee, ice cream or smoothies.

“We just hang out and talk,” Weathers said.

CASA does a Christmas drive where every child gets to ask for a gift. The community helps the organization so every child gets his or her requested gift, Weathers said.

Weathers’ CASA child asked for shoes — black winter boots with a wedge heel.

“The joy she had for getting her own Christmas present that she asked for,” Weathers said, “that’s one of the highlights every year.”

Scott Jurgens Scott Jurgens has been a Court Appointed Special Advocate for about seven years.

“It’s not necessarily easy work all of the time,” he said, “but that’s part of what makes it so rewarding.”

CASAs celebrate the small victories the

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For more information, visit www.Kennedy4CO. com.

Cultural Center presents New Directions Veterans Choir The Lakewood Cultural Center invites the community to celebrate Armed Forces Day with the New Directions Veterans Choir, an award-winning a cappella group that sings doo-wop, soul, traditional gospel and popular music, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 22 at the center.

The choir consists of men and women who proudly served in the United States military and then became homeless. They have been featured on “America’s Got Talent,” “NBC Nightly News” and E! Entertainment Television. They also performed for members of the United States Congress and in the 2016 New Year’s Day Rose Bowl Parade.

Tickets start at $20 and are available at 303987-7845, www.Lakewood.org/LCCPresents or the Lakewood Cultural Center Box Office, 470 S. Allison Parkway.

240 Union hosts education fundraiser Lakewood’s 240 Union restaurant, 240 Union Blvd., hosts a dine in support of education event Tuesday, April 26.

During the event, 25 percent of food proceeds from lunch and dinner sales will go to the the Swede Johnson Memorial Scholarship.

Reservations are accepted, and can be made by

HOW TO HELP Volunteer opportunities with the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties are abundant, and the program is always looking for advocates to serve children within the court system.

Previous experience is not necessary, and the organization has training opportunities for new volunteers three or four times a year. The next one will take place in June. Training consists of about 15 hours of in-person sessions, and 15 hours of independent study. In-person sessions take place at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, in Golden.

For more information, visit www.casajeffcogilpin.com or contact Tiffany Schlag at 303-271-6537 or tiffanyschlag@casajeffcogilpin.com.

children experience.

Jurgens, 58, read about the CASA program somewhere and got to thinking, “who is going to speak for the children?”

“It prompted me,” he said. “I can do that — and they needed somebody.”

People often don’t know what children in the system go through, Jurgens said.

That’s why it’s so important for people to be aware of the CASA program, he added.

Jurgens lives in Arvada and works for a pipeline company. He spends time with his CASA children — two boys who are 10 and 12 years old — after work. They get dinner together, have “gone out to hit some golf balls” or will go to the park or for a hike.

“As a CASA, you’re one of the few constants in their lives,” Jurgens said. “When you spend time with them, they truly appreciate it.”

calling 303-989-3562.

Police department needs volunteers to assist with Colfax Marathon The Lakewood Police Department is looking for volunteers to assist with the upcoming Colfax Marathon. The race will take place on Sunday, May 15.

Approximately 100 volunteers are needed 6:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. to assist with monitoring traffic at intersections along the marathon route.

Competitors will begin the marathon on the east side of Denver City Park Lake. The route will take the runners along Colfax through Lakewood to the Glens, out to Garrison and then back along Colfax to the starting point.

Those who volunteer will assist with traffic control to insure the runners have a safe course to follow.

This event has always proved to be a fun and exciting opportunity to witness the dedication and share the enjoyment these competitors experience.

Volunteers will receive T-shirts. For more information, call 303-987-7105 or e-mail LPDVolunteerCoordinator@LakewoodCO.org.

Applications available for Federal Center Farmers Market The Federal Center’s annual Farmers Market will run Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 16 through Sept. 9 at Bicentennial Park, 4th Street and Main Avenue.

The General Services Administration organized the market to create a community that promotes healthy living and eating while supporting local businesses.

The DFC Farmers Market features easy access for the public, free parking, shaded landscaping, open-air pavilions and picnic benches.

Interested vendors should visit www.gsa.gov/dfcfarmersmarket to find an application for participation.

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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

Colorado students prep for job market More high schoolers could earn career certifications under bill

Warren Tech student Corey Herling works on a metal lathe during class at the career and technical high school. Herling, a junior from Gilpin County, wants to pursue a career in custom metal fabrication.

Photo by Kyle Harding

By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com Aliyah Martinez of Lakewood is earning an associate’s degree in precision machining this May, just before her high school graduation. She wants to become a mechanical engineer and believes having a base of knowledge in machining will help her in her career.

“I really like the idea of a technical high school because I’m more of a hands-on person,” Martinez said.

Martinez is a senior at Lakewood High School. She takes daily classes at Warren Tech, a Jefferson County Public Schools campus in Lakewood that offers a variety of programs offering certifications, realworld work experience and concurrent enrollment credit at Red Rocks Community College.

“I think the whole country is starting to talk about career and technical education because of the shortage of skilled labor,” said Joe Shaw, principal at Warren Tech.

Colorado legislators are among those taking notice.

A package of 10 bills, labeled Colorado Ready to Work, introduced this legislative session is aimed at boosting workforce development.

State Rep. Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, is a sponsor of several of the measures.

She said the goal of the package is to involve more businesses in helping produce graduates with the skills needed to step into good jobs.

“Let’s encourage Colorado’s companies to take a larger role in the development of the next generation of Colorado

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT WARREN TECH “A lot of (Warren Tech students) are very sophisticated in their approach to learning.”

— Warren Tech Principal Joe Shaw “At first, I wanted to learn welding just for fun. I ended up really liking it, now I want to make a career out of it.”

— Warren Tech student Melissa Larkee “Here, you really get the tangible learning” — Warren Tech student Marcus Bowen

workers,” she said.

The measures have bipartisan support.

“The goal is to provide better tools and expanded experiential training programs for students as they confront a changing economy and a constantly

changing mix of possible careers,” said state Sen. Mark Scheffel, R-Parker.

One bill introduced in February, and sponsored by Duran, incentivizes career and technical education for high school students.

House Bill 1289 would create a pilot program awarding school districts $1,000 for each student who: • Earns a certificate in an in-demand industry, such as plumbing, masonry and web devolopment.

• Finishes a workplace training program.

• Completes an AP computer science course.

Shaw is encouraged by what he sees as a renewed focus on career education at the high school level, though he noted it is difficult for state agencies to predict in advance what fields will be in demand in the years to come.

“Hopefully, we’ll see more funding for career and technical education,” he said.

Littleton Public School officials have concerns about the legislation. Mimi Leonard, the district’s coordinator of

ABOUT WARREN TECH Warren Tech is the career and technical high school for Jefferson County Public Schools, though enrollment is not limited to Jefferson County students.

Situated across the street from Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, many of the school’s students also earn concurrent enrollment credit at the college while still in high school.

Students at Warren can gain education and experience in fields ranging from auto repair to video game design to culinary arts.

For more information, visit www.warren tech.org. career and technical education, says she believes it is well-intentioned, but, because it is tied to a list of current highdemand jobs, some programs could be left out of funding.

“My concern with this bill,” she said, “is it creates winners and losers.”

LPS Superintendent Brian Ewert issued a statement saying, “It’s great to see financial support for these programs in Colorado schools, but it’s important to understand that this new legislation is earmarked for a specific program, a specific group of students, and it will cost real dollars.”

The bill would appropriate at least $1 million a year to the program, which Shaw said would not be enough to allocate $1,000 per student getting a certification statewide.

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A look at how one area woman found employment

By Clarke Reader creader@coloracommunitymedia.com Rita Erickson is 35, a Red Rocks Community College graduate, who now works in the school’s College Gateway program.

Erickson was inspired to go to school while pregnant with her daughter out of a desire to provide a better life for the child. She worked several jobs in the retail, service and restaurant industries.

“I’d been stuck in positions within organizations, and surrounded by people that hated their jobs, but stayed because of their limited skill set,” Erickson said.

While attending Red Rocks, she worked full-time job and on her days off attended classes and a work my part-time job on

ABOUT THE BILLS

Colorado Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: HB16-1302 House: Crisanta Duran (DDenver) and Brian DelGrosso (R-Loveland) Senate: Linda Newell (DLittleton) What it does: Aligns state statute with the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Progress: Passed the House on second reading, with amendments.

campus. Erickson is working on a further degree.

What brought you to Red Rocks Community College?

Knowing that I Erickson would be a single parent, I knew right away that I would not be able to work many of the types of jobs that I had in the past, as the typical hours in these industries relied heavily on nights and weekends. I wouldn’t have anyone to watch my kid while working those hours. There are no childcare centers that operate nights and weekends to my knowledge. I wasn’t sure what path I would take professionally, so I decided to take a generic route and go for business. In my last semester of working toward my AAS (Associate of

Applied Science) in business, I took an Intro to Programming class and decided that I liked the challenge that it brought.

I added a second AAS degree with emphasis in Programming Specialist.

I was exposed to a variety of different opportunities when I became more involved on campus. I tried several different clubs, I talked to different people to understand more about the careers that they were aiming for and the degrees that they were seeking. I learned what I liked and what I didn’t like.

How did you search for jobs?

What resources did you use?

My job came through networking. My previous employer referred me for the job. I had used the career center at Red Rocks to talk through pain points in the interview process,

to update my resume to include skills that I had acquired as a student and to complete an internship. I have also established a network that I can communicate with about tips for getting a job, what the industry is like, resources for professional and personal use, etc.

What is the job market like now?

My industry falls under the science-technology-engineering-math (STEM) category. The outlook for positions within this industry is very good as the demand for these employees is high. This industry typically pays well, too. It seems that the method in which employees are looking to recruit and hire talent has changed, as they are using sites like LinkedIn more.

There are different approaches and schools of thought in the hiring and interview processes

Tax credit for apprenticeships: HB16-1301

Apprenticeship study: HB16-1287

Qualifications for licensed electricians: HB16-1073

House: Alec Garnett (D-Denver)

House: Paul Rosenthal (D-Denver) and Jim Wilson (R-Salida)

House: Crisanta Duran (DDenver) and Brian DelGrosso (R-Loveland)

Senate: Mark Scheffel (RParker) What it does: Provides an income tax credit to qualified Colorado businesses that integrate quality apprenticeships into their workplaces. Companies must offer high-paying, in-demand jobs as identified by the state Workforce Development Council.

Progress: On March 9, the House Committee on Finance referred an amended version of the bill to the Appropriations Committee.

Senate: John Cooke (R-Weld County) and John Kefalas (DFort Collins)

Senate: Mark Scheffel (R-Parker) and Lucia Guzman (D-Denver)

What it does: Directs the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to study ways to increase the use of apprenticeship programs by Colorado businesses and to make a report and recommendations based on the study.

What it does: Modifies the license renewal process for electricians by requiring continuing education rather than an assessment. The 24 hours of training will better equip electricians with the skills they need to be successful in their profession.

Progress: On March 28, the bill passed the House and was introduced in the Senate.

Progress: Passed the House and on March 24 passed the Senate on second reading.

for STEM. It doesn’t seem to have a prescribed process, but there are several methods that are used to interview the candidate.

Many companies are looking for experience. If you are able to complete an internship to gain some knowledgeable experience and for a chance to apply some of your recently acquired skills, this would be a great service to your job search.

An internship can also lead the way to a permanent position and is another form of networking.

What was the most difficult part of the job-seeking process?

There are so many interviewing pain points for me, this is certainly my struggle area.

Especially when it comes to having confidence in an area that I have only had experience within a classroom.

Clarifying license pathways for mental health professionals: HB 16-1103 House: Tracy Kraft-Tharp (DArvada, Westminster) and Lois Landgraf (R-Fountain) Senate: Beth Martinez Humenik (R-Adams County) and Nancy Todd (D-Aurora) What it does: Clarifies and streamlines the pathway to licensure in the mental health professions. The bill has passed its first House committee and was sent to the Appropriations Committee.

Progress: Passed both the House and Senate and sent to the governor.

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Workforce development

Job measures aim to work wonders Package of legislation could help Coloradans clear hurdles, make career transitions, gain entry to trades

By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com Colorado’s economy has had one of the best recoveries from the 2008 recession in the country, with an unemployment rate almost 2 percentage points lower than the national average. But that’s difficult to believe when one is still looking for a job.

Ernie Navarette experienced that firsthand when he found himself changing careers after years in the technical arena.

“I sort of fell into that industry because of the training I received in my time in the Navy,” Navarette said. “My career in that field ran its course, and I had an epiphany that it was time to change careers.”

The situation has improved for a large number of job seekers in Colorado. The state’s unemployment rate was 3 percent in February, the most recent month data was available. That was the lowest figure since March 2001, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The national jobless rate in February was 4.9 percent.

Despite the numbers, it can be extremely frustrating for those still searching. Navarette is one of many who found themselves seeking employment in uncertain times.

“We deal with anger and tears every day,” said Joel Parroitt, business services supervisor at the Adams County Workforce and Business Center. “So often, I think people are just looking for the wrong job — they’re looking at jobs that need more experience or have different background requirements.”

With Colorado’s economic improvement, more people aren’t looking for just any job — they’re looking for better jobs.

“I was pregnant with my daughter and aspired to be able to provide for her. I felt that I needed a career, not just a job in order to do this,” wrote Rita Erickson, a former Red Rocks Community College student and now employee, in an email interview. “I have worked several jobs in the retail, service and restaurant indus-

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campuses who have earned college credit this year,” he said.

Luke Ragland, vice president of policy at the education nonprofit organization Colorado Succeeds, said the bill draws from similar programs in other states and has received bipartisan support.

Resource centers for job seekers • The Adams County Workforce and Business Center provides resources both to businesses looking for employees and to job seekers. The center also offers youth programs.

Offerings include classes, job fairs and wage information.

The center has two locations:

• The American Job Center, with locations in Jeffferson, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, provides resources to businesses and job seekers through about 775 free workshops. It also engages in partnerships with local educational institutions.

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try, and been stuck in positions within organizations, and surrounded by people that hated their jobs, but stayed because of their limited skill set.”

Denver-area legislators from both major parties and both chambers, including Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp, D-Arvada, and Sen. Mark Scheffel, R-Parker, are sponsoring measures in the 10-bill Colorado Ready to Work package this session to eliminate as many barriers to employment as possible.

Bills include HB16-1287, which directs the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to study ways to increase use of apprenticeship programs, and HB16-1290, which extends the ReHire Colorado program. This program provides job training to help seekers find employment and transition off government assistance.

“Within the next five years, we’re going to lose employees at places like Xcel and the oil and gas industry because of age, and that’s going to affect all of us,” Kraft-Tharp said. “There’s been so much encouraging kids to go to a four-year

Occupations included in the bill are defined by the annual Colorado Talent Pipeline Report’s list of jobs that have strong projected openings for the next 10 years and pay a living wage.

Many of them will earn certifications along the way, in fields ranging from computer science, welding, machining and auto repair to cosmetology, culinary arts and dental assisting.

Some even have the opportunity to work with NASA, like Robin Elwood

For more information, visit jeffco. us/american-job-center.

The center has three locations:

3500 Illinois St.

Brighton

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• The Arapahoe/Douglas Works! Workforce Center offers an array of tools to support local job-seekers, including offering resources and workshops for a self-directed job search, one-onone employment counseling, and training assistance. It also offers free workforce development services to businesses in the metro Denver area.

The center has three locations:

Aurora

Gilpin County

institution, but we need to let them know they can have a good career outside of those kinds of schools.”

Resources like the Adams County Workforce and Business Center, the American Job Center in Jefferson County and the Arapahoe/Douglas Works! Workforce Center help employers connect with job seekers. They also help seekers with everything from their resumes and interview skills to workshops and job fairs.

“Part of our message is there’s no ‘onesize-fits-all’ candidate,” said Timothy Galloway, supervisor of business services at the American Job Center. “Every position has unique qualifications, and you have to match that with their personal skills and attributes.”

Both Erickson and Navarette opted to expand their career options by attending classes at Red Rocks Community College, and eventually found work at the college. Erickson is in the College Gateway program and helps formerly incarcerated people get an education and career, and Navarette is coordinator of recruitment for the school. They are both also working

of Denver, who is helping design and build a vibration isolation chamber to protect small items during space launches.

“There’s no way I could do that at my home high school,” the Warren Tech senior said.

For kids in technical programs, job training and higher education are not mutually exclusive. Leonard said that 90 percent of career and technical education students in Littleton Public Schools go on to college.

At Warren Tech, Shaw said some are looking for a good job to pay their way through college, while others are exploring careers that might interest them.

Jake Howard of Arvada, who is earning a welding certification, said the prospect of a good career played into his decision to attend Warren Tech, as well as learning outside of a classroom environment.

“In high school,” he said, “it’s just sitting in front of a board.”

Industry infrastructure grant program: HB16-1288

Extension of ReHire Colorado: HB16-1290

Computer science and digital literacy: HB16-1291

House: Tracy Kraft-Tharp (DArvada, Westminster) Senate: Jack Tate (R-Centennial)

House: Daneya Esgar (D-Pueblo) and Tracy Kraft-Tharp (D-Arvada, Westminster)

House: Crisanta Duran (DDenver) and Susan Lontine (D-Denver)

What it does: Works toward a system in which businesses are engaged in the education system as centers of learning and drivers of career-focused education content. Creates a matching grant program within the Colorado Workforce Development Council to assist industry associations to define industry competencies and collaborate to facilitate training and education in the classroom and the workplace.

Senate: Owen Hill (R-El Paso County) and Rollie Heath (D-Boulder) What it does: Extends the ReHire Colorado program, which provides job training to help Coloradans find gainful employment and transition off of government assistance.

The program helps the economic recovery reach the Coloradans who need it most, focusing on helping veterans, seniors and non-custodial parents secure long-term employment

Senate: Owen Hill (R-El Paso County) and Michael Johnston (D-Denver)

Progress: On March 15, the House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor sent the bill to the Finance Committee.

Progress: On March 15, the House Committee on Business Affairs and Labor referred the unamended bill to the Appropriations Committee.

What it does: Directs the Colorado Department of Education to update content standards to include tech skills and creates a voluntary resource bank for schools and districts that want to start or expand computer science programs for students.

Progress: On March 28, the House Committee on Education referred amended version to the Appropriations Committee.

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on further degrees.

“While I was attending Red Rocks, I was working a primarily full-time job and on my days off I would attend classes and work my part-time job on campus,” Erickson said. “I had a busy life and Red Rocks’ flexible schedule options allowed me to attend school when I could fit it into my schedule.”

For job seekers who don’t need as much schooling and are close to obtaining the schooling or certifications they need, there is the national Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, signed into law in 2014. The act provides assistance — financial, training and support — for those nearly finished with the necessary training.

In his recruiting job, Navarette sees people all the time who are unaware of the resources available to them for returning to school and finding a job.

“There are so many ways to get support and resources,” he said. “People need to get over the ‘it’s-too-late’ feeling, and get out there.”

In-demand jobs A selection of in-demand jobs that do not require bachelor’s degrees, from the Colorado Workforce Development Council’s 2015 Talent Pipeline Report: • Plumbing • Dental hygiene • Web development • Computer-user support • Masonry To find more in-demand jobs, go to www.colorado. gov/pacific/cwdc/colorado-talent-pipeline-report

Aligning student academic plans with career pathways: SB16-079 House: Beth Martinez Humenik (R-Adams County) Senate: Nancy Todd (D-Aurora) What it does: Directs the Colorado Department of Education to collaborate with the community college system to more effectively align postsecondary and workforce readiness initiatives, so that students graduate with the tools they need to be successful in their future career and academic goals.

Progress: Passed the Senate and was introduced in the House on Feb. 22.

Incentives for student success: HB16-1289 House: Crisanta Duran (D-Denver) and Daneya Esgar (R-Pueblo) Senate: Larry Crowder (R-Alamosa) and Leroy Garcia (D-Pueblo) What it does: Creates a pilot program in which school districts receive a $1,000 bonus for each high school student who does the following: earns an industry certification tied to an in-demand job; or finishes a rigorous workplace training program tied to key industry needs; or successfully completes an AP computer science course.

Progress: On March 28, the House Committee on Education referred amended version to the Appropriations Committee.

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Lakewood, Morrison come together on new agreement Pact focuses on development, services and revenue sharing

By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com The City of Lakewood and Town of Morrison have made revisions to the Rooney Valley Intergovernmental Agreement to simplify the development process in the valley.

“There are a lot of provisions in the current IGA that are difficult to administer and cumbersome to the development process,” said Travis Parker, director of Lakewood’s planning department. “We wanted to address three areas on the agreement — land development procedures, revenue-sharing and municipal services.”

The agreement applies to areas within

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city council had run afoul of Colorado’s Open Meetings Law. The article focused on an email sent from Ward 4 councilwoman Barb Franks to Ward 1 councilwoman Ramey Johnson that included a spreadsheet from Ward 3 councilwoman, and council president, Shakti. That spreadsheet showed how council members stood on two issues Johnson wanted discussed: police at a local Wal-Mart and shopping carts being left on private property.

Under state open meetings law, three or more elected members cannot share thoughts on policy matters via nonpublic means (email, text, or phone) unless the public is allowed to observe the process.

“The email raised some questions for me because on the surface, forwarding the views of councilors to a third person appears to be against the law,” Roberts said.

“That’s a problem when this information is

both Lakewood and Morrison, as well as unincorporated land.

The agreement was unanimously approved by Morrison’s board of trustees on April 4 and goes before Lakewood city council on April 25.

According to a memo written for Lakewood City Council by Parker, the original agreement between the two municipalities was approved in 2000, with amendments coming in 2009 and 2011. The agreement’s aim was to eliminate competition and encourage revenue sharing and coordinating developments.

The agreement created a Joint Project Review Committee with three members from each jurisdiction to review new community plans, design guidelines, subdivisions, and site plans.

It also provided coordination of municipal services and included a revenue-

sharing agreement for revenue coming from the valley.

“This update is something that has been in the works for a while from both Morrison and Lakewood,” said Kara Zabilansky, Morrison’s town administrator. “We want to simplify things for everyone.”

All three main areas of the agreement were addressed in the update.

For land development projects, the Joint Project Review Committee has been replaced with the Rooney Valley Planning Commission, which would hear all land use and zoning matters in the valley. It also states that any application for a site plan would be processed by the jurisdiction wherein the property lies.

For revenue sharing, a new formula has been developed. Each municipality keeps track of only the commercial sales and use tax generated in the valley. Sixty percent

of that total would be kept by the collecting municipality for municipal services to commercial properties. Ten percent of the revenue would be pro-rated between Lakewood and Morrison based on the number of residential unit and cost of municipal services to those units. The remaining 30 percent would be divided equally between the town and city.

In municipal services, the new agreement requires that all municipal services, unless otherwise agreed to, be provided by the respective jurisdiction. It also prohibits Morrison from providing municipal water or sewer services to unincorporated property in the Rooney Valley.

“We’ve heard from the development community that there is interest in growth in the area,” Parker said. “Before that process was very complex, and these routine changes should make it easier for all.”

shared in a way the public can’t see.”

So Shakti’s polling of individual members is allowed, and a common way for officials to learn where their colleagues stand on issues, but once a third person is involved, it becomes a meeting and must be public.

“When I heard about the email, I thought to myself, someone has just documented an open-meetings violation,” said Ward 1 councilman Charley Able. “For a long time I’ve been concerned business has been done in backrooms here in Lakewood.”

Franks said she shared the email with Johnson because they were topics she had brought forward in the first place.

“I thought I was increasing transparency of the process,” Franks said. “We weren’t deciding on policy, we were just looking at whether or not it should be brought forward for discussion.”

Shakti expressed similar sentiments, emphasizing the poll was about how to set the agenda, not about pending legislation.

“I believe transparency is a foundation of democracy,” she said. “The sunshine laws balance openness, which is criti-

cal, with the practical ability to get things done.”

The line between making policy decisions and just gathering consensus is a fine one, Roberts said. He added that any discussion of policy that is directly related to council’s policy making function is the kind of thing that should be done in public.

Shakti said strict interpretations of the open meetings law could mean that she can’t share helpful information with more than one member of council.

“This kind of overly strict understanding is not consistent with the spirit of the sunshine laws or with the interpretation we have seen in the courts,” she said. “The cases of open meetings violations are clearly about policy, about making new laws.”

Currently, items are added to future agendas during a meeting held at 4 p.m. before city council meetings (called the “4 o’clock meeting”). Present are the council president, mayor pro tem, city staff, and any council member who wishes to attend.

The public is also welcome to attend the meetings, but they are not televised or recorded.

Most of the time staff brings forward

items to be added, but Johnson said she’s recently wanted to add more topics to the agenda.

“I don’t like the idea of anyone being gatekeepers,” she said. “It’s frustrating when you put ideas forward and they don’t go anywhere.”

The most popular alternative way to adding items to the agenda that was discussed at the April 4 study session was public workshops, which would allow council members to bring up issues they’re hearing from their constituents and discuss them.

“The idea of doing a public meeting where councilors can hash out which items to go forward on is a transparent way to do things,” Roberts said.

There also would have to be a way to decide which topics are moved forward to the agenda, and a way to prioritize these topics.

City staff will look at what other communities do, and bring more information back for the May 2 study session.

“The public needs to know what we’re going to be talking about and what we’re not,” Able said. “Council is on notice that we’re under scrutiny and must comply with the rules that bind us.”

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Details on new Doral school It has been said that “Necessity is the mother of all invention.” Having been in the company of many mothers in my life — my own mother, my wife, teaching partners, friends — I think that idea sells motherhood short. I would tend to amend that thought process to something like “a mother’s necessity is the lifeblood of invention.” It’s a corollary of “don’t mess with Momma Bear.”

I recently met a fascinating woman named Joani Williams. Several years ago, when Joani was living in Las Vegas with her husband and young children, she was confronted with an uncomfortable realization: the public schools were not serving her children well. In particular, her daughter, who was, at the time, a precocious little kindergartener, was ill-fitted for the traditional school setting.

So, what, exactly, is a motivated and energetic mom to do? Try to open enroll in a better local public school? Not likely. Find a different program, perhaps a charter school, close to home? Perhaps, but maybe that doesn’t exactly do the trick .Instead, Joani started doing research.

Weeks studying different models, different options, even a trip to south Florida to check out a particularly attractive model. And then more research on the Las Vegas and Nevada school rules, applications and more paperwork, public relations efforts to generate interest and support, making her case to a school board, and then the process of putting together a team to midwife this new school into existence.

The school that Joani chose to try to bring to Las Vegas is the Doral Academy model, started in south Florida in 1995 in partnership with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The model is known as an “arts integration” model, which means that the Michael Alcorn arts — music, drawHITTING ing, dance, sculpture, theater — are a central HOME feature of the entire curriculum, not just an afterthought in the school day that allows the classroom teachers a planning period. Contrary to the “Core Knowledge” model which is so popular these days, the Doral model encourages kids to explore their creativity from the first day of classes, puts a premium on self-expression and critical thinking, and builds an infrastructure of intellectual development around the whole brain, rather than one or two compartments at a time.

And it turns out that model has demonstrated remarkable success at developing student achievers. Look, I’m a musician—nobody has to convince me that arts education should be central to all education. The study of music and drama and theater aren’t luxuries to be explored after “core” subjects are mastered—

they ARE core. In fact, I could make the case that the study of the arts should come before every other subject, save reading. Quite simply, the arts build the brain and make it much better suited to learning everything else.

Think of the arts as intellectual push-ups and sit-ups.

And, guess what? Joani’s necessity is now Arvada’s gain. When Joani and her family moved back to the Denver area two years ago, she started working with a handful of other moms to bring Doral to Arvada. As of press time, Doral Academy of Arvada has organized a Formation Committee, hired a principal, begun to explore facility options for year one, and started the arduous process of building their own facility for years two through eighty.

To be sure, there has been a little controversy — there are those who don’t like that the Doral model is for-profit in some incarnations (this is not the case for Doral Academy of Colorado, even though it is intellectually and philosophically connected to the others). But everything in Arvada is proceeding apace, and the school will soon be populating their new school with staff and students.

This is actually how grass-roots movements happen, no matter how co-opted the political class has made the term. One mother named Joanie pursues a need for her own family and provides an invention for the whole community. It’s a beautiful thing.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com

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Springtime warning for wildlife It is “spring time” in our cities and Mother Nature has called fish and fowl and birds and mammals to pair up and parent. And those wild creatures that have taken up residency in the dense urban environment of our cities face survival challenges their relatives in the countryside do not.

Cities have streets that impede their travels, threatening high volume car and truck traffic, volumes of active people and pets sometimes roaming the outdoors.

There are more small wildlife road kill fatalities on city streets in the second quarter of the year than

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other months. More bird nests are disturbed; too many young birds and animals are chased by pets. And all within a period of time local wild creatures are less wary, cautious and attentive and at risk.

I live near a five acre drainage pond that holds storm water and attracts ducks and geese and shore birds. The pond has a small weeded island near the middle where last spring a pair of Canada geese chose to build a nest. One day I observed an adult in hip wades out in the pond approaching the island and goose nest. The brooding goose and

her partner flushed from the nest and flew some distance away, frightened and loudly honking. The man reached down touched or picked up the eggs then left. The goose returned to the island but never returned to sit and hatch the eggs once touched by the trespasser. During this same period during my daily travels I observed far more squirrel and cottontail rabbit carcasses on the streets than normal. Often times there would be two road kills — a sign of a mated pair chasing each other or simply activity during the parenting period.

It behooves us all to drive more carefully, be watchful, aware, alert to wildlife at the edge of city streets; to stay a distance from bird nests and small wild animals and birds.

It is critical to keep small children and pets away from nests, birds and small animals. Our cities’ open space and parks and even our neighborhoods offer so much more with the presence and sounds of wildlife and birds.

Outdoors writer Ron Hellbusch can be reached at Ron-Hellbusch@comcast.net.

‘What I would say if I knew they were listening’ I was out of town last month, with limited access to the Internet and broadcast news. Imagine my surprise when I returned to find out that a) Ben Carson endorsed Donald Trump, b) Brock Osweiler went to Houston, and c) all the clocks in my house were an hour slow. To be honest, I did know about the time change … I just forgot in the fog of an overnight flight home.

The biggest disconnect for me, however, was – and continues to be – the deterioration of the ongoing political conversation. Correction: this is not a conversation … it’s no longer even your garden-variety slugfest. It’s become a slimy subversion of the civility with which people of integrity conduct themselves.

Almost everyone I talk to believes this, including people who support one or another of the subverters. In my travels, I’ve been queried by foreigners about what we as Americans plan to do.

I have no answer because I personally have no plan – yet – about what I want

to do (other than briefly consider an invitation from a Canadian to move north).

Besides making America look like a bunch of schoolyard bullies – or worse – in the eyes of the world, I’m deeply concerned Andrea Doray about what this ALCHEMY political bombast is stirring up for America’s young people. Sure, some young adults are already making their voices heard for Bernie Sanders, and other similarly aged groups are supporting their own candidates. But what are the long-term implications of this descent into dirt on the way people, who are supposedly trying to solve problems, talk to one another?

That’s why, as a board member, I’m

part of an important multi-national inaugural event from Fort Collins-based Writing for Peace. Writing for Peace is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating empathy through education and writing to develop a foundation of compassion upon which to build a more peaceful world.

Part of our efforts to achieve these admittedly ambitious goals is to inspire young writers to consider how their words can bring us closer to nonviolent conflict resolution in a global society that values human rights. To these ends, we are hosting our first-ever Youth Summit at the end of April, an online conference with TED-style live-stream keynote speakers from around the world. More importantly, participants will also engage in threaded and real-time online discussions with their global peers.

Young people aged 18 to 30 from the U.S., Canada and Mexico are selected through their submissions of creative work – writing, visual arts, music, the-

atre and dance – on the theme “What I Would Say If I Knew They Were Listening: Conversations on Peace.” It’s my firm belief that the young people at the Youth Summit will dialogue with civility and respect, and will emerge with clear ideas about how they can affect change.

University of California San Diego research finds that young people are less ideologically polarized than their elders. If we have any hope for ending Congressional gridlock and have honest conversations about political issues in the future, we need less hate speech on the campaign trail and in office, and more opportunities like the Writing for Peace Youth Summit for our young adult Americans.

Andrea Doray is a writer who is honored to serve on the board of Writing for Peace.

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and optimistic attitude. A 68year member of Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, Virginia taught Sunday school for 30 years, helped out with many jobs/committees, and greeted at Sunday morning services (where she got lots of hugs!). She was a coordinator for Meals on Wheels, packing and delivering hot meals for 35 years. She loved to walk, had a great sense of humor and always had a funny story to tell at family gather-

ings. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Hightower (Scott) of Broomfield, and son, Paul Tanner (Jan) of Elizabeth, 4 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. She was loved, and will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. A private “Celebration of Life” will be held by her family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, 7530 W 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033.

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Believed to have been the tallest building in Jefferson County when it was built in 1922, the Shrine of St. Anne was designed by Denver architect Harry James Manning. Photo by Glenn Wallace

Historic and holy Many area houses of worship shine with community importance

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hroughout human history, places of worship have been some of the largest, most important, and most enduring structures ever built. The pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge, Angkor Wat, and the grand cathedrals of Europe — they all stand in testament to the power of faith, and tell us much about the people who built them.

Our local communities are no different, with many of the older churches in the area offering an enduring look back at the metro area’s founding. Among the more historically significant religious sites in Adams and Jefferson counties are churches that helped cities and the state grow, served as schools, healed the sick, and in one case even served as a rally point for opposing the Ku Klux Klan. In early Westminster and Broomfield, churches began out of classrooms, uprooting and moving and taking with them pieces of their history as the region flourished and population boomed following not one, but two World Wars.

Calvary Episcopal Church Address: 1320 Arapahoe St., Golden Built: 1867

The original chapel is believed to be the oldest continuously used church in Jefferson County, and the oldest continuously used Episcopal church in the state.

Reading through the history of this Golden church is like reading a Who’s Who of state history.

The land for the building was donated by railroad magnate William Loveland. The pews and three of the stained glass windows were donated by brewery founder Adolph Coors and his wife, Louisa.

Railroader and lawmaker Edward L. Berthoud and Golden Transcript founder George West served as members of the church’s first vestry.

The church was built under the direction of Bishop George Maxwell Randall, who would later help found what would become the Colorado School of Mines nearby.

The original brick Gothic Revival-style church, with its three crosses standing atop the hill, still serves as a place of worship, though the much-grown congregation has since added a more modern and much larger worship sanctuary on an adjacent lot.

Calvary and its membership helped to establish the first schools and charity organizations there, and has remained an active

part of the Golden community for 149 years since.

Shrine of St. Anne Catholic Parish Address: 7555 Grant Place, Arvada Built: 1922 The red brick landmark of St. Anne has been a focal point of the Arvada community since it’s creation. Dedicated on June 25, 1922. Built in honor of St. Anne de Beaupre, mother of the Virgin Mary, it was said to be the highest building in Jefferson County at that time. It is also said to be the reason Wadsworth Boulevard was originally paved between Denver and Arvada, to accommodate pilgrims coming to see the wrist bone relic of St. Anne, resting inside the bell tower shrine.

The Denver Catholic Register called the church “a gem.”

“While in one or two of its features, like the terra cotta work, the edifice almost approaches the bizarre, yet there is around it such an air of piety and true Catholic conservatism,” it states.

The decorative brick church had quite a rocky start however.

The first pastor of St. Anne, Walter Grace, left in disgrace following a conviction on liquor charges during Prohibition. At the same

time, the Ku Klux Klan was gaining strength in Colorado, and actively harassed Catholics, going so far as to burn crosses in front of the St. Anne parish. In 1925 several thousand Klansmen marched through Arvada to the front steps of the church.

Undaunted, more than 1,000 local Catholics organized a counter march a month later, walking from Regis College to St. Anne for a an outdoor Mass. That show of strength seemed to hasten the diminishing statewide influence of the Klan, and the harassment stopped.

The church parish remains active, founding a nearby elementary school in 1961, and remaining a source of faith and charity for Arvada’s Olde Town.

Issac Solomon Synagogue Address: 1600 Pierce St. in Lakewood on the RMCAD campus Built: 1911 (rebuilt in 1926) The Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design campus in Lakewood used to be something quite different — a refuge for tuberculosis patients.

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Musical roots still flower on stage their second song.

For a band whose remaining two original members are 70 or older, The Who showed a musical vibrancy over two hours that I have a hard time imagining most new bands being capable of.

Guitarist and Clarke Reader songwriter Pete LINER Townshend is still capable of incendiNOTES ary guitar work (on “Won’t Get Fooled Again”) and incredibly nuanced melody (on “Join Together”).

Lead vocalist Roger Daltrey was in incredible form, particularly when you remember the band’s original December date was canceled due to illness. Somehow he can still do the kind of howl that makes your head stand on end, and his delivery on “Baba O’Riley” still packs a punch.

But my favorite moments might have been before the show even started, when my dad and I counted up the number of times we’d seen The Who, what year and where the concert was. Or after, when we talked about what our favorite Who songs were and whether or not we’d seen them all performed live.

Springsteen puts on a very different show than The Who, but no less impres-

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meet for worship at a local grocery store — got together to discuss building a Catholic church. A month later, one acre of land was purchased from the DenverLaramie Railroad and work began.

In 2012, parishioners celebrated 100 years as Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church with a “Centennial Celebration” Mass.

Originally built for $1,300, a vestibule was added in 1941, along with the west bell tower. That vestibule and tower would be all that remained when the rest of the church was torn down in 1947. It wasn’t until the freeze on building was lifted after World War II that a second bell tower was built, using several original items from the church.

Over the years, the church would add on a Catholic school (in 1920, the same year the church started its annual bazaar, which continues today), and later a gymnasium and a kitchen, the latter so, according to the church, “the women ... had some place to cook up Assumption’s famous spaghetti dinner” — another tradition that carries on annually.

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cure for TB, it was believed that the crisp mountain air and sunshine of Colorado would ease the pain of patients.

The society would grow to become the largest free TB treatment facility in the world, with 34 buildings over 148 acres.

One of those buildings was the Isaac Solomon Synagogue, the spiritual center of the society campus. According to the Lakewood Historical Society, Isaac Solomon built the synagogue in 1911 in memory of his son, Jacob, who died of tuberculosis. The original synagogue burned, and the current synagogue was opened in 1926. Architecturally, the synagogue has a Moorish appearance, with red brick, many arches and terracotta. Gothic windows dot the exterior.

“RMCAD does not have any immediate plans for the synagogue, but students and faculty alike have a reverence for its importance in Denver’s history,” according to Meaghan Carabello, a spokeswoman for the college.

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Welby Address: 2361 E 78th Ave., Denver (Welby) Built: 1912 In November 1911, 40 families in the Welby vegetable farming area — many of them Italian farmers who would

Westminster Presbyterian Church Address: 3990 W. 74th Ave., Westminster Started: 1892 Westminster Presbyterian Church has a history older even than the city for which it’s named.

In the 1890s, a prominent New Yorker named Henry Mayhem visualized the concept of a university atop Crown Point, the highest point in what was then Arapahoe County (it would become

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Gallant’s “Ology” released on Mind of A Genius records.

Review: Christopher Gallant’s debut album “Ology” is so luminous and otherworldly in its vocals and melding of R&B, rock and trip-hop that you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s the work of an artist with decades to perfect his craft. In reality, Gallant is just 24, and has crafted an album that defies gender and simply sweeps the listener away.

Favorite song: “Weight in Gold” Best display of Gallant’s earth-shattering vocal range: “Open Up” sive. Whereas The Who’s music had more in the way of subtlety, Springsteen’s is like a wall of joyous sound that just buries you.

And he and his bandmates put a lot into their three-and-a-half hour performance that included the 1980 album “The River” in its entirety.

Unlike The Who, there were no wild lighting or computer graphics to back up Springsteen’s performance. Just three screens so those in the cheap seats could see, and the muscular poetry of the music.

Songs like “Thunder Road,” “Born to Run” and “Dancing in the Dark” didn’t Adams County in 1902). The village there at the time was called DeSpain Junction and would later become Harris Park or Harris, before incorporating as Westminster in 1911.

As Denver thrived about 10 miles away, Mayhem wanted a college to rival those in the growing metropolis. Seeking financial help from the Presbytery of Denver and others, the “Princeton of the West” was conceived and called Westminster University.

While the school struggled to attract students, faculty members and others from the area around Westminster University began to meet for worship at the university and met Aug. 14, 1892, to sign a charter establishing the University Presbyterian Church of the Denver Presbytery. The church would long outlive the school, and of course preceded Westminster proper.

The first place of worship for the new congregation of University Presbyterian Church was near 80th and Bradburn Boulevard, less than a mile from where the next church was built, near 74th and Bradburn (razed in 1981), and where the newest church — dedicated in 1957 — stands today.

More than 50 church members and regular attendees were recognized as “history makers” in the Westminster centennial book “Westminster: The First 100 Years,” and the Westminster Presbyterian Church is now considered the Historical Church of Westminster.

Broomfield United Methodist Church Address: 545 W. 10th Ave., Broomfield

even need Springsteen to sing, the tunes are so ingrained in listeners. But the more delicate numbers like “The River” and “Drive All Night” are equally powerful for their restraint.

The Boss himself is a machine, leading his band without taking a break or flagging in enthusiasm. He belted out gems like “Because the Night” like it was the first time he was singing them live, and there’s no way to be awash in that kind of generosity and not be moved.

It also gave my mom a chance to talk about the importance of “The River” when she and my dad were dating, how she saw The Boss on the original album tour, and for us to compare notes on our favorite Springsteen albums. Sneaking glances at my parents during both concerts, I was able to see them as they were when they first came upon these artists that had such a profound impact on their lives.

That’s what the best music does. It takes you out of your current self and back to the time you pressed play and fell in love.

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week.

A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he thinks “Quadrophenia” is better than “Tommy,” and “Darkness on the Edge of Town” is better than “Born to Run.” Check out his music blog at calmacil20. blogspot.com. And share the music that reminds you of your parents at creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Started: 1888 A congregation of 12 founded the First Methodist Church of Broomfield in 1888 at Lorraine School, about a mile east of Wadsworth Avenue and a mile south of present Main Street. Services continued at the school until after 1900, when the congregation started meeting in a home on 120th Avenue, just west of Allison Street.

Despite sparse settlement at the time, a “cement block” church was built in 1908 and carried a small congregation through World War I before dedicating the Warren Chapel in 1921. Following a “baby boom” after the war, attendance at the church’s Sunday school became considerably more substantial.

The church underwent remodeling in 1934, getting bolstered with pieces from the Wesley Chapel at 120th Avenue and Huron Street. That chapel had been weathered and vandalized but builders were able to salvage some lumber and, more notably, 13 original stained glass windows, which remain a part of the present-day Broomfield United Methodist Church.

After a few more moves to adjust to Broomfield’s growing population, in 1983, a new sanctuary was constructed, and the stained glass windows from the old Wesley Chapel were restored and hung in the church in 1986.— Compiled

by Metro North Editor Jeremy Johnson and West Metro Editor Glenn Wallace from church websites and online historical documents.

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I grew up surrounded by music, and I have my parents to thank for that.

They raised me on a healthy diet of the classics — my dad handling the rock stuff like Led Zeppelin, The Who and The Allman Brothers, my mom the folk side with artists like Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen, and Joni Mitchell.

Not to say there was no overlap between their tastes — dad loves Springsteen just like everyone, and mom is a fan of Zeppelin — but there were certainly demarcation points on their musical spectrums.

So many childhood memories feature a soundtrack by these artists in my mind, and there is still tremendous comfort when I hear the first notes of “Baba O’Riley” or “Badlands” today.

Two weeks ago, I saw firsthand that The Who and Springsteen are still capable of rocking me back harder than bands half their age, even though they’re both old enough to have AARP cards.

Both bands played the Pepsi Center just two days apart, and provided master classes in musicianship, demonstrating why they’re all-time greats.

Almost better — I was able to share both concerts with my parents, and be reminded how important music is as a memory trigger. The Who were in Denver for a rescheduled date on their The Who Hits 50 tour (which may or may not be their last big tour ever), but any notions that this was just some nostalgia trip were blown away when they tore into “The Seeker” as just

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5-R Truck, a custom build shop in Golden that will be featured on a new reality television show, has been in operation for 40 years and has four generations of the Hill family running it. Three of the generations are pictured along with the 2011 Ram truck, one that will appear on the show. The oldest of the fourth generation is 8 years old, and he only comes in on some Saturdays to help with sweeping or other similar kid-friendly tasks. In the picture, from left, is Hubert Hill, Steve Hill, T.J. Hill, Ram owner Shawn Bickler, shop manager John Meyer and Jake Hill. It is also not uncommon for Squeaker, far left, an Australian blue heeler, to come to the shop with the Hills. Photo by Christy Steadman

Building a custom lifestyle Golden truck shop featured on national TV

By Christy Steadman csteadman@colorado communitymedia.com A new reality television show airing in April won’t have any unnecessary drama or anger management issues that other realty shows like to highlight.

“We’re not going to be throwing any wrenches at each other,” said Steve Hill, president and founder of Five-R Trucks in Golden. “We want it to represent what we really do.”

What viewers will get, he said, is a show

about family and the opportunity to learn a little about building a custom truck.

The new reality show is called “The Lifted Life” and will feature the Hill family and the rest of the crew at Five-R Trucks. The one-hour show will air on Velocity, which is a cable and satellite television channel owned by Discovery Communications.

“The Lifted Life” premieres at 8 a.m. MST on April 9.

“People will get to see the whole picture of what we go through day-to-day,” said Jake Hill, Steve Hill’s oldest son, who believes the show will be something a lot of people can relate to.

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Five-R Trucks is family owned and operated for 40 years. Three generations currently work at the shop, and the fourth, beginning with Jake Hill’s 8-year-old son named Dillon, is well on the way to learning the trade — Dillon sometimes comes in on Saturdays and does sweeping or other similar childappropriate tasks.

“I’m really proud of what we’ve accomplished,” Steve Hill said. “And I’m proud of my family.”

Being on “The Lifted Life” came about when Velocity contacted the shop and said the channel wanted a family-run business to feature. Five-R Trucks wasn’t interested the first time, but Velocity came back about eight months ago and asked again.

“We decided to give it a shot,” Steve Hill said.

Season one has already been filmed, which consists of six one-hour episodes.

The majority of the episodes was filmed at the shop, but some other Golden businesses will also be on the show — and a couple of high-profile customers.

Kenny Cross, trailer technician who has been at the shop for about 18 years will appear on the show a couple of times. But all the employees are excited to see the show, he added.

Shop manager John Meyer agrees.

“It’s a big deal because people viewing national television will see the quality of work that comes out of Five-R,” he said. He also hopes the show helps viewers get “stoked and excited about the custom truck scene.”

The premier, called “All in a Day’s Work,” features Littleton resident Shawn Bickler and a $45,000 build on his 2011 Dodge Ram.

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Trucks employees prepare the Ram for the SEMA Show — custom wheels, custom treatment on the dash on the inside, custom-painted matching bumpers and lots of lights. Bickler hopes that everybody who sees the show will appreciate the hard work Five-R Trucks puts into a custom build.

“Custom trucks are unique,” Steve Hill said. “Everything’s different, and everything’s custom. We don’t do two alike — that’s the nice thing about it.”

Five-R Trucks has done a number of custom builds that received national attention, and some have been featured in automotive magazines that have a global readership. The shop’s customers come from across Colorado, the U.S. and the world — they have shipped custom-built trucks to places such as Canada, Peru, Dubai and Russia.

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The Ram was at the Denver Auto Show, March 16-20 at the Colorado Convention Center, and although it is not his everyday vehicle, he and his wife do use it for recreation.

Bickler wasn’t expecting to have his truck featured on the show, he said. It all began as a custom build for the Specialty Equipment Market Association’s industry show, which takes place Nov. 1-4 in Las Vegas. The industry show, also known as the SEMA Show, is an automotive specialty products trade event that is not open to the general public with worldwide recognition.

Bickler has been coming to Five-R Trucks for about 10 years, and the Ram is the third truck he has had them custom build.

“No matter what truck I go with, it always gets looks,” Bickler said. But the Ram “is the biggest and best build, by far.”

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Jeffco art shines at Arvada Center Teachers, alumni and students showcase work

IF YOU GO WHAT: 45th Annual Jefferson Foundation High School Art Exhibition, Jaime Molina: Superstitio — Jeffco Alumni Exhibition and Right to Roam: Franky & Annie Scaglione — Jeffco Teacher Solo Exhibition

By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Arvada Center is once again home to the brightest artistic talents from Jefferson County Public students, teachers and graduates in its spring gallery exhibits.

The 45th Annual Jefferson Foundation High School Art Exhibition, Jaime Molina: Superstitio — Jeffco Alumni Exhibition and Right to Roam: Franky & Annie Scaglione — Jeffco Teacher Solo Exhibition all opened on April 8 at the center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., and run through May 8.

The alumni and teacher exhibitions highlight the art of teachers and a graduate who have created vibrant and impressive bodies of work outside of the classroom.

In the Scaglione’s Right to Roam exhibit, husband and wife team Franky (a teacher at Wheat Ridge) and Annie (a teacher at Pomona) created a multimedium tour through three state and national parks — Yellowstone, Canyonlands and the Adirondacks.

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The Scaglione’s each have their own creative focus. Annie is a painter, and works in both watercolors and acrylics to capture images of the natural wonder found at the park, and Franky takes a more tactile approach. He creates pennants, patches and topographical maps of the parks. The cumulative effect examines the things people take with

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“I wanted to look at why people are still so superstitious,” he explained. “An exhibit like this gives me the chance to tell a story in a very fragmented way.”

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Arvada Center announces 2016-17 theater season “I am delighted to bring a fantastic selection of musical theatre to the Main Stage,” said Rod Lansberry, Producing Artistic Director of Musicals, in a statement.

“The season includes an uplifting comedy that soars to the heavens, a heartwarming and nostalgic new work that brings a family together, and an iconic classic of musical theatre.”

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New lineup brings a world and regional premiere Staff Report The Arvada Center has announced its 2016-17 season on April 11, and it features three musicals and four plays.

The center has a world premiere in “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and a regional premiere in “The Drowning Girls.”

Also new this season is a new repertory theater for the Black Box Theatre production, and new productions will open on Fridays instead of Tuesdays

The full Arvada Center schedule: “Sister Act” Main Stage Theatre Sept. 9 - Oct. 2, “Tartuffe” Black Box Theatre Sept. 30 - Nov. 6 “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” Original Music & Lyrics by David Nehls (Arvada Center musical director) Main Stage Theatre Nov. 18 - Dec. 23

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The Sycamore family “You Can’t Take It With You” by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, the 1937 Pulitzer Prize play, recently revived on Broadway, plays through May 1 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Directed by Jamie Billings. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays (2 p.m. only on May 1. Tickets: $28/$25/$17, 303-935-3044, minersalley.com.

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Shakespeare at Auraria “The Tempest” by William Shakespeare plays April 14 to 24 in the Eugenia Rawls Courtyard Theatre at the King Center, Auraria Campus, presented by Metropolitan State University’s Theater Students, directed by Jeffrey Parker. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 24. Tickets: $20/ Students with ID/$10/Metro students free. 303-556-2296.

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Evergreen Players Presents ‘Dear Ruth’ Evergreen Players presents “Dear Ruth” through Sunday, April 17 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Using the name of her elder sister, a young girl carries on a romantic correspondence with an overseas soldier.

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Learn the threats to family security and how you can avoid them at free workshops at the Lakewood Public Library, 10200 W. 20th Ave., Lakewood. Sessions are offered 1-3 p.m.

Monday, April 18. Seating is limited; location is handicap accessible. Make reservations at 720-772-7565. If these dates fill up, inquire about additional dates or scheduling a free personal consultation.

Boettcher Mansion Preservation HistoriCorps, a nonprofit organization that preserves historic structures on public lands, will work to rehabilitate Boettcher Mansion’s outdoor entrance porch and stairway. Work runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, April 18-22 at 900 Colorow Road, Golden.

Tasks include inspecting and replacing posts and railings; repairing, scraping, sanding, replacing and repainting deteriorated railings; disassembling the existing garden arbor, replacing deteriorated parts and reassembling using good condition pieces; and repainting the garden arbor and reinstalling and rewiring lanterns. Go to http://historicorps.org/ events/boettcher-mansion-2016/ Art of Henna Workshop Unleash your creative potential and learn the ancient practice of Henna art at a hands-on workshop from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, at Rolling Sands Yoga Boutique and Fitness Store, 5709 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Jes Saunders will guide guests in basic techniques from professional henna artists and empower us to design traditional artwork. Learn to roll application cones and practice design elements with non-staining cones. Event is free; donations accepted.

RSVP by calling 303-422-1452 or stop by Rolling Sands.

Heal Brain Fog, Fatigue and Your Gut Do you get frequent sinus issues, colds, chronic dental problems, food sensitivities, indigestion or bloating? Learn about the surprising link between your digestion, gut health and immunity, as well as steps you can take right now to improve and protect your vitality, energy and health. Session runs 6-7:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at Natural Grocers, 12612 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood.

Night of Adventure Story, Mime Rocky Mountain Storytelling presents a story concert featuring world renowned tellers Antonio Rocha, Susan Marie Frontczak and Johanna Walker. Concert is at 7 p.m. Friday, April 22, at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden. Adults and kids 10 and older will delight in tales true and fictional brought to life on stage. Tickets available at the door or online at rmstory.org. Rocky Mountain Storytelling hosts an all-day storytelling conference Saturday, April 23.

Conference registration includes the concert.

Go to http://rmstory.org/ or contact Kate Lutz at k8lutz@gmail.com.

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‘You Can’t Take it With You’ Miners Alley Playhouse presents “You Can’t Take it With You” through Sunday, May 1, at 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. At first the Sycamores seem mad, but if they are mad, the rest of the world is madder. For tickets and information, call 303-935-3044 or go to minersalley.com.

‘Casa Valentina’ The Edge Theater presents “Casa Valentina” from April 22 to May 22 at the Edge Theater, 1560 Teller St., Suite 200, Lakewood. Performances are at 8 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays, 6 p.m. Sundays, and 8 p.m. Monday, May 9 (no performance on Sunday, May 8). Tickets are available at 303-232-0363 or www. theedgetheater.com. Parking is free.

MUSIC/CONCERT

Chamber Music Concerts Arts Brookfield and Friends of Chamber Music present Lunchtime at 1801, a series of free concerts. Concerts go from noon to 1 p.m. in the lobby of Brookfield’s 1801 California. Concert by Persephone Quartet is Tuesday, April 19; Spinphony, Tuesday, April 26. Go to www.friendsofchambermusic.com or call 303-388-9839.

Music of the American West Hitch a ride on the wagon train and take a musical adventure with the Golden Eagle Concert Band as it transports your imagination with the concert music of the American West. When we think of the early American West, we think of cowboys, cattle, campfires and guitar music. Concert music composed with a Western theme was composed mostly for motion pictures, television programs and Broadway musicals. Join us on a journey with the music composed for “Blazing Saddles,” “Oklahoma” and “How the West was Won.” Enjoy concert pieces with Western themes such as Cowboy Rhapsody, Legends of the West and much more. Concerts are at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 472 Allison Parkway, Lakewood, https://goo.gl/QtcYPT; and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 17, at the Broomfield Auditorium, 3 Community Park Road, Broomfield, https://goo.gl/Ew3Chu. Go to www.goldeneagleconcertband.org for ticket information.

ODC Dance Performance Lakewood Cultural Center welcomes ODC Dance, performing Boulders and Bones at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood.

Tickets are available at 303-987-7845, www.Lakewood.org/LCCPresents or the box office. ODC is a contemporary dance ensemble known for its athleticism, passion and intellectual depth.

ART/CRAFTS

Nonfiction Book Club Looks at Mid-East The Jefferson County League of Women Voters nonfiction book club will discuss “Lawrence in Arabia,” by Scott Anderson. The discussion is 1-3 p.m.

Wednesday, April 20, at a location to be determined, and again from 9:3011:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at the library at Westland Meridian, 10695 W. 17th Ave., Lakewood. Book reaches back to World War I to discover the origins of many of today’s most intractable problems in the Middle East. Call Lynne at 303-985-5128 for information and for location of the April 20 meeting. Everyone is welcome at these meetings. Read book ahead of the April meeting.

Calls to Entry The Lakewood Arts Council and Gallery has a number of upcoming shows with approaching entry deadlines. “Garden Inspirations” is open to all media, and the theme is gardens, flowers and plants. The entry deadline is Friday, April 22; show runs from May 1-27 at 6731 W. Colfax Ave. “Artist’s Choice” is open to any tw0-dimensional work. Entry deadline is Friday, April 22, with show dates from May 9 to July 22 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. “The Human Experience” is open to any tw0-dimensional work and the theme is human emotions. Entry deadline is Friday, May 20, with show dates from May 27 to June 25 at 6731 W. Colfax Ave. Contact www.lakewoodartscouncil.org or call 303-980-0625.

Art Classes, Workshops The Lakewood Arts Council and Gallery is beginning new session of art classes and workshops. For registration and information, go to www.lakewoodartscouncil.org or call 303-980-0625. The gallery is at 6731 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood.

EVENTS

Titanic Tea The Friends of the Jefferson County Public Library presents Titanic Tea at 4 p.m. Friday, April 15 at the Molly Brown Summer House in Lakewood. Janet Kalstrom performs a first-person characterization of Molly Brown, and guests will enjoy petite fours and a cuppa (tea, that is). A presentation of Molly Brownera fashion clothing will be given by Days Gone Bye. Tours of the summer house will be given before and after the Titanic Tea party. Vintage hat, complete with bows and feathers, are provided by Colorado ACTS, Red Rocks Community Col-

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lege Theatre & Arts Department and the Arvada Center for Arts & Humanities.

Get tickets at https://squareup.com/store/jefferson-county-library-foundation or contact Sarah Whelan at sarah.whelan@jeffcolibrary.org or 303-403-5078.

Earth Day Celebration Celebrate Earth Day with Cat Care Society from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at the Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St. Call 303-2399680 or visit www.catcaresociety.org.

Star Party and Intro to the Night Sky Enjoy a guided telescope tour of the cosmos from the new astronomy pad from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. There will be a 30-minute talk on the night sky followed by a star party with telescopes set up by members of the Longmont Astronomical Society. Weather permitting. Sign up in advance. Call 720-898-7405 or go to www.arvada.org/nature. For ages 8 and older. Program is free.

Fox Hollow Men’s Golf Club The Men’s Club at Fox Hollow opens its 2016 season with its first tournament Saturday, April 16 at Fox Hollow’s Den. It is a 4-man shamble with A, B, C and D level players to mix it up and meet new golfing friends. Find out more about the club’s 16 event season for golfers ages 18 to super senior and all skill levels at fhmgc.com; new members are welcome throughout the season. The club also hosts its annual Fox Hollow Open on Saturday, June 4 for all handicap indexed players in Colorado. Join the club and play friendly competitive golf. Fox Hollow is at 13410 Morrison Road, Lakewood.

Republican Men’s Club The Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club and friends meet from 7-9 a.m.

Mondays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, 10151 W. 26th Ave. Cost of food not included in meeting fee. Republicans, especially students, youth and women, are welcome. The Monday, April 18 meeting features William Perry Pendley, president of the Mountain States Legal Foundation, who will present “Obama administration’s fixation on race (racialism) hits the Federal Aviation Administration, violating the United States Constitution and threatening the lives of millions of Americans.” Contact Fred Holden, president, at 303-421-7619.

Selfless Sacrifice Examined Radical acts of sacrifice will be explored at Lifetree Café at noon and 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 19, at 5675 Field St., Arvada. The program, “Sacrifice: How Much Would You Give for Someone You Love?” features a screening of “The Red House,” a short film depicting one woman’s unexpected sacrifice that changed the course of a young girl’s life in early 20th century China. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@peacelutheran.net.

Vegetable Gardening 101 If you are new to gardening and want to get started, this is the class for you. Learn what to do to get growing from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Instructor is Chris Doolittle, Echter’s annuals and foliage manager. No registration or fee required. Call 303424-7979 or go to www.echters.com.

Meet a Contractor, Recycle Swing by to drop off your paper or electronic recycling and visit with family owned, local home services contractors. Local home service businesses will be on site to answer questions on roofing, windows, HVAC and solar. Munch on Firetruck Crepes as you stroll. Event runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at 5990 Kipling Parkway, Arvada. Event is sponsored by Security National Mortgage, Chicago Title of Colorado and Carla Knight Homes. Contact carlaknighthomes@gmail.com.

Cat Clinic Stop by and visit the new and improved Cat Clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 23 at the Cat Care Society, 5787 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Call 303-239-9680. Take a tour of the clinic, make appointments, meet the vet care team, and check out the Cat House Gallery artwork for sale. Snacks and refreshments will be served. Go to http://www.catcaresociety.org/ Watering Wisely As we look for ways to honor Earth Day, let Pioneer Farmsteaders inspire you to change water use for your landscape. The Watering Wisely class from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 23, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Class covers irrigation design, methods to avoid wasting water, ways to minimize plant disease in the vegetable garden and landscape. Practice assembling the basic components of a low pressure drip irrigation system for your plants. Sign up in advance. Call 720-898-7405 or go to www.arvada.org/ nature.

Majestic View Travel Series: Alaska!

Visit wild Alaska during the Majestic View travel series program from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. See digital images of black, brown (grizzly), Komode and polar bears in magnificent Denali, Katmai and other national parks. Observe gray whales bubble feeding for herring. Experience fly-fishing for rainbow trout, arctic char and salmon. See spectacular Privolf Island, walrus and unique birds of Alaska. Presented by Bob Barber, professional wildlife photographer. Sign up in advance. For ages 10 and older. Call 720-898-7405 or go to www.arvada.org/ nature.

Hall of Fame Nomination The Jefferson County Historical Commission is seeking nominations for the 2016 Jefferson County Hall of Fame. Nominations may be made for living or deceased people who have helped mold and shape the history of Jefferson County. Individuals may be nominated for contributions in fields of writing, research, photography, politics, business, community service, education or culture. Nominations must be received by Friday, May 1. To obtain nomination forms and get more information, visit www.historicjeffco.org or contact Dennis Dempsey at 303 271-8734 or ddempsey@jeffco.us.

Gardens Wanted The Lakewood Arts Council is looking for gardens to be on its annual garden tour. The tour is Saturday, June 25, and includes a self-guided tour of six to seven gardens in the west metro area, with lunch for ticket holders included at the council’s new gallery location at Lamar Station Plaza (near Casa Bonita).

Garden hosts may preview the garden tour Friday, June 24. If you’re an avid gardener and would like to share your hard work, contact Ann Quinn at 303881-7874 or annquinn75@gmail.com as soon as possible. Go to www.lakewoodartscouncil.org.

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Marketplace

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Firewood

Instruction

Pine/Fir & Aspen

Split & Delivered $250 a cord Stacking available extra $25 Delivery charge may apply Call 303-647-2475 or 720-323-2173

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Hunting/Fishing

ART CLASSES Beginner-Intermediate Art Instructor with many years art experience offering adult Oil Painting classes Fun Yet Informative in Highlands Ranch area Ongoing - Start at any time Saturdays from 2pm-4:30pm Phone for info (303)990-7407

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Misc. Notices LAKEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1976 ANNOUNCES THEIR 40 YEAR REUNION!!!

June 24-25-26, 2016 For information on the events and registration visit: www.LHS1976tigers.com Questions? Email: 1976lhstigers@gmail.com The Wheat Ridge Silver Foxes Senior softball team needs a few players this year age 50+ Practice Saturday Morning games Wednesday morning Contact Ken @ (720)229-3622 Want To Purchase minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557 Denver, CO 80201

FARM & AGRICULTURE

Sporting goods Camping Gear

Wood Working tools; Shopsmith, Table Saw, Jointer, Routers.

Bedroom set and a lot more 17167 East Hawksbead Drive Friday & Saturday April 15 & 16 9am-3pm

FOR SALE Used in good to like new condition.

Coleman Duel-Fuel Stove, Dual-Fuel Lantern, & Flourescent Lantern, 3 Mountainsmith Backpacks, 20degree Slumberjack sleeping bag, 3man REI Dome tent.

Send email address for Photos, Pricing, & Details.

Gary 303-988-0200 gary@beaverbuilt.com Spin Fishing Gear FOR SALE Used in like new condition.

6'6" Shimano spinning rod & reel, Abu Garcia reel, Mitchel reel, assorted Rapala, Fox, Mepps lures, and assorted spin fishing tackle.

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Gary 303-988-0200 gary@beaverbuilt.com

Estate Sales

PETS

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Lost and Found FOUND: Keys on strap, north of Heritage High, Littleton 720-289-2989

Estate Lake/Boating equipment sale Appointment only Prices Reasonable.

Cash Only.

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Huge Garage Sale! One Day Only!

Saturday, April 16 8 am – 3 pm Littleton High School 199 E. Littleton Boulevard, Littleton Clothing, Small Appliances, Kids Items, Home Décor, Seasonal Items, and much more!

All proceeds go to LHS Performing Arts and After Prom Parker

Garage and Moving Sale

Moving Sale

Furniture,Exercise Equipment, Law Equipment, Patio Furniture, Hot Tub, Household & Misc.

Fri-Sun 4/15-17 8am-4pm CASH ONLY - 5131 Bear Paw Drive Castle Rock - The Meadows Parker Antique furniture, Camping Gear including 9 man tent: stove etc., 8' custom couch, Khargis Dining room set, Lots of antique glassware Friday & Saturday April 15th & 16th 8am-3pm 5530 Spur Cross Trail

MERCHANDISE

Farm Equipment 1997 Massy Ferguson 1250 Tractor, 34HP Diesel, 16F/16R Shuttle, 4WD, Cat. 1 3 Pt., 540 PTO, ROPS, SMC 84Q Loader (quick attach) w/5’ bucket, One Owner, Always Shedded, 150 hrs, $16,000.

Available separately: John Deere 513 Rotary Mower ($700) and Modern 6 ft. tilting three point rear blade ($400). 303-330-8363

Dogs Antiques & Collectibles Coins, Antique DB Musket, Antelope and Elk Heads 303-885-3948

Bicycles

Farm Products & Produce Grain Finished Buffalo

quartered, halves and whole

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ELECTRIC BICYCLES

GARAGE & ESTATE SALES Garage Sales Arvada April 15, 16 & 17 8-5 7445 Upham Court Solid White oak table and 6 chairs Dryer, Microwave, set of three lamps Halo crib mattres, bikes, toys, girls clothes 2T-7, LazyBoy recliner, game chair HUGE CHURCH GARAGE SALE Friday & Saturday April 15th & 16th Friday 8am-4pm Saturday 9am-1pm. 4425 Kipling, Wheat Ridge.

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DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK, BOAT, RV; Running or not, to www.developmentaldisabled.org Tax deductible! 303-659-8086.

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ADVERTISE IN THE MARKETPLACE CALL 303-566-4091

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HEALTH

Healthier Living Colorado A program to help people deal with the challenges of living with an ongoing health condition such as heart disease, a lung condition, diabetes or arthritis is offered from 1:30-4 p.m. Wednesdays through May 18 at the St. Anthony’s Golden Neighborhood Health Center, 750 Warner Drive, Golden.

The six-week class is open to the community. The registration fee will be refunded upon attending four of the six classes. Healthier Living Colorado is the chronic disease self-management program developed at Stanford University. For information, and to register, contact Maripat Gallas at 303-9841845 or maripat@coaw.org. Go to www.coaw.org.

Liver and Your Mood Gina Balderas, MCH, will teach a lecture on Liver and Mood from 11-12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at Natural Grocers at Vitamin Cottage, Northwest Store, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Balderas will discuss how the health of your liver can control your mood and emotional wellbeing. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, the liver houses anger and old emotions. Learn how to make your liver healthy and yourself happy. Contact Megan Grover at 303-423-0990.

9Health Fair Red Rocks Community College will host a 9Health Fair from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at 13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Volunteers organize free and low-cost health screenings and education offerings. New children’s screenings are offered this year. Also new this year is a wellness program called 9Health Ready, a resource designed to promote a healthy, balanced life. Focused on five pillars of wellness (prevention, sleep, nutrition, exercise, and mental health), local experts share simple and effective resources to help people create or maintain healthy habits. Go to www.9healthready.org.

Community Blood Drives A number of community blood drives are planned in the area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted.

Go to www.bonfils.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Sunday, April 17, 8 a.m. to noon, Christ on the Mountain Parish, 13922 W. Utah Ave., Lakewood (Julie Hayes, 303-988-2222); Monday, April 18, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., King of Glory Lutheran

Church, 10001 W. 58 Ave., Arvada; Tuesday, April 19, 8-10:10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., City of Lakewood, 480 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood (Dee Ann Pfifer, 303-987-7660); Wednesday, April 27, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m., Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood; Thursday, April 28, 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Bear Creek High School, 3940 S. Kipling St., Lakewood (Susie Thornton, 303-982-8831). th

Understanding the Brain Gut Connection Dr. Glenn Harrison, DC, BSc, will discuss how the brain-gut axis can become impaired and how typical symptoms from chronic autoimmune conditions can develop and exasperate. These autoimmune conditions include everything such as depression, MS, Hashimotos and Fibromyalgia. Program runs from 7-8:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, at Natural Grocers at Vitamin Cottage, Northwest Store, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call Megan Grover at 303-423-0990.

Paleo/Primal Salad Dressings and Dips A diet containing healthy fats can support a healthy inflammatory balance. Polyunsaturated fats found in bottled salad dressings promote inflammation.

Dress your greens with recipes demonstrated at this class and maintain a balanced intake of Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids which support optimal health.

Class runs from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at Natural Grocers, 12612 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood.

Earth Day: The Natural Grocers Way Celebrate Earth Day, the Natural Grocers Way. Join us on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, and receive a free, reusable Happy Earth shopping bag and a special offer. From 4-6 p.m., visit our legendary tasting station, where you will sample the best that nature has to offer: pasture-based dairy, summer sausage and 100 percent organic produce. Natural Grocers is at 12612 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood.

Relay For Life The American Cancer Society Relay For Life gives communities the chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost and fight back against the disease. Each year, more than 4 million people participate in this global phenomenon and raise money and awareness to save lives from cancer. Following is a partial schedule of Relay For Life events: Friday, April 22, Relay for Life, Colorado School of Mines campus.

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 spaceavailable basis.

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Green Mountain grad gains honors

Pomona third baseman Billy Pospisil tags out the Valor runner during the April 7 non-league baseball game. Valor led early but Pomona scored four runs in the third inning and added two insurance runs in the seventh inning as they won the game, 6-3.

Photo by Tom Munds

Panthers clip Eagles Pomona posts 6-3 diamond win over Valor

By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Solid pitching, errorless defense and timely hitting proved to be a winning combination for Pomona as the Panthers outscored Valor 6-3 in the April 7 nonleague baseball game.

Panthers Coach E.J. Mapps said the win was important to his team.

“We are a young team as we start a freshman and four sophomores but we do have good play and leadership from our juniors and seniors,” the coach said after the game. “This was a good baseball game for us against a very good Valor team. Both teams swung the bats well and I think

there was only one error in the whole game. It was important we play well today, win or lose, because we knew this final non-league game would help set the tone for us as we start league play.”

Key moments: Valor took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning but Pomona responded with timely extra base hits to score four runs and take the lead for good and got more extra base hits to add two insurance runs to post the 6-3 win in the final non-league game on this year’s schedule.

Key players/statistics: Pomona hit the ball hard. Billy Pospisil drove in a run in the top of the third with a triple and Logan Bistrup’s triple sent two teammates across the plate in the four-run third inning. Bistrup tripled again in the top of the fourth and scored on a single by Luke Parsons.

Parsons scored the final Pomona on an

RBI double by Tanner Robinson.

They said it: Freshman Pospisil had two key hits plus made good defensive plays, including being four put outs in a row.

“I only started playing third base last year,” he said after the game. “The coach asked me to play third and I agreed because of the challenges. It is a hard position to play and, I have a good arm, so I can make the long throws to first.”

He said the hardest play to make is when he has to move to his left and backhand the ball. He also said he is doing OK with the bat but working on the technique to hit consistently and with power.

Going forward: The Panthers are in the heart of the Class 5A Jefferson County League season with upcoming games April 19 on the road at Bear Creek and April 19 at All Star Park against Lakewood.

Early season track action Pirates sprinter close but not quite

By Scott Stocker Special to Colorado Community Media There’s nothing like finally coming out on top for any athlete in any sport. And, it certainly was a top day for Carlos Barrera from Adams City. He just wishes he could have had two individual titles for a higher climb to the top.

Barrera came through to win the 100-meters in last Friday’s Weld County Invitational Track Meet held in Kersey.

A strong leaning effort at the finish line enable him to beat Platte Valley’s Zack Waite, running :11.55 seconds to Waite’s :11.59. Fernando Hernandez of Alameda came across the line in 5th, with a time just .14th of a second slower than Barrera.

And, it certainly was a photo finish in

the 200 between the top three finishers.

Here, though, Barrera had to settle for third as he was nipped by Greeley West’s Jack Bitton (:23.29) and Standley Lake’s Tyler Williams (:23.3) while turning in a :23.67.

“I think it’s really cool to take first and this is my first time win,” said Barrera.

“I’ve been in the top among the finishers, but just out of first. I only want to get better from here on out.”

It was a double day for Williams as he also came through for second in the 400-meters. This time he was edged by Evan Anderson of Resurrection Christian, with a time of :51.47-seconds to Anderson’s :51.37.

“That was just a lean today,” Williams said. “So far it has been a good season. I was seeded well in the 200 and I’m happy with the finish. I’m just a freshman and it’s been good so far.”

Platte Valley, which is located in Kersey, came through to win the title in boy’s competition scoring 128 points.

It was certainly a score to outdistance runner-up Greeley West, 77, and Mead, 64. And, for overall competitors from the Metro Regions, it was not the best of days. Standley Lake was a distant sixth place with 42.

Alameda International boys garnered 11 points. In addition to Hernandez, Jaylen Spires finished 5th in shot put, with a throw of 39-feet 2 1/2 inches.

Barrera and Williams were the lone boys from Metro league teams that were able to have a pretty good day.

It was not the best of meets for girl’s teams from the Metro region. The meet was won by Highland, out of Ault, with 96.5 points. Next in line was Mead (92), Platte Valley (65.5), Caliche (60) and Standley Lake and Weld Central (57).

Alameda girls scored two team points.

The Standley Lake girls came through to win the 3,200-meter relay. The Gators were able to run 10:08.85 to beat Mead (10:14.09) and Greeley West (10:43.83).

Green Mountain graduate Ryan Stephan, a 6-foot-10 senior at Mesa State University in Grand Junction, was named the Division II Player of the Year.

Stephan, who averaged 25.6 points and 11.4 rebounds Jim Benton a game in addition leading Division OVERTIME to II with 23 double doubles this season, was also the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Player of the Year, the South Central Region Player of the Year, a Division II Bulletin first team All-American choice and recently played in the 2016 Reese’s NABC Division II AllStar game.

He is also one of 25 finalists for the Bevo Francis Award, which is presented to the best small college player in the country.

Veteran coach takes on Legend Monte Thelen planned to step away from football when he announced his retirement as Cherokee Trail football coach last November.

But it took only a few months for the 55-year-old veteran coach to reconsider.

After taking a call from Legend Athletic Director Kevin Boley, Thelen accepted the position as the Titans’ new head football coach.

“It’s funny how that has worked out,” Thelen said. “Yeah, taking some time off was kind of the plan for me but that changed three weeks ago when Kevin got in touch with me and we started discussing this.”

Thelen was Cherokee Trail’s first coach and spent 13 seasons at the Aurora school after also coaching at Rangeview, Strasburg and out of state. Cherokee Trail lost to Valor Christian in the 2012 state championship game.

“When you look at his reputation and success at Rangeview and Cherokee Trail and what everybody said about him about what a quality person he is, it was exciting for us,” said Boley, who also is the basketball coach at the school. “Any time you have a chance to hire a coach with that kind of success and experience, you have to jump on it.”

Thelen takes over a program from Robert Doyle that went 4-6 last season and has only had one winning season in its eight-year history. However, the Titans do have starting quarterback Marc Muma returning, plus a promising freshman class ready to contribute.

“There are a lot of positives,” said Thelen. “I don’t have any specific plans until I start meeting the kids, the coaches and the talent we have coming back.

We definitely want to play hard-nosed football, be good on defense, solid in the kicking game and it would be very nice if we could be explosive and have big play potential on offense.”

Pitch-count scoreboard Douglas County and Prairie View played a 12-inning baseball game April 9 and it was nice to see a pitch-count scoreboard to track the number of pitches thrown by the teams.

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LAKEWOOD SPORTS ROUNDUP ALAMEDA PIRATES BASEBALL Alameda 4, Arvada 3 Alameda claimed a close victory over tournament opponent Arvada in a neutral game on April 9.

Key performers: Senior Hunter Roberts brought in two runs and seniors Angel Mojica and Christian Diaz both had one run each. Sophomore Carlos Rosales and senior Damian Gutierrez both had seven put-outs out of eight chances.

Greeley Central 8, Alameda 0 Alameda was shut out by tournament opponent Greeley Central in a neutral game on April 8.

Key performers: Senior Hunter Roberts

had three hits. Senior Daniel Sanchez had 10 put-outs out of nine chances.

Alameda 9, Aurora Central 5 Alameda took the win over tournament opponent Aurora Central in a neutral game on April 6.

Key performers: Senior Christian Diaz scored three runs and seniors Hunter Roberts and Angel Mojica both scored two. Mojica stole five bases. Senior Daniel Sanchez had nine put-outs out of as many chances.

Alameda 14, Vista PEAK Prep 4 Alameda claimed a dominating victory over conference opponent Vista PEAK

Prep in a home game on April 4.

Key performers: Senior Alex Sanchez led with three runs, and seniors Angel Mojica and Hunter Roberts and juniors TJ Jenkins and Noah Hayes all scored two runs. Sanchez and Roberts both stole two bases.

GIRLS SOCCER Alameda 1, Jefferson 0 Alameda claimed a close victory over non-conference opponent Jefferson in a neutral game on April 7.

TRACK AND FIELD Weld Central Rebel Roundup

Alameda’s boys track and field team placed seventeenth of 24 and girls placed twenty-second of 24 at the non-conference Weld Centeral Rebel Roundup on April 8.

Brighton Mercury Invitational Alameda’s boys track and field team placed seventh of 15 and the girls team placed eighth of 14 at the non-conference Brighton Mercury Invitational on April 4.

GIRLS TENNIS Fort Morgan 7, Alameda 0 Alameda fell to conference opponent Fort Morgan in an away game on April 7.

LAKEWOOD TIGERS BASEBALL Lakewood 10, Arvada West 0 Lakewood shut out conference opponent Arvada West in a home game on April 9.

Key performers: Seniors Michael Vessa, Chase Powell and Luke Klatke all scored two runs each. Senior Marcelo Sanchez had five put-outs out of as many chances.

Lakewood 4, Fossil Ridge 3 Lakewood defeated non-conference opponent Fossil Ridge in an away game on April 7.

Key performers: Seniors Marcelo Sanchez, Braden Smith, Chase Powell and Luke Klatke all scored one run each.

Junior Casey O’Neill had eight put-outs out of nine chances.

Lakewood 5, Mountain Vista 4 Lakewood claimed a narrow victory in extra innings against non-conference opponent Mountain Vista in a home game on April 6.

Key performers: Seniors Michael Vessa brought in two runs, while seniors Marcelo Sanchez and Chase Powell and junior Casey O’Neill all scored one run each. O’Neill also had seven put-outs out of as many chances.

Pine Creek 13, Lakewood 8 Lakewood fell to non-conference opponent Pine Creek in a home game on April 4.

Key performers: Seniors Trevor Willson and Chase Powell and junior Troy Alston all scored two runs each. Wilson had two home runs. Junior Casey O’Neill had nine put-outs out of 10 chances.

GIRLS SOCCER Chatfield 1, Lakewood 0 Lakewood fell to conference opponent Chatfield in an away game on April 6.

Lakewood 3, Prairie View 2

Lakewood claimed a close victory over non-conference opponent Prairie View in a home game on April 4.

twelfth of 37 at the non-conference Thomas Jefferson Twilight meet on April 8.

BOYS LACROSSE Douglas County 14, Lakewood 8 Lakewood lost to non-conference opponent Douglas County in a home game on April 9.

BOYS SWIMMING Jeffco Mini Invite Lakewood placed first of three at the nonconference Jeffco Mini Invite on April 8.

Joseph Harris won the 100 Free, Noah Mitchell the 100 Fly, Isaac Garcia the 100 Back, Bradley Jackson the 100 Breast and 200 Free and Brandon Shanks the 500 Free. The relay team also won the 200 Free Relay and 200 Medley Relay.

Chatfield 15, Lakewood 1 Lakewood fell to conference opponent Chatfield in a home game on April 6.

Dakota Ridge 14, Lakewood 3 Lakewood fell to conference opponent Dakota Ridge in a home game on April 4.

TRACK AND FIELD Thomas Jefferson Twilight Lakewood’s girls track and field team placed ninth of 36 and the boys placed

GIRLS TENNIS Chatfield 7, Lakewood 0 Lakewood fell to conference opponent Chatfield in a home game on April 5.

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BOYS BASEBALL Bear Creek 2, Chatfield 1 The Bears won the home conference game April 9.

Bear Creek 10, Horizon 5 The Bears won the away non-conference game April 7.

Key performers: Hunter Reneau had three RBI. Jakob Pigati had three runs.

GIRLS SOCCER Ralston Valley 10, Bear Creek 0

BASEBALL Green Mountain 19, Westminster 9 Green Mountain claimed a 10-point victory over non-conference opponent Westminster in a home game on April 8.

Key performers: Sophomore JD Wadliegh and senior Wyatt Featherston both scored four runs each.

Senior Roy Anderson and junior Luke Kuberski both brought in three. Featherston and Kuberski both had two home runs each. Wadleigh had six put-outs out of as many chances.

Green Mountain 17, Thornton 5 Green Mountain claimed a commanding victory over non-conference opponent Thornton on April 7.

Key performers: Junior Brody Bettis and senior Roy Anderson both scored three runs each. Junior Thomas Lyall and seniors Wyatt Featherston and Joe Anderson both had two runs each. Sophomore JD Wadliegh had six put-outs out of seven chances.

Green Mountain 15, Arvada West 11 Green Mountain took the win over non-conference opponent Arvada West in a home game on April 5.

Key performers: Sophomore JD Wadliegh scored three runs, and senior Wyatt Featherston, juniors Luke Kuberski and Dylan Jacob and

GIRLS SOCCER D’Evelyn 3, Conifer 0 D’Evelyn shut out conference opponent Conifer in a home game on April 7.

Key performers: Seniors Sammy Cho, Aubrey Sotolongo and Gabby Hess all scored a goal each.

Wheat Ridge 3, D’Evelyn 1 D’Evelyn fell to conference opponent Wheat Ridge in an away game on April 5.

Key performers: Sophomore Alexis Miller scored the team’s only goal.

BOYS SWIMMING Green Mountain vs Golden vs D’Evelyn D’Evelyn took first place of three at a conference meet against Green Mountain and Golden on April 9.

David Oligney won the One Meter, Tristin van the 100 Back, Liam Skelton the 100 Breast, and Jack Moranetz the 500 Free. The D’Evelyn relay team won the 200 Free Relay.

TRACK AND FIELD David S. D’Evelyn Invitational D’Evelyn’s girls track and field team placed first of 10 and the boys team placed second of 10 at the non-conference David S. D’Evelyn Invitational on April 9.

On the girls’ side, Lexi Reed won the 800 Meter and 3200 Meter, Kel-

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GIRLS TENNIS Columbine 6, Bear Creek 1 The Bears lost the home conference match April 7.

Key performers: Junior Adah Fretwell and senior Shleby Fox won their doubles match (6-3, 6-4).

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BOYS SWIMMING Ralston Valley, Bear Creek @ Pomona Key performers: Octavio Lucero finished first in the diving competition with a score of 271.15. Matthew Lenneman finished first in the 100 free with a time of 55.09. Cameron Gatewood finished first in the 100 back with a time of 1:01.36.

GIRLS SOCCER Standley Lake 4, Green Mountain 0 Green Mountain fell to conference opponent Standley Lake in a home game on April 5.

GIRLS LACROSSE Castle View/Douglas County 14, Green Mountain 8 Green Mountain fell to non-conference opponent Castle View/Douglas County in an away game on April 9.

Chatfield 19, Green Mountain 3 The Green Mountain Rams girls lacrosse team lost the away match against conference opponent Chatfield on April 5.

BOYS LACROSSE Conifer 15, Green Mountain 3 Green Mountain fell to conference opponent Conifer in an away game on April 8.

Key performers: Senior Travis Larkin scored two goals and sophomore Drake Troyer one.

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Key performers: Junior Tory Towndrow scored two goals, and senior Travis Larkin, junior Spencer Snow, sophomores Drake Troyer and JD High and freshman Brandon Jacob all scored a goal each.

Green Mountain 10, Denver South 6 Green Mountain took the win over non-conference opponent Denver South in an away game on April 4.

Key performers: Senior Travis Larkin scored five goals, and sophomore Drake Troyer two.

BOYS SWIMMING Green Mountain vs Golden Vs D’Evelyn Green Mountain came in third of three at a conference meet against Golden and D’Evelyn on April 9.

TRACK AND FIELD Jeffco Qualifier No. 2 Green Mountain’s girls track and field team and boys team both placed fourth of nine teams at the conference Jeffco Qualifier No. 2 meet on April 5.

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D’Evelyn 7, Golden 0 D’Evelyn shut out conference opponent Golden in a home game on April 7.

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GIRLS TENNIS D’Evelyn 6, St. Mary’s Academy 1 D’Evelyn took the win over non-conference opponent St. Mary’s Academy in an away match on April 8.

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D’Evelyn 5, Littleton 2 D’Evelyn took the win over conference opponent Littleton in a home match on April 5.

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Teacher pay a problem for Jeffco Changes to pay system, and area competition leading to hard choices

By Glenn Wallace gwallace@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Jefferson County School District, along with its teachers’ union, would like to ensure all teachers are paid competitively, fairly and rewarded for years of service — which for many, included years of pay freezes during the recession.

Problem is, there isn’t enough money for all that.

At the April 14 school board meeting Jeffco Executive Director of Human Resources Amy Webber warned that choices would have to be made.

“You can’t do everything,” she told the board, saying that they would have to prioritize between multiple aspects of teacher compensation, since even a discussion of trying to offer a 2 percent across-the-board increase would not bring all teachers up to a competitive level.

The district is in the midst of both developing the 2016-17 school year budget, and renegotiating the teacher’s union contract. As employee compensation comprises of 80 percent of the district’s budget, the issue of what the board would like to do with teacher pay is a core issue.

Complicating matters is a teacher pay structure change implemented in 2014, championed by three board members that were ousted in a recall election in 2015. That change in pay structure featured two main elements — doing away with the old step-in-pay grid structure, and introducing different-sized pay increases based on teacher evaluations.

While some of the newly-elected five school board members — Ron Mitchell, Ali Lasell, Susan Harmon, Amanda Stevens and Brad Rupert — said last week that they were interested in keeping some components of teacher evaluation for pay, they also wanted to explore scrapping the 2014 structure, and return to a “grid” pay schedule.

“If we try to regrid everybody, that’s going to be a $4.5 million cost,” Webber said, citing a teacher’s union estimate of the plan’s yearly cost. She explained that the bulk of the additional costs would be from bringing teachers of similar experience and evaluation up to equal pay levels.

The full board agreed with district staff, and with the teacher’s union, that Jeffco’s teacher salaries had fallen behind in competition with neighboring districts, including Boulder, Cherry Creek, Littleton, Northglenn and Westminster. Salary comparisons show the district as near the bottom or dead last of that list, particularly for teachers with higher degrees or more years teaching experience. For instance, a teacher with at least six years of teaching experience and a masters degree could make at least $2,000 more a year by going to any of those other districts over Jeffco.

Several board members also expressed interest in showing current employees, not just teachers, some appreciation, possibly with an across-the-board pay increase.

Also, in recent negotiations, the teachers’ union called for that return to the grid system, as well as a cost-of-living increase of 5 percent (retroactive to the start of the year) to help offset years of teacher salaries not keeping pace with inflation.

Each board member gave their preferences, as to what their priorities were for funding. There was broad agreement that getting the district’s pay levels more competitive was a top priority.

“It is hiring season for teachers right now guys. I want to send a message,” Lasell said.

Moving the district back to a grid pay system also ranked high. As for how to structure that grid system, the board as a whole seemed to value paying more for teachers with higher degrees.

Rupert said higher qualifications, whether through degrees or teacher evaluations, should be rewarded.

Though, with the evaluation system he cautioned “it requires credibility before (compensation) goes there.”

Stevens was the most skeptical of integrating teacher evaluation into a new pay structure, and warned that if it were not implemented well, it could discourage teachers from making “courageous decisions” such as teaching in struggling schools and working with challenging students.

Now that the school board has weighed in, the district and union will continue to negotiate, as the two sides debate how to best use the funding that the Jeffco board says will likely be available. That negotiation process began in February, and deals with the 41-page contract that governs the relationship between the district and teachers. The current 10-month contract expires in June.

April 14, 2016

JEFFCO KID A READING CHAMP

Summit Academy fifth-grader Ann Worthly, right, poses with her mother Becky, March 31, after a ceremony honoring her for taking the top spot in the annual Great Reading Games challenge, sponsored by Learning Ally, a national nonprofit organization serving students and individuals with print-based reading disabilities like dyslexia and blindness or other visual impairment. Courtesy photo