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MY NAME IS
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Recently celebrated 50 years as a Lakewood barber About me My family has been in this country since 1769, when my ancestors immigrated from Spain. I was born in the San Luis Valley, and my family moved down to the Denver area in the 1950s. I was 6 at the time, and we came down because the altitude in the valley was too much for my dad. I graduated from West High School, and then went into the army in 1962. I did well in basic training, and was recommended to join a NATO rifleman group. I was stationed in Germany, and served for three years. I thought about making a career of it, but the Vietnam War was starting, and so I decided not to re-enlist. I coached Little League sports in the area for many years, and have seen a lot of changes in the community during my time. I’ve been married to my wife, Betty, for 53 years, this October. Becoming a barber I started going to barber school to help me pay for college, but I enjoyed cutting hair so much I decided to focus on that. I started managing a shop on Colfax in 1967, and moved to the location I’m at now (1695 Wadsworth Blvd.) in 1988. The social intercourse with customers is my favorite part about being a barber. Everyone has a story, and I’m never bored. Every day is different. I still have clients
Al Arellano has been a barber in Lakewood for 50 years, and recently celebrated the milestone with a big community party. CLARKE READER
that started with me in 1967. Customers are pretty loyal, I’ve found. If you give them great service, they’ll keep coming back. I’ve done well over the years — well enough to send my son CJ and daughter Melanie through college. Celebrating 50 years I’ve noticed that hairstyles are a little like a pendulum — I see styles go and return. In honor of reaching 50 years as a barber, my son put a big party together, with a DJ, Bronco superfan trucks, three grills and about 450 people who showed up. The secret to a long career The secret to working is enjoying what you do. You don’t consider it work when you do — it’s almost like a hobby. I’ll be here until they have to haul me out of here. If you have suggestions for My Name Is ..., contact Clarke Reader at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.
Perlmutter drops out of Colorado governor race BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Congressman Ed Perlmutter, D-Arvada, has announced he is dropping out of the race to become Colorado’s next governor. It’s disappointing for many, Perlmutter said at a press conference on July 11, but it is “the best course going forward.” He said that running for governor is a big-time demand — traveling across the state to campaign and raising funds — all while still serving in Congress. “I had to take a good, realistic look at it,” he said. Perlmutter said he never considered leaving his seat in Congress to focus on the governor’s race. “I will continue to fulfill my commitment to the people of Jefferson County and Adams County,” he said. “I still have a lot of things on tap.” Perlmutter said a top priority is completing the VA Medical Center in Aurora, which is scheduled to open in
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D) answers questions from various media outlets about his decision to drop out of the Colorado governor’s race during a press conference on July 11 in Perlmutter’s office in the Applewood Tech Center. CHRISTY STEADMAN
2018 and expected to improve medical care for veterans across the region. He said he would also continue work with aerospace, specifically the Orion Project, and marijuana issues. Perlmutter also announced that he has decided not to run SEE PERLMUTTER, P21
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CCM joins effort to document hate and bias incidents STAFF REPORT
A woman and her 5-year-old daughter walking on a sidewalk in a Highlands Ranch park recently came across a chalk-scrawled image of a swastika and words spelling “Kill the Jews.” In Lakewood, following the recent terrorist attacks in Manchester and London, police increased patrols around a local mosque after it received a series of threatening calls. The two incidents are among many nationwide as reports of bias, discrimination and hate crimes surface.
The FBI and civil rights organizations are tracking many higher-profile incidents. “But no government agency documents lower-level incidents of harassment and intimidation, such as online or real-life bullying,” says ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom dedicated to investigative reporting. “Documenting and understanding all of these incidents — from hate-inspired murders to anti-Semitic graffiti to racist online trolling — requires new, more creative approaches.”
nation instances by submitting an online report about those experiences. That information will be shared with the Documenting Hate partners, but with no one else without your permission. The online form can be found on the Colorado Community Media website, coloradocommunitymedia.com, as well as on our individual newspaper websites and Facebook pages. To submit a report, go to http:// coloradocommunitymedia.com/ stories/propublicas-documentinghate-project,250606
With that in mind, ProPublica’s Documenting Hate project is working to create a national database of all incidents that can be used by journalists, researchers and civil rights organizations. Colorado Community Media has joined the more than 70 media organizations, academic institutions and civil rights organizations partnering with ProPublica to collect, verify and analyze reports by victims across the country. Your help is invaluable: We are asking residents in our communities to report any hate, bias or discrimi-
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Golden Real Estate was incorporated in July 2007, which means that this is our 10th Anniversary. Mark your calendar for Friday, July 14th, 5-8 pm, when we’ll be throwing a party in our South Golden parking lot with live music and free food. Broker associate Jim Swanson and his Lakeside Doublewide band will entertain us. Our neighbor, Tequila’s Mexican Family Restaurant, will cater the event. As an expression of our commitment to solar power and sustainability, we have invited GB3 Energy, Golden Solar and energy auditor/inspector Andrew Sams to have information tables. Bring your white block Styrofoam for recycling, too! First Presbyterian Church, just north of our office, is offering free parking for our guests.
Tune in to Golden Real Estate’s Show on KHOW Starting Saturday
As an extension of this column, Golden Real Estate is launching its own weekly radio program, “Real Estate Today,” every Saturday at 3 p.m. on KHOW (AM 630), starting July 15th. It was supposed to start last Saturday, July 8th, but a programming glitch caused the one-week delay. I’ll be the host of this program, which will typically consist of two or three segments, at least one of which will be an extension of that Thursday’s column topics. Typically, I’ll be joined by one or more of our broker associates plus relevant guests. This week’s guests are Denis Hayes, the co-founder of Earth Day, Bill Lucas of GB3 Energy, and Andrew Sams of Alpine Building Performance LLC speaking about how to make your home more energy efficient. It will be a live program, and we’ll take phone calls from listeners. More info at http://Radio.GoldenRealEstate.com.
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Police seek asistance in solving April W Line incident STAFF REPORT
CALM AFTER THE STORM
Lakewood Police are seeking citizens’ assistance in solving a robbery that happened at a W Line station in April. The incident occurred at about 9:40 p.m. on April 25, when Lakewood officers responded to the area of 1145 S. Harlan St .in reference to a situation that had originally occurred at the Lamar Light Rail Station, along 6363 W. 13th Ave. When officers arrived, they met with Laura Woodhouse, 31, and Robert Bingham, 32. The pair told officers the were on the W Line, westbound from Union Station, when they realized they got off at Lamar Station instead of the Wadsworth Station, which is where they meant to. While they stood on the platform, three unknown men approached them on foot and one man displayed a firearm. The man holding the gun demanded money from Woodhouse and Bingham, but Bingham got in a scuffle with the man, before the
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workplace skills and personal skills in 100 hands-on occupational and leadership competitions including robotics, automotive technology, drafting, criminal justice, aviation maintenance and public speaking. Industry leaders from 600 businesses, corporations, trade associations and unions planned and evaluated the contestants against their standards for entry-level workers. Foreign exchange students World Heritage Student Exchange Program, a public benefit organization, is seeking local host families for high school students from over 30 countries: Spain, Germany, Thailand, Denmark, Portugal, South Korea, Italy, France, The former Soviet Union Countries, Norway and more. Couples, single parents, and families with & without children in the home are all encouraged to host! You can choose to host a student for a semester or for the school year. Each World Heritage exchange student is fully insured, brings his/ her own personal spending money and expects to contribute to his/her share of household responsibilities, as well as being included in normal family activities and lifestyles. To become a host family or find out more about World Heritage, contact Regional Coordinator Courtney Wade, at (720) 209-1145 or (866)-939-4111, via email at Courtney@World-Heritage. org or visit www.whhosts.com.
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Music, crafts and food at Edgewater market BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Building the perfect farmers market requires endless fine-tuning to get the right mix of vendors, location and atmosphere. Every year, Edgewater’s summer Market and Music program finds a way to change things up a little, and with a new location in the city’s historic shopping district at West 25th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard, organizer Anthony Murray is hoping this will be the market’s best year yet. “When most people think of farmers market, they don’t think of Edgewater, but we’re really pushing to bring more and more people in,” Murray said. “We say the more the merrier, and since we started eight years ago, we’ve never stopped growing exponentially.” The Music and Market will run 5-8 p.m. on Thursdays through Sept. 8, and features about 34 vendors, many of whom, like Chelsea Dunn, are sharing their passions with shoppers. “My dream was to share the greeting cards I make out of recycled materials,” said Chelsea Dunn, owner of Paper Cuts Greeting Cards and in her second year setting up shop at Edgewater’s market. “I love the community aspect of farmers markets, and seeing all these organic goods people have made themselves.” Edgewater’s market focuses more on crafts and created items, running the gamut from clothes and candles to handmade hammocks and stained glass. “People only come to these markets to sell things they have a passion for,” Dunn said. “In a way, we’re all neighbors, because we’re all in this together.” The market does provide several food stands for the hungry shopper. People can pick up freshly grown vegetables from Sprout City Farms, and stop by Healthy By Design for some fresh sauces, jams and jellies. “We like to create unique combinations, like blueberry lemon lavender, and raspberry jalapeno,”
This year, the Edgewater Market and Music event is at West 25th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard on Thursdays through Sept. 7, in the city’s historic shopping district. PHOTOS BY CLARKE READER Melvin Woolley with the Joy Nut Company, offers samples to shoppers at the first Edgewater Market and Music event on June 29. The market runs at West 25th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard on Thursdays through Sept. 7.
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As unemployment drops, businesses labor to find workers Record-low jobless rate making it tough for some companies to fill openings
HOW THE COUNTIES COMPARE Below is a comparison of unemployment rates of six counties in the Denver metro area from May 2016 to May 2017. Rates are not seasonally adjusted.
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Husband and wife Jim and Kate Curtis opened Village Roaster, a coffee store in Lakewood, 23 years ago. Some employees have been with them for five to 10 years, others are seasonal high school and college students. But although they describe their staff as stable, they have noticed a change in the past year. “We don’t have as many applicants for positions,” Kate Curtis said. “There is not a lineup of people to choose from.” The struggle to find employees is the result of a historically low state unemployment rate of 2.3 percent, the lowest in the nation, the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment reports. That rate, which has remained the same for April and May, compares to a state unemployment rate of 8.8 percent in May 2010 and of 3.9 percent in May 2015, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate for May was 4.3 percent, compared to 4.7 percent a year earlier. Openings are highest in nonfarm payroll jobs, which include goods, construction and manufacturing positions. Business leaders in the Denver metro area agree the low unemployment rate signals a strong economy of employed people who have the means to spend money. “Job security means the economic engine in sales is doing well,” said Pamela Kelly, general manager of Park Meadows shopping center in Lone Tree, which has 200 retail stores and 16 restaurants. But conversely, the selection pool for employers has diminished in size and quality. Chamber of commerce leaders in the Denver metro area agree that their members — employers of small to large businesses — are finding it difficult to fill positions. “It used to be that the typical ad you would see for employment was ‘help wanted: rock stars.’ Nowadays it’s more like ‘help wanted: warm
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“Hiring now” signs aren’t uncommon in the Denver metro area as businesses search for employees in the midst of Colorado’s record-low unemployment rate of 2.3 percent, the department of labor and employment reports. The selection pool is slim, business leaders say. ALEX DEWIND bodies,’” said Doug Tisdale, executive vice president of economic development for the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, which has 700 business members. “We are just really hard-pressed to find people to fill available positions.” Shifting attitudes A major reason many employers are struggling to fill positions is the mindset of the millennial worker.
Millennials —a term used to describe the population born after 1980 — are taking the traditional four-year university route over trade professions, such as electricians, plumbers and mechanics. According to a 2017 study by Pew Research Center, 40 percent of millennial workers ages 25 to 29 had at least a bachelor’s degree in 2016, compared to 32 percent of Generation X workers — who are in their mid-30s to early 50s — and
smaller shares of the baby boomer generation. In 2015, to address the shortage of craftsmen and women in the trade industry, Colorado lawmakers created the Skilled Worker Outreach, Recruitment, Key Training Act, which included a three-year, $10 million grant for training programs, including pre-apprenticeships and peer-to-peer outreach through local colleges and associations. The second cycle of the act will be rolled out this October. Still, business leaders say the attitude toward blue-collar jobs must shift. “We created an image that you weren’t as good if you were doing hard labor,” Tisdale said. “We need electricians, plumbers, because we have all these fancy gadgets and nobody to fix them.” Pam Bales, president of the West Chamber of Commerce, which includes 750 small- to medium-sized businesses in Jefferson County, has a similar outlook. She applauds the Jefferson County Business Education Alliance, formed five years ago to prepare high school students for the workforce, and Warren Tech, a career and technical high school in Lakewood, for fostering paths for young adults that don’t include a four-year university. “There are all kinds of fits for young millennials who don’t want to SEE BUSINESS, P32
IN THEIR BUSINESS Bad Daddy’s Burger opens Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar located at Arvada Marketplace at 52nd Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard opened fro business June 26. There are over 20 locations throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, and Colorado. Arvada is the 12th location in Colorado. Hours at the Arvada location are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday
through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Chanda Plan gets grant The Chanda Plan Foundation received a $15,000 grant from Pinnacol Assurance to help support its new Care Coordination services now available at the Chanda Center for Health. The Chanda Plan Foundation recently added Care Coordination to the list of
services it provides to improve health and reduce healthcare costs for persons with physical disabilities. By using Care Coordination service, participants are provided with a point of navigation regarding opportunities available to them internally at the center, as well as a resource for services offered outside of the center, including Medicaid, transportation, home modifi-
cations, and others. The Chanda Plan Foundation was one of 13 organizations to receive a grant. Golden Chamber’s new members Equian, June 7: Formerly located in Lakewood, Equian moved its office of 107 employees to Golden in mid-May. The company works with health insurance and hospitals to analyze healthcare and insur-
ance data to ensure proper payment. Choice Insurance Group, June 8: The company moved into its new office space at 1510 Washington Ave., which is located between the Sherpa House and the Foothills Art Center. The June 8 ribbon cutting for the move took place in conjunction with the Foothills SEE BRIEFS, P7
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Accel at Golden Ridge opens in Jeffco STAFF REPORT
A new transitional care center has opened in Jefferson County. Located at 600 Golden Ridge Rd. in Golden, Accel at Golden Ridge is an inpatient transitional care center also offering outpatient rehabilitation services. Transitional post acute care services include physical, occupational and
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Art Center’s dedication and celebration of its new outdoor art space. FirstBank Golden, June 8: FirstBank Golden hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening on June 8 for its new location at 701 12th St. Suite 111 in Golden. The entire staff of the bank’s former location inside King Sooper’s on South Golden Road has been moved over.
Golden Real Estate to celebrate Golden Real Estate is celebrating its 10th anniversary from 5-8:30 p.m. on July 14, in the parking lot of the brokerage, 17695 S. Golden Road, in Golden. - The community is invited to the free, family-friendly event, which will feature a ribbon cutting, food by Tequila’s Mexican Restaurant and live rock and roll band. To read Broker/Owner Jim Smith’s column, visit www.JimSmithColumns. com. To learn more about Golden Real Estate, visit www.goldenrealestate.com. New location for hypnotherapist Shari Gordon, a hypnotherapist and Emotional Freedom Techniques practitioner at Blossoming Mind, has moved her office to a new location at 651 Garrison St., Suite 130D. Gordon focuses on helping her clients to heal grief and trauma, reduce stress, lose weight, gain peace of mind and confidence. For more information, visit www. theblossomingmind.com. Quest Diagnostics opens in Safeway Quest diagnostics, a company that provides clinical laboratory services, opened a new location inside the Lakewood Safeway at 11088 W. Jewell Ave. This new facility is unique because it provides access to medical testing, such as blood work and Zika tests, conducted by a professional staff for customers as they grocery shop. Patients receive laboratory collection services in a secure and private environment. Patients can either wait for their appointment in the Quest waiting room or pick up a provided pager that allows them to shop for groceries and be alerted when a technician is able to see them. The new location accepts walk in patients as well as patients who schedule an appointment online. Sprouts opens in West Arvada Sprouts Farmers Market officially opened its new store at 15050 W. 64th Ave. in Arvada June 28. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. is a healthy grocery store offering fresh, natural and
speech rehabilitation services. Patients are referred to Accel after receiving acute care in a hospital setting or, in some cases, are referred directly from a physician. The 60,000-square-foot Golden facility offers two rehabilitation gyms, modern equipment, technologies and programs that are designed to help patients recover as quickly as possible and return to their
organic foods at great prices. Sprouts offers a shopping experience that includes fresh produce, meat and seafood, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, packaged groceries, deli, baked goods, dairy products, frozen foods, natural body care and household items catering to consumers’ growing interest in health and wellness. Superbell delivering to Jeffco Chef Frank Bonanno, cookbook author and host of the PBS series Chef Driven, announced that SupperBell, the chef prepared dinner delivery service where he serves as the culinary director, will expand its delivery services into Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Ken Caryl and West Denver neighborhoods. The service’s weekly rotating menu currently includes light, summerinspired dishes including a chilled soba noodle salad with seared ahi tuna and a prosciutto and candied cashew Salad. Guests can order at www.supperbell. com or on the SupperBell App for easy ordering of their home delivery Monday through Friday. Customers heat their food up in minutes and enjoy. Welcomemat rolls out in Wheat Ridge Wheat Ridge local Joe Turok has launched a Welcomemat Services franchise to serve his community. Turok, a former Regis University student, left a career in accounting and finance in 2012 to begin a small business consulting company. The Welcomemat model is to provide free gifts and offers to individuals and families who move into new zip codes in order get them to visit local businesses – providing a way for these local businesses to get in front of new customers faster than big business competition. For more information, call (720) 2320266 or go to https://welcomematservices.com/stores/jeffcoboulder/ Play It Again Sports new position Play It Again Sports opened a location in Lakewood at 13057 W. Alameda Parkway. The resale store buys and sells gently-used sports and fitness equipment — including football equipment, baseball gloves and bats, hockey gear, golf clubs, soccer, lacrosse equipment, treadmills, bikes, weights and more. The store pays consumers on the spot for goods it purchases. Kevin O’Donnell, owner of the store, has a background in sports performance training and as a physical therapist for the past 15 years. The store is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, visit www. playitagainsportslakewood.com.
prior lifestyle. All patient care will be conducted under the supervision of two physicians who will serve as co-medical directors. Accel will also work with specialist physicians for pulmonary, cardiac, wound recovery, infectious disease, physiatry and orthopedic care. Accel at Golden Ridge employs more than 100 health care providers and can service up to 80 patients. The facility
completed local and state inspections began operation in May. Accel at Golden Ridge is Texasbased StoneGate Senior Living’s first healthcare center in Colorado, but the company plans to open a second location, Accel at Longmont, in November. To learn more about Accel at Golden Ridge, visit www. accelgolden.com.
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Creative businesses welcomed at 40 West Reed Art and Imaging lastest business to move to Lakewood from Denver BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
When Bob and Betty Reed founded Reed Art and Imaging in 1976, they did so in Lakewood. Now, after more than 30 years in Denver on Federal Boulevard, the printmaking company is returning home to the former location of the Avalanche Harley-Davidson at 8000 W. Colfax Ave. “It really feels like coming full circle,” said John Harris, marketing and technology lead with the company. “It took quite a while to find a location that was right for us, and we’re as excited to be in the 40 West Arts District as they are to have us. I’ve lived in 40 West for several years, and the whole district is excited to see more creative business opportunities.” The move is a result of the City of Denver’s Federal Boulevard Improvement Project, Harris explained, which eliminates the front parking lot of Reed Art’s former location to make room for another lane on Federal. “Denver seems to be turning away from supporting creative artists and their businesses,” he added. “The City of Lakewood, on the other hand, is making Lakewood a very attractive place for our kinds of businesses to come.” And Reed Art, which has national clients like photographer John Fielder, isn’t the only creative business that appears to have noticed. The NEXT Gallery, which also serves as an artist cooperative, moved to West Colfax in late April, and Pirate: Contemporary Art moved in June. Both NEXT and Pirate had been located on Navajo Street in Denver before coming to Lakewood. “We’ve worked so hard to create and sustain a place where creative businesses can come and be successful,” said Bill Marino, executive director of the Lakewood West Colfax Business Improvement District, and board chair of 40 West Arts. “We’re a very
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After more than 30 years on Federal Boulevard, Reed Art and Imaging is returning to Lakewood, where it was founded in 1976. The company is moving to 8000 W. Colfax Ave., the former home of Avalanche Harley Davidson.
NEXT Gallery 6851 W. Colfax Ave. www.nextartgallerydenver.com Pirate: Contemporary Art 7130 W. 16th Ave. www.pirateartonline.org Reed Art and Imaging 8000 W. Colfax Ave. www.reedphoto.com/moving/ inclusive place, and through our West Colfax Community Association, the business improvement district, and 40 West’s certification as a creative district, we provide a lot of opportunities and support to creative businesses.” The 40 West district is a nonprofit organization focused highlighting arts and creative industries around Lakewood’s West Colfax corridor surrounding the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design. The organization is made up of artists, residents, business owners and students who are invested in the arts and bettering the community. One of the district’s closest and most long-standing partners is the City of Lakewood, which has also been looking for opportunities to bring in more creative businesses. “There’s been a deliberate effort on everyone’s part to get to this point where we can bring these businesses in,” said Vanessa Zarate, economic development specialist with the city. “There’s a great deal of economic activity that come with creative businesses moving to an area, and with our partners, we’ve worked hard to make this a great environment for businesses.” The 20,000 square-foot facility Reed Art is moving has more space for the company’s high-tech printmaking, mounting and lamination services, as well as potential for gallery space and potentially a studio space that would be for rent, Harris said. Reed Art will bring about 30 employees to its new location. The company also has every intention of seizing the opportunities presented by being in 40 West, and working with the city to use its space for art pop-up shops, classes, markets,
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and other events. “The possibility of expanded outreach into the artistic community is really exciting,” Harris said. “It’s always been important for our business to be a resource for artists, and there’s so many positive in this new space.” Reed Street is in the process of getting the necessary permits from the city to begin reconstruction in earnest, and Harris hopes to open sometime in August. And the city and its partners are eager to keep up the momentum that is changing West Colfax into a more sustainable and better form. “We’re doing something right on the corridor, and are so excited by what we’re seeing,” Marino said. “There’s a remarkable convergence of energy here. We’re the little creative district that could.”
John Harris, marketing and technology lead with Reed Art and Imaging, with the plans for the company’s new home in Lakewood’s 40 West Arts District. “The fact we’re in 40 West is a huge plus for us moving to Lakewood,” he said.
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Annual homeless count tallies an elusive population Jeffco numbers include 63 families BY GLENN WALLACE GWALLACE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
On a balmy January night this year, 5,116 people were counted as being homeless in the Denver metro area. In Jefferson County, 394 homeless individuals were counted. The annual Point in Time (PIT) survey is conducted on a January night across the nation. In the Denver metro area, the count is organized by the Metropolitan Denver Homeless Initiative, using hundreds of volunteers drawn from the general public, faith-based groups, human services departments and philanthropic organizations. In recent years, the group has conducted the survey on the last Monday of January, looking in shelters, parked cars and the streets. The 2017 data was released in late June. The numbers for Jeffco are down from the 436 individuals found in 2016, but Kathryn Otten, the county’s director of housing, homeless and integration says the drop likely had more to do with the reletively mild weather, rather than lower numbers. “The data collection method for the homeless is lacking,” said Otten. “It doesn’t give an accurate view of the
populations.” By its nature, the homeless survey only acts as an incomplete snapshot of what the homeless population looks like on that one night. And by the nature of homelessness, with a population constantly in flux, it is difficult group to count. Current federal guidelines also do not count individuals temporarily staying in hotels, or couch surfing with friends as homeless. Otten said on warmer nights more homeless people were liable to sleep on the streets or in their cars than in shelters, making them less likely to be counted. Only 10 percent of the counted homeless in Jeffco were found in shelters this year. Across the seven-county metro area covered by the survey, a total of 5,116 individuals were counted, representing a more than 6 percent drop from last year’s total count, though others share Otten’s belief that those numbers might not reflect reality. “It sure doesn’t feel down, either in the city or in the metro area,” Evan Dreyer, deputy chief of staff to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, recently said at a Denver City Hall meeting. “What I know — and I think almost
anyone else who works with the homeless community would tell you — is that the numbers are low as compared to the realities we deal with every day,” said Lynn Ann Huizingh, the executive Director of the Severe Weather Shelter Network, which serves the metro area. “I firmly believe the reported number of homeless individuals could be multiplied times three and be more accurate.” Huizingh said Otten agrees, saying the Jeffco service providers, faith groups and law enforcement officers she works with all agree that as many as 1,500 homeless individuals are probably in the county. “And we have homeless families on top of that,” said Otten, who estimated as many as 200 families living here. Even that figure may be low though. For the 2015-16 school year Jefferson County Public Schools identified 3,622 students as homeless. By contrast, just 63 homeless families were identified by this year’s PIT survey. Otten and Huizingh said some of the survey could be helpful. Huizingh said the survey information about causes of homelessness lines up well with what she sees in her shelter network. “In our suburban sheltering we experience most of our guests as alcoholics or at least using alcohol as a way to self-medicate,” Huizingh said. To improve the quality of information on the homeless population
BY THE NUMBERS Results of the 2017 Jeffco point in time homeless survey:
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percent had some sort of work in the past month
percent said rent/mortgage cost caused homelessness
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Arvada On Tap brews festival additions The third annual event will be July 22
A scene from last year’s Arvada On Tap beer festival. This year, On Tap will be held July 22 at Ralston Park. KATIE
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Chris Carnahan has been homebrewing beer for five years off and on with his wife, Sarah. He entered his first homebrew competition at the 2016 Arvada on Tap and won Best of Show with his lemon raspberry American wheat. “You never know if your friends are telling the truth,” Carnahan said when talking about his beer. As part of his champion package, Carnahan was given the opportunity to brew his winning beer at the commercial level alongside Spice Trade Brewing’s head brewer Jeff Tyler. “There’s a lot that you can learn from working on a larger system and spending a day with a pro brewer,” said Tyler, who started out as a homebrewer. “It’s about giving back to the homebrew community. I see value in being able to work with them.” Carnahan’s lemon raspberry wheat will be tapped July 18 at Spice Trade with a party from 5-8 p.m. in the taproom at 7803 Ralston Road in Arvada. The beer will then travel to the 2017 Arvada On Tap where Carnahan and Tyler will be serving it at the Spice Trade tent alongside other Spice Trade summer staples, which include the Sun Temple
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IPA and No Pulp, a tangelo pale ale. Spice Trade is one of 25 breweries that will be participating in this year’s Arvada On Tap, which will be noon to 7 p.m. July 22 at the Ralston Park Addition, 11200 W. 64th Ave. Event organizers expect more than 6,000 attendees this year. “Last year it was one of the best festivals we attended all summer,” Tyler said about the event. “I think the Arvada community is lucky that we have such a cool beer fest.” The festival was born in 2015, with a dual purpose: create a new, fun festival in Arvada while supporting numerous community projects with proceeds
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from the event. This festival is produced by the Arvada Festivals Commission in partnership with ArvadaJefferson Kiwanis, Arvada Sunrise Rotary and Arvada Vitality Alliance. Net proceeds from the event benefit partnering community groups serving Arvada. “We wanted something that spoke to the millennial demographic and highlighted the beer in the area,” said Kristine McMahon, who co-founded the festival with Gretchen Sherlock. “There wasn’t anything like that here and we really wanted to bring that to Arvada.” One brewer new to the event this year in Denver Beer Co., which recently opened a taproom in Olde Town Arvada. “We’re excited to be part of the Arvada community and we want to be a good community partner,” said Brian Weslar, sales director and festival manager for Denver Beer Co. The Denver Beer Co. tent will be serving summer favorites including Princess Yum Yum and the brewery’s newest beer, Maui Express — a coconut IPA. Along with established breweries, 50 seasoned and novice homebrewers will participate in the homebrew competition, evaluated by Beer Judging Certification Program judges. The Best in Show winner will once again be offered the chance to brew at the commercial level with Tyler and Spice Trade Brewing. In addition to beer, the festival will also feature a Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctioned competition with 48 competitors. New this year, festival-
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WHAT: Arvada On Tap WHEN: Noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 22 WHERE: Ralston Park Addition, 11200 Ralston Road (64th and Simms) TICKETS: $8 pre-sale; $10 at the door. Presale tickets available at arvadafestivals. ticketspice.com/arvada-on-tap-a-craftbeer-and-bbq-fest. CONTACT: Visit visitarvada.org/events/ arvada-on-tap/ for more information and for tickets. PARKING: Parking is available in the south parking lot at Arvada West High School and along neighborhood streets. Do not to block private driveways. Handicapped parking is in the Arvada West High School parking lot. BBQ JUDGING: Chicken, noon; ribs, 12:30 p.m.; pork: 1 p.m.; and brisket:, 1:30 p.m. Tasting from the contestants will be available to the public from 2-3:30 p.m. Tickets for BBQ tasting samples are $2. BEER PRICING: Tokens are available for $1 each for food and beer. Samples of 3 ounce beers will be two tokens each. A 12 ounce pour will be six tokens. A “Sample Pack” of a commemorative tasting mug and 10 tokens will be $10. KID ZONE: New this year, there will be a children’s area. Costs - slide, $2 for 3 slides; obstacle course, $1 per turn; bounce house, $2 for 5 minutes; and bungee trampoline, $6 per ride. InFUNity will be selling tickets to the area. OTHER INFO: ID’s will be checked at the entrance gate. Arvada On Tap is a pet-free event. Service dogs are welcome. Lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged, however, no coolers or outside food and beverages allowed with the exception of water. goers will have the opportunity to taste pork butt samples for $2 each from 2-3:30 p.m. “The barbecue competition piece was really cool, but there was no way to taste anything, so we incorporated a tasting this year,” McMahon said. Another new addition, which stemmed from community feedback is the addition of the kids zone, complete with jumping castles and other activities. Free child care will also be available for the first time during the festival. “Arvada is super family-friendly, so we wanted to reflect that,” McMahon said. “We’re really excited to get kids involved and have tastings. We’re really trying to appeal to everyone who came out last year and filled out surveys. We took that and ran with it.”
WHO’S BREWING AT THE FESTIVAL? New Image Brewing — Arvada, Colorado Lagunitas Brewing Company — California Spice Trade Brewing — Arvada, Colorado Someplace Else Brewing — Arvada, Colorado Caution Brewing — Lakewood, Colorado Denver Beer Co. — Denver and Arvada, Colorado Breckenridge Brewery — Littleton, Colorado Redstone Meadery — Boulder, Colorado
Black Shirt Brewing Co. — Denver, Colorado Kokopelli Beer Co. — Broomfield, Colorado Boulder Beer — Boulder, Colorado Fate Brewing Co. — Boulder, Colorado Upslope Brewing Co. — Boulder, Colorado Liquid Mechanics Brewing — Lafayette, Colorado Stem Ciders — Denver, Colorado Leinenkugel — Wisconsin Odyssey Beerwerks — Arvada, Colorado
Crystal Springs Brewing Co. — Louisville, Colorado Strange Craft Beer Co. — Denver, Colorado Grand Lake Brewing Co. — Arvada, Colorado Oskar Blues Brewery — Longmont, Colorado Holidaily Brewing Co. — Golden, Colorado Colorado Native — Golden, Colorado Something Brewing — Brighton, Colorado Blue Moon Brewing Co. — Golden, Colorado
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Energizing our nation’s future Celebration at NREL marks facility’s 40th anniversary BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
At 12:59 p.m. on July 5, about 45 National Renewable Energy Laboratory employees gathered to sing “Happy Birthday” in the Science and Technology Facility on the campus east of Golden. Simultaneously, the sun made its way through a skylight in the ceiling to light up a commemorative medallion on the floor, officially marking the 40th anniversary of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). NREL “is an exciting place to be,” said the lab’s spokesperson, Heather Lammers. “We’re leaders and innovators in advanced energy technologies.” a The facility began as the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) with a focus on exploring nonpetroleum energy options — in particular, solar technology. Today, NREL is dedicated to all forms of advanced energy and energy efficiency research, which includes wind, water and algae. But NREL’s mission does not stop with research. It works with industry to transfer these innovative ideas into the marketplace, Lammers said. “The Wall Street of ideas is the conferences,” said Brent Nelson, a group manager at NREL. “We don’t stop innovating.” From working with photovoltaics to creating third-generation solar cells, NREL has accomplished much in the past 40 years. And “there are so many new and interesting things on the horizon,” Lammers said.
For example, she said, NREL scientists are working with a new material for use in solar cells called perovskites. It is a disruptive technology that could lead to increases in the efficiency and stability of lower-cost solar cells. “We’re at the forefront of looking for ways to combine all types of advanced energy on to the grid, in ways that modernize the grid into one that is agile, responsive and can handle large amounts of wind and solar being generated and used,” Lammers said. “NREL will be leading research in all of these areas, and more.” While NREL is internationally known for strengthening the nation’s energy security, it supports its local community by boosting economic growth, said NREL’s public affairs manager, Janice Rooney. It is among the 10 largest employers in Jefferson County and has a $275 million local economic impact, she said. In addition, “our communityminded staff live, play and raise their families in this area,” Rooney said. “As a result, our staff believes it’s important to give back to the community.” Lab employees participate in giving campaigns and volunteer programs, resulting in supporting hundreds of local organizations, Rooney said. To celebrate the approach of its 40th anniversary, the lab has been putting on a number of special events for its employees — private luncheons, conferences and hosting guest speakers. One such speaker was Shuji Nakamura, who was part of the team that won the Nobel Prize in physics in 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The community has an opportu-
Shuji Nakamura, inventor of the blue LEDs, left, and Dr. Martin Keller, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), hold a fireside chat on July 5 for NREL’s 40th anniversary. CHRISTY STEADMAN
nity to get involved through NREL’s Power Lunch Lecture Series, during which the public is invited to hear from experts on a variety of energy efficiency topics. NREL also hosts campus tours for any U.S. citizen age 18 and older. The Historical Campus Tour, implemented in recognition of the 40th anniversary, provides visitors with an inside look at the laboratory’s research progress, technological achievements and economic impact. The Sustainable Campus Walking Tour is a learning opportunity to see how the campus is demonstrating clean energy technologies, reducing waste and eliminating atmospheric pollution. “NREL is proud to call Golden its home,” Lammers said. “Together, we’ve been fortunate to see the community and the lab grow.”
MORE ABOUT NREL Learn more about the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its 40 years of accomplishments at www.nrel. gov. NREL’s Power Lunch Lecture Series, Historical Campus Tours and Sustainable Campus Walking Tours are open to the public. Reservations are required and should be made well in advance, as space is limited and events often fill to capacity quickly. To find a calendar of events, visit www. nrel.gov/calendar. For more information on public NREL events, people may also contact the Education Center at education.center@ nrel.gov or 303-384-6565.
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Michael Alcorn
friend of mine recently gave me a copy of an interview that Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets gave a couple months ago, right after the end of the season. The takeaway line, and the reason my buddy shared, is that Jokic, the Nuggets’ best player and a burgeoning superstar in the NBA, said that he “wasn’t a star, wasn’t at the level of Kawhi or LeBron.” Okay, so, sure — maybe that’s the position of one young player at the end of his first full season just trying to be humble or something. Maybe he’s still a bit in awe at an NBA that he chewed up and spit out this year. At least, that’s what I told myself at
first when I read it. But then, I start seeing all the shade (kids’ term) being thrown at the Gatorade commercial starring Michael Jordan, Serena Williams, Peyton Manning, and Matt Ryan, among others, that concludes “let defeat be your fuel.” The main idea being that nothing drives a competitor towards ultimate victory quite like defeat. What is their criticism? I’m not exactly sure, to be honest. I get that all of the athletes in the commercial went on to become champions except for Matt Ryan, but the criticisms are more than just the unfortunate use of him at the very end of the commercial. There is, from some quarters, a
general disdain for the message that failure should be embraced, even as a motivator of future success. And it dawns on me that these two phenomena are part and parcel of the same thing: there is a generational component in the idea that that sort of competitive spirit embodied by “old school” athletes like Jordan and Manning is unhealthy. Think about it: we just watched a NBA finals in which the three top players all project a persona of coolness, almost detachedness. As great as Steph Curry, LeBron James and Kevin Durant are at what they do, none of them SEE ALCORN, P13
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No to Trumpcare The American people deserve comprehensive healthcare at low prices that is provided in other countries. It is time to model their plans and that will make America strong. We should not be going backwards. I agree there should be auditing of Medicare, Medicaid to cut out abuses but do not take it away. In fact, there should be auditors in every branch of the government and that would save money. It would add good jobs and do away with excessive spending. This country was not created for the rich. The tax credits for the rich in gutting healthcare is a slap in the face. More accurately it is life and death. Say NO to Trumpcare. Betty Davies, Arvada
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va Levine’s birthday – July 6 – always follows hard on our own American Independence Day. I commemorate Eva’s birthday, as I do every year, by reflecting on the Holocaust, in which millions of Jews lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis. When I visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., an exhibit at the time was “The Collab-
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Don’t disparage Dan We Jefferson County taxpayers and parents look forward to school management by new superintendent Dr. Jason Glass. He’s friendly and talented, as was his predecessor Dan McMinimee. But let’s not begin his tenure with lies. A letter to the editor writer wrote on July 6: “for those with a short memory, who disapprove Dr. Glass’ salary, the previous board approved a 5 year contract at $280,000 per for Dan.” His actual salary was $220,000. Jason’s is $265,000. Further, she states that Dan was woefully under-qualified to lead a district of this size and had not led any district. Facts: The search consultant used exactly the same criteria to recruit Dan as they used for Jason, with Dan scoring higher in some categories. Dan was nationally praised for his achievements as an administrator for Douglas County School District. Jeffco District has 155 schools, 86,000 students, 12,000 staff. Jason’s former district, Eagle County, has 18 schools, 7,000 students, and a staff of 830. Tom Graham, Arvada
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project the sort of palpable, visceral hatred of losing that the stars of that commercial always projected. For instance, compare those three to Michael Jordan. None of them play with that combination of joy and rage that characterized Jordan’s game. And, I’m trying not to just be a “things were better back in the day” kind of guy — I really believe that Jordan would have beaten any of these guys in a meaningful game because he always had a completely different mentality. Maybe it is because of his early failures in life, his well-publicized demotion from his high school team. Maybe it’s because he wasn’t a nationally known AAU superstar from age 10, like these guys. Or maybe it’s because they kept score at his little league games. Maybe he actually won colored ribbons — or didn’t — at field day. Maybe, when his teachers assigned him a project in high school, they didn’t give him a step-by-step road
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because they supported the ideology of the Third Reich or feared persecution themselves. Employees and employers eyed each other with suspicion. Some, envious of others’ valuables, turned in the owners for a share of the loot. Ordinary German citizens became vigilantes, dealing out their own concepts of righteousness against a group of people demonized by the country’s leader. Fear of “the other” pervaded society to the point that these ordinary citizens collaborated with Hitler’s regime to exterminate a whole population, often taking punishment into their own hands. If there are parallels to be drawn today – and I believe there are many – they are that, once again, a segment of society is being demonized, once again because of their heritage and religious beliefs, and that so-called ordinary citizens are have taken to meting out their own punishments. Yes, you can tell me (and many people have) that the Jews of Nazi persecution weren’t terrorists, and I would agree. I would also point out that the two young Muslim women on the train in Portland were not terrorists, young women for whom strangers intervened when they were threatened by an attacker. Two of the three men who came to their aid were killed by a knife-wielding extremist American citizen. Who was the terrorist here? Recently, another deranged hatefilled individual who carried a list of targeted U.S. Congress members opened fire at the Republican softball practice. Several people were wounded and Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise was re-admitted
map showing him how to complete it. And when he needed information, he had to work a little harder for it than simply pulling his phone out of his pocket. I don’t think it’s just a coincidence that all of the athletes in the Gatorade commercial are considered “old school,” and Jokic and the sources of most of the disdain online are distinctly “new school.” The new school has some wonderful adaptations, and the level of talent in almost every field is astonishing compared to the old school. But that killer instinct is becoming harder to find, and the combination of the arrogance it takes to call ones’ self a “star” and the pure hatred of losing that it takes to earn that title has been bred out of the new school. Which is fine, I guess. Except when you need someone to count on to make a game-winning shot. Give me an old school star every time for that. Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com
to intensive care just today. Members of Congress were understandably shocked and shaken that they had become targets, applauding House Speaker Paul Ryan’s resounding declaration that “an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.” I agree, Mr. Ryan, but in a broader context. An attack on any American (even, or perhaps especially, by a fellow American), is indeed an attack on all of us. Attacks on Muslim Americans, Jewish Americans, Black Americans, gay Americans, female Americans, and American journalists are attacks on all Americans. Eva Levine was rounded up and transported because she was Jewish. She lost her husband and the rest of her family in the brutality of the Nazi death camps. After she was liberated by the British in 1945, Eva emigrated to the U.S. in 1950. I wonder what Eva Levine would think about the administration in her adopted country demonizing a segment of the population, proposing registries, decrying an entire religion, tolerating and even inciting violence. Yes, a member of our government, Rep. Clay Higgins (R.-La.), has publicly urged people to kill anybody they suspect could be a radicalized Muslim. And he is not the only one. When we attack one another, we are making the task of those who hate Americans that much easier. Let each of us strive not to become collaborators, and to fight against persecution, in any form. Andrea Doray is a writer who also wants us to remember the WWII internment camps – some right here in Colorado – where thousands of American citizens were relocated and imprisoned for no reason other than that they were Japanese. Contact Andrea at a.doray@andreadoray.com.
NEWS IN A HURRY Resurfacing of Colfax begins Beginning the week of June 12, the Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor partner, APC Construction Co., will begin work on roadway repairs and improvements along Colfax Avenue between Interstate 70 and Kipling Street in Jefferson County. This $2.9 million project consists of asphalt resurfacing, curb and gutter replacement, ADA ramp installation, traffic signal updates and minor bridge repairs. Motorists should expect single- and double-lane closures on Colfax for the duration of the project. Typical working hours are from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from Monday through Friday, and overnight between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. Weekend work may occur as needed. A vehicle-width restriction of 12 feet will be in effect through the project zone. For additional information, call 303317-3311, email colfaxresurfacing@ gmail.com or visit the project website
and sign up for updates at www.codot. gov/projects/us-40-colfax-resurfacing-i-70-to-kipling. Seat on Planning Commission open The Ward 2 seat of the Lakewood Planning Commission is open. The commission conducts public hearings on rezoning and subdivision applications, approves certain special use permits and reviews site plans; members also serve on the Board of Adjustment. The commission meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of each month for regular meetings and at 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month for study sessions. Applicants must live in Ward 2. Apply at Lakewood.org/GetOnBoard, which provides a full description of the qualifications. Deadline is 5 p.m. on July 14. For additional information, contact Michelle Millard at 303-987-7086 or micmil@lakewood.org.
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JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRY Fight the Bite to stop West Nile Jefferson County Public Health encourages everyone to help Fight the Bite this mosquito season. Protect yourself, your family and your community from mosquito bites and West Nile virus by sticking with the four Ds: Drain, Dusk/ Dawn, Dress and DEET. DRAIN: Even the smallest containers like aluminum cans and planter saucers can hold enough water for mosquitoes to lay eggs. Thoroughly inspect all areas around your home to remove the potential for standing water. DUSK/DAWN: Mosquitoes are most active during the evening and early morning — dusk and dawn — so use repellent and protective clothing or consider avoiding outdoor activities during these times. DRESS: Dress in long sleeves and pants during dusk and dawn or in areas where mosquitoes are active. Wearing lightcolored clothing may also help prevent being bitten. DEET, Picariden or Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus: Wear insect repellant con-
taining either DEET, Picariden or oil of lemon eucalyptus. To learn more about West Nile Virus, visit http://jeffco.us/public-health. LEARN Education Fair This year’s LEARN Education Fair takes place 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 19 in the atrium area of the Jefferson County Courts & Administration Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, in Golden. Jeffco’s LEARN (Local Education Adult Resource Network) Education Fair will give attendees the opportunity to visit with several accredited universities and learn more about their degree and certificate programs, as well as scholarship opportunities. The fair is open to all residents and Jefferson County employees. It is free and no registration is required. To find a list of participating schools or to learn more about the event, visit http://jeffco.us/human-resources/ events/human-resources-calendar/2017learn-education-fair.
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VegFest Colorado VegFest Colorado takes place 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 22 and 23 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. Sixth Ave., in Golden. Admission per day is $10 at the door and people ages 16 years and under are free. The event will feature food and merchandise vendors, cooking demos, speakers and presentations, live music and kids’ activities. All vending will support a vegan lifestyle, but the event is geared toward the general public to provide education on a plant-based lifestyle. A schedule of events and a complete list of exhibitors can be found at www.vegfestcolorado.org.
Mopar street party This year’s annual Mopar Big Block Party takes place 6-10 p.m., July 20, along Washington Avenue in historic downtown Golden. The event kicks off the Mopar MileHigh NHRA Nationals at Bandimere Raceway. Race car drivers will be available to sign autographs, and local car clubs display their cars. Entertainment, beverage and merchandise sales and local restaurants also highlight the event. Free and open to the public. For more information, visit www. bandimere.com.
Putt Your Stuff for Mental Health The eighth annual Putt Your Stuff for Mental Health Miniature Golf Tournament takes place from 4:30-9 p.m. July 27 at Putter’s Pride, 3604 South Kipling St., in Lakewood. This family-friendly event helps fund critical mental health and wellness services provided by Jefferson Center for
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Lutheran, RRCC offer apprentice program to students CNAs get hands-on learning experience in top hospital BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As an industry, health care provides many, many career pathways for job seekers to consider. But despite the multitude of options, Elerie Archer, a registered nurse and manager of talent development at SCL Health, said most people boil it all down to a much smaller number. “In health care, most people think there are only two occupations — nurses and doctors,” she said. “At our hospitals, like Lutheran Medical Center, we’re seeing a lot of turnover in our certified nursing assistant (CNA) positions because people so often use it as a pathway to a nursing career.” To help fill some of the vacant CNA positions, Lutheran and SCL registered an apprenticeship program with the U.S. Department of Labor to recruit and train future employees. And now, the hospital
is offering that program through workforce innovation and an academic partnership with Red Rocks Community College. “Red Rocks has been sending nursing and nursing aide students to Lutheran medical center for their clinical rotations for years,” said Jennifer Bresnahan, director of nursing programs at the college. “Due to the overwhelming need for health care workers, especially nurses in Colorado, we looked at a way to increase interest and education among employees and students. We found that by introducing students to Lutheran Medical Center during class and clinical, we are able to find them employment, as well as to continue their educational goals.” The CNA apprenticeship is a competency based, one-year program with three levels to complete — with an increase in wages as each level is completed. Other hospitals are also relying on educational institutions to help fill vacant roles on their staff. Dan Wawrzyn, communications manager with St. Anthony North Health Campus, said a partnership with Front Range Community College has provided many CNAs for the
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program, which started its first group in July, Archer explained. “Students will be able to navigate the process at their own pace, and come out with more skills,” she said. “Hopefully, they’ll come out with a clearly defined career pathway.” The program is part of the America’s Promise Job-Driven Grants to expand the region’s middle-skilled workforce specific to occupations in IT, Advanced Manufacturing and Healthcare, according to information provided by Lutheran. With the knowledge and experience they gain in the program, students will have several health care careers open to them, including health administration, health information management, and nursing. “Our nursing students are well known for their excellence in the medical community and this partnership is a great way to showcase that. Not only do our students have access to a fantastic employer, Lutheran has been outstanding in finding out student employment,” said Bresnahan. “I hope students learn that nursing is a profession where we will always have a need and that it is more than just a job but truly a calling.”
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COTTAGE FOODS: THE BASICS Allowed foods • Jams, jellies, preserves, honey • Spice blends, tea, dehydrated produce, flour • Bread, cookies, candies, tortillas • Pickled fruits and veggies with a verified pH below 4.6 (free testing is available through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment) • Up to 250 dozen whole eggs per month, only if washed and sanitized (the only cottage food that requires refrigeration)
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oanne Littau seems to float as she works, blending strawberries and rhubarb with pectin and lemon juice with the deftness and grace of an orchestra conductor. Ceramic pigs peer down at pots of jam bubbling like cauldrons on the stove of her little kitchen. On the wall hang the former New Yorker’s blue ribbons, earned at county fairs for delicacies like ginger pear butter, peach butter with rum and cranberry chutney. “Oh, it’s a delightful hobby,” Joanne said. “I’m proud of what I do, and people just love my jams.” Littau, of Denver, is one of hundreds, maybe thousands, of Coloradans who sell homemade goodies under the auspices of the Cottage Foods Act, a set of guidelines designed to grease the wheels for home cooks to sell their wares at farmers markets, community events or even out of their driveways. The short version of the regulations is fairly simple: take a food safety class — in person or online — keep a clean kitchen, make sure your items are properly labeled and get cooking. Many potentially nonhazardous foods are allowed, such as jams, jellies, honey, baked goods like bread and cookies, dried items like SEE HOMEMADE, P17
Not allowed foods • Meat, fish, or dairy products • Lemon curd, pesto, salsa, dressings, condiments • Beverages • Canned vegetables with a pH higher than 4.6 All items must feature labeling containing • Identification of the food • The producer’s name and address where the food was prepared • Current phone number or email address • Date the food was produced • Complete list of ingredients • The following disclaimer: “This product was produced in a home kitchen that is not subject to state licensure or inspection and that may also process common food allergens such as tree nuts, peanuts, eggs, soy, wheat, milk, fish and crustacean shellfish. This product is not intended for resale.”
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Training • Face-to-face training is available through Colorado State University’s County Extension offices. Classes generally cost $40 and last three to four hours. • Colorado’s ServeSafe Manager Certification is intended for commercial establishments, but satisfies the cottage food requirements. Classes cost $120 and up. • Online training is available through CSU, StateFoodSafety.com, and ServeSafe. Selling • Cottage foods must be sold directly to consumers, and not for resale in a store or restaurant. • Sellers are subject to income taxes, and a business license is required in some instances. • Foods can only be sold within Colorado. • In-state online sales are now allowed. • At the point of sale, prominently display a placard reading: “This product was produced in a home kitchen that is not subject to state licensure or inspection. This product is not intended for resale.”
Joanne Littau tells tales of her younger days in New York while finishing off a batch of strawberry rhubarb jam.
Joanne Littau’s jam all ready for sealing. Joanne makes two batches a day, most days of the month.
More information • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has a detailed page at www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/ cottage-foods-act • Call 303-692-3645, option 3 • Email cdphe_iepu@state.co.us Source: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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spice blends and teas, and even fresh eggs. Pickles are allowed if their pH is below 4.6. Nothing with meat is allowed, nor is anything that requires refrigeration, except eggs. Dairy products are off the menu, as are salsas and sauces. Producers can only sell directly to consumers, and you’re only allowed to earn $10,000 per year per variety of food item — meaning you can make 10 grand off chocolate chip cookies and another 10 grand off chocolate chip cookies with walnuts. Littau’s business keeps her hopping — she estimates she makes two batches of jellies, jams and preserves a day, most days of the month. She mainly sells her products, under the brand name The Jelly Jar LLC, at the Four Seasons Farmers & Artisans Market in Wheat Ridge, but she also makes the rounds of local festivals. She shared a booth at the Fourth of July parade and craft fair in Byers, and she’ll be at the Lafayette Peach Festival in August. This year she’ll enter the competition at the Arapahoe County Fair for the first time, and she’ll be back to defend last year’s first place ribbons in the Boulder County Fair. “I’ll never get rich off of cottage foods,” said the diminutive woman with smiling eyes and an easy, musical laugh. “But it occupies my time and makes me feel productive and involved with people. When I came here in the ‘90s, people kind of looked at me funny. I’m a New York girl — we’re bold and brassy. People out here are a little more toned down. At the market I can really cut loose and be myself.” Trying to fill a niche Being themselves is big for cottage food producers. “I wouldn’t trade this for anything,” said Diego Hernandez, the proprietor of Ant D’s Fine Foods, as he presided over tables loaded with jams, jellies and crates of fresh fruits and veggies under a canopy outside O’Toole’s Garden Center in Littleton. “It’s a hard life, but I get to show what I can do from my heart. I don’t have to do what my boss says, because I don’t have one.” Hernandez’s offerings include strawberry cracked black pepper jam and habanero peach jam, but the big seller
JOANNE’S STRAWBERRY RHUBARB JAM
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is farm-fresh eggs. He has regulars who show up every Tuesday to snag a dozen or two or three. “The only way you’d get ‘em fresher is if they were laid in your backyard,” he said. Ant D’s was started “with a raspberry bush and my last unemployment check,” said Hernandez, a lifelong chef and a Denver resident. Across the way on the hot asphalt, Dorreen Strnad sports a sheepish grin as she’s cajoled into talking up her sugary baked goods. “My scones are selling like crazy mad today,” Strnad, of Littleton, said. “Seems like nobody sells a good scone anymore, so I try to fill that niche.” She does it well. Her scones are fluffy and moist, almost mouth-puckering with tart blueberries. She does loads more than scones, too: big hearty loaves of sandwich bread, flawlessly frosted cookies, and yes, jams and jellies. “For me, cottage foods means freedom,” Strnad said. “I went to culinary school, then I did the whole punch-
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the-clock thing. I got tired of being a link in a chain and making money for somebody else. This is my nine-to-five now.” Following the rules Getting set up in cottage foods isn’t difficult, said Sheila Gains, a Colorado State University extension agent who teaches a cottage food safety training class that satisfies the law’s education requirement. Most important is understanding the ways in which a home kitchen is different from a commercial kitchen. “In a commercial kitchen, everyone there is prepped to make food,” Gains said. “In a commercial kitchen, nobody’s coming home from work and wanting to taste-test, no dogs are roaming around, no cats are jumping on counters. When somebody’s sick, they stay home. You’ve got to get everyone in your home on board that when you’re cooking, they’re either helping you keep everything clean or staying out of your way.” There are no hard numbers on
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cottage food producers — there’s no mandatory or voluntary registry. There may be thousands since the law took effect in 2012, Gains said. Before that, to legally sell homemade goods, you would have needed a commercial food license and kitchen. “It’s like going from zero miles per hour to a hundred to become a food producer, so this lets people in at 10 or 15 miles per hour,” Gains said. “They can develop their product through trial and error. They can see if producing food is something they want to do day in and day out. If they become super successful, they have a fighting chance of becoming a commercial producer.” To date, there have been no known outbreaks of foodborne illness from cottage food, said Therese Pilonetti with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, which oversees administration of cottage foods. “This law is about breaking down barriers,” Pilonetti said. “And it sure seems to be working.”
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History Camp event gets larger space Multiple presentations will be offered in October gathering BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
“I Am Not a Savage: Lakota Performers in Wild West Shows” by Steve Friesen, director of the Buffalo Bill Cody Museum; “General Iron Works, Englewood, Colorado”
by Doug Cohn; “La Santa Muerte: A Mexican Saint of Lost Causes” by Christine Whittington.” And that’s just a beginning … Last fall, Carrie Lund, of Littleton, launched the Colorado edition of the History Camp event that she’d discovered in Boston. All sorts of presenters offer lectures on a pet historical topic and attending history lovers select sessions to attend — if they can find a seat. (If not, try next door, or two doors away!) The 2016 initial event, held at Metro State University’s historic Tivoli,
proved to be too crowded for the large number of enthusiastic registrants, so a change of venue was in order. Attendees will be able to choose five varying sessions at the event, held on Oct. 17 at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood Campus — and they will also get breakfast, lunch and a T-shirt for their approximately $40 admission fee. (Exact amount to be announced July 14 when registration opens.) The address is 13300 W. Sixth Ave. Directions to the exact location will be forthcoming. Lund found the somewhat un-
structured flavor of Boston’s History Camp so appealing that she decided to organize a Colorado event. (There are several other outgrowths across the nation.) One doesn’t pre-register for lecture sessions in advance, but simply maps out a plan of the day after arrival. The main meeting room is #650 and adjoining classrooms will provide breakout space. One does, however register and pre-pay for the event. Sign up for email notices and registration: carrie.lund@historycamp. org.
Finding the humanity in the tale of a family Miners Alley hosts ‘Broadway Bound’ BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
It’s a difficult time for everyone when children are getting ready to go out on their own into the world for the first time. That’s the dilemma facing the Jerome family, as sons Eugene and Stanley get ready to leave their
parents’ home for the fickle world of show business in Neil Simon’s “Broadway Bound.” The show, which is the final installment in Simon’s Eugene Trilogy, runs at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden, from July 14 through Aug. 20. Performances Vendura are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1 p.m. Sunday. The focal point of “Broadway
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The website for “We Made This” includes a quote from Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan (United Nations secretary general from 1997-2006): “There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.” “We Made This,” a program operated by the ECDC/African Community Center in Glendale, is promoting a “Designing Women” special event from 5:30-9 p.m. on July 21 at Space Gallery, 400 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. The community is invited to see — and buy — collaborative arts and home accessories, as well as a special collection of garments. “We Made This” is a sewing and job skills training program designed for refugees in the Denver area, focusing on self-empowerment. The stated mission is to unlock the courage and creativity of refugees through a multicultural sewing community. A refugee is defined as a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disaster. In the spacious studio/boutique on the second floor of a large business building at 5250 Leetsdale Drive (at Forest Street), 50 women at a time learn basic sewing skills-and more when they wish. The studio also has a colorful boutique with items for sale, shelves filled with bright — including
“Designing Women: A Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Support of Local Refugee Designers” will take place from 5:30 to 9 p.m. July 21 at Space Gallery, 400 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Featured: cross-cultural designs, the design process, music, a silent auction, boutique items, plus drinks and heavy hors d’oeuvres from across the globe. General admission starts at $50, tickets at: eventbrite.com/e/ designing-women-a-cross-cultural-design-celebration-and-fundraiser-tickets34557595699?aff=es2 or at 303-3994500, ext. 346 (or at the door).
Artists Sweeta Afrooz and Jessica Shaver create a dress for “Designing Women: a Cross-Cultural Collaboration in Support of Local Refugee Designers,” an event at Space Gallery on July 21. JOHN ABRAMSON ethnic — fabrics and large cutting tables where we met designers Sweeta and Jessica. Sweeta Afrooz, originally from Afghanistan, learned about the sewing program from Lutheran Family Services. (She arrived in Colorado with her family in 2014.) Named as “One to Watch” by the Denver League of Women Voters, Sweeta has showed such skill and good work ethic that she has graduated from the initial program, been rewarded with her own sewing machine and now teaches new students in the program. She also
cares for her family: her husband and four children. She has paired with professional area designer, Jessica Shaver from Littleton, a Pratt Institute graduate, in the Designing Women program. Each team is given six yards of fabric (some specially printed locally for this project). The artists will design and produce a garment to be introduced at the July 21 event. Sweeta chose one, from five or six designs she sketched, with a flared skirt, fitted top and interesting panel in the front. She has made a paper pattern, and draped a size 8 with a
muslin prototype. Next: assembly and finishing of the actual dress from a sapphire blue solid fabric and a lighter weight white, digitally printed in Denver with a blue and green pattern, for a one-of-a-kind garment. “We still have to choose buttons,” Shaver said. Dresses will be modeled and then auctioned at the event. All money from ticket sales and sale of the dresses will go to further the “We Made This” program. Shaver, the professional designer in this team, worked for about 10 years in New York and then came home to develop her sustainable fashion business model, Bittersweet by Design, a curated online collection. She’ll hope to start a design studio in Colorado and complete a master’s degree at CSU.
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CLUBS Thursdays All Comforting Things of Colorado Inc. A nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing comfort and encouragement to individuals by providing items made by hand. We encourage you to bring your skills and enthusiasm to a fun group. We meet at 10 a.m. the third Thursday of each month at Phillips Methodist Church, 1450 S. Pierce, Lakewood. Contact actofcolo@ gmail.com for more information. Arvada Associated Modelers hosts training night, 4-8 p.m. Thursdays from May to September (weather permitting) at the Arvada Airpark, 7608 Highway 93, Golden (use the Pioneer entrance between Leyden Road and 64th Avenue). Anyone interested in learning to fly radio control models is invited to take a introductory flight with an instructor. No previous experience is needed, and the club provides radios and airplanes. Training is free and open to everyone. It’s fun for the entire family. Go to www.arvadamodelers.com/ pilot-training/. Business spirituality Business Honoring Spirituality meets 7-9 a.m. every Thursday at the Community Center of Mile Hi Church, 9079 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. Meetings include networking, a brief meditation by a licensed practitioner, guest speaker and breakfast. For additional information, visit www.bhsmilehi.org or call Patty Whitelock at 303-274-0933. Caregiver’s Support Group: 1 p.m. the fourth Thursday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Share ideas and resources; learn to take care of yourself. Led by Senior Reach and sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care. CERTUS Professional Network meets for its Lakewood networking event 9:30-11 a.m. the third Thursday of the month at Panera Bread, 650 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Build your network, grow your business, network less. Our events are structured to connect professionals with the resources, power partners and leaders to expand their business and the business of others. Open to all industries, includes
30 minutes of open networking and organized introductions to the group. Cost: $12 non-CERTUS members at the door. First participants pay half price. RSVP not required. More info about CERTUS™ Professional Network at www.CertusNetwork.com.
at Baker Street, 7260 W. Alaska Drive, for happy hour social at 5:30 p.m. the third Thursday. Rotary is a service organization dedicated to helping children in the community. If you are interested in speaking to the club please contact Genie at 303-5063923. Visitors welcome.
Community Coffee Join Rep. Tracy KraftTharp on the fourth Thursday of each month to talk about issues that are important to you. Community Coffee will be 7-8 a.m. at La Dolce Vita, Ice Cream Room, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada; and from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Panera Bread, 10450 Town Center Drive, Westminster.
Low Vision Support Group: 11 a.m. the fourth Thursday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Led by the Center for People with Disabilities. Share ideas and resources on vision loss. Call Laura Stewart at 303-790-1390, ext. 207.
Drop-in Storytimes Bring the kids to get lost in the world of wonderful words and fabulous illustrations, from timeless classics to new discoveries, all with a nature theme. Drop-in storytimes are at 10 a.m. the first Thursday and third Monday of each month at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Go to www.arvada.org/nature or call 720-8987405. Suitable for all ages. No registration required. Golden Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Thursdays at Buffalo Rose Events Center, 1119 Washington Ave., Golden. For information, contact Ed Dorsey at 303-829-5195, or go to www. goldenlionsclub.org Golden Men’s Support Group meets 7-8:45 p.m. Thursdays near the National Renewal Energy Lab. Call Roger at 720289-6396 or Terry at 303-748-3748. Investors’ meetings The Rocky Mountain Inventors Association meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month (excluding November and December) at Vesta Technology, 13050 W. 43rd Drive, Suite 300, Golden. Presentations in marketing, manufacturing, engineering, finance, business and legal, followed by networking. Go online to www.rminventor. org for details. Lakewood Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. the first, second and fourth Thursday of each month at the Egg and I, 7830 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. The club meets
NEW Connection: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursdays, at the Arvada Public Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Networking and support group for job seekers and budding entrepreneurs. Contact Jane Grogan at JGrogan@career-match.com. LinkedIn group page: www.linkedin.com/ groups/6753121. Parkinson’s Support Group: 1-2:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Led by HomewatchCareGivers. Share ideas and resources. Call Melinda Yeary at 720-524-4192 or e-mail MYeary@HomewatchCareGivers.com for information. Rocky Mountain Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtnteamsurvivor.org. Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month at members’ homes. Members come from all along the Front Range because this is the only such club available. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www.saltydog.org for information. South Suburban Toastmasters is a high
energy, fun, supportive learning place to practice speaking and leadership skills. Group meets 7-8:30 a.m. Thursdays at Toast Restaurant, 2700 W. Bowles Ave. in Littleton. Contact Leigh Miller at 720-2722853. Stuck in the Middle, a social support group for spouses and caregivers of those with chronic illnesses, meets at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays. Perhaps you’ve been a caregiver for years, your spouse or family member has moved to a facility and now you are faced with the isolation of living alone. Or your loved one is at home and you would like an opportunity to relax and talk with people who understand the pressures caregivers face. Would you like to meet others in similar situations? SITM meets in member’s homes. E-mail Bonnie at bonnieforsitm@earthlink.net, for information. TEN (The Entrepreneurs’ Network), a business minded women’s networking group, meets from 7:30-8:45 a.m. Thursdays at Fox Hollow Golf Course, 13410 W. Morrison Road, Lakewood. Contact Joy Hinshaw, 720-271-1496 or joyofcolo@ comcast.net. Membership dues includes weekly breakfast plus a one-time new member’s fee. Wheat Ridge Kiwanis Club invites you to breakfast at 7 a.m. Thursdays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon on 26th Avenue just west of Kipling. Come join us for speakers, comradery and community service. We are a small club and we have a great time serving the children of our community and more. Call David Colson at 303-507-2919, email info@wheatridgekiwamis.com or go to www.wheatridgekiwanis.com. Widowed Men and Women of America, Link 10, social hour is 4-6 p.m. Thursdays at the Innsider Bar and Grill, inside Holiday Inn, 7390 Hampden Ave., Lakewood. Group offers friendship, understanding, and opportunities to participate in various activities. Contact Bob, membership chairman, at 303-979-0181 or go to www. widowedamerica.org. Wilmore-Richter, American Legion Post 161 has it Veterans Helping Veterans membership meetings at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada. Contact 303-424-0324 for cost and other information. SEE CLUBS, P21
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North Jeffco Senior Friday Club meets weekly to play cards and board games, including bridge, pinochle, canasta, hand & foot, majong, billiards and dominoes. No RSVP. All supplies provided and refreshments. Monthly pot luck/catered meals. Golfing and bowling opportunities, too. For information call Bob Stremel, 303-905-4315.
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American Legion Post 161 Bingo: 12:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 390A N. Sheridan, Arvada. Bingo events help raise money to support the post’s many charitable programs. Contact 303-424-0324. CalmUp Journey Prefer to help yourself rather than do the coaching or psychotherapy thing? Let me share with you free information about the CalmUp Journey, a one-page self-examination worksheet for men and women. Join me for coffee or tea, 8-9 a.m. most Fridays at Whole Foods Market Belmar, 444 S. Wadsworth Blvd. in Lakewood. Let me know you’re planning to be there so we’re sure to connect. Contact www.DrLorieGose.com or 303-500-2340. Game On meets from 1-4 p.m. at Community Recreation Center, 68th and Wadsworth. The
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Golden Gate Community Grange, 25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road, has meetings at 7 p.m. the second Friday of the month. Activities include yoga, dances, eggmania, special wildlife programs, holiday craft fair. Grange hall available for rental for weddings, parties, reunions, etc. Call Rich Phillips at 303-277-1933 or go to www.goldengategrange.com. New members welcome.
North Jefferson County Gem and Mineral Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Clubs offers presentations, field trips, socializing, and local shows. Children are always welcome to attend with their family. Members enjoy rockhounding (rocks, minerals, and fossils), faceting, jewelry making, diverse geology, and sharing stories about “the one that got away” (or at least was too big to carry home). Contact club president Tom Reilly for dues and other information, 303-940-7425.
Jeff-West Community Forum: 7:30-8:30 a.m. the fourth Friday of each month at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve (formerly Heritage Golf Course), 10555 Westmoor Drive. Jeff-West Community Forum seeks to strengthen connections among residents of the Jeffco portion of Westminster by providing information about the area’s organizations, agencies, and
Parkinson’s Care Partners: 1:30-2:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Free group designed for care providers; it is led and sponsored by Homewatch CareGivers. Call Melinda Yeary, 720-524-4192 or e-mail MYeary@HomewatchCareGivers. com.
for re-election in November 2018 to keep his U.S. House seat representing Colorado’s 7th Congressional District, which covers much of Jefferson County, including Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and Arvada, as well as much of Westminster, Thornton and Northglenn. He was first elected to Congress in 2006. There are three great candidates for the seat, Perlmutter said of the Democrats vying for the House seat. “Sometimes you need to move on and somebody else needs to bring in new insights,” Perlmutter said. Perlmutter had announced his run for governor on April 9 in Golden. “Coloradans deserve leadership, not partisanship,” Perlmutter said as part of his closing remarks at the event, adding he had always tried to serve his constituents, regardless of party affiliation. Even with Perlmutter dropping out, the race for governor in 2018 to replace John Hickenlooper, who is term-limited, is crowded. Hickenlooper was elected to the position in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, a Democrat
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from Boulder, announced in June that he would join the race. Polis was first elected to represent Colorado’s 2nd Congressional District in 2008. Other Democrats running are former state Sen. Mike Johnston and former state Treasurer Cary Kennedy. Johnston is a Denver resident who served in the state Senate from 2009-16, and before that, was a teacher and principal. Kennedy, of Denver, was elected treasurer in 2006 and lost a re-election bid in 2010. In 2011, she was appointed the City of Denver’s chief financial officer and its deputy mayor, and she continued in those capacities until 2016. Notable on the Republican side is District Attorney George Brauchler of the 18th Judicial District, which covers Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties. Businessman Victor Mitchell, a Castle Rock resident who served in the state House from 2007-09, also has filed for the race. Mitchell runs Lead Funding, an organization that helps finance homebuilders and developers. Perlmutter will continue to be a team player for Colorado, he said. “Maybe I’m moving from player to coach, I’m not exactly sure,” Perlmutter said at the press conference. “I love this state, I love the people of this state and I love this country. I’m going to do what I can to keep it going on the right track.”
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Arvada Mattie Bockhold, of Arvada, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in education and human sciences from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Anna Geist, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Butler University. Geist is majoring in economics. Madison Taylor Pualani Nichols, of Arvada, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree from the University of NebraskaLincoln. Ariel Teo, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Northeastern University. Teo is majoring in international business. Luke Anthony Vitagliano, of Arvada, graduated with a master’s degree in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Scranton. Dani Merrill Wingard, of Arvada, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of NebraskaLincoln. Golden Hannah Kurath, of Golden, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s
list at Butler University. Kurath is majoring in elementary education. Melissa Lowe, of Golden, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in earth and environmental sciences from Wesleyan University. Courtney Marie Mares, of Golden, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Noah Troxell, of Golden, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Butler University. Troxell is majoring in management information systems. Lakewood Samya Alves, of Lakewood, graduated with an MBA in international business and operations and information management from the University of Scranton. Amanda Zwolinski, of Lakewood, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Harding University. Zwolinski is majoring in family and consumer sciences. Wheat Ridge Erica Marie Ness, of Wheat Ridge, graduated in May 2017 with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Third annual Brews, Blues and Barbecue The Third Annual Brews, Blues and Barbecue returns to the Plaza at Belmar, 439 S. Teller St., from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 15. Visitors will sample live music from blues band Delta Sonics, craft and home brewed beer competitions and a head-to-head barbecue grill off. Cost is $30, and tickets can be purchased at brewsbluesbbqs.org/tickets. Attendees must be 21 years of age or older. All net proceeds will benefit Out of Sight Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bettering the lives of blind and visually impaired individuals in the greater Denver area. CoPR talk on midcentry schools The Center of Preservation Research (CoPR), a research center within the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver, is hosting a presentation on Colorado’s Midcentury Schools at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 18, in the Orchard Room at the Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow. The presentation will be about 30 minutes in length and there will be time for questions and answers after the presentation. CoPr has been working a Colorado’s Midcentury Schools project to raise awareness of the historical and architectural significance of these schools (mostly constructed between 1946 and 1970). Part of the presentation will focus on those schools in Lakewood. Meet the author book event Lakewood’s Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church, 11500 W. 20th Ave., is hosting a meet the author book event at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 22. Six authors will be on hand to speak, sign and sell books: Rev. Les Avery, Laurel Becker, Rev. Dr. Dan Dolquist, Rev. Jane Hays, Allidah Hicks, and Laura Padgett. Diabetes support group meeting St. Anthony Hospital hosts a free support group for individuals with
diabetes or at risk of diabetes. The purpose is to offer healthy recipes, an avenue to meet others who understand what they are going through, share practical experiences and provide resources. The next meeting is 3:30-4:30 p.m. July 26, at St. Anthony Hospital, Medical Plaza 2, 11700 W. 2nd Place, Suite 310. RSVP with Lauren Bernstein, Certified Diabetes Educator and Registered Dietitian, at 720-321-8316. Imagine Lakewood! meeting The Imagine Lakewood! master planning process for arts, parks and recreation needs resident ideas on how to address the main topics that residents have talked about so far. The next round of public meetings will be in August: • 2 p.m., Tuesday, Aug.1, Clements Community Center, 1580 Yarrow St. • 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 1, Bear Valley Church, 10001 W. Jewell Ave. • 2 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 3, Lakewood Link Recreation Center, 1295 S. Reed St. The Imagine Lakewood! Master Plan will determine the priorities of the Community Resources’ efforts for the next five years. Diabetes prevention program St. Anthony Hospital is launching a year-long group-based program that works with participants to increase physical activity, lose weight and learn healthy lifestyle habits. The program runs 5-6 p.m. on Aug. 3 at the hospital, Medical Plaza 1, 11750 W. 2nd Place, Main Floor Conference Room. Participants must have a Body Mass Index greater than 24 (or greater than 22 if Asian American), be 18 years old and have a diagnosis of pre-diabetes through a blood-based test, have a history of gestational diabetes or screen positive on “Do I have Pre-Diabetes” risk test. Call Lauren Bernstein, Certified Diabetes Educator and Registered Dietitian, at 720-321-8316 for more information or to register.
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‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 6 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Presented by the Evergreen Players, the Tony Award-winning musical comedy adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Call 303-674-4934 or go to www. evergreenplayers.org. ‘Bad Jews’: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 6 at the Edge Theater Company, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Additional shows at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 27 and Thursday, Aug. 3. Call 303-232-0363 or go to www.theedgetheater.com. ‘Broadway Bound’: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 20 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Additional shows at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 23, July 30, Aug. 6 and Aug. 13. Eugene and his brother Stanley are trying to break into show business as comedy writers. Contact 303-9353044 or online at minersalley. com.
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Sounds Exciting! Summer Concerts: Wednesday, July 19 (Dotsero); July 26 (The Burroughs) at the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Amphitheater, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood. Tickets available at the Lakewood Cultural Center box office, 470 S. Allison Parkway; the Lakewood Heritage Center visitor center, 801 S. Yarrow St.; by calling 303-9877845; or online at Lakewood.org/ SummerConcerts. Gates open at 6 p.m.
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`Damage’ Art Exhibit: open through February 2018 at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, in the mezzanine near the library. Denver artist Sharon Brown’s exhibit features psychologically charged paintings created mostly from photographs. Go to www.rrcc.edu.
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Enchanted Garden Picnic and Tour: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Bring the whole family. Kids will enjoy seed planting, flower-themed crafts, and handson learning in the garden. Adults will tour the gardens. Enjoy a
this week’s TOP FIVE Urban Farm Animal Extravaganza: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at Wardle Feed & Pet Supply, 760 Three Acre Lane, Wheat Ridge. Learn about keeping chickens and bees and all sorts of farm critters. Live band, free food, a farmer’s market, chicken swap and petting zoo. Wardle will sell baby chickens, ducks and Nigerian goats. Go to http:// www.wheatridgechamber.org/events/details/ member-event-wardle-feed-s-urban-farm-animal-extravaganza-312 Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at Colorado ACTS Theater, 11455 W. I-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Orsino attempts to woo the Countess Olivia. The shipwrecked Viola disguises herself as a man, takes on the name Cesario, and enters the Duke’s service. In the end, Viola and the Duke wed, and Olivia marries a man named Sebastian. Join us for this retelling of the classic Twelfth Night. Go to http:// www.coloradoacts.org/ Native Americans of Colorado: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 20 at Atria Inn at Lakewood, 555
S. Pierce St., Lakewood. Join Active Minds as we tell the stories of the original inhabitants of Colorado. From Mesa Verde to the high plains, we will trace the civilizations of the Ute, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Pueblo and other tribes as we seek to understand Colorado’s Native American history and legacy. Call 303-742-4800 to RSVP. German Fest Denver: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 22 and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 23 at the Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood. Celebrate German American heritage and culture. Community and family event that includes face painting, balloon twisting, soap bubbles and more. A rain or shine event. Contact germanfestdenver@gmail.com. Sculpture Garden: 5-8 p.m. Sunday, July 23 at the Aar River Gallery, 3707 W. 73rd Ave., Westminster. Cuban jazz concert with the Mambotet, food, drinks, silent auction of birdhouses hand painted by local artists and public officials, and more cool stuff. Proceeds go to supporting art and cultural activities sponsored by the North Metro Arts Alliance. To learn more about our programs, go to www.nmarts.net
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Colorado Stock Horse Association Open All Breed Shows: Sunday, July 16, Aug. 20, Sept. 3 at the Indiana Equestrian Center, 7500 Indiana St., Arvada. Large outdoor arena with second arena for warm-up. Registration at 7:30 a.m. Classes at 8:30 a.m. Information and entry forms at 720-935-2026 (call or text), or 720-560-3646 (call or text), www.ColoradoStockHorse.com, and ColoradoStockHorse@yahoo. com.
LibLab: Speaker in a Cup: 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Learn how to build a speaker in a cup. For ages 8-11. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org to register.
Meet with Rep. Tracy KraftTharp, Rep. Lang Sias, and Sen. Rachel Zenzinger. Westminster staff will give an update on the Westminster Town Center on 88th. Contact RepTracy29@gmail.com. Lego Play and Build: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Lego builders of all ages are welcome to stick to the theme or build their own creation. What story will you tell? Lego bricks and Lego Duplo provided. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org to register. Learn Lego from Experts: 1-2 p.m. Sunday, July 16 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Get tips and tricks for all things Lego from members of the Colorado/Wyoming Lego Users Group (www.cowlug.net). For teens and
Fox Hollow Golf: Monday, July 17 is the Men’s Club Presidents Cup stroke play by flight; July 29 is the Best By a Damsite, a two man better ball Stableford format; Aug. 8 and 10 is the Senior Club Championship and the Club Championship is Aug. 26-27. There is still time to join the fun through October; go to fhmgc.com and enjoy Lakewood’s award winning 27-hole facility at 13414 W. Morrison Road, which added more tee options for all player levels. Reputation of Christians: noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 18 at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field St., Arvada. “What People Really Think of Christians … and Why” features a filmed interview with Gabe Lyons, co-author of “unChristian.” Participants may share positive and negative experiences they’ve had with Christians. Contact
Interactive Library Program for Adults with Disabilities: 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, July 19 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Adults with disabilities and their caregivers are invited to make crafts, create art, play games, explore the library, and enjoy music, story times, and guest speakers. Limited space, groups welcome. Registration required online, at jeffcolibrary. org or 303235-5265. Registration required. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary. org. Build a Better World with Salida Circus: 6:30-7:30 p.m. July 20 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Interactive circus
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theater show featuring juggling, acrobatics and clowning. Joanie Balonie and Coach Jello are ready to “Build a Better World” through inspired silly songs, playful pranks, juggling jokes and even Charlie the circus dog. For all ages. Registration required. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org
Prospective Member Meeting: 1-4 p.m. Saturday, July 22 at the Lakewood Public Library, 10200 W. 20th Ave., Lakewood. Mount Lookout Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Visit with other women who can answer questions about DAR and membership requirements. RSVP at darlookout@ gmail.com or 303-596-8676. Reservations are not required, but highly encouraged. Teddy Bears and Tea Cups High Tea: 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at Highlands Masonic Temple, 3550 Federal Blvd., Denver. Presented by the El Mejdel Daughters of the Nile. Vendors, 50/50 raffle and entertainment. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Space is limited; reservations required. Tickets on sale now through Saturday, Oct. 28. Contact Jo Ann Van Trump, 303-232-3542. Food Pantry: open from 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays at New Apostolic Church, 5290 Vance St., Arvada, rear entrance (across the street from Beau Jo’s restaurant). Contact Gertrude at 303-902-6794.
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Healthy Cooking on a Budget: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 23 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Learn how to enjoy the pleasures of cooking a variety of healthy food that’s great tasting and easy on the wallet. Registration required. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org
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Making sure every stroke counts Before they get to roam the course, rules officials must pass rigorous training BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
They drive around the golf course in carts and get good views of the action. They are the rules officials who volunteer at the various levels of golf, both professional and amateur. And while some golfers would rather not see them, officials say they are not out to marshal players — just to help them follow the rules. “We can’t run a tournament without rules officials because their job is to enforce the rules of golf and provide assistance to those golfers who do not know the rules and decisions on the rules of golf,” said Laura Robertson, executive director of the Colorado Women’s Golf Association. “Rules officials are there to help. We’re not there as a police force trying to find rules violations.” Workshops, seminars, tests and ridealongs are among the training that takes a number of years for volunteers before becoming certified United States Golf Association-certified rules officials. Tom Kennedy, a retired Colorado Springs district judge, is a USGA chief rules official and said of the tutoring, “I hadn’t studied this hard since I took the bar exam 48 years ago. They made me work to become a certified rules official.” It’s demanding to be a rules administrator since there are 34 rules of golf, but every two years a large book is published concerning decisions on the rules. That’s to help clarify any ambiguity that might arise from the rules to allow rules officials to correctly interpret the rules. “You not only have to master the rules but understand the decisions,” Kennedy said. “Sometimes you have to use a judgment call. I’m used to making decisions, but I want it to be in a positive way. “I’ve made a lot of decisions sending people to prison for a very long time and those were never fun decisions. The decisions we are making out here on the golf course are to help educate the players. So if they make a mistake on the rule, they won’t make it a second time.” Brad Wiesley, a lawyer who lives near Indian Tree Golf Club in Arvada, is another chief rules official. “None of us like when a penalty is involved,” he said. “Some people think the rules official is handing out penalties. We never do that. The penalty is because of the rules of golf. SEE RULES, P27
Sandy Schnitzer has been a rules official for the past four years and says “my call is really to help the golfer have a good round of golf and to be able to score the best that they can.” JIM BENTON
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Broc Vancil playing game he loves Arvada resident spends weekend on diamond with teammates BY TOM MUNDS TMUNDS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Broc Vancil puts activities like lawn work on the back burner so he can spend his time each summer weekend playing baseball as part of the National Adult Baseball Association. The Arvada resident said he loved baseball growing up but figured his playing days were over. “I played baseball growing up in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and in high school in that area,” he said. “I found out about adult baseball when I moved to the Denver area a few years ago and immediately signed up.” The Arvada man is 27 and is often asked why he continues to play baseball. “I loved baseball as a kid and I love it as an adult,” he said. “There is so much to enjoy by playing baseball. You form a brotherhood with you teammates and it is a great feeling to make a good play in the field and it is a rush to drive the ball into the gap in the outfield.” He said it is great to be with the same guys on a team but it is great just to get out and play baseball no matter who is in the field with you. That was the case when Vancil, who regularly plays for the Marlins on the 18 and older AA wooden bat league, joined players from several area teams to form the team they called the Denver Warsenlins so they could play in the July 1-3 Mile High Classic Tourna-
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Denver Warsenlins pitcher and Littleton resident Alec Bibby covers the plate and reaches up to catch the ball so he can apply the tag to the Omaha runner during the July 1 National Adult Baseball Association’s Mile High Classic Tournament game played at Englewood High School. The Omaha runner slid safely under the tag. Bibby, a Heritage High School graduate, usually plays for the Marlins in the 18 and older NABA league but joined with players from other teams to form the Warsenlins so they could play in the July 1-3 tournament. TOM MUNDS ment. “We all like to play baseball and compete against other teams as often as possible,” he said. “So we got enough guys together so we could play in this tournament.” The Warsenlins faced a Nebraska team from the Omaha area in the July 1 game. The Denver team was made up of players from around the metro area. For example Alec Bibby of Littleton was the starting pitcher, Vancil started at second base then came in as a relief pitcher and Davery Ibudo of Westminster played center field. The Warsenlins scored a run in
the home half of the first inning but Omaha scored eight runs in the top of the second and went on to win the game, 12-2. Vancil took over and held the Omaha team to two runs through the remainder of the game. The Arvada resident said everyone wants to win but he felt that all the players on both teams competed hard and enjoyed the opportunity to get out and play baseball against another team. The Warsenlins scored some runs in the other three games they played but not enough to win a game. The Denver program is part of the National Adult Baseball Association,
Arvada resident Broc Vancil prepares to throw the ball to the first baseman to complete a double play. an organization with headquarters in Littleton. “We have 80 teams playing in the Denver metro area,” Joe Collins, NABA vice president, said. “We have four age group leagues, 18 and older, 25 and older, 35 and older and 48 and older. Some of the age groups also have leagues based on player abilities. Right now we have more than 1,200 men playing baseball in our Denver area adult leagues.” Collins has been with the association for 17 years and said it continues to grow in the Denver metro area and around the country. “Right now we have between 25,000 and 30,000 men playing baseball with the association,” he said. “It is great to see the program grow. We had about 35 teams when I joined the association and we have more than double that number this season.”
Brad Madden hired as new baseball coach at Ralston Valley BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ARVADA — Three-time state baseball championship coach Brad Madden is taking over the baseball program at Ralston Valley High School in Arvada. “We had a strong pool of candidates, but Brad’s accomplishments stood out,” Ralston Valley’s Athletic Director Jim Hynes said. “His coaching philosophy aligns well with ours and we’re very lucky to have a coach of his caliber take over the program.” Madden, who guided Class 4A Jeffco teams Golden (2003) and Green Mountain (2014 and 2015) to state titles, will stay in Jeffco to take over the 5A program at Ralston Valley. “It’s an opportunity I couldn’t pass
us,” Madden said over the phone Tuesday, July 4. “To be close to home and have a chance to coach my son in the future if he continues to play. There are already some great athletes and players at Ralston Valley.” Ralston Valley finished the 2017 season with a 12-9 record. The Mustangs won their lone state baseball championship, the 4A title, in 2008. Madden lives minutes from Ralston Valley, but as of now, he will continue to teach at Green Mountain High School next fall. “It was a tough decision leaving Green Mountain,” said Madden, who coached the Rams for nine seasons. He spent his first six seasons as a head coach at Golden. “Leaving those kids is never easy. We built a top-5 team in the state over the last five years. I hope
we can do the same thing at Ralston Valley.” Green Mountain had a 15-4 record last season under Madden. The Arvada West High School graduate racked up a 145-59 record during his nine seasons at Green Mountain. “I’ve been a lucky coach to be at some great places like Golden and Green Mountain. I feel like I’ve already stamped my coaching legacy,” Madden said. “I’m looking forward to getting great support from the administration and parents at Ralston Valley.” Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools, with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go online at CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.
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“The reasons there are so many decisions is because golfers find interesting situations to get into. Sometimes there is not a decision to cover exactly what happened. So you have to do some interpretations. Similar situations are treated alike.” There are many rules that might be misinterpreted or broken. And golfers have a knack for getting themselves in odd — and sometimes, truly hazardous — situations. Rules official Sandy Schnitzer recalls that twice in the past few years a ball has landed on mating snakes. It happened once at Riverdale Dunes in Brighton, she said, when a tee shot on a par 3 landed on top of two bull snakes. The other time was at Murphy Creek in Aurora and rattlesnakes were the landing spot for a ball. Those were deemed “dangerous situations” and the golfers were allowed to move the ball without a penalty. Wiesley recalls a situation in which a player hit a ball near a tree by the green with a nest of swarming wasps. As with the snake situations, the golfer was allowed to move the ball without penalty. But most rulings aren’t as dramatic. “The junior tournaments, I find, give you the most rulings because a lot of times the younger people don’t know enough,” said rules official Andrew Snyder, of Greenwood Village. “It’s a learning experience for them and for us.” Colorado Golf Association Executive Director Ed Mate says advice other than public information — like yardage, hazards and where the flagstick is located — can
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Tom Kennedy retired as a Colorado Springs district judge in 2015 and is now a United States Golf Association chief rules official.
Brad Wiesley has been a rules official for 10 years and says he volunteers to give something back to the game which he has played since he was a youngster. “My wife tells me I can’t play golf every day so I found a place to be on the golf course where people want to be and I’m doing something helpful for the golf community.” be a violation. “Probably the rule that gets broken a lot of times unwittingly is advice, anything you say to somebody that can influence their play,” Mate said. “Like I
noticed something in your swing or boy that breeze sure is blowing hard. Things like that. There’s a line that you have to be really careful about.” Schnitzer, an Erie resi-
dent, has seen many golfers puzzled by water. “Golfers sometimes get confused over the relief they can take from a direct water hazard and lateral water hazard,” she said.
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Competitive golfers are used to dealing with rules and generally accept the decisions. “Most golfers know the rules and understand the rules are there to treat everybody playing in the event with equality,” Wiesley said. “Every once in a while people get frustrated when things don’t go the way they intend them to go. That can happen, but it is pretty rare. You understand somebody is frustrated. They are not mad at you personally.” Jack Tickle, a junior-to-be at Arapahoe High School, is a promising junior golfer who isn’t intimidated when he sees a rules official watching. “They don’t much get involved unless we ask — and they are helpful,” Tickle said. “I’ve never really had one say ‘I don’t know what that ruling is.’ They always know. They don’t help unless we ask. They let us play.”
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7July 13, 2017 Visitors to the 40W Gallery look at Stefan Begej’s “Camille’s Purse — The Great Stillness After Bursting,” a playful piece that collect’s everything found in a woman’s purse. CLARKE READER
First Friday offers buffet of cultural options The 40 West Arts District does so much, so often, that it’s easy to take it all for granted. The sheer scope of interactive offerings was evident on July 7, the first Friday of July, where nine creative businesses, including galleries, had events for the community. Visitors could stop by the Gallery of Everything and Red Herring Art Supply for live demonstrations, drinks and snacks, go to the Miracle Street Gallery for a barbecue, or rock out to the Clawhammer Band at Momentum Park. And word appears to be spreading. “We’re in town for a wedding and read about everything you do for First Fridays,” a couple from St. Louis said to Liz Black, 40 West’s executive director, at the opening for the 40W Gallery’s contemporary still life exhibit opening that evening. This was great news for Black, because it allowed her to do one of her favorite things — crow about all the exciting things happening in the
district, and spread love about art. “I think contemporary still life reflects the time, place and culture so well,” Black explained. “It provides a way of looking at objects in a different light, and shows what’s really culturally relevant in our society.” The 40W Gallery very much remains the hub of the district, but all the new galleries and businesses are proving the best kind of competition, with every gallery upping their game to match the neighbors. The pieces on display as part of the still life show included everything from traditional mediums like photography and oil to 3-D mixed media pieces like Stefan Begej’s “Camille’s Purse — The Great Stillness After Bursting,” a playful piece that collect’s everything found in a woman’s purse. As the district’s reach has grown, its longtime supporters have grown ever prouder of its successes and diversity. “I come with my friends every month because they have such fun things,” said Lakewood resident Sheryl Wylie. “My favorite thing is to see what people can do with such crazy materials.”
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go a traditional route,” Bales said. “They can get into a profession that they love.” Business leaders also say millenials are as concerned with the lifestyle of a position — access to transportation, hours and benefits — as the pay. Companies need to recognize and address that mentality, said Tisdale. Some companies have devised work environments and schedules that appeal to millennials and their older counterparts. Lockheed Martin, an aerospace and defense company in Littleton, offers a 9/80 work schedule, in which employees work nine hours a day and get every other Friday off. It also offers medical benefits, incentives to stay healthy, including a health and exercise facility on campus, and clubs where people of like-minded interests can connect, said Reese Reynolds, humans resources director of Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems Division. “Healthy, happy and fulfilled employees get engaged in their work and end up doing great work,” Reynolds said. “We have outlets for
Kate and Jim Curtis, owners of Village Roaster, based in Lakewood. Kate said there have been fewer applicants for open positions in the last year. COURTESY PHOTO their interests that are beyond their careers.” Creative ways to keep employees Restaurant and retail employers are finding unique ways to attract and retain entry-level employees in a competitive market. Raising Cane’s, a popular Louisiana-
based restaurant chain that opened this month in Highlands Ranch, closes for Thanksgiving, Christmas and the evening of Super Bowl Sunday. On Memorial Day, management hosts a picnic for all employees and their families. Each manager has a monthly budget called Cane’s Love to creatively reward the crew.
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“Our culture is very strong,” said Amanda Klein, a Raising Cane’s recruiter. Even so, the restaurant chain encountered challenges in finding employees for its newest Colorado location. A job posting in Highlands Ranch had far fewer applicants than a similar position posted in St. Louis, according to Klein. Kate and Jim Curtis get to know their employees on a personal level. They ask about families and pets and celebrate occasions with their team outside of work. Commitment to their employees has allowed for slow and steady growth of their Lakewood business: Village Roasters, at 9255 W. Alameda Ave., now has a café in St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood and a kiosk in the Lakewood Cultural Center. “The Golden Rule — treat people the way you want to be treated — is our philosophy,” Kate Curtis said. “We definitely have rules and procedures, but we have flexibility.” While there may not be one solution to the record-low unemployment rate’s adverse affects, business leaders hope to see more young adults apply for nontraditional yet highly needed positions in the workforce. “It’s a great problem to have,” Bales said, “but it’s still a problem.”