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Lakewood school marching bands take to the field P6-7 BOOM AND BUST: Lakewood economy strong enough to talk fireworks, but mall closure hurts P4

ROUGH RENTS: Metro area rental costs continue to soar P9

HURRICANE HELP: West Metro Fire staff assisting disaster survivors P18

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MY NAME IS

DR. KIMBERLY BENTROTT

Dr. Kimberly Bentrott receives the award naming her Physician of the Year from the Center for Health Progress. Bentrott is a physician with Centura Health, and has a passion for collaboration.

Center for Health Progress’ winner of the 2017 Physician of the Year Award About me I grew up in a small farming community in Kansas, raised by a teacher and a farmer. I attended high school in Belleville, Kansas, where I enjoyed the luxuries of being in a small high school that allows for participation in all sports and activities. For college, I spent the next four years in Liberty, Missouri, at a small liberal arts college, William Jewell. There I met some of my best life friends, could not be swayed from medicine, and enjoyed a year of international studies at Oxford University. Becoming a doctor I wanted to be a doctor from a young age. I challenged this desire by working in a nursing home and the hospital as a teen. The experience reinforced my interest in health care and working with people in some of their most vulnerable, most honest moments of their life. After college, I elected to do a volunteer year in Washington D.C. as a medical assistant and care giver to persons in a medical care facility for the homeless. That year served as the single most important year of my life. It opened my eyes to the needs of the underserved, underinsured, and socially downtrodden. I saw in hard terms the manifestations of social determinants of health. This year propelled me into medicine with new purpose.

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I went to medical school at the University of Kansas and was happy to take advantage of some amazing clinical experiences. I traveled to Guatemala to do intensive medical Spanish language training and work for the first time in a developing country. I completed my residency training in Family Practice here in Denver at the St. Anthony’s Family Medicine residency program. Following residency, my husband and I moved to Haiti to partner with a Haitian organization. The years in Haiti challenged me in lack of resources and diagnostic tools, bore to

truth the consequences of poor access to care and lack of screening and chronic care management. The year was incredibly challenging and also the most rewarding work I’d ever done. I thought my life would go on in this venue. The earthquake in 2010 changed that. We lost our colleagues, our student, and our home. We were evacuated out weeks following with our two adopted children and had to re-establish life in the U.S. due to immigration requirements. Physician of the year I was honored and humbled to receive this award. I have always thought these awards were for people who had done amazing things by themselves. That does not describe me. There is not a single thing I have done in my life with any success that hasn’t been with the help and hard work of amazing colleagues, co-workers, associates, family, and friends. I could do nothing without the love, balance, humor and perspective my family and friends provide. Working with the community Now more than ever in this current and ever changing health care environment, we need to leverage the gifts, talents and resources of our community partners to create a holistic care network for our patients. We can achieve no long-term, healthy outcomes without meeting people where they are, treating them where they live, work, and play. By working closely with our community partners, we ensure fewer people are lost through the cracks, that social determinants of health are being addressed, and that health, in turn is an achievable goal because we are considering the whole person within a medical, physical, social and spiritual care plan. If you have suggestions for My Name Is ..., contact Clarke Reader at creader@coloradocommunitymedia. com.

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October and cider are a perfect pairing, but that’s not the only reason Lakewood pairs the two at is annual autumn festival. The event — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7 and 8 — is also a celebration of the city’s agricultural roots and the all-important harvest time before winter arrives. Cider Days, hosted at the Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St., includes tractor pulls and vintage power displays, wagon and barrel train rides along with other children’s activities, historic demonstrations and a unique variety of exhibitors and vendors. As a celebration of the apple, the two day event also includes apple pressing, apple cider by the glass or gallon, Apple Annie’s Baking Challenge (Sunday only), pie eating contests, and hard cider tastings. Tickets are available both in advance and during the festival on both Saturday

and Sunday. Each ticket includes all family-friendly amusements and entertainment. Entertainment includes trick pig shows, roping and lassoing, magic, square dancing and music. Cider Days was created by the Lakewood Historical Society in the 1970s to celebrate the area’s agricultural heritage and has grown to include live music and historic demonstrations, in addition to cider pressings. With the partnership of Rocky Mountain Tractor Puller’s Association, Cider Days also hosts Colorado’s largest antique and vintage tractor pull. Advance adult admission is $6, and $8 the day of. Price for children (ages 3 through 12) is $5. There is also a hard cider tasting package that costs $28 in advance and $30 on the day of, and it includes an open tasting of more than 50 hard ciders, a commemorative tasting glass, and admission into all the other events. For more information, call 303-987-7850 or visit www.Lakewood.org/CiderDays.

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CORRECTION Lakewood’s ballot initiative to limit residential growth will not appear on this November’s general ballot. The city reports that due to legal challenges, the initiative will have to be voted on in a later special election.

A story on page 7 of last week’s Sentinel incorrectly stated that the initiative would make the November ballot. The newspaper regrets the error. To report corrections and clarifications, call 303-566-4129

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Foothills raises $50K to help homeless pets STAFF REPORT

Hundreds of animal lovers helped raise $50,000 to help with medical, behavioral and life-saving care for homeless pets. Dogs dressed in their best and most creative costumes were a highlight of the second Toby’s Pet Parade and Fair on Sept. 16 at Parfet Park in Golden. Proceeds benefited the Foothills Animal Shelter. Prizes were awarded for best group and most original costumes, and guests enjoyed food trucks, a beer garden, live music, dog demonstrations, family activities and vendors. “We are thrilled with the success of the second annual Toby’s Pet Parade & Fair,”

said Richard Eveleight, executive director of the animal shelter. “The support from our community is overwhelming, and it’s only because of this support that we are able to care for more than 9,200 animals every year.” Toby, an 11-year-old Australian shepherd, was found running the streets of Westminster with his mouth taped shut with electrical tape. Toby was brought to Foothills Animal Shelter for care and recovery. Despite being a victim of abuse, Toby’s goodnatured, loving spirit never waned and he was eventually made the official mascot of Foothills Animal Shelter. To honor Toby, the shelter created the community event to raise the critical funds needed to support and care for homeless pets like him.

The second annual Toby’s Pet Parade & Fair, on Sept. 16, drew a crowd of nearly 1,500 people and 165 dogs dressed up in their best and most creative costumes, including this Wild West team. PHOTO COURTESY THE FOOTHILLS ANIMAL SHELTER

Your Annual Opportunity to Tour Solar & Sustainable Homes Is October 7

Golden Real Estate is pleased to be a cosponsor of a tour of solar and sustainable homes, held each fall. I’m honored to serve on the tour’s steering committee, which works year-round to select homes for participation in this event on the first Saturday of October every year. What used to be called the “Golden Solar Tour” is now the Metro Denver Green Homes Tour (see ad below). It features clusters of solar and sustainable homes in Arvada/Westminster, Littleton, Denver, Lakewood and Genesee/Evergreen. Tickets are $10 and you can pre-register online at www.MetroDenverGreenHomesTour.org (pre-registration closes at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 6th). You may also register and pick up your guidebook in person the day of the tour at the Jefferson Unitarian Church (JUC) at 14350 W. 32nd Avenue, about a mile west of I-70 and Youngfield Street or at 9988 Hoyt Place in Westminster; or 6281 S. Cedar Street in Littleton. This Metro Denver tour is part of a national event sponsored by the American Solar Energy Society (ASES). In October 2016, over 30,000 people toured solar and sustainable homes in over 60 cities in tours like this one.

At Golden Real Estate, we care a lot about sustainability (we power both our office and automobiles from the sun), but each year I learn of sustainable options about which I was previously unaware. If this topic interests you — whether for its economic or save-the-planet benefits — I encourage you to sign up for this tour. Tour hours are 9am to 4pm on Saturday, Oct. 7th. You can start anytime, but all the houses close to visitors at 4pm, after which you’re invited to return to JUC for the reception (free food and beverages) and Green Expo featuring various vendors and non-profits whose on-site representatives can help deepen your understanding of what you learned during your tour. One stop in the Arvada/Westminster cluster that you won’t want to miss is the GEOS Community of net-zero homes. This 300-unit development was under construction when it was featured in last year’s tour. It’s on the tour again this year so you can see how it has come to fruition. The homes are heated geothermally, without any forced air furnaces, and their solar panels provide enough energy for each home plus one electric car. (Every unit has a carport with a 240V charging station included.) There is a 12-minute

YouTube video interview I did last year with builder Norbert Klebl, detailing how the homes are built. You can find that video by Googling “GEOS Community Arvada.” In the interview, we discuss various aspects of netzero energy home construction — walls, insulation, windows, CERV’s, ground-source heat pumps, and more. You might need to watch it more than once to absorb it all! Other “special” homes on the tour include a straw bale home in Genesee and a “smart home” with no furnace (thanks to extensive passive solar features) in Westminster. There’s a 1985 passive solar remodel in Arvada and another passive house in South Denver. There are homes with both thermal and photovoltaic systems in Lakewood, and you’ll like the xeriscape gardens in Littleton. Again, this is a self-guided tour. Pick up your guidebook during sign-in, decide which homes you want to see and go to them in any order you wish. Volunteers will be at each location to help explain the solar and/or sustainable features of that house and answer your questions. I’m impressed with the number of new products and technological breakthroughs

happening in the field of sustainable homebuilding. If you’ve been on this tour before, don’t hesitate to come again this year. You’ll learn new and interesting things! Be prepared to learn a lot you didn’t know about how to make your existing home more economical and sustainable through smart retrofits, not just how to build a sustainable home from scratch. Enjoy the experience, and let me know how it was for you!

A Couple Important Facts About Flood Insurance

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Lakewood prepares for budget process Economy remains strong, but Mills closure hurts

““We wouldn’t be fiscally responsible if we weren’t mindful of the mall’s closure, we’re forecasting a $2.7 million reduction because of the Mills closure, and very hopeful it’s going to hit its November reopen date.”

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Autumn means cooler weather, changing colors, football and new city budgets. With the work of Larry Dorr, Lakewood’s finance director, and his staff, Lakewood is preparing its budget for 2018, and residents will soon be able to comment on the process. The biggest challenge facing the city’s budget is the closure of Colorado Mills, which Dorr estimates will cost $2.7 million. But infrastructure needs, particularly sidewalks, will also pose challenges in the coming years. Council’s first reading of the staffdrafted proposed budget will take place Oct. 9. The second and final vote is scheduled for Oct. 30. Here are a few things to know about the budget before then. City’s economy remains strong One of the best pieces of news, from Dorr’s perspective, is the state of the city’s economy. “Lakewood’s economy is robust, vibrant and thriving,” Dorr said. Dorr said the city is seeing an

Larry Dorr Lakewood’s finance director increase in property tax, due to a strong housing market metro-wide, and an increase in the motor vehicle use tax of $659,000, or 16.8 percent, because many people picked up new cars following the May 8 hailstorm. There’s a fair amount volatility in the economy, as the closure of Colorado Mills demonstrated, so Dorr is conservatively forecasting a 3 percent rate of economic growth for 2018. Personnel is the big expense for the city since, as Dorr explained, Lakewood is a services organization. “It’s our people — police officers, dispatchers, accountants, engineers, you name it,” he said. “We don’t make anything, so all the supplies

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we spend money on go to helping personnel with their jobs.” Mills closure will be a blow The May hailstorm that devastated the Colorado Mills mall, forcing it to remain closed for repairs, is also having a dampening effect on Lakewood’s budget. Taxes from sales at the mall contributed to about 6 percent of Lakewood’s general fund, Dorr said, which means its closing will cost the city. Last year the mall contributed about $7.12 million in sales taxes to the general fund. “We wouldn’t be fiscally responsible if we weren’t mindful of the mall’s closure,” he said. “We’re forecasting a $2.7 million reduction because of the Mills closure, and very hopeful it’s going to hit its November reopen date.” Businesses on the mall’s east side that have opened so far all have external entrances, like Target, the Yard House, JumpStreet and UA Colorado Mills Stadium 16. For years, Lakewood has been careful about its reserves, which Dorr noted will help with the loss of income coming from the Mills. Amazon Prime reflecting new way to shop For years, Dorr was a big advocate for Lakewood becoming a home to a club- or membership-driven big box store, like Costco or Sam’s Club. But he’s changed his mind, with the advent of Amazon Prime. “There are more Americans with an Amazon Prime membership than a Costco membership,” Dorr said. “That is impacting the way people shop, the way they participate with retail, and how much traffic there is on the road.” Amazon Prime is a membership program, much like Costco, but it has the convenience factor, with all the goods being delivered to a shoppers’ home for an annual, or monthly, fee. Last year, Amazon licensed with Lakewood, so all the deliveries from

the company to residents are subject to sales tax. So, in some cases, more residents in the city could be a boon, because many will be using Amazon Prime, and those deliveries will bring in sales tax. “If you’re an economic developer and planner, this is really impacting your world because it’s changing how people participate in retail,” Dorr added. “More and more people are buying things at home instead of out in public. We’ll have to think about this more and more in the future.” New project to better living Contained in the budget are some projects Dorr hopes Lakewood residents will be excited about. “We have some projects that are going to be used and enjoyed for many years,” he said. One is more sidewalks, a basic but crucial amenity that are still lacking in many parts of the city. Areas in particular that will be tackled in 2018 are 13th and Lamar and the W Line path from Garrison Station to Estes Street, said Jay Hutchison, Lakewood’s public works director. Residents can also look forward to an update to the Glennon Heights Pool Building, which was built in 1964, and hasn’t received any significant renovation since. As Kit Newland, community resources director, explained it, the plan is to tear the locker room building down and build a new one. “It will be ADA accessible, which it currently isn’t,” Newland said. “We’re also looking to take out the baby pool and replace it with a spray amenity, which will be really nice for the community.” Possible return of Fourth of July event One exciting feature in the 2018 budget is the possibility of Lakewood hosting a Fourth of July event again. The city used to play host to Lakewood on Parade on the holiday, but years of drought conditions and struggles to find volunteers caused the annual event to be canceled indefinitely in 2013. Since then, the city has had an $8,000 sponsorship for the Bandimere Speedway event. Staff will look at the feasibility of an evening event, with fireworks but no games, music, entertainment or concessions, which would cost about $75,000, and a full-day event with all the aforementioned activities, for an estimated $144,000. “There are so many other Fourth of July events in surrounding communities, which makes it a challenge,” Dorr said. “It is a wonderful time of year, so it’s worth discussing.”

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September 28, 2017 The Frank DeAngelis Center for Community Safety is located at the Martensen Elementary School building in Wheat Ridge. SHANNA FORTIER

CALM AFTER THE STORM

Jeffco hopes for better funding for school safety training facility The Frank DeAngelis Center trains for active shooter situations and crisis prevention

COLORADO SCHOOL SHOOTINGS 1982: Deer Creek Middle School, Jeffco Public Schools 1999: Columbine High School, Jeffco Public Schools 2002: Community College of Aurora

2007: Youth with a Mission Christian Center, Arvada 2010: Deer Creek Middle School, Jeffco Public Schools 2013: Arapahoe High School, Littleton Public Schools 2016: East High School, Pueblo In total, 19 dead and 29 wounded.

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enhance what we already have,” Bell said at the Board of Education study session Sept. 21. To do this, he said they are looking to government agencies like the FBI and homeland security. “We’re not going out and competing with fundraisers at the schools,” Bell said. “we’re going elephant hunting, for lack of a better term.” Bell said he has already had discussions with state and federal agencies in and out of law enforcement as well as two state universities who are interested in developing training programs at the center with their criminology curriculum. McDonald said this school year has started out with more significant lockdowns in Jeffco schools than he has seen in his tenure. Incidents range from a missing five-year-old to a man with a knife on campus. Last week, a suspicious person brought a gun into Bear Creek High School, McDonald said, but campus security was able to stop him. “We are seeing an increase in security and emergency management needs and we’re not alone, we’re seeing this throughout the country,” McDonald said. “The training we’re doing at the DeAngelis center helps us every single day we’re responding to critical events.”

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In the six months since the Frank DeAngelis Center for Community Safety opened, over 4,000 officer from 34 law enforcement agencies have trained there. Named after former Columbine High Principal Frank DeAngelis, the center is located at the Martensen Elementary School building in Wheat Ridge. Martensen opened in 1954 and closed to students in 2011. The school site has since been transformed into the first of its kind in the country: a training facility for local law enforcement and other first responders preparing for active shooter situations and crisis prevention in a school environment. “It’s a pretty extraordinary facility,” said Jefferson County Public Schools board of education member Brad Rupert. “It honors Frank very well as an important and honored leader in crisis in our district. I think it honors those who lost their lives at Columbine, it honors our commitment to the safety of our students and our staff, and it honors the partnership that we do have with our resource officers who provide a great service to us at no cost to the district.” The district currently offers the site at no cost to local law enforcement, and has also partnered with other area school districts including Denver, Aurora and Adams 12 Five Star to offer training. But John McDonald, Jeffco’s executive director of safety, security and emergency management, and Steve Bell, chief operating officer for the district, have plans to enhance the center’s financial situation in the years to come. One way of doing that is to create a nonprofit to achieve sustainable funding, said Jeffco Superintendent Jason Glass. “We want to move it forward and

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Green Mountain placed third in the 3A division of the Jeffco Marching Band Festival.

PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER

Jeffco marching bands take the field D’Evelyn, Conifer, Bear Creek and Lakewood earn first place finishes BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Nerves were high, but so was musicality as 15 Jefferson County high school marching bands took the field for their first performance of the season at the Jeffco Marching Band Festival held Sept. 19 at Jeffco Stadium. Lakewood High School took first palace in the 5A division, which is home to bands from schools with the largest student population. “It’s not about the award,” said Andrew Komitor, junior. “But I think it’s great to show how much time we put into it.” Likewise, Lakewood High Drum Major Anna Hirschmann said winning the first competition of the season is a good benchmark to set for the season. Other first place winners from the night were Bear Creek (4A), Conifer (3A) and D’Evelyn (2A). Most schools will compete in five competitions throughout the season,

AND THE WINNERS ARE… 2A First — D’Evelyn Second — Arvada Third — Alameda

First — Conifer Second — Evergreen Third — Green Mountain Fourth — Standley Lake

First — Bear Creek Second — Dakota Ridge Third — Columbine Fourth — Pomona

First — Lakewood Second — Chatfield Third — Ralston Valley Fourth — Arvada West

and one additional performance if they make it to the state competition. Cory Goshhorn, band director at Arvada High School, said that he likes SEE HOLIDAYS, P13

Drum Major Alyssa Banister leads the Bear Creek band Sept. 19 in their first competition of the season.

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to bring his band to competitions to get feedback from judges to make their show the best it can be. “We are one of the smaller bands, but we do a lot of band camp before school even starts,” Goshhorn said. Arvada is in the 2A division, the smallest of Tuesday nights competition. “My mantra with my students is that we’re out here to perform the best possible show we can.”

Arvada senior Wesley Moore said he’s looking forward to performing the rest of the season. But of of all, he’s looking forward to the community he gets by being in marching band. “It’s a community that’s really strong,” Moore said. “The students in marching band are bound like no other program. I’m looking forward to support from our band to other bands and from other bands to us. There is sometimes petty rivalries between high schools but this year, we’re going to try to end that and have the entire Jeffco area support each other and lift each other up.”

Bear Creek placed first in the 4A division at the Jeffco Marching Band Festival.

The Lakewood High School marching band placed first in the 5A division of the Jeffco Marching Band Festival. PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER The D’Evelyn band’s show title was Villainesque.

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Mental-wellness innovators reunite with investors Community First Foundation eager to work with next batch of organizations

HOW TO PARTICIPATE The Community First Foundation is preparing to take applications for untested organizations as part of its second Innovators Society Pitch Showdown. The theme for organizations this time will be reducing the stigma around mental health and wellness.

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

To learn more about submitting a proposal, email Atencio at natencio@communityfirstfoundation.org.

What a difference a year makes. Just ask the six organizations that a year ago received a share of $500,000 in grants from the Community First Foundation in its first Innovators Society Pitch Showdown. In the ensuing 12 months, Project Helping has recruited 37 new event leaders to help host volunteer events that improve mental wellness of all involved. Clayton Early Learning recruited seven teachers into its Embrace program, which helps to build teachers’ emotional wellness through mindfulness and coaching. Bright By Three signed up about 8,000 Coloradoans to its text program, which sends helpful messages and information to new and struggling parents. CU-Denver School of Public Affairs’ Patient-Centered Network reached 90 percent programmed on its patientfocused app that analyzes a patient’s social support network data and pro-

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Sky-high rents squeeze long-time residents Housing prices put the hurt on workforce

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Mary Ann Parker can’t talk about her apartment search without crying. The 58-year-old on disability rents a room in a house in Commerce City for - $750 a month, which eats up most of her $840 a month disability check. She longs to live closer to her daughter and her newborn grandchild in Castle Rock, but after months of searching, she’s discouraged. “I can’t even afford to put in application fees,” Parker said. “I can’t part with $50 for every place, just to be turned down over and over. And first and last month’s rent and a security deposit after that? It’s just impossible.” Parker has moved several times over the last few years, chasing cheap rents that keep creeping up. She narrowly missed a slot in a south metro housing authority when a change-of-address form didn’t go through, and she missed the notification. She’s been trying to apply to other housing authority boards around the metro area, but most aren’t accepting new applicants because the waiting lists are already years long. Things are tense with the other

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alcolm Gladwell wrote in his seminal work on the decision-making process “Blink” about a marriage therapist named John Gottman who can, remarkably, predict with 91 percent accuracy a marriage’s chance of ending in a divorce after observing a couple for only five minutes. In his research, Gottman has identified the number one behavioral trigger that predicts marital failure: contempt. When one or both partners display contempt for the other — eye rolls, vicious sarcasm, name-calling — it demonstrates a lack of respect for the other that is fatal to the marriage. I couldn’t help but remember this nugget from Gladwell as I was watching football this weekend. Or, to be more specific, as I was watch-

ing the pre-game antics of the players and our President before the Sunday NFL games. President Trump just doesn’t seem to be able to help himself — he has an almost pathological need to voice his (frequently poorly-thoughtout) opinions on any and every issue, usually through his Twitter feed. The issue of NFL players protesting the National Anthem was almost a dead issue — it really hadn’t been a major deal this year. But, for some reason, the President felt the need to amp the issue back up again last week, taking an issue that had been a marginally good one for him and turning it into a major loser for him by going way over the top (whodathunk?) and calling the players SOB’s. And, of course, in response, the NFL players multiplied their protest on Sunday. In one hilarious episode, teams playing a game in London

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Athens, Sparta, or worse? Will the proposed 4th of July military parade in D.C. reported today emulate those of the old Soviet Union and the present N. Korea with ranks of goose stepping soldiers, battalions of tanks, and ranks of towed missiles; or those of ancient Rome complete with newly captured slaves, booty, and chained foreign potentates? Who will be privileged to join our President for it, atop the newly erected reviewing stand?

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knelt for the American National Anthem but stood respectfully for “God Save the Queen;” members of three teams decided to remain in the locker room for the entirety of the National Anthem; and many players — including 25 of our Denver Broncos — knelt or sat during the Anthem. And, to many, there is no doubt that that feels like massive disrespect. Oddly, one member of the Pittsburgh Steelers blew off the rest of his team and stood proudly on the field, with his hand over his heart. Perhaps that’s because he — Alejandro Villanueva — is an Army Ranger who served three tours in Afghanistan and sent brothers home in boxes draped in those flags that others refused to stand for.

An angel of an angler at Crown Hill Lake

few years ago I had a bicycle accident. When the accident happened it was getting dark WIT AND GRIT and I was returning from Crown Hill Lake. I was pushing the safety envelope because night was falling and the roads were Mary McFerren slick from rain. In the Stobie dark, I saw headlights coming down the hill toward me and I hit the brakes on my bike hard. I flew over the handlebars and landed on my shoulder. After wearing a sling for six weeks and much rehab, I took up walking. I didn’t ride my bike much. Actually for this last year I didn’t ride at all. But the other night I decided to ride to Crown Hill Lake. The only thing I took with me was small cross-body purse containing a twenty dollar bill and my cell phone.

The ride started out well. It felt great to be on the bike again. and After crossing Wadsworth, I made it up the long path past the cemetery to Crown Hill Lake. As I rode halfway around the lake I saw a man and a woman carrying fishing poles. “Did you catch anything?” I asked. “We haven’t started yet,” they said. “Good luck.” I rode off around the west end of the lake and suddenly the wind came up. The gusts were strong enough to make me picture myself lifted up into the sky. As I headed east along the lake the wind resistance was intense. I pedaled harder and harder. Just as I had finished circling the lake and was ready to start down the path home, my cell phone rang. I stopped my bike by a bench and reached in my purse and answered my phone. “Do you want me to heat up the casserole?” my husband asked. We talked a moment but the wind was blowing so

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What do you do that’s life-giving?

ife-giving actions and efforts provide meaning to our lives. They further our long-term goals and/or relationships, they feel energizing and exciting, they’re SOUND regenerative or ADVICE they’re simply fun to engage in. There’s several types of life-giving activities. First, there’s the literal: giving birth or saving someone’s life. Second, there’s the figurative: extremely engaged, Neil Rosenthal helpful or generous people doing whatever they can to help other people, animals and/or the planet to survive and thrive. Finally, there’s the personal: engaging in activities, interests or relationships that revitalize you and replenish your mind, body, spirit, life goals, desires or hopes. This article is going to focus on the personal. The following is a set of suggestions for how you can create more life-giving behaviors for yourself and for those relationships that matter most in your life: • What gives you a sense of purpose? What new challenges or interests might you add to your life? To find a greater sense of purpose, make a list of everything you would like to accomplish or experience before you die, create a plan for making those intentions and wishes occur—and then follow through with those plans. • Let other people in, and permit yourself to feel vitally attached and engaged with them. And when conflicts or issues arise, as they inevitably will, proactively engage in conflict reducing and repair oriented communication or behaviors to clean those issues up. This requires you to hear someone else’s hurt or displeasure without responding with anger, mistrust, withdrawal or defensiveness. To do this means that other

people will not feel as if they have to walk on eggshells around you. Eggshells diminish how close you will allow someone to get to you. • Engage in creative self-expression. It allows you to convey yourself in ways that are uniquely you. • Bounce back from disappointments, failures, losses or medical challenges, and learn how to wisely and successfully handle adversity or loss. This is commonly called resilience. • Affection keeps people feeling close with each other. Keep your primary relationship affectionate, or the relationship will grow more distant. Fun knocks people out of despair, and it makes you feel alive. Do you take time to have fun? • Take good physical care of yourself, which includes eating healthy, exercising, going for appropriate medical checkups and doing other self-care activities that keep your mind, body and spirit vital. • Develop the capacity to both give and receive love—and do not withdraw or push love away when it is offered to you. • Expand yourself, by experimenting with new things to see if they might fit. It could include you trying new foods, or exploring a new interest, learning a new skill, refining an old skill or looking to better yourself. • Get assistance in cleaning up low self-esteem issues, so you are better able to believe in yourself, trust yourself, like yourself and accept yourself. • What changes would you like to make regarding love in your life? Regarding money? Adventure? Romance? Work? Friends? Family? Health? Sex?

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heck of a fisherman!” It was the same lady who I had spoke to earlier when she was walking with a man, both carrying fishing poles. When I asked if they had caught anything, I now knew she surely did catch one thing. She could have kept the money, or it could have sunk into the lake, blown by the wind. The event enchanted me. I was impressed with her fishing ability, kindness and generosity. I rode home in the rain with my clothes and hair getting wet under my helmet. The temperature was warm enough I didn’t get cold. I felt exhilarated from the ride and the surprise experience with the blowing money and the “lake angel.”

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hard I could barely hear him. I slipped my phone back in my purse. I checked inside the purse for the twenty dollar bill found the purse empty. I tried again feeling in all the possible nooks and crannies. Nothing. Now the wind was gusting stronger and it was starting to rain. Was my memory that bad? I was sure I had put the bill in my purse. A woman came directly up from the lake shore holding something. It was a twenty dollar bill. “Did you lose this?” she asked. Surprised, my mouth dropped open. “Yes. It must have blown out of my purse when I took out my phone” . She handed me my very wet twenty. “I fished it out of the lake.” She said. We both laughed. “Thank you, thank you,” I said astonished. “You are an angel. And a

Neil Rosenthal is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Westminster and Boulder. He is the author of the bestselling book Love, Sex, and Staying Warm: Creating a Vital Relationship. Contact him at 303-758-8777 or visit neilrosenthal.com.

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I would hate to hear Mr. Gottman’s conclusions about the future of the American marriage after these “five minutes.” Let’s see: name calling? check. Sneering? check. Hostile humor? check. Vicious sarcasm? check. And if you’re wondering why the last two got checks, you obviously didn’t watch any late night television last week. To quote Josh Lyman of “The West Wing”: “there may not be anything anymore that outpaces the hatred the right feels for the left of the tonnage of disrespect the left feels for the right.” Fifteen years after that line was written, it hasn’t gotten any better. Yes, the Right holds the Left in contempt — the effete, latte-sipping, coastal elites who want nothing more than to take your hard work, your creativity, and your success and use the

fruits of them to pay for free everything but your protection, as long as it is sanctioned by the United Nations. And yes, the Left holds the Right (and most of American history) in contempt — the misogynistic, guntoting Bible-thumping Neanderthals who want your children to die from a head cold and want to throw Grandma off a cliff. And yes, nearly everybody and Donald Trump hold each other in mutual contempt. I’ve written before that I thought this country was headed for a divorce, but I’ve never seen it blow up in such a dramatic fashion. Just when Hurricane Harvey reminded us of our very best selves, we go right back down the rabbit hole. But, hey, at least we have this: the Rockies are two games up with six to go for the last playoff spot. United in Purple! Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com

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‘When it comes to injuries, listen to your body’

West Metro Fire Rescue’s EMTs and paramedics familiarize themselves with the latest equipment and gear football players use during an Aug. 18 training session. The fire department worked with emergency room doctors from St. Anthony Hospital to help prepare for responding to injuries commonly seen during football season. CHRISTY STEADMAN

Experts share sports injury prevention advice BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

efore entering her career, Julie Nickoley’s studies at Metro State required her to get clinical hours at different colleges and high schools across Colorado, where she worked with a professional to get on-thejob training. During these clinical hours, she diagnosed the first of three broken necks she has seen throughout her career as an athletic trainer. The college football player was hit hard in the first quarter of the game, she said, but didn’t tell anyone about his neck pain. Then, he got hit again in the fourth quarter and finally pulled himself out of the game. “He basically played the entire game with a broken neck,” said Nickoley, who is now the head athletic trainer for the Colorado Storm, a statewide youth soccer association.

5 TIPS TO AVOID SPORTS INJURIES • Get the gear. For any sport, the proper gear and protective equipment can protect athletes from injuries. • Condition and stretch. Make sure your entire body is conditioned — not just the muscles being used in the particular sport or training.

week, it’s important to take some time off from training. • Educate yourself. Coaches, athletic trainers and other sports medicine professionals are always happy to have conversations with athletes and provide advice.

• Take a break. Even if it’s only one day a

Sources: Julie Nickoley, athletic trainer for Colorado Storm, and Heidi Christensen, medical director of Primary Care Sports Medicine for Centura Health

This particular athlete — Nickoley wouldn’t identify him by name or which college he played for — was very lucky, she added. He wasn’t paralyzed and the spinal cord wasn’t damaged. From bruises to broken bones, even the most experienced athletes are prone to injury. But there is some preventative advice out there. First and foremost, it’s important to take care of your body, Nickoley said. “The biggest thing I see with successful athletes is how they take care of their bodies,” she said. But “you don’t have to be a competitive athlete or have a background in

sports to take care of your body.” Nutrition and exercise are important for everyone’s health, Nickoley said. Whether it be taking a walk in your neighborhood or going to the local rec center for a swim, everyone should get their heart rate up for at least 30 minutes a day. Active people have lower rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes and even some emotional problems such as depression and anxiety, said Heidi Christensen, medical director of Primary Care Sports Medicine for Centura Health. And for younger people, playing sports can help with self-esteem and

• Play safe. Avoid reckless play and follow the rules when playing sports.

socialization. “Injuries can happen, but being active and playing sports outweigh the risks,” Christensen said. “As long as you don’t play or exercise beyond your personal capabilities, you can help safeguard against injuries.” When injuries happen West Metro Fire Rescue’s EMTs and paramedics started a threeweek training session on Aug. 18, during which about 280 people worked with emergency room doctors from St. Anthony Hospital to help prepare for responding to injuries commonly seen during football season. The training focused on new procedures in preparing injured players for the emergency room and/or potential surgeries, and familiarizing themselves with the latest equipment and gear football players use. “We’re finding that as the equipment changes, so must our practice,” said Mike Binney, the fire department’s EMS training lieutenant. “In the metro area, we SEE INJURIES, P13

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Siegel celebrates 30 years of keyboard conversations at Arvada Center LINER NOTES

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t seems like everybody took a piano lesson or two in their lives. I did for years, learning how to play some of my favorite Vince Guaraldi “Peanuts” songs, as well as the piano versions of some of my favorite pop songs at the time — stuff like the Dave Matthews Band. As with everything, it all comes down to having a great teacher. I certainly did. And for the past 30 years, Jeffrey Siegel has served as a proxy piano teacher to hundreds who came to his Keyboard Conversations at the Arvada Center. But instead of teaching how to play, he gives audiences a window into classical music and composers. “Thirty years is a milestone in this disposable society,” Siegel said with a laugh. “They haven’t disposed of me yet.” An internationally known pianist, Siegel has been a soloist with many of the world’s top orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Moscow State Symphony, Munich’s Bayerischer Rundfunk, and the Amsterdam, Oslo and Stockholm Philharmonic. Siegel kicks off his 30th season at the center on Oct. 4 with a focus on Leonard Bernstein, and will be hosting programs on music inspired by the night, storytelling through music, and the repertoire of masters like Beethoven, Liszt and Prokofiev during the season. But it’s not only about the performances for Siegel. It’s about the whole picture. He

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want to be prepared for whatever we have to show up to.” It might not always require a trip to the emergency room, Christensen said, it is always important to get a proper diagnosis from somebody who is professionally trained to do so that that treatment or rehab can start right away. But “it’s not just about treating the injury to get the clear to return to the sport,” Christensen added. “It’s getting the proper tools to prevent a recurring injury.” Too many people get right back into the sport as soon as the pain

answers audiences’ questions, gives history and context to composers, pieces and musical eras, and shares stories. Think of it as a one-off music education class. I know I always find more in a piece of music, classical or otherwise, if I know what the musician intended, or was experiencing at the time. “Sometimes people have very specific questions, but often they’re happily general,” Siegel said. “So many would like the opportunity to ask a question of the performer on stage, but that opportunity never happens.” Classical music can be particularly intimidating for the uninitiated, which is why this guided approach is so effective for Siegel. And it has led to some of his favorite memories at the Center, like when students, who normally wouldn’t be the interested in classical, came backstage to share how much the music moved them. “I was so touched the music brought them backstage,” Siegel remembers. “Classical music can be like water on the desert. Even if a person isn’t a sophisticated concert goer, the music still gets through to them.” The interaction with his audience is what has kept Siegel coming back for three decades, as is knowing he’s giving people an entry-point to a genre that is all about humanity. And in an age of digitalization when everyone has their eyes on a screen, that matters. “We’re living today in the most robotic society ever. For a thinking, feeling person, there’s a greater need for something that

goes away, but this puts that person at a higher risk of reinjuring themselves, Christensen said. People tend to sustain serious injuries because they pushed themselves above and beyond what they were conditioned for, Christensen said. Whether you’re recovering from an injury, just becoming more active or beginning to train for a new sport, “it’s always a good rule of thumb to increase the level of activity gradually,” Christensen said. But because athletes typically love their sport, they will often push the limits, Nickoley said. “They love what they’re doing. They’ll do whatever they can to keep playing,” she said. “And the body can handle a lot. But especially when it comes to injuries, listen to your body.” Youth with Colorado Storm, a statewide youth soccer association, practice their sport. Experts say that injuries while playing sports can happen, but being active outweighs the risks. COURTESY PHOTO

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Hiss Golden Messenger’s “Hallelujah Anyhow,” released on Merge Records. Review: Sometimes when a musician is too prolific, I worry that it’s a sign they’re running out of good ideas, and just releasing anything they can. That’s not the case with Hiss Golden Messenger, whose latest effort comes out just a year after 2016’s fantastic “Heart Like a Levee.” “Hallelujah Anyhow” is leaner than that album, but it’s also more focused, catchier and wryer. I can’t get enough of the group, and can’t wait to see if he pulls a threepeat next year. Favorite song: “Jenny of the Roses” Best song with “domino” in the title since Van Morrison: “ Domino (Time Will Tell) “ really touches one, moves one, that cannot be gotten off a screen,” he said. “It’s about, as Bernstein called it, the ‘transformative power of music.’ It’s more necessary than ever before.” Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he would totally sign on for a Keyboard Conversation on Vince Guaraldi. Check out his music blog at calmacil20. blogspot.com. And share how you got into classical music at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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New university is for parents, community STAFF REPORT

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learn more about how they work.” Jeffco University classes begin in October and continue monthly through February. Sessions run from 5:30-8:30 p.m. one Wednesday each month at different Jeffco Public Schools locations. Topics and dates are: Public Education Today, Oct. 18; The

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September 28, 2017

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It’s homecoming weekend for Colorado School of Mines. The homecoming parade and football game are Sept. 30. The parade begins at 9 a.m. on Illinois Street, between 18th and Clear Creek. The game begins at noon at Marv Kay Stadium, 1250 12th St., in Golden. The Orediggers will take on Fort Lewis College. Tailgate before the game starting at 10 a.m.

Among the other festivities are the Oredigger Challenge at 4 p.m. and the bonfire and pep rally at 8 p.m. Sept. 29. In addition, Vanic performs at 7 p.m. Sept. 30. Ticketing and other information are available at www. minesactivitiescouncil.com. Homecoming is also alumni weekend. For information about class reunion celebrations and dinners, go to www. minesalumni.com.

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Adventures at Crescent Point 1940s Radio Show Murder Mystery: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29-30 at Colorado ACTS Theater, 11455 W. Interstate 70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. The men are gone to war, but the show must go on … on the radio. Dinner reservations required; call 303-456-6772. Can buy tickets for show only, or for dinner and show. Go to www. coloradoacts.org. Les Liaison Dangereuses: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 1 p.m. Sundays at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Additional shows at 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1 and Oct. 8. French aristocrats use seduction as the ultimate game, with tragic results. Call 303-935-3044 or go to minersalley.com. For mature audiences; recommended for ages 18 and older.

ART/FILM

Quilt Show: Friday, Oct. 6 to Sunday, Oct. 8 at Echter’s Nursery & Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-215-9001 or email rmqm@rmqm.org. Street Font and Funk: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 15 at Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden. Denver artist Jolt’s style encompasses abstract expressionism, illustrative characters, vibrant colors and massive wall murals. Go to http://www. foothillsartcenter.org/current/

EVENTS

Coffee and Conversation: 8-9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 28 at La Dolce Vita, Olde Town Arvada. No meetings in November and December. Meet with Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp. Go to www.Tracyforstaterep.com. Walking Tour: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 at the Golden History Center, 923 10th St., Golden. Historian Ed Weising leads visitors through Colorado School of Mines. Go to http://www. goldenhistory. org/event/colorado-school-ofmines-walkingtour/?instance_ id=195 Wild Night for Wildlife: 5:309:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29 at UCAR Event Center, 3080 Center Green Drive, Boulder. Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center fundraiser includes silent auction and buffet dinner with open bar (beer and wine). Go to http://

Star Wars Scavenger Hunt: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

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A Chorus Line: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 1 p.m. Wednesday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 1 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Show kicks off the Arvada Center’s 42nd season. Call 720-898-7200 or go to www. arvadacenter.org for tickets and information.

A Delicate Balance: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday from Friday, Oct. 6 to Sunday, Nov. 5 at The Edge Theater Company, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Neighbors and a nameless fear upset the household of a suburban couple. Additional show at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23. Tickets available at 303-232-0363 or online at www.theedgetheater.com.

Renewable Energy Updates: 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 at Golden Community Center, 1470 10th St., Golden. Panel discussion on local efforts toward sustainable communities and focused on renewable energy. Presented by the League of Women Voters. Contact 303-268-0032 or info@lwvjeffco. org, or go to www.lwvjeffco.org.

Exhibition in Stone: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday through Oct. 15 at the Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden. Artists Chris Herald, Bill Gee and Susan Judy bring their experiences in geology and art to inform their use of stone. Go to http://www.foothillsartcenter. org/current/

Rocky Flats Rally: 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Colorado State Capitol, Denver. Wes McKinley, foreman of the grand jury that investigated environmental lawbreaking at Rocky Flats, and Kristen Iversen, author of “Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Shadow of Rocky Flats” will attend. Speakers begin at 1 p.m. Rally ends with an Encirclement Remembrance.

www.greenwoodwildlife.org/ news-events/events/wild-nightfor-wildlife-2017/ for tickets and information. Proceeds benefit the orphaned, injured and sick wildlife in Colorado. Stuffed Animal Sleepover: Friday, Sept. 29 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Storytime at 4 p.m., then tuck animals in before leaving them for a sleepover at the library. For ages 4 and older. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org. Beautiful Junk Sale: 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave., Golden. Benefits the Action Center. Go to http://theactioncenterco.org/ about-us/special-events/ High Holy Days Services: through Saturday, Sept. 30 at B’nai Chaim, 4716 S. Coors Lane, Morrison, near C-470 and Quincy. Yom Kippur evening, Kol Nidre, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29. Yom Kippur, 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30. Go to www. bnaichaim.org for ticket reservations, memory book, and contacts, or call 303-697-2668. Jewish High Holidays: through Saturday, Sept. 30 at Congregation Beth Evergreen, 2981 Bergen Peak Drive, Evergreen. Celebrate the Jewish New Year in the foothills. Free to attend, RSVPs requested, all are welcome. Family programming available. For more information or to RSVP, call

303-670-4294 or go to bethevergreen.org/highholidays. Now I See You, Now I Don’t: 10:30-11:15 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Majestic View Nature Center. For ages 3-6 years. Explore one of nature’s greatest defenses - camouflage. Taught by Charlotte Sandkuhler. Sign up at www. arvada.org/nature. Lego Play and Build: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada; and 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. All ages. Legos provided. Call 303235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org. Making Tough Decisions: noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field St., Arvada. Some decisions are easier than others. When it comes to the really hard ones, how do you find the right answer? Discuss it with us. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@ peacelutheran.net. Book Group: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Book is “One Second After,” by William R. Forstchen. For adults. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org. Book Group: 1-2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Book

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is “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane” by Lisa See. For adults. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org. Blessing of the Animals: 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church, 13151 W. 28th Ave., Golden. Short outdoor service; animals must be on leashes or in carriers. Go to www.stjohngolden.org.

Book Signing: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at Barnes & Noble Denver West Village, 14347 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. Lakewoodborn author Alice Longaker will sign her debut novel, “Wren.” Go to www.facebook.com/alicelongakercolorado. A Pilot Remembers the Cold War: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. U.S. Navy Commander (ret.) Don Stanton piloted military jets during the Cold War; he shares his experience and perspective. For adults. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org. Festival of Scarecrows: 1:15-2:15 p.m. Oct. 7 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Scarecrow stories, craft, costumes. Call 303235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

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.

HEALTH

Walk for Freshwater: 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Golden High School, 701 24th St., Golden. Help bring fresh water to Malawi, Africa. Go to http://www.freshwaterintl.org/walk-for-freshwater-2017/ Arvada Safety Fair: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at the Arvada Fire Safety Training Center, 6651 Indiana St., Arvada. Emergency preparedness information, fire truck pull, games and visits with emergency response personnel. Low-cost vaccination clinic. Go to www.arvadafire.com or www.shotsfortotsandteens. org. Memory Café: 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. A welcoming place for people living with memory loss and their caregivers. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org. Cool Duo 5K: 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7 at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School, 3900 Pierce St., Wheat Ridge. Celebrate health while raising money for the school. Online registration open through Friday, Sept. 29; race-day registration opens at 7 a.m. First 100 people to register get a race T-shirt. After the race, enjoy a craft fair, food truck and other festivities. Go to www.coolduo5k.com.

EDUCATION

Tech-tober: 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 (intro to computers); Oct. 11 (Word basics); Oct. 18 (intro to the Internet); Oct. 25 (online searching) at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org. College Admissions, SAT: 6:307:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Hear from college admission experts. For teens and adults. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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September 28, 2017

Looking forward in Lakewood New civic organization strives for optimism BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There’s a lot of talk in Lakewood that feels pessimistic. Residents are concerned about overcrowding, open space disappearing, and the character of neighborhoods being changed. But if one asks the residents behind Lakewood Forward, a new nonprofit civic organization, citizens have a lot to be excited about ahead. “We’re going for the Abraham Lincoln saying, ‘the best way to predict your future is to create it,’” said George Valuck, one of the board members of the group. “We’re focus-

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trends. An influx of people lured by a healthy job market have strained the capacity of the construction industry and pushed people like Parker to the margins. “It’s basically two camps: The first is those that have moved here from somewhere else, many times with a job, many times from a more expensive market,” said Ron Throupe, the author of the quarterly Denver Metro Apartment Vacancy and Rent report and a professor at the University of Denver. “For them, the prices are not much of a burden. “But those that have been here a long time, they’re living on the economy they grew from, and they’re on different footing than those inmigrating. They’re the ones feeling the pressures.” ‘People won’t want to stay’ The median rent in the Denver metro area was $1,377 in the second quarter, according to Throupe’s report, and builders can’t cut the ribbon on new apartments fast enough. More than 11,000 new apartments came online last year, and 10,000 more opened in the first half of 2017. Vacancy rates remain low, around 5 percent. Colorado’s population continues to grow by roughly 10,000

ing on making Lakewood livable and lovable.” The motive behind the formation of Lakewood Forward was a collective desire to take a more optimistic look at the city’s future, and working in a grassroots way to support positive projects. One of the key goals is to be an information source for residents, in a nonpartisan way, said Sandie Weathers, another Lakewood Forward board member. “Lakewood’s residents and businesses deserve responsible analysis of the facts before making decisions vital to our community’s future,” said Julian Kahn, a third board member. “Those decisions that affect both the present and the future of Lakewood should be thoughtfully studied, discussed and acted on by the community at-large.”

In addition to providing information for residents, the organization will also work to detail volunteer opportunities across the city. “We want to be a way to connect the dots for people over what they’re passionate about,” Weathers said. “For me, its sustainability, and that led me to create my own nonprofit, Zero Waste Services. We’re always looking for ways to get more involved.” The group will rely on membership fees and grants from both individuals and organizations, and it will be managed by an advisory board. In addition to Valuck, Kahn and Weathers, founding board members also include Irene Griego, Ted Heyd, Carrie Mesch, Tom Murray, Sally Reed, and Doug Whitten. All members of the board are unpaid, and serve on a volunteer basis.

people a month, with the overwhelming majority settling along the Front Range. Skyrocketing housing prices have many young people looking elsewhere to start a family, said Sydney Bennet, a researcher with Apartment List. A recent study by the company found that two-thirds of Denver renters want to settle down somewhere else. “If these cost trends continue, people won’t want to stay,” Bennet said. “People from San Jose, San Francisco or New York move here because it’s comparatively more affordable. But for people who have lived here for 20 or 30 years, it’s unprecedented. You have a lot of strain on lower- and middle-income families who have never had to spend so much toward housing.” Bennet said eventually the trends are likely to flatten out some, with in-migration slowing and apartment construction catching up, but prices aren’t likely to come down. That’s because the vast majority of new rental stock is high-end, Throupe said, with few builders bothering with workforce housing. That leaves low-income earners with little wiggle room, and even exerts upward pressure on the rents on mid-range apartments. A shortage of starter homes has meant many people can’t make the jump from renting to owning, Throupe said, after the recession

knocked many custom home builders out of business and with tract home builders only now back in full swing. What’s the solution? One barrier to making the jump has been unintended consequences of Colorado’s decade-old construction defects law, which allowed as few as two owners in a condominium development to file class-action lawsuits against developers and builders for defective units for years after they were completed, said Republican state Sen. Jack Tate, who represents District 27, covering a swath of the southeast metro area, including Centennial and parts of Aurora. Tate said the law meant that nearly all condo builders in the state were mired in excessive litigation, and made builders gun-shy about building more condos when apartments were much lower risk. Condos are generally considered a starting point for new homeowners because of their lower cost than single-family homes. Tate said the law meant that condos went from 20 percent of the metro area’s new housing stock in 2005 to only 2 percent today. Tate cosponsored a bipartisan reform bill aimed at reducing the law’s impact by upping the class-action requirement to a majority of a condo development’s residents, and narrowing the timeframe to a 90-day election period. The law, signed by Gov. John Hick-

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STAY UP TO DATE The best source of information about Lakewood Forward will be the group’s website, www.lakewoodforward.org. Residents can contact the advisory committee at info@lakewoodforward.org, and follow along on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

The organization plans to hold public meetings in the coming months to get resident input on goals and projects that should be tackled. “There are signs when you come into Lakewood that say we’re building an inclusive community,” Valuck said. “Lakewood has been named an All-America City twice, and we should act like it.”

enlooper in May, took effect in early September. Tate said it’s too soon to know if the law will spur condo development, but he hears optimism among builders. “Homeownership is important,” Tate said “We should not underestimate how critical condominiums are as an entry point for young people and a place for older folks to downsize.” More action on the part of governments may be necessary, said Brad Evans, a former real estate agent turned consultant and self-proclaimed “professional agitator” for smart growth. Evans, who lives in Lakewood, said some cities are turning toward growth restrictions that only send rents and housing prices even higher. He’s fighting a proposal in Lakewood that he said will turn it into “the next Boulder.” “Growth restrictions will murder people,” Evans said. “Tax rates will skyrocket. Granny in her 1960s ranch will be on the hook for a lot more in taxes.” Evans said that both restricting and encouraging sprawl have their drawbacks. “We need intergovernmental agreements on developing workforce housing,” Evans said. “We need a healthy mix of condos, townhomes, single family and for-rent product. We can’t be afraid of change. Instead of battling, how do we collaborate?”

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Local responders tasked with national relief West, South Metro crews help with Irma, Harvey and Western wildfires BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

First responders see a lot of tragedy in their line of work, but Eric Hurst, who recently returned from assisting local emergency services in Orlando, Florida, after Hurricane Irma, described the experience as “especially eye-opening.” “As I drove to Valdosta (Georgia), gas stations were all out of gas… it was a struggle to find fuel or find stores that had food,” said Hurst, public information officer for South Metro Fire Rescue. “Then, heading south on I-75, just seeing the traffic jam of everyone going north and fleeing the storm… it was disaster movie-like,” he said. Colorado Task Force 1, a FEMA-administered group composed of more than 200 members from more than a dozen Colorado departments, spread out across the United States over the last month as Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Harvey and ongoing wildfires in Oregon and California tested the limits of local resources. The force included more than two dozen responders from the West Metro

In Florida, members of Colorado Task Force 1 scour homes and structures damaged by Hurricane Irma to assess the general safety of the area and identify survivors in need of medical services or food and water. COURTESY PHOTO Fire Protection District and South Metro Fire Rescue. Ronda Scholting, public information officer with West Metro, said 11 members of her district went to Texas and Florida. All but four — HAZMAT specialists assisting with potentially dangerous cleanup details — had returned as of Sept. 20, she said. The work takes the crews far from their jurisdictions, but Scholting said it’s what they signed on for. “These crews have gone to the floods in Lyons, they helped (in New York City) after 9/11,” she said. “Their job is to do whatever they’re called on to do.” West Metro search teams combed

through neighborhoods in four small islands in the Florida Keys, using boats they brought with them to search homes and structures and identify survivors in need of medical assistance, food or water. Hurst coordinated law enforcement protection for Urban Search and Rescue teams, who may encounter looter-wary residents, abandoned methamphetamine labs or any number of dangerous circumstances upon entering flood-damaged homes. While those teams headed south and east, other crews from both districts continued to battle wildfires to the west. South Metro recently sent four

firefighters to a 14-day deployment to the Eclipse Complex Fire near Happy Camp, California, replacing another four-person team after their two-week deployment ended. Scholting said West Metro has sent teams to California and Montana this summer, while a four-person crew recently finished work in Oregon fighting the Miller Complex Fire and a team of three responders just completed their 14-day deployment in California. As of Sept. 21, they were all on the road back to Colorado, “but that could change in an hour,” Scholting said. In case any Coloradans worry local resources are being spread thin, Scholting said inter-departmental agreements at the local level ensure each district has the manpower needed to protect itself. The big picture, she said, is cooperation between national and state organizations to serve citizens wherever help is needed. Out-of-state forces came to Colorado to assist when floods struck Lyons in 2013, and they helped battle the Hayman Fire in 2002, as well as other wildfires since. It’s not a question of if Colorado will need the help again, it’s more likely a matter of when. “Everyone does it with the assumption that if we need it, we count on being able to call on federal agencies,” Scholting said. “We may need this help at some point in time.”

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September 28, 2017

‘God is our healer, he heals us’ Faith-based recovery programs tackle substance abuse in metro area BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

David Seller never felt like he fit in with his peers. When he moved to Lakewood from Australia at 7 years old, his classmates made fun of his accent. In high school, his longtime girlfriend suddenly severed their relationship. In college, he went from having a group of friends to having none. His coping mechanism for life’s problems was alcohol. Then, it was methamphetamine. After run-ins with the law and a suicide attempt, Sellar hit rock bottom. So his mom called Teen Challenge — now called 180 Ministries — a faith-based rehab facility for men on South Broadway in Denver. “In everything we do, there is an undercurrent of Jesus,” said Sellar, now 36 and five years sober. “Ultimately, Jesus will change your heart and life.” There is no shortage of faithbased recovery programs in the metro Denver area. Like secular recovery programs, they cater to a nationwide problem that is just as prevalent in Colorado — addiction to drugs or alcohol. Heroin-related deaths in Colorado doubled between 2011 and 2015, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reports. In 2013-14, 7.5 percent of individuals 12 and older in Colorado experienced alcohol dependence or abuse, which is higher than the national rate of 6.5 percent, according to a 2015 study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Research shows that spirituality can help the recovery process. In a study, called “Physicians’ beliefs about faith-based treatments for alcoholism,” published in the U.S. National Library of Medicine, more than 70 percent of a sample of 896 psychiatrists and primary care physicians were likely to consider refer-

ring a patient with alcohol addiction to a faith-based program. More than 80 percent believed that an emphasis on spirituality is critical to the success of a 12-step program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous. The right steps At faith-based programs, religion leads recovery. “God is our healer, he heals us,” said Mary Brewer, founder of Mary’s Hope Sober Homes, which has 15 houses across the Denver metro area, and New Beginnings Recovery Center, an inpatient facility in Littleton. “Once you have that faith planted in your heart, it is god that does the work.” Brewer’s programs accept all walks of life, regardless of religious beliefs. Modern technology is combined with a Christ-based foundation. New Beginnings clients are evaluated using an EEG machine that examines neurotransmitters in the brain to determine if there is a chemical imbalance. Therapy is a combination of group and individual counseling, along with a focus on exercise, music, arts and nutrition. There is a church service on Sunday mornings. K-Love, a Christian radio station, plays on the speaker in the waiting room. The model seems to work: New Beginnings’ success rate is 70 percent and Mary’s Hope Sober Homes is 87 percent, Brewer said. A real estate agent by trade, Brewer said opening her recovery programs 14 years ago was God’s plan. She turned one of her properties into a sober-living home after learning that her employee was struggling with addiction. “God had different desires and plans for my life than what I was doing,” Brewer said. Sellar had similar feelings about God’s presence in his life. He didn’t grow up a Christian. He describes his experience at 180 Ministries as a “beautiful mess.” He wanted to leave on the fifth day and cried everyday for the first four months. But through a rigorous year of work projects, chapel and biblically oriented classes, Sellar said he relearned how to live.

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“It’s a beautiful mix of discipline and love that goes on there,” said Sellar, who is now studying to become a counselor. “People get refined through the fire.” 180 Ministries works with several churches in the area, including Journey Church in Castle Rock, 9009 Clydesdale Road, which is hosting a fundraiser event at 7 p.m. Oct. 21 to raise money for the program. Tickets can be purchased at 180ministries.net/spark. Right now, the facility can house up to 18 men. Director and pastor Scott Stutzman wants to see that number double and the addition of sober living homes for six to eight men. The success rate of the program is 87 percent, he said. “They come in with nothing,” Stutzman said. “They hit rock bottom and are serious about getting their life turned around.” Finding an identity For some, a faith-based recovery program is the only option left. Aaron Dennis joined Step Seven, a recovery community for men based in Parker, after failed attempts with a different program. On the verge of losing everything prior to the program, Dennis hit his 30-day sober mark for the first time in 15 years on Sept. 14. He is in a 90-day program at one of Step Seven’s sober-living homes. He attends weekly group meetings and a Sabbath service on Saturdays. The leadership of the program is what made him want to stay, he said. “I felt safe,” said Dennis, a Parker resident, “and I saw sincerity.” Step Steven leaders have dealt with their own addictions. Executive director Thom Straley used substances for 10 years. He needed a place to stay after a stint in jail, so he moved into a Step Seven home in 2011. The choice allowed him to repair his marriage and start working. “It’s a recovery support group with a whole lot of Bible,” Straley said. “The 90-day process instills character in men who have a hard time finding their identity.” Though each faith-based program is different, many people involved

SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN THE U.S.: BY THE NUMBERS 20.1 million — People ages 12 or older who had a substance abuse disorder in the past year. 15.1 million — People ages 12 or older who had an alcohol use disorder in the past year. 7.4 million — People ages 12 or older who had an illicit drug use disorder in the past year. 21 million — People ages 12 or older who needed substance use treatment — about 1 in 13 people. 1 in 10 — People ages 12 or older who needed substance use treatment who received that treatment at a specialty facility in the past year. Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health

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DACA students rally to renew eligibility, ‘mourn loss of dream’ In wake of program’s end, recipients feel ‘betrayed’ but not surprised

WHAT IS DACA? The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program allows undocumented immigrants to apply for the ability to live and work in the U.S. for renewable periods of two years. It depends upon, in part, if an individual:

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When she was 2 years old, Claudia Hurtado and her sister were taken across the border with people she didn’t know. Separately, her parents crossed from Mexico to Texas, and there, met the people with their children, before coming to Denver to give them “a better future,” said Hurtado, who’s now able to work and live without fear of deportation because of the Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals program. DACA started under President Barack Obama in 2012 when the federal government decided to change how it enforces immigration law. When she was 13, Hurtado heard that her father was deported after taking a bus to visit his father’s grave in Mexico. After he crossed the border to El Paso, Texas, immigration officers there detained him. “I remember my mom hiding it from us because we were young,” said Hurtado, now 16 and a Denver Public Schools student. She heard the news first from her sister. For thousands of students in Colorado, eyeing the thin line between legal status and undocumented life is a daily occurrence — children brought to the United States by undocumented parents live with the possibility their family may be torn apart at any time. But after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of DACA on Sept. 5, more than 15,000 people with active DACA status in Colorado may see that line erased entirely. The federal government stopped accepting new applications Sept. 5, and those whose status expires before March 5 have until Oct. 5 to reapply. For those whose status is set to expire after March 5, the clock is ticking until their protections run out. Acting fast “I was very angry, very frustrated,” said Saira Galindo, a student at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette stands with Seleste, left, and Vanessa, right, after holding a listening session at Bruce Randolph School in Denver Sept. 20 with DACA students and those with ties to undocumented immigrants. Vanessa and Seleste were born in the U.S., but Seleste’s stepfather was deported this year, and Vanessa’s father is in the deportation process this month. Her brother is able to work under DACA, a program the Trump administration has announced will end in March unless Congress effectively extends it. “I understand laws have to be passed … but stopping DREAMers — (how) does that benefit the country?” Seleste said. ELLIS ARNOLD “We all (had) a lot of questions (and) a lot of confusion because can we reapply, do we send it now, do we not renew?” Galindo, vice president of RISE, a group of undocumented and DACAstatus students and allies at MSU, helped organize a walkout that led high school and college students through Denver to the Auraria Campus the morning of Sept. 5 to protest the potential rescinding of DACA. Students from several DPS high schools participated, said Galindo, a DACA recipient. “Seeing all these young kids, all these schools, speak out was very

empowering,” Galindo, 24, said, but “very devastating because people were crying. People were scared ... everyone was feeling literally everything at the moment.” But amid the panic, lawyers, law students, campus officials and student activists have banded together at colleges across metro areas to renew DACA protections for eligible recipients. On Sept. 16, pro-bono lawyers and staff from MSU and the University of Colorado Denver ran a workshop on the Auraria Campus that got DACA-renewal applications done for students from those two schools. They paid the $495 renewal fee for the

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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING • My sister and I “feel betrayed by” the decision, said Saira Galindo, a DACA recipient. “We give so much to the community, we volunteer, we pay our taxes ... And we’re being treated like this. We’re mourning our dream ... even if I get my degree, I can’t work.”

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day. MSU started a fund to help with renewal fees — it covered the fee for seven students there, Saira said — and UCD pulled from the privately funded Student Relief Fund created by University of Colorado regents in April. Five students have had the fee covered by that fund, said Angelica Lopez-Rodriguez, graduate assistant for undocumented student services at UCD. Similar renewal workshops took place Sept. 22 and 23 at Colorado State University Fort Collins, Sept. 23 at the University of Denver and Sept. 27 at the University of Colorado Boulder, and will take place Sept. 29 at the University of Northern Colorado Greeley. Under pressure At Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, some undocumented students dropped classes after DACA’s rescinding, officials said. “I’ve been working in higher (education) for 20 years, and this feeling that `whoa, this might affect my ability to finish my education’ ... I’ve never (previously) felt that,” said Jeff Duggan, coordinator for communications at the college. ACC doesn’t track its number of DACA students, said Lisa Matye Edwards, vice president of student affairs, but through anecdotal conversations, school officials have noticed. She guessed ACC has about 30 students affected by DACA policy, and the school identified a pool of donated money it can use to help students pay their renewal fee. The school put out a message to staff and students Sept. 5 and is connecting students to immigration attorneys, Matye Edwards said. Mental health counselors, and ACC staff who were once non-citizens, can speak to students about their anxiety, she said. On Sept. 13, the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational

• “My daughter, she cried and cried,” said Maria, 56, a mother with two DACA-status children, one of whom attends Aurora Community College. She “doesn’t know Mexico. She doesn’t know what she’s gonna do there.”

A sign for a clinic held by volunteer students, professors and outside lawyers at the University of Denver Sept. 23 to help DACA recipients at DU and beyond apply for a two-year renewal of their status. Dozens of people came for services in the first few hours, many of whom were not DU students. Photos of DACA reapplicants, at request of the organizers, were not taken to protect their privacy. ELLIS ARNOLD Education, which oversees 13 colleges in the state including ACC, adopted a resolution to support congressional action to preserve DACA protections. Looking ahead With less than six months until recipients who do not have the chance to reapply for DACA begin to see their status expire, Congress will be under pressure to decide the fate of young immigrants. U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Golden, supports the DREAM Act of 2017, which would give undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. before age 18 a path to citizenship through work, military service or attending college. He also supports the American Hope Act, which is similar but would not be based on those criteria. He supported DACA when it was enacted in 2012. “I was pleased to see Gov. Hickenlooper add Colorado’s name to a lawsuit challenging (President Trump’s) decision to end the DACA program,” Perlmutter said. Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner tweeted a statement Sept. 5 saying he’s

proud to cosponsor the DREAM Act. “Children who came to this country ... through no fault of their own must have the opportunity to remain here lawfully,” Gardner’s statement said. A spokesperson for Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Bennet supports the DREAM Act and has supported DACA. Bennet “believes Dreamers should feel empowered to continue contributing to our society — not scared of being deported from the only country they know as home,” the spokesperson said. U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, said that in January he introduced the BRIDGE Act, which would be a “backup” plan to give undocumented immigrants legal presence and ability to work — under similar criteria to DACA — for three years. “What I hope is a more permanent solution (can pass),” said Coffman, who supports a proposal to combine elements of the DREAM Act with added border security, but not a wall, along with Rep. Jared Polis, D-Boulder. They put it together in mid-September along with a small bipartisan group in

• Westminster supports “DACA until a longerterm solution ... can be passed ... DACA recipients contribute (hundreds of millions of dollars) to Colorado’s annual gross domestic product (GDP) ... Such figures don’t factor in the social and cultural contributions,” said Mayor Herb Atchison. Westminster “wants to say, ‘You are welcome here.’ ”

• “As a country, we have not punished children for the wrongful acts of their parents. Why are we starting now?” said Laura Christman, mayor of Cherry Hills Village. Congress and planned to introduce it into debate soon, Coffman said. Trump has told Congressional Democrats he would accept some kind of DACA fix in exchange for added border security measures and that the wall would not be a part of the discussions, Politico reported Sept. 14. Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan supports that kind of pairing of policies. “Trump’s announcement probably gives momentum to the effort to pass (comprehensive immigration reform),” Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, said. In the meantime, students like Claudia Hurtado will be waiting. Her family fought her father’s deportation case, and he was allowed to stay, partly because of his five children. She wants to attend CU Boulder and become a lawyer. She plans to help people with immigration cases.

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A-WEST CONTINUES TO RUN STRONG

Golfer has a grip on goals as state approaches

Colin Berndt heads for the finish line as the Arvada West senior took second place individually in the Division 1 varsity boys race at the Sept. 22 Dave Sanders Memorial Cross Country Meet held at Clement Park. A total of 152 athletes took part in the race. Berndt finished the 3.1 mile course in 16:25 and came in closely behind Drew Johnson of Chatfield. Brendt’s effort helped Arvada West take home the second place team trophy. It was a good day for the Wildcats as the Arvada West girls finished first in the team standings with 71 points. Claire Pauley was the first Arvada West girl to cross the finish line as she ran the course in 18;53 as she was the third runner to finish the Division one girls varsity race. TOM MUNDS

BY THE NUMBERS

Combined hits of the nine collected by Arvada West in a 9-2 win over Bear Creek on Sept. 20 for the Clausen sisters, senior Morgan (3) and freshman Savannah (2). Both hit homers.

Runners finished in the Top 10 for Arvada West which won the girls Division I title in the Dave Sanders Invitational cross country meet on Sept. 22.

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Average per carry on 12 attempts for Standley Lake’s Ty Webber who gained 208 yards in a 30-28 victory over Green Mountain on Sept. 22.

Stolen bases in eight attempts for Alameda in a 5-1 softball conquest of Fort Lupton on Sept. 21.

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The tally of how fewer yards Golden football gained versus Far Northeastern on Sept. 23, where the Demons still won, 17-14.

Standout Performers Gianna Walker, Wheat Ridge Walker, a senior outfielder, had a banner day in the 17-6 softball win over Green Mountain on Sept. 19 with four hits, four runs scored, four runs batted in and three stolen bases.

Ty Webber, Standley Lake Webber, a senior running back, rushed for 208 yards and three touchdowns and caught a pass for 46 yards in a 30-28 win over Green Mountain on Sept. 22.

Levi Mair, Arvada The senior accounted for four touchdowns, two passing and two rushing, on Sept. 22 in a 30-6 triumph over Pinnacle.

Sarye Lopez, Alameda The junior allowed two hits in seven innings in a 5-1 softball win over Fort Lupton on Sept. 21.

Ryan Marquez, Pomona The senior quarterback threw for 368 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in a 34-21 loss to top-ranked Valor Christian on Sept. 22.

Renatha Santos-Arriaga, Jefferson The senior had 30 assists and averaged 10 per set against KIPP Denver Collegiate in a 3-0 volleyball win on Sept. 21.

Colorado Community Media selects six athletes from area high schools each week as “Standout Performers.” Preference is given to athletes making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton by noon on Sunday at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

akewood’s Jack Castiglia will be making his fourth appearance in the Class 5A boys state golf tournament and the senior has something to prove. Castiglia was this OVERTIME season’s Jefferson County League 5A medalist with a stroke average of 70, but he is the first to admit the two-day state tournament is different from regular season tourneys and the regional qualifying. Jim Benton In the previous three state tournaments, Castiglia’s resume shows a tie for 37th place as a freshman then ties for 28th and 35th the next two years. The Class 5A state tournament is scheduled for Oct. 2-3 at Common Ground Golf Course in Aurora. “You can definitely feel a more competitive vibe,” said Castiglia. “Everyone is there because they deserve to be there after doing good in their regionals. Everyone is there to try to defend their school and play as well as possible. It’s also run more professionally and it brings out the best golf in everybody.” Castiglia was second in the 5A Western regional with an even-par 72 at the Broadlands Golf Course on Sept. 18 and the University of Northern Colorado commit is ready to show his ability in the biggest high school tourney of the season. “I have something to prove,” he said. “I definitely haven’t proved anything in the past three state tournaments. My freshman year I was young and actually didn’t play that bad. But my sophomore and junior years I didn’t play like I did during the season and didn’t show what I can do. “I played good this year. I made a grip change after last year’s state and I’ve been working with it. I have to prove that I got used to it and I have to play as well as possible.” There will be attention on several area golfers and teams that also have something to prove. Frozen Four moves to Pepsi Center Semifinal games and the 2018 state boys hockey final will be held at the Pepsi Center. The Colorado Avalanche will host the semifinal games at 5:30 and 7 p.m. on March 1 and the championship game on March 6, with the time to be determined. Last season’s Frozen Four games were held at Magness Arena at the University of Denver. Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.

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Golden softball gets historic win over rival Wheat Ridge BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

WHEAT RIDGE — There is a possibility most of Golden’s softball players weren’t even born the last time the Demons defeated rival Wheat Ridge on the softball field. “I honestly have no idea when Golden last beat Wheat Ridge, no idea,” Golden softball coach Chad Hebers said after the Demons defeated the Farmers 13-3 in five innings Saturday, Sept. 23, on Wheat Ridge’s home field. “It was long before I was here.” Hebers in is in sixth year with the Demons program. The MaxPreps.com softball archive of scores only dates back to 2009. Over the previous eight meetings, Wheat Ridge had outscored Golden 97-4. The Demons had strong teams in the early 2000s, including a trip to the Class 5A state semifinals. That is likely the last time Golden defeated Wheat Ridge. The Farmers have won six state titles — two in 5A and four in 4A — since 2002. “After a win like this — Wheat Ridge has some history behind them — now there is something to talk about,” Hebers said of his squad that improved to 11-3 on the season. “When we show up, we’re good. I love our chances.” Golden (1-1 in 4A Jeffco) dropped its conference opener to three-time defending 4A state champion Valor Christian 4-1 on Sept. 19. However, the Demons bats didn’t waste anytime getting going Saturday morning. Sophomore Makenzie Middleton belted a 3-run home run in the top of the first inning to get things going. She added a 2-run home run in the top of the third inning to extend Golden’s lead to 6-0.

Golden freshman Shayne Abrams touches home plate as Wheat Ridge catcher Kate Anderson turns to try to make a tag during the Class 4A Jeffco League game Sept. 23 at Pennington Field in Wheat Ridge. DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

“When I go up to hit I don’t really try,” Makenzie said of thinking about hitting home runs when she steps up to the plate. “I just try to hit it. Sometimes it goes over and sometimes it doesn’t. Today I got lucky.” Makenzie might be more good than lucky. She has nine

home runs on the season while driving in 21 runs through the Demons’ first 14 games. Not to be outdone, Makenzie’s twin sister Makayla put an exclamation point on the victory. Golden’s leadoff batter had already scored twice with a single and double. Makayla

ripped a grand slam in the top of the fifth inning to widen the Demons’ lead to 13-2. “I was just hoping to get a base hit to score a couple of runs,” Middleton said of her at-bat with the bases loaded. “I didn’t want to pop it up or hit it right at a player. The pitch was right there.”

Golden’s Wonder Twins combined to go 5-for-8 from the plate with 3 home runs, 9 RBIs and scored five runs. While Makayla said the identical twins don’t have a catchy nickname, that might be coming soon for the dynamic duo. The Middleton twins weren’t the lone Demons who got the bats going against the three different pitchers Wheat Ridge threw against Golden. Senior Madison Campbell was 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs, senior Megan Feiner was 2-for3 from the plate and junior Cassidy Paulson had a trio of singles. Paulson also picked up the complete-game victory on the mound scattering five Farmer hits. “They played very unselfish today,” Hebers said. Wheat Ridge junior Julia Shipley and senior Kate Anderson both drove in a run for the Farmers (7-9, 1-2). Wheat Ridge got on the board with a 2-run bottom of the fourth inning, but Golden responded with a 6-run top of the fifth inning to help induce the 10-run mercy rule. “This is the offense we have,” Hebers said. “When we show up, we show up. It can be impressive and explosive.” Golden has the inside track to grab second-place and an automatic postseason bid in the league behind Valor. The Demons’ biggest challenge could come at home next Saturday against D’Evelyn (8-4, 1-0). Wheat Ridge will attempt to get back on track and end its 2-game losing streak at home Thursday against Evergreen. 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.

Local players to compete state golf tourney STAFF REPORT

Area qualifiers for the state high school golf tournaments. The Class 5A state tourney will held at Common Ground in Aurora, the 4A at Raccoon Creek in Littleton and the 3A at Indian Peaks in Lafayette. Each of the tournaments is Oct. 2 and 3. Class 5A Team qualifiers Arapahoe, Heritage, Rock Canyon Individuals Arapahoe: Tommy Packer, Alex Yano, Jay Yano, Caleb Busta. Castle View: Dillon Baker, Casey Jacobsen

Chaparral: Bryce Howard, Tyler Mulligan Cherry Creek: Cade Kilkenny, Max Malden, Carter Kovarik, Grey Brewer Heritage: Sam Blackwood, Ben Carrington, Cameron Bajay, Parker McNitt Highlands Ranch: Jackson Crist, Tarek Salem, Andrew Davis, Brendan Fricke Lakewood: Jack Castiglia, Ryan Liao Legacy: Grant Hoos, Hunter Hayes, Cormac Arroyo Legend: Ryan Kennedy Mountain Range: Connor Jones, Josh Thomson Mountain Vista: Nick Kim Ralston Valley: Landon Thunell, Jack Larson

Rock Canyon: Kieran McMullen, Finn Olson, Jake Daniel, Henry Dunkleberger ThunderRidge: Evan Kaloc, Zach Swanson, Sam Ostravich Class 4A Team qualifiers Valor Christian Individuals D’Evelyn: Medhaj Shrestha Golden: Nick Mancini, Chance Sundarapura Green Mountain: Gabe Goodman, Oliver Gibbons Littleton: Jacques Goffinet Ponderosa: Mac Konrad, Garrett Zinn, John Fulton

Valor Christian: Jake Welch, Hunter Khan, Ty Findlow, Trevor White Wheat Ridge: Peyton Lorentz Class 3A Team qualifiers Lutheran Individuals Englewood: Thomas O’Connor Faith Christian: Macklin Brockmeyer Lutheran: Westin Pals, Cole Williams, Owen Deas Jefferson Academy: Jacob Mason, Jace Repola Holy Family: Garrett Green, Alex Mumm SkyView Academy: Luke Wright

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They may be small, but tiny homes are a huge thing right now. And Colorado School of Mines is making one that’s even more futuristic. “We’re putting a science-y twist on a pop culture thing,” said Katie Schneider, a junior at Mines majoring in engineering physics. The Mines Tiny House is a 220-square-foot dwelling that utilizes some of the latest in energy efficient and sustainable technology. “We’re very focused on being net-zero,” Schneider said, who has been involved with the Mines Tiny Home since her freshman year in 2015. Students have been working on the project for nearly two years. It is an extracurricular project, and all the work has been done after school and on weekends. Expected completion date will be sometime next spring. Once finished, some of the features will be a composting toilet, automated window shades controlled by a mobile device and a water efficient shower head. It will be propane-free — completely powered by solar — and not even hooked up to utilities. Timothy Ohno, associate professor of physics and faculty advisor for Mines Tiny House, estimates the value of the home to be about $40,000 or $50,000 once complete. After it’s finished, the tiny home will have a permanent place on campus and used as a classroom and meeting space, as well as an educational and outreach tool in the commu-

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own scary false conclusions, unless you help them learn the facts. Noaa.gov is an excellent source of information, videos, and pictures. You can Click around the site to find exactly what you want. Books about weather and storms include: “Weather or Not” by Maryann Dobeck; “Fly Guy presents: Weather” by Tedd Arnold; “The Magic School Bus presents Wild Weather” by Sean Callery. Families can show some of the pictures and add their own simplified narration for young children. Older children will enjoy the creative presentation. Some good online family teaching sites include weatherwizkids. com and weatherforkids.org. The Google maps site is an excellent example for older children to experience how technologists work with first responders to spread information and keep people safe. There are many opportunities for families to teach how people pull together to help each other. Children will have opportunities to help give money and donate through schools, faith organizations, the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Scouts, Rotary and many other civic groups. Children can help gather and pack donated supplies. These often can include children’s drawings of courage, strength, and love that may be just what people need for the challenge of recovery during the months and years ahead. Esther Macalady is a retired schoolteacher, living in Golden. For more see grandparentsteachtoo.blogspot.com and wnmufm.org/Learning Through the Seasons.

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