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Educating voters key to passing proposals Opponents say ‘need is great’ but see measures as flawed By Shanna Fortier sfortier@coloradocommunitymedia.com They are walking door to door canvassing neighborhoods. They are calling residents. And this week, a mailing campaign will start. Citizens for Jeffco, a group of concerned citizens, business leaders and parents in Jefferson County, is working hard to educate neighDon’t miss bors and residents Colorado about the Jeffco Community Schools’ bond and Media’s guide mill levy override to the 2016 measures on the local and state Nov. 8 ballot. elections in “We still feel next week’s like we have a lot edition. of work to do,” said Bill Bottoms, campaign chairman for the organization, which supports the two measures, known as 3A and 3B. Citizens for Jeffco has taken the lead in communicating with community members about the measures, which school officials say are crucial to updating aging buildings and ensuring academic student success but some residents oppose as financially irresponsible. The bulk of the proposed $535 million bond (3A) would provide money for improvements and repairs to schools. The $33 million mill levy override (3B) would generate funding to attract and retain teachers, mental health staff and help cover state funding gaps that could affect class sizes and the ability to fund deferred mantenance on buildings. The measures are on the Nov. 8 General Election ballot, which will be mailed to voters starting Oct. 17. Together, they would increase residential taxes by $49.44 a year for every $100,000 in home value.
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Belmar Elementary students walk to their school from nearby Addenbrooke Park in honor of International Walk to School Day on Oct. 5. Teachers and staff hosted a fun gathering at the park before school started to get students excited for the walk. Find more photos on PAGE 4. Photo by Clarke Reader
‘A tough Candidates want election for RTD to stay on track everyone’ Local party organizations campaign for their candidates amid contentious rhetoric
By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com Heading into the last month of the election cycle, everyone — regardless of political affinity — seems to agree that this has been one of the most singular and interesting elections in recent memory. According to research by the polling website FiveThirtyEight, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump are the most disliked candidates in the past 10 elections. “This is a tough election for everyone,” said Anil Matha, chair of the Adams County Republican Party. “There is a lot of anger on both sides, and a lot of discussion and debate.” Pundits, pollsters and people on the street have all pointed to this year’s election as the most polarizing in recent history. Some blame the divide on the candidates themselves, some on their disparate approaches to government. “It’s no wonder people feel that there’s a little more hate,” said Kyle Saunders, a political science professor at Colorado State University since 2004. “It’s no wonder that people feel that society’s a little more on edge. It’s because it is.” Election continues on Page 8
Incumbent Menten getting challenged by Ruchman in District M
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The race for RTD board of directors in District M comes down to vision. Both incumbent Natalie Menten and challenger Dave Ruchman have experience in working on the transportation issues facing the metro area. For Menten, a board member should keep a close eye on tax dollars and ensure Menten full transparency in all decisions. “The more fiscal watchdogs we have on the board, the better taxpayers’ money will be stretched,” she said. “Financially, we need to be making the right decisions because Ruchman otherwise RTD is not sustainable.” Ruchman wants RTD to be the envy of other cities by leading in userfriendliness, technology and collaboration. “Transportation should be friendlier to all people who want to use it — seniors, the underserved and disabled,” he said. “I think RTD could
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become one of the most high-tech agencies in the country.” The RTD race is on the Nov. 8 General Election ballot. Menten is finishing up her first four-year term in District M, which covers most of Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Golden, Edgewater, Mountain View and some of south Arvada. Ruchman served the same area on the RTD board from 2000 to 2008. He also chaired Lakewood’s West Colfax 2040 Vision Plan. Eight years of experience, including helping to get the W Rail off the ground, taught Ruchman the importance of collaboration, especially in the transportation arena, he said. RTD Race continues on Page 7
OUT IN PLEIN SIGHT The In Plein Sight festival brought artists and nature together to create new works of art last week. PAGE 5
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ERICA VONDERHEID Lakewood resident rides bike to raise money for cancer About me I’m originally from Philadelphia and graduated with a degree in public relations from Penn State University. After college, I ended up in Washington, D.C., where I got to work at a healthcare think tank. At age 25, I worked at Arizona State University with the Dean of Nursing, who encouraged me to pursue a nursing degree. I decided to return to Washington, D.C., to pursue a nursing degree at George Mason University. It was the best decision I ever made. Over the years I worked for a few years in the ICU before taking a travel nurse job in Aurora. Like many folks who plan to just visit Colorado, I never left. Once my travel nurse contract ended, I decided to make the switch to oncology/ BMT for a couple reasons. I am tied to oncology on a personal level; like so many people, my life has been interrupted by cancer. At age 9, I lost my mom to cancer. I learned at a young age that despite cancer’s complexities, it is still incapable of knocking down a strong foundation built on family, friendships and love. Today, I am honored to be working as community product liaison at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Riding for a cause I first learned of the Coast 2 Coast 4 Cancer ride last year when I got to greet the Utah-to-Colorado bike riders at the finish line in Boulder.
Lakewood resident Erica Vonderheid during her Coast 2 Coast 4 Cancer ride. Courtesy photo It took months of dedicated training to prepare. As a non-cyclist, I had to learn how to ride with clip-in pedals, as well as prepare my body for long days on the bike. I was selected to do the Denver-toMissouri route and initially thought, “Flat lands, this will be easy!” Then I learned of the rolling hills and wonderful crosswinds. They are no joke! A cathartic experience Bristol-Myers Squibb truly set up my ride for success. I was assigned a coach to provide coaching tips and workouts and to track my logged miles to help measure performance. The biggest challenge of the ride were those moments of silence along the long, endless roads of Kansas. When we got to the finale in New Jersey, we jumped fully clothed into the ocean in celebration of our accomplishments. It was cathartic — a group of non-cyclists managed to bike across the United States to raise money and awareness for cancer research. In doing so, we raised just over $411,000 to date for Stand Up to Cancer. Bristol-Myers Squibb will match up to $500,000, and Vonderheid’s team is accepting donations until Oct. 15. Visit www.Cancerbikeride.org to make a donation and to learn more about the journey. If you have suggestions for My Name Is ..., contact Clarke Reader at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.
Ed Raines, collections manager for the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, sorts through some of the gems and minerals included in the recent Herfurth donation of roughly 800 specimens, valued at about $1.75 million. Although staff hasn’t finished putting labels on everything, some of the collection is already out on display for public viewing. Photo by Christy Steadman
Mines receives treasure trove of gems and minerals $1.75 million donation to school’s museum includes about 800 rare specimens By Christy Steadman csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com The late Hilja Herfurth’s first love was the opera. But closely following that was her passion for gems and minerals. The latter could have been influenced by her late husband Gerry, said Ed Raines, the collections manager at the Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum, which recently received
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$1.75 million worth of minerals, gems and meteorites from Hilja Herfurth’s estate. It’s “the kind of donation every museum dreams of,” museum director Dr. Bruce Geller said. Gerry Herfurth was an avid and meticulous collector of rare minerals, gems and meteorites, Raines said, and probably collected for at least 25 or 30 years until his death in 1999. Hilja Herfurth died in June. The Herfurth donation, which arrived at the museum in September, included roughly 800 specimens from all over the world. They join the more than 20,000 specimens the museum already has — plus an additional 20,000 microscopic specimens in the museum’s collection,
Raines said. The museum is in possession of the state mineral collection, which started in 1895, he said. And there are about 1,500 specimens on display at any given time at the two-level building on the School of Mines campus in Golden. “There’s some wild stuff in the (Herfurth) donation,” said student Rachel Bierma, a senior working toward a degree in geological engineering. Bierma also works at the museum. She said it’s uncommon for the museum to receive a donation with specimens it doesn’t already have, but the Herfurth donation did include some new ones. Not only that, some specimens can be used to replace those of lesser quality already in the museum. “This is an outstanding addition to our collection,” Raines said. “It will be great for teaching and exhibition for years to come.” Specimens used for teaching in classrooms are limited as far as diversity and
quality, said Stephen Enders, professor and interim department head of Mines’ geology and geological engineering department. The museum — and the Herfurth donation — can be used as supplemental tools for students, he added. Bierma agreed. For example, students learn about a mineral in class, often from a textbook, but can later see it at the museum, she said. “It helps education a lot.” But many of the museum’s visitors include people who are not Mines students. Some are members of the general public — some even from outof-state — and the museum often hosts schoolchildren on field trips. In fact, Raines said, based on attendance, Mines Geology Museum is second only to the Harvard Mineralogical Museum in terms of visitors. “This museum illustrates the world of minerals for everyone from scientists to 3-year-olds,” Raines said.
After Gerry Herfurth died, Hilja Herfurth made smaller donations of specimens with an estimated value of about $400,000. This most recent donation also included a cash donation to Mines’ Geology Museum, $200,000 to Mines’ general scholarship fund and a number of rare archaeological artifacts that Geller gifted to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. The Herfurths’ connection to Colorado School of Mines is uncertain, Raines said, who before Hilja Herfurth’s death, visited her home in Denver where some of the specimens in the donation had been on display. But, he said, it is known that the Herfurths had a great deal of respect for the museum. “You can’t be involved with mineral collecting without an appreciation of the knowledge behind it,” Raines said. “And School of Mines fits the bill. We are a world-class mining institution.”
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Perhaps you saw the Sept. 29th report on Chuck, and it was the only way this buyer 9News. It described how some appraisers are could count on getting the appraisal done and exploiting the hot market and the shortage of avoid another month’s rent ($2,500) if the closing was delayed, so he paid it. appraisers to charge “rush fees” for doing appraisals quickly. One of REAL ESTATE It was a VA loan. TODAY It doesn’t have to be this way. my own broker associates, Chuck Many larger mortgage companies Brown, brought that story to my have appraisal desks which manattention because, coincidentally, age the process and can limit the appraiser interviewed by such abuse among their preferred 9News, Brian Boizot, was the appraisers. Speaking with Scott same appraiser who charged Lagge, a loan officer at Eagle Chuck’s buyer a $1,000 “rush fee” Home Loans, I was told that it’s for doing his appraisal in 3 days common for him to pay $100 to instead of 10 days. This appraiser $300 for a bona fide rush, but, simply had enough work that he could give priority to those buyers By JIM SMITH, while he has heard of $1,000 rush fees, he has never paid one and who succumbed to his extortionRealtor® considers that excessive. like demands. Another mortgage broker, Jaxzann Riggs of Mortgage lenders pay the appraiser, passing that cost on to the buyer, but this rush fee The Mortgage Network, told me she once had was invoiced directly to the buyer through to pay $1,600 for a rush appraisal. That was
for a conventional loan. The problem is worst for VA borrowers, like Chuck’s buyer. Contributing to that problem is VA’s requirement that appraisals be ordered only through the VA web portal, which delays the process considerably. In the case of Chuck’s buyer the VA didn’t assign the appraisal to Brian Boizot until 24 days after the order was entered on the VA portal, 5 days beyond the appraisal deadline in the contract. As I’ve written before, VA buyers are already disadvantaged in winning bidding wars, and this appraisal situation only further victimizes them. Such delays, whether or not through the VA, can be attributed largely to the shortage of appraisers. It is not uncommon for one appraiser after another to decline an assignment
because he/she is already overloaded. The shortage of appraisers began several years ago when appraisal management companies (AMCs) were introduced to isolate lenders from appraisers and avoid the type of fraudulent appraisals that contributed to the “toxic loan” crisis. The AMCs take a percentage of the fees that previously went entirely to the appraisers. This pay cut was so extreme that many appraisers simply quit the industry. Combine that with today’s heavy workload, and you’ve created a situation that is ripe for price gouging. My advice is to use a mortgage lender with a good appraisal desk. Credit unions are also good at avoiding this kind of exploitative pricing of appraisals. When choosing a lender, ask their experience with rush fees.
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Taking a celebratory walk to school Belmar students and teachers celebrate international event with a stroll By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com Despite a flawless blue sky and bright sun, it was a little chilly at 8:15 a.m. as Belmar Elementary students and teachers gathered at nearby Addenbrooke Park to walk to school together. “We wanted to organize something to promote walk- and bicycle-to-school safety,” Principal Meredith Leighty said. “We’ve been having safety lessons throughout the week for the kids.” The special occasion was International Walk to School Day, which this year fell on Oct. 5. Students wore jeans and heavy coats. A few even broke out gloves or a hat. Of course, the easiest way to stay warm was to get moving, and elementary school children never have a
problem with that. Physical education teacher Karen Schroeder was right in the middle of the action with her students. She leapt for a football with the boys who were tossing the pigskin around and then led a dance party to Major Lazer’s “Lean On.” “Today’s event is a united effort to get the word out about health and community,” Schroeder said. “The fact that it’s an international day means we can talk to kids about how students all over the world are participating, and that really broadens their horizons.” Some students created neon art with chalk on the pathway, while others played on a nearby playground. Teacher’s voices were nearly drowned out in the kind of roar only a large group of children having a great time can make. When 9 a.m. rolled around, it was time to form everyone up and safely walk to school for a day of learning. “I walk four blocks to school and home,” fifth-grader Andrew Mashburn said. “I like getting outside and seeing all the nature.”
Belmar Elementary students walk to their school from nearby Addenbrooke Park in honor of International Walk to School Day on Oct. 5. Teachers and staff hosted a fun gathering at the park before school started to get students excited for the walk. Find more photos on PAGE 4. Photo by Clarke Reader
JEFFERSON COUNTY NEWS IN A HURRY Nonfiction book club meets Oct. 15 and 19 The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County’s nonfiction book club will meet twice in October for its discussion on the Middle East turmoil. The first meeting takes place at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 15 at the Westland Meridian library, 10695 W. 17th Ave., in Lakewood. The second meeting takes place at 1 p.m. Oct. 19 in a private home in Arvada. For location details for the Arvada meeting, call 303-985-5128. The book on topic for the discussions is “A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahir Square to ISIS,” by Robert F. Worth. The discussion groups are free and open to the public. Attendees may attend
one or both of the meetups. For information, call the number above. Jeffco 4-H open house Jefferson County 4-H is having its annual open house from 6-8:30 p.m. Oct 17 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave., in Golden. The event is geared for youth ages 5-18 to learn about programs, activities, projects, and events part of Jeffco 4-H. Displays and demonstrations at the event will give attendees an opportunity explore a variety of projects and programs including archery, bicycling, domestic and livestock animal care, clothing construction, filmmaking, model rocketry,
outdoor skills, photography, robotics, veterinary science and more. Current club members and 4-H leaders will be available to answer questions. Enrollment for the 2016-17 4-H year opens on Oct. 16. New member enrollment can be done at the event. For more information, contact CSU Extension Agent Lisa Sholten at 303-2716620 or lsholten@jeffco.us. Ceilidh fundraiser The Colorado Youth Pipe Band’s annual fall Ceilidh takes place 6-10 p.m. Oct. 22, at the Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 W. 32nd Ave., in Golden. The event will feature performances
by the Colorado Youth Pipe Band and Highland dancers, and other Celtic performers. Adult tickets cost $15 each, tickets for youth between 6 and 18 years cost $5 each and children 5 and under are free. All proceeds to benefit the Colorado Youth Pipe Band. The Colorado Youth Pipe Band is the only pipe band in the state dedicated to teaching bagpiping, drumming and dance to youth. To learn more about the pipe band or to purchase tickets to the Ceilidh, visit www.CYPB.net. Additional questions may be directed to info@cypb.net or 720-4600053.
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Quite a sight By Christy Steadman csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com Summoning their inner Vincent van Gogh, local artists, from sun up to sun down, braved the Colorado fall elements — wind on Tuesday and rain on Thursday — to paint outside and highlight Jefferson County Open Space Parks. The artists, mostly Jefferson County residents but also including some from other places in Colorado and even a couple from out-of-state, were participating in PLAN Jeffco’s In Plein Sight event. Plein air painting is when an artist reproduces the actual visual conditions seen at the time of the painting. And using this style Oct. 4-8, 25 to 27 artists painted at a different Jeffco open space park each day — South Valley in Littleton, Mount Falcon in Morrison, Crown Hill in Lakewood, White Ranch Park and along the Clear Creek Trail, both in Golden.
In Plein Sight also featured a gallery exhibit Oct. 8 and 9 at the Golden Community Center, during which the public could view and purchase the artwork created during the week. Sixty percent of the sales went to the artist, and the rest went to PLAN Jeffco — a nonprofit, volunteer-run organization based in Jefferson County that advocates to preserve open space lands. Most of the artists produced at least two or three works of art of various sizes each day, and all were superlative paintings, said Margot Zallen, the president of PLAN Jeffco. Being the first time such an event took place in Jeffco open space parks, it was successful and everybody seemed to enjoy it, Zallen said. “This just shows how important it is to the citizens to protect their open space lands,” she said.
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Janeice Linden www.wildlifeinpastel.com Janeice Linden of Littleton, believes plein air painting improves an artist’s skill. “When you’re outside painting,” she said, “you can capture more value and color with the human eye than a camera lens.” However, painting outdoors verses in a studio can present a challenge
when dealing with the elements such as wind, rain or even lighting changes. Linden, 50, has been painting for about 25 years, and has been doing plein air painting for about 15. She enjoyed painting for PLAN Jeffco’s In Plein Sight event because she got to paint with other artists and go to open space parks she had never been to before. It was a lot of fun, Linden said, and “it brings to light the Jeffco Open Spaces.”
Deborah McAllister www.deborahmcallister.com Deborah McAllister, 62, of Lakewood said White Ranch Park — a Jefferson County Open Space Park — is probably her favorite. She had been there several times, but had never had to the chance to see as much of the park
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as she did while painting for the PLAN Jeffco’s In Plein Sight. “Open Space is very important to me,” she said, and added she sits on the board of Plein Air Artists Colorado, an organization that creates opportunities for artists to get together and paint outdoors. It’s amazing that PLAN Jeffco, for decades, has been thinking ahead and advocating for open space parks, McAllister said. “I’m really happy somebody thought to save them,” she said, “even back then.”
www.scottlines.com Scott Lines, 53, enjoys the concept of painting to save open space and parks. The Highlands Ranch resident has painted for several events similar to PLAN Jeffco’s In Plein Sight fundraiser, including in Douglas and Larimer counties. “It’s a cause I like,” Lines said. “It’s nice exposure for me, but I enjoy doing it to support the programs.” In metro areas, development is inevitable, he said, but it’s important for cities to plan properly and save open space land for people to enjoy. “We can’t have everywhere be wild space, but if everything gets gobbled up, you can’t go back,” Lines said. “If they’re setting aside land today, I’m sure the people 100 years from now will thank them.”
Blair Hamill www.blairhamill.com Blair Hamill, 58, of Littleton has been painting as a hobby since he was about 6 years old, but has spent his entire professional career in the art industry. Open space is something everyone can enjoy, he said, of his reason for wanting to be involved with PLAN Jeffco’s In Plein Sight event last week. Hamill has been using the parks since at least 1972 when PLAN Jeffco got its start, he said, and now, passing on the love of the outdoors in his family, three generations have been hiking the open space trails. He enjoys all of the trails, he said, for different activities during different times of the year. Hamill encourages everyone to learn about the different properties and what each one has to offer. “Go explore,” he said. “They’re an asset for everyone.”
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“I used to hold a monthly elected official forum that featured legislators, county representatives, city council members and law enforcement, in addition to RTD staff,” he said. “We don’t see collaboration like that anymore, but it made a big impact on the process
we were all working on.” The W Line opened in April 2013, six months after Menten was elected in 2012. She was able to see the line’s challenges firsthand, including upset riders over changes to their bus routes and lower-thanexpected ridership. “We worked as a community to get the majority of those routes back,” she said. “I went on to become the chair of the finance committee, and we were able to do a lot of work on pay-as-you-go fares and
watching RTD’s debt.” Ruchman said he wanted to run because he is interested in transportation and because he’s been disappointed in Menten’s leadership. “She is a predictable ‘no’ vote all the time,” he said. “Whenever she is asked why, she says it’s because she’s frugal. But that’s not an effective way to govern.” But Menten is proud of her frugality and happily describes herself as a penny-pincher.
“The position needs someone whose first priority is the taxpayer’s money — and keeps a close eye on it,” she said. “I like digging into numbers and trimming unnecessary costs.” Looking at issues coming down the pike, Menten is concerned about growth density around the rail lines. Ruchman wants to start brainstorming for what the next big project should be after the rail lines are completed. “I have three major qualifica-
tions — I have experience in this field and have a tremendous interest in it,” Ruchman said. “I’m also bringing fresh ideas.” Said Menten: “I’m the kind of board member who goes on a wheelchair tour of the W Line to see what problems exist for people who use them. There’s a lot to still do, but it does us no good if we build all these services but can’t afford to run them.”
Reward offered for information leading to murder victim Staff report Crime Stoppers is offering $12,000 for information leading to the body of John C. Cizek, 71, the victim in a first-degree murder charge in Jefferson County. Cizek, who was from California, was last seen at a McDonald’s in Alamosa on June 12.
David Edward Little, 40, was charged with the first-degree murder of Cizek, whose body hasn’t been found. On Oct. 4, Little was found dead in his cell at the Jefferson County Jail. His death is believed to have been a suicide, according to a news release from the Office of the District Attorney of the 1st Judicial District.
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On June 12, Cizek and Little were seen in various places around Alamosa throughout the day, including the Alamosa Church of Christ and Ace Hardware. They were in a white 2016 Minnie Winne Winnebago.
Cizek is described as 6-foot-3, 220 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. His family would like to recover his body, the district attorney’s office says. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.
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“Basically,” he said, “what we are seeing is a reflexive dislike for somebody on the other side, and the fear that goes along with that.” With Election Day nearing, local Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians are working hard to get the word out about their candidates. “We’re optimistic about a good turnout for this election,” said Cheryl Cheney, chair of Jefferson County’s Democratic Party. “We have people who are actually anxious to vote. We get a lot of questions about how soon the ballots will be sent out.” (Ballots will be mailed to registered voters Oct. 17.) Both Clinton and Trump had to fend off nominees with a great deal of support — Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz, respectively. And it has been up to local advocates and volunteers to help bring the parties together. “All of the concerns and challenges of the primary season were not all resolved by the convention,” said Don Ytterberg,
chairman of the Jeffco Republican Committee. But “most of that has gone away, and we’re united. I think it’s safe to say the excitement is building.” Robert Blaha, chairman of the Colorado for Trump campaign, describes the election as “contentious” rather than “divisive.” Both Trump and Clinton have made inappropriate comments, Blaha said, but they are only “one of the things in the mix.” A bigger cause of the divide, he said, is their different approaches to issues like the economy and immigration. “There is a lot of emotion about this race,” said Blaha, who likes Trump’s businessman’s perspective. “When you add that emotion and excitement to the mix, you get a lot of people who are upset on both sides.” Residents can expect a big push from all parties heading into the home stretch. The parties will have phone banks calling people and volunteers knocking on doors and at community events. “Everybody is doing a bit of something to get the word out about our candidates,” said Antonio Esquibel, chair of the Adams County Democrat Party. “Hopefully, the message will resonate with people.” But the unpopularity of both major
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percent — The amount by which Barack Obama, the Democrat candidate, beat Mitt Romney in 2012 party candidates also has caused more people to consider third-party options such as Libertarian Gary Johnson. “Gary is turning heads and getting people to look at our party,” said Jay North, state chair of the Libertarian Party of Colorado. “People are saying both Clinton and Trump are so terrible, they want another option.” The unpredictability of the election could signal a change in how people think about elections and the two-party system,
Supporters share their different outlooks Euell Santistevan Jr., Democrat, 20 years old, from Arvada Euell Santistevan Jr. is excited to cast his first presidential vote. “Whatever way it goes, it’s going to be a historic election,” he said. “It’s going to have a big impact on the future, and there’s a lot to lose if the wrong side wins.” Originally a Bernie Sanders supporter, Santistevan has thrown his support behind Democrat candidate Hillary
Carson Seeger, Libertarian supporter, 27 years old, from Denver As a person with a lifelong interest in politics, this has been a fascinating year for Carson Seeger — and an opportunity for increased involvement. “We as a society deride Washington, but continually elect the same people,” he said. “We need to do something else to change things.” The problem is that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump only speak in 30-second sound bites and only tell voters why not to vote for the other person, Seeger said. “I was raised fiscally conservative, and I just don’t hear Trump laying out Ray Warren, Republican, 70 years old, from unincorporated Jefferson County When it comes to the most important issues facing the country, Ray Warren believes there’s only one choice for president — Republican Donald Trump. “He’s the only candidate who will do the right thing for America,” he said. “We need to elect someone who will take care of the country.” Originally a Ted Cruz supporter, Warren, who has supported the Republican Party since at least 1976, threw
Clinton, citing the similarity of their beliefs and passions. “If you look closely, they believe the same thing on a lot of issues, and it’s certainly better than the exact opposite,” he said. “If hate wins, will I be able to safely walk down the street holding the hand of the person I love?”
As a member of the new generation of voters, a Latino and a member of the LGBTQ community, Santistevan said there’s a lot on the line in this election. He is also concerned about the state of the job market and minimum wage. “This is on our shoulders — there is a lot to gain and a lot to lose,” he said. “Do you want someone who supports minority groups and who fights for everyone. Or do you want a bully?”
much of a plan. And when he does, it gets panned by economists,” he said. “From a fiscal stance, both candidates are eliminated for me.” Seeger also disagrees with Trump’s approval of stopand-frisk, a program used by New York City police to detain people they considered suspicious and frisk them for weapons. A U.S. District Court judge declared it unconstitutional in 2013. Seeger also doesn’t like Clinton’s stance on certain civil liberties. He was drawn to Gary Johnson’s approach to all
these areas, as well as his humanity. Johnson is Libertarian candidate for president. “He’s not perfect, but he’s also not afraid to say I need to be better,” he said. “He has so much appeal to people because of his approach to issues like marijuana legalization.” Even if Johnson doesn’t win, Seeger hopes all the attention on a third option will bring change to American politics. “Because these ideas are connecting with people, we could see both parties move closer to them,” he said. “I hope Libertarians ride this momentum and push to see more change.”
his support behind Trump when Trump became the Republican nominee. The major issues Warren is concerned about are the vacancies on the U.S. Supreme Court, taxes, jobs, the economy and border security. “I’m feeling positive right now, and I think if Trump keeps the momentum, he will do well,” he said. “He’s going to surround himself with good people,
and that’s something every leader needs to do.” Moving into the final weeks of the election, Warren said he hopes Trump will speak more about possible candidates for the Supreme Court and cabinet positions. “People just have to ask themselves, ‘Can I in good conscience vote for Clinton?’ “ he said. “The answer should be an easy one. The good of the country depends on Trump, whether you like him or not.”
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Voters say civility has suffered as election nears By Tom Skelley tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com A poll conducted by Monmouth University Polling Institute asked respondents about the tone and impacts of this year’s election campaign. The poll was conducted from Sept. 22 to Sept. 25, with a national random sample of 802 registered voters. Interviews were conducted in English, live, over the phone. The breakdown of respondents is as follows: 402 from a list of registered voters (201 landline and 201 cell phone) and 400 using random digit dial (200 landline and 200 cell phone). Some questions and responses from
the survey: Has this year’s presidential campaign brought out the best in people, brought out the worst in people, or has it done neither? 4% Brought out the best 70% Brought out the worst 20% Neither 5% Both 1% Don’t know Have you lost or ended any friendships because of this year’s presidential campaign, or has this not happened? 7% Yes, did lose/end friendship 93% No, has not happened Do you feel that the harsh lan-
guage used in politics today is justified or unjustified given the current state of the country? 30% Justified 65% Unjustified 1% Language is not harsh 4% Don’t know Do you think this harsh language tends to come more from supporters of Donald Trump, more from supporters of Hillary Clinton, or from supporters of both equally? 37% More from Trump supporters 11% More from Clinton supporters 50% From supporters of both equally 2% Don’t know
North said. “If people don’t just go back to their normal lens, we could see more attention on our system,” he said. “It’d be great to see people more focused on liberty and our rights.” Saunders, the CSU professor, who contends third-party voters tend to make choices along partisan lines in close races, also notes the challenge to reboot the political system is complex and depends on more than just the politicians. Polarization in Congress has become unyielding in the last 10 to 15 years, with party lines taking precedent over principle, he said. That opposition, he said, is reflected in the electorate. “How do we get past that?” Saunders asked rhetorically. “It’s really hard to think about how that would happen without a pretty large reset of the system.” If voters supporting Trump and Clinton follow their leaders’ example, there may not be much cause for optimism. “We have one candidate who says ‘Can’t we all get along?’ and another candidate who says ‘Nope, we can’t,’ ” Saunders said. “It’s a tough time.” Colorado Community Media reporter Tom Skelley contributed to this article.
Did you know? Third party prospects, past and present By Tom Skelley tskelley@coloradocommunitymedia.com Since the mid-1800s, the Democratic and Republican parties have consolidated the presidential election process into essentially a two-party competition. The last president who wasn’t either a Republican or a Democrat was Millard Fillmore, a Whig, who ended his term in 1852. The last time a third-party candidate came in second was 1912, when Teddy Roosevelt split from the Republican Party. Running as the candidate for his newlyformed Progressive Party, Roosevelt won 88 electoral votes and came in second to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. This year’s election cycle, featuring two widely unpopular major-party candidates, has seen a lot of buzz about third-party resurgence and theories that many voters may not cast a ballot at all. But political veterans aren’t sure whether there is any truth to the speculation. Marlu Burkamp, director-at-large for the League of Women Voters in Arapahoe and Douglas counties, is “not that worried” that dislike of the top candidates will keep people home on Election Day. But she added that there has been a slight uptick in third-party interest. “There is probably a resurgence in voting for a third party,” she said. “They’re picking up, but I don’t know that it will be significant.” A Real Clear Politics poll on Sept. 23, showing Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson polling at 8.9 percent nationally, bears out her assessment. Burkamp worries the drama surrounding this year’s presidential race will overshadow important local issues and candidates. “Everything starts locally,” Burkamp said. “If you’re not very happy with the presidential candidates, your vote still counts down the ballot, it’s very important. If you don’t vote for them, you’re missing the boat.” Political science professor Kyle Saunders of Colorado State University said there is always a level of non-participation among the college-aged citizens he teaches. But he doesn’t necessarily see this year’s candidates causing widespread voter apathy among older voters. Saunders said 43 percent of voters selfidentify as Independents, but when they are alone in the ballot box, a majority still vote primarily with either Republicans or Democrats. “Seventy to 75 percent of them are closet partisans,” he said. “If you push them or watch how they vote, they vote the same as a straight Republican or a straight Democrat down the ticket.”
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4B: Pennies add up to something beautiful “Life without the collective resources of our libraries, museums, theatres and galleries, or without the personal expression of literature, music and art, would be static and sterile – no creative arguments about the past, no diverse and stimulating present and no dreams of the future.” That quote comes from “The Value of Arts and Culture to People and Society,” a report by Arts Council England, an organization similar to our Scientific Cultural Facilities District in that it distributes public monies to a bevy of arts and cultural entities. Like the SCFD, the Arts Council’s goal is not only sustainability for those institutions, but also — and perhaps more importantly — the creation of thriving and diverse experiences that enrich communities, expand horizons and inspire us to reach for the best of humanity. That’s what the SCFD has accomplished since 1988, for the incredible bargain of a penny for every $10 in sales tax paid in Jefferson County and the six other Denver metro area counties that comprise the district. Voters renewed that deal in 1994 and 2004. And we should again do so on Nov. 8 by saying yes to Ballot Issue 4B. The amendment would reauthorize and extend the collection of the 0.1 percent sales tax for 12 more years until 2030. It also revises the distribution formula of money to the three tiers of organizations — 310 in total — that it funds. Besides Jefferson County, the other counties that receive SCFD funding are Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Boulder, Denver and Douglas (with the exception of the towns of Castle Rock and Larkspur). The bulk of the money would continue to go to the five largest entities: the Denver Zoo, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver Art Museum, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and
OUR VIEW Denver Center for the Performing Arts. But the smaller regional and local organizations would receive a larger percentage of distributions than they have in the past. Opponents argue the tax unfairly hits everyone, regardless of whether they patronize the cultural facilities. They argue the distribution formula favors the five largest organizations, while the grants to smaller institutions would continually shrink because their share would be divided among more. But there can be no argument that for 28 years the SCFD has succeeded in its mission of creating a dynamic, vibrant arts, science and cultural environment that is recognized far beyond the metro area. We derive an intrinsic benefit from arts and culture: We learn. We explore. We consider new perspectives. We dream. But arts and culture also directly energize our economy and workforce. They attract tourists and create jobs. They spill over into classrooms and education arenas. They foster collaboration and inspire creative thinking that can lead to social change. And, especially, they build community, reminding us how we’re connected while celebrating and providing needed outlets for expression and diversity. Just last week, the nonprofit Colorado Business Committee for the Arts released an economic activity study of Denver metro-area culture. The report, released every two years, was based on grant reports from the institutions that participate in the SCFD. The results show that in 2015: • Arts and culture generated $1.8 billion in
economic activity. • SCFD distributed $53.2 million, 14.6 percent more than in 2013. • Jobs in the arts, science and cultural organizations grew by 5 percent since 2013 to 10,731. • Cultural tourists, about 18 percent of the nearly 14 million people who visited cultural attractions, added $367 million in new money to the state’s economy, the largest impact to date from that sector. • 3.9 million children benefited from outreach. The SCFD institutions also are working to increase outreach and improve access to underserved communities and those who might not be able to afford admissions. At Denver Botanic Gardens, for instance, 5.3 million people were served through the SCFD’s free days in 2015. Gardens officials realized some also might not be able to visit because they just can’t get there. So they started free shuttle transportation from community centers, such as Denver’s Mariposa Housing Authority, the Asian-Pacific Development Center and refugee communities to bring people in on days other than traditional free days — but also with free admission. While the process may not be perfect, what the Scientific Cultural Facilities District has built in 28 years of existence can only be applauded and met with gratitude. Its institutions — from the Denver Zoo to the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities to the Lakewood Symphony, Golden History Museums and Wheat Ridge Community Chorale — continually work to give us the joy of discovery and simple enjoyment, moments that let us breathe in a world that runs too fast. All this for a penny on every $10 in sales tax. The decision is easy: Approve 4B. It’s a small price to pay for the arts.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Why I am voting yes on continuing SCFD In 2015 our region spent $53 Million on the arts. What did we get for that? We got $367 Million in cultural tourism, 7 times as much as the investment. We got an innovative and creative workforce. The arts makes our homegrown workforce more creative and is one of the reasons why Denver is one of the cities attracting the most millennial workers. Colorado is top in the nation for adults who preform or create art. We are top in the nation for classical music concerts, dance, theater, and art museum attendance. What does this mean in terms of business? It is because of these creative workers that we have more start-ups than even San Francisco. We got businesses choosing to locate in our region. Businesses go where workers choose to live and workers want to live in places with a high quality of life. This is part of why our employment rate is consistently above the national average. In 1988 we came together around a vision of an exciting enriching place and as a result our economy is strong and we get the extra bonus of hearing live music, seeing community plays, and going to museums, the zoo and the botanic gardens. What an amazing place to live.
Shakti, the level of certainty necessary for them to Lakewood City Council operate and grow is jeopardized by the ease of potential constitutional amendments. Amendment 71 will protect our constituVote yes on Amendment 71 tion and increase the level of certainty by reOur state’s constitution has become quiring that signatures are gathered in every cluttered with directives pushed by special state Senate district. This ensures broadinterests. This isn’t a good thing, but there is based support and equitable representation. a good reason it has happened: It’s easy to do. Special interests from all over the country The proposed constitutional amendment look to Colorado as a testing ground for laws then needs to pass by more than 55 percent, thereby, raising the bar. and constitutional amendments. While Amendment 71 raises the bar for What is wrong with voters directly stating constitutional amendments, it leaves intact their preferences for laws and constituthe easiest process in the country for citizentional clauses? Absolutely nothing. But it initiated changes to law. also makes sense that we should protect our constitution from outsiders and that amendThis November, I hope you’ll join me in ments should be of enduring value. raising the bar and protecting the Colorado Currently, special interests face the same Constitution by supporting Amendment 71. ballot process to change state law as they do Jim Gunning the constitution. Not surprisingly, three out Former mayor of Lone Tree of every four initiatives seek an amendment because of the greater weight it carries over a Quality health care for all state law. I stand for women’s equality, and support These constitutional amendments inject women’s access to full reproductive health permanent policies into our governance that care, including abortion. I am also a supportare difficult to change or remove. This creates er of ColoradoCare, Amendment 69, as an a vulnerability for our state and particularly opportunity to ensure every Coloradan qualour economic development efforts. And that, ity health care affordably. I am so pleased in turn, affects all working Coloradans. that groundbreaking women’s rights activist Bringing new businesses to our region and journalist Gloria Steinem, who helped better positions our communities for the create both New York and Ms. Magazine, work-life balance people want: less time on Letters continues on Page 11 the roads and more time with families. But
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Why Jeffco voters should pass 3A and 3B Why does Jeffco Public Schools need 3A and 3B? The short answer: Our kids need quality educational facilities and resources. The long answer: Old schools need repairs and updates. The average age of our schools is 45 years. How many of us have replaced roofs, redone driveways, completed major water line/sewage projects, replaced furnaces, and made other big investments on our homes? Imagine the needs of a 45-year-old school that is well-used and hasn’t had significant improvements in 10 years. Now, multiply that by the 155 schools in Jeffco that need work. In addition, we have high-growth areas in parts of our district; we need to have seats for the students of families that are moving into Jeffco. We know our buildings will be used for at least 50 years; a quality investment now makes sense. In the long run, it’s more economical and we want to take care of the investments our taxpayers
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has endorsed ColoradoCare. Despite the stance of certain progressives in Colorado, Amendment 69 will be a step forward for quality health care for all. Lynn Gorsuch Brown Arvada No to Trump Trump has a history of not paying workers at his properties. He’s profited from the trade deals he speaks against. He outsources jobs at his own companies. He even boasts that not paying taxes makes him smart. We need to elect a president who is honest and who respects all the citizens of America. Jane Williams Denver No on Jeffco bond If the Jeffco schools’ average age is 45
have already made in this county. Good teachers, quality learning tools and technology prepare our students for the workforce and college. Jeffco Public Schools has prioritized teacher Dan McMinimee compensation since agreeing to a cut GUEST during hard times. However, we don’t COLUMN have enough funding to be competitive in the metro area; our teacher pay averages 10 percent less than the seven districts around us. We need to pay wages that attract and keep the best teachers and staff. Giving our educators the resources they need to teach our students current, needed skills is important as well. Science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM) is in demand, as are trade skills and good communication basics. We need to teach kids with the professional tools used now and what they will be using in the future, not what they used 10 years ago. State funding for education is low and likely to continue to be a challenge. It’s no secret that education funding in our state has been slowly declining since 1987, the last year that Colorado was at the national average for funding for schools. Colorado is now ranked 40th in per-student funding in the U.S.; approximately $2,200 per student per year less than the national average. To add insult to injury, voters passed a base funding amount for education via Amendment 23 in 2000, and since 2009, the state has not fulfilled that commitment by use of the “negative factor.” That means Jeffco Public Schools has been about $80 million short on expected revenue each year since 2009. Though limited tax revenue from marijuana sales have been
funneled into education, the reality is the amount generated is a fraction of what is needed and virtually no dollars have made it to our school system. It’s clear we cannot count on state funding; asking for support from our county voters is a necessity. Our 86,000 students and 14,000 staff have been stretching dollars, making do, and even doing without for years. It’s time to invest in them. Over time, a mediocre educational system is much more costly than $4.12 a month per $100,000 in home value. If we want our kids to be well-prepared, literate, knowledgeable and competent so they will be the successful workers, leaders and community-builders of our future, we need to provide high quality educators, resources and facilities. Please support 3A and 3B. Invest in our kids, our future.
years old and they are in desperate need of repair, then why is less than half of the $535 million bond allocated to fixing aging schools? As a Jeffco parent, I want my kids to learn in healthy environments and I realize that comes at a cost. But I have to ask myself – why is Jeffco spending nearly $100 million on adding 120 classrooms to move sixth graders to middle school? What happens to all the empty classrooms left behind in the elementary schools? Will that lead to school closings? What about the $30 million allocated to adding a second gym to six schools and artificial turf to seven schools? Those sound more like luxuries than necessities, when other schools need new roofs. How many more schools could be updated with $130 million? Additionally, there are plans for two new schools, costing over $50 million, while enrollment in Jeffco has remained flat over the last 10 years. Yes, there is overcrowding in north Arvada, but Zerger Elementary and the old Sobesky Academy sit empty. Is there a reason those spaces
cannot be utilized? The district has already added almost 2,000 additional seats; Candelas and Sierra account for 1,000, and new charter schools make up the remaining 1,000 seats. With enrollment across the district flat and 2,000 new seats already added, what happens to the schools that will lose enrollment due to new schools opening? Finally, paying down these bonds with the board’s proposed financing structure will cost us nearly one billion dollars. Don’t believe me? Read your ballot in November, it will state that clearly. As fiscally responsible citizens of Jeffco, and as the generation who will be saddling our children with this debt, we need to vote NO on 3B. Let’s demand that the school board give us an improved bond and debt structure, with more emphasis on the real needs of our Jeffco schools and students. Kim Gilmartin, Littleton
Let’s raise the bar for the constitution I support the “Raise the Bar” Amendment 71 and here’s why. Imagine a wellfunded special-interest group spending millions of dollars to amend the Colorado Constitution to benefit an out-of-state corporation. Ridiculous? Well, this is exactly what happened in 2014 when a Rhode Island gaming corporation spent millions trying to pass Amendment 68, which would have permitted casino gambling at horse racetracks in three Colorado counties. It would have benefited one out-of-state corporation, but hurt Colorado’s home-grown gaming industry. The amendment failed, but the issue remains. Do we want our state constitution to be easy to manipulate by deeppocket, out of state special interests? Colorado’s Constitution is among the easiest state constitutions to amend. In 140 years of statehood, our state
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OBITUARIES SPALDING
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MEREK TAL SPALDING Aug. 27, 1964 – Oct. 1, 2016
Merek Tal Spalding, 52, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2016 at Ogden Regional Hospital. He was born August 27, 1964 in Logan, Utah to Merek Hinckley and Donna Lee Dursteler. Donna and James S. Spalding raised him. He attended schools in Lakewood, Colorado. Merek lived in many different states during his life and has lived in Utah for the
last seven years. He was employed in construction. Merek enjoyed hunting, fishing and especially NASCAR. He is survived by his daughter Cherish Kelly, Hutchinson, KS; two grandchildren, Oliver James and Parker Lea; one brother, James David (Sharon) Spalding, two sisters Tonya (Jim) Spalding and Debbie
Stegman. He was preceded in death by his parents. Private family service will be held. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Goldenwest Credit Union to help his grandkids. Arrangements entrusted to Lindquist’s Roy Mortuary. Memories and condolences may be sent to the family at www.lindquistmortuary. com
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constitution has been amended more than 150 times. That is because Colorado requires fewer signatures than any other state to get on the statewide ballot. The 98,492 threshold reflecting 5 percent of those casting
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October 13, 2016 ballots. Also, there is no requirement that petition signatures be gathered throughout the state. Currently, the majority of petition signatures are gathered in the Denver and Boulder areas, leaving rural Coloradans without a voice. Once on the statewide ballot, it requires only a simple majority to amend our state constitution. Many other states require a 60 percent popular
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majority. Amendment 71 would require petition signatures to reflect 2 percent of the registered voters in each of the state’s 35 Senate districts and would require a 55 percent popular vote to pass. These changes would protect Coloradans from special interest groups who use citizen’s initiatives to advance their causes. Once cemented into our constitution, these policies are difficult to update or remove because of the permanence enshrined in our state’s foundational document. Vote “yes” on Amendment 71. Jayson VanShura, Lakewood Quite taxing Can the long suffering taxpayers of Jeffco really afford: • The new 10 percent tax burden stemming from the open-ended pie-inthe-sky Amendment 69 (aka ColoradoCare)? • Plus the 3A, 3B taxes resulting from our school board’s mill and bond levies, which have balloon payment features after 10 years (costing an additional $200 million, yes $200 million, in interest)? • Plus increased
future property taxes mandated by rising property value assessments buoyed by our current ‘housing price’ bubble? • Plus the rising price of food? • And, if they are Arvada residents, plus a proposed road maintenance tax? Will those deemed “cash cows” by their elected officials, here and in many other counties across the state, recognize the ultimate “’straw...” and accept the consequences? Or will they prove to be as obstinate as camels and have the courage to vote NO on every bloated issue on their November ballots? Russell W Haas, Golden Support Jeffco’s 3A and 3B measures Our students are Jeffco’s future, and that’s why I support Jeffco Schools 3A and 3B. We need to equip our students with the skills needed for 21st-century jobs, and 3A will provide additional support for STEM programming, project-based learning and more. It will also help Jeffco attract and retain top-notch teachers for our students. The mill levy over-
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students. These children are Jeffco’s future business owners, doctors, engineers and leaders, and for their sake I ask you to join me in voting yes on 3A and 3on Nov. 8. Karyn Peabody, Golden School bond has questionable outcome Forgive me Jefferson County residents for writing again so soon about our School District’s plans for voted increased funding to the detriment of Student’s educations and us in more taxes and debit. But someone has to be more concerned for educational outcomes and it doesn’t appear to be our new School Board. First Mr. Rupert all School Districts in Colorado have “stable funding”, it’s the lack or lesser increases to yearly budgets that is objectionable to most educators that’s at issue. And why you can’t “... take control of our own destiny...” isn’t a mystery to professional educators who know how educators as yourself have worked in the past. It’s really the main reasons of our current educational system Letters continues on Page 13
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failings, in meeting educational goals and unwillingness to change to make better school scores happen. Ali Lasell, our Board’s first VP, said the bond is to “...support Jeffco’s plan to implement a 6-8 middle school configuration across the district...” But where is the benefit to sixth grade students from moving them from higher performing elementary schools
to lower performing middle schools? Wouldn’t it be more helpful to student’s educational attainments, middle school’s transitioning problems and high school freshmen’s immaturity in going to a 7-9 model at this level? Also the district offering 13-14 college level curriculum at all high schools would better meet student’s educational needs to both outcome purposes, work and college readiness. Oh excuse me I forgot, community input wasn’t needed or ask for in these educational plans nor the debits this Board has already committed to place over our children’s educations. Jeffco school’s are all of our concerns and
yes there are multiple issues that need all of our attention. Working together is what’s needed and the idea that only district administration and teachers have all answers is incorrect. Gary Scofield, Arvada Vote Yes on 3A and 3B An investment in Jeffco Schools is an investment in Jeffco’s future, and that is why I am voting yes on 3A and 3B this November. As the president of the Jefferson County Education Association, I support 3A and 3B for three basic reasons. First, Jeffco needs
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arents worry that today’s children aren’t getting enough exercise, spending more time playing video games and less time playing outdoors. But throughout the metro area, there are efforts to spark kids’ interest in physical fitness. They include running programs in Littleton and Parker and a beforeschool program in Arvada that encourages students to play sports. Kaiser Permanente offers options for Colorado schools that want to encourage exercise, via its Thriving Schools Initiative, which offers grants of up to $200,000 to fund physical or nutritional education programs. At North Arvada Middle School, the program funds a zero-hour class beginning at 7:30 a.m. daily in which students play a friendly game of basketball or handball, tracking activity with pedometers, with a goal of at least 3,000 steps. At Damon Runyon Elementary School in Littleton, physical education teacher Jason Hill has been working for 10 years to get and keep kids interested in running. His Runyon Running Club gathers weekly during the fall and spring at the school’s track, with about 80 students ranging from kindergarten to fifth grade. Parent Adrian Jordan, whose son Tariq is a second-grader at Runyon and takes part in the club, said it helps to have something else to do besides sitting in front of a computer. “It’s not good for a kid to be staring
A fear of letting kids play unsupervised can also lead to lower levels of physical activity, some parents believe. “I think now people are more afraid to let their kids go out and play,” said Joy Getz, whose son, Brady, a kindergartner, takes part in the Runyon Running Club in Littleton.
Runyon Elementary School physical education teacher plays tag with students in the school’s running club. The club promotes exercise among children. Photo by Kyle Harding at a screen for hours,” he said. Though many parents or educators may be worried that today’s children may not be as active as in generations past, Hill said they may just need encouragement. “I think they’re active with adults’ help,” he said. “There’s not a lot of kids coming down here playing soccer or shooting hoops without it being a scheduled practice.” Many Runyon parents are into running, which helps, Hill said. “There are a lot of triathletes and distance runners here.” Hill runs 5Ks and used to trail run when he lived in western Colorado.
He ran one half-marathon before sustaining an ACL and meniscus tear in his knee. His son took part in the club during his elementary school years and now runs track at Euclid Middle School in Littleton. “Many kids from here are now doing track there,” he said. Kids Running America is a Parkerbased nonprofit organization that encourages running among children throughout the Denver metro area. The group uses an “incremental marathon” approach, with the kids logging mileage over eight to 12 weeks. They run the final mile at Wash-
Lenore Skenazy, founder of the Freerange Kids movement and the blog Freerangekids.com, which advocates raising children to be independent, said that fear is unfounded and negatively affects child-rearing, including by keeping kids from being as active as they should be. “We really have lost our perspective on what is dangerous,” she said. Skenazy, an author and former journalist who lives in New York City, believes that unsupervised play is crucial to childhood development.
ington Park in Denver on Oct. 23, completing either a marathon of 26.2 miles or an ultra-marathon of 100 miles. “Our main goal is to get kids out and active,” spokeswoman Rachel Levi said. Though Colorado consistently Active continues on Page 15
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Local orchestra keeps jazz beat alive Denver’s jazz scene will never match the bustling birthplaces of the genre — New Orleans, Chicago and New Orleans — but the Mile High City still boasts an impressive jazz history. Art Bouton, executive director Clarke Reader of the Colorado Jazz Repertory OrchesLINER tra, is among those NOTES working to keep that history alive through performance. “The goal of the orchestra is simple — gather the best players in town to play the best big band jazz,” he said. “Every town should have a band playing great stuff like this.” Entering its fifth season, the orchestra brings its take on big band leaders like Count Basie and Duke Ellington, and unique arrangements from such legends as Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, to smaller venues up and down the Front Range. In the coming six months, the 18-piece band will perform at the Arvada Center, Lakewood Cultural Center and Parker Arts Center. “These 500-seat theaters are our sweet spot,” Bouton said. “There’s not any other large jazz ensemble in town doing what we’re doing.”
Denver’s jazz scene dates back to the 1920s and 1930s, when Five Points in central Denver was known as the ‘Harlem of the West.’ The neighborhood was home to famous clubs like the Rossonian, the Casino Cabaret and Lotus Club. Bouton, also a professor of saxophone at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music, has been a lifelong advocate of jazz in the area. “This music deserves people with an attention to detail,” he said. “Anybody can feel it when it really starts grooving.” Denver’s jazz scene dates back to the 1920s and 1930s, when Five Points in central Denver was known as the “Harlem of the West.” The neighborhood was home to famous clubs like the Rossonian, the Casino Cabaret and Lotus Club. Towering figures like Louis Armstrong and Fitzgerald stopped by to perform. One of the biggest names in the big band era, Glenn Miller, also left an im-
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and hip-hop in new, inventive ways. To help keep jazz alive, Bouton and the orchestra work with Youth on Record, a nonprofit that partners with the local music community, public schools, housing authorities and philanthropic organizations to ensure high-risk young people graduate high school ready to enter college or the workforce. “We’re building an audience one person at a time,” Bouton said. “We play music at such a high level, and that’s the way it should be played.”
pression on the area. He attended the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1923 and played in clubs around Denver before dropping out of the university to pursue music fulltime. Today, Denver is home to such jazz clubs as Dazzle on Capitol Hill and El Chapultepec on Market Street, which are great places to experience live jazz. “Live jazz is amazing, because you’re able to see and hear people create music on the spot,” Bouton said. “Jazz is always changing, and I can’t wait to hear what the music sounds like in six years.” In a world with so many musical options at one’s fingertips, getting young people interested in jazz is one of the genre’s biggest challenges. Since its creation, hip-hop has been inspiring new generations of jazz investigators, and artists like Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper and Oddisee are blending jazz
Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he has been a jazz fan since hearing Miles Davis in seventh grade. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot. com. And share your favorite jazz music at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.
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the area, and about 550 kids are taking part this fall, Levi said. She serves as a team mentor at Northridge Elementary School in Highlands Ranch, where 70 kids are in the club. “It’s really fun to see these kids and their love of running,” she said. Making exercise fun is key to keeping kids interested in it, according to the Roadrunners Club of America, a national association of running organizations. To that end, Hill’s run-
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WHAT IS CHILDHOOD OBESITY? Generally, a child is not obese until he or she is at least 10 percent heavier than the recommended weight for his or her height and body type, according to Kids Running America, a Parker-based organization that encourages running during childhood. Obesity most commonly begins at age 5 or 6 or during adolescence, and a child who is obese between the ages of 10 and 13 has an 80
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Ladies show off their ballet moves in a previous Plie for Pink class, hosted annually to raise funds for a breast cancer organization. Funds from this year’s event, at 9:45 a.m. on Oct. 15, will go towards a local breast cancer awareness organization, Stamped With Love. Courtesy photo ter, can have a carefree day of pampering. April Norris owns the women’s fitness studio called Xtend Barre. Every October — National Breast Cancer Awareness Month — she holds a fundraising event called Plié for Pink. Plié is a ballet movement, which is fitting for the ballet- and Pilates-based studio. Each year, funds from Plié for Pink go to a person or organization touched by the disease. Last year, Norris raised about $400 for a Highlands Ranch woman whose mother needed a double mastectomy, a procedure in which a doctor removes both breasts to remove as much of the cancer as possible. When she was choosing a person or organization to donate to this year, Norris thought of Franklin. The two have been friends for a couple of years. Norris will donate all funds from her Oct. 15 Plié
MORE ON STAMPED WITH LOVE Valerie Franklin, executive director and photographer of Stamped With Love, usually hosts about 15 to 20 photo shoots per year. Services last up to two hours and include professional makeup and hairstyling and a photo shoot with three to five wardrobe changes. Guests leave for Pink event to Stamped With Love. “We want to be able to touch a personal life,” said Norris, who lost her aunt to breast cancer. Plié for Pink will be at 9:45 a.m. Oct. 15 at the Xtend Barre studio, 3620 E. Highlands Ranch Parkway. Norris asks that guests register before the class online at www.xtendbarre.com/studio/ highlands-ranch or by phone at 303791-2100. The cost is $20 per person.
with a personal collage of up to 10 photos and a CD with 75-100 photos. She accepts referrals from those who know someone with breast cancer or a breast cancer survivor. Email valerie@stampedwithlove.org for more information. Norris will be accepting donations, from members and nonmembers, through the month of October. She also encourages guests to sport the color pink to the class. Her studio, she said, is a positive environment for women. “This is a place of friendship, challenge and change,” Norris said. “We challenge people to do things they don’t normally do — physically and in the community.”
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How to find beauty inside contradiction My father was a complicated man, with simple tastes. And he loved to teach. One of his great lessons — a lesson he never articulated, but lived every day — was that there is a beauty in contradictions. Like being Michael Alcorn complicated and HITTING simple. For instance, my HOME father was a man of deep thought and conviction, who would go from complex philosophical conversation one instant, and then, the next, be talking in a loud Irish brogue with a twinkle in his eye. From that, I learned that seriousness and whimsy can, and do, co-exist in the best minds. In fact, one of my favorite posters of all time is of Albert Einstein, sticking his head out the window of a cab, sticking his tongue out. My father was the guy who could get up early on Sunday mornings to go set up the Sacristy before lectering at Mass
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‘Greater Tuna!’ Two actresses play 21 characters in Colorado ACTS production of “Greater Tuna!” a satire that takes place in the Podunk town of Tuna, Texas, where radio announcers Thurston Wheeler and Arlis Struvey keep the region informed of the latest and greatest gossip and dirt. Show brings out all of the politically incorrect situations you might imagine in 1970s rural America. Show runs for three weekends, from Oct. 7-22 at Colorado ACTS Theatre, 11455 W. Interstate 70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Show times are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 14-15, with a 2 p.m. matinee Saturday, Oct. 15. Dinner is served during the dinner theater weekend Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22, with a special senior citizen luncheon at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21. For reservations or information, call 303-456-6772 or visit www.coloradoacts.org. ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ Miners Alley Children’s Theatre presents “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” at 1 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 15 at 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Call 303935-3044 or go to minersalley.com. Appropriate for ages 12 and under. ‘God of Carnage’ Miners Alley Playhouse presents “God of Carnage” through Sunday, Oct. 16 at 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behavior of their children? Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 6 p.m. Sundays, with the final performance at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16. Tickets available online at www.minersalley. com or call 303-935-3044. Show includes adult content and strong language. Evergreen Players Production Evergreen Players presents “Stepping Out.” Working-class amateurs overcome inhibitions and left feet in a low-rent dance studio in North London. Show runs from Friday, Oct. 21 to Sunday, Nov. 6 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 303-674-4934 or go to www.evergreenplayers.org
‘Marie Antoinette’ The Edge Theater presents “Marie Antoinette” from Friday, Oct. 14, to Sunday, Nov. 13, at 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. France’s frivolous and fashionable queen may soon be going out of style. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 6 p.m. Sundays. No show on Saturday, Oct. 30. Industry night and Halloween party is at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31. Call 303-232-0363 or go to www.theedgetheater.com. Autumn Acoustics Nostalgia Music Group, with special guest Dakota Blonde, performs Autumn Acoustics 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. A full-bodied, foot tapping performance of the best from the 50s, 60s and 70s. Tickets available by calling 303-987-7845, at https://lakewood. showare.com/ or at the Lakewood Cultural Center Box Office. DAR Prospective Member Workshop Daughters of the American Revolution, a nonprofit women’s service organization dedicated to historic preservation, education and patriotism, plans a prospective member workshop from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Golden Public Library, 1019 10th St., Golden. Arrive at 1 p.m. and stay to work with a genealogist on your lineage to a patriot. DAR is open to all women, 18 years of age and older, who lineally descend from a patriot of the American Revolution. Family members, including men, are welcome to attend to learn about DAR and how to trace their patriotic lineage. RSVP to Mount Lookout chapter regent Joni Lewis at 303888-4395 or mtlookoutregent@gmail.com. Reservations are appreciated. Bonkers for Bats Have fun learning about bats - what’s real and what’s not, how they fly, how they live, what they eat. Bat crafts, games and snacks for everyone. Head outside to look for real bats. Fun for the whole family. Program runs from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Sign up in advance. Go to https://campscui.active.com/orgs/ MajesticViewNatureCenter Women of Vision in Colorado History Frontier women had to be strong individuals. Learn about early Golden and Colorado women who transformed our culture, managed business empires, and became known for their abilities and vision. Presented by historian and storyteller Ed Weising, program runs from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, at the Golden History Museum, 923 10th St., Golden. Go to http://www. goldenhistory.org/event/women-visioncolorado-history/?instance_id=16.
Colorado ACTS Fall Classes Colorado ACTS is taking registrations for fall classes. Try your feet at an eight-week salsa and swing class. Spend early December on stage together as a family performing in “The Best Christmas Card Ever!” Children’s classes include Treasure Island and a junior Murder Mystery. Teen classes include Phantom of the Opera and Romeo and Winifred. Colorado ACTS is at 11455 W. I-70 Frontage Road, Wheat Ridge. Register at www.coloradoacts.org. Call 303-456-6772.
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Hats Off to Broadway The Rockyettes dance troupe and Notable Choir will have you humming and singing your favorite Broadway tunes. Enjoy fancy footwork, phenomenal costumes, melodious voices, and delectable treats from 2-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303-425-9583 to register and pay by Oct. 21. Community Chorus Rhythm of Life Community Chorus, a non-audition chorus dedicated to the joy of singing, is open to teens and adults. The chorus runs in cycles, with 7-12 weeks of rehearsals, culminating in an informal performance. After a break of a few weeks, a new cycle begins. Membership dues are based on the length of the cycle. New members will receive an invoice upon registering. Money goes toward rehearsal space, music director, accompanist, music and other related expenses. New next session begins in September, with rehearsals from 7:15-8:45 p.m. Wednesdays through Nov. 9, at the Curtain Playhouse, 9170 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge. The concert will be Sunday, Nov. 13. To register, go to http://thecurtainplayhouse.com/RhythmofLife.html Square Dancing Want some fun exercise? Learn to square dance. Start at 7 p.m. any Monday at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court. Call 303-9739529.
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Paint a Masterpiece in Nature Children will create their own work of art (acrylic on canvas) while being surrounded and inspired by nature. This is an outdoors, instructor-led class with a step-by-step tutorial. No experience necessary. Program runs from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Sign up in advance. Go to https://campscui.active.com/orgs/MajesticViewNatureCenter. Be ready to have a fantastic time. All supplies included. Please dress appropriately for the activity and the weather, and sign up in advance. Watercolor and Tea Explore your creativity using different watercolor techniques. Dry brushes, salt, rubber cement, earl grey, honey and sugar … we’ll combine all of these things one way or another to create scenes from nature. Instructor is David Sullivan. Program offered from 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Oct. 19, Oct. 26 and Nov. 2 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Sign up in advance. Go to https://campscui.active.com/orgs/MajesticViewNatureCenter. Arts and Crafts Exhibitors Exhibitors are needed for the fifth annual Stober Elementary School arts and crafts fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. Contact Anne Drobny at annedrobny@gmail.com. Japanese Arts and Crafts Showcase The 32nd annual Japanese Arts and Crafts Showcase is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at Simpson United Methodist Church, 6001 Wolff St., Arvada. Annual event offers Asian arts and crafts from Denver’s JapaneseAmerican community. You can find Asian inspired woodwork, pottery, quilts, Christmas ornaments, jewelry, and more. Call 303-428-7963 or go to http:// www.simpsonumc.com. Art Classes, Workshops The Lakewood Arts Council and Gallery is beginning new session of art classes and workshops. For registration and information, go to www.lakewoodartscouncil.org or call 303-980-0625. The gallery is at 6731 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood.
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Saint Anthony Relics The holy relics of Saint Anthony of Padua will visit St. Rafka Maronite Church in Lakewood as part of a 10-day tour of the Archdiocese of Denver
from Oct. 14-23. The relics will be at St. Fafka from 4-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14. The church is at 2301 Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Mass is at 6:30 p.m. The 3 G’s (Gloxinia, Gesneriad Growers) Show and Sale Enjoy the display of these interesting plants and find unusual varieties and learn from the experts Saturday, Oct. 15 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters.com for information. Town Meeting, Community Coffee State Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp hosts a town meeting from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 15, at Standley Lake Library. We’ll talk about the minimum wage initiative and the death with dignity initiative. Bring questions and feedback. This is the last town meeting until January. Kraft-Tharp also hosts community coffee events from 8-9 a.m. at La Dolce Vita in Olde Town Arvada and from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Panera in Walnut Creek, Westminster. This will be the last community coffee this year. Call 303-866-2950. National Wildlife Refuge Week Delight in nature from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, during National Wildlife Refuge Week at Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge, 9210 W. 80th Ave., Arvada. A guided bird walk starts at 8 a.m. Activities for children run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Roam at your leisure from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. No reservations required. No cost to attend. This event is sponsored by Founders and Friends of Two Ponds NWR and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Go to http://www.twopondsnwr.org/happenings Unlikely Stories of Redemption Real-life examples of hope growing out of hopelessness will be explored at Lifetree Café at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 5675 Field St., Arvada. The program, “Redeemed: A Real-Life Cinderella Story,” features interviews with destitute Filipino children whose lives changed dramatically after the children were accepted into a ballet school. During the program, participants will have the opportunity to share stories about times they’ve seen difficult situations redeemed. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@peacelutheran.net. Resource Roundup Expo Connect with services and resources that can enhance your golden years. Receive free giveaways, snacks and door prizes. Expo is from 8:1511:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303-425-9583. Fall International Migratory Bird Day Celebrate birds and their migration through the area Saturday, Oct. 22, at the fall International Migratory Bird Day with the North JeffCo Nature Centers. A guided bird watch will meet at 8 a.m. at Standley Lake Nature Center, West 100th Avenue and Simms Street, Westminster. Afterward, enjoy an open house from 9 a.m. to noon with activities and learning in and around the Standley Lake Nature Center. No registration required. All ages welcome; event is free. Amazon Basin and Machu Picchu: MVNC Travel Series Tour the Amazon Basin of Peru and Brazil. See photos of the rainforest and its birds, insects, fresh water dolphins, fish, turtles, caimans, giant otters, and sloths. Visit remote native villages of the area. Travel to the headwaters of the Amazon and visit the “Lost City of the Inca’s,” Machu Picchu, built in 1460. Presented by Bob Barber, professional photographer. Program runs from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Sign up in advance. Go to https://campscui.active.com/orgs/MajesticViewNatureCenter. Daughters of the Nile High Tea El Mejdel Temple No. 47, Daughters of the Nile, plans its annual high tea at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Highlands Masonic Lodge, 3550 Federal Blvd., Denver. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Vendors, a silent auction and entertainment included. Reservation deadline is Saturday, Oct. 29. Call 303-232-3542 for information. Send a check ($18/person), payable to El Mejdel Temple No. 27, to: Jo Ann Van Trump, 3360 Marshall St., Wheat Ridge, 80033. Include names of those attending, amount enclosed, contact phone and email address. All proceeds benefit the operating budget of El Mejdel Temple No. 47. Pumpkin Patch The Arvada Gardeners has a pumpkin patch at the Arvada Community Garden at 57th and Garrison. Many good-sized and many mini pumpkins are available. Stop by any day from dawn to dusk when there is someone there and gate is open or unlocked. Gardeners will provide you with a wheelbarrow and you and your family can walk out to the patch, pick out your pumpkins, load them in the wheelbarrow and push them back to the entry. Call Stan Sharman at 847-287-2506 or Bill Orchard at 303422-9468. Nutritional Coaching Kate Sheets, nutritional health coach at the Natural Grocers at Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, offers free one-on-one nutrition coaching sessions for the public. Call the store at 303-423-0990 for an appointment.
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Continuing Education Program Metropolitan State College of Denver offers a continuing education program for adults. Most classes are 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, for two to four weeks, and cost varies. Most take place at the Student Success Building on the Auraria Campus, with other classes taking place at the South Campus (I-25 and Orchard) and the Center For Visual Arts on Santa Fe Drive. For list of classes, go to www.msudenver.edu/learnon or call 303-556-3657. Application not required. More info at www.Facebook. com/msudenverlearnoninitiative. 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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attitude in our schools: at some point, we seem to tell students that they have to be either athletes, or artists, or musicians, or scholars. We make it very difficult for students to pursue their own beautiful contradictions. And don’t even get me started on this election season, in which our real contradictions are between the candidates we’ve elevated and the hopes and intentions of the founding fathers. I think we would all be better off if
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October 13, 2016 Attendees on The Golden Hayride’s inaugural Oktoberfest Beer Tour on Oct. 6, wave as the truck parks along Ninth Street in downtown Golden at Mountain Toad Brewing, one of six stops at local establishments on the tour. Photo by Christy Steadman
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Player living a sweet dream
Brock Miller (24) cuts to the right to take advantage of the block by Lakewood teammate Jimmy Couture (8) during the Oct. 7 league game against Highlands Ranch. Miller gained enought yardage for a tiger first down on the play but Highlands Ranch broke a 14-14 tie and went on to win the game, 38-14. Photos by Tom Munds
Tigers lose to Falcons Football bounced didn’t favor Lakewood in loss to Highlands Ranch By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Quarterback Pierce Holley (16) throws a swing pass to Lakewood teammate Rudy Maestas during the Oct. 7 game against Highlands Ranch. Holley completed 10 of 17 passes for 75 yards for the Tigers but the Falcons went on to win the game, 38-14,
Game summary: The score fails to reflect the determined effort of the Lakewood players in the Oct. 7 league football game against Highlands Ranch. There were a lot of positive moments for the Tigers. Lakewood stopped the Falcons on three tries from the five-yard line to force a field goal and got a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. But Highlands Ranch took advantage of opportunities to score 24 unanswered points and win the game, 38-14. “We are pretty young. We only have 12 seniors on the roster so we have eight or nine kids on both sides of the ball who are sophomores or juniors,” Tigers Coach Jeff Braun said before the game. “We are still trying to figure how to play. Some days we show up and we are pretty good and other days we show up and are not very good.” Football continues on Page 26
Familiar look to state tennis tournament Cherry Creek again poised for a championship Staff report Not much appears to have changed this fall. Cherry Creek and Fairview head into the boys Class 5A state tennis tournament as the teams to beat.
The Class 5A tournament will be played Oct. 13-15 at the Gates Tennis Center in Denver, while the 4A tournament is set for the same days at Pueblo City Park. Cherry Creek has won 41 state championships and the Bruins are the fivetime defending champs. In each of the past five seasons, Fairview has finished second to the Bruins. In the Region 1 qualifying tourna-
ment, Creek swept all the titles in the seven divisions and will have 11 players in the state brackets. Fairview will send all 11 of its players to the Gates Tennis Center while Heritage, Ponderosa, Grand Junction and Mountain Vista qualified enough players to be contenders. The only local qualifier was Ralston Valley’s No. 2 singles player— Jackson Johnstone, Jr.
I’m sure Judd Erickson sometimes feels like he is sauntering away from a sweet dream when he walks off the football field. Erickson is Mountain Vista’s Jim Benton senior quarterback in the OVERTIME Golden Eagles’ spread, hurryup offense. He throws an average of 41 passes a game. He leads Class 5A quarterbacks with an impressive 2,168 yards and 23 touchdowns. He played only the first half in Vista’s 46-0 romp over Aurora Hinkley on Oct. 7 at Aurora Public Schools Stadium, but still passed for 205 yards and three TDs. “It’s amazing,” Erickson said. “I mean every quarterback dreams of it and with the skilled receivers we have and the offensive line that can hold up in pass pro(protection), it’s unreal.” The 6-foot-4, 205 pounder who still hasn’t drawn a lot of attention from college recruiters, credits the coaching staff and his teammates for his success this season. Still, he did pass for 2,174 yards in the 2015 season with 20 TDs. Vista offensive coordinator TJ Rubley illuminated that Erickson is bigger and stronger so his arm strength is up probably 30 percent. He’s running the offense better and is more comfortable in the pocket. ”He gets to throw the ball a lot but he has to get us in the right play,” said Rubley, who was a quarterback at the University of Tulsa and was on five pro teams, including the Denver Broncos. “If he doesn’t have those abilities, he doesn’t get the ability to throw the ball. “He has to have accuracy. He’s throwing a lot with five in the box. This isn’t easy football. A majority of his yards have come against difficult coverages.” Erickson, who could pass for 3,600 yards if he continues at his current pace, claims that running the offense isn’t hard. “It’s not too difficult,” he said. “There are a lot of calls on me but our offensive coordinator is incredible and prepares me well each week, so I know what I’m going to see. He makes it easy for me.”
Fundraising for McKee family The Highlands Ranch football family and friends raised $1,663 and the Highlands Ranch TD club contributed another $500 to help support the McKee family for their injured son. Dylan McKee was a former Highlands Ranch football player who is now a freshman on the Concordia football team. He was injured in an automobile accident along with four other Bulldogs freshman players on Oct. 2 near Surprise, Nebraska.
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Services Carpentry Ian Fonseca, football, senior, Arvada: Fonseca averaged 30.3 yards per completion in the Bulldogs’ 24-20 victory over Middle Park on Oct. 7. The 2A Flatirons League passing leader completed 9 of 17 passes for 273 yards and two touchdowns. Shelby Trostle, softball, sophomore, Faith Christian: She delivered a two-out, two-strike walkoff double in an 8-7 win over Basalt on Oct. 8. Trostle went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in during the game. Gracie Cordova, softball, senior, Pomona: She went 2-for-3 with an RBI in the Panthers’ 13-6 win over D’Evelyn on Oct. 7. Cordova finished the regular season with a .552 batting average and was the 4A Jefferson County league leader in home runs (8), RBI (37), slugging percentage (1.120) and on base percentage (.606). Erin Gillcrist, volleyball, senior, Lakewood: She had 17 kills and a 60.7 kill percentage in the Tigers’ 3-0 conquest of Bear Creek on Oct. 6. Andi Brown, softball, senior, Golden: Demons will take a three-game winning streak into the Class 4A state playoffs and Brown went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI in a 9-5 triumph over Evergreen in the Oct. 5 regular season finale. Colorado Community Media selects five athletes from high schools in the west metro area each week as “Standout Performers.” Preference is given to athletes making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com
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McKee was still in intensive care last weekend after his second surgery but was improving. He is expected to recover. McKee’s brother Hunter is a senior linebacker on the Falcons football team this season and youngest sibling TJ is a freshman player at Highlands Ranch. Parents Larry and Kelly McKee have been with Dylan since the accident, but Larry returned home briefly to watch the Highlands Ranch game Oct. 7 against Lakewood. Board passes on basketball mercy rule The Colorado High School Activities Association’s Board of Directors passed on a decision about the mercy rule to the basketball committee. So there will be no mercy rule for boys and girls basketball this season, which would have created a running clock if a team was ahead by 40 points in the fourth quarter. Since the Board of Directors didn’t vote on the mercy proposal, the basketball committee will discuss the merits and disadvantages of the mercy rule during its Feb. 7 meeting. If a mercy rule is approved and included in the basketball committee report, then the Legislative Committee would have to approve the decision. 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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Softball teams head into regional playoff action By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com
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Eight regional, four-team state playoff regional tournaments in Class 3A, 4A and 5A will take place Oct. 15 with two teams from each region advancing to the state tournament, held Oct. 21-22 at the Aurora Sports Complex. The top eight teams, according to the RPI standings, earned host roles for the regional tournaments. In Class 5A, Douglas County, Legend and Arvada West earned the right to play host to a regional tournament. Douglas County will hold the Region 4 tournament at the Metzler complex in Castle Rock and the Region 6 tourney hosted by Legend will be the Salisbury fields in Parker. In the opening pairings, 16th-seeded Legacy (13-6-0) will face No. 17 Castle View (11-71) in the Region 1 tournament at Broomfield High School. Cherry Creek, seeded 25th with a 9-10-0 record, will take on No. 8 and host
Loveland (13-6-0) in the Region 2 tournament. No. 12 Ralston Valley (11-7-0) will meet No. 21 Mountain Vista (12-7-0) in the Region 3 tourney hosted by Eaglecrest at the Aurora Sports Park. Sixth-seeded Legend (14-4-1) will face No. 27 Smoky Hill (11-8-0) in the Region 6 tournament while the Region 7 tourney finds No. 28 and defending 5A champion Mountain Range (10-9-0) challenging No. 7 Arvada West (13-5-1) in an opening contest. No. 18 ThunderRidge (13-6-0) travels to Grand Junction and will play No. 16 Fort Collins (12-7-0) to begin Region 8 action. Valor reserved Aurora Sports Park for the Region 5 Class 4A tournament. The Eagles, seeded third with an 18-1-0 record, will play No. 30 Pueblo East (7-12-0). No. 19 D’Evelyn will face No. 14 Pueblo Central (12-7-0) in the other opening game. Fifth-seed Wheat Ridge (13-6-0) faces No. 28 Pueblo Centennial (6-12-1) as host for Region 3 and No. 16 Golden (14-5-0) faces the
challenge of playing No. 17 Berthoud (12-7-0) in the Region 1, Class 4A tourney in Erie. Advancing to the state playoffs was an accomplishment for Arvada. The Bulldogs are 11-8-0 this season and the most wins Arvada managed in a single season over the previous seven years was six. Arvada, seeded No. 29, plays No. 4 Pueblo West (15-3-0) in the Region 4 tourney at Runyon Field in Pueblo and No. 22 Ponderosa (9-10-0) will open against No. 11 Frederick (12-7-0) in the Region 6 event hosted by Mountain View at the Barnes Softball Complex in Loveland. Twenty-four teams qualifyied for the Class 3A playoffs and No. 14 Faith Christian (10-90) plays No. 19 St. Mary’s (10-9-0) in the Region 3 tournament, while No. 7 The Academy (15-4-0) will be at home to play the winner of the Cedaredge-Akron game in the Region 7 tournament. Two fields must be available for a school to host a regional tournament so all the sites have yet to be determined.
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Key moments: It was a see-saw battle early. The score was tied at 7-7 midway through the first quarter. Then the Tigers defense put up a classic goal line stand at the start of the second and Highlands Ranch missed the field goal. But the Falcons got the ball back and scored. The Tigers evened the score with a 95-yard kickoff return by Rudy Maestas. Lakewood’s defense was on the field for a long time from late in the first quarter to near the end of the second quarter when Highlands Ranch scored the first seven of 24 unanswered points to win the game. Despite the gap in the score, Lakewood never quit pressing the attack on offense and grudgingly giving up yardage on defense. The Tigers were driving deep in Fal-
con territory when the final whistle sounded ending the game. Key players/statistics: Tigers junior quarterback Ezekiel Sundberg completed 12 of 19 passes for 119 yards, carried the ball on the ground four times for 28 yards and made eight solo tackles and had one assist. Sophomore quarterback Pierce Holley completed 10 of 17 passes for 75 yards. Lakewood completed passes to 11 different players. Blake Cowden was the reception leader with six catches for 60 yards. The Tigers rushed for 40 yards. Sundberg topped the list with four carries for 28 yards. Rudy Maestas gained 10 yards rushing from scrimmage and scored a touchdown plus he returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. The Tigers’ Steven Romero who had nine solo tackles, four assists including one sack. Jimmy Couture, the Tigers second leading receiver with four catches for 27 yards also had five solo tackles and seven assists. They said it: Maestas said his touchdown
was a result of a lot of practice and preparation. “We felt we could run against the Highland Ranch kickoff return team and practiced it all week,” he said. “We had the return setup to run to the right and had a couple extra guys over there to make some blocks.” He said his teammates gave him an open lane down the right side of the field and he broke into the open with only the kicker between him and the goal line. “I knew I could beat the kicker because he over pursued so I gave him a stiff arm, broke around him and I was in the open,” he said. “Crossing the goal line felt wonderful. There is no other feeling like it. I am glad I could help my team and I just wish I could have done more so we could have won the game.” Going forward: Lakewood emerged from the game with a 4-2 overall record and 0-1 in the Class 5A Mountain Lincoln League. The team has four games remaining on the schedule, all against league opponents.
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Non-residential properties would pay an additional $180.36 a year for every $100,000 of property value. With monies gained from the bond, improvements and repairs to 110 schools are proposed, along with major renovations and additions of 45 schools and facilities. Four replacement and three new elementary schools are also proposed. If the bond and mill override don’t pass, the district will will need to restructure the budget, which Jeffco Public Schools Superintendent Dan McMinimee said could include school closures and program cuts. McMinimee and members of the Board of Education also are meeting with area civic groups and parents to spread the word and educate voters. “I’ve been to close to 50 community meetings since Aug. 2, in addition to presentations with neighborhood groups,” McMinimee said, adding that civic groups and business organizations are ways to connect with people who are not active in the school community. “If someone’s not aware of Jeffco going out for a
bond and mill, then they aren’t paying attention,” McMinimee said. “There’s a lot of opportunities for people to get connected.” Voter turnout crucial As of Oct. 3, Jefferson County had 422,044 registered voters with 365,400 of those voters being active. The largest age group of active voters ranges in age from 41 to 60. That group makes up 26 percent of active voters, with the Republican-to-Democrat and male-to-female ratios almost even. “It is a hard ask, especially in Jeffco,” McMinimee said of the measures. “Seventy percent of our voters don’t have kids in schools.” That dynamic is one that political science Professor Robert Prehus of Metropolitan State University of Denver says might be offset by the high voter turnout expected in November for the presidential election. “You want to see higher turnout elections to pass bonds,” Prehus said. “It brings in a wider variety of voters. With the presidential election this year, we should see a higher turnout, which includes
low-income families that may benefit from more funding for schools.” Higher voter turnouts also tend to bring more Democrats to the polls, who as a whole are inclined to increase funds for schools, Prehus said. “Traditional older voters that don’t see immediate benefit may be offset by higher turnout by younger voters with children.” The last Jeffco Schools’ tax increases were voted on in 2012, also a presidential election year. There was a 91.5 percent voter turnout for the bond and mill levy questions, which passed with 59 percent and 55 percent, respectively. The 2012 bond of $99 million will be paid off in 2032. “Voters are reasonably rational,” Prehus said, “and they tend to support bonds when there is a clear, wellrecognized need for that spending.” Opposition questions cost, presentation Bottoms said he is optimistic about the support he has seen for the measures. “We’ve got a very proactive and passionate group that are supporting this,” he said. “I think we should be striving to improve education every year. I think (the bond and mill) are critical to the county and we have to make sure schools grow
at the same time as the population.” But Laura Boggs, a former school board member, believes the bond and mill proposals are flawed and she has actively opposed them. Boggs is a member of Jeffco Students First Action, a nonpartisan group that is concerned about many of the provisions of the bond and mill measures. The group has created flyers pointing out discrepancies and is raising attention to them through their Facebook page. “They seriously need a gut-check on how they do community engagement,” Boggs said of the current Board of Education. She doesn’t believe the measures have been communicated properly to the community. Boggs’ main objection to the bond and mill overrride are the way they are presented and the cost. The combined mill and bond plans total $568 million, but Boggs contends that with the addition of interest payments, the total payback is close to $1 billion. “They are underpaying the principal and interest for the first 10 years,” Boggs said. “It is not an honest conversation with our community.” McMinimee, however, said it is not common practice to include interest rates
in the totals presented on the ballot, especially since schools will have the option down the road to refinance much like they did with the 1997 bonds, which will be paid off in 2017. If the bond and mill override pass, schools will start collecting on them in January. “From our perspective, it’s heartbreaking because the need is so great,” Boggs said, adding that she would be inclined to give more money to schools if the payback was at a lower cost. Other objections include the amount of money being allocated toward the sixth-grade shift. “Let’s vote `no’ and send them back to the drawing board,” Boggs suggested. “Because there are great ways to invest in our students and staff and buildings without $1 billion.” The Jeffo Board of Education, however, believes this is a critical juncture for schools and students and the time to act is now. “I find much of the information that the opposition is publishing to be inaccurate,” Board of Education President Ron Mitchell said. “Much of it is very exaggerated, and it’s actually designed to create distrust and fear in the voting population. That, in my opinion, is unfortunate.” Addressing aging build-
• Four replacement schools and three new elementary schools • Security updates • A portion to public charter schools 3B: $33 million mill levy override Would increase residential taxes by $32.28 a year for every $100,000 in
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WHAT WOULD THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING SUPPORT? 3A: $535 million bond Would increase residential taxes by $17.16 a year for every $100,000 in home value. The bond money would pay for: • Improvements and repairs to 110 schools • Major renovations and additions of 45 schools and facilities
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