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Grant to benefit abused youths Ralston House gets money for forensic interviewers By Crystal Anderson
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Arvada native, Sara Fellman Kerpan (second on the right) stands with members of the Washington Chorus and Stephen Schwartz, composer for musicals such as ““Godspell,”“Pippin” and “Wicked.” Courtesy Photo
Singer excited to live the dream with chorus By Crystal Anderson
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rowing up, Sara Fellman Skerpan was surrounded by music, listening to her mother play the flute and jamming out to Bruce Springsteen with her father. So, for her, following a life of music was only natural. “I just loved it so much,” she said, “it really became a passion of mine.” she said. Fellman Skerpan, 27, an Arvada native who now lives in Washington, D.C., takes that passion to the stage at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, Feb. 21, in a massive choral performance with the Washington National Cathedral Choir of Boys and Girls,
the Choirs of Trinity Wall Street and her choir, the Washington Chorus. “I’ve never actually been inside Carnegie Hall and I can’t wait,” Fellman Skerpan said. “There’s always this moment when you put the orchestra together with the other singers where they kind of get it — I’m excited for that.” Musically inclined, Fellman Skerpan jumped into the choral scene at Ralston Valley High School, participating in the school’s choirs and musicals and performing with statewide choirs. “Sara Fellman was, simply put, a gem of a student,” said Jeff Talley, the Ralston Valley choir director. “She worked very hard to achieve everything
In January, the Ralston House received a $34,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation to help further the healing process for sexually abused children and youths across the Front Range. “Ralston House is an example of an organization that shares our core values and is committed to helping children live better ... which in turn creates a stronger overall community,” said Anne Hatfield, director of communications at the foundation. Annually, the foundation offers two grant cycles in which it awards money to businesses or organizations, such as the Ralston House, which align to their goals of serving individuals and communities across the country and globally. A statewide grant program, the foundation gave more than $19 million back to Colorado communities, a funding diversification that Ralston House grants and development manager Kathy Pettit said the Ralston House was looking for. “Anytime we can apply for a corporate or foundation grant it’s a good opportunity,” she said. “This is for our forensic interviewer services, and while it’s a little bit general, it’s something we really need.” By receiving this grant, the Ralston House, a nonprofit serving youths in Adams, Broomfield, Gilpin and Jefferson counties, is able to employ five forensic interviewers at their three locations in Arvada, Lakewood and Northglenn. According to Ashley Lapp, the development officer at Ralston House, these investigators play a key role in the investigation process and help the children begin to heal from their respective situations. “It’s evidence,” Lapp said. “It’s really important you have someone who’s highly skilled and not talking to kids in a way that’s leading or suggestive because that’s what they’ll use to start the investigative process.” The Ralston House is a local nonprofit that works with law enforcement and the community to provide free victim services Grant continues on Page 16
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On Jan. 21, representatives from the Arvada nonprofit, the Ralston House, received a grant for $34,000 from the Walmart Foundation. Courtesy Photo
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canderson@coloradocommunitymedia.com Frustrated by the host of products and fumes generated to complete the task, Arvada dance teacher Karla Call had an idea, one that now is hanging in homes across the city, and soon, even the country. “I was cleaning my shower one day, and as you probably know it takes a long time to do it,” Call said. “I was always in a rush, and though I had ventilated the room and put gloves on, by the time I was finished my clothes were wet and my eyes and lungs were burning from the fumes and thought there just has to be a better way to get this job done.” The Shower Shimmy, an all-inone cleaning tool was created by Call to help safely and efficiently remove dirt and grime from showers. A combination of a sponge, bristles, squeegee and cleaner, the Shower Shimmy hangs in the shower, and removes built up grime and other hard water surface stains without excess tools and gaseous cleaners. “I would like a product that is to showers and tubs what the Swiffer Wet Jet is to floors, because it’s just so easy,” Call said. A Colorado native and mother of four children, Call said it was extremely important to her that the product not only be swift and environmentally friendly, but that the cleaner be safe around children. Tested against Scrubbing Bubbles, a household bathroom
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With a sponge, cleaner and squeege, cleaning the shower is no longer a dreaded task. cleaner, at Microbac Laboratories Inc. in Boulder, engineers found the tool to be equally as effective as the household cleaner, and as safe as personal care products, such as shampoo or soap. “Our market research showed that cleaning the shower is actually the most hated job in home care today,” Call said. “This truly does have the ability to check all the boxes when you’re looking for a product that you want to use for
Cleaning your shower is an easy task with the Shower Shimmy, an all-in-one tool. Courtesy photos
your shower.” For Call, the process, which began nearly two years ago, has been a difficult, expensive one with struggling to work within a new industry, finding the right prototype designer, and finding a manufacturer to build the product. Over that time, Call said, the
struggles she faced helped her come up with the final product, something she felt was missing from the cleaning industry. “This was created by a mom because there was a need,” Call said. “As someone with no background, no experience, you can create these things and take them
to market if you believe in them and do your homework.” Currently, the product is available online at theshowershimmy. com for $14.99, and is being examined by big companies, such as Clorox and Unilever, who might add the product to their line of cleaning tools, she said.
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Housing could replace golf course March 3 meeting will focus on Applewood plan By Amy Woodward and Clarke Reader awoodward@coloradocommunitymedia.com creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com Residents of Applewood were informed on Friday, Feb. 6 about a housing development proposed by Molson-Coors on the Applewood Golf Course. A full application for the mixed-use development, which would include 454 homes and duplexes, has not been filed with Jefferson County, said Alan Tiefenbach, planner with Jefferson County Planning and Zoning.
“We haven’t had any formal proposal,” Tiefenbach said. “At this point, we’ve seen very little.” The 145 acres owned by Molson-Coors is zoned primarily industrial, with some agricultural zoning and commercial use. “We’re not happy about it,” said Amy Hodges, Applewood resident. “There is so much wildlife over there and they have wetlands in the area. The impact on 32nd (Avenue) will be big.” The 54-year-old golf course was built on top of an aquifer in 1961 for Adolph Coors Co. brewery. In order to prevent contamination of the aquifer, Coors requested golfcourse personnel to maintain the grounds without the use of chemicals. According to Golf Digest, Applewood Golf Course is “the granddaddy of so-called organic golf courses,” using nutrients such as bone and blood meal.
“They can propose whatever they want,” Tiefenbach said. “Whether it gets approved is a whole other story.” The developer for the proposed housing plans is Kent Carlson from Applewood West Holdings. A community meeting to inform the public about the housing development will be held on Tuesday, March 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Manning Middle School, 13200 W 32nd Ave., just west of Alkire Street.
ARVADA NEWS IN A HURRY Vance Street closed for work
Vance Street will be closed through Feb. 23 because of the installation of a stormwater drain for the Olde Town Arvada Transit Hub. The project began Jan. 28, closing the road down to all vehicle traffic. Business and pedestrian access is open and publicly accessible with detour signs posted.
Healthy Places festivals slated
Healthy Places Arvada will host two neighborhood festivals to open discussions and connect neighbors in the community. Held on Feb. 24 and 28, the festivals will discuss the betterment of neighborhood parks, the incoming Gold Line Light Rail commuter station, the connection of neighbors to city and community organizations
and more. Free to the public, the festivals will also offer food, daycare, giveaways and prizes. The first festival will be held from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the Secrest Recreation Center, 6820 W. 66th Ave. The second will be held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 28, at Echter’s Nursery and Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St. For more information, call Rose Chavez at 720-898-7535 or email her at rchavez@arvada.org.
Lake Arbor Ladies Golf welcomes public
The Lake Arbor Ladies Nine Hole Golf Club will host their annual public membership meeting and coffee at 10 a.m., March 2. Located at 8600 Wadsworth Blvd., the meeting is open to all women
interested in playing weekly games on regulation courses, April through October. For more information, contact Lee Kauffman, 720-898-7360, or Shirley Simons, 303-421-5835. Chocolate Affair contest winners During the 14th Annual Chocolate Affair, Arvada chocolatiers tested out their favorite chocolate chip cookie and brownie recipes. Twenty-three recipes were entered into this year’s contest, resulting in six winners. From 15 plates of chocolate chip cookies, the judges selected Kathy Kokora as the first-place winner, with Christine Malara and Naomi E. Van Kooten coming in second and third places. Eight plates of brownies were Hurry continues on Page 6
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State Senate Considers Construction Defects Bill With Its Own Defects
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Several times in the past I have written about the serious problem of construction defects litigation, which I firmly believe is responsible for the drying up of condo construction and the resulting reduction in entry level housing stock throughout Colorado. It is why we see so much construction of rental apartments and so little construction of condos for purchase. All builders and developers must buy insurance to protect them from claims, but virtually all the insurance companies previously writing such policies made good on their threats to stop writing such policies because of current laws on construction defects. Republicans in Colorado’s General Assembly have sponsored legislation in the past to curtail such litigation, with Democrats resisting on the basis that homebuyers deserve protection against shoddy construction. With Republicans now controlling the State Senate, there’s a new bill, SB-177, which is in many ways worse than previous efforts. Clearly, there’s a middle ground, but this isn’t it. Under current law, an HOA board can, without a vote of its membership, engage a contingency law firm to sue builders
or developers for construction defects. HOA boards are solicited by such firms with a seemingly no-lose proposition: the HOA pays nothing unless and until a settlement is reached, not only for legal expenses but also for invasive and non-invasive testing for defects. I witnessed this process at the Millstone development on Clear Creek several years ago. The process dragged on for years, during which condo owners could only sell their units for cash because lenders won’t lend on a condo whose HOA is involved in litigation. SB-177 goes beyond requiring that an HOA’s membership approve such litigation by a majority vote at a membership meeting to requiring a majority vote of all members of the HOA — without even allowing proxies. Can you imagine getting 51% of any HOA’s members to show up at such a meeting and vote unanimously (since 49% aren’t present) on anything, much less a motion to engage in litigation on construction defects? Another requirement is that homeowners and not lawyers must go to district court at their own expense (no lawyers allowed) to file their claim and request arbitration.
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Megan’s Place going strong Respite care center for children with disabilities advances By Amy Woodward
awoodward@colorado communitymedia.com It’s been seven months since Megan’s Place first opened. The respite care center for children with physical disabilities is growing remarkably. Owners Bryan and Kristin Smock announced at the end of January that the center now accepts the Children’s Extensive Support waiver that provides Medicaid-funded services at Megan’s Place. “We’ve had several families that are interested now that we have CES waivers,” Bryan Smock said. Through the CES waiver,
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families that are eligible will not have to pay outof-pocket costs for the program, which provides temporary care for after school, evenings and weekends, as well as a summer program. In addition to the 10 children Megan’s Place assists, the center has accepted six more children. “It was a little bit of a slow start,” Kristin Smock said. “But then as people heard about us, it’s picked up quite a bit and now that we have the waiver, we’re kind of at this point where it’s starting to really pick up.” Currently the center cares for children ages 6-16 years old, but in June, Megan’s Place will be able to take in children as young as 3 and up to 18. In March, the center will open its afternoon and evening care as early as noon, with earlier times during the summer, starting at 8 a.m. Feedback received from parents has been emotional. “I make a lot of moms cry, in a good way. Lots of hugs,” Kristin Smock said. “Parents who haven’t had anything quite like this have been thrilled.” Kat Vontungeln, of Wheat Ridge, is one parent who brings her child to Megan’s Place. A single mother of four
James Padilla, 12, talks about his day with Bryan Smock, right, at Megan’s Place on Friday, Feb. 13. Photo by Amy Woodward children, her oldest daughter, Rachel, has a rare disease known as juvenile Batten disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that begins in childhood. Without a doubt, she said, she trusts Bryan and Kristin to take good care of her daughter. “You don’t have to worry about it, and I think that’s
the big thing with any respite place or child care,” Vontungeln said. “I can just not worry about her for a while.” Bryan and Kristin, former Jeffco school teachers, left the public school system behind to open a special place for children with physical disabilities. The center is named after
Megan Rogers, a little girl whom Bryan met while working at a respite care facility in Fort Collins. Born with Rett syndrome, a rare genetic neurological disorder, Rogers passed away in 2006 at the age of 10 and has continued to be Bryan’s muse for the center’s mission. “I created just this bond
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Drug incidents rise in Colorado schools Uuneven state data doesn’t specify substances behind numbers By Katie Kuntz
Rocky Mountain PBS I-News The first months of legal recreational marijuana in Colorado saw a jump in drug policy violations in the state’s public schools, a Rocky Mountain PBS I-News analysis of Department of Education data has found. The biggest spike in violations came in the state’s middle schools, according to the analysis. The first months of legal recreational marijuana coincided with the winter and spring of the 2013-14 school year. “Middle-schoolers are most vulnerable to being confused about marijuana,” said Dr. Christian Thurstone, attending physician for the Denver Health Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment program. “They think, `Well, it’s legal so it must not be a problem.’” In many cases, marijuana is simply more available to younger teens, officials say. “We have seen parents come in and say, `Oh that’s mine, they just took it out of my room,’ and that sort of thing,” said school resource officer Judy Lutkin of the Aurora Police Department. “Parents have it in their houses more often, and the kids just can take it from home.” The hike in drug violations came as overall suspensions, expulsions and referrals to police for other transgressions decreased between the year of legalization and the previous academic year, 2012-13. The I-News analysis found: • Middle schools had the highest percentage increase in drug violations, rising 24 percent in the school year ending last spring. This led to a decade high of 951 drug incidents in middle schools. • Drug incidents reported by all public schools hit a decade high last school year, rising 7.4 percent to 5,377 incidents. There are more drug violations in high schools, but those numbers stayed flat during the first year of legalization. • Statewide, since medical marijuana stores opened widely in 2010, drug incidents are the only major category of conduct violations that rose in Colorado school
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carry a bill that would require schools to be more transparent with their drug reporting, particularly about marijuana. “We are still continuing with stakeholder meetings, but I am hoping to have a bill drafted and ready to go (this month),” Lawrence said. “If we don’t start now, we are not going to have a baseline to compare to in the future.” She hopes that potential new requirements will not only show how legal marijuana is impacting students, but also provide more data on other potentially harmful drugs. “Colorado ranks I think second in prescription drug abuse in the country and that is something we need to keep a constant eye on,” Lawrence said. “And I think starting to monitor the marijuana use is very important so we need to make sure that we are collecting the best data we can.”
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DRUG INCIDENTS IN SOME METRO-AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS 2012-13 Adams 12 Five Star 377 Aurora 334 Cherry Creek 339 Denver 452 Douglas County 210 Elizabeth 21 Englewood 31 Jefferson County 477 Littleton 84 Source: I-News research
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Still, it’s hard to discern the specific types of drugs involved in the increased number of reports, as statewide policies to measure and extrapolate teen use of marijuana and other drugs are often inconsistent and unreliable. In fact, the data collected by the Colorado Department of Education does not identify any specific drugs. Instead, this data lumps prescription drugs, heroin, cocaine and marijuana all into the same category of disciplinary cases. “I would say that at any given time, any day of the week, there are probably about 10 percent of kids in the high school that are under the influence of something,” said school resource officer Susan Condreay, of the Aurora Police Department. Marijuana is second only to alcohol in teen substance abuse, according to the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, an annual survey from the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment. “Alcohol is by far and away the most used substance by middle-schoolers, then it goes down for marijuana and tobacco is just below that,” said Dr. Thurstone. “Prescription drug use is number four, and it’s increasing, so that’s been an alarming increase, as well, that we need to pay attention to.” The Department of Education wants to address the lack of specificity in its drug reporting, according to Rep. Polly Lawrence, R-Roxborough. She said she was asked to
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they can purchase marijuana.” Some say that legalization might help provide resources for addressing underage consumption of marijuana, using tax revenue generated through legal sales. “The fact is that we had a significant number using marijuana then and now (before and after legalization),” Simmons said of public schools in Denver. “We are hopeful that these changes will provide more resources.”
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The Colorado General Assembly set aside $2.5 million in grants for schools from marijuana tax revenue. As of November 2014, the Department of Education had awarded $975,000 to 11 districts to hire more health professionals to help address student behavior regarding marijuana, sometimes as an alternative to traditional punishments like expulsion or suspension. But alternative or non-punitive methods currently dealing with drug incidents by districts or individual schools are not tracked by state data. “We have a lot of different things that we will do for kids who have gotten involved in drug incidents in school,” said Kenlyn Newman, the student engagement initiatives director for Adams 12 Five Star School District. She says that different behaviors require different responses, and schools will try to intervene and work with parents to address inappropriate behaviors. Adams 12 schools are in five different municipalities, and each of those schools has different agreements with the local government. This means that police involvement can vary from school to school, with similar incidents being reported differently to the state. But the Department of Education has no means to measure these differences in reporting. “There is no manpower to audit the data; we can’t go back to the districts to check what they say,” said Annette Severson from the Colorado Department of Education. “We just have to trust that what they report to us is accurate and then they have to sign off and say that it is accurate.” Even as Colorado has been launched into the national spotlight as the first state to legalize and commercialize the sale of marijuana for adult use, the state has yet to begin collecting comprehensive and consistent data to describe how it is impacting Colorado’s teens. “I was against legalization,” said Doris Cooper, while waiting to pick up her seventh-grade granddaughter from North Middle School in Aurora. “If you legalize it, you know it’s just going to make them want to use it that much more, that’s what I figure.”
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Grants boost improvement projects AEDA opens up sixth cycle to community businesses By Crystal Anderson canderson@colorado communitymedia.com In an effort to enhance the city of Arvada, the Arvada Economic Development Association will offer grants to business and property owners across the city. A 50/50 grant matching program, the AEDA Small Business Grant program offers local business and property owners funds to help create permanent, outdoor capital improvement projects. “This helps not only the business owner,
but it helps Arvada,” said Allison Trembly, AEDA marketing manager and lead on this program. “The capital improvements the business owners make help the business and the city of Arvada, so it’s a win-win.” Grant sizes depend on the cost of the project and the applicant. Businesses located within shopping centers can receive up to $4,000, and property or business owners can receive up to $15,000 for the project(s). To qualify, each applicant must be located in a commercial or industrial zoned property and be able to provide the full amount of funds up front, and after completion of the project, will receive a reimbursement for 50 percent of the total cost. “It (the program) encourages the business owner to get all the work done and take it a little above what they could’ve done on
their own,” Trembly said. In 2015, the AEDA program provided grants to 15 organizations throughout the city. For recipients Kazimierz Pena and Ben Lawrence, the program helped them accomplish projects they might not otherwise have been able to fund. “I had one place that for some reason I was not able to rent it,” said Pena, who updated the carpeting, windows and paint on the building with the grant. “It’s a great, great program. I could still have that space for rent and now it generates more money for the city of Arvada.” For Lawrence, the program allowed his business to move from a mobile and online store to having a physical, brick-and-mortar presence within the city. “We were kind of expanding our busi-
ness so we could actually have a brick-andmortar store, and we needed a sign,” he said. “Having the grant helped me get a better sign than I could on my own.” To apply, visit arvadaeconomicdevelopment.org/resources/financial-assistance for the grant overview and application. All applications must be delivered to the AEDA office, 8101 Ralston Road, via mail, email or in person by 5 p.m. on March 31. “I think the biggest thing is the help with the money and being able to purchase something more than they’re (businesses) are able to,” Lawrence said. “It’s helping the businesses start out on a good foot and helping that business to be able to allocate funds to other aspects of the business.”
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A simmering dispute over liability in home construction is heating up at the Colorado General Assembly. On Feb. 10, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 177, which addresses the construction-defects law. The law governs how homeowners can sue builders for shoddy construction. “Currently, there is a defect in state law preventing Coloradans from access to affordable housing such as condominiums,” Senate Majority Leader Mark Scheffel, RParker, said in an emailed statement. “Coloradans need more affordable housing, and this bipartisan legislation is an important step toward achieving that goal. It’s vital that we reach across the aisle and work together on the issues facing Colorado, and I’m proud to join Sen. Jessie Ulibarri (D-Westminster) in sponsoring and advocating for this important legislation.” Developers say Colorado’s law, passed in 2005, has created a litigious environment and makes it expensive to get insurance, chilling development and contributing to a housing shortage. Consumer advocates fear that reform efforts would push the needle too far in favor of developers.
Condos represent just 3 percent of new housing starts in Colorado, compared to 23 percent in 2007, according to the Homeownership Opportunity Alliance, a coalition of Colorado businesses groups and community leaders. That leaves a lack of alternatives to either buying a single-family home or renting an apartment. “We would obviously like to see more diverse housing, having more opportunities for buyers and not having folks forced into the rental market,” said Loren Furman, senior vice president of state and federal affairs for the Colorado Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Some metro-area cities are tackling the issue on their own. Lakewood passed an ordinance in October. Parker and Lone Tree also have moved toward doing so and Castle Rock is considering it if legislation isn’t passed at the state level. In addition to Scheffel and Ulibarri, SB 177 is sponsored by state Reps. Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, and Jonathan Singer, D-Longmont. — Colorado Community Media reporter Amy Woodward and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Contemplating what ‘to die for’ means Organic and natural food grocery stores are popular … so popular, in fact, that parking there is often an exercise in futility. Recently, I parked across the street and walked over. As I strolled through the lot, I noted more than one car circling and hovering, hovering and circling. When I saw another shopper leaving the store, keys in hand, the thought that sprang to mind was, “People would kill for your spot.” But this phrase caught me short — I rarely think it, and when I do, I make sure not to say it out loud — because I don’t believe that people would kill for a parking spot, although recent road rage-type incidents may be proving me wrong. Likewise, I cringe on the rare occasions when — usually in praise of some gastronomical delight — I might think, “This hot salsa is to die for!” I prefer other reactions, such that for as my world-famous chicken green chili that will drop you to your knees, for instance. This has made me consider what is to die for. Most of us can point to a person or people in our lives for who we would jump in front of a bus to shove them out of the way. There are also, of course, people who choose employment where their jobs are to take a bullet for someone else, so certainly
they believe that the people they protect are worth that risk. Our armed forces, too, accept an everpresent reality that they might have to make the ultimate sacrifice (and I believe this phrase is true) for their ideals — ideals of family, country, home, of freedom, of liberation, of the concept that strength is for the purpose of protecting the weak. Countless other people throughout time — who usually start out as ordinary as you or I - have ended up dying for what they believe in, for what they hold dear: human rights, civil rights, social injustice, freedom … freedom from oppression, from slavery, from tyranny. So it seems appropriate after President’s Day, a holiday celebrating our country’s leaders, to honor those people around the
world who have died for what they believe in. For example, last year when I visited the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the presence of such courage, such conviction was palpable. Assassinations such as Abraham Lincoln’s have rocked the very foundations of our society, along with that of Martin Luther King, Jr., to name just a couple. I grieve their loss and ache for the whatmight-have-beens. I grieve the loss of Benazir Bhutto and am horrified by the attack on Malala Yousefzai, who fortunately survived to continue her advocacy for the girls of the world. I remain in awe of their ideals, their convictions, and their courage. So the next time a cliché phrase pops into my mind such as, “People would kill for that parking spot,” or “This salsa is to die for,” I will banish it as quickly as it came. Yes, there are people and situations and ideals for which any of us might accept the possibility of such a thing happening… and for me, they are not in a parking lot or on the dining room table. Andrea Doray is a writer who will gladly share her drop-you-to-your knees chicken green chili recipe. Contact her at a.doray@andreadoray.com.
Remember what it means to be a team The other day, I was eating lunch at one of my schools, and it was one of those gorgeous days we’ve been having, so I ate outside and watched the kids playing at recess. Some of the older kids were playing basketball, and there were four kids who obviously knew and liked each other on one team, and there were five other guys who got together to play against them, so the four recruited one kid who was watching them to play on their team. And I have no idea why. After they told the one kid who to defend on the other team, it was like he didn’t exist. They didn’t pass to him, they didn’t throw screens for him, they didn’t “high five” him after good plays, and, when the game was over, they didn’t thank him or pat him on the back. And the four aren’t bullies, and the fifth wasn’t terrible. But somewhere, somebody forgot to tell them what it means to be on a team. This was especially interesting to me, given all that has happened in the “bigtime” sports world over the last few weeks. Coaches Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University and Greg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs both won their 1,000th games as a basketball coaches. And, even though they both have great players, they win games by playing great team basketball. And there was also the Super Bowl, which was about as exciting a game as I can remember. On the one side were the Seattle Seahawks, a team who boasted an incredible team defense, which is bril-
liantly designed to work as a team; on the other side was the New England Patriots, who will beat you throwing, or running, or even by deflating the football. It’s a total team concept. And on the fateful play, one of the stars was required to simply stuff his man at the line so a 5th-string player could be the hero. Brilliant teamwork. “Team” has become a somewhat passé concept in this day and age. Many athletes long ago abandoned the idea of considering their needs second to the needs of their teams. And who can blame them? When the difference between superstardom and a “nice” career is a few hundred million in endorsements, you can sympathize with that attitude. The problem with that attitude is that it has trickled down to permeate other parts of society. How many people are actually adept at working with others to solve problems, regardless of who gets the credit? How many people do you know who willingly share tips and secrets and wisdom
with peers, with no thought to personal reward? And the most important team in all of society has a staggering rate of failure: the family. One in two marriages ends in divorce, while roughly 40 percent of all children born enter the world with only one parent by their side. That’s not a recipe for success. It has taken me a long time to realize it, and it will take me the rest of my life to get good at it, but my team are the people who sleep under the same roof as I do every night. And we’re a good team: there are things I’m an idiot at that my wife is a genius at, and my children have learned how and when to contribute, and they work together (sometimes to our chagrin) to get things done, and what I lack in wisdom I make up for in energy. And things start getting rough around the house only when one or more of us starts thinking about ourselves and not caring about the team. I don’t know if the breakdown of teams is because of the breakdown of the family, or if the two are coincidental victims of larger cultural influences. But I do know this: life, like sports, is a lot better when the team comes first. Who’s your team? Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His first novel, “The Accidental Christmas,” is available at MichaelJAlcorn. com.
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Arvada government’s hotel bailout scheme equals Hilton handout Arvada government now has a scheme to give away more than $2,7 million to a private, for-profit hotel developer. Arvada Urban Renewal wants to sell publicly owned property valued at $3.2 million at a discount of 85 percent — for $500,000. The Arvada Urban Renewal Authority and city government is again planning the most outrageous kind of corporate socialism that manipulates and distorts the free market. This time for a Hilton Garden Inn to be erected just across from the scenic west wall of the Lowe’s Home Improvement store on Olde Wadsworth. City officials have decided that this is where a hotel ought to be in Arvada. The market place isn’t deciding the location; the hotel industry isn’t deciding; free enterprise isn’t deciding. The government is deciding. Selling the property for only $500,000 to private, for-profit development corporation when “the price paid by AURA of $3,287,000” is most troubling. There are also tax giveaways as part of this deal. What is happening in Arvada government to American values of the free market and entrepreneurship? Why are prosperous
corporations like Hilton and Walmart being offered millions of dollars of subsidies from City Hall? The Arvada Urban Renewal Authority itself admits that in effect, this is an unfeasible free market project — it is over $5.5 million short (AHI is Arvada Hotel Investors, the developer): “AURA staff analyzed the development proforma, including TIF projections and construction estimates and verified that there is a financial shortfall of approximately $5,562,000 in AHI’s development pro forma. To address the gap, AURA will 1.) Discount the cost of the property to AHI from the price paid by AURA of $3,287,000 to $500,000 and 2.) Rebate to the developer the 2 percent lodging tax for a period of 10
years up to $800,000. The total value of the land discount and tax rebate is $3,587,000. The remaining financial shortfall in the development proforma of $1,975,000 will be AHI’s responsibility and serviced by the planned 6 percent PIF.” This means that even with the millions of dollars of government subsidies to the hotel developer, they are still estimated to be nearly $2 million short of what they need to make a go of this project - the market place itself is announcing that this site is not ready for a Hilton hotel. In simple terms: the Hilton developer cannot afford to build in Arvada without a $2.7 million property acquisition bailout from the government. The government tries to paint “positive” impacts from this project. The alleged economic supplement to the city of $3 million is surely optimistic. AURA seems to assume that all hotel guests will hike up the hill to Olde Town or take a taxi to Walmart to benefit the “local economy” with their discretionary cash. It might be nice if there were a hotel in Arvada ... but it should come here because the business conditions and the free market warrant it, not because the government
is artificially subsidizing its construction. The government of Arvada and its Urban Renewal Agency are blatantly manipulating free enterprise in its wolfish quest to engineer a new Olde Town. The Olde Town of urban renewal will bear little resemblance to the historic area that has characterized the family-friendly small town feel the most Arvada residents value. Arvadan’s are practical, common sense, fiscally prudent Americans -- this deal does not reflect the values and principles of the vast majority of our wonderful city’s residents. The details of the ‘Hilton Handout’ deal can be seen in following document: Arvada Urban Renewal Authority Board Meeting - January_7,_2015 | Packet PDF http://earthside.typepad.com/files/aura_ packet-january_7_2015.pdf The full article available at: arvadaforallthepeople.com/2015/02/hilton-handoutarvada-governments-hotel-bailoutscheme.html Dave Chandler is an Arvada Resident. He can be reached at editordave@earthside. com
Helping children meet challenges Resilient children take responsibility for their actions, have a healthy positive outlook on life, accept themselves, and move forward after failure, disappointment, or other difficulties. They keep a positive attitude, develop coping skills, and arise to meet challenges with strength and determination to do their best no matter what. It’s not easy to raise these children, but easier than picking up the pieces later. By request here are more suggestions from the American Psychological Association.
Making connections
Encourage children to be a friend in order to get friends. Teach them how to make friends, including the skill of feeling another’s pain. Sometimes they need help looking for others who have their same interests. Not all children love sports, but they can try a variety. Tennis anyone? There are children with the same interests everywhere who can become friends for play dates. Analyze their skills and what they like to do. Do they love Lego’s, math, reading, art, music, science, or building? Find classes even if you have to teach them. One family started a Lego Club before school and found friends. Do they like to read? Attend library programs and find reading friends. Unfortunately, not all friends may go to the same school, but
dren “independence to try new things they initiate” with safety in mind such as opening a container or climbing a slide. Be there with a watchful eye, but give them space. Point out struggles as challenges to overcome, not tests to avoid. Teach them family phrases such as “this too shall pass,” “every challenge makes you stronger,” to nurture this outlook. The refrain can be sung loudly like the Kelly Clarkson song with different words and emphasized with
they have the same interests. Connecting with people provides social support and strengthens resilience. Teach them “finding friends” words and habits. Let others go first and compliment sincerely. For practice, give children opportunities to help younger ones look at pictures in a book. Teachers often have more suggestions. “Some children find comfort in connecting with a higher power, whether through organized religion or privately, “according to the APA. Many parents and grandparents introduce children to traditions of worship and help children find new friends this way, by helping others, doing volunteer work, and not focusing so much on themselves.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Why didn’t board members vote for waivers? Why do we have a split in the school board, with members pulling in opposite directions, and disrupting the progress of the newly-elected majority? Holdover member and former board president Lesley Dahlkemper works for the Colorado Education Initiative, which received $22 million from the Gates Foundation and supports Common Core. This is counter-productive. Holdover member and former board secretary Jill Fellman is on that page also. Neither lady voted with the board majority to apply for waivers from Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers tests. Waivers are a must because of the flood of complaints about excessive test preparation at the expense of productive learning. PARCC is causing consternation in the ranks of students, parents and teach-
ers. Its connection to the widely-disliked Common Core adds even more need for wasteful test cramming. Common Core, with its federally-driven standards, College Board curricula slanting and data-mining, has been attacked from all quarters. What is the reasoning of these union-supported members? Dahlkemper and Fellman also voted yes on the plan to sell $80 million worth of Certificates of Participations for an unnecessary stadium. This was defeated, but indicates the negative activities these two union-supported board members. COPs are the risky, expensive way to finance an unpopular project without public approval. Not only are they endangering the education process and taxpayer wallets, but are working to return control of the school district to unions. Parents and taxpayers, watch out! Tom Graham, Arvada
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Leonard Heit 1932 – 2015
Leonard Heit passed away Feb. 11, 2015. Preceded by his wife, Judith (Borts) and survived by daughters Marcia Heit, Marilyn (Charles) Robbins, Amy (Brian) Moore; sister, Elizabeth Wethington; grandchildren, Elizabeth, Andrew, Johnna, Rachel, and Scott. A Rosary Service will be held Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 7:00p.m. at Tabor-Rice Funeral Home in Brighton; Mass of Christian Burial will follow on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 11:00a.m. at St. William Catholic Church in Fort Lupton. Interment will follow at Hillside Cemetery. GIESER
Joyce M. Gieser Joyce M. Gieser, of Arvada passed away on January 25, 2015. Joyce is survived by her husband, Steve; children, Tammera, Cheri, Tammy, Travis, Tonya, Todd and Troy; numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren; brothers, Henry, Robert (Joe) and Perry (Lee Roy); and sister, Hazel. She was preceded in death by her father, Perry; mother, Ethlemae; and brother, Ted (Monty). A memorial service will be at 2 PM, Thursday, February 19 at Northglenn Christian Church, 1800 E. 105th Pl in Northglenn.
Margaret (Elaine) Pepper Margaret Pepper of Arvada & Wheat Ridge passed away 1/3/2015. STOLTE
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Sept. 28, 1939 – Feb. 3, 2015
Carolyn Dagny Stolte returned to her heavenly home on February 3, 2015. Her devotion to her family and her firm belief in our Lord supported her in her battle with cancer and ultimately gave her peace. She was born September 28, 1939 in Greeley, Colo. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2015, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 2470 Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, Colo. 80214. Carolyn requested to be cremated. Her ashes, along with her husband’s ashes, (Les Stolte, who preceded her in death), will be interred at the family plot in the Arvada Cemetery in
Arvada, Colo. A reception at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church will follow; all are welcome. Carolyn is survived by daughters, Sharon (Tommy) Howell of Overland Park, Kan., and Susan (James) Hurley of Gardner, Kan.; Son, Russell (Pam) of Brighton, Colo.; her grandchildren, Sam, Hanna, Molly, Cooper and Kristin (Bobby) Strain; great grandchild, Mac; her in-laws, Robert and Barbara Stolte, William and Kathy Austin, Bud Capps, Ruth Sorensen and Donna Sorensen; and her many nephews and nieces. Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
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Larimer Square restaurant gets all spiffed up
The Jeffco Schools Foundation 2015 Equity and Excellence Art Exhibit features work of Catherine Comitor, of Golden High School. Courtesy photos
Foundation holds annual show at education center By Clarke Reader
creader@colorado communitymedia.com Many students’ art gets hung on the refrigerator, but thanks to the efforts of visual arts instructors and the Jeffco Schools Foundation, some get their art hung for all to see. The foundation will host its 14th annual Equity and Excellence art exhibit at the Jeffco Public Schools Education Center, 1829 Denver West Drive, No. 27, in Golden. The free show runs through March 31 and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit is in its 14th year, and is coordinated by art teachers Aimee Pickar, of Swanson Elementary School, and Phyllis Bubeck, of Wayne Carle Middle School. It is the only kindergarten-through-12th-grade Jeffco student exhibit. “The show has always been an optional thing for students to participate in, and over the years it has grown in size to the point we had to hang it at the education center,” said Shannon May, visual art curriculum coordinator with Jeffco. “This is different from other shows we do, in that the teachers do a write-up on the process and what Colorado Arts standards are addressed with each work. Teachers also get artist statements from students on what it took to create art.” The focus of the art in the exhibit is the students’ varying perspectives on the cultures they grew up in and see all around them. “The nice thing about Jeffco is we’ve always had art in every level, from elementary to middle school and high school,” May said. This is the sixth year the Jeffco Schools Foundation has supported stu-
Rioja owners Beth Gruitch and Jennifer Jasinski threw a “coming out” party Feb. 9 to show off the extensive remodel of the 10-year-old restaurant on Larimer Square. Drinks flowed, bites were passed and local movers and shakers — including Larimer Square boss Jeff Hermanson — came to ogle the new digs. “We’ve grown up,” Jasinski said about the sleeker, sparer and more sophisticated restaurant decor from Denver-based Boss Architecture. James Beard award-winning chef Jasinski and business partner Gruitch reopened their flagship restaurant on Feb. 4 after a nearly monthlong complete renovation. “Our food, service and wine program have never been better,” Jasinski said. “Now, we’ve got a sexy new design to show off our skills. I can’t wait for everyone to see it.” A fully re-envisioned seating concept complete with chairs and booths covered in a sage green crushed velvet, multiple booth and banquette seating options, and a more intimate lounge area are all part of the new look. To celebrate the robust nature of the wine program at Rioja, the wine display is the centerpiece of the new design as it moved out from the edge of the space into the center of the room. Rioja is the flagship restaurant of Crafted Concepts and is located at 1431 Larimer St. More information at www.riojadenver. com or by calling 303-820-2282. Other Crafted Concepts restaurants include Bistro Vendome, Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen in Larimer Square, and Stoic & Genuine in Denver’s historic Union Station.
Foxworthy coming to Denver
Aimee Pickar and Phyllis Bubeck are the show chairs of the Jeffco Schools Foundation 2015 Equity and Excellence Art Exhibit. The show features the works kindergarten through 12th-grade students. dent art shows, and Bubeck said these kinds of programs wouldn’t be possible without the organization’s continued dedication. “We are very grateful for the continued support of the Jeffco Schools Foundation of this show and their support of all of the district art shows,” she wrote in an email interview. “Without their support, we would not have the opportunity to continue this show.” Arts teachers all over the county submit students’ work for the show, and May said the quality of the work reflects the strong arts curriculum students have in Jeffco. “I come from a middle-school teacher background and it was so heartwarming to see students whose work is on display visit the show,” she said. “They seek out the works by students at the elementary school they attended and then look at the work from the high school they are going to, so they have an idea of what’s possible.” In addition to the visibility, students
IF YOU GO WHAT: 14th annual Equity and Excellence art exhibit WHERE: Jeffco Public Schools Education Center 1829 Denver West Drive, No. 27, Golden WHEN: Through March 31 Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. COST: Free INFORMATION: jeffcoschoolsfoundation.org
come away from the experience with a new perspective on art and self-esteem. With society becoming more and more visual, May said the exhibit is a chance to get a look at the business side of art. “This show provides an opportunity for the community to view wonderful works of student art and to gain insight into the learning process of the history, culture, skills and techniques that are involved in the teaching and the making of the art,” Bubeck wrote. For more information visit jeffcoschoolsfoundation.org.
The Zarlengo Foundation presents country-style comedian Jeff Foxworthy at 8 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Bellco Theatre inside the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St. Tickets are on sale for $45 to $65 plus service charges at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Proceeds will benefit The Zarlengo Foundation, a Colorado-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose guiding principle is to support families of learningdisabled children. A portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to schools and programs in the community that provide specialized education for children with learning disabilities, including but not limited to language-based attention and nonverbal disabilities such as dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. For additional information about The Zarlengo Foundation, visit www.zarlengofoundation.org. For information on sponsorship packages, please contact Kathryn Zarlengo at 303-357-5633 or kmzar@ comcast.net.
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In the prime of Colorado’s ski season, Paradise 4 Paws, Denver’s new pet resort, has introduced a guiltless boarding package for pet parents who ski or snowboard. Paradise 4 Paws Denver opened in Denver International Airport’s WorldPort facility in December; however, the below package includes round-trip transportation to and from the resort’s Boarding Lounge at Pets on Broadway in central Denver, in addition to other ski-themed and snuggly amenities, such as the PAWpres-Ski Package:
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Miners Alley stages shows for children Former music-hall performer returns By Amy Woodward
awoodward@colorado communitymedia.com Miners Alley is helping to revive the frivolity of Heritage Square’s Children’s Theatre with the addition of fun and exciting children’s
shows at the Golden playhouse. Led by the famed Rory Pierce, who performed at the former Heritage Square Music Hall for almost 25 years, Pierce has brought with him his adored performance skills and expertise along with a handful of actors from the music hall. “I love children’s theater,” said Pierce, who start-
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Former Heritage Square actress Alania Bethreel tries to hide children from the audience from the greedy king played by Luke Tredinnick, back, by disguising them as a chair during a production of Rumpelstiltskin at Miners Alley’s Children’s Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 14. Bethreel is joined by her fellow Heritage Square performers which includes Tredinnick, Rory Pierce, T.J. Miller, Annie Dwyer, Alex Crawford and Randy Johnson. Photo by Amy Woodward
IF YOU GO Tickets to “Rumpelstiltskin” may be purchased online at www. minersalley.com for $10 a person. Interested patrons may sign up for an email list for future children’s plays by sending an inquiry to Rory Pierce at rory@minersalley.com. For group rates call 303-935-3044. were also present to watch their beloved performers once again. “We’re here to see the Heritage Square performers
from the Heritage Square Music Hall because we love them and we’ve missed them,” said Myrna Wazny of Castle Rock. “We’re kids at heart, even though we’re senior citizens.” “Rumpelstiltskin” will run for five weeks, with a four-week break afterward as Pierce puts together another performance and to allow for the construction of the main stage for Miners Alley’s changing evening plays. As the new director of children’s programming
at Miners Alley Playhouse, Pierce is working to expand and build a theater education program, which can travel to Denver-area schools while bringing in drama students to Miners Alley to hone their performance skills. “We’re losing, I think, the opportunity for kids to see real live entertainment,” he said. “This exposes them to live theater … and I would like to see that continue … I just think there is a joy to live theater that you don’t get with movies and films.”
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Review: ‘Kingsman’ entertains, but lacks tact By Jake Coyle
Associated Press In his earlier “Kick-Ass,” British writer-director Matthew Vaughn famously cast an 11-year-old Chloe Grace Moretz as a young killing machine in the stylishly brutal superhero film. In his latest, “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” Vaughn has again married innocence and mayhem, this time updating the tame, traditional spy movie with his particular brand of contemporary moviemaking, which is to say, crassness. “Kingsman: The Secret Service” is a blithe James Bond rip-off that gleefully celebrates, parodies and self-consciously modernizes the mossy spy thriller.
And with Colin Firth in tow, as well as the winning newcomer Taron Egerton, “Kingsman” occasionally manages to do all three of these things simultaneously with a genuine zest for the genre trappings: the gadgets, the megalomaniacal villains, the sardonic wit. But if ever there was a semi-entertaining movie that sabotages itself with tastelessness and misogyny, this is it. Where might “Kingsman” lose you? You may get twinges of doubt when debris from a missile explosion (set specifically in “the Middle East”) bounces off the ground to form the opening credits. The concern may grow as bodies accumulate with the scantest notice or reflection or
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when the African-American villain (Samuel L. Jackson) serves McDonald’s at an opulent dinner. And you will, possibly, lose any remaining faith by the time Firth’s agent slaughters a congregation full of frenzied churchgoers to the tune of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird.” By the time the film settles on one of its final images — a woman’s naked rear, offered to the hero she has just met — any spryness in “Kingsman” has emphatically left the building, leaving a sexist stink behind it. The Kingsmen are an international spy agency based in London. With their headquarters hidden behind a Savile Row tailor, they’re handsomely dressed in bespoke suits, oxford shoes with poisonous tips and umbrellas that shoot bullets. Their names come from the Knights of the Round Table: Galahad (Firth), Lancelot (Jack Davenport) and the head, Arthur (Michael Caine). Galahad encourages the teen son of a fallen comrade, Eggsy (Egerton), to try out for the agency. A proudly working-class Londoner, he’s quickly hazed by the more posh, well-educated applicants. But under the watchful eye of their instructor (Mark Strong), he rises from their ranks in a series of death-defying exercises. “Kingsman” is a movie continually in conversation
based on the comic book by “Kick-Ass” makers Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., is less about the confrontation between Galahad (with Eggsy eventually roped in) and Valentine (flanked by a henchwoman with Oscar Pistorius-like prosthetic legs, played by Sofia Boutella), than between new and old, seeking a blend between the two. In the corner of old, we get spy movie standards, gentlemanly manners, aristocratic pomposity and Colin Firth. In the corner of new, there’s mean-spirited smugness and brainless
deployments of violence — the type “Kick-Ass 2” star Jim Carrey sensibly walked away from. It’s not that the old was so much better (the old Bond movies “Kingsman’’ is styled after have their own issues), but the supposedly contemporary elements Vaughn’s movie puts forth are just as out of touch. “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” a 20th Century Fox release, is rated R for “sequences of strong violence, language and some sexual content.” Running time: 129 minutes. One star out of four.
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with itself. “Give me a far-fetched theatrical plot,” says Jackson’s lisping supervillain, a tech billionaire who wants to radically depopulate the world. He’s waxing about older movies, though he later, just before executing someone, announces: “This ain’t that kind of movie.” Vaughn, working from the script he co-wrote with his frequent collaborator Jane Goldman, emphasizes this again and again, with a look-at-me brashness meant to please snickering fanboys and perhaps nobody else. “Kingsman,’’
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YOUR WEEK MORE THEATER/SHOWS HOMESCHOOL CLASS PRODUCTION COLORADO ACTS presents an 8- to 12-year-old Friday morning homeschool class production of “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood,” at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, and 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at 11455 W. 1-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Call 303-456-6772 or go to www.ColoradoACTS.org. Join us for a swashbuckling, adventurous romp in Sherwood Forest as Robin Hood and his band of Merry Folk save the poor from the tyranny of the elite. Maid Marian and her court of maidens fair also enlist the aid of the brave men and women who stand for justice no matter the cost. ‘THE FANTASTICKS’ PHAMALY THEATRE Company presents “The Fantasticks,” the world’s longest running musical, from Friday, Feb. 27, to Sunday, March 1 at the Arvada Center. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday. Go to www.phamaly.org for details. JASON BISHOP: THE PARANORMAL TOUR LAKEWOOD CULTURAL Center presents Jason Bishop: The Paranormal Tour at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at 470 S. Allison Parkway. Tickets are available at 303-987-7845, at www.Lakewood.org/LCCPresents, or at the box office. Jason Bishop has been called surprisingly funny and truly magical while delivering his illusions to a heart-pumping soundtrack of current rock and pop music.
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CHILDREN’S THEATER SHOW MINERS ALLEY Children’s Theatre presents “Rumpelstiltskin” through Saturday,
March 7, at 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Tickets are available at 303-935-3044 or go to www.minersalley.com. Appropriate for ages 12 and younger.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS EVERGREEN CHORALE presents “Little Shop of Horrors” from Friday, Feb. 20, to Sunday, March 8, at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays. Purchase tickets online at www. evergreenchorale.org or call 303-674-4002. Suitable for all ages. FLAMENCO PERFORMANCE, WORKSHOP LAKEWOOD CULTURAL Center presents Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana’s “The Soul of Flamenco” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Tickets are available at www.Lakewood.org/LCCPresents, 303-987-7845 or at the box office. In addition to the performance, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana will conduct a dance workshop for ages 55 and older from 10:30-11:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Clements Community Center. Call 303-987-4820 for information or to register. SUMMER JOB FAIR
Classes are from 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, through March 18, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. For ages 6-12 years. Register by Jan. 11; call 720898-7405 for information on costs and to register.
EVENTS MONDAY NIGHT TALKS TRAINING WITH Grace presents free Monday Night Talks on various dog training topics. Attendees should bring note-taking materials and questions. Talks are free, and donations for Favor’s Project are accepted. Some talks have openings for dogs; those whose dogs participate are asked to make a donation to the Grace Fund. Talks are from 7-8 p.m. Mondays at Training With Grace, 9100 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Go to www.TrainingWithGrace.com or call 303-238-3647. Upcoming dates and topics: Monday, Feb. 23, Double Dog Management (for families overwhelmed by a multi-dog household); Monday, March 2, Greetings (learn the appropriate way for your dog to meet another). MAKING AN ORDINARY LIFE EXTRAORDINARY TIPS FOR transforming a normal life into a remarkable one are set to be discussed and shared at Lifetree Café at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 5675 Field St., Arvada. The program, titled “Make a Difference Now: Choose to Be Extraordinary,” includes a filmed interview with best-selling author Mark Sanborn who will share his thoughts on living an exceptional life. Sanborn investigated this topic in his popular book The Fred Factor, the story of Fred the Postman. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@peacelutheran.net. NATURE PROGRAMS MAJESTIC VIEW Nature Center offers a number of programs this winter. Must register by calling 720-898-7405 or stop by the center. Schedule: Winter Tales, cozy up by a warm fire for story time from 10-10:30 a.m. Wednesday Feb. 25; After Nappers Club, let a naturalist guide your child (ages 2-5) through the wonders of Majestic View Park from 4-5 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 26, March 5; After School Club, your child (ages 6-12) will develop a stewardship for nature and a love of science while exploring the park and participating in hands-online learning, 4-5 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 26, March 5. Program is for ages 8 and older; Chicks to Hens, learn about keeping chickens including shelter, predators, buying and raising chicks, eggs, breeds and more, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21; Tai Chi, redirect the stress of live into something smooth, nourishing and strengthening, from Monday, Feb. 23 to Monday, March 30. Beginning class is from 6:15-7:15 p.m. and continuing class is from 5-6 p.m.; Amazing adaptations, meet ambassador animals from the Downtown Aquarium, from 10:3011:15 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. TAE KWON DO CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT
THEATER PERFORMANCE MINERS ALLEY Playhouse presents “The Cripple of Inishmaan” through Sunday, March 8, at 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Contact 303-935-3044 or go to www. minersalley.com.
THE COLORADO Taekwondo Institute has scheduled its Super Bowl Championship Tournament for Friday, Feb. 27 and Saturday, Feb. 28 at Alameda International High School. The tournament is open to students of all ages and belts. It is hosted at Alameda International High School. Black belt competitions will start at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, and under black belt competitions will begin at 7 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. Register at www.coloradotaekwondo.com. EVERGREEN ICE BIKE RACE RIDERS AGES 18 and older are invited to the Evergreen Ice Bike Race on Saturday, Feb. 28, at Evergreen Lake. Athletes can register at www.evergreenrecreation.com. Snow bikes or studded tires are highly recommended. Race day registration is from 8:30-9:30 a.m. and the race will start at 10 a.m. Contact Tong Song, Evergreen Bicycle Outfitters, 303-674-6737 or tsong72@gmail.com.
FOOTHILLS PARK & Recreation District plans a job fair from
1-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Peak Community & Wellness Center, 6612 S. Ward St., Littleton. Meet department supervisors to determine their interest level and qualifications for part-time and seasonal jobs in aquatics, summer camps, maintenance and more. Dress your best and bring your resume. Tips on resumes, interviewing and the job search process will be offered. Visit www.ifoothills.org/jobs.
INDIAN TREE MEN’S GOLF CLUB INDIAN TREE Men’s Golf Club is accepting applications now through the end of April. The club is one of the most affordable in the Denver Metro area. Our main objective is simply to play golf at a reasonable price. The club holds 16 weekend tournaments from April through October, along with summer-long single and two-man match play events, 6 Wednesday night 9-hole tournaments, and the summer-long CGA Interclub event. Indian Tree Golf Course is at 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Write to mensclubindiantree@gmail.com or go to www.ghin.com/eclub/cga/indian_tree_ golf_course/
WHERE TO START TO LOVE YOUR HEART TAKING CARE of your heart doesn’t have to be complicated. Start by uncovering some common heart myths, and then begin your journey toward heart health with three simple dietary strategies and three supplements that will pump up your heart health. Program is from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Natural Grocers, Lakewood, 3333 S. Wadsworth Blvd. Call 303989-4866.
HEALTH FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT SCREENING TAKE A free 15-minute functional movement screening to identify limitations or asymmetries from Stephanie Uszacki, certified athletic trainer and exercise specialist, and Becky Kellog, physical therapist, from Cherry Creek Wellness Center. Screening is designed for individuals who are healthy and active, or athletic. Seven movements will challenge your balance and strength. Screenings are offered from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 21, at Rolling Sands, 5709 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303422-1452 for reservations. Go to http://www.rollingsandsharmony.com/pages/blog. htmlfebruary-store-event-identifying-assymmetries-or-risk-for-injury/ TRY HEALTH, WELLNESS, ENRICHMENT CLASSES
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JOIN MARTI Henry on trombone and his swinging friends for a swinging evening of jazz from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Café Del Sol, 508 Garrison St., Lakewood. Reserve a table; call 303-238-7999.
ARS NOVA Singers will perform Saturday, Feb. 21, and Sunday, Feb. 22, at the Fiske Planetarium at the University of Colorado in Boulder. “Out of This World: A Choral Odyssey,” will be a musical performance matched with a constellation of spectacular sights. Music will include works by Ola Gjeilo, Meredith Monk, Boulder composers Paul Fowler and Bill Douglas, and more. Shows are at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Feb. 21, and 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 22. Tickets are on sale at www.ArsNovaSingers.com, with remaining tickets available at the door.
ART EXPLORE ANIMAL KINGDOM THROUGH ART DRAW, PAINT, sculpt an use other art techniques to learn about the many living creatures that make up the animal kingdom. Artist David Sullivan will guide you.
EXPLORE HEALTH, wellness and enrichment opportunities at the Wheat Ridge Parks and Recreation Department’s Try-Like-A-Do, a free class demonstration event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center. Demonstrations include chair massage, reflexology, reiki, music, art, pilates, group indoor cycling, youth sports, archery, cooking, and more. Visitors who complete a TryLike-A-Do Passport will be entered into a drawing for a choice of a free 20 visit punch card to the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 1 massage/reiki/reflexology session, 1 personal training session, 1 nutrition consulting session, or children’s activity baskets. No registration or RSVP is necessary to come to Try-Like-A-Do. Participants should wear appropriate, comfortable clothing and athletic shoes. Call 303-231-1300.
TAI CHI AT MAJESTIC VIEW BEGINNING AND continuing tai chi classes are offered at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Beginning classes are 6:45-7:45 p.m., and continuing Week continues on Page 16
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classes are from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays from Feb. 23 to
March 30; and April 13 to May 18. Classes are outside in the gardens and lake at Majestic View. Bring water and dress for the weather. Call 720-898-7405 for cost and more information.
MAKE TIME FOR YOUR HEALTH BRIDGES HEALTH and Wellness at Lutheran Medical Center
offers beginning and advanced Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention on Tuesday mornings starting Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, 8300 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Free parking is available. Go to www.WellnessatBridges. com or call 303-425-2262; space is limited.
MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION INSTRUCTOR KIMBALL Cicciu leads mindfulness training
for stress reduction from 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Saturdays, through Feb. 28, at PranaTonic, 805 14th St., Golden. Go to www.PranaTonic.com or call 303-274-5733 for cost information and to register. Cost is less if registering before Jan. 17. Training includes gentle yoga and mindful stretching, guided mindfulness meditations, daily home instructions, group awareness discussions and practical guidance or attentive living.
PATIENT EDUCATION SERIES LUTHERAN MEDICAL Center offers a series of free, educa-
tional seminars on a variety of health and medical topics, led by physicians. Upcoming classes are Thinking About Having a Baby? 8:30-10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. Class location is Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, 8300 W. 38th Ave., Entrance 2, Wheat Ridge; meet in the Learning Center, second floor. Register at lutheranmedicalcenter.org/classes or call 303-425-8375.
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Moe’s opens in Steamboat
The Steamboat Springs branch of Moe’s Original Bar B Que opened Feb. 10 at 1898 Kamar Plaza. The quick service restaurant offers its fresh from the pit meats and down-home sides as take-out, as well as a catering service serving the greater Steamboat Springs area. Open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Moe’s Original Bar B Que will capture the commercial west side lunch crowds while afternoon and evening hours will accommodate after-work customers with a full service bar, cheap beers, Colorado craft brews, and happy hour from 2 to 6 p.m. “In a resort town that caters to visitors, Steamboat locals can often feel squeezed out of their own community during peak ski and summer tourist seasons,” said
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she received. She was a member of the 2005 Colorado All State Choir and she sang in every choir we could offer her at Ralston Valley.” From singing in her high school choirs to performing the national anthem at the Washington Nationals baseball game, Fellman Skerpan discovered that when she was singing — wherever it was — she was home. “For me, what I love about singing is that it’s a comfortable, safe place,” she said. “It’s (about) how well music can express things that are hard to say.” Since leaving Arvada in 2005, Fellman Skerpan has obtained a bachelor’s degree in music from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a master’s degree
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EDUCATION WOMEN AND MONEY FOR BEGINNERS WOMEN HAVE different priorities and learning styles than men. Women and Money 1: A Beginner’s Class covers the financial planning process from start to finish, including setting financial goals, creating a budget, determining your risk tolerance, Roth and Traditional IRA’s, spousal Social Security benefits, taxes and inflation and more. This fun, easy to understand class is given by investment adviser Jo-Ann Holst. Class is from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the APEX Senior Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. A second session, Women and Money 2: Investments and Income planning, is from 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, also at APEX. Building on the basics, class goes into more detail about investment choices and income planning techniques. Jo-Ann discusses the similarities and differences between 401(k)s, IRA’s, Roth products, annuities, mutual funds, stocks, bonds, CDs, and other investment vehicles. She discusses the pros and cons of each investment in today’s unique economy. Jo-Ann also teaches strategies to maximize your retirement income, how to interpret your financial statement, and how to minimize fees. Call 720-287-5880 to RSVP for both classes. Planning materials and refreshments will be provided. There is no cost to attend and nothing will be sold.
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Hotel design a-maze-ing A New York architect has won the contest to create a design for the Stanley Hotel’s hedge maze, made famous in the movie “The Shining” (which was not filmed at the Estes Park hotel). The hotel held a contest asking people around the world to submit ideas, and the winner, Mairim Dallaryan Standing, was selected from more than 300 entries from 34 countries. Standing won two plane tickets, hotel accommodations and two all-access passes to the Stanley Film Festival, which will be held April 30 through May 3. The hotel will install the maze this spring to coincide with the Stanley Film Festival. Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktiecolorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
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Mustangs fifth at regional mat tourney Five Ralston Valley wrestlers earn berths in state wrestling tournament By Tom Munds
tmunds@colorado communitymedia.com The coach said his Ralston Valley wrestling team has been awesome this season with five wrestlers qualifying to compete in the state tournament. “We are still a young team but we have done well,” coach Bruce Pearson said during the Class 5A Region 2 tournament Feb. 13 and 14 at Smoky Hill High School in Aurora. The Mustangs to qualify for state are Reece Elliott, fourth at 106; Dylan Wood, second at 138; Tanner Hauptman, first at 170; Rocky Michaelson, second at 182; and Bailey Cox, fourth at 195. The wrestling season begins in November and the schedule includes dual matches against other teams and competition in invitational tournament. Success in those events is important in building a strong record but everything leads up to the regional tournament, which determines which wrestlers advance to the state tournament. Wrestling competition is divided into 14 weight divisions, with the top four finishers in each weight division advancing to state. The state wrestling tournament began with preliminary matches Feb. 19 at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Wrestling action and eliminations continue through the day and evening Feb. 20 and it all leads up to the matches to determine state championships in Class 5A, 4A, 3A and 3A which will be held starting at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 21. The Class 5A regional tournament used a 16-wrestler, double-elimination bracket, so a wrestler who lost in an early round could battle back to qualify for state by finishing third or fourth. Ribbons were presented to the top six finishers in each weight division. Roars rocked the gym as fans in the nearcapacity crowd cheered for their favorite entry. Almost 200 wrestlers from 16 schools were entered in the two-day tournament. Tournament officials used three mats for
Tanner Hauptman heads to hug his Ralston Valley coach after he won the 170- pound championship match by posting a 4-2 decision over Luke Engler of Douglas County at the Class 5A Region 2 Tournament. Hauptman and four Mustang teammates qualified to compete in this week’s state wrestling tournament by finishing in the top four in their weight divisions at regionals. Photos by Tom Munds the competition. On Feb. 14, the battles for first, third and fifth in each weight division were wrestled at the same time. The ribbons were and the team trophies were presented at the end of the tournament. Hauptmann, a Ralston Valley junior, took top honors in the 170-pound weight division. “It is great to know I am going to state,” he said. “I am lucky because I have some of the best workout partners in the wrestling room that helped me do this well at regionals and I am so excited to go to state.” He said the father of one of his friends on his fifth-grade football team coached the Pomona youth program and invited Hauptman to try wrestling. “I like wrestling a lot plus I also play football and baseball,” he said. “Being involved in wrestling helps me stay in shape plus it helps me develop mental toughness. Wrestling helps me be a much better football player because both sports involve quickness, balance and good judgment.”
A facial injury required Bailey Cox of Ralston Valley to wear the protective mask during his match against John Baker of Douglas County in the Class 5A Region 2 consolation finals. Baker won the match, but Cox battled back to finish fourth, earning him a berth at this week’s state tournament.
Three-point barrage lifts Lakewood over Ralston Valley Ralston-Lakewood split season series, now head down the final stretch of games By Scott Stocker The number three certainly came up big for Lakewood’s Mackenzie Forrest last Wednesday as the Tigers hosted Ralston Valley in a crucial, Jefferson County League game. After all, she wears the number 33. This time it was the number of threepoint baskets Forrest accounted for while leading the Tigers to a 63-34 victory against Ralston Valley. She made six three-pointers, to score a game-high 28 points. Yet, her six also helped the Tigers total 13 long-range baskets. Lakewood’s Anissa Barela and Madeline Miller each tallied three, three-point baskets, while Marisela Perez scored added one. Lakewood, coached by Chris Poisson, improved to 10-1 in the League and 15-5 overall. With the victory, the Tigers jumped into a first-place tie for league honors. Ralston Valley, under coach Jeff Gomer, fell to 10-1 in the league, 14-6 overall. Ralston Valley won its first encounter with Lakewood, 69-41, back on Jan. 16. Now, with three league games remaining for each
LAKEWOOD 63, RALSTON VALLEY 34 Ralston Valley 8 2 13 11 - 34 Lakewood 6 11 27 19 - 63 RV: Morgan Nishida 0 2-2 2, Ashley VanSickle 1 0-0 3, Emily Moore 0 0-0 0, Micheala Shaklee 2 4-4 9, Sydney Prey 1 0-0 3, Chloe Gillach 1 0-0 2, Hannah Weber 1 0-0 3, Abby Wright 0 0-0 0, Sarah Bevington 2 3-4 7, Samantha VanSickle 0 0-0 0, MaKena Prey 2 1-1 5. Totals: 10 10-11 34 Three-point baskets: A. VanSickle, Shaklee, S. Prey, Weber. Fouls: 15. Fouled out: None. L: Camilla Emsbo 0 0-0 0, Madeleine Coughlin 0 0-0 0, Abby Javernick 0 0-0 0, Anissa Barela 3 0-0 9, Issy Carbone 0 0-0 0, Madeline Miller 3 2-2 11, Kira Emsbo 0 2-2 2, McKenna Bishop 2 1-2 5, Hannah Renstrom 0 0-0 0, Marisela Perez 1 5-5 8, Britney Laraway 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Forrest 9 4-6 28, Abby Javernick 0 0-0 0. Totals: 18 14-17 63 Threepoint baskets: Forrest (6), Barela (3), Miller (3), Perez. Fouls: 13. Fouled out: None.
team, should be an interesting stretch run. Ralston Valley led 8-6 after the first quarter of play but trailed 17-10 at the half as the Mustangs only scored on a pair of free throws in the second quarter by Micheala Shaklee. And, those two came with only 40 seconds left in the half and would help Shaklee lead the scoring for the Mustangs
with nine points. “This was a special game against Ralston Valley,” Forrest said. “We were working to get our shots off, and it finally paid off after our slow start. We had a great third quarter and we were able to carry over our efforts into the fourth. I felt we were playing our best game of the season against a fine opponent.” Poisson was also quite pleased with the way Lakewood was able to put the ball in the basket in the second half. The Tigers opened the game with a pair of their threepoint baskets for a quick 6-0 lead with 6:32 left in the quarter. Surprisingly, those would be their only points of the quarter. And, it’s interesting to note their first five baskets from the field were three-pointers. The only two-pointer in the first half came with only :02-seconds left on a basket by Forrest. Lakewood opened the third quarter, scoring on a pair of free throws by Perez. They were then followed by four more three-point baskets by the Tiger shooters. “We just wanted to go out strong,” Poisson said. “This was actually a game-within-a-game between the girls. We’re up on top with them in the Jeffco League and we just want to keep our efforts going down the stretch. To be co-champs in the league would be fine right now, but there’s still
three big games remaining for both of us. “Mackenzie was on her game tonight,” said Poisson. “Defensively, the girls certainly stepped up in the second quarter and that, right there, helped us to really get rolling.” Madeline Miller was the only other Lakewood player to come through in double-figures, scoring 11. But balance played a key role, too. Anissa Barela added nine points to the win while Marisela Perez hit for eight points. Ralston Valley’s Sarah Bevington, also sporting the No. 33 on her jersey, only scored seven points, but she actually had a pretty solid game on defense. She’s only a sophomore, but one can see the talent is there. “We certainly came out slow,” Bevington said. “Down seven at the half is not something a team can’t overcome, but it certainly wasn’t there for us tonight. We beat them by a lot of points the last time, but tonight, it was just their night. They came out strong against us in the third quarter and we just couldn’t seem to adjust.” Similar thoughts, too, from Gomer. “They had a good game against us and we just couldn’t seem to get our tempo up,” Gomer said. “Give them a lot of credit. We came out flat and they just played very well. It’s a tough loss, to be sure.”
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February 19, 2015
Standley twins stand tall in win over Golden Sophomores spoil Demons’ senior night celebration By Scott Stocker It was somewhat of a twin dominance Feb. 12 in Standley Lake’s girls basketball game against home standing Golden. Sophomore twin sisters, Hanna and Hayley Davis, were forceful in helping to lead Standley Lake to a 55-45 victory over Golden. The Gators of coach Lee Gibson Jr. improved
to 7-6 in the league and 13-8 overall. Golden, under Shea Scarlett, dropped to 6-15, 2-11. The disappointment for Golden was also the fact that the team was celebrating Senior Night. With that, the Demons honored its five seniors. Haley scored 19 points. Hannah only scored five, but was certainly a force on the defensive side for Standley Lake as she blocked numerous shots and hauled down the rebounds. It was a slow start for both teams, but certainly competitive throughout the game. Standley Lake only led Golden, 10-7, after the
first period of play and Golden responded for a 24-23 lead at the half. Making it all the more interesting is that the Gators led 40-39 heading into the final eight minutes of action. Standley Lake was able to secure a 47-39 lead with 5:02 left in the game and stretch the margin to 50-42 with 2:47 left. From that point, efforts at the free-throw line would help secure the Gators efforts for the win. “We played pretty good tonight, but so did they,” Haley said. “But we were able to get to the free-throw line and convert. We were also able to get the rebounds and just good enough overall efforts to come through
for the win.” Her sister agreed. “We kept our heads on and we were able to play as a team,” Hanna said. “They had a tough defense, too. I thought I had a lot of positive energy. I was able to make the good passes, get inside and get the rebounds. But our defense was pretty good, and we were able to hold them off when it counted.” Scarlett said: “I think we gave it a good defensive effort. They shot the free throws and they were able to capitalize on them. As a team, we need to be smarter, just go out and play hard.”
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Public Notice ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for the construction of City of Arvada, Project No. 13-TR-20 entitled, Ridge Road Pedestrian/Bike Improvements (CDOT Project No. STE M040-025, Sub-account No. 19162), will be received at the office of the City Engineer until 10:00 on March 5, 2015 and then publicly opened and read aloud. The BID DOCUMENTS, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Special Conditions, Addendum when issued, Bid Bond, Bid Proposal, Bid Schedule, and the Project Drawings may be examined at the following locations: City of Arvada Engineering Division 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002 Dodge Plan Room – www.construction.com ISqFt Plan Room – 1030 West Ellsworth Ave., Unit G, Denver, Colorado 80223 Reed Construction Data www.reedpsp.com Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com No cost bid documents may be obtained at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com on or after February 12, 2015. Bid documents may also be obtained at the office of the City Engineer upon payment of $30.00 per set, which is non-refundable. ESTIMATED QUANTITIES OF THE MAJOR ITEMS OF WORK ARE: Asphalt: 1404 Tons Steel Piling (HP 12X74): 467 LF Prestressed Concrete I (BT54): 136 LF Structural Concrete for Expansion of bridge: 200 CY Sidewalk: 1,787 SY Concrete Curb: 2,407 LF Bidders, subcontractors and suppliers must be familiar with the current City of Arvada Engineering Code of Standards and Specifications for the Design and Construction of Public Improvements, dated July 19, 2011, which will be combined with the Bid Documents to form the Contract Documents for the Project. A copy of the Standards may be obtained from the office of the City Engineer upon a non-refundable payment of $30.00. Holders will be notified when supplemental revisions and additions are available as they are adopted. The Standards are also available at no cost on the City's web site at www.arvada.org. Holders are responsible for keeping current their City of Arvada Engineering Code of Standards and Specifications. Bidders (prime contractors) shall be on the Colorado Department of Transportation’s pre-qualified contractors list. Also it has been determined that Underutilized Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (UDBE’s) will participate by contracting for a part of this Contract. The contract goal for participation in this Contract by certified DBE’s who have been determined to be underutilized has been established at 10%. The Project Engineer for this work is William Honer, at 720-898-7560. CITY OF ARVADA /s/Timothy R. Hoos, P.E., City Engineer
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that two vacancies currently exist on the board of directors of the Boyd Ponds Metropolitan District No. 2 (“District”). Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in filling such vacancies and serving on the board of directors should file a Letter of Interest with the board of directors of the District no later than March 1, 2015, at the office of the District. Forms of Letters of Interest are available and can be obtained from the Boyd Ponds Metropolitan District No. 2, c/o Jennifer S. Henry at McGeady Sisneros, P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 592 4380. BOYD PONDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 By: /s/ MaryAnn M. McGeady Attorney for District Legal Notice No.: 42106 First Publication: February 19, 2015 Last Publication: February 19, 2015 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON CONSOLIDATED SERVICE PLAN IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF RICHARDS FARM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 2, CITY OF ARVADA, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 19-13 of the Arvada municipal code (the “City Code”), a Consolidated Service Plan (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Richards Farm Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 2 (the “Districts”, and each a “District”) has been filed with the City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. The Service Plan is on file and open for inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002. A public hearing on the Service Plan will be held by the City Council of the City of Arvada (the “City Council”) on March 16, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., at City
Each District is a metropolitan district. The maximum mill levy for each District for Synd.,to Inc. debt shall©be2015 forty King (40) Features mills subject certain adjustment and release provisions as contemplated and described in the Service Plan. The maximum period of time Public Notice which such levy shall be collected is forty (40) years after the initial imposition of NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING such levy. ON CONSOLIDATED SERVICE PLAN Pursuant to § 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S. and IN RE THE ORGANIZATION Section 19-15(e) of the City Code, any OF RICHARDS FARM METROPOLITAN person owning property in the proposed DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 2, Districts may request that such property CITY OF ARVADA, COUNTY OF be excluded from the Districts by submitJEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO ting such request to the City Clerk no later NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuthan ten days prior to the public hearing. ant to Section 19-13 of the Arvada muniTo“City advertise publicAllnotices 303-566-4100 protests call and objections must be subcipal code (the Code”), ayour Consolidmitted in writing to the City Council at or ated Service Plan (the “Service Plan”) for prior to the hearing or any continuance or the proposed Richards Farm Metropolitan postponement thereof in order to be conDistrict Nos. 1 & 2 (the “Districts”, and sidered. All protests and objections to the each a “District”) has been filed with the Districts not presented in this manner shall City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorbe deemed to be waived. ado. The Service Plan is on file and open BY ORDER OF THE CITY OF ARVADA for inspection in the office of the City CITY COUNCIL Clerk, City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002. Legal Notice No.: 42115 A public hearing on the Service Plan First Publication: February 19, 2015 will be held by the City Council of the Last Publication: February 19, 2015 City of Arvada (the “City Council”) on Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript March 16, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., at City and the Arvada Press Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002, or as soon thereafter as the City Council may hear such matter. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the Service Plan and to form a basis for Public Notice adopting a resolution approving, conditionally approving or disapproving the SerNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING vice Plan. The following variances from the Land A general description of the land conDevelopment Code (LDC) have been tained within the boundaries of the prorequested: posed Districts is as follows: ApproximVAR2015-0003, IRG Arvada, LLC, ately 32 acres of residential land gener9212 W 58th Ave., requests the followally bounded to the north by W. 75th Aving variances: enue, to the east by Leyden Creek and (1) to construct a freestanding monument Leyden Creek Park, to the south by W. sign that is 46.22 sq. ft. in size when Sec72nd Avenue, and to the west by W. 72nd tion 6.17.4 of the LDC limits the sign to 32 Circle and Alkire Street. sq. ft. Each District is a metropolitan district. (2) to construct a freestanding monument The maximum mill levy for each District for sign that is set back 1.5 ft. from the front debt shall be forty (40) mills subject to cer(north) property line when Section 6.17.4 tain adjustment and release provisions as of the LDC requires a setback of 10 ft. contemplated and described in the Serfrom the front property line. vice Plan. The maximum period of time Hearing thereon will be held before the which such levy shall be collected is forty Board of Adjustment on March 10, 2015 (40) years after the initial imposition of at 7:00 p.m., Municipal Building, 8101 such levy. Ralston Road, when and where you may Pursuant to § 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S. and speak at the hearing. Additional informaSection 19-15(e) of the City Code, any tion can be obtained from the Community person owning property in the proposed Development Department or written comDistricts may request that such property ments may be filed therewith no later than be excluded from the Districts by submit8 days prior to the hearing. ting such request to the City Clerk no later CITY OF ARVADA BOARD than ten days prior to the public hearing. OF ADJUSTMENT All protests and objections must be sub/s/ Jenny Riley, Secretary mitted in writing to the City Council at or prior to the hearing or any continuance or Legal Notice No.: 42116 postponement thereof in order to be conFirst Publication: February 19, 2015 sidered. All protests and objections to the Last Publication: February 19, 2015 Districts not presented in this manner shall Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript be deemed to be waived. and the Arvada Press BY ORDER OF THE CITY OF ARVADA CITY COUNCIL
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Legal Notice No.: 42115 First Publication: February 19, 2015 Last Publication: February 19, 2015 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript
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From being helped to being a helper Dancer shares story of healing to assist Children’s Hospital By Clarke Reader
creader@coloradocommunitymedia. com After beating a rare disorder that temporarily left her unable to breathe or walk on her own, Julia Simpkins, 17, refused to consider doctors’ prognosis that it would take her six months to walk again. “I told them I wasn’t going home in a wheelchair,” she remembers. “This is my senior year and I’m not going to miss it.” And she didn’t. Thanks to hours of effort, and the help and dedication of hospital staff, the Lakewood resident and Golden High School senior walked out of Children’s Hospital Colorado six weeks after entering it. Now, Julia has given back to the hospital by participating in the Alice 105.9 Cares for Kids radiothon hosted by the station on Feb. 12 and 13. The event has raised more than $17 million since its inception. Alice 105.9 holds the title of the top radiothon in the nation. All the money goes to Children’s Hospital. The Alice radiothon raised about $1.6 million. Julia contributed by sitting down with DJs Slacker and Steve and sharing her story, live from Children’s Boettcher Atrium. “I try to focus on all positives, and that’s why I became an ambassador for Children’s Hospital,” she said. Hospital staff nominate patients to serve as representatives in the community. These patients and their families share stories of hope and perseverance through interviews, presentations, and events supporting Children’s Colorado. Julia’s road to being an ambassador began early last June after she had knee surgery because of a dance-related injury. As
her mother, Lori, remembers, Julia started to get a tingling in her feet — a tingling that eventually ascended up her body, bringing with it extreme illness and weakness. “We took her to St. Anthony’s and she was then transferred to Children’s, and that’s when we found out she had GuillainBarre,” Lori said. “She was put on a ventilator and remained on it for 30 days while doctor tried different treatments.” Guillian-Barre is a rare disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the nerves. In some cases it can shut down organs, which makes it a potentially deadly illness. The cause of the disorder is still undetermined. At its worst, Julia wasn’t able to speak and could only communicate with the simplest of gestures. “The whole thing was pretty scary,” Julia said, “but losing control of my legs and the breathing problems were probably the worst.” Eventually Julia underwent tracheotomy surgery, which allowed her to breathe on her own and communicate. Once she moved to rehabilitation, Julia was able to dedicate all her energy to getting better. A large support system of friends, family and neighbors also greatly helped, Lori said. “We’d never faced anything like this before, and we were fortunate to have good insurance and the community behind us,” Lori said. “The community here absolutely rallied around her.” Julia returned to school Sept. 15, and was able to participate as a member of the dance team for the first time during a basketball game in January. Julia still has work to do in her recovery, but she has learned from the experience not to take anything for granted. “It helped me to figure out what I want to go to school for,” she said. “I want to be a pediatric nurse at Children’s on the rehabilitation floor I was on.”
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Julia Simpkins during her recovery period at Children’s Hospital. While she used the wheelchair there, she refused to come home in one. Photo Courtesy of Lori Simpkins
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