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WHEAT RIDGE MAYOR It’s Time to Celebrate Our Deep Roots Page 4

LOCAL NEWS Wheat Ridge Is Full Of Art, Both Fine And Fun Page 7

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Festivals Fill Out The Summer Season n By

Elisabeth Monaghan

ith festival season in full swing, the Neighborhood Gazette wants to remind you there is a wide selection of activities to check out.

Carnation Festival The 49th annual Carnation Festival returns Aug. 10 through 12 to spotlight the people and community culture that has helped put Wheat Ridge on the map. Check out the insert, pages 9-16, for details.

Colorado Dragon Boat Festival Celebrating the Asian and Asian American Communities in Colorado, the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival (CDBF) will take place at Sloan’s Lake on July 28 and 29. The 18-year-old festival is the largest pan-Asia dragon boat festival in the U.S. In addition to the Dragon Boat race, the event will include Japanese dance, a scavenger hunt, an Anime Fest, the CDBF Marketplace. Food Continued on page 2

THE 49TH ANNUAL CARNATION FESTIVAL FEATURES A CARNIVAL, parade and fun to spotlight the people and community culture that has helped put Wheat Ridge on the map. See the insert, pages 9-16, for details. PHOTO COURTESY CARNATION FESTIVAL.

‘Investing 4 The Future’ – Are We There Yet? n By

Mike McKibbin

n November 2016, Wheat Ridge voters approved ballot measure 2E, called “Investing 4 the Future,” a half-cent city sales tax increase to pay for projects to improve transportation infrastructure, create economic development opportunities and help attract more residents. The tax hike went into effect Jan. 1, 2017, and is to end in 2029. The city earmarked $33 million of that revenue for four projects: Anderson Park ($4 million); transportation infrastructure for the Clear Creek Crossing project ($10 million); widening of a section of Wadsworth Boulevard ($7 million city match for a $45 million to $60 million project); and public infrastructure and amenities at the G Line Wheat Ridge-Ward light rail station ($12 million). City Manager Patrick Goff provided an update on the four projects in his recent unofficial State of the City presentation and an interview.

Anderson Park Plans call for outdoor pool locker room renovations; building renovations to replace a leaking roof, reconfigure space for more fitness and wellness classes; replace the baseball field with a multi-purpose sports field that will also host festivals; reconstruct and improve the soccer field; upgrade the park pavilion and small shelter. Additional needs are parking lot repaving and waterline replacement. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall with completion by May 2019 for the buildings and July 2019 for the park.

Clear Creek Crossing 2E funds will finance construction of westbound I-70 hook ramps for the Clear Creek Crossing project, removal of the 32nd Avenue off-ramp and a new street connection to 32nd Avenue. Goff said first phase contracts have been signed and work was to begin in early or mid-July.

A project subdivision plat has been approved and a public financing proposal to help the project proceed was to be presented to City Council on July 9, he added. That would include a $15 million bond issue through the Longs Peak Metropolitan District, a share of the city’s lodging, admissions and other tax revenue, and a $5 million bank loan through the Wheat Ridge

Urban Renewal Authority with property tax increment financing. “We think it will be a good investment because the city will get a significant amount of money when the project opens,” Goff stated. The mixed-use project between 32nd Continued on page 18

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Joe DeMott: Serving The Community, In Every Sense Of The Word n By

Elisabeth Monaghan

t is a safe bet to suggest that Wheat Ridge residents who have lived in the area for any length of time know Joe DeMott. At the very least, they’ve heard of his family’s restaurant, Pietra’s Pizzeria, which DeMott’s father opened in 1964 and which Joe DeMott now owns and manages. DeMott will tell you he lives in Wheat Ridge because this is where he fits. He grew up in Wheat Ridge, attended Wheat Ridge High School and married a fellow Wheat Ridge native. His sister and her family live across the street from DeMott, and his parents live nearby. One reason he fits so well in the community might be that since he was a teenager, DeMott has served his community in every sense of the word. Working for his father, DeMott literally has served food to his fellow Wheat Ridge residents and visitors to the area. As a former member of city council, he has been a public servant. In 2011, DeMott served as a member of the Carnation Festival board. Today, DeMott serves as chair of WORKING FOR HIS FATHER AT PIETRA’S PIZZERIA the Carnation Festival, a role he assumed in 2013. SINCE HIS TEEN YEARS, public servant and commuAs many of his fellow Wheat Ridge residents know, DeMott is a nity volunteer Joe DeMott now owns and manages the

establishment, which his father opened in 1964. Continued on page 2 COURTESY DEMOTT FAMILY.

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history buff and a great storyteller. Longtime Wheat Ridge residents may be familiar with the history of Wheat Ridge and its carnations, but DeMott’s rendition is both entertaining and interesting. “We were called ‘the Carnation City,’ even before we were a city,” according to DeMott. “A lot of the old farmers say carnations became popular to grow in the area because both the air and the water that came down from the mountains were just right for carnation growth.” DeMott goes on to explain that carnation growers in Wheat Ridge sent a bouquet of carnations regularly to the White House. (It could have been daily, weekly or monthly, but the point is, the carnations were delivered to and displayed at the White House, always in the same spot.) DeMott also tells a story of how Buffalo Bill Cody and his love for carnations may have had an impact on the carnation industry in Colorado. As DeMott explains, Buffalo Bill Cody loved carnations and loved Colorado. When Cody died, it was a given there would be carnations at his funeral, but he died January, while in Denver. Carnations did not grow in Wheat Ridge, in January, so the funeral planners had to look elsewhere for carnations. It turned out a source in Colombia was able to deliver carnations to Cody’s funeral within days. As soon as people discovered they could get carnations year-round and could deliver carnations to Cody’s funeral, they became more interested in ordering those carnations instead. As for his work with the Carnation Festival, DeMott says favorite things about it is the purpose it serves, which is to raise money for local nonprofits. “Each part of the Festival benefits a different nonprofit,” says DeMott. “Last year we had 17 nonprofits that benefitted from the funds. Every year we have been able to bring in new nonprofits each year and make money for them.” DeMott goes on to explain that a number of those benefitting no longer have to hold other fundraisers, as the proceeds received from the Carnation Festival are enough to allow them to focus on their service work. Another aspect of the Festival DeMott appreciates is the volunteers who help. There are hundreds of people who show up every year. “For the most part, we’ve been blessed with good weather for the Festival, but

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and drinks will be available for purchase. For more information, visit www.cdbf.org Colorado Scottish Festival The annual Colorado Scottish Festival returns for its 55th year Aug. 4 and 5 at Citizens Park in Edgewater. Enjoy all things Scottish – from music and dancing, to food and whisky tastings. Visit www.scottishgames.org for more information.

BlissFest 333 Presented by Bliss Productions and Historic Elitch Theatre, BlissFest 333 is a multimedia cultural arts film festival taking place on Aug. 25 and 26. To purchase tickets, or for more information, visit www. blissfest333.com.

SINCE HE WAS A TEENAGER, JOE DEMOTT HAS SERVED HIS COMMUNITY in every sense of the word; he’s pictured here with daughter Eva (left), son Angelo and wife Bernadette. PHOTO COURTESY DEMOTT FAMILY.

even when it rains, we always have enough volunteers to make it an enjoyable event for everyone.” For the first time this year, the Wheat Ridge High School Quarterback Club will manage the Carnation Festival’s car show, as a fundraiser for the football team. A car aficionado himself, DeMott hopes that not only will the students raise a lot of money for the Wheat Ridge High School football team, they also will come away from the experience with a new hobby as car enthusiasts. (You can read more about the car show in Joe DeMott’s article on page XX.) For most of the vendors, entertainers and volunteers, their work for the Carnation Festival will end when the last person leaves Anderson Park. But for DeMott and the rest of the board, it will be time to start planning for 2019, which will be the 50th anniversary for the Carnation Festival. “Our goal has never been to make the Festival bigger,” says DeMott, “but community events have become so popular all over that the expectation is for every event to be bigger and greater. “For the Carnation Festival, we try to keep that hometown, small vendor, local artisan feel, while balancing the cost of putting on the festival.” Given that the Carnation Festival has thrived for nearly half a century, and that the nonprofits involved continue to benefit from the proceeds, it looks like the board, and all of those involved with putting on the event, have succeeded. 6501 W. Colfax Ave. The event also includes live music, interactive kids’ activities, food trucks and a beer garden.

Performances In The Park Don’t miss the final shows in the Performances in the Park series. Enjoy free outdoor, family-friendly concerts at the pavilion at Anderson Park (4355 Field St., Wheat Ridge). Bring your lawn chairs or blankets. Make it a family picnic! Upcoming children’s shows (10 to 10:45 a.m.): Puppets & Things on Strings, July 25; and Lincoln Magic, Aug. 1 Evening shows (6:30 to 8 p.m.): The Michael Friedman Band, July 25; and Hot Tomatoes, Aug. 1.

Jeffco Fair & Festival Festival season would be incomplete without the Jeffco Fair & Festival, happening Aug. 10 through 12 at Jeffco Fairgrounds. With an art exhibit, 4-H displays, a CPRA Rodeo, a carnival, food and all sorts of live entertainment, the Jeffco Fair & Festival offers something for everyone. Read more about the event at www.celebratejeffco.com/.

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LOCALWORKS UPDATE Building Community With Block Parties including other community organizations. The Wheat Ridge Police Department, West Metro Fire Rescue, Localworks, or even ummer is arguably the best season clubs like Rotary, Optimist and Kiwanis in Wheat Ridge. The warm weather can help enrich the event and provide a fun always brings fun community events informative experience. The Wheat Ridge and social gatherings. Summer is a time Police Department can talk about general of connecting with friends, family and safety or even help set up a neighborhood neighbors at barbecues and block parties. watch program. Localworks In fact, a neighborhood block can talk about volunteer party can be much more than opportunities and community just a great summer social event. resources available to you and Neighborhood block parties your neighbors. Perhaps the fire can help build the foundation department will even bring a fire of a strong, healthy and safe truck for the kids to check out! community. Localworks wants to help Interested in organizing a you with your neighborhood block party on your street, but block party this summer. not sure where to start? First, Through the TLC Wheat Ridge decide when and where the Block Party Grant program, party will take place. If it makes your street could be eligible for the most sense to have the party Chelsea Bunker $150 towards the cost of food right on the street, you can apply and supplies. Whether your street has never to close the street to traffic for the duration had an organized block party or you have of the party. Reach out to the City of Wheat one each year, Localworks wants to assist Ridge Public Works Department for this you in creating a stronger neighborhood. application. Invite your neighbors and enlist Block parties are an easy and fun way to their help with the event. A pot luck-style help develop the sense of community and event seems to be a popular format for block pride right on your street. In the end, you’ll parties. Another option would be to ask meet new friends and connect with old ones, neighbors to bring an appetizer, side dish or which is exactly what summertime is all dessert to share while you supply the main about. dish. Encourage attendees to BYOC – bring To apply for a TLC Wheat Ridge your own chair. Often times, a neighbor or Block Party Grant or to learn more about two will offer to bring supplies or even some Localworks, visit www.WeAreLocalworks. yard games. A simple summer barbecue org or call 720-259-1030. can quickly turn into a great community Chelsea Bunker is the Community Enbuilding event when everyone pitches in. gagement Coordinator for Localworks. Once the details are all set, consider

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he Wheat Ridge Environment and Sustainability Committee presented their final recommendations to the city. After a year-long study and interviews, they presented their report at the city council study session. You can find the entire report online at http://www.ci.wheatridge.co.us/ DocumentCenter/View/28559/WRESCAction-Plan-June-2018. It was interesting to hear city councilors modify their support before and after hearing the report. The fact of the matter is that the issue itself had become politicized where this group appointed by ex mayor Joyce Jay did not represent a true spectrum of our citizens. Both culturally, age wise and political beliefs. While “recommendations,” “incentives” and “advocacy” for improvements are all excellent ways of promoting a healthy and sustainable environment, words like “ordinances,” “bans,” “requirements” and “limiting” all have a negative tone and push away those that are just learning about sustainability.

For example; the belief that forcing citizens to use a single trash hauling provider will reduce the number of trucks on the street is false. First, no single company can pick up every household trash bin the same day throughout the city. Having interviewed all five, they all admitted that more trucks would have to be purchased with more manpower to handle that demand, driving the cost up for the end user. Increasing the number of trucks on the road and coming right back to the point we started at. But what can be done is a block adoption plan where everyone on a single block chooses the same vendor and has less directions during the week. Slowly that can grow and entice more blocks to use the same vendor, creating entire neighborhoods being serviced by a single trash hauler. This is what happens when you incentivize versus forcing people to do something. The key again being that sustainability needs to be ground up…and not city dictated. I love the promotion of a healthy lifestyle Continued on page 18

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hree contested Democratic races were decided by voters in the Neighborhood Gazette circulation area during the June 26 statewide primary election. In Senate District 34 (includes parts or all of Denver, Sloan’s Lake, Berkeley and the West Colfax corridor between Sheridan and Federal boulevards), Julie Gonzales easily defeated her two primary opponents, Alan Kennedy-Shaffer and Milo Schwab. Gonzales received nearly 64 percent support, or 14,763 votes. Schwab had just under 20 percent, or 4,569, while KennedyShaffer received more than 16 percent, or 3,813 votes. Gonzales, policy director for the Meyer Law Office in Denver, will face Republican candidate Gordon Alley in the Nov. 6 general election. Alley, who did not have a primary opponent, is an associate pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church. His sister, Kristina Joy Alley, is the Republican candidate for Colorado House District 28. The current District 34 officeholder is state Sen. Lucia Guzman (D), the assistant minority leader. State senators are limited to two consecutive four-year terms and Guzman cannot seek reelection. In House District 24 (includes all or parts of Wheat Ridge, Edgewater, Arvada, Lakewood, Golden, Lakeside, Mountain View and unincorporated Jefferson County communities of Applewood, Fairmount and West Pleasant View), Monica Duran defeated Kris Teegardin by a 55-45 percent margin, or 6,617-5,513 votes. Duran, a current Wheat Ridge City Council member, will face Republican Arthur Erwin in November. Erwin lives in Golden and his website noted he is the human resource director at

a major local auto dealership where he has worked for nearly 30 years. The seat is currently held by state Rep. Jessie Danielson, (D). State representatives can serve no more than four consecutive two-year terms. Danielson was first elected to the position in 2014 and won reelection two years later. She is not seeking another term. In House District 4 (includes all or part of the West Colfax corridor between Sheridan and Federal, Denver North and West neighborhoods of the Highlands, Villa Park, Sloan’s Lake, Barnum, Berkeley, Sunnyside and Sun Valley), Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez won a three-way race over Amy W. Beatie and Ed Britt. Gonzales-Gutierrez garnered 58 percent, or 7,695 votes, while Beatie had 33 percent, or 4,338, and Britt 9 percent, or 1,180 votes. Gonzales-Guiterrez will face Republican Robert “Dave” John in the general election. John, who did not have a primary opponent, has filed campaign finance reports with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office that show he has not received nor spent any money this year. At this time, he does not appear to have an online presence. The seat is currently held by state Rep. Dan Pabon, (D), who cannot run for reelection. In Colorado, all 65 House seats are up for election every two years. In the state Senate, 17 out of 35 seats are on the ballot this year. While Democrats expanded their state House majority from 34-31 in 2014 to 37-28 in 2016, Republicans won control of the state Senate in 2014 by an 18-17 majority. In 2016, Republicans maintained that slim margin, so Democrats need to gain one seat to take control of the Senate. The same seats that were up for election in 2014 are on the ballot this year.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Come Help Support, Share At Big Wheels On The Farm As an enthusiast of everything automotive, I’ve been to many car shows and I’ve often wondered what will become of these works of art when the task of caretaker becomes too much for us to handle. Will they rust away under a tarp in our yards, gather dust in a barn for some future treasure hunter to find, or will our children just forget about them and move on to disposable autonomous people movers with no real character or soul like these steel and iron masterpieces of our past? If you’re like me and appreciate the design and function of history’s transportation and engineering and would like to keep future generations interest piqued in a simpler time, please come help us support and teach these future car lovers at the Big Wheels on the Farm Car Show and Festival and bring the kids to Anderson Park, Sunday, Aug. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3! The hard-working parents of the WRHS Quarterback Club have decided to take on this task to allow many generations to keep learning about this hobby while helping our great WRHS Farmers football team. Their fresh ideas are sure to make our third day of the Festival better than ever. They’ve decided that our Festival is a great place for car enthusiasts to gather with local kids and share your love of cars and have a great time, too. Have you ever been to a car show with carnival amusement rides and games? How about live music featuring one of the most internationally recognizable Blues bands, The Delta Sonics, on a live stage? A food court with nearly a dozen choices of vendors, from turkey legs to ice cream and everything in between? Local Businesses showing their wares to support a great cause? How about a beer garden hosted by our own Optimist and Rotary Clubs? A 50/50 raffle and other

games of chance to entertain kids of all ages? For those of you looking to support some great Wheat Ridge organizations, look no further than the Carnation Festival. The Carnation Festival is of course the celebration of the incorporation of the City of Wheat Ridge but exists solely to benefit its service clubs and nonprofit organizations, and have a little fun while we do it. Keep in mind that 100 percent of the festival proceeds fund Wheat Ridge Service Clubs, schools and nonprofits and is run by an allvolunteer board. Entry to the show and festival is free as always and each car is $40 (multiple cars and clubs may be eligible for a discount). Please visit our website at thecarnationfestival.com and click on “Car Show” for more info and to register. Come celebrate with us Aug. 10 through 12, at Anderson Park, 44th and Field Street. Joey DeMott, Wheat Ridge

Attention Homeowners Of Wheat Ridge Were you aware that when we became a city in 1969 all residential zones were allowed to build a 35-foot home (three stories) with a flat roof? We see what has happened in north Denver and how it is happening in Wheat Ridge. Homes can be bought, scraped and replaced with a 35-foot, flat-roof home right next door to you. Zones R1-C and R-3 in the southeast corner of Wheat Ridge have been changed to 35 feet with a 15-foot sloped roof. It may sound OK, but next to the ranch and bungalow styles that now exist it is overwhelming. Monday, July 23, at 7 p.m., there will be a city council meeting at the City Center at Continued on page 23

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“DISCOVERING THE STARS” BY WHEAT RIDGE ARTIST KEVIN ROBB stretches toward the sky in Discovery Park near Kipling Street and 38th Avenue. PHOTO BY NANCY HAHN.

MELANIE LUNSFORD OF METRO FRAME WORKS uses art MARIE EVB GIBBONS USES A LENGTHY, REPEATED DIPto provide inspiration on a variety of framing and displaying PING and drying process to produce lovely clay flower boufor her customers. PHOTO BY NANCY HAHN. quets. PHOTO BY NANCY HAHN. Tech Center; “Kite Festival” was created to be viewed both from the ground and from the high windows of the Tech Center office buildings. While Robb suffered a stroke that restricted his movement, he continues to create sculptures full of apparent movement. Brandon Finamore is a young artist who grew up in Wheat Ridge. Growing up surrounded by an area full of wildlife, he enjoyed painting from nature. His paintings remind many viewers of Audubon, because he paints birds with detail and accuracy. His source for subjects now, though, is not the wide outdoors, but natural history museum collections. Viewing the collections at the Denver Museum of Natural History helped him recognize the detail and small differences that identify different varieties of birds. This visit encouraged the artist to develop his photo-realistic style. He wants experts to be able to recognize not just that the bird in his painting is a finch, for example, but to recognize the variety and the region the bird once lived in. Recently, Finamore had a first and very successful show in Denver’s River North District. He credits his art teacher at Wheat Ridge High School for recognizing his art talent, encouraging him, and helping him build his skills. He returned to Wheat Ridge High School for his student teaching and now is an art teacher in an Adams 14 middle school. Finamore hopes he can provide the same encouragement and skill building for his students. Marie EvB Gibbons is an artist who took part in the Wheat Ridge Studio Tours. She has become busier than ever with her enlarged studio at 3735 Ames St., and more students and classes than ever. Gibbons is a unique clay artist and sculptor. Rather than the way many artists work with clay in a process of sculpt, fire, glaze and fire again, Gibbons does not like to use glazing, then firing. Glazing can produce lovely surprises, but she prefers to paint her work after firing without being surprised. Painting allows the artist to be in complete control of the color. Always trying new ideas, Gibbons is creating a new type of sculpture. Creating

these flower sculptures includes a long process before firing. The sculptures use artificial flower blossoms and liquefied clay called slip. Water is mixed with clay to produce the slip and then artificial flower blossoms are dipped into the slip. The blossom dries and is dipped again. Over and over. Again, and again. When a thick enough layer of clay has been created the flower can become part of a sculpture, be fired in the kiln, and painted. New ideas and experimentation are a big part of this artist’s work. Melanie Lunsford’s Metro Frame Works, at 5310 W. 38th Ave., is a great place to stop if you want to look at some great art or you are looking for creative ideas to display your artwork or photographs in your home. Traditional frames of every pattern,

Wheat Ridge Celebrates National Night Out Tuesday, August 7, 2018, from 4 – 7 p.m. Hayward Park, 7500 W. 29th Ave. The event will include a display of police vehicles including patrol cars, motorcycles, the SWAT van, and Community Service vehicles, and crime prevention displays. There will be fun for the whole family including balloon artists, face painting, and games for the kids. Meet your neighbors and members of WRPD as we build a stronger community in which to fight and prevent crime. For more information, contact Sergeant Bowman at 303-235-2910 or jbowman@ci.wheatridge.co.us

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size and style can be created in Lunsford’s workshop. She can help you discover the perfect way to create a display. The shop’s walls have artwork displayed in groupings and creative ways to inspire customers. If you visit the shop, you will go home with great ideas. If you want to try something new with art, the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center has art classes from “Making Bead Soup Memory Bracelets” to pottery. Teller Street Gallery, also, offers Paint and Vino classes and Painting and Mimosa classes. The gallery, also, offers open studio days when you can come and pick from a wide choice of projects to create. Clearly, Wheat Ridge is full of both fine art and fun art.

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everal years ago, Wheat Ridge created an opportunity for residents to tour the studios of a host of Wheat Ridge artists. Wheat Ridge residents became aware of the many talented artists throughout Wheat Ridge and excited about the variety of wonderful works being produced. But while there are no studio tours in the works, Wheat Ridge is still full of artists and wonderful artwork. The new mural at Anderson Pool is the newest piece of public art in Wheat Ridge, but there is public art all around town. City Hall features “Red, White, and True,” a bronze sculpture of a fox and kits, and “Symbols in Stone” on the outside west wall. There are also carved tile boxes at the Recreation Center. “Symbols in Stone” and “Seasons” are found near the front desk and “Natural Impressions” upstairs. Outside, there is a bronze sculpture titled, “She Ain’t Heavy.” Hooper Hollow Park has a beautiful bronze sculpture representing the balance between choices, called “Truth.” Discovery Park holds a stunning, Kevin Robb sculpture, titled “Discovering the Stars.” A tour of our parks would be a great way to enjoy a variety of wonderful art. Kevin Robb is one of the most renowned Wheat Ridge artists. For 30 years, his sculptures have been created and shared. His beautiful metal sculptures are found not only across the United States, but around the world. His sculptures curve and twist. They shine and glow. They give you the sense that when you look away they probably move. Maybe, they dance. Robb does not have a careful, detailed and measured plan for each sculpture. As the work grows, the twist and bends are developed. The sculptures are created in stainless steel, bronze and even bright colors. They are created in any size from table-top to mammoth. You have, no doubt, seen several of them. This spring, a sculpture that appears to be blowing in the wind was placed at the Denver

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Every August in Wheat Ridge there’s a community shindig for a few thousand of the city’s closest friends. The party, the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival, is nearing the half-century mark and is one of the longest running events in Colorado. The festival, set for August 10-12, in Anderson Park at 44th and Field, derives its name from the post-World War II period when Wheat Ridge was home to a thriving carnation industry. The last carnation grower in Wheat Ridge phased out their operation in 2008. The event has changed and grown, but has always been a free, locally-driven and family-friendly event. In 2017, there were over 30,000 attendees at Anderson Park. Now a three-day festival, it attracts residents and visitors from around the state. The festival has been a long-time of supporter of many local Wheat Ridgefocused nonprofi ts and service clubs, as well as student and senior organizations. All monies generated by the festival go to these local entities or back into the costs of the festival itself. The festival is a registered nonprofi t and is managed by a board of Wheat Ridge volunteers. The city of Wheat Ridge was incorporated and offi cially become a city on Aug. 15, 1969. In honor of the city’s birthday, the area’s agricultural history (the Wheat Ridge High School sports teams are named the Farmers) and carnation production, a festival was born. The carnation fl ower has its own lengthy history. The scientifi c/Latin name is Dianthus Caryophyllus, which translates into Flower of Zeus or Flower of the Gods. The carnation is one of the world’s oldest cultivars. It’s fi rst mentioned in ancient Greek literature as growing on hillsides. Colorado’s abundant sunshine makes for a near-perfect place to grow carnations since the blooms need ample sunlight. Wheat Ridge is close to Denver and provided the needed space for greenhouses. In the 1960s the city had 32 diff erent carnation growers and sent fl owers to the White House every Monday morning. The bouquet was displayed in the front foyer with a card stating: “With compliments to our nation’s capital, Wheat Ridge Colorado, Carnation City,” according to the Wheat Ridge Historical Society. The city’s moniker as being the “Carnation City,” prompted a group of people to organize an offi cial agricultural and fl oricultural weekend celebration. Thus, the Carnation Festival and Parade become an annual tradition, fi rst held on 38th Avenue. The parade remains on 38th Avenue, (with a brief hiatus to 44th Avenue at one point.) Over the years, the parade has featured fl oats with mounds of carnations from the local growers. The greenhouses are gone, but the connections to the past remain. The world now receives its carnations primarily from South America. The festival itself has had a few sites since the beginning, until fi nding its present home at Anderson Park. Like so many traditions, occasions and festivals, fi nding the exact origins of the festival and historical specifi cs are as steeped in unknowns as the carnation fl ower itself. Many of the city’s founders and festival originators have passed but their legacy continues.

“Everybody loves a parade” and there are many beloved and famous parades to celebrate in U.S. history. The top four include the fi rst St. Patrick’s Day parade in 1762, the fi rst Mardi Gras Parade in 1856, the fi rst Tournament of Rose Parade in 1890 and the inaugural Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924. First held in 1969, to commemorate the year of our city’s founding, the theme for this year’s Carnation Festival Parade is “Deep Roots – Short Commutes.” Chaired by District IV City Councilmember Leah Dozeman, assisted by Festival Board Member Ruth Baranowski, the parade functions as one of the most visible ways the city honors service groups; local schools and businesses; the fi re and police departments; state and national politicians and political candidates; and church groups and hobby clubs, including auto, horseback riding, biking, walking, martial arts, cheerleading and dance. The parade also honors distinguished residents by selecting a Grand Marshal, Count and Countess, who serve as royalty and ride in the parade. Optimist Ron Benson will be one of possibly multiple Parade Announcers. Engaging residents in all aspects of the parade is a main goal of the 2018 parade. Community groups and individuals, who want to secure one of 80 maximum spots, need to register online by Wednesday, July 25th. This year, the following parade application fees have been implemented: $45 for Wheat Ridge businesses; $50 for businesses outside Wheat Ridge; and $150 for politicians and political candidates. Also, a late fee will be charged for applications received after Friday, July 27th . On the day of the parade, two resident judges will randomly select three attendees from the crowd to help judge the winning entries in the categories of Best Marching Band, Marching Unit, Musical Group, Business, Vehicle and Float as well as Most Creative and a Community Award. \ Commemorative plates, featuring a local artist’s design, will be awarded to the parade category winners. The winners of the commemorative plate competition were 1st place: Wilma Knies for “Wheat Ridge Farmers Market”, 2nd place: Ruth Baranowski for “A Diff erent Type of Gold” and 3rd place: Zachary Urban for “Rooting for Wheat Ridge”. The parade application can be found on the homepage of TheCarnationFestival.com. Parade winners, royalty, the city and the Carnation Festival board will be honored at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, August 11th. The parade runs Saturday morning from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. With staging from Ames to Depew Streets, the parade route continues to Upham Street along West 38th Avenue. Dominick Breton and the Grange board will serve a $7-donation Pancake Breakfast at The Grange from 7 am to 9 am. Parking is available in front of Wheat Ridge Cyclery, at Stevens Elementary and along the side streets of the parade route. The Festival Board welcomes everyone in the community and surrounding communities to join in the celebration of Wheat Ridge.

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Ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages, the circus is coming to town! Those words are rarely heard since Ringling Brothers and other touring circuses have shut down. Fortunately for Colorado circus-lovers, in August the Zoppé Family Circus will perform during the annual Carnation Festival under their Big Top Veneto. (Veneto is what this sixth generation of the Zoppé Circus Family christened their big top tent, in honor of the Italian town from which the family hails.) The Carnation Festival will occur at Anderson Park, 44th & Field, with Zoppé Circus performances Friday, Aug. 10, at 4 and 7 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 11, at 1, 4 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 12, at 1 and 4 p.m. On Saturday the circus will be preceded by a parade along 38th Ave. from Ames Street to Upham Street beginning at 9:30 a.m. A favorite among Carnation Festival-goers, Zoppé Circus is celebrating the 176th year of their family-run extravaganza. Among the 54 individuals who make up the company coming to Wheat Ridge are 10 blood relatives of the Zoppé family. “We are the classic circus in America today,” said Giovanni Zoppé, who runs the thrilling show. “We’re a complete circus, but we are what a circus was in the 1800s. That goes along with the costumes, music, and style of show. Everything we do takes you back to the 1800s.” Zoppé likens the circus to Christmas. Just as Christmas comes every year, with different presents under the tree, the Zoppé Circus also comes every year and brings different acts. Zoppé says this will be the freshest show they’ve performed in the past 10 years. Among the new acts is a bareback-riding performance by Zoppé’s sister Tosca, who has been an amazing bareback rider since she was young. She will re-create their father’s classic bareback riding act. Another new act features four-to-five horses abreast, with a human pyramid of six-to-eight people atop them. “This is not an act you can see in America today,” says Zoppé. The circus also will introduce an act this year that features a bicyclist riding around a large bowl-shaped apparatus. The equipment is 15 feet at the top and 10 feet at the bottom. As the bicyclist rides, the bowl goes up about 35 feet and continues to move. The “bowl” has a large hole in the middle of the bottom. Zoppé explains that this riveting act, which is 120 years old, has not been performed in at least 65 years. He felt it was time to introduce the act to modern-day circus-goers. Admission to the general Carnation Festival is free, as is entry to a variety of concerts. Tickets for each circus performance are $15 for general admission (bleacher seating), $20 for VIP (chair seating) and free for children two and under. The shows sell out quickly, so it’s a good idea to purchase your tickets soon. Visit thecarnationfestival.com/events-entertainment/zoppe-circus for more information and tickets.

The Wheat Ridge Art League Exhibition will be on display during the Carnation Festival at the Anderson Building at Anderson Park, 4355 Field St.: Friday, Aug. 10, 4-10 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 11, noon-10 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 12, noon-4 p.m. It’s been said that art is never an extravagance, but if hanging an original on your wall has seemed out of reach in the past, and you don’t have an unknown Rembrandt your Uncle Ralph gave you tucked away in a basement corner, it’s good reason to head to the Wheat Ridge Art League’s three-day exhibition during the Carnation Festival. More than two dozen members of the Wheat Ridge Art League will be exhibiting their best pieces – watercolors, oils, pastels, pencil drawings, abstracts, modern, still life. It’s all there this year, and many, though not all, works of art will be for sale with prices ranging in affordability that makes it easy for a beginning collector to pick up a piece, and hard for a seasoned connoisseur to resist. “This is the best kept secret in town,” said Pat McAleese, Chairwoman of the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival Art Show. The art show is not a juried event (one in which an artist submits a piece to be accepted by a board) but is rather a members-only show. The Art League, organized in 1974 and now in its 44th year, has more than 40 members, with most hailing from Jefferson County. Artists pay a nominal $30 annual membership fee and together contribute to fulfilling the purpose of league, which is “To pursue the study of the arts, to encourage originality, and to provide members with the opportunity to obtain public recognition.” The league offers its members a visiting artist demonstration during its monthly meetings, in addition to other workshops and, of course, the Carnation exhibition. The Carnation Festival serves as the league’s exclusive art show. Throughout the year, member artists may be on exhibit at any one of the seven regular exhibit spaces around Wheat Ridge, Arvada, and the Highlands, including the Arvada Motor Vehicle Department at 6510 Wadsworth and the Wheat Ridge Municipal Building, 7500 W. 29th Ave. The league commissions a judge to present awards to members for their show submissions, from Best in Show to Honorable Mentions, fulfilling the league’s mission to offer its artists, from amateur to professional, the opportunity to earn recognition for their creativity. In addition to the annual exhibition, the League collaborates with the Carnation Parade Committee on a commemorative plate design contest which is presented to the first place parade winner The commemorative plate reflect the theme of this year’s parade: “Deep Roots -- Short Commutes”. All plate submissions will be displayed during the art show. The Carnation Festival Art League Exhibition offers the public the opportunity to experience art and interact with local artists on an intimate level, underscoring the value to the public in obtaining their own original artwork.

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“shamrockers,” and co-founder Mike Nile is a Los Angeles transplant who once played with the classic-rock band Spirit. Greengrass, Wild Mountain’s 2017 debut, was co-produced at Grapevine Studios in Wheat Ridge by Nile and Neale Heywood, a former guitarist with Fleetwood Mac. Fiddler Renee Fine and singer Sarah Jones are among the band’s “wild” standouts. MICHAEL MORROW AND THE CULPRITS – 5:45 to 7 p.m. Full-strength Southern rock with more than a hint of “hard” is the culprit here. So while 1970s-era Blackfoot or Molly Hatchet might echo from the Marshall amp, one might also recognize shades of Aerosmith or Kiss in the band’s chords and hearty vocals. Last year, the Colorado-based Culprits released the aptly-titled Raucous, the first CD by Michael Morrow’s newly-reconstituted band. “Blue Skies” and “Our Darkest Hour” are among the fan favorites that have had audiences wondering how four guys can produce so much sound. Is someone else hiding behind that Marshall amp? THE TRAMPOLINES – 7 to 8:15 p.m. Formed in 2004 and centered on the vocalist-guitarist-songwriter team of Chris Stake and Mark Sundermeier, the Trampolines have bounced across the United States many times over as both an acoustic duo and full band. With two discs, a CD/DVD set and thousands of record sales between 2005 and 2017, the Colorado band has played and toured with the likes of James Taylor, the Fray, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, the Bodeans, John Waite, and the band’s local brethren, the Samples. Now, the recently reformed Trampolines have sprung back for a few shows with the original full-band lineup. BUCKSTEIN – 8:45 to 10:45 p.m. (with fireworks at break) Denver’s Matt Buckstein is a 6-foot-4 baritone who just happens to have once hit 200 million televisions worldwide as a contestant on American Idol—he was pursuing an acting career at the time, but fate and country music had other plans. “I couldn't get arrested in Los Angeles.” he says. “One day, a few friends of mine went to the American Idol auditions. They wanted some company so I went along. I got through and they didn’t.” These days, Buckstein is working on his band’s next album set for release this year. “If my sound were a drink, I'd like to think it would come in a bottle with a cork instead of a twist cap,” the bass singer says. “And I'd like to say it's got a crisp bite with a smooth finish.”

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Saturday, Aug. 11 THIN AIR – 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Named for Widespread Panic’s “Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi),” this Denverbased tribute to the neo-jam band probably picked the right part of the song title for its moniker. Smells like Mississippi? Thin Air captures the organic grassroots of Panic in its sound, delivery—and, yes, the length of the songs on the set list. Out of Thin Air come six musicians: Ryan Morrow, bass, Lionel Lucchesi, drums, Bill Stonebraker, lead guitar, Grant Kuhlman, guitar and lead vocal, and Ari Margolis, keyboard, plus a rotating roster of special guests on percussion. Sway to the music and vanish into Thin Air. SILVER AND SMOKE – 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. Go West, young man! Since 2015, Colorado’s Silver and Smoke has blazed a trail the band calls Western rock—a maverick fusion of American blues, rock, folk, country, punk and bluegrass, all with a decidedly west-of-the-Mississippi attitude and altitude. Silver and Smoke even moseys its way into classical and jazz, the band says—perhaps in deference to Western Europe and the Lower West Side of New York. In just two years, Silver and Smoke has toured—what else—the West Coast, and earned airplay on radio stations across the untamed Western United States. The band made its debut last year at the 2017 Underground Music Showcase—in central Denver, but west of Capitol Hill. YOUR OWN MEDICINE – 3:45 to 4:45 p.m. This Denver-based four-piece will give you a taste of Your Own Medicine—a heavy dose of catchy melodies, washed down with an emotional, modern punch—as prescribed by Michael Kellogg, vocals and guitar, Carlos Martin, bass, Bo Burbank, drums, and Emerson Willis, guitar. The lineup has just released its debut, Waiting to Fall, a CD the band describes as a “complete reflection of the intense effort [Your Own Medicine puts] in daily to be the very best out there in the scene, on stage and in your speakers.” Warning: Do not take more than directed. KISSM – 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. If you never had a chance to flick your Bic at a ‘70s-era Kiss concert, Kissm is a rare opportunity for a 21st century makeup—quite literally. Dressed in authentic reproductions of original Kiss costumes and face paint—the Demon, Starchild, Spaceman and Catman,

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By Peter Jones One never really knows what they are going to hear at Wheat Ridge’s Carnation Festival. “When I told the board members we’re going to have a Kiss tribute band, I got some sideways looks. It’s a spectacle to be sure,” said Joe Demott, the Carnation Festival board chair who books most of the acts for the city’s three-day signature jubilee. Although “something for everyone” is perhaps the longest-standing hyperbole in the history of show business, this festival really means it, with a total of 11 bands representing everything from turbo-charged Celtic folk to straight-ahead Chicago blues. While the 49th celebration of all-things Wheat Ridge also boasts a parade, a circus, fireworks and a car show, to name a few attractions, the live music has taken on a life of its own in these modern worlds of social media and traveling self-contained band audiences. “We’re really highlighting the music as an event itself,” Demott said. For example, while platoons of the Kiss Army will most certainly invade Anderson Park for Kissm [with accompanying face painters at the ready], the easygoing hacky-sack set may be just as populous for Thin Air, a jam-band tribute to Widespread Panic. More than 20,000 people—music lovers and others—from across metro Denver will attend the festival over the course of the weekend, Demott estimates. A major attraction this year will be Saturday’s headliner, the John King Band, direct from Georgia, the only non-Colorado act on the schedule. King, whose biggest hit, “Tonight, Tonight,” has been a fixture on country radio, will bookend his sets with one of two fireworks shows. Another country act, Colorado’s Matt Buckstein of American Idol fame, will light similar honors on Friday. “You usually get that huge mass exodus after the fireworks with most of the families, so hopefully that will kind of keep a few people there and quell that traffic,” Demott said. The Wheat Ridge Rotary, Kiwanis and Optimist clubs will be selling the beer.

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respectively—the Colorado tribute is a note-for-note, voice-for-voice facsimile of a classic Kiss show, replete with all the fire breathing and smoking guitars you demand (when you rock and roll all night, that is). A note to the Kiss Army: Kissm incorporates several different eras for a comprehensive deep-cuts appreciation. Lick it up! TYLER WALKER BAND – 7 to 8:15 p.m. The winners of 97.9’s “Big Country’s Got Talent” competition and three-time Rocky Mountain Country Music Award nominees, the Tyler Walker Band has recently released The Rivergate Sessions, recorded in Nashville. Singer-songwriter [and Nashville transplant] Walker discovered his love for music at an early age, by way of his parents' eclectic 8-track collection. Sharing the stage these days are guitarist Brian Sunde, drummer Ryan Kimray, guitarist Paul Trinidad and bassist Joe Marone. JOHN KING BAND – 8:45 to 10:55 p.m. (with fireworks at break) In a short time, Georgia-born John King has made a name for himself in country—all around the country—going from construction worker to rising music star in a matter of months. His exultant debut, “Tonight, Tonight,” considered by some to be country’s answer to Pharrell’s “Happy,” earned King his first Top 40 hit and was heard by millions of NFL fans in 2014 when it was used to highlight CBS’s Thursday night football. His song “We Went,” as recorded by Randy Houser, went No. 1. and received an ASCAP Songwriter Award. Last year, "I Still Pick Up” debuted in the Top 5.

Sunday, Aug. 12 DELTA SONICS – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (during the car show) If you have the blues in Colorado, it is probably the Delta Sonics’ fault. The Sonics may be the most prolific blues band in the Rocky Mountain region—mixing Chicago with West Coast swing, New Orleans R&B and a few dashes of early rock and roll. The band, featuring ace harmonica player Al Chesis, won Westword's Best Blues Band for six years and was a semifinalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Over the years, the Sonics have shared the stage with the likes of B.B. King, Bo Diddley, Robert Cray, Koko Taylor, Taj Mahal, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.

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Classic car owners and enthusiasts are really tuning up for the 2018 Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival because this year the Wheat Ridge High School Farmers Football and the WR Quarterback Club are partnering with the Carnation Festival for the fi rst time to present the “Big Wheels on the Farm” car show fundraiser. The beautiful vehicles will roll in (loudly) on Sunday, August 12th, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Anderson Park (44th and Field St.) The display will showcase decades worth of American muscle, hotrods, exotics, classics and vintage vehicles--all parked in the grassy area in the heart of festivities, surrounded by food trucks, vendors, the main stage and more. It’s a perfect combination for a day of family fun, while helping raise money for the high school football team. (Registration fees support the program). There will be plenty to gawk over during contests among the diff erent car classifi cations. To maintain the festival’s community spirit, the judging will be done by Wheat Ridge Community Service Members. Custom-made trophies will be awarded in multiple categories including one for each car class, and a Best of Show Award. Whatever the classic/vintage car type, this show is sure to have a category for it. This year’s categories are:

It’s time once again, to gather, celebrate and eat the wonderful fl owers after which the Carnation Festival is named. No. Wait. Although the carnation off ers a unique fl avor that enhances the look and taste of salads or desserts, the 2018 Carnation Festival will also off er much more substantial and traditional food options as well. The Spaghetti Dinner will be served both nights, August 10th and 11th. This dinner is the longest-lived event of the festival and is so big that it has its own tent. It will be served on both Friday and Saturday, 4 – 8 pm in the food court, which is close to the Beer Garden, so the two most popular food treats will be near each other. (If you have any German heritage, you know that beer is considered a food for adults and is almost as necessary as bread.) The dinner will benefi t the Colorado Professional Firefi ghters Foundation, and two dozen volunteers from West Metro Fire Rescue will work in shifts to feed the crowds. The Beer Garden, despite the name, will off er a wide variety of beverages for the entire family. There will be two locations: one near the Main Stage and the other in the center of the Food Court. Water, diet and regular soft drinks will be available for $1 each. Beer (aka liquid bread) and wine will be available. The Wheat Ridge Rotary Club has teamed up with Budweiser and Breckenridge Brewery to off er a great selection. Craft beers and wine will be available for $6 each and Bud and Bud Lite for $5. This is the only major fundraising event for the Rotary Club each year. Funds gained at the festival remain in the community by way of scholarships and funds for local non-profi t organizations. On August 11th, the eighth annual chili cook-off will be held. If you have never been to a chili cook-off , you are in for a tasty and heated treat. There will be trophies and prizes for the top three cooks in both the red and the green categories, with one overall People’s Choice prize. Public tasting is fi ve dollars ($5). Children younger than six are free. Located in the spaghetti dinner tent near the food court, the public can taste and vote, 12 noon – 3pm, with winners being announced at 3:30 pm. You can either share your famous chili with others by competing or use your tastebuds to help determine the winner. This charity event is sponsored by Wheat Ridge Poultry. The tasting fees will benefi t the Wheat Ridge Community Foundation. Another great Wheat Ridge tradition is the pancake breakfast on Saturday morning before the Carnation Festival parade. The breakfast, 7-9 am, will include ham, eggs, pancakes, coff ee and juice. There is no required cost but a $6 donation per person is always welcome and greatly appreciated. The breakfast is a chance to meet and greet your neighbors at the Wheat Ridge Grange Hall. If you have never been inside the Grange Hall, 3850 High Court, this is the perfect time to see a fi ne vintage building while fi lling up on carbs that will sustain you throughout the parade. Funds will help the Wheat Ridge Grange continue the exceptional work that they do with youth in the community. To polish off the day, a classic from bygone Carnation Festivals, the 2018 piebaking contest will bring sweetness to Wheat Ridge. Come try your recipes against your neighbors and compete for that Blue Ribbon designation! Bring pies on Friday, August 10th from 3-4 pm. The Spaghetti Dinner, and the Pie-Baking contest will all be held in the food court main tent. To enter the chili cook-off or pie contest go to thecarnationfestival.com/events-entertainment/specialty-food

• Trick Truck • Pre-war (1940 and older) hot rod • Post-war (1941 – 1972) hot rod • Contemporary (72 and newer) • Stock Original (all years) • Air-cooled VW/Porsche • Best of Show • Motorcycle • Junior class (18 years old and younger) * Subject to change Do you have a specialty car that you would like to show off at the expanded car show this year? Entries are still open. Please complete the form on the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival website (thecarnationfestival.com) to submit. After registering and paying, the Big Wheels on the Farm committee will contact you with more details. The $40 registration fee is non-refundable. The fi rst 50 cars pre-registered will receive a dash sponsored by Wheat Ridge placard. Hig Schoo h Quarte l Wheat Ridge High School rback Club Football prides itself in giving back to the community and looks forward to the community enjoying extraordinary cars at Sunday, August 12, 2018 9am-3pm the Big Wheels on the Farm car Anderson Park show. 44th & Field

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This year’s Carnation Festival carnival, spreading across the south side of Anderson Park, will have more favorite carnival games and rides than ever. Of course, there will be endless concessions with funnel cakes, corn dogs, cotton candy and other classic carnival foods. Carnival rides vary from $1 to $5, but an unlimited daily pass is available for $20. Parents always enjoy watching children rush onto a ride and climb off laughing. If the next words they hear are, “Can we go again? Please, please?” purchasing a wristband allowing a day of endless rides might be a great choice. The fi reworks show at this year’s 49th Carnation Festival will be bigger and better. Both Friday and Saturday nights at 9:15 p.m., two graduates of Wheat Ridge High School will orchestrate an amazing fi reworks show. Two days before the festival, Steve Shriber and Jeff Hendricks of Firestorm Pyrotechnics will bring the fi reworks over Loveland Pass, because a semi-truck full of fi reworks can’t go through the tunnel. When Shriber was growing up in Wheat Ridge, he loved every fi reworks show. Eventually, he began saving his money and driving to Wyoming to buy fi reworks – a lot of fi reworks. He then returned to Wheat Ridge and sold fi reworks to his friends. After years in school and in the aerospace industry, Shriber and Hendricks began Firestorm Pyrotechnics in Springville, Utah. Firestorm Pyrotechnics produces choreographed shows combining music and fi reworks. The timing and matching of music and multifaceted fi reworks displays are what draws the ooohs and aaahs at every show. There will certainly be food, fi reworks, and fun that all can enjoy at the 49th Carnation Festival!

The Student Garden Art Bench Auction and Student Art Show will again be part of the Carnation Festival. Volunteers will transport the benches to the festival grounds on Thursday afternoon, arrange them for display and set up bidding sheets. The benches will be displayed in the large tent to the west of the circus tent. New for 2018 is a design which converts the garden benches into small picnic tables. The benches were built and design by the Career Explore Construction Pathways class at Wheat Ridge High School under the instruction of Jane Johnson. The benches are special in their own right, but Wheat Ridge schools have taken it a step further. After being coated with a layer of protective paint, the benches are painted by school art departments in the Wheat Ridge area. Each one is as unique as the students who built and created it. Better yet, the proceeds go to a great cause - right back to the art programs of the schools. The bidding opens on Friday 4:30 to 8 p.m, and continues Saturday 4:30 to 8 p.m. The highest bid on each bench wins and proceeds go directly to each school’s art department. The Student Art Show runs concurrently with the three-day Carnation Festival Art League Exhibition, inside the Anderson Building. Exhibition times are Friday, Aug. 10, 4 to 10 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 11, noon to 10 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 12, noon to 4 p.m. While bidding on the benches or enjoying the art show, be sure to enjoy the demonstrations by various artists from the Wheat Ridge Art League, which will continue throughout the festival.

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2018 CARNATION FESTIVAL ROYALTY By Cyndy Beal Have you heard there are real royals living and working in Wheat Ridge? Every year the Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival chooses a royal court, which honors those in the community who have made a positive contribution through their active participation or service in the city. Nominees for the court are made by the community. The three members chosen for the court may be individuals or an organization that embody the best of the community and have earned recognition and the royal treatment. Courtly duties include such responsibilities as public appearances (riding in the parade on Saturday morning and festival award presentations Saturday evening) and moving about the festival looking royal while wearing a sash. The 2018 winners are as follows: Grand Marshal - SCL Lutheran Medical Center/ Lutheran Medical Center Foundation Countess - Amanda Weaver Count - Griﬀ Wirth

GRAND MARSHAL SCL Lutheran Medical Center/ Lutheran Medical Center Foundation

Lutheran Medical Center (LMC) has been an integral part of the community for more than 100 years. The hospital has received numerous awards for excellence in healthcare, including being named as one of America’s top 100 hospitals (2014-2017) and made the list of America’s best 50 hospitals in 2018, rated by Healthgrades. In 1905 at the LMC site, the Evangelical Lutheran Sanitarium was founded by the members of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Denver. The original facility on the 20-acre property had two buildings and a tent colony to treat tuberculous patients. “As medical advances diminished the demand for tuberculosis treatment, community leaders decided the center should meet a new need. Lutheran Hospital, a not-for-proﬁt general medical facility located on a 100acre campus, opened its doors in 1961,” according to the LMC website. Presently, the hospital serves the community with inpatient and outpatient care and their many healthcare services for all ages. In 2017, the LMC recorded its aid and attendance at 2,295 births.

LMC is Wheat Ridge’s largest employer with 4,000 employees. The ability for the hospital to continue to operate and grow comes from its own community of doctors, nurses, staff, volunteers--and the work of the LMC Foundation’s fund-raising activities. In 2017, the foundation helped create more than a million-dollarsworth of healthcare support for LMC facilities and its various programs. Lutheran Medical Center Foundation is the 501(c)(3) public nonprofit organization that obtains support for the not-for-profit hospital and its associated services. “We are absolutely honored that Wheat Ridge has chosen us, “said Kathie Repola, executive director the LMC Foundation. “We are very thankful for how Wheat Ridge supports us. “

COUNTESS – Amanda Weaver

Dr. Amanda Weaver owns Five Fridges Farm in Wheat Ridge, a 13-acre organic urban farm that provides products, education and tours related primarily to small-scale food production. The land has had a voluntary conservation easement since the early 1990s. Although Weaver owns the land it must remain a farm and is protected legally as open space through the non-proﬁt Colorado Open Lands. Long before moving to Colorado in 2002 and acquiring the farm in 2011, Weaver spent her childhood summers in Colorado with her maternal grandparents. Her grandfather was a Forrest Service scientist. Her interests in land, food, people and the vital connections between them began in those early years. The farm was originally owned by Earnestine and Walt Williams from the 1930ss to the mid 1990s. It was then owned by one of Wheat Ridge’s founders, Louise Turner. Weaver apprenticed under Turner in 2010. The connections to farm maintenance stems from its relationship with its volunteers, apprentices, coop members, visitors, seasonal growers leasing the land, and others with ties to the property. As a further commitment to sustainability and educating new farmers, Five Fridges Farm now oﬀers an urban farming apprenticeship program in February through November. Weaver holds a PhD and teaches geography and urban farming at the University of Colorado at Denver. The farm often serves as her classroom and research laboratory. She is the District III representative on

the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission and a Board Member for Colorado Open Lands. “I love Wheat Ridge,” said Weaver. “I’m really honored. I’ve never won anything like this in my life.” For further information about Five Fridges Farm go to 5fridgesfarm.com

COUNT – Griﬀ Wirth

Griff Wirth, past principal of Wheat Ridge High School (WRHS) from 2007 to 2017. He has been a principal at Bell and Drake Middle Schools--and has been part of the Jefferson County School System for 23 years. In his retirement, he is an educational consultant and has helped start Career Explorer programs, in eight Jefferson County schools which he helped originate first at WRHS. Education has been and remains a central component from his early years and lasting through the present. Wirth graduated from WRHS in 1981. While in high school he received the Gold Helmet as Colorado’s outstanding scholar/football player/ community service student, joining notable Freddie Steinmark recipient. Wirth’s family moved to Colorado when he was six years old. They relocated to the Applewood area for his father’s new job as an engineer with Coors Ceramic in Golden. He and his wife, Cindy, bought and now live in the house he grew up in. Their three children all graduated from WRHS. After graduating from WRHS, he went to college at Colorado University in Boulder, where he majored in math and education. He later obtained his master’s in administration from Colorado University at Denver. His first job as an educator was as a math teacher and coach in the Widefield School District in Colorado Springs. Some of his personal points of pride as principal of WRHS are his involvement in creating innovative programs, such as the Career Explorer, STEM and Jeffco GT Center-and leading a staff focused on positive traits in character development. “It’s really nice that the people have recognized me,” said Wirth. “Wheat Ridge is a welcoming and friendly community. Thank you, everyone.”

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he Wheat Ridge Historical Society’s Heritage Day Celebration will be held the second Saturday of August (11) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Historic Baugh House on 44th and Robb Street in Wheat Ridge. We celebrate Heritage Day every August since we restored the Historic Baugh House on in 2009. August marks the month that James Baugh settled along Clear Creek in 1859. So join us as we celebrate the farming heritage of Wheat Ridge with our Vintage Quilt Show, Farm Equipment Corral, craft show, tell & sell, barbecue (for a nominal cash fee), local musicians (both string and recorder groups) and our historians in the log cabin encapsulated within a Victorian 1900s house. The Historical Park will also be open with tours of the Red Brick Museum, Old Soddy, Implement Shed, Johnson Cabin, and first Wheat Ridge Post office with research library. Mark your calendar for the monthly second Saturday events: Baugh House Back to School Book Sale and Exchange (September), Apple Cider Day (October), Bountiful Blessings - Recorder Music lessons (November), and Holiday Celebrations with White Elephant gift exchange (December). See pictures and videos of past events on our Facebook page: The Wheat Ridge Historical Society. Our August Society meeting will be on

the second Tuesday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m., at the Red Brick Museum building. We will be going over details of upcoming events and will enjoy a talk on the “How the City of Wheat Ridge is preparing for the 50th Anniversary of Incorporation” by Ruth Baranowski. Ruth our webmaster is also on the W.R. Carnation Festival committee as well. We will be discussing ways to work with the city during our celebrations next year. New members are encouraged to join us at these fun evening meetings. Our Wheat Ridge Quilt Circle meets at the Historical Park on the fourth Wednesday of the month from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. All crafters are invited to join. Bring a project you are working on, lunch if you want, and $2 to the Red Brick museum. The group has special events known only to members so stop by and learn their crafty secrets! Summertime and the kids are bored? Take them to The Wheat Ridge Historical Park at 4610 Robb St. It is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with tours available for only $2 per person (cash or check only please). The park has a picnic table, room to run, shade to enjoy and local history to learn. Kids are fascinated by the old farming implements. Now is the time to spark their interest in history! Groups of 10 or more are asked to please call ahead (303-421-9111) so that we can have more historians available. Visit WheatRidgeHistoricalSociety.org or e-mail us at WRHistorical@gmail.com

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Avenue and Highway 58 is to include multi-family residences, retail stores, entertainment facilities, restaurants, hotels, a large anchor store and a 35-acre office complex. A trail system will provide connections to the Clear Creek Trail.

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In April 2016, the city began an environmental assessment and access management review to widen Wadsworth Boulevard between 35th Avenue and I-70 to six lanes. The major components are to widen the street; provide better bicycle, pedestrian, and transit facilities (twoway cycle track, continuous sidewalks, landscaping and improved Regional Transportation District facilities); manage driveway access to the street and provide enhanced amenity zones along the corridor, particularly between West 38th and West 44th avenues. Goff noted a handful of historic properties had to be taken into consideration in the project design. The environmental assessment is to be finished by summer 2019, right-of-way acquisition will last through spring 2020 and construction would happen between mid-July 2020 and 2022.

Wheat Ridge-Ward Station With 2E funding, the city will address traffic growth and encourage redevelopment and economic development surrounding the G Line station at 52nd Avenue and Ward Road: Reconstruction of the adjacent streets (Ridge Road, 52nd Avenue, Tabor Street); a traffic signal at the Ward and Ridge roads intersection; a pedestrian bridge over the rail tracks, pedestrian access improvements and other public amenities. Goff said RTD and Denver Transit Partners, the company hired by RTD to develop and operate the G and A light rail lines, expected to receive Federal Railroad Administration approval to begin a 21-day testing period on the G line. Testing will ensure the rail crossings along the line function correctly. No opening date for passenger service between Wheat Ridge and Union Station in downtown Denver has been set, Goff added.

Other projects Goff’s presentation also included updates on several projects not receiving 2E funds:

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this committee promotes and incentivizing citizens and businesses with free permits when installing energy saving systems like solar panels. I also love the education and promotion of backyard composting. There were a few surprises as I read through the report. First, banning any new building from using natural gas. Being the cheapest form of heating these days, it just doesn’t make sense. I was also surprised to read their recommendation for homes to be green rated prior to being sold. First with so many old homes being owned by seniors and income limited families, how are they supposed to update their homes before selling? Second, Wheat Ridge sewer lines were installed at such an angle with expectations of certain amounts of gallons of water being flushed through for maintaining a clean line. The sudden change to low flow toilets has been

The Jolly Rancher New Towns project still needs city approval, Goff said in the interview, but is progressing. It could include around 200 townhomes, live-work units, 6,000 square feet of commercial space and more than two acres of open space. Financing is being sought by the developers of the TRAX at Ward project, Goff said, with the possibility of some remaining 2E funds involved. The project could include 221 market-rate apartment units. The Hance Ranch Townhomes project has been scaled back slightly to 63 townhomes, but is “ready to go,” Goff said. A Starbucks coffee shop is open in the Applewood Shopping Center and work on a Hacienda Colorado restaurant is to begin at the end of this summer, Goff added. Four stores are planned for the former Walmart site at 38th Avenue and Wadsworth as the Corners at Wheat Ridge project, Goff said. Those include a Lucky’s Market, which could be open around the middle of August, he added. More than $6 million in city TIF money helped the project proceed. The West End 38 project now features a new Vectra Bank building, with the old bank building and other structures set for demolition, Goff noted. The project could also include 150 units of multi-family housing and 8,000 square feet of retail space. The city used $2.4 million in TIF money to help the project. The renovation of the Fruitdale School building, 10803 W. 44th Ave., now called Fruitdale School Lofts, was a $6 million project. The city loaned nearly $2.6 million, the city housing authority loaned $570,000 and the city was repaid $1.5 million. Other funding sources were developer equity, a Citywide Banks loan, federal and state tax credits, federal funds through Jefferson County Community Development, Xcel Energy solar power production credits and a state historic fund grant. The Temple Buelldesigned building is on the National Register of Historic Places and has 16 mixed-income, loft-style rental housing units. The $4.1 million renovation of Prospect Park is funded by grants, open space tax and the Great Outdoors Colorado program through the Colorado Lottery. Goff said new football and baseball fields are complete, work on pickleball courts was underway and new playground equipment was to be installed. The new Swiss Flower & Gift Cottage, 9840 W. 44th Ave., is close to completion, Goff said, with an eventual 19,800 square feet of retail and maker space. The city approved approximately $650,000 in TIF funding for the new building, with $500,000 of that directly associated with public improvements to and around a four-lot, two-acre subdivision with a large detention pond. causing a need for complete line changes. Certainly a hit in the wallet for any family. Absolutely loved the recommendation of tree stewardship and green roofs. There are so many opportunities for us as citizens to live a healthier lifestyle and hand over this planet to the next generation in a better state then we received it in. I do believe that such important issues sometimes need a “Go big or go home” attitude and I salute them for their enthusiasm and effort. This report is like menu full of great options. But when the message from the city is a constant “we have no money” I have to wonder about spending even more on a full-time sustainability manager at city hall instead of a volunteer committee promoting new and simple ways to help our green earth. I look forward to hearing more from this group. Hopefully it will become more inclusive and representatives of the many faces in our city. But for now, thank you for giving us so much to think about. Contact Guy Nahmiach at 303-9995789 or Guy@NostalgicHomes.com.

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WHEAT RIDGE TRAVEL CENTER WAS RENAMED the “Danny and Cindy George Travel Center” on June 20, in a tribute to the Henderson, Colo., couple being named 2018 Citizen Driver Award honorees by Travel Centers of America. The couple has driven over six million miles combined without an accident or safety violation in their 29-year career, and have earned 14 consecutive safety awards. PHOTO BY TRAVEL CENTERS OF AMERICA.

Join The Chamber For Business Networking Group, Farm Animal Extravaganza Come learn from local venders the heart of Wheat Ridge at the next meeting of the Wheat Ridge Chamber Business Networking Group, Thursday, July 19, 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., at Four Seasons Farmers Market, 7043 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. The group usually meets the first Thursday of the month, 11:30 a.m. at Pietra’s Pizza, 9045 W. 44th Ave., and the third Thursday at a moving location. The Business Networking Group, BNG was formed to provide a platform for members to interact and get to know more about the business activities of other members. This allows each to be a “connector” and be a great marketing resource to members of the group. In order to participate, you must be a member of the Wheat Ridge Chamber of Commerce, but visitors are welcome to attend one meeting. Also this month, join other Chamber members for the Wardle Feed Customer Appreciation & Farm Animal Extravaganza, Saturday, July 21, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 7610 Three Acre Lane, Wheat Ridge. The free event features a petting zoo, lunch, chicken-coop drawing, live band, door prizes and a chicken swap. Wardle will also offer 10 percent off merchandise, storewide.

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Wheat Ridge High School students as well as funding for the school’s STEM program and cheerleader and pom squads. The Wheat Ridge Rotary and Optimists service clubs also receive proceeds from the festival’s bar sales. For more information about the festival and a full schedule of festival hours and activities, visit www.thecarnationfestival. com. While city council members and I are walking in this year’s parade, we will be reminding everyone that at next year’s festival we will be celebrating 50 years as a city. Check out the new Facebook Group, Celebrate Wheat Ridge 50, and start adding your photos and memories. You can also stop by City Hall and drop off your photos for use in our calendar and displays that will travel throughout Wheat Ridge next year. Make sure you add your name and address so we can get those back to you though. I hope to see many of you at this year’s Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival as we celebrate this important tradition for the community. Enjoy the summer! Contact Wheat Ridge Mayor Bud Starker at bstarker@ci.wheatridge.co.us or 303-235-2800.

CROSSFIT VANTAGE OWNERS CHRIS AND AMANDA HENDREN helped Wheat Ridge District 3 Councilman Tim Fitzgerald cut the ribbon at the grand opening of their business at 6161 W. 44th Ave., June 23. Also pictured is Wheat Ridge Business Association outgoing President Don Seyfer of Seyfer Automotive. PHOTO BY CHERYL BRUNGARDT.

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Business Classes, Events From Jeffco Business Resource Center The Jefferson County Business Resource Center, located in Denver West, is offering a handful of helpful presentations this month. “Resources for Non-Profits” shares the many research options available through the Jefferson County Library system that can help you find grants, recruit new volunteers and locate new funding and donor organizations in your area, on Thursday, July 26, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free, but registration requested. “Why Your Business Needs a Blog and How to Start One Today” explains the

benefits of creating a blog for your company, how to use them to generate sales leads, and tips for a successful blogging strategy. It’s held Tuesday, July 24, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and includes lunch. Fee: $25 with advance registration, $30 at door. “Start-Up 101: What You Need to Know BEFORE You Consider Starting a Business!” covers the questions that you need to answer before considering opening a business, Thursday, July 26, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Free, but registration requested. “Bookkeeping 101: Making Cents Out of Your Books” is set for Thursday, Aug. 16, 8 to 10 a.m. This hands-on class shows how to set up basic bookkeeping for a small business. Fee: $10 with advance registration, $20 at door.

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f you’ve lived in Wheat Ridge for a while, you’re probably familiar with Crown Hill Park, located on the corner of 26th and Kipling. The 200-plus-acre park boasts breathtaking views of the foothills, 10 miles of trails and a close proximity to the Wheat Ridge area. Its popularity is unmistakable – each day, hundreds of local residents walk, run or bike its gently rolling terrain. But how many notice the treasure hidden right beneath their feet? Geocaching (a modern treasure hunt) is a relatively young hobby - it was born nearly two decades ago in the year 2000 and has a strong following all over the world. Essentially, it involves locating smaller containers (or caches) using GPS coordinates. Some are very small and include only a modest logbook to sign, while others are larger, full of little trinkets and toys for trade. The types of caches, rules and terminology of geocaching are beyond the scope of this article, but information is plentiful if you’re curious. Perhaps the best part of geocaching is that it’s fairly simple to get started. The only equipment you need is a GPS device or a GPS enabled phone. It’s also a great way for families to get outdoors and experience something new

together. Interested? Geocaching.com is a great place to start. It’s a well-respected website full of helpful tips, forums, FAQs and more. After a quick sign-up, your free membership will allow you to search for hidden caches anywhere in the world. The search engine is robust - you can view the points on a map, search for distance, difficulty (i.e., how easy is it to find?) and more. These features are plenty for a casual user, but they do offer a premium membership that will unlock additional features and search filters. Wheat Ridge is a smaller community, so you may not expect a search to turn up much, but the results may surprise you. There are over 2,000 caches within a 10mile radius of the city center (five in Crown Hill alone), and if you’re willing to drive a little further (30 miles), that number soars to nearly 10,000. Is it possible to find all the caches hidden in the world? Of course not - and that’s not the point. It’s not about checking a box or competing with someone else, but rather exploring the world around you, slowing down to savor unnoticed bits of nature and cityscape. It’s a treasure hunt for all - building community through a glorious shared adventure. So log on to your computer, break out your GPS and get out there – there's a cache waiting for you!

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Mavis The Bookmobile Delivers The Magic Of Reading Ken Lutes

avis the Magical Bookmobile is a viable component of BookBar’s continuing mission to increase literacy in the community. The refurbished ambulance no longer provides life-saving medical services, but it does promote life-changing reading opportunities through the distribution of thousands of books. Mavis’s purpose is two-fold: to contribute to BookBar owner Nicole Sullivan’s quest to expand literacy programs and to market the importance of independent bookstores. “I’d had the idea of a bookmobile in the back of my head for a while,” Sullivan said. “Then a while ago, we hired someone who actually had a bookmobile, and we bought it from her.” Mavis has since received a makeover – new flooring and a red-orange paint job that sports a new logo. “As an old ambulance, we have a bench where people can get out of the heat, and sit and talk about books and reading.” BookBar and Mavis work with places that don’t necessarily have space to shelve or store books, like Bienvenidos Foodbank. “That’s where Mavis can roll up, open her doors, and pass out donated books, Sullivan said. “I hope to do that sort of thing on a weekly basis. We have books in Spanish, too. There are bi-lingual schools in northwest Denver, like Sandoval, BryantWebster, and Valdez, and we make a point of going to those.” This was the second year that BookBar was involved in a donation program called Local to Local. In partnership with the Rocky Mountain Chapter of The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, “we chose and bought about 3,000 children’s books by more than a dozen local authors and gave them to school children mostly in northwest Denver, before the summer break,” Sullivan said. To better facilitate the thousands of books donated each year to those in need, this year Sullivan created BookGive [bookbardenver.com/bookgive], the nonprofit arm of BookBar. Each donation, whether cash or gently used books, is now tax deductible. She said they’ll be doing more events around the charitable organization, to get the community involved with getting books to children. “Mavis did the Northwest Denver Book Exchange at North High in April. We received a ton of book donations – about 1,000 – and those were given away to schools for their reading programs. Next year will be our 10th year for that event.” BookBar also partners with Denver Public Library’s Smiley branch, in Berkeley, for a summer reading program. “After the program, kids can come down and get a discounted lunch with us.”

BookBar Launches Free Book Club Website “To this day, one of the questions people most often ask is whether we know of any book clubs they could join,” Sullivan said. “I built a website to answer that question.” A free nation-wide service, ReadTribe.com, will connect readers to book clubs in their area. “It’s like Match.com, but for book clubs, so people can fi nd the right book club for their reading style. Each book club that registers is required to link to a local independent bookstore; that keeps the whole book ecosystem locally connected.” The hard launch for the website will be July 21. Sullivan says the next step is to register as many independent bookstores as possible, so they can get the word out to their customers. “This is my biggest baby since [opening] BookBar. I’ve been working on it for years. “I think the reason why the written word so important to people, and why I’m so passionate about books in general, is because when you read a book, you put yourself into someone else’s shoes, into their feelings and their heart and soul, and you’re able to view someone else’s experience in no other way possible. I feel strongly it makes us better people.” For more information about Mavis, BookGive and ReadTribe, visit bookbardenver. com.

Sullivan’s donation programs focus mostly on lower elementary and middle school-aged children, “but we don’t want it to end there,” she said. “I once did a donation event with a local author, and we got into a pedi-cab and gave away books to homeless people up and down 16th Street Mall. They were so grateful and excited to receive the book. I keep thinking about that, the potential we have for Mavis to get books to everybody. Adults need books, too.” Non-profit recipients of BookGive include Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, Mount Saint Vincent Home and The Gathering Place, among others. Anyone with books to donate to any of the Mavis programs can bring them to BookBar, 4280 Tennyson St., or to any Mavis event – she’ll be at Sunnyside Music Festival on Sept. 8. Sullivan wants to let people know that there are plenty of “book desert” neighborhoods in metro Denver, with no independent bookstores. “We want to keep reminding people that if they don’t have a bookstore nearby, they can order online from a local independent bookstore. This is another purpose for Mavis, to get the word out that people can give back to their local community rather than to a wealthy billionaire.” BookBar collaborates with other regional bookstores, such as The Tattered Cover, Boulder Book Store and Old

BOOKBAR OWNER NICOLE SULLIVAN with converted ambulance Mavis the Magical Bookmobile and “shop kids” Grace and Jack. Mavis is used to promote literacy and distribute thousands of donated books in northwest metro Denver. PHOTO BY KEN LUTES.

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When she’s not at a book event, Mavis can be found behind the store, where she is used for kids’ storytime events and birthday parties.

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Library Launches New Twist On Book Groups With Local Breweries This summer, Jefferson County Public Library is hosting an alternative take on the traditional book group. BYOB(ook) Group is a monthly, themed book group meeting at Westfax Brewing Company, 6733 W. Colfax Ave., in Lakewood, on the second Wednesday of the month, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The group will expand to a second location, Wheat Ridge’s Colorado Plus Brew Pub, 6995 W. 38th Ave., in September. “We want to reach people who might not normally come into the library but still want that sense of community with other book lovers,” said Jennifer Kim, JCPL adult services librarian. “The themes ensure that participants don’t feel limited to read a specific book each month, rather they allow participants to explore new genres with the flexibility to choose their own titles.” People come prepared to talk about books that fall into the given theme in a casual setting and enjoy happy hour prices, then leave with book recommendations for the rest of their summer reading. Upcoming dates and themes at WestFax include: Aug. 8, Young Adult Novel with LGBTQ+ Characters; Sept. 12, A Book by a Colorado Author; Oct. 10, A Book that is Translated from a Different Language; Nov. 14, A Non-fiction Graphic Novel; and Dec. 12, A Book with a Cover You Hate. The Wheat Ridge group’s dates and themes will include: a book adapted into a film, Sept. 10; a book of short stories, Oct. 8; a book with characters from a culture other than your own, Nov. 12; and a book of 21stcentury poetry, Dec. 10. Visit jeffcolibrary.org for event information.

Reading Tutor Volunteers Needed In Jeffco Schools OASIS Volunteer Reading Tutors have assisted Jefferson County Schools students with reading and writing for more than 25

years in nearly 20 schools. Volunteers are invited to join its 70 tutors in this very fulfilling volunteer opportunity, by taking its once-a-year training sessions Sept. 11 and 13, 9 a.m. to noon, to learn its methods and approach. Tutors work with one or two students, in kindergarten through third grade, for one hour, once a week, in a neighborhood Jeffco school. “Our efforts tutoring reading and writing have benefited hundreds of students,” said Joe Gadd, a volunteer who has tutored through OASIS for 11 years. For more information or to apply, email jcgadd@hotmail.com or dustyjill@yahoo. com.

Auction Items Needed For A Night For CASA CASA of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is looking for new auction items for A Night for CASA, its largest fundraiser, set for Sept. 29 at the Arvada Center for the Performing Arts. Donations of new items are due by July 31. The event will include a sit-down dinner and the live and silent auctions. Auction items will include date nights, weekend getaways, family outings, dining experiences and sporting events. All funds raised will help abused and neglected children in the Jefferson and Gilpin county court systems. More than 50,000 reports of child abuse and neglect are filed in Colorado every year. CASA works to give these children hope for a better future through their community programs. The more than 200 CASA advocates help serve as a voice for these children. “CASA has positively influenced more than 3,000 children through the community’s gracious donations,” said Leah Varnell, executive director for CASA of Jefferson and Gilpin Counties. Sponsorships at various levels are also available. Contact Jill Gimbel at 303-271-6509 for more information, or visit www.casajeffcogilpin.com.

Cowgirl Singer And Poet Performs To Benefit Jeffco Grange, July 21 Cowgirl singer and poet Suzie Knight sing her heart out to benefit the Darden Pomona Grange on Saturday, July 21, 7 p.m., at Maple Grove Grange, 3130 Youngfield St. A $10 donation is gets you into the show and free refreshments after show. The Darden Pomona Grange #1 is a group of Granges in Jefferson County, according to Marlys Halbeisen, a 26-year member and its president. “Grange is a 151-year-old organization, which originally was for assistance of rebuilding our country after the civil war,” said Halbeisen. “It helped the farmers to work together and rebuild their lives. The Grange helped farmers get better prices for their crops, a voice in Congress, assistance with seeds, land, co-op type information, help with the railroad tariffs, rural mail delivery and better roads because of mail delivery, she said. “Today we are more community service minded as so many of us live in the cities,” she said. “We help the schools with projects, feed the hungry, assist the needy, help keep our community clean and in rural areas we have created parks and playgrounds. “In the Denver area one group painted maps of the United States on playgrounds Continued on page 23

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to help the children be more aware of our country. The teachers use these maps for studies.” For more information, contact Marlys Halbeisen at 303-475-4571 or marlyshalbeisen@gmail.com.

St. James Episcopal Church Celebrates A Homecoming, July 29 St. James Episcopal Church, 8235 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge, is inviting the public to a homecoming celebration on Sunday, July 29, 10 a.m. The Holy Eucharist will be celebrated outside on the lawn and Retro Grass, a local bluegrass band, will provide music during communion. The service will be followed by a cookout. For more information contact The Rev. Rebecca Jones, Priest-in-Charge, at 303424-1118 or becky@sjwr.org.

Next Wheat Ridge TLC Neighborhoods Clean Up Days Aug. 8, Sept. 12 Two dates remain this summer for Wheat Ridge TLC Neighborhoods Clean Up Days, a program that offers roll-off dumpsters to help residents clean up the community. Trash, recyclables and yard waste are acceptable at the following locations between 8 a.m. and noon unless bins fill up prior to that time. Residents are encouraged to drop trash, recycling and yard debris early (Check the website for items that are excluded): • District II: Community Meeting, Aug. 8, 7 to 8:30 p.m., and TLC Clean Up, Aug. 18, 8 a.m. to noon, both at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 3900 Pierce St. • District I: Community Meeting, Sept. 12, 7 to 8 p.m., and TLC Clean Up, Sept. 22, 8 a.m. to noon, both at Wheat Ridge United Congregational Church, 6310 W. 29th Ave. Wheat Ridge TLC stands for Traffic safety, Life quality and Crime reduction. This year, the WRPD Community Services Team has added community meetings in collaboration with the faithbased community as part of the TLC Neighborhoods program. Community meetings will be held prior to the Wheat Ridge TLC Clean Up Day event at that same location. Check the website for additional details and dates. http://www. ci.wheatridge.co.us For more information, contact Localworks at 720-259-1030 or WeAreLocalworks.org or contact the Wheat Ridge Police Community Services Team at 303235-9898.

Heritage Day Celebration At Baugh House, Aug. 11 Wheat Ridge Historical Society will host its Heritage Day Celebration on Aug. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Historic Baugh House on 44th and Robb Street. The second Saturday event features a vintage quilt show, farm equipment corral, barbecue lunch (cash), local musicians, tours and a “craft show, tell & sell.” Historical documents and memorabilia will be available. For more information, visit WheatRidgeHistoricalSociety.org or e-mail WRHistorical@gmail.com.

new Commander for Support Services, Investigations Bureau. Hunt is a 30-year veteran police officer having served with the Chandler Police Department in Arizona for most of that time. He was responsible for the department’s Housing Program, the Park Ranger Program and the advanced community outreach and crime prevention programs. He also served as the director of the Critical Incident Stress Management Team and supervised the Code Enforcement Unit as well as the Bike Team, K-9, Narcotics and Administrative Units. Most recently, Hunt served as the Manager of the WRPD Community Services Team overseeing Code Enforcement, Animal Control and Parks Enforcement. Hunt is a graduate of Columbia Southern University and received his Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa. He attended the Northwestern University Police Staff and Command School. He also attended Southern Police Institute Leadership program at the University of Kentucky. Guadnola began his career in law enforcement with the Brighton Police Department in 1995, and he moved to the Greenwood Village Police Department in 2002 serving in patrol and investigations as an officer and team leader. He is currently a sergeant with Greenwood Village and most recently was assigned to the criminal investigations unit. Guadnola has a strong background in patrol operations, investigations, emergency management and internal affairs. He has been a member of the 18th Judicial District’s Crisis Response Team, investigating officer-involved use of force incidents. Guadnola has a bachelor of arts in Political Science from the University of Colorado, and two Masters Degrees in Finance/Accounting and Organizational Leadership. He also holds certificates in employment law and executive leadership. He is a certified fraud examiner and has a real estate license. He was the Police Officer of the Year in 1997, the Distinguished Police Employee of the Year in 2000, and has received numerous other commendations throughout his career.

animal in Colorado this year, and the first in Jefferson County since 2015. An uncommon, but serious, infectious disease, Tularemia is often spread through the bite of infected ticks and deer flies or through handling infected sick or dead animals, like rabbits or other rodents. Though less common, the disease can also be spread by eating the meat of infected rabbits or by inhaling airborne bacteria or drinking food or water contaminated with urine from an infected animal. Although rare in Colorado, there are about 200 human cases of the disease in the U.S. each year. Treatment with antibiotics is effective during early stages of the diseases, but if diagnosis and appropriate treatment are delayed, life-threatening complications may follow. Medical care should be obtained as soon as symptoms appear, especially if a sudden unexplained illness occurs three to five days after outdoor activity. Symptoms include fever, non-healing skin ulcer at the site of infection and swollen and painful lymph glands. If the infection is caused by ingesting contaminated food or water, the symptoms include a sore throat, mouth sores, abdominal pain and diarrhea. If the bacteria is inhaled, pneumonia can develop with symptoms including fever, chills, headache, muscle aches, dry cough and progressive weakness. Jeffco Public Health states the risk of contracting tularemia is low if proper preventive steps are followed, including not feeding or playing with rabbits or other rodents (especially the sick or dead), keeping them out of yards and buildings, and checking for ticks. And, for those with an adventuresome culinary bent, cook wild rabbit and rodent meat thoroughly before eating.

Library Board Announces New Executive Director

Jefferson County Public Library is now providing access to new technologies for the benefit of patrons, staff and the community, according to a release from JCPL. Over the past 24 months, the Library has: • Installed new public-access computers across the system, and allowing patrons to reserve time (up to two hours at a time) on them. • Updated the operating system and

Donna Walker will be the new executive director of the Jefferson County Library in September, according to a release from the Jefferson County Public Library (JCPL) Board of Trustees. Walker is currently Director of Public Services for JCPL, and will replace Pam Nissler, who plans to retire in August. Walker came to JCPL in 2015 from the Arapahoe Library District, where she served as manager for Neighborhood Libraries, Services to Children and Families, and Outreach. She currently serves on the Public Library Association’s Leadership Development Committee and on the Board of Jefferson County’s Communities that Care initiative. Walker earned her Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Washington, Master of Arts in English from the University of Denver, and Bachelor of Arts in English from Elmhurst College. Jefferson County Public Library is the third largest public library in the state of Colorado, featuring a website, 10 libraries, a bookmobile, home services, and outreach services to kids, families, teens, adults and underserved populations. For more information, visit jeffcolibrary.org.

Wheat Ridge Police Department Names Two New Commanders

First Colorado Case Of Tularemia Found In Jefferson County

Wheat Ridge Police Department appointed Lucas Hunt as the new Commander for the Patrol Operations Division and Darrel Guadnola as a

A rabbit found near South Table Mountain Park has died from tularemia, according to Jefferson County Public Health. It’s the case of tularemia in an

To learn more about tularemia, visit www.jeffco.us/2371 or call the Jefferson County Public Health Zoonosis program at 303-271-5730.

Better High-Tech: Jefferson County Public Library Updates Its Technology Offerings

software on all public access computers (including laptops) to Windows 10 and Office 2016. • Installed photo-and-video-editing software on public access computers allowing patrons to transfer VHS tapes to DVDs or USB (Columbine, Lakewood and Standley Lake only). • Installed Learning Ally software (offered in partnership with the Jeffco Schools Foundation) on all public access computers to help students who read below grade level boost their vocabulary, comprehension and test scores. • Introduced wireless hotspots for checkout at all libraries, allowing patrons to connect to the Internet from any cellular network, anywhere in the U.S. • Launched a new and improved library website at jeffcolibrary.org. • Installed new selfCheck service kiosks (available at Edgewater library when completed this fall), allowing patrons to complete a number of self-service transactions, including check out and paying fines and fees. The Library is also offering new and improved online resources to patrons, including: Axis 360, an online app to view and hear e-books and digital audiobooks; Kanopy, a popular on-demand video streaming service; Lynda.com, a an online learning service; Mango, an online, appbased language-learning tool; Consumer Reports online, a database of consumer product and services ratings and recommendations; and The Oxford English Dictionary. For more information, visit jeffcolibrary.org.

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29th and Wadsworth. I am asking all citizens who are concerned about the future of your neighborhood to know you must attend this meeting. Please arrive at 6:45 p.m. and sign in so you can let the city council members know how you feel about this existing law. Your neighborhood stands to be totally changed without your voice and concern. We are asking for a 27-foot (two story) 15 foot bulk plane as a sound alternative. This does not distract that which already exists. It is in keeping with all surrounding residential zones. Please you must take time to attend this meeting, it is the future of your neighborhood. I am an extremely concerned citizen and need your help. Dorothy Archer, Wheat Ridge

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s there anything better than Little Free Libraries? If you aren’t familiar with them, Little Free Libraries are usually wooden boxes of some sort on a post. They have a door that opens so that books can be put in and books can be taken out. They are often in front of a house with a reader, who reads a lot. Little Free Libraries often say, “Take a book. Leave a book.” Readers with one in front of their house fill the library with books they have finished. They can look through the books that people have left and find something they haven’t read before. Free book to read right in your front yard! The Little Free Library nonprofit began in 2009. If you build a library and pay to register it with them, you will be given a number plaque for your library and it will be shown on the maps on their site. There is, of course, an app now to search and guide the user to the registered Little Free Libraries in his or her area. The reality, though, is that many Little Free Libraries aren’t registered. In fact, many aren’t even wooden boxes. Anything that has a door that opens can be a Little Free Library. Microwave ovens, old mailboxes, picnic baskets and coolers have been used as Little Free Libraries. Anything that can be attached to post or a fence has probably been used successfully as a Little Free Library. There are, also, many plans for building Little Free Libraries online. In the Wheat Ridge area, there are approximately 20 Little Free Libraries. Most of them are not registered, but all are kept pretty busy. Kullerstrand Elementary on 38th Avenue has a nice big one that is quite busy during the school year. Right now it is very full. If there are elementary-aged children in your home you might want to check it out. There is one on Miller near Compass Montessori that would be a great stop for

CHECK THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD to find one whose owner shares your taste in books. Do you like fantasy and science fiction? PHOTO BY NANCY HAHN.

CHELSEY PAS AND BRYN GELARO’S LITTLE FREE LIBRARY in the summer. During the school year, the bottom shelf is filled with books for elementary school students who pass each day.

THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY HALL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT has a fun Little Free Library and a great place to relax or play after choosing your books. PHOTO BY NANCY HAHN.

PHOTO BY NANCY HAHN.

end-of-summer reading, also. Every Little Free Library has a personality that has grown from its owner. Two owners who take the responsibility of a Little Free Library quite seriously are Chelsey Pas and Bryn Gelaro. Chelsey gave her daughter, Bryn, her first Little Free Library for her eighth birthday. Actually, they built it together for her birthday. Their Little Free Library has a roof covered with moss, a tiny ceramic cat for a handle, and an upper and lower shelf. Because they live close to Wilmore Davis Elementary School, during the school year they keep the lower shelf stocked with small books just right for small hands to grab on the walk home to or from school. The top shelf is for paperbacks and other books for grownups. Without the school children walking past each day they have changed their selection for the summer. There are just a few books

for youngsters, but they have added career and college information for the high-school graduates in the neighborhood. The Mountain View City Hall and Police Station, at 4176 Benton St., is just a perfect spot for a family visit to a Little Free Library. There is a nice Little Free Library and there is nice little playground with a big shady tree, too. While the little ones play on the playground, mom and dad can relax at the picnic table with their new books. Once the little ones have enjoyed the playground, they can settle back and enjoy their new books, too. Near 44th Avenue and Yarrow Street, there are some Little Free Libraries designed with children in mind. One is covered with images and phrases from Dr. Seuss. Another decorated with Maxfield Parish’s “Where the Wild Things Are.” If Little Free Libraries reflect their owners, there are some happy

people in this part of Wheat Ridge. Nearby, there is a special friend of young readers. Ronetta Archuleta-Seldon makes lots and lots of colorful, cute, sticker-decorated bookmarks to tuck into the Little Free Libraries. “I just want to make it a little more special,” Ronetta explains. Bookmarks make little ones feel like real readers. What a nice idea! A little south of Louise Turner Park on Parfet is a cheerful Little Free Library with a bright roof of painted paint sticks. The assortment of books will interest any fantasy or science fiction lover. An occasional Stephen King has been added for fun. Check out Little Free Libraries around your neighborhood and see if you can find one that mirrors your reading taste. Wouldn’t that be perfect for both the owner and for you? If you can’t find one that is just right, create one yourself.

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