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hat’s old is new again in Wheat Ridge. The city is returning to its agricultural roots, with local food production in town becoming more common. Wheat Ridge is not alone. Growing local and organic foods has become a national movement, with small farms, urban gardens, and greenhouse-grown produce springing up across the country. “Organic farming has been one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. agriculture for over a decade,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture website. Also, according to a recent report by LiveWell Wheat Ridge, a division of LiveWell Colorado, about half of Wheat Ridge property owners have gardens; of those, three-quarters grow vegetables.

City involvement A number of Wheat Ridge city ordinances and regulations are urban farmer friendly, including those addressing homegrown produce and animal husbandry (keeping both small and large animals). In May and June 2011, the city expanded on these existing regulations. Wheat Ridge Ordinance 1491 updated zoning and building codes to include farmers’ markets, community gardens, produce stands and hoop houses. Most of these ordinances address agricultural activities already in practice for quite some time. One recent addition allows a resident to run a temporary produce stand or structure on their property, from 7 a.m. to sunset, to sell goods grown on their property. The Wheat Ridge website describes these changes as a way for residents to “engage in a range of urban agricultural activities, including growing and selling produce and keeping animals such as bees and chickens.” Someone maintaining a farm and keeping animals on the property such as chickens, rabbits, and large animals (goats and horses) is required to comply with Wheat Ridge’s nuisance laws pertaining to noise and odors, said Sarah Showalter, Wheat Ridge city planner. So having a rooster, due to the vocal nature of roosters, might conflict with the nuisance laws.

Chickens, eggs and Five Fridges Ordinance changes and the available land space in Wheat Ridge have led people like Amanda Weaver, urban farmer and UCD instructor, to start a chicken cooperative. The co-op, about 20 members, has 34 laying hens, but no roosters. Weaver wanted to start a cooperative at the farm she named Five Fridges for a few reasons. People were asking for fresh organic eggs at the farm, but she couldn’t sell eggs on her own because of the high cost of feed and the time commitment. The cost per dozen

eggs would have ranged from $5 to $7, she said, compared to around $2 per dozen at a grocery store. Weaver coined the name Five Fridges Farm (originally known as Red Wing Ranch). Five Fridges Farm is also the name of her business, which sells honey and other natural products. Telephone conversations and e-mails about the co-op began last fall. The coop’s first meeting was in January to discuss organization and other items like chicken feed type. The goal is organic fresh eggs. The feed chosen is non-GMO (non-genetically modified), no soy, no corn and vegetarian. “It’s been fun,” said Weaver of the overall process and getting to know neighbors and people in the community. Weaver and the late Louise Turner coowned and operated the farm together in recent years. In the past, Turner and her daughter, Ginny, had several generations of goats on the farm. In February, the co-op group bought 35 day-old baby chickens of different varieties through Wardle Feed in Wheat Ridge. The co-op members were supplied “chick kits” to house and care for the baby chicks. In April, all the chickens were put together on the property. One of the young chickens died, but the remaining 34 reside in a movable chicken coop on the farm. The chickens aren’t fully grown yet and

loCAl ANd orGANiC foodS have become part of a national movement and the City of Wheat Ridge is no exception. Sam Burris-Deboskey, an employee at the Circle Fresh Farms Greenhouse at 44th and Yarrow, is shown pruning tomato plants destined for local markets. The first harvest is expected around June 1. PHOTO CYNDY BEAL aren’t expected to produce eggs for another three months. Weaver said she had to do quite a bit of math, or what she calls “chicken economics,” to arrive at the cost of $50 per member for egg-production season. How many eggs members receive depends on how many shares they buy in the cooperative. One share equals one dozen eggs per month. The chicken care-taking duties are divided among the members on a rotating schedule. Each member typically has one morning and one evening per month.

the Changing Greenhouse Business “Colorado agriculture contributes $16 billion to the state’s economy each year,” according to the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s website. The return of locally grown foods, with a focus on organic, has become part of a new business model. ■ Continued on page 2

4Hearts4Help Project inspires Highland Residents for the Wheat Ridge Adult Center, located just south of the Highland Apartments, and gave them a call. The Center referred the call to Steve Reemts, Leasing and Building Manager of Highland West Apartments, and the spark of a generous idea ignited.

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ollo May, an American psychologist, defined community as, “understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.” What follows is a powerful, inspiring and perhaps unique story of community, reported by residents at Highland West and Highland South Senior Citizen Apartments about students from Bromwell Elementary, a Denver Public School in the Cherry Creek neighborhood. Four Bromwell students reached out with a request and together with dozens of Wheat Ridge elders embarked on a journey of “understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing” that continues to grow.

Destination imagiNation We learn from the Destination ImagiNation (D.I.) website (www.idodi.org) that D.I. is a non-profit organization that provides educational programs for 125,000 US students and more than 30 countries. “Students form teams and experience creativity, teamwork and problem solving.” Every year students have the opportunity to compete in local, regional, state and international competitions. Students lead, utilizing their smarts and creativity, and certainly in this case, compassion. Ava, a 5th grader at Bromwell, has long felt the loss of her best friend and neighbor Willa, who had cancer and died at age 3. Ava wanted to give something to children

4Hearts4Help dEfiNiNG A SENSE of CoMMUNiTy, residents of Highland West and South partnered with students competing in the Destination ImagiNation program to provide blankets for youth cancer patients. The project was aptly titled 4Hearts4Help. with cancer, something that would be of comfort. Her D.I. team partners, Abby, Justin and Samantha, all had been touched by people close to them experiencing cancer. They signed on, and their challenge called 4Hearts4Help (http://4hearts4help. wordpress.com/) evolved into philanthropy, partnership, affection and success. Moms Erin Fletter and Mona Ferrugia are Team Captains for 4Hearts4Help and helped facilitate this remarkable project. The children decided they wanted to make blankets and soon realized they would need some help. In thinking of who could help, thoughts turned to “Grandma,” and because their grandmas were not nearby they sought to find others who could help. Last fall, the team found the website

So far, 120 blankets, extraordinarily soft, with a variety of colors and themes, have been distributed to children at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children and The Children’s Hospital. Some residents made financial contributions, others donated special fabrics and many worked with the children and one another to create the unique blankets. As Reemts told us, “These are not wealthy people, and their giving says a lot about them.”

the elders On a sunny April day, Phyllis, June, Wayne, Jackie, Margarette and Peggy sit drinking coffee together, ready to tell their stories. The group’s time at Highland West and South ranges from less than a year to 11 years. Their sense of contribution, admiration for the children, and enthusiasm for the project showed in everything they said and the blankets they created. Phyllis told us the project was both “a perk up and a community builder,” involving ■ Continued on page 8

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As part of the organic model, a 100-yearold Wheat Ridge green house on Yarrow and 44th Avenue is getting a second life growing fresh organic produce, at this point six varieties of tomatoes. Circle Fresh Farm signed the lease for the 90,000-square-foot greenhouse on Jan. 13. Circle Fresh updated and retrofit the structure, working with the city. They first worked on the seed house within the building. The greenhouse’s peak yield is expected to range from 15,000 to 18,000 pounds of tomatoes per week, and it will produce around 10 months out of the year. The first harvest is expected around June 1. The greenhouse currently has 12 full-time employees, with a possibility of adding three to five part-time employees on harvest days. Advances in technology have improved yields and made greenhouse farming easier. Periodically, pieces of tomato are sent out to a lab for analysis, and the lab results provide valuable information on which more precise plant nutrient adjustments are based. Circle Fresh Farm is a network of independent farmers who currently operate eight greenhouses along the Front Range. They supply produce to Whole Foods, local restaurants and seasonal farmers’ markets. They also donate to Metro CareRing. “We keep the farmer in the model,” said Paul Tamburello, one of the eight partners in Circle Fresh. In May 2009, Buck Adams started the company, originally called Hydopure. Adams, a Marine Corps and Iraq war veteran, also developed the company’s Veterans to Farmers program. It’s a nine-module training program for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. In the future, Circle Fresh plans to expand beyond tomatoes and grow a range of produce, including lettuce, cucumbers and perhaps strawberries. As part of the organic model, the greenhouse uses no pesticides or herbicides, as well as a unique organic blend of nutrients imported from Spain. The tomatoes are grown from non-GMO seeds. They use oil and vinegar solutions and lady bugs to keep pests, such as aphids and mites, off the tomatoes. They also keep around 8,000 bumblebees busy with pollinating the tomato flowers.

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Community Gardening Although the rise in numbers of community gardens is new, community gardens themselves are not – at least not in Wheat Ridge. Wheat Ridge has had a community garden, Happiness Gardens, since 1971. It was originally part of the corral for Wheat Ridge Dairy (now Vincenza’s) on 44th Avenue. The city became involved with the 2.2-acre property in 1996. All gardening plots are reserved for the 2012 growing season. One of the primary goals of the garden was to introduce and involve Willmore-Davis Elementary students. This year the school doesn’t have a plot, though it has in the past. The school’s PTA just started a garden club to discuss the possibility of their own school garden. The community garden backs up to the school, which shares the property line. “The kids like to plant and water,” said Jim Teliha, volunteer coordinator for the garden. “They don’t like to pull weeds. It’s a chore.” Teliha is also a past member of the now dissolved Wheat Ridge Men’s Gardening Club. During harvest time and when the students are out of school for the summer, they bring produce home. When there is excess produce, it’s often donated to the Carpenter’s Cupboard on 44th Avenue. The Happiness Garden does have a need for volunteers in the growing season. Contact Jim Teliha at 303-422-1880 for more information.

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Council Corner A new paint color or even just a fresh coat of paint could make a difference. A new driveway, side walk, planter box might be options that ome times in life, things come full circle. would make a difference. I think coming A few years ago my wife and I went to full circle can be a positive and exciting, and a house warming party of some friends most importantly rewarding for you and the that built a new home in the southern part of community. town. They had brought in a huge rock and The City of Wheat Ridge, in an effort to keep up with the changing landscaped the back yard around times, has brought forth many it. The yard was beautiful, but I positive initiatives and changes to had to smile a little. On the way government services. The Building home my wife asked me what I Division has implemented was smiling about. I was smiling changes to make it easier to build because for years the land where and or remodel. They have lowered the home now stands was all some fees and in some cases farmland and the farmers tried removed fees altogether. The Police to get rid of the rocks. Now years Department has many programs later, people were paying big that aid in crime prevention. The money to bring the rocks back. Mike Stites City Manager and the Economic For years, Wheat Ridge had orchards, fields of flowers, and small farms Development Division are always looking to where owners would grow and sell their crops promote new and existing businesses, assisting locally. Over the years land was developed and businesses who want to relocate to the City, those activities stopped. Now coming back and marketing our community as a great are urban gardens, private growing and selling place to do business. The Parks and Recreation of produce and natural products. I think that Department is always producing great projects when things come full circle like this, it can in our parks, trails and open space. The Public Works Department does a great job at mean positive change. Take a look at what is being done in Wheat maintaining our streets, drainage ways and city Ridge: the corner of 44th and Wadsworth infrastructure. is now being redeveloped after 40 years, Things change every day. Think to yourself, the corner of 29th and Wadsworth is being how are you positively affecting change in redeveloped and reinvestment is occurring with Wheat Ridge? Change is what you make of it and the down fall would be to not to be new buildings replacing older ones. Now let’s take a look at what home owners can involved in the process and to help realize the do to start their full circle. Stand out in front positive out comes that change can bring about of your home or business and take a look at for a community such as ours. Wheat Ridge is the condition of your property. Maybe those a great place to live, work and be part of. So yes, over grown evergreens you planted 40 years ago some times in life things do come full circle! need to be torn out and replaced— you would As always, please try to find it and buy it in Wheat Ridge. be surprised what a difference that can make. By Mike Stites Wheat Ridge Council District 3

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oin the Wheat Ridge Police Department at the second annual Child Safety Fair on Gold Line Update Saturday, April 28th, 2012 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. This free family event will take As you may know, early construction place at Wheat Ridge 5-8 (formerly Wheat activities have officially started on Ridge Middle School) located the Gold Line. The early phase at 7101 W. 38th Ave. Parents consists of utility relocations. Four are encouraged to bring their such pieces of work have been vehicles and visit the licensed completed on Denver water lines car seat inspectors to make sure in the section of the project that is car seats are safe and properly shared with the Northwest Rail in installed. Replacement car seats Denver. Additionally, demolition will be available for a donation as of several buildings in Denver, site long as they last. of one of the project’s two major Children will have an power substations, has taken opportunity to meet police officers, Jerry diTullio place. Upcoming work includes fire fighters, and paramedics and check out emergency vehicles. The fun relocation of wastewater and gas utilities in continues with face painting, a jumping castle, the path of the track alignment. As early as and refreshments. The Wheat Ridge 5-8 stu- mid-April, work on water line relocations is dent mariachi band will be performing. There planned in Arvada. Nearby businesses will receive notices at least 30 days before the will be traffic safety and crime prevention information as well as child ID kits available, start of these activities, and residents at least a week prior. If you have any questions, you all presented in both English and Spanish. can contact Tariana Navas-Nieves, Gold Line Children who bring their bicycles will be fitted for a bicycle helmet that they get to keep. Public Information Manager, Denver Transit They then have an opportunity to participate Partners, at tariana.navas@dtpjv.com or 720775-9582. in a bike rodeo to learn bicycle safety. Wheat Ridge Cyclery will be conducting free bicycle safety inspections. There will also be a drawing Student Jazz Band to give away two children’s bicycles that were donated by the Wheat Ridge FOP. A thirty student Jazz Band, from Stade,

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What’s Happening Share Your Thoughts On 38th Avenue’s Future The 38th Avenue Leadership Committee and Wheat Ridge 2020 invite you to share your thoughts on 38th Avenue by completing a brief online survey. Available at www. surveymonkey.com/s/CWRF8YX, it asks how you currently utilize this area of Wheat Ridge and what your hopes are for the future. The information collected will help inform the brand and marketing for the West 38th Avenue Commercial District. The survey will be open until Fri., April 27. For a printed form of the survey, call Wheat Ridge 2020 at 720-259-1030.

“Anything Goes!” at May 6 Westside Chorale Concert The Westside Chorale – formerly known as the Wheat Ridge Community Chorale – will perform “Anything Goes!”, a concert of American music, at Peace Lutheran Church, 5675 Field St., Sun., May 6, 3:30 p.m., including works ranging from Gospel to Gershwin and Cole Porter, accompanied by Tad Koriath and conducted by Margaret O’Keefe Ziegler. Tickets are under $5, with discounts for seniors, students, schools and retirement communities. For more information, call the Chorale at 720-232-7825 or email mhok@ aol.com.

Sustainability Expert Lovins Speaks At The Mountaineering Center Hunter Lovins, a recognized expert in sustainable practices for companies and communities, will speak and answer audience questions at a free presentation, Tues., May 8, 6:30p.m., at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St., Golden. The Jefferson County League of Women Voters is sponsoring the event, using a grant from the League of Women Voters U.S. Lovins has authored and co-authored numerous books, papers and articles; done

consulting work for governments and the private sector; and was named “Hero for the Planet” by Time Magazine in 2000, and “Green Business Icon” by Newsweek in 2009. She is currently president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions and is a professor of business at the Bainbridge Graduate Institute. Parking is available behind the Center, which is handicapped-accessible from the rear. The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization encouraging informed and active participation in government, working to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influencing public policy through education and advocacy. Visit www.lwvjeffco. org, email jeffcolwv@netzero.net or call 303238-0032 for more information.

Clear Your Medicine Cabinet Of Old, Expired Drugs April 28 Take your unused and expired household prescription and over-the-counter medications to Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, 8300 W. 38th Ave., on the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Sat., April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for proper disposal. The service is free and anonymous. According to the DEA, medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high – more Americans abuse prescription drugs than those using cocaine, hallucinogens and heroin combined, according to the 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Studies show that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet. Americans participating in DEA’s three previous Take-Back Days turned in nearly a million pounds – almost 500 tons – of prescription drugs at over 5,300 sites. The following will not be accepted: needles and other medical sharps, mercury (such

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All art must be created by the submitter; no third-party artwork or images, including clip art, or copyrighted graphics may be used. The city will acquire ownership of the picked logo and any pictures submitted, and will use the image as it deems appropriate. Email logo or photo submissions to dmaples@edegwaterco.com, or deliver to 2401 Sheridan Boulevard, by May 1. For more information, call 720-763-3012. Tony Mohr of Visions in Gold, a Wheat Ridge custom jeweler, volunteers his time and expenses to residents of local long term care facilities, who may not have the means to afford jewelry repair, but still enjoy heirlooms that have been in their families for generations.

Spring Clean Up Event May 7 In Edgewater Looking to get rid of those construction remnants, car parts and other household eyesores cluttering your yard and home? Gather up your garbage for the City of Edgewater’s 2012 Spring Clean Up Event, Mon., May 7. Residents can start placing items for pickup in their alleys the weekend prior, but no later than 8 a.m. the day of; pick-up locations are the same as weekly trash pickup. Allied Waste will also supply dumpsters at 22nd and Benton for large-item drop off and electronic and metal recycling Sat., May 12, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Materials must be packed in bags or bundles of no more than 50 pounds, and long items must be cut into lengths no longer than 4 feet. Accepted materials include tree limbs, yard clippings, leaves, wood mulch, wood, drywall, windows, doors, decking, carpet, flooring, small appliances, metal flashing, metal furniture, household metals, household trash, furniture, linens, clothes, car bumpers, auto body panels, seats and upholstery. Not accepted are concrete, dirt, large stumps, fertilizer, chemicals, rocks, concrete, bricks, paints, stains, chemicals, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioning units, any appliances with freon, lawn mowers, hazardous or bio-hazardous waste, needles, syringes, hot tubs, batteries, televisions, tires, car or truck batteries, vehicle fluids, motor oil, plastic bottles or windshield glass. Residents needing assistance in moving refuse materials to their pick up location can call the Community Services Department at 720-763-3012 to schedule help.

as thermometers, oxygen containers, chemotherapy/radioactive substances, pressurized canisters and illicit drugs. For more information, including additional disposal locations, visit www. DEA.gov or call 877-462-2911.

Bike, Car Seat Safety, Highlight Wheat Ridge Child Safety Fair Celebrate Children’s Day and learn more about the dangers facing today’s children at the second annual Wheat Ridge Child Safety Fair, Sat., April 28, 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Wheat Ridge Middle School, 7101 W. 38th Ave. The Wheat Ridge Police Department has partnered with the Colorado Department of Transportation and local businesses to stage the Fair, which is also an outreach event inviting participation by the Hispanic community. Free inspections and replacements of child safety seats are the high point of the Fair, with bilingual technicians on hand to perform inspections and educate participants on proper car seat use. Seats that fail the inspection will be disposed of and replaced for free, while supplies last, thanks to a grant from CDOT. Children are invited to pedal in for a bike rodeo teaching them how to safely operate their cycles. Wheat Ridge Cyclery will conduct free bicycle safety inspections, and bicycle helmets will be given, free of charge, to those in need, courtesy of Exempla Lutheran Medical Center. At event’s end, two children’s bicycles, donated by the Police Department, will be given away in a drawing. For more information, call Officer Betsy Sailor at 303-235-2910.

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School Crossing accomplishments will be acknowledged at the district’s Celebration of Excellence on April pril is a time when we start looking 18th at Bear Creek High School. Other upcoming events in our schools forward to our summer vacations. It is also a time when we look back at the include the Music and Ensemble Festival at goals we set out for our school year. How Everitt Middle School on April 21st. Prospect Valley’s Talent Show promises many items were we able to cross off our “to do” list. Some schools had ambitious goals to be even better than last year. Join them on of raising more funds through their silent May the 11th. Brewing in our schools is also auctions and other events. A the upcoming push for the mill levy few local schools were trying initiative. Whether you are for or to simply raise attendance and against it, clearly we are in need of participation. new solutions for our school system. Principal Collins at It is so easy to just simply ask for Prospect Valley was very specific more money or to reject a new way in his drive to raise both math of spending our existing budget. and writing scores. Principal Whichever side you are on, it is time Blandone at Kullerstrand was we all got involved. If we can all focused on raising his reading agree on one issue, it is that what we scores. Guy Nahmiach have been doing in the past is simply While they can both be congratulated for succeeding with their high not suitable for our future. It is time to invent priority agenda, like so many driven educators, a new wheel. The next school board meeting is they had a mile long list and ended up with scheduled for May 3rd. I challenge you turn some goals yet to be completed. The good news is that anything that was the T.V. off for an hour and get involved in skipped over or set aside, still has a chance of your children’s or grandchildren’s future. On a lighter note, the real estate market is being completed. Or as Springsteen wrote, a climbing and so is the temperature. Bring on “last chance power slide”. Blandone is determined to create Systemic the summer! If your school is planning an event or Practices that will promote learning habits throughout every level at his school. As well has achieved success, write me at guy@ as a staff mentorship program to help those nostalgichomes.com so that I may share it with our community in my next column. students that need the one on one attention. Safe crossings everyone! Collins will be working on a more cohesive homework policy and is set to create a mission statement that will motivate and strengthen Guy Nahmiach is a local real estate broker for Nostalgic Homes as well as the PTA President at his community through one common vision. Of course every school is determined Prospect Valley elementary. He can be reached to finish on a high note. All of these at guynahmiach@yahoo.com. By GUy NAHMiACH

the Art Loft Helping Make 38th Avenue An Art Destination By J. PAtRiCk O’LeARy

bstract contemporary painter and former city councilman Terry Womble has taken fine art to lofty heights – literally – with The Art Loft at Cebiche, above the Peruvian restaurant located at 7000 W. 38th Ave. Womble and co-owner Lance Noriega, also an abstract contemporary painter, introduced their new gallery to the public with an inaugural “First Friday” reception in early April, attended by 71 guests. “I can’t think of anywhere else that’s happened,” Womble says of the turnout. Celebrities at the fete were noted Wheat Ridge sculptor Kevin Robb and his wife, Diane, curator of Kevin’s work. The new gallery occupies the entire newly remodeled top floor of the building, boasting new hardwood floors, vaulted ceiling, lighting and two bathrooms (separate from the restaurant’s), reached by a set of stairs in the restaurant’s lobby. The monthly art viewing parties are more than a promotion for an individual gallery, and are part of Womble’s long-standing quest to bring art and entertainment to Wheat Ridge. He’s helping to create a First Friday Artwalk on 38th Avenue, as there are now three galleries within a two-block area hosting similar receptions. “Ed Slack is already doing one, as well as the new Right Coast Pizza. I’ve been talking to them about doing a full walk.” Womble takes credit for helping create some of Denver’s original First Friday Artwalks back in the 1990s, when he was with The Kitchen Sink Gallery in the Golden Triangle, and later on Tennyson Street in the Highlands neighborhood with a group called the Heart Studio.

At the gallery’s monthly receptions, patrons can expect hors d’oeuvres from Cebiche’s menu; the first event featured two types of empanadas, stuffed avocados, bread and ahi (a Peruvian hot sauce made from jalapeno peppers, crème fraiche and spices). A cash bar is available downstairs. Patrons will be able to view artwork and talk with the artists, including a new guest artist, whose work will hang on two of the gallery’s 12 display walls for the month. Womble describes his acrylic-on-canvas paintings as having the same feel as Jackson Pollock (one of first modern abstract artists), with a cross between Hoffmann. He’s done some unusual and spectacular work, including a 40-by-40-foot painting on the side of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in 1998. The three-day project could only be done by hanging on a rope, seven stories in the air. For many years he was the featured artist at the Highlands Street Festival, doing live painting, which is more than just painting in front of an audience. One example was a conceptual painting of Jimi Hendrix’s guitar. “I asked the audience for detail, like what color was it, what did it look like,” and painted it, he recalls. “Anything else? Someone said ‘Yeah, he lit it on fire.’ So, I doused it with lighter fluid, and lit it.” First Friday and Second Saturday receptions are from 6 to 10 p.m. Regular weekly studio hours are 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and until 10 p.m. on weekends. For more information, call 303-669-3077. For another 38th Avenue art treat, visit Patrick Jensen’s new gallery, Treasures from the Chicken Coop, 6990 W. 38th Ave., Suite 205. Showings will be available by appointment only. Call 720-323-6582. Look for details in the next issue of the Neighborhood Gazette.

Foster Frenzy at Foothills starts with an application and then an interview. At that point, a Shelter representative comes to the house to see what would be an ideal fit. Some people may not be equipped to ay is the official nationally recognized Foster Parent Appreciation Month. have a litter of puppies, but perhaps would be fantastic for a rabbit or bird. To get to know While animals may not have been part the experience level of the volunteer is also of the equation when this awareness month necessary. Many volunteers are was created, Foothills Animal able to handle a shorter term Shelter would like to highlight commitment, but fewer can volunteers who foster pets. house animals for a few weeks. We currently have 150 foster Why foster? If you are an volunteers who generously open up animal lover and want to make their hearts and homes to orphaned a tremendous difference to the animals. These dedicated individuals life of an orphaned pet, this and families care for kittens and could be your calling. It is also a puppies who are too young to be great opportunity for families to placed up for adoption and help volunteer together. with animals who may require If you are interested or specialized care, such as extra Jennifer Strickland have questions, call 720-407socialization or surgery recovery. More foster homes are always in need, 5231 or email jgault@fas4pets.org. You can also download an application and receive more especially when gearing up for what is known to shelter staff and volunteers as “Kitten information at www.FoothillsAnimalShelter. org or by visiting us in person at 580 McIntyre Season.” The trend is that with warmer weather comes litter after litter of kittens. This Street in Golden (located near 6th Avenue and timeframe typically ranges from late spring Indiana on the Jeffco Fairgrounds). Bow-wow, through early fall. The amount of time needed meow and thanks for considering becoming a foster parent! to foster a pet(s) can vary from a few days to a few weeks. Matching up volunteers to the Jennifer Strickland can be reached at 720-407right foster scenario is key. 5224 or jstrickland@fas4pets.org The process to become a foster volunteer By JeNNiFeR StRiCkLAND Director of Community Relations

Recent Real estate Statistics Compiled by Jessica Klingsporn, Your Castle Real Estate, as reported by Metrolist

yOUNGFieLD tO kiPLiNG Address

Style

Beds

Bath

SqFt

Sold Price

% Ask

DOM

3792 Quail St

Attached/Two Story

1,000

$67,900

95%

12620 W 31st Ave

Ranch/1 Story

1,414

$205,000

103%

3977 Miller St

Ranch/1 Story

1,829

$207,900

100%

378

12505 W 29th Pl

Ranch/1 Story

1,541

$220,000

92%

12396 W 34th Pl

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

2,118

$230,000

94%

102

11715 W 30th Pl

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

1,539

$322,000

99%

283

11582 W 31st Pl

Bi-Level

2,264

$339,450

98%

11345 W 28th Pl

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

1,390

$383,000

97%

157

3211 Oak St

Two Story w/Bsmt

3,332

$475,100

100%

700

10872 W 28th Pl

Two Story w/Bsmt

3,131

$559,000

100%

220

$300,935

98%

202

Averages

kiPLiNG tO WADSWORtH Address

Style

Beds

Bath

Sqft

Sold Price

% Ask

DOM

5004 Cody St

Ranch/1 Story

555

$82,000

91%

9700 W 38th Ave

Two Story w/Bsmt

1,280

$124,900

100%

336

9150 W 49th Pl

Ranch/1 Story

1,000

$160,000

97%

4175 Brentwood St

Ranch/1 Story

1,230

$179,900

100%

487

8666 W 52nd Ave

Ranch/1 Story

1,280

$181,000

98%

9665 W 41st Ave

Tri-Level

1,378

$190,000

100%

170

3855 Carr St

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

1,040

$225,000

98%

3850 Ammons St

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

2,029

$235,000

96%

315

3860 Cody St

Ranch/1 Story

1,859

$255,000

102%

8989 W 32nd Pl

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

1,115

$365,000

94%

101

$199,780

98%

155

Averages

WADSWORtH tO SHeRiDAN Address

Style

Beds

Bath

Sqft

Sold Price

% Ask

DOM

4898 Depew St

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

906

$125,000

98%

4880 Gray St

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

2,126

$136,500

105%

4561 Pierce St

Ranch/1 Story

1,567

$178,200

85%

3700 Marshall St

Ranch/1 Story

1,449

$180,000

92%

233

3003 Fenton St

Ranch/1 Story

1,466

$181,000

93%

235

4025 Ames St

Ranch/1 Story

938

$183,500

99%

6201 W 29th Ave

Ranch/1 Story

949

$183,800

99%

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

1,410

$195,525

99%

291

6205 W 45th Pl

Ranch/1 Story

1,492

$198,400

99%

7230 W 31st Pl

Ranch/1 Story

1,589

$212,850

95%

3845 Newland St

Ranch/1 Story

1,125

$215,000

96%

4147 Ingalls Ct

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

1,268

$228,000

104%

4605 Saulsbury St

Ranch/1 Story

2,443

$239,000

98%

7111 W 29th Ave

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

1,082

$260,000

98%

270

6761 W 36th Pl

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

1,422

$309,000

100%

3590 High Ct

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

1,546

$322,000

99%

5761 W 50th Ave

Ranch/1 Story w/Bsmt

1,988

$345,000

96%

$217,222

97%

4440 Teller St

Averages

Jessica Klingsporn Wheat Ridge Specialist, REALTOR® Phone: 303.845.2876 Fax: 303.785.8331 Email: Jessica@LiveIn5280.com Website: www.LiveIn5280.com, www.WheatRidgeExpert.com

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4hearts4help Continued from page 1 dozens of residents. Whether the cutters and knotters worked together or by themselves, what Wayne called their “little cottage industry,” was a lot of fun. The project, youth led, reached across generations, in a way that felt rare and wondrous to the crafters. Knowing these youth and their initiative and focus on others, gave hope for the future. The elders spoke glowingly of the Bromwell team. They shared that the children wanted to do more and more, and had recently, through the Raymond Wentz Foundation, given a check for $1,000 to a family whose four year old child has cancer.

Highland South inc. Highland West Senior Citizen Apartments could hardly be described as a hidden gem. The 11 story high-rise reigns as the tallest building on 38th Avenue in Wheat Ridge, built in 1964, before height restrictions were passed. The building contains 120 apartments with rents ranging from $480 to $922. The apartments along with the sister complex, Highland South Apartments, (three buildings of low cost housing with 117 units) are part of a nonprofit organization, Highland South Inc., sponsored by Westminster and

Wheat Ridge Presbyterian Churches. The buildings are nondenominational and people of many faiths and backgrounds are part of the community. Steve Reemts has a Masters in Social Work, and a passion to help maintain a sense of community at Highland West. He is committed to going “above and beyond” in making sure active older citizens see Highlands West as home. There is an approximate six month waiting list at Highland West, and a one year waiting list at Highland South. For more information visit www.hwsca. com.

Community As we go to press, 4Hearts4Help is competing in the Destination ImagiNation State Competition. If they win they’ll go on to the international D.I. competition in Kentucky. The Bromwell children move on to middle school next year, and the team will no longer be together. Yet, their commitment is strong and they hope to continue 4Hearts4Help through college. Wayne, representing the older participants said, “We’re juiced to continue.” However 4Hearts4Help evolves, its impact for all participants lives on. Fifth graders reached out across the generations and “understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing” created community for all involved.

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