VOLUME 37 • NUMBER 25 • MAY 16, 2019
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Fallen Colorado Firefighters remembered LEFT: South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Engine 13 rolls by during the honorary parade. RIGHT: South Metro Fire Rescue Chief Jerry Rhodes stands with Safety Officer West Metro Fire Rescue Chief Bob Olme and Colorado Professional Fire Fighters President Mike Frainer.
Fire Chiefs and Colorado State Combine Honor Guard took to the stage to tribute fallen Colorado firefighters.
BY STEFAN KRUSZE
Every May the Colorado allen irefighter oundation honors and remembers men and women that have made the ultimate sacrifice in the
line of duty in protecting the people of Colorado. irefighters ensure the public safety and well being of the public in many cases putting themselves in harm’s way in order
to save others. This year three more names were added to the Colorado allen irefighter Memorial wall. Brett Anderson of Adams County Fire Rescue, James R. Schaefer of
Arvada Fire Rescue and Aaron Lybarger of West Metro Fire Rescue were etched into the stone wall, bringing the total to a 150 names on the memorial. Family and friends of the
fallen were accompanied by members from Arvada, Denver, Colorado Springs, Evergreen, South Metro and West Metro Fire Rescue to pay respect and tribute to the fallen.
CHV city council at odds about Kent Denver School Everyone on the Cherry Hills Village City Council agrees that Kent Denver School is a valuable community asset and a dedicated partner to the city. The view on what Kent should do about traffic congestion caused by
its operation is murkier. In September, 2017, Kent asked CHV to grant it an expanded use permit to construct a new school building. The city raised the question of traffic congestion nearby the school and how it might be mitigated. That led to traffic engineers recommending the installation of a roundabout at
Quincy Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, which initially seemed to make practical sense to city council and staff. Then the idea was shared with the community, who made it abundantly clear that it absolutely did not want it built. City council immediately abandoned the idea, though the whole chain of events
left the community bruised. It also impacted Mayor Russell’s Stewart’s decision to get back into local politics (he was formerly on city council). After the roundabout idea was dead and buried, there remained language in Kent’s development agreement which said that Kent agreed to convey to the city land
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needed to build the roundabout, should CHV decide to do so anytime through 2026. CHV’s regular city council meeting agenda for Tuesday, May 7 included a proposal to simply remove that language. Mayor Stewart made it clear that
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