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that are advancing this energized populist movement.

One such effort got underway just three days after the final Democratic primary.

Some 3,000 Berniecrats from across America gathered in Chicago for “The People’s Summit.” Rather than being morose or cynical about Sanders not winning the nomination, attendees were exuberant about the movement that he galvanized. This extraordinary event was a combination of tent revival and a big workshop for strategizing, organizing and mobilizing. The two-day summit was convened by National Nurses United and co-sponsored by more than 50 diverse and effective democracybuilding groups.

This meeting had a minimum of blah-blah and a maximum of planning on how to put experienced, locally based organizers and volun-

The Bernie Sanders revolution is just getting started

by Jim Hightower

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he Bernie for President campaign is over, but the political revolution that he launched against corporate rule is just beginning.

Sanders and close advisors are now strategizing and developing a new organizational structure to keep growing the grassroots rebellion, but a multitude of Bernie supporters are not waiting on a smoke signal from headquarters. Their percolate-up creativity has already burst into new political organizing projects

For more information on Jim Hightower’s work — and to subscribe to his award-winning monthly newsletter, The Hightower Lowdown — visit www.jimhightower.com.

teers directly into growing the movement — starting now. These everlarger and broader local coalitions will: (1) be rooted in principled, anticorporate politics; (2) launch direct grassroots initiatives and actions on a range of populist issues; (3) recruit, train and elect thousands of movement candidates to school boards, city councils, state legislatures and other offices; (4) deepen the relationships and sense of shared purpose in this revolutionary democratic movement; and (5)make it fun, putting the party back in politics.

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dyer times Transparency lacking in Leeds School’s REMI report on 2,500-foot setback initiative

by Joel Dyer

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onestly, at this point, I would have thought CU’s entire business school would be so embarrassed that everyone associated with the place would be screaming for an end to this whole REMI, oil-and-gas-spin scheme.

Guess not, because another industry-friendly “report” full of startling headlines was recently released into the click-bait universe.

The report in question is titled Colorado Oil and Gas Industry: Economic Assessment of 2,500-Foot Oil and Gas Setback Proposal and was generated, for lack of a better word, by the Business Research Division of the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Sounds important.

And that my friends, is the whole point. It’s just another example of credibilitywashing industry spin.

I can’t possibly rehash my entire multi-month, 10,000-word investigation into the Common Sense Policy Roundtables’ REMI operation at the Leeds School. It was called “Behind the Curtain: An inside look at the oil and gas industry/Republican ‘Redprint’ for turning Colorado from blue to red.”

So if you want all the sordid details you’ll need to revisit that piece from Sept. 17, 2015. For this most recent report, which is clearly an attempt to discredit the citizen effort to put a 2,500 setback — a buffer zone between oil and gas operations and homes, schools and hospitals — initiative on this November’s ballot, I’ll just recall a few of the high points.

REMI is the name for a particular program that is used all over the country to model regional economic data. It was developed by a company called Regional Economic Models Inc., hence the name, and has a decent reputation at doing the job it was built for. Obviously, it is only as accurate as the data fed into it. It is this potential for “garbage in, garbage out” that has led critics to claim that the program is sometimes used to create economic reports paid for by corporations who fill it with select data to create what amounts to corporate spin.

So how did REMI find its way to the Leeds School?

The Leeds School version goes like this: In 2013, three organizations who had secured the regional exclusive rights to the REMI program for a five-year period came to Leeds and contracted to pay the school $110,000 per year to run the program for them and produce reports. In addition, the school could use the program for its own projects at no cost. The three organizations were the Common Sense Policy Roundtable, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation and Denver South Economic Development Partnership.

The last two of those are established business organizations with right-leaning tendancies. Common Sense Policy Roundtable (CSPR) is a Republican/oil and gas industry front group run by political operatives that calls itself a conservative think tank.

When I did my original investigation, I asked Richard Wobbekind, director of the Business Research Division at Leeds School of Business, if he knew who and what CSPR really was. He told me he did not. He went so far as to claim that if CSPR alone, without the other two more established business organizations, had approached leeds with the REMI proposal, they would have been turned down.

So that’s the Leeds version of things.

Here’s the real story: CSPR alone got the exclusive rights to REMI for five years. CSPR alone signed the contract with the Leeds School. The other two entities, which are hardly pure as snow politically, basically are in a relationship where they pay dues to CSPR to be in the loop on projects. But the final say on everything, including if a report ever gets released or the timing of that release, along with what gets studied, is controlled by CSPR. And the 2,000 documents we got from a Greenpeace open records request showed clearly that Leeds knew all of this.

Despite having this clear knowledge, all REMI reports up until my earlier investigation, claimed, in the fine print, that the work had been done for all three groups which it claimed owned the REMI exclusive license together and had together contracted Leeds to do the work. It was a classic case of credibility washing.

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Who would take a report generated for CSPR alone, paid for by CSPR alone and created on software owned and controlled by CSPR alone seriously?

After all, CSPR was founded by and is run by Kristin Strohm, with help from a couple of political operatives who work for her husband Josh Penry’s consulting firm, EIS Solutions. Strohm and Penry are often referred to as the power couple of fracking.

Strohm’s day job is cofounder of the Starboard Group, the most powerful fundraising/consulting entity for the Republican party in the Western United States.

CSPR actually pays Starboard group to rent her as its director. You may recall Penry as the former Republican state senator who left office to become an oil and gas consultant.

Like I said, you’d have to go back to the “Behind the Curtain” investigation to get the whole story on CSPR, Strohm and Penry.

I’ll just add that CSPR works with the Koch brothers and is one of the principal drivers behind oil and gas front group Vital for Colorado. CSPR’s board is comprised of oil and gas industry insiders and Koch adherents who attend the brothers infamous annual meetings where subjects such as “how to use the university system to further Koch’s conservative agenda” are discussed. CSPR’s board members are a collection of people with ties to CRED (the powerful oil and gas front group founded and funded by Anadarko Petroleum and Noble Energy, see page 12 for more) and Colorado Concern.

In other words, this most recent REMI report claiming that if Initiative #78’s 2,500-foot setback were to make the ballot and pass, the sky would fall, we’d all lose our jobs and our children would go hungry, was bought and paid for by operatives of the oil and gas industry/Republican Party with a few uber-wealthy, pro-natural gas Democratic Party donors tossed in for good measure.

And like I said, the other two business groups whose names appear on this report are hardly objective outsiders to all this oil and gas industry maneuvering to stop the ballot measures.

Consider that Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation is simply an affiliate of Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, which puts it under the control of political operative Kelly Brough who is a member of Colorado Concern and on the boards of oil and gas front groups CRED and Vital for Colorado, which are spending millions of dollars in an effort to keep the 2,500-foot setback and community control initiatives off the ballot.

And you may recall from my recent reporting on the oil and gas industry’s Initiative #138 that it was put forward by Brough’s chamber’s energy industry director Scott Prestridge. Initiative #138 is the oil and gas industry’s attempt to prevent community control over its activities inside city limits. It’s literally the opposite of initiative #75 that gives communities local control.

And another thing that makes this report stink, for lack of a better word, is its ridiculous examination of the issue. All of the information about the impacts of a 2,500 foot setback came from a single source, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC).

Yep, that COGCC, the same oil and gas cheerleading agency whose primary job is to promote the industry. No, I’m not exaggerating. Go look at this week’s cover story on page 12. The COGCC is supposed to regulate the oil and gas industry but as shown in the recording from this week’s cover story, its members participated in a meeting where CRED explained how it is taking over city councils and spending millions to make sure ballot measures like #78 get defeated. The COGCC is as much an industry insider as CSPR. Furthermore, the REMI report admits that statewide mapping is inadequate and so the COGCC had to do some guessing about how much area would be lost if the setback took effect. see DYER TIMES Page 7

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by Dave Anderson

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onald Trump is portrayed in the mainstream media as the primary critic of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This is ironic since the coalition against the TPP is dominated by progressives.

In a June 28 speech attacking free trade deals and globalization, Trump cited the work of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) more than a dozen times. EPI is a respected progressive think tank focused on economic justice for workers. EPI president Lawrence Mishel commented on Trump in interviews and a blog post. “No one likes to be associated with a bigot and a scam artist,” he said.

However, Mishel is glad to see a debate in the mainstream media over globalization’s role in eliminating good jobs and undercutting wages. EPI studies show that the TPP won’t be a good deal for American workers.

Mishel said the problem now is that globalization is considered to be the only culprit in undermining our standard of living. Mishel noted that the EPI has issued reports that demonstrate that there are other factors that have weakened the ability of blue-collar and white-collar workers to obtain decent paychecks over the last four decades. These factors were the result of intentional policies pushed by the corporate elite.

There’s excessive unemployment created by Federal Reserve Board policies, which were friendly to the finance sector and bondholders. There’s government “austerity” (cutting services, privatization, etc.) at the federal and state levels — which has mostly been pushed by GOP governors and GOPdominated state legislatures — that has slowed down the economy and stunted wage growth. There’s also the decimation of collective bargaining, which is the single biggest reason that middle class wages have faltered.

Meanwhile, the minimum wage is now more than 25 percent below its 1968 see THE ANDERSON FILES Page 9

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And does anyone ever read these things? Good grief. This report is not only based mostly on an oil promoters guesstimates, it also contains this jewel. “Based on estimates provided by the COGCC, a 2,500-foot setback would curtail accessible drilling locations by 90.2%. Extrapolating this to a reduction in new production, coupled with the quickly depleting yields from existing wells, leads to deeper reductions in GDP, employment, and income compared to a baseline scenario. Assuming a 90.2% reduction in new production beginning in 2017...”

So let’s see, if 90.2 percent of surface is off limits to drilling because it’s within 2,500 feet of a home, school or hospital, then there must be a 90.2 percent loss in oil and gas production. Right?

Maybe in 1945, but not today. These wells are drilled horizontally through the tight shale formations. They can be drilled 2.5 to 3 miles in length if need be.

So pushing back a well location an extra 1,500 feet doesn’t necessarily prevent production, it just means the well has to be drilled 1,500 feet longer.

Yes, some production will no doubt be lost with a 2,500-foot setback, but to claim that a 90.2 percent loss in surface area where drilling locations can be placed equals a 90.2 percent loss in production is silly.

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Some wells will simply need to be longer and a bit more expensive, but that does not make them impossible to drill.

Everything about this REMI report shows it to be little more than an oil and gas industry product with about as much useful information as CRED’s TV ads, which continue to bend the truth so far my grandmother would have taken a switch to them for lying.

If you haven’t signed a petition for Initiative #78, you still have a few days but you better hurry. If you’re still searching your soul for a reason to sign it, the very fact that these guys are still pulling this REMI crap is justification enough.

Note to CU: When you get caught, like you did with my earlier reporting, you are supposed to have the good sense to stop doing what you got caught at.

You can’t go on pretending that we don’t know the emperor has no clothes.

The Leeds School and CSPR are naked, and frankly, it’s not an attractive sight.

In a normal setting, I’d predict that heads would roll over at the university. But this one is being run by a Republican oil man who happens to be a member of Colorado Concern, the real puppeteer of Colorado politics. Hell, you Leeds guys will probably get a raise. Hope it’s worth it.

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letters Paul Danish is against the tax on soda and decries the “nanny state,” arguing that a sugar tax, in a town with million dollar homes, is probably not going to be effective in reducing sugar consumption. (It will, however, provide lots of money for nutrition education or some other programs related to health.) [Re: The Danish Plan, July 21, “First, they came for the ice cream.”]

Perhaps in other, less affluent communities, a tax on sugar may be effective in curbing obesity. However, the “nanny state” is really trying to promote healthy eating. Granted, there are lots of choices in Boulder to get healthy food (i.e., Sprouts, Whole Foods, Safeway, King Soopers, etc.) but urban areas are often “food deserts” where junk food and sugar beverages are in abundance and healthy produce is almost non-existent.

Mr. Danish proclaims, “school cafeterias have thrown away hundreds of thousands of tons of ‘healthy’ meals.” Granted, kids will gravitate to salty, sugary, processed foods and will shun healthy meals if given a choice. However, if they are given healthy food choices as children, as they grow up, they will tend to continue to pick foods that are better for them.

Michelle Obama has been an advocate for healthy foods and exercise. I guess that is nannyism at a FLOTUS level. A hungry child will eat what is good for him if there is no other choice and hopefully develop healthy eating habits for life.

Would Mr. Danish advocate for McDonalds Happy Meals to be served in school cafeterias or processed lunch meats just because kids want them? Granted, given a choice between a Happy Meal and more healthy fare, many, if not most children, would choose what tastes “good” (read “unhealthy”) over broccoli or some other healthy food. My children were given healthy foods as they were growing up and passed that value on to their children. They ate junk foods only now and then and have few medical or dental problems.

I would vote for a county commissioner who stands up to the junk food lobby and promotes healthy and sustainable food choices. I am certainly not a puritan or prohibitionist by any stretch of the imagination, but I support healthy eating habits, particularly when there are so many good food opportunities in this community.

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Over the top

The Grand Entrance of Donald Trump for his nomination acceptance speech, heralded by the sound track for the movie Air Force One and echoing any “Enter the Emperor” scene from a Cecil B. DeMille epic film, seemed almost an announcement of The Second Coming, and, indeed, this modern Fisher of Men proceeded to cast a multitude of hooks to the fearful and economically oppressed, to millennials, to women, to gays, to blacks, to all faithful Americans. I am the answer to all your concerns! Shall we say this (un) Reality Show was more than a bit over the top and, as a cautionary word, beware of false prophets.

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Bears inside Subarus? Oh my!

This week, a camper outside Denver was surprised to find a bear locked inside his Subaru. Last June, a bear climbed inside a pickup truck in Evergreen, Colorado, and locked itself in, leaving behind a fecal surprise. “I don’t know if a bear (poops) in the woods,” the spooked driver told The Denver Post. “But it (poops) in my wife’s truck.”

That’s a novel way to see bears up close. It might have been less damaging and scary to bring along an undergraduate from Unity College in Maine.

Students involved in a landmark three-year bear study at Unity, in cooperation with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, took part in one of the nation’s only collegedirected field research projects on bears.

The students worked with government agencies on wildlife control and assessment, presented research findings at conferences, contributed to scientific publications and published annual reports on the state of Maine’s iconic, recolonizing black bear.

The team captured, tagged, tattooed, measured, weighed and radiocollared bears to collect data on movement, habitat and DNA, helping provide Maine’s wildlife biologists with the data to make better conservation choices and manage human-bear interaction.

The study exemplifies Unity’s unique approach to transdisciplinary problem solving in higher education.

Locals were quoted as saying, “It’s a mystery how that bear got shut inside the Subaru.” Not really. Our students are happy to come study Colorado’s bears and help debunk even the most outlandish bear mysteries, such as their rumored preference for Subarus over Toyotas.

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level, even though productivity since then has more than doubled. Trump doesn’t mention these factors.

Mishel said, “Trump describes the evolution of trade policy as if it was driven by Democrats alone. In fact, NAFTA was originally George H. W. Bush’s proposal. NAFTA was passed over the direct objection of House Democrats, two-thirds of whom voted against it. Trade policy has been primarily driven by corporations and their trade associations working with Republican allies.

While trade has been an internally divisive topic for Democrats, it has been a point of unity among Republicans for the most part.”

Trump “pulled a bait-and-switch” in his talk where he cited the EPI studies, Mishel said. Trump talked about trade and then suddenly claimed that America’s real problems are business overregulation and excessive taxation of U.S. corporations. How courageous!

This has been the traditional corporate policy agenda for decades. It has failed over and over again to spur economic growth and increase wages.

Mishel also noted that the controversy over the TPP isn’t really about trade.

“Instead it’s a treaty that will specify just who will be protected from international competition and who will not,” he said. “And the strongest and most comprehensive protections offered are by far those for U.S. corporate interests.

For example, the biggest winners from trade agreements have traditionally been U.S. corporations that rely on enforcing intellectual property monopolies for their profits — pharmaceutical and software companies, for example.

“Then there’s the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) arbitration panels set up to allow multinational corporations to enforce their claims when any nation does something that might cost them money. It’s an anti-democratic process that leads governments to bend over backwards to not antagonize business interests.”

Trump doesn’t talk about the big protections for U.S. corporations or the ISDS process. He claims both the U.S. corporate elite and workers are being hurt. He says U.S. negotiators are “stupid” and being tricked by the sneaky Chinese, Mexicans and other trading partners.

Dean Baker, macroeconomist and co-director of The Center for Economic and Policy Research, challenges Trump on this. He does agree with Trump that China and Mexico and many other countries are running trade surpluses with the United States and that those surpluses have cost the jobs of millions of American workers. The trade deficit also undermines the U.S. economy.

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However, he doesn’t think that U.S. negotiators are “stupid.” He notes: “Let’s take the case of China, where we have the largest trade deficit. Our trade negotiators are not especially focused on the trade deficit with China.

They want China to grant more access to its financial markets to Goldman Sachs and other banks. They also want more access for our telecommunications companies, our insurance companies and our retail and restaurant chains.

They want China to do a better job

enforcing Microsoft’s copyrights and Pfizer’s drug patents.

“When it comes to our trade deficit, our trade negotiators are getting conflicting signals. Unions and workers in the U.S. would like China to raise the value of its currency to reduce its competitive advantage. But GE and other U.S. companies that produce goods in China and export back to the United States aren’t anxious to see their costs rise due to a higher valued Chinese currency. The

same logic applies to Wal-Mart that has spent years developing a low cost supply chain in China and other developing countries.”

Trump poses as a tough guy when he beats up on vulnerable scapegoated minorities. But he leaves the corporate elite untouched.

This opinion column does not necessarily reflect the views of Boulder Weekly.

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Too much to bear Aurora grandfather fights deportation while family hangs in the balance

by Angela K. Evans

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aleria Martinez is losing her dad for the third time. She watched in disbelief as the immigration judge ordered Martin Alvarez Martinez deported again. Before being able to even say goodbye, she was escorted out of the courtroom crying, her 2-year old daughter wailing in her arms.

An only child who has already lost her mother to cancer, it’s almost more than she can bear. But for the sake of her daughter, she knows she has to be strong and do everything she can to keep her father in the U.S. Valeria was 4 when Martin left the first time. It was 1997, and he traveled north from Mexico City to Colorado to earn more money and send it back to his wife and daughter at home.

“We didn’t have much communication since he was so far away,” Valeria says. “He was working two jobs at a time so he never had time to call us.”

A few years later, Martin’s father passed away and he went home, reuniting with his wife and daughter.

When he decided to return to work in Colorado, Martin couldn’t leave Valeria and her mother behind.

The journey was long, hot and scary, Valerie says. But the family made it back to Aurora together in 2000.

For the next several years her mother worked in restaurant kitchens and at a senior center. Her dad also worked in different kitchens and developed a passion for cooking, with dreams of one day being head chef in his own restaurant.

But it wasn’t the end of challenges for the young family. Around 2005 Martin was found sleeping in his truck and charged with a DUI. 10 July 28, 2016

Cintron is not representing the family. She does say that there are many aspects to his story, however, that make her stop and question what would have happened if Martin had proper legal counsel.

Could a lawyer have changed the verdict on his DUI charge, arguing that he wasn’t driving at the time of his arrest? Would a lawyer have advised him not to sign the voluntary departure? In the end, the DUI conviction gave him a criminal record, which made him a deportation priority. Even then, would a lawyer have advised him to fight his deportation rather than sign his voluntary departure?

“The biggest thing [is] people don’t know what’s going on,” Cintron says.

“And then they have systems that work against them. ...

Valeria Martinez and “You’re fighting against a machine, her father Martin and daughter Aleynah especially when the person has entered without permission,” Cintron continues.

“He was not putting anyone in endangerment,” “You’re carrying the burden and you’re facValeria says. “He was just parked in our parking lot ing a judge, a government attorney, and they have endand he fell asleep in the truck.” Valeria and her mom less resources at this point compared to what you have.” didn’t find out what was going on until they heard he So Martin returned to Mexico City while was in immigration detention. With lack of counsel or Valeria and her mother stayed in Aurora. Only a the resources to fight his case, Martin eventually few months later, however, the family received signed his own voluntary more devastating news. Valeria’s departure papers and was mother was diagnosed with returned to Mexico. aggressive breast cancer, which Valeria doesn’t try and juseventually spread to her brain, tify her father’s mistake, but hips and heart. says he has also changed a lot “My mom still found a way to since then. Only in middle work to take care of me until my dad school at the time, she didn’t figured out a way to come back know how to help Martin here,” Valeria says. “It’s been hard fight the criminal case, and because my dad never left us alone, she’s frustrated that no one or [told us to] figure it out.” else did either.

With multiple surgeries and “We have an immigrant rounds of chemotherapy and community, specifically radiation in the his wife’s future, Latino community, that conMartin returned to the U.S., once tinues to fall victim to lack of again without permission from information,” says Elaine the government. For the next Cintron a lawyer with Lichter several years Valeria would take Immigration in Denver, a care of her mom after school, and firm that specializes in immithen when Martin got off work, gration law and removal he would take over. defense. “And by the time But in 2011, at the age of 33, they reach out to community Valeria’s mom lost her battle organizations or advocates with cancer. that can help in their cause, they’re running against a “My dad had a really hard time about it but he went deportation machine that works quite quickly.” back to work,” she says. “And it was really hard on me Although familiar with the details of Martin’s case, because that’s all the family I had.”

•••••• “I wasn’t allowed to cry or even say anything to him,” she says, with tears streaming down her face as she relives the experience. “My daughter wanted to go talk to him. It was just me with her. How can you be so heartless?”

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Martin and his granddaughter Aleynah.

Martin worked 14 or more hours a day while Valeria, who was only 16, started ditching school and “making wrong choices,” she says. But seeing that his daughter was having a difficult time, the two started spending as much time as possible together and they moved into their own home as opposed to a shared living situation.

When Valeria finished high school, Martin hired a lawyer to help her apply for the federal Differed Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, allowing her to obtain work authorization and live without fear of deportation.

“He never gave up on me, he’s always been so supportive,” she says. “Even when I got pregnant at a young age, he’s always given me tons of support.

He’s been there unconditionally for me and my daughter.”

Valeria gave birth to a baby girl, Aleynah, in 2014 and she continued to live with Martin, who took his role as grandfather seriously.

“It’s an indescribable bond that they have,” Valeria says.

“He’s like her dad. He’s so close to her. He comes home from work tired but she’s up waiting for him and she gets so happy.”

Martin worked extra so Valeria could stay home with Aleynah more. When she starting working two days a week, Martin took care of Aleynah.

But then in late April of this year, Martin was pulled over while driving. Valeria says the police officer never gave him a reason for the traffic stop, but rather simply demanded his license and registration.

Not able to obtain a driver’s license without documentation, Martin was arrested on the spot and Valeria paid a $1,000 bond to get him released.

Three weeks later, on May 10, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took Martin away from his daughter and granddaughter.

“It was almost about to be 6 o’clock in the morning and we were all sleeping,” Valeria says.

“My [cousin] was living with us at the time and he never thought about it, he just automatically opened the door.”

Her cousin was sleeping in the living room when ICE officers surrounded the house and started knocking on the door. Valeria says they had no warrant, but told her cousin, “We’re looking for Martin Alvarez... you need to show us where he’s at or you’re not going to like the way we come in and look for him.”

Martin was asleep in his room when the ICE officers removed him from his house. With all the commotion, Valeria woke up in time to see her father being put in handcuffs in the front yard. After establishing that she was Martin’s daughter, an ICE officer simply handed her a piece of paper and then left, she says.

“I feel like they took him in a really messed up way, like he was a criminal, like he did something really bad.”

Martin was not put into removal proceedings, due to his previous immigration status, and was given an automatic deportation order. He was transferred to the GEO Aurora Detention Facility where Valeria and Aleynah visited him every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. In addition to picking up a full-time job at a senior center, Valeria also began fighting for her father’s release.

“It’s always been me and him together. He’s my best friend, my father,” she says. “I don’t want to let him go.

I have to do everything I can to fight for him just like he’s fought for me.”

After telling ICE that he Valeria Martinez was being extorted back in Mexico for businesses his sisters run, an immigration officer granted Martin a credible fear interview to see if there was any basis for claiming asylum. However, it was determined that Martin wouldn’t be endangered if he went back to Mexico. Martin asked a judge to review his case.

Valeria was in the court room last Tuesday, July 19, with Aleynah, when the judge

•••••• “It’s always been me and him together.

He’s my best friend, my father,” she says.

“I don’t want to let him go.

I have to do everything I can to fight for him just like he’s fought for me.”

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upheld ICE’s determination and ordered Martin’s deportation. When both daughter and granddaughter began to cry, Valeria says she was kicked out of the court room without saying goodbye.

“I wasn’t allowed to cry or even say anything to him,” she says, with tears streaming down her face as she relives the experience. “My daughter wanted to go talk to him. It was just me with her. How can you be so heartless?”

On Friday, July 22, Martin was transferred from GEO to Otero County Processing Center just north of El Paso, Texas. On Monday, Valeria sent in a stay of removal application, requesting that ICE give Martin a second chance so that the family can stay together.

“Although our family is little, it is all we have,” she writes in her letter accompanying the stay application.

“No matter how old I am, I need him. We have a unique and unbreakable bond that is hard to put into simple words. Please, I beg that you consider letting us reunite with my father.”

As of Wednesday, Martin is still being held in U.S. detention. And now, all Valeria can do is wait — wait while repeatedly telling Aleynah she loves her, even if the little girl doesn’t fully grasp what’s going on around her.

“They may say that little kids don’t notice or that little kids are too little to realize a person is not there.

But that’s not true,” Valeria says. “That’s not true because [Aleynah] waits up for him, knowing that’s the time he gets off work. She looks for him, she goes to his room, she knocks. But he’s not there to open the door for her.”

From left to right: Valeria, her mother Gloria Vega and father Martin.

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news BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Recording from oil-andgas gathering sheds light on industry efforts to defeat ballot measures, take over city councils and stop the antifracking movement

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recording made during a 2015 meeting of oil and gas industry representatives and state regulators has surfaced. We believe the information from this recording is important to Colorado voters because its contents illustrate just how far the oil and gas industry is going to protect its ability to pursue the unbridled production of fossil fuels in our state.

If you’ve been paying attention, you knew the battle over oil and gas extraction, including fracking, was going to get ugly this year. After what happened in 2014, it was inevitable.

For those of you new to Colorado or the ongoing fight over fracking, here’s a very brief history lesson.

In 2014, Colorado voters signed their names more than a quarter of a million times to petitions in an effort to put two initiatives on that year’s November ballot.

One initiative would have given communities more control over oil and gas operations within their city limits, and the other would have established a 2,000-foot setback or buffer zone between oil and gas operations and occupied dwellings, schools and hospitals. It is an understatement to say that the oil and gas industry opposed these two initiatives.

In the end, the industry used its political influence and money, and even enlisted the help of a few “Big Green” environmental groups with ties to funders supporting the use of natural gas as part of a “clean energy” strategy to make sure the signatures never made it to the Secretary of State’s Office to be counted or authenticated.

Instead, the voters’ signatures were traded away at the last second to Governor John Hickenlooper, whose enthusiastic support for the oil and gas industry is legendary in this state.

In the end, the signatures of the voters, and many would argue the entire democratic process, were traded away in exchange for a meaningless blue-ribbon task force Hickenlooper established supposedly to study 12 July 28, 2016

fracking and make recommendations to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC).

The COGCC is the state agency bizarrely charged with the duel tasks of both regulating and promoting the oil and gas industry. Critics argue that it does half of that job description very well.

The impotency of the Governor’s task force was a given from its inception, as he appointed oil and gas industry insiders to at least half the seats on the task force while simultaneously declaring that any recommendations must carry a two-thirds vote to be considered. Couple this with the fact the COGCC is even more stacked with Hickenlooper appointed pro-industry insiders than his task force, and you can imagine the fate of even the most watered-down task-force recommendations that managed to cross the commission’s desk.

By most accounts, the task force accomplished nothing. But as you will see shortly, when it thinks no one is listening, the industry calls it a substantial victory (see slide top right page 16).

For the many who had worked tirelessly for the right to vote on fracking, the last-minute killing of the 2014 initiative signatures was the political equivalent of a mob hit on Colorado voters.

gas industry’s impact on health, property values, quality of life and the environment, a political war has erupted in Colorado this election cycle.

As anyone who lives here will tell you, this battle cannot be ignored. All of us have been inundated by tens of millions of dollars worth of TV ads, digital ads, newspaper ads, direct mailers, people at our door, people gathering signatures on petitions, newspaper editorials and letters to the editor.

By the industry’s own measure, nearly 90 percent of us are now familiar with the term fracking.

That being the case, the battle is no longer about raising awareness of fracking, but rather about shaping the public’s perception of that term and what it means for our state’s and planet’s future.

Boulder Weekly has written more extensively on the politics of this issue than any other news organization in the state. Two of our previous investigative reports now serve as primers to this issue: “Who killed the vote on fracking?” published Oct. 2, 2014 and “Behind the curtain,” published Sept. 17, 2015.

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Proposed ballot Initiatives #75 and #78, which are currently gathering signatures, would, if enough voters sign up, put community control over oil and gas operations within a town’s city limits and the creation of a 2,500-foot setback or buffer zone between oil and gas operations and homes, schools and hospitals on the upcoming November ballot.

It would be more than an understatement to say that the oil and gas industry and the politicians it controls are opposed to this latest attempt to give voters a say over oil and gas operations in close proximity to their homes and neighborhoods.

As a result of this ongoing struggle over the oil and Boulder Weekly

news These two reports have won numerous regional and national journalism awards and represent months of investigative efforts to follow the money, organizations and political connections that have, and continue, to shape the oil and gas industry’s efforts to stop the people of Colorado from voting on ballot initiatives concerning setbacks and community control over oil and gas extraction.

I point this out only because the information found in these two BW investigations is critical to a more full understanding of the information found in several of the stories and columns published in this week’s edition, including this one.

Each of the reports mentioned is extremely long and quite complex and cannot be simply recapped here. For that reason, we hope that you will take the time to revisit these articles, as we believe they will offer valuable additional context to the information presented here.

The recording referenced above was obtained by Greenpeace at the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC) conference held in September 2015. The recording was made during a presentation by consultant Mark Truax of PAC/WEST Communications who is also Director of Operations and Coalitions for CRED, Pac/ West’s largest Colorado client.

As a resource for our readers, we have published a large cache of excerpts from the recording as a sidebar to this story so voters can read them for themselves (see sidebar page 14).

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In many instances, these organizations share board members and serve specific functions in support of each other’s organizations and agendas.

The IOGCC meeting at which the referenced recording was made is a littleknown, multi-state governmental agency created in 1935 by Congress at a time when oil prices were slumping due to overproduction so the federal government decided to do something about it. The idea behind the organization was to get all the state regulators together with the industry so they could communicate with one another and then make suggestions that would be helpful to all involved.

It may have been a good idea nearly a century ago, but critics claim the IOGCC of today is little more than an industry lobbying mechanism that allows state regulators to be wined, dined and inappropriately influenced by those in the oil and gas industry they are supposed to be overseeing.

According to an InsideClimate News investigation published in April 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice told a congressional subcommittee in 1978 that the IOGCC should be dissolved because it had become nothing more than an advocacy agency and as a result, it believed continued tax-payer support was inappropriate.

Not surprisingly, Congress didn’t listen.

This past May, the IOGCC held its meeting in Denver. As reported by Boulder Weekly at the time, the meeting was technically “open” to the public but BW was the only Colorado news organization in attendance. Individual citizens could have attended but they were never invited and those who did know about the meeting were informed they would have to pay nearly $400 to get in the door.

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It is likely because of this lack of journalistic oversight and affordable public access to the gatherings over the decades, that the IOGCC has become a place where industry insiders tend to drop their guard and talk honestly, even bluntly about the state of the oil and gas industry, their cozy relationship with state regulators and politicians, and their shared goal with those regulators of promoting production and fighting all organized efforts to restrain that production or add profit-harming environmental regulations to the process.

Why do we think it is important for Colorado voters to know what was said during CRED’s 2015 IOGCC presentation? Because we believe what was disclosed is both shocking and a threat to the future of Colorado’s democratic process.

For instance, the CRED presentation readily admits that the organization is actively working to take over local city councils in order to prevent any future bans or moratoriums from making it into law. And according to the recording, they have been quite successful.

Truax told those in the room, they did, “Even more of a preemptive strike in Fort Collins, looking at electing a pro [oil and gas] city council, and making sure that the right city council members got elected to the city council to stop a potential fracking ban. And finally in Denver, this was kind of a one-two punch. In February we had some op-eds and editorials go out. John Fielder, who does beautiful Colorado landscape photography I’m sure many of you have seen it, he did an anti-fracking rally on the steps of the city council. We countered that and took the wind out of their sails in about a total of seven days.

Including two meetings with the editorial board at the Denver Post, and a subsequent editorial saying this is ludicrous. We then also elected a pro city council, a proenergy city council 7-6 on the conservative count, my count is like 9-4 in our favor for Denver City Council.

To try and push something through there, which the opposition was trying to do, is now very difficult. So we have been very, very (inaudible). And we’ve been able to keep municipal ballots and municipal ballot measures off in every city and county across Colorado... �

SIDEBAR The following are transcribed excerpts of a recording.

The transcription was given to Boulder Weekly after being obtained by Greenpeace at an IOGCC Conference in September 2015.

The conference was the annual meeting of the IOGCC, which took place in Oklahoma city, Oklahoma, September 27-30.

The recording came from a panel titled “Taking Back the Fracking Debate: Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development.�

The panel was presented by Mark Truax, director of operations and coalitions, Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development (CRED). Truax is a consultant for Pac/West Communications. CRED is Pac/West’s largest Colorado client. According to Pac/West’s website, Truax’ role at CRED is to manage “day-to-day operations of the statewide educational campaign focusing on hydraulic fracturing, fracking, on behalf of Noble Energy Inc. and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. This role requires Mark to oversee the day-to-day aspects including research, outreach, communications, digital, direct mail, and field operations.�

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So not only is CRED impacting the make up of our local city governments, according to the recording, it’s using the Denver Post as just another weapon in its arsenal to do so.

For more than two years Boulder Weekly has been commenting on the Denver Post’s overly cozy relationship to the oil and gas industry, from its pro-fracking “energy and environment� section that was paid for by CRED to the fact that the paper’s CEO and President Mac Tully is actually a member of Colorado Concern, arguably the state’s most powerful organization when it comes to supporting fracking and unbridled oil and gas extraction. As a result, the Denver Post has shown itself to be a blind watchdog over the oil and gas industry.

This CRED recording certainly seems to confirm the newspaper’s involvement in helping to push the oil and gas industry’s agenda.

As a side note, subsequent to this recording being made, evidence has come to light that Thornton’s City Council has also fallen to the industry using the same formula described in the Denver takeover.

When community rights activists in Thornton became concerned with drilling and fracking operations being proposed in close proximity to their children’s schools they were frustrated by the lack of action from their city council. So they tried to gather enough signatures to recall councilwoman Jan Kulmann, whom they claimed had a conflict of interest because her husband is the deputy director of the COGCC and she is employed by Noble Energy. The Thornton anti-fracking parents claim these facts were not disclosed during her run for council.

But just as the recall effort got rolling it ran head on into Colorado Concern, Vital for Colorado and the Denver Post.

As it turns out, Councilwoman Kulmann represents the swing vote in favor of the oil and gas industry on the Thornton council and her recall could have had serious implications for the industry’s plans for drilling in the city.

So once the recall effort was announced, Colorado Concern and Vital for Colorado, which Truax describes Excerpts: (Mark Truax speaking unless otherwise noted) A slide presentation accompanied his remarks So in 2012, the industry was taking on water, the oil and gas industry was taking on water from all sides.

Facing a frack ban in the city of Longmont and lost 60-40. The best way I can describe, that is, that was Colorado’s version of what happened in Denton last year. And that was the wake up call for the industry to go uh-huh we’re not isolated from these attacks and we’ve got some big problems that we have to correct.

So Noble and Anadarko came together and thanks to their leadership and commitment, said, we’ve got to do something different. We’re facing four ballot initiatives in four municipalities. In November of 2013 Boulder, Broomfield, Lafayette and Fort Collins — for those of you not familiar with Colorado geography, those are all municipalities that are just on the edge of oil and gas development. So they were kind of in the back yard but they weren’t in the belly of the beast like Firestone and Greeley and some of those others ...

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have, we didn’t work on those measures and that’s OK. We used them to do a little research. And what we found is in August of 2013, 88 percent of Coloradans knew about fracking.

I said guys, 88percent of Coloradans know this and they are receiving their information 2 to 1 from the opposition with that word [Fracking] ‌ So we had to really come in, put on helmet and shoulder pads and develop an education effort and that’s what we’ve done. And it has been a remarkable ride the last 26 months. So CRED, again started by Noble and Anadarko, we are a 501c(6), very similar to a trade association.

A lot of these types of efforts, Wednesday after election day, go into the office, clean out your desk, turn off the lights, make sure the office is tidy and go home.

We are a continual, multi-year education effort.

Looking at this [referring to a slide], everyone loves their oil and gas industry and everyone loves oil and gas production, in Colorado, to the tune of 70 percent.

Most recently in September 2015 we are at 76 percent. Can anyone tell me what word is missing from Boulder Weekly

news as basically a wing of CRED on the recording, began to buy TV commercials opposing the recall and even paid for anti-recall door hangers to be placed throughout Kulmann’s district. It’s hard to imagine investing in TV ads for a single seat on a city council.

And finally, as one would expect based on the comments captured on the recording, the Denver Post did its part and came out blasting the recall effort.

I should point out that while the Denver Post took the time to write in opposition to the recall, it didn’t make any effort to cover a massive all-day protest near the proposed well site by the school. The protest involved hundreds of citizens concerned about fracking setting up a makeshift eco-festival illegally on open space lands. Guest speakers at the rally included nationally recognized environmental leaders such as 350.org founder Bill McKibben, and culminated in the takeover of a nearby well by activists who were confronted by no less than 15 police officers threatening their arrest.

What should have been one of the state’s biggest stories of the day didn’t get a drop of ink from the state’s biggest newspaper. How odd.

But as the CRED recording states, the council takeovers, coupled with the industry’s ability to get what it wants from the editorial board of the Denver Post, is a real “one-two punch.”

The recording also demonstrates other, even more troubling industry intervention into our political processes.

At one point, Truax shows the audience a slide which he refers to as his “NASCAR slide” (see slide top right page 14) and tells the audience that CRED “put together” Vital for Colorado and refers to Vital’s supporting organizations as belonging to CRED. He also describes how CRED uses these organizations to counter anti-fracking efforts at the municipal level on a moment’s notice.

Considering that CRED has long insisted it is a nonprofit organization exclusively committed to educating the public, it sure seems to be spending a lot of time boasting about its control over other oil and gas front groups, its having elected pro-oil city councils and its successes at overturning municipal decisions that might have hindered

oil and gas extraction on this recording. It is impressive, but it also raises questions about the organization’s claims of being focused entirely on education.

The tape also captures Truax illuminating CRED’s unprecedented propaganda machine to his industry peers and the state regulators in the room (see slide middle right page 14). He describes in some detail how CRED uses the information it has gathered on 3.9 million Coloradans which it has placed into a database used to selectively target individuals with information designed specifically to influence them based on their previously expressed opinions about oil, gas and fracking and/or whether they are a Democrat, Republican, or independent voter, or even something as nuanced as a person still stuck in the Cold War fear of Russia. It is an impressive machine to be sure, so long as people are unaware of its existence.

On the recording, Truax is heard telling his audience that it was CRED’s targeted information outreach that was directly responsible for the last minute reversing of what appeared to be impending victories for anti-fracking voters in Loveland, Windsor and other places (see slide bottom right page 16).

Another disturbing aspect of this recording is the revelation that CRED is actually spending money to try and improve the public image and profile of the COGCC, (see slide bottom right page 14). But why?

According to the recording, to persuade people the industry is properly regulated.

But the CRED/COGCC conflicts of interest don’t stop there.

The entire CRED presentation that was recorded — including its candid descriptions of: 1) how it is taking over city councils 2) how it’s using the Denver Post to push its agenda 3) how it created and now uses Vital for Colorado to intervene and change the outcomes of local municipal decisions 4) how it is spending tens of millions of dollars to gather information on Colorado voters so it can manipulate election outcomes and keep setback and community rights initiatives off the ballot

5) how it is working to change the constitution so citizens will no longer be able to put forward ballot measures in the future 6) how it has created specific strategies to defeat grassroots environmental groups working to create stricter regulations on the industry in Colorado 7) how it is even spending money to prop up the flailing image of the state agency charged with regulating it so people will think that it is doing a good job — were explained in the presence of, and with the full support of, Colorado regulators including Matt Lepore, Governor John Hickenlooper’s appointed director of the COGCC. If there was ever any question as to whether the relationship between the COGCC and the oil and gas industry has become so inappropriate as to disqualify the Commission from its charge as industry regulator, this recording has answered that question. Yes, the members of this COGCC and the governor who appointed them, and is responsible for their actions, have lost all credibility when it comes to oversight of the oil and gas industry.

State of Colorado regulators, like the state’s governor and the corporate media who have been on the receiving end of the largest ad buy in state history for years now, have become no more than arrows in the oil and gas industry quiver aimed at unsuspecting voters.

This recording makes it abundantly clear that all of the persons and entities mentioned above are fully aware of what CRED and Vital for Colorado and Protect Colorado and the Common Sense Policy Roundtable and all the other industry front groups are doing to subvert local governments, manipulate voters and put forward questionable, industry-generated faux research (see DyerTimes page 6), which is then passed on to voters by a compliant newsmedia. They know and yet they do nothing to stop it, or at the very least, expose it.

And it gets even uglier than that. These oil and gas industry front groups are supported and run by boards comprised of some of the state’s wealthiest funders, or their surrogates, of both the establishment Democratic and Republican Parties (see “Behind the curtain”).

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this slide? Fracking. When you add the word fracking — you guys are a good bunch, the coffee must be kicking in — when you add the word fracking that number drops. You can see in September of 2013 that number had dropped down to 55 percent support for fracking. Very high numbers for the opposition.

A couple organizations that I want to pick on, and get through today, to highlight. Food and Water Watch — how many of you have heard of Food and Water Watch? How many of you are concerned about Food and Water Watch and the activities that they do? We are as well. However, 76 percent of Coloradans have never heard of them. So while we spend a lot of time working and focusing on this, we’re not going to chase their message down around them, because only 10-13 percent have focused and actually heard of Food and Water Watch. So we want to make sure we counter those types of concerns, but we don’t spend all of our time directly countering these types of organizations. Same with the Environmental Defense Fund, little bit better, Environmental Defense Fund? Yeah it sounds good, sounds like a really good organization, we absolutely need a fund to defend our environment, even still you have half of Coloradans never heard of

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them. Still a little bit concerning, but ones that we’re not going to spend a lot of time, chasing them around.

This slide is Commissioner [Matt] Lapore’s favorite slide that I give in my presentations. And it shows awareness of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, the COGCC. And this is likely true in trend line with many of the other states around the country.

People do not understand that there is a state regulator that actually regulates the oil and gas industry.

This is why we have to spend time, and Mr. Lapore and I have had this conversation multiple times. How do we change these numbers? And flip the number heard up into the favorables. So we have people that know and have a favorable opinion of the COGCC. How do we really drive this home? We have now spent, now that we’ve built the level of understanding with fracking, and our fracking techniques and tools and processes, now we need to talk about regulations. Everything we’ve done, since about February of this year, really drives home that regulations (inaudible).

We absolutely have to drive that point home. And I share this with you to make sure that you all as regu-

lators in this room and folks that work with regulatory industries, and agencies, drive this point home man.

Talk about this. Make sure we are able to combat this.

Without this, this is where we are going to have the biggest issues.

Everything we do is built off of this statewide model.

So we took and did a number of, did some research, both polling, we did mail testing and phone testing, we also did digital testing. All of that has now been verified by an (inaudible). To build a statewide model so that I know, if I go to Mr. Lepore’s door, what his opinion is going to be on fracking. No, I already know what his opinion will likely be, but if I go to him as a Colorado voter, versus if I go to Ashley with Anadarko as another Colorado voter, she might have a little bit of a different view. And they will have different scores.

We have scored 3.9 million Colorado voters in our databases, on their opinion of fracking. Everything we do then gets fed back in to this database. So that we can use it at a later time. We’ve knocked on 1.7 million doors, we’ve done nine statewide surveys, we have done extensive phone research, and mail research, all of that information if I ever have contact it’s fed back in to that file.

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As Boulder Weekly investigations have previously confirmed, this is not a blue/red issue. It is a millionaire/billionaire/corporations verses the rest of us issue.

And the war is heating up as the time for gathering signatures for initiatives #75 and #78 is drawing to a close and the time for voting is nearly upon us.

At this year’s IOGCC meeting in Denver, an industry participant asked the panel on crisis communication training what could be done if there is a journalist who keeps writing negatively about the industry. Karen Crummy, a former Denver Post reporter who was presenting at the Denver IOGCC panel as the Communications Director for CRED and who is also the Communications Director for Protect Colorado suggested, “If you’re having a problem with a certain reporter, go do some oppo [opposition] research on them. Are they contributing to campaigns? Are they the member of a business group or an environmental [group]?�

It was apparently the kind of answer the industry is more than willing to embrace.

On July 19, The Intercept published an article based on documents it obtained through an open records request showing that both the Bureau of Land Management and the Lakewood police had used undercover agents to infiltrate an anti-fracking protest in Lakewood. The protest took place at a BLM oil and gas lease auction being held at a Lakewood Holiday Inn on May 12. BW covered the And we continue to market to make sure we know our scores. So if I have you marked as a somebody that I think we can move, and you tell me when we knock on your door that you hate fossil fuels and you hate fracking, you hate everything about the oil and gas industry, I’m never going to talk to you again. Have a nice day. Appreciate your opinion, we are going to mark you as opposed, never going to send you another piece of mail, no digital advertisement, we are going to focus the dollars and resources where we know they will make a difference.

So that really is our true backbone. So some of the tools that we’ve used — this was one of our early direct mail pieces, the nice lady on the right is Annabelle ldorado (sp). She is an energy employee in the land department for Noble Energy, and was kind of our first face of CRED. On the left, you’ll see former Interior Secretary Gail Norton. She is also a good Coloradan. I would send this to probably 80 percent of you in this room. Because it has Gail Norton and she is a Republican. I would probably not send this ad to many people in this room, or this mailing with President Obama. However, when we saw and did our testing, his statement on natural gas — that it’s able to help the environment — when sent and delivered to the right Democrats, we moved Democrats 9 points in our favor.

So the industry had this mentality, oh, we are just going to talk to Republicans. Big Picture, we are going to focus on Republicans, we’re going to stop them.

But we looked at it and were like, guys, Colorado is like 1/3 Democrat, 1/3 Republican, and 1/3 Independent. I am not an engineer, I am a political hack, I can tell you that 100 percent of 33 percent does not equal 51 percent. The math just doesn’t work.

So we had to go, alright, how do we talk to independents, how do we talk to Democrats, and how do we

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protest in its May 19 issue.

Perhaps the most disturbing documents to come from the open records request were those showing that Anadarko Petroleum has established its own intelligence gathering operation in Colorado, which has apparently infiltrated various environmental groups opposed to fracking. And its information is making it into the hands of the federal government and local authorities.

In addition, as the signature gathering process for Initiatives #75 and #78 rolls into its final week, signature gatherers are reporting an increase in incidents of harassment and even threats of violence, some of which have been reported to police (See story page 22).

It would seem the political war of 2016 is escalating into something more ominous.

The oil and gas industry ads are getting more aggressive, more negative. It is clear that the industry front groups are afraid that the initiatives are going to make the ballot this time around, and then who knows. It is certainly an election year that has dispelled the myth that the big money always wins.

The oil and gas industry knows it, and so do Colorado voters.

If you haven’t registered to vote or signed the petitions for initiatives #75 and #78, you still have time but you better get to it. talk to Republicans? How do we talk to moms, how do we talk to hunters and anglers, there is a lot of movement that we have — so we are really making sure we have the right message for the right folks. Same with our digital ads, here are a couple of examples of our digital ads, talking about jobs, see that on the left, the one in the back there — nevermind Vladmir Putin we will talk about him in just a moment — really focuses on hunters and anglers. And there are hundreds of thousands of folks in Colorado that either have a hunting license or a fishing license and they turn out to vote. And they are also very good when it comes to our issues. So when you tell them in Colorado $82 million in severance tax went to Commissioner Lapore’s boss Mike King, and the Department of Natural Resources and go into wildlife restoration and habitat restoration, maybe the oil an gas industry isn’t so bad. We’ve got to walk them to that edge and explain to them why that actually matters, and why this matters to us.

I love this particular graphic with Vladmir Putin, a little over a year ago when Russia and Ukraine crisis was going on for lack of a better term, we transitioned our entire digital asset for about 3 weeks to an energy security message. The U.S. had recently surpassed Russia as the #1 natural gas producer (inaudible), and Vladdy looks pretty tiffed. But we were able to move very quickly, number one, and adjust with the times and the media, and number two, it was a hit and became our best producing message. So we could do real time testing and see how this actually responds and how folks are able to respond. So very very fascinating.

So really some very interesting tools, really the best way that I can describe it is to walk into Sears craftsman and tell the floor manager, alright, I want one of everything and put [it] in the truck out in the parking

2014 Victories Loveland Defeated ballot measure pushing two-year moratorium 52% to 48% First victory under CRED model & strategy

Signature collection for 2 proactive measures on the ballot Fiscal transparency Municipalities ban or restrict fracking they would not receive revenues from oil and natural gas development

Agreement for no measures on the ballot, measures withdrawn 2,000 setback Local Control

2015 Victories To Date E rie Successfully defeated moratorium before Town Council Windsor Local community rights petition submitted to Windsor Clerk and was denied because violated single subject law Fort Collins Helped elect two pro-industry city council members and a pro-industry mayor in April 7, 2015 election.

Denver Slowed momentum of opposition by immediately responding to media and attacks on the industry. Elected proenergy city council to avoid potential attacks

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lot. We really truly do have been able to test a lot of things, that have only been done in concept, only been done paper wide, by political strategists around the country, but put it in play, put it in motion and demonstrate that it can be done.

This is what I like to call my NASCAR slide, all our different organizations. We have built a coalition of everyone outside of oil and gas that is second to none in my opinion anywhere in the country. Over 40,000 names, and you can see this is farm bureaus, the chambers of commerce, the county organizations, the cattlemen’s groups, other business entities, Pheasants Forever, sportsman’s groups. All of these groups come together and say Colorado and the oil and gas industry here in the state is absolutely vital for our existence. And we want to partner with them, and they want to partner with us, so we put this together. And this is where we are able to activate at least 40,000 folks at a moment’s notice if something’s going on in a municipality. We’ll talk about that here in just a moment. So we have this information now, that we continue to build on, and continue to do the maintenance on, even though we are in an off election year.

As soon as we need to activate it, we are able to see it happen. We are also facing continuing increased opposition.

We saw 4 municipal actions in Colorado in the 1st quarter of 2015. So while 2015 is the year of the ram on the Chinese calendar, I’d have to say it’s the year of the whack a mole, if you are familiar with the game at Chucky Cheese. Because they just come back up and we have to keep bumping them back. It’s because we have this increased opposition and all these groups have popped up in the last 12 months, with the exception a couple of the big ones, Western Priorities and 350 Colorado. Don’t Frack Denver, Conservation CONTINUES ON PAGE 18 Boulder Weekly

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Colorado, Protect our Colorado, (inaudible), all these have continued to pop up, very local grassroots. But if you track the money back, it all goes back to the same four or five, 6 entities.

So 2014 victories, I encourage you to also take a look at this, this is Protect Colorado, which is kinda the political arm we work with, the political entity, CRED stays strictly educational. This document that I have on the back counter really outlines, kinda timeline everything that happened. In Loveland, in June of 14, the industry saw our first victory. And we moved the needle 10 points in 2 months, from having the measure pass 60-40, to defeating it 52-48. This was the industry’s first victory to date. We were 0 and 5, going in to this and we really needed to change the tide. At this point, also staring two opposition ballot measures in the face, local control, 2,000-foot setback no exceptions, in Colorado. Which if you run the numbers in Weld County, low end 85 percent, high end 95 percent, would be shut down in Weld County with a 2,000-foot setback. Thanks to a lot of effort, 13 pieces of direct mail, 7 campus passes, and over 12.2 [million] digital impressions generated ... we moved it 10 points in two months. This is what set off the wave with the opposition.

Whoops, the oil and gas industry got organized and they figured out how to defeat us. And so we saw at 6:00 on August 4 the withdrawal of the 2 opposition measures, the 2000 foot setback and a local control measure, which also we withdrew ours, which was a fiscal responsibility measure, fiscal impact, you cannot ban oil and gas in Colorado and receive the revenue for it in your municipality. Can’t have your cake and eat it too. All of those came down, the governor created the oil and gas task force, and then spent the next six or seven months in that, and recommendations came out in February, Commissioner Lapore is now implementing those recommendations, going through rule enhancements and things of that nature.

All of this really kind of changed the way that we work. Because the opposition figured CRED was going to stop. Measures came off the ballot, everything was going to go away, they’d go through this rule making process so that they could go back to continue the fight.

Noble and Anadarko, and our other funders with Protect Colorado, had a different idea. And we have continued to move forward. We’ve pulled down, we had 10 million dollars in media reserve for September and October, we pulled that down, but we kept going. We still did ads in September and October right in the heat of the Cory Gardner/Mark Udall senate race, right in the middle of other hot political races in 2014.

The second time they thought we were going to stand down was when oil prices began to plummet, and PR campaigns and these kinds of activities are often the ones that are easily cut and then saving the bottom line with the oil and gas industry. Wrong again. We’ve been fully funded for 2015, and continue to move forward, thanks to commitments from about 15 companies in Colorado and around the country. They really do see the value of this. We’ve been able to move forward. And the opposition has been on its heels.

We’ve had these four municipalities, as I mentioned, Erie, there was a local race, or a local initiative put forth before city council that ran and they were trying to put in an emergency moratorium. That 40,000 number I shared with you, we had 400 people in the town of Erie that we mobilized in 24 hours. Before I ever put one boot on the ground. We then put canvassing on the ground, did some door-todoor canvassing, flipped the vote and were able to defeat it 4 to 3. In Windsor, pro-active canvassing. There was rumor they were going to put a ballot measure on, a community bill of rights, so we did have the data in Windsor, knowing that that fights going to come back.

Even more of a preemptive strike in Fort Collins, looking at electing a pro [oil and gas] city council, and making sure that the right city council members got elected to the city council to stop a potential fracking ban. And finally in Denver, this was kind of a one-two punch. In February, we had some op-eds and editorials go out, John Fielder, who does beautiful Colorado landscape photography I’m sure many of you have seen it. He did an anti-fracking rally on the steps of the city council. We countered that and took the wind out of their sails in about a total of seven days. Including two meetings with the editorial board at the Denver Post, and a subsequent editorial saying this is ludicrous. We then also elected a pro city council, a pro-energy city council 7-6 on the conservative count. My count is like 9-4 in our favor for Denver City Council. To try and push something through there, which the opposition was trying to do, is now very difficult. So we have been very, very (inaudible). And 18 July 28, 2016

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So steps moving forward — really continuing our standard activities. We want to rack up on broadcast, TV and radio in early September, continuing to do heavy outreach. We do about 150 events a year, we have a very aggressive events staff at booths and fairs and festivals ... Also the door-to-door canvassing, we will knock on about 400,000 doors total this year, and then broad coalition building adding to that NASCAR network.

Looking at 2016, trying to determine and understand what is going to happen, what is the opposition going to do, now that they have been down for the count for 12 months, and (inaudible) trying to see if they are going to run any statewide ballots. Simultaneously, we have to be ready for that strike in the event they do play that card, so we are doing a fair amount of polling and research on our own ballot measures. And they’re not only on the oil and gas side, but also on fiscal impacts, on good government, on ballot reform. And I can tell you as far as this goes, it’s going to be a fairly crowded ballot in 2016 with a lot of these initiatives, and others that the business community is running. So this is where I spend a good portion of my time, but it has been a remarkable journey for lack of a better term running these programs, to really create this from the ground up, and be able to demonstrate its usefulness, and how we can fight back and make sure the oil and gas industry is able to thrive and able to thrive responsibly.

With that I’m happy to take questions.

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[Matt Lepore describes legal challenges] A very impressive multi-faceted approach, obviously that takes money and supporters, can you speak to your funding?

On the CRED side that’s a 50/50 joint venture between Noble and Anadarko. And I will tell you that their investment in the last 2 years has been north of 8 figures.

They have invested considerable resources.

On the Protect Colorado side, there has also been considerable investment, not as much as the CRED side. Seeing as we didn’t have a ballot initiative and legally that is the sole purpose of that organization, to advocate for and against certain ballot measures. And we have supporters to 100 dollars to larger contributions from a quarter of a million dollars to a million dollars. And Protect Colorado – Whiting, PVC, Pioneer CalFrack, Phase Water Exploration, Black Hills, Bill Barrett, about 15 total operators have a seat at the table and have contributed.

Have you had any discussion about changing the actual ballot process itself?

Yes, we are in the process of evaluating that right now, including working with the greater business community because there’s also a movement afoot in the greater business community, a number of long-time Colorado leaders who are increasing the number of signatures required. Right now we are 5 percent of the Secretary of State, it takes 94,000 signatures to get on the ballot in Colorado, and there is no requirement for it to be diverse according to geography, so I can go camp in downtown Denver and get 94,000 signatures and be done. There is no proportion requirement by Congressional district or by county. So looking and seeing how all those (inaudible) Is this being done in any other state other than Colorado? Your model or the model that has been developing?

We have been working a little bit in Texas with the company I am working for, PacWest, we are a consulting firm, we have been working with the Texas Oil and Gas Association, but no it has not been replicated to this level. Unfortunately now that we have validation, that it works, oil has taken a dive so these types of efforts, given that they are funded by you all in this room and by the industry itself, it is very, very hard to do with commodity prices the way they are. Thank you all very much.

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anvassers collecting signatures to guarantee two initiatives impacting oil and gas regulations make it on the November ballot claim they have been harassed while circulating petitions in public places. Both volunteer and paid signature-gatherers for Initiatives #75 (local control) and #78 (2,500-foot setbacks) have been canvassing at public parks, ice-cream socials, in front of community centers and other public spaces throughout the state.

A press release from Yes for Health and Safety over Fracking reports incidences in Windsor, Greeley, Steamboat Springs, Loveland, Thornton, Denver and Boulder. It says canvassers have been followed by cars, petition signers have been intimidated to cross out their names and opponents have posted threats on social media.

Maria Orms and Jeanette Pidanick, co-captains for the petition drive in Adams County, have both experienced increased harassment in recent days.

Both were with a group of canvassers outside the Broomfield Community Center on Monday night where there was an Extraction Oil and Gas, LLC community meeting going on inside. Orms says a woman drove up in a hurry and told them, “Do me a favor and give them a whole story. Don’t just give them half the information.” She then preceded to stop everyone gathering signatures for Initiatives 75 and 78 until she had

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“This woman, who was passing out flyers for oil and gas, she was trying to prevent a man from signing,” Pidanick adds. “She was very aggressive and literally he couldn’t sign because she was really close to them ... He got through his first name but then he stopped.”

Pidanick asked the woman to stop harassing the citizen and as they stood there debating, he was able to finish signing the petition.

“This hasn’t just happened to us but it’s happening to other volunteers by people holding signs or verbally harassing them or trying to intimidate people as they are getting a signature or are in the middle of signing,” Pidanick says. “I knew it was going on, but [this week] was the first time I had ever witnessed it and I stopped it.”

Pidanick says she’s also been accused of lying while collecting signatures outside other community meetings with oil and gas companies. One man yelled at her while taking her photo before someone pulled him away and made him walk inside.

“I’ve been at public places where they take your photo, they take video of you,” Pidanick says. “Just real aggressive intimidation tactics, and now they are at a point where they are physically trying to block signatures and it has to stop.”

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Orms says in other incidences, managers of buildings or organizers at public events in parks have talked to her about complaints. The police have been called several times when their group has been out canvassing, although they never do anything other than stand and watch them.

“Every single place we go, the first tactic is to ask us to leave and then the second tactic is to try and tell us they have an ordinance or something that says we can’t be there,” Orms says. “And we just have to keep saying, ‘No, sorry, we’re going to be here.’ ... We have to tell them that we do have the right to be here and we have to stand our ground.”

Although this is Pidanick’s first time canvassing for a cause, Orms has walked around registering voters before and says she was never harassed this way.

Additionally, she’s talked with people circulating petitions for other constitutional amendments such as the State Minimum Wage and Medical Aid in Dying, and they haven’t experienced the same level of scrutiny.

“They tell me they don’t get any harassment at all,” she says. “They don’t get the police called on them.”

As the Aug. 8 deadline for signatures draws near, Pidanick is worried the harassment will only increase.

“It’s growing and it’s getting more intense, and quite frankly I’m afraid someone is going to get hurt,” Pidanick says. “This is our right, this is part of our democracy and they’re trying to block that.”

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ongmont is joining Boulder in a hotter future, with more pollution and potentially worse floods at the hand of a tiny, jewel-colored insect.

The emerald ash borer, glittering green and smaller than a penny, is said to be the most destructive tree pest in North American history. In urban areas near where the invasive species first touched down in the U.S. in 2002, nearly 100 percent of ash trees have been wiped out.

“The urban tree canopy overall provides huge environmental, social, economic benefits to the community,” says Kathleen Alexander, City of Boulder forester, “everything from shading and saving energy, reducing the need for air conditioners to carbon sequestration, carbon storage, reducing the flood risk for the city.”

Trees also essentially breathe in pollutants and gather particulate matter on their leaves, keeping them out of our lungs. They save 850 lives a year in the U.S., as well as preventing 670,000 cases of acute respiratory illness and saving $7 billion in health costs, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

But wherever emerald ash borers go, ash trees die. Tens of millions of trees have been lost since the borer reached the U.S. from Asia almost 15 years ago.

Landing first in Michigan, they have now spread to 25 states and two Canadian provinces.

And as of June 6, they were discovered in Longmont. Evidenced by the damage they’ve already caused, it’s believed borers have been there for at least two years, but so far they appear to be localized in a single neighborhood, near Ninth Avenue and Hover Street, close to Golden Ponds Park.

“The good news is we haven’t found it anywhere else yet,” says Ken Wicklund, Longmont forestry supervisor. “I don’t know if good news is the right word there cause it moves so quickly ... We can presume that it’s in more parts of the city than just that one neighborhood, but it’s really difficult to detect this thing early on.”

Emerald ash borers were first found in Colorado in 2013 in the City of Boulder and hadn’t shown signs of spreading until now. But that doesn’t mean they haven’t.

“The way this insect works is that it goes undetected early on and you really can’t see the symptoms, but the beetle’s doing its business in the tree,” Wicklund says.

Females lay 40 to 70 eggs at a time and can have as many as 200 in their lifetime. Wicklund says their prolific breeding and ability to spread quickly is what makes the invasive insect so deadly.

Borers’ larvae live beneath the bark of ash trees, burrowing in meandering

S-shaped tunnels and cutting off the tree’s supply of nutrients and water.

Longmont has a plan to treat 900 trees on public land and remove lowquality trees, replacing them with other species. But of the 37,800 ash trees in Longmont, 35,000 are on private land; meaning homeowners are responsible for treating and/or removing infected trees.

If an ash tree is infested with the emerald ash borer it will begin to show symptoms: D-shaped exit holes, wavy burrow lines, shedding bark, excessive woodpecker damage and branches dying in the crown of the tree.

“We have more eyes looking than ever,” Wicklund says. “We have contractors looking as they prune trees, our own staff is looking as we’re working on the ash trees, and we’re getting a lot of calls from citizens.”

But what citizens report most often are another insect called a lilac ash borer.

“Emerald ash borer is basically a tree killer,” Wicklund says, “But lilac ash borer can stress out portions of the tree and it can give some symptoms that are similar to emerald ash borer.”

Lilac ash borers appear wasp-like.

They leave larger exit holes that aren’t D shaped and tend to single out portions of the tree rather than killing the whole thing.

Alexander suggests property owners consult local certified arborists to determine the best course of action.

Pesticides are expensive and have to be administered by a professional throughout the life of the tree. The cheaper option is to remove and replace infested ash trees, which can still cost up to a thousand dollars.

The City of Boulder has a goal of planting 500 new trees a year. Boulder spent $128,000 on the emerald ash borer last year between planting new trees, pesticide treatments, tree removal and debris management. The City anticipates increased tree removal to raise this year’s cost by $40,000 based on the number of dead trees.

“Economically, it’s gonna cost a lot to deal with emerald ash borer,” Alexander says. “Not just for the City of Boulder, but Longmont, Denver, every community out there. Ash makes up a big component of our urban forests here along the Front Range.”

Wicklund says it’s nearly impossible to eradicate the insect. The best chance we have for keeping costs down and minimizing the damages of lost trees is detecting infestations early and planting new trees to take the place of our ash, which will inevitably succumb to the emerald ash borer.

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f Aristotle was right, and the whole really is greater than the sum of its parts, then James Dziezynski hit the nail on the head with his new book.

Dziezynski, an avid outdoorsman, dog-lover and Boulder local, is the author of Best Summit Hikes Denver to Vail (Wilderness Press 2016), a new guidebook documenting almost 100 hikes along the highly trafficked stretch of I-70.

“Despite having passed by the mountains along the I-70 corridor hundreds of times,” Dziezynski says, “It rarely occurred to me that nearly all of them could be hiked.”

For years Dziezynski had used I-70 as a way to get to other mountains throughout the state. He hadn’t considered the possibility that the pavement could lead him to quality hikes much closer to home.

“I assumed for a long time that the hikes [off the highway between Denver and Vail] were either boring or on private land. Thankfully, I was wrong on both accounts.”

Dziezynski, originally from Connecticut, moved to Boulder in the early 1990s after attending a National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) mountaineering course. His hope was to expand his love for adventure and aptitude for writing. Now, more than 20 years later, Dziezynski still spends all his free time researching, traversing and writing about the outdoors.

“I don’t necessarily reject the trappings of the frontcountry,” he says. “But I do find the fatigue of enduring the endless, empty rhetoric of society — political, religious, nationalist, you name it — much more draining than the satisfying fatigue of a day well spent in the mountains.”

Aside from freelancing, he’s a senior editor at RootsRated.com, a contributing editor at Elevation Outdoors Magazine and a contributing writer to Outside, Backpacker, National Geographic Adventure, among other publications, including Boulder Weekly.

In 2003, Dziezynski wrapped up Colorado’s 14ers, and this year he’s approaching 850 unique summits in the Centennial State, aiming to reach 1,000 within the next two or three years. But in the end, he laments, “As much as I enjoy hiking, I was really getting worn out from the driving.”

To solve this problem, and potentially help others gunning to hike but unable to dedicate superfluous driving time, Dziezynski decided to produce a guidebook filled with easily accessible and near-proximity hikes. In total, he spent three years on the project, hiking, documenting and vetting all 95 summits in the book.

I-70, which begins at a Park & Ride outside Baltimore, Maryland, loosely traces the historic National Road that served as a main artery for 1800s settlers heading west.

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Continuing I-70 through the mountains and toward Utah helped spur life to central and western Colorado by connecting the more rural parts of the state to the economic hotspots just east of the mountains. The highway proved a conduit for not only exploring new recreation areas, but also contributed to the conception of new towns. Vail, which wasn’t officially established until 1966, owes its livelihood directly to I-70, the only entry and exit portals.

The Best Summit Hikes Denver to Vail covers the first 97 miles of the western extension, all within a two-hour drive from the Denver metro area. In order to maximize accessibility, Dziezynski narrowed his selection to include only trailheads within 10 miles of the highway. Classic hikes such as Torrey’s Peak and Peak 1 are detailed in the book, as well as more secluded areas like Mount Solitude and Silver Plume Mountain.

Dziezynski prides himself in how readable the guidebook is. “I respect the fact my audience is busy; they may only have one day a week, or less, to be in the mountains. It’s my responsibility to set them up for the best possible day,” he says.

“He’s just a storyteller through and through,” says Tanya Sylvan, Dziezynski’s publicist at the Wilderness Press. The Best Summit Hikes Denver to Vail is the second book Dziezynki has published with the Wilderness Press. The success of his first guidebook, The Best Summit Hikes in Colorado, led to a second edition release in 2012.

Dziezynski hiked and tracked all of the summits included in the book, some of which he hiked up to 20 times, plus another two dozen that didn’t make the cut.

“The only ones I left out were either technical routes, on private land, or were too small to be considered mountains,” he says.

In addition to researching and writing about the hikes, he also managed the GPS work, took photos and aided in some map creation. Aside from consulting some trusted colleagues and friends in the Colorado Mountain Club, the research was orchestrated by Dziezynski as a one-man show, plus the help of his dogs.

“I feel the greatest joy in the mountains when hiking with my dogs,” he says.

Dziezynski explicitly worked with his publisher to keep the price low at $10.

“My hope is that that helps it get into the hands of hikers who have always wondered what those I-70 corridor peaks are all about. It’s a great book to keep in the glovebox and reference when you’re stuck in I-70 traffic!”

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Paul Bassis and Tierro Lee’s ARISE Festival — part music, part conscious-living advocacy, part art installation garden, part Front Range Technicolor group hug — turns four this year.

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trolling down the main vendor concourse on Saturday, the middle day, of ARISE last year, we happened upon a guy who, like us, was sporting a pretty nice Nikon DLSR. A retiree from New Mexico, midsixties or so, he hadn’t really come for the music, little of which he had much first-hand familiarity with, but just for the “experience” and to escape a brutal “heat dome” that was roasting Albuquerque at the time. He saw our own cameras and came up to ask for a little technical advice; the three of us spent 10 minutes comparing and twiddling knobs on our cameras — all different models — trying to thwart a quarrelsome setting on his, until amiably agreeing to a joint surrender.

“It’ll be fine,” he said. “It’s just nice to be up here. I love this crowd.”

And it was fine. We passed him four or five more times during the course of the afternoon, smiling and waving each time. Our new buddy. We never got his name.

It’s probably de rigueur that festivals be defined by culture critics by their “vibe,” but ARISE, at least for us, seems to slip the noose of easy labeling.

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conscious-living advocacy, fairground family fun, low-impact concert event, Earth-trinket marketplace and Gaia-child cosplay, ARISE coaxes and seduces its patrons to derive their own experience.

It doesn’t hurt that the site — about 100 acres of the Sunrise Ranch — is in an Eden-esque valley west of Loveland, with forested foothills and sandstone cliffs silently surveying the proceedings.

Rolling Stone calls ARISE “politically charged,” and, sure, if you’re lining up non-profit booths that focus on conscious and sustainable living, communitybased advocacy, environmental causes, etc., and the notable absence of groups like Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development or the National Rifle Association, someone somewhere is going to call you “political.” Paul Bassis told us last year that he envisioned the festival being the locus of an “ARISE movement,” a Colorado Front Range outpost in a more global progressive social transformation.

We’re not sure about the “charged” part.

Movements can be swift or glacial in their development. We spent a solid half hour in Colorado Community Rights Network’s booth, talking to their volunteers about various land and resource development issues throughout the state, before anyone even thought to ask us to sign up to their mailing list, much less ask for a donation. According to co-producer Tierro Lee, this is no accident.

“One of the premises to having a really, really great ‘conscious party’ ... is providing options for people,” he told us a few weeks ago. “And the people will choose.

And those options will all have a theme to create an uplifting experience, a positive experience.

“But part of that is also about learning and about education, sharing knowledge. So we do give guidance and direction to our non-profits that they’re there and we want them there to share knowledge about what’s happening in our communities ... but we also remind them that people are here to have fun and that they’re part of that, and we want them to have fun, too.

“So we don’t pound anything over anyone’s head — we want to allow the attendee to create their own experience. When you hold a space see ARISE Page 30

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Later in the day last year, we were lucky enough to catch Bassis and Lee tooling around in a golf cart — they picked us up and brought us up the hill to the huge yoga tent (quiet, please) that afforded a sweeping view of the concourse, the Area 51 electronica stage, the Eagle and Scene stages to the north, and the vast harbor of tents and vehicles off to the southwest. For some peculiar reason, the image of Custer gazing down on the Sioux village popped into my head.

The subdued hum of humanity in a transient village.

We shared that observation with Lee. He laughed.

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about 30 percent growth over 2014’s numbers. Which raised a question... growth is a good thing, especially when you’re trying to establish an event of Take your music with these proportions as a benchmark community event. When do they know, or a side of art how will they know when the festival hits a chill-vibe ceiling; when it’s outat the ARISE festival. grown its comfortable slacks, so to speak?

“That’s a good question, I believe there is [a growth ceiling], and I don’t think we’ve gotten there yet. But we will watch closely.

“The other part to that is that we do have room to expand. Right now, we’re hosting on a hundred acres of the Sunrise Ranch, but the ranch itself is well over three hundred. So we’ll look down the road; we’ve thought, if this does grow bigger, how do we want to maintain that relaxed at atmosphere and that space.”

And some of that future growth may well come from families. Kids under 12 are free of admission to ARISE, and Lee says that persuading young families (many of whose parents came of age in the festival era) that large, three-day outdoor music festivals don’t need to be scary and disorienting experiences for their kids, is one of their primary missions.

“Absolutely. It’s important to us personally, because we’re family people and the way we run our organization is very family based ... we’ve put a lot of effort into the Children’s Village, which is expanding again this year.

One of the things that says a lot is that 10 percent of the population of ARISE is 12 years or younger. You look at other events, and that’s not necessarily the case.”

As for the music, this year’s headliners include Ziggy Marley, Jurassic 5, Papadosio, The New Mastersounds and Todd Snider’s Hard Working Americans. We told Lee we were also pleased to see Elephant Revival high up on the bill. The Front Range quintet has had a year touched by triumph and near-catastrophe, almost selling out a headlining Red Rocks gig in May, then barely escaping a scary bus fire in North Carolina in June, to which the band lost personal effects and musical instruments.

Lee shared our enthusiasm.

“They are a tremendous Colorado act, and a tremendous national act as well,” Lee says. “I just think they really embody what a lot of our audience enjoys. Colorado loves to support their musicians, and this is a perfect example of that. If you look at our lineup, you’ll see its riddled with wonderful local acts.”

For now, Lee and Bassis’ operation is running smoothly — every year is an audition for the next year’s festival.

But being an outdoor festival in a climate like Colorado’s, Lee also has his sights set on the one element all the planning can’t control.

“Right now, the weather looks good. Mid-eighties, a mix of sun and clouds. Basically perfect for us.

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The original English major

Robert Earl Keen may consider himself an acquired taste, but his 30-year career has built a cult-like following of devotees and made him one of Texas’ favorite sons.

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omewhere in the course of our phone conversation, I ask Robert Earl Keen how he planned to use his degree in English literature after he graduated from Texas A&M in 1980.

Keen doesn’t miss a beat.

“Oh my God,” he says, “I’m the one person in America that uses their English degree for exactly what it’s applied to.”

The Texan singer-songwriter has released nearly 20 albums in the course of a 30-year career that really took flight just a few years after he received that English degree.

Through the decades he became one of the Lone Star State’s most beloved musicians, with big names like George Strait, Lyle Lovett and the Dixie Chicks covering his work.

If you’re familiar with Keen’s music, you might call him somewhat of an acquired taste — Lord knows he’s called himself that. But you can’t offend Keen by telling him his power as a performer doesn’t lie in the virtuosity of his guitar playing or the strength of his voice, because he knows damn well he’s not a maestro on guitar or the Pavarotti of Americana.

Nah, Keen’s strength lies in his capacity as a storyteller.

And that’s just fine with him.

“Most of my English degree came about through literature, not so much writing but the study of literature from novels to poems to free-form writing,” Keen says. “So I read and wrote on a lot of different subjects as far as literature goes, and I feel like I’m part of that fabric now. I’m the original English major. Everyone else went and became a lawyer... or started a bed and breakfast.”

Keen’s an amiable guy, so while law doesn’t quite seem to suit him, maybe he still could be a hell of a B&B owner if he knows how to whip up a decent batch of waffles, but we didn’t really get into that. Keen never doubted he’d spend his life making music for a living, even when he was working a 9-to-5 with the Texas Railway Commission right out of college. He’d clock out as soon as he could and make his way down to some bar or open mic most every night for four years, slowly creating a collection of original material that he laid down into his first album in 1984, No Kinda Dancer.

“The two things that I did know was that I wasn’t gonna give up and the other thing was when I started being around other people involved in music, I knew I was gonna be there when they weren’t.”

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by Caitlin Rockett And 30 years later here he is. He’s done it all, whatever he’s wanted, really, from country to folk to rock (and a heavy dose of comedy mixed into all of that). His songs are purely and unapologetically Texas, from tender ballads about life as an immigrant to hand-clapping ditties perfect for poker playing and whiskey drinking. The more you sit and let Keen spin you a yarn, the more you want to hear, and the more endearing his wobbly baritone becomes. You scarcely need whiskey to feel welloiled from Keen’s tales of road trippin’, heart breakin’ and Texas hill country livin’.

Despite Keen’s unrestricted musical exploration, bluegrass remained conspicuously missing from the singer’s hefty catalog — until last year.

Keen’s loved bluegrass since he was a teenager tearing up the streets of Houston with eight-tracks of The Stanley Brothers, but he’s been vocal — no pun intended — about feeling like he lacks the prowess to attack a genre that’s known for those “high, lonesome” tenor voices.

“I really thought it just wasn’t my place in music,” he says.

“I was happy playing it around campfire situations or hanging out late night and swapping songs.”

But time has this way of shifting our notions of where exactly our “place” in life, or music, is. For Keen, the time had finally come to do what he’d always wanted to do and sing some bluegrass.

The result is Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions, a collection of 15 bluegrass classics (20 if you get the deluxe version of the album) that Keen put together with a little help from his friends Lyle Lovett, Natalie Maines, fiddler Sara Watkins, mandolin player Kym Warner, banjo picker Danny Barnes and others.

The album’s title, Keen says, is a reflection of the dichotomy that exists in bluegrass between the toe-tapping melodies and heart-rending lyrics.

Keen’s called the album one of the happiest experiences he’s had while making music, and it earned him Billboard’s 2015 No. 2 Bluegrass Artist and No. 2 Bluegrass Album.

With the bluegrass album done, Keen says he’s ready to take on his next challenge.

“Short songs for a short attention span culture,” he says.

“You know, sometimes a song really just has one idea and it doesn’t need to keep being expressed over and over. No bridge, no chorus. Nothing longer than 45 seconds.”

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Making more of lesser Shakespeare

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ou’ve probably heard the old saw about sex being like pizza: “Even when it’s not that great it’s still pretty good.” The same may be said of the works of Señor El Grande Jefe del Teatro, William Shakespeare.

Ol’ Will crushed it most of the time with comedies like Much Ado About Nothing and A Midsummer Night’s Dream; tragedies like Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet; and histories like Richard II and Henry IV. All of these endure, centuries after springing from Will’s quill, as sublime examples of theatrical excellence. Most people only ever see the Bard’s best, most well-known plays performed, so they never realize that there are, in fact, lesser plays in his folio.

If you think about it, it’s actually pretty edifying. Just like you and me, even Shakespeare had his off days.

Troilus and Cressida is one such lesser, “problem” play. It is neither comedy nor tragedy nor history. It is, instead, a Frankenstein’s monster cobbled together with parts from all three. It is therefore produced far less frequently than other, more popular Shakespeare fare.

Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF) veteran, Director Carolyn Howarth, however, has a soft spot for Troilus and Cressida, and she and her cast and crew deliver the best possible version of one of Billy’s more neglected works.

Howarth’s decision to utilize a vague temporal setting — it could be the distant past or far-flung future — is gutsy and effective. The most successful element of Troilus and Cressida is Shakespeare’s satire and outright criticism of the futility and fundamental injustice of war. That lament

is sadly timeless, a reality reflected by Howarth’s setting. Scenic Designer Caitlyn Ayer and Costume Designer Hugh Hanson sell Howarth’s vision of Greeks and Trojans divorced from time.

Rusted, decaying metal columns float above the stage. The characters’ outfits would be as much at home in the 12th century as the 25th. There’s a definite Mad Max aesthetic going on — including a punk rock Cassandra (Emelie O’Hara) and some Nine Inch Nails to close the show — and it works.

Troilus and Cressida takes place during the seventh year of the 10-year Trojan War. The action bounces back and forth between the Trojans, holed up inside the high walls of Troy, and the Greeks, encamped around the city. Factions on both sides advocate for an end to the senseless violence — remember, the entire war was over the Greek Helen (Lindsey Kyler) running off with the Trojan Paris ( Jihad Milhem) — while their rich and royal leaders push the war forward out of pride and pugnaciousness.

In Troy, Pandarus (Howard Swain) plays matchmaker to Troilus (Christopher Joel Onken) and Cressida (Carolyn Holding). Pandarus’ attempts to pave the way for the young lovers’ woo-making are as operatic as they are humorous. Kudos to Swain for his gofor-broke take on the world’s first panderer. Onken convinces as an earnest suitor, and Holding — as she does in The Comedy of Errors — is riveting as she makes Shakespeare’s dusty dialogue sound text-slang modern.

In the Greek camp, the famed yet disillusioned Achilles (Geoffrey Kent), perfectly costumed in a red, yin yang

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kimono top, refuses to fight. While Achilles is content to languish in his tent, the Trojans propose a one-on-one death match — seemingly for bragging rights alone — and the Greeks choose Ajax (Austin Terrell) as their champion.

Despite the presence of big names like Achilles, Agamemnon (Kelsey Didion) and Ulysses (Mare Trevathan), the most memorable member of Team Greek is the fool, Thersites (Sean Scrutchins).

Thersites gets 90 percent of the best comedy bits in Troilus and Cressida, and Scrutchins milks every laugh from every line. Between his bawdy, ball-busting Thersites and his turn as the unhinged German doctor in The Comedy of Errors, Scrutchins’ 2016 CSF run is one to be remembered, a highlight reel of hilarity.

War is hell. The rich get richer, and the poor get fucked. True love is a fake fairy tale. Heroes are merely villains with better press agents. Such are the cynical lessons of Troilus and Cressida, arguably one of Shakespeare’s most existential plays. And like Matt Damon making a living off of gunporn films while simultaneously advocating for the U.S. government to confiscate its citizens’ guns, Troilus and Cressida suffers from more than a little hypocrisy. After spending the first two-thirds decrying the horrors of war, Shakespeare fills the final third with more fight scenes and bloody deaths than a kung fu movie marathon.

All hail Howarth and company for making more of lesser Shakespeare!

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rtist Olek lays on her back holding a staple gun in an empty gallery, putting the final touches on her work.

She laments about how she is mistreated and looked down upon for her chosen medium.

“I get a lot of shit from men because I don’t paint,” she says. “It’s not about the technique or what you use, really it’s about what you make. ... Being a woman in this world is quite difficult. It’s not because there are less of us. It’s not because we’re less talented. It’s because it’s a really chauvinistic fucking art world.”

When Olek’s piece is done, it hangs in the gallery window: a giant, colorful yarn mural that reads, “Keep Calm & Eat My Cock.”

This is a scene in the new documentary Yarn from Icelandic director Una Lorenzen, playing at The Dairy Arts Center Aug. 3. Yarn peeks into the world of knitting and crocheting, but it keeps the focus on international artists using yarn as a mode of expression.

The idea for the film started a few years ago after a conversation between co-directors/producers Heather Millard and Thordur Jonsson, not Boulder Weekly

Artist Olek makes a bold statement with her chosen medium: Yarn.

“We were talking about how sort of more traditional or former home activities had started to become trendy again like baking,” Millard says. “And we were wondering what would be the new trend.”

They started looking deeper into the world of yarn work and discovered a subset of people pushing the material beyond its more traditional uses. With Yarn, they hope to show the artistic possibilities of the material, from Tilde Björfors, who utilizes it in her contemporary circus performances, to Toshiko Not your average crochet project.

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Millard credits the economic recession and the frenetic modern-day culture as a couple reasons luring people to these hobbies. “[During the recession] people were starting to grow their own food more and make their own clothes more, and I think that plays into it,” she says. “The state of society today is longing for

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something a bit more meditative and calming, and knitting and crocheting have been looked at as being therapeutic in that respect.”

But it goes far beyond that for the artists in the documentary. They use yarn to make political statements and to challenge gender normatives, among other reasons. The film deals largely with feminism, even though the filmmakers didn’t set out to make a film with that purpose. “[Feminism] comes in early in the film and genuinely early when coming in with the artON THE BILL: Yarn. ists,” Millard says. “It was something they feel 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, Dairy Arts Center, Boedecker strongly about, and something they’ve struggled Theater, 2590 Walnut St., with at times. It also led us into the journey of Boulder, 303-440-7826. the film.”

“In the back of our minds, we know about these issues,” Lorenzen adds. “I thought it was awesome. We saw this thread building up and we embraced it.”

In the film, yarn bomber Tinna celebrates the art form and its legacy for women.

“Not many areas initially developed by women were first for artistic expression,”she says in the film, as a montage of images of women using yarn through time and across cultures plays. “It is amazing how many women know how to knit and how to crochet and do it as art.”

Tinna continues to talk about how, because knitting and crocheting are seen as a woman’s craft, they’re somehow lower ranked. She also bemoans the double standard she faces using the medium.

“Everyone seems to get so excited when men do it; they jump around and wet themselves with excitement,” she says. “But when a woman knits, and might even do a better job, everyone just considers it to be completely normal.”

As someone might take a can of spray paint to the side of a building, Tinna instead uses yarn, hanging her creations on walls or from telephone poles. She capitalizes on yarn’s feminine quality, and exploits it in her work, calling the practice powerful and beautiful.

“Wool graffiti means to take handicrafts, women’s art and practical art from inside your home and take it out onto the streets of the city,” she says.

“Cities often have masculine energy, sharp corners, everything is gray. Then you are obviously taking some female energy out into the streets of the city. Feminine energy is rosy, soft warm and colorful. It’s fun to see how these two contrast and play together.”

As with other art documentaries, Yarn encourages the viewer to use their own voice. It even inspired Millard to pick up a pair of needles herself. Be it for a scarf or a political statement, yarn serves as a not-so-new tool for expression — and it comes in a variety colors.

Wool graffiti artist Tinna uses yarn to explore the contrast between feminine and masculine energy in urban spaces.

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Chris Sheldon and Friends. 8 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Jelly Bread. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Dueling Ukelelees. 5 p.m. Boulder Beer Company, 2880 Wilderness Place, Boulder, 303-444-8448.

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Eben G. Fine Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Nick Critchlow. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

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Jack Hadley. 7:30 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318.

Burle and Sally Van Meter. 8 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Jahnman Brahman. 9 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

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9 a.m. Friday, July 29 - Sunday, July 31, Planet Bluegrass Ranch, 500 W Main St., Lyons, 303-823-0848.

10 a.m. Friday, July 29 - Sunday, August 7, Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 303-678-6235.

5:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30, Main stage @ Goodwill, Underground Music Showcase, South Broadway, Denver.

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For those dogged devotees of Denver’s beloved, alcohol-soaked Underground Music Showcase, it comes as no surprise that there are always surprises at the three-day music festival that sets up shop in every nook and dive bar of South Broadway. Post up at the main stage on Saturday afternoon and find yourself stunned by the sophisticated ’90s grunge sound of Residual Kid, a teenage punk-rock band from Austin, Texas, making their third UMS appearance this year. Lead singer and guitarist Deven Ivy formed the band with brothers Max (bass) and Ben (drums) Redman back in 2009 when the guys were barely pre-teens.

Still not old enough to vote or buy a pack of smokes, the band landed a major label record deal just last year. See theums.com for tickets and a full lineup.

Rock on

Come to this year’s fair, where there are dozens of events and exhibitions to check out. Courtesy of local groups and organizations, there’s a barrage of attractions, such as a petting zoo, crop and livestock competitions, horse shows and a circus. Attendees can enjoy games, rides and fair foods. The nonprofit event was created by a group of local ranchers 147 years ago with the hope of bringing the rural and urban Courtesy of Boulder County Fair parts of the community together. There’s free parking and admission, with tickets available for purchase for the rodeos and carnival rides.

—Katie Porter

Gallivant

Jam out

Courtesy of Rockygrass Back for its 44th year, this three-day bluegrass oasis boasts a lineup including a variety of groups like Nederland’s Yonder Mountain String Band and nationally acclaimed musicians like Steep Canyon Rangers, Punch Brothers and Sam Bush. In addition to the main stage there’s an indoor pavilion with contests for instruments like the fiddle and the mandolin, and a family area for crafts, slacklining and hula hooping. And the tunes aren’t just confined to the stages either: You can enjoy them from hammocks and tubes on the cool banks of the St. Vrain River or the impromptu jam sessions popping up in the campgrounds.

—Katie Porter

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Weiner. 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Friday, July 29 Music Defunkt Railroad. 6 p.m. Grossen Bart Brewery, 1025 Delaware Ave., Longmont, 214-770-9847.

The Delta Sonics.

6:30 p.m. Dawson Park, Lakeshore Drive, Longmont.

Live Entertainment Nightly at our 1709 Pearl St location

Dueling Ukes. 8 p.m.

SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

THURSDAY JULY 28

Evergreen Grass Band.

10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

NICK CRITCHLOW IN ROOMS 9PM

8PM

FRIDAY JULY 29

LEESAANN 8PM THE JEFFREY JAMES SHOW 9PM SATURDAY JULY 30

Spike Ress, “Cool Silents”

arts 25th Annual Colorado Watercolor Society State Exhibition. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200. Through Aug. 28.

Jeff Richards. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through July 30.

41st Annual Exhibition Western Federation of Watercolor Societies. Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 720-898-7200.

Through Aug. 28.

On Desert Time. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Jan. 8, 2017.

Ana Maria Hernando: We Have Flowers.

CU Art Museum, 1085 18th St., Boulder, 303-492-8300.

Through Oct. 22.

Follow the Fox. 9:30 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Ginga. 8:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555.

See the diversity of the medium as watercolors take over the Arvada Center through Aug. 28.

The Goonies. 10 p.m.

Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Becoming Imperceptible — Adam Pendleton.

Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554.

Through Sept. 11.

Finishing School: BLISS. Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, 1750 13th St., 303-443-2122. Through September 11.

ROBBY WICKS 8PM RAVIN’WOLF 9PM

Indigo Girls. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

SUNDAY JULY 31

Kian&JC. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Rachel Ann Harding. 6:30 p.m. Still Cellars, 1115 Colorado Ave., Longmont, 720-204-6064.

Kort McCumber. 7 p.m. World Of Beer, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-728-9155.

Rapidgrass. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

Laurie D. 6 p.m. Mod Market, 700 Ken Pratt Blvd., Longmont, 720-494-1655.

Retro! 80’s Cover Band. 7:30 p.m. Dickens Opera House, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-543-1411.

LeesaAnn Local. Lyrical. Original. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Rick Lowenberg Jazz Band, Boogie Mammoth.

10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

Pistols in Petticoats. 8 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers. 6:30 p.m., Downtown, Louisville.

MAX MINARDI 8PM ROMA RANSOM 9PM MONDAY AUGUST 1 8PM “So, You’re a Poet,” presents

OPEN POETRY READING TUESDAY AUGUST 2 8PM

THE MATT HUMAN TRIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3 8PM

ESPRESSO!

THURSDAY AUGUST 4

SYDNEY CLAPP 8PM SCRATCHDOG STRINGBAND 9PM FRIDAY AUGUST 5 8PM

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Jami Lunde Duo. 5 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

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Robert Castellino. Community Art Program Gallery, NCAR, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, 303-497-1174. Through July 30.

Setup — Guido Ignatti. Museum of Contemporary Art, 1485 Delgany St., Denver, 303-298-7554. Through Sept. 25.

Why We Dance. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 14.

Women of Abstract Expressionism .

Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Sept. 25.

Split Lip Rayfield, Andy Palmer. 9 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

Quemando. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Steve Selinsky. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Lee Hill), 1501 Lee Hill Road, Suite 20, Boulder, 508-873-9185.

Tony & Jose. 6 p.m. Very Nice Brewing Company, 20 Lakeview Drive, Unit 112, Nederland, 303-258-3770.

Troy Clayton. 5 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

Tyler T. 6 p.m. Jamestown Mercantile Cafe, 108 Main St., Jamestown, 303-442-5847.

Wino Vino. 8 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Wylie. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE. Events

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Samurai Stories with Yoko Hiraoka. 11 a.m.

WOW! Children’s Museum, 110 N Harrison Ave., Lafayette, 303-604-2424.

Set Your Words on Fire Poetry Night. 7 p.m.

Firehouse Art Center, 667 4th Ave., Longmont, 303-651-2787.

Weiner. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

The Comedy of Errors. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado, 303-492-8008.

Through Aug. 7.

Saturday, July 30

Cymbeline. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado, 303-492-8008.

Through Aug. 7.

Music Adam Bodine Trio. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Equivocation. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado, 303-492-8008.

Through Aug. 6.

Big Thompson Flood. 8:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Footloose. BDT Stage, 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-449-6000. Through Sept. 3.

Carbone Family Band. 10 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Henry VI, Part 2. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado, 303-492-8008.

Troilus and Cressida. Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre, University of Colorado, 303-492-8008.

Through Aug. 6.

Robert Therrien. Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway, Denver, 720-865-5000. Through Aug. 7.

Purple Squirrel. 7 p.m. Caffe Sole, 637R S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-499-2985.

Beautiful — The Carole King Musical.

Denver Performing Arts Complex, 1345 Champa St., Denver, 720-865-4239. Through July 31.

Little Shop of Horrors. Miner’s Alley Theatre, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden, 303-935-3044.

Through Aug. 21.

The Resilience Project. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapaho Ave. 303-441-3100.

Through Aug. 24.

Chando with TIN. 10 p.m. The Lazy Dog, 1346 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-3355.

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is almost over; don’t miss your chance to see Troilus and Cressida.

Read BW’s review on page 34.

Colorado Music Festival: Dichterliebe, Craigslistlieder, Songs. 7:30 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-444-7328. see EVENTS Page 42

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Elijah Moore. 10 p.m. Boulder House, 1109 Walnut St., Boulder. 303-443-8600.

Finders Youngberg. 9 p.m. Oskar Blues Brewery, 303 Main St., Lyons, 303-823-6685.

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Francis and the Wolf. 8 p.m. Liquid Mechanics Brewing Company, 297 U.S. 287, Lafayette, 720-550-7813.

Thursday, July 28

Gangsterish. 9 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Friday, July 29

Ryan Magiera. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Terry Tempest Williams — The Hour of Land. 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library, Canyon Theater, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Grandpa’s Gun. 4 p.m. Spirit Hound Distillery, 4196 Ute Highway, Lyons, 303-823-5696.

Monday, Aug. 1

Happy Hour Live Jazz. 5:30 p.m. Tandoori Grill South, 619 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-7339.

Poetry Writing Circle. 10 a.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303.

Hippie Buckaroos. 6:30 p.m. Front Range Brewing, 400 W. South Boulder Road, Suite 1650, Lafayette, 303-339-0767.

“So, You’re a Poet” Open Poetry Reading. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Innisfree Weekly Open Poetry Reading. 7 p.m. Innisfree Poetry Bookstore & Cafe, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder, 303-495-3303.

The Jayhawks. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030.

Vicki Mandell-King & Ran Huntsberry — Shrinking Into Infinite Sky & Drilling Down.

7:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Jessica Eppler & Craig Naylon. 7 p.m. SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

Wednesday, Aug. 3 Tara Dairman — Stars So Sweet. 6:30 p.m. Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-2074.

Mike Fraizer, The Youthful Nothings. 6:30 p.m.

The Forge, 4919 Broadway, Boulder, 303-396-8145.

Sunday, July 31

Friday August 5,1:00-5:00 p.m.

Mojomamma. 4:30 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Nalanda Events Center 6287 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder CO

31 Billy Iuso and Restless Natives. 10 p.m.

Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

New Soul Night. 10 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Barrel of Blues. 1 p.m. The Post Brewing Company, 105 W. Emma St., Lafayette, 303-593-2066.

Ran Off the Rooster. 9 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Bill Mckay Band. 10 p.m. Mountain Sun Pub, 1535 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-546-0886.

Ravin’Wolf Acoustic Thunder. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Billy Shaddox. 9 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Robby Wicks. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Roxy Roca plays Funk and Soul. 9 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

The Seers. 7 p.m. World Of Beer, 921 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-728-9155.

The Dancin’ Village Beach Party. 3 p.m. Via, 2855 63rd St., Boulder. 303-447-2848.

Theresa Peterson. 5 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

Danny Thurmer. 5 p.m. Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway St., Boulder, 720-849-8458.

Upstate Rubdown. 2 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

David Booker. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids and Solids, 1555 S. Hover Road, Longmont, 303-485-9400.

Saturday August 27, 9:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Crafted Life Handmade Market. 10 a.m. Lafayette Festival Plaza, 311 S. Public Road, Lafayette.

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Colorado Music Festival: Bach To Lash — Four Centuries, Four Masterpieces. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Scott Guthrie Duo. 8:30 p.m. Samples World Bistro, 370 Main St., Longmont, 303-327-9318.

Whiskey Autumn. 7:30 p.m. Cannon Mine Coffee, 210 S. Public Road, Lafayette, 303-665-0625.

Nalanda Events Center 2130 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder

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Colorado Music Festival: Family Fun Concert.

3 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them.

The Who Do’s. 7:30 p.m. Por Wine House, 836 1/2 Main St., Louisville, 970-259-3555.

Wylie Jones. 7 p.m. Longs Peak Pub & Taphopuse, 600 Longs Peak Ave., Longmont, 303-651-7886.

Events

DJ RAYtard. 9 p.m. Breaker’s Grill, 380 Main St., Longmont, 303-772-3839.

Saturday Morning Groove. 10:30 a.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Terry Tempest Williams is back with her newest book, The Hour of Land.

Tuesday, Aug. 2

If Birds Could Fly. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

Los Primos Trio. 7:30 p.m. Oskar Blues CyclHOPS, 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, 303-776-BIKE.

Trauma and Addiction: A Symposium with Dr. Gabor Maté

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Deep Peace Concert. 7 p.m. The StarHouse, 3476 Sunshine Canyon, Boulder, 303-245-8452.

Denny Driscoll. 3 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Grateful Bluegrass Boys JoJo Stella. 7 p.m.

Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway, Boulder, 720-849-8458.

Holly and the Husbands. 7 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

Kiel Grove. 2 p.m. Stage Stop, 60 Main St., Rollinsville, 303-258-0649.

Los Primos Melodicos. 7:30 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

Video Lighting Hands-On Intensive. 9 a.m.

Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range Street, Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Mac’s Place Summer Songwriter Series: Foxfeather. 12 p.m. Mac’s Place, 1640 Pace St., Suite 400, Longmont, 303-678-8929.

Weiner. 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Max Minardi, Roma Ransom. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Ostevetto Jazz Trio. 5 p.m. Gold Hill Inn, 401 Main St., Boulder, 303-443-6461.

The Rhythm Allstars. 2 p.m. The Dickens Tavern, 300 Main St., Longmont, 303-834-9384.

Rockygrass. 12 p.m. Planet Bluegrass Ranch, 500 W. Main St., Lyons, 800-624-2422.

Scott Von. 4:30 p.m. Left Hand Brewing Company, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont, 303-772-0258.

A Scottish Evening With CAL. 6 p.m. Shine Restaurant & Gathering Place, 2027 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-0120.

Traditional Irish Session. 7 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Events Adult Coloring. 1 p.m. Settembre Cellars, 1501 Lee Hill, Suite 16, Boulder, 303-532-1892.

Boulder County Fair. 9 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-864-6460.

Boulder Market. 11 a.m. Central Park, 1236 Canyon Blvd., Boulder, 720-272-7467.

Boulder Road Runners Sunday Social Run/ Walk. 8 a.m. Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe, Boulder, 303-441-3100.

Hawaiian Hula Classes. 5 p.m. The Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-447-9772.

Monday, August 1 Music Band Shell Boogie! — Summer Dance Series.

7 p.m. Boulder Bandshell, Broadway and Canyon, Boulder, 303-413-7200.

Bluegrass Pick. 6 p.m. West Flanders Brewing Company, 1125 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-BREW. Boulder Concert Band. 7 p.m. Harlow Platts Park, 1360 Gillaspie Drive, Boulder.

Girls On Top. 5:30 p.m. Prospect Park, 700 Tenacity Drive, Longmont, 303-459-5467.

Honeytree Duo. 10 a.m. The Stone Cup, 442 High St., Lyons, 303-823-2345.

Keith Summers Duo. 9 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768. see EVENTS Page 44

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Max Mirandi. 5:30 p.m. Vindication Brewing Company, 6880 Winchester Circle, Suite F, Boulder, 303-530-0642.

Ryan Bingham with The Americans. 7:30 p.m.

Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

North Boulder Fourmile Creek Cleanup. 10:30 a.m. Rebay Parking Lot, 4455 Broadway, Boulder.

The Gasoline Lollipops. 8:30 p.m. Waterloo, 809 Main St., Louisville, 303-993-2094.

Museum of Love, Pat Mahoney. 8:30 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

Tunisia Band. 5 p.m. Prospect Park, 700 Tenacity Drive, Longmont, 303-459-5467.

Tuesday, August 2 Music

Jalbatross (Ryan Jalbert Of The Motet). 8 p.m.

Owsley’s Golden Road, 1301 Broadway, Boulder, 720-849-8458.

Open Stage. 6 p.m. Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel Tap Room, 1800 Pike Road, Unit B, Longmont, 303-776-1914.

Events

The Palmico Sound. 9:30 p.m. Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, 627 S. Broadway, Boulder, 303-543-0886.

Potluck Bluegrass. 7 p.m. La Vita Bella Coffeehouse, 475 Main St., Longmont, 720-204-6298.

Boulder County Fair. 9 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-864-6460.

Meadow Music. 5:30 p.m. Chautauqua Park, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Movement Mondays. 7 p.m. Free Motion Dance Studio, 2126 Pearl St., Boulder, 720-379-8299.

Algorhythm Trio. 6 p.m. Upslope Brewing Company (Flatiron Park), 1898 S. Flatiron Court, Boulder, 508-873-9185.

Colorado Music Festival: Colorado’s Own Paper Bird. 7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Auditorium, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, 303-442-3282.

Face. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 Northpark Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

The Matt Human Trio. 8 p.m. The Laughing Goat Coffeehouse, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440-4628.

Nikka Garcia. 6:30 p.m. St Julien Hotel & Spa, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, 720-406-9696.

Open Mic Hosted By Brian Rezac. 8 p.m. The Speakeasy, 301 Main St., Longmont, 720-684-4728.

Open Mic Hosted By Danny Shafer. 8 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Open Mic with The Prairie Scholars. 6 p.m.

SKEYE Brewing, 900 S. Hover St., Unit D, Longmont, 303-774-7698.

Wavves. 8 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

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Das Boot Trivia. 7 p.m. Bohemian Biergarten, 2017 13th St., Boulder, 720-328-8328.

Digital Marketing One-On-One Consulting.

10 a.m. Boulder Digital Arts, 1600 Range Street, Suite 100, Boulder, 303-800-4647.

Folk Dancing on the Plaza. 7 p.m. The Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse, 1770 13th St., Boulder, 303-442-4993.

Wednesday, August 3 Music Blues Night. 10 p.m. Pioneer Inn, 15 E. First St., Nederland, 303-258-7733.

An Evening with King Sunny Ade. 8:30 p.m. The Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder, 720-645-2467.

Hip Hop Night. 10 p.m. Pearl Street Pub, 1108 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-777-6768.

Old’s Cool Rock. 4 p.m. Boulder Farmer’s Market, 1301 Canyon, Boulder, 303-910-2236.

Open Bluegrass Pick Hosted by Kyle Ussery.

8:30 p.m. Conor O’Neill’s, 1922 13th St., Boulder, 303-449-1922.

Wednesday Night Blues featuring the Dr Izzy Band. 7:30 p.m. Nissi’s, 2675 North Park Drive, Lafayette, 303-665-2757.

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The Wendy Woo Band. 6 p.m. Pearl Street Mall, Pearl St., Boulder, 303-449-3774.

Youth World Song Choir Camp. 1 p.m. Rocky Ridge Music Academy, 3970 Broadway, Unit 201E, Boulder, 303-449-1106.

Events Boulder County Fair. 9 a.m. Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Road, Longmont, 720-864-6460.

The Innocents. 4:30 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

Summer Camp: Native American Art. 9 a.m.

Tinker Art Studio, 1300 Yellow Pine Ave., Suite B, Boulder, 303-503-1902.

Yarn. 7 p.m. The Boedecker Theater, 2590 Walnut St., Boulder, 303-440-7826.

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Fisher’s Club

by Sharon Chmielarz American Life in Poetry: Column 589: We hope that you will visit, from time to time, our archived columns at americanlifeinpoetry.org, where you may find other poems by the poets we feature. Today’s is the third we’ve published by Sharon Chmielarz. a Minnesota poet with several fine books in print, including The Widow’s House, just released by Brighthorse books.

— Ted Kooser, U.S. Poet Laureate A roadside inn. Lakeside dive. Spiffed up.

End of a summer day. And I suppose I should be smiling beneficently at the families playing near the shore, their plastic balls and splashes and chatter.

But my eye pivots left to a couple; he is carrying her into the water.

He’s strong enough, and she is light enough to be carried. I see how she holds her own, hugging his neck, his chest steady as his arms.

I have never seen such a careful dunk, half-dunk, as he gives her. That beautiful play he makes lifting her from the water.

And I suppose I should be admiring the sunset, all purple and orange and rose now.

Nice porch here, too. Yeah, great view.

But I have never seen such a loving carrying as he gives her. Imagine

being so light as to float above water in love.

We do not accept unsolicited submissions. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher ofPoetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Poem copyright ©2015 by Sharon Chmielarz, “Fisher’s Club,” from The Widow’s House (Brighthorse Books, 2015). Poem reprinted by permission of Sharon Chmielarz and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2016 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.

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screen Squad goals ‘Star Trek Beyond’ owes a debt to its crew

After an ambush leaves them stuck on a planet, the scattered crew must get inventive to overcome a truly evil baddie, played by Idris Elba under pounds of makeup.

by Ryan Syrek

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oth the original Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation got to warm up on the small screen before being called up to the big (screen) league. This not only gave their cinematic endeavors a heightened sense of importance, it fleshed out the depth of the crews’ overall mission and provided the real-life casts more frequent opportunities to congeal.

In its third go-round, the rebooted, sexier (fine, Shatner and Stewart aside) Star Trek franchise has finally figured out the importance of making it feel like these characters (and actors) have been stuck in a bucket adrift in space for ages. The result is the most truly Star Trek-esque installment of the new series, albeit one that retains enough CGI “kerpow and kaboom” to Rodden your Berries.

Three years into a five-year mission, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) has got a case of the “space Mondays.” He’s fatigued by peace-making during space missions, exploring space frontier and (most likely) shagging countless oddcolored space ladies. Spock (Zachary Quinto) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana) are on the outs because the pointy-eared logician feels a responsibility to breed with another Vulcan, given the species’ near-extinction. Bones (Karl Urban), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Sulu ( John Cho) and Chekov (Anton Yelchin) presumably have their own stuff going on but realize everybody only cares about Spock and Kirk, so they respectfully keep that stuff to themselves.

A random vessel (always mentally pronounced with a “W” not a “V” in honor of Chekov) shows up to a spaceport at which the Enterprise is resting. The captain of said ship gets Starfleet to send Kirk and said posse through an impossible-to-navigate nebula in order to rescue her crew, who is stranded on a planet inside said nebula. The evil Krall (Irdis Elba) messes up the Enterprise but good, leaving the heroes with only the help of a badass warrior woman named Jaylah (Sofia Boutella), the crew’s plucky resolve and the use of multiple ’80s/’90s-era rap tracks.

Within the first 20 minutes, it’s obvious that a die-hard Trek fan had a hand in writing this. That would be Pegg, who clearly understood the need to set this adventure in medias res, as feeling like these characters have served together for years endows their interactions with more meaning.

Wisely, the script splits the cast, pairing Bones and Spock together to gleefully grumpy effect and grouping Kirk with Scotty, Chekov and Jaylah.

And blessedly, Elba cuts a delicious villain, albeit one buried beneath a spaceboat-load of makeup (sorry, fans of looking at Idris Elba).

Yes, the plot is fairly rote; it’s a “save the day,” paint-by-numbers sci-fi blockbuster. But the franchise needed this, thanks to its lack of weekly television adventures. How can any shenanigans stand out if audiences only ever see the Enterprise’s staff confronting their biggest adventures? Some entries in a (hopefully) long-running series need to do yeoman’s work (or “red shirt” work, to use Trek parlance). Nobody will likely consider Star Trek Beyond the crown jewel in the property’s cinematic crown, but it’s a perfectly delightful little gem, content to bedazzle.

This review previously appeared in The Reader of Omaha, Nebraska.

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rench critic cum filmmaker Jacques Rivette asserted that, “Every film is a documentary of its own making.” While this is true of all movies, it is especially true of early cinema. The films documented people, places and cultures now gone, making the exposed film as valuable as the artifacts left behind. Though we may never be able to experience these moments or visit these locales again, we have the movies. We can watch them, we can learn from them and we can preserve them for future generations.

That is the case with Daughter of Dawn, a silent film from 1920 made with an entirely Native American cast. Shot on a reservation in southwest Oklahoma, Daughter of Dawn features a cast of 300 Kiowias and Comanche, all providing their own costumes, tepees and horses.

Daughter of Dawn concerns the love triangle between Dawn (Esther LeBarre) and her two Kiowa suitors: White Parker (White Eagle) and ON THE BILL: Black Wolf ( Jack Sankadota). To win Daughter of Dawn.

Dawn’s heart, they must prove their 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, Chautauqua Auditorium, bravery by cliff jumping. One balks, 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, losing Dawn in the process, and 303-442-3282, chautauqua.com. defects, selling out his tribe to the neighboring Comanche.

But plot and story are secondary to Daughter of Dawn’s significance, namely the movie’s documentary aspect. Prior to filming the movie, co-writer and producer Richard Banks spent more than 25 years living with various tribes, and it shows. Daughter of Dawn has an undeniable authenticity both in its cinematography and performances, even if that authenticity doesn’t yield captivating dramatics. Scenes are shot from behind the proscenium arch with the players entering and exiting as they might on stage. LeBarre, Eagle and Sankadota all exude the typical stiffness of amateurs, and director Norbert Myles models his actors by posing them as needed, a technique that works remarkably well. There is no sense that any of these performers or filmmakers are putting on airs. They are simply repositioning life to record it.

This effect — shot in black-and-white and tinted gold for day, blue for night — provides an image not often seen in most Western-set movies. Myles and Banks focus strictly on the two tribes and capture a romanticized look at Native American life, culture and ritual.

But if not for blind luck and fortune, all of this would have been lost to time as Daughter of Dawn only played twice upon its release — once in Los Angeles on Oct. 17, 1920 and once more in Kansas the following year. The film was shelved for unknown reasons and disappeared until 2005, when a North Carolina private investigator received the print as payment. Why the investigator was paid with a movie and how the client came to possess this pristine print is unknown. What we do know is that Daughter of Dawn ended up in the rights hands, with the investigator selling the print to the Oklahoma Historical Society.

It has since been restored and making the theatrical rounds. No known orchestral score for Daughter of Dawn exists, prompting the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra to compose an original score for the Colorado premiere at Chautauqua on Aug. 3.

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t the beginning of last year I was feeling low, quite frankly. Really low. Didn’t-want-to-getout-of-bed low. I had weathered some personal storms that had left me shaken and vacant, and work, while I love what I do, was not a place of respite.

And then we hired Amanda.

The 24-year-old who interviewed for the reporting job was funny and smart, warm-hearted and curious, humble and confident. Her vibrant personality fills a room, at least in part by the fact that she seems to have only two volumes, loud and louder, but that’s OK because her family is Brazilian. She’d lived in Rio de Janeiro over the previous year teaching English — she’d been to Carnival, man, rode on a float and everything.

She loves crafts and pop music, musicals and chunky necklaces. Despite living in Colorado all her life, she defies most of what defines the stereotypical Coloradan: she’d rather be at the beach than in the mountains; she hates snow and owns next to nothing that could be considered appropriate winter footwear, and she’d rather talk to you about feminist philosophy than the 5.11 route you finally conquered over the weekend.

My 30th birthday rolled around just a few months after we hired Amanda, and she brought me silly putty, toy dinosaurs, a Hot Wheels car and bubbles. When my depression would flare, Amanda would remind me that I’d overcome this before and this time would be no different.

She was unlike most of the folks in the office, and she brought immeasurable joy to my workdays. And

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So this year for Amanda’s 26th birthday, the editorial department decided the best way to celebrate would be to take afternoon tea at The Huckleberry in Lafayette. If you’ve never taken afternoon tea before, it’s clearly how the other half lives.

The Huckleberry itself is a bastion of comfort with hardwood floors, eclectic lighting and overstuffed chairs near the fireplace — and the pastry case, filled with carrot cake, blueberry pie, fruit tarts, cookies and flaky pastries. There’s nothing quite so comforting as the sight of a clutch of baked goods, but maybe that’s just me.

Having afternoon tea at The Huck takes comfort a step further. You’re seated at a tabled lined with white linen and set with flowers, silverware and glasses of water with thinly sliced lemon on the rim (far more posh than thick slices). You’re given a chance to decide what pot of tea you’d like to have, maybe an earl gray or lemon mint (we also enjoyed a glass of champagne), and then you sip tea as delicately as you can while pretending not to look toward the kitchen every minute for the three-tired tray of pastries and savory tea sandwiches about to arrive.

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flaky artichoke-dip-filled pastries — the scones are the pièce de résistance.

Many Americans may not have the same... shall we say intensity? ... about scones that the English do.

Award-winning English food journalist Diana Henry spent four months last year figuring out what made the perfect rich and crumbly scone.

“Scones can be sad,” she wrote in a piece for The Telegraph. “They promise so much and often deliver so little. ... The prospect of them is full of hope. And then you eat one. At first it seems good — your imagination and optimism helps — but as a bit of claggy dough sticks to the roof of your mouth you secretly admit that a scone can be like the worst bits of life — dry, hard to swallow, disappointing.”

We are delighted to report to Ms. Henry that The Huckleberry serves no hope-crushing scones. Only happiness here.

Served up with Devonshire cream, lemon curd and apricot jam, these scones were a thing of beauty. We raved and raved, and some of us ate our scones faster than others, but the consensus around the table was that while everything was good, it’s hard to make a scone and these were out-of-thisworld delicious.

It may have been a simple gesture on our part, but afternoon tea, with it’s perfect scones and Devonshire cream, was our way of expressing our joy at having Amanda in our lives, professionally and personally. So here’s to Amanda... and scones.

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s the first fresh Boulder County-grown corn comes to markets, stands and stores, the cooking advice is pretty simple: Don’t mess with what selective breeding has

BY JOHN LEHNDORFF delivered: giant cobs lined with sugary kernels.

Back in the day we would pick up a few dozen ears on the way home from the pond, but they were much smaller and less sweet. The cobs got boiled unmercifully in salted water under the impression that it would make them sweeter. It did not.

Some would say fresh corn needs nothing, and gnaw on the naked kernels. Unless I’m doing a county fair judging, that’s not for me. I like salt flakes, fresh ground black pepper and a glistening of good butter. see NIBBLES Page 52

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Even better is smoked butter. Put butter in a heatproof dish inside a cold or warm smoker. You can smoke butter or corn in a grill by using a foil dish with chunks of smoldering damp mesquite or hickory chips.

Slice the kernels off the cob and add to pancakes and salads or sauté in bacon fat or sesame oil as a side dish.

Feeding a crowd at a picnic? Make camp corn by placing shucked corn in a cooler and adding hot water and salt.

Just don’t let it sit in there too long.

I’m told the very best way to cook an ear of corn is butter-poaching. I’m told this because it takes a few pounds of hot melted butter to immerse an ear of corn.

Maybe I try it at the next summer party...

The easiest way is to grill cobs on a charcoal or gas grill for a few minutes to develop some character, otherwise known as caramelization. What you do with it after that is up to you.

I love elote — Mexican roasted corn — which is a wonderful blast of summer flavor. There are dozens of toppings used but here’s one great recipe for elote using roasted (in the husk) corn from Kitchen Gypsy: Recipes and Stories from a Lifelong Romance with Food (Oxmoor House) by chef Joanne Weir.

Elote (Roasted corn with chipotle aioli) 6 ears corn, tops trimmed 1 cup mayonnaise 1 small clove garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon chipotle en adobo 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lime juice Kosher salt

1/4 teaspoon ground chile de arbol 1 teaspoon ground guajillo 2 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted 1/2 cup crumbled Cotija cheese 3 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro 3 tablespoons minced red onion 6 large lime wedges

Directions: Preheat an outdoor grill over medium heat. Cut the top ends off the corn. Place on the grill and cook, turning occasionally, 12 to 15 minutes.

In the meantime, in a blender or food processor, combine the mayonnaise, garlic, chipotle and lime juice and 1/4 teaspoon salt until smooth.

In a small bowl, combine the chile de arbol, guajillo and 1/4 teaspoon salt.

Set aside.

When the corn is done, peel back the husks and discard the silk. Brush the corn with melted butter. Drizzle the chipotle aioli onto the top in a zigzag pattern. Sprinkle with the Cotija, cilantro and red onion. Sprinkle the spice mixture on top. Serve garnished with a lime wedge. Makes six servings.

Note: Don’t waste the cobs! Instead of tossing the corn cobs after cutting off the kernels, simmer them in water for 30 minutes to get a smooth broth to use in green chile, to make polenta or to poach chicken. Cobs can also be simmered in milk to use in sauces and chowders.

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Culinary Calendar Food films, interactive live opera, first-class culinary networking and entertaining small plates are on tap at the Flatirons Food Film Festival benefit Aug. 3 at The Dairy Arts Center in Boulder. Stellar chefs on hand dishing their fare are Daniel Asher (River and Woods), Dave Query (Big Red F), Kelly Whitaker (Basta) and Nate Singer (Blackbelly). Other artisan goodies provided by Cured, Il Porcellino, Hen and the Heifer and Lucky’s Bakehouse. flatironsfoodfilmfest.org. ... Chefs including Rachel Best (Leaf ), Casey Easton (Food Lab), Vanessa House (Shine) and Diane Starnick (Culinary Hearts) will cook with organic produce grown by Boulder teens at the 17th annual benefit for the Cultiva program on Aug. 6 at Growing Gardens, growinggardens.org.

Words to Chew on “My 11-year-old son Hans and I drove about 3,500 miles along the George Brett Super Highway, the Mark McGuire Highway and Pete Rose Way in search of the ultimate ballpark food. ... We detoured home to Iowa’s Field of Dreams (where the Kevin Costner movie was filmed). I had a catch with my son, he took batting practice, and art and life melded as we disappeared into the corn in right field. Pulling back one ear’s husk, we nibbled some kernels.

They were as sweet and memorable as this heavenly American adventure we’re on.” — Nibbles, Rocky Mountain News, Sept. 9, 2005 John Lehndorff hosts Radio Nibbles at 8:25 a.m. Thursdays on KGNU. Podcasts at: news.kgnu.org/category/features/ radio-nibbles. Send food event info and corn pies to: Nibbles@BoulderWeekly.com John Lehndorff

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That is according to the 16 judges of the recent Colorado Wine Governor’s Cup Competition. During a blind taste test, the panel of sommeliers, winemakers and experts ranked the Colorado wines among those of respected winemakers in both California and France.

“The judges mentioned that they couldn’t tell which ones were the Colorado wines and which ones were the French and the California wines. ...

They said all the wines were very polished,” says Ulla Merz, co-owner of Bookcliff Vineyards based in Boulder.

The winery won Best in Show for its 2013 Ensemble, a Bordeaux blend of Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec produced from grapes grown on their estate in Grand Valley. Its 2013 Cabernet Franc Reserve and 2014 Reserve are also a part of the 2016 Governor’s Cup Case.

“Twice before we were in the running for it and finally we received the cup,” Merz says. “We were stunned, surprised and very humbled. It’s very nice after all these years to receive the top award.”

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This year’s Colorado Wine Governor’s Cup Competition compared more than 250 entries from 33 local wineries. The judges then awarded 12 wines and six ciders, meads and fruit wines to include in the 2016 Governor’s Cup Case. All wines were produced primarily with grapes grown in Colorado.

Western pioneers first noticed wild grapes growing on the hillsides of the St. Vrain Valley in the 19th Century, and by 1899 the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Colorado vintners had produced close to 1,800 gallons of wine. A decade later 1,034 Colorado farms produce wine grapes. But then federal prohibition turned many of the early vineyards into orchards and it took the state’s wine industry almost 40 years to recover.

Merz and her husband John Garlich reformatted an old peach orchard in Palisade to open Bookcliff in 2008.

Since then they have won numerous gold medals and best in shows at competitions around the country. But winning the Governor’s Cup is especially rewarding, as it puts not only Bookcliff but all of Colorado’s wines on the map.

“Within each wine region, it’s good to have a competition just for wines in that wine region,” Merz says. “It marks Colorado as a wine region, and it is something consumers can be proud of — to have wine produced in their state.”

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Do it simply and easily. Free your gorgeously imperfect, wildly intelligent body. Allow it to be itself in all of its glory. Tell it you’re ready to learn more of its secrets and adore its mysteries. Be in awe of its unfathomable power to endlessly carry out the millions of chemical reactions that keep you alive and thriving. How can you not be overwhelmed with gratitude for your hungry, curious, unpredictable body? Be grateful for its magic. Love the blessings it bestows on you. Celebrate its fierce animal elegance.

that worked well was imagining future scenes when I would be engaged in exciting creative work that paid me a decent wage.

It took a while, but eventually those visions materialized in my actual life. I urge you to try this strategy in the coming months, Libra. Harness your mind’s eye in the service of generating the destiny you want to inhabit.

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places you consider to be outside of your comfort zone, which might inspire you to redefine the meaning of “comfort”? The coming weeks will be a favorable time to reconfigure your relationship with these potential catalysts. And while you’re out on the frontier dreaming of fun experiments, you might also want to flirt with other wild cards and strange attractors. Life is in the mood to tickle you with useful surprises.

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OCT. 23-NOV. 21: You have every right to celebrate your own personal Independence Day sometime soon. In fact, given the current astrological omens, you’d be justified in embarking on a full-scale emancipation spree in the coming weeks. It will be prime time to seize more freedom and declare more autonomy and build more self-sufficiency.

Here’s an important nuance to the work you have ahead of you: Make sure you escape the tyranny of not just the people and institutions that limit your sovereignty, but also the voices in your own head that tend to hinder your flow.

DEC. 22-JAN. 19: You have a special talent for accessing wise innocence. In some ways you’re virginal, fresh and raw, and in other ways you’re mature, seasoned and well-developed. I hope you will regard this not as a confusing paradox but rather as an exotic strength. With your inner child and your inner mentor working in tandem, you could accomplish heroic feats of healing. Their brilliant collaboration could also lead to the mending of an old rift.

SAGITTARIUS

JAN. 20-FEB. 18: “Where is everybody when I need them?”

NOV. 22-DEC. 21: Of all the forbidden fruits that you fantasize about, which one is your favorite? Among the intriguing

AQUARIUS

Even if you haven’t actually spoken those words recently, I’m guessing the voices in your head have whispered them. But

from what I can tell, that complaint will soon be irrelevant. will no longer match reality. Your allies will start offering mo help and resources. They may not be perfectly conscientious figuring out how to be of service, but they’ll be pretty goo Here’s what you can do to encourage optimal results: 1. Pur your low, outmoded expectations. 2. Open your mind and hea to the possibility that people can change. 3. Humbly ask — o loud, not just in the privacy of your imagination — for precise what you want.

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nate than you won’t read this horoscope. Uninforme about the rocky patch of Yellow Brick Road that lies ju ahead, they may blow a gasket or get a flat tire. You, o the other hand, will benefit from my oracular foreshad owing, as well as my inside connections with the Lord of Funky Karma. You will therefore be likely to drive wi relaxed caution, keeping your vehicle unmarred in th process. That’s why I’m predicting that although you m not arrive speedily at the next leg of your trip, you will d so safely and in style.

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APRIL 20-MAY 20: The people of many cultures have

imagined the sun god as possessing masculine qualities. But in some traditions, the Mighty Father is incomplete without the revitalizing energies of the Divine Mother. The Maoris, for example, believe that every night the solar deity has to marinate in her nourishing uterine bath. Otherwise he wouldn’t be strong enough to rise in the morning. And how does this apply to you?

Well, you currently have resemblances to the weary old sun as it dips below the horizon. I suspect it’s time to recharge your powers through an extended immersion in the deep, dark waters of the primal feminine.

GEMINI

MAY 21-JUNE 20: An Interesting Opportunity is definitely in

your vicinity. It may slink tantalizingly close to you in the coming days, even whisper your name from afar. But I doubt that it will knock on your door. It probably won’t call you seven times on the phone or flash you a big smile or send you an engraved invitation. So you should make yourself alert for the Interesting Opportunity’s unobtrusive behavior. It could be a bit shy or secretive or modest. Once you notice it, you may have to come on strong — you know, talk to it sweetly or ply it with treats.

CANCER

JUNE 21-JULY 22: [Editor’s note: The counsel offered in the following oracle was channeled from the Goddess by Rob Brezsny. If you have any problems with it, direct your protests to the Queen Wow, not Brezsny.] It’s time to get more earthy and practical about practicing your high ideals and spiritual values. Translate your loftiest intentions into your most intimate behavior. Ask yourself, “How does Goddess want me to respond when my co-worker pisses me off?” or “How would Goddess like me to brush my teeth and watch TV and make love?” For extra credit, get a t-shirt that says, “Goddess was my co-pilot, but we crash-landed in the wilderness and I was forced to eat her.”

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VIRGO

AUG. 23-SEPT. 22: You have just begun your big test. How

are you doing so far? According to my analysis, the preliminary signs suggest that you have a good chance of proving the old maxim, “If it doesn’t make you so crazy that you put your clothes on inside-out and try to kiss the sky until you cry, it will help you win one of your biggest arguments with Life.” In fact, I suspect we will ultimately see you undergo at least one miraculous and certifiably melodramatic transformation. A wart on your attitude could dissolve, for example. A luminous visitation may heal one of your blind spots. You might find a satisfactory substitute for kissing the sky.

LIBRA

SEPT. 23-OCT. 22: For many years, my occupation was

“starving artist.” I focused on improving my skills as a writer and musician, even though those activities rarely earned me any money. To ensure my survival, I worked as little as necessary at low-end jobs — scrubbing dishes at restaurants, digging ditches for construction companies, delivering newspapers in the middle of the night and volunteering for medical experiments. During the long hours spent doing tasks that had little meaning to me, I worked diligently to remain upbeat. One trick

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Dear Dan: I’m 28 years old and live in the Midwest. I’m intersex, but I identify as female. I am not out about being born intersex. Due to surgeries and hormones, I look like a fairly attractive female. I have been hanging out with a chill hetero guy, and things are getting very flirty. Is it unethical of me to not disclose my intersex-ness to him?

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are defined by doctors,” Dreger explains. “There are lots of different ways to be intersex, including some so subtle that you might never even know you had that particular variation Dear INTER: “We all have to of development.” make decisions about what we So that chill © LaRae Lobdell disclose to partners or potential hetero boy you’re partners and when we disclose it,” thinking about says Alice Dreger, historian of disclosing your medicine and science, sex intersex-ness to, researcher and author.

INTER? He Dreger, for readers who may could be intersex not be familiar with her, is the himself and not founding board chair of the know it. But you Intersex Society of North do know it, and America and the author of does “knowing it” Galileo’s Middle Finger: Heretics, obligate you to Activists, and One Scholar’s Search disclose? for Justice. Intersex, for readers “Lying is a who may not be familiar with the bad idea, of course, but she’s not lying word, is an umbrella term covering by presenting herself as a woman and dozens of different inborn conditions. identifying as a woman,” Dreger says.

“She is a woman, just one whose body “They all involve someone having came with some parts that aren’t comsomething other than the standard male or standard female body as those mon to most women, or maybe lack-

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ing some parts that are common to most women (depending on her particular intersex condition).”

Dreger suggests making a mental list of the things a long-term partner might want, need, or a have a right to know about your history and your body. Then using your best judgment, INTER, decide what to share with him and when to share it.

“For example,” Dreger says, “if this chill hetero guy talks about wanting kids someday, and the letter writer is infertile, she might want to mention sooner rather than later that she was born with a condition that left her infertile. Do her genitals look or work differently than he might be expecting? If so, she might think about when it would be best to give him some guidance about how her body is a little different and what works best for her.”

Each of us has to balance our partner’s legitimate right to certain information, INTER, with our right to

medical privacy as well as our physical and emotional safety.

“There’s no reason for her to feel like she has to announce, ‘I’m an intersex woman.’ She could opt to say, at some point, ‘I was born with congenital adrenal hyperplasia,’ or ‘I was born with androgen insensitivity syndrome,’ or whatever her specific condition might be, and then answer his questions,” Dreger says. “If the label ‘intersex’ were part of her core identity — a critical part of who she feels she is — then she might want to tell him early on, just as someone might talk about her ethnicity if that’s really important to her. But otherwise, she can disclose just like non-intersex people do with regard to fertility, sexual health, sexual sensation, sexual preferences and sexual function — at a pace and in a way that promotes a good relationship and makes you feel honest and understood. And no one can tell her she has to use term ‘intersex.’ That’s entirely up to her.”

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Rather, this is a story of false positives, of fear overtaking reason and ultimately a lesson in the nuances of truth telling. Without further ado...

Last Thursday afternoon in Hugo, a small town in the Eastern plains of Colorado, the Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Office issued a hastily written tweet saying: “Hugo Residents Evidence of THC in town water,Dont drink,shower,or cook w/it.Fresh H20 coming Will advise when it arrives. #HugoWater” According to Michael Yowell of the Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Office, the initial tip about contamination came from an undisclosed company using field tests to check employees for levels of THC. A vial of tap water was used to demonstrate what should have been a negative result, but came back with a positive indicator instead. This prompted a comprehensive testing of Hugo’s water supply and distribution system, in which Lincoln County officials conducted several tests around town, a few of which came back positive.

Although not enough to make conclusive claims, the initial positive results were enough to alert the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Rocky Mountain Poison Control and other authorities, who have the ability to further investigate the possible contamination and look into the kind of health effects that a potential contamination could have.

It was also enough to ignite a public scare and a media frenzy as news sites rushed to cover the events as they unfolded. In the abundance of content that ensued over the weekend, it became difficult to discern fact from fiction. There was rumor of tampering with the well and allegations of criminal activity. The Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Office issued instructions to find an alternate source of drinking water for people, and pets and pregnant women were advised of the alleged dangers of ingesting THC. In the first hours after an event, when being accurate is most difficult, it is also most important, because it is then that public opinion is most impressionable. Truth is, at best, elusive and sometimes it’s more about unlearning than gaining new knowledge. As we step out of the shadows of marijuana prohibition, we are undoing decades of

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There’s something in the water incorrect beliefs and opinions about a plant we were taught to fear. How quickly we are ready to return to those fears in sacrifice of what is less comfortable, but ultimately more true.

Easy in principle, the truth is not so easy in practice.

Ask any journalist if they should be truthful and they will say, “Yes;” then ask them if they are and they will likely say something along the lines of, “I try my best.” It turns out that truth isn’t a thing at all, but a complex and often contradictory process that unfolds over time.

The #HugoWater incident started off with dozens of headlines like “Colorado town’s water supply laced with marijuana” and articles making claims about hard evidence and warned about the danger of THC, each replete with their own fair share of easy marijuana jokes and puns. The consequence of this may seem minor or even beneficial — after all, isn’t it better to be safe than sorry?

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But consider the repercussions of inciting fear, not only about the safety of one’s drinking water, but of the completely unfounded idea that THC can contaminate water and cause dangerous side effects.

Cannabis has been shrouded in false claims regarding its health and public safety dangers for decades, and not without consequence. Patients have been denied the medical benefits of the plant, people’s lives and entire communities have been destroyed by unnecessarily harsh criminal penalties and an entire society was duped into thinking that the plant was harmful without any supporting evidence.

During the Hugo water scare, a few media channels consulted with experts who pointed out THC’s poor water solubility.

Joseph Evans, a former EPA scientist who now serves as lab director at marijuana testing lab Nordic Analytical, told the Denver Post that he “can’t even fathom the idea that THC would be in water at any type of solubility to create any kind of health hazard.”

To be sure, there are public safety concerns when it comes to THC and, for the most part, these are dealt with responsibly and promptly by authorities.

For example, cannabis facilities cannot compost organic waste because it is likely that THC will contaminate soil or other oily organic matter in the right conditions. But is there a danger of THC being in the water?

Michelle Wind, the Boulder Drinking Water Program Supervisor, says that while the City of Boulder does not test for THC in particular, they do monitor the output from grow houses and extraction labs, just as they do from any other industrial facility, testing mostly for pesticides and other agricultural byproducts.

They also diligently monitor water supplies and distribution systems for other contaminants (many of which should be of far greater and regular concern than THC).

For example, just two years ago chromium-6, the contaminant that came to fame in the film Erin Brockovich, was detected in Boulder’s water supply. #HugoWater is a reminder not just to our public officials and media, but to media consumers as well.

Despite the temptation to know something immediately, there is also an option for discernment — to trust that not knowing might be the firmest ground on which to stand.

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Reading the entrails: The latest marijuana polls

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he latest marijuana legalization polls are out, and they contain bad news and good news.

First, the bad news.

Recent polls in both Massachusetts and Arizona — two of the five states that will be voting on legalizing recreational marijuana this November — show the initiatives losing.

In Massachusetts, a poll conducted by Gravis Marketing found that 51 percent of those surveyed planned to vote against the legalization initiative, while 41 percent planned to vote for it.

In Arizona, a poll conducted by OH Predictive Insights, found the initiative losing 52.5 percent to 39.1 percent.

Both results are troubling, because earlier polls showed legalization favored in both states by more than 50 percent of the voters.

So what happened?

A number of explanations have been offered, but I think both results can be explained by one word — pushback.

In both Massachusetts and Arizona, organized opposition to the initiatives has emerged from high-profile political figures, and in some cases law enforcement, teachers and medical groups.

In Massachusetts, Governor Charlie Baker, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo all came out against the initiative, which is backed by the Marijuana Policy Project and resembles Colorado’s successful Amendment 64. Other opposition is coming from the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents and the Associated Industries of Massachusetts.

In Arizona, a number of business groups have donated to an anti-legalization campaign. Also in Arizona, a rival pro-legalization group has been attacking the measure that is all but certain to be on the ballot.

In both states opponents are using the tested tactics for torpedoing ballot initiatives on any subject, FUD (as in sowing the seeds of fear, uncertainty and doubt), and the more recent tactic of claiming that they are championing the well-being of the children.

This doesn’t mean the initiatives are certain to fail. There are still three months to go before the election and a lot can happen in that time, but it does mean that the initiatives’ proponents in both states are going to have to mount strong campaigns on their behalf that directly address issues raised by the opposition. They also are going to need to play some hardball, like focusing on

the racist nature of the war on drugs and its role in poisoning relations between the black and Hispanic communities and the police.

Those sorts of campaigns cost money, and whether pro-legalization forces will have the necessary wherewithal remains to be seen. The opponents could easily attract big-bucks support from the likes of Sheldon Adelson, now that the polling shows the initiatives are beatable.

(Yeah, you should contribute; if they win in Arizona and Massachusetts, chances are they’ll try to re-criminalize in Colorado.)

Now for some good news.

A recent national poll by YouGovUS found 55 percent support for legalization, up from 51 percent in a poll the organization took in December of last year. But the big news in this particular poll is that for the first time in a national poll, Republicans support legalization, albeit narrowly — by a margin of 45 to 42 percent. In the December poll Republicans opposed legalization by a 36 to 50 percent margin. Whether this is a sign of real movement within the GOP on the pot issue or if the poll is an outlier remains to be seen. It certainly isn’t beyond the realm of possibility that it represents real movement. Like the rest of the county, the GOP’s demographics are changing, as the young displace the old.

(Americans aged 65 and older are the voting demographic most consistently against legalization.)

YouGov also found that 65 percent of Americans agree with the statement “government efforts to enforce marijuana laws cost more than they are worth.” That’s not the same as supporting legalization, but it means the country is giving up on the drug war as far as marijuana is concerned, which sets the stage for the legalization discussion.

In Wisconsin, a poll by the Marquette University Law School found 59 percent support legalizing marijuana and regulating it like alcohol, with 39 percent oppose.

(Republican support was at 42 percent; in most polls around the country, it has been in the 35 percent realm.)

In Florida, a medical marijuana legalization initiative has 77 percent support. Since it is a state constitutional amendment it needs 60 percent support to pass. However, its passage is not assured, since there is organized opposition that includes developer Mel Sembler, probably the most loathsome marijuana prohibitionist in the county. He says he plans to raise $10 million to kill the amendment.

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In the latest proof that America has lost its damn mind, a petition to divide California into six states has gained enough signatures to make the November ballot. Frankly, we’re more surprised that Texas didn’t beat Cali to the punch.

For those wondering, “Uhhh, why?” The break-up supporters feel that The Golden State would be better off with small governments for each piece of the pie.

And they surely believe this will benefit every corner of the state, not just the rich parts that don’t want to be associated with the stragglers.

Alarmingly, only 59 percent of Californians are against the plan, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. That other 31 percent is probably doubtful if the proposal passed that the state would actually split up — guess they didn’t learn anything from the regretful Brexit voters.

The movement is being championed by venture capitalist Tim Draper, whose resume includes growth projects including Hotmail and Skype. The California divide plan seems like a logical next step. He must have thought, “Ok, I made communication easier with Hotmail. Helped love ones talk face to face all over the globe with Skype. What’s next? Let’s add five more stars to United States flag!”

Speaking of flags, the most important debate now raging in the movement is, who gets the bear? The proud grizzly bear that resides on California’s flag is now in the midst of a nasty custody battle. Some say the bear can stay with North South California on the weekends, and East Upper Middle West California on Wednesdays and Fridays. We say, chop the bear up and the left leg can represent Californington and the head will be mascot for Calississippi.

STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE...

We’ve got a joke for ya’! Boy howdy, this is a good one: So a North Carolina governor walks into his office one day and passes a bill that legislates transphobia and eliminates anti-discrimination proWikimedia Commons/ tections for gay, bisexual, transgenSgt. Chris Stone der, genderqueer and intersex people in The Tarheel State.

Oh, that’s not a joke? Well, neither was North Carolina Governor Pat McCroy’s completely tone-deaf opening statement at a Donald Trump rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on July 25.

“All right, let’s be safe now,” McCrory said as he warmed up the crowd. “We’ve got a big crowd, so if you need to leave suddenly, we’ve got exits this way, exits this way and exits this way.”

“And,” McCrory continued, “If any of you need to use the restrooms...”

Oh! Ba-dum-chee! Get it? Because House Bill 2 requires that in government buildings, folks use the bathroom that corresponds to the sex on their birth certificates!

Who knew this guy was a standup comic? We didn’t... but we did know he’s a bigoted douchebag.

I mean, after your prejudiced legislation costs your state millions of dollars in revenue and puts the personal and professional safety of hundreds of thousands of people in jeopardy, what else is there to do but make a snide “joke”?

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