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MAN AND WOMAN OF THE YEAR: Meet John Beattie and Anita Marcussen — they make Arvada better P8,9

NEXT STEPS: Community brainstorms how to keep kids safe P4

CHASING CORAL: Film brings ocean crisis into classroom P4

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VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 23 | SPORTS: PAGE 26

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‘This movement will make a difference’ — let’s hope so

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isten to Ali Shultz.

The cardboard sign that hangs around her neck reads “Thoughts and prayers will never be enough.”

She stands in the cooling shade of towering pine trees, with her mother and friend, and the thousands gathered at Denver’s Civic Center Park for the March 24 student-organized rally and march protesting gun violence.

“We need to change,” the 16-yearold from Boulder High School says. “I want to feel safe. When a fire alarm goes off . . . ” Tears suddenly well in her eyes, roll down her cheeks.

“I don’t want to go to school someday and not come home.”

Listen to Erik Frederiksen.

He is 19, from Seattle, studying at the University of Denver.

During his senior year in high school, he experienced three Ann Macari lockdowns.

“It’s terrifying Healey when you see a tweet go out — ‘I am on my way to shoot up a school‘ — and you sit there for two hours waiting for something to happen.” Police later arrested a student who wasn’t in school that day.

A few weeks earlier, someone had scrawled “Don’t come to school on Friday” on a bathroom wall. School was canceled that day.

“After that, you kind of prepare. You figure out where you’re going to hide, where your exits are. It’s stayed with me ever since.”

He holds a sign that says “Books not bullets.”

‘I’m so proud of the kids’ Signs are everywhere. Small ones.

Big ones. Simple, scrawled, colorful, sophisticated. They wave in the air, clutched in hands, a sea of words that punch bluntly.

Enough.

If politicians won’t lead us, then we must make them.

2nd Amendment is not code for run for your life.

Change gun laws or change Congress.

Ali Shultz, 16, left, and friend Michela Santucci, 17, an exchange student from Italy, are Boulder High School students who joined the thousands at Civic Center Park for Denver’s March for Our Lives. They started crying when they talked about feeling safe at school.

ANN MACARI HEALEY Students are lucky enough to go to school. We shouldn’t feel lucky to go home.

We will not be your target practice.

Young people descended on Civic Center Park this spring-like afternoon by the thousands to demand change in gun laws that they believe will prevent violence in their classrooms and communities. They were part of a nationwide clarion call, March for our Lives, led and organized by students, set in motion by student survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting on Valentine’s Day that killed 17 students and educators.

But parents, grandparents and adults of all ages poured into the park, too.

Kathie Hart, 74, leans against a wall, watching the young people. A former English and French teacher, she drove from Thornton to support them and their cause.

“I’m so proud of the kids,” she says with fervor. “They are eloquent. They are powerful. They are passionate.

And they are respectful . . . They’re doing a better job at speaking to the issues” than those in Congress. “I am so proud of them.”

Carol Starmack, a member of the American Montessori Society in town for its annual conference, and so in-

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spired by the student movement, had to be there.

Peace is a central mission of Montessori teachings. Children are our hope for the future, she says, “our only hope for peace.”

‘This movement will make a difference’ The air in the park seems charged.

Electric. Music pulses through speakers. Chants swell. But it’s confidence, buoyed by the youthful belief of invincibility, which makes itself heard loud and clear.

“Students aren’t going to stop until something actually changes, however long that actually takes,” says Madeline Bond, 15, a sophomore from Dakota Ridge High School in Jefferson County.

“I want to let our senators in Congress know we want change,” says Kathryn Chandler, 17, who drove six hours from Garden City, Kansas, with her mom, because the Denver rally was the closest. “We’re done with being silent.”

“This movement will make a difference,” Erik says. “This time, it’s all different types of people coming together on both sides of the aisle, and people are sick and tired of seeing this happen.”

A recent poll by the Associated

Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows he may be right. Results found nearly 7 in 10 adults now favor stricter gun control measures, the strongest level of support since the Associated Press first asked the question in 2015. Overall, 90 percent of Democrats, 54 percent of gun owners and 50 percent of Republicans support tightening such laws.

School shootings remain a very small fraction of the gun violence that leaves a child dead or injured, on average, every hour in this country, according to a Washington Post analysis. But the analysis found nearly 200 people have died in school shootings since 1999 — the year 12 students and a teacher died in the Columbine High School tragedy — and more than 187,000 students in primary and secondary schools have experienced a shooting on campus during school hours.

‘You can’t underestimate any day’ Fear that someday it will be their turn is real, students say.

Many students know what they want. They say they don’t want to abolish the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms. But they want stricter regulations on background and mental health checks and the gunpermitting process. They want a ban on assault weapons.

Katie Lurie, 14, a freshman at Littleton High School, calls them commonsense gun laws. They “should be easy to comprehend,” she says. “It’s what students need to feel safe in their schools.”

Noah Hollingshead, 18, will graduate from Castle View High School in Douglas County in May. He hunts. He knows guns and rifles, understands how to use them safely. He came Saturday with his family — his parents, grandfather and eighth-grade sister, his aunt and uncle and cousins.

He holds up a sign he wrote — “Protect us! Ban assault weapons.”

It was important for him to be here, he says.

“My sister is in school for four more years and I will have kids one day, and I hope they can go to a school where they can feel safe and that it will do SEE HEALEY, P28

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Arvada firefighter charged with sexual exploitation of a minor Michael Gowey, 35, has been fired by the fire protection district

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An Arvada firefighter has been charged with nine counts of sexual exploitation of children after investigators said they found he allegedly sent and received inappropriate images through a messaging app.

Michael Gowey, 35, was arrested on

the charges filed by the First Judicial District the week of March 20.

Gowey was fired after the Arvada Fire Protection District learned of the charges against him.

He had been a firefighter with the district since 2011.

“All of us at the Arvada Fire Protection District are shocked, angry and Gowey saddened by the level of the allegations that have come forth,” Arvada Fire Chief Jon Greer said in a statement. “We want to assure the public that the alleged incom-

prehensible behavior of Mr. Gowey is not representative in any way of the values of our organization, our members or our community. Please join all of the members of the Arvada Fire Protection District in praying for victims of sexual exploitation and their families.”

According to the arrest affidavit, police in Nashville, Tennessee, were investigating chats found on the app Kik, where an account belonging to Gowey talked about sexually abusing a 6-year-old and offered to send pictures in exchange for an Amazon gift card.

The account, which was eventually

traced to an IP address at Gowey’s Lakewood home, allegedly sent 14 pictures of the sexual abuse, according to the affidavit.

After initially denying allegations against him, Gowey admitted to investigators that he used the Kik application to send and receive sexually exploitative material, but continually denied that he ever touched a child or thought about touching a child, according to the arrest affidavit.

According to the district attorney’s office, Gowey is out of jail on $40,000 bond. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 24.

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How Can Buyers Win a Bidding War? Here’s What Golden Real Estate’s Agents Do

Going on three years now, the current seller’s market has allowed agents to hone their bidding war skills – something the agents at Golden Real Estate have come to do quite well. In this week’s column, I’ll share some of what allows us to find success in this challenging market.

Of course, agents from other brokerages use many of the techniques I’ll describe here, and occasionally we learn from them, as they do from us. In our weekly sales meeting at Golden Real Estate, we share what works and doesn’t work, cognizant of the fact that what is effective in one situation might be ineffective in another.

The more contingencies a buyer can waive, the stronger an offer will be. The first and biggest contingency is the sale of an existing home. A buyer may want to sell his current home in order to purchase the replacement home, but if he can demonstrate he doesn’t need to do so, he can eliminate this contingency. If the buyer isn’t paying cash, his lender can provide a letter indicating he is qualified or pre-approved for a loan without selling his current home. Even better is when a buyer can show liquid assets that

can be sold in order to pay cash at closing. If he goes under contract with, say, a 45-day close, and prices his current home correctly, it’s entirely possible that we can negotiate an earlier closing on his current home than on the replacement. Under such a scenario, although the assets are in place to complete the purchase without selling his current home, the buyer is able complete the transaction without having to deploy those assets or close on a new loan. We have accomplished this for many buyers.

Waiving inspection and appraisal contingencies are common practices in competitive offers, but my preference is to leave those deadlines in the contract, but to include additional provisions that 1) the buyer will use the inspection deadline only to terminate, not to demand any repairs, and 2) the buyer will not demand a price reduction if the home doesn’t appraise for at least the contract price. Note, however, that if you inform the listing agent you are going to terminate because, for example, the furnace needs replacing, the seller is likely to say they’ll make that repair, knowing that they’re obligated to disclose that condition to the next buyer. A similar

scenario can often work if there’s a major appraisal problem. Perhaps the seller will compromise with a minor price adjustment, if not lower the price all the way to the appraised value.

“Love letters” written by the buyer to the seller can pose Fair Housing problems but are still a common practice — and they can be effective. Just this week I saw my first one in the form of a video clip showing the cute couple standing next to their wedding picture on the wall. In composing the buyer’s message, it helps if you know something about the seller. I recently submitted a buyer’s offer that was $20,000 below the listing

Homeowners Are Selling Homes in Record Numbers HOMES SOLD BY INDIVIDUALS 2008-2017 Source: REcolorado

Follow-up On Last Week’s Column About Off-Market Real Estate Transactions In last week’s column, I demonstrated statistically that when sellers allow their listing agent to sell their home without putting it on the MLS, they could lose money while their agent earns a bigger commission. A reader pointed out that I ignored one way in which sellers can save even bigger on commission — by not using a listing agent at all.

That reader’s email betrayed two misunderstandings that most FSBO (for sale by owner) sellers share. First, that the typical commission is 6 or 7%, when it really averages about 5.5% according to the National Association of Realtors; Second, that a FSBO seller can sell their home for as much as they could if they employed a listing agent.

Selling without an agent might be somewhat effective in certain market conditions, but it makes little sense in our current one. That may sound counter-intuitive, but it is absolutely true.

It’s one thing to manage your own negotiation with a single buyer, but do you really have the

time (not to mention the skill-set) to negotiate with, potentially, multiple buyers? How do you vet prospective buyers, safely handle showings, properly analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the various offers? Even if you’ve sold your own homes in the past, it’s pretty unlikely you’ve done so in anything approaching the type of market we’re in now. Indeed, I’ve even had licensed real estate agents hire me to sell their own property. Why? Because they recognized that I had more tools and was better suited to navigate the tricky waters of our current market than they would have been.

In addition to overestimating what they’d pay to a real estate professional, FSBO sellers often overlook the fact that most buyers are represented by their own agent who will be expecting to earn 2.8%. Because of that, smart FSBO sellers will offer to pay a co-op commission, reducing their savings from, say, 5.6% to 2.8%. With on-MLS listings selling for 2.1% more, as I showed last week, what is the gain?

price, despite being told there were two other offers. We didn’t submit a “love letter” but I did say in the cover message that my elderly buyers loved the home because they’d be close to their daughter who lives in that subdivision. To my surprise, the listing agent said that if we could raise the offer by $10,000, the seller would accept it.

At Golden Real Estate, we do have one “secret weapon,” used when the sellers still live in their home and are moving within the metro area. We offer the use of our own trucks, as well as supplying moving boxes, packing materials, and even, on occasion, the labor. It wins the day again and again!

With such statistics indicating a likelihood that a FSBO seller will sell their home for less than they would have if they’d had professional representation, chances are good they will ultimately net less money. So, by going it alone, they get to deal with all the pitfalls and difficulties that can accompany a real estate transaction, they get to do more work than they expected, and they end up with less money – all to avoid paying a commission.

Call us, and we’d be happy to address other concerns.

Conventional wisdom suggests that the low inventory of homes for sale is due to homeowners not putting their homes on the market.

For months I’ve been pointing out that this is not true, and the graph at left proves my point.

In creating the chart I excluded all sales by builders, banks, trusts, corporations and government — all sellers except individuals. To the extent that an increasing number of individuals have their homes in the name of a trust or corporation, the numbers are understated.

Homes are being put on the market in record numbers. The only reason that active inventory is low is that homes are selling more quickly than ever. Median days on market was 64 days in 2008, 11 days in 2014 and 8 days in 2017.

That’s why acting quickly on new listings and knowing how to compete successfully in a bidding war is so important, as discussed in the above article .

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Arvada man stars in ‘Chasing Coral’ film Students learn firsthand about a career in science

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Zack Rago loves coral.

“I could sit here and talk to you about them forever,” he said to about 300 Golden High School students on March 21.

“But they’re in trouble.”

Rago, 25, of Arvada visited the high school to share his real-world career experiences of his work with coral reefs — in particular his work on the 2017 documentary “Chasing Coral.”

Golden High School is one of about 50 schools across the country that Rago has spoken at within the past year. He visited a number of Boulder County schools, a few in the Denver Public Schools district and is scheduled to speak at a school in Douglas County. In Jeffco, he spoke at high schools in Arvada and Lakewood.

At Golden High School, his

Zack Rago, a 2011 graduate of Arvada’s Pomona High School, speaks to Golden High schoolers on March 21 about coral reefs and starring in “Chasing Coral,” an award-winning film that documents the changing coral reef ecosystems and why they are vanishing.

CHRISTY STEADMAN presentation was incorporated into the climate change unit part of the earth science class, said Britt Ramsay, a

science teacher at the school.

Most of the audience were ninth-graders, she said, but a few were in grades 10-12.

“The students really benefited by getting to meet somebody who’s made a career out of science,” Ramsay said.

“Chasing Coral” is a film directed by Jeff Orlowski that documents the changing coral reef ecosystems and why they are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists, in addition to the support of about 500 people around the world, were involved with the film. It took about three years to film it. More than 500 hours were spent underwater and the film includes footage from more than 30 countries.

Rago is a key cast member in the documentary.

“The corals are the main character,” Rago said, “but I’m the main human character.”

The students watched the film about a month ago and thought of Rago like a movie star visiting their school, Ramsay said.

“They were excited to get the opportunity to meet him and ask him questions,” she said.

The students prepared thoughtful questions ahead of time to ask him, Ramsay said.

One question came from SEE CORAL, P31

No option off the table at Jeffco Safety Forum Stakeholders come together to discuss improving school safety

Here are some of the key topics discussed during the evening.

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With the recent attack at a Parkland, Florida, high schools — and with the massacre at Columbine High School nearing its 19th anniversary — parents, students and Jefferson County Public Schools have been grappling with one concern: How to ensure nothing like these attacks ever happens again.

On March 20, the county took first steps toward that goal.

“Jefferson County has experience with these kinds of tragedies,” Superintendent Jason Glass told the several hundred parents, teachers and community members at the district’s first safety forum, held March 20 at Lakewood High School. “This is part of a larger community conversation about what we can do. All options at present come with their own challenges and problems.”

The evening featured presentations from a panel of experts, including police chiefs from Arvada, Edgewater, Golden, Lakewood, Westminster, Wheat Ridge, Jeffco Sheriff Jeff Shrader, District Attorney Pete Weir and organizations such as the I Love U

Golden Police Chief Bill Kilpatrick speaks at the Jeffco Safety Forum at Lakewood High School on March 20. The event was an opportunity for law enforcement and the community to discuss possible ways to make schools safer for Jeffco students.

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Guys Foundation and Safe2Tell.

“I can’t begin to describe the importance of the relationship between the district and local police departments,” said Dan Brennan, Wheat Ridge police chief. “Every time a shooting happens, we’re all snapped back to the Columbine situation, and then we have some tough decisions to make.”

The evening was led by John Mc-

Donald, executive director of security and emergency management with Jeffco Schools.

“This is not an easy conversation to have, but what we need is direct and honest dialogue,” he said. “We start teaching children about school safety at 3 years old now, because for 19 years we have been learning lessons about keeping students safe.”

What Jeffco Schools are already doing In the years since Columbine, the county has learned from other shootings that have happened, not just in Colorado, but throughout the country.

As McDonald said, shootings don’t just happen in schools — they happen in malls, churches and movie theaters as well.

One of the most helpful tools the district has is Safe2Tell, an anonymous statewide program for students, parents, school staff and community members to report concerns regarding their safety or the safety of others.

“We’re focusing on early prevention,” said Susan Payne, director of Safe2Tell. “We know from a Secret Service study that for most school violence, someone other than the attacker knew it was going to happen but failed to report it.”

When it comes to working directly with students and staff in schools, School Resource Officers (SROs) are also extremely popular.

“We owe students and teachers the gift of SROs, not only because they’re trained, but because it provides students a positive relationship with law enforcement,” McDonald said.

Students also participate in lockdown drills and have access to mental SEE SAFETY, P32

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Judge rules juvenile charged as adult to remain in district court STAFF REPORT

CALM AFTER THE STORM

A Jefferson County District Court judge has ruled that the case of a juvenile, who was charged as an adult for his alleged role in a violent crime spree, will remain in the First Judicial District Court.

Luis Julian Riso, 17, was charged as an adult in March 2017. Defense attorneys filed a motion requesting a hearing to transfer the case back to juvenile court. However, following the five-day hearing, spread over several months, the judge denied the motion.

Riso was 16 years old when he and seven others allegedly targeted, assaulted, extorted, robbed and shot an 18-year-old Arvada man in January 2017, according to court documents.

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The victim was shot in the leg and later pushed from a car on Highway 36. Riso was one of six juveniles charged in the case. His case was filed directly into the District Court where he was charged with 29 felony counts, including second-degree kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, first-degree assault, aggravated robbery and burglary.

The judge filed his ruling on March 20, saying, “The community’s interest in imposing a punishment commensurate with the gravity of the defendant’s leading role in the crime spree is accomplished only by retaining the defendant in District Court.”

Riso is due back in court next month.

Committee organizes Arvada Volunteer Challenge Goal is for participants to log 25,000 hours in April

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A group of nonprofit and business professionals interested in increasing awareness of the local nonprofit community has organized the fourth annual Arvada Volunteer Challenge.

Organizations Serving Arvada, a committee of the Arvada Chamber of Commerce, has again partnered with Billion Acts of Peace to help increase the impact of the campaign, which is all about giving back. This year’s goal is to log 25,000 volunteer hours in April.

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ARVADA MAN OF THE YEAR

Besides the countless hours he volunteers at the Arvada Community Food Bank, John Beattie also is very active in Boy Scouts of America.

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‘He just does it out of joy’ 2018 Man of the Year: John Beattie

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

John Beattie is referred to as a “staple” of the Arvada community.

Three days a week, Beattie, 72, can be found picking up and dropping off food from all around the metro area to be used at Community Table, formerly the Arvada Community Food Bank.

“The food bank has a pool of up to 700 volunteers and John consistently gives us more time doing very difficult jobs for us — he literally brings in thousands of pounds of food a week,” said Mark Stratford, director of food programs at Community Table. “He just does it out of joy and not out of recognition. It’s just built in him and he loves to serve his community.”

That love of service is the reason Beattie has been named the 2018 Man of the Year by the Arvada Chamber of Commerce. He will be recognized April 4 during the chamber’s 67th Annual Awards Luncheon.

“It completely surprised me,” Beattie said of receiving the award. “I would never have

thought I would qualify. It was really a surprise.”

In addition to the time Beattie puts in at the food bank, he also makes a big contribution to the Boy Scouts of America, having been involved as an adult since 1981, when his sons were participants. He himself was a Boy Scout for 10 years in his youth.

Beattie is currently Scout Master of Troop 600 in Arvada, which is sponsored by the St. Anne’s parish Men’s Club. He also is in charge of organizing regional camping trips for the Scouts and the Scout food drives.

“I feel that being involved in the community and giving back to the community is important,” Beattie said.

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ARVADA WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Anita Marcussen’s favorite activity — of her many — is baking and cooking for the quarterly teas at the McIlvoy House.

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‘She just gives so much of herself’ 2018 Woman of the Year: Anita Marcussen

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Anita Marcussen says she bleeds Arvada.

A Colorado native, she moved to Arvada when she was 2 years old. In retirement, she has dedicated her days to preserving the town’s history and enriching the lives of students.

“She’s always been a volunteer, but since she retired in 2014 she is a tireless volunteer,” said Sally Grammer, a former coworker and fellow

volunteer at the Arvada Historical Society.

“She’s just an incredible person. She just gives so much of herself to Arvada people.”

The giving of herself and her time is why Marcussen, 71, was named the 2018 Women of the Year by the Arvada Chamber of Commerce, which will recognize her April 4 at the chamber’s 67th Annual Awards Luncheon.

“This is very overwhelming to me,” Marcussen said. “It’s real humbling.”

At the Arvada Historical Society, Marcussen performs many tasks, from maintaining the gardens at the McIlvoy House, coordinating the cemetery tour and the trick-or-treat street events at the Flour Mill to giving school tours and creating the Harvest Festival float.

But her favorite thing to do is host quarterly teas at the McIlvoy House — she does all the

baking and cooking.

“I like being behind the scenes,” Marcussen said. “Catering is something I’m passionate about. I love to do the teas, the annual breakfast. That’s what I love to do.”

Marcussen also organizes a tea for the Arvada West Foundation to raise money for scholarships, and she volunteers with her husband at Arvada K-8, where her great-grandchildren attend school.

Ironically, she attended school in that building when it was Arvada High.

At the school she teaches students to make butter and perform historical reenactments.

“I like to keep busy and do the right things,” Marcussen said. “There are so many needs out there and so many little things a person can do that make a difference, too.”

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Amping up the arts in Olde Town Arvada The next First Friday will be April 6

SPOTLIGHT ON HIGH SCHOOL ARTISTS The May First Friday will feature artwork created by high school students in the metro Denver area starting at 6 p.m. May 4. Go to visitarvada.org for more details.

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Arvada Visitors Center and the Olde Town Business Improvement District are hoping to add more public art elements to the area to help make it a destination for visitors.

“I think this goes hand-andhand with a creative culture,” said Nathan Bishop, executive director of the Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District. “This adds another layer to bring more creativity and vibrancy. We believe we’re a great match to displaying art and having creative experiences in our district.”

Olde Town has an opportunity for public art as one of the only mixed use districts in Arvada, he said.

Jean Gordon, director of the Arvada Visitor Center, agreed.

“Olde Town and art haven’t gone hand-and-hand, and I think there’s people out here that want to make that a bigger piece of the puzzle,” she said, Gordon, adding that the district will be partnering

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Phillip Potter’s oil paintings will be featured at Balefire Goods at 7417 Grandview Ave. in Olde Town Arvada on April 6 during the First Friday Art Walk.

SHANNA FORTIER with Arvada Center and the Arvada Arts and Culture Commission to make that happen.

One way businesses are helping to bolster the arts community in Olde Town is by taking the lead on the initiative to bring more artists and art lovers to the area through First Friday Art Walks.

“In this case, it’s merchantled and I think it speaks,” Bishop said. “Bringing in

artists can be a way that get people walking around this district — it highlights the whole area.”

One of those merchants leading the charge is Jamie Hollier, owner of Balefire Goods. Hollier has hosted an artist in her artisan jewelry shop each month since opening her shop last November.

“I think one of the important things for a strong

community is a strong arts community,” Hollier said. “Arvada is actually great. There are a ton of amazing artists that live right here or really close. “We’ve been excited to give those artists a venue and continue to bolster Arvada as a destination for art.”

For the April 6 art walk, participating locations include Vouna, The Cereal Box, Hunter Bay Coffee Roasters Arvada, Gallery 1874, Light Rail Gallery and Grand Lake Brewing.

Looking ahead to May, businesses will showcase the next generation of artists — high school students.

Last year, Olde Town merchants worked with Bethany Norton at Two Roads Charter School to host students artists during an art walk.

This year, the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities is partnering

WHAT: The Arvada Arts and Culture Commission is finalizing the Cultural Master Plan for Arvada and is seeking input and ideas from the community.

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Marijuana tax money helps in fight against youth substance abuse Jeffco is one of 50 Colorado Communities That Care

plement these prevention efforts, called Communities That Care. The eventual goal of Communities That Care is to create policies, systems and programs that reach children and families, and help youth grow into productive adults.

Part of the program includes choosing 21 youth, ranging in age from 14 to 18, to intern as youth researchers to gather data on what they are experiencing in the Jeffco community.

Frankie Briganti, a junior at Wheat Ridge High School, wants to pursue a health-related career, she said, so the youth researcher internship was a way for her to gain exposure to the public health field.

“It’s nice because I’m actually doing something to help people my age,” Briganti said. She added people her age “all go through some of the same things and (some) who are struggling.”

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Jefferson County is joining 49 other communities across Colorado to use marijuana tax dollars to prevent substance abuse among its youth, while reducing violence and improving mental health.

“Each of these communities is working to reduce underlying risk factors and increase known protective factors with the goal of preventing problems before they ever start,” said Pamela Gould, the Communities That Care coordinator for Jefferson County.

In June 2016, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) received a grant to im-

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From left, Rocky Li, Steven Nguyen and Gabe Dinette, three of the 21 youth researchers participating in Jefferson County Communities That Care, practice their focus group questions during a recent Communities That Care teen focus group.

Dinette is a senior at Lakewood High School and said it was important to him to get involved in Communities That Care so he could be a positive role model to other youth in the community.

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VOICES Empathy: For the greater good

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n the 1990s, while I was still reeling from a divorce of (previously unimaginable) pain, I was introduced to a friend of a friend to play tennis. We met at some courts near my office after work one afternoon. Will was tall, dashing and so athletic that he pretty much wiped the tennis court with me, although he was quite kind about it.

Later, as we enjoyed an adult beverage on the patio of a popular restaurant downtown after tennis, I learned that Will had been part of the U.S. four-man bobsled team that placed fourth at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games. A captain in the Air Force stationed at Hanscom Field in Massachusetts at the time, Will had been recruited to the USA-1 sled for his strength and speed.

Even as we chatted, however — and over

the lively music that was piped outside to the patio — we both became aware of the table of four or five men sitting near us, to Will’s left and a bit behind him. They were expressing their displeasure through crude comments and thinly veiled threats. As these registered in my consciousness, I was shocked, but all I saw in Will was weary recognition and resignation. I was frightened and embarrassed by a situation I had never faced before.

You see, Will is black.

In a recent course at Lighthouse Writers Workshop — “Writing for the Greater Good,” led by celebrated Colorado author Helen Thorpe — we discussed how to convey the emotions of people in situations that we ourselves had never experienced to create empathy. As a Caucasian, I had certainly never experienced the kind of racial prejudice

that Will had, as evidenced by his tired sighs and the studious way he tried to ignore the ignoramuses on that patio.

In my late 30s at the time of this incident, I was still pretty sheltered in my world view, having grown up in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado, heading off to college at age 17, and marrying a few months after graduation. Watching Will’s face harden, I was deeply sorry for about what was happening. I learned — by watching Will — what prejudice felt like.

No matter that Will had risen to the rank of major in the Air Force, held a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Massachusetts, had been a track star in high school as well as college where he earned MVP SEE DORAY, P13

Deliver what you promise — that’s success

W

e have bought a number of new appliances in our home over the last 15 months. And, no, that wasn’t the plan—we have lived in our house for 16 years, and this was the first significant upgrade to our hardware in all that time.

Frankly, it’s a miracle it took this long before things went kaput on us.

There’s a lesson in that, by the way: Young people, don’t be like me. Learn my lesson early: When you buy a home, set up a spreadsheet of all your major systems, make a notation of when they all went into commission, and have a plan for replacing and upgrading over time. You don’t want to find yourself, someday, with a number of sudden, significant problems in your house. Those are the kinds of

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things that ruin the bestlaid budgetary plans.

At any rate, our experience with this process has been, at best, mixed, particularly on the delivery side of things.

Only one of these appliances was delivered and installed in the time and in the fashion that it was promised.

Michael Alcorn We even had the absurd experience of being on the phone with one retailer, being told that they could not do the delivery on the day it was promised becasue of weather SEE ALCORN, P13

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Housing policy hurts Arvada As we continue to build luxury complexes, the average cost of housing rises for all of us. If we do not include attainable units with new development, the housing market will become so hostile that it’ll price out our police, teachers, and firefighters in addition to service workers who are already struggling.

One continuous refrain is used to justify this trend. Supply and

A publication of

demand; a simple economic metric.

However, with the housing market, it is an incompatible and ignorant remark. Yes, if we build the supply of housing past demand, landlords will lower their prices to be competitive, but there is no guarantee where the lower cost apartments will land in the aftermath of a falling market. Will the prices in Candelas drop significantly enough so that a cashier at the new King Soopers can buy a house?

I’m not saying new development doesn’t have positive impacts. What I am saying is that it needs to happen in an intelligent way. If city council ignores the negative consequences faced by the work force they have clearly decided who they care about and who they are telling to shove it.

Julia Morrison, Arvada SEE LETTERS, P13

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I highly doubt it. What will happen, and what is already happening in Arvada, is a stratification of people.

Those working hourly minimum wage will live outside the city and commute in. This stratification sends the very clear message that those serving our food are good enough to wait on us but not good enough to be our neighbors.

A particularly stressing reality when Arvada thinks of itself as neighborly and inviting.

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LETTERS FROM PAGE 12

Time to end PERA’s plight Regarding Public Employee’s Retirement Association plight, how often have we heard its beneficiaries, legislators, and state office seekers aver that ‘the taxpayer should be on-the-hook to cover its $30 to $50 billion shortfall’?

Well, how big would that hook have to be?

Wouldn’t $30 billion consume the entire state’s yearly budget?

Wouldn’t a $50 billion hook, divided by 5.6 million Coloradans, obligate every man, woman and child in this state for almost $9,000 each?

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issues, while another retailer was ringing our doorbell with the promised delivery. I won’t tell you which stores failed us, but I am happy to say that the one that kept its end of the bargain was Lowe’s.

I say this, not to complain, but, to try to make a point.

- There may be people who read this column who run businesses or who aspire to run businesses. And, in any business, you have to understand how competitive the world has become, and how necessary it is to set yourself apart with something that you do. In the case of appliances, most retailers have, basically, the same products for roughly the same price. What sets Lowe’s apart, and what guarantees that it will get my business in the future, was that it hustled and worked and kept its promises.

Works in other mediums, as well.

D’Evelyn Jr./Sr. High School in Jefferson County is an option school— meaning it takes kids from all over the district—that runs a different program, a different curriculum, than the other schools in the district.

Parents place their students there knowing that D’Evelyn is a different sort of place than their neighborhood schools, and D’Evelyn delivers.

It is a school that regularly appears

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honors in the North Central Conference for three years, and had represented the United States of America at y the Olympic Games. To those people he was nothing more than a young black man with a beer they thought he shouldn’t be having with a young white woman.

One definition of empathy is the capacity to feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference – that is, the capacity to place ourselves in another’s position.

How would those public figures mentioned above, propose to extract $36,000 from every family of four without selling off the children?

Isn’t it time, while PERA still has substantial assets, to promptly force it into involuntary Federal Chapter 9 Bankruptcy, before the situation gets even worse?

Russell W Haas, Golden How about stepping up, not out?

The March 22 cartoon depicts students walking out of class and on to the voting booth. As if the government has the answer or another law will prevent students from killing other students. How about if the students took responsibility to recognize

on lists of the nation’s top high schools, and its test scores regularly outpace the other schools in the district and the state. And it doesn’t sacrifice the rest of the school experience to generate great test scores— the school has a thriving music program, and its athletic teams do well, also. It promises parents a different experience, and it delivers.

The world is full of examples of successful people and institutions that simply keep their promises. If you want to set yourself apart, find your strength, set your philosophy around providing on that, and then build a culture around delivering.

It seems simple, but it is actually uncommonly difficult.

But then, that’s what sets success apart from the everyday.

••••• Today’s foray into finding beauty in the world is one that I just discovered a couple years ago. Even though I have lived in Colorado my whole life, I have spent very little time on the western slope. But if you want to have a 2 1/2 hour drive that repeatedly takes your breath away with its awesome beauty, someday take the drive on Highway 550 between Montrose and Durango. Not for the faint of heart, but truly incredible.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

And from empathy, then, comes understanding.

In class, we determined that portraying emotions we’ve never personally experienced required observing them in people who have.

And if I can use situations like Will’s to inject such emotion into my own writing, then I believe I will be writing for the greater good in a world that could use a little more empathy right now.

Andrea Doray is a writer who still loves tennis, having shed blood on some courts diving for those low volleys. Contact Andrea at a.doray@andreadoray. com.

fellow students in distress? How about if parents were held accountable for the actions of their children? How can the government address these failures of society if we do not ourselves take the responsibility to act. How about a cartoon of a student eating lunch alone that is joined by other students?

How about a cartoon of a parent disciplining their kid for being a brat?

Small steps may avoid big problems.

At some point we must take responsibility for our own actions.

Ray Hornsby, Arvada PERA problems Just a few years in the past PERA was flush with cash and more than solvent. So why is it that due to some

incredible fiscal stupidity the rest of us must now be saddled with an insolvent and potentially catastrophic financial disaster?

This is neither fair to the taxpayers of Colorado nor the recipients of PERA. Why were these recipients taken completely out of Social Security? Why were these earners allowed to retire years earlier than the rest of us on normal pensions and social security?

Perhaps the only answer is a bankruptcy, as has been suggested by other concerned citizens. I, like many others, would move out of this state if I were suddenly saddled with an enormous debt of this nature. Wouldn’t you?

William F Hineser, Arvada

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West Metro awarded Class 1 insurance status New rating expected to save residents, businesses millions STAFF REPORT

West Metro Fire Rescue has been awarded a Class 1 ISO rating, the highest level recognized nationally by the Insurance Services Office.

The rating is a gauge of a fire agency’s ability to serve its residents and business owners and is awarded based on factors such as staffing, apparatus, training, 911 communications, and water supply.

With the Class 1 rating, businesses and homeowners in the West Metro district are

expected to see millions of dollars in savings on property insurance.

“Our new ISO rating was driven by West Metro’s commitment to our district — to always be looking for opportunities to improve our service,” said Don Lombardi, West Metro fire chief. “The new rating is validation for our firefighters and staff that what we’ve been doing is creating a safer community.”

Only 0.5 percent of approximately 46,000 fire agencies across the country earn a Class 1 rating, and 60 of the 239 internationally-accredited fire agencies have a Class 1 rating.

Many insurance companies use the ratings to set property coverage rates. In West

Metro’s district, a typical homeowner with a home valued at $300,000 could see annual insurance savings of about $200. The new rating will save business owners approximately 3 percent to 5 percent on commercial insurance premiums depending on building construction.

The ISO system rankings range from Class 1 (the best) to Class 10, which is no fire coverage at all. The Insurance Services Office evaluates fireresponse agencies nationwide (around 46,000), about every 10 years. Its independent rating is based on factors that relate to the overall effectiveness of fire protection services.

Insurance companies will be informed of West Metro’s new rating, beginning May 1.

Grant program open to Arvada businesses, property owners STAFF REPORT

The Arvada Economic Development Association Board of Directors approved funding for the 50/50 matching grant program and is now accepting applications.

Businesses and property owners may apply for the grant anytime during the open application period based on available funds.

The development association created the Exterior Improvements Grant Program to support existing Arvada businesses and property owners who wish

to make capital improvements to the exterior of their properties, and consequently, to the Arvada community.

This 50/50 matching grant program leverages association funds and private sector investment to enhance commercial properties in Arvada.

To apply, visit arvadaeconomicdevelopment. org/resources/financialassistance/ and click on the Exterior Improvements button to review the overview and/or apply. The application period deadline is April 16.

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Good News Breakfast celebration scheduled STAFF REPORT

The 28th Annual Good News Breakfast will be held at 6:59 a.m. on Tuesday, April 24, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave., in Golden. The keynote speaker is former 9News anchor Mark Koebrich.

The theme is “Jeffco at Work: Providing Pathways for a Changing World.” The breakfast will honor individuals and organizations that support, encourage and prepare community members for the 21st century workforce.

Chef Joachim Schaaf also will be inducted in to the Hall of Fame for his efforts each year on behalf of the Good News Coalition. Year after year, Schaaf and his students

from Warren Tech arrive at the fairgrounds at the crack of dawn to provide a delicious breakfast.

This year’s honorees include: • Deputy David Bruening, Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Office The school resource officer at Dakota Ridge High School, he developed a weeklong Youth Academy, which includes formal classroom courses as well as interactive experiences with the SWAT team and K9s.

• Community and Family Connections Team, Jeffco Schools Rebecca Dunn, Laura Monreal, Beatriz Monsalve, Oscar Fonseca, Naomi Xayavongsa and Amy McDaniel com-

prise this team that oversees services to many of the 3,000 students in Jeffco experiencing homelessness.

• Athan Miller, Jack’s & Steamers Athan Miller, co-owner of Jack’s & Steamers in Arvada, employs 130 people. Seventy of the employees are people with disabilities who learn how to interact with restaurant and coffee shop customers. Miller teaches critical skills that help students find employment in the restaurant industry.

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Examples of some of the World War I posters featuring women, on display as part of the Center for Colorado Women’s History and its new exhibit.

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women Center for Colorado Women’s History is about more than exhibits

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The State of Colorado was the first state in the union to enfranchise women by popular vote, and in 1894, Colorado became the first state to elect women to the state Legislature.

In other words, it’s safe to say Colorado has been a place for women to lead for well over a century. But it’s never had a place dedicated to celebrating the achievements of women in the state.

That all changed on March 21, with the opening of the Center for Colorado Women’s History at the Byers-Evans House Museum, 1310 Bannock St., Denver.

“This place provides opportunities to share the stories of women that have not been told before,” said Jillian Allison, director of the new

Jillian Allison, director of the new Center for Colorado Women’s History at the Byers-Evans House Museum, cuts the ribbon for its opening March 21.

center. “But it’s not just about the past. We want to help uncover the stories that are happening now, and be part of the conversation for the future.”

The opening was an opportunity for local leaders to celebrate National Women’s History Month, with a focus on the women that have made a particular impact on Colorado — women like Dr. Justina Ford, who became the first female African-American doctor in Denver, or Dana Crawford, who led the historic preservation efforts in the 1960s that saved many of Denver’s historic buildings.

“By understanding how Colorado got to where we are today, we can uncover and appreciate the diversity of the area,” said Charleszine “Terry” Nelson, community resource manager for the Blair-Caldwell

IF YOU GO WHAT: Center for Colorado Women’s History WHERE: Byers-Evans House Museum, 1310 Bannock St., Denver INFORMATION: www.historycolorado.org/ center-colorado-womens-history African American Research Library.

“This museum shows there have been and are lots of can-do women in our state.”

The Center for Colorado Women’s History will not be a museum in the traditional sense, explained Steve Turner, executive director of the History Colorado Center. While there will be the kinds of exhibits SEE WOMEN, P24

lfred Hitchcock is one of the most important names in cinematic history, and is responsible for some of Hollywood’s most iconic films — titles like “Psycho,” “Rear Window,” “Vertigo” and “The 39 Steps.”

But you don’t have to be a follower of Hitch to enjoy the madcap laughs brought to hilarious theatrical life in Patrick Barlow’s adaptation of “The 39 Steps.”

Golden’s Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington COMING Ave., is hosting ATTRACTIONS “The 39 Steps” March 23 through April 29. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

“This is a show I’ve been circling for a while now, and one I’ve always wanted Clarke Reader to be a part of,” said Casey Andree, who plays Richard Hannay in the production. “The best thing about the show is that it really celebrates the magic of the theater.”

In addition to Andree, the show features Alaina Beth Reel as the roles of Annabella Schmidt, Margaret and Pamela, John Wittbrodt as Clown One and Sean Michael Cummings as Clown Two. Both Wittbrodt’s and Cummings’ roles require them to play a variety of dozens of characters — something Hitchcock was able to do with a large cast and extras.

“A lot of high jinks and hilarious characterizations ensue,” Andree said. “It’s such a fast-paced show, and there’s so much physical comedy for people who love laughing.”

The show tells the story of Hannay, a man with a boring life who meets a woman with a thick accent who says she’s a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called “The 39 Steps” is hot on the man’s trail in a nationwide manhunt begins.

Tips of the hat and Easter eggs abound for fans of Hitchcock’s oeuvre, but the show is really made for those who crave a theatrical experience that will leave them smiling.

“You’re going to have a great time at this show,” Andree said. “But your face might hurt from smiling so much.”

For tickets and more information, call 303-935-3044 or visit www.minersalley.com.

A jazzy start to Easter weekend New York-born Jane Monheit has been one of the jazz world’s most beautiful voices since she first appeared SEE READER, P24

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Fashion illustrations bring style to Denver Art Museum “Drawn to Glamour: Fashion Illustrations

by Jim Howard” opened March 25 at the Denver Art Museum.

Jim Howard, who now lives in Lakewood, had a four-decade career creating awardwinning editorial work through the 1970s and 1980s. More than 100 works on paper trace Sonya Ellingboe fashion’s stories. It gives a nostalgic look at trends set by top ready-to-wear designers, high-end retailers and cosmetic companies. His illustrations were first recognized by Nieman Marcus in Dallas and he later moved to New York City, where he worked for

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major department stores, creating work for major fashion houses, which often ran in The New York Times. The exhibit is on the second floor of the Hamilton Building and is free with general admission. The museum is at 13th Avenue and Bannock Street in downtown Denver. Denverartmuseum.org.

Hudson Gardens concerts April 9 is the date when Hudson Gardens announces its summer concert season — can those wonderful outdoor events throughout the area be far behind? Tickets go on sale April 16.

Sheryl Crow performs July 15. Visit the website, or stop by the Gardens for information and a stroll (6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. Things should be sprouting). Concert prices vary, but admission to the gardens is free, 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m. daily. Hudsongardens.org.

Museo de las Americas “Pachucos y Sirenas” is the current exhibit at the Museo de las Americas, 861 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, running through May 26. Not only the Zoot Suit, but the Calavera skull represented and a full-sized low-rider piñata are featured among paintings, photographs and graffiti. Open noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Admission: $5/$3. 303-571-4401, museo.org.

Book awards Finalists have been selected for the 27th Annual Colorado Book Awards, announced by Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book. Winners will be announced on June 2 at the Sie Film Center. Finalists will read at the Book

Bar, 4280 Tennyson St., on selected dates in April and May. Categories: Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction; Anthology and Creative Fiction; Juvenile and Young Adult Literature; Fiction and Poetry; General Fiction; History; Pictorial. See winning titles at coloradohumanities.org.

Literary Festival Writers Studio at Arapahoe Community College will hold its annual Literary Festival in the Half Moon, Littleton Campus, 5900 S. Santa Fe Drive, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on April 14. Workshops with authors, lunch, readings, open mic. For information and to register: Arapahoe.edu/lit-fest. Authors included: Aaron Abeyta, Mark Mayer, Wayne Miller, Natanya Pulley, Sarah Elizabeth Schantz, Jenny Shank.

Couple wins honeymoon cruise at wedding expo Colorado Community Media sponsored the event in Littleton STAFF REPORT

One happy couple walked away with a honeymoon cruise from Highlands Ranch Travel, and about 150 people got a chance to talk to more than 40 wedding professionals at The Falls Event Center in Littleton on March 25.

Colorado Community Media hosted its first wedding expo, partnering with Highlands Ranch Travel and The Falls Event Center, the event’s presenting sponsor, for the event.

“This was a fantastic event, full of happy engaged couples connecting with vendors ready to help make their day special,” said Jerry Healey, president and publisher of Colorado Community Media, which produces 18 weekly newspapers throughout the metro area. “The vendors went all out decorating booths, sampling food and engaging our attendees with interesting and informative information. Everyone had a great time

and even saw some dance moves break out. The Colorado Community Media events team, led by Special Projects Manager Thelma Grimes, did a great job coordinating and leading this event.”

Engaged couple Chad Howard and Mars Simich were surprised to be named the grand-prize winners of the Colorado Community Media Cutest Engagement Story Contest, which was sponsored by Highlands Ranch Travel.

With nearly 30 entries, judges from Highlands Ranch Travel chose Howard for his unique, personal story.

“It was very rewarding to give it to such a deserving couple,” said Dan Kraft, manager of Highlands Ranch Travel. “Every story entered had a fun and unique story. It was hard to pick a winner, but I really feel we chose the right couple. It came down to their story.

It truly hit the heart.”

Howard submitted the story about a proposal that he agreed might have some do a double take, given it was on his grandmother’s graveside.

For Howard and Simich, winning the grand prize couldn’t have come at a better time. With Simich’s mother ill, and the cost of planning their wedding in

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October, a honeymoon was looking near impossible. They will go to either the Caribbean or Alaska.

Talking about her fiancé entering the contest, Simich said, “The way he did this, I couldn’t have imagined anything more romantic. It was so personal, so loving, so kind. I’ve never done a cruise.

I never thought a honeymoon would be possible.”

Howard said, “I think what (Highlands Ranch Travel) has made happen for us is fantastic,” Howard said. “I couldn’t be more thankful. This will be something for us to really be with each other.”

There were three couples chosen as the finalists or the contest, including Howard, Annie Smiley and Autumn Shea. The second and third finalists were treated to an overnight stay at Table Mountain Inn in Golden.

The entertainment was provided by Dancin Shoes DJ services, which also gave one lucky couple a $250 gift card, which was part of more than $4,000 in raffle prizes given throughout the day from a variety of participants.

To see more from the weekend event, visit www.coloradocommunitymedia. com/weddingexpo/.

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Tenebrae Worship Service at 7:00 pm This service of gathering darkness tells the story of Jesus’ Last Supper, his arrest, and crucifixion. The story is told through Scripture and music – “The Shadow of the Cross” cantata, performed by our Chancel Choir and chamber ensemble. Holy Communion will be celebrated and offered to all.

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Alameda Gateway wins photo contest STAFF REPORT

The Alameda Gateway Community Association won Downtown Colorado Inc.’s Crushing on Colorado photo contest with its photo “Kisses for Lakewood Cultural Center.”

As the winner, Alameda Gateway gets to attend the “In the Game” convention in Boulder next month.

Crushing on Colorado is a movement to celebrate the people and places that make Colorado a wonderful place to live.

“Kisses for Lakewood Cultural Center” was the winner of the Downtown Colorado Inc.’s Crushing on Colorado photo contest. The photo was submitted by the Alameda Gateway Community Association.

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YOUTH

$7,125,000, from the marijuana tax money, and received about $9,000,000 in 201718. The Jeffco grant will be awarded for five years, beginning in 2016. By 2021, the county is projected to receive more than $1 million in grant money.

Supplemental funding for the local Communities That Care initiative comes to Jeffco from the 2017 DrugFree Communities Support Program grant — a grant from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, for $125,000, with potential renewable funding up to $725,000.

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Program works The Communities That Care process is proven to work, Gould said.

For example, she added, in communities across the country that have already implemented its methods, youth are less likely to engage in risk behaviors. Randomized controlled trials in these communities found that youth were 37 percent less likely to binge drink, 25 percent less likely to engage in crime and 32 percent more likely to have abstained from the use of any illegal drug, Gould said.

Communities That Care “helps to protect our kids from the very beginning,” said District Attorney Pete Weir, “before they have the chance to use a substance, before they encounter peer pressure and long before they ever end up in my courtroom.”

Research from the University of Washington indicates that all youths can face certain risk factors that increase the likelihood of substance misuse, Gould said. Risk factors include the availability of substances, having low attachment to their community or neighborhood, a lack of commitment to school, academic failure, favorable attitudes toward misuse among family or friends or having a sense that there is low risk of substance use causing problems, Gould said.

Opportunities for youth to be involved in their community, school or family in ways that include skill-building and recognition for successes, has

Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School freshman Nina Hernandez cuddles with Rocky, a therapy dog from Animals 4 Therapy, while practicing focus group interviewing skills March 9 at Jefferson County Public Health. Hernandez is one of 21 youth researchers helping Jefferson County Communities That Care learn more about the problems teenagers face in today’s society. PHOTOS COURTESY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH been shown to reduce the prevalence of youth problems in their community, Gould said.

“These are called protective factors,” she said, “and they’re how we can combat risk factors.”

The Communities That Care grant is funded by the marijuana tax cash fund, managed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). In 2016-17, CDPHE received about

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Making a difference “The whole point is to raise young people who are healthy, safe and drug free,” said Dr. Mark Johnson, the executive director of JCPH. “With this funding, we have the potential to make a real difference.”

The Communities That Care model helps local communities assess specific risks and protective factors among the youth in their communities. Jeffco is focusing on Lakewood, Edgewater and Wheat Ridge because these communities and the schools within them have expressed a readiness to make significant changes to support their youth, Gould said.

“Across Colorado, we’re seeing concerning rates of binge drinking, drug use and depression among youth and we want to make sure we’re addressing these issues in Jefferson County,” Johnson said. “Communities That Care allows us to do that in a way that is customized for our community.”

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menting Communities That Care in late summer 2017 by organizing two groups of stakeholders. One group consists of Jeffco’s key leaders — elected, appointed, high-ranking and recognizable community members. The second group is a community board made up of representatives from a variety of sectors, including education, mental health, business, youth-serving organizations, law enforcement, volunteer groups, state and local government, health care, substance misuse organizations, parents, youth and more.

The 21 students researchers are collecting information about what they and their peers see as underlying challenges facing youth in the community.

The youth will present their findings to the board and key leaders in April.

“Being an athlete, I know a bunch of kids, including some who dabble in alcohol and drugs,” said Gabe Dinette, a senior at Lakewood High School. “I wanted to get involved to help the community as a whole. That way, kids can see someone their age doing good, and they can reverse the trend as they get older.”

Valeria Montes, a freshman at Jefferson Jr./Sr. High School, agrees that participating in Communities That Care has been a positive learning experience because it has helped her become aware of the problems her generation faces, she said.

“To have youth in our community excited to make change, and to know there’s a real possibility they’ll see it happen, that’s why we all do this,” Gould said. “We can make Jefferson County a thriving, healthy and safe community for our youth.”

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THEATER

Love/Sick: showing through April 8 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Nine whimsical vignettes on love, marriage and grocery store serendipity. Tickets: 303-674-4934 or www.evergreenplayers.org The Electric Baby: runs through May 4 at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with matinées at 1 p.m. Wednesdays and 2 p.m.

Sundays. Go to http://arvadacenter.org/the-electric-baby or call 720-898-7200.

Sense and Sensibility: through May 6 at the Arada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd.. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with matinees at 1 p.m.

Wednesday and 2 p.m. Sundays.

Call 720-898-7200 or go to https://arvadacenter.org/senseand-sensibility.

FILM/MOVIES

Spring Break Fun: Movie Time: 1-3 p.m. Friday, March 30 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org. Today’s movie is “Ferdinand”; rated PG. Runs 1 hour, 47 minutes.

Screenagers: 6 p.m. Thursday, April 5 at Everitt Middle School, 3900 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge.

Doors and resource tables open at 5:30 p.m. Documentary explores the impact of screen technology on kids and offers parents and families proven solutions that work. Go to www.screenagersmovie.com.

ART

Discover Cartooning with Nature: 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, April 4 to May 23, Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Ages 6-12. Registration required: arvada. org or 720-8987405.

Let’s Go Fly! Make-A-Kite Classes: 4 p.m. Friday, April 6; 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 7, Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Registration required: arvada.org or 720-898-7405.

WRITING/READING

Teen Writing Group: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 3, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Info: 303-235-5275 or

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zuk. Go to www.milehighowsers. org.

this week’s TOP FIVE Majestic View Homebrew 101: 3-5 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Explore the history of beer making. Home brewer Pete Kazura walks you through your first homebrew batch. No prior brewing knowledge required. Sign up at arvada.org/ nature.

Alpine Chorale Concert: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7 at Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, 7530 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Denver East High School’s honors choir will join Alpine to present works by living American composers in “A New American Century.”

Go to http://www.alpinechorale.org.

The Economy, Taking Stock: 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Saturday, April 7 at St. Anthony Hospital, south entrance, 11600 W. 2nd Place, Lakewood. League of Women Voters of Jefferson County program. Go to www.lwvjeffco.org. Call 303-238-0032 or email info@lwvjeffco.org. www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Hard Times Writing Workshop: 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, Arvada Library, 8525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Info: 303-235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Nonfiction Book Club, “A Fine Mess” by T.R. Reid: 1 p.m.

Wednesday, April 18 at the Columbine Public Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton; and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21 at Brookdale Westland Meridian, 10695 W. 17th Ave., Lakewood. Read “A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer and More Efficient Tax System” by journalist T.R. Reid before the meeting and be ready for a discussion. Presented by Jeffco League of Women Voters. Call Lynne at 303-985-5128.

EVENTS

Natural Grocers Eggcellent Adventure: 11 a.m. (hunt 1) and 3 p.m. (hunt 2) Friday, March 30 at Natural Grocers/ Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Easter celebration with kid-friendly activities, prizes and hunts. Call 303423-0990 or go to https://www. naturalgrocers.com/store-location/arvada-north-wadsworth/ Hands Dirty Feet Wet - Outdoor Nature Playdates: 10:30 a.m. to noon Friday, March 30 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Registration required.

Go to arvada.org/nature.

Eggcellent Adventure: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, March 30 at Natural Grocers, 12612 W. Alam-

call 303-987-7845.

Musical ‘The Producers’: through Sunday, April 8 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Shows at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Additional show at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 5; no performance April 1.

Go to www.lakewood. org/LCCPresents or

Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The 39 Steps: 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and 2 p.m. through April 29 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Call 303-935-3044 or go to minersalley.com.

eda Parkway, Lakewood. Coloring station, toys and prizes. Go to https://www.naturalgrocers.com/ nutrition-and-health/events/ events-calendar/2043422/ Prom Swap Day: noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or go to www.jeffcolibrary. org. Bring unwanted and clean formal wear or accessories to the library and take another’s dream outfit home. For each dress tuxedo/suit, pair of shoes, or accessory you donate, you’ll receive tickets to trade for a new-to-you item. Don’t have anything to bring in? You can “buy” tickets with canned goods.

Five cans per dress tuxedo/suit, two cans for shoes, one can per accessory. Donations benefit the Florence Crittenton High School, the Jeffco Action Center, and the Arvada Food Bank. Seamstress onsite for your immediate alterations.

Spring Break Fun: YouTube: 5:307:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave. Watch YouTubers Dan and Phil videos while eating pizza and movie snacks. Bring a blanket and pillow. Must be ages 13-18 to attend. Registration is required.

Go to http://jeffcolibrary.org Easter for Lakewood: 9-11 a.m.

Saturday, March 31 at Faith Mountain, 12344 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood. In addition the an egg hunt with 20,000 candy-filled eggs, event includes carnival games, bounce houses, pancake breakfast, photo giveaway and more. Go to http://

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Happy Leaf Kombucha’s Spring Fest: noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at Happy Leaf Kombucha Taproom and Kitchen, 5703 W. 25th Ave., Edgewater. We will have food, music, games, kids crafts, kombucha, cocktails, henna, and more healing arts for you to enjoy.

Weave Your Own Appalachian Baskets: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, March 31 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Materials and instruction provide. Sign up at arvada.org/nature.

Lifetree Café Discussion, “The Struggle to Forgive: Finding a Way Forward”: noon Tuesday, April 3 at 5675 Field St., Arvada. Filmed interview with Alicia Brady, the victim of a gangrelated drive-by shooting. Info: Polly Wegner, 303-424-4454 or pwegner@peacelutheran.net.

Cultural Master Plan Open House: 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, West Woods Club House, 6655 Quaker St., Arvada. Complete survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/Arvada-Arts Dowsing for Humanity and the Big Picture: 7-9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5 at the Clements Community Center, Columbine Room, 1580 Yarrow St., Lakewood. Mile High Dowsers meeting includes beginning dowsing by Jennifer Newton; and practical dowsing on the Hartman Grid by Greg Storo-

Roundtable Issues Breakfast Forum: 7 a.m. Friday, April 6, Wilmore Richter American Legion Post 161, 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada. Speaker is Ron Sandstrom, Jefferson County assessor. Go to https://alp161.org.

Let’s Dance: 1:30-2 p.m. Friday, April 6, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Info: 303-235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Native Trees and Shrubs: 9:3010:30 a.m. Saturday, April 7 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-4247979 or go to www.echters.com

HEALTH

Happy Leaf Spring Fest: 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at Happy Leaf Kombucha, 5700 W. 25th Ave., Edgewater. Learn about fermentation; classes on how to make fermented dishes.

Live music, yoga on the lawn and more. Go to http://www.happyleafkombucha.com/

Memory Café: 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, Arvada Library, 8525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Info: 303235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

For those with memory loss and their caregivers.

EDUCATION

Ornamental Grasses - Catch the Wave: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, March 31 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303424-7979 or go to www.echters. com.

Let’s Get X-Rated: 2-3:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 31 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters.com.

Mount Everest: 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 5 at Applewood Place, 2800 Youngfield St., Lakewood. Active Minds program.

Call 303-233-4343 to RSVP (required).

Nano Day: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge.

Experiment with nanoscience. Go to http://jeffcolibrary.org.

Gardening in Colorado: Planting Trees in Colorado and Eradicating Grubs: 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 8 at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge.

Go to http://jeffcolibrary.org.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink. coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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READER on the scene with her debut album, “Never Never Land” in 1998.

In the ensuing years, she’s released a steady stream of albums, using her lush, bluesy style for a variety of styles and songwriters. Her most recent album, “The Songbook Sessions,” finds Monheit taking on one of the most sacred of jazz repertories — Ella Fitzgerald’s songs.

Jane Monheit will be stopping

by Dazzle jazz club, 1512 Curtis St. in Denver, at 6 and 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29.

For tickets and information, visit www.dazzledenver.com.

ducer from his time on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Most recently, he was executive producer, writer and on-air correspondent for Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore” — which was cancelled way too soon for my tastes.

In preparation for the taping of his first hour-long special, Rory Albanese is touring the country non-stop, and will be performing five shows at Comedy Works Downtown, 1226 15th St. in Denver.

He’ll perform at 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, and at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. on Friday, March 30, and on Saturday, March 31.

For tickets and more information, call 303-595-3637 or visit www. comedyworks.com/comedians/ rory-albanese.

listeners alike. It’s easily one of my favorite albums of the year, and her assured rock music and razorsharp lyrical writing points to an artist we’re going to be celebrating for years.

“This is the album I needed to make,” Dacus said in a provided statement. “Everything after this is a bonus.”

The album was recorded with her band in Nashville, and she worked with studio-master John Congleton to get the dynamic sound just right.

Listeners looking for one of the best and most promising musical talents of the year won’t want to miss Lucy Dacus at the Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St. in Denver at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 31.

To get your ticket, go to www. globehall.com.

Emmy-winning comedy comes to Denver There’s a good chance you know Rory Albanese’s work, even if you don’t recognize his face right away.

Albanese is a nine-time Emmywinning writer and executive pro-

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Lucy Dacus at Globe Hall It’s entirely possible that 2018 will be Lucy Dacus’ year.

She released her sophomore album, “Historian,” on March 2, to rapturous acclaim from critics and

Revving up for the Denver Auto Show The Denver Auto Show is gearing up for this year’s event — which will feature the newest imports and domestics, look ahead to the future, and more.

The Denver Auto Show — the

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largest premier auto show of its kind between Chicago and Los Angeles — returns April 4 through 8 at the Colorado Convention Center, 700 14th St., in Denver.

Attendees can sit in the driver’s seat of more than 500 new vehicles, including the newest domestics and imports, cars, vans, hybrids, electrics, crossovers, light trucks, sport utilities, luxury models and exotic cars.

The event will also include offroad challenges at Camp Jeep, an opportunity to meet IndyCar driver Stefan Wilson from Andretti Autosport, and one-of-a-kind antique vehicles from the Forney Museum of Transportation.

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that fill most museums, it will also serve as a gathering place that focuses on scholarship, research, public programs, narrative, lectures and school tours.

But what makes these programs particularly exciting is their location.

Allison said the center will host a book club in the historic ByersEvans library, and there will even be concerts in the house’s music room — surrounded by beautiful historic artifacts from one of Colorado’s most important families.

“When I used to come here, this house was always a place where the women lived, and they were very strong women,” remembered Mag Hayden, the great-great-granddaughter of territorial Governor John Evans and Colorado’s pioneering family, and namesake for the ByersEvans House Museum. “If some of those family members knew what was happening here now, they’d be thrilled. It will be a place of hope, inspiration and education for both men and women.”

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Gov. John Hickenlooper proclaimed March 21 as “Center for Colorado Women’s History Day,” which supporters hope is just the first effect the new museum will have.

“As someone who works with libraries, I libraries and spaces like this are treasure troves of knowledge,” said Nelson. “This museum will allow us to keep the doors of diversity wide open — diversity in women, diversity in thinking, diversity in approach, and diversity in Denver.”

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7 in 10 Colorado women in the labor force 28.9 Percent of the state’s STEM employees are women

37.5 Percent of women in Colorado who have a bachelor’s degree or higher

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Game-winning shot highlights hoops all-star game

Shot clock debate picks up tempo

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Ralston Valley senior Samantha Van Sickle, left, battles to keep the ball while being pressured by Dakota Ridge senior Skylar Lodice during the inaugural girls’ Jeffco High School Senior Basketball game March 19 at Gold Crown Field House in Lakewood.

Van Sickle had a key bucket in the closing seconds to help lift the White squad to a 78-75 victory.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Inaugural Jeffco girls senior basketball games great way to end season

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Baylee Galan-Browne won back-toback Class 4A girls basketball state titles, so celebrating on the court is old hat to the Evergreen senior guard.

Nine days after celebrating on the court at the Denver Coliseum, Galan-

Browne had a similar celebration leap and run toward the bench March 19 at the Gold Crown Field House in Lakewood. The Evergreen senior hit the game-winning shot with 7 seconds left in the inaugural Jeffco High School Senior Basketball Game to give the White squad a 78-75 victory.

“I was like OK, I’m really good at last-second shots so this one is going to go in,” Galan-Browne said with all smiles after the victory. “It went in and I was like, OK. That’s cool. I like that.”

The final 30 seconds was wild. The Blue team held a 75-73 lead, but a feed

by Evergreen senior Kristina Schreiber into the post to Ralston Valley senior Samantha Van Sickle was just what White coach Chris Olson wanted. Van Sickle, who was named the White team MVP with 13 points, made a nice move in the post to tie the game at 75-75 with 27 second left.

“The best thing I did was not say anything and just cheer them on,” Olson said. “I just let them do their thing. Having that many great kids was awesome.”

Olson, D’Evelyn girls basketball SEE BASKETBALL, P27

Jeffco teams hit the track for state qualifying meet

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Jeffco Stadium, site of the Colorado High School State Track and Field Meet on May 15-17, was a busy place late afternoon March 22.

Arvada, Bear Creek, D’Evelyn, Dakota Ridge, Green Mountain, Littleton, Pomona, Standley Lake and Wheat Ridge took part in the Jeffco Qualifier #2 in the final track meet before spring break for Jeffco Public Schools.

TEAM SCORES: GIRLS 1. D’Evelyn 196 2. Green Mountain 109 3. Dakota Ridge 91 SEE TRACK, P27

D’Evelyn junior Esther Diza-Mbelolo, far right, has a sizable lead in the girls 100-meter hurdles during the Jeffco Qualifier #2 on March 22 at Jeffco Stadium. Diza-Mbelolo ran a time of 15.28 seconds to win the event and help the Jaguars finish first in the team standings.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

oes high school basketball need a shot clock?

Would it help or hinder prep games?

Let the longstanding debate resume. It’s been a hot topic for years.

USA Basketball and the NBA on March 20 announced a set of agespecific guidelines, and one of the recommendations was a 24-second shot clock for boys and girls in grades 9-12.

The National Federation of State High School Associations has a rule that shot clocks are not allowed.

California, Maryland, Massachusetts, OVERTIME New York, Washington, Rhode Island, North Dakota and South Dakota do use 30- to 35-second shot clocks, but those states forfeit their chance to have an input into the NFHS Basketball Rules Jim Benton Committee, which is one of the reasons the Colorado High School Activities Association is reluctant to add shot clocks.

So unless a national rule is passed, it could be a while before Colorado teams will have to shoot the ball before the 24-, 30- or 35-second time limit.

“The latest stats show that nearly 65 percent of the states did not want it (shot clock),” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Bert Borgmann.

“I have had conversations with folks in several states that have the shot clock. They like it but stop short of saying it makes the game better. It’s a different game.”

According to CHSAANow.com, the NFHS considers adopting the shot clock every year, and a survey prior to the 2017 rules committee meeting stated that 57 percent of coaches were in favor of a shot clock, 39 percent against and 4 percent had no opinion. More than 6,000 coaches across the nation responded, including 357 from Colorado.

State associations were against using a shot clock with 62 percent holding that position, compared to 34 percent in favor and 4 percent having no opinion.

The NBA has a 24-second shot clock and college basketball a 30-second shot clock.

“I think we are ready for the shot clock,” said ThunderRidge coach Joe Ortiz. “Thirty or 35 seconds would be best.”

SEE BENTON, P27

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coach, was filling in for Evergreen coach Amy Bahl who had to miss the game due to a medical issue with one of her young daughters.

Two of Bahl’s former players were key in the game-winning basket. After a miss by Lakewood senior Sassy Coleman, Schreiber grabbed the rebound and fired a pass up court to her former Cougar teammate. Galen-Browne, who will play at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, next school year, pulled up for the 3-pointer that hit nothing but net with 7 seconds to play.

“We just focused on the little things and pressure on defense,” GalanBrowne said of the White team erasing an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter.

Golden senior Abby Garnett, who was named the Blue squad MVP with a game-high 21 points, wasn’t able to get off a shot before the buzzer.

“It was awesome,” said Garnett of the experience.

“I was sitting on the bench and talking with some players that I played with in eighth-grade. Coming back and having that chemistry back right away was so much fun. Win or lose it was so much fun.”

Garnett is headed to play at Ohio University.

“It was a great way to end high school for sure,” Garnett said. “It was more fun playing with some Jeffco girls instead of against them.”

The inaugural Jeffco High School Senior Basketball Games were put on by the Gold Crown Foundation, Jeffco Public Schools and 1stBank.

Olson had been big on creating a Jeffco all-star game for several years.

“I’ve been excited for years to put this together,” Olson said. “I’m glad Gold Crown stepped up and Jeffco was with them to get it all together. After this game, girls are going to want to play in it. I want to be a part of it.”

Dennis Pleuss is a communication specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.

Golden senior Makena Prey, left, blocks the shot of Evergreen senior Kristina Schreiber during the first half March 19 at Gold Crown Field House. The White team defeated the Blue team, 78-75, in the girls’ 2018 Jeffco High School Senior Basketball Game.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

TRACK FROM PAGE 26

4. Standley Lake 88 5. Bear Creek 80 6. Pomona 61 7. Arvada 33 8. Wheat Ridge 15 9. Littleton BOYS 1. D’Evelyn 165 2. Bear Creek 120.5 3. Standley Lake 110.5 4. Green Mountain 101 5. Pomona 87 6. Wheat Ridge 51 7. Dakota Ridge 41 8. Arvada 7 9. Littleton 6

BENTON FROM PAGE 26

The biggest con against adoption is the price and installation of a shot clock, which could range from between $2,000 and $5,000 depending on whether the clock is attached to the scoreboard or backboard.

Some schools with older scoreboards might even need a new one, which could be costly. And schools would need to find competent people to operate the shot clock.

Pros include getting players ready for the next level, preventing stalling tactics, increasing the pace of games and possibly forcing teams to shore up on defensive tactics.

Highlands Ranch coach Mike Gibbs would be supportive of the change to a shot clock but said games would be more sloppy with more mistakes; the shot selection would be questionable; passing, finishing and decision-making would be a concern for non-athletic teams; and scoring could be up or down depending on the player’s skill levels.

Green Mountain sophomore Kasey Klocek leads the pack of runners during the girls 1,600-meter run March 22 at Jeffco Stadium during a state qualifying meet. Klocek cruised to victory with a time of 5 minutes, 23.6 seconds. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS “We would have some challenges, that’s for sure, because not many student-athletes today truly have the basketball IQ to play up-tempo,” said Gibbs.

“In addition, proper skill development from youth to high school would be vital for success.

“I have personally watched games in California at the high school and national AAU tournaments. What I have observed over the years: Teams are certainly playing faster, but the total scoring is very similar to Colorado without a shot clock during the official high school season.”

It is probably just when and not if a shot clock rule is implemented.

“It would be a great thing because that’s the way the game is played now,” said former Highlands Ranch coach Bob Caton, who now coaches at Mullen.

“I would be in favor of it because you get the kids juiced to the play the game at a different tempo. You could see some pressing going on because you would press not so much to steal the ball but to keep the other team from getting into their offense real early.

“If you watch games, even the teams that play conservatively, usually a shot goes up before 30 seconds or balls are getting thrown away. It might give them more of a mindset that they have to do it.”

Castle View girls coach Matt Hema said the use of a shot clock might affect girls basketball more than boys.

“It would not change the boys game much except late in games when a team has an 8-10 point lead,” he said.

“It would change the girls game a lot and keep the pace of play going and eliminate those coaches and teams that want to play slow and stall with leads.

“I think they should implement the shot clock. I don’t see it ever getting implemented on a national scale. I think they will leave it up to the high school organizations and I would be surprised if the CHSAA ever implemented this.”

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083.

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Road worker falls to death in Clear Creek Canyon

Northglenn infielder Isaiah Garcia (12) tries to avoid a tag at the plate by Standley Lake pitcher Garret Martin in the top of the second inning during the March 20 game at Standley Lake High School in Westminster.

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Ann Macari Healey writes about people, places and issues of everyday life. An award-winning columnist, she can be reached at ahealey@coloradocommunitymedia or 303-566-4100.

Noah Hollingshead, 18, a senior at Castle View High School in Douglas County, is an avid hunter but believes assault weapons should be banned. “There’s not a day I walk into school that I don’t think it’s something that could happen,” he says of a shooting on campus. “At the end of the day, you just want kids to stop dying.”

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ninth-grader Alycia Mausser. She asked Rago for his opinion on what scientists are doing to help save coral reefs.

“I wanted to see, from a scientist’s perspective, what they think is going right, what’s wrong and what they want to see happen better,” Mausser said. “It was an honor to be able to hear what he had to say in person.”

Rago is a 2011 graduate of Pomona High School in Arvada, and continued his education at the University of

Colorado-Boulder where he earned a degree in evolutionary biology and ecology.

He worked in the marine aquarium industry for four years and eventually took his passion to work with View Into The Blue — an underwater webcam system that can be utilized by the public, industries, resorts, educational facilities and researchers.

He is dedicated to engaging youth through various outreach and is involved with Teens4Oceans, a Boulderbased nonprofit that provides youth with the tools and resources to become ocean stewards.

“The purpose of this project was to communicate science,” Rago said of “Chasing Coral.”

Science is all about spending time working with others who are passionate about the same things that you are, he said to the high schoolers during his presentation.

“And part of the fun of science,” Rago added, “is that there’s curve balls thrown at you all the time.”

DID YOU KNOW? Corals have been on this planet for longer than plants have been on land. Zack Rago, a cast member of “Chasing Coral” who holds a degree in evolutionary biology and ecology, estimates corals date back to 425 million years ago.

Coral reefs are home to 25 percent of all marine life and about 2 million different species can be found in, on or around coral reefs, according to the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), formerly the World Wildlife Fund.

Rago says about 90 percent of the world’s coral reefs will be gone by the year 2050.

However, there are efforts to help save them, include assisted evolution technology, which produces an in-lab scenario with corals to study how they adapt.

Isabella Macarelli, a ninth-grader at Golden High School, talks ABOUT “CHASING CORAL” with Zack Rago, “Chasing Coral” is an award-winning film that a cast member of documents the changing coral reef eco“Chasing Coral,” systems and why they are vanishing at an following his unprecedented rate. It was directed by Jeff presentation Orlowski and produced by Larissa Rhodes as at the school an Exposure Labs production. on March 21.

Rago spoke to It is available for viewing online as a Netflix students about Original, or there are opportunities for the his experience as public to host a screening for community Public Notice a career scientist engagement or educational purposes. as part of the “Chasing Coral” is an award-winning film NOTICE OF CANCELLATION To learn more about the film or to inquire OF REGULAR ELECTION students’ climate that documents the changing coral reef BY THEabout hosting a screening, visit www.chasDESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL change unit of ecosystems and why they are vanishing ingcoral.com.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Vauxmont the earth science at an unprecedented rate. Learn Metropolitan District,more City ofat Arvada, Jefferson To watch the trailer, visit www.youtube.com/ County, Colorado, that at the close of business class. CHRISTY STEADMAN www.chasingcoral.com.

COURTESY PHOTO on the sixty-third day before the election there Public Notice and search for the movie name. were not more candidates for director than of-

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RE: Apex Park and Recreation District – Furniture for the new Secrest and Fitzmorris Recreation Centers

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City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS LEYDEN RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 113.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on March 6, 2018 there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates. Therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby cancelled.

The following offices remain vacant: VACANT Until May 2022 VACANT Until May 2022 /s/ Bradley T. Neiman Designated Election Official Contact Person for District: K. Sean Allen, Esq. WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800 Legal Notice No.: 402008 First Publication: March 29, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Cimarron Metropolitan District, City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5513, C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Cimarron Metropolitan District, City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5513, C.R.S.

City and County

The following candidates are declared elected: Mark Mitchell until the second regular election (May 3, 2022) Brian Mulvany until the second regular election (May 3, 2022) DATED: March 7, 2018 /s/ CRAIG SORENSEN Designated Election Official for the Cimarron Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, CO 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380 Legal Notice No.: 40200 First Publication: March 29, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RE: Apex Park and Recreation District – Furniture for the new Secrest and Fitzmorris Recreation Centers

fices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5513, C.R.S.

The Apex Park and Recreation District is accepting proposals to purchase Office and Lobby Furniture for the new Secrest Recreation Center, located at 6820 West 66th Avenue and the new Apex Fitzmorris Recreation Center, located at 6340 Independence Street, Arvada, Colorado.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Interested contractors are invited to submit a Proposal no later than April 4, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. MDT. Proposals received after this date will not be accepted. For consideration, responders must (1) obtain Proposal form from Bidnet.com and (2) submit to po@apexprd.org.

The Proposals will be evaluated, and the District expects to award the contract to the proposer who submits the proposal which, in the District’s estimation, represents the best qualifications and value to the District.

DATED: March 7, 2018 /s/ CRAIG SORENSEN Designated Election Official for the Vauxmont Metropolitan District

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The District reserves the right to act in its best interest and may terminate, modify or suspend the process, reject any or all submittals, modify the terms and conditions of this selection process and/or waive informalities of any submission.

Legal Notice No.: 402016 First Publication: March 29, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Vauxmont Metropolitan District, City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018 is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5513, C.R.S.

The Apex Park and Recreation District is accepting proposals to purchase Office and Lobby Furniture for the new Secrest Recreation Center, located at 6820 West 66th Avenue and the new Apex Fitzmorris Recreation Center, located at 6340 Independence Street, Arvada, Colorado.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Interested contractors are invited to submit a Proposal no later than April 4, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. MDT. Proposals received after this date will not be accepted. For consideration, responders must (1) obtain Proposal form from Bidnet.com and (2) submit to po@apexprd.org.

The Proposals will be evaluated, and the District expects to award the contract to the proposer who submits the proposal which, in the District’s estimation, represents the best qualific-

DATED: March 7, 2018 /s/ CRAIG SORENSEN Designated Election Official for the Vauxmont Metropolitan District

Brian Daly until the second regular election (May 3, 2022) Brian Mulvany until the second regular election (May 3, 2022)

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c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, CO 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380 Legal Notice No.: 40201 First Publication: March 29, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that disbursements in final settlement will be issued by the Finance Director at 10:00 a.m., April 17, 2018 to Edge Contracting, Inc. for work related to Project No. 14-TR-01 – Kipling Parkway Underpass: Van Bibber Trail Crossing, Federal-Aid Project No. STU M040-026-19161 and performed under that contract dated June 29, 2015 for the City of Arvada.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that furnished labor, material, drayage, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by said contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done by said Edge Contracting, Inc. and its claim has not been paid, may at any time on or prior to the hour of the date above stated, file with the Finance Director of the City of Arvada at City Hall, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

Dated this March 16, 2018 CITY OF ARVADA /s/Kristen Rush, City Clerk Legal Notice No.: 402022 First Publication: March 29, 2018 Last Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF ANNEXATION PETITION ACCEPTANCE The following resolution can be viewed in its entirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada.org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have ques-

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R18-030: A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning Sabell, 5650 Ward Road, Finding Said Petition Substantially Compliant with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for May 7, 2018, 6:30 P.M. at Arvada City Hall for City Council to Determine Whether the Area Meets the Requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 105, and is Considered Eligible for Annexation Legal Notice No: 401464 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press

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NOTICE OF ANNEXATION PETITION ACCEPTANCE The following resolution can be viewed in its entirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada.org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office.

Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

R18-031: A Resolution Rescinding Resolution No. R18-016 and Re-Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning Ralston Ridge, 7120 and 7000 Indiana Street, Finding Said Petition Substantially Compliant with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for April 16, 2018, 6:30 P.M. at Arvada City Hall for City Council to Determine Whether the Area Meets the Requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 105, and is Considered Eligible for Annexation Legal Notice No: 401465 First Publication: March 8, 2018 Last Publication: March 29, 2018 Publisher: The Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press

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SAFETY health services. The district also is starting three new initiatives.

The first initiative includes several update by McDonald and his department, including working to assist students in transitional situations, such as moving from elementary to middle school, enhanced Safe2Tell programs and strategic campus safety.

The second initiative is the Counteterrorism Education Learning Lab’s (CELL) Community Awareness Program, which provides training on the basic tools necessary to recognize and prevent criminal and terrorist activity. The third is Stop the Bleed, which provides training for educators in trauma medical care.

John-Michael Keyes created the I Love U Guys Foundation after his daughter, Emily, was killed by a gunman at Platte Canyon High School in 2006.

The foundation provides a safe response protocol during an emergency, which includes four actions — lockout, lockdown, evacuate and shelter.

This program has been implemented in the county and is continually refined and improved.

trict doesn’t have a funding stream to enhance school building safety at many buildings that are more than 50 years old.

“There have been so many calls for more mental health access, but it would cost $13 million to add a mental health support person to every school,” he said.

“We have 4,800 classrooms in our schools, and to update locks on those doors so they lock from the inside is very expensive. So far, we’ve updated 1,300, but it will cost about $4 million to do the rest.”

Other options like metal detectors, increased video surveillance and stronger glass also add up to a significant bill.

And the district does not pay for school resources officers — that expense comes from law enforcement agencies, many of which are already financially strapped.

“We have 29 schools in Arvada alone,” Arvada Police Chief Ed Brady said. “That’s why school-based programs like the Watch D.O.G.S. (Dads of Great Students) are so helpful.”

Watch D.O.G.S. is a program where fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and other father figures volunteer at their child’s school one day a year. While there, they monitor the entrance and lunch room, and assist in any other necessary tasks.

What still needs to be done The biggest roadblock to many changes that experts recommend is money.

As McDonald explained, the dis-

What next steps look like Following the panel discussion, attendees went into different classrooms based on high school articulation areas, where there was a facilitated

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Inside a feeder-area discussion About 10 Jeffco faculty and staff, parents and community members from the Ralston Valley High School feeder area sat in a circle and discussed some of their biggest concerns.

Because organizers promised anonymity to participants, their last names will not be used in this story.

“I’m very impressed with all the efforts of everyone in the district, and I think it is important we get this conversation started,” Jeffco resident Gregg said.

“But I don’t know what the answer is.”

Many group members emphasized

SCHOOL YEAR INCIDENT REPORTS The number of reported incidents to Jeffco Public School’s Safe2Tell for this school year 1,304 Total reports 203 Attempted suicide reports 190 Drugs 128 Bullying 88 Planned school attack 74 Cutting discussion about possible solutions.

Responses from these discussions shared similar themes, including appreciation for the work of school resource officers, the need for more mental health services and ways to

a desire to see some kind of followthrough on proposed ideas instead of continual discussion.

“There are many pieces to this,” Brian, anothe resident, said.

“Schools should be harder to get into, even if that means it might be a bit harder for parents to just stop by and visit their children.”

Lang Sias, Arvada City Councilmember for District 4 and the Republican representative for House District 27, sat in on the session to share thoughts and concerns.

“In the legislature, we need to hear from you about how to prioritize the spending on these issues,” he said.

make school buildings safer.

“This is a reality we all face,” said Shrader. “There are so many fixes people think will be really simple, but that’s just not the case.”

When it comes to next steps, the district is creating a School Safety and Security Task Force that will meet over the coming four months or so and talk to a variety of stakeholders about concrete options to address school safety.

Anyone interested in participating in this task force can get more information at www.jeffcopublicschools. org/services/security/school_safety___security_task_force.