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DEAD SEA SCROLLS: Exhibit allows visitors an up-close view of ancient artifacts P18

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

BUNNY BREAKFAST: A hoppy way for Arvada families to start the day P4

BLAZING A TRAIL: Meet

women and girls who are changing perceptions about their place in the fields of science and math P7

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A MAYOR’S PASSING Former Arvada politician and community volunteer Robert Johnson remembered P6

VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 18 | CALENDAR: PAGE 30 | SPORTS: PAGE 33

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Family story is face-off of fear and faith

his is the girls’ story.

That’s what doctors told Kendal and Tyler Conley as they worried and prayed and waited for their twin babies, fighting a rare medical condition, to be born.

This is a story, too, about the marvels of medicine: That’s what Kendal and Tyler will tell you saved their babies.

But more than anything, this is a story about family. And love. And faith that a happy ending would be written.

••••• Meet the Conleys: Kendal is 33, an account manager for a wine and liquor distributor. Tyler, 38, in software sales, works from home. They live in Golden and have a 2-year-old son, Beckham, whom they call “little man.”

Beckham now also has two little sisters, whose story began June 25, when Kendal’s home pregnancy test unequivocally read “PREGNANT.” Eight weeks later, the ultrasound technician began laughing. “Do you have twins in the family?” she asked Kendal and Tyler.

“Nooo....,” Kendal said. And then, “Oh, my gosh.”

“Yes,” the technician said, “there’s two in there.”

Kendal and Tyler were ecstatic.

Beckham ran around the doctor’s office in circles.

But a hint of concern shadowed the happiness when the ultrasound also showed the fetuses, who were identical twins each in their own amniotic sacs — bags of fluid in which the fetuses grow and develop —were sharing one placenta. That meant a higher risk for the rare and serious Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, or TTTS, which in simple terms means babies share blood vessels that lead to one baby receiving extra blood flow and the other baby getting too little. Untreated, one or both of the babies die 80 to 100 percent of the time.

But with treatment, the outcome is drastically different: One or both of the fetuses survive in 96.5 percent of pregnancies; both survive in 83 percent of pregnancies, a recent review of cases at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora shows. Most cases, however, have one or more complicating factors that can reduce survival rates.

At 12 weeks, the couple began consulting with specialists from Children’s Colorado Fetal Care Center.

“We know that when they share a placenta . . . almost all the time you’re going to see interconnecting vessels, but about 15 Ann Macari percent of the time, Healey that will cause problems,” said Dr. Nicholas Behrendt, one of the maternal fetal medicine specialists working with the Conleys. “We watch these babies very closely.”

From then on, doctors ordered ultrasounds every three days to monitor any changes in the amount of fluid in the amniotic sacs and make sure kidneys, bladders and hearts were working properly. If TTTS were to kick in, the kidneys of the baby receiving too much blood flow would essentially work overtime, filling up the sac with the extra urine being excreted. The bladder would be larger; the heart would beat faster to help the kidneys work harder.

Anxiety began to consume Kendal. A pit of worry settled in her stomach. She didn’t want to name the girls: “I was scared to get attached.”

Tyler, unsure the babies would survive, didn’t tell anyone, except for family and close friends, that Kendal was pregnant.

“Every time we went, we worried,” Tyler said. “How are their bladders?

Are there heartbeats? We were waiting for the bad, bad news.”

Between 13 and 17 weeks, the ultrasounds showed some discrepancy in fluid between the babies, but it would self-correct, and the worry would ease.

At 21 weeks, however, Kendal’s stomach became so swollen and taut she felt like a huge balloon. The ultrasound showed one baby floating in a pool of fluid. The other looked shrink-wrapped.

Doctors said the condition had progressed so fast the only option was laser surgery to separate the blood vessels.

The babies underwent a battery of tests to ensure their hearts and brains were healthy enough for the procedure. Behrendt and Dr. Henry Galan explained the condition, the plan, the risks, the options.

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Tyler and Kendal Conley spend time with their twin babies in the neonatal intensive care unit of the Colorado Fetal Care Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado. The babies, born nine weeks premature, are six weeks old in these photos. They experienced the serious and rare Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome while they were in the uterus, which can be deadly if not treated.

PHOTOS BY SCOTT DRESSEL-MARTIN/CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL COLORADO “Knowledge is power,” Tyler said.

“The more you know, the more you understand. We had so many questions.”

A week later, a team of specialists including Behrendt and Galan performed a successful 2-minute, 34-second laser surgery that separated 11 blood vessels.

They also drained 2 1/2 liters of fluid.

But to separate those vessels, it was necessary to rupture the membrane that divided the babies’ amniotic sacs, which put the twins at high risk of entangling their umbilical cords.

As a precaution, Kendal went on bedrest at home. At 26 weeks, she moved to the maternal fetal center at Children’s, where she continued on closely monitored bed rest. Ultrasounds three times

a day checked the babies’ heartbeats and made sure their cords remained untangled.

And despite being afraid to get attached, Kendal and Tyler got to know their babies well: Baby A, as she was called, was a spitfire, a wiggle worm who kicked and hiccupped and rolled around all the time. Baby B was mellow.

Quiet. Peaceful.

••••• On Christmas Eve, at about 30 weeks, Kendal’s water broke. But the goal was to reach 31 weeks — nine SEE HEALEY, P3

WHAT IS TWIN-TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME? Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome, or TTTS, is a rare and serious medical condition that occurs in about 15 percent of identical twin pregnancies in which the fetuses share a placenta and the blood supply becomes connected through shared blood vessels.

One baby, called the recipient, receives too much blood supply and the other baby, called the donor, receives too little.

“We watch these babies very closely, every two weeks at least, starting at 16 weeks to the end of pregnancy,” said Dr. Nicholas Behrendt, 37, a maternal fetal specialist and fetal surgeon at the Colorado Fetal Care Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

“If the imbalance occurs, both babies can become very sick from the disease,” he said. “If the disease

progresses, then severe complications such as heart failure or death can occur.”

Left untreated, one or both babies die in 80 to 100 percent of pregnancies, statistics show. The number of deaths from TTTS exceeds those from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). But when treated, and without complicating factors, the center expects 96.5 percent for survival of one or both fetuses and 83 percent for survival of both babies, according to a recent review of cases at Children’s. But 90 percent of TTTS cases have at least one or more complications that can reduce survival rates.

Before ultrasounds, the condition was diagnosed only after the babies’ deaths, Behrendt said. The laser surgery to separate the blood vessels has been used since the 1980s. But

he said survival rates have drastically improved over the past decade because doctors are better at the technically challenging procedure that requires a team of doctors and support staff to perform.

“It’s a satisfying feeling . . . to be able to take care of these patients,” Behrendt said.

The Colorado Fetal Care Center, which opened in 2010, performs between 100 and 130 TTTS laser procedures a year involving families from throughout the country.

“I get a lot of satisfaction out of being able to educate the families about what is going on with their pregnancy,” Behrendt said.

“At the end of the day, it’s great to feel that we give as many families a shot in a pretty dire situation.”

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weeks before the original March 6 due date — to give the babies more time to grow and a better chance of surviving and developing without complications.

On Jan. 2, fluid began to build up again, igniting concern that some vessels might still be attached. So two days later, on Jan. 4 at 11:25 a.m., doctors performed a C-section and delivered two little girls.

Kendal didn’t see the babies before they were whisked away — each with her own eight-member team of neonatologists, neonatal nurse practitioners, nurses, respiratory therapists and pharmacist — to the room next

door. But when she heard them both cry, she cried, too.

The babies were immediately put on ventilators to help them breathe — lungs don’t fully develop until 36 weeks — for the first 24 hours.

Tyler drifted back and forth, between mom and babies, like a passenger following directions. He actually doesn’t remember much.

When she finally met her babies, Kendal felt her anxiety ease.

Baby A, the one receiving the extra blood flow, became Kenna. She weighed 4 pounds. Baby B — Zoey — weighed 3 pounds, 10 ounces.

On March 2, just four days before their original due date, Kenna and Zoey left their side-by-side cribs in the neonatal intensive care unit and went home. Kenna weighed 8 pounds, Zoey 7 pounds, 6 ounces. Their

parents brought with them oxygen equipment to help them breathe, a stethoscope to monitor heartrates, the meds and supplements needed to add calories to breast milk.

In the first 10 days home, the babies woke at night and slept during the day. Kendal and Tyler estimate their sleep totaled 15 to 20 hours during that same time. But the babies are growing and will soon not need the extra oxygen help.

Life, Kendal said, “is beautifully chaotic.”

••••• When she and Tyler look back on the journey, they say they have witnessed two miracles.

The first is the medicine — the doctors that educated and included

them in the process and the procedures and care that gave their children life.

“Seeing how these babies started and seeing how good they are — 20 years ago these babies wouldn’t have survived,” Tyler said. “What’s incredible is how medicine saved these girls.”

The second is the girls themselves.

“They’re little miracle babies,” Kendal said simply. “We are overjoyed.”

Love. Faith. Family.

A happy ending.

Ann Macari Healey writes about people, places and issues of everyday life. An award-winning columnist, she can be reached at ahealey@ coloradocommunitymedia or 303-5664100.

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hildren donning bunny ears and pastel colors lined up and patiently waited the arrival of the Easter Bunny on March 24. The Easter Bunny was the guest of honor at the Bunny Breakfast hosted by Apex at the Community Recreation Center before the egg hunt at Stenger Sports Complex. Pancakes were the food of choice.

Brother and sister, Luca and Farrah Keleman color while waiting for their pancake breakfast March 24.

Kira Davis, 4, poses for a photo with the Easter Bunny.

The bunny express makes its way through the parking lot at the Bunny Breakfast hosted at the Apex Community Rec Center.

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Remembering Robert Johnson, 1969 Mayor of Arvada Johnson died March 25 at age 88

that, he made his way to Colorado to attend the Colorado School of Mines on a football scholarship. He graduated from Mines as a Petroleum Engineer in 1952.

After a tour of duty with the US Army during the Korean War from 1953 to 1955, Johnson attended University of Denver, where he received his Bachelor of Law, Juris Doctor and an MBA. He was admitted to the Colorado Bar in 1957.

Johnson was a professional engineer in Colorado and worked in the oil and gas industry in Denver for 60 years in various roles as an engineer, landman, and executive.

In 1965, he was elected to the Arvada City Council and spent four years serving on the Arvada Planning Commission.

Johnson served as mayor of Arvada from 1969 to 1970.

During that time he was instrumental in planning for the original library in Arvada as well and the building of

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Robert Edward Johnson is remembered as a man committed to public service, the long range plan and the environment.

“He was committed to Colorado and recognized that there was going to be a lot of growth in this area,” said John Johnson, Roberts youngest son. “I’m kind of amazed at how forward thinking he was.”

Johnson died March 25 at age 88.

Born in Chicago on July 26, 1929, Johnson was raised in Wisconsin where he developed a lifelong love of cheese, maple syrup, and politics. He moved to Glendale, California and graduated from Glendale High School in 1948. After

Robert Edward Johnson

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many churches. He is also credited with beginning the plans of moving the town’s baseball fields to Lutz Sports Complex.

Following his time in city politics, Johnson served as Colorado State Representative from 1970 to 1972, and Colorado State Senator from 1972 to 1976 representing the northern Jefferson County area.

In addition to his public service, Johnson was a member of numerous organizations including the Colorado School of Mines Alumni Association (past president), CSM Foundation (director), American Bar Association, Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Denver Petroleum Landman Association, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Volunteers of America and St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church.

Johnson is survived by his sons Charles, Stephen, John, and his six grandchildren Michael, Hannah, Rachel, Ian, Abigail, and Kimberly.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Mary Lee Johnson, and his son William Andrew Johnson.

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The South Metro High School Chapter of the Girls in STEM club enjoys a private tour of the Colorado School of Mines’ chemical engineering lab. The club was founded in 2014 and exists to inspire middle and high school-aged girls to visualize and empower them to pursue STEM careers. Learn more at www.gstemdenver.org.

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Numbers of women in STEM fields growing, but equality elusive

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

W

endy Weiman’s high school counselors suggested social work as a good career for her.

But even as a child, Weiman knew she wanted to become an engineer. And as she got older, her curiosity for how things work only grew.

“I just liked it,” Weiman, 49, said.

“I had a desire to learn math and science — specifically civil engineering. You get to design and see things happen. You get to be a part of it all.”

Weiman has done just that: She’s the project engineer for North Table Mountain Water and Sanitation District, overseeing the district’s projects and new development.

But the path to get there — in fields long dominated by men — wasn’t always easy.

“When you’re the only woman, sometimes it’s difficult,” Weiman said. “But as more women enter STEM careers, I anticipate that a lot of the prejudices will go away.”

Fighting culture, gender bias The number of women in the engineering field has grown since Weiman graduated with a civil engineering degree from Colo-

rado School of Mines in 1996, but women remain drastically underrepresented in science and engineering careers.

According to a 2017 report from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration, women in 2015 filled 47 percent of all U.S. jobs but only 24 percent of STEM — or science, technology, engineering and math — jobs.

Studies point to cultural and gender stereotypes and biases that eventually discourage interested girls from pursuing those careers and social and environmental prejudices that can make the workplace difficult for success.

“Not only are people more likely to associate math and science with men than with women, people often hold negative opinions of women in ‘masculine’ positions, like scientists or engineers,” a 2010 report by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) concluded. “When a woman is clearly competent in a ‘masculine’ job, she is considered less likable.

Because both likability and competence are needed for success in the workplace, women in STEM fields can find themselves in a double bind.”

But a growing awareness around the importance of supporting

Wendy Weiman, the project engineer for North Table Mountain Water and Sanitation District, checks the water clarity at the organization’s water treatment plant near Highway 93 and West 64th Parkway in Golden. CHRISTY STEADMAN and encouraging STEM interests among young girls, along with universities’ commitment to providing support systems and changing cultural environments are beginning to make a difference, academics and professionals say.

“We believe that teams having diverse perspectives and complementary skill sets generate the best solutions and innovations,” said Mines President Paul Johnson, who is driving an effort to increase

female enrollment from its current 29 percent to 40 percent by 2024, the school’s 150th anniversary. “Thus, we should have a STEM workforce that more closely mirrors our general population. This means we need to roughly double the number of women pursuing STEM careers.”

Many of the women entering the field say they are determined to make that happen.

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“Don’t be afraid of the reputation that there are no women in STEM because there are,” said Miranda Schiffbauer, a 2017 Arvada West graduate pursuing a degree in civil engineering at Mines, a world-renowned teaching and research university in the engineering and applied science fields that offers expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth’s natural resources. “And it’s growing.”

Her fellow Arvada West graduate Leigh Robinson, studying chemical and biological engineering at Mines, agrees.

“If I can be somebody who is a strong leader in perhaps an area that is known to be male-dominated,” she said, “I’ll feel that that is a great accomplishment.”

Situations can be challenging According to the 2010 report by the American Association of University Women, girls and boys take math and science courses in roughly equal numbers in elementary, middle and high school, and graduate equally prepared to pursue science and engineering majors in college.

However, the report states that fewer women than men pursue those careers and only 20 percent of college graduates who earn a bachelor’s degree in physics, engineering and computer science are women. Their representation continues to decline at the graduate level and again in the transition to the workplace.

Percentages of women studying in STEM fields at several area universities vary, but overall indicate a higher number of women enrolling and graduating in those areas.

Of the 1,034 bachelor’s degrees in 13 different engineering disciplines that Mines awarded in the 2017 graduation fiscal year — which includes summer and fall 2016 and spring 2017 — nearly 27 percent of them were earned by women. At the University of Denver, 296 degrees in engineering, computer science, natural sciences and math-

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ematics were awarded in the 2017 graduation fiscal year, and slightly more than 52 percent of them went to women.

Graduation data show the number of female graduates has increased almost every year since 2014, and enrollment figures at several universities show more women are enrolling in STEM fields.

About 27 percent of Metropolitan State University of Denver’s 19,500 students are pursuing a STEM degree — 40 percent of those are female.

At University of Colorado-Boulder, 38 percent of students in first-year engineering classes are women.

These numbers suggest that more women pursue STEM degrees in Colorado in comparison to the rest of the nation. This could be because the state has a multitude of K-12 STEM school choices and excellent colleges and universities that offer science and technology degrees, said Ana Cross, who leads Lockheed Martin’s Crew Module Engineering Integration Team on Orion and is a director for civil programs at Stellar Solutions.

In addition, the state has a number of career choices that offer good pay for doing work in exciting areas, such as space exploration, Cross added. For example, she said, Jefferson County is ranked second in the nation for the private aerospace employment.

Young female students need “to know that working in a STEM field is an option for them,” Cross said.

Whether it be STEM or non-STEM, it’s important that society shows women that they can pursue and accomplish whatever they want, said Meagen Puryer, 24, a grad student at the University of Denver focusing on mechanical engineering with a concentration in fluids.

Puryer will be the first in her immediate family to earn a college degree.

“We don’t have to perform one way to fit into society,” she said. “There’s no reason it shouldn’t be equal in the workforce.”

Still, the stereotypes exist, showing up in sometimes small ways.

Puryer recalled a comment from a male student who sat next to her on her first day of college. Although

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he didn’t object to her presence, he did express surprise to see a woman studying mechanical engineering.

Since then, Puryer has twice been the only female in her classes. But none of her professors or fellow students has treated her any differently, she said.

Christine Reilly, 21, who is pursuing a master’s in aerospace engineering from the University of ColoradoBoulder, said people have told her certain opportunities were given to her because she’s a woman, rather than because of her qualifications.

Others expect her to be the note-taker on a project rather than doing a more hands-on job.

“It’s not that they intend to do it,” said Reilly, one of about 20 women of the 130 or 140 students in her senior project class. But they are surprised that a woman is pursuing a degree field primarily dominated by men.

Reilly also said she has been fortunate to have professors and mentors of both genders who are passionate about their students’ success.

“The amount of passion they bring really convinces me that we (women) belong here,” Reilly said.

Kylie Auerbach, 13, of Littleton, who says STEM subjects are a good fit for her, is counting on women such as Reilly and Puryer to lead the way.

“My parents always talked to me about the importance of STEM for the future,” Auerbach said. “Especially because they noticed I was interested in math and science more than any other subject.”

Auerbach’s best guess is that most of her classes at th e STEM School in Highlands Ranch consist of about 60 percent boys.

“But,” she said, “the girls tend to push themselves more and gravitate toward the more accelerated courses.”

Simi Basu, a middle school computer science teacher and cyber security coach for kindergarten through 12th grade at the STEM School, notes how important it is to encourage girls’ interests in science and technology areas.

“Girls really do want to make a difference, and we need to give them a hand to show them how relevant and how fun STEM can be,” Basu said. “Both girls and boys can explore curiosity and make a change in the world.”

Basu came to the U.S. from India after earning a master’s in information technology and an MBA in business administration. For about 14 years, she worked in the corporate computer science field for IBM. SEE STEM, P9

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Presenting a unified front Although gains still must be made to even the gender balance in STEM fields, the U.S. is at least open to women holding leadership roles in those careers as compared to some other countries.

That’s what Nikki van den Heever found.

She will graduate from the University of Colorado-Boulder this December with a master’s in civil systems engineering with a focus on engineering in developing communities.

Van den Heever runs CU-Boulder’s Engineers Without Borders, and in the summer of 2015, she was the project manager for a project in

Rwanda that implemented rainwater catchment systems.

The CU-Boulder team consisted of van den Heever and three men.

But in Rwanda, they worked with an additional eight or nine men on the project.

“I was making the calls and decisions, but I felt some resistance (from the Rwandan team) because of the cultural differences,” van den Heever said.

So she and the rest of her team discussed the issue and discovered the best way to resolve it was to demonstrate a unified approach to van den Heever’s lead.

Nikki van den Heever, center, plays with a group of children in Rwanda in the summer of 2015, when she and a group of University of Colorado-Boulder students involved with the school’s Engineers Without Borders visited the African country to implement rainwater catchment systems.

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“I really appreciated the support of my male teammates. We presented a strong team front and built our credentials as a whole team,” van

den Heever said.

“And by the end of our time there, they (the Rwandan team) recognized my jurisdiction as a project manager.”

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A life of research

she worked in the corporate computer science field for IBM. “We need to close that misconception that only men pursue those jobs,” Basu said. “If girls are engaged and motivated, it can help close the gap in the workforce.”

Support programs and role models key Mentors and and role models of females interested in STEM at a young age must take charge to keep the girls interested in these subjects as they grow older, educators and STEM professionals say.

Especially when they begin to think about their future career aspirations.

“Getting involved with a STEM career is different than sticking with a STEM career,” said Angela Fioretti, a former graduate research assistant at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden. She is now in Switzerland doing a postdoctoral fellowship where she works with electrical contact material for solar cells.

“It’s really important for younger women to see other women in senior positions in STEM careers so that they know it’s a viable path,” said Fioretti, who earned her PhD in material science from Mines in December 2016.

Beginning in about middle school, there are STEM-related clubs, extracurricular activities and academic programs that do just that. One of them in the Denver-area is Girls in STEM. After about 20 years working as a licensed mechanical engineer, Wendy Merchant realized there were still more men than women entering STEM careers. So in 2014, she founded Girls in STEM, a local nonprofit that works to inspire middle and high school-aged girls to visualize and empower them to pursue STEM careers.

Nowadays, big companies and colleges are looking at ways to attract and retain women to even the numbers in STEM professions, said Karen Ramon, director of operations and teacher adviser for Girls in STEM. “They’re doing their part, but it needs to start earlier than college,” Ramon said. “It’s important for younger girls to know they have a voice, and that they’re not being judged for enjoying STEM subjects.

Our goal is to expose them to everything. It’s all about the exposure.”

Kim Medina, director of admissions at Mines, agrees.

Through partnerships with local schools and community groups, Mines has implemented a number of outreach programs and initiatives to get younger girls more interested and involved with STEM subjects. Special events include Girls and Science at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, which took place March 3, and Girl Scouts Engineering Day. At the University of Denver, annual Engineering Summer Camps and CodeART Workshops aim to get students excited about careers in engineering, mathematics and other science-related fields through hands-on activities.

Both camps have specific weeks that

Sydney Toler, a 2017 graduate of Golden High School, knew biochemistry was the path she wanted to pursue because of her executive high school internship in 2016 when she worked with graduate students in Mines’ chemistry lab.

“I found out that I loved doing it,” Toler said. “I loved being in the lab, and that’s how I decided what I wanted to do as a career.”

Toler wants a career where she can do research and is most likely going to pursue a master’s degree or PhD, she said.

“Even though there aren’t a lot of women in (STEM) fields, I know there can be and I know there are plenty of capable women,” Toler said. “They’re proving to us that we have a place.”

Heather McKay is the Orion launch abort system manager at Lockheed Martin. McKay, 33, has known she would pursue a career in aerospace since she was 10, when she met astronaut Bruce McCandless.

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DID YOU KNOW?

“We believe that teams having diverse perspectives and complementary skill sets generate the best solutions and innovations.”

Paul Johnson President, Colorado School of Mines

they are offered exclusively to female middle and high school students.

Another successful program is Mines’ Discover-Explore-Create Technology (DECTech). It is led by female Mines students and designed to foster an interest in STEM among young girls through creative and interactive activities.

Florence Caldwell Jones, the first female student at Colorado School of Mines, graduated with a degree in civil engineering in 1898.

DECTech was founded in 2012 by Tracy Camp, a professor and the head of Mines’ Computer Science Department, in response to studies that show girls’ interest in science and engineering starts to decline the closer they get to middle school.

But Heather McKay, 33, defied the odds: She knew she wanted to pursue a career in aerospace since middle school.

“I just thought space was cool,” said McKay of Littleton, who pursued her dreams and graduated from Mines in 2006 with a degree in mechanical engineering and earned her master’s in systems engineering from Mines in 2007. She has worked at Lockheed Martin for about 10 years.

Being inspired by a relatable role model helped maintain her interest, McKay said.

McKay’s mother, Carol Angel, was an influencer in her life, she said.

Angel was a single mom when she started at Lockheed Martin as an administrative assistant and over her 30-year career there, she worked her way up and retired as an engineer.

One day, Angel brought McKay to work with her for Lockheed Martin’s annual Young Minds at Work day, which is similar to a bring-your-childto-work day. McKay, who was 10 at the time, got to meet the late Bruce McCandless, a former astronaut who in February 1984 became known for being the first person to fly untethered in space.

Now, McKay is the Orion launch SEE STEM, P10

Sydney Toler

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Work and play intertwined Arvada resident Jessica Olstad plays with a big machine at work every day. It’s called a Davison Circulating Riser and, basically, it’s a small-scale version of a very large piece of equipment used for petroleum refinery.

“It’s the closest thing to playing that I can get paid for,” she said.

Olstad, 30, is an engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). She interned at NREL in 2008 and became a fulltime employee in 2009 after earning a degree in chemical and biochemical engineering from Mines.

Olstad knows of “a million smart women” in STEM careers, she said. It’s not that they are any better than men, Olstad said.

It’s that they are equal — it’s important to have diversity in the workplace.

So for any young woman who wants to pursue a STEM career, Olstad says to “ignore all the naysayers and go for it.”

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in partnership with Mines and the Society of Women Engineers, during which, on average, more than 100 high school girls attend.

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abort system manager and works with a team of about 30 people. About 10 are women.

At Lockheed Martin, McKay said, men and women have equal opportunity to contribute and succeed in the workplace.

“I get to be a part of a team that is accomplishing something that has never been done before. We’re trying to go to Mars,” she said. “We need everybody. It takes a whole team to accomplish such a big goal like exploring the universe.”

Similarly, eighth-grader Sophia Eakes’ interest in STEM started in fifth grade.

She enjoys the teamwork aspect of her STEM courses at Bell Middle School in Golden.

“I get to do stuff that I have never gotten to do in any other class,” Eakes said.

“It’s so much fun and you realize you can do so many things.”

In the sixth grade, she started to learn some basic programming skills, and last year seventh grade, she and her fellow students in an engineering class built a high-quality video game. This year, Eakes is programming robots.

And, she said, she plans on continuing her STEM education until she someday becomes a surgeon.

Eakes has been involved with Bell Middle School’s Girls in iSTEM Club for about two years. In February last year, she and her friend Maddie Rice won the Jefferson County Public Library’s Girls in STEM Competition. About 50 girls presented 18 projects at the competition, which was judged by Mines’ DECTech.

Eakes and Rice won for a bionic hand designed for the biomedical engineering field.

“I like solving problems and putting things together,” Eakes said. “I enjoy applying my knowledge to real-world problems that scientists and engineers are working on right now.”

Combating misperceptions Despite all these efforts, a change isn’t going to happen overnight, Ra-

Maddie Rice, left, and Sophia Eakes, both middle schoolers at Bell Middle School in Golden, hold up their awards and bionic hand on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2017, after winning first place in the Jefferson County Public Library’s Girls in STEM Competition.

CHRISTY STEADMAN

WHEN DID STEM BECOME A THING? A 2015 blog post by Liana Heitin Loewus in “Education Week,” a national newspaper that covers K-12 education, notes that Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) became a common educational term within the first decade of the 2000s, but that educators were starting to group the subjects before 2001. mon said, noting that Girls in STEM is still too new of a club for one to know its effectiveness.

And even though Mines is slightly above the national average for women attending the school to pursue a STEM degree, the number of females in freshman and transfer undergraduate classes has plateaued in the past 10 years, Medina said.

In 2016, about 28 percent were women, and in 2015, the number was about 31 percent, she said.

Part of the reason for the plateau at Mines may be that female students might have a misperception of what

attending Mines would be like, Medina said. She added that females may think, because their male counterparts outnumber them, they would not have many as opportunities to get involved in extracurricular clubs or activities.

But it’s actually quite the opposite, Medina said.

Aside from its four sororities, Mines hosts an active Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics office on campus and is home to the largest membership of Society of Women Engineers compared to any other campus in the nation, Medina said.

The school also strongly encourages campus visits from female high schoolers to help combat any misperceptions, she added.

“We’re trying to get them on campus to show them what it’s really like,” she said. “Sometimes, it takes seeing it to believe it.”

One example is Girls Lead the Way at the Colorado School of Mines, which took place Feb. 10 this year. The event is an annual conference focused on women in STEM careers, put on

‘Diversity makes us richer’ Despite the work still to be done, there’s no doubt progress has been made, academics and professionals say.

When Barb Goodman was attending Mines in the 1980s, it was rare for a woman to pursue and enter a STEM career. She was often the only woman in her classes.

“Back then, if you liked science or math, you’d go to school to become a teacher,” Goodman said, “rather than a researcher or engineer.” Goodman But as a single mother, she wanted a viable career with which to support her two children. She worked two jobs while in college — tutoring math and waiting tables in a restaurant. Often, she and her children did their homework together at the kitchen table. And when Goodman had academic assignments that required a computer, she would hire a babysitter so she could spend the late-night hours — sometimes until 3 a.m. or 4 a.m. — using the school’s computer lab.

“It was a lot of hard work for the four years that I was there,” Goodman remembered. “But I was passionate.”

Goodman graduated in 1984 with degrees in chemical engineering and petroleum refining engineering.

Now in her 60s, Goodman is executive director of institutional planning, integration and development at NREL, where she has spent nearly 33 years.

As technology evolves, new thoughts and skillsets will become extremely important to solve future issues and challenges, Goodman said. And more women are needed to bring new and different perspectives.

“Diversity,” she said, “makes us richer.” she said, and that “will lead us to a better and brighter future.”

ENGINEERING INTO THE FUTURE — PROFILES IN PERSEVERANCE

A waterpark dream

Thanks to Girl Scouts

Back in fifth grade, Alex Flanagan, who grew up in Brighton and now lives in Arvada, had an assignment to write about what career she wanted to pursue and what college she hoped to attend.

“I wanted to design a waterpark,” Flanagan, 23, said. “Obviously, a lot has happened between now and the fifth grade.”

But a lot of her dreams did come true — she graduated in May 2017 from the Colorado School of Mines with a degree in mechanical engineering and now works at Lockheed Martin as a systems engineer.

Although she is “100 percent happy working in aerospace,” Flanagan said, there still is that dream to someday build a waterpark. “It’s limitless what we can do as engineers.”

Rhianna Dains’ favorite subject in school is science, but the eighth-grader at North Arvada Middle School says that when she gets to college, she’ll have Girl Scouts to thank for making her STEM courses easier.

Girl Scouts offers 23 new badges that focus on STEM and the outdoors that provide hands-on experience with designing robots and racecars, writing code and collecting data, among other skills.

These badges get girls using “fun math,” such as measurements, said Dains, who lives in Westminster.

“To a certain extent, all jobs will require some knowledge of math,” Dains said. “I think it would make life a lot easier if you enjoy it.”

Eighth-grader Rhianna Dains, a Westminster Girl Scout, says the 23 new STEM badges the Girl Scouts now offer will provide her with a step up in college and pursuing a STEM career.

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The importance of role models

An outer-space experience Rebecca Travers of Lakewood remembers her childhood when she would stand on top of the McDonald’s play place and reenact astronaut Neil Armstrong’s famous walk on the moon.

Fast-forward to present day to her career as a structural design and analysis engineer at Lockheed Martin. In this position, Travers spends a lot of time working on 3D models. And on Sept. 8, 2016, she got to see something she helped design go into space — the OSIRIS-Rex, a NASA asteroid study and sample-return mission.

Travers, 26, graduated from University of Colorado-Boulder in December 2015 and started an internship with Lockheed Martin about 4 1/2 years ago. She has been fulltime with the global aerospace, defense, security and advanced technology company for about 2 1/2 years.

“It’s a rewarding career,” Trav-

Rebecca Travers ers said.

“It’s seeing my designs come to life. All the hours I spent in

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school and at the job was all worth it for the five minutes I got to see the launch go off.”

Attending Colorado School of Mines runs in Marie Sullivan’s family — both of her parents, an uncle, an aunt and all four of her siblings hold degrees from Mines.

For a little while, though, Sullivan, who graduated from Lakewood High School in May 2017, considered pursing a different route. She was looking into studying English and becoming a teacher or a journalist.

“Although it would have been interesting to be the odd one out in my family, it wasn’t what I really wanted to do,” Sullivan said.

In mid-August, Sullivan completed a summer internship with the state in the budget department of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife division. She worked on cash flow models and Excel spreadsheets.

Her boss, Brianna Franco, became a role model, and had a big influence on Sullivan’s career choice.

“She was so knowledgeable about what she does,” said Sullivan, now studying economics at Mines. “I aspire to be that way when I enter the workforce.”

The Musical

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High flyin’ fun at Arvada’s Kite Festival The annual Arvada Kite Festival features professional kite flying exhibits and more April 8 at Stenger Sports Complex in Arvada.

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Celebrate the artistry of kite flying at the annual Arvada Kite Festival on April 8, at Stenger Sports Complex, West 58th Avenue and Quail Street.

The festival will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Enjoy professional kite flying exhibits and visit vendor booths selling goods, services and foods.

The complex offers plenty of free parking, but biking and walking is encouraged. The festival is produced by the Arvada Festivals Commission. Go to www.arvadafestivals. com or call 720-898-7403.

Festival-goers are encouraged to bring their own kite or buy one at the festival.

Kids ages 4-10 also can make their own kites at kite-making classes at 4 p.m. April 6 and 10 and 11 a.m. or 1 and 2 p.m. April 7 at Majestic View Nature Center.

The cost of $5 per person includes all materials. Registration is required. Call 720898-7405 or visit arvada.org/public-classes.

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Elks celebrate 150 years, give back to community

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Homer Anderson, 83, remembers the first meeting of the Arvada Elks lodge. It was March 31, 1963 in a local basement — because that’s where the

beer was.

“There were about 10 of us,” Anderson recalled.

Soon membership outgrew the basement and the Arvada lodge made Elk history with 576 charter members.

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organizers and became the club’s first exalted ruler. After the basement, the paint shop of Craig Chevrolet on the Wadsworth bypass became the formal home of the lodge. This was followed by the former Presbyterian church at 56th and Yukon across from the present lodge.

Today’s lodge, a former Safeway store on Yukon St. in Olde Town Arvada, was bought April 1, 1977. There are currently 1,000 members.

“My dad got us involved,” said Jack Doane, a 42 year member of the lodge.

“It seems like any holiday this is the place to be.”

For five year member Mary “Mickey” Harlow, the Elk lodge was a place she felt welcomed and somewhere she could help give back to the community.

“We’ve always had the reputation of the Elks lodge being a place for people who enjoy alcoholic beverages,” Harlow said. “But we are so much more than that. We work so hard in the community with the kids and we never publicize it.”

One community the lodge has connected to is the students at Arvada High School. This year the lodge worked with community partners to provide graduation fees, caps and gowns and announcements to 10 Arvada seniors.

“We’re really proud of that because

these kids they need to feel like they belong,” Harlow said.

The Arvada Elks also sent 10 students to the state STEM and provided four incoming Arvada High School freshmen eye exams and glasses paid for by the State Elks Clem and Evelyn Audin Fund. That fund also helped provide an assistance dog for a local boy with diabetes and a hearing aid for a four-year-old boy.

The lodge also partners with the Red Rocks Community College Foundation to offer a full ride scholarship to one Arvada student.

Other youth activities the Elks participate in are drug awareness programs; a basketball hoop shoots competition for elementary school children; and a dictionary project that will provide 1,500 reference books to Arvada third-graders this year.

Veterans are also a community dear to the Elks. The club has specific outreach programs to help homeless vets.

But what Elk member Clair Burch says makes the Arvada lodge unique is the variety of members.

“We are getting young members and keeping the lodge from getting stagnant,” Burch said. “One of the things that makes the Arvada lodge unique is we are a microcosm of the community.”

The Elks lodge holds an annual Flag Day public ceremony to make known to all the high regard we have for the flag.

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Faith Christian embraces K-8 model This is the school’s first year under this structure

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Faith Christian Academy is attempting to make the flow from grade levels more fluid through the implementation of a kindergarten through eighth grade model.

Previously the school ran on a K-6, 7-8 model.

“Mostly we desire for there to be greater community and continuity for our students,” said Andrew Hasz, who is in his first year as superintendent at Faith Christian. Prior to this post he was the Faith high school principal for 15 years.

This year Faith Christian has about 600 students in the K-8 school. The biggest change for students, Hasz said, is the combination of academics available across grade levels.

First year K-8 Principal Bryan Thompson says one of the advantages is not just focusing on the students who have challenges academically, but to challenge high-performing learners as well. One way of doing that is to offer math at the same time throughout the school, so students can transition into a higher level if needed.

Students in a Faith Christian third-grade class conduct word surgery to create contractions. SHANNA FORTIER “By having math all at the same time, high flyers can go up and onlevel students can stay in their class,” Thompson said. “I think that’s been really affective.”

Thompson, who came to Faith this school year after spending 11 years as an administrator overseas, credits that success to the teachers and the assessments of students.

“The places that I see a difference is talkign about the advanced students and those who need special support,” Thompson said, adding that in many cases, it’s the same teachers working with students into eight grade which also creates an advantage. “That’s

what’s exciting for me — that we have people knowing these students and we’ve been able to provide much more support to the teachers, students and parents along the way.”

Outside of academics, school leaders hope that the change creates a bigger community of supporters.

“One of our key principals is that we want to partner with families and so we feel like this change enhances that, in that it becomes more continuous and smooth as they go through,” Hasz said. “Over time that will increase how they feel, building that community and partnership.”

Flaggers close to being cleared along commuter rails Full testing on the G Line will soon commence

VOTING BEGINS

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

State regulators on March 28 said flaggers posted for two years along the Regional Transportation District’s University of Colorado A Line will soon be allowed to go home.

The decision by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission also clears the way for final testing on the G Line, which operates on similar gate technology, between downtown and the western suburbs of Arvada and Wheat Ridge, subject to federal and state oversight.

The Commission ruled 3-0 that it is in the public interest to allow further relief for RTD to move forward, subject to the conditions of its Federal Railroad Administration waiver.

“That means RTD can apply the crossing warning buffer times approved in its FRA waiver to certify correct crossing operations at the Aline crossings, and can move forward ewith gradual removal of the flaggers upon successful field verification for Oeach crossing, once the FRA has approved RTD’s flagger demobilization plan,” explained Terry Bote, external affairs manager for the Public Utilities Commission.

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G line COURTESY PHOTO The G Line, once RTD has obtained a waiver from the FRA, will be allowed to proceed under the same conditions.

The flaggers were posted at intersections along the A Line in 2016, before the line opened on April 22, after state and federal regulators spotted problems with the timing of the crossing gates. The gates were coming down too early and staying down too long as a train approached, sometimes up to three minutes.

But RTD, and its private contractor Denver Transit Partners, for months have pushed to correct the problems and to send the flaggers home, saying they have made improvements to the software controlling the gates.

Denver Transit Partners pays for the flaggers, which RTD officials have

said cost “several million a month.”

The problems also stalled progress on the G Line, which was supposed to open in October 2016, but remains in limbo, with a few more months of testing needed before the line can open to passengers, RTD officials have said.

“This is a very positive step forward in the process and we greatly appreciate the ruling by the Commission,” said Lisa Trujillo, manager of project outreach for RTD. “We first need to receive the written orders from the Commission before we are certain about all requirements, we also need to receive FRA approvals. We still have several steps to complete.”

The official written order from the PUC will take about two weeks to come out.

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VOICES When fiddling with the order of things improvise at your own peril

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HITTING HOME

Michael Alcorn

spent several summers, years ago, working for my father-in-law doing electrical work. Most of the time, all he entrusted me with —wisely — was simple demolition. Do a whole lot less damage that way.

But, along the way, learning what line to cut and what line to avoid (and, thus, to avoid being the source of humor for all the contractors in the room), you start to pick up on how things work. Such that, when we need something electrical done around the house, I feel fairly confident in my ability to make it happen.

The problem with that is that I know just enough to really get myself in trouble. No, nothing has burned down (yet), but I’m fairly certain that someday in the future, when the

next guy is trying to get something to work in my house, he’ll take a look at what I’ve done and wonder what I was thinking. And, were an actual contractor or inspector to come in the house and look at what I’ve done, there’s a distinct chance that citations might be written.

There is a design to how things work. I know just enough to know a few work-arounds, but that is not necessarily a good thing. There is a reason things are designed the way they are: because they work best that way. Only the real craftsman should be entrusted to understand the design well enough to alter it; with anybody else, it causes problems.

That’s true in other mediums, as well. Take music: Bach created the design 400 years ago;

Mozart perfected it; Beethoven tinkered with it in ways that opened up a world of possibilities; and then a guy named Stravinsky came along and blew the whole thing to smithereens … and it was brilliant! Yeah, sure, it caused riots in Paris, but it was brilliant! But only because Stravinsky was a master craftsman, who knew and understood Bach, Mozart and Beethoven inside out. You take your average musician, and, were they to take the same design and attempt to do with it something like what Stravinsky did, it would be horrible chaos!

Or, perhaps, disco.

Nature has a design to it, as well. I think SEE ALCORN, P15

How to choose the best marriage counselor or couples therapist

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here are many SOUND psychologists, ADVICE counselors and therapists trained to do individual counseling. Some decide to expand their client base by branching off into offering marriage counseling or couple’s counseling. These Neil Rosenthal are not normally the people you want to choose if you want help with your relationship. You want trained, licensed people who specialize in marriage counseling, relationship counseling or couple’s therapy — some designation like “Licensed Marriage

and Family Therapist” or the equivalent.

But there are so many people claiming to specialize in marriage/relationship counseling — how do you choose the very best one? Here is a guide to help you make a good decision.

First, you want someone experienced — who has done this for a number of years — not someone starting out. Experienced people tend to cost more than those who are just starting out, but this is one arena in which you are likely to get what you pay for.

Second, if you can afford it, longer appointments, or retreats that take several days, are often far more effective than weekly 45-60 minute appointments. You will have sufficient time to

deeply delve into conflicts and emotions, and then you can create solutions or resolutions in the same session. If you do this, you won’t normally stay in therapy for many months. Insurance may not cover the longer appointments, but you have a far greater chance of fixing the issues way more quickly.

Third, keep in mind that you are looking for a therapist/guide/teacher/ adviser, not a friend. A friend may not offer you adult supervision when the two of you need it. A good marriage therapist will.

Fourth, you want someone who demonstrates insight regarding the true problems and the dynamics in your relationship. As an example, a couple can enter marriage counseling presenting

with poor communication problems, but the actual issue may be that the two of you have grown disconnected, and you may be questioning whether your spouse still loves you. You can see how that may lead to poor communication in a relationship, but the therapist that treats the issue as a communication problem may not fix the larger dynamic, and then you will feel that although you have a great therapist, the therapy isn’t working.

Fifth, you want someone who who can articulate an effective game plan to resolve or fix what’s wrong—and very important—you want this game plan

where every person is a citizen-soldier, there are limits (and few exceptions) to how many guns a person can have, and what kind.

May I suggest that the author ponder the other end of that elephant in the room, that he says is not being confronted.

Richard Kiefer, Arvada

I have chosen your state! I am very excited to learn more about the great state of Colorado as I work on my report.

While we will research most of the information ourselves, we also like to get firsthand knowledge from people who live in the state. This is why I am writing to you. I was hoping that you would be willing to send me some small items to help me learn more about the best things in your state. It could be things like postcards, maps, pictures, general information, this newspaper article, or any other items

that you think would be useful. You can mail items to the address below

by April 30 for our state fair on May 18. I really appreciate your help and will do my very best to send a thankyou note to each and every person who takes the time and makes the effort to help me with this project.

Thank you in advance for your consideration!

Bob Heath, Mrs. Dodds’ Class Charlotte Latin School 9502 Providence Road Charlotte, NC, 28277

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR An American problem A letter in the March 15 edition states that “Access to firearms exists in other countries as well, so why is it that our public-school students obtain and misuse these, and other weapons?”

Most other countries have much stricter (and better enforced) regulations about who can have guns, and what kind. Even where they are permitted for civilian possession, many hoops must be jumped through, and accumulation of an arsenal would be unacceptable. Even in Switzerland,

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How do Jeffco high schoolers compare to the world?

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acquired, but also in terms of their abilast year, I had the same conversaity to use critical and creative problemtion with friends who are parents solving skills to apply their knowledge in Australia, Canada, Sweden and in real world situations. the UK. Probably just like If you share our concern, I you, we are all very worried GUEST have good news for you. For about how well our children’s COLUMN only $85,000, parents, employers schools are preparing them for and taxpayers can learn how the world they will face after students in each of Jeffco’s 17 they graduate from high school. district-run high schools comFrom our work, we are all pare to their global peers. painfully aware of the chalThe gold standard in this lenges our kids will face, due area is the Program for Interto increased off-shoring of national Student Assessment white collar jobs as well as (PISA), which is administered the increasing threat to those to 15-year-olds (i.e., 10th-gradjobs posed by the exponential ers) around the world by the improvement in artificial intel- Tom Coyne Organization for Economic ligence technologies that are Cooperation and Development. increasingly able to automate higher PISA is a sampled, rather than “every levels of cognitive work. student,” test and measures how well To be sure, AI is not yet all powerful; students can apply their reading, math its current strength is statistical predicand science knowledge in real-world tion, and progress in acquiring more situations. advanced cognitive skills like causal With its emphasis on critical thinking and counterfactual reasoning is still in and problem-solving skills, PISA differs its early stages. But progress in those from two other assessments that are areas is accelerating. more widely used in the United States.

In light of what we see all around The National Assessment of Educaus, we all want to know how our kids stack up to the rest of the world, not just tional Progress (NAEP) is given to a sample of students in grades 4, 8 and 12 in terms of the knowledge they have

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the story of the wolves in Yellowstone Park is instructive: the last of the indigenous grey wolves in Yellowstone was killed somewhere around 1926, and, over time, the ecosystem in Yellowstone started to suffer — the design had been altered. So, when the government reintroduced the grey wolf to Yellowstone in 1995, there were some who expected this predator to cause enormous problems. But, just the opposite happened: when the ecosystem was returned to its natural design, it started to thrive. Today, the grey wolf is alive and well in Yellowstone, along with an increasingly strong base of animals up and down the food chain.

There is another part of the natural design that I’ve been thinking about lately: parenting. I see it every day in the schools, I live it with my students.

Moms and dads are supposed to protect their children, raise them, discipline them, guide them, support them

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in the very first session. If the therapist cannot articulate an effective and realistic plan of action in the first session, you have the wrong therapist.

Sixth, the gold standard of marriage counselors, couple’s therapists or relationship counselors is if the therapist can teach the two of you new skills that you can take home and use on your own. The goal is for the two of you to learn how to resolve conflicts or hurt feelings on your own, so you don’t need to forever be dependent

and, in short, do everything in their power to make their children’s lives solid. That’s the design. When that doesn’t happen, when there is a mess at home, there is, invariably, a mess in class. Whether that takes the form of simply disengaging or poor socialization, to the most extreme cases of violence, problems at home — by the way, whether by fault or circumstance doesn’t matter — don’t stay at home.

If some part of life isn’t working well for you right now, consider the possibility that you’ve strayed from the original design too far. Life probably won’t give you a zap of 120 volts to mark that point (wouldn’t it be great if it did!), but you’ll recognize the problems, and it might be worth consulting your owner’s manual to get back on track.

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.

on a therapist. This will take some time, and does not happen quickly, but the counselor who can teach the two of you to resolve your own issues or emotions is worth his or her weight in gold.

Finally, we learn more effectively when we are challenged. Look for someone to challenge you to do what’s hard, not easy.

Neil Rosenthal is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Westminster and Boulder. He is the author of the #1 bestselling book: Love, Sex, and Staying Warm: Creating a Vital Relationship.

Contact him at 303-758-8777 or visit neilrosenthal.com.

in every state. It assesses the extent to which students have mastered knowledge and skills in reading, math and science that are appropriate to these grade levels.

The PARCC/CMAS assessments are given to every student in grades 3 through 8 in Colorado. They measure the extent to which students have mastered state standards for these grades.

Neither the NAEP nor CMAS provides Jeffco parents with an assessment of how our students compare to their peers around the world.

While PISA is administered at the national (and optionally at the state) level, the OECD also offers a “Test for Schools” that uses the same sampled approach and globally comparable results scale to assess a demographically representative sample of students (about 85) in a given high school.

Learning how our kids compare to their peers around the world would cost Jeffco only $85,000 – a rounding error

in the district’s billion-dollar budget (which this year is expected to receive a large increase in state funding).

When we lived in Canada, our provincial PISA results were an incredibly powerful source of feedback and spur to continuous improvement in K12 performance. Our kids, schools and employers all got a clear signal as to their future global competitiveness, and taxpayers had a strong basis for evaluating our return on the money we spent on K-12.

In Alberta, that return was high. Improvement in PISA achievement results led to greater taxpayer willingness to invest in K-12, and to higher salaries for teachers and much improved funding of their pensions.

There is no reason not to take the same approach in Jeffco.

Tom Coyne is a father of three Wheat Ridge High School alumni, and one in the works. He is the co-founder of K12Accountability.org.

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Nancy Reeve McKevitt Munn

Nancy Reeve McKevitt Munn, of Arvada, passed away on March 27, 2018 after a short illness. Nancy was born September 1, 1928 in Vinton, Iowa.

She moved to Arvada in 1957 with her two children and late husband John K. Munn, Jr. She is survived by her son, John Knox Munn III; daughter, Rebecca Jane (Munn) Clark; son-in-law, Thomas Clark; four grandchildren and

four great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Munn’s Memorial Service will be held Thursday, April 19, 2018, 11am at Arvada Presbyterian Church,5592 Independence St, Arvada.

In lieu of flowers, Mrs. Munn’s family has requested that memorial donations be made in her memory to the Arvada Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund.

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It’s time to rock your soft skills

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ant to be known as an influential person who gets stuff done? Who does it all with a smile GUEST and goes through life easily COLUMN and effortlessly accomplishing your goals? Read on — it’s a lot easier than you think to develop your soft skills.

Soft skills trump hard skills every day of the week. How you relate with other people and your ability to get stuff done is what all organizations are looking for. The great leaders and entrepreneurs of Glenn Bott today’s world all posses excellent soft skills and pride themselves on their ability to relate well with others.

As an average mechanical engineer with a marginal set of hard skills I went on to succeed far beyond those with a vastly superior set of hard skills. I was able to do this by relating to others, inspiring them to believe in themselves

and our common mission, and helping them realize their greatness.

Have a Positive Mental Attitude — begin each day with an overall positive attitude. Enjoy what you’re doing, have a smile, and help others to enjoy their day and contributions. Many folks you encounter will lack this attitude and have an overall dour outlook.

They aren’t fun to be with and they don’t value their contributions. Establish the ground rule that everyone working on your project will do so with a smile and a positive can-do attitude or they aren’t welcome. Before long your meetings and projects will become legendary and people will ask to join your team.

Speak in Sound Bites — practice the art of effective communication. Speak for maximum impact and in very strong and memorable statements. People want little snippets of dialogue they can

remember and use throughout the day.

When you come up with something unique and powerful write it down and wait for the perfect moment to use it. Have a few of these at your disposal and don’t be shy about sharing them with others.

Audit Your Communication Effectiveness — take a moment to video yourself.

Is your body language congruent with your message? Do your deliver your message concisely and powerfully? Is it focused? Practice this until it becomes second nature and always look to improve. In today’s hyper-media world — less is more.

Become a Lateral Thinking Master — find new ways to connect the dots and create powerful new solutions. When you achieve mastery level at this skill you become unstoppable. No matter what “obstacle” you encounter you have a handful of new solutions and work-arounds.

Be Present — no matter what the task at hand, be fully present and focused on what is before you. Whether it’s having

coffee with a friend, or leading your team forward, you are always fully present. This sort of focus can be learned by everyone yet few master it. Many are easily distracted and lack the discipline of maintaining their focus. This is an incredibly powerful tool and one that will serve you well both personally and professionally.

Spread the Love — help others feel their value and contribution. Go out of your way to acknowledge someone else. Give them a well-deserved high-five and a smile.

No matter who it is or what the situation, train yourself in the art of the compliment. Always have a heartfelt compliment ready to voice. This helps you become legendary and people will flock to you.

Glenn Bott is an Arvada resident who speaks and coaches on empowerment and resiliency. He shares the proven techniques he used to successfully reinvent himself after recovering from a severe and life-threatening brain injury.

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Children can learn culture through cooking

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amilies can celebrate simple recipes from around the world and learn a little about geography, history, and culture.

Whether ancestors call it mousse, junket, blancmange, creme, pannukakku or Tiramisu, custards are fun to make with kids.

Although all are LIFELONG slightly different, LEARNING this custard takes Esther Macalady ten minutes to mix.

The STEM science concept behind custard is coagulating a protein. It is the process of changing a liquid protein like eggs or milk into a solid by heating.

Protein coagulation is one of the main reasons food changes when it is cooked. You can look up the interesting history of custard and bread, too.

Easy Custard This recipe serves four. You’ll need two eggs, 2 cups milk, ½ c sugar, ¼ teaspoon salt, dash of cinnamon and nutmeg (optional).

You can cut down on the sugar, nutmeg and cinnamon, especially if you are going to put chocolate chips or sweet berries on top.

Whisk ingredients together. Pour into 4 ungreased custard cups or put into a small baking pan both ungreased. Place in a cake pan with about 3/4 inch hot water.

Bake uncovered 350 degrees 50-55 minutes. It is done when a knife makes a little slice clean through.

Cool and serve warm or chilled.

Store in the refrigerator. Custard can also be made stove top with almond milk and no eggs if there are allergies.

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In a separate bowl whisk together buttermilk and egg. Pour this mixture into a center hole of dry ingredients and mix. The dough

will be stiff. If it’s too crumbly add another tablespoon or two of buttermilk.Knead the dough no more than a couple times. Shape it into a ball. Flatten the ball slightly, and place the loaf in your pan. Use a sharp knife to cut a 1/2”deep traditional cross in the loaf.Bake for about 45 to 55 minutes, until golden brown or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove and brush with melted butter, if desired. The acid in buttermilk and the base in soda produce trapped carbon dioxide bubbles which make dough rise.

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Irish band delivers unique blend of music

S Conservators working at the IAA’s Dead Sea Scrolls Conservation Laboratory. The scrolls were discovered in 1947, and are making their first visit to Denver. COURTESY OF ISRAELI ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

A once-in-a-lifetime reading assignment Dead Sea Scrolls make first visit to Denver

The Dead Sea Scrolls will be on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science through Sept. 3. Visitors can see 10 scrolls, and they will then be switched out to preserve them. MATTHEW PEYTON

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

At just a cursory glance, one could almost be forgiven for being unimpressed by the Dead Sea Scrolls. After all, they appear as indecipherable writing — unless one speaks Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek — on scraps of paper to the untrained eye.

But when one considers these papers survived for more than 2,000 years and contain excerpts from some of history’s most important documents, they start to look a lot more impressive.

For the first time, Denver residents have the opportunity to not only examine some of the scrolls up close, but also hundreds of other artifacts from the same era in Israel at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

“People say the discovery of the scrolls was one of the great archaeological discoveries of the 20th century,” said the museum’s archaeol-

An example of the kind of jar the Dead Sea Scrolls were kept in for thousands of years before they were discovered.

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ogy curator, Dr. Steve Nash.

“You can take away 20th century and replace it with all time.”

The scrolls can be seen at the museum, 2001 Colorado Blvd. in Denver, through Sept. 3. This is the first time these documents have stopped in the Mile High City — the closest they’ve come before was Salt Lake City in Utah. The exhibition is organized by the Israeli Antiquities Authority.

These oldest-known biblical documents were

discovered in 1947 by young Bedouin goatherders, who wandered into a cave along the shore of the Dead Sea, near the site of the ancient settlement of Qumran. They found an assortment of clay jars, inside of which were scrolls wrapped in linen.

Over the next nine years, archaeologists and Bedouins searched the surrounding caves. After extensive excavation, more than 900 remarkably preserved scrolls were recovered.

Before the discoveries of the scrolls, Nash said, the oldest biblical texts were from about 900 in the Middle Ages.

For the exhibit, the scrolls are presented within a massive exhibit case featuring carefully regulated individual chambers, along with the full English translation.

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IF YOU GO WHAT: The Dead Sea Scrolls WHERE: Denver Museum of Nature and Science 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver WHEN: March 16 through Sept. 3 Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday - 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

COST: Adult - $25.95 Senior (65 and older) $21.95 Junior (3 to 18 years old) - $17.95 Ticket includes general admission entry.

INFORMATION: 303370-6000 and dmns. org/deadseascrolls.

Tickets are for specific times, and are selling out quickly, so visitors are encouraged to purchase in advance.

t. Patrick’s Day weekend was a busy one for Adam Goldstein, CL Morden and Kenny Martinez. But that’s not much of a surprise when you’re in an Irish band.

Which makes the trio — better known as Avourneen — even more excited about its upcoming performance at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April COMING at Swallow Hill’s ATTRACTIONS 5, Quinlan Café, 71 E. Yale Ave. in Denver.

“We were playing pubs, and when that’s the case, you’re working extra hard to be heard and get people dancing,” Goldstein said with a laugh.

“But at a place like Clarke Reader this, which has been so significant to artists in the community, it gives us a chance to play some of the calmer, slower stuff.”

Avourneen started in 2014, when guitarist and vocalist Goldstein and violinist and pianist Morden met as part of another Irish band. They loved the music of the Emerald Isle, but came at it from different angles — that’s how Avourneen came to life.

“We wanted to blend trad (traditional), energetic music with some of the more ballady stuff and inject some pop into it,” Goldstein said. “When I fell in love with Irish music, it was that blend of musical chops and sentiments. You can have all this energy and then the most heartrending content.”

Goldstein and Morden were recently joined by Martinez on stand-up bass and vocals, which has given the group new creative avenues to explore.

They’re looking at new ways to explore the Irish music that audiences might be familiar with — songs like “Sparrow,” “Banks of the Liffey,” “Whiskey in the Jar,” “Come Out Ye Black and Tans” and “Drowsy Maggie.”

The band has discovered a passionate fanbase for this kind of music all over Colorado and have some exciting concerts this spring and summer, not only in this state, but also in Omaha, Nebraska and New Mexico.

“Irish music has made such an impact on the popular music people listen to today, from folk in the ‘60s and beyond,” Goldstein said. “I think some audiences are surprised at how engaging this material is and how complex and earnest it’s always been.”

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Jeffco teens find new-to-them prom attire at swap This is first year for Arvada and Standley Lake libraries to host event

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Airyn Stone, 16, sifted through the racks of prom dresses March 31 at the Arvada Library. Her mother and younger sister helped her pull dresses in her size that fit her style.

“This dress spoke to me,” Stone said after choosing a strapless dress in the purple color family. “I tried on so many dresses but I like this one because it’s a really pretty color.”

Stone is one of many area teens who turned to the Jefferson County Library Prom swap to her get prom dress instead of a retail store. She donated five cans of food in exchange for a new dress.

This is the first year the Arvada Library has been a prom swap location.

“I didn’t know what to expect, but luckily Arvada came though,” said Tana Lucero, teen librarian at Arvada.

Before the Saturday afternoon event, over 130 dresses of all sizes, styles and colors had been donated by the community. More dresses were donated during the event.

The Jeffco Libraries Prom Swap started a number of years ago at the Belmar Library when a librarian was talking with a teenage library goer and learned that some students and families cannot afford expensive prom attire.

“One of the roles at the library is to be a community resource and we wanted to provide this service for our teens,” said Arra Katona, teen services coordinator for Jeffco Libraries.

This now Jefferson County tradition takes donated dresses, tuxedos/suits, shoes and accessories and makes them

Over 120 dresses were donated to the Arvada Library Prom Swap.

PROM SWAP

Claire Frazier, 16, looks through potential prom dresses with her mom, Shari, at the Arvada Library March 31 during the prom swap.

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Tana Lucero, teen librarian in Arvada, sorts through dress donations. available who donate a dress themselves or canned goods — five cans per dress or tuxedo/suit; two for shoes; one per accessory.

This year, library officials wanted to bring the event to the northern part of the county — thus the Arvada and Standley Lake library events were created.

“We watched them do it at Belmar

Arra Katona, teen services coordinator for Jefferson County Libraries, acts as the on-site seamstress during the March 31 prom swap at the Arvada library. and decided we should do something up north here,” Lucero said. “There’s a lot of need for it. Eventually, it will probably go system-wide because there is a need throughout the county.”

The dresses that were not chosen by teens at the Arvada event will travel to Belmar and then Stadley Lake

DETAILS: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at the Belmar Library, 555 S Allison Pkwy, Lakewood; and Noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 8 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St, Arvada HOW IT WORKS: Teens can trade in unwanted, clean formal wear or accessories for an even swap or bring in canned goods as an exchange — five canned goods is enough for one dress or suit.

DONATIONS: Accepted through April 7 at the Belmar or Standley Lake Libraries. libraries for their events April 7 and 8 respectively.

Donations still left over from those events will be split and donated to both the Arvada High School Prom Closet and Florence Crittenton High School in Denver, one of the largest and most complete providers of services for pregnant and parenting teens in the state of Colorado.

Canned donations in Arvada will benefit Community Table, formerly known as the Arvada Community Food Bank. Food donations at Belmar will benefit the Jeffco Action Center, which provides immediate response to basic human needs and promote pathways to self-sufficiency for Jefferson County residents and the homeless.

Critter creations fill ‘Stampede’ exhibit at art museum Curators chose animal figures for show during shutdown of building

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Children are enjoying this group of three Deborah Butterfield horses, exhibited in “Stampede.”

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When it was time to close down the Denver Art Museum’s 50-year-old North (Gio Ponti) Building for an update, curators from all departments were asked to select an assortment of animals, as portrayed by artists ancient and modern — creatures mythical and realistic — in two and three dimensions: sculptures, paintings, textiles, ceramics. Objects range from ancient fierce dragon-like temple guards to Deborah Butterfield’s relaxed

IF YOU GO The Denver Art Museum is located on 13th Avenue and Bannock Street, just west of Broadway in downtown Denver, with entry to the parking garage off 12th Avenue. It is open seven days a week.

Members are admitted free, with admission charged for nonmembers, except on the first Saturday of the month, when all except special extra-fee exhibits (i.e. “Degas”) are free. denverartmuseum.org. recent bronze life-sized horses — and all sorts of wondrous critters in between.

These were to be combined into a large exhibit called “Stampede,” filling both the third and fourth floors at the more recently constructed Hamilton Building.

In addition to delivering an astonishing assortment of creeping, flying, walking, swimming and just plain magical creatures, a sense of humor emerged. The resulting well-organized display is a delight for children and adults.

Objects are divided into categories; Horses, Tales de Fabulas, Posters, Domesticated, Sacred, Elemental, Transformed ...

The Horses category, for example, includes a group of three Butterfield horses that are especially popular with kids, according to Highlands Ranch docent Gene Neiges.

Families can make up a game up — “how many cats can you see?” — for instance.

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Ten scrolls will be displayed when the exhibition opens. Because of strict preservation requirements, 10 different scrolls will arrive halfway through the run to replace the 10 initial scrolls.

Each rotation includes a scroll that has never before been on public display. For this first rotation, the neverbefore-seen scroll is Tohorot (Purities) A. This text focuses on ritual purity, a common topic of the Hebrew Bible.

“If guests look only at the scrolls, they’re only getting one perspective on one religion at the time,” Nash said.

“The goal is to give some context to what was happening at the time, to show how the writers of the scrolls were influenced, and the world they influenced.”

More than 600 artifacts from the ancient Middle East give visitors a

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To learn more about Avourneen, visit www.avourneen.com. And for tickets to the Swallow Hill performance, go to www.connect.swallowhillmusic. org/EventTicket/EventDetail/3104/ avourneen.

Chris Hardwick, talking, in Denver You might recognize Chris Hardwick as that guy you’ve seen talking about some of your favorite shows

The Dead Sea Scrolls require all kinds of maintenance and protection to keep them safe.

Due to strict preservation requirements, 10 different scrolls will arrive halfway through the run to replace the 10 initial scrolls. COURTESY OF ISRAELI ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY background in the historic traditions and beliefs that continue to impact world cultures today.

CLARKE AT THE MOVIES Clarke is headed to the Vail Film Festival this weekend! Check out Coloradocommunitymedia.com for his daily updates about all the scenes and stars to be seen. like “The Walking Dead” or “Better Call Saul.” Or, you might recognize his voice from the popular Nerdist podcast, one of the most downloaded podcasts online.

He also serves as host and executive producer of various shows including NBC’s “The Wall” and the upcoming

Objects on display include inscriptions and seals, weapons, stone carvings, terra cotta figurines, remains of “The Awesome Show.” Previously, Hardwick served as host and executive producer of Comedy Central’s twotime Emmy Award-winning nightly comedy game show @midnight, which aired its 600th and final episode in August 2017.

Hardwick has maintained a connection to his standup roots throughout his ever-changing career, and will be performing at Comedy Works in Denver’s Larimer Square, 1226 15th St. He has shows at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. on Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7.

For tickets, visit www.comedyworks. com/comedians/chris-hardwick.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week - Dan Auerbach at Paramount Theatre Most people are familiar with guitarist, singer and songwriter Dan Auerbach as half of the blues rock duo, The Black Keys. But Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney have been on hiatus for the past few years, taking time to do their own thing.

For Auerbach, he’s had the chance to embrace the rock and country sounds of Nashville, where his Easy Eye Sound Studio is located. Last year, he released his second solo album, “Waiting on a Song,” and he’s stopping by the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 5.

Attendees will get more than a performance by Auerbach — the tour is named The Easy Eye Sound Revue and features Robert Finley, Shannon Shaw and Shannon and the Clams Date and Time, all who have played in the studio.

Auerbach has been making music with sessions legends like drummer Gene Chrisman and keyboardist Bobby Wood, musicians who have played with titans like Elvis. He’s taken that passion for honest music and brought it on his tour. Finley, 64, worked as a carpenter in Louisiana until three years ago, when he started going blind. He was performing on the street when he was discovered by the Music Maker Relief Foundation, according to an article in “Rolling Stone.”

For tickets, visit www.altitudetickets.com/events/detail/dan-auerbach.

Colorado Book Award finalist reading Every year, the Colorado Humani-

religious symbols, coins, shoes, textiles, mosaics, ceramics, jewelry and a three-ton stone from the Western Wall in Jerusalem, believed to have fallen in 70 CE (Common Era).

“Just like at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, guests are leaving notes and prayers in the cracks. When the exhibits is finished, they’ll be sent to Jerusalem, to the real wall,” Nash said. “There’s also a live feed where people can watch what’s going on at the Western Wall in Jerusalem while they see the stone here.”

Unlike many exhibits that come through the museum, what each person takes away from seeing the scrolls depends on their own beliefs. But there’s no contesting the impact these documents have had on the world and its three enormous faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

“This exhibit is really about the epic sweep of humanity,” Nash said.

“History is always more complicated, messier and more interesting.”

ties organization hosts the Colorado Book Awards to celebrate the accomplishments of Colorado’s outstanding authors, editors, illustrators and photographers.

Awards are presented in at least 10 categories including anthology/collection, biography, children’s, creative nonfiction, fiction, history, nonfiction, pictorial, poetry and young adult. This year, the winners will be announced on June 2.

Colorado Book Awards finalists in the Mystery, Science Fiction/ Fantasy and Thriller categories will participate in a reading at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 6, at BookBar, 4280 Tennyson St. in Denver. The emcee for the evening is two-time Colorado Book Award winner in the Thriller category, Carter Wilson.

Some of the authors reading will be Barbara Nickless, who will read from her mystery novel “Dead Stop;” Charlotte Hinger, who will read from her mystery novel “Fractured Families;” and Michael F. Haspil, who will read from his science fiction/fantasy novel “Graveyard Shift.”

To learn more, call 303-894-7951 or visit coloradohumanities.org.

Join the Mile High Soul Club at the opera Soul and R&B music is one of the best and most overlooked genres in contemporary society. There was a time, in the ‘50s and ‘60s, when soul was the style of music for artists looking to explore the height of their creativity and simultaneously make music you could really dance to.

The Mile High Soul Club is one of the best ways for Mile High residents to tap into that energy, with their monthly soul nights. DJs Tyler Jacobson, DogBoy, Steve Cervantes and Jason Heller play classic soul, R&B and funk vinyl 45s that are guaranteed to get you on the dance floor.

This month’s Mile High Soul Club part is at 9 p.m. on Saturday, April 7 at the Syntax Physic Opera, 554 S. Broadway in Denver.

For more information, visit www. milehighsoulclub.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he can be reached creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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New study: Helmets reduce neck injuries in motorcycle crashes ASSOCIATED PRESS

A study of University of Wisconsin Hospital trauma patients found that motorcyclists who don’t wear helmets are twice as likely to suffer neck injuries in crashes compared to those who use helmets.

The study looked at more than 1,000 patients who’d been treated for motorcycle crashes from 201015, the Wisconsin State Journal reported . Almost 70 percent of patients hadn’t worn helmets.

More than 15 percent of those who hadn’t worn helmets suffered neck injuries, including almost 11 percent with spinal fractures.

Just over 7 percent of riders who used helmets injured their necks, including almost 5 percent with spinal fractures.

“The helmet seems to be protective to these types of injuries,’’ said Dr. Nathanial Brooks, an associate professor of neurological surgery at the UW School of

Medicine and Public Health and an author of the study.

The university’s study was published in the “Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine” this month.

The study counters laboratory research from 1986 and 2011 that argue that the weight of a helmet can make the neck more vulnerable to injuries.

“The goal of our study was to look at real-world situations, rather than the lab situations,’’ Brooks said.

Wisconsin only requires riders 17 and younger to wear helmets.

It’s one of 28 states that have partial motorcycle helmet laws, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

A Wisconsin motorcycle rights group opposes the helmet requirement and argues that it should be an individual decision.

“It’s up to an adult to be able to choose,’’ said Dave Charlebois, executive director of ABATE of Wisconsin.

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Neiges mentions an elusive one hidden in a “Whistler’s Mother” type of painting, which includes an image of a small painting on the wall depicting said feline.

Another entertaining image is Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting of a cow, with head turned up and tongue sticking waay out.

And, don’t miss Wenling Chen’s hilarious fiberglass procession, “Riding to Happiness (with 56 little pigs)!”

Images can range from an ancient ceramic Mexican “Standing Dog, Comala Style,” dated @ 300 B.C.-A.D. 300 and standing 10 inches tall to Kiki Smith’s fanciful near-life-sized “Genevieve and the May Wolf ” to Joe Andoe’s huge, inyour-face painting, “Untitled. Horse in Landscape,” which greets one entering the exhibit. The Horses area also includes Chinese artist Xu Beliong’s ink on paper rendition of a horse — and a life-sized mounted Indian with beaded saddle.

Back to the whimsical, one smiles upon

finding a piece purchased for the DAM from the delightful Nick Cave exhibit: “Untitled” (2013), with a rotund furry creature riding a teeter-totter. And Peter Gugger’s “Dog Barking at Two Women,” from the textile collection that has appeared around town on posters — and Elliot Erwitt’s photograph, “New York City 1974,” with a small dog on a leash and wearing a hat — and only the legs of its owners shown.

A compelling one-minute film of a polar bear swimming is included in the “Elemental” collection, while Rick Barlow’s large painting in “Transformed” is called “Masquerade.” Under “Domesticated,” a visitor will find Robert Motherwell’s “Angus,” multiple black cattle spotted in a field, a Medieval procession that includes unicorns, a Mexican Colonial family with pets, the aforementioned O’Keeffe painting and a crude wooden ox cart. The variety seems endless and surely include items not previously displayed along with often-shown favorites.

Plan to spend a leisurely couple hours or more of discovery. Include with general admission.

ABOUT GENE NEIGES Gene Neiges, a Highlands Ranch resident who volunteers at the Denver Art Museum three or four days a week, said he had retired and was searching five years ago for something interesting to do when a friend told him about the concentrated one-year docent training program at the Denver Art Museum.

While he owns some artworks, he had no background in art history, but after the strong training program, he leads exhibit tours and can help visitors find a specific item and information about it, if they wish.

The active volunteer assists with Guest Services when not called upon to lead tours.

At present, he is focused on the “Linking Asia” and “Degas” exhibits, but is familiar with other areas as well.

For each new exhibit that opens, docents receive concentrated training so they are ready to share history and technical information with the thousands of visitors, young and older, who enter the doors. (Visitors may request tour times and reserve a spot — or they may prefer to wander unassisted.

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Community garden at North Arvada Middle comes to life The school-based community garden will be open by May

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The community garden at North Arvada Middle School has been a goal for more than two years. Now, with the help of several grants and community volunteers, the garden will come to FOR MORE INFO life in May for this year’s gardening To learn more about season.

Denver Urban Gardens, or to get “We wanted a involved, check out garden because the group’s website it’s a way to help at dug.org build the community,” said Jennifer Alford, vice president of the school’s PTA and chair of the community garden committee. “Middle school is traditionally a really scary place. The neighbors don’t like middle school kids and the kids are scared to come to middle school. Instead, we wanted to make this a hub for the community, a place where the community can come in and engage with the kids.”

The gardens will be part of an elective gardening class and students also will be able to sell produce at a community farm stand. And leftover produce will be used in the home

The school-based community garden will open in time for this year’s gardening season. PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER economics class, which has had to purchase food in the past.

The 34-plot garden will be shared with the school, at 7285 Pierce St., and the community. The school will have three to five plots, the Jeffco Indian Education program will have one plot and Vista Church, which has been instrumental in preparing the garden, will have one plot. All other plots will

be open to the community on a firstcome, first-served basis.

The Vista Church congregation started meeting at North Arvada Middle in March and has since become heavily involved with outreach at the school. Church volunteers scattered throughout the soon-to-be garden March 28 during a workday.

“We don’t want to just use the space, we want to make a difference as well,” said Brandon Hoover, pastor at Vista Church. “Seventy percent of our church lives in Arvada and so we wanted to invest in the community where we are at as a church.”

Grants totaling $2,700 from the City of Arvada, Jeffco Healthy Schools and the Colorado Garden Foundation have also helped the garden come to life.

But Alford said another $7,000 is still needed to finish the project.

The garden is also a partnership with Denver Urban Gardens (DUG), a nonprofit that offers neighborhoods the essential resources for community gardens. DUG operates more than 170 community gardens throughout Metro Denver, including more than 40 schoolbased community gardens.

At North Arvada Middle, DUG helped design the garden, scraped the area and added irrigation. With the help of community and other volunteer groups, DUG volunteers are starting to add infrastructure.

“We’ve been working with the school

North Arvada Middle School eighthgrader Raiden Alford helps to break up dirt for a garden plot at the March 28 work day. from the beginning, designing it, and now were actually building it,” said Nessa Mogharreban, manager of construction volunteers for Denver Urban Gardens. “A few more workdays and this will be built in time for gardening season in May.” Parents, teachers and community members from Denver Urban Gardens and Vista Church help to lay plots for the North Arvada Middle School community garden at a workday March 28.

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Brookdale resident Kaz Denkenbeiger, left, makes a puzzle with Edie Cingrani, a student at Mountain Ridge Middle School. The two came together because of Bessie’s Hope, a program that coordinates volunteers with seniors in assisted living centers. ALEX DEWIND

Senior program builds generational bridges

Bessie’s Hope sets up visits between middle schoolers, seniors with memory loss

BY ALEX DEWIND ADEWIND@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

First, you take your partner’s hand and look him or her in the eye. Next, you introduce yourself. Then, you ask for their name. Last, you give a compliment.

These are the guidelines of Bessie’s Hope, a program that brings generations together by coordinating visits between volunteers and seniors in assisted living homes. Linda Holloway started the foundation in 1994 after her grandmother, Bessie, with whom she had a close relationship with, moved into a nursing home.

“These people didn’t wake up one morning and say, ‘I’m going to live in a nursing home,’ ” said Holloway, who lives in Thornton. “It helps them see that they are worth our time and attention.”

Bessie’s Hope works with a variety of people across the Denver metro area, from kindergarteners to at-risk youth to corporate groups. Recent visits included Franklin Park Health Care in Denver, and Cedars Health Care Center in Lakewood.

For one hour, they are trained on how to interact with aging adults who may have health or cognitive challenges, such as dementia. Then, the group meets at a nursing home or assisted living community and spends an hour or two making crafts and playing games.

On March 14, about 10 students from a community service club at Mountain Ridge Middle School in Highlands Ranch met at Brookdale Highlands

HOW YOU CAN HELP Bessie’s Hope is hosting a Bridge of Love Gala from 5:30-10 p.m. April 7 at Denver Marriott Tech Center, 4900 S. Syracuse St., Denver.

The evening includes a silent auction, live auction, dinner and dance. Regular seating is $150; patron seating is $250. Proceeds benefit the foundation, which brings together nursing home residents and youths.

For more information, visit www.bessieshope.org/event/2018-bridge-love.

Ranch, 9160 S. University Blvd. The residential community provides memory care for seniors.

In a welcoming room with wooden tables and chairs, the young students sat next to or across from residents.

Together they talked, worked on puzzles and decorated totes.

“It teaches you patience and positivity,” said Ally Atkins, a 13-year-old who goes to Ranchview but participates in community service when she can.

“You want to make sure they know they belong in this world.”

The visits benefit both parties, said Holloway. Kids learn to respect and have compassion for their elders.

Residents get to interact with visitors, which many don’t have often, Holloway has found.

“Some don’t have any family, just the staff, who are also taking care of everyone else,” she said.

Atkins spent the hour creating a heart-shaped card for Arzella Dirksen, a resident seated next to her.

When she received the gift, Dirksen lit up.

“You are so kind and beautiful,” the card said. “Don’t let anyone tell you differently.”

At the end of the visit, beaming with excitement, Dirksen said she was going to hang the card in her room.

“This,” she said, “was the best ever.”

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Colorado Mills continues work as anniversary of storm nears About 155 businesses have opened in the mall

Top: The closure of the Colorado Mills Mall gave owner Simon Property Group an opportunity to update the decor style, with the aim of creating something more light and refreshing, according to Brenda Cleary, director of marketing and business development at the mall.

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s been almost a year since the hail storm that closed the Colorado Mills mall for six months and Brenda Cleary, director of marketing and business development at the mall, still isn’t entirely sure how to refer to the storm and its aftermath.

“Do I call it the event? The storm?” she wondered, as she walked through the mall, which reopened on Nov. 21.

“Whatever it was, it’s been a journey getting back to here.”

In a little over a month, it will have been a year since the May 8 hailstorm ripped open roofs and flooded stores, leaving millions of dollars in damages and lost livelihoods in its wake and siphoning nearly $3 million in sales tax revenue from Lakewood city coffers.

About 100 of the mall’s, 14500 W. Colfax Ave., 160 stores opened to customers during Thanksgiving week, and in the months since its reopening, there’s been a steady stream of reopenings, particularly in the first six weeks following Thanksgiving, Cleary said.

“Some businesses, like Bath and Body and Body Works and Victoria’s Secret, set up temporary locations to do business out of while their permanent locations are being finished,” Cleary explained. “We still have businesses opening and will for a while. We’re hoping to be closer to 100 percent reopened by the fall.”

More than 155 retailers and eateries are now open in the mall, with new businesses like restaurant Los Chingones filling in some of the spaces left by businesses that decided not to return. A full mall would have occupancy closer to 200 retailers and restaurants.

“We are so grateful to our tenants for working with us through this process.

I hear a lot of optimism from them,” Cleary said. “Retailers are of course eager to return to our pre-storm occupancy, which we expect to achieve in the coming months.”

Not all retailers are happy about the missing businesses. The owner of the Dairy Queen and Orange Julius located

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in the mall is suing Simon Property Group, the company that owns the mall, in Jefferson County District Court for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and constructive eviction.

The complaint, filed by attorney Milnor Senior, states the Dairy Queen owner shouldn’t have to pay for resources that went unused — like electricity and trash — while the mall was closed. The owner also wants to get out their lease.

Senior did not respond to request for comment, and a representative from Simon said the company has no comment on pending litigation.

But others like Roxanne Maine, manager at Maurices women’s clothing store, is excited about the mall be reopened, and the future of business at the mall.

“We were able to reopen in November with a lot of other retailers, and that really helped,” Maine said. “We hear from so many customers in person and on the phone that they’re so excited we’re back.”

Individual businesses and the mall as a whole have been using advertising and social media posts to bring attention to the fact the mall is reopen and

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Bottom: Shoppers at the Colorado Mills Mall examine a list of opened and reopening businesses.

About 155 businesses have opened already, and by the fall, Simon Property Group hopes to get the mall to close to 200 businesses.

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more tenants are continuing to open.

“Foot traffic is good, and we see lots of returning and new shoppers with bags in-hand, which is always a good sign,” Cleary said. “We expect a higher volume as the year progresses and more retailers open.”

While there are a lot of steps being taken to get the mall back to pre-storm status, work is still ongoing. Simon recently installed all-new food court furniture, and Cleary anticipates completing the installation of 117,000 square feet of new floors by mid-April.

And one of the first things construction workers tackled was the roof, with an eye on using the best technology to prevent this kind of situation again.

The storm battered and breached the roof and shattered skylights. Rain poured into the mall, causing considerable water damage to common areas, retailers and their stocks.

“No one could have predicted the hailstorm and subsequent rain and snow that befell the center in May 2017,” Cleary said. “The new roof is the size of 21 NFL football fields and it incorporates state-of-the-art materials and new technologies that are designed to withstand the weather.”

In the long months since the storm, there have been a lot of lessons learned by everyone who works at the mall.

One of the biggest lessons learned was the importance of communication.

“As the storm was hitting, the

importance of communication was highlighted to the fullest level. While we plan and prepare for serious events all year round, our teams and tenants were faced with making the best safety, personal, and business decision they could in an extremely short timeframe” Cleary said. “It was inspiring to experience how supportive our shoppers and community were throughout the closure, and just how eager they were to have their mall open again.”

A representative from Simon said it could not release a cost for reconstruction because the process is still ongoing, but estimates it will be in the “multi-millions.”

The mall closure has cost the city about $300,000 to $350,000 a month in tax revenue, said Larry Dorr, Lakewood’s finance director. During Lakewood’s budget process in September and October, Dorr spoke about the closure’s effect on the city’s finances.

Taxes from mall sales contributed about 6 percent of Lakewood’s general fund in 2016, which pays for everything from police to community resources, Dorr said. In 2016 the mall generated about $7.12 million in sales taxes to the general fund.

“Right now, it feels premature to think of this as a past event. It’s still happening,” Dorr said. “We’ll have to wait until the holiday season to get a better sense of what the status of the mall really looks like.”

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Editor’s note: Send new listings or changes to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

Gateway Battered Women’s Services: Serves domestic violence victims in Aurora and Arapahoe County.

Need: Volunteers for various fundraising, planning committees Contact: Jeneen Klippel, 303-343-1856; email jkworden@gatewayshelter.com.

Girl Scouts: Youth organization for girls.

Need: running troops, and helping with a science event or office work.

Contact: girlscoutsofcolorado.org, inquiry@ gscolorado.org or 1-877-404-5708 Global Goods and Coffee Shop: Supports the efforts of Global Refuge International, which provides medical support and training to refugees in Uganda. Shop sells fairly traded global goods and coffee, lattes, homemade paninis and pies.

Need: Cashiers at the coffee shop; barista experience a plus but not required. Also need musicians to provide live music in the evenings, especially Fridays and Saturdays.

We’d love to hear a sample of your music.

Location: Olde Town Arvada Requirement: Must be at least 16 years old; cashiers must be willing to volunteer at least one shift per week, for at least six months. Must love coffee and serving others.

Contact: scheduling@globalgoodsandcoffee.com or stop by the shop to fill out a volunteer application.

Global Orphan Relief: Develops and supports programs bringing light, comfort and security to orphans around the world.

Need: Super stars with website development, users of the abundant resources of social media. Those with great connection ability are needed to help with the development of the donor pool.

Contact: Those interested serving this faith-based Colorado nonprofit can contact Deitra Dupray, 303-895-7536 or dadupray@ comcast.net.

Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle: Group helps repair or recycle bicycles in the community.

Need: All ages, knowledge levels to work on bicycles Contact: www.goldenoptimists.org Golden Visitors Center: Provides information about Golden and surrounding areas.

Need: Volunteers to man front desk and greet visitors, open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; two 4-hour shifts offered Requirement: Must be 18 and older, training provided Contact: Mary Gomez, 303-279-2282 or marygomezvisitorcenter@gmail.com Habitat ReStore: Nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers.

Need: Volunteers for Wheat Ridge, Denver or Littleton Habitat ReStores, helping with the cash register, dock and warehouse floor Contact: 303-996-5468, email Alice Goble at Alice@habitatmetrodenver.org Hospice of Covenant Care: Nonprofit, faithbased hospice.

Need: Volunteers to support patients and families Contact: 303-731-8039 Legacy Grace Community Development Corp.: Starts social enterprises, provides lowcost transitional housing and job training/ placement for all people in the Denver area.

Need: Volunteers to help with resumes, 5-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Also need help in the art gallery (from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday); training provided.

Contact: legacygrace@live.com or Rick Roberts, 303-815-4914 Lutheran Family Services: Cultural Mentoring Program: We welcome refugee families and help them adjust to their new home.

Need: People who can commit to working with refugees on skills for self-sufficiency and helping them learn about their new home.

Requirements: Must be 18 or older (although children of volunteers are welcome to participate). One-hour training and orientation required.

Contact: David Cornish, 303-225-0199 or david.cornish@lfsrm.org; go to www.lfsrm. org.

Lutheran Hospice Need: Volunteers to assist in a couple of areas: 1. Be a friendly visitor by providing companionship or emotional support to patients and families in their own homes or visit patients in nursing facilities. Visits may include providing respite for caregivers. 2.

Work at the Collier Hospice Center reception desk, welcoming family members and visitors, and assisting with administrative projects.

Contact: Patty Anderson, patricia.anderson@sclhs.net or 303-403-7274.

have a good driving record.

Contact: Pat Pierson, 303-332-3840 or ppierson@srcaging.org. Go to www.srcaging.org Victim Outreach, Jefferson County: Offers support and access to resources during critical stage of trauma.

Need: Volunteer victim advocates to respond on scene, to ensure victims’ rights are upheld Requirements: Must be 21-plus, pass background check and attend 40-hour training; training provided Contact: Jennifer at 303-202-2196, victimoutreachinfo@gmail.com or www. victimoutreach.org Warm Hearts Warm Bodies: Group makes live easier for Colorado’s tiniest residents.

Items made are donated to hospitals, crisis pregnancy centers, shelters and individuals in Colorado.

Need: Volunteers to sew, knit, crochet and quilt for prmature infants and babies.

Meetings: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at King of Glory

Lutheran Church, 10001 W. 58th Ave., Arvada.

Requirements: Bring machines, scissors, crochet hooks, knitting equipment, etc., to help make accessories such as bibs, burp cloths, blankets, and more. Also bring a potluck dish.

Contact: Glenda at 303-975-6394 or Jean Jones at 303-239-6473; colokidz@aol.com.

Whiz Kids Tutoring: Nonprofit, faith-based program that provides free tutoring to lowincome and academically low-performing students.

Need: Volunteers to read, help with homework and play education games with teacher selected students.

Requirement: Typically age 16 and up, but exceptions made for teens who have a parent participating; must pass a background check.

Commitment: Tutors work for an hour and a half, from October to April; may chose day (M-Th) and location Contact: Angie Kinney, 303-669-7339, angie@whizkidstutoring.com or http://www. whizkidstutoring.com.

Jefferson County Library Foundation: Supports Jefferson County Public Library through fundraising and advocacy.

Need: Volunteers to help book sales and sorting book donations at the warehouse year-round Age requirements: Ages 12 and older are welcome Contact: 10790 W. 50th Ave., Suite 200, Wheat Ridge; call 303-403-5075 Nature’s Educators: Volunteer driven educational wildlife program that cares for non-releasable raptors, along with reptiles and amphibians for educational programming.

Need: Tasks include cleaning enclosures, feeding and leading programs.

Requirements: Must commit to 10 hours per month for at least a year. Must be 18-plus, have reliable transportation and be able to check email regularly. Fee applies that covers the volunteer equipment needed to do programs. Contact organization for details.

Training: All training done on site; however, animal experience is a must.

Contact: info@natureseducators.org or www.natureseducators.org.

PeopleFirst Hospice: Denver hospice Need: Volunteers to provide companionship to hospice patients and their families.

Contact: Rachel Wang at 303-546-7921 Seniors’ Resource Center: Nonprofit onestop shop of community-based services and care designed to keep seniors independent and at home for as long as possible.

Need: Drivers to help transport seniors to doctor’s appointments, the grocery store, the hair salon and more. You choose the areas, days and times that work for you. Seniors live in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Jefferson counties. Mileage reimbursement and excess auto insurance provided. Drivers may use their own car or one provided by the center.

Requirements: Must be able to pass a background check (paid for by the center) and

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CLUBS Editor’s note: Send new listings or changes to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Deadline is noon Wednesday a week before publication.

Wednesdays

Professional women NW Metro Business and Professional Women meets the first Wednesday of each month from September to May. Our mission is to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. Call Marcia at 303-827-3283 to RSVP. Wheat Ridge Quilt Circle: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month in the red brick house at Historic Park, 4610 Robb St., Wheat Ridge. Info: 303-421-9111 or www.wheatridgehistoricalsociety.org.

Thursdays

All Comforting Things of Colorado Inc. 10 a.m. the third Thursday of each month at Phillips Methodist Church, 1450 S. Pierce, Lakewood. A nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing comfort and encouragement to individuals by providing them items made by hand. Bring your skills and enthusiasm. Contact actofcolo@gmail.com.

Arvada Associated Modelers hosts training night from 4-8 p.m. Thursdays from May to September (weather permitting) at the Arvada Airpark, 7608 Highway 93, Golden (use the Pioneer entrance between Leyden Road and 64th Avenue). Anyone interested in learning to fly radio control models is invited to take a no obligation, introductory flight with an instructor. No previous experience is needed, and the club provides radios and airplanes. Training is free and open to everyone. It’s fun for the entire family. Go to www.arvadamodelers.com/pilot-training/.

Business spirituality Business Honoring Spirituality meets 7-9 a.m. every Thursday at the Community Center of Mile Hi Church, 9079 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. Meetings include networking, a brief meditation by a licensed practitioner, guest speaker and breakfast. For additional information, visit www.bhsmilehi.org or call Patty Whitelock at 303-274-0933.

CERTUS Professional Network meets for its Lakewood networking event from 9:30-11 a.m. the third Thursday of the month at Panera Bread, 650 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Build your network, grow your business, network less. Our events are structured to connect professionals with

the resources, power partners and leaders to expand their business and the business of others. Open to all industries, includes 30 minutes of open networking and organized introductions to the group. Cost: $12 nonCERTUS members at the door. First participants pay half price. RSVP not required. Go to http://www.CertusNetwork.com.

Community Coffee Join Rep. Tracy KraftTharp on the fourth Thursday of each month to talk about issues that are important to you. Community Coffee will be from 7-8 a.m. at La Dolce Vita, Ice Cream Room, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada; and from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Panera Bread, 10450 Town Center Drive, Westminster.

Drop-In Discovery: 10 a.m. first Thursday, third Monday, Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Explore different themes using hands-on activities, books, puzzles, crafts and more. Info: arvada.org or 720-898-7405.

Golden Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Thursdays at Old Capitol Grill and Smokehouse, 1122 Washington Ave., Golden. Contact Ed Dorsey at 303-8295195, or go to www.goldenlionsclub.org Golden Men’s Support Group meets from 7-8:45 p.m. Thursdays near the National Renewal Energy Lab. Call Roger at 720-2896396 or Terry at 303-748-3748.

Holy Rollers Bowlers: 2 p.m. the second Thursday at Paramount Bowling Lanes, 2625 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge. Not a competitive team; we bowl for fun and fellowship. Winners receive a candy bar, and everyone who joins the team gets a free T-shirt. There is no fee to join. Each bowler pays only for his/her own bowling games.

Sponsored by Church of the Resurrection but no need to be part of the church to be part of bowling. Everyone is welcome.

Contact eocaoffice@gmail.com.

Investors’ meetings Rocky Mountain Inventors Association meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month (excluding November and December) at Vesta Technology, 13050 W. 43rd Drive, Suite 300, Golden.

Presentations in marketing, manufacturing, engineering, finance, business and legal, followed by networking. Go to rminventor.org.

Lakewood Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. the first, second and fourth Thursday of each month at the Egg and I, 7830 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. The club meets at Baker Street, 7260 W. Alaska Drive, for

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happy hour social at 5:30 p.m. the third Thursday. Rotary is a service organization dedicated to helping children in the community. Contact Genie at 303-506-3923.

NEW Connection: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Thursdays, at the Arvada Public Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Networking and support group for job seekers and budding entrepreneurs. Contact Jane Grogan at JGrogan@ career-match.com. LinkedIn group page: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/6753121.

Parkinson’s Support Group: 1-2:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Led by HomewatchCareGivers. Share ideas and resources. Call Melinda Yeary at 720-524-4192 or e-mail MYeary@HomewatchCareGivers.com.

Rocky Mountain Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). rockymtn-teamsurvivor.org.

Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month at members’ homes. Members come from all along the Front Range because this is the only such club available. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www.saltydog.org for meeting locations and directions.

South Suburban Toastmasters is a high energy, fun, supportive learning place to practice speaking and leadership skills.

Group meets from 7-8:30 a.m. Thursdays at Toast Restaurant, 2700 W. Bowles Ave. in Littleton. Contact Leigh Miller at 720-2722853.

Stuck in the Middle, a social support group for spouses and caregivers of those with chronic illnesses, meets at 10:30 a.m.

Thursdays. Perhaps you’ve been a caregiver for years, your spouse or family member has moved to a facility and now you are faced with the isolation of living alone. Or your loved one is at home and you would like an opportunity to relax and talk with people who understand the pressures caregivers face. Would you like to meet others in similar situations? SITM meets in member’s homes. E-mail Bonnie at bonnieforsitm@ earthlink.net.

TEN (The Entrepreneurs’ Network), a business minded women’s networking group, meets from 7:30-8:45 a.m. Thursdays at Fox Hollow Golf Course, 13410 W. Morrison Road, Lakewood. Contact Joy Hinshaw, 720271-1496 or joyofcolo@comcast.net. Membership dues includes weekly breakfast plus a one-time new member’s fee.

Wheat Ridge Kiwanis Club invites you to breakfast at 7 a.m. Thursdays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon on 26th Avenue just west of Kipling. Come join us for speakers, comradery and community service. We are a small club and we have a great time serving the

children of our community and more. Call David Colson at 303-507-2919, email info@ wheatridgekiwamis.com or go to www. wheatridgekiwanis.com.

N Widow/ers’ gatherings Widowed Men and Women of America hosts a social gathering at 5 p.m. Thursdays at the Holiday Inn Sporting News Grill, Highway 285 and Wadsworth in Lakewood. The group’s goal is to help those with losses comfortably re-enter the social world; activities include trips, bowling, card games, theater outing and more. For more information, call Nan Drissell at 720-981-1841.

Widowed Men & Women of America, Link 7: 4:15 p.m. Thursdays at Chad’s Grill, 275 N Union Blvd., Lakewood. Group also meets every second Tuesday at the Elks Club, 1455 Newland St., Lakewood; cocktails served from 5-6 p.m.; catered dinner ($16) served at 6 p.m. Meeting begins at 7 p.m.

Widowed Men and Women of America, Link 10, social hour is from 4-6 p.m. Thursdays at the Innsider Bar and Grill, inside Holiday Inn, 7390 Hampden Ave., Lakewood. Group offers friendship, understand- P ing, and opportunities to participate in various activities. Contact Bob, membership chairman, at 303-979-0181 or go to www. widowedamerica.org.

Wilmore-Richter, American Legion Post 161 has it Veterans Helping Veterans membership meetings at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at 6230 W. 60th S Ave., Arvada. Contact 303-424-0324 for cost and details.

Fridays

American Legion Post 161 Bingo: 12:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays at 390A N. Sheridan, Arvada. Bingo events help raise money to support the post’s many charitable proT grams. Contact 303-424-0324.

CalmUp Journey Prefer to help yourself rather than do the coaching or psychotherapy thing? Let me share with you free information about the CalmUp Journey, a one-page self-examination worksheet for men and women. Join me for coffee or tea from 8-9 a.m. most Fridays at Whole Foods R Market Belmar, 444 S. Wadsworth Blvd. in Lakewood. Let me know you’re planning to be there so we’re sure to connect. Contact www.DrLorieGose.com or 303-500-2340.

Golden Gate Community Grange, 25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road, has meetings at 7 p.m. the second Friday of the month. Activities include yoga, dances, eggmania, special wildlife programs, holiday craft fair. Grange A hall available for rental for weddings, parties, reunions, etc. Call Rich Phillips at 303-2771933 or go to www.goldengategrange.com.

New members welcome.

Jeff-West Community Forum: 7:30-8:30 B a.m. the fourth Friday of each month at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve (formerly Heritage Golf Course), 10555 Westmoor Drive. Jeff-West Community Forum seeks to strengthen connections among residents of the Jeffco portion of Westminster by providing information about the area’s organizations, agencies, and events. Forum is free and open to the public; breakfast can be ordered from the menu. See the group’s Facebook page or contact Evie.Hudak@ C gmail.com.

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North Jefferson County Gem and Mineral Club: 7:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Clubs offers presentations, field trips, socializing, and local shows. Children are always welcome to attend with their family.

Members enjoy rockhounding (rocks, minerals, and fossils), faceting, jewelry making, diverse geology, and sharing stories about “the one that got away” (or at least was too big to carry home). Contact club president Tom Reilly at tjreilly1@yahoo.com North Jeffco Senior Friday Club: 1-4 p.m.

Fridays at Community Recreation Center, 68th and Wadsworth. The group meets weekly to play cards and board games, including bridge, pinochle, canasta, hand & foot, majong, billiards and dominoes. No RSVP. All supplies provided and refreshments. Monthly pot luck/catered meals.

Golfing and bowling opportunities, too. Call Richard Marosey, 303-450-6922.

Parkinson’s Care Partners: 1:30-2:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Free group designed for care providers; it is led and sponsored by Homewatch CareGivers. Call Melinda Yeary, 720-524-4192 or e-mail MYeary@HomewatchCareGivers.com.

South Jeffco Rotary: 7:15 a.m. Fridays at The Den at Fox Hollow Golf Course, 13410 W. Morrison Road, Lakewood. Rotary is a service organization dedicated to helping those in need in our community as well as internationally. Join us for breakfast, speakers, comradery and community service. Call Kris Clute at 303-907-0473, email info@sojeffcorotary. org, or go to sojeffcorotary.org.

TOPS Chapter 0675: 8:30-9:30 a.m. (weigh-in) and 9:30 a.m. (meeting) Fridays at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. For anyone wanting to lose or maintain their weight. Call group leader Rhonda Basham, 720-379-6162. Free to try; $32 per year to join.

Round Table Issues Breakfast: 7 a.m. the first Friday of each month at American Legion Wilmore-Richter Post 161, 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada. Learn about local projects and events. Breakfast service begins at 6:45 a.m. Open to the public. Contact 303424-0324 for cost and other information.

vard to try to bring an end to the wars. Signs will be furnished for those who do not have them. Contact Cindy Lowry at 303-431-1228 or waylonthecat.lowry@yahoo.com.

Grand Piano Show Patrice LeBlanc performs from 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Grappa Mediterranean Bistro, 1027 Washington St., Golden. Go to www.grappabistro. com. Call 303-273-8882 for reservations and information.

LifeRing Secular Recovery is a network of support groups for people who want to live free from alcohol and other addictive drugs.

Meetings are at 6 p.m. Saturdays at 6655 W. Jewell Ave. Unit 100. Appointments and membership is not required. LifeRing’s approach to sobriety focuses on empowering individuals through the strength of sober conversation. Go to liferingcolorado.org Piece Together Sewing meets from 9 a.m. to noon the second Saturday of each month, starting in January, at Sloans Lake Community Church, 2796 Utica St., Denver.

All are welcome. The group sews lap quilts for the University of Colorado Hospital, cloth bags for food for the Jeffco Action Center, mittens for the Denver Rescue Mission and Severe Weather Shelter, or bring your own project. You also may bring your own machine. Contact Sharon Behm, 303241-8644.

Rocky Mountain Shipwrights is a wood ship modeling club that meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Rockler’s Woodworking and Hardware Store, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver. The club also has a workshop at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of the month at the Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, where we work on our models and get help from experienced modellers. Go to www.rockymountainshipwrights.org for information.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1071 meets at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Elks Lodge #1777, 1455 Newland St., Lakewood. Beforehand, join the group from 8-10 a.m. for a low-cost breakfast at the Elks Lodge. Chapter helps all veterans with health care, benefits, employment and training, monetary assistance and other veteran’s issues. Go to www.vva1071.org for more detailed information or call 303-8702428.

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Concordia Lutheran Church Choir meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at 13371 W. Alameda Parkway in Lakewood (the church nestled close to Green Mountain). The choir assists in Concordia’s traditional worship service three out of four Sundays per month. If you have a desire to sing and are interested in joining, please contact 303-989-5260.

Dance club — Blue Nova Dance Club meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the first and third Sundays every month at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court in Wheat Ridge.

For more information or dance lessons, contact Dave at 303-578-6588 or email BlueNova.RoundDanceClub@gmail.com.

Music performances Patrice LeBlanc performs on keyboard and vocals 6-9 p.m. every Friday and Saturday at Purple Ginger Asian Fusion Restaurant, 2610 Youngfield St. Call 303-237-1133 for more information.

Singers needed The Troubadours Choir is looking for a director and new members.

This is a volunteer choir, comprised mostly of seniors. The Troubadours meet at 9 a.m. every Friday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 45th and Wadsworth. For more information, call Gary at 303-477-1380.

Symphony auditions The Lakewood Symphony is holding auditions for concertmaster (includes an honorarium), principal viola (includes an honorarium) and all section strings. Also, we are auditioning for subs in other sections. Rehearsals are 7:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays, September through May, at Green Mountain United Methodist Church; concerts are at the Lakewood Cultural Center. Call 303-980-0400 for requirements, appointment and further information.

Weekly music Jazz @ the Creek is every first Wednesday of the month at Living Water Unity, 59th and Vance in Olde Town Arvada.

Shows start at 7:30 p.m. Come listen to an hour of great jazz. For more information, call 720-935-4000 or email livingwaterunity@comcast.net.

Ongoing /Healthcare

Boot camp Get out of the gym and get results. Front Range Boot Camp provides dynamic, unique and results-driven fullbody workouts exclusively for women. All ages, sizes and fitness levels will succeed.

Revamp your fitness routine by getting out of your routine. Indoor location is just behind Super Target at Kipling Street and 50th Avenue. Outdoor location is Skyline Park by Stenger soccer fields. Email Robyn@ FrontRangeBootCamp.com or go online to www.FrontRangeBootCamp.com.

Health group A women’s health group with the motto “Your health, your life: Take charge” meets noon-1 p.m. Fridays at 9797 W. Colfax Ave, No. 3AA, in Lakewood. Learn about natural alternatives to health concerns. No charge to be part of this group. For more information, call Linda at 303-8835473 or email lindagoesgreen@prodigy.net.

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Polka Lover Klubs, 3-7 p.m. Sundays at Denver Kickers, 16776 W. 50th Ave., Golden.

Live music. Beautiful dance floor. Admission $5 members, $10 nonmembers. Annual membership $15. Contact Leo at 720-2320953 or leoincolorado@gmail.com.

Baugh House Open House, Tours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the second Saturday of each month, 44th and Robb Street, Wheat Ridge. Baugh House is a log cabin encapsulated in a Victorian 1900s house. Event includes tours, craft demonstrations and rocking in the chairs reminiscing about Wheat Ridge “back in the day” with local historians. Presented

by Wheat Ridge Historical Society. Info: 303-421-9111 or www.wheatridgehistoricalsociety.org.

Discussion groups Covenant Village hosts Wednesdays at 2 p.m. This series of monthly events features expert speakers on a wide variety of educational and entertaining topics. Please plan to attend one, several or all of our programs, held at 9153 Yarrow St. in Westminster. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Call 303-403-2205 for driving directions and to reserve your place. Come early for refreshments; fellowship lectures begin at 2 p.m. To learn more about the residency options and lifestyle at Covenant Village of Colorado, call us at 303-424-4828.

Colorado Citizens for Peace meets 10:3011:30 a.m. every Saturday at the intersections of West 52nd and Wadsworth Boule-

ESL classes — Covenant Presbyterian Church, 6100 W. 44th St. in Wheat Ridge, is sponsoring a free series of English as a

American Legion Post 161 Bingo: 12:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays at 390A N. Sheridan, Arvada. Bingo events help raise money to support the post’s many charitable programs.

Second Language classes for adults 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday nights. These classes will emphasize a conversational method of instruction. Beginner through advanced classes are offered. You may register on any Thursday night. For directions or more information, call the church at 410-442-5800 or go to our website at www.cpcwheatridge. org.

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Based on the Alfred Hitchcock thriller of the same name, it was adapted by Patrick Barlow, who wrote our highly successful adaption of 2016 A Christmas Carol. Very funny with lots of hilarious plot twists, fun for the whole family!

Pure comedy, with a cast of only 4 incredibly talented people playing all of the characters.

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GOCO outdoor rec grants shower $900,000 on Jeffco Projects include those in Arvada and Wheat Ridge

Clear Creek Valley Park is open to the public at 58th and Tennyson, featuring playground areas suitable for all ages.

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Some $900,000 in lottery money — in the form of five grants from Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) — will help Jefferson County improve parks, playgrounds, trails and recreation areas.

Foothills Parks and Recreation District received a $350,000 grant to build an inclusive playground at Clement Park; the City of Wheat Ridge received $350,000 to renovate Prospect Park; the City of Arvada received a $75,000 grant to create a master plan for the Clear Creek Corridor; Jefferson County received a $75,000 grant to plan future trails; and Prospect Recreation and Park District received a $50,000 grant to update its master plan.

Wheat Ridge will use its grant to enhance Prospect Park. Nearly 45,000 residents and visitors use the park annually, and renovating it has been a top priority, according to city officials.

The enhancements will provide more opportunities for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to enjoy the park.

Prospect Park, at 44th Avenue and Robb Street, has been a part of the Wheat Ridge community since the city incorporated in 1969.

A master plan for the park was created in 2015, and the GOCO Local Park and Outdoor Recreation grant will help the city replace the south picnic area and complete the new pickle ball courts.

“Without the grant award, one area of the project would have been delayed until funding was available in future years,” said Joyce Manwaring, director of parks and recreation for Wheat Ridge.

The renovations will be completed in three phases. Phase I is in progress and includes the renovation of the two soft-

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ball fields and the addition of a football field. Phase II is the south picnic area and new pickle ball courts, and Phase III will be replacing the restroom building on the north side of the park and renovating the existing Berbert House.

The house, located on the north end of the park, was home to the original property owners, Manwaring said, and has been used for a variety of programs over the years.

The total project is budgeted at $1.7 million.

Construction for Phase II is set to begin in June 2018 with an anticipated grand opening sometime late fall.

The park serves the entire community, as well as the neighborhood because it is the only park in its area of the city, Manwaring said.

“Prospect Park is an asset to the Wheat Ridge community, as it is serves as a major gateway to the regional Clear Creek Trail and Wheat Ridge

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greenbelt,” Manwaring said. “The renovation of this beloved and popular park will provide updated and improved amenities and, hopefully, an improved experience for park users.”

Clear Creek Park Arvada’s grant will help the city create a plan for recreation along Clear Creek that prioritizes future park acquisitions and improvements while protecting wildlife habitat. The city will focus on improving Gold Strike Park based on feedback from the public and hopes to increase connectivity from the Ralston Creek State Recreational Trail and Olde Town Arvada.

The project comes on the heels of an Adams County master plan in progress for the Clear Creek area, which stops at the Sheridan border — where Arvada and Jefferson County begin. The $75,000 grant will be coupled with a $35,000 match from the City of Arvada for a project total of $110,000.

“We’ll be trying to find creative ways of reaching out to people so we know how to prioritize projects in the future,” said Stephen Padilla, grants administrator for the City of Arvada.

Areas of interest include the underutilized Gold Strike Park, pedestrian crossings and better access from Arvada to Clear Creek Regional Park, connections to Ralston Trail, balancing biological and ecological enhancements and other recreation opportunities citizens may bring up during the process.

The city will start work this spring by hiring a consultant and aims to have a finished plan by the end of 2018.

Other Jeffco projects With its $350,000 Local Park and Outdoor Recreation grant, Foothills Park and Recreation District will build a unique, universally accessible playground at Clement Park in unincorporated Jefferson County. Clement Park receives more than 1 million visitors per year, including families with children of all abilities, making it the most highly used park in the district.

The project goal is to provide a reno-

vated and expanded playground and play experience that is inclusive of all ages and abilities while also creating a space that supports neighborhood, community and event use. Currently, families looking for an inclusive playground need to travel outside of the district.

The playground project is part of a $6.3 million park redevelopment effort, and will replace two existing, deteriorating playgrounds with the aim of attracting more children to play at the park more often. It will include performance-art inspired features that promote imagination and creativity, helping highlight the art, music and performance events that occur at nearby Grant Amphitheater. The playground’s grand opening is slated for May 2019.

Jefferson County will put GOCO funding to work creating a countywide trails plan for paved and soft-surface trails. The Jeffco Trails Plan will focus on trails outside of existing county parks and explore how trails can become better connected throughout the county. The ultimate goal is to have every resident within a 10-minute walk of a park, trail or open space. The county aims to have the plan complete in spring of 2019.

Prospect Recreation and Park District’s planning grant will enable the district to assess current inventory, evaluate next steps for Applewood Golf Course and develop a conceptual plan for Prospect Arena. Options will be presented at public meetings beginning in fall 2018, with plans to complete the new master plan by the end of 2019.

To date, GOCO has invested $43 million in projects in Jefferson County and has conserved more than 6,000 acres of land there. GOCO funding has previously supported Clement Park, helping to build the new interactive water feature, in addition to Carmody Park in Lakewood, Applewood Golf course in Golden and Standley Lake Park in Arvada.

Christy Steadman contributed to this report.

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Fake tale of kidnappers frustrates police Social media helped spread false human trafficking rumor, detective warns

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a scary story, to be sure. It just wasn’t true.

Readers were told that a young girl, leaving work from Westminster’s Orchard Town Center, was followed home by a mysterious car. According to the tale, she called police, who stopped the car and found two men carrying items of “ill intent” in their back seat.

The story was posted to social media by the girl’s mother, who wanted to convey to others in Westminster and surrounding communities her belief that human trafficking, kidnapping and related crimes are big problem in the area right now.

But it didn’t happen, according to Westminster Police Investigator Cheri Spottke.

“By the time we’d found out about the post, it had been shared more than 4,700 times to Facebook and it kind of started to create some chaos,” Spottke said. “People were upset, concerned, calling for safety meetings. And it just kept kind of growing legs.”

Spottke said it’s a prime example of social media blowing a rumor completely out of proportion to reality.

“It was interesting to watch but

it was frightening,” Spottke said.

“We just could not track it down fast enough.”

She urges people to take what they read on social media with a grain of salt, double-checking a tale before they forward it along.

“Don’t just automatically share things,” she said. “Call us if you have a question: We are an open book, and we might not be able to give you details, but we can confirm or deny something. And then, you can go ahead and share it or not. But if you do post, share what you know. Don’t post assumptions and hearsay.”

Investigating a rumor The story first appeared on the Nextdoor social media app for several Westminster neighborhoods about March 18.

From there, a screen capture of the original story was posted to Facebook and shared even more.

Spottke said her department learned of the post on March 20 and she began investigating.

“We had limited information off of the first post, so we checked all of our calls for service going back a week and then asked Broomfield, Thornton and other agencies,” Spottke said. “In that area, those boundaries are all very close, so we checked with all of them. But nobody had any record of the call and we began to think it was completely made up.”

She posted to the Westminster Nextdoor page asking to be put in touch with the original poster.

“We eventually got in touch and

Wheat Ridge Historical Society plans annual May festival Event features local appraisers, craft demonstrations STAFF REPORT

The Wheat Ridge Historical Society is planning its annual May Festival, featuring craft demonstrations, music, antique appraisals and, of course, the May pole dance. The 14-foot May pole is decorated with ribbons from local florist shops from the 1970s, and dancing will take place at 11 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.

The festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 12 at Historic Park, 4610 Robb St., just north of the Baugh House, in Wheat Ridge. Lunch will be made on the wood stove in the Soddy; cost is $6 for adults and $4 for children (cash or check only).

Local appraisers will give value to family treasures. To make the appraisals go faster, participants are asked to post a picture or two of their

items on the society’s Facebook page, along with a description of the items.

A $5 donation is requested for each appraisal.

The Wheat Ridge Historical Society offers tours of Historic Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday for $2 per person. Call 303-421-9111 for groups and information.

The society meets the second Tuesday of each month at the red brick house at the park. Social begins at 7 p.m. with meeting starting at 7:30.

Snacks are provided. Committee meetings are the first Friday of the month, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The Wheat Ridge Quilt Circle is working on a quilt for the historic Baugh House, and all crafters are welcome it its monthly meetings, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month. Cost is $2.

Finally, the Baugh House is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the second Saturday of each month. Call 303-421-9111 for information.

The historical society is working on a new website; in the meantime, check out its Facebook page for updates.

found out what jurisdiction the call was placed from and some other information,” Spottke said.

Spottke said she eventually talked to the police officers who talked with the daughter.

Spottke declined to identify what city they were from, but said their story differed widely from the social media tale.

“She did call 911 and the police contacted her, but she was not actually being followed,” Spottke said. “There was never contact with a suspected vehicle and no items of bad intent were found.”

The girl might have thought she was being followed, Spottke said.

“The officers said the girl appeared to be genuinely shook up,” Spottke said. “She believed she was being followed, but whether she was or if someone was just going the same way for a while we’ll never know. But there was no vehicle following her when the officers contacted her.”

Spottke also said there have been no reports of human trafficking at the

mall.

“This is not Mexico, and white vans do not just snatch kids off the sidewalk, zip-tie them and drive off,” Spottke said. “Here, human trafficking stems from runaways and prostitution, not kidnapping. That’s not how our human trafficking cases work. And we are not working any human trafficking cases out of the Orchard now anyway. It’s not a hot spot.”

She said the story is similar to social media reports around the country about women being followed in large retail stores.

“That’s been proven false, too, time and time again,” she said.

The lesson, Spottke said, is to be more careful about what gets posted to social media.

“We don’t want to discount peoples’ fears,” Spottke said. “If you are concerned, call us. We’d rather you be safe than sorry. But if you feel you need to put something up on social media, just be sure it’s accurate and don’t over-dramatize it.”

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Comic Book Artist: 7 p.m. Friday, April 6, and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at Colorado ACTS Theatre, 11455 W. I-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Info: 303-456-6772 or www.coloradoacts.org.

Love/Sick: showing through Sunday, 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 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 call 303-987-7845.

Cinderella: 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 12-13, and 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 14 (tea time at 3:30 p.m.) at Arvada High School, 7951 W. 65th Ave., Arvada. Tickets: bit.ly/arvadahightheatre.

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.

Simplify Your Retirement: 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 7 and April 14 at Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood.

Must attend both sessions. Registration required.

Go to SimplifyYourRetirement.com/lakewood or call 303-800-1999.

Perennials for Pollinators: 1-2 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters. com. Learn what plants attract what pollinators antips for care and maintenance.

Ancestors Can Speak to us from Beyond the Grave: 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 at Applewood Valley United Methodist Church, 2035 Ellis St., Golden. Go to www.foothillsgenealogy.org.

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.

Mile High Community Band Spring Concert: 6:30-8:45 p.m.

Thursday, April 12, Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Info: http://milehighcommunityband.org.

Garry Krinsky: ‘Toying with Science’: 6:30 p.m. Friday, April 13, Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Tickets: 303987-7845 or www.Lakewood.org/ LCCPresents.

Mozart and Scarlatti: Fathers and Sons: 7-9 p.m. Friday, April 13, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4500 Wadsworth Blvd., Wheat Ridge. St. Martin’s Chamber Choir and the Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado. Info: www.

StMartinsChamberChoir.org.

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The Sleeping Beauty: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 14, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway.

Tickets: 303-987-7845 or www. lakewood.org/tickets. Denver Ballet Theatre production.

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.

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.

Olde Town Photographic Society: 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, Arvada Library, 8525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Info: 303-235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

FILM/MOVIES

Book Signing: Don Ruggles: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Barnes & Noble, 16249 W. 65th Place, Arvada. Purchase “Beauty, Neuroscience & Architecture: Timeless Patterns & Their Impact on Our Well-Being.”

Movie Time: ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Arvada Library, 8525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Info: 303-2355275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

WRITING/READING

Keto Diet 101: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 14 at Natural Grocers Green Mountain, 12612 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood. Going “keto” is all the rage, but the diet is laden with conflicting ideas, disastrous oversimplification, and misinformation.

Learn the what, why, and how to succeed with ketogenic eating. Call 303-986-5700 or go to www. naturalgrocers.com

Denver Veterans Writing Workshop: 2:30 p.m. Sundays, April 15 and May 20 at the Denver Public Library Central Branch, 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway. To sign up, or for more information, go to https://coloradohumanities. submittable.com/submit/89122/ denver-veterans-war-stories.

Contact Jason Arment at Jason@ coloradohumanities.org or call/ text 619-663-5247. Go to www. coloradohumanities.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.

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 Xeriscape Gardening: 3-4 p.m.

Saturday, April 7 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters.com.

Kitten Shower: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at Foothills Animal Shelter.

Drop off baby cat supplies at the shelter. Fun for the family. Go to https://foothillsanimalshelter. org/

Kite Festival: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 8 at Stenger Sports Complex, 58th Avenue and Quail Street. Info: ArvadaFestivals.com.

EVENTS

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.

C Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada.

Call 303-424-7979 or go to www. echters.com. Discover the secrets to success for years of harvesting plums, pears, apples and peaches.

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Lego Play and Build: 3-4:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 8, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Info: 303-235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

A Rose is a Rose is a Rose: 1-2 p.m.

Sunday, April 8 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada.

Call 303-424-7979 or go to www. echters.com. Discover new varieties and learn the basics of caring for roses in your landscape.

The Fruit of the Garden: 3-4 p.m.

Sunday, April 8 at Echter’s Garden

Discovery Play: 10:15-11 a.m.

Monday, April 9, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Info: 303-235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Pond in a Pot: 6-7 p.m. Monday, April 9 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-424-7979 or go to www. echters.com. Create an aquatic garden in a container.

Dominic Dezzuti: 7-9 a.m. Monday, April 9 at Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, 10151 W. 26th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club program. Vice president of content, Colorado 12, public television, talks about what it’s like to produce a debate, especially in the season of national and local elections.

Orchids, Exotic and Easy: 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters.com. Tips and techniques for growing and maintaining healthy plants.

Protein + Purple: Healthy Cooking with Chef Elizabeth Buckingham: 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 11 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada.

Call 303-424-7979 or go to www. echters.com. Learn new recipes and techniques to improve healthy cooking routine at home.

Registration required.

Stories from Wartime: series that looks at the combat experience in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Presentations at 6 p.m. select Wednesdays through April 25 at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Registration required; go to https:// arvadacenter.org/education/ stories-from-wartime. Dates and topics are April 11, “The Othering of Perceived Enemies”; April 25, “The Complexities of Commemoration.”

See www.regis.edu/warexperience.

Teen Trivia Night: 6-7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 11, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Info: 303-235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

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Girlfriends Night Out; A Party with a Purpose: 5-8 p.m. Thurs- e day, April 12 at Echter’s Garden d Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. T Echter’s is partnering with Hope a House of Colorado and other local a businesses. Tickets for this event are limited. Call 303-424-7979 to r purchase tickets in advance. Go to 4 t www.echters.com. p g SEE CALEMDAR, P31

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Warm Hearts Warm Babies: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12 at King of Glory Lutheran Church, 10001 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Volunteers sew, knit, crochet and quilt for premature infants and babies in need. Contact Glenda: 303-9756394 COLOKIDZ@aol.com or Jean Jones 303-239-6473. Bring a potluck dish, your machine, scissors, crochet hooks, and knitting equipment.

Let’s Dance: 11-11:30 a.m. Friday, April 13, Arvada Library, 8525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada.

Info: 303-235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Coffee with Constituents: 7-8 a.m. April 13 at Indian Tree Golf Course Restaurant, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Discuss concerns and hear status of key legislation with Sen. Rachel Zenzinger.

Buck-A-Bag Fundraiser: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

daily through April 14 at the ARC Donation Station, 12345 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. For every 13 gallon-sized garbage bag or copy paper-sized box of items donated to ARC, Shrine of St. Anne School will receive $1.

When dropping off items, let the attendant know you are there for St. Anne’s. Do not take items to the ARC retail site in Arvada; if you cannot make it to the donation center, items may be left at the school. Contact dappelha@regis.edu.

Chirp Chirp-Impromptu Bird Walks: Sometimes you just feel like you need to get out and enjoy nature. If you like bird walks and want to join fellow birders on short-notice bird walks, sign up to the Chirp Chirp list Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. A notification will be sent by email or text no later than 24 hours prior to the bird walk. Go to https://arvada.org.

Food Pantry: open from 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays at New Apostolic Church, 5290 Vance St., Arvada, rear entrance (across the street from Beau Jo’s restaurant). Contact Gertrude at 303-902-6794.

Fox Hollow Men’s Golf Club: welcomes new members for the 2018 season. The clubs spring Tee Off party is April 6, and golfing starts April 14 with the One Out Shamble. The top three scorers per hole are added to each team’s total for cash prizes. CGA members affiliated with Fox Hollow are invited. Season-long Race for the Red Jacket shares a $2,000 purse with the top 10-point finishers. All golfing events at Fox Hollow, 13410 W. Morrison Road, Lakewood. Go to fhmgc.com.

HEALTH

Nutrition Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar: 11 a.m. Saturday, April 7 at Natural Grocers/ Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Info: 303-423-0990.

EDUCATION

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.

Northey Foundation drug take back scheduled for April 14 STAFF REPORT

The Northey Foundation is again partnering with the Arvada Police Department to offer metro area residents a Drug Take Back Event 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 14 at Arvada Police Headquarters, 8101 Ralston Road.

This is a free event, however, donations are accepted and will benefit the Northey Foundation which provides scholarships to Arvada high school seniors who want to further their education, and helps families of officers killed or injured in the line of duty.

Because of the underwriting of the Arvada Vitality Alliance, State Farm Agent Doris Stipech, Custom Environmental Services, Inc. and Sooper Credit Union, all donations will directly benefit the Foundation.

In 2017, the foundation awarded 16 scholarships totaling $25,500 and in the last two years, more than $49,000 in scholarships have been awarded.

When over-the-counter or prescription medications are expired or no longer needed, they should be removed from the home because of the risk they pose if obtained by young children and because they can be potentially dangerous if used.

Many people believe that the best way to dispose of unused or expired medications is to flush them down the toilet. However, this pollutes the waterways and adversely affects wildlife and plant life along streams and rivers.

The Northey Drug Take Back program gives residents a safe way to dispose of these types of medications.

Gather unused, unwanted and expired medications and bring them to the Arvada Police Headquarters parking lot, where you can drive up, hand them off and drive away.

Permitted items include prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, medication samples, pet

medications, vitamins, liquid medication in glass or leak-proof containers, medicated ointments and lotions, and inhalers.

Exclude items are bloody or infectious waste, hydrogen peroxide, aerosol cans, thermometers, IV bags, illicit drugs, chemotherapy and other radioactive substances, oxygen containers, needles or other sharp objects, and medical equipment.

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PGA Junior League registration open to boys, girls of all skill levels STAFF REPORT

Boys and girls of all backgrounds and skill levels are invited to register for the PGA Junior League. The program offers team golf experiences with expert coaching and instruction from PGA and LPGA professionals in the Denver area.

The two-person scramble format encourages mentorship, builds confidence and promotes sportsmanship.

The league is for ages 13 and younger, although some programs are for ages 16 and younger.

The PGA Junior League reported record-setting numbers last year, with 42,000 boys and girls playing on 3,400 teams nationwide. Of those players, 80 percent were beginner or recreational golfers.

Open registration means that families do not have to have an existing relationship with the golf course for the kids to participate. Go to PGAJrLeague.com to search for a team by ZIP code or facility, and to register online.

Participating area golf courses: • Indian Tree, Arvada • Riverdale Golf Club, Brighton • South Suburban Golf Course, Centennial (16U) • Broken Tee Englewood, • Fossil Trace Golf Club, Golden • The Links, Highlands Ranch • Highlands Ranch Golf Club, Highlands Ranch (16U) • Raccoon Creek, Littleton • Legacy Ridge, Westminster • The Greg Mastriona Golf Courses at Hyland Hills, Westminster

W. Michael Northey was a police officer for the City of Arvada who was killed after being struck by a car while making an arrest on Aug. 11, 1979.

Northey was very active with the youth of the community and the Northey Foundation nonprofit was created to award scholarships to those pursuing a higher education degree, and for Officers and/or their families in times of need.

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SPORTS

Arvada baseball Close to home, Arvada proved to have a potent offense over spring break. The Bulldogs beat Sheridan, Alameda and Thornton in tournament play, but did falter against Berthoud. The game against Thornton on March 31 was a close one, 15-14. The Bulldogs trailed most of the game, until a seven-run explosion in the fifth inning tied things up. Eight players had at least one hit, to help squeak out the win, including seniors Levi Mair and Jayson Peterson.

Senior pitcher Andrew Shin earned the win.

Arvada West track Wildcats raced in the Lyons Invitational, on March 31. The boys team ended the day in 11th place.

Top finishers included Andres Perez, who took second in the 1600 meters; Colin Berndt with a second place finish in the 3200 meters; the 4X100 relay team that earned seventh place; the 4X200 relay team that finished fifth; and the 4X800 team that finished fourth.

For the girls, Katie Doucette finished ninth in the 1600 meters. Claire Pauley finished second in the 3200 meters.

The girls 4X100 relay team came in fourth, as did the 4X800 squad. The 4X400 team finished in sixth. The girls 800 sprint medley finished in second place.

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Spring break report Chris Moon Memorial Invitational Both Arvada West and Pomona participated in this annual spring break tournament, held March 24 to March 30 in Tuscon.

A-West came away with one win and four losses, including heartbreakers to San Marcos (9-8) and Tucson High Magnet School (9-8).

The sole win was against Arizona team Rio Rico, 11-1.

Junior Liam Spaw hit his first home run of the season in that game.

The Wildcats sit at a record of 1-6, entering league play next week.

Pomona fared a bit better, with two wins and three losses. The wins came against Sahuaro (7-2), and Flowing Wells (13-8). Senior J. Ruedaflores went three-for-four with three RBI’s in the Flowing Wells game on March 30. The Panthers come out of the tournament with an overall record of 2-4.

Faith Christian baseball The Eagles enjoyed a statewide sixth-place ranking in the 3A poll that came out last week.

The team also enjoyed a trip south to Arizona for the Greenway Festival tournament.

The team returned to Colo-

rado with two wins and a loss for their trouble.

Friday’s game against Meridian ended in a 8-2 loss, but standout freshman Garrett Everrett had a good game, hitting a triple, scored once and was flawless on his fielding.

The team has a 3-1 record and began league play this week.

Green Mountain baseball The Rams also headed to Arizona for some tournament competition over spring break, this time to the Pride Classic. The resulting three losses and a win leave the team with a 2-4 record. The solo 11-2 win came on March 30 against the Hillsboro Spartans of Oregon.

Senior Reece Noel pitched the game for the Rams, allowing zero earned runs.

Golden baseball The Demons hit the road this week, beating the Widefield Gladiators, 14-3 on March 28. The McLauglins — Jack the senior and Ben the sophomore — had similar stat lines, with three hits on four at-bats, with two RBI’s each.

The team had a total of four doubles over the course of the offensive onslaught, including two from senior Jacob Douthit.

Douthit and Jack McLaughlin handled the pitching duties for the Demons, with McLaughlin earning the win after putting in five innings of work. The win moves the Golden dugout to a 4-2 record, as the team split a a pair of March 26 games in Pueblo.

Golden boys lacrosse The team headed to California for spring break, playing three games over three days. The Demons vanquished Mater Dei 16-5, but fell to Great Oak 9-2.

The third match was March 30 against Los Alamitos, and ended in a 11-10 overtime defeat. Senior Will Abbey made four goals and had two assists in the attempt. Junior Joe Brock added three goals. The team is 5-3, headed into league play, beginning next week.

Lakewood baseball The Tigers traveled to Arizona to participate in the Greenway Festival tourney over the break. The team came away with three wins and one loss.

Standout performers included junior Simon Baumgardt, who had two doubles and a single, with two RBIs in the

March 30 8-4 win against Saint Viator, and senior pitcher Will Gifford, with his 1.0 ERA and seven strikeouts against Libertyville in the 6-3 win on March 29. The Tigers currently hold a 3-4 record.

Lakewood lacrosse The team took their sticks down to San Diego for spring break, and brought back three road wins at the expense of Westview, Pacific Ridge and Rancho Bernardo.

The team has a 7-0 record and is ranked second in the state as it enters into league competition, beginning with a road game against Dakota Ridge on April 11.

Wheat Ridge baseball The Farmers headed to Oregon for some tournament play over spring break, but ended up losing some close games to end the tourney with one win and four losses. The team lost to Wilson 9-8, Sprague 10-9 and West Albany 13-6. The team ended on a high note though, beating Lakeridge 7-0 on March 29.

Sophomore Dominic Bronk earned the shutout on the mound, helped along by his four strikeouts.

Senior Payton Dietrich only had one hit out of four trips to the plate, but he made it count. His triple drove in two runs. The team, 1-5-1, starts league competition next week.

Spring weather causing hectic rescheduling spree

his is not breaking news because everybody knows by now that spring weather in Colorado can be unpredictable.

A warm pleasant day with the temperature in the 70s is followed by heavy, wet snow and rain the next day.

I once had an assignment to write a poem in elementary school and my rhyme OVERTIME went something like this: When it’s springtime in the Rockies and muddy on the streets, please help your mother and clean your feet.

That was the case a couple days last week when snow storms Jim Benton moved across the Denver area on March 26 and March 28, which forced six of the seven spring sports to scramble to secure indoor practice space. Boys swimming is an indoor sport and is not affected by the weather.

This involved mostly Douglas County schools last week since Cherry Creek, Littleton, Jeffco and Adams 12

schools were on spring break.

“We ended up creating an indoor weather schedule so teams come in and use the gym or the commons,” said Legend athletic director Kevin Boley. “Girls golf will go upstairs to the wrestling room. They have something like a birdie ball that they can hit. Indoor type things. The tennis team was hitting balls into the curtain in the gym or off the wall to work on technique. Everybody can do conditioning in the hallway.”

Baseball teams can sometimes rent a facility to take batting practice, and it isn’t unusual to see athletes running over hurdles in the hallways.

Rock Canyon athletic director Tom Brieske was at Shea Stadium on March 28 watching as the turf got covered with snow during a girls soccer game and wound up postponing the ensuing boys soccer game against Colorado Academy.

“It gets real hectic,” said Brieske.

“There are a lot of moving parts. The safety of the kids is the prerequisite.

You have to get creative. It’s a balancing act.”

Rescheduling for three levels of each

sport can be challenging for coaches and ADs. Available venues and officials have to be secured, and that’s just for the sports other than baseball. For baseball, Mother Nature needs to help dry off the diamonds.

Change to transfer rule proposed There are 27 proposals and 14 committee reports that will be voted on at the Colorado High School Activities Association’s Legislative Council meeting on April 26.

CHSAANow.com has listed the agenda and one noteworthy proposal is designed to create a clearer, consistent and stricter transfer rule. Mid-season and summer transfers are currently administered differently.

The proposal would give students junior varsity or below eligibility after 365 days from the date of transfer. The option of having 50 percent varsity eligibility would go away.

In other words, athletes that transfer without moving in a new district and not due to hardship would be ineligible for a year from the day they transfer.

The hope is the proposal would eliminate the rising numbers of sum-

mer transfers that could sit out for half the following season but still be eligible for the state playoffs.

However, the next step that needs to be taken is some kind of measure to curtail recruiting of middle school athletes who can open enroll at the school of their choice.

There is also a proposal, supported by the Equity Committee, that would extend the limit of softball games to 23 which would match the limit of baseball games that was approved in January.

The hockey committee recommended a new alignment and approved new varsity programs at Colorado Academy and Glenwood Springs.

The swimming committee is recommending a change from the top 16 for finals at state events to the top 20. Additionally the boys 4A and 5A championships would be at one site starting in 2019.

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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Democrats underscore differences at forum Kennedy, Polis, Lynne, Johnston discuss energy, transportation, health care

Former state Sen. Mike Johnston, of Denver, stands to answer a question during the Democratic Governor Candidate Forum hosted by the Colorado Business Roundtable on March 29.

The other candidates at the forum were, from left, U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Boulder, Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne and former state Treasurer Cary Kennedy.

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A crowded governor’s race that has seen more than three dozen declared candidates has pared down to a handful of top contenders, and those on the Democratic side carved out different niches for themselves just weeks away from the state assembly.

“I’m applying for a very small promotion,” said Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne, to laughs from the audience at the Democratic Governor Candidate Forum in Denver.

The event at the History Colorado Center on March 29 saw Lynne playing up her experience in her secondto-the-governor role, as U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Boulder cast himself as keeping businesses on his mind and former state Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, took the audience into the details on policy.

Former state treasurer Cary Kennedy — who is giving Polis a run for his money in polling and grassroots support — made the most plays for relatability in the forum, which was hosted by the Denver Business Journal and the Colorado Business Roundtable, an organization that advocates for business interests in legislation.

It’s possible several candidates may get onto the ballot for the June 26 primary election. In a race that may come down to the wire, here’s what gubernatorial candidates had to say on some of 2018’s most prominent issues.

Health-care expansion The Bernie Sanders-esque call for “Medicare for all” is alive and kicking in Polis’ and Kennedy’s platforms, while Johnston and especially Lynne are more conservative in their ideas.

“Particularly on the Western Slope, I hear from families spending $2,000 a month, $3,000 a month,” Kennedy said. Some Colorado counties have among the highest costs in the nation, she added, referring to premiums in mountain and western counties.

Kennedy wants to open up Medicaid for anyone and also make available the plans currently available to state employees.

She said the Medicaid initiative wouldn’t cost taxpayers anything — analyses of similar proposals say government spending would need to

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REPUBLICANS APPEARED IN FEBRUARY The Denver Business Journal and the Colorado Business Roundtable hosted a candidates’ forum for the Republican gubernatorial candidates Feb. 21 at the History Colorado Center, 1200 N. Broadway, Denver.

See our coverage here: bit.ly/2uwavnf Candidates featured included Walker Stapleton, state treasurer; Victor Mitchell, former state representative of Castle Rock; Doug Robinson, former investment banker; and Cynthia Coffman, state attorney general. increase, although health care costs overall could drop due to eliminated need for advertising and administrative spending in the private sector.

How the trade-off would turn out is hotly debated. Kennedy also said the state would have leverage to negotiate lower costs with health-care providers.

Polis also supports a single-payer option, which he said could take burden off of businesses. He also pointed to the issue of people going to emergency rooms and shifting costs onto others.

On the other hand, Lynne, a former Kaiser Permanente executive, favors opening the state-employee plan to small businesses, areas with high costs that lack coverage choices and local-government entities.

“Twenty-six states already do this,” Lynne said, “opening it up to local communities, counties, towns, school

districts.”

Johnston said those who would pay more than a certain percentage of their income — his website says roughly 10 percent — on premiums should be able to buy into Medicaid.

He’s also for tax incentives to bring health providers to rural communities.

Modes of transportation All candidates acknowledged the importance of multimodal transportation — which generally means including mass transit like light rail — in bolstering Colorado’s infrastructure.

Polis supports efforts toward a rail line that serves the Front Range, potentially connecting places between Fort Collins and Pueblo. Johnston brought up the “last-mile” issue, commuters needing a solution to connect to their destination after using certain transit.

Kennedy talked up more funding for transportation projects, lamenting the reliance on private fees to use roadways in lieu of tax increases, which must be approved by voters in Colorado.

“It can’t just all be private pay or user pay,” Kennedy said. “We have to make the investment in rural roads (and) highways.”

Lynne echoed that — saying that the state needs to pass a tax to prevent revenue problems that could arise when, inevitably, the next recession comes — and also said transportation needs may change.

“If we finance something with a 20-year view, which I’m not opposed to, we need to take technology into account,” said Lynne, adding that advancements like self-driving cars could be factors.

Move to renewables Polis and Johnston support moving Colorado to 100 percent renewable energy by 2040, while Kennedy and Lynne don’t go so far.

“It reduces long-term rates,” Johnston said, adding that drilling shouldn’t take place in “environmentally sensitive” places.

The move would bring green jobs that can’t be outsourced, Polis said.

“There are tremendous opportunities for job growth and savings for consumers,” Polis said of the plan that’s become the hallmark of his campaign, to much criticism from conservatives.

Colorado would be irresponsible to talk too far into the future, said Lynne, who has in the past highlighted efforts

by Gov. John Hickenlooper’s administration to support renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions.

But, Lynne said, “We have to be realistic.” Similarly, Kennedy said Colorado “is and should continue to be” transitioning to renewable energy sources.

“That doesn’t mean the oil and gas industry aren’t important. We are one of the biggest producers in the country,” Kennedy said, adding, “I am not one of the folks you’d see wanting to do harm.”

Refugee bill aids foreign interpreters for U.S. military STAFF REPORT

The state House gave preliminary approval to a bill to create a pathway to higher education for military translators and other refugees who have been relocated to Colorado from war-torn parts of the world.

SB18-087, sponsored in the House by

Reps. Michaelson Jenet, D-Commerce City, and Faith Winter, D-Westminster, would grant in-state tuition rates at Colorado’s public colleges and universities to people who meet the United Nations definition of a refugee.

“This bill is one way to welcome these unsung heroes to Colorado,” Jenet said in a news release. “As a

descendant of refugees who benefited from access to education in this country, I know firsthand the impact this bill will have for many generations simply by educating one.”

Among the people who will benefit are those who have been placed in Colorado to save their lives after serving, at significant risk to themselves and their

families, as interpreters and guides for the U.S. military in Iraq, Afghanistan and other foreign battlegrounds.

“Our country owes these people a debt of gratitude,” Winter said. “This bill will speed their integration into Colorado society.”

SB18-087 will go to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk to be signed into law.

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Many years ago the land that would become Arvada was part of a splendid wilderness. It was a land of unexplored and unknown. It was a land of strong green hills and gentle valleys, all rising ever upward to the snow topped Continental Divide. The only marks of human habitation were the faint trails made by the feet of Native Americans. It was part of the Louisiana Purchase and was loosely gathered into Kansas Territory.

Mr. Wadsworth purchased a Military Bounty using that to acquire the land and develop a town plat. Mary Ann named the new town, Arvada (a name found in the Bible). News of the new town was published on December 1, 1870-Arvada’s birthday. The street north on his plat was County Road, the main north/south road was Centre Street on the west. Railroad Street was on the south and he included that in his plat.

month and date for the birth of the Arvada Historical Society in 1972). At this time in 1904 County Road was renamed Ralston Road, and Centre Street was renamed Wadsworth Boulevard to honor our founder. This road is now a state highway and runs the entire length, north to south, the full length of Jefferson County. This is the area called New Town by some ignorant civic leaders today. It was “new” in the late 1800s.

In 1850 Lewis Ralston was with a party of gold seekers traveling the banks of Vasquez Creek (Clear Creek).

They stopped to rest under tall cottonwoods at the confluence with a smaller creek. Here on June 22, 1850 Lewis found gold and the creek was named that day for him- Ralston’s Creek. Near his creek was a high point of land named Ralston’s Point.

Centre Street dipped over the high cliff at Ralston’s Point (where the Arvada Flour Mill museum stands today) and down to the Clear Creek valley. A bridge was built over Clear Creek. This road allowed residents of Arvada to visit the bountiful farms of the valley and allowed the farmers, in return, to shop in the busy stores of the new town of Arvada. The bridge was badly damaged in an accident. Mr. Wadsworth gathered some of his friends with their horse-powered machinery and the bridge was repaired. I do not have the date for the bridge repair but it happened between 1870 and 1893, the year Wadsworth died.

Also in 1904 Railroad Street was renamed Grand View Avenue (original spelling) because of the awe inspiring vista that could be seen from Arvada’s business district. The civic leaders of 1904 appreciated our treasure and honored it. They knew their town/city had riches no other local entity could match. The “grand view” belongs to every citizen of Arvada.

In 1858 Lewis Ralston and others returned to his gold find. Primitive shelters were built and they were joined by settlers which included Benjamin and Mary Ann Wadsworth. Auraria (1858) and Denver City (1860) grew and by September of 1870 the tracks of the Colorado Central railroad were reaching Ralston’s Point.

A narrow dirt road brought supplies to the rail builders and it was called Railroad Street.

Mr. Wadsworth believed in Incorporation but it did not happen until 1904, more than ten years after his death. The result of the third election, which was successful, was announced on August 24, 1904 (the same

We have civic leaders who twist and distort history.

The City Council meeting on March 19, 2018 opened with a long speech from the City Attorney seeking to purify the Council’s action to retract one of their own rules. Six of the council members were in favor. Only one of them, brave Nancy Ford, voted against building a six-story apartment building which will block the view from Grandview Avenue. Maybe we can halt this process, it is not there yet.

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Clear Creek Crossing moves forward in Wheat Ridge City council approves rezone for 109-acre property

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In the near future, the largest undeveloped property in Wheat Ridge will be developed into retail, entertainment, hotel, residential and privately owned open space.

The development project known as Clear Creek Crossing is located at the southwest quadrant of Highway 58 and I-70 — roughly, just west of I-70 between approximately 34th Avenue and Clear Creek in Wheat Ridge.

Wheat Ridge City Council’s eight members unanimously approved the rezoning of the 109-acre area from planned commercial development to planned mixed use development on March 26.

“That piece of property has been sitting there for quite a while,” said Pam Bales, the West Chamber of Commerce’s president and CEO. “They’re doing a good job with it by making it mixed use.”

The West Chamber does not get involved with the local politics of decisions but does support the cities with their business-commerce endeavors, Bales said.

“Mixed use is the way to go because you’re addressing all the needs,” she said.

The development will generate tax revenue for the city, and address Wheat Ridge’s growth needs by including residential in the development, Bales added.

The idea was to reinvent it and create community connectivity, said

Tyler Carlson, the Denver office’s manager of Evergreen Devco, Inc., the real estate and development firm in charge of the project.

The acreage has been divided into eight planning areas, each with their own list of permitted uses. Furthermore, the property is planned to be developed into five districts.

They are: Mill — employment/ corporate campus-type uses such as office, research and development, hospital and university/education; Vineyard — retail and entertainment uses including stores, shop buildings, banks, restaurants, theater and gaming; Homestead — multifamily residential uses including apartments and/or townhomes; Harvest — largeformat retail with accessory small retail, restaurants and hotel uses; and Wagon — multi-use trail and sidewalk networks that connect to all other districts and off-site trails including Clear Creek Trail, Applewood Golf Course and adjacent neighborhood.

Lutheran Medical Center is proposed to occupy a 25-acre parcel of the property.

“Lutheran will undertake a thorough evaluation of the healthcare needs of the community as we determine the scope and design of a future healthcare facility,” said Sarah Ellis, the communications manager and Lutheran Medical Center regional public information officer for SCL Health, in an emailed statement. “Along with our partners, we plan to conduct an ongoing dialogue and focus groups with the surrounding communities to help direct our future plan for this property and for our current property as we determine what services will be provided in the future.”

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NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS MOUNTAIN SHADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Public Notices 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.

City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the Arvada City Council to be held on MONDAY, April 16, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City Council will hold a public hearing on the following proposed ordinances and thereafter will consider them for final passage and adoption. For the full text version in electronic form go to www.arvada.org/legalnotices, click on Current Legal Notices, then click on the title of the ordinance you wish to view. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

CB 18-015 - An Ordinance Authorizing an Additional Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2018 Legal Notice No.: 402094 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Last Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS LEYDEN ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (f/k/a LEYDEN ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 10)

The following candidates are declared elected by acclamation:

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/s/ Bradley T. Neiman Designated Election Official Legal Notice No: 402101 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript/Arvada Press/ Wheat Ridge Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS RICHARDS FARM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 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 candidates are declared elected by acclamation: Christopher Elliott, Until May 2022 Matthew Cavanaugh, Until May 2022

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 office remains vacant:

The following candidates are declared elected by acclamation:

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Charles Regan Hauptman: Until May 2022 Matthew Cavanaugh: Until May 2022 Timothy Blake Rogers: Until May 2022 /s/ Bradley T. Neiman Designated Election Official Contact Person for District: Kristin B. Tompkins, Esq. WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law 2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800 Legal Notice No: 402100 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Golden Trancript/Arvada Press/ Wheat Ridge Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS MOUNTAIN SHADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

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The following candidates are declared elected by acclamation: Steven Roboff, Until May 2022 Kurtis Haeger, Until May 2022 /s/ Bradley T. Neiman Designated Election Official Legal Notice No: 402101 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript/Arvada Press/ Wheat Ridge Transcript

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ing following the public hearing held on April 2, 2018: Ordinance 4626: An Ordinance Increasing the Size of the Board of Directors of the Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District; Adding Provisions Relating to the Length of Terms and Term Limits Ordinance 4627: An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 18, Buildings and Building Regulations, of the Arvada City Code Through Adoption of General and Administrative Provisions and the Adoption, By Reference, of the 2015 International Building Code, the 2015 International Residential Code, the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code, the 2015 InTo advertise yourternational public notices 303-566-4100 Existing call Building Code, the 2015 International Fuel Gas Code, the 2015 International Mechanical Code, the 2015 International Public Notice Plumbing Code, the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code, the 2014 National Electrical NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR Code, and the Adoption of Penalties for ViolaELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED tions Thereof ELECTION OFFICIAL Ordinance 4628: An Ordinance Imposing a Temporary Moratorium on the Establishment of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Boyd Ponds Self-Storage Businesses Metropolitan District No. 2, Jefferson County, Ordinance 4629 An Ordinance Vacating a PorColorado, that at the close of business on the tion of Public Right-of-Way Within the Koldeway sixty-third day before the election there were not Subdivision Located at Approximately 6250 Inmore candidates for director than offices to be dependence Street, Fitzmorris Elementary filled, including candidates filing affidavits of inSchool tent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 8, 2018, is hereby Legal Notice No.: 402092 canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S. First Publication: April 5, 2018 Last Publication: April 5, 2018 The following candidates are declared Publisher: Golden Transcript elected: Wheat Ridge Transcript Laura Andes until the second regular and the Arvada Press election (May 3, 2022) David Erickson until the second regular Public Notice election (May 3, 2022) John West until the second regular election NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (May 3, 2022)

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PUBLIC NOTICE

VACANT, Until May 2022 /s/ Bradley T. Neiman Designated Election Official

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS RICHARDS FARM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 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 candidates are declared elected by acclamation: Thomas Gloude Whittaker, Until May 2022 Terry Zrust, Until May 2022 Brad Schick, Until May 2022 /s/ Bradley T. Neiman Designated Election Official Legal Notice No: 402103 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript/Arvada Press Wheat Ridge Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE WESTOWN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Westown Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird (63rd) day before the election or thereafter 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.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE WESTOWN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

City and County

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Westown Metropolitan District, Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird (63rd) day before the election or thereafter 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 candidates are declared elected: Lisa Evans, 2 Year Term Robert McClure, 4 Year Term WESTOWN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Danaly Howe Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 402107 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript/Arvada Press/Wheat Ridge Transcript 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 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the Arvada City Council to be held on MONDAY, April 16, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City Council will hold a public hearing on the following proposed Preliminary Development Plans and thereafter will consider them for final passage and adoption. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

Les Schwab Tires at Candelas Flg. 3 Preliminary Development Plan, Northeast Corner Candelas Parkway & W. 91st Place Candelas Point at Candelas Commercial Flg. 2 Preliminary Development Plan, Northeast Corner Highway 72 & Candelas Parkway Legal Notice No.: 402090 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Last Publication: April 5, 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 Boyd Ponds Metropolitan District No. 2, 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 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

City and County

DATED: March 22, 2018 /s/ Jennifer S. Henry Designated Election Official for Boyd Ponds Metropolitan District No. 2 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Telephone No: (303) 592-4380 Legal Notice No.: 402027 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Last Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript Arvada Press and the Golden Transcript 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 questions.

Resolution 18-036: A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning Dylan Walker, 6315 Quaker Street, 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.: 402091 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Last Publication: April 26, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice The following ordinances were adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvada on final reading following the public hearing held on April 2, 2018: Ordinance 4626: An Ordinance Increasing the Size of the Board of Directors of the Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District; Adding Provisions Relating to the Length of Terms and Term Limits Ordinance 4627: An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 18, Buildings and Building Regulations, of the Arvada City Code Through Adoption of General and Administrative Provisions and the Adoption, By Reference, of the 2015 International Building Code, the 2015 International Residential Code, the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code, the 2015 International Existing Building Code, the 2015 International Fuel Gas Code, the 2015 International Mechanical Code, the 2015 International Plumbing Code, the 2009 International Property Maintenance Code, the 2014 National Electrical Code, and the Adoption of Penalties for Violations Thereof Ordinance 4628: An Ordinance Imposing a Temporary Moratorium on the Establishment of Self-Storage Businesses Ordinance 4629 An Ordinance Vacating a Portion of Public Right-of-Way Within the Koldeway Subdivision Located at Approximately 6250 Independence Street, Fitzmorris Elementary School

City and County

The following variances from the Land Development Code (LDC) have been requested: VAR2018-0003, Robert and Julie Glass, 9210 W. 52nd Ave., to construct a six-foot tall solid fence set back 5 feet from the west (front second frontage) property line when Section 6.5.8 of the LDC requires a 25-foot setback.

VAR2018-0004, Kristi Fernandez, 6274 W. 78th Pl., to construct a garage set back 5 feet from the west (side) property line when Section 6.2.1 of the LDC requires a 10-foot setback.

VAR2018-0005, Ashley Gaulding, 25421 Westridge Rd., to construct a retaining wall with a maximum height of 9 feet when Section 6.5.10 of the LDC states the maximum height of any retaining wall shall not exceed 4 feet.

Hearing thereon will be held before the Board of Adjustment on April 24, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, when and where you may speak at the hearing. Additional information can be obtained from the Community Development Department or written comments may be filed therewith no later than 8 days prior to the hearing.

CITY OF ARVADA BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT /s/ Russ Rizzo, Secretary Published: April 5, 2018 Legal Notice No.: 402093 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Last Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL SPRING MESA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Spring Mesa Metropolitan District, of 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 regular election to be held on May 8, 2018, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected: Wayne Harris to a 4-year term until May 2022 Sharon Miner to a 4-year term until May 2022 Richard Waterman to a 2-year term until May 2020 Dated this 6th day of March, 2018.

SPRING MESA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Megan A. Holmberg Designated Election Official Legal Notice No: 402066 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Last Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: The Golden Transcript and the Arvada Press

Without public notices, the government wouldn’t have to say anything else.

The following candidates are declared elected: Lisa Evans, 2 Year Term Robert McClure, 4 Year Term

WESTOWN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Danaly Howe Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No.: 402092 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Last Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press

elected: Public notices are until a community’s window into the government. From zoning regulations to local budgets, Laura Andes the second regular election (May 3, 2022) governments have used local newspapers to inform citizens of its actions as an essential part of your right David Erickson until the second regular election (May 3, 2022) to know.John You know where look, when to look and what to look for to be involved as a citizen. Local West until the secondto regular election (May 3, 2022) newspapers provide you with the information you need to get involved.

The following candidates are declared

Legal Notice No.: 402107 First Publication: April 5, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript/Arvada Press/Wheat Ridge Transcript

DATED: March 22, 2018

/s/ Jennifer S. Henry Designated Election Official for Boyd Ponds Metropolitan District No. 2

Notices are meant to be noticed. Read your public notices and get involved! c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Telephone No: (303) 592-4380 Legal Notice No.: 402027

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The property was annexed into the city in 2005 and in August 2006, city council approved a rezoning of the site for Cabela’s to build a 185,000 square foot store. In 2011, the property was rezoned a second time to accommodate a somewhat smaller Cabela’s store and a 177,000-square foot Super Walmart. However, a Cabela’s corporate decision led to the 2013 opening of two stores located along the I-25 corridor at the north and south ends of the Denver metropolitan area. Walmart continued to be a part of the proposed Clear Creek Crossing project, but in the summer of 2017, Walmart made the decision not to build in this location.

Cabela’s and Walmart would have created a “retail monster” on the site, Carlson said. Evergreen’s overarching

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“They did that to get some idea on what the neighborhood wants, as well as needs. I think the final plan they have will benefit the neighborhood.”

Edna Miklos, small business owner and member of the Applewood Business Association goal for it, he said, is for Clear Creek Crossing to be “a place where community can gather.”

On Jan. 18, the Wheat Ridge Planning Commission voted 5-1 to recommend approval of the project, with two conditions. The conditions were that maximum residential height be 65 feet in Planning Area 1, and that at least 50 percent of the proposed total square footage at the ground floor level shall contain nonresidential uses across all planning areas.

The developer has been good about hosting community meetings and focus groups to keep everyone informed on the project, said Edna Miklos, a small-business owner and member of the Applewood Business Association since 1985.

“They did that to get some idea on what the neighborhood wants, as well as needs,” she said. “I think the final plan they have will benefit the neighborhood.”

Van Wedgwood, a board member of

the Applewood Business Association and the association’s membership chair, agreed.

“We’re actually very excited about it,” he said. The development will “add some depth that hasn’t been there before.”

However, one concern is maintaining the association’s members’ place in the marketplace, Wedgwood said.

“As the marketplace expands,” he said, “we want to make sure our membership is well-positioned.”

Wheat Ridge Mayor Pro Tem George Pond pointed out there will still be some concerns that will arise and the city will pay close attention to them.

These include traffic, some of the development’s uses and beds at the hospital.

Still, it’s impressive how the developer has listened to and taken into consideration the citizens’ concerns thus far, said Councilor Tim Fitzgerald.

“All in all,” he said, “this is a very good project.”