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April 12, 2018A

MY NAME IS

WAYNE WOLF AND LIZIE KETELHUT

Couple using stroke experience to help others About Us Wayne: I am from Chicago and came here in 1982. I loved it up here and became a really good skier. I had a carpet cleaning business for 23 years up in Summit county.

Lizie: We met in Breckenridge, at a time when both of us were going through divorces. I was working at the Marriott up there, and we met and started talking.

My stroke Wayne: I had a very severe stroke in 2008. The kind that most people don’t survive.

Lizie: After his stroke, he was told he probably wouldn’t make it. We first went to St. Anthony and then spent a year at Bethany Nursing and Rehab Center in Lakewood. People can have strokes because of high blood pressure, and stress also contributes. He had a history of seizures and high blood pressure, and with all the skiing and working he did every day, there was a lot of stresses in his life.

Making a change Lizie: He couldn’t walk for seven months, even though he did a lot of

Wayne Wolf and met Lizie Ketelhut met in 2007, not long before Wolf had a severe stroke. By working together, Wolf has great expanded the list of activities he is capable of, including driving, working out at the gym and skiing.

CLARKE READER therapy. One day he told me, I’m not going to use my wheelchair — I’m going to push myself.

Wayne: If you don’t do things, you die. I couldn’t walk, but I started saying I could walk, and that encouraged me.

I didn’t let negative thoughts rule me. After four years, I decided I wanted to ski again, and now, thanks to special equipment, I can do that. I go to the gym now, and I taught myself to drive — I’ve been doing so for three years. At first, I couldn’t say my own

name or read, and now I read two books a month.

Lizie: It was in his third year after the stroke that he started changing.

I had to go on a trip and he had to do things on his own, and that was a big moment. Now, he knows he can do anything because I’m here to help when he needs. Now he feels comfortable with himself.

Wayne: It takes a brain, God and a girlfriend like Lizie. It would be so difficult without her.

Lizie: Difficult, but not impossible.

Inspiring others Lizie: He believes God gave him a second chance to help others.

Wayne: Now, I go to nursing homes and tell other survivors, yes you can.

If you put your brain to it, and work hard enough, you can do what you want.

I really want to write a book, where I can share my story and help people.

I’m also looking at starting a YouTube channel where each week I will show different tasks and how to do them after having a stroke.

Lizie: People with strokes don’t have stay inside at home or at nursing home. Don’t stay inside your room all the time. Going out even a little helps.

He never gives up.

Wayne: There’s a lot of anger from stroke victims, but if I can do it, you can do it. I tell people, mine is a good story.

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April 12, 2018

Suspected homicide of Arvada woman leaves questions Wheat Ridge man initially arrested but not charged in crime STAFF REPORT

Arvada resident Jennifer Myers, age 31 died March 30 of an apparent gunshot wound. No one has yet been charged with her death.

Myers was found in the bedroom of Randy Allan William, 64, at his Wheat William Ridge home in the 10700

block of W. 46th Ave. at about 11:30 p.m. that day. No gun was found in proximity to the body, and William denied having a firearm in the residence according to police.

According to an arrest affidavit from the Wheat Ridge Police Department, William told them that he and Myers had met at an area bar. He told investigators that he didn’t know her name, but had taken her to his home where they had consensual sex. He then left for cigarettes, and returned to the residence where he found her conscious and bleeding, and called 911 at 11:21 p.m.

Police officers checked surveillance video from a next door house, and reports that video shows William’s truck leave the residence at 11 p.m., returning about 11:09 p.m. A few second later a loud bang is heard.

Police say the video shows a man, identifiable as Randy William walking from the rear of the house twice, at 11:11 p.m. and 11:15 p.m.. The second time, the investigating officer describes him as carrying two rifle cases in his hands before moving out of view.

Officers report finding one rifle along the southern fence line of William’s property.

Wheat Ridge police arrested William on the scene, on suspicion of murder and tampering with physical evidence. However, he was later released from custody as the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office declined to formally press charges against him last week, letting him out of custody.

The Jefferson County Coroner has confirmed Myer’s identity, but said additional autopsy information would not be available until later this month.

A spokesperson for the district attorney’s office the investigation is ongoing. It is being handled by the Wheat Ridge Police Department.

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One of the first orders of business for any buyer upon going under contract is to hire a professional home inspector. For us to add an inspector to our list of preferred vendors, we have several criteria. We require their reports to be in narrative format, versus a simple checklist. Digital photos documenting each issue discovered during the inspection should be included next to that item. We expect inspectors to have appropriate carbon monoxide and moisture detection equipment, and we like to see the inspector employ an infrared camera, which helps to determine the quality of insulation and weatherization.

We recommend to our buyers that they schedule the inspection early in the process. We do this so that secondary inspections can be scheduled and the results obtained prior to the inspection objection deadline in the contract. For example, the inspector may suspect the presence of mold and recommend a mold inspection. Inspections by electricians, plumbers, or structural engineers might also be recommended. Because these secondary inspections cannot always be completed quickly, an extension of the inspection objection deadline might be necessary, something most sellers consent to when called for.

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We like to schedule the inspection early enough that secondary inspections can be scheduled based on the inspector’s observations. For example, the inspector may suspect the presence of mold and recommend a mold inspection. He may also recommend inspections by an electrician, plumber, or structural engineer based on his (or her) general inspection. These secondary inspections can take time, and may require an extension of the inspection objection deadline, to which most sellers would consent.

There are two other specialized inspections which every buyer should consider. One is for radon, which requires 24 hours, and the other is a sewer scope. Both cost $100 or more.

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ty tax exemption next April and won’t begin paying the full property tax amount until 2020.

The reason for this mini-windfall is that state law specifies that the exemption only requires that an eligible senior owned and lived in the house on Jan. 1st of the tax year.

Something else you may not know is that this property tax exemption does not cost the county or other local tax jurisdictions a penny. The state reimburses the jurisdictions for the discount given to qualified seniors. After making their annual revenue and expense estimates,

the General Assembly determines how much of a discount qualified seniors will earn. They didn’t fund it in 2009, 2010 and 2011, but it was restored in 2012 and remains in effect. Because the state’s balance sheet is expected to look good for the coming year, there’s certainly reason for optimism.

My only complaint with the senior property tax exemption is that it requires 10 years’ ownership of a home before seniors quality. This poses a disincentive to downsizing, which often makes sense for seniors.

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Arvada Fantastic Sams raises funds, awareness for World Malaria Day The fundraiser is a partnership with Arvada-based nonprofit Global Refuge

GET INVOLVED Malaria test kits and treatment cost $1.25.

Mosquito nets cost $6. The World Malaria Fundraiser is asking for donations of $7.25 to provide treatment and prevention in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The fundraiser runs through April 25, World Malaria Day. Donation locations include: Fantastic Sams Cut & Color, 6488 Ward Road, Arvada Global Goods & Coffee Shop, 5613 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada Global Thrift, 9110 W. 88th Ave., Arvada

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When Rebecca and Mike Pavlich adopted their sons, David and Joe, from the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2015, they saw first-hand how sick malaria makes people.

The Arvada couple lived for three months in the Congo while the adoption was finalized and in that time saw David, 5 years old at the time, almost die from the disease.

“It’s the most miserable thing I’ve ever watched anyone go through,” Rebecca Pavlich said. “It’s less than $5 to get the medicine, but it’s not an option for so many people. And not because they couldn’t get the money, but getting to the pharmacy was difficult.”

When the Pavliches returned from the Congo, they wanted to find a way to help the many families they saw suffering. That’s when they partnered with Global Refuge International, a nonprofit based in Arvada that works in war-torn countries.

Global Refuge serves refugees and displaced people with current projects

The staff a Fantastic Sams in Arvada pose with members of Global Refuge International after their World Malaria Day fundraiser last year. This year’s fundraiser runs through April 25.

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Outreaches focuses on two things: to help people survive and thrive.

Malaria is the number one disease Global Refuge is helping people survive.

“If we didn’t treat malaria, then our impact number would be so small,” said Christy Josten, community outreach coordinator for Global Refuge.

“It’s not just going in trying to set up shop and then leave. We’re trying to equip people who are displaced with the knowledge to serve their own

people.”

One way Global Refuge does this is by training medics, supplying medical supplies and partnering with artisans to sell products at the nonprofits Arvada shops, Global Goods and Coffee and Global Thrift.

Through the partnership with Global Refuge, Pavlich is using the platform of her business, Fantastic Sams on Ward Road in Arvada, to raise funds for malaria treatments and mosquito nets to be distributed in the Congo.

A malaria test kit and treatment costs $1.25 together. A mosquito net costs $6. They are asking people for a donation of $7.25 to equip people with both prevention and treatment.

Last year, the salon raised $600 in donations from the community and Pavlish matched that for a total of $1,200 raised for malaria treatment and prevention.

Stylist Kelli Apodaca raised the most money at the salon last year.

“I just really enjoyed partnering with Global Refuge and the personal investment that our owners have,” said Apodaca, who has been a stylist at the Ward Road Fantastic Sams for 15 years. “It’s something personal and close to me also. A lot of my clientele is retired and so I think it makes them feel good contributing to the cause.”

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April 12, 2018

Gone with the Wind

A beautiful and blustery day was had by all at the annual Arvada Kite Festival on April 8, at Stenger Sports Complex, West 58th Avenue and Quail Street.

The festival included professional kite flying exhibits and visit vendor booths selling goods, services and foods.

Photos by Kevin Smith

Art Bistline of Arvada controls his large kite during the annual Arvada Kite Festival on Sunday, April 8, at Stenger Soccer Complex. Bistline has been flying kites for about 30 years after seeing a large group of people flying kites along a beach in New Mexico. He thought the kite fliers would all be children, but he was surprised to find all ages. “The oldest kid was 70,” he said. Bistline’s kite on Sunday measured 19 feet across and nine feet tall. He said any larger and he would have to follow FAA rules. The large kite catches a lot of wind, so he navigates it with a 500-pound line. “This will pick me up,” Bistline said.

Festival goers on Sunday had plenty of wind, though it was gustier early on. “It got wild this morning,” Bistline said.

Darrell and his daughter, Sophie, 11, Brogdon of Arvada put together a kite at the annual festival.

Gary Jones of Lakewood helps his granddaughter Ansley, 11, of Littleton launch her kite during the Arvada Kite Festival.

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Arvada Chamber honors community changers Eight awards were given April 4

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arvada High School student Alyssa Martinez, center, accepts the Rising Star Award from Kami Welch and Michael McCarron with the Arvada Chamber of Commerce April 4.

PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER

Eight great community members were honored April 4 at the Arvada Chamber of Commerce’s 67th annual Arvada Luncheon.

Image Awards, which are given to outstanding individuals who go above and beyond to portray a positive, kind and community-minded image in Arvada, were awarded to Arvada High School Principal Gina Rivas and the Rev. John Anderson, of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Arvada.

“Arvada High School has a sense of belonging I don’t think it had before,” Jefferson County Board of Education member Brad Rupert said. “Gina has invited the community in and she has made a real effort to connect students with what their future could be. I think she has given her students a sense of confidence.”

Among the changed Rivas has made as principal of Arvada High was to hire a liaison who created a resource center for students to get extra support such as food during the day, clothing and school supplies. There has also been a focus put on hand on instruction and the creation of a constructions trades program and a culinary arts program.

“I am honored to be amongst all of these wonderful people,” Rivas said.

“I love this community and I love the students. We are really are trying to make a difference for the kids.”

Anderson’s award sparked from his recognition of a need for more community interaction and a desire to connect neighbors near the church and Peck Elementary School.

“In five years I would love to see neighborhood associations, congregations and schools all working together in partnership,” Anderson said. “Our hope is to reconnect neighbors and reconnect neighborhoods to schools.”

Arvada Young Professional Leadership Awards were also given at the luncheon to Katie Groke Ellis, marketing, community outreach and communications director of the Apex Park

Rebel Rodriguez and Michael McCarron present Anita Marcussen with the 2017 Woman of the Year award. and Recreation District, and James Johnson, financial representative at Country Financial. The AYP Leadership Awards recognize up and coming professionals on their innovation, entrepreneurship, professional accomplishment and community leadership.

Another celebrated up-and-comer was Arvada High School student Alyssa Martinez, who was awarded the Rising Star Award along with a $500 scholarship from the Arvada Chamber.

“Alyssa has been described as exemplifying high morals and being a positive example for students,” Kami Welch, president of the Arvada Chamber said at the event. “One word that describes Alyssa would be integrity.

She is the poster child for doing the right thing even when no one is watching.”

Next year, Martinez will be attending Colorado State University in Fort Collins and studying biomedical sciences.

The big awards of the afternoon went to John Beattie and Anita Marcussen, this year’s Man and Woman of the Year.

Both were recognized for the many hours they put into volunteering in the community — Beattie with the local food bank and boy scouts; and Marcussen with the Arvada Historical Society and local schools.

“There’s more deserving people out there,” Beattie said, after accepting his award. “I enjoy doing the volunteer work. The way I look at it is it’s something we all need to do. Something to make our community better and our country better.”

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Arvada High School Principal Gina Rivas thanks the many teachers and students at Arvada High after receiving an Image Award from the Arvada Chamber of Commerce.

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MALARIA FROM PAGE 4

Pavlich is holding another fundraiser in conjunction with Global Goods and Coffee and Global Thrift. The goal this year is to raise $8,000 between all three locations by World Malaria Day on April 25.

“I like that Global Refuge is right next door and yet it has a global reach, impacting the world” Pavlich said.

“And the thrift shop less than five minute from the salon. It’s a local business supporting a local charity that is having an international reach — not just changing peoples lives, it is saving lives.”

Right now it is the dry season in Africa.

But as the rainy season approaches, the goal is to be as prepared as possible.

“Rebecca just gets it so clearly because of her son going through that experience,” Josten said. “People don’t

Workers unload insecticide-treated bednets as they set up an outreach clinic in the Rhino Refugee Camp in northern Uganda. The clinic was sponsored by Global Refuge International, which is based in Arvada.

PAUL JEFFREY need to die from malaria. It doesn’t have to be this grand thing. Get a haircut, save a life. Buy coffee, save a life.

Adding that donation can really make a significant difference in the life of somebody.”

A Kakwa women who was treated for malaria after fleeing to Uganda.

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April 12, 2018A

Jeffco schools looks at capital improvement program The program includes $647 million in repairs and replacements

PROPOSED 2018 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Efficiency and modernization $242 million

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A proposed program of repairs and replacements to Jefferson County Public Schools’ 167 campuses is estimated to cost $647 million and take five to six years to implement.

“We have fallen so far short on the basics of adequacy and equity,” said Jefferson County Board of Education member Amanda Stevens after hearing a staff presentation of the program April 5. “We are looking at two enormous funding challenges — a 30-year statewide crisis and a 15 year Jeffco crisis. I’m a little intimidated by that.”

The program, presented to the board at the April 5 meeting, was not a specific list, but more of a general overview which highlighted six areas of concerns: efficiency and modernization, parity among facilities, programmatic needs, growth areas, replacement and specialties.

Efficiency and modernization, which is proposed to take up the largest sum of funds, would include reviews of all sites and focus on improvements to roofing, furnishings, food service equipment, mechanical

Parity among facilities $118 million Programmatic needs $46 million Growth areas $55 million Replacements $96 million Specialties $25 million Charters $65 million GRAPHIC COURTESY JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

and electrical systems, paving and playgrounds.

One specific recommendation from Tim Reed, executive director of facilities and construction for Jeffco schools, was to replace all lighting within schools to LED, expected to cut ongoing maintenance and operation costs by 20 percent.

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pense. This would largely focus on the district’s pre-1980 high schools.

About half of Jeffco’s high schools were built before 1980 including Alameda, Arvada, Green Mountain, Lakewood, Pomona and Wheat Ridge.

Students, staff at parents from the Alameda community spoke at the board meeting April 5 about facility inequality at their school.

Student Ruben Rodriguez spoke

about his love for performing arts but that the bad shape of the school’s auditorium prevents students like him from taking that love to the next level.

He urged the board to take a look at things like bathrooms with no stalls, teachers sharing classrooms and classrooms with no windows.

“Alameda is more than a school for most student,” Rodriguez said. “It’s a safe haven — it’s my second home.”

Erin Murphy, a social studies teacher at Alameda, laid out specific examples of fixes that need to be made at the school including a bat population, inconsistency in temperatures of classrooms, and a hole that lets it snow in the hallway.

“Optics: they matter,” Murphy said.

“When our kids go to another school, they come back and ask why are those schools so nice? At that point this becomes a question of social justice.”

Programmatic needs addressed in the program would include building additions that support the K-5, 6-8 grade configuration, address capacity issues at middle schools, support new programs and would allow the removal of 170 modular buildings.

Program updates to safety and security include securing building perimeters, building entry control and increased sit monitoring, fire sprinkler systems and increased video surveillance.

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Warren Tech students participate in challenge at NASA Johnson Space Center The four-person team tested an autonomous, orbital insertion device in a simulated microgravity environment The team from Warren Tech poses with their project, teacher and NASA representatives in front of a mockup of the space shuttle cockpit.

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Warren Tech students traveled to NASA’s Johnson Space Center last month to put their skills to the test on real space problems, alongside real NASA scientists and engineers.

Students nationwide submitted proposals to design orbital insertion devices and test them at Johnson Space Center’s unique astronaut training facilities. The Warren Tech team was chosen to test its satellite launching experimental device onto a precision air bearing floor “microgravity environment,” which is used by NASA for astronaut training and engineering testing.

The challenge involved designing solutions to technical problems, or improvements to existing solutions, identified by NASA scientists and engineers who use simulated microgravity environments in their work.

“This was the most rich and difficult problem for them to solve,” said Liz Hudd, science instructional specialist

STEM student Zoe Maxwell and computer science student Javan Sandt work together to put the final touches on the group’s project at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

COURTESY PHOTOS at Warren Tech, who facilitated the team project.

All teams were assigned a NASA engineer or scientist to guide them through the engineering design process before arriving.

The team representing Warren Tech included four students, Javan Sandt, a junior studying computer science; Aidan McTague, a junior studying computer science; Zoe Maxwell, a senior studying STEM; and Mitchell Bowen, a senior studying graphic design. Each student had a different role

on the team — everything from writing code and machining, to engineering, to designing a mission badge.

“The test was OK,” said Maxwell, who acted as the team leader. “We were one of two fully autonomous teams that week.”

One of the main objectives of the project was for the launcher to hit a specified target. The Warren Tech team failed to do that.

“We got pretty close, but the 3D printed part had a lot of friction,” Maxwell explained.

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Although the team did not hit the target, Hudd said she believes they succeeded at the bigger goal.

“The goal was to understand the engineering problem. And they went through it and it was problem after problem, and I think it was life changing for them just to be down there and be part of it,” Hudd said.

For McTague, who has always had an interest in space exploration, this experience at NASA has fueled his desire to pursue aeronautics and aerospace engineering full time.

Maxwell is also looking into ways to intern at NASA and expand her knowledge in that specified field.

“We need to get more kids involved in projects like this because you cannot duplicate this unless you are actually doing it,” Hudd said. “We have a lot of bright kids and NASA is looking for the best and the brightest.”

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VOICES Do what we can in the time we have left

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ver the past weekend, I attended a wedding in Austin, Texas, a lovely affair ALCHEMY on the back lawn of the Four Seasons Hotel, overlooking Lady Bird Lake. It was a bittersweet return to Austin for me. Between the rehearsal dinner and the wedding festivities, there wasn’t much time to Andrea Doray explore the city, but we had visited Austin a couple of years ago to celebrate my birthday.

On that trip, we golfed, kayaked the lake, and sought out good food and live music. We also visited a childhood friend of mine who lived in the area.

Bill (or Billy, as I will always call him) was in the hospital after hip surgery and we went to see him for a couple of hours.

The surgery hadn’t gone as planned, and Billy had been in the hospital a while, yet he was his usual jovial self, full of humor and as familiar to me as all the years we spent together in grade school, junior high, high school and college. Billy would describe us as soul mates, not the romantic kind, but the kind that kept two souls connected through trials, tribulations, and triumphs across the miles, across the

years, across the decades.

Because even though we had been in touch via phone calls, texts and emails, and, increasingly, through Facebook, it had been more than 15 years since we had seen one another.

I enjoyed spending time with Billy as much as I ever had, telling jokes, talking politics (this was in 2016), and, mostly, reminiscing about our school years together.

And I’m so glad we didn’t pass up this opportunity, because in early January this year, suddenly, inexplicably, shockingly, Billy died. I was here and he was there and from what I’ve learned, he became ill during the flu outbreak, was rushed from his home to the hospital, where he suffered two cardiac arrests

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Praise for ad Arvada — In The Beginning on page 35 of last week’s edition was well written and the true history of Arvada.

Arvada citizens need to be aware of the city attorney and civic leaders proposing to change the rules to meet their own desires for our city of Arvada.

The citizens of Arvada need to contact the mayor and city council in regards to all the destruction of our beautiful city views for tax incentives.

Beth Ratcliffe, Arvada History of the city is welcome Thank you for such a good history of Arvada.

It is sad that the City Council of today does not have the same high values that Wadsworth & Ralston did in keeping the integrity of Arvada for all of us that live here.

Thank you Nancy Ford for voting against this plan.

The six city councilmembers were shrewd when they vetoed the first draft for the apartment building because it then looked like they really did care about what was built. However, they really didn’t as they knew if they suggested such minute changes they would then approve it. Those few changes really won’t make any difference in keeping our view from Grandview Ave. They also didn’t care about just “giving” the land away for $30 either. This was not in the best interest of Arvada.

Mary Hamilton, Arvada Expect trouble from teachers We hear that Oklahoma’s teachers are on strike because, the average salary of $45,276 requires second jobs to keep off food stamps.

We know many folks who work twice as hard and would be pleased with such pay, and the accompa-

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nying benefits.

These remarks, originating with unions, are certainly aimed at Colorado’s situation, and they neglect to mention PERA (Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association) which is unbelievably out-of-sight, with taxpayers picking up most of the tab.

Jeffco residents can expect such teachers’ union demands, threats of strikes, mill levy overrides and bonds on the ballot.

Taxpayers hope their high-priced superintendent will discipline employees who choose the collective over professionalism.

Tom Graham, Arvada

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I might need more crud in my life to spark creativity

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So thankful for STEM story Thank you for Christy Steadman’s excellent article about girls (and women) in STEM courses and careers in last week’s issue.

The American Association of University Women’s (AAUW) 2010 research project was cited and I’d like to provide some additional information from its 2015 study, “Solving the Equation.” That updated research found four main factors that still address underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering and math.

1. Combating stereotypes – and these are culturally based. Implicit as well as explicit biases inform boys and girls.

2. Emphasizing social relevance – incorporating communal aspects are needed to increase appeal for community oriented people 3. Cultivating a sense of “being a scientist” 4. Changing the environment – women have fewer resources for balancing work and non-work 5. As stated in the article, the number of women in STEM has remained low from 1960-2013.

As Coloradans we can be proud that our schools (starting at the elementary level) provide oppor-

y wife and I went to see “I Can Only Imagine” over Spring Break. I enjoyed it very much, for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the discovery of J. Michael Finley, who played Bart Millard, the lead singer of the Contemporary Christian Band “Mercy Me.” Finley is a good actor, but he is a remarkable singer — makes sense, since most of his credits prior to this movie are in musical theater.

HITTING At any rate, one of the interesting little nuggets that I walked HOME away from this movie thinking about is the idea of where does art come from. In the movie, Millard and the band struggle to find their “sound,” that unique message that sets them apart from the crowd.

What Millard eventually had to do was confront all the pain in his past, and use it to motivate his writing. The end result was the triple-platinum crossover smash Michael Alcorn hit “I Can Only Imagine.”

The question that stuck with me after that was, as you might imagine (no pun intended), does art only grow out of pain? Did Vincent van Gogh have to cut off his ear? Because that wasn’t, to the best of our knowledge, necessary for Michelangelo. Was the brilliance of Beethoven only an extension of his tortured soul, made the worse as he started to lose his hearing? Because that wasn’t, apparently, the story of Bach.

Or the Bee Gees.

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… and then he was gone.

I don’t think much about my own mortality, although events like Billy’s death do remind me that our time together on this planet is finite. And when most of us suffer a heartbreaking loss such as this, we tend to take stock of the time we do have left to us.

But then, as I suspect many of us do, I usually let that perspective of gratitude coupled with urgency slip away.

Losing Billy so unexpectedly left me fervently grateful that we had planned our trip to include visiting my lifelong friend, and it renewed my commitment to enrich my life, and the lives of others, now, every day.

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Putting every kid on the path to a good-paying job

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very hard-working Coloradans deserve a chance to find a good-paying job. Many young people in our state — including soon-to-be high school grads — are hungry for an opportunity to work hard, earn a good living and build a secure future for themselves and their family. For many kids, a fourGUEST year college degree is the right path. But COLUMN kids should be able to access opportunities to find a good career.

That is why I am pushing to expand vocational technical training programs.

With apprenticeships and vocational Jessie Danielson education, we can put all students on the path to a goodpaying job, even if they aren’t going to college. That’s why I am sponsoring HB18-1341; the Apprenticeship and Vocational Technical Training bill.

By expanding access to apprenticeship and vocational technical training opportunities, we are helping connect Coloradans to great careers while growing a workforce that helps Colorado better compete in the global economy.

Right now it is hard for students, career counselors and job hunters to find these opportunities. HB-1341 fixes that by creating a Colorado state apprenticeship resource directory.

As we work to support more STEM programs in public schools, we can do more by helping connect a future employee to a good-paying industry

LETTERS FROM PAGE 10

tunities for girls to pursue STEM courses and careers and there are so many community outreach programs; Girls in STEM, Girls and Science at DMNS, Girl Scouts Engineering Day, and various summer camps and workshops.

Exposure, stimulating interest and encouraging activities build confi-

that gives them real-world, on-the-job training experience.

Not everyone wants to or can go to college. It may not be right for them.

It may be hard for a student and their family to take on student loan debt, and then graduate into an uncertain future.

On the other hand, many apprenticeships allow students to “earn while you learn,” often paying enrollees while they are in the program, then assisting in job placement in industries where workers are much-needed and can start out earning $60,000+ per year with benefits.

When looking into attending a community college, four year-college, or university, there are lots of publications that serve as guides to help choose the best program and the right fit. We need that kind of resource to help those young Coloradans who want to get into a stable, good-paying career through an apprenticeship program. I am working hard to put every Colorado kid on the path to a good-paying job, whether or not they are going to college.

It’s vital to Colorado’s economic competitiveness that we support apprenticeships and vocational technical training. It’s one commonsense way we can help Colorado families build secure futures for themselves and their kids.

Jessie Danielson represents State House District 24 in Jefferson County, and serves as Speaker Pro Tempore of the state House of Representatives. Rep. Danielson’s legislative office phone is 303- 866-5522. Her website is .jessiedanielson.com.

dence particularly in girls.

The AAUW has been advocating gender equity for women and girls since 1881.

Thank you again for this article.

As Barb Goodman said at the conclusion of the article, “More women are needed to bring new and different perspectives to solve future challenges.

Diversity makes us richer.”

Jill Smith, Highlands Ranch President, AAUW Littleton-South Metro Branch

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Ilene Marie Sedlmayr, (Plattner) Born in 1942 – Died March, 29, 2018

Sedlmayr, Ilene Marie (Plattner) Predeceased by her father, Wally and mother, Harriet. Born in Craig, Colorado in 1942. Died in Arvada, Colorado March 29, 2018. Arvada resident since 1953. Graduated from Arvada High School in 1960.

Descendant of Pioneer Colorado Family that includes Plattner Implement company of Denver and Fort Collins. Great Grandfather Nicholas Plattner was a trustee of the Arvada Presbyterian Church when incorporated in 1908. Uncle Sam Plattner was a member of Arvada’s First Volunteer Fire Department.

Our precious Ilene suffered for many years due to the long lasting effects of Lupus, diabetes, pancreatitis, and heart failure. Ilene was the strongest, bravest, most courageous person anyone has ever met. She never gave up no matter how sick she was. Her children, and especially her granddaughter, meant more to her than anything else in the world and no illness was going to keep her from them. She fought until the very end. She was loved just as voraciously as she fought to live and will forever be deeply missed.

Ilene remained true to her Arvada roots to the end. She was displeased with the “Carpetbagger” mentality exhibited by our city leaders

involving the land “deals” with developers and the absence of respect for the architecture when considering new buildings around existing historical structures and the overall ambiance of “old town.”

Ilene was firmly against new construction in and around the cavernous Leyden Coal Mine and especially the old Dow Chemical Rocky Flats area. She also felt Arvada used other community to bully our 150 year old sister city of Golden into unwanted concessions that could adversely affect Golden’s own old town historical image.

Ilene is Survived by her husband, Fred, son, Jayc of New Orleans, daughter, Summer Henriksen (Peter), beloved granddaughter Bastienne “Basie,” all of Arvada, stepson Tom (Sandy), stepgrandchildren Mitchell, Kaitlyn, and Carrigan, all of Parker. “True beauty is born through our actions and aspirations and in the kindness we offer to others.”- Alek Wek In lieu of flowers please make donations to either a local animal rescue, ASPCA, or St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Private family services will be held at a later date. “The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies.” - Kate McGahan

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ALCORN FROM PAGE 10

Do dancers need pain to express music through movement? Because, I gotta say, they sort of do it to themselves when they put on pointe shoes.

And what of actors and comedians?

We all know the pain that fueled Robin Williams, but nobody has ever said that Denzel Washington or Merryl Streep are drinking from any great wells of suffering. Then there was that one time that Ben Affleck made about seven movies in one year … thus inflicting pain on all of us.

It is an interesting puzzle to ponder.

Surely, deep pain, if tapped in to in a constructive fashion, and coupled with a degree of craftsmanship, gives a person the opportunity to access facets of the human experience that are unique and, possibly, extraordinary.

But deep pain also gives rise to a

variety of terrible, unhealthy behaviors. So then, does art necessarily straddle the line between expression and madness?

I toy with thoughts like this because I aspire to sell novels, and, frankly, most of the pain in my life is of the hit-the-thumb-with-the-hammer sort. And, while that is endlessly amusing to my wife and children, I find it translates poorly to the printed word.

Writing columns is a relatively smaller thing — 650 or so words on whatever is going on in the world. See something ridiculous? Hear a story about bad government? Millennials do something worth mocking? Whip out a column. Every once in a while, perhaps, I turn a decent phrase, but it’s hard to capture deep artistry in that format. And the people that do — George Will, Peggy Noonan, Mitch Albom — are notoriously not madmen and lunatics.

This, of course, would be about

the perfect time to insert jokes about spending 27 years teaching music in the schools. Sadly, that sort of pain has a bit of a limiting effect on ones’ ability to express through music, deafness being a bit of a challenge, so … But, then again, not for Beethoven.

So, what I’m left with is nothing but questions and contradictions — welcome to my life. If it takes Bart Millard being willing to write his own pain into music for his band to explode on the scene, then what does it take for an author to break through? Or is there another route?

But, in the meantime, I guess we’re left with this, my weekly column … in which I simply inflict pain on all three of you still reading.

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.

DORAY FROM PAGE 10

While we’re saving for that trip abroad someday, how about visiting a nephew in college this year? How about putting family reunions, high school reunions, and roommate reunions on the calendar … in ink?

If travel is not in the budget right now, pick up a pen (or a smart phone) and write a newsy, heartfelt letter.

Touch someone with a thoughtful text.

Make time for a phone call to really connect with someone important.

Losing Billy was a wake-up call that people we care about can be gone without warning. I want to fill the time I have left with the types of memories I am so grateful Billy gave to me.

Andrea Doray is a writer who will join friends and classmates to honor Billy at a memorial in their hometown later this summer. Contact Andrea at a.doray@andreadoray.com.

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“We need to flesh it out and determine what the improvements would be at every school. Under this scenario every school gets touched. Even some of our new schools have insufficiencies.”

FROM PAGE 8

Updates in technology would include district-wide one-to-one devices, increased bandwidth, state of the art hardware and increased system security.

During the board of education discussion, Reed emphasized that the program presented was an outline.

“We need to flesh it out and determine what the improvements would be at every school,” Reed said.

“Under this scenario every school gets touched. Even some of our new -schools still have insufficiencies.”

Funding the improvements One of the biggest questions the board of education has to ask now is how these improvements are going to be funded. The conversation turned again to asking the voters.

In 2016 Jeffco schools asked voters to approve $33 million mill levy override

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and $535 million bond package, which was rejected.

“One of the things I think about is was the size of the ask part of the problem two years ago? And if it was should we pay attention to that,” said board member Brad Rupert.

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presented by staff, the board is now at a “critical stage” of needing to understand what the community wants.

“I don’t know what their priority is as tax payers,” Stevens said. “I think a major next step is to hone the program, the package and listen to our community and be responsive to the people that these schools belong to.”

Superintendent Dr. Jason Glass told the board that the next step is to start providing details on the program and engaging the community in what their schools would look like on the other side of this program.

“We have a bunch of steps, but based on the conversation tonight, it is something Jeffco needs,” Glass said. “And because it was not addressed in 2016, the needs are larger.”

Glass intends the proposed capitol improvement program to be center of his community engagement discussions for the remainder of the school year, through summer break and into August.

To be on this fall’s ballot, the board wound need to make a decision no later than the end of August.

the 2016 ask and the program being presented now is that there is a heavy emphasis on differed maintenance.

“We didn’t do that in 2016 and that was maybe a mistake,” Reed said. “Every school is touched with this. That is the big difference.”

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ne of the best things about the annual Record Store Day event, where local record stores all over the metro area open their doors to an intense rush of passionate music fans, is meeting people who share a passion for music.

“Record Store Day really feels like a community event,” said Chelsea Bashford, one of the employees at Arvada’s Black and Read book and music store. “You get a chance to meet other people who live in the area and love music just as much as you do.”

Record Store Day falls on Saturday, April 21, and as has become the trend in the nine years since the first day, this year will be bigger and busier than any that have come before.

“Record Store Day is by far our biggest day of the year,” said Paul Epstein, owner of Twist and Shout Records in Denver. “Every year Record Store Day becomes the biggest day in our history. We try to make it a fun event for everyone who comes in on the day.”

On Record Store Day, special vinyl, tape, CD releases and various promotional products are made available exclusively for the day.

These items include rare releases, never-before-heard songs and albums, and uniquely colored vinyl — in other words, a music collector’s dream.

“There are items every year that sell out super quickly, either because the musician has a lot of fans, or because the piece is really rare,” said Aaron Bogue, media buyer at Angelo’s CDs and More, which has locations on Broadway, East Colfax and in Aurora. “Those first 30 to 40 minutes are my favorite part, because you get to watch people go after a physical thing that means a lot to them.”

The annual day was created as a way to celebrate the world of record stores — not only owners, their employees and the musicians, but also customers who keep these local businesses alive at a time where so much of music is consumed via the internet.

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Paul Epstein, owner of Twist and Shout Records, high-fives the first customers into his store on Record Store Day. The annual event is an opportunity for vinyl fans to honor their favorite stores, and for store owners to thank their customers.

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LOCAL SHOPS PARTICIPATING IN RECORD STORE DAY

Albums on the Hill 1128 13th St. Boulder 303-447-0159 www.albumsonthehill. com Angelo’s CDs and More 16711 E. Iliff Ave. Aurora 303-337-1399 937 E. Colfax Ave. Denver 303-863-8668 1959 S. Broadway Denver 303-798-6378 www.angeloscds.com Bart’s Record Shop 1625 Folsom St.

Boulder 303-444-1760 www.bartsrecordshop. com Black and Read 7821 Wadsworth Blvd.

Arvada 303-467-3236 www.facebook.com/ blackandreadcolorado Bogey’s West Music 311 3rd St. Castle Rock 303-688-6765 www.bogeyswest.com Chain Reaction Records 8793 W. Colfax Ave. Lakewood 303-237-4445

the community and economy and provide a place for people with a shared interest to gather. In a celebration of brick-and-mortar business, many go all out for the day — Twist and Shout offers coffee and food for those who first ar-

www.facebook.com/ chainreaction303 Recycled Records LP 1067 S. Hover St., Unit C Longmont 720-291-7000 www.recycledrecordslp. com Twist and Shout 2508 E. Colfax Ave. Denver 303-593-2540 www.twistandshout.com Wax Trax Records 638 E. 13th Ave. Denver 303-831-7246 www.waxtraxrecords.com

rive, Black and Read will have local bands performing throughout the day, and Angelo’s will have special free items available to shoppers.

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t sounds like a cliché, but everyone has a story to tell. For most of us, that story is something we keep to ourselves, maybe because it’s too personal, too difficult to share, or something you think no one would be interested in.

There’s nothing wrong with keeping these stories to ourselves, but when someone decides to step forward and share their story, we should pay attention In my three days at COMING the 15th annual Vail ATTRACTIONS Film Festival, April 5-8, I met so many people who shared stories that were of vital importance and learned so much about subjects I would’ve never considered before.

In Kerry David’s documentary, “Bill Coors: The Will to Live” Clarke Reader I was shown a portrait of a man with a name every Colorado resident FOR FULL knows and discovered COVERAGE I didn’t know anything For full coverat all about him. And I age of the 15th was moved but what I annual Vail found.

Festival, visit In “Tribal Justice,” diwww.colorado- rector Anne Makepeace communityme- introduced me to the dia.com. powerful community of two Native American tribes in California, and the efforts of their judges to restore health and dignity to their people. And I was motivated by what I found.

In Molly McGlynn’s feature debut, “Mary Goes Round,” the writer/director and lead actress Aya Cash painted a vivid portrait of addiction, forgiveness, and the many surprising roads to empathy. And I was inspired by what I found.

That’s the power of sharing your story.

The festival has grown by leaps and bounds since it was first started by brothers Sean and Scott Cross, but its dedication to sharing stories that people otherwise wouldn’t be exposed to has never faltered.

“Independent films are labors of love, and getting audiences and filmmakers together is such a rare experience — one we wanted to provide,” Sean explained.

“It takes such a long time to make a film, and we wanted to do everything we could to support independent filmmakers.”

That commitment to the independent voices is evident throughout the weekend. Some of the most packed events are the ones where short films were being screened. At a screening on April 7, viewers were standing against the wall and sitting the aisles to see films like “The Invaders,” where theater actor Isra SEE READER, P22

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Jefferson County

Good News Breakfast

Jeffco at Work: Providing Pathways for a Changing World

The 28th Annual Good News Breakfast Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 6:59 a.m. - 8:29 a.m.

Jefferson County Fairgrounds 15200 West 6th Ave., Golden, Colorado

Our mission: The Good News Coalition brings Jefferson

County citizens together to celebrate the positive happenings and spiritual values that link our diverse communities.

2018 Good News Breakfast Program Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jill McGranahan, Chair, Good News Coalition Invocation . . . . . . . . . . .Fr. Chris Renner, Spirit of Christ Catholic Community Honor Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wheat Ridge Police Department Pledge of Allegiance . . . . . . . . . . . . US Army Captain Michael Schrekengost Speaker Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neal Browne, Master of Ceremonies Keynote Speaker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Koebrich, former anchor, 9NEWS Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sounds of Bear Creek, Bear Creek HS Duncan Cooper, Director 2018 Honorees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neal Browne, Master of Ceremonies 2018 Hall of Fame Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . Joachim Schaaf, Warren Tech Benediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pastor Reuben Rodriguez, Mountain Christian Church

Thanks to: • Applewood Kiwanis for helping with parking • Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Golden for traffic control • The Jefferson County Fairgrounds management staff • Jefferson County Education Association for use of its meeting room • Good News Steering Committee members

Feel free to take or share the centerpieces.

Special thanks to Jefferson County Commissioners: District 1: Libby Szabo; District 2: Casey Tighe District 3: Tina Francone Get your tickets while they last! See page 2 for details.

2018 Sponsors AAUW Lakewood Bandimere Speedway City of Arvada City of Lakewood Collaborative Growth Community First Foundation Developmental Disabilities Resource Center-DDRC Jefferson County Education Association Jefferson Center for Mental Health Jefferson County Community & Workforce Development Division

Jefferson County Human Services Jefferson County Library Foundation Office Evolution Lakewood Belmar Red Rocks Community College Seniors’ Resource Center Sooper Credit Union St. Anthony Hospital Support JeffCo Kids Westerra Credit Union Wheat Ridge Police Department

2018 Steering Committee Ryan Adler City of Arvada Tracie Apel Jeffco Public Schools Jolene Bracy Jefferson County Human Services Neal Browne Media 3 Felix Cook Community First Foundation Tawney Eisenbraun The Action Center Roubhie Fairchild Duncan YMCA John Ford Jefferson County Education Assn Nancy Hiester Seniors’ Resource Center Anne Jefferies The Action Center/LDS Church Tami Mawhir Family Tree Jill McGranahan (Chair) Arvada Police Department Tori Merritts Community Volunteer

Gary Messick The Action Center Jeanne Oliver Jefferson Center for Mental Health Kay Pride Community Volunteer Susan Riach AAUW Dana Russell Westerra Credit Union Pam Russell Jeffco District Attorney’s Office Marilyn Saltzman Community Volunteer Jo Schantz Jeffco Library Foundation Elizabeth Shinn Community Volunteer Mark Smiley Glendale Cherry Creek Chronicle Sara Spaulding City of Wheat Ridge Rev. Jack Van Ens Creative Growth Ministries Rebecca Winning Jefferson County Public Library

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2018 Good News Breakfast Honorees Our 2018 theme, “Jeffco at Work: Providing Pathways for a Changing World,” honors individuals and organizations that support, encourage and prepare members of our community for the 21st century workforce.

Deputy David Bruening, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Dave Bruening is the school resource officer at Dakota Ridge High School and goes above and beyond the call of duty to help students at the school. Last June, he volunteered to develop a weeklong Youth Academy, which includes formal classroom courses as well as interactive experiences with the SWAT team and K9s. Twenty-five students participated in the first class. Bruening is active in the school’s legal systems class and offered a private tour of the Sheriff’s Office as job skills training. This year, he is introducing a new course, Youth Educational Safety in Schools, geared to elementary, middle and high school students.

Community and Family Connections Team, Jeffco Schools ix dedicated individuals – Rebecca Dunn, Laura Monreal, Beatriz Monsalve, Oscar Fonseca, Naomi Xayavongsa and Amy McDaniel – are the members of this hard-working team that oversee services to many of the 3,000 students in Jeffco experiencing homelessness. The liaisons work with students and families in crisis, helping with everything from stabilizing school attendance to securing crucial community referrals. For youth without a consistent parental presence, the liaisons become cheerleaders, encouraging students not only to graduate but also to achieve their college and career dreams. The team works to break generational poverty cycles.

Friends of Staunton State Park Last August, the Friends of Staunton State Park held the inaugural Mark Madsen Accessibility Fundraiser, named in honor of a special visitor, a quadriplegic and avid hiker who had passed away. The fundraiser’s purpose was to raise money to purchase at least one Action Trackchair, a $13,000 tank-like wheelchair suitable for outdoor trails, and make it available at no charge to Staunton Park visitors. After greatly exceeding expectations, the group was able to purchase two Trackchairs for Staunton, the newest state park, and launch the first Park Accessibility program, making it easier for disabled individuals to enjoy the outdoors. Friends of Staunton Park hopes to expand this program to other state parks.

Athan Miller, Jack’s & Steamers Athan Miller, co-owner of Jack’s & Steamers in Arvada, employs 130

people. Seventy of the employees are people with disabilities who learn how to interact with restaurant and coffee shop customers.

Steamers Prep Kitchen, a commercial kitchen across the street from the restaurant, opened in early 2014 to provide employment and training in a safe environment. Miller teaches critical skills that help students find employment in the restaurant industry. She also offers internships to local high school students.

Jeffco Public Library, Girls in STEM Girls are widely underrepresented in the science, engineering and math fields, and this Golden Library program aims to rectify that problem. The program inspires middle school girls to pursue careers in the sciences by offering free, interactive STEM classes, just for girls, at Bell Middle School. The girls are connected to women pursuing university degrees in STEM areas so they can see future possibilities.

In addition, the Golden Library, in conjunction with the Colorado School of Mines, hosts an annual STEM Girls Competition for girls in grades 5 through 8. Girls develop innovative projects that address problems related to energy and development, health and nutrition, or the biomedical field.

Boys and Girls Club – Detective Dave Adams, Probation Officer Fred Peters, Director Shelly Kelley The Boys and Girls Club provides a safe afterschool program where students receive mentoring and support to be contributing citizens of the community, seek higher education and enter the workforce in skilled positions. Detective Dave Adams, Lakewood Police Department, and Probation Officer Fred Peters, Lakewood Municipal Probation Office, have collaborated with the club since it opened in 2010, partnering with Club Director Shelly Kelley. Each year, more than 450 students participate in activities that promote academic success, help develop character and leadership skills, and lead to healthy lifestyles.

Programs include homework help, cultural arts, STEM activities, physical fitness and leadership. The officers have brought an internet safety curriculum and other safety programs to the club including training staff on safety procedures.

Jefferson County Business & Workforce Center The Business & Workforce Center promotes economic vitality in our county by matching employees to businesses. The center offers numerous programs that assist our diverse community members in entering new careers, enhancing their education and training for

new work opportunities. In 2017, the center held more than 950 workshops attended by nearly 6,000 people. In addition, more than 2,200 job seekers attended 84 different hiring events. The center has inspired numerous community members to pursue contemporary, fresh and unique alternative career paths.

Joachim Schaaf For 28 years, Chef Joachim Schaaf has empowered Jeffco high school students to pursue careers in culinary arts. In addition, he teaches adults through Red Rocks Community College and the Rocky Mountain Chefs apprenticeship program. During his career, Schaaf has nurtured thousands of culinary students, helping them graduate with the skills needed for a satisfying and lucrative career. He hopes that in the future schools and the public will recognize the importance and need for career technical education. There are many different ways to achieve your dream and a college degree, not just the traditional way, he says.

Gold Crown Enrichment Gold Crown Enrichment provides instruction and mentoring for hundreds of kids, ages 10-18, through hands-on learning Since it opened 13 years ago, more than 6,000 youth have been involved in the enrichment program, which is an artist studio, inventor’s workshop, design house, hackerspace, music studio and computer game development lab. With the support of four full-time staff members and volunteer mentors, participants explore their talents, engage in peerto-peer learning and are inspired to prepare for their future.

Nominees Serve our Community The nominees for 2018 represent outstanding individuals and organizations who contribute their time and talents to making Jefferson County a welcoming community. In addition to those chosen as honorees, nominees are: • Book-A-Librarian, Jeffco Public Library • Jeffco Prosperity Partners • Jefferson County Open Space • Joyce McNabb • Mountain Resource Center • Teen Coding Camps, Jeffco Public Library • Training Grounds • Jim Urban, Urban Companies • Esther Valdez, Principal, Rose Stein International School

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Neal Browne - Emcee For more than 21 years, Neal Browne served as a reporter and anchor for 9NEWS, the NBC affiliate in Denver. In addition to general assignment, he covered politics, the Colorado Legislature and several national political conventions. He was nominated for several Emmys and was awarded two, both for reporting. He broke the story nationally of the exit of Gary Hart from the 1988 presidential race.

Browne formed his own company in 1999 called Media 3, Inc., dba: Neal Browne & Associates, and a subsidiary, TouchPoint Video, that help businesses and non-profit organizations tell their story more effectively, more memorably and more compellingly. Browne lives in south Jefferson County with his wife and is the stepfather of four adult children and three grandchildren.

Hall of Fame – Joachim Schaaf Chef Schaaf, one of our 2018 honorees, has also been named the 2018 Hall of Fame recipient, thanks to his longtime commitment to the Good News Breakfast. Year after year, Chef Schaaf and his students arrive at the Fairgrounds at the crack of dawn to provide the yummy breakfast we enjoy.

Schaaf is the chef instructor for Warren Tech, Jeffco Public Schools, and chef instructor for Rocky Mountain Chefs of Colorado Apprenticeship Program through Red Rocks Community College.

Schaaf was born in Gunzenhausen, Germany. His educational and career path included a two-year vocational education, very similar

to Warren Tech’s, and a three-year registered chef’s apprenticeship at a Michelin-starred, family-owned hotel and restaurant. He has a master’s degree in adult education as well as trade certifications.

Schaaf worked at fine dining establishments in Germany, England and the United States. Arriving in the United States in 1987, he also worked as a private chef before coming to Denver to pursue his longtime dream of becoming a culinary arts instructor.

Keynote Speaker – Mark Koebrich Mark Koebrich joined Channel 9 in September 1981 as the southern bureau reporter in Colorado Springs. He helped launch 9NEWS at 6 a.m., anchoring the early morning news for six years. He also anchored the noon, afternoon, evening and late news shows before retiring after 37 years at KUSA and 46 years in television news.

He held the position of 9NEWS consumer reporter for almost two decades.

In 1986, Koebrich was a finalist for NASA’s Journalist in Space project. In 1988, he worked for the Grant Tinker-Gannett program “USA TODAY - The Television Show” as a national correspondent. Koebrich hosted “Good Afternoon Colorado,” which launched a spinoff craft, hobby and collectibles program for the Discovery Channel program, “Start to Finish.”

Koebrich covered the Olympic Games in China, Salt Lake City and Atlanta for both NBC News and KUSA. He spent three weeks in the jungles of Guatemala following a group of Kentucky doctors and nurses, and covered the Denver Broncos at four Super Bowls. He has won a dozen Emmys for his work including awards for best spot news coverage, best anchor and best documentary.

Koebrich is a native of Illinois and graduated from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He received a degree in journalism with special emphasis in radio and television.

GNB Hall of Fame Good News Themes Recipients in the last in the last decade 2009: Seniors on the Move decade 2009: Peggy Hallahan, Jeanne Oliver, Marilyn Saltzman 2010: Tori Merritts, Sharon Morneau, Nancy Morgan 2011: Brenda Geist 2012: Neal Browne 2013: Paul Rodriguez 2014: Dr. Cynthia Stevenson 2015: Applewood Kiwanis 2016: Sidnie O’Connell 2017: Mark Smiley 2018: Joachim Schaaf

2010: Literacy: Creating Lifelong Learning 2011: Growing Legacy of Good Works 2012: Jefferson County, A Home for Everyone…

Meeting the Basic Needs of Our Community 2013: Spiritual Values: Inspiring Stories that Enrich Our Communities 2014: Service Projects Strengthen Our Community 2015: Jefferson County – Here for Good 2016: Building and Protecting Our Community 2017: Jefferson County – A Community Welcoming all 2018: Jeffco at Work: Providing Pathways for a Changing World

2018 Honorary Board Mayor Marc Williams, Arvada Mayor Kris Teegardin, Edgewater Mayor Marjorie Sloan, Golden Mayor Dean Warner, Lakeside Mayor Adam Paul, Lakewood Mayor Sean Forey, Morrison Mayor Ken Rosenberg, Mountain View Mayor Herb Atchison, Westminster Mayor Bud Starker, Wheat Ridge

Libby Szabo, Jefferson County Commissioner Tina Francone, Jefferson County Commissioner Casey Tighe, Jefferson County Commissioner Jeff Shrader, Jefferson County Sheriff

Dr. Jason Glass, Jeffco Public Schools Superintendent Ron Mitchell, President, Jeffco Public Schools Board Dr. Michele Haney, President, Red Rocks Community College Dr. Paul C. Johnson, President, Colorado School of Mines Tara Pena, President, Jefferson County Administrators Assn.

John Ford, President, Jefferson County Education Assn.

Ami Prichard, President, Jeffco PTA

The Action Center Pam Nissler, Executive Director, Jefferson County Public Library Dr. Harriet Hall, President/CEO, Jefferson Center for Mental Health Dr. Mark Johnson, Executive Director, Jeffco Public Health Mary Berg, Executive Director, Jeffco Department of Human Services Marla J. Williams, President/CEO, Community First Foundation Beverly Winters, Executive Director, Developmental Disabilities Resource Center Monica Roers, President/CEO, Seniors’ Resource Center Mary Lonergan, President, Jeffco League of Women Voters Scott Shields, CEO, Family Tree Liz Geislemann, Chair, Jeffco Economic Development

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Public health

champions recognized

Jefferson County Public Health awards community members who help all achieve the best health possible

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Ensuring the best health possible takes everyone, said Dr. Mark B. Johnson, Jefferson County Public Health’s (JCPH) executive director.

“We can’t do it by ourselves,” he said. “It takes all of us in

the community.”

To celebrate National Public Health Week, April 2-8, JCPH recognized the 2017 Public Health Champions of the Year on April 4.

The public health champions awards started more than 20 years ago to recognize

people in the community who help to everyone in the county achieve the best health possible, even though public health isn’t their primary profession.

Six public health champion awards were given out at the event, hosted by JCPH, the Jefferson County Board of Health and the county commissioners.

These champions are individuals, groups and organizations across many Jeffco communities and sectors, Johnson said.

“It takes all sectors working together.”

Dr. Mark B. Johnson, the executive director of Jefferson County Public Health, gives an introductory speech at the 2017 Public Health Champions of the Year ceremony on April 4. “It takes all sectors working together to truly make a difference,” he said. “It takes all of us in the community.”

PHOTOS BY CHRISTY STEADMAN

2017 Public Health Champions of the Year Health champ: Alicia Gross

Health champ: Michael Klazura, general manager of the Belmar Olive Garden in Lakewood

Recognized for: Implementing the Teen MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) at Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada.

Teen MOPS gives young mothers an opportunity to meet in a safe, positive environment and engage in discussions on topics important to them — with a goal to help young women raise healthy and thriving children.

Alicia Gross, the founder of Teen MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) at Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada, listens as organizers introduce her as a 2017 Public Health Champion at the awards ceremony on April 4.

Health champ: David Kollar, Jeffco Public Schools Recognized for: Being an integral partner in the development of Jefferson County Communities That Care (CTC), a structured, evidence-based community change process focused on preventing youth substance abuse, violence and depression.

Kollar is a long-time partner with Jefferson County Public Health, and as co-chair of the CTC Community Board, he represents the youth voice and helps engage students in the CTC process.

Recognized for: Going above and beyond to ensure the restaurant he manages receives regular food safety education, in English and Spanish, and that staff adheres to safe practices that protect the public’s health every day.

Klazura’s Olive Garden has partnered with Jefferson County Public Health’s food safety inspectors to provide to bi-annual food safety education to Olive Gardens throughout the entire county.

From left, Jefferson County Commissioner Libby Szabo; Michael Klazura, the general manager of the Belmar Olive Garden in Lakewood; and Dr. Mark B. Johnson, the executive director of Jefferson County Public Health, smile as Klazura is presented his public health champion award at the April 4 awards ceremony.

Health champ: Alexis Moore, city planner for the City of Lakewood Recognized for: Helping develop the 40 West Arts District and forming a partnership with Mountair Park Community Farm to help residents access healthy foods through food donation programs and free local food shares.

The 40 West Arts District is an area full of interactive art, murals and walking trails which improves the quality of life for residents in West Colfax and surrounding neighborhoods.

Health champ: Monica Buhlig, St. Anthony Hospital/Centura Health and Chuck Ault, Lutheran Medical Center/SCL Health Recognized for: Working with Jefferson County Public Health to develop a joint Community Health Needs Assessment for Jefferson County.

The partnership helped identify innovative ways to collaborate across public/private sectors, reduce duplication of efforts and build increased momentum and capacity to achieve shared success in community health improvement.

Miners Alley Children’s Theatre Health champ: Four Seasons Farmers and Artisans Market in Wheat Ridge Recognized for: Accepting SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program also known as food stamps, as well as the Double Up Food Bucks program.

By accepting SNAP, Four Seasons, owned by Dick and Margaret Barkey and managed by Rosalind May, created an inclusive communal space where SNAP participants can feel welcomed and valued, and are empowered to eat more healthy, local produce.

Rosalind May, left, the manager of the Four Seasons Farmers and Artisans Market in Wheat Ridge, accepts her public health champion award from Dr. Mark B. Johnson, the executive director of Jefferson County Public Health, right, and Jefferson County Commissioner Tina Francone, center.

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Numerous Colorado counties looking to CodeRED for emergency alerts Residents can sign up for emergency alerts to stay informed

HOW TO REGISTER To sign up for CodeRED alerts, go to one of the following websites: Adams County: https://public.coderedweb. com/CNE/en-US/EA22F5DE3F32

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Douglas County: https://public.coderedweb. com/CNE/en-US/84B13CCD6B41

When a gunman opened fire on Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office deputies in Highlands Ranch on New Year’s Eve, spurring a 90-minute standoff with authorities, many nearby residents received calls, texts or emails with details of the emergency and instructions for how to respond.

Residents were made aware of what was happening because they had signed up for notifications through the county’s emergency alert system, which in much of the Denver metro area and half of Colorado counties is run through a Florida-based company called CodeRED. Nationwide, CodeRED has about 10,000 clients. Within the Denver metro area, Weld, Jefferson, Douglas and Adams counties use CodeRED. Arapahoe County is in the process of switching to CodeRED. The company is also used by the state’s office of emergency management and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, said Troy Harper,

Jefferson County: https://public.coderedweb. com/CNE/en-US/655AC5D55998 general manager for CodeRED’s public sector operation.

How it works What exactly is CodeRED and how does it work?

“CodeRED has been around for 20 years,” Harper said. “Over the past 20 years we have perfected the process of providing services for government entities to engage or communicate with their citizens, their staff, partners and vendors.”

Through the system, residents can opt-in for emergency alerts.

They can choose to receive them by call, text, email or all of those options, for their home and work addresses.

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ther location if CodeRED operates in both places. The CodeRED app also allows users to opt into alerts sent to them based on their location if they travel.

Government agencies can use CodeRED to inform residents of many different types of emergencies, such as police activity, active shooters, bomb threats or wildfires. If authorities need people to evacuate, avoid an area or shelter in place, they can send those instructions through CodeRED. The time it takes for an alert to go out varies, officials said, but it averages between five and 10 minutes.

Douglas County Regional 9-1-1 Communications Manager Grace Reinis said the county’s emergency dispatch center receives directions from supervisors at the scene of an incident and then crafts the message it sends to citizens based on that information.

“Once we have what they want sent to the citizens, we open up the application and select the area we want hit,” she said.

Selecting how big an area to contact, also called geo-targeting, often takes the most time in issuing an alert, officials said.

Getting the word out Officials say getting people to sign up for CodeRED alerts remains a priority for them.

Just 11,000 people in the Arapahoe County E911 Emergency Communications Service Authority’s (ACE9-1-1) 300,000-person jurisdiction signed up for emergency alerts under the provider the county used before CodeRED, said Executive Director Bruce Romero.

“The level of response we have is not acceptable in my books,” he said.

ACE9-1-1, which serves Arapahoe County minus the City of Aurora, chose CodeRED as its provider for emergency alerts from among three companies selected through a bidding process. They began transitioning to the CodeRED system last month. Training should be completed this month, after which ACE9-1-1 can go live with the new system.

Romero didn’t push recruiting new users once they determined the 911 authority would switch providers, he said, but he’s planning a rebranding and advertising campaign once CodeRED goes live in their jurisdiction, in order to boost enrollment.

Jefferson County had more than 60,000 contacts registered with CodeRED as of March 23 and Douglas County had approximately 177,000 contacts as of December, although it underwent an audit of its database that month that determined more than 33,000 were non-working numbers.

Contacts do not refer to individual people or individual homes, but phone numbers registered with CodeRED. Jenny Fulton, a spokeswoman for the Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Office, said landline phone numbers for residencies and businesses are automatically put into their system, but that won’t reach everyone.

“Obviously, these days a lot of people don’t have landlines so we’re really encouraging people to sign up,” Fulton said. “As many ways as you can receive it, it’s beneficial.”

“It’s something that we have to push constantly,” Reinis said.

A growing industry Officials in metro-area counties said they are confident false alerts — like the erroneous report of a missile threat disseminated by Hawaii’s emergency management agency in January — are unlikely to happen in their jurisdictions, although nothing is impossible, they agreed.

CodeRED protocols essentially require their clients to triple check messages before they’re sent to the masses, Harper said. Personnel who issue alerts through the system need credentials to log in and must enter a passcode to actually send alerts.

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Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps” is good for a laugh

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f you’re in need of a good laugh, crosshairs of a mysterious group head on over to Miners Alley called “The 39 Steps.” What follows Playhouse at 1224 Washington is slapstick at its finest. The antics Ave., in Golden. This hilarious the four-person cast has the audience laughing from beginning to comedy, directed by the multifinal curtain (blackout). talented Josh Hartwell who has AROUND “The 39 Steps” plays assembled a terrific cast, comTOWN through April 29. For tickprised of Casey Andree (RichHarriet Ford ets and information, call the ard Hannay, Alaina Beth Reel ( box-office at 303-935-3044 or Annabella Schmidt/Margaret/ visit the website at minersalley.com.

Pamela), John Wittbrodt (Clown Run-time is two hours and includes One), and Sean Michael Cummings one intermission.

(Clown Two).

BDT Stage presents “Always…

The four actors play a plethora Patsy Cline” of different roles. It actually took ·BDT Stage (formerly known as me a few minutes to figure out that Boulder’s Dinner Theater), the eveReel was playing three very differning my daughter and I were there, ent female parts. The plot revolves the understudies took over for Noraround Richard Hannay who is bored rell Moore (Patsy Cline) and Alicia with his life. He meets a woman with K. Meyers (Louise Sager). Joanie a thick accent who claims to be a spy.

Brosseau- Rubald (Patsy Cline) and He takes her to his home where she Cindy Lawrence (Louise Sager). The is murdered. He finds himself in the

musical is based on a true story. It’s hard to imagine anyone else in these roles. Louise drags her boyfriend to the venue where her favorite singer of all time (Patsy Cline) is scheduled to perform. They arrive so early that Patsy and Louise actually meet and Patsy joins Louise and her friends for a drink. This is the beginning of a friendship that lasts until Patsy dies in a plane crash on Mar. 5, 1963, according to Producing Artistic Director Michael J. Duran.

Patsy asks Louise to conduct the musicians so they can keep the beat.

What results is absolutely hilarious.

Louise’s antics completely entertained the audience. The band features Neal Dunfee Piano/Conductor; Rick Schwolsky/Thom Wade, Pedal Steel Guitar; Jon Stubbs/Ryan Millard/ Parker Goubert, guitar; Carlton Bacon, Bass, and Nick Gnojek/Dillon

Kidd on drums.

Tunes in the production include: “Back In Baby’s Arms,” “Walkin’ After Midnight,” “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” “Sweet Dreams,” “She’s Got You,” “Just a Closer Walk,” and “How Great Thou Art.” Joanie Brosseau-Rubald is terrific in the role of Patsy Cline. Truth be told, I was delighted when I heard that Joanie and Cindy would be stepping into the starring roles. They are two of my favorite BDT Stage performers. “Always…Patsy Cline” plays through May 20 at BDT Stage at 5501 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. For tickets and information, please call 303-449-6000; 1-800-448-5501; or visit www.bdtstage.com. And remember … dinner theater is one of the best entertainment values anywhere.

Harriet Hunter Ford can be contacted at hhunterford@gmail.com

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Romero said he did check whether the Hawaii missile alert was issued through CodeRED before the 911 authority made its decision. Once he had that assurance other aspects of the company helped CodeRED stand out from competitors, including cost and what Romero called a user-friendly system.

Harper said CodeRED has placed

state with an amazing diversity of species ranging from cutthroat trout and kokanee to walleye and bluegill,” Doug Krieger, Colorado Parks and Wildlife aquatic section manager, said.

The agency also offers a free mobile fishing app to

a large emphasis on building its infrastructure, partnering with phone companies and data providers. He credits technological advancements for part of the company’s rise over the past decade.

Not all counties use CodeRED as their emergency alert provider.

Coloradans can go to their municipality, county and state websites for more information on signing up for emergency alerts.

“These are really important and very effective systems,” Harper said. “This is a long-term industry that has really gained a lot of traction over the years.”

For those ages 18-64, a Habitat Stamp is required with the first license purchase for the year. Those younger than 16 can fish for free, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife provides opportunities all season to learn to fish. Check the website for upcoming clinics.

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Elsalihie plays a young woman who is followed on her way home.

“I try to bring my personal experiences into my characters, and for her, I wanted to focus on a positive thing to go after, instead of simply reacting to fear,” Elsalihie explained.

“It’s really exciting being here for the world premiere, and to see the audiences’ reaction to the film for the first time.”

As Cross said, there’s an opportunity connect with filmmakers at the Vail Film Festival, an opportunity that most people don’t get to have, and the filmmakers are just as interesting, moving and funny as their creations.

Following the U.S. premiere of “Bill Coors: The Will to Live,” director and producer David, Coors biographer Margo Hamilton, and Coors’ oldest son Scott, shared stories about the making of the documentary, and the importance of giving a voice to those struggling with depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.

“We need to be a voice for children all over the county and world who are struggling with these issues,” Hamilton said. “We need to stop being repulsed and repelled by their behavior and help them.”

The film is structured around his famous 1981 speech to the American Academy of Achievement, where he gave some astounding advice to high school students concerning mental health and a focus on self-love instead of material gain.

These were hard-learned lessons for Coors, as David delves into a past full of tragedy, depression and ultimately healing. Many of Coors’ challenges were completely unknown to me, and his breakthroughs in the area of employee healthcare and recycling were also revelations.

In the film, and in the question and answer session, it was Scott’s personal stories about life with his father that was the most moving. He spoke about coming out to his father on a drive to Aspen for Thanksgiving, and the empathy and understanding his father gave him.

“I cry every time because I get to see him open up,” he said. “I still go see him every week and am so thankful to

have that time with him.”

The filmmaking team is working on getting their work shown in schools, and local districts like Jefferson County will hopefully be among the first to see this story about a local family working to improve the world.

The festival was capped with an award ceremony on April 7, and among the winners were “Surviving Home,” a documentary from Matthew and Jillian Moul, that followed four generations of veterans over an eightyear period as they try to get back to civilian life following their times in the service, and “Mary Goes Round.”

“Mary” was my favorite film of the festival, with knock-out performances from Sara Waisglass, Melanie Nicholls-King, and especially Cash, who gives Mary’s flaws, sense of humor and underlying understanding vital life. She can break your heart with a look, and this is expert, lived-in acting, and paired with McGlynn’s assured filmmaking, it’s a film that you seek out.

Cash received the festival’s Excellence in acting award, and at several question and answer sessions throughout the weekend displayed the insight and warm sense off humor

that make her so impossible to ignore when she’s on screen.

“Just like everyone, I wanted to make a living as an actor, and that’s very hard. I wanted to buy toothpaste and coffee, and not have to pick one or the other,” she said with a laugh. “But I would tell aspiring actors to redefine success. There’s a way to make a living as an artist without selling your soul.”

It was impossible for myself and audiences to meet and interact with these artists and filmmakers and not come away motivated to step up and look out how to share our own stories.

And because of that, there’s no way the festival was anything other than a success for everyone.

“After our screening, I had a woman come up to me who said she’d been sober for 30 years, and that we got that story right,” McGlynn said. “If you can connect with someone you don’t know, in a different country and state, that’s everything.”

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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make sure we have at least one copy of all the releases in all three of our stores,” Bogue said.

“It’s something people look forward to, and we want to do our best to ensure we have the releases.”

Some people line up hours before store openings, so if one is really interested in getting a particular release, arriving as early as possible is recommended. After 10 years, most record stores are experts at moving people through the process, but a little patience goes a long way.

“We try to spread stock out throughout the store so people aren’t all grouped in one place,” Bashford said. “There’s no holds or anything like that in advance, so it really is first come, first served.”

Despite some jostling when everyone is trying to get in, Epstein said that most people get what they’re in for. And even if not, there are so many quality releases that shoppers might discover something they didn’t even know they wanted.

“I got into this business because I’m a vinyl guy and a collector, so in that role, there are always some releases I’d like to get my hands on,” he said. “As a member of this community, Record Store Day is special because people go out of their way to support you and thank you for being around.”

TIPS FOR FIRST-TIME RECORD STORE DAY SHOPPERS

• Call the record store in advance to see what their hours are — many stores will be opening earlier than normal for the day.

• Visit www.recordstoreday.com/ SpecialReleases to find a full list of releases for the day. The list includes information about quantities pressed, which can help narrow down which items you want most.

• Bring cash, just in case credit card machines are down.

• Be friendly with the others in line.

Sometimes, a fellow shopper can keep an eye out for a release you really want. Two pairs of eyes are better than one.

• Try several record stores — stock and quantity vary, and if you missed an item at one store, it might be at another.

• Have fun — everyone is there because they love music.

April 12, 2018

THINGS to DO

THEATER

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.

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.

Great Ice Cream Scheme: 7 p.m.

Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14 at Shrine of St. Anne’s school, 57th and Upham in Arvada.

Dinner is served at 6 p.m. Menu includes hot dogs, brats, beans, beer and soda, as well as ice cream and popcorn. Call 303-4212032. Proceeds of the Arvada Jefferson Kiwanis production benefit local youth-focused charities.

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.

Sundays in the Park with George: April 17 to May 6, Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Show times: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 1 p.m. Wednesday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets: http://arvadacenter.org or 720-898-7200.

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.

The Electric Baby: runs through May 4 at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with matinées at 1 p.m. Wednesdays and 2 p.m.

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

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

Wednesday and 2 p.m. Sundays.

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

MUSIC

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.

this week’s TOP FIVE The Velveteen Rabbit: 7-9 p.m. Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14 at Colorado ACTS Theatre, Wheat Ridge. Performed by the Colorado ACTS 8- to 12-year-old class. Tickets at the door.

Info: www.coloradoacts.org.

To Bee or not to Bee Beekeeping for Beginners: 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday, April 14 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada.

Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters.com. Learn about housing, handling, harvesting, equipment, common problems, benefits and other questions.

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

Live Music: Audrey Rager: 2-3 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

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

Composers’ Gala Concert: 3 p.m. Sunday, April 22 at Faith Lutheran Church, 17701 W. 16th Ave., Golden. Go to www. agodrmc.org

FILM/MOVIES

Movie Time: `Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle’: 1-3 p.m.

Saturday, April 14, Arvada Library, 8525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada.

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

Lifetree Café: Pursuing a Satisfying Life: noon Tuesday, April 17 at 5675 Field St., Arvada. Filmed interview with Sasha Vukelja, who escaped from communist Yugoslavia as a young girl and emigrated to the United States.

Info: 303-424-4454 or pwegner@ peacelutheran.net.

ART

Eco Crafts with Kids: 1-2 p.m.

Saturday, April 21, Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Ages 6-12. Registration required: arvada.org or 720-8987405.

Ave., Lakewood. Must attend both sessions.

Registration required. Go to SimplifyYourRetirement.com/lakewood or call 303-8001999.

Teacher Appreciation Event: Tuesday, April 17, at 7080 Independence St., Arvada.

High school students will honor teachers who have positively impacted their lives.

Jeffco Superintendent Jason Glass is the keynote speaker.

Edmar Castañeda Trio: 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20, Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Tickets: 303-987-7845 or www.Lakewood.org/LCCPresents

WRITING/READING

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.”

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 619-6635247. 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.

One Book 4 Colorado Party: 4-4:45 p.m.

Wednesday, April 18, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Info: 303235-5275 or www. jeffcolibrary.org. Free book to every 4-year-old who visits. Pick up from April 17 to May 1, while supplies last.

Book Group, Author Talk: 9-10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 19, Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave. Author and former Denver resident Matthew Sullivan calls into talk about his book “Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore.” Info: http://jeffcolibrary.org. First-time participants, call 303-235-5275.

Summer Recreation Join Night: 6 p.m. Thursday, April 12 at Mount Vernon Canyon Club, 24933 Club House Circle, Golden. Learn about the club and its many offerings, including summer camps, swim team, tennis lessons and more.

Info: www.mountvernoncc.com.

Register at 303-526-0616.

Let’s Dance: 11-11:30 a.m. Friday, April 13, Arvada Library, 8525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Info: 303-2355275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Coffee with Constituents: 7-8 a.m. Friday, April 13 at Indian Tree Golf Course Restaurant, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Discuss concerns and hear status of key legislation with Sen. Rachel Zenzinger.

North Jeffco Gem and Mineral Club Silent Auction: 6:45 p.m.

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Friday, April 13 at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Public welcome to buy and sell. Set up starts at 5:30 p.m. Items for sale include jewelry, gems, rocks, minerals, crafts, equipment.

Free refreshments and a bake sale. Contact Bill Jones at 303503-6288 or sidewindermin@ comcast.net.

Arvada Car Care Fest & Free Car Show: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Sonsio, 5630 Ward Road, Arvada. Donations support Ralston House, which helps victims heal from abuse. Info: www.

ArvadaCarCareFest.com Family Nature Walk: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 14, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Info: 303-235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Hummingbirds’ Beauty, Biology and More: 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada.

Registration required: arvada.org or 720-898-7405.

The Prettiest Containers in the Neighborhood: 1-2 p.m.

Saturday, April 14 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters.com.

Let’s Dance: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave. Info: http://jeffcolibrary.org.

Hanging Basket Demonstration: 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-4247979 or go to www.echters.com.

Learn how to care for your hanging baskets through the season.

Anime Prom: 6-8 p.m. Saturday, April 14, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Info: 303-235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

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.

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Dig In To Vegetable Gardening: 1-2 p.m. Sunday, April 15 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters.com.

Examine vegetable gardening from the ground up.

The Plant Doctor Is In: 3-4 p.m. Sunday, April 15 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters.com. Learn to identify and solve common problems with plants and gardening.

Cold War Patriots Resource Fair: 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. April 16 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Rocky Flats and Coors Porcelain workers and their families can get informatioon, products and services. Info: www.coldwarpatriots.org.

arvada.org or 720-898-7405.

Kids Clothing, Toy Sale: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 at Kids Discovery Days Preschool, Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. Info: www.facebook.com/kidsdiscoverydays Earth Day Celebration: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, April 21 at Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St. Info: https:// lakewood.org/earthday.

Eco-Fair and Shred Day: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, April 21, Hutchinson Elementary School, 12900 W. Utah Ave., Lakewood. Old latex paint, old electronics and more will be taken by various recycling organizations.

Lego Play and Build: 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 21, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Info: 303-235-5275 or www.jeffcolibrary.org.

After School Fun: 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Info: 303-235-5275 or www. jeffcolibrary.org.

Foothills Colorado Crop Hunger Walk: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 22, Clement Park.

5K charity walk provides food, water and education to those in need. All money goes to nonprofit food banks: Action Center of Jefferson County, Arvada Food Bank, Love, Inc. of Littleton, CWS Global, and The Sheridan Food Pantry. Go to www.crophungerwalk.org/littletonco

You: A Habitat Hero? 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Learn about `wildscaping,’ wildlife friendly landscape design. Registration required:

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

Bitcoin 101: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, Arvada Library, 8525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Info: 303-235-5275 or www. jeffcolibrary.org.

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Fox Hollow Men’s Golf Club: welcomes new members for the 2018 season.

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.

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 303-9026794.

HEALTH

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 Memory Cafe: 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave. For those with memory loss

and their caregivers. Info: http://jeffcolibrary.org.

Ladybug Love: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Friday, April 20 at Natural Grocers Green Mountain, 12612 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood. Learn what steps to take to protect lady bugs. Call 303-986-5700 or go to www.naturalgrocers.com

EDUCATION

Free Legal Clinic: Get Help With Visitation Plans: 1-2:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Jefferson County Department of Human Services, 3500 Illinois St., Suite 1300, Golden. Volunteer attorneys meet via computer link to answer questions, help fill out forms and provide assistance in establishing a visitation plan. Call 303-271-4329. Dates in 2018 are April 17, May 15, June 19, July 17, Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 20 and Dec. 18.

Early College of Arvada Open House: 5 p.m. Thursday, April 19 at 4905 W. 60th Ave., Arvada. A 6-12 charter school in the Westminster Public School District. Call 720-473-4400 or go to ECArvada.org.

North Korea: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19 at Lakewood Reserve, 555 S. Pierce St., Lakewood. Active Minds program. Call 303-742-4800 to RSVP. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink. coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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Marketplace ANNOUNCEMENTS

Instruction Summer Music Camps at Rockley Music ---It’s the Summer To Sing!

Two half-day singing camps (M-F, 9am-Noon), June 18-22 (“Lions and Mermaids”) and July 23-27 (Kids Broadway Heroes) for ages 8-12.

Also, several vocal workshops for Teens and Adults beginning April 28th.

Contact Singer and Vocal Coach, Cindy Williams, at 303-250-5902 for more info.

And to register, contact Liane @ Rockley Music, 303-233-4444.

Misc. Notices OPOCS SINGLES CLUB-55 PLUS A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Social hours monthly 4-6p Lakewood Garrison st Grill 2nd Tues of the month Hostess Carol @ 720-839-7707 Lakewood Chad's 4th Tuesday of the month Hostess Darlene @ 720-233-4099 4th Thursday Denver - Baker Street Pub 8101 East Bellview Host Harold @ 303-693-3464 For more info and a monthly newsletter call JoAnn membership chairman 303-751-5195 or Mary President @ 303-985-8937

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Golden sophomore Garrett Landmark (6) takes a check from Ralston Valley sophomore Walker Brickle during the rivalry game April 4 at the North Area Athletic Complex in Arvada. Golden came up with a 7-4 victory. Read the full game story at ArvadaPress.com.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BY THE NUMBERS

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Runs scored in the top of the seventh inning by the Bear Creek baseball team in a 6-4 win over D’Evelyn on April 7.

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2.5 Points scored by the D’Evelyn girls track team in winning the D’Evelyn Invitational on April 7.

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Wins by Standley Lake’s Tyler Williams at the April 7 Mullen Invitational track meet in the 100 meter dash (10.90) and 200 meter dash (21.79).

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Errors in 201 chances for a .960 fielding percentage for the Ralston Valley baseball team.

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Of the 12 hits by the Pomona baseball team went for extra bases in the 12-2 win over Northglenn on April 5.

Standout Performers Makena Prey, Golden The senior carded an 81 to win her first high school golf tournament on April 4 at the Jeffco 4A tournament at the Broadlands Golf Club.

Brayden Romero, Lakewood The junior second baseman collected half of the team’s six hits, going 3-for-3 with two RBI in the 3-2, nine inning baseball win over Highlands Ranch on April 3.

Hailey Johns, Arvada West The junior led the way with three goals to raise her team leading goals to six in a 6-0 girls soccer victory over Pomona on April 5.

Amber Calanni, Green Mountain The freshman scored the gamewinning goal in the second half in the 2-1 girls soccer triumph over Golden on April 3.

Isaiah Romero, Bear Creek The junior infielder had two doubles and four runs batted in during a 6-4 baseball victory over D’Evelyn on April 7.

Esther Diza-Mbelolo, D’Evelyn The junior won the 100 meter hurdles in 15:59 and the 300 hurdles in 48.84 on April 7 at the D’Evelyn Invitational track meet.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS are six athletes named from west metro area high schools. Preference is given to those making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

ave Jackson, the former National Hockey League referee who lives in Highlands Ranch, grew up a fan of the Montreal Canadiens and admits he worshiped players like Guy Lafleur plus a horde of other great players he had the opportunity to watch play.

The Quebec native OVERTIME wanted to be an NHL player but realized as a 180-pound defensemen that his chances of become a headline player were slim, so instead he developed into one of the league’s top referees.

He worked his last Jim Benton game last month in Los Angeles when the Kings played the Arizona Coyotes and he isn’t sure yet what retirement has in store for him, but he plans to play hockey twice a week at South Suburban Ice Arena, mountain bike, snowboard and play a little golf in the meantime.

During the last month of his farewell tour around the league, coaches and captains would shake his hand and indicated they appreciated his service.

“It made me feel like I was respected,” said Jackson.

Jackson, 54, is the sixth NHL referee to work more than 1,500 games.

He called 1,629 regular-season and playoff games in his 25-year NHL career, but missed last season because of a hip injury.

He was 14 years old when he began officiating minor hockey in suburban Montreal. He called games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

His NHL debut was on Dec. 22, 1990 in Quebec City when the New Jersey Devils played the Quebec Nordiques.

Lafleur scored the only goal for the Nordiques in that game. He gained full-time NHL referee status in the summer of 1993.

Asked to describe his career, Jackson quickly said “longevity.”

He officiated in vintage arenas and new facilities, worked two All-Star games, refereed games in the Sochi Olympics, called the outdoor game between the Avalanche and Red Wings at Coors Field, created many friends inside and out of hockey and got to visit and explore cities in the United States and Canada.

Jackson claims personal pride is what motivated him.

“The worst thing is when you have a game and you know you didn’t do your best job,” he explained.

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A-West baseball grabs momentum with win over Green Mountain Green Mountain sophomore Danny Wiser, left, slides safely into second base as Arvada West senior Dylan Capritta doesn’t get the call he was hoping for April 3 at Keli McGregor Field at All Star Park in Lakewood.

A-West did come away with an 11-7 victory

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LAKEWOOD — Earl Weaver, former Major League Baseball manager and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, had a theory when it came to momentum on the baseball field.

“Momentum is only as good as the next day’s starter (pitcher),” Weaver famously said back in 1985.

While momentum can be fleeting, the one thing Arvada West and Green Mountain baseball teams were looking for April 3 at Keli McGregor Field at All Star Park was a shot in the arm before heading into conference play this week.

A-West (2-7 record) came away with a much-needed forward push with an 11-7 victory over Green Mountain (3-5).

“We needed this,” Arvada West coach Matt McDougal said after the win ended a 3-game losing streak for the Wildcats. “I thought down in Tucson we got better. The scores didn’t show it, but I thought we got better. We are still at the point where we can’t make mistakes to hurt ourselves.”

A-West went 1-4 in its annual spring break trip to Arizona after opening season losses to Mountain Vista, No. 1 in the current 5A baseball CHSAANow.com rankings, and Poudre.

The key for A-West against Green Mountain was a 6-run

Arvada West junior Jackson German picked up his second victory on the mound this season going five innings in an 11-7 victory for the Wildcats.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS top of the third inning. The Wildcats were able to open up a 8-0 lead while taking advantage of a handful of Ram miscues on defense.

“I’m hoping we start getting those breaks,” McDougal said of the Wildcats taking advantage of Ram errors in the big third inning. “So far we’ve been the one on the short end of the breaks. We got a few today. Hopefully that continues.”

Green Mountain did score 6 unanswered runs to cut the Wildcats’ lead to 8-6 going into the final two innings. However,

A-West put up three runs in the top of the seventh inning to give senior pitcher Trent Cook a 11-6 lead going to the Rams’ half of the seventh.

Dominic Folks, Scotty Novotny, Trevor Cook and Vinson Britton punched out four straight hits for the A-West to seal the victory in the final inning. Junior Jackson German picked up the win going five innings and Cook picked up the save working the final two innings on the hill.

“Getting this week in huge,” said Britton, who drove in the

Wildcats’ final run with an RBI single. “We are going to start getting some momentum going into league. The league is the biggest part.”

Green Mountain junior Michael Busse singled and scored in the final frame, but it wasn’t enough as the Rams couldn’t overcome the early deficit.

“We didn’t quit, but we made way too many mental and physical errors,” Green Mountain coach Brad Kidwell said. “A-West’s bats came alive in that last inning. That kind of iced it.”

Kidwell is back for his second stint at the helm of Green Mountain’s baseball program where he coached more than a decade ago. He also spent four years at Bear Creek and was last an assistant coach at Colorado Christian University before returning to the high school ranks.

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“You come home for four or five days and stew about it. When you are on the road, you wake up at night thinking about it.

“When I would do a hockey game and nobody yelled at me and I looked in the mirror after the game knowing I didn’t put my effort forward, that bothered me a lot more than when I had a police escort.”

The game has changed. One referee no longer calls games, and the crackdown on interference, holding and hooking has had an impact. And players are bigger, stronger and faster.

“It used to be rare when a penalty was called,” said Jackson. “The game is faster. There is so much more speed and it’s fun to watch. You watch sometimes on TV it looks like a game play.

But when you are five feet away from someone and you see a player puts the puck between someone’s feet and see him in traffic and you are saying `wow.’ Sometimes you miss playing the game when you are refereeing.”

Jackson feels the video review of goals is good for the game.

“Scoring goals is so important, so anything you can do to make sure a goal was scored is good,” he said.

“Goals are so hard to come by. The bottom line reviews are only for goals.”

Jackson seldom hears verbal abuse or taunting from fans at NHL games because of the glass and the noise during the idle time, but admits that coaches and players sometimes have something to say.

Still, being a referee in the NHL is nothing like some of the reaction in minor league and junior hockey.

In fact, he almost gave up being an official in 1982 after a bantam game in Lachine, Quebec.

“I had a group of parents jump me when I was 17 years old ,” recalled Jackson. “They weren’t waiting for me. They just happened to be outside.

I walked out and there were comments and it ended up in a fistfight with me and the two linesmen. The game didn’t go the way they wanted. I wanted to quit refereeing but I went back and glad I did.”

New Legacy coach Legacy, one of the north metro area’s most successful Class 5A football programs, has a new coach.

Corey Heinz has been named the new Lightning coach, replacing Wayne Voorhees, who has moved to new Riverdale Ridge in Thornton to launch to school’s program.

Heinz, a 2005 Highlands Ranch graduate, was an assistant coach for the Falcons after he coached for three years at the University of Tulsa, where he played football. He was most recently the offensive coordinator at Missouri Southern State University, a Division II program.

Legacy went 6-4 last season and the Lightning was 96-64 in 15 seasons under Voorhees.

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or not feel safe, however. Assure them it is to a study by Hawkins, Pepler and Craig. It hile talking with young children “OK” to tell an adult, and it is the right thing makes sense to teach young children to be about bullying they often share to do. Explain the difference between tattling defenders. how upset and helpless they feel (reporting unimportant things to get someone Talk openly about how to handle the situthat no one comes forward to help. in trouble) and telling (reporting important ation to give children positive ways to deal Adults are disappointed and hurt about this, events to keep someone safe). with it. Children can understand too. They know witnessing bullying can Without training young children are afraid what an important role they play as be just as, if not more, damaging to the LIFELONG to tell because they fear becoming the victim a bystander. Role play a situation other children as the victims. CaregivLEARNING or that bullying may get worse. Help children where they have a chance to be the ers face a dilemma when children witbe assertive and confident. Practice saying ness bullying – keeping the witnesses Esther Macalady bystander and help them imagine loudly and forcefully, “No, we don’t like that!” how they would feel if they were besafe but wanting children to help stop or “Stop! What you are doing is bullying, and ing bullied. Ask what they would expect from the bullying. Experts have research results it isn’t right!” Be sure your children underothers if they were the victim. Talk about and advice to help. stand to only speak up if they feel comfortable how much it can hurt and why it is important Start Conversations and safe to do that. Otherwise, get help. These to stop bullying. Encourage children to be A good time to talk with children about how skills help foster adults who will be involved, kind to the victims and perhaps spend time to stop bullying is when they witness the act. responsible, and caring members of society. with them.

Bystanders have the most power to put an Words and Actions end to bullying! Three out of ten children are Esther Macalady is a retired schoolteacher Talk about how bullies love an audience. either a bully or a victim, which means seven from Golden, Colorado. For more, including arHelp children find ways to take the audience out of ten children are witnesses. Caregivers chived going back to 2009, see grandaway. They can encourage everyone to do of young children can empower those seven Public columns Notice Public Notice parentsteachtoo.blogspot.com, wnmufm. a different activity or quietly walk away to children to help stop bullying.

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for the construction of City of NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION org/ Learning Through the Seasons, Facebook, find an adult. Explain that they should never When peers step in, bullying stops within Arvada, Project No. 17-WA-06, Project Title TO BE CONDUCTED BY POLLING PLACE put themselves in the position to be bullied ten seconds 57 percent of the time according Water Meterand Vault Pinterest.

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City and County PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Hometown 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.

The following candidates are declared elected: Larry Roggenkamp until the next regular election (May 5, 2020) Vacant until the next regular election (May 5, 2020) Vacant until the next regular election (May 5, 2020) Audrey Spaen until the second regular election (May 3, 2022) Susan Hoskins until the second regular election (May 3, 2022) DATED: March 21, 2018 /s/ Jennifer S. Henry Designated Election Official for Hometown 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: 402118 First Publication: April 12, 2018 Last Publication: April 12, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript/ Arvada Press/Wheat Ridge 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

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

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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 NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION

BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Kipling Ridge Metropolitan District, 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. The following candidates are declared elected: Teresa Kershisnik until the second regular election (May 3, 2022) Vacancy until the second regular election (May 3, 2022) Vacancy until the next regular election (May 5, 2020) DATED: April 12, 2018 /s/ DENISE DENSLOW Designated Election Official for Kipling Ridge Metropolitan District c/o CliftonLarsonAllen LLP 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 500 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Telephone No: (303) 779-4525 Dated: April 4, 2018 Legal Notice No.: 402173 First Publication: April 12, 2018 Last Publication: April 12, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING UPON APPLICATION FOR A NEW ADDITIONAL LIQUOR LICENSED DRUG STORE LICENSE OF DILLON COMPANIES INC. D/B/A KING SOOPERS #137 14967 CANDELAS PARKWAY Notice is hereby given that an application has been presented to the City of Arvada Local Liquor Licensing Authority for an Additional Liquor Licensed Drug Store license of Dillon

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NOTICE OF HEARING UPON APPLICATION FOR A NEW ADDITIONAL LIQUOR LICENSED DRUG STORE LICENSE OF DILLON COMPANIES INC. D/B/A KING SOOPERS #137 14967 CANDELAS PARKWAY Notice is hereby given that an application has been presented to the City of Arvada Local Liquor Licensing Authority for an Additional Liquor Licensed Drug Store license of Dillon Companies INC. d/b/a King Soopers #137, located at 14967 Candelas Parkway, Arvada, Colorado, whose directors and officers are: Colleen Juergensen, President; Dennis R. Gibson, Vice President; Christine S. Wheatley, Director, V.P., Secretary & Principal for The Kroger Co.; and Carin L. Fike, V.P. and Treasurer; all of 1014 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45202.

The license would allow sales of malt, vinous and spirituous liquor in sealed containers not for consumption on the premises at 14967 Candelas Parkway, Arvada, Colorado.

Said application will be heard and considered by the City of Arvada Liquor Licensing Authority at a meeting to be held in the Arvada Municipal Complex Council Chambers, 8101 Ralston Road at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 26, 2018.

The application was submitted on February 1, 2018.

For further information call Teri Colvin, Deputy City Clerk, at 720-898-7544.

Dated April 12, 2018. /s/ Teri Colvin, Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO

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Legal Notice No.: 402180 First Publication: April 12, 2018 Last Publication: April 12, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for the construction of City of Arvada, Project No. 17-WA-06, Project Title Water Meter Vault Replacements, will be received at the office of the City Engineer until 10:00 am on May 1, 2018 and then publicly opened and read aloud.

The BID DOCUMENTS, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Special Conditions, Addendum when issued, Bid Bond, Bid Proposal, Bid Schedule, and the Project Drawings may be examined at the following locations: City of Arvada Engineering Division 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002 Dodge Plan Room – www.construction.com Construct Connect – www.constructconnect.com Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com No cost bid documents may be obtained at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com on or after April 12, 2018. Bid documents may also be obtained at the office of the City Engineer upon payment of $30.00 per set, which is non-refundable.

ESTIMATED QUANTITIES OF THE MAJOR ITEMS OF WORK ARE: 22 EA Remove & Replace 1 ½”, 2” & 3” Water Meter Vaults and Associated Interior Piping 22 EA Furnish & Install 1 ½”, 2” & 3” Water Curb Stops

ceived at the office of the City Engineer until 10:00 am on May 1, 2018 and then publicly TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly opened and read aloud. to the electors of the Apex Park and Recreation The BID DOCUMENTS, consisting of AdvertiseDistrict of the County of Jefferson, Colorado: ment for Bids, Information for Bidders, Special Conditions, Addendum when issued, Bid Bond, NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular Bid Proposal, Bid Schedule, and the Project election of the Apex Park and Recreation Drawings may be examined at the following District shall be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, locations: from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is City of Arvada Engineering Division being conducted as a polling place election.

8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002 Dodge Plan Room – www.construction.com The Board of Directors has designated the Construct Connect – following polling locations: www.constructconnect.com Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System at Apex Center www.rockymountainbidsystem.com 13150 West 72nd Avenue No cost bid documents may be obtained at Arvada, CO 80005 To advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 www.rockymountainbidsystem.com on or after April 12, 2018. Bid documents may also be obCommunity Recreation Center tained at the office of the City Engineer upon 6842 Wadsworth Boulevard payment of $30.00 per set, which is non-refundArvada, CO 80003 able.

ESTIMATED QUANTITIES OF THE The following absentee ballot drop-off MAJOR ITEMS OF WORK ARE: locations have been established: 22 EA Remove & Replace 1 ½”, 2” & 3” Water Meter Vaults and Associated Interior Piping Apex Center 22 EA Furnish & Install 1 ½”, 2” & 3” Water Curb 13150 West 72nd Avenue Stops Arvada, CO 80005 44 EA Reconnect Water Service Miscellaneous items include asphalt patching, Community Recreation Center traffic control, concrete replacement and other 6842 Wadsworth Boulevard appurtenances.

Arvada, CO 80003 Bidders, subcontractors and suppliers must be familiar with the current City of Arvada EnginBoth locations above available for ballot drop-off eering Code of Standards and Specificaduring normal facility operating hours through tions for the Design and Construction of May 7, 2018; and Public Improvements, dated January 12, 2016, 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. on May 8, 2018, Election Day which will be combined with the Bid Documents to form the Contract Documents for the Project.

Community Resource Services of Colorado A copy of the Standards may be obtained from 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E the office of the City Engineer upon a non-reGreenwood Village, CO 80111 fundable payment of $50.00. Holders will be notified when supplemental revisions and addiAvailable for ballot drop-off: tions are available as they are adopted. The 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Mon-Fri through May 7, 2018; Standards are also available at no cost on the and City's web site at www.arvada.org. Holders are 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. on May 8, 2018, Election Day responsible for keeping current their City of Arvada Engineering Code of Standards and SpeAt said election, the electors of the District shall cifications. vote for three (3) Directors to serve four-year The Project Engineer for this work is terms on the Board of Directors of the District, Kris Gardner, P.E., at 720-898-7647. expiring May 2022.

CITY OF ARVADA Matt Knight, P.E., City Engineer The names of the candidates as they will appear on the ballot are: Legal Notice No.: 402181 First Publication: April 12, 2018 Liz Tomsula Last Publication: April 26, 2018 Andrew Larington Publisher: Golden Transcript Donald J. Montgomery Wheat Ridge Transcript Tom “T-Bone” Marks and the Arvada Press Richard Garrimone Gary “Mike” Kerr Thomas A. Skul Public Notice Stephanie Allen Ken Harrell NOTICE OF REGULAR ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED BY POLLING PLACE NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications APEX PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT for absentee ballots are available from and may be filed with the Designated Election Official, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly 13150 West 72nd Avenue, Arvada, CO 80005, to the electors of the Apex Park and Recreation 303-403-2518, and at the offices of the Deputy District of the County of Jefferson, Colorado: Election Official, c/o Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, election of the Apex Park and Recreation 303-391-4960, until close of business on TuesDistrict shall be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, day, May 1, 2018. Applications are also availfrom 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is able on the District’s website at apexprd.org. being conducted as a polling place election.

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The Board of Directors has designated the following polling locations: Apex Center 13150 West 72nd Avenue Arvada, CO 80005 Community Recreation Center 6842 Wadsworth Boulevard Arvada, CO 80003 The following absentee ballot drop-off locations have been established: Apex Center 13150 West 72nd Avenue Arvada, CO 80005

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APEX PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Dawn Fredette Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 402195 First Publication: April 12, 2018 Last Publication: April 12, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press

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