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W. Michael Northey Foundation awards 2017 scholarships

MY NAME IS

SHONNA PIVIC

Mom, gardener, athletics secretary

STAFF REPORT

Living in Arvada I’ve lived in Arvada for about 15 years now. My husband actually grew up here and graduated from Arvada High School.

I’ve raised three kids here in Arvada. They’ve all graduated from Ralston Valley High School.

I actually have one more that’s a freshman this year.

At Arvada High I am the athletics secretary at Arvada High School. That entails making sure all the kids get to where they need to be and making sure they get home. Making sure all umpires are scheduled and games are accurate online so parents can get to them. And keeping track of paperwork.

Raising my kids My kids have pretty much taken up my time for the last 22 years, so that’s kind of been my passion. They’ve done sports over the years. I participated in all of that — being team mom. My youngest is now playing volleyball and that fills up most of my weekends.

Shonna Pivic is the athletics secretary at Arvada High School.

Gardening I love to garden. I love to plant flowers — any kind of flowers. I usually do my front yard every year and change it up each year.

I really like pansies because they grow fast and are pretty all summer long.

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In my free time In my free time, I’m usually relaxing — reading a book or playing games on my iPad. I usually like mystery novels or police dramas.

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On May 15, Arvada City Council and the W. Michael Northey Foundation will award 21 Arvada students with $25,500 in scholarships. They will be recognized at the weekly scheduled council meeting at 6 p.m. at Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road.

Students or graduates of any Arvada high school can apply for the yearly scholarship.

Students can be awarded up to $2,000 per calendar year.

W. Michael Northey Foundation works to honor and preserve the memory of Officer Michael Northey by investing in youth through providing scholarships to local high school students and graduates.

Northey was a member of the Arvada Police Department who was struck and killed by a vehicle while making a motorcycle traffic stop on Aug. 11, 1979. The W. Michael Northey Foundation is a 501(C-3) not for profit organization funded primarily by two annual Arvada events: the Drug Take Back and the Shred-A-Thon.

The 2017 scholarships recipients are: Madison Bader, Haley Huser, Gage Mekelburg, Kari Shirey, Mackenzie Barker, Nicole Kachmann, David Mitchell, Ethan Swift, Nicholas Chavez, Erin Looney, Maya O’Quinn, Trey Sayers, Jacob Fisher, Makaila Maerz, Daniella Passarelli and Katelin Matson.

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RTD’s G Line testing to restart Arvada and Wheat Ridge city officials glad to hear the news STAFF REPORT

RTD reported May 3 that G Line testing will begin again. A news release by RTD states they have made significant progress on the at-grade crossing systems along the University of Colorado A Line and therefore will begin testing on the G Line for commuter rail service to Arvada and Wheat Ridge.

“The City is pleased to know that

progress is being made towards opening the G Line,” said Arvada Mayor Marc Williams. “We have yet to be given any specific information regarding the length of the testing period or even when testing will begin, however.”

Williams added that since the testing period will involve significant train horn noise it will require patience from those who live in proximity to the tracks.

“We still have several hurdles to jump,” he said. “But it’s great to be able to see a light at the end of the tunnel.”

Wheat Ridge City Manager Patrick Goff said that representatives with RTD informed his city council last month that talks with federal regula-

tors had gone well and that testing could soon resume. “if everything went smoothly ... it could take two to three months. So they could be open some time this summer,” said Goff.

The G-Line is fully built and ready to being services, except for a series of crossing gates that have still not been approved due to software-related timing issues. RTD stopped testing trains on the line last fall after it realized there was no quick fix to the gate timing problem on the University of Colorado A-Line, which uses the same at-grade crossing technology as the G-Line and the B-Line to Westminster.

The G-Line’s delay has had a very visible impact on Arvada’s Olde Town downtown area, where a rail stop and a 600-spot parking garage were built for the train’s eventual arrival.

In Wheat Ridge, the the light rail line will stop at 52nd and Ward, near the city’s northernomost border.

“We’re trying to connect it as much as we can to the rest of the city,” Goff said, referring to plans to improve bus, bike and vehicle access to the area.

Wheat Ridge also plans to encourage a concept nicknamed “basecamp” to encourage outdoor-oriented companies to cluster new office and industrial development around the station.

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Additional classrooms at middle schools will help meet student growth

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Classroom additions to Drake and Dunstan middle schools to help alleviate overcrowding will soon be underway following the Jefferson County Board of Education’s unanimous approval of the use of reserve dollars to pay for the construction.

The 16 new classrooms at Drake will cost $10.5 million and the eight additional classrooms at Dunstan will cost $4.5 million.

At the May 4 meeting at which the additions were approved, acting superintendent Terry Elliot said addressing the need for more classroom space at Drake and Dunstan alleviates pressure at elementary schools that have several temporary buildings to support the overflow of students.

The new classroom additions will allow the district to remove 25 temporaries in the Northwest Arvada area, which Drake serves, and another 17 temporaries in the Dunstan area, in Lakewood. The opening of the new classrooms will coincide with the district’s shift of sixthgraders from elementary to middle school for the 2018-19 school year.

Staff indicated in a previous presentation to the board that the ad-

ditions to the two middle schools are critical to alleviating area growth trends in the northwest corridor and central areas of Jeffco Public Schools.

“Absent this construction project, we simply won’t have room in our schools for the children who will need that room in the next two years,” board member Brad Rupert said.

The classroom additions at Drake and Dunstan will get the district through the next two to three years of growth, Elliot said.

“It depends on if we continue to see accelerated growth in that area,“ he said.

Had these classroom additions not been approved, the district would have looked at alternative options to accommodate the growth, such as hard boundary adjustments, split sessions or year-round school.

“I don’t think it’s best for our kids to go to split schedules or year-round schooling,” said board member Amanda Stevens. “That’s why I’m voting to support this.”

According to Tim Reed, director of facilities and construction management for Jeffco Schools, construction at both schools will be done and classrooms open by August 2018.

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Cupcakes for Mother’s Day PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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hree sets of moms and children got a chance to decorate cupcakes together at the La Patisserie Francaise bakery in Arvada May 7 during its Mom and Me cupcake decorating class.

Sadi Russo, co-owner of the bakery, started classes last month — something she’s been wanting to do since taking over the bakery five years ago.

“This specific class we wanted to do for Mother’s Day and it is a fun way for kids and their moms to hang out and do something creative together,” Russo said.

Haley Krannawitter and her mom, Tammy, decorate a “dirt” cupcake together, using crumbled-up Oreo cookies.

Jenny Marette assists her son, Daniel, in decorating a rose cupcake at La Patisserie Française.

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Community ‘excited about moving forward in Jeffco’ Dr. Jason Glass is the sole finalist for the superintendent position

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The day after Dr. Jason Glass was named the sole finalist for the Jeffco Public Schools superintendent job, he attended an administrators’ meeting at the district’s headquarters in Golden.

“He addressed the group ... there was some good dialogue and some questions from the audience,“ Board of Education President Ron Mitchell told his fellow board members during the May 4 meeting. “In 15 minutes he built trust with our administrators ... and in that same amount of time he created an atmosphere in that room that was really positive.”

That enthusiasm about Glass is contagious: Parents, educators and community members are all expecting big things with his selection.

“This is the first time in a long while that I’ve seen so much positive excitement in Jeffco,” said Jonna Levine, Arvada resident and co-founder of the nonprofit Support Jeffco Kids.

On May 1, the board named Glass, superintendent of Eagle County Schools, as the finalist in a national

superintendent search that started in in January. If approved by the board on May 16, Glass will take the helm of the state’s second-largest school district, with 86,000 students, on July 1.

After voting Jan. 12 to not renew Dan McMinimee’s contract, which was set to expire in July, the board hired Ray and Associates Inc., an Iowa-based company that specializes in educational executive leadership searches. The search drew 69 applications, which the firm Glass winnowed down a list to 11 “top candidates” from Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

From that, the board chose six individuals to interview. Those names were not released to the public, despite a request to do by Colorado Community Media under the Colorado Open Records Act. Mitchell said they included four sitting superintendents, one assistant superintendent and a former superintendent now in the private sector.

“Because Dr. Glass rose to the top of an excellent group of candidates under consideration, we chose to name one finalist,” Mitchell said in a media release.

“The goal was to find the very best superintendent for Jeffco, and we believe we have accomplished exactly that.”

Before leading the 7,000-student Eagle County school district, Glass was Iowa’s director of education, serving as the state’s chief state school officer. He has also worked as Eagle County Schools’ director of research and assessment, as vice president of quality ratings with Qualistar Early Learning, held several posts with the Colorado Department of Education and worked as a university instructor and high school teacher in Kentucky.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in polit-

ical science and two master’s degrees from the University of Kentucky in education and political science. He has a doctorate in education from Seton Hall University in New Jersey.

“Dr. Glass has an impressive resume and I have high hopes that he will be a strong, collaborative and visionary leader for Jeffco, which is just what we need after several years of turmoil,” said John Ford, social studies SEE GLASS, P21

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Creating their own path Young entrepreneurs explore beginnings of business ownership in metro Denver

‘It is more about your team than it is about anything else.’

Clifton Oertli, owner of Resolute Brewing Co.

BY STEPHANIE MASON SMASON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Clifton Oertli, 32, started his own programming and web development business when he was in high school.

His business involved buying and selling items on eBay. Today, he owns two businesses in metro Denver: Resolute Brewing Co. and NEI Electric Power Engineering Inc. Beck Halbeisen and Vincent Rowe, both 18, recently started an app-based business. The app, Leave No Car Behind, is an Uber-like ride program that will not only take someone home, but will also get their car home. The app is made to get drunken drivers off the road.

Oertli, Halbeisen and Rowe are among those taking advantage of a strong climate for young entrepreneurs in the Denver metro area.

In 2016, Denver was ranked by NerdWallet.com, a website that focuses on personal finance, as the fourth best city in the country for young entrepreneurs. Researchers weighed multiple factors, with Denver ranking high because of an educated population, a strong economy and a high rate of loan guarantees by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Denver also was ranked by Forbes magazine in 2016 as the best place in the nation for businesses and careers.

The magazine pointed to Denver’s ability to provide a good “work-life balance,” something that millennials value most in their careers, according to the article.

Madhavan Parthasarathy is the director of the Jake Jabs Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Denver. He has noticed a shift of millennial interest in entrepreneurship, stating that it is “growing tremendously.”

Parthasarathy said an entrepreneur is largely defined by the mindset he or she possesses.

“An entrepreneur is someone who

has a certain level of passion and a mindset that is curious enough to actually learn new things, be willing and open to different types of jobs and functions and able to actually take risks,” he said.

And, he believes, there is a specific set of skills an entrepreneur must possess. Among the skills are sharp thinking and the ability to make quick decisions.

An entrepreneur, he said, is someone willing to “do marketing, run finance, sweep the floors and do whatever is required to run the business.”

Entrepreneur from the start After hawking items on eBay, Oertli moved into a new project in college and joined a web startup company where he developed websites for the next five years.

Oertli, a Littleton resident, graduated with an engineering degree and decided to pursue a path in engineering. He worked at NEI Electric Power Engineering Inc. in Wheat Ridge for five years before purchasing it along with four co-workers.

Just two years ago, Oertli decided to add something new and different to the mix by opening Resolute in Centennial with three other owners.

Running an engineering firm and a brewing company concurrently requires different mindsets, Oertli said.

“It is a big shift going from managing introvert engineers to managing extrovert creative types in the brewery,” Oertli said.

And people, Oertli knows, are the most important part of entrepreneurship.

“It is more about your team than it is about anything else,” Oertli said.

“The market, the product — every-

thing else is secondary to the team.”

The secret to a good team, Oertli has found, is diversity of both opinion and personality types.

“If you have your entire team comprised of people with the same personality type, they are all going to approach a problem with the same mindset,” Oertli said. “A different thought process might help you see a problem from a different perspective that one personality type might not see it from.”

Oertli’s people-focused drive is aimed to empower and encourage his team. Details of business are secondary.

“A lot of your problems will be solved by your team,” Oertli said. “Give Halbeisen them the right tools and give them the motivation to work hard.”

Oertli knew all his partners for years before going into business with them. Some he knew when he was 14.

Oertli defines entrepreneurship as creating a career that an individual Rowe is passionate about.

“To me, it has always meant that I get to make my vocation what it is that I enjoy doing,” Oertli said. “I can structure my career, my day and my teams around what I want to be doing every day.”

Big challenges, new solutions Halbeisen, a senior at Standley Lake High School in Westminster, and Rowe, a senior at Pomona High School in Arvada, are going to Metropolitan State University next year and hope

to eventually go to the University of Colorado-Boulder to study business.

“Being an entrepreneur has been a goal,” Halbeisen said. “I didn’t think it would happen this early, but we are both fortunate for this to happen.”

In starting their business, Halbeisen and Rowe agreed that there needed to be a way to get drunken drivers off the road.

“We want the roads to be safer at night,” Rowe said. “The main reason that people justify drunk driving is so that they can get their car home.”

The app the teens created to solve the problem works by having two people arrive, one to drive the individual home and the other to drive their car home. The service, currently running in Denver and Santa Fe, New Mexico, has a base cost of $30 and adds an extra $2.10 for every mile driven.

Both Halbeisen’s and Rowe’s families have been affected by drunken driving.

Halbeisen’s grandfather, who was a state patrol officer, almost died in an accident involving a drunken driver, he said. After pulling a driver over one evening, a drunken driver drove off the road and pinned his grandfather against the other car.

Rowe said his cousin was a passenger in a vehicle and died in a drunken driving accident in 2016.

Halbeisen’s father, an app developer, gave the teens the necessary resources to create the app, which launched in March.

Starting this month and continuing into the summer, new cities are being added to the app: Des Moines, Iowa; Phoenix; Philadelphia; New York; and Dallas.

The two are exploring other ways to market their services, focusing on helping patients from a hospital get a ride home after a procedure.

Halbeisen and Rowe have been part of the driving team for their budding business. They said that even though they get calls at 3 a.m. on weeknights, it will be worth it in the long run.

“We want to take this as far as we can,” Rowe said.

They have already learned lessons about starting a business.

“You have to give it your all,” Halbeisen said. “You can’t expect things to happen, you have to go out and work for it.”

JEFFCO BUSINESS NEWS IN A HURRY Acupuncture shop’s new ownership Acupuncture Specialists of Golden, 1019 8th St. Suite 102 in downtown Golden, is now owned and operated by Rhonda Marr, L.Ac. Marr is board certified in acupuncture by the NCCAOM, and has experience in traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture and massage for the cancer patient, Western herbal medicine and nutrition response testing.

To learn more about Marr or Acupuncture Specialists of Golden, visit

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Arvada startup takes 5th place in UNC E-Challenge To Market, an Arvada startup that offers an online marketplace for sourcing local food took fifth place at the eighth annual University of Northern Colorado Monfort College of Business Entrepreneurial Challenge.

In addition to the prize money, winners receive business incubator

services from UNC BizHub. To Market is an online marketplace for sourcing local food, bringing efficiencies previously missing to the local buying and selling process of high quality foods supporting high quality restaurant experiences. To Market creates a tool for farmers to maximize their time, yields, and earnings while getting the best chefs the best quality products.

For more information on the business, visit www.tomarket.farm.

Golden car shop moves to Wheat Ridge A ribbon cutting and open house for Golden Coach Works Auto Body and Paint’s new location will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 20 at Golden Coach Works, 12100 W. 52nd Ave. in Wheat Ridge.

The event is free to attend and open to the public. To learn more about the business, visit www.goldencoachworks.com.

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Ethics in business takes spotlight at annual awards event Golden Schools Foundation and Sound Relief Hearing Center recognized for ethical practices

BY GLENN WALLACE GWALLACE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There is a commonly held belief that to be successful in business requires a lowering of ethical standards.

That’s what Sandy Woodson, a professor of ethics and environmental philosophy at Colorado School of Mines, told the audience gathered May 5 at Sheraton Denver West Hotel for the 12th annual Ethics in Business Awards.

But, added Woodson, one of the award presenters, “I think all these nominees prove how false that is.”

Seventeen businesses and organizations, divided into for-profit and nonprofit categories, were nominated for the award, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Golden, the West Chamber, Golden Civic

Kimberly Brock, the chair of the Golden Schools Foundation, left, is presented the 2017 Ethics in Business Award for a Nonprofit,

by Colorado School of Mines Professor Sandy Woodson, who helps judge the winners of the annual awards.

FOR MORE INFO For more about the Ethics in Business awards, and to see nominee videos from past winners, go to: http://goldenrotary.org/ethics/

Foundation and the Golden Chamber of Commerce.

The Golden Schools Foundation won the award in the nonprofit category.

• • • • Kimberly Brock, the chairperson for the foundation, accepted the award.

“Something you believe in can start so small,” she said, “and to have it be recognized like this is tremendous.”

Sound Relief Hearing Center was named the winner in the for-profit category.

• • • • “All of our providers like to give back,” participating in a number of community service opportunities, said Sound Relief owner Julie Prutsman, when asked about what she felt her business did exceptionally well to

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Husband and business partner Patrick Prutsman said he felt the company’s treatment of their employees also was a deciding factor.

The company prides itself on paying its employees well and offers health insurance benefits, in spite of its small size.

Dr. Matthew Wynia, the keynote speaker, talked

about the basics of ethical reasoning and how it can be applied to difficult questions, in medicine as in life.

“The value in ethical deliberation is in learning to be humble about what you really know about ethics,” Wynia said.

Woodson and her students in ethics classes at Mines helped judge all the nominees, debating the respective

merits of each, considering a range of criteria, including treatment of customers, treatment of employees, environmental awareness, community involvement and demonstration of vision and innovation.

“It’s really valuable,” Woodson said. “We do a lot of arcane theory in our class and this lets them work on real-world problems.”

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Arvada startup takes 5th place in UNC E-Challenge To Market, an Arvada startup that offers an online marketplace for sourcing local food took fifth place at the eighth annual University of Northern Colorado Monfort College of Business

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Golden car shop moves to Wheat Ridge A ribbon cutting and open house for Golden Coach Works Auto Body and Paint’s new location will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 20 at Golden Coach Works, 12100 W. 52nd Ave. in Wheat Ridge.

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Pauley sentenced to 10 years for Olde Town assault The altercation happened last summer

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Daniel Pauley, 35, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in Jefferson County district court May 4 for assault charges stemming from a June 15 altercation in Olde Town Arvada.

Pauley pleaded guilty on April 4 to two counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and one count of third-degree assault.

The incident occurred shortly after 1 a.m. June 15 in a parking lot at 7704 Grandview Ave. According to an arrest affidavit from the 1st Judicial District, Pauley was suspected of assaulting his 19-year-old girlfriend, Reghan Avery, and stabbing two men, Jonathan VonDran and Joshua Wright, who intervened in what appeared to be a physical altercation between the couple.

All parties stated in the affidavit they had been drinking that evening.

Testimony from Arvada Police Det. Jeremiah Brunner in August revealed that Pauley carried two weapons — an 11- or 12-inch serrated machete and a 5- or 6-inch throwing knife — which he

reportedly used to injure Wright and VonDran.

VonDran and Wright stated in the affidavit that they were walking home from the 12 Volt Tavern, 7514 Grandview Ave., when an unidentified passerby made them aware of the alleged altercation between Pauley and Avery.

“VonDran and Wright went to `make sure she Pauley was OK,’ ” according to the affidavit, which led to a physical altercation involving Pauley, VonDran and Wright.

During their struggle, VonDran was stabbed in the stomach — and later recovered in the hospital — and Wright was cut across the forehead, the affidavit states. Pauley received injuries to his knuckles and fingers.

The affidavit states that “Pauley claimed he was attacked and acted in self-defense.”

At his sentencing hearing, Pauley apologized to his victims, none of who were present.

“My intention was to deflect physical confrontation but instead I caused more damage,” Pauley said. “I’m going to take this sentence and become a stronger, more intelligent man for my daughter.”

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VOICES Not so transparent at Jefferson County school board

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o conduct a nationwide search for a new superintendent in 2014, Jefferson County Public Schools hired consulting company Ray & Associates. The firm notified hundreds of potential candidates and received more than 60 applications, then used feedback from the community and the school board to identify 11 top candidates. The school board then interviewed five individuals — without revealing their names and backgrounds to the public — before naming a lone finalist.

The process — met with loud outcry from the community over a lack of

transparency — resulted in the selection of Dan McMinimee, then assistant superintendent in Douglas County.

The only variables that were different in the district’s superintendent search this year that resulted May 1 in the naming of lone finalist Jason Glass, currently the superintendent of Eagle County Schools, is that the five-member board is entirely different and it interviewed six candidates instead of five.

Twice, the Jeffco school district denied requests from Colorado Com-

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munity Media to release the names of the six candidates who were interviewed. “Dr. Jason Glass was the sole finalist made public pursuant” to the statute, stated the district’s May 4 response to our second request.

“The remaining applicants are not considered finalists and their names and current positions will not be released.”

Under the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA), all finalists for a highranking or CEO-type position such as superintendent must be named publicly at least 14 days before an actual job offer is made, giving the public

time to weigh in on the choices. (The board will meet again May 16 to vote to approve Glass.)

In our view, one person hardly seems like a finalist.

According to merriam-webster.com, a finalist is “a person who competes in the last part of a competition.” The CORA statute defines a finalist as “a member of the final group of applicants” chosen by the board. Seems like Glass was the No. 1 choice — the winner, if you will — not a competing finalist.

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Welcome to a world of change in Jeffco

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Judicial equality?

Last week’s paper descried two incidents of “crime” and prison sentencing. I question the sentencing. Seems that whoever

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had the best pleading attorney will not bear the punishment for the crime!

A vehicular homicide sentence of 16 years; a robbery and nonfa-

tal stabbing sentence of 32 years!

I have a problem with matching the crime with the consequence.

David Rupert, Arvada

ne of the radio personalities I listen to on a regular basis is Mark Schlereth. Remember Mark? He was an offensive lineman for the Denver Broncos during their first two Super Bowl titles in 1998 and 1999, has been a football analyst for HITTING ESPN, and now co-hosts HOME the morning show on The Fan radio in Denver.

Last week he was talking about the well-publicized shakeup at ESPN, which resulted in 100 people being let go, many of whom were his friends. And, regarding his thoughts on it, he said something that really struck me: “God is Michael Alcorn in control; change is good; and I am on an adventure.”

Following that logic, all of Jefferson County School district is now on a ridiculous, great adventure.

Start with “change is good.” In the West Arvada area, we have been told that all of our elementary schools and middle schools will transition the sixth grade to the middle schools the year after next. Never mind that a high-ranking Jeffco official told a room full of people at West Woods Elementary in September that the north area would not make this transition for 3-5 years, we’re on task to do this now in a year. I’m not positive the exact same message is going out to

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By naming only one finalist, without having the opportunity to consider what other choice the board could have made, the district limits transparency and strips the public of its right to know more about those who could make crucial decisions in their children’s lives.

Jeff Roberts, executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, put it this way: “Even if the school district’s procedure for choosing a sole finalist from six candidates didn’t violate the letter of the Sunshine Law and CORA, it certainly seems to have violated the spirit of those laws. The Legislature intended to give the public a meaningful look at the decision-making process when government entities hire chief executives.”

It was interesting that this time around, the public, including the teachers’ union and several parents’ groups, didn’t find the board’s decision to conTHOMPSON

duct its interview and selection process in private as outrageous as it it did in 2014. Was it because the present school board is much more popular in the community than the previous board?

In November 2015, the community successfully recalled the board majority, which had garnered strong opposition and distrust among teachers and many parents for its policies and direction.

The result of the election was an entirely new board because the other two members did not run for re-election.

Leslie Dahlkemper, a member of the 2014 school board who had voted against McMinimee’s appointment and who chose not to run again, said then: “I think the process is flawed because this board refused to allow two or three finalists to come forward.”

This time Dahlkemper said, before Glass’ selection, that the board has done a much better job of listening to the community. “I think they did very good work there and I think it’s a big difference.”

John Ford, president of the Jeffco teachers’ union, who in 2014 was critical of McMinimee’s hiring process, felt

differently about the selection process this time, too.

“All indications point to this being an actual national search and the qualities the board is seeking match the wishes of the stakeholders in Jeffco, not out-ofstate millionaires and billionaires,” he said before the board’s final decision.

Glass, whose credentials are impressive, may very well be the best choice.

But it’s hard to tell just how well the current board did — or did not — listen to the people of Jeffco, since the names of the other potential candidates have not been made public and the vote to approve Glass was done in executive session behind closed doors.

Board members repeatedly stated that keeping candidates’ names confidential could help attract a better candidate pool because publicly naming the candidates could harm their relationships with current employers.

But for public sector executives, whose salaries are paid for with our tax dollars, that is a burden they are expected to shoulder for the sake of transparency and the public’s right to know.

Just last week, the city of Centennial

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Jean Marie Thompson 10/6/1937–4/10/2017

Jean Marie Thompson, 79, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at the Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge.

She was the daughter of the late Albert Monson Sr. and Edith Lewis Monson. Jean was active the majority of her life and enjoyed her life until it was cut very short the last year by ALS. She lived in Arvada, Colorado since 1964. Jean was born at Battle Creek, Nebraska on October 6, 1937 and attended country school and graduated Meadow Grove High School in 1955. She enjoyed high school and was very active in volleyball, softball, cheerleading, choir and band. She was the homecoming queen her senior year. Jean worked as a dental assistant after high school. She married Doyle Thompson on December 12, 1959 in Meadow Grove, Nebraska. She worked for Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society in Omaha until her daughter was born. She was a devoted mother and focused on her husband and children and was not employed outside the home while raising her children. In later years, she helped with the family business. Jean visited Hawaii, Alaska, Niagara Falls, the Broadmoor

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and vacationed on cruises.

Jean enjoyed ballroom dancing with her husband. She loved the Colorado Rockies, attended games whenever she could and watched their games faithfully.

She is survived by her husband Doyle H. Thompson, daughter Sally J. Thompson and spouse Robert B. Fenstermacher, son Bradley J. Thompson and spouse Cristi L. Thompson. Her son Brian J. Thompson passed away as an infant.

Her four grandchildren are Rachel and Jacob Thompson, Emily and Hanna Fenstermacher. Jean is survived by her brother Robert Monson. She was preceded in death by her siblings Wayne Kerstine, Flora Mae Praeuner, Albert Monson Jr. and Ruth Monson.

The Memorial Service will be held at Peace Lutheran Church, 5675 Field St, Arvada, CO 80002 on May 19, 2017 at 11 am. Flowers and contributions to the ALS association (www.alscolorado.org) are welcome. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a tragic debilitating disease that took away the independence and life from Jean along with so many others. Can be viewed online at http://memorialwebsites.legacy.com/ jeanmariethompson

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held a public meet-and-greet with three selected finalists for its city manager position. The city of Golden held a similar event last year before naming its new city manager.

When Glass was hired in 2013 as superintendent of the Eagle County school district, his name was revealed along with two other finalists before the choice was made.

As one more example, consider Grand Junction School District 51’s superintendent search last month.

District spokeswoman Emily Shockley reports that the district named four finalists. Those four were not only publicly identified, they also took part in a community meet-and-greet before the school board held a public vote to choose the winner.

Only one of the top candidates opted to drop out because they did not want to be named publicly.

“I think we got a great candidate, regardless,” Shockley said. “And one that values transparency.”

It’s a shame the Jefferson County Board of Education doesn’t feel the same way.

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Harley Parsons

9/24/1926 – 5/4/2017

Harley West Parsons, 90, passed away on May 4th. He was born in St. Joseph MO on October 23, 1926, and was adopted when he was 3 ½ years old to Horace Fleet and Vera Parsons of Golden CO. At that time they changed his birthday to September 24, 1926 and he has celebrated it that day ever since.

He was a veteran of WWII and served in the Navy, as a fireman first class (EM), aboard the destroyer escort, USS Formoe until his discharge in 1946.

He flew airplanes when he was young, loved old cars, vintage airplanes and his beloved truck. He was a printer/ pressman for the Golden Transcript in his younger days and then spent 30 years at Englewood Press. After he “retired” he worked another 10 years at

King Soopers in Arvada.

Harley married Barbara Jean Rodda on May 5, 1951 and is survived by his only child, Lori Harleyn Hickman, his grandchildren, Ryan and Christie Hickman and his great grandsons, Graham and Nolan Hickman.

Harley was the type of person that if you had the pleasure of meeting him you would never forget him. He was always willing to do something kind for anyone in need and would offer to help out in any way he could. He will always be loved and is dearly missed.

No services will be held except a private family memorial later this summer.

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the entire district, but we are preparing as if it has.

Then we learned this week that the School Board has narrowed its finalist list for the superintendent’s job to one person. So, we’re going to have a new boss soon.

Add to that, three members of this school board are set to stand for re-election in the November, since their initial election two years ago was a special election coming off the recall of the old school board. Whether or not we end up with a new school board or

not, that means a lot of business is going to get eaten up by election insanity.

Then take up “control.” Since I’m pretty sure God doesn’t meddle in the minutiae of school board issues, this is a fluid situation. Like I said, we’ll have a new boss managing the whole process, and we may have a different school board guiding him, so it’s hard to know if the agenda is going to remain the same.

Some of my colleagues have been told several conflicting things by their bosses about the sixth grade transition, so it’s also possible that the “agenda” is already in doubt.

As to implementation, there is no consistent, coherent message being delivered as far as exactly how the

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middle schools are to assimilate the sixth grade, so control is diffused.

Which leaves a lot of questions unanswered. What happens to sixth grade teachers? Already, half a dozen of my sixth grade teammates have found new jobs for next year, in preparation to avoid the chaos year after next.

Will the schools provide assistance to get sixth grade teachers the additional credentials necessary to teach middle school?

And how are the middle schools going to handle Art, Music, Physical Education and other programs like Outdoor Lab? And all those are secondary to the obvious questions about spaces, construction, time and funding.

Am I worried about this? No. I may be uncertain about exactly who is in control of all this, but, one thing I am certain of is that I am NOT in control of it. So I do what I can, and don’t worry about the rest.

That’s the adventure part — sometimes, it’s like being the skier who accidentally wanders onto a black diamond slope: I’m just keeping my feet, waiting for the flat spot, hoping there’s more laughter than pain at the end.

One thing I can tell you is this: if you are an interested observer of the public schools, pop some popcorn and pull up a comfortable chair. The next 18 months should provide plenty of entertainment.

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May is Mentorship Month

bout 15 years into my career, a young woman from another department in the organization where we both worked asked me to lunch. To my complete – and ignorant – surprise, she asked me to be her mentor. At the time, I had no idea what she meant.

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The concept of mentoring was completely foreign to me at that time. If I had considered it at all, I would have Andrea Doray thought a mentor was someone higher up in the organization who would just kind of watch out for me. What that would look like, however, was completely nebulous. No wonder, then, that I never formed a formal mentorship relationship with anyone.

Recently, though, I have discovered the true joys of mentoring.

Through a local chamber of commerce Young Professionals Program, I mentored a rising junior bank executive for a year.

Coordinating our schedules turned out to a bit sticky, but we

were able to make coffee dates and we met at my office from time to time.

We started out as strangers to each other: We had met at a “matching” event sponsored by the chamber that was a bit like speed dating. The potential apprentice then ranked their choices of mentors and the Young Professionals Program leaders made the matches.

As mentors, we were counseled to provide a safe space for our apprentices to explore their challenges, their concerns, their decisions and their futures. As a career-long marketer, I was personally ready to apply those same principles with anyone in any field who were ready to market themselves.

No matter how talented, how motivated or how dedicated we are, how we are perceived in our workplace has everything to do with our relationships, our opportunities and our abilities to get things done. In this way, I believed I helped her.

I was also able to share my own decisions – both good and not-sogood – and how they shaped me both professionally and personally. In this way, she helped me, too.

As I write this, I am contemplating my mentorship with a young writer. We met through a colleague from Lighthouse

Writers Workshop, where I serve as an instructor in their Young Writers Program. She’s quite gifted and ours isn’t a tutoring relationship, but rather coaching and mentoring.

We’re navigating the world of writing together. For example, we took advantage of recent great weather to explore writing nature poetry at the Denver Botanic Gardens. I am learning from her every time we get together, and we’re just getting warmed up.

May is Mentorship Month … please consider being a mentor.

You can spend as much time and energy as you are able. Just take a moment at the start of your relationship to establish routines and commitment. Will you meet once a week or once a month?

What are your apprentice’s goals? How will you contact each other? Answer questions such as these at the beginning to save disappointment or confusion later.

Here are a few tips I’ve learned: Set expectations, foster a professional as well as personal relationship, share mistakes and celebrate milestones, and, most of all find the joy in helping others.

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BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

f it seems to you that 5K races are a dime a dozen, you would be right.

According to research at Running USA, a not-for-profit organization that studies road races, the most popular race among long-distance events in 2015 was the 5K, with a grand total of 7.6 million finishers across the U.S. That’s millions more than the next most popular distance, the halfmarathon, which had nearly 2 million finishers in 2015.

The difference between the two is considerable: A 5K is equivalent to 3.1 miles; a half-marathon is 13.1 miles.

From just-for-fun runs, to fitness challenges to philanthropic causes, there are plenty of reasons to sign up for your community’s next 5K and join the masses.

WHERE TO RUN The following are just some of the many races for metro-area residents in the next few months: • High Line Canal 5K & 10K, May 20, deKoevend Park, along the High Line Canal Trail, Centennial; www.ssprd.org/raceseriesmore information: www.ssprd.org/raceseries more information: www.ssprd.org/raceseries • Parker Family 5K, May 21, Stroh Ranch Park, 18775 Stroh Road, Parker; www.parkerfamily5k.weebly.com/ • Cattle Crossing 5K and Family Fun Trek, June 3, Tallman Meadow Park, 12335 Canterberry Parkway, Parker; parkerrec.com • All-Out Summer Breeze 5K, 10K and

Half-Marathon, June 17, Stenger Soccer Complex, 11200 W. 58th Ave., Arvada; alloutmultipro.com • Father’s Day Classic 5K and 10K, June 18, Apex Center, 13150 W. 72nd Ave., Arvada; arvada.org • Six Pack Series in Highlands Ranch: numerous race beginning Aug. 6 at Highlands Heritage Regional Park, 9651 South Quebec St.; 6packseries.com • So Long to Summer 5K, 10K and Family Fun Trek, Aug. 12, Salisbury Park, 11920 Motsenbocker Road, Parker; parkerrec.com • All-Out Runapalooza 5K, 10K and HalfMarathon, Aug. 26, Apex Center, 13150 W. 72nd Ave., Arvada; alloutmultipro.com

Here’s what your local experts say you’ll need to know when training:

check in with their doctor first, just to be safe.

“You might not think it is a cardio issue,” he said, “but it might be.”

Conditions such as a recent pregnancy may create complications during training, even if a runner wouldn’t expect them to, he said.

Consult your physician Anyone with injuries or chronic conditions should consult a physician before signing up for a 5K race or longer event, said Nic Seaver, director of kinesiology at HealthFit Gym in Castle Rock.

He also recommends those without serious injury or other conditions

Start slow, build gradually There’s no rule that says a 5K must be run, Seaver said. Participants can

also walk or jog.

Regardless, when it comes to training, he implores those who don’t regularly run distances to start slow and build up their workout routine incrementally.

“Start with your comfort zone,” he said. “The biggest mistake is to shock yourself too early and either hurt yourself or scare yourself.”

For non-runners, that might mean walking or jogging somewhere between one and two miles during those first workouts. He also cautions trainers to take a rest day in-between runs rather than working out every single day.

If not, he said, you’re tearing your muscles down and increasing the risk of injury.

Follow a schedule Make sure you to give yourself plenty of time to train, Seaver said. He recommends starting training at least three months in advance of a race, especially for those who aren’t regular distance runners.

Then, stick to a schedule.

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hen multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and Colorado native Sera Cahoone calls for our interview, she’s in Laguna Beach, California, waves roaring in the background.

“I just needed to be near the water,” she explained with a laugh.

This setting and sounds were the perfect backdrop for Cahoone, who has been making the kind of acoustic folk music that breathes beautifully in the open air since her solo debut was released in 2006. On March 24, she released her fourth album, “From Where I Started” — the first on her own record label, Lady Muleskinner records, after three albums on Sub Pop. “I think every song on the album is very personal, and comes from true experiences,” she said.

As the title implies, Cahoone takes listeners back to her country-steeped musical roots — roots that were created and fostered at honky-tonk bars around the state. Just one of the benefits of having a father who was a dynamite salesman in the Rocky Mountain area, and brought the family along with him.

“I grew up and lived in Littleton and went to Columbine High School,” she said. “I don’t remember a lot of the Denver-area music scene at the time, but I remember Big Head Todd was really big, and you had the ska scene going on.”

Cahoone started playing the drums at age 11, and the drums remain her main

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Run at least three times a week, starting with shorter distances if that’s your comfort zone.

At least two weeks before race day, a 5K participant should be at a weekly routine of running 1 mile early in the week, 3 miles mid-week and 5 miles at the end of the week, leaving one to two rest days before beginning the next week’s routine.

By race day, running as much as 5 miles should feel normal to your body, Seaver said. A properly trained race participant should be capable of running more miles than the race length,

instrument to this day. She went on to teach herself guitar, and began writing songs, but she still feels most comfortable behind the drum kit.

She moved to Seattle in 1998 and joined the vibrant indie rock scene of the Pacific Northwest. She was the drummer for Carissa’s Wierd and then played drums with Band Of Horses, one of the most well-known bands to come out of that scene.

But the music Cahoone loved has always been slightly sepia toned — old country and blues, as well as 70s soft rock.

“These influences tend to come through in the music I make,” she said. “I did a lot demoing at home before deciding it was time to go to the studio. But once we got there, making the album only took maybe a week and a half.”

“From Where I Started,” is Cahoone’s first album in five years, a break that allows songs to evolve and grow, she said. Time off also leads to some great stories, like the

Avoiding injury Strength training — not just cardio — is crucial while preparing for a 5K. Exercise, such as weightlifting, helps connective tissues stay strong, Seaver said.

“When you’re running you’re putting more stress on your joints,” he said. “That’s something I run into a lot, is people just stop doing their more strength-oriented workouts.”

Keeping up exercises such as deadlifting or squatting can possibly prevent the most common running injuries such as tendonitis, pulls and strains in muscles, or in the worse case scenario, tears in muscles or ligaments.

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writing of album-highlight “Up to Me” — a song she wrote while on a women’s songwriter retreat on Whidbey Island, off the coast of Washington.

“You have all day in the cabin by yourself,” she remembered. “The song just came out, and it’s one of my favorite songs.”

Cahoone is back on the road now, stretching out her musical muscles on stage again, and will be playing a show at the Bluebird on May 12, and one at The Fox in Boulder on May 13.

“I’ve been gone from Colorado half my life, but any time I play there, it feels so great,” she said. “I love playing in Colorado because I get to see my family and friends. And playing the new songs for people is so exciting.”

At a time when arts funding is under attack, its important to remember its unifying power. And Cahoone is one of the voices calling for that unity.

“People need music — without it, this would be the worst world,” she said. “The arts and music world is so strong, and people will always make art and create community with it.”

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he wishes there was more cool honkytonk bars around. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. And share your favorite Colorado dive bars at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

certified in sports and family medicine.

He’s also a former NCAA track and field athlete.

The best way to avoid injury ties in with Seaver’s advice to start slow when training, Yamazaki said. When people quickly dive into running more than their body was accustomed to, injury becomes more likely.

“That jump sort of outruns — no pun intended — the caliber of your muscle tissue, ligaments, elasticity of tissues, and even just the muscle memory,” he said. “Over-training is the number one thing that ails our new runners.”

If injury does occur, he said, see your doctor or sports medicine physician. Often, they can keep someone training for a race and have them healed, or at least ready, for the big day.

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Preparing on race day As adrenaline kicks in on race day, Seaver said, don’t be surprised if you run faster than in training.

“There’s excitement, naturally, for human beings when they’re in competition,” he said.

But overall, race day should be a normal day to someone who has put in the work and trained. His final health advice is to warm up through movement before the run and stretch well afterwards.

As far as mental preparation, Seaver reminds runners that the human body is more than capable of walking, jogging or running the approximate 3 miles a 5K covers.

His best advice on race day, Seaver said: You can do it.

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Horse illness affects about 80 Westernaire horses and ponies But outbreak of common bacterial infection has been contained, official says

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The first of about 80 rental horses and ponies owned by the Westernaires is expected to come out of a six-week quarantine period by May 20, after recovering from a form of strep called strangles.

The outbreak should not cause panic, said Glen Keller, the director of the Westernaires, who referred to it as a “very inconvenient truth.”

“We’re not letting it get the best of us,” Keller said.

According to www.horseandhound. co.uk, strangles is a common bacterial infection that can affect horses, ponies and donkeys of all types and ages. It is a highly contagious infection of the upper respiratory tract, and can be easily spread through shared water troughs and/or tack and yard equipment.

It is specific to equines, Keller added, and only in a rare circumstance can the bacteria be transmitted to humans or other animals.

Strangles is rarely fatal, Keller said, adding equines generally make a full recovery. None of the Westernaires’

One of the Westernaires’ horses massages its neck on May 3 in its corral at the Westernaires’ facility located adjacent to the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The Westernaires has started a GoFundMe to help alleviate the financial burden the organization is facing due to an outbreak of a common equine bacterial infection called strangles among its rental horses and ponies. CHRISTY STEADMAN horses and ponies have died from the infection. The animals showed symptoms of a “snotty nose” and a fever, Keller said.

The Westernaires is a nonprofit organization that provides horsemanship and promotes western heritage to Jefferson County youth ages 9 to 19.

The Westernaires own about 230 horses and ponies, Keller said. He estimated that of them, 58 horses and 26 ponies were affected by strangles.

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All areas of the Westernaires’ facility has been disinfected and cleaned.

The equines are being treated with a regimen that entails two vaccine shots administered by a veterinarian, Keller said.

“It seems to be working really well,” Keller said.

However, even after symptoms clear up, strangles can be contagious for up to six weeks, Keller said.

Therefore, every horse and pony that contracted strangles is being quarantined for that amount of time.

The illness has led the Westernaires to modify operations — practices now take place on Saturdays only, and only the healthy horses that have not contracted the infection are being used. In addition, to avoid potential exposure to horses not owned by the Westernaires, owners are not permitted to bring in their own horses for Westernaires activities.

A memo sent out from Scott Gales, the director of the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, to members of the 4-H organization states that the fairgrounds’ facilities are not involved in or associated with the infection.

“However, as a precautionary measure, all of our stalls, pens, water tanks, tie-outs and other facilities were disinfected shortly after discovery of this infection,” the memo

HOW TO HELP To contribute to the Westernaires’ GoFundMe, visit www.gofundme.com/ WesternairesHerdHelp. Donations will help the organization offset the expenses associated with the recent outbreak of a common bacterial infection that has affected about 80 of the organization’s rental horses and ponies. states. “We have taken these precautionary measures to ensure the safety and well-being of animals and humans — as our highest priority.”

The strangles vaccine is costly, and because the Westernaires cannot rent out the quarantined horses, the organization estimates it is incurring a weekly loss of revenue of about $15,000. To help offset the expenses from the strangles outbreak, the organization set up a Go Fund Me account on April 29. As of May 5, $23,463 of the $30,000 goal has been met.

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Northglenn carnival offers food on four wheels Second annual Food Truck Carnival a big deal for vendors

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It took exactly one year for a firsttime event spolighting Denver’s favorite food trucks in all their glory to turn into a much-anticipated carnival for the city of Northglenn and food truck vendors.

“Its our biggest event of the season — that’s how we are treating it and promoting it,” said food truck owner Matt McDonald. “It simply is the biggest food truck event in the Denver area for the year, and we are going all in with both feet.”

Northglenn’s Food Truck Carnival returns to the city’s Community Center area May 12 through 14 with a carnival midway, live music and food provided by 64 of Colorado’s favorite gourmet food trucks.

City Event Supervisor Steven Stokes said the city is prepared for thousands to attend.

“Last year on Friday in our first hour we had 1,500 people come through the gate,” Stokes said. “It was an overwhelming and wonderful experience, honestly, to have that many people show up for the first night of a first-time event.”

The carnival’s initial outing was Northglenn’s most successful inaugural event, with more than 30,000 attending over the three days.

The city is hoping its bigger and better sophomore event is even more successful: Last year, the event featured 22 food trucks — this year’s features 64 trucks overall, between 20 and 30 different trucks each day.

It also includes a small cadre of “designer” trucks — clothing and gift retailers in panel trucks — more parking and a bigger carnival.

It’s a sign of last year’s success.

“It’s a good combination of a lot of things,” Stokes said. “It was a first-year event and we did a ton of promotion and there are not a lot of food truck events up north.

And then, we have amazing drive-

Kids play the squirt gun game at the 2016 Northglenn Food Truck Carnival. Organizers said the first year event was a huge success last year and they are hoping to surpass it in 2017.

COURTESY PHOTOS by opportunities, with I-25 right next door. Once we start putting up the carnival rides, we’ll be getting phone calls right away.”

The rides are provided by Wright Amusements of Elbert County. But Stokes said the food is the main attraction.

“This is not fast food,” he said.

“They are gourmet. They were never meant to put food out fast, to be a slower option. So that’s why we brought in more trucks this year.”

Vendors said it’s a great showcase for what they do.

Jose Dominguez operates Arepas House, his Venezuelan-themed food truck. The Northglenn event was one of the best events he attended since he started operation two years ago.

“It was amazing,” he said. “There were a lot of people, a lot of business for us. For us, me it was one of the best festivals I attended in the last year. The lines were huge.”

McDonald, who operates two trucks, said both will be coming to the Northglenn event. His Hey PB &J truck sells gourmet grilled peanut butter sandwiches. His Meatball truck specializes in Italian sandwiches, like meatball subs, Italian sausage sandwiches and chicken parmesan.

“We normally run with two people per truck,” he said. “This time, we are bringing five people per truck.”

It’s worth it, he said.

“Some trucks I’ve talked to worry Northglenn is overbooked this year, but I don’t care at all,” McDonald said. “They are trying to put something good together and they are extremely organized. They are the only ones I see really doing anything like this.”

Stokes said it is a unique event.

Food at Northglenn’s food truck carnival will range from favorites like burgers and fries to international treats to gourmet peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

“There isn’t anything up north here that really focuses 100 percent on food trucks,” Stokes said. “While there are food trucks at just about every event, we had 22 at our event last year — about eight trucks per day. We thought we were doing really well, and here we have 25 trucks per day this year.”

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Community steps up to save detox facility Jefferson Center to take over services offered by Arapahoe House

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There is a need in the community to have a detox facility, and because of community support, the service will continue.

On June 27, the Jefferson Center for Mental Health will take over detox facility duties from Arapahoe House at the detox facility at 4643 Wadsworth Blvd. in Wheat Ridge.

The Jefferson Center is a not-forprofit organization that serves Jefferson, Clear Creek and Gilpin counties residents with emotional problems and/or serious mental illnesses. The organization will rename the facility The Crisis and Recovery Center, with a vision to provide a one-stop shop for any behavioral health crisis, said Dr. Harriet Hall, CEO for the Jefferson Center for Mental Health.

“The community has rallied marvelously,” Hall said. “It is clear that there is a tremendous need and will to keep the services going.”

Community support for keeping the detox facility open was overwhelming, she said, and added that Jefferson Center would not be facing the transition

alone.

Arapahoe House, a Colorado-based provider of substance abuse treatment, said it was losing money on its detox facilities and announced in December it would close its three detox facilities within the first six months of this year.

The reason for the closures, said Arapahoe House’s CEO Mike Butler, is to focus the organization’s revenue and resources on ongoing treatment, rather than the short-term fix of providing a place for people to sober up.

“The demand for treatment in Colorado is so great, we want to respond to it,” Butler said. “Our mission is to help individuals and families break the cycle of addiction. That is a massive undertaking.”

Before the closures, Arapahoe House had 10 locations throughout the Denver-metro area. The three detox facilities, located in Jefferson, Adams and Arapahoe counties, are the only ones affected by the closures. The organization’s other locations — the rehabilitation centers that offer services for treatment from alcohol and substance use disorders through outpatient and residential care — will remain open.

In 2016, Arapahoe House treated about 15,000 people, Butler said.

However, only about 5,000 of them were seeking treatment, meaning the remaining 10,000 were utilizing only the detox facilities.

“All we were doing was sobering

people up, then putting them back on the streets,” Butler said. “It has grown to be a public safety (effort). Public safety is not treatment.”

By keeping the detox facilities in operation, Butler said Arapahoe House was losing about $2 million annually — money that could be better utilized as a response to the need for treatment. Being a nonprofit, the resources were just not there to keep both treatment and detox in operation. He said Arapahoe House’s funding struggles have been most prevalent in the last five years.

People seeking treatment had to be turned away every day, Butler said.

“And those are the people who are ready to stop using.”

Needed replacements On March 30, Community Reach Center, a mental health services provider for Adams County and north metro Denver, took over the operations of the Commerce City detox location.

Aurora Mental Health Center, a nonprofit community mental health organization, will assume operations of the Aurora detox location on May 14.

In Jeffco, the transition took a bit longer.

To help Araphahoe House continue to operate until the June switch-over date, the county and Jeffco municipalities have agreed to provide $259,000 in funding, split up by population.

At an April 24 Lakewood City

LEARN MORE To learn more about the services offered by Arapahoe House, visit www.arapahoehouse. org.

To learn more about the Jefferson Center for Mental Health, visit www.jcmh.org.

Council meeting, councilors passed a request to provide their city’s portion of the bill — $60,840 — to keep the detox facility open by a 11-0 vote.

Lakewood Police Chief Dan McCasky estimated that the Wheat Ridge detox facility alone admits about 900 people per year, and it is a tremendous need for the Lakewood community.

After the transition to the Jefferson Center, the Jeffco facility will still receive the majority of its funding from the state, just as it had under Arapahoe House management, Hall said. It will cost the Jefferson Center about $2.7 million total, annually, to operate the facility. Approximately half of that will come from the state. The Jefferson Center expects about a half million dollars to be funded through an intergovernmental agreement among the county and major Jeffco cities — Golden, Wheat Ridge, Westminster, Lakewood, Edgewater and Arvada.

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teacher and president of the Jefferson County Education Association. “The fact that the decision was unanimous and the Board of Education listened to all stakeholders and shared details at every step of the process was refreshing. We look forward to meeting and working with Dr. Glass to continue providing the schools Jeffco students deserve.

Others in the community also have high hopes for Glass’ leadership.

“I’m really excited about moving forward in Jeffco,” said Katie Winner, Arvada resident and Jeffco parent. “I got here in the fall of 2013, so I’m desperate to see this school district continue its bright future and move on. I want to see a great dynamic between the board, superintendent and staff. I’m desperate

to see this district run on all cylinders.”

McMinimee became superintendent of Jeffco Schools in July 2014, replacing longtime Superintendent Cindy Stevenson. He was named the sole finalist of that search, which was also conducted by Ray & Associates. He was approved by a 3-2 vote, with the support of Ken Witt, Julie Williams and John Newkirk. Those three board members, all elected in 2013 on a conservative reform platform, were later the target of a successful recall campaign in 2015, during which McMinimee’s hiring became an issue.

Since then, the district has faced a teacher sick-out protest over low pay, student protests over proposed changes to the Advanced Placement U.S. History curriculum, contentiousness over teacher evaluation and pay systems, and the recall election.

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Glass said that if he is confirmed as Jeffco’s next superintendent, he hopes to expand the Jeffco 2020 vision, which defines the characteristics of a successful graduate. Its corresponding strategic plan sets priorities for the district to provide all students — from pre-K to 12th grade — the educational experiences necessary to achieve.

“It’s exciting work as it has to do with transforming the experience for kids and changing from that factory call to skill-based learning,” Glass said. “That’s the direction that the board has pointed Jeffco and I’m ex-

cited about that direction. I think it’s the right one.”

Glass spoke about the concept of making education relevant to learners in a TED Talk in Vail held April 1.

“The big idea is that there is this tension between fact-based and experience-based education,” Glass explained in a phone interview. “A big shift needs to be toward learning experiences where kids learn by doing. It’s the kind of education I think the board is striving for in Jeffco. And that’s what got me excited.”

If contract negotiations are successful, Glass said his first priority will be taking time to understand the issues facing Jeffco and build relationships with the Jeffco community.

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High School ‘Mirror Image’ Musical: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 12-13 at Colorado ACTS Theatre, 11455 W. Interstate 70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Fantasy comes face to face with the reality of high school in this pop musical adventure set in 1985, where the best and worst of both worlds meet. Call 303-4566772 or go to www.coloradoacts. org.

Pump and Dump Show: 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 13 at the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver. Shayna Ferm and Tracey Tee perform a special Mother’s Day version of their comedy show. Call 303-893-TIXS or go to http://www.altitudetickets.com/event/the-pump-anddump-7182/.

Miners Alley Playhouse Presents ‘Cabaret’: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday from May 19 to June 25 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Tony Award-winning musical about following your heart while the world loses its way. Additional shows at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 28, June 4, June 11 and June 18. Call 303-935-3044 or go to minersalley.com.

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Demographic Challenges: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11 at Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden.

Jefferson County Commissioners and the Jeffco League of Women Voters will discuss key issues identified by the league’s recent

Eleanor Roosevelt: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 18 at Atria Inn at Lakewood, 555 S. Pierce St., Lakewood. As the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt was both outspoken and, at times, quite controversial. Join Active Minds as we examine her life and the impact it had on important causes such as human rights and the successful launch of the United Nations. Call 303742-4800 to RSVP.

May Festival: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 13 at the Historic Park, 4610 Robb St., Wheat Ridge. A time to celebrate the arrival of spring and to enjoy music and food for a nominal fee. Presented by the Wheat Ridge Historical Society.

Paracosm City: 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Wheat Ridge High School, 9505 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Presented by the school’s gifted and talented center. Contact lklee@jeffco.k12. co.us or eholm@jeffco.k12.co.us.

League of Women Voters Book Club: 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 17 in the Lakewood area; and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, May 20 at Westland Meridian Library, 10695 W. 17th Ave., Lakewood. Get a copy of the nonfiction book, “Thank You For Being Late, An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations,” by Thomas L. Friedman, threetime Pulitzer prize winner, and be ready to discuss

by May. Call Lynne at 303-985-5128 for Wednesday’s meeting location and details about either meeting. The public is welcome.

‘Misery’: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays through May 21 at the Edge Theater, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Shows also at 8 p.m. Monday, May 8 and Thursday, May 18. Novelist Paul Sheldon is writing as if his life depends on it, and it does.

Adult themes. Call 303-232-0363 or go to www. theedgetheater.com.

study of the county’s demographics and the challenges we will face in the near future. The public is welcome to observe the discussion; however, no questions will be taken from the audience at this special meeting.

American Legion Post 161 Meeting: 7 p.m. Thursday, May 11, at 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada. Contact 303-424-0324 for cost and other information.

‘Damage’ Art Exhibit: open through February 2018 at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, in the mezzanine near the library. Denver artist Sharon Brown’s exhibit features psychologically charged paintings created mostly from photographs. Go to www.rrcc.edu.

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Haute for Hamsters: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 13 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada.

Celebrate National Pet Month by creating fun and functional hamster habitat accoutrements.

Materials provided. Program for tweens, teens and adults. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org Lifetree Café Explores SelfWorth: noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 at 5675 Field St., Arvada.

The program “What’s Wrong Right With You? The Surprising Truth About Self-Worth” features a documentary about a skid-row project that provides makeovers for homeless mothers. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@peacelutheran.net.

Restoration Food Drive: collection open through Friday, May 19 at Caliber Collision, 650 W. 106th Ave., Northglenn; 2255 W. 92nd Ave., Federal Heights; 4790 Independence St., Wheat Ridge; 4890

Robb St., Wheat Ridge. Food and cash collected benefit Food Bank of the Rockies. Donations also can be made online at CaliberDonations.com.

Trollheim Norwegian Smorgasbord: 1 p.m. Saturday, May 20 at Trollheim Sons of Norway Lodge, 6610 W. 14th Ave., Lakewood.

Enjoy selection of delicacies and shop in the Butikken. RSVP at 303-989-4496.

Fox Hollow Tournaments: Sunday, May 21 is the Spring Stableford, a fun points-scoring tournament for men. All CGA men members are welcome to play the Fox Hollow Amateur Open on Saturday, June 3; a 7:03 a.m. shotgun with lunch and prizes for several places in each flight following play. The Men’s Club is hosting the Mayor’s Cup June 24 and its Red, White and Blue member guest event including women July 2. This year Lakewood’s award winning 27hole facility at 13414 W. Morrison Road added more tee options for all player levels. Join the golfing fun through October; go to fhmgc.com.

Colorado Stock Horse Association Open All Breed Shows: May 21, June 4, July 16, Aug. 20, Sept. 3 at the Indiana Equestrian Center, 7500 Indiana St., Arvada.

Large outdoor arena with second arena for warm-up.

Registration at 7:30 a.m.

Classes at 8:30 a.m. Information and entry forms at 720-935-2026 (call or text), or 720-560-3646 (call or text), www.ColoradoStockHorse. com, and ColoradoStockHorse@ yahoo.com.

Fun with Animals: 10-10:45 a.m.

Wednesdays in March at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. For ages 3-6 years. Learn about coyotes, beavers, bugs and fish. Use books, stories, crafts and games. Sign up at arvada.org/public-classes.

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Maintaining Muscle Mass: 11 a.m. Saturday, May 13 at Natural Grocers/Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Get some recipes for paleo smoothies.

Contact Kate Sheets 303-4230990 with any questions.

Hot Pepper Cooking Demo: 11 a.m. Saturday, May 20 at Natural Grocers/Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Mickey Daily will help you bring on the heat. Contact Kate Sheets 303423-0990 with any questions.

Food Pantry: open from 9-11 a.m.

Wednesdays at New Apostolic Church, 5290 Vance St., Arvada, rear entrance (across the street from Beau Jo’s restaurant). Contact Gertrude at 303-902-6794.

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Michael Gubanich scored the go-ahead run for Faith Christian as he battles past Lutheran catcher Michael King to touch home plate during the May 2 league baseball game played at Mile Hi Academy. Gubanich’s scoring play began a seven-run rally as they won the game in eight innings, 10-3.

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Game summary: Runs proved hard to come by for the first seven innings of the May 2 Faith Christian-Lutheran league baseball game. But the Eagles bats came alive in the top of the eights, pushing seven runs across the plate to win the game, 10-3.

“This is a great group of young men who work hard at the sport,” Eagles Coach Jim Polson said. “We have had some unfortunate mishaps in the last couple weeks but we are a team of talented athletes playing good baseball.”

He said it was a learning experience for the players and for him.

“This is my first year as the head coach so I had to learn about the

kids and they had to get to know me,” he said. “I had some big shoes.

But we worked together and this is a very good baseball program and the future looks good as we have talented players we expect to return who are on the varsity and JV teams.”

He said the game with Lutheran was exciting and he complemented the Eagles pitching and their defensive play.

“We finally were able to string things together in the top of the eighth inning to score the runs to win the game,” he said. “This is a good win for us against a very good baseball team.”

Key moments: Lutheran led 1-0 at the end of one inning and led 3-2 at the end of six innings. The Eagles scored a run in the top of the seventh, held the Lions scoreless in the bottom of the seventh to send the game into extra inning.

Faith Christian’s Landon Ford came to bat in the top of the

eighth with a teammate on base.

He blasted a ball into the outfield which allowed Michael Gubanich to beat the throw to the plate to score the go-ahead run. The Eagles turned walks, a pair of doubles and two singles into six more runs.

The Lions did get a single and a stolen base in the home half of the seventh but didn’t score so Faith Christian won the game, 10-3.

on May 6 and lowered his earned run average to 1.10.

Kiersten Allen, track, senior, Green Mountain: She was the winner of the 100 meters and 200 meters at May 4 Jeffco Elite Meet. Her times were 12.38 in the 100 and 25.74 in the 200.

Andrew Frerich, lacrosse, senior, Wheat

Ridge: He scored one of his three goals in the fourth quarter and also had an assist as the Farmers pulled away for a 7-5 win over Columbine on May 5.

Kaitlyn Chavira, soccer, junior, Bear Creek: Chavira scored three goals and had eight points in the Bears’ 6-0 win over Overland on May 2.

Key players/statistics Seven Eagles players drove in runs. Leaders included John Campisi who was two for three, collected a double and drove in two runs and Michael Gubanich had two hits, drove in a run and scored the go-ahead run with a great slide into home plate.

It was a good outing for Landon Ford. He had a pair of hits, one double and drove in two runs. He also was the winning pitcher. He SEE BASEBALL, P30

STANDOUT PERFORMERS Brandon Micale, track, senior, Pomona: The Panthers’ strong man won the shot put (49-09.25) and the discus (151-10.00) at the May 4 Jeffco Elite Meet.

Landon Ford, baseball, senior, Faith Christian: He allowed three hits in a seven-inning 8-0 shutout over Eaton

STANDOUT PERFORMERS are five 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

aitlyn White is used to getting quirky looks.

The 14-year-old ThunderRidge freshman knows bowling is not a mainstream high school sport.

“Some people ask what sports do you play, and I OVERTIME say bowling,” she said.

“They give me weird looks and then they say that’s so cool.”

White, who is a 170-average bowler, started bowling when she was 6 and has been working on building up her college scholarship fund via her talent on the Jim Benton lanes.

“I did it once and really liked it,” she said.

“They said I could get really good scholarship money and I could get into a real good college with bowling. So I went along with it.”

Bowlers earn scholarship resources at the conclusion of junior leagues by finishing among the leaders in tournaments. All scholarship resources go into the United States Bowling Congress Smart Program Scholarship fund.

White — who is the granddaughter of Colorado Community Media administrative assistant Pat Smith — has $3,600 in her account.

In my younger years, I spent a lot of time bowling in traveling leagues and house leagues at bowling centers that no longer exist.

To become a good bowler takes practice, the ability to make adjustments for lane conditions and the mental fortitude to overcome aggravations like sticking a 10-pin or chopping the six-pin off the 10 on a spare attempt.

White has the right attitude to overcome a bad game or series.

“You have to stay focused,” she said.

White has her sights set on going to college with her scholarship accumulation and maybe even bowl in college.

The NCAA sanctioned women’s bowling in 2003-04 and there are 139 colleges that have women’s varsity bowling teams.

A dominating player The regular season is over in the Jefferson County 4A baseball league and fans interested in statistics will see how dominating a season that Green Mountain junior JD Wadleigh is having.

Wadleigh, who played as a freshman at Faith Christian, leads or is tied for the league lead is six categories.

He is tops with a .500 batting average, tied with teammate Luke Kuberski with five home runs and his 1.035 slugging percentage is the best in the league. The pitcher/ outfielder also leads the league with a .623 on-base percentage, 67 strikeouts and seven pitching victories.

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

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True champs of the track Friday’s track and field meet at Jeffco Stadium was different than most events there. On May 5, more than a dozen middle, junior and high schools brought students for the Adapted Athletics track and field meet. Students competed in a wheelchair obstacle course and some had helpers guiding them through running events. But in some ways it was similar to a typical track meet as many students pushed their physical limits with a competitive spirit. And there were plenty of cheers and high fives to go around.

“These events give our students the opportunity to compete with and against each other,” said Krisiti Hall, an Arvada K-8 teacher. “It allows them to challenge themselves physically and emotionally by striving to do their personal best and learning to work as a team. The pride they feel is evident in the smiles on their faces and the fact that they all walk away from these days feeling like true champions.”The Adapted Athletics program holds monthly sports competition for students with both mental and physical disabilities.

“You can see it on their faces. They smile from ear to ear,” said Brian Deeds, a Wheat Ridge teacher.

“They love to compete and these events make them feel like big-time athletes.”

Katie Leasure, a Wheat Ridge sophomore, makes her way through the wheelchair obstacle course during the Adapted Athletics track and field meet Friday, May 5. KEVIN M. SMITH

Hanna Baillie, a seventh grader at Arvada K-8, runs with the aid of paraprofessional Christina Longoria

Emily-Beth Benade, a junior at Wheat Ridge, throws the shot put. KEVIN M. SMITH

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BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD — Valor Christian’s girls soccer team showed May 2 it knows how to respond.

The Eagles, No. 1 seed for the upcoming Class 4A state tournament, suffered their first loss April 29 getting shutout 1-0 by defending 5A state champion Grandview. It was the first game Valor had been held scoreless all season.

Valor (13-1, 7-0 in 4A Jeffco) answered May 2, at Lakewood Memorial Field scoring seven goals in the span of under 20 minutes to defeat No. 2-seeded Wheat Ridge, 7-3.

“As you saw today, we have so much talent,” said Valor senior Tess Boade, who had a pair of goals for the Eagles. “I’m so excited for playoffs.”

Valor was also excited to win its first girls or boys soccer conference title in the history of the school.

Wheat Ridge (13-2, 6-1) was attempting to defend its league title, but couldn’t hold off the Eagles’ scoring attack once it got rolling.

Wheat Ridge actually scored 25 seconds into the game when junior

Rylie Pachello put one past Valor goalie Mackenzie Egan. It wasn’t until the 29th minute that the Eagles would get their first goal.

Wheat Ridge was shorthanded without the services of one of its top defenders in Corina Wing. The senior received a red card during the Farmers’ wild 6-3 victory over Green Mountain on April 26.

A 1-game suspension came with Wing’s red card so she had to sit out the 4A Jeffco title game.

Wheat Ridge remains the No. 2 seed in the 4A state tournament that begins this week. The Farmers hosted No. 31 Thompson Valley on May 10.

The 4A Jeffco League grabbed four of the top-7 seeds with Valor, Wheat Ridge, No. 4 D’Evelyn and No. 7 Evergreen. No. 19 Littleton, No. 23 Standley Lake and No. 28 Green Mountain also made the field. Golden was the only 4A Jeffco team to be left out of the postseason.

Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go online at CHSAANow. com.

An Arvada coach cheers him on as Saul Gonzales sprints to the finish line to complete the 1,600-meter run during the May 6, Colorado 7 League Track Meet held at Englewood High School.

Gonzales won his heat by a wide margin and, in timed finals finished third overall with a time of 5:02.2 as the Bulldog boys finished sixth in the team standings. TOM MUNDS

NEWS IN A HURRY Pairings and seedings for the girls State High School soccer playoffs were announced May 7.

First round Class 5A games were played May 9 with the second round set for May 12. Quarterfinals will be staged May 17. Semifinals will be May 20 at Legacy Stadium with the finals set for May 24 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.

Class 4A first round contests will be May 10 and opening matches in 3A set for May 12. The 4A semifinals will be at Echo Automotive Stadium and the finals May 24 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park Cherry Creek (14-0-1) was top-seeded in Class 5A with defending state champion Grandview seeded second. Valor Christian (13-1-0), last season’s 4A runner-up, is the No. 1 seed while Jefferson Acad-

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Besides Valor the other area teams seeded in Class 4A were No. 2 Wheat Ridge, No. 4 D’Evelyn, No. 14 Holy Family, No. 19 Littleton, No. 20 Ponderosa, No. 23 Standley Lake and No. 28 Green Mountain.

The Academy in Westminster was No. 6 in the Class 3A bracketing while SkyView Academy was No. 9 and Lutheran No. 20. The 3A state title game will be played May 23 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

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Faith Christian pitcher Landon Ford throws the ball to first base after fielding a ground ball during the May 2 league baseball game against Lutheran. Ford gave up four hits in the seven innings he pitched and he hit a double in the eighth inning to drive in the go-ahead run and start a scoring rally as the Eagles won the game, 10-3

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pitched seven innings, gave up for hits, no earned runs, one walk and struck out four. Macklin Brockmeyer came on and pitched the eighth inning. He gave up one hit, no runs, walked one and struck out one.

They said it Senior Landon Ford said he felt really good at the beginning of the game and focused on throwing strikes.

“I just kept on pushing and focusing on hitting the strike zone,” he said.

“When I came to bat in the eighth

inning I just was focusing on getting on base. I made good contact and got a ball into left center that made it possible for my teammate t0 score the run.”

Ford said baseball is the only sport he plays and he thanks God for the talent and opportunity to play the sport.

He said his baseball career continues after graduation from Faith Christian as, in the fall, he will be playing baseball for the Liberty University.

Going forward The win over Lutheran raised the Eagles overall record to 11-6 and their 8-3 record ties them for third place in the 3A Metro League. The team closed out the regular season May 6.

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Ralston Valley girls golf primed to take aim at first run at it,” Remley said. “I feel like I’m the one leading. I can’t show the fear. I can’t say I have the butterflies. I want my teammates to feel confident.”

The Mustangs should feel comfortable playing at Rolling Hills.

The four play the course a lot. McKibbon and Mueldener are actually members of the private club.

“You do know it so well, but you can also put a lot of pressure on yourself to play well on your home course,” said McKibbon, who has played this spring despite back issues. “It will be exciting. It will be fun playing competitively there.”

McKibbon added that winning Ralston Valley’s first golf title is something the four has talked about for a long time.

“It would be great,” said Davis, who coached Ralston Valley’s softball team to 4A state titles in 2002 and 2007. “The girls have worked so hard and they are truly a team. I think sometimes in golf you don’t think of it as a team sport. They work hard together.”

The key for the Mustangs is to get off to a good start Day 1 at state.

“The first day you have to put yourself in position to win it,” Remley said. “Individually, it can be one hole that can take you out of it. Putting can really destroy you at Rolling Hills.”

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD — Ralston Valley senior Jordan Remley had the perfect bookends to her Class 5A Western Regional girls golf medalist title May 8 at Fox Hollow Golf Course.

Remley birdied the opening par 4 on the Links course. She closed out her round sinking another birdie on the par 4 closing hole on the Meadows course. The senior and now 4-time 5A state qualifier fired a round of 2-over-par 74 to win by three strokes over Rock Canyon’s Amelia Lee. The only thing missing, no fist pumps after either birdie.

“If I get too excited the next hole won’t go too well,” Remley said with a laugh and smile about not getting too emotional on the course.

“Then I’ll just overthink it and jinx myself. You have to focus on the next shot, not the one that just happened.”

Remley, who has signed to continue her golf career at the University Ralston Valley senior Jordan Remley eyes a birdie putt that dropped on her opening of Wyoming, has always focused on hole during the Class 5A Western Regional tournament May 8 at Fox Hollow Golf that next shot. She made the leap Course in Lakewood. Remley shot a 2-over-par 74 to win the medalist title and qualify from finishing tied for 47th at the forPublic her fourth 5A state tournament. DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Notice 5A state tournament her sophomore OF HEARING players back — Remley, senior Riley year to placing fifth last season. UPONNOTICE that,” Ralston Valley coach Wendy APPLICATION FOR A NEW HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LICENSE OF McKibbon, along with sophomores Davis said of Remley dealing withPublic Notice After winning the 5A JefBD OF COLORADO, LLC Sydney Eye and Lexi Mueldener. being oneBURGER of the favorites. “I think fco League and regional medalist D/B/A: BAD NOTICE OF HEARING DADDY’S BAR UPON APPLICATION FOR 7450 B WEST 52ND AVE. SUITE 204 Public Notice TheA NEW four cruised to the regional she will have a great tournament.” crowns, Remley will be one of the HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LICENSE OF Notice is hereby given that an application has RUSTY TACO, INC. title at Fox Hollow been presentedRemley to the City ofis Arvada LiNOTICE OF HEARING team on MonfirstLocal focused on helping favorites to win the individual state D/B/A: R TACO quor Licensing Authority for a Hotel and ResUPON APPLICATION FOR A NEW day.

Mueldener shot an 82.

Eye and lead Ralston Valley get in contentitle at the 2-day state tournament Dennis Pleuss is a Public communications Notice 12368 W. 64th AVENUE taurant License from BD of Colorado, LLC, d/b/a ON/OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION Notice hereby or given that an application has Bad Daddy’stion BurgertoBar, located 7450 B 3.2% FERMENTED MALT McKibbon fired rounds of 85 to de-BEVERAGE win theatschool’s firstisgirls May 22 and 23 at The Club at Rollspecialist for Jeffco Public Schools NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT been presented to the City of Arvada Local LiWest 52nd Ave, Suite 204, Arvada, Colorado, LICENSE OF WAL-MART STORES INC. Rock by seven strokes. boys team golfTimes state ing Hills in Golden. on athletics and activiNotice is hereby given that disbursements in quor Licensing Authority feat for a Hotel and Canyon Reswhose managing member is Good Res-championship.

D/B/A WALMART #4734 with a focus settlement will be issued by the Finance taurant License from Rusty Taco, Inc., d/b/a R taurants Inc., 141 Union Blvd. #400, Lakewood, LOCATED AT 9400up RALSTON “I’m hoping our team show at ROAD The Mustangs placed fourth last ties. Forfinal more Jeffco coverage, go “She (Remley) is a very strong Taco, 12368 W. 64th Avenue, Arvada, ColorDirector at 10:00 a.m., May 30, 2017 to ConCO; Boyd Hoback, President, 141 Union Blvd.

Notice is hereby given that an application has whose controlling Officer Sally Wold, crete Express, Inc. (aka CEI, Inc.) for work re#400, Lakewood, CO; andand Susanhave Knutson,all Conbeen presented to the City of Arvada Li- at stateis this year and actually makes a Local season fourado, returning online CHSAANow.com. girl. I think she’ll be prepared for troller, 141 Union Blvd. #400, Lakewood, CO. The license would allow sales of malt, vinous and spirituous liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises at 7450 B West 52nd Ave, Suite 204, 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, May 25, 2017.

The application was submitted on March 29, 2017.

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

Dated this 11th day of May, 2017. /s/ Teri Colvin Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO

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NOTICE OF HEARING UPON APPLICATION FOR A NEW HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LICENSE OF BD OF COLORADO, LLC D/B/A: BAD DADDY’S BURGER BAR 7450 B WEST 52ND AVE. SUITE 204 Notice is hereby given that an application has been presented to the City of Arvada Local Liquor Licensing Authority for a Hotel and Restaurant License from BD of Colorado, LLC, d/b/a Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar, located at 7450 B West 52nd Ave, Suite 204, Arvada, Colorado, whose managing member is Good Times Restaurants Inc., 141 Union Blvd. #400, Lakewood, CO; Boyd Hoback, President, 141 Union Blvd. #400, Lakewood, CO; and Susan Knutson, Controller, 141 Union Blvd. #400, Lakewood, CO. The license would allow sales of malt, vinous and spirituous liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises at 7450 B West 52nd Ave, Suite 204, 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, May 25, 2017.

The application was submitted on March 29, 2017.

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

Dated this 11th day of May, 2017. /s/ Teri Colvin Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO Legal Notice No.: 48035 First Publication: May 11, 2017 Last Publication: May 11, 2017 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press

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Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING UPON APPLICATION FOR A NEW HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LICENSE OF RUSTY TACO, INC. D/B/A: R TACO 12368 W. 64th AVENUE Notice is hereby given that an application has been presented to the City of Arvada Local Liquor Licensing Authority for a Hotel and Restaurant License from Rusty Taco, Inc., d/b/a R Taco, 12368 W. 64th Avenue, Arvada, Colorado, whose controlling Officer is Sally Wold, President, 7001 Dublin Road, Edina, MN; 80% owner is Taco Wild, Inc., 5500 Wayzata Blvd, Ste. 1600, Minneapolis, MN 55416; and remaining 20% owner is Folks Gotta Eat, LLC, 701 East 15th Street, Plano, TX 75074. The license would allow sales of malt, vinous and spirituous liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises at 12368 W. 64th Avenue, 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, May 25, 2017.

The application was submitted on April 4, 2017.

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

Dated this 11th day of May, 2017. /s/ Teri Colvin Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO Legal Notice No.: 48036 First Publication: May 11, 2017 Last Publication: May 11, 2017

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President, 7001 Dublin Road, Edina, MN; 80% owner is Taco Wild, Inc., 5500 Wayzata Blvd, Ste. 1600, Minneapolis, MN 55416; and remaining 20% owner is Folks Gotta Eat, LLC, 701 East 15th Street, Plano, TX 75074. The license would allow sales of malt, vinous and spirituous liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises at 12368 W. 64th Avenue, 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, May 25, 2017.

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Legal Notice No.: 48036 First Publication: May 11, 2017 Last Publication: May 11, 2017 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING UPON APPLICATION FOR A NEW ON/OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION 3.2% FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE LICENSE OF WAL-MART STORES INC. D/B/A WALMART #4734 LOCATED AT 9400 RALSTON ROAD Notice is hereby given that an application has been presented to the City of Arvada Local Liquor Licensing Authority for an On/Off Premise Consumption 3.2% Fermented Malt Beverage License from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., d/b/a Walmart #4734, 9400 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado, whose President is Carl D. McMillon, 1701 NE Tigard Blvd, Bentonville, AR, 72712; and SVP/COO is Cynthia Petersen Moehring, 2980 Red Fox Ridge, Bentonville, AR, 72712. The license would allow sales of 3.2% Fermented Malt Beverage in sealed containers not for consumption on the premises or for consumption on the premises at 9400 Ralston Road, 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, May 25, 2017.

The application was submitted on March 15, 2017.

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

Dated this 11th day of May, 2017. /s/ Teri Colvin, Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO

lated to Project No. 15-ST-25 – Vance Street to quor Licensing Authority for an On/Off Premise Wadsworth By-Pass and performed under that Consumption 3.2% Fermented Malt Beverage contract dated April 25, 2016 for the City of License from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., d/b/a WalArvada. mart #4734, 9400 Ralston Road, Arvada, ColorAny person, co-partnership, association of perado, whose President is Carl D. McMillon, 1701 sons, company or corporation that furnished NE Tigard Blvd, Bentonville, AR, 72712; and labor, material, drayage, sustenance, provisions SVP/COO is Cynthia Petersen Moehring, 2980 or other supplies used or consumed by said Red Fox Ridge, Bentonville, AR, 72712. The licontractor or his sub-contractors in or about the cense would allow sales of 3.2% Fermented performance of the work contracted to be done Malt Beverage in sealed containers not for conby said Concrete Express, Inc. (aka CEI, Inc.) sumption on the premises or for consumption on and its claim has not been paid, may at any time the premises at 9400 Ralston Road, Arvada, on or prior to the hour of the date above stated, Colorado. file with the Finance Director of the City of ArSaid application will be heard and considered by To advertise yourvada public notices call 303-566-4100 at City Hall, a verified statement of the the City of Arvada Liquor Licensing Authority at amount due and unpaid on account of such a meeting to be held in the Arvada Municipal claim.

Complex Council Chambers, 8101 Ralston Dated this May 1, 2017 Road at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 25, 2017.

CITY OF ARVADA The application was submitted on March 15, /s/ Kristen Rush, City Clerk 2017.

For further information call Teri Colvin, Legal Notice No.: 48038 Deputy City Clerk, at 720-898-7544.

First Publication: May 11, 2017 Dated this 11th day of May, 2017.

Last Publication: May 18, 2017 /s/ Teri Colvin, Deputy City Clerk Publisher: Golden Transcript CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Legal Notice No.: 48037 First Publication: May 11, 2017 Last Publication: May 11, 2017 Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that disbursements in final settlement will be issued by the Finance Public Notice Director at 10:00 a.m., May 30, 2017 to Frontier Environmental Services, Inc. for work related to NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Project No. 15-PK-09 – Meadowglen Lake Bank Notice is hereby given that disbursements in Stabilization and performed under that contract final settlement will be issued by the Finance dated July 25, 2016 for the City of Arvada.

Director at 10:00 a.m., May 30, 2017 to ConAny person, co-partnership, association of percrete Express, Inc. (aka CEI, Inc.) for work resons, company or corporation that furnished lated to Project No. 15-ST-25 – Vance Street to labor, material, drayage, sustenance, provisions Wadsworth By-Pass and performed under that or other supplies used or consumed by said contract dated April 25, 2016 for the City of contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the Arvada. performance of the work contracted to be done Any person, co-partnership, association of perby said Frontier Environmental Services, Inc. sons, company or corporation that furnished and its claim has not been paid, may at any time labor, material, drayage, sustenance, provisions on or prior to the hour of the date above stated, or other supplies used or consumed by said file with the Finance Director of the City of Arcontractor or his sub-contractors in or about the vada at City Hall, a verified statement of the performance of the work contracted to be done amount due and unpaid on account of such by said Concrete Express, Inc. (aka CEI, Inc.) claim. and its claim has not been paid, may at any time Dated this May 2, 2017 on or prior to the hour of the date above stated, CITY OF ARVADA file with the Finance Director of the City of Ar/s/ Kristen Rush, City Clerk vada at City Hall, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such Legal Notice No.: 48039 claim.

First Publication: May 11, 2017 Dated this May 1, 2017 Last Publication: May 18, 2017 CITY OF ARVADA Publisher: Golden Transcript /s/ Kristen Rush, City Clerk Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Legal Notice No.: 48038 First Publication: May 11, 2017 Last Publication: May 18, 2017 Publisher: Golden Transcript

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Pay raise intended to help attract, retain quality teachers School board, unions approve contract that includes 2 percent pay raise

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A pay raise to make teacher salaries more competitive and attract quality educators, along with a stonger role for teachers in decision-making, are key components to the recently approved contract between the Jeffco Public Schools’ district and its teachers’ union.

Social studies teacher John Ford, president of the Jefferson County Education Association (JCEA), calls the agreement a significant step in the right direction.

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Mountain View, and Clear Creek and Gilpin counties, provide additional support, eventually, Hall said.

“Arapahoe House is the only detox facility we have around. ERs don’t take these people, and we don’t want

“The district and JCEA teams worked hard to come to a collaborative agreement that keeps students front and center despite a challenging funding landscape in Colorado,” Ford said.

“It goes a long way to achieving the shared goal of attracting and retaining high-quality, experienced educators. This agreement also ensures professional educators have a strong voice in decision-making at all levels of the district, including when school closures are determined to be necessary.”

The Jeffco Board of Education unanimously approved the one-year contract May 4. The teachers’ union had already approved it.

The contract provides steps and levels for teachers with demonstrated effective performance and a 2 percent cost-of-living increase, contingent upon receiving sufficient state fund-

ing.

Competitive pay for teachers was a budget priority for the school board.

Board member Amanda Stevens said that although the district still has a ways to go, she is happy to know that the district is making progress toward being more competitive in the market.

Board President Ron Mitchell agreed. “We’re not done, we’re not satisfied,” he said, “but as a board, I believe we have done what we can do for this year.”

Board member Brad Rupert praised the negotiating environment.

“I appreciate the cooperative, collaborative atmosphere that’s been created between the district’s team and the JCEA,” Rupert said. “I think it really is an example of the teamwork we’re engaged in.”

The board also negotiated with the Jeffco Education Support Profession-

als Association (JESPA) employees.

JESPA employees transport and feed students, clean schools, maintain buildings and mechanical systems, and provide educational support for students, parents and staff.

This year’s JESPA and district bargaining teams entered an agreement on April 13 that provides for steps to eligible employees, gives a 2 percent increase in all salary schedules contingent on sufficient state dollars and increases the snow premium pay rate for employees who work during snow days.

“I am pleased that as a district we worked hard to value all of our employees in the same way,” Mitchell said.

Both union groups also reached agreement on changes to employee benefits, as recommended by Jeffco’s Benefits Advisory Committee.

to take people to jail just for being drunk,” said Rev. James Fry, founder of Mean Street Ministry, a nonprofit Christian organization headquartered in Lakewood that serves the working poor along Colfax Avenue. “If not for these kinds of facilities, we can’t do much else with people who show up at our facilities drunk than send them to a park or somewhere to sober up. We need detox facilities to take them to.”

The need for withdrawal management services, known commonly as detox, is great, Hall said. They help ensure the health and safety for the individual in need of service, as well as keep them off the streets, thus providing a safety precaution for the entire community. In addition, Hall said, treatment for alcohol and substance use disorders are expensive and the disorder often leads to other costly

healthcare needs.

A person’s experience with detox is often a first step for the person’s desire to seek ongoing treatment, Hall said.

“This service will continue,” she said. “We’re here for the community.

It’s a part of everything we do.”

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