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One killed, three injured in Arvada shooting Police say violence occurred between rival motorcycle gangs

BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Community Table executive director Sandy Martin, third from left, and volunteers from the team that ran the April 4 Arvada Covenant Church Zoom-a-thon.

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Community Table opens for in-person food services Local donations have kept the operation alive

BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Following a spring and early summer of increased need from the community, on July 6, the Arvada Community Table finally transitioned from a drive-up only food bank operation to its usual store setting, which has been altered to accommodate health guidelines.

The Community Table originally closed its in-person food bank SEE FOOD, P2

Clients returned to the Community Table store the week of July 6, physically distancing and wearing masks.

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On July 11, Arvada police responded to a shooting related to a conflict between two motorcycle gangs. The shooting occurred near Jake’s Roadhouse, a bar at 5980 N. Lamar St. According to the police’s Facebook page, 43-year-old William Henderson was shot and killed during the conflict. Three others were injured in the July 11 incident.

Henderson was among 13 individuals that were charged by the Denver District Attorney’s Office on suspicion of violating the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (COCCA), last December.

Arvada Police Department released a statement saying “Jake’s Roadhouse Not Involved, people from the Roadhouse actually tried to help a victim.

That Good Samaritan is facing life threatening injuries.”

The Good Samaritan was Ryan McPherson, an Arvada resident and lead singer of the band Nightwolf, which was playing the bar Saturday night.

While McPherson and bandmate John Akal were outside for a break, the two began to hear what sounded like motorcycles, with two customers on the patio telling them they had heard gunshots not long before.

Across the street, an injured man SEE SHOOTING, P2

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Golf event helps teen moms reach independence 2020 Joe Coors Hope House Classic is July 23 STAFF REPORT

The 2020 Joe Coors Hope House Classic hosted at the Sanctuary, one of Colorado’s most prestigious golf courses, will take place Thursday, July 23rd. One hundred golfers will compete in foursomes following a catered brunch of ready-made sandwiches, with a shotgun start on

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started to call for help. McPherson rushed to help the injured man and was not shot, but is believed to have been hit in the back of the head by another individual, Akal said.

“Ryan is a caring, big teddy bear kind of guy,” Akal said. “He will jump in to help anybody, any time, anywhere.”

McPherson was taken to a hospital where he is being treated for a brain injury. As of the morning of July 13, McPherson was in critical but stable condition, Akal said.

A fundraiser on the BikerDown Accident Fundraising site is collecting donations for McPherson and as of noon July 13, had raised more than $2,400.

On his Facebook page, Doug Jacob-

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shopping March 16 because of the pandemic. Instead, families were asked to park in the parking lot outside the Community Table, 8555 W. 57th Ave., where volunteers would bring the food to them.

This option is still available, but the free food bank store inside the building has now reopened, with clients able to grab a cart and head down the aisles once again.

Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the store has seen several adjustments, said executive director Sandy Martin. For example,

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the course beginning at 11:30 a.m. All proceeds from the event will benefit Hope House teen moms on their path to self-sufficiency.

Hope House is a metro-Denver resource providing free self-sufficiency programs to parenting teen moms, including residential, high school, GED, college and career programs. Additional supportive services include parenting and healthy relationships classes, an Early Learning Program, health and wellness, financial literacy and personal growth classes as well as certified counseling, all de-

signed to prepare them for long-term independence.

Due to social distancing protocols, the post-event will look a little different this year. A virtual program and live-auction will finish off the day’s events for the golfers in attendance, with auction bidding from the comfort of their own homes.

In past years, the Hope House Classic has raised around $225,000 to support teen moms on their path to self-sufficiency. Steven said she is looking forward to the opportunity to host another fun event this July, even while

sen, the bar’s owner, wrote about the incident.

“The shooting had nothing to do with Jake’s Roadhouse or any of our customers. It was a large crime scene covering almost 10 blocks, with several guys on motorcycles shooting at each other,” he wrote. “We are praying for Ryan, a kind soul just trying to help.”

Arvada detective Dave Snelling said police continue to investigate the murder and assaults.

“We’re working with a lot of the evidence from the scene,” Snelling said.

“It’s one thing when there’s an altercation and something goes wrong but when a Good Samaritan is stepping in and is assaulted, that’s disgusting.

We’re going to do our best to find the individual and prosecute them, for William and especially for Ryan.”

The police department has urged anyone with information to call Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP.

volunteers stand at the end of the aisles to answer questions instead of walking through the store with clients, and clients are asked to wear masks and stay six feet apart when in the store.

The reopening comes just in time for a community experiencing great need, Martin said.

The number of households benefiting from the Community Table has increased since 2019. From March 16 through July 6 this year, 4,556 households were helped, which is more than a 10% increase from the same period in 2019.

“More people have found themselves unemployed or furloughed and needed assistance with food,” Martin said.

“We wanted to serve anyone who came to us.”

incorporating important changes to keep the golfers as safe as possible.

“I’m so grateful to be with our golfers this year, even as we stay physically distanced. We’re getting creative around our virtual program and live auction, which is exciting! We have amazing donors who understand that our teen moms need our support more than ever, and they are stepping up to meet that need,” Stevens said.

There are still a few foursome slots available. Visit www.hopehousecolorado.org/hope-house-classic/ to learn more.

Arvada musician Ryan McPherson was injured in a deadly shooting along Lamar Street on July 11. PHOTO COURTESY OF RYAN MCPHERSON

Community Table has been working together with the Food Bank of the Rockies to participate in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, a federally funded program to assist food banks.

Starting in May, the table has been able to provide “Farmers to Family” boxes including fresh produce such as grapes, lettuce and strawberries, Martin said, filling the gap for many who may otherwise be unable to buy the produce on their own.

The Community Table is now accepting monetary and food donations.

However, Martin said that while the food bank’s store was closed, it was unable to accept food donations from the community.

Instead, community members gave cash donations only — “Our commu-

nity has really stepped up, and our business community, as well,” Martin said. “They’re always there for us.”

To name just a handful of recent donors, the Ball Corporation, based in Broomfield, donated $15,000 during the pandemic, Martin said.

On April 4, Arvada Covenant Church held a “Zoom-a-thon” in which participants could log on to a video conference for live music and a discussion about the Community Table’s needs. The drive raised $14,595, including $3,000 in matching funds from the church — which, in total, account for about 43,785 meals, said drive volunteer Susan Carollo.

“Thank you,” Martin said, “to our donors and our businesses. They have kept this operation going during this really tough time.”

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Arvada resident competing in reality TV cross-country race — on a lawnmower My background I grew up as a missionary and traveled all over the world. In 1998, I joined the Marine Corps where I served for about four years. My wife and I decided we wanted to move to Colorado in 2009; I’m an entrepreneur and usher at Red Rocks Church Arvada Campus and my wife, Holly, is a nurse at Golden Ridge. We have two sons, River and Sloan, who are six and four years old.

HOW TO WATCH The Great Grass Race will be streamed at the Menace Vision site, watch.menacevision.com, starting at 10 a.m. MT on July 10.

The Great Grass Race A casting agency sent me a lead and I auditioned for the show not knowing what it was. The Great Grass Race is six teams of two driving a Craftsman T110 riding lawnmower across the country. If I’m driving the lawnmower, my teammate will be riding in a trailer behind the lawnmower. We have to pick our own route from Los Angeles to New York and we have up to three months. I’ll be coming straight through Denver on I-70 — I just don’t know when.

On July 10, I fly to LA and people will be able to start watching (the livestream) that day. I won’t meet my teammate until I get there. We

start off with a jerrycan of gas and once you start, you have to rely on the help of other people for food, water, gas and shelter. The whole goal of the show is to interact with as many people as possible.

Reasons to race I’m someone who’s overcome a lot.

As someone who was an alcoholic, my wife and I divorced over my alcoholism, but after being divorced with my wife for a year, God restored my marriage. My faith is the reason I’ve overcome my alcoholism and my divorce. For this show, I’m not worried at all. Right now, people are living in fear and I want to show people there’s no challenge you can’t overcome, especially as a Christian. That’s my purpose right now — to be a light.

If you have suggestions for My Name Is…, contact Casey Van Divier at cvandivier@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Stephen Zampieri, an Arvada resident and contestant on The Great Grass Race, pictured with one of his sons, River.

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I like to see (and point out) cellular shades, especially vertical ones covering patio doors for cold-weather insulation.

Often I notice that the listing agent didn’t mention the features (such as the Solatubes) that my buyers and I recognize as selling points. Of course, when doing the narrated video tours of our own listings, my broker associates and I don’t miss the opportunity to point out those features. And, of course, we are sure to mention those features in the MLS listing and on the custom website we create for each listing.

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The inspector will also show you where the utility turn-offs are, which can be important during an emergency.

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If a high level of radon gas (over 4.0 picocuries per liter) is detected, the buyer should demand that it be mitigated, which costs a minimum of $900 and as much as $2,000 if there is both a basement and a crawl space.

A sewer scope involves sending a camera through the piping from below a house to where it enters the sewer line under your street. These sewer lines in older homes were built with clay pipes which are prone to root intrusion and collapse. If root intrusion is discovered,

Bidding Wars Are Back, According to Redfin Statistics

Nothing has surprised us real estate professionals quite as much as how hot the market has been during the Covid-19 pandemic. Redfin, the brokerage with those misleading TV commercials, did an analysis of offers written by their own agents on MLS listings and found that over half of those offers faced competing offers from other agents.

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The Denver market came in 12th nationally in terms of bidding wars, with 53% of offers facing competition, down from 55.6% in May. Of the top 12 metro areas, Denver and Portland were the only ones in which the percentage was lower in June than it was in May.

the seller will usually agree to have the sewer line cleaned and rescoped, which costs $250 or more, and if there is a collapse or other break, the repair could cost several thousand dollars, so the cost of both tests can more than pay for themselves.

The general inspection should be scheduled as soon as possible to allow time for additional inspections as indicated. For example, the inspector may discovered evidence of possible toxic mold, termite infestation or structural issues, and you’ll need time to hire those additional inspections.

In older (pre-1980) homes, it’s common to encounter a Federal Pacific Electric panel, which can cost $1,500 or

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Rooftop greenhouse sets Arvada restaurant apart At Lot One, produce is ‘as fresh as it gets’

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When residents Jaime Miles and Josh Timon opened their first restaurant, the plan was to source their produce as locally as possible — right from the rooftop.

On restaurant Lot One’s opening day, July 9, 2019, the restaurant’s socalled “Roof to Table” operation — growing produce for the restaurant in a greenhouse rooftop — was just a concept. The business-owners had yet to build the greenhouse on top of the building, begin the growing process and find a way to keep their business open during a then-unforeseen pandemic.

But on July 9, 2020, Roof to Table wasn’t just a plan anymore; on the restaurant’s first anniversary, Timon found himself giving a tour of the rooftop greenhouse to four customers, explaining everything from climate-controlling the greenhouse to sourcing unconventional herbs and greens.

“People want to know where their food is coming from,” he said. “At Lot One, we produce a fresher product. It doesn’t sit in a warehouse.”

And he added that the greenhouse is about more than how Lot One’s food tastes — it is the restaurant’s story.

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The greenhouse on the rooftop of Lot One, 13730 W. 85th Drive, where the team has been growing produce to be used in the restaurant’s cuisine.

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a long list of vegetables and herbs, from cherry tomatoes to lettuce to Swiss chard — accounts for about 20-25% of the produce used in Lot One’s dishes and some of its cocktails. Eventually, the business owners hope to grow enough produce to donate to community organizations, as well.

The greenhouse operates yearround, with the types of ingredients available to the kitchen rotating throughout the months, said executive chef Ray Clinton.

“It’s fun because we get to play with a lot of things you don’t normally see,” Clinton said. “With the food trends now, people are getting away from mass-produced food, and this is as fresh as it gets.”

For Arvada residents Lyle and Beth Williams, “the food is what brings you back” to Lot One, Lyle said. But it’s many components of the restaurant that have made it a favorite spot for the couple, with both the restaurant’s ambience and greenhouse included on that list.

The couple toured the greenhouse on July 9 with Les and Keri Williams, family members visiting from Tennessee.

“The idea of fresh from the roof, that’s an appeal to everyone,” Les said. “And the business’s philosophy of wanting to give back to the community is heartwarming.”

This summer, despite health regulations related to the pandemic, the restaurant is now able to operate at 100% of its usual capacity after working with the city and the nearby homeowners’ association,

Josh Timon, right, a co-founder of Lot One, gives a tour of the greenhouse for customers.

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And it’s a good thing, too, Timon said — because even as the pandemic continues, the restaurant has needed all the seating it can get.

“Last night, it was packed here,” he said. “The Arvada community has truly supported us. We were able to survive because of them.”

Josh Timon in the greenhouse on July 9, 2020 — exactly a year after the restaurant’s opening on July 9, 2019.

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Controversial new state holiday shines spotlight on Mother Cabrini Colorado state legislature voted to replace Columbus Day with holiday for Cabrini last March

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Since 1938, visitors have flocked to the mountains just west of Golden to learn about and pay tribute to Frances Xavier Cabrini, the Catholic saint who established 67 schools, hospitals and orphanages around the U.S., including in Colorado.

Now, the rest of the state is about to become more familiar with Cabrini as well as a result of the Colorado state legislature’s decision to establish Cabrini Day, a state holiday that will take the place of Columbus Day as a state holiday on the first Monday in October.

Colorado House Bill 20-1031, signed into law by the governor in March, declares the new holiday is “a recognition of Cabrini’s contributions to the state of Colorado and creates an opportunity to promote an appreciation, tolerance and understanding of the different cultures that make up our state.”

In 1909, Colorado became the first state in the nation to observe Columbus Day as an official state holiday at the urging of Angelo Noce, a prominent figure in Denver’s Italian immigrant community.

The bill also states that Columbus never traveled to the territory that

became the United States and had no contact with the state of Colorado, “providing no rationale for a Colorado state holiday bearing his name.” It also states that Columbus participated in the extermination of the Taino people who initially welcomed him to the island of Quisqueya, which he renamed Hispanola.

While many Italian Americans continue to regard as an important celebration of their heritage and its contributions to America (Columbus was Italian), the holiday had become mired by controversy in recent decades by Native Americans who say it is culturally insensitive to continue to celebrate a figure who led the extermination of native peoples and can only be said to have discovered the Americas if their presence here is disregarded.

The Denver Post reported the move to replace Columbus Day represented an attempt to reach a compromise with Colorado’s Italian American community after previous bills that would’ve replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day or made Election Day into a state holiday were defeated.

However, some members of Denver Italian heritage groups say their community did not respect the change and that legislature did not reach out to them as they have claimed.

“Mother Cabrini has a feast day and it’s not in October,” said Pam Wright, a former president of the Order Sons of Italy Grand Lodge of Colorado. “A lot of us feel that we have celebrated Columbus Day for years and years and SEE CABRINI, P7

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A LIFE OF SERVICE Frances Xavier Cabrini was born in Milan, Italy in 1850 and grew up enthralled by the stories of missionaries and sought to become one herself. However, her frail health prevented her from becoming one but in 1880 she founded the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus with seven young women. She and her sisters went to Rome to meet the Pope who told them to go west to New York to help the Italian immigrants there.

She would establish 67 schools, orphanages and hospitals in her life and traveled throughout the US, Europe and Central and South America promoting humanitarian causes.

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it’s not so much the man we celebrate but his journey and that journey is what brought a lot of our ancestors here along with Christianity and that kind of thing so that disappointed us.”

Anna Vann, a first generation Italian immigrant, also questioned the choice to replace the celebration of Columbus with one for Cabrini.

“Mother Cabrini was an actual friend of people in my family in the past here,” said Vann. “She was a very honorable woman but to make a state holiday for her and take away Columbus Day was very wrong.”

Jeff Lewis, the Executive Director of the Mother Cabrini Shrine, said that while the Shrine’s staff are happy Mother Cabrini “will continue to be celebrated in Colorado” they did not have anything to do with the effort to make a Cabrini Day holiday.

“I don’t really know what to say,” Lewis said when contacted by CCM about his reaction to the new holiday.

“That’s more of a political thing and we really have nothing to do with that.”

Who was Mother Cabrini?

So who exactly was the subject of Colorado’s newest holiday?

Sr. Roselle Santivasi, who works at the shrine, said Cabrini was ultimately a humanitarian who dedicated herself to those who had very little help.

“She just had a sensitivity for the needs of people and had a talent for making their needs met whether it was housing or education,” said Santivasi.

“Just simple things like her and the sisters reading their mail because they were illiterate or writing letters back to their home countries or just being with

MOTHER CABRINI IN COLORADO In 1902, Mother Cabrini arrived in Colorado to visit Italian immigrant mine workers. In 1910, she purchased the site on Lookout Mountain, Mother Cabrini’s shrine.

There, the Sisters of the Sacred Heart built a convent and farmed, and orphan girls visited the site as a summer camp.

However, one problem with the site was that it did not have access to drinking water. However, in 1912 she discovered a spring that has never stopped running. Cabrini also founded a school in North Denver in 1902 and an orphanage in Denver in 1904.

Sources: coloradovirtuallibrary.org; mothercabrinishrine.org and denvercatholic.org people.”

Cabrini is also someone who has much to teach America today, Santivasi said.

“She would certainly see that every person is entitled to all the privileges of whatever country they live in and so she would work toward that for whomever,” she said. “She would not limit herself to immigrants, she would definitely open herself to the needs of anyone who had needs that were not being met by the government of whatever country they came from.”

Santivasi said an estimated 100,000 people visit the shrine each year and the staff now thinks it might see more with the new holiday.

“We weren’t part of the development of the holiday but if they want to celebrate Mother Cabrini because she’s a woman that’s wonderful,” she said.

“And if it’s someone else for the same reason that’s wonderful too. The more we celebrate people who have done humanitarian things and done good, social justice things for other people that’s good, let’s celebrate them.”

A stained glass image of Mother Cabrini inside the Mother Cabrini chapel at Mother Cabrini’s Shrine.

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y name is Michael J. Alcorn, I’m at your service, sir…

“Let me tell you what I wish I had known, when I was young and dreamed of glory…

You have no control, who lives, who dies, who tells your story.”

I, like a significant chunk of Americans, spent a few hours over the last week watching the Disney streaming event “Hamilton.”

For the two or three of you who haven’t heard about this, it is the movie production of the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, based on the book by Ron Chernow.

First of all, the musical is brilliant. It de-

serves, in my opinion, all of the accolades that have been thrown its way for several years now. The story of a lesser-known founding father, an immigrant who played a crucial role during the Revolution, an important voice at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and the first Secretary of the Treasury, Miranda has translated this biography to the stage with style and power. The musical score owes a lot to hip-hop music, which, as you might guess, does not exactly play a prominent role on my playlists, but it works for this: the sheer volume of words and poetry match the personalities of Hamilton, Jefferson and the rest very well. My daughter was taken with the dancing, which I also thought was well-

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Recall effort is groundless On June 15 the Arvada city council conducted a public hearing regarding the adoption of an organized waste hauling program for the city. Over 40 people gave oral testimony both for and against the proposal, and more than one-hundred emails were read into the record. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the vote was four to three in favor of implementing the program. The four members who voted in favor are now being subjected to a recall effort initiated by a small number of people who disagree with the outcome of the vote.

That group is now circulating recall petitions and asking residents for their signatures.

These council members do not deserve to be recalled simply because a small group of people is unhappy with the outcome of a single vote. All seven council members simply did the job we elected them to do. They studied the issue over a period of months, listened to testimony in favor and in opposition to the measure, and exercised their best judgment in casting their votes. There was no abuse of discretion or anything unethical in either the process or their votes. This recall effort does not deserve the dignity of proceeding to a recall vote at great cost to our citizens. If your readers are asked to sign a recall petition, I urge then to decline to do so.

Instead, let’s accord our elected representatives the respect they deserve for dealing forthrightly with a very difficult issue.

Mark McGoff, Arvada Say No to Recall Effort Thank you City Councilors Miller, Fifer, Ford and Simpson for voting to change our

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archaic and inefficient waste hauling system into one that is fair and organized.

As a result, residents will have more recycling options and choices to reduce their costs, pay only for the amount of waste they produce and have less truck traffic on their neighborhood streets. Arvada will join the 70% of the rest of the country that have similar systems with lower costs, higher recycling rates and less road damage.

Proponents of the recall have argued that these four councilors voted against the interests of the voters. The numbers tell a different story. In both the 2017 and 2019 community surveys 2/3rds of respondents supported a change. The city received 385 emails on the subject of which 60% supported the new contract. On the night of the public hearing, 150 residents provided comment and 80% were in favor. The evidence is clear—these four councilors listened to their constituents.

Under our representative democracy, we elect our city councilors to make difficult decisions. If residents disagree, they have the opportunity to vote for a different candidate during the biennial elections.

Recalls are to be used judiciously, specifically when an elected official has demonstrated malfeasance or corruption.

These four have done nothing illegal or unethical. Quite the contrary, they did their jobs and made a decision based on what they thought was best for the whole community. Oppose the recall effort and support these outstanding public servants.

Randy Moorman, Arvada Paying it forward I want to again thank the gentleman who paid for my

purchase at Walmart on June 28, at 11:57 a.m. He was in front of me with just two items. I had $50 worth. He paid cash and left. I only could say thank-you to him once, and he was gone.

So the next Sunday I paid it forward to a lady in front of me...

I have never had anyone pay for me — a total stranger!

There still are nice people in this troubled world.

Myrna Audino, Arvada Gardner bad for our health As the Administration challenges the Affordable Care Act in the Supreme Court, we Coloradans should ask ourselves two questions: What does this mean for us? And is Senator Gardner defending our interests?

Trump is arguing that the ACA should be eliminated and specifically that its protection of people with preexisting conditions should be killed.

If he succeeds, 130 million Americans with preexisting conditions, including 2.4 million Coloradans, will face higher premiums or be denied coverage altogether. 23 million Americans, including 400,000 Coloradans, will lose their coverage entirely. And all of us will pay more in premiums. So who wins? The one-percenters, of course, who will get even more tax cuts.

And this is in the midst of the most terrible health crisis facing us in decades. The American Medical Association writes that striking down the ACA at a time when the system is struggling to respond to the pandemic would be a self-inflicted wound that could take decades to heal.

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staged, though I don’t have her critical eye for the technical elements of it.

One of the things I like best about this version is that it is actually the stage play, recorded live over a period of nights back in 2016. For me, that matters a great deal. The give and take between a performer and the audience is different in live theater, and it adds immensely to the production. Plus, the book was written for a stage performance—those always lose something in the translation to another medium.

And there is also the matter of the performances. This “movie” features all the great SEE ALCORN, P9

Comedy reached heights when ‘Airplane!’ took off

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urely, you have seen “Airplane!” (Exclamation mark theirs.)

If not, it’s a 1980 film filled with visual and verbal gags that feaQUIET Leslie DESPERATION tures Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges and Kareem AbdulJabbar on a seemingly doomed airplane whose Craig Marshall pilots and Smith navigator are sickened by fish dinners.

In 2010, “Airplane!” was chosen by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry, a big deal for any film.

Directors David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker were wise to choose actors like Nielsen, Graves, and Stack who were not known for comedy. Their dramatic role resumes provided legitimacy to the inane dialogue.

Bridges says, “Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.”

“Airplane!” is a parody of “Zero Hour!” (exclamation mark theirs), a 1957 melodrama that starred Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and a college and pro football star with one of the best nicknames in sports: “Crazylegs.”

More about him later.

In “Zero Hour!,” former

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pilot and current passenger Ted Stryker saves the day when the pilot and co-pilot succumb to in-flight fish dinners.

In “Airplane!,” former pilot and current passenger Ted Stryker saves the day when the pilot, co-pilot, and navigator succumb to in-flight fish dinners.

Here are some odd bits about “Airplane!” The man stranded in the taxi from start to finish was Howard Jarvis, a tax policy activist who was responsible for California’s Proposition 13 enacted two years before the film was made.

The bickering “red zone and white zone” voice actors were the actual married couple who recorded the announcement information then being used at Los Angeles International Airport.

The role of Ted Stryker was written for David Letterman. Caitlin Jenner, then Bruce Jenner, read for the part.

It was the first comedy role for Nielsen, who was best known for his performance in 1956’s “Forbidden Planet.”

Nielsen’s deadpan doctor role in “Airplane!” is limited but memorable, and surely you know why.

His portrayal made such a strong impression that comedies defined the remainder of his career, including his performances as Sgt. Frank Drebbin in the 1982 “Police Squad!” television series SEE SMITH, P9 Arvada press A legal newspaper of general circulation in Jefferson County, Colorado, the Arvada Press is published weekly on Thursday by Colorado Community Media, 14143 Denver West Pkwy., Suite 100, Golden 80401.

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Protecting public health and our economy GUEST COLUMN

State Sen. Jessie Danielson

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hen I started the 2020 legislative session, I knew I had a lot to get done to help make Colorado stronger. As the COVID-19 pandemic hit Colorado, things changed quickly as state and local governments shifted to a massive public health effort to save lives and lay the groundwork for rebuilding our economy. In order to protect public health, the legislature – in an unprecedented move – adjourned for two months. However, we still had important work to do to pass bills protecting Coloradans from the economic devastation of this pandemic.

During the adjournment, we developed a COVID-19 relief package which included: whistleblower protections, unemployment insurance, paid sick leave, small business support, support for domestic violence victims, as well as housing and utility assistance.

Democrats also increased the Attorney General’s authority to crack down on price gouging. I cosponsored these measures to help friends and neighbors get through this incredibly difficult time.

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directed by Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker, as well as “The Naked Gun” film series that came later.

Film critic Roger Ebert referred to Nielsen as the “Olivier of spoofs.”

The humor and wit in “Airplane!” is not for everyone. No comedy is.

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Broadway performers in their actual element, and it is glorious. Performing on stage is different than performing in movies, and it shows in this production. To be a Broadway performer you have to be able to not only act, which Hollywood types also do, but you legitimately have to be a good singer and, at worst, a functional dancer. For me, lately, the musicals which have made it to the screen have been … uneven in that regard. For every brilliant song by Anne Hathaway or Idina Menzel, you have to sit through a Gerard Butler or a Russell Crowe. And while Butler and Crowe can both sing (they both front blues/rock bands), they don’t have the chops for Broadway singing. The element matters.

And to prove I’m not a completely insufferable snob about this, let me tell you about the worst recording I’ve ever heard: The New York Philharmonic (great), conducted by Leonard Bernstein (great), performing “West Side Story” (great) with a cast of great opera singers. Un-listenable to.

At any rate…

It matters a great deal to have the right people in the right places doing

This session, I also focused on making sure that our health care system is still working for Coloradans. I passed HB20-1302 to protect seniors from abuse and neglect in facilities across the state. I also passed legislation to keep health insurers from using loopholes to deny people with disabilities and preexisting conditions guaranteed coverage.

A top concern of mine has been the increased risks for domestic violence victims during stay-at home periods. My bill to remove bureaucratic obstacles keeping domestic violence victims from accessing unemployment benefits has been sent to the governor.

Continuing my efforts to support good paying jobs and quality apprenticeships, I passed SB20-120, a measure to help workers complete apprenticeships and earn the pay they deserve.

I am a proud co-sponsor of the Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity Act. By rebuilding trust in law enforcement, banning dangerous practices, protecting civil rights, and increasing transparency and accountability, we are answering the call of millions

The non-stop sight gags include an in-flight film of an airplane crash landing and Leslie Nielsen’s nose growing like Pinocchio’s when he announces to the passengers that there was nothing to worry about.

Reporters rush in on Lloyd Bridges in the control room when they find out the plane is in the hands of a passenger. They ask a few questions, then one of them says, “Let’s take a few pictures.”

And that’s what they do. They

what they are meant to do. It is magical! Which is one of the reasons why this production resonates so strongly with me — there is magic in the synergy of the right talent and training with the right material in the right setting. One of the few things in the world of the last four months which has been truly transcendent. And also ... the reason I do what I do: there’s a chance one of these kids making painful sounds on whatever instrument they’re trying to learn right now might, someday, be able to play something so beautifully that it brings complete strangers to tears.

Completely worth the $7/month subscription fee for Disney+.

On a side note, the Schuyler sisters (Phillipa Soo and Renee Elise Goldsberry) are angelic in their roles — I could listen to them duet for hours on end. And King George (Jonathan Groff) chews up the scenery in his few minutes on stage like Jack Nicholson in “A Few Good Men.” Brilliant!

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Charon’s Blade,” is available at Amazon. com, on Kindle, or through MichaelJAlcorn.com.” His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

of Coloradans to fight systemic racism in our criminal justice system.

The 2020 session was different from any other in our state’s history. We made policy to help our constituents struggling during this pandemic. We also took decisive action to address the demands from our community to fight racism and ensure that Black Lives Matter. These decisions will affect our state for a generation. We did so while trying to keep each other and the public safe at the Capitol.

We have so much more to do, and I will continue to work with our Jeffco community to fight for hardworking Colorado families.

Together, we will get through this. Divided, our safety today and the prosperity of future generations is at great risk. Protect your neighbors; wear a mask; continue to fight for a more just society.

State Sen. Jessie Danielson serves SD-20 in Jeffco. To reach Sen. Danielson, call her cell phone at 303-808-3755 or email jessie.danielson. senate@state.co.us.

remove all of the framed pictures on the control room walls. It’s something Chico and Harpo would have done.

Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch appears in “Zero Hour!” and in the 1955 prison drama “Unchained,” notable for introducing “Unchained Melody,” later a

hit for the Righteous Brothers, among many others.

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Daniel “Ron” Ratkovich 3/5/1939 - 7/11/2020 Daniel Ronald Ratkovich (Ron) passed away suddenly metro courses. Ron was very on July 11, 2020. Ron was born involved with CARE (Central March 5, 1939 in Pueblo CO Adams Retired Educators) while his parents were living and served as membership in Morley CO. They soon chair. Recently he became inmoved to Steamboat Springs terested in genealogy and had where he learned to ski on traced his family back to the Howelsen Hill. Then they Mayflower and to the time of moved to Denver where Ron graduated Henry VIII. His other interests included from North High in 1957. He attended reading, travel, and politics. college at UNC Greeley where he was Ron is survived by his wife, Mary (Enactive in the Acacia Fraternity. He then gel) Ratkovich and 4 nephews, Bill (SuName: Untitled 995 copy copysie) copy co1; Depth: 8 in; Ad began a 30 year teaching career at of Roanoke VA, Tom of Parkersburg Number: -; Customer Name: OBIT Mapleton School District in Thornton.

WVA, Rob (Yuna) of Madison AL, and He taught chemistry and science and Dan (Becky) of Parkersburg WVA. He coached the golf team, both of which he was pre-deceased by his brother Don loved doing. He served as president of and his parents, Dan and Berenice Ratthe Mapleton Education Assn and was kovich. A Celebration of Life will be held active in CEA and NEA. One of his most on Friday, July 24th at 11am at Horan & valued recognitions as a teacher was McConaty Family Chapel, 7577 W. 80th receiving the CEA Lion Award for his Avenue, Arvada, CO 80003. In lieu of efforts in student and teacher advocacy. flowers, a Ratkovich Scholarship Fund After retirement, he worked at Indian has been set up in Ron’s name. Send Peaks Golf Course - for free golf. Ron donations designated for this fund to: was a lifetime golfer and enjoyed many Mapleton Education Foundation, 7350 golf trips with friends as well as the N Broadway, Denver CO 80221.

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Elizabeth Teas-Hester, 86, passed away June 21, 2020 at her home in Arvada. She is survived by Kathleen Robert, Mary Doering (Tad), Bradley Pfenninger (Kathy).

Grandchildren, Christina Myers, Jacob Myers, Ashley Pfenninger, Michelle Robert, Andrew Doering, Lindsey Pfenninger and Sarah Doering. Elizabeth is preceded in death by sisters Mary Louise Teas, Barbara Jane Williamson and daughter Deborah Lynn Myers. Services were held at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church and internment was at Mt. Olivet Cemetary.

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Jeffco schools still looking for sanitizing wipes, gloves District confident it can open schools despite some hurdles in search for PPE

BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With plans to reopen schools in the fall, Jeffco Public Schools has been on the hunt for personal protective equipment (PPE) and cleaning supplies.

The search for reusable and disposable masks, hand sanitizer, gloves, disinfectant, face shields, thermometers and Plexiglas began in late April, said Julie Wilken, director of the district’s Department of Health Services.

And while the district is confident it will have the necessary supplies to open schools safely in August, Jeffco is still working to track down mass quantities of two items, sanitizing wipes and disposable gloves, Wilken said.

“They’re difficult to find. We have placed several orders and they have been canceled,” Wilken said. “We are not sure (why). We think it was because other orders were being placed at the same time and then the inventory may not have been completely accurate, unfortunately.”

Jeffco announced on July 8 that all students will have the option to return for full-time in-person schooling in the 2020-2021 academic year. The district isn’t alone in its sizable need for safety supplies or in its difficulty in finding those supplies.

Josh Schirmer, the Denver area general manager at Buckeye International — which sells products including hospital-grade disinfectant and sanitizer — said the overall PPE industry has struggled to acquire some PPE products that are made outside of the United States. He specifically highlighted disposable gloves and

Stockpiles of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and cleaning supplies, like those pictured here from the city of Arvada, will be needed by every school in Jefferson County to accomodate in-person learning this fall.

CASEY VAN DIVIER disinfecting wipes.

That said, Buckeye manufactures the majority of its items in the states and has been able to fulfill various PPE orders for Jeffco Public Schools, Douglas County School District, Denver Public Schools, Littleton Public Schools, Aurora Public Schools and other area school districts, Schirmer said.

Several of these local districts — including Denver Public Schools and Douglas County School District — told Colorado Community Media they have been successful in finding the PPE they need for next school year.

As for Jeffco, the district already has a plan in place to ensure that even if it cannot find as much of a certain product as it would like, it can still

open schools in the fall as intended, Wilken said.

“We will work around what we cannot get,” she said. “For example, gloves are only needed for cleaning and disinfecting items and in several situations, the same person may be cleaning — such as a teacher — so we will buy him or her reusable vinyl gloves.”

For surrounding districts still ordering PPE, Wilken had this advice to give: “Consider the space for delivery; mass quantities arrive on pallets and will take up a considerable amount of space,” she said.

Further, “it is very difficult to track down,” she said of the PPE. “If districts haven’t started, they need to start ASAP.”

Left, two N95-type face masks, or respirators, at left. On right, a third respirator, an N100-type mask. The N95 protects against matter such as dust, aerosols and smoke, as well as biological particles, including bacteria, viruses and allergens.

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Jeffco superintendent named Kentucky education commissioner

BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After about three years as Jeffco Public Schools’ superintendent, Jason Glass has been named the next Commissioner of Education for the state of Kentucky.

In a July 10 letter to the community, Glass announced that he would be

taking the position after serving for 60 more days as Jeffco’s superintendent, or until the beginning of September.

“The pull to Kentucky is strong.

While I have lived in Colorado for almost 17 years, Kentucky is the place I grew up and where family is,” he said. “…I have loved working with the incredibly talented people throughout this organization and will miss

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the powerful commitment to quality and community that I have seen and learned from in Jeffco. Above all else, we are grateful.”

In its search, the Kentucky Board of Education made 211 contacts, received 49 nominations and reviewed 46 applications for the position. On July 1, Glass was announced as one of three finalists for the position.

As the Commissioner of Education, Glass will be the chief executive of the state’s Department of Education and will oversee the department and its services.

Glass is a Kentucky native and attended the University of Kentucky, where he earned a master’s degree in education, a master’s degree in political science and a bachelor’s degree in political Glass science and history.

In addition to his time at Jeffco Public Schools, he served as superintendent for Colorado’s Eagle County Schools, director of the Department of Education in Iowa and in other positions.

On July 10, Jeffco Board of Education president Susan Harmon gave a statement highlighting the accomplishments Glass has been a part of since he became superintendent in 2017.

“Soon after he arrived in 2017, he reinvigorated our strategic plan to focus on transforming the student learning experience and brought it to life in our classrooms with our students and teachers,” she said. “During his second year as Superintendent, he worked with our community to pass two critical ballot questions, a mill levy override and a school construction bond to help move us into the future with better financial footing.

“His foresight in transitioning schools to enhanced learning through 1-to-1 device technology and increasing our in-person and online communication and virtual learning tools, was critical to the District’s success in rapidly implementing remote learning this spring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” her statement continued.

Until his departure, Glass will be working full-time as superintendent and will help the Board of Education and district cabinet navigate the transition.

In her statement, Harmon said the district would spend the next 60 days in which Glass continues as superintendent to determine its transition plan and process for selecting a new superintendent. The district will communicate these decisions as they are made, she said.

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All Jeffco students can return for in-person schooling this fall District announced restart plan July 8

Principal Lisa Nicholson joins in as students in a Thomson Elementary second-grade class introduce themselves to one another on the first day of school in 2019.

High-fives will not be a part of any school’s student welcome this year. CASEY VAN DIVIER

BY CASEY VAN DIVIER CVANDIVIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On July 8, Jeffco Public Schools announced that all students will have the option to attend school in-person every day next school year.

The district’s plan for next year, Restart Jeffco, outlines numerous details of how schools will operate while following health guidelines and limiting the spread of COVID-19. The district had previously announced plans to allow elementary school students back into classrooms full-time, but not the higher grades.

Facets of the restart plan include requiring students to be grouped into cohorts for in-person learning; asking students to eat meals in classrooms or other designated areas; prohibiting visitors from entering school buildings; mandating students and staff members to wear face coverings when six feet of physical distancing is not possible; and other protocols.

All students from preschool through high school may choose a 100% in-person experience or a 100% remote learning experience.

Earlier in the summer, the district was contemplating a hybrid schedule, in which students would only attend inperson one or two days a week

and would complete other school days online. On June 19, the district announced that elementary students would be able to return for a full-time in-person experience but that the decision had not yet been made for secondary students.

Through an online survey, the district sought to collect feedback from community members about schooling next year as the effects of the pandemic continue. The survey closed June 30.

Having heard the initial news, parents are now waiting for more detailed plans from their individual principals, as well as making decisions about what their children’s schooling will look like next year.

Sarah Goudie, who has two daughters at Peak Expeditionary School at Pennington in Wheat Ridge, said she plans to send her children back for in-person schooling.

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13 times to kill the ACA and supports the lawsuit to repeal it. He regurgitates conservative talking points about opposing socialized medicine.

Fine, we know what he’s against.

But what is he for? Without any real proposal to address health care access for those not lucky enough to be in the one-percent, he is nothing but a Republican talking head and Trump patsy. We need someone who will take action to protect ALL Coloradans’ access to health care. Gardner is NOT that person.

Anthony Stitt, Golden Kids these days Too often I hear gripes and lectures about the “recklessness” and “selfishness” of children and young adults who are widely thought to treat the virus with insufficient seriousness.

Quite the opposite in my opinion.

Place yourself in the shoes of a middle schooler whose social life was so suddenly disrupted, cruelly coinciding with all of the turbulence and insecurity of adolescence. Or a high schooler denied prom or a graduation party, newly unsure of what comes next. A recent entrant to the workforce facing slashed hours or layoff, with no accumulated wealth or equity to fall back on.

As most of this oft-scolded cohort cannot yet vote, they are largely recipients of rules and orders over

“We are looking forward to going back but I know that there is still a lot of anxiety from parents and teachers on how this school year is going to look and fear with this virus,” she said.

She highlighted that benefits of being able to send her children to school in-person include returning to routine, more socialization and traditional learning. Drawbacks include the potential challenges when requiring students to physically distance, which could lead to safety concerns, she said.

Meanwhile, Tina Galterio, who has one student at Kyffin Elementary in Golden, said the family is leaning toward the remote option for their daughter.

“I know that my daughter misses her friends and she does miss school,” Galterio said. “But what I’ve seen is people being irresponsible

which they have no say. Moreover, they happen to be the subset of the population at lowest risk of personal harm from the virus. I see them as the unsung heroes of the pandemic, worthy of admiration rather than admonishment.

Chad Martin, Arvada No excuses In his Letter to the Editor entitled “Cannot justify this killing”, printed in the July 9, 2020 Arvada Press, John Winkle made the following statement in his last paragraph: “We should not make excuses for reprehensible behavior”.

This is a profound truth that should be applied equally to all people in all circumstances.

It should be applied to immoral and cruel cops who abuse and even murder; to career criminals and drug dealers who prey on their own communities; and even to mobs of useful idiots who march through neighborhoods rioting and looting and burning and even killing while chanting some currently politically correct slogan.

“We should not make excuses for reprehensible behavior.”

Brad Grant, Arvada More about the fair tax initiative Fair Tax Colorado (Initiative #271) would increase the income tax rate on the richest Coloradans while lowering the rate for the rest of us, and the additional money would go towards paying our teachers. Today, Colorado ranks last in the nation in teacher

with public health guidelines.

I have neighbors who never quarantined.”

Galterio said she worries that if her daughter engages in remote learning only, she’ll be at risk to fall behind her peers who are receiving inperson learning.

“It worries me but it doesn’t worry me more than keeping her safe,” she said. She added that she believes the right decision for each family is different; “no path is perfect right now,” she said.

Meanwhile, educators likewise are awaiting further information about what the next school year will look like for them.

Arvada High School math teacher Elizabeth Kantner, whose daughter and stepson are both secondary students in Jeffco schools, said she and her family have not made up their minds about whether they will return in-person.

Her daughter and stepson feel strongly about wanting to meet their classmates and teachers in-person when a new school year begins.

However, the family has safety concerns, given that between the three of them, they would be going to and from three different schools each and every day.

“Initially, I was a little bit shocked they would announce this. I have a lot of questions,” she said. “It’s heart-breaking; as a teacher, the beginning of the school year is when everyone has hope that things are going to go well. I don’t

wage competitiveness — we spend $2,800 less per student than the national average. Our roads desperately need updating, but a $9 billion project backlog means necessary repairs and improvements are hard to fund. This is because of our antiquated tax law that puts a greater burden on middleclass earners while not requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share. Under this initiative, the top 5% of Colorado earners who make an annual adjusted amount greater than $250,000 would pay additional taxes, while the tax rate for the other 95% of us would go from 4.63% to 4.58%. This small change would generate up to $2 billion in ad-

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even know what this is going to look like.”

Brooke Williams, president of the district’s teachers union Jefferson County Education Association, JCEA, said that though the announcement has already been made, JCEA plans to sit down with the district to ensure the plan can be safely executed.

“When we’re negotiating our memorandum of understanding (MOU), we want to make sure we get a chance to bargain this with the district in a public setting so it is transparent,” she said.

A baragining date had not yet been set as of July 9, but Williams said the meeting would occur in late July or early August.

“We appreciate the hard work the district has put into this. They have been tasked with the impossible task,” she said. “But we just released a survey to educators (July 8) and we do see a large concern.

We don’t want to lose anyone due to unsafe conditions.”

Jeffco Public Schools has asked families to fill out a form indicating whether their student will participate in remote or in-person learning and if they will rely on district-provided transportation.

The district is also gathering student feedback on the plan through an online survey for fifth- through twelfth-grade students.

Jeffco has also encouraged families to read the plan in full. It is available at restartjeffco.com.

ditional state revenue every year. Half will go to teacher compensation, and the remainder will go towards affordable housing, health care, road repairs and maintenance, postsecondary learning opportunities, childcare, and worker supports — the areas Fair Tax Colorado advocates have been working on for several years. We have only a few days left to get enough signatures to get this on our November ballot.

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seating apart, prohibiting guests from moving the furniture and working it into staff ’s cleaning routines.

Most pools are holding a series of daily sessions that families can attend, either on a first-come first-serve basis or by reservation. In between sessions, staff deep clean and disinfect the grounds.

Weed said community members have been good at distancing themselves so far, and most sessions are reaching capacity.

Englewood’s Senior Aquatics Facility Supervisor Brad Anderson said the same is true there.

The city’s Pirates Cove waterpark opened June 19 at a capacity of 150 people in a session, although capacity jumped to 250 by July. Sessions require a reservation.

ust because large venues like Red Rocks aren’t hosting performances any time soon doesn’t mean that live music is out for the COMING summer. It just ATTRACTIONS means the shows will have to get more intimate.

This is just what the Lone Tree Arts Center is offering with its Tunes on the Terrace series, making an eagerly hoped-for Clarke Reader return on July 24.

“Knowing that people may be `testing the waters’ as they come back to live performances, we decided to begin with our outdoor concert series and with a small audience in order to make people more comfortable,” explained Lisa Rigsby Peterson, executive director of the arts center in an email interview. “The arts have always had the power to inspire and heal and comfort - and reopening the Arts Center and welcoming people back into our building allows us to be a part of that healing.”

The Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., is kicking off its 2020-2021 season with this popular concert series, which runs through Sept. 12. After being granted permission from the state to reopen at a limited capacity, this year’s series begins with Mary Louise Lee Band, includes Set Sail: A Yacht Rock Experience, Soul-X and Hazel Miller and The Collective, and concludes with Billy and The Downliners.

“We are putting the safety of our staff, our artists, and our patrons at the forefront of all of our planning,” Rigsby said. “We know that we will refine our protocols and procedures as research findings continue to evolve.”

Like everything in a COVID-19 world, this season’s Tunes on the Terrace will look different than any before. According to Rigsby, staff surveyed patrons to learn about what would make them feel the most comfortable returning to the arts center. Based on those responses, two of the most noticeable changes will be that instead of the regular 350 seat capacity, the audience will be limited to 100 people, and masks will be required unless eating or drinking while seated.

Additionally, the chairs and lawn seating areas will all have at least 6 feet of social distancing between parties. The performers will be 25 feet from the audience, and audiences will see visual cues for patrons to help them follow traffic paths through the lobby. Hand sanitizer will be readily available for anyone who needs it.

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Capacity for swim sessions at H2O’Brien pool were 250 people as of July 10.

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COVID-19 delays projects, limits pool capacities

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On July 10, outdoor swimming pool H2O’Brien in Parker was teeming with swimmers.

Parents held up infants bobbing in the water, children stood under the dump bucket, squealing with glee as water crashed around them, and lifeguards walked the pool perimeter keeping a close eye on the scene.

For Tiler Paliga, heading to the pool was a fun and safe way to keep her 2-year-old son Will entertained, she said.

The Parker woman said her family is still avoiding trips to the store or going out during the COVID-19 pandemic, but she appreciated the capacity limits at H2O’Brien pool. She felt she could keep her distance from others while enjoying the outdoors, she said.

“It makes you feel like you have a little bit of normalcy for the summer. I just think it’s important for the kids,” she said.

Parker’s Aquatic Supervisor Brian Gentilini said the pool’s first session reached its COVID capacity of 250 people that morning. Capacity in a normal season would be 521 people, and the pool might get 400 visitors on a day like that in any other season.

“This is what a packed house looks like under the variance,” he said, referring to a variance Douglas County received allowing outdoor gatherings of up to 250 people.

The scene in Parker was a far cry from what Janice Weed feared could come to pass this year.

In May, the aquatics supervisor for the Town of Castle Rock was waiting on guidance from local and state health departments to decide if and

Bryan Gentilini, aquatics supervisor for the Town of Parker, helped helm a renovation project of H2O’Brien pool during COVID-19. how she could open swimming pools during the pandemic.

Now, area pools are up and running, albeit with numerous changes in place, she said.

The state Department of Public Health and Environment released new pool guidance in June, allowing facilities to open at 50% capacity or 50 people, and some local communities have received variances that loosen restrictions further.

Pool operators in the Denver metro area described taking many of the same precautions — such as requiring that people wear masks when entering and exiting the facility but not while in the pool. Or, placing markings on the concrete to guide people in staying six feet apart.

Some pools have cleared decks and are asking people to bring their own furniture while others are spacing

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Since shutting down in March, the arts center has postponed about 20 concerts and programs, but in May efforts began to offer more community connection through events like virtual concerts and live-streams of its Arts in the Afternoon series. The center has relied on a large base of donors to keep running, and a special online fundraising campaign called Set the Stage has been launched to help.

“We will be welcoming our patrons back and thanking them for their collective commitment to keeping themselves and the entire arts center family as safe as possible,” Rigsby said. “One thing that won’t be at all

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“We are about filling up every single one of our sessions. Pirate’s Cove has been very popular, so that’s a good thing,” Anderson said.

Anderson said they put up signage throughout the facilities reminding people of social distancing and air reminders on the public announcement system.

In preparation for reopening, Anderson said getting enough cleaning supplies was one of the more challenging aspects. Disinfectant is not readily available, he said.

Supplies needs to be ordered in advance and the city had to order brands of supplies it wouldn’t usually.

Anderson said he was not sure of the exact budget impact, but that “it was a significant cost that we had to come up with for the disinfectant.”

“And we’re not done with it yet,” he said. “We’re in that learning phase right now where now that we’ve been open for three weeks, we’re starting to see that supplies dwindle a bit.”

Anderson said he is glad to see people at the city’s pools — the recreation center’s indoor pool is open for fitness and lap swimming — and to have employees back on the job.

“It’s nice from the kid standpoint, that they’re able to have a summer job, and it also feels good to be able to offer a swimming pool to our community,” he said.

Social distancing was not the only hurdle for local facilities. For some area pools, renovation or construction projects took a blow from the pandemic as well.

The Town of Parker launched a $2.8 million renovation of H2O’Brien in 2019. Renovations included replacing the play structure and adding two 182-foot water slides. The project was supposed to wrap up in time to open H2O’Brien by Memorial Day. Instead, the pool opened July 6. Gentilini, Parker’s aquatics supervisor, said the “biggest hit” to the renovation project’s schedule was shipping delays.

New tables got ordered in February but didn’t arrive until early June.

The Texas plant that made the pool’s new shades shut down during COVID. Those arrived days before opening.

New concrete wasn’t poured until mid-June, and the pool’s pump and motor came from Italy.

“We barely got that before Italy shut down,” he said. “In every way possible it delayed. Whether it be subcontractors not being able to bring their full crews to the site, or mostly what it was, was shipping. But you name it, it affected it somehow.”

different? The fabulous artists and uplifting performances that our audiences will be thrilled to see.”

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Get an evening out of the house and help The Action Center Red Rocks Community Church is hosting a pop-up drive-in theater screening of “Ferdinand” to benefit The Action Center in the church’s parking lot at 5810 W. Alameda Ave on Tuesday, July 21. Parking begins at 7:45 p.m. and the movie begins at 8:30 p.m. Kona Ice’s flavor shaved ice will on hand as well.

Attendees must maintain social distancing, stay in their vehicle and wear a mask anytime they’re outside of their vehicle. The cost is $10 per

Parker’s Director of Parks and Recreation Mary Colton said the project came in on budget, and the town’s team worked passionately to get it done, but for a time the town did not know if the pool would open for the 2020 summer season.

“It’s been quite the challenge to determine our approach to reopening,” Colton said. “We took a lot of time in really planning and evaluating whether or not it would be feasible to open the pool at all this year.”

South Suburban Parks and Recreation also launched major pool construction projects before COVID-19 hit.

The department decided to reconstruct three of its pools — Franklin, Harlow and Holly — after a pool audit in 2017.

Like Parker, South Suburban planned to complete its pool projects

by Memorial Day. Then the pandemic limited the size of construction crews that could work at once and the ability to get materials, Assistant Director of Recreation Kelsey Whisler said.

“Factories were shutting down entirely,” she said.

The pools are now slowly opening up.

South Suburban’s Cook Creek pool located in Douglas County was the first to reopen in early June. Harlow opened July 3. Franklin and Holly were slated to open in the near future as well, Whisler said.

While some pools are maxing out pandemic capacities, South Suburban is staying cautious, Whisler said.

Cook Creek allows a capacity of 600 people in a normal season. South Suburban is keeping capacity to 200 on a first-come, first-serve basis for now, although a Douglas County variance allows 250 people.

“Right now, we feel that 200 is at our comfort level,” Whisler said.

Arapahoe County’s variance allows outdoor pools to reopen at 50% capacity, she said, so South Suburban will reopen pools there by reservation. Those are Franklin, Harlow and Holly.

Harlow opened at a capacity of 40 people and South Suburban will raise that to 60 soon, Whisler said.

The pool’s capacity without a pandemic would be 160. Whisler said the department did not feel it could gauge how reopening would work until people were in the facility.

Still, she’s glad to see swimmers back at the pool.

“It’s really exciting. Safety, being in parks and recreation, is always a top priority. So that’s at the forefront of our mind,” she said. “But we also want to make sure people have a fun, enjoyable experience too.”

vehicle, and attendees must register in advance to attend. Buy tickets at www.eventbrite.com/e/alamedaconnects-acbid-drive-in-movie-nighttickets-112129975776.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week - Charles Sawtelle Memorial Mountain Jam Some traditions are too established to let something like a global pandemic entirely slow them down, and KGNU’s Annual Charles Sawtelle Memorial Mountain Jam - now in its 32nd year - certainly qualifies.

This year’s event will be the “2020 Safer-at-Home” Edition and will be live-streamed from noon to about 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 19. It benefits KGNU and this year’s performers are the Cody Sisters, River Arkansas and Bowregard.

The concert is free, but donations

are welcome and encouraged. RSVP at www.KGNU.org by noon on Saturday, July 18 to receive a streaming link.

Streaming style - ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ No comic-related television show captures the sheer comic-book fun of “Legends of Tomorrow.” Lead by Sara Lance (the always fantastic Caity Lotz), the show gathers misfit characters from other series like “Arrow” and “The Flash,” and turns them into a time-traveling, wise-cracking family.

With writing so sharp and full of jokes and easter eggs, you’ll need to watch it more than once. And you can catch all five seasons on Netflix.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

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Polis urges ‘summer without parties’ ‘Wear a damn mask,’ governor urges Coloradans

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On the heels of more data showing COVID-19 on the rise in his state, Gov. Jared Polis still scraped up a hopeful if worried tone in pushing Coloradans to turn the trajectory around.

And he kept up the baseball metaphor he has used to convey where Coloradans stand — but this time he cast them as losing their grip on the game.

“We’re in the sixth inning, and we’re actually down by a run here to the virus,” Polis said at a July 9 news conference. “It’s 6-5, the virus is beating us, but we’ve got runners on the corners and no outs. So, you know, we’re not down 10-to-zero like they are in Texas or Arizona. We’re down, and we just need to play ball here.”

Clinging to the hope that Colorado won’t end up with a dire spike of COVID-19 like those two states — which have pointed to socializing at bars and nightclubs as a major source of their recent outbreaks — Polis pushed for more mask-wearing but stopped short of saying he’d favor a mandate, again banking on public buy-in rather than leaning on tighter restrictions.

“If you’re somehow waiting to wear a mask until the governor tells you to,

I hope you’ve heard that I’m telling you to. And if I haven’t been clear, I’m telling you to wear a mask: Wear a damn mask,” Polis said.

“If you’re somebody who wants to do the opposite of what the governor says, you should wear a mask because the data shows that that’s the best way to save a trillion dollars for our (country’s) economy, reduce unemployment, and protect your own life and the life of your loved ones.”

‘Don’t cost the economy’ Such was the amped-up and sometimes biting tone that colored Polis’ latest ask of Coloradans to turn the ship around on the pandemic.

Following an uptick in the state’s coronavirus’ spread since mid-June, Colorado’s “R naught” — the average number of infections generated by each COVID-19 case — is now above one, Polis said, meaning Colorado’s progress is reversing. If the number sits below one, the number of new cases per day is declining.

The governor directly addressed Coloradans who are in their teens, 20s and 30s, remarking that “this is the summer of no parties” and suggesting they socialize by having a few friends over or going outdoors in a group.

To avoid more restrictions on people’s freedoms, young Coloradans may need to go without parties into the fall, too, he added.

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Judge allows Bandimere to operate for now, but with COVID-19 rules Final decision on public health injunction put off until July 21

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A Jefferson County judge has left a temporary restraining order in place against Bandimere Speedway, but says her decision regarding a stricter preliminary injunction over public health guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19, will not come until July 21.

Judge Tamara Russell said the temporary restraining order requiring Bandimere Speedway to abide by the provisions of the current public health order, which require social distancing at public events and limit capacity to 175 people per activity area, would remain in-effect. Bandimere was planning to hold its Bug-In racing event on July 11, but claims that event would attract a significantly smaller crowd than its July 4 Jet Car Nationals event did.

Judge Russell said at the close of arguments on July 9 that she wanted to wait to make her civil court case ruling on the preliminary injunction in order to give herself more time to review relevant documents and case law.

The preliminary injunction would not allow Bandimere Speedway to hold events while the public health orders regarding COVID-19 are is in effect unless the speedway provides the county a safety plan to approve prior to each event.

“This is important and I want to do it the right way,” said Russell. “I think this has a lot of implications for the community and I have to make an interpretation of the law that may be new.”

During the hearing, which took place over two days, two Jefferson County public health officials testified that they attended portions of the July 4 event at Bandimere and witnessed violations of the current state public health order, ranging from more people sitting in grandstands than is allowed, to a lack of social distancing in concession areas. They said those violations came after the speedway had previously reached an agreement with the county to ensure it followed those rules. JCPH Executive Director Mark B. Johnson said that Bandimere agreed to cap attendance at 4,500 but that Bandimere later said the event drew an estimated 7,500 people.

Supporters of Bandimere Speedway wait for members of the Bandimere family to emerge from the hearing on July 8.

The officials also said many of the issues with social distancing were exacerbated when a half-hour rain storm led many attendees to crowd into covered areas of the speedway.

They acknowledged that the speedway also made attempts to promote behavior that would be consistent with the state public health order, including having an announcer give reminders to social distance every 15 minutes during the event, but said that those efforts ultimately did not appear to be successful enough in getting attendees to abide by the order.

Randy Corporon, Bandimere’s attorney, argued that the speedway had made an effort to encourage attendees to abide by the health order, and it was impractical to expect the speedway to force attendees who disregarded those rules. When Corporon asked John Bandimere III, who operates the speedway with his family, if he thought there was more his family should do to enforce requirements Bandimere responded that he did not.

“I think there’s a freedom to make choices for ourselves,” Bandimere III. “So for us to be the gestapo so to speak no, I do not think so.”

JEFFCO COVID NUMBERS Total reported cases in Jeffco as of July 13: 3,089 Total reported cases in Jeffco as of June 13: 2,455

WANT TO GET TESTED? A list of free testing sites in Jefferson County is available at www.jeffco.us/4075/ Corporon also suggested that the county could take other steps to reducing the risk of the spread of COVID-19 to vulnerable populations that do not involve “shutting down an iconic Jeffco family business” and said the speedway will be unable to remain financially viable if it is forced to adhere to the capacity limits established in the public health order.

But county attorney Rebecca Klymkowsky said an injunction must be granted when there is chance that not granting it could do irreparable harm to the community.

“There is no amount of money

that Bandimere could pay, no fine that could be imposed that would compensate the community at large for exacerbating this public health emergency,” she said.

Klymokowsky also argued that the interest of ensuring public safety trumps Bandimere’s interest in being able to have people attend its events.

“It is not enough for Bandimere to say our fans want to attend, this involves the entire community and the entire country,” she said. “When you consider it in that context, the public interest is in keeping people safe.”

During the hearing, Corporon also repeteadly questioned argued that the governor’s order violated the state constitution and that placing what he described as unreasonable restrictions on businesses is not the most effective or sensible way to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

But at the end of Thursday’s portion of the hearing, Russell said that “clearly this court is not in a position to find that the governor has overreached or given authority to different departments.”

“That’s not my job and I don’t have any jurisidiction over that,” she said.

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A public hearing will be held virtually before the Arvada Planning Commission on August 4, 2020, at 6:15 p.m., when and where you may speak on the matter to consider an Alternative Sign Program for Ridge Valley RV, generally located at 5320 GRAY CT. Members of the public may join virtually via phone by emailing jsuk@arvada.org for the phone number, the email must mention this meeting date.

To submit a request for public comment, you must go to arvada.org/PlnCommission and complete the public comment form by 5 p.m. on 8/4/2020.

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POLIS FROM PAGE 14

“Don’t put your own life and the lives of your friends in jeopardy,” Polis said. “And if you don’t care about the lives of yourself and friends, please don’t cost the economy (a cut in activity) and jobs, even your own job.”

Under Colorado’s safer-at-home phase of social distancing, gatherings of more than 10 people in public and private are prohibited, except in certain settings such as day camps and recreational sports teams. Houses of worship also may hold larger numbers of people with at least 6 feet between individuals or household groups.

Colorado’s uptick, like major spikes in other states, is largely among the younger demographic and may be attributable to bars and nightclubs and potentially to public protests, Polis has said.

Polis announced June 30 that Colorado was closing its bars and nightclubs, and the governor estimated bars are likely closed in 70% of the state. Due to local variations in social distancing rules that the state has granted, bars could remain open in some counties, and bars with full-service kitchens or those that provide food from a neighboring restaurant or food truck were able to keep operating in general.

The governor still urged people over 65 to “take extraordinary measures” to protect themselves, citing his parents, who are in their 70s, continuing to stay home as an example.

Leaving masks local Asked why he’s leaving mask-wear-

ing mandates to local leaders, Polis argued the state has “minimal ability” to enforce a mask order but said he hasn’t ruled it out as an option.

Coloradans shouldn’t just wear a mask for fear of a fine but should “wear one because you might save your life. You also might save your job. You might save your stock portfolio. You might keep your local businesses open,” Polis added.

Polis praised that more than half the state’s population, upwards of 60%, has a mask-wearing requirement in their local jurisdiction.

That figure was to change after Douglas County announced July 9 that it would move to opt out of its local health department’s mask mandate.

Despite the about-face in the pandemic’s trajectory in Colorado, the state moved ahead with allowing counties to move to its third phase of social distancing, the “protect our neighbors” framework.

The state on July 7 released a form to allow counties to apply to qualify for the new framework of social distancing, according to a news release by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

The first two phases were the stayat-home and current safer-at-home orders.

Once counties meet certain criteria, submit a plan to mitigate COVID-19 surges and are approved by the state, they can permit activities at 50% of pre-pandemic capacity “across all sectors,” with at least 6 feet between non-household members and no more than 500 people in one setting, according to the state’s framework.

Because cases are increasing in many counties throughout the state, most will not yet be eligible to apply,

Professional sports are moving closer to returning to fans in Colorado, but the rules surrounding spectators were still unclear as of July 9.

Under the latest update to the state’s safer-at-home order, effective June 30, professional sports can resume pre-season practices, training and league play after they submit a re-opening plan that details their disease prevention strategies to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and receive approval.

The department has received plans from baseball’s Colorado Rockies and football’s Denver Broncos and is reviewing both, according to a spokesperson.

The department didn’t say what crowd capacity level the Rockies or Broncos proposed, saying it is not sharing plans while they are under review. There isn’t a defined timeline for when the reviews will be complete, according to the department. according to the release.

Counties must submit letters of support from hospitals, local public health agency directors, county commissioners, sheriffs, police departments, mayors, emergency managers and, if applicable, local tribes.

They also must meet the following standards: • Stable or declining COVID-19 hospitalizations or fewer new cases in the past two weeks.

• The local public health agency’s ability to test 15 people per 10,000 res-

Gov. Jared Polis suggested thousands of fans at games wouldn’t be a problem for seating but would pose complications for maneuvering through stadiums safely.

“As a baseball fan, we just want to get the teams playing and see if they can pull that off first,” Polis said at a July 9 news conference. He added: “It’s quite simple (that) with a few thousand people in a (50,000)-person venue, it’s easy to have distancing.

It’s more about how you get in and out (with) concessions and bathrooms, and it’s not impossible to envision how that could work.”

Thousands of fans at a stadium would far outpace the current saferat-home event limits, under which indoor venues can allow up to 100 people, excluding staff, per room and outdoor venues may allow up to 175 people excluding staff.

The department did not say if other events such as concerts would be allowed to expand capacity into the thousands if professional sports are allowed such capacity. idents per day and to conduct contact tracing for at least 85% of assigned cases within 24 hours, and strategies to offer testing to close contacts of outbreak-associated cases, among other planning.

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