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Months overdue: 22 Current step: The forthcoming G Line to Arvada, Wheat Ridge and Adams County is in its final testing stages with trains running up to 24-hours a day.

The testing examines the communication signaling along the G Line, as well as the effectiveness of the signal technology in place at each of its 16 at-grade railroad crossings.

The G Line is in final testing.

On Aug. 3 testing on the G Line to Arvada, Wheat Ridge and Adams County added more trains on the alignment up to 24-hours a day. The testing process has examined the communication signaling along the G Line, as well as the effectiveness of the communication technology in place at each of its 16 atgrade railroad crossings.

Estimated opening day: Not yet determined Officials say: ““Those living

Catholic school gets $20,000 donation for technology St. Anne school purchased 40 new Chromebooks

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and working along the alignment understand firsthand that this fact has led to an increase in train horns, which are required to be sounded as train operators pass through intersections until all rail crossings are certified by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. After that, local jurisdictions can file quiet zone applications with the Federal Railroad Administration. RTD will announce the start of quiet zones for the G Line once such approvals from the FRA are in place. We appreciate the public’s patience as this process is completed.” — RTD Communications Team

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A $20,000 donation from Remington Homes has allowed Shrine of St. Anne School to improve its technology for the new school year.

The donation, given to the schools IT Committee, was used to upgrade the school’s server and purchase 40 new HP Chromebook laptops for student use.

Theresa Donahue, principal at Shrine of St. Anne School in Olde Town Arvada, said the new technology allows students to continue to be 21st Century learners and gives teachers more instructional options.

Remington Homes is a family-run Arvada home building business started by Paul Hauptman in the late 1960s.

Over the past 40 years nearly 20 members of the Hauptman family and extended family have graduated from Shine of St. Anne School in Arvada.

“It’s neat because there are a lot of other families like ours that have had generations of kids to go through the school,” said Haley Hauptman, head of marketing for Remington Homes. “Now we’re on to the second generation. All our kids are going through the school now.”

Hauptman said that as a company they knew that if they had the opportunity to donate money somewhere in the community, it would be to St. Anne.

“We care very deeply about the school and education,” Hauptman said. “The school is a cornerstone in Olde Town Arvada and we just want it to do well

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August 23, 2018

Daniel Ryley named new Executive Director of AEDA STAFF REPORT

The Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA) has appointed Daniel Ryley as the new Executive Director.

“On behalf of the AEDA Board, we are excited for him to take on this new opportunity and are confident that he is the right leader for this organization,” said Jodi Thomas, AEDA Board President. “Daniel possesses more than 14 years of economic and workforce development experience.

His skills will complement the organization’s strengths as we continue

to promote Arvada as a pro business community,” Ryley has been AEDA’s Deputy Director for the past four years and has had many successes in that role, including managing AEDA’s Business Retention program and Business Retention Committee, overseeing AEDA grant and loan Ryley programs, and consulting with businesses, commercial brokers, developers and the Arvada community. Prior to joining

AEDA, Ryley served as the Director of Business Retention for Adams County Economic Development. In this role, he led the organization’s Business Retention Taskforce and leveraged assets and resources from the public and private sector to support the growth and expansion of existing critical industries within Adams County.

Ryley is a Colorado native and holds a bachelor’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Colorado State University.

As the Executive Director of the AEDA team, Ryley will be responsible for supporting the AEDA Board of

Directors, guiding the staff on strategy, prioritizing projects and overall leadership of the organization.

“Arvada has a legacy of excellence in economic development,” Ryley said.

“It is an honor to be chosen to lead this organization, and I look forward to continuing the great work that has made Arvada a community where businesses choose to grow and invest.”

In the next few months, AEDA staff will be engaging in new and expanded roles. Ryan Stachelski, former AEDA director, has transitioned into a new growth and development position within the city of Arvada.

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Statistics Show More Showings and Greatly Increased Sales, Defying National Averages A recent report by ShowingTime, one of the nation’s biggest showing services, indicates that real estate showing activity in the western states has slowed by 6.9%, while increasing 0.2% nationwide. Fortunately for sellers, that’s only one study by one company.

You see, while ShowingTime might be a major player on the national level, the Denver market is dominated by Centralized Showing Service (CSS), so I searched their website for statistics on this subject.

According to CSS, showings of Jefferson County listings are up over last year, with 25.3 showings per listing since January 2018 in the $450,000 to $750,000 price range, versus 22.3 in 2017. Jeffco homes in the $200,000 to $450,000 price range have also enjoyed an increase this year, with 31.1 showings per listing as opposed to 29.9 during the same period last year.

Meanwhile, REcolorado, The Denver area’s MLS, indicates a dramatic increase in the number of sold listings during this same period. In nearly all price ranges, there have been nearly as many closings thus far in 2018 as there were in each of the entire prior four years. Early next year, I’ll re-run the figures to determine exactly how significant the jump in sales has been.

Interestingly, considering the year-to-date increases in both showings and sales, we have experienced a rather abrupt slowdown in sales during July and August, although there was a spike in showings last week, according to CSS. While predicting the real estate market is a tricky proposition, this late summer slowdown seems to be an annual occurrence, so when

I’m asked whether we’re about to see an end to this seller’s market, my reply is in the negative.

This is due primarily to the construction shortage of new homes and condos, in comparison with the number of people continuing to move to Colorado from other states. The housing market has no immunity against the law of supply and demand: as long as there are more people relocating to our area than there are homes being built, we’re going to remain in a seller’s market.

This more-people-than-homes scenario means that, for the most part, new residents have been forced to rent. Rental apartments, which have been built in great numbers throughout the metro area are absorbing most of these would-be buyers..

Meanwhile, condominium construction dropped nearly to zero in recent years because of the previous construction defects law. In 2017, new legislation reduced the legal and insurance risks associated with building condos for purchase, which were the primary cause of the condo construction slump.

The MLS is limited in its ability to show how many condos have been built and sold since the change in the construction defects law. This is because condo sales by builders are not typically reported on the MLS, meaning they can be found only in a search of public records.

Even with a resurgence of new condo construction, the fact remains that many would-be buyers are stuck in rental apartments because of the continuing overall shortage of homes for sale. Any increase in the number of homes on the market (as we’ve seen in 2018) has been

‘Drive Electric Week’ Returns to Golden on September 8th National Drive Electric Week, September 8-16, 2018, is a nationwide celebration to heighten awareness of plug-in vehicles and to highlight the benefits of all-electric and plug-in hybrid-electric cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. If you’ve ever considered going electric you should come meet and talk to owners (including three Realtors at Golden Real Estate) who have successfully done so. For the past five years, the Golden Real Estate parking lot at 17695 S. Golden Road has been the Jeffco venue for this event. It’s one of nearly 300 events happening this year in all 50 states and in eight of Canada’s ten provinces. Register at www.DriveElectricWeek.info to attend or to exhibit your own EV at our Golden event. As of now, 21 owners are bringing 12 different models of plug-in hybrids and EVs, including a few Tesla Model 3s. Our Golden event is Sept. 8, 10am to 3pm.

offset by an increase in the number of sales. For this reason, inventory levels have remained at between one and two months since January 2014. Inventory currently sits at an estimated two months which places it on the higher end of recent levels but that is still historically low. Given the time of year, the slightly higher number is not entirely unexpected.

Indeed, if the last several years are any indication, we can expect to see that number fall during the fourth quarter.

There is a “conventional wisdom” that May through July is the “selling season” for homes, primarily because of families not wanting to move during the school year. However, I would suggest that real estate sales are not seasonal and that May through July should be thought of as the “listing season” instead of the “selling season,” only because so many sellers believe that it’s the best time of year to list their home.

I explain to sellers that the internet era has made that conventional wisdom largely obsolete. Why? Because nowadays buyers can get emails generated by the MLS computer, alerting them to any new listing that matches their search criteria. In the past, agents would do the searching and then tell their buyers what

they found, whereas now buyers typically view listings on their email alerts, then call their agent to request showings.

Some real estate agents may take the winter months off, but the MLS computer doesn’t.

Buyers are still getting those automated alerts the moment a home matching their search criteria comes on the market. The result has been that the “slow” winter months are actually the best time to list a home. Why? Because there are just as many buyers getting those alerts, but less competition from other listings, thanks to other sellers waiting for spring.

‘Good Business Colorado’ Happy Hour This Friday, 8/24

I have mentioned before that I’m a founding member of this progressive business organization which lobbies for a strong economy, sustainable environment and thriving communities in Colorado. See if Good Business Colorado is a fit for you at a happy hour event this Friday, Aug. 24th, at Illegal Pete’s, 270 S. Broadway, 4:00 to 6:30 pm.

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Coming Next Week: Arvada Ranch With Walkout Basement This home at 6535 Balsam Street is in the 1960's neighborhood known as Scenic Heights. It is a well deserved name for this home which is on a south facing slope with great glimpses of the Front Range amid mature trees. A 1959 example of "mid-century modern" architecture, this home has refinished original hardwood floors, as well as additional hardwood and tile on the main level, plus a large deck and an $475,000 updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite countertops. The sunny walkout basement is fully finished with its own full kitchen, making it suitable for a mother-in-law unit. The 2-car garage is extra long, accommodating a nice size workshop and doors to both the backyard and basement. My co-listor, David Dlugasch, and I will be making this home active on the MLS in the next week or two. More information can be found at www.ArvadaRanch.info, or call David at 303-908-4835 or me at 303-525-1851.

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Arvada family finds live yellowjacket nest in ceiling “It was kind of a creepy sound”

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For several weeks, the Tidd family in West Arvada heard a sound coming from the ceiling above their dinning table.

“It was kind of a creepy sound, but we thought that maybe it was water dripping,” explained Megan Tidd.

Upon examining it, they saw what looked like water damage — Just a thin layer of discolored paint in a perfect circle.

They thought it was a pipe dripping. But the sound continued at all hours of the day and night.

Then, the sound got louder.

Their plan was to open the ceiling up and examine what as behind it.

But then, the sound stopped when Megan’s husband, Chris, hit the wall.

That’s when they decided to call pest control.

The initial description of the noise made pest control experts think it was a rodent of sorts.

The yellowjacket nest was removed safely from the home.

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That theory was thought to be confirmed when Brian Mapes, of Side By Side Pest Control, used his thermal imaging camera and saw a large squirrel-sized red heat signature. So he set traps, but they were not successful.

So Mapes cut into the ceiling where the supposed water damage was. Immediately five yellowjackets flew past his hand and into the house.

No squirrel. No rodent.

Instead, a live yellowjacket nest was thriving in the Tidd family’s ceiling. Mapes estimates the nest contained 75 of the stinging insects, with another 60 larvae.

“It was scary thinking about how many were in there if five slipped out in that short amount of time,” Megan Tidd said. “I thought it was crazy that we had almost opened that up our-

Brian Mapes, of Side by Side Pest Control, dresses in a bee suit to remove the yellowjacket nest. selves.”

This was the first live yellowjacket nest Mapes has removed from a home. He sprayed the nest and waited a few days before removing it. No one was stung in the process.

“It’s a scary thing for a home owner,” Mapes said.

“Wasp nests are common, hornets and yellowjackets are rare … but I’ve been seeing them more.”

Like any insect, Mapes said the yellowjackets are looking for a safe harbor and a place to build a colony.

According to the Colorado State University Extension, yellowjackets typically nest underground using existing hollows. Occasionally nests can be found in dark, enclosed areas of a building, such as crawl spaces or wall voids.

“We’re all such busy people,” Mapes said. “This could have easily been a tragedy.

If (the yellowjackets) cut through the paint and got into the home, it could be a terrible situation.”

Mapes said the biggest thing that can come out of this experience is raising awareness for homeowners of what a stinging insect nest in a wall or ceiling can look like and to remind homeowners that if something is out of the ordinary and the problem persists, they should call a professional.

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August 23, 2018

Sierra welcomes students with school addition Playground and parking lot complete elementary updates

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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efore the doors opened on the first day of school for Jefferson County Students Aug. 16, swarms of Sierra Elementary School students climbed on play equipment, hung from monkey bars and enjoyed the schools’ new playgrounds.

The two playgrounds, the track, outdoor classroom and parking lot were the final stages to be completed in the schools $16.5 million upgrade that’s been years in the making.

Last year, the second phase of the upgrade opened, a twostory, 30-classroom building replaced what Sierra students and staff called “the bunker” — a 1970s era holdover with few windows and lots of defects.

Though the new building opened for students last year, there was no playground and no parking lot. Those were finished this summer just in time for the new school year.

“It has really brought the community and the neighborhood school together,” Assistant Principal Tennille Foerster said of the schools improvements. “I think it has had a

positive impact on our school culture. Kids are excited to be here.”

The design for the new addition was based on four principles: safety, security, collaborative learning and space for community involvement.

The 50,000 square foot addition increased the school capacity by 250 students and brought improved technology and comfort for students and staff.

“Something we’re really proud about is our seating,” said Sydney Beck, instructional coach at Sierra.

Each classroom has nontraditional tables and seating to promote more a collaborative environment and cater to student needs. The flexible seating includes traditional chars, rockers, cantilevers that bounce and hockey stools that wobble. In fourth and fifth grade, there are also high top tables.

Open work spaces in the hallway also add to the collaborative approach.

“When you think about what kids are learning, it’s very social,” Beck said. “It’s not sitting at a desk independently. It’s breaking out and problem solving together. So we feel like by providing these open areas and creative areas they can move out and it meets their needs.”

Teachers make somebody smile

Andrea Faust and Colleen Knight stock the Blessing Box in Olde Town Arvada during Sierra Elementary’s teacher day aimed at making somebody smile.

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Two playgrounds, a track and an outdoor classroom are new to the school this year. See more photos from the first day of school at ArvadaPress.com

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Camp gives adults with cancer new zest for life Arvada-based nonprofit draws campers nationwide

Tiffany Wolf said that camp fed her with a newfound energy and zest for life. COURTESY PHOTOS

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After a year and a half of intense immunotherapy treatments with a clinical trial to treat melanoma, Tiffany Wolf was at the “end of her rope.”

“I had had it with the pain, the fatigue, the nausea — the fact that I couldn’t be a mom, or at least the one I wanted to be,” Wolf, now 37, explained. “I couldn’t work and I love what I do. All of it.”

Wolf, who lives in Arvada, was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma at 22 years old. Seven years later, it returned. This time it had spread through her body. Treatment included chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy.

Then the clinical trial in 2014, which she said kicked her butt.

“The drug did its job,” Wolf said, “but the drug was trying to kill me.”

That’s when she was introduced to Epic Experience, a nonprofit outdoor adventure camp for adult cancer survivors.

Epic Experience was founded in 2012 by Arvada resident Nancy Ferro after her oldest son, Michael, was diagnosed first with a benign brain

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tumor in 2007 and six months later with testicular cancer just as he was graduating from Regis University.

“After his treatment, he got very depressed,” Nancy Ferro said. “I just saw a need to help survivors get out and feel like it’s OK to live, even though it felt different from the day they were diagnosed with cancer.”

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August 23, 2018

Arvada West Vocal Showcase wins The American Prize in Choral Performance

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Arvada West High School Vocal Showcase was named the 2017-18 winner of The American Prize in Choral Performance in the high school division.

“I would say that any accolades that come our way are just a reflection of the dedication our students have to our choir department,” said choral director Chris Maunu, of winning the honor. “They are a wonderful group of students and I’m fortunate to work with them everyday.”

The American Prize, founded in 2009, is a series of new, nonprofit, competitions designed to recognize and reward the best performing artists, ensembles and composers in the United States based on submitted recordings.

The Arvada West Vocal Showcase was selected from hundreds of applications reviewed from all across the United States.

“Most artists may never win a Grammy award, or a Pulitzer, or a Tony, or perhaps ever even be nominated,” said David Katz is the chief judge of The American Prize. “But that does not mean that they are not worthy of recognition and reward.

Quality in the arts is not limited to the costs, or to the familiar names, or only to graduates of a few schools. It is on view all over the United States, if you take the time to look for it. The American Prize exists to encourage and herald that excellence.”

Vocal Showcase is the top performing choir at Arvada West. The top 24 females and 24 males in a department of 340 students are selected to be a part of the choir after a rigorous audition process. Music literacy and overall musicianship is a key factor for membership in the ensemble.

Maunu submitted 30 minutes of audio recordings of Vocal Showcase performances from the past several years. A blind audition committee

THE MUSIC The full list of songs submitted for the contest: Fare Thee Well - James Mulholland Snow (The King’s Trumpeter) - John Muehleisen Gloria (Mass for Double Choir) - Terry Schlenker Benedictus (Mass) - Terry Schlenker Long Long Ago - Dan Forrest Lux Nova - Eric Whitacre Arctica - Z. Randall Stroope See many of these songs performed on the Arvada West High School Choir YouTube channel. of distinguished adjudicators then evaluated the recordings and selected nine semi-finalists, seven finalists, and finally winners and runners up.

“When they announced us as one of nine semi finalists, I was thrilled by that,” Maunu said. “When we got the call that we won, I was just shocked and humbled.”

The group was judged on vocal tone, intonation, difficulty of repertoire, and artistic execution.

The Vocal Showcase has earned national recognition previously as well.

They were one of three high school mixed choirs in the United States invited to perform at the 2017 National American Choral Directors Association Conference, the most prestigious performance invitation in the United States.

Maunu has also received national recognition. He was one of 10 national finalists for the Music Educator Award at the 60th GRAMMY Awards this past January.

“Mr. Maunu is probably the best teachers I’ve ever had,” said Alexis Rolfson, 18, a member of the Vocal Showcase and recent graduate from Arvada West. “He’s really passionate and really knows what he’s doing. I really trusted him and I knew that he was leading us in the right direction.”

Rolfson participated in choir all four years of high school and was a soloist on two of the seven pieced submitted

Be a Tool: Neighborhood rehab project needs help Volunteers to work on Golden, Arvada homes in need of repairs STAFF REPORT

All ages are invited to help address projects in the Golden and Arvada communities during the eighth annual Day of Service neighborhood rehab project.

Work will last from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 8; check in at Hillside Community Church, 103 N. Ford St., Golden; or Arvada High School, 7951

W. 65th Ave., Arvada.

There, volunteers will find out their project location, listen to a safety talk and get their free “I’m a Tool” T-shirt.

A project manager will explain the project and provide direction.

Bring work gloves, a water bottle, sunscreen, and clothes that can get dirty. Coffee, juice and snacks will be provided in the morning, and lunch will be delivered to the work sites.

All work is expected to be complete by 4 p.m.

Groups of 10 or more should contact info@beatool.org before registering.

Registration closes Sunday, Aug. 26.

Go to www.beatool.org to sign up or donate.

Arvada West High School’s Vocal Showcase is the 2017-18 winner of The American Prize in Choral Performance in the high school division.

COURTESY PHOTO for the contest.

“I was really surprised because he didn’t tell us he had entered us until we made the semi finals,” Rolfson said of her choir winning the award. “Mr.

Maunu really humble about it but he goes for all these opportunities. I was really excited because he’s worked so hard and us as a choir has worked so hard. He deserved the recognition.”

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August 23, 2018A

Owner of Lakewood bakery sues state A new cake has again put Masterpiece Cakeshop at the center of the religious freedom debate

Jack Phillips works on decorating a cake in his bakery in Lakewood.

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Jack Phillips was catapulted into the national spotlight when he refused to make a cake for a gay couple, because of his religious beliefs. The Lakewood baker won a highly publicized, but narrowly worded United States Supreme Court case decision in June, but his days in court are not over.

Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, has sued Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and state civil rights officials, alleging that the

state has “been on a crusade to crush (Phillips) because its officials despise what he believes and how he practices his faith,” according to a complaint

filed Aug. 14.

His latest case stems from June 2017 when Autumn Scardina, an attorney from Arvada, called the cake

shop and asked them to bake a cake that was pink on the inside and blue on the outside. The cake was meant to symbolize her transition from male to female, and Scardina said the employee who she was speaking to hung up the phone when she said what the cake meant. Phillips denied the request, because of what the cake would have symbolized, and he felt it would have gone against his religious beliefs, according to a statement from the Alliance Defending Freedom, the law firm defending Phillips. The day Scardina made the call to Masterpiece Cakeshop was the same day that the Supreme Court agreed to take up the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. the Colorado Civil Rights Commission case regarding Phillips refusing to bake the cake for the gay couple.

The state notified Phillips that it

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TIMELINE OF EVENTS July 19, 2012 — Jack Phillips refuses to make a custom cake for the same-sex wedding of Charlie Craig and David Mullins May 30, 2014 — The Colorado Civil Rights Commission finds that Phillips had discriminated against Craig and Mullins.

June 26, 2017 — Supreme Court agrees to hear the same-sex wedding cake case. The same day Autumn Scardina requests a transgender cake and is denied service.

June 4, 2018 — Supreme Court votes 7-2 in narrow ruling in Phillips’ favor.

June 28, 2018 — The Colorado Civil Rights Commission finds that there was probable cause that Masterpiece Cakeshop violated a state law by denying Scardina’s request.

Aug. 14, 2018 — Phillips files a lawsuit against the state.

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“The first ruling from the Supreme Court did not address the (religious freedom matter), Hickenlooper said.

“That’s what I think the U.S. Supreme Court will have to address with time.”

Daniel Ramos, executive director of One Colorado, an advocacy organization for LGBTQ people and their families in Colorado, said the ADF has tried to launch similar lawsuits in the past that targeted laws and civil rights agencies.

“All people — including LGBTQ people — deserve to be served equally in public spaces, and no religious belief gives anyone the right to pick and choose whom they serve and what laws they want to follow,” Ramos said.

ADF Senior Counsel Jim Campbell said it’s clear that state officials are targeting Phillips, because they “despise his religious beliefs and practices.”

“Jack shouldn’t have to fear government hostility when he opens his shop for business each day. We’re asking the court to put a stop to that,” Campbell said.

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found probable cause that Colorado law requires his business to bake the cake for Scardina, only weeks after the Supreme Court ruled in his favor for refusing to do business with a gay couple in 2012. Scardina officially filed the complaint in July of 2017 to the Colorado Division of Civil Rights.

“I believe that other people who request birthday cakes get to select the color and theme of the cake. I believe that I was not allowed to order a birthday cake because I requested that its color and theme celebrate my transition from male to female,” Scardina said in the complaint. The complaint indicates that her upcoming birthday would mark the seventh anniversary of her transition.

Phillips’ court case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. The lawsuit is asking Colorado officials to stop punishing Phillips for declining to create cake messages that violate his faith. Phillips’ lawyers will wait for the defendants to respond to the lawsuit, and their response can take up to one month. “(The day Scardina called) was a busy, kind of crazy day. We tried to explain that we’d do any other custom work, or sell any other cakes we had in the shop. That was a cake, because of the message, that we couldn’t create,” Phillips said.

The lawsuit names a number of Colorado officials, including Hickenlooper, Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, Colorado Civil Rights Commission members Jessica Pocock, Miguel “Michael” Rene Elias, Anthony Aragon, Carol Fabrizio, Charles Garcia, Rita Lewis and Colorado Civil Rights Division Aubrey Elenis.

Hickenlooper told the media that he wasn’t involved in the commission’s ruling regarding Phillips and Scardina, but he does expect the case to go to the Supreme Court.

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The Gran Fondo, a national series of cycling events that take place in various locations across the U.S., will return to Golden on Aug. 26.

Cyclists will begin the Golden Gran Fondo race at 8 a.m. underneath the arch in downtown Golden on Washington Avenue. Finish will be at Parfet Park, located at 10th Street and Washington Avenue.

Awards ceremonies will take place at approximately 3 and 4 p.m. in Parfet Park. The public is welcome to attend.

This road race is not a start-tofinish race — time sections will determine placement. Cyclists have the option to race the Gran Loop, 91

miles; the Medio Loop, 63 miles; or the Piccolo Loop, 20 miles.

Spectators are welcome to set up along the route to cheer on the cyclists. However, all safety measures should be taken as there is no official place assigned for spectators. Those who would like to watch the race should visit the Golden Gran Fondo’s website to discover the route for spectator planning at www.gfncs.com.

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Arvada woman fights global crisis FOR MORE INFO

BY CAITLIN DANBORN SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

During a trip to the Nepalese city of Thamel in 2015, then 17-year-old Ashlee Nawrocki’s eyes were opened to the horrors of human trafficking when she met an 8-year-old victim on the streets of the red-light district.

She decided to do something about it.

In October 2017, Nawrocki founded Wear Love Wagon, a mobile boutique that sells women’s clothing, jewelry and accessories made by victims of human trafficking.

“Once I learned about (trafficking), I kept seeing it in places,” Nawrocki, now 20, said. “As soon as I saw a face to it, it doesn’t just look like the movie “Taken;” it looks like an 8-year-old girl being raped every day.”

Sexual exploitation is the leading cause of human trafficking, followed by forced labor, according to the 2016 Global Report on Trafficking of Persons by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Fifty-one percent of victims of human trafficking are women, but trafficking against men has been on the rise in the last 10 years. The crisis has been exacerbated by the recent rise in global migration.

Adults are typically trafficked more than children, with the exception of a few regions where child victims exceed adult victims in Sub-Saharan Africa and Central America and the

To learn more about human trafficking, visit the UN Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking at ungift.org To get in touch with the National Human Trafficking Hotline, call 1-888-373-7888 or go to humantraffickinghotline.org To find the Wear Love Wagon, visit wearloveclothing.com

store and feel not only peace...(knowing) that something you purchased is going beyond just wearing it and is going to help real women,” Nawrocki said. “Just (know) that one person really can make a difference with something as simple as jewelry.”

Caribbean, the report says.

No country or state is immune from trafficking, says the United Nations report.

According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, 110 human trafficking cases in Colorado were reported to the organization in 2017.

Passion to help started early After graduating early from Evergreen High School in December 2015, Nawrocki studied missions-based business in Costa Mesa, California, for two years. She then went to Nepal for three months, where she first became aware of the human-trafficking crisis.

“I had only heard about trafficking in school,” Nawrocki said. “And so I worked with this organization that was doing stuff with anti-trafficking, and it really just opened my eyes. We were going to the bars in the red light district, and I was like `This is not going to be a thing that I don’t tell people about.’ ” In an alley near one of those bars, she met an 8-year-old girl, who was

Wear Love Wagon founder Ashlee Nawrocki poses outside of her mobile boutique.

CAITLIN DANBORN begging on the streets along with other children. Nawrocki’s group would take these young kids to dinner to ensure they were fed. Nawrocki said that because of the area they were in and the girls’ ripped clothing, she had many reasons to believe the girl and others were being sold for sex.

“What broke my heart the most is how she clung to me,” said Nawrocki.

According to an estimate by UNICEF, about 21 million people are trafficked around the globe annually.

Some 5.5 million of those people are children.

“I want women to walk into our

Business not about the money Nawrocki’s love of travel inspired the mobile aspect of her business. She lives in Arvada and takes her trailer to community events primarily in Wheat Ridge and Arvada, as well as some in Denver and other parts of Jefferson County. She hopes to go more global in the future.

“My dream with it is to move it to Nicaragua and start our own restorative program with helping out women directly,” she said, while touching a turquoise pendant, a necklace that an artist in the Philippines made.

She has met a number of victims through the organizations that she partners with, such as TAYO, which helps victims in the Philippines. Nawrocki believes that connection gives a more human aspect to the items she sells.

When customers purchase something, she can tell them that their purchase is helping her friend in the Philippines or Thailand. But for her, it is not about the money.

“If you’re learning about trafficking F from my store,” she said, “that’s all that matters to me.”

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Arvada Police take domestic violence suspect into custody SWAT helped with neighborhood search STAFF REPORT

Arvada Police Officers responded to the 6200 block of W. 75th Avenue at approximately 10:50 p.m. on Aug. 14 where they were attempting to locate male suspect Michael Chapman, 27, for his outstanding felony warrants. Chapman is currently wanted in Georgia for felony domestic violence charges and pending felony domestic violence charges in Jefferson County.

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In the summer, campers raft and kayak on the Colorado River, and in the winter snow shoeing and crosscountry skiing are the main activities. Campers come from all over the country to attend the free camp.

“When you’re diagnosed with cancer, so much of what you go through is in a hospital or at home or rehab — you don’t get outside,” Ferro said.

“There’s just something about nature that is soothing and revitalizes you.”

For Golden resident Kim McConnell, 40, some of the revitalization came from being with other people who were fighting their own cancer battles.

McConnell was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and is currently cancer-free.

“Very quickly the similarities of things that each other had gone

Aug. 15, a resident in the area alerted officers that a male with no shirt, no shoes and matching the description of Chapman, was walking on W. 76th Avenue. A one-block area was cordoned off by police, and officers soon learned that Chapman had broken into an occupied home. AccordChapman ing to an Arvada Police spokesperson a dog in the home alerted the resident and followed the suspect into the basement. Officers entered the home and arrested Chapman without incident.

Chapman was later transported to the Arvada Police Department for questioning. The department spokesperson said Chapman will likely face numerous new charges including burglary.

through really connected us,” McConnell said. “Being young when I was diagnosed made me nervous about the cancer coming back. But being connected to Epic means that now I have this community of people that can support me. That gives me hope.”

That connection is a thread between campers.

“By the time camp was over, it feeds you with this newfound energy or zest for life almost,” Wolf said, adding that after camp, after a couple months of clean scans, she told her doctor she was done with treatments.

“I was ready for things to change so I could do more with my life,” she said.

Four years later, she shows no evidence of cancer. But Epic is still a big part of her life.

“The whole journey you feel very alone because no one else in your immediate circle has it,” Wolf said.

“They are on the outside looking in, so they don’t get it. But at camp, they got it. That was a big deal to find a group like that.”

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ast weekend I travelled to St. Louis for a golf weekend with some old friends of mine, and, as part of that weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club. And it occurred to me, as I was sitting on the metal bleachers behind the sixth green, feeling a lot like a London Broil in 92 degrees and 93 percent humidity, that those pros play a game that is not at all like the game I play.

The sixth at Bellerive, for this tournament, is a 224-yard par 3 over water.

On good days, I consider that “drivable;” these guys are using 5 irons.

When I hit the ball into a sand trap, I

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curse and struggle; these guys shrug and plot the different ways they could hit it to get within two feet. And, on Friday, one of them hit a shot from 235 yards on one hole that had to go over and curve around an 80-foot juniper, to land within 5 feet of the pin.

Michael Alcorn Now, wouldn’t that be a nice shot to have in your bag?

What these guys have that I don’t, it would seem, (among other things) is power. Tiger Woods can hit a ball over

300 yards on a practice swing. And, on the one hole I almost saw him on, (before a lightning storm cancelled play), one of his playing partners was 30 yards past him in the middle of the fairway. It is unreal how far these guys hit a ball.

Tiger, of course, has another sort of power. While we were waiting for him to reach us on the 17th, you could feel the roar approaching. We were in a good crowd, four people deep around the green; the crowd following Tiger more than tripled our crowd. And, on Sunday, the man playing with Tiger, though he was in contention, barely got his face on TV, and faded off the leader board with scant protest.

That’s a whole different kind of power.

After one of the rounds that me and my friends played, we went to a bar.

Now, I don’t hang around bars much any more (hopefully, that doesn’t come as news), so it gave me an interesting opportunity to observe a different gathering of people than my normal one. Among the denizens of this particular bar was an attractive young lady, who had an easy smile and a familiar manner about her, who managed to keep the attention of most of the young men in the bar.

Still a different kind a power.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Another failure by Jeffco schools Jeffco school district and the current school board’s middle school changes and planning were proved a failure Aug. 14, before any students were even in attendance. Back to School Night at Oberon Middle took little note about the school and its surrounding environs with the addition of sixth grade. What a pity for so many Jeffco families at Oberon who experienced our first total parking and traffic grid lock situation of the year. A rain and hail storm at the event’s beginning didn’t help either.

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This small local neighborhood doesn’t have street parking available for the new needs. Cars were parked everywhere: No Parking Zones out front, blocking fire hydrants and driveways.

Why weren’t faculty and staff parking not moved behind the building like what the summer’s contractors did?

With no crosswalks and the last-century traffic entrance and flow pattern, the situation showed students and parents SEE LETTERS, P13

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“We’ve got French Fries.” ecause of the positive re5. On top of your fence, line sponse to my former colup all your prescription bottles. umns regarding geezers, Shoot them off with your BB (May 24 and July 5) I will gun. write again on this topic. The 6. Wear your bathrobe and truth is I have many qualities of slippers to the supera geezer. I struggle with WIT AND GRIT market. If you run into technology. Yes, women your psychiatrist at the can be geezers too. Geezers enjoy life because pharmacy, ask him “Can they like to have fun and you write me a script for don’t feel obligated to act new psych meds?” nice 24/7. If you’ve gotHe says, “Sorry I can’t ten over trying to please remember your name.” everyone, and want to You say, “I can’t rememhave more fun, read on. ber yours either.”

Try any of the following: 7. As you leave the 1. On a sunny day, market, if you can’t find Mary McFerren wear a Hawaiian shirt your car in the parking Stobie and baggy shorts. Sit in lot ask a passerby, “Help, a lawn chair your front I lost my car.” yard and stare into the sky.

After you both check every When your neighbor asks what row of cars, then say, “Sorry, I you are doing, say, “I’m watchforgot I walked here.” ing for tornadoes.”

7. When you see your physi2. Stand in a long line at the cian, he says, “Open your mouth post office. When the clerk says, and say “Ah.” You say, “You’ve “May I help you?” got to be kidding!”

You say, “I need help with this 8. When your dentist hands crossword puzzle.” you the bill, empty a bag of 3. Don’t like eating alone? political buttons onto the counBring your talking parrot to the ter. You say, “This is all I can restaurant. afford.”

4. Your relatives drop in for 9. Baldspot? No worries. At the dinner. When they are gathered airport ask the shoeshine guy around the table, you serve only a giant bag of potato chips. If they ask for anything more say, SEE STOBIE, P13

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just how dangerous the configurations are. Students dodging between cars and busses, and the nearest crosswalks being two blocks away has been a “Walk-to-School” issue for years. With only two street entrances, 72nd Avenue and Simms, this will only get worse. What will happen when and if the 72nd Avenue “No New Taxes” Re-construction Project is started?

Now the created access and vehicle nightmare problems is known to all.

How will the Jeffco School Board take quick action or is it just another unchangeable situation that funds were spent elsewhere on? More problems to come for daily School drop-offs and picked-ups later?

Gary Scofield, Arvada

STOBIE FROM PAGE 12

“Can you put black shoe polish on my pink spot?”

10. After praying on your knees you climb into bed. You line up your slippers correctly, but when you wake in the morning each slipper is on the wrong foot.

11. Get a paper route. From your electric wheelchair pitch papers like Randy Johnson (Diamondbacks’ world series pitcher) onto people’s

ALCORN FROM PAGE 12

Sadly, this young lady seemed to be viewed by many of those men as a disposable pleasure. This seems to me to be a great squandering of power — she has the gifts, I am certain, to inspire a man to treat her with respect and elevate both of their standings.

But she could choose to waste those gifts.

But the wasting of power is not nearly as troubling as the actual abuse of power. Yeah, I’m looking at you, e Catholic Church in Pennsylvania.

That is why I, as a parent and a teacher, take great encouragement from a portion of Superintendent Jason Glass’ opening letter to Jeffco staff this week. In it, he writes “Tomorrow, parents all across our community will entrust their children

Self-identified geezer Mary Stobie recently referred to characteristics of a geezer. I would like to include myself in that list for reasons which may be apparent Once upon a time, there existed a law in Colorado known as the safety inspection. It was an annual inspection to ensure vehicles were safe to operate in Colorado. It included such features as proper tire inflation, depth of tread, workable horn, windshield wipers, headlights. Wait a minute. Did I say headlights? As in both operable?

In a recent letter, I may have mentioned the prevalence of vehicles operating with only one headlight. I even went so far as to point out the problem in law enforcement websites. Responses I received were similar: “We’re enforcing it.” Okay, if you say so. So much for observation.

Probably only the result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, I’ve yet to see a car with one headlight stopped with a police cruiser behind it.

No longer a driver myself, I don’t run the risk of seeing flashing blue lights in my rear view mirror.

Without further discussion, I may qualify as an indisputable, bona fide 100% geezer.

Oh yeah, I’m a Vietnam vet.

Martin Gross, Wheat Ridge Response to last week’s editorial With more respect that you deserve, You. Don’t. Get. It. You complain the president uses the term Fake News. We the people have been calling you that long before Mr. Trump did.

You’re only complaining about the one shouting “the fourth estate has no clothes” but we all have eyes. You point out recent “news” as examples of your worthiness. You have no credibility!

Why should we believe the press?

As members of the former profession once known as journalism you have squandered any sense of trust. We used to tell lawyer jokes all the time,

now it is reporter jokes that I hear. I’m more likely to believe the weatherman than a reporter.

It is vital for any society to have a free and vibrant press. A free press was so important to the founders that they gave you special protections above and beyond everyone else. What an awesome responsibility. As you know, once trust has been lost it is a very long road to gain it back. Respect is earned. Do you feel respected? You did this to yourselves and it is up to you to reconstitute into a profession again.

Please relearn what honesty and truth is. Figure out how to gain respect. The Society of Professional Journalism has a Code of Ethics.

Read it. Build a firewall between your feelings or world view and the truth.

Report what happened, give us facts (full, unvarnished) and save opposing points of view for the opinion section.

Let us decide!

Clifford Andersen, Arvada

porches. If you break a window, say “Oops” and keep riding.

12. The senior softball coach asks a player, “Are you coming back next year?”

Player says, “Yeah, if I’m alive.”

For many of us, this is a precarious time in our lives. But enjoying every moment in life is doable. Acting like a salty geezer is good. You’ll live longer.

Mary Stobie is a syndicated columnist. If you have comments about geezers and geezer humor, please contact Mary at mry_jeanne@yahoo.com.

to us. This responsibility is sacred — and we are honored by it.”

Indeed.

There will be many lively conversations over the next couple months about our schools, and how we manage and distribute the various resources we have. But, never let those conversations distract you from the fact that the vast majority of the men and women who work with your children every day are aware of, are humbled by, and strive to use the power they have for the betterment of your children.

Welcome back to school, folks.

Here’s hoping 2018-19 is a tremendous success!

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

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Secretary Perry tours the innovative technology of NREL Perry and Sen. Cory Gardner lauds labs work

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Remarkable work on renewable energy and energy efficiency is being done at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

“The innovation that’s within these walls is just stunning,” said U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry. “What’s going on (here) today has the potential to change the world.”

Perry directed these comments to NREL employees during an Aug. 14 visit to the lab when he and U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, toured the

Energy Systems Integration and the Science and Technology facilities on the lab campus in Golden.

On the tour, they learned about the innovations emerging from NREL, including solar materials research and the Peregrine supercomputer — the lab’s flagship high-performance computing system dedicated to renewable energy and energy efficiency research unveiled in 2013.

However, as Perry and Gardner were on their tour, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sent out a press release about Eagle — the lab’s next high-performance computing system that will be 3.5 times more powerful than the current system.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry smiles as he addresses National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) employees about the innovative work they are doing during an all-hands meeting on Aug. 14 at the lab in Golden.

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Hundreds of vendors from around the region will be on hand at this year’s A Taste of Colorado.

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Labor Day weekend event features good grub and great tunes

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hat does it take to cook turkey legs for upward of half a million people?

Rick Seewald, the owner of Parker’s Sweet Lorraine’s Catering, is pretty straightforward about it: “Well, a really big grill helps.”

Seewald and his crew will cook up thousands of turkey legs in a 200-square-foot booth at A Taste of Colorado, the legendary Labor Day weekend event that transforms Denver’s Civic Center Park into a smorgasbord of the state’s culinary offerings. This year’s festival runs Sept. 1-3.

Say “Taste of Colorado” to many Denver-area residents, and the first two things that come to mind are corn on the cob and turkey legs.

But the Taste, now in its 35th year, is growing into a food and musical event to rival the state’s big bashes, said spokeswoman Cary Krukowski.

“Best of all, admission is free,” said Krukowski.

Organizers beefed up the Taste this year, with a main stage triple the size of the old one, Krukowski said. A smaller stage will host musicians from around Colorado. The musical offerings are the largest in the festival’s history.

The main stage musical lineup is split into three days. Saturday is classic rock, featuring REO

It wouldn’t be A Taste of Colorado without turkey legs.

Speedwagon, Firefall and George Thorogood. Sunday goes country with LeAnn Rimes, David Nail and Mitchell Tenpenny. Monday features an epic ‘90s throwback lineup: Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray, Everclear and Soul Asylum.

“We’re taking the whole experience up a notch,” Krukowski said.

“Denver has grown substantially in the last few years, and there are lots of people who have never attended A Taste of Colorado.

We wanted to freshen it up while retaining the classic feel the diehards love.”

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IF YOU GO When: Saturday, Sept 1 to Monday, Sept. 3 Where: Civic Center Park, sandwiched between the Denver City and County Building and the Colorado State Capitol at Broadway and Colfax Ave. Cost: Admission is free, but food and vendors aren’t. Guests can book VIP tickets for concerts that offer food, drinks, and primo seats. One-day VIP tickets are $119 each (plus fees and taxes) and can be booked at atasteofcolorado.com.

Contact: Visit atasteofcolorado.com for more info.

ate summer moving into early fall is my favorite time of year in Colorado. Usually, the heat is dying down and nature is starting to show off its fall colors. In other words, it’s the perfect time of the year to spend outdoors.

If the weather isn’t excuse enough to explore some of the beautiful open spaces around Jefferson County, PLAN Jeffco’s In Plein Sight festival is back Sept. 10-15 to add an artistic touch to nature. The free, six-day public painting event features 25 professional artists painting at different Jeffco Open Space locations. The completed works can be seen at the Golden Community Center, 1470 10th St. in Golden, Sept.

12-16, with new works being added as they are comCOMING pleted.

ATTRACTIONS “We want to get people into parks and see what can be done in them,” said John Litz, PLAN Jeffco board member and event chair. PLAN is a nonprofit organization that advocates for open space.

Clarke Reader “And, if they see art being created they like, they can take a little of the park home.”

All the artists are creating work In plein air, which means “open air,” and was developed in the mid-19th century by French impressionists including Monet, Pissarro and Renoir. The nine returning artists and 16 new ones will spend each day in different locations, like Lair O’ the Bear Park, Elk Meadow Park, and along the Clear Creek Trail in downtown Golden. Art fans can watch the artists work for free and buy the paintings if they find something that moves them.

When In Plein Sight hosted its first event in 2016, more than $35,000 of artwork was sold.

“It has become more important than ever to preserve our open space as the Colorado population continues to boom,” Litz said. “We feel this event is the perfect way to celebrate our parks and inspire a new generation to learn how to both conserve and enjoy the gorgeous landscape that draws so many to our beautiful state.”

For more information, including painting schedules, visit www. planjeffco.org.

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Arvada’s Blunn Reservoir an OASIS

The Arvada Reservoir opens at 5:30 a.m. through Aug. 31.

BY CAITLIN DANBORN SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

There are a surprising amount of people here given how early it is on a Sunday morning when I arrive at the Arvada Blunn Reservoir to watch the sun rise shortly before 6 a.m. I park, take out my camera, and start snapping photos. I do my best to capture the movement of the subdued pinks and oranges of the sunrise on the water. The sunrise becomes more and more stunning with every passing moment.

Around 6:15, the sun finally peeks up over the horizon and an identical reflection stretches across the water. A mother and her young son cast fishing lines in front of me, their silhouettes framed by the rising sun. Her son asks seemingly endless questions, wanting to know everything about fishing.

“What if I don’t catch anything?” he asks his mother.

“Well, then you cast again,” responds his mother. This can be applied

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to anything in life, I think. If at first you do not succeed, then try again.

3:30 p.m.

I have returned to the reservoir in the heat of the August sun. I take in my surroundings, noticing everything around me as I momentarily get away from the stress of school starting. I am already sweating, and a cool breeze offers temporary relief from the heat.

As the sun beats down, the sound of late summer cicadas fills my ears along with the gentle lapping of the water on the shore.

At the fishing pier, Deanna Fine and her daughter Jennifer Devine sit in lawn chairs with umbrellas for protection against the heat. Fine shows me her fishing poles. So far she has not caught anything, but when she has come to the reservoir before she has caught two pound rainbow trout. The reservoir has a limit of four fish per person, and Fine and her daughter are looking to catch fish for dinner.

At the ramp leading down to the

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IF YOU GO The Arvada Reservoir summer hours, which last until Aug. 31, are 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Starting Sept. 1, hours change to 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. until Oct. 31.

More information is available at Arvada.org/ arvada-blunn-reservoir pier, a bull snake moves silently through the rocks. Park ranger Betty Miller comes up to me in a golf cart.

“We’re on snake patrol,” she says.

She is looking for rattlesnakes, not bull snakes. Bull snakes are harmless, she tells me, and will actually chase away the rattlers.

Farther down the shore, Bill Stuart is teaching his son Liam how to fish.

Liam is very enthusiastic, Stuart says.

Liam has been practicing casting in their living room and this is his second time fishing.

5:30 p.m.

I can see the traffic on Highway 93

Deanna Fine shows off a rainbow trout she caught in a bucket. from where I stand on the Ed South Memorial Fishing Pier, but I do not feel like I am in the middle of the suburbs. The Arvada Reservoir has given me an escape today, a place where I can forget about life and connect with nature.

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Golden child to benefit from annual motorcyle poker run Ninth annual Ride for Koston takes place Aug. 25

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Bikers will be making their way around the foothills on their motorcycles to commemorate a local fallen soldier this Saturday.

“It’s to honor somebody who gave his life for this country,” said Rob Tompkins, owner of the Dirty Dogs Roadhouse and organizer of the annual Ride for Koston event.

The ninth annual Ride for Koston takes place on Aug. 25. Registration begins at 9 a.m. at the Columbine Café in Golden and the first motorcycle will depart at about 10 a.m. There are five stops — including the Columbine Café and the final destination of Dirty Dogs Roadhouse in Golden — along the route.

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A group of bikers line up for a photo along the route of the 2012 Ride for Koston. Now in its ninth annual year, the Ride for Koston takes place on Aug. 25, beginning at Columbine Café and ending at Dirty Dogs Roadhouse, both in Golden, after making stops on the poker run at various venues in the foothills.

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IF YOU GO Ride for Koston Registration for the ninth annual Ride for Koston begins at 9 a.m. at the Columbine Café in Golden. Cost is $20 per rider and $10 per passenger.

Bikers will depart at about 10 a.m. There will be three more stops along the route and a final destination of Dirty Dogs Roadhouse in Golden. For more information, contact Rob Tompkins, owner of Dirty Dogs Roadhouse and event organizer, at 303-384-3644.

Route for the ninth annual Ride for Koston Registration/first stop: Columbine Café, 15630 S. Golden Road, Golden Second stop: Sit N Bull Saloon, 5450 S. Parmalee Gulch Road, Indian Hills Third stop: The Vintage Moose, 123 16th Ave., Idaho Springs Fourth stop: TBD Final destination/fifth stop: Dirty Dogs Roadhouse, 17999 W. Colfax Ave., Golden

The annual Ride for Koston is a motorcycle poker run that honors the late Army Sgt. Grant A. Wichmann of Golden and benefits his son Koston.

Wichmann died April 24, 2010, at age 27 while serving during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. His son Koston, the baby in the photo was 6 months old when his father died.

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It is expected that the ride will last until about 4 p.m.

The ride honors the late Army Sgt. Grant A. Wichmann of Golden and benefits his son Koston.

“My family knew his family,” Tompkins said, also a veteran. The Wichmanns are his inspiration for putting on the annual motorcycle event.

Wichmann, 27, died April 24, 2010, while serving during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. He died of wounds sustained on March 12 when enemy forces attacked his unit using small arms fire at outpost Bari Alai.

Wichmann’s son Koston was 6 months old when his father died, Tompkins said.

The ride is a poker run and each participant will draw a card at each stop along the route. Whoever has

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Cost is $20 per rider and $10 per passenger. All proceeds will go into a trust fund for Koston.

Koston will be 9 this year, and he will have access to the trust fund when he becomes an adult. He will be able to use the money for whatever he needs, Tompkins said, such as for college or to purchase a home.

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WHO’S PLAYING? This year’s A Taste of Colorado features 32 bands on two stages, including numerous Colorado bands. The music is divided into three theme days: classic rock, country and ‘90s. For a complete list, visit atasteofcolorado.com.

Dozens of the state’s best restaurants will have booths at A Taste of Colorado.

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New this year is the Capitol VIP Experience, where for $119 a ticket plus fees and taxes, guests can watch the big shows from a special deck beside the main stage, meet Broncos players, and kick back with exclusive meals and drinks.

The festival will also host nearly 200 artisans and vendors in the Mountain and Plain Marketplace.

True to the festival’s name,

though, the heart and soul of the festival is the grub. More than 50 restaurants and food trucks will set up shop, Krukowski said.

The festival is great exposure for some of the area’s hidden-gem restaurants, said Brett Carson, owner of Large Marge’s Philly Cheesesteaks of Wheat Ridge.

“Lots of people don’t know this little place in Wheat Ridge is turning out such great cheesesteaks,” Carson said.

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5 p.m.: George Thorogood

2:30 p.m.: Everclear

7:30 p.m.: REO Speedwagon

4 p.m.: Sugar Ray

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6 p.m.: Smash Mouth

“We use bread and shaved ribeye flown in at least twice a week from Philadelphia,” Carson said. “It’s not those little frozen hockey pucks of meat. It’s all fresh-cooked to order — no heat lamps here.”

Food vendors bring their A-game to Taste, Carson said, which makes it a joy for restaurateurs too.

“It’s so cool to see what others from around the state offer,” Carson said. “We’re so darn busy that we don’t get to walk around much, but we always make friends — and do some great food-trading.”

For plenty of guests, though, a stop at the Sweet Lorraine’s booth is a must.

“A lot of customers tell us it’s the highlight of their year,” Seewald said. “They say summer isn’t complete until they’ve had a turkey leg at the Taste of Colorado.”

A TASTY EXPERIENCE Dozens of local restaurants will be on hand for A Taste of Colorado, representing the Denver area’s diverse foodie culture, including Large Marge’s Philly Cheesesteaks, Lazo Empanadas, Barbed Wire Reef, Msosi Kenyan Cuisine and Tacos Y Salsas.

Close to 200 artisans and vendors will hawk their wares, ranging from local honey, henna tattoos, clothes, soap and plenty more.

Kids will have plenty to do at the South Platte Kids Zone, where youngsters can watch musicans and dancers, and get food — like mac and cheese and hot dogs — more suited for the youthful palate.

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Rugby and beer at Bruises and Brews Some kinds of sporting events just seem to perfectly pair with beer, and one of those perfect pairings is definitely rugby.

Which is what makes Glendale’s Bruises and Brews Beerfest, held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24 and 3 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25, such a great event. Held at the Festival Plaza at Infinity Park, 4599 E. Tennessee Ave. in Glendale, the event is hosted in conjunction with the international RugbyTown Sevens tournament.

For rugby fans, the event features 20 teams from across the world in one place. Sevens rugby, a variation on 15-a-side rugby union play, was recently featured in the 2016 Rio

Olympics.

For those more interested in the brews side of the event, it features more than 20 local and national breweries, as well as distilleries and hard ciders.

For tickets and all other information, visit www.glendalebeerfest. com.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Dave Matthews Band at Fiddler’s Green As someone who entered their teen years in the late 1990s, the Dave Matthews Band was one of those groups that seemed to be in the air at all times. They had a slew of radio hits and their tour stops in Denver were among the biggest concerts of the year.

While the band, formed in Charlottesville, Virginia, in the early 1990s, may not be the same radio powerhouse they used to be, the group still knows how to put on quite the show.

The Dave Matthews Band will be stopping by Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, 6350 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. in Greenwood Village, at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24 and Saturday, Aug. 25.

The band’s latest album “Come Tomorrow,” is their first in six years, and one of my favorite pop albums of the year.

Don’t miss the group by getting your tickets at www.fiddlersgreenamp.com Say ‘aloha’ to the summer in Highlands Ranch Get into the aloha spirit as the summer winds down thanks to the Pi’ilani Hawaiian Civic Club of Colorado.

The 6th Annual Ho’olaule’a will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25, at Highlands Ranch Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd. in Highlands Ranch.

The Ho’olaule’a is a free event that celebrates Hawaiian and Polynesian culture and includes entertainment, vendors of gifts and food, children’s activities and cultural arts demonstrations. Slack-key guitarist George Kahumoku Jr. will also be offering workshops for those interested.

Monies raised by the Ho’olaule’a help provide resources for the underserved Hawaiian and Polynesian community in Colorado. The Pi’ilani Hawaiian Civic Club of Colorado offers college scholarships, language and cultural classes, as well as civic and community service activities.

Visit www.piilani.org/aloha/ for more information.

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

Chefs to take on competition to help scleroderma patients STAFF REPORT

Returning chefs are ready to take on the newcomers at the 2018 Food Fight.

Presented by UC Health and benefiting the Scleroderma Foundation Rocky Mountain Chapter, the competition pits challengers Ad Hominem, Seasons 52 and Personal Chef Lisa Givens against returning chefs from The Arvada Tavern, Citizen Rail, and Panzano.

Judges and guests will score the competitors in three categories: Savory, Sweet and Sips.

Since 2015, Food Fight! has raised more than $140,000 to continue the foundation’s mission of support, education and research for scleroderma patients and their families. This event features both a silent and live auction.

Guest judges this year include Sommelier Daniel McGaughey, general

manager of food and beverage operations for the Denver Performing Arts Complex and Centerplate; Priya Shah of Shah Squared Consulting, who has a master’s degree in gastronomy from Boston University; and Max Krieger, Sysco Marketing Associate. Former Denver Broncos running back Reggie Rivers will provide play-by-play commentary of the competition and serve as master of ceremonies.

Following the live auction, which will include a private chef dinner for eight at Ad Hominem, a Terrell Davis football and dinner with Randy Gradishar, Rivers will announce the Food Fight! Winners.

This year’s event is Wednesday, Sept.

12 at the BAC Appliance Center, 1880 W. Oxford Ave., Englewood. Tickets are available at https://e.givesmart. com/events/4F5/.

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It will be installed in the Golden facility’s Energy System Integration Facility data center this summer and put to use in January 2019.

Following their tour, Dr. Martin Keller, NREL’s director, hosted Perry and Gardner for an all-hands meeting for NREL employees where they talked about the future of the lab and renewable energy.

The “incredible work” being done at NREL produces “fascinating opportunities for America,” Perry said to employees, adding part of his job is to share these stories with the rest of the nation and to leaders across the globe so they “know we’re innovating and changing the world.”

NREL is one of 17 national laboratories operated by the DOE. It is the nation’s primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research.

Boasting more than 700 active public-private partnership agreements, the lab works towards getting the information and technology from the lab to the marketplace.

NREL is on the cutting-edge of this, Keller said during a brief press conference with media following the laboratory tour and all-hands meeting.

“That’s the DNA and culture of our laboratory,” Keller said.

One question during the press conference inquired if the lab’s funding was secure under the Trump

Administration. Perry answered with a “yes,” adding, “we’ve got a good budget to work with to fund NREL and the other national labs” as congress directs.

When running for president in 2011, Perry said the DOE was one of three government agencies he thought should be eliminated. But during his January 2017 senate confirmation hearing to become the DOE Secretary, Perry said that after he was briefed on “`so many of the vital functions’” of the DOE,” that he changed his mind, and regretted recommending its elimination.

During his confirmation, Perry also said that as the head of the department, he would be “passionate about advocating and advancing the core missions of the DOE.” During the press conference at NREL, Perry pointed out that he “hopes it’s clear” that he’s also “all for” keeping coal and nuclear power plants across the country.

On his website, Gardner also states that he supports “developing and utilizing American energy of all kinds.

This includes the use of traditional power like coal, oil, nuclear, natural gas, along with the use of renewable energy such as wind, solar, hydroelectric power, and geothermal.”

Still, Gardner smiled as Perry addressed the lab employees on the innovative work they were doing each day.

And he added during the press conference: “Our future is an energy future,” Gardner said. “NREL is going to be the heartbeat of that grid.”

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Murder at the Railroad: 7-9 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays through Aug. 25 at the Colorado Railroad Museum, 1201 Mesa Court, Golden.

Wild West whodunit; come in costume. A portion of ticket sales benefit the railroad museum. Go to www.murderattherailroad.com.

Rhema, or The Spoken Words of Jesus: 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, and Sunday, Aug. 25, at Colorado ACTS Theatre, 11455 W. Interstate 70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge.

Call 303-456-6772 or go to www. coloradoacts.org.

WaistWatchers The Musical: playing through Aug. 26 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Light-hearted look at surviving the ups and downs of a weight-and-beauty obsessed world. Shows at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Call 303-987-7845 or go to waistwatchersthemusical.com.

Broken Bone Bathtub: Thursday, Sept. 6 to Sunday, Sept. 23. Siobhan O’Loughlin’s award-winning immersive piece of theater takes place inside a bathtub, in an actual home in the Lakewood Glens. The audience of 1018 people takes on the role of Siobhan’s close friends, listening, sharing and assisting the cast clad artist at bathtime. Specific location given at registration.

Shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Sundays. Go to www.brokenbonebathtub.com.

MUSIC

Intro to Line Dance: 2:15-3:15 p.m.

Thursdays through Aug. 30 at Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call 303-425-9583 or go to www. apexprd.org.

Mile High Community Band: Thursdays in August in the community room at Red Rocks Community College and after that at Denver North High School. For more information go to www.milehighcommunityband.org/

ART

Art Pop: 4-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 at ALTO, 3033 W. 71st Ave., just blocks from Westminster Station. Contact zguerin@unisonhp.org.

Teen Time: Button Art: 2-4 p.m.

Sept. 1 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Design

this week’s TOP FIVE Canine Conversations: Understanding “Alpha Dog”: 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org. Series about how to help you and your family have the best relationship with your pets.

Catty Hour: 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31 at the Cat Care Society, 5787 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Enjoy wine and snacks and spend time with the shelter cats. Adults 21-plus only. Donations requested to help care for the cats. Go to http://catcaresociety. org

Cops & Classics Car Show: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 25 at the Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Office, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, in Golden. Along with the car show, attendees will enjoy food, prizes, children’s attractions, K-9 demos and more. Call 720-497-7205.

“Facing Rocky Flats” Art Exhibition: opening from 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 at the Denver Public Library, 10 W 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver.

Exhibit coincides with the planned public opening of the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge. Group exhibition uses art and oral history to explore the past, present, and future of the site. Contact Jeff Gipe at jeff@jeffgipe.com or 303-906-1456.

your own button or create button collage art with silhouettes of literary and movie characters. Registration required. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Nimbus: Art by Hallie Packard: on display through Sunday, Sept.

16 at Valkarie Gallery, 445 S. Saulsbury St., Lakewood. Opening reception from 5-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25. Go to http://www. valkariefineart.com

FOOD

Food Truck Fridays: 5-9 p.m. Fridays at Lamar Street Center, 5889 Lamar St., Arvada.

Bands, drinks, automotive gallery and more. Donations accepted for a different organization at each event. Fridays, Aug. 24 and Sept. 14 (Jefferson County Business Education Alliance). Donation amount is up to each guest. Learn more at www.lamarstreetcenter.com or call 303-424-0208.

EVENTS

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

Go to https://arvada.org.

Glitter in the Garden: Friday, Aug. 24 in the Thom and Mary Ellen Williams Courtyard at the Foothills Art Center in Golden. Garden formal attire. Cocktails at 6 p.m.; dinner at 7 p.m. Snatch and Dash at 7:45 p.m.

Fundraiser for the art center. Learn more at http://www.foothillsartcenter.org/gala/ Around the World, Arvada Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament: 8 a.m. shotgun start Friday, Aug. 24 at West Woods Golf Course, 6655 Quaker St., Arvada. Breakfast and lunch provided; snacks available throughout the day. Learn more at http://arvadachamber.org/arvadachamber-commerce-annualgolf-tournament/. Sponsorships available, and donations needed for the goodie bags, the silent auction and the biz bottle exchange.

Contact 303-424-0313 or samantha@arvadachamber.org.

Gardening in the Fall: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 1 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada.

This is the perfect time to set the stage for next year’s garden. Plant perennials and bulbs for season-long beauty. Review basic maintenance for keeping your garden healthy and beautiful.

Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters.com/

and Arvada to Aurora. Parade hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday to Sunday. The parade will showcase a wide variety of homes of all sizes, layouts and architectural styles, including luxury “Dream Homes,” plus spotlight communities. Visitors will discover the latest in interior design trends and home technology, exterior finishes and outdoor living, and landscaping that will inspire.

This event is free, self-guided and open to the public. Go to paradeofhomesdenver.com.

Exploring the Great Ideas: Welcome and Introduction to The Great Ideas: 3-4:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 24 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Oktoberfest: Friday, Aug. 24 to Sunday, Aug. 26 at T.E.V. Edelweiss Club, 17832 Highway 8, Morrison.

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Gran Fondo Cycling Events: 8 a.m. Aug. 26 underneath the arch in downtown Golden on Washington Avenue. Finish will be at Parfet Park, located at 10th Street and Washington Avenue. Awards ceremonies at 3 and 4 p.m. in Parfet Park. Public is welcome. Go to www.gfncs.com.

Parking Lot Party: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 at Shops at 2575 Youngfield St., Golden. Celebrate end of summer with food, drinks, music and giveaways.

Parade of Homes: through Sunday, Aug. 26 in metro Denver neighborhoods from Windsor to Castle Rock,

Colorado Experience: Paleo-Indians: 6-7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27 at Golden History Museum, 923 10th St., Golden. Expert-led discussion.

Free. Registration required https:// www.goldenhistory.org The Great Courses: Watch & Discuss Meetup, Beethoven, The Farewell Sonata: 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 28 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Planting for Success: 2-3 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 1, at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada.

Tips and techniques for planting trees, shrubs and perennials. Learn how to improve soil, water properly, mulch appropriately and place your plants ideally. Call 303-424-7979 or go to www.echters.com/

Reel Reflections: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers: 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Discuss films and the issues they highlight. All movies available via Kanopy, which is accessed through the Jeffco public library website. Call 303-235- 5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org

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Yogalates: 6:30-7:45 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 30 at Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303425-9583 or go to www.apexprd. org. Experience health benefits of pilates and yoga.

GMOs: What Are They? Why Should I Care? 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1 at Natural Grocers, 3333 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. GMO generally refers to crops that have been engineered to produce pesticides or can have weed-killer sprayed on them without being harmed. Go to http://www.naturalgrocers.com.

EDUCATION

Alameda Pirates Class of 1973 Reunion: celebrate with friends from classes from 1972-74. warm-up event, 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 at Alameda High School. Take a tour of the school, then gather at Hanger 101 after for an informal gathering.

Golf tournament, 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at Fox Hollow Golf Course.

Space limited. Contact Dana Frew a dfrew@finishlinesystemsllc.com.

Main event, 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 at Fox Hollow Golf Course. Appetizers provide; cash bar. Contact Kevin Land at kland55@comcast. net or 720-301-0007.

TRIAD: Wise Consumer: 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 28 at Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, 500 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden. Suzann Bacon-Taylor and Ezra Coopersmith of the Better Business Bureau will give tips on being a wise consumer. They’ll share an on-line scam tracker to help keep you safe. Free and open to the public. Call 303-271-6980.

Jefferson High School Class of 68 Reunion: Friday, Sept. 14 to Saturday, Sept. 15. Ice breaker from 5-9 p.m. Sept. 14 at the Edgewater Inn, 5302 W. 25th Ave. Tour of Jefferson High School at 4 p.m. Sept.

14. Dinner, dancing and reminiscing from 5-10 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Lamar Street Center, 5889 Lamar St., Arvada. Contact Jackie Peden, 303 550-9585, or Rick Lunnon, 720 363-6287. Registration can also be found at www.saintsof1968.com.

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

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Swim Across America ANNUAL M CLIMB TRADITION ROCKS scheduled for Aug. 26 The Denver chapter of the national organization will host an open water swim to raise money for cancer research

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Swim Across America’s Denver Open Water Swim is coming to the Chatfield Reservoir Aug. 26.

Swim Across America is a national organization that raises money for cancer research through local swimming events. There are 20 individual Swim Across America events throughout the country.

The Denver chapter strives to raise money to “make waves to fight pediatric cancer,” said Nicole Vanderpoel, the chapter’s organizer, so patients don’t have to travel long distances to get proper treatment. The Denver Open Water Swim is led by Rock Canyon High School swim coach Nicole Vanderpoel. For some patients, battling cancer can be costly if they have to travel to find a hospital with proper treatment.

“All of our funds for cancer research and clinical trials are absolutely necessary,” Vanderpoel said. “The funds stay in Colorado and the families can stay in Colorado too if we continue to provide.”

The Chatfield Reservoir will be closed to the public, and will be open only for the Swim Across America Event.

Swimmers can choose to participate in the half-mile, one-mile or 5K events. All ages and skill levels are encouraged to come. Kids who are nervous to swim in open water can choose to splash around in the Balloon Splash area as well. Lifeguards will be on watch.

All proceeds go to Children’s Hospital Colorado for Cancer Research and Blood Disorders. Children’s Hospital has been the sole beneficiary of the event for four years.

Registration is $100 per participant. Participants can register either as an individual or join or create a fundraising team. Each individual and team can set a goal for how much money they want to raise. Individuals must raise a minimum of $400, fee included. Teams must raise a minimum of $4,000. Registration remains open until the event begins at 8 a.m. Swimming begins at 9 a.m.

In addition to the day’s events, 14 Olympians from 1980 to 2016 will be at the event for support, including Olympic gold-medalist and Regis Jesuit graduate Missy Franklin.

Autographs will be given from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. on the day of the event. The night before the event, Franklin will speak at the VIP dinner at the Cherry Hills Country Club.

For more information, visit swimacrossamerica.org/ site/TR/OpenWater/Denver.

New Colorado School of Mines students make their way up Mount Zion for the M Climb on Aug. 17. The annual tradition entails carrying a 10-pound rock from the students’ hometowns to whitewash and add to the mountainside M. Upon graduation, many graduates take a whitewashed stone with them as a memento.

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Pro cyclists make their way through Golden during Stage 3 of the Colorado Classic cycling race on Aug. 18.

Men and women raced in this year’s event, which began in Vail for Stages 1 and 2 on Aug. 15 and 16 and came to the Denver area for Stages 3 and 4. The event concluded on Aug. 19 with the Velorama Festival in downtown Denver’s RiNo district.

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SPORTS PREVIEW

Pomona football puts 5A title run in rearview mirror

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — The time of looking back at photos and videos of Pomona players and coaches lifting the Class 5A football state championship trophy last December at Broncos Stadium at Mile High is over.

“We looked back on last year a lot, but now it’s time to just focus on this year,” Pomona senior running back Theorius Robison said during practice Tuesday afternoon. “We know we are missing some big guys we had last year, but we think we have talent to fill it.”

Three-year starting quarterback Ryan Marquez loaded up on numerous awards before heading to the University of Wyoming. Star running back Max Borghi finished his stellar career with nearly 4,000 yards rushing and 74 touchdowns. Borghi graduated high school a semester early to head up to Washington State University where is could be a huge role in the Cougars’ offensive plans this fall.

Just like Marquez, Borghi and the rest of graduated seniors that lifted Pomona to its first state football championship since 1988 after a 56-49 victory over Eaglecrest, the Panthers are moving on.

Pomona coach Jay Madden admitted it has taken sometime to reset for the current season.

“The first week of practice you could definitely tell we had the championship hangover. We were going through the

motions and waiting for the fun stuff to start,” Madden said. “You don’t get to the fun stuff if you don’t put the work in.”

Madden has guided the Panthers to three straight 5A title games. Despite the loss of key contributors, Pomona has plenty left to stay relevant in the state championship picture.

Offensively, the skill positions has a ton of experience back starting with Robison. The three-time state wrestling champion averaged nearly 9 yards per carry while posting more than 800 yards on the ground and 14 touchdowns last season.

“Theorius is as good a running back as there is in Colorado. That is going to show early,” Madden said. “You won’t find a kid with more confidence than Theorius.”

Robison also had the luxury acquiring knowledge from Borghi over the past three years.

“I learned from Max how to read the field better and how to trust your speed when you hit the hole,” Robison said.

Senior quarterback Colten Muller actually got four starts behind center last year after Marquez suffered a broken arm in Pomona’s conference opener in early October. Muller helped guide the Panthers to a 5-0 league record before Marquez returned for Pomona’s playoff run.

“It does feel different, but I’m excited to show what I have this year,” Muller said of taking over the starting quar-

Pomona senior Colten Muller throws during practice last week. Muller got four starts at quarterback last year when Ryan Marquez suffered a broken arm in the Panthers’ conference opener.

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terback spot. “I know my teammates have my back and we’ll still be really good. It’s good when you have really good players.”

The senior receiver tandem of Billy Pospisil and David Ross — combined for nearly 2,300 yards receiving and 25 touchdowns — gives Muller plenty of big play potential. The offensive line also returns starting junior tackles Adam Karas and Garrett Bishop, along with senior center Micheal Marquez.

“Adam Karas and Garrett Bishop are Division I players,” Madden said.

“Micheal Marquez moved into center

around Week 8 last year. All three could be all-state players, they are that good.”

At times last year Pomona’s defense showed its youth and inexperience.

“Last year was an anomaly,” Madden said of Pomona’s defensive struggles that included giving up 49 points in the state title game. “I had just moved from running the defense for 10 years to running the offensive side of the ball. It was a big transition for all of us. Some games we played unbelievable. Some we didn’t.”

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Pomona remains hungry in quest for four-peat

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Kaylie Berens is the latest line of individual all-around state champions to come from Pomona’s gymnastics program.

Berens, a junior at Wheat Ridge High School, became the fourth straight Pomona gymnast to win the Class 5A all-around title last fall.

Kelsey Boychuk, who begins her college career at Iowa State University this fall, won back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015. Brooke Weins, who returns for her senior year at Pomona, claimed the title in 2016.

“I prepared myself all year for it (state),” Berens said of keeping Pomona’s dominance going in the all-around. “You work so hard that you have to expect it for yourself. You can’t just be lucky on one day. You have to get better each day and hopefully get better then the day before.”

With Berens, Weins and junior Kalise Newson (fourth in the all-around last year) all back for the Panthers, the all-around title has a good chance of returning to Pomona during the state meet come early November.

Pomona coach Tracey Boychuk, left, works with Pomona senior Brooke Weins during practice. Weins has battled through injuries since winning the Class 5A all-around individual state championship two years ago as a sophomore.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The 5A state team title has also found a home at Pomona. The Panthers are going for a fourth straight

team trophy this fall.

“If it is possible, right now we are deeper than we were the first time

(winning state) when we set the scoring record,” Pomona coach Tracey Boychuk said. “But then again, that takes everyone staying healthy and focused.”

Pomona racked up 190.925 points when it claimed the 5A team title in 2015 to set a new all-time state scoring record.

“I feel very fortunate — great kids, good families and dedicated girls,” Boychuk said of the gymnastics dynasty at Pomona. “We you’ve got girls from three or four different schools who make the effort to get here and do what they want to do tells me that they want to be here. I’m really proud of what they do.”

Weins and Katie Olson head a strong class of eight seniors that are focused on keeping the state team title at Pomona. Injuries limited Weins to competing in only the uneven bars last year at state. She ended up winning the 5A uneven bars individual title.

“I am healthy this year,” said Weins, who added she will wear a knee brace this season.

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Junior linebackers Kyle Moretti and Sanjay Strickland will be the core of the Panthers’ defense, along with senior defensive back Jack Thiele.

“Kyle (6-foot-1, 230 pound) and Sanjay (6-foot-2, 245 pounds) will be two of the best middle linebackers in Colorado,” Madden said. “They get tougher and smarter every day.”

Thiele added that he feels the experience from last year and the fact Pomona has returning starters at a lot defensive positions will allow the Panthers to be a strong defensive unit.

“It’s huge because you know they (Moretti and Strickland) are going to be able to control their stuff,” Thiele said of Pomona’s middle linebackers. “It’s going to be really hard to run on us.”

Another thing that going to be hard is Pomona’s schedule.

The Panthers open the season Aug. 23 facing Oak Ridge (Florida) in Orlando.

Pomona is coming off winning the Class 5A football state championship last season in what was the highest scoring large-school state championship game ever. The Panthers defeated Eaglecrest 56-49 at Broncos Field at Mile High Stadium.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Pomona faces old Jeffco rival Bear Creek in Week 2 before beginning an extremely tough stretch. The Panthers, ranked No. 4 in the CHSAANow.com 5A football preseason poll, faces No. 3 Valor Christian, No. 1 Cherry Creek and No. 10 Highlands Ranch in three

consecutive weeks.

“Our philosophy ever since I’ve been here is very Friday night is fun,” Madden said. “If you are out there winning by 50 points that isn’t fun to me. I want to go out there and compete that is fun for me. Win or lose, I want to go out and

see how good we are.”

Bringing back Jeffco programs into the same league also has Madden excited and his hope is the crowds at the North Area Athletic Complex and Jeffco Stadium will see attendance spikes this season. The 5A Metro West League consists of five Jeffco teams (Arvada West, Columbine, Lakewood, Pomona and Ralston Valley), along with Mullen.

“It’s going to be a battle,” Madden said of the new conference. “It is going to fun and fun for the neighborhoods again.”

While a fourth straight trip to the 5A title game is sitting out there, Madden is focused on improvement from week to week.

“We want to become our own team,” Madden said when asked about the goals this season. “Instead of living in the past or thinking about November we’ve got to start living right now.”

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

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Pomona gymnast Kaylie Berens, a junior at Wheat Ridge High School, is all smiles during practice last week. Berens is the returning Class 5A all-around individual state champion.

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“I was glad that I was still able to contribute to the team last year.”

Weins has been through a lot with the University of Missouri withdrawing its scholarship offer due to her injuries, but the University of Oklahoma has offered her a threeyear scholarship and the University of Illinois has put a four-year offer on the table.

“She (Weins) has come through all that a stronger, more motivated and a different kid,” Boychuk said.

“I would love to see her go out on top again.”

Boychuk said that if Weins can win any individual title this year she would become the first Pomona gymnast to win an individual state crown all four years of her prep career.

Despite the individual accolades, Weins is focused on getting that fourth team title.

“It would be nice to win that team title again. We are a very united team,” Weins said. “I just want to be able to contribute to the team and show the freshmen who Pomona is and what we can accomplish.”

Berens credits her success to the culture that has been established at Pomona. The Panthers’ success has grown the program to 33 gymnasts.

“Having Brooke and Kelsey as older and as role models for it helps me know that I can help other girls,” Berens said. “They pushed me to be better and set the bar. I feel like I need to keep it up.”

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

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VAR2018-0015, Andy McClaflin, 8333 Ralston Road and 8399 Ralston Road, (1) to reduce the required setback of a non-residential use from the centerline of an arterial street when Section 6.2.1 of the LDC requires a 100-foot setback; (2) to reduce the front setback on Ralston Road when Section 6.2.1 of the LDC requires minimum setback of 20-feet; and (3) to reduce the neighborhood buffer and screening standards at the north property boundary when Section 6.5.6.B of the of the LDC requires a Type B buffer.

VAR2018-0014, Reed and Elizabeth Peuser, 5707 Saulsbury St., (1) to construct a second To advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 story addition to be setback three-feet from the north (side) lot line when Section 6.2.1 of the LDC requires a five-foot setback; and (2) to construct a home addition and a detached garage with a second-story accessory dwelling unit in the rear of the property; and (3) to extend an existing gravel driveway when Section 6.2.1 requires a 150-foot setback from the centerline of Wadsworth Bypass and Section 6.16.1(e) rePublic Notice quires paving.

Hearing thereon will be held before the Board of NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Adjustment on September 11, 2018, at ON SERVICE PLAN 6:30p.m., Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, when and where you may speak at the IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF HASKINS hearing. Additional information can be obtained STATION METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, CITY from the Community Development Department OF ARVADA, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, or written comments may be filed therewith no STATE OF COLORADO later than 8 days prior to the hearing.

CITY OF ARVADA BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to /s/ Russ Rizzo, Secretary Section 91-13 of the Arvada municipal code (the “City Code”), a Service Plan (the “Service Plan”) Legal Notice No.: 403075 for the proposed Haskins Station Metropolitan First Publication: August 23, 2018 District (the “District”) has been filed with the Last Publication: August 23, 2018 City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado. The Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript Service Plan is on file and open for inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002.

Public Notice A public hearing on the Service Plan will be held by the City Council of the City of Arvada (the CALL FOR NOMINATIONS “City Council”) on September 17, 2018, at 6:30 (NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF) p.m., at City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, §§ 1-13.5-501; 1-13.5-303, C.R.S. Colorado 80002, or as soon thereafter as the City Council may hear such matter (the “Public TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particuHearing”). larly, to the eligible electors of the Sabell Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 2, City of Arvada, The purpose of the hearing is to consider the Jefferson County, Colorado (each a “District” Service Plan and to form a basis for adopting a and collectively, the “Districts”). resolution approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving the Service Plan.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on November 6, 2018, between A general description of the land contained withthe hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that in the boundaries of the proposed District is as time, and for each District, two (2) directors will follows: Approximately 62 acres of residential be elected to serve until the next regular special land generally located on the northwest corner district election (May 2020), and three (3) directof Quail Street and Ridge Road in the City of ors will be elected to serve until the second regArvada, Jefferson County, State of Colorado. ular special district election (May 2022). Eligible electors of the Districts interested in serving on The District is a metropolitan district. the boards of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from the DesigThe maximum mill levy for the District for debt nated Election Official (“DEO”), located at 2154 shall be fifty (50) mills subject to certain adjustE. Commons Ave., Suite 2000, Centennial, CO ment and release provisions as contemplated 80122, (303-858-1800) between the hours of and described in the Service Plan. The maxim8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Frium period of time which such levy shall be colday. lected is forty (40) years after the initial imposition of such levy.

The deadline to submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is the close of busiPursuant to § 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S. and Secness (5:00 p.m.) on Friday, August 31, 2018. tion 91-15(e) of the City Code, any person ownIf the DEO determines a Self-Nomination and ing property in the proposed District may reAcceptance Form is not sufficient, the form may quest that such property be excluded from the be amended once prior to 5:00 p.m. on August District by submitting such request to the City 31, 2018. Earlier submittal is encouraged as the Clerk no later than ten days prior to the Public deadline will not permit curing of an insufficient Hearing. form after this date and time. An Affidavit of Intent to be a Write-In Candidate must be subAll protests and objections must be submitted in mitted to the office of the DEO by the close of writing to the City Council at or prior to the Pubbusiness on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. lic Hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered. All NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that information protests and objections to the District not on obtaining an absentee ballot may be obpresented in this manner shall be deemed to be tained from the DEO, and applications for an abwaived. sentee ballot must be filed with the DEO no later than the close of business on October 30, 2018.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY OF ARVADA CITY COUNCIL SABELL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS.1&2 Designated Election Official Legal Notice No.: 403091 First Publication: August 23, 2018 Legal Notice No.: 403053 Last Publication: August 23, 2018 First Publication: August 23, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript Last Publication: August 23, 2018 and the Arvada Press Publisher: The Arvada Press and Wheat Ridge Transcript

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Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Elizabeth Ann Newton, Deceased Case Number: 2018 PR 353

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before December 23, 2018, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative Alec Newton 8630 E. 66th Pl, Unit #C Tulsa, OK 74133 Legal Notice No: 402969 First Publication: August 23, 2018 Last Publication: September 6, 2018 Publisher: The Golden Transcript

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NOTICE OF HEARING UPON APPLICATION FOR A NEW HOTEL AND RESTAURANT LICENSE OF STICKY FINGERS HOUSE OF SMOKE, LLC D/B/A STICKY FINGERS HOUSE OF SMOKE 5495 MARSHALL STREET ARVADA, CO 80002 Notice is hereby given that an application has been presented to the City of Arvada Local Liquor Licensing Authority for a new Hotel and Restaurant Liquor License of Sticky Fingers House of Smoke, LLC d/b/a Sticky Fingers House of Smoke, located at 5495 Marshall Street, Arvada, Colorado, 80002, whose managing member is Tim Gangestad, of 5495 Marshall Street, Arvada, Colorado, 80002.

The license would allow sales of malt, vinous and spirituous liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises 5495 Marshall Street, Arvada, Colorado, 80002.

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, September 13, 2018. The application was submitted on August 1, 2018.

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

Dated this 23rd day of August, 2018. /s/ Teri Colvin, Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO Legal Notice No.: 403071 First Publication: August 23, 2018 Last Publication: August 23, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript Public Notice

The following ordinances were adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvada on second reading following the public hearing held on August 20, 2018: Ordinance 4652: An Ordinance Authorizing a First Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City of Arvada and the City of Thornton for the Purchase and Sale of Water Storage and Water Rights, and for the Delivery of Water Ordinance 4653: An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Article III, Special Event Permits, of Chapter 6, Alcoholic Beverages, of the Arvada City Code

Legal Notice No.: 403072 First Publication: August 23, 2018 Last Publication: August 23, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript

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The following ordinances were adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvada on second reading following the public hearing held on August 20, 2018: Ordinance 4652: An Ordinance Authorizing a First Amendment to an Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City of Arvada and the City of Thornton for the Purchase and Sale of Water Storage and Water Rights, and for the Delivery of Water Ordinance 4653: An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Article III, Special Event Permits, of Chapter 6, Alcoholic Beverages, of the Arvada City Code Legal Notice No.: 403072 First Publication: August 23, 2018 Last Publication: August 23, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the Arvada City Council to be held on MONDAY, September 10, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City Council will hold a public hearing on the following proposed ordinances and thereafter will consider them for final passage and adoption. For the full text version in electronic form go to www.arvada.org/legalnotices, click on Current Legal Notices, then click on the title of the ordinance you wish to view. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

CB 18-036: An Ordinance Rezoning Certain Land Within the City of Arvada, Haskins Station, from City of Arvada PUD¬I (Planned Unit Development¬Industrial) to PUD¬R (Planned Unit DevelopmentResidential), 10.3 du/ac., and from PUD¬R (Planned Unit DevelopmentResidential), 3.0 du/ac., to PUD¬R (Planned Unit Development¬Residential), 4.8 du/ac., and Amending the Official Zoning Maps of the City of Arvada, Colorado, Generally Located at the Northwest Corner of Quail Street and Ridge Road CB18-037: An Ordinance Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement By and Between the City of Arvada and the City and County of Denver, Acting By and Through Its Board of Water Commissioners.

Legal Notice No.: 403073 First Publication: August 23, 2018 Last Publication: August 23, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON SERVICE PLAN IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF SABELL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 2, CITY OF ARVADA, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 91-13 of the Arvada municipal code (the “City Code”), a Service Plan (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Sabell Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 2 (the “Districts”) has been filed with the City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado.

The Service Plan is on file and open for inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002.

A public hearing on the Service Plan will be held by the City Council of the City of Arvada (the “City Council”) on September 17, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., at City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002, or as soon thereafter as the City Council may hear such matter (the “Public Hearing”).

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the Service Plan and to form a basis for adopting a resolution approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving the Service Plan.

A general description of the land contained within the boundaries of the proposed Districts is as follows: Approximately 21 acres of residential land generally located on the southeast corner of West 58th Avenue and Ward Road in the City of Arvada, Jefferson County, State of Colorado.

The Districts are metropolitan districts.

The maximum mill levy for each District for debt shall be forty (50) mills subject to certain adjustment and release provisions as contemplated and described in the Service Plan. The maximum period of time which such levy shall be collected is forty (40) years after the initial imposition of such levy.

Pursuant to § 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S. and Section 91-15(e) of the City Code, any person owning property in the proposed Districts may request that such property be excluded from the Districts by submitting such request to the City Clerk no later than ten days prior to the Public Hearing.

All protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the City Council at or prior to the Public Hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered. All protests and objections to the Districts not presented in this manner shall be deemed to be waived.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY OF ARVADA CITY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON SERVICE PLAN IN RE THE ORGANIZATION OF SABELL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 2, CITY OF ARVADA, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Section 91-13 of the Arvada municipal code (the “City Code”), a Service Plan (the “Service Plan”) for the proposed Sabell Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 2 (the “Districts”) has been filed with the City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado.

The Service Plan is on file and open for inspection in the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002.

A public hearing on the Service Plan will be held by the City Council of the City of Arvada (the “City Council”) on September 17, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., at City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002, or as soon thereafter as the City Council may hear such matter (the “Public Hearing”).

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the Service Plan and to form a basis for adopting a resolution approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving the Service Plan.

A general description of the land contained within the boundaries of the proposed Districts is as follows: Approximately 21 acres of residential land generally located on the southeast corner of West 58th Avenue and Ward Road in the City of Arvada, Jefferson County, State of Colorado.

The Districts are metropolitan districts.

The maximum mill levy for each District for debt shall be forty (50) mills subject to certain adjustment and release provisions as contemplated and described in the Service Plan. The maximum period of time which such levy shall be collected is forty (40) years after the initial imposition of such levy.

Pursuant to § 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S. and Section 91-15(e) of the City Code, any person owning property in the proposed Districts may request that such property be excluded from the Districts by submitting such request to the City Clerk no later than ten days prior to the Public Hearing.

All protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the City Council at or prior to the Public Hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered. All protests and objections to the Districts not presented in this manner shall be deemed to be waived.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY OF ARVADA CITY COUNCIL

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Legal Notice No.: 403074 First Publication: August 23, 2018 Last Publication: August 23, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The following variances from the Land Development Code (LDC) have been requested: VAR2018-0013, Chris Thornburg, 6580 Dover St., to construct a six-foot tall fence setback 10foot from the south (second frontage) lot line when Section 6.5.8(A) of the LDC requires a 25foot setback from the property line.

VAR2018-0015, Andy McClaflin, 8333 Ralston Road and 8399 Ralston Road, (1) to reduce the required setback of a non-residential use from the centerline of an arterial street when Section 6.2.1 of the LDC requires a 100-foot setback; (2) to reduce the front setback on Ralston Road when Section 6.2.1 of the LDC requires minimum setback of 20-feet; and (3) to reduce the neighborhood buffer and screening standards at the north property boundary when Section 6.5.6.B of the of the LDC requires a Type B buffer.

VAR2018-0014, Reed and Elizabeth Peuser, 5707 Saulsbury St., (1) to construct a second story addition to be setback three-feet from the north (side) lot line when Section 6.2.1 of the LDC requires a five-foot setback; and (2) to construct a home addition and a detached garage with a second-story accessory dwelling unit in the rear of the property; and (3) to extend an existing gravel driveway when Section 6.2.1 requires a 150-foot setback from the centerline of Wadsworth Bypass and Section 6.16.1(e) requires paving.

Hearing thereon will be held before the Board of Adjustment on September 11, 2018, at 6:30p.m., Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, when and where you may speak at the hearing. Additional information can be obtained from the Community Development Department or written comments may be filed therewith no later than 8 days prior to the hearing.

CITY OF ARVADA BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT /s/ Russ Rizzo, Secretary

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