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“I’m incredibly thankful for everyone who helped me . . . What this has taught me is to take more time for myself.”

Lakewood HS student Taylor Knight, whose heart unexplainably stopped | P6 INSIDE

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MY NAME IS

ZOE MISSNER

Senior at Faith Christian High, Westminster resident, science mind

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Months overdue: 23 Current step: There has been no new updates from RTD or city officials since last week. As of Aug. 31, trains have been run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., avoiding the late-night testing. This also means that residents along the line will no longer hear train horns during the late night and early morning hours.

Occasional testing outside the 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. time frame might still be necessary.

Estimated opening day: Not yet determined

Going to CIA camp I’m part of the National Society of High School Scholars. You have to be nominated into it. And they give us certain opportunities, like going to CIA camp. I had to apply for it and only 35 people out of hundreds of applications from all over the United States got in. It was a rigorous process. Lots of essays, resume, transcripts and then the CIA directors decided who got in. I applied on a whim and when I got in it was like, “whoa.”

I love science It was a STEM camp and I’m a really science-minded person. I love chemistry, biochemistry and anatomy, so I thought it was really cool. It was just cool to see how the CIA actually works. On the outside you have a general idea, but when you go you see what it is all about.

What I learned It was a two-day camp at Langley — which was a little sad that it wasn’t longer. But we got tons of information. On the first day we met

Zoe Missner attended CIA camp this summer. all the heads of the different departments — technology, science… It was cool to know what specific things each group was doing and how they all work together. Also the people we met, the other kids. It was a diverse group of kids from throughout the country and it was cool to work together. We did coding, soldering to create a computer board that actually worked. It was super cool to have all the interaction. I’m super science-minded, but not so much computer, so it was nice to be able to work with people who also have the same interests. We all were really interested in our nation,

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A future in the CIA I want to work at the CIA, preferably in the science technology field. I’m hoping to gain an internship there. As soon as I turn 18 I’m allowed to apply because of this camp. I’m hoping that will happen. I also plan to attend CUBoulder as a chemistry major.

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Marijuana, meth and driving results in 36-year prison sentence STAFF REPORT

Troy Steven Glassford, 39, was sentenced Sept. 10 in Jefferson County District Court to 36 years in prison for the vehicular homicide death of 43-year-old Nathan Osburn, according to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office.

On Jan. 10, Arvada police responded to Pomona Drive and Quay Drive on the report of a pedestrian having been hit by a car. Police found the vehicle driven by Glassford had been driving eastbound on Pomona Drive when it left the roadway, crashed through a fence and then a shed, running over

Osburn in the process. He died of his injuries.

Osburn, a father of four, had been out for a walk in his neighborhood.

Glassford told police he had been on a methamphetamine binge the day before which caused him to fall asleep at the wheel.

He also said he had used more methamphetamine earlier that day. ToxicolGlassford ogy reports showed that Glassford had almost twice the legal amount of marijuana and a high level of amphetamine in his system at the

time of the collision.

On July 23, Glassford pled guilty to vehicular homicide-DUI and one habitual criminal count. He has four prior felony convictions and was sentenced as a habitual criminal.

“This is a tragedy which could have been prevented if not for Mr. Glassford’s decision, and the deadly consequences of driving under the influence of drugs,” said District Attorney Pete Weir in a news release. “Mr. Osburn was simply enjoying his life and raising his children when he was cut down in his prime. To ensure the safety of our community we must incarcerate repeat offenders for as long as possible.”

‘This is a tragedy which could have been prevented if not for Mr. Glassford’s decision...’

Pete Weir, District Attorney

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Yes, Our Real Estate Market Is Beginning to Slow. Here’s the Evidence.

Recently I have noticed a large number of price reductions on the MLS. In a “seller’s market” that isn’t supposed to happen this much, so I did a little research on our MLS, REcolorado.com.

I didn’t have the time to study the whole county, so I took Lakewood’s non-builder listings to perform an in-depth analysis of sales activity, and here’s what I found.

As I write this on Monday, Sept.

17th, there are 255 active nonbuilder listings in Lakewood. Over half of them, 185, have been on the market 10 days or more, 109 of which have reduced their listing prices. Median days on market for all those active listings is 24.

There are 232 Lakewood listings under contract at this time. Their median days on market is much lower — 11 days. Only 54 were on the MLS over 30 days.

There have been 772 closings of Lakewood non-builder listings from June 15th through last week, 293 of which (40%) were on the market 10 days or longer, 100 of those (13%) on the

market over 30 days. 42% of the listings sold for less than full price.

How does that compare with last summer?

From June 15, 2017 through Sept.

17, 2017, there were 741 nonbuilder Lakewood homes sold, 36% of them over 10 days on market, compared to 40% this summer.

Median days on market was the same as this summer — only 6 days. However, only 27% of them sold for less than their listing price, compared to 42% this year.

Given the statistic for the active listings, the prognosis is for much worse statistics going into the fall.

So what should a seller be doing? Most importantly, a home must be priced right. Stop pricing homes assuming you’ll get above what comparable homes have recently sold for.

And don’t worry about underpricing your home, because that only draws more buyers.

Secondly, make sure your home gets the widest possible exposure and the best marketing — HDR pictures, a narrated video tour,

Price Reductions on Three Golden Real Estate Listings This 2383-sq.-ft home at 13214 Braun Road sits on 0.52 acres, offering secluded open concept living. Sit by a cozy 3-sided fireplace in your custom Applewood home. Now is your chance to get into this highly sought after Golden neighborhood. The seller’s high-end remodel left no surface or system untouched. Come take a look today, this ranch style home offers true one-level $795,000 living. Take a narrated video tour at www.ApplewoodHome.info. Listor Kristi Brunel will hold it open Saturday 11am to 2pm.

At left is 17425 Rimrock Drive in South Golden’s Rimrock neighborhood. Seize the opportunity to own this 3,400-square-foot 4bedroom, 3-bathroom custom home. It backs to South Table Mountain open space, with views of the foothills! It features an extra-tall garage — tall enough for your large truck — with a mud room and laundry room on the main level. New Champion windows throughout. Take a video tour at www.SouthGoldenHome.com, then come $730,000 to an open house on Friday, 5-7 pm and Sunday, Noon to 3 pm.

At right is 5737 W. 71st Circle in Westminster’s Patio Subdivision. New windows (installed this month), new $375,000 deck, and remodeled baths make this home well worth your interest. There is income potential in the fully finished basement with its own kitchen and laundry room.

Watch the narrated video tour at www.Westminster PatioHome.info, then come to an open house this Friday, 6 to 8 pm. The listing agent for these last two listings is Debbi Hysmith.

perhaps drone video — and that your agent takes full advantage of the MLS by completing all data fields, not just the mandatory ones.

We all know that the “public remarks” section of each MLS listing provides up to 1,000 character for the agent to describe your home in the most compelling manner possible, but there’s another open-text area which too many

listing agents ignore, and that is the text field to describe each room in the house. Below is how I described the room in my listing at 6535 Balsam Street in Arvada (still available). Most agents don’t take advantage of this opportunity to provide measurements and description of rooms, and some only list bedrooms and bathrooms. That is truly a disservice to the seller!

South Golden Ranch Just Listed by Jim Swanson This home at 1514 Utah Street was previously overpriced with another brokerage, but is now properly priced to attract buyers. It’s a cute ranch home in the quiet subdivision of Southridge in South Golden. New roof, siding and gutters were installed in 2017 after a hail storm in the area. This is a small 4-bedroom brick home that has 1,126 $429,000 square feet on the main floor, with a full basement that is partially finished. You’ll appreciate the hardwood flooring and the kitchen upgraded many years ago. There are 2 bedrooms and a full bath upstairs and 2 non-conforming bedrooms and a 3/4 bath in the basement. This home has a 1-car attached garage and a fenced yard and fruit trees. This home is 3 blocks from the bus route and King Soopers on South Golden Road and one mile from the Golden light rail station. This is your opportunity to live in Golden for a reasonable price. Jim Swanson (303-929-2727) will hold it open Saturday Sept 22nd from 10am to 2pm. Take a video tour at www.SouthGoldenHome.com. .

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Thousands remember 9/11 at Colorado Memorial Stair Climb

Xavier Alvarez, 11, decorated his father’s fire helmet with the firefighters prayer, the American Flag, and photos of firefighters killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Members of West Metro Fire lead the 9/11 Stair Climb at Red Rocks.

More than 45 fire departments from throughout the country gathered at Red Rocks on Sept. 11 to participate in the 10th annual Memorial Stair Climb.

Red Rocks Amphitheatre event raises money for good causes

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

M Tyler Hecox with West Metro Fire stands to salute the American Flag during the 9/11 Stair climb held at Red Rocks Sept. 11.

T.J. Ricciardi climbed with West Metro Recruit Class 18-02.

ore than 2,300 people gathered the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11 to “never forget.” The participants of the 2018 Colorado 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb paid tribute to the 343 New York City firefighters and almost 3,000 Americans who died on 9/11 by climbing the equivalent of the 110 stories of the World Trade Center.

“It’s all about keeping our promise we made to never forget,” said Shawn Duncan, coordinator of the Colorado climb and lieutenant at West Metro Fire. “That’s why we do this every year.”

In the 10th year of the climb at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, over 45 fire departments from 25 states and Canada were joined by community members. Each climber wore a badge of one of the firefighters killed on 9/11.

The Phoenix Fire Department was one that sent representation to join the climb. Sam Jones, who was born and raised in Colorado and attended Warren Tech, was one of the firefighters representing Phoenix.

The Stair Climb benefits the FDNY Counseling Services Unit and the programs provided by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to support the families of our nation’s fallen. Over $1 million is raised annually.

Colorado’s Stair Climb is one of more than 40 stair climbs held around the world and is the largest and most well attended in the country.

PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER

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September 20, 2018

Last-minute confusion clears: Rocky Flats now open

A view at a trail at Rocky Flats. The area is over 5,000 acres.

PHOTOS BY JOSEPH RIOS

Back-and-forth among federal between federal agencies initially keeps opening up in air

IF YOU GO On Sept. 15, 10.3 miles of trails at Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge opened to the general public. Recreational opportunities include hiking, wildlife viewing and photography, bicycling, horseback riding and more.

The main trailhead, parking and restrooms are available on the south side of 120th Avenue, between Indiana Avenue and Hwy. 93.

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In early August, a federal judge decided not to block trail construction at Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, despite local citizens’ and organizations’ claims that it is environmentally unsafe.

Last week the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the refuge would open Saturday, Sept. 15.

At about 3:15 p.m. Friday, an email from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages the refuge, said U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke had decided to delay the opening because of concerns he had heard.

An hour later, however, Deputy Press Secretary Faith Vander Voort with the U.S. Department of the Interior confirmed the wildlife refuge will open as planned.

According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Zinke tasked Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt with reviewing “this matter.”

In her email, Vander Voort confirmed Bernhardt had done so and determined the refuge would open Sept. 15 as scheduled.

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An approximate three-mile guided hike is being offered from 10 a.m. to noon on Oct. 19. Space is limited and a reservation is required. Call 303-289-0930 for a reservation.

To learn more about Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, visit www.fws.gov/refuge/ rocky_flats/.

Rocky Flats is officially open to the public. Trails officially opened on Sept. 15.

Jason Richardson cycles at Rocky Flats. “I thought (the trail at Rocky Flats) was going to be a little more polished in,” Richardson said.

uge is a 5,000-acre area of open land bordered by Broomfield, Boulder and Jefferson counties. Its attractions include picturesque views and vast op-

portunities for viewing wildlife and diverse plants. Nearly 240 migratory and resident wildlife species inhabit Rocky Flats and about 630 different

plant species can be found there.

The site operated as a nuclear weapons plant from 1952 until 1989, when the FBI raided Rocky Flats to investigate allegations of environmental violations. Decommissioning of the plant happened in 1992 and a few years later, a decade-long, $7 billion cleanup effort began.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ended its cleanup in June 2007 and that same year, Rocky Flats was taken off the national superfund list. The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge was established in 2007, although a fenced-off core area of the old factory grounds remains off limits due to contamination.

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West Metro Fire Rescue team members gather around Taylor Knight, 17, pictured on the stairs of the fire truck with her mother Shannon Knight to her right and her grandmother Nancy Bybee to her left, at West Metro Fire Rescue Station 8 in Lakewood on Sept. 11. PHOTOS BY CHRISTY STEADMAN

Lakewood teen ‘ready to keep on living’ after cardiac arrest Taylor Knight meets West Metro crew that saved her life

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

About eight weeks after surviving a near-death experience, 17-year-old Taylor Knight of Lakewood is back to doing the normal things that teenagers enjoy.

She jumps on her trampoline to relieve stress, and soon she’ll get the OK to start driving again.

“I’m incredibly thankful for everyone who helped me,” said Taylor, whose heart inexplicably stopped July 18. “What this has taught me is to take more time for myself.”

Last week, Taylor and her family met with the West Metro Fire Rescue firefighters who saved her life.

First responders train for anything and everything, said paramedic Peter Neal, one of the six-member team who responded to Taylor’s home that day.

“But there’s some scenarios you don’t see happen every day,” he said.

“This is the ideal outcome — not only for her to be alive, but for her to get to enjoy and live her life.”

‘A really strange noise’ On the morning of July 18, Taylor’s mother Shannon Knight, a Golden teacher, fell while putting up a bulletin board in her elementary school classroom. She was treated for a minor concussion at an urgent care facility, then went home.

Nancy Bybee, Taylor’s grandmother, came over to the house to be with Shannon because of her injury.

“Shortly after (Bybee arrived), I heard a really strange noise,” Shannon said. Still a little out of it from her fall, she assumed the noise was

Taylor Knight, 17, tells her story to media crews on Sept. 11 at West Metro Fire Rescue Station 8 in Lakewood — the day she got to meet the West Metro Fire Rescue team members who saved her life after she suffered an unexpected cardiac arrest in her Lakewood home on July 18. the cat vomiting and asked Bybee to check.

Finding nothing, Bybee and Shannon talked for a little while. It was about 10 a.m. by this time, and Taylor was still sleeping in her bedroom — her mother heard her push the snooze button four times.

Shannon and Bybee decided to wake up Taylor.

They discovered Taylor in her bed, turning blue. She was suffering a cardiac arrest — which is an abrupt loss of heart function that occurs when a person begins to breathe abnormally and the heart stops pumping blood through the body.

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common for it to happen to a 17-yearold. We couldn’t be happier with the turnout.”

A senior this year, Taylor will be the third generation of Lakewood High School graduates. After high school, she plans on attending a four-year university in California and pursuing a career with literature.

“It was a big life-changing event for me,” she said. “I’m ready to keep on living, because that I can do.”

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Philip A. Brimmer did not grant a preliminary injunction that would have blocked trail construction on the refuge. For this, the plaintiff organizations — Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center, Rocky Flats Right to Know, Candelas Glows/Rocky Flats Glows, Rocky Flats Neighborhood Association and Environmental Information Network — had to prove irreparable harm.

“Unfortunately, plaintiffs were not able to meet the high bar to win a preliminary injunction that would have kept the refuge closed until the legal process was complete,” Weiner said. “But the main portion of the grassroots activists’ case continues to move forward. If the judge rules in our favor, the refuge can be closed.”

In June 2015, refuge staff began offering monthly guided wildlife tours.

As of late August, an estimated 1,200 people have visited Rocky Flats.

However, seven Colorado school districts have banned field trips to Rocky Flats in the past year — Boulder Valley School District being the first one to do so last year and Denver Public Schools being the most recent, adopting its resolution on April 26. The others are Jefferson County Public Schools, Westminster Public Schools, Adams 12 Five Star, Adams 14 and St. Vrain Valley School District.

Jon Lipsky, a former FBI special agent who led the 1989 raid, refers to Rocky Flats as a place of “indecent exposure.”

“Use the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge at your own risk,” Lipsky said. “And please do not bump into the Superfund site in the middle of the refuge.”

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is “confident in the conclusions and recommendations from public health experts at the state and federal levels indicating that the refuge is safe for visitors, our employees and surrounding communities,” said a spokesman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Mountain-Prairie Region in an email conversation late August.

Some local citizen groups have long since been against the opening of Rocky Flats as a wildlife refuge, deeming it unsafe because of the risks of plutonium exposure.

Candelas Glows, a citizen group consisting of residents neighboring Rocky Flats, and other activist groups “would like to see the EPA … come forward to keep the refuge closed to humans in the interest of public health,” a news release from the organization said.

Five citizen groups filed a lawsuit in May against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Represented by the Boulder-based environmental attorney Randall Weiner, they are “challenging major violations of environmental statutes in the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s decision to open Rocky Flats to the public,” Weiner said. Their argument is that U.S. Fish and Wildlife failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy ACT (NEPA) in planning to build public trails and a visitor center at Rocky Flats.

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Taylor Knight, 17, pictured next to her grandfather on the right, and her family talk with West Metro Fire Rescue team members, left, on Sept.

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Shannon started CPR on her daughter and Bybee called 911.

The West Metro Fire Rescue team responded and were able to get Taylor breathing and her heart pumping again. She was then transported to the hospital.

“I actually don’t remember any of it,” Taylor said, except “waking up in the hospital.”

Shannon filled her daughter in on all the details a few days later. But it is still unclear why Taylor, a healthy teen, suffered a cardiac arrest. Although there is no immediate familial history of heart issues and more tests need to to be done for a more accurate conclusion, the reason could have something to do with genetics, Shannon said.

“Hopefully,” Shannon said, “her heart will never do that again.”

On Sept. 11, Taylor and her family met the West Metro firefighters and paramedics who saved her life.

They are Capt. Steve Kornegay; Mike Simons, an engineer; Chief Doug Hutchinson; Chris Lesnansky, an EMT; and paramedics Dave Dame and Neal.

There’s “value in being able to help people,” said Dame, who has been with West Metro for 20 years. “These kinds of things happen, but it’s un-

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$567 million bond would improve security, buildings, programs Voters will decide whether to approve Jeffco’s 5B in November

HOW MUCH WILL YOU PAY?

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A key part of the $1.3 billion that Jeffco Public Schools says it needs to bring outdated district buildings up to structural and educational standards and to address continuing population growth focuses on keeping students safe.

For district officials, that’s one reason passing the proposed $567 million bond in November is vitally important.

“I believe we’re at a critical juncture and 21st century learners need 21st century school safety,” said John McDonald, executive director of the district’s security and emergency management. “To accomplish that we need to update buildings and bring them online with today’s world ... And at least for me, it’s the most important thing we can do. Every child in our school is our responsibility.”

The bond — a financial mechanism to pay for building construction, renovations and capital improvements — is the fifth proposed for Jeffco schools since 2004, when the last major bond

An early September storm caused flooding at Wheat Ridge High School. for facility improvements ($323.8 million) was passed. Voters approved a $99 million bond for repairs related to keeping schools warm, safe and dry in 2012. But they rejected a $535 million bond in 2016 and a similar ask in 2008.

Since 2016, “our needs have not receded ... and construction costs have come up,” Superintendent Jason Glass said. “That’s why this ask is slightly larger than the last.”

All schools in the district, with the exception of Sierra Elementary in Arvada, which just completed a

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two-phase $16.5 million upgrade, will benefit from the proposed bond package, district officials say.

Upgrading security top priority A common thread among the majority of schools is updating security cameras and locks as well as creating secure entries and office locations.

“The average school in our district was built 50 years ago, so the threat of our time then was way different from what we face today,” McDonald said. “One of the things that we know from not only Columbine, but so many tragedies since, is the need to secure doors as quick as possible.”

The updated cameras are not only about serving staff and students, McDonald said, they also can be used as an investigative tool in the moment.

The Jeffco Schools dispatch center, for instance, can pull video, capture an image and send it to responders.

“If we’re looking for a missing child or a suspicious person, we can have an idea of what we’re looking for before we even get there,” McDonald explained. “The opportunity for video in

all of our schools is best practice we’ve seen nationally.”

Like many of the schools built in the The proposed $567 1960s, main offices of several schools million bond would cost about are in the center of buildings. But $1.81 a month that design, Mcper $100,000 Donald said, makes in residential it difficult to track value. That means the owner and manage who is of a $300,000 entering the school. home would pay The goal is have $5.42 a month; school visitors buzz the owner of a to get in and then $500,000 home be funneled into an would pay $9.03 office environment a month. without the ability to walk around the school before being vetted.

Ensuring academic parity The bond is also a way to address inequities in buildings within the district.

“Older established parts of the community need reinvestments to help keep Jeffco a place to raise kids,” Glass said. “In our pre-1980s high schools, we especially have some needs that need desperate attention.”

Green Mountain High in Lakewood is one of those schools.

In August, water leaked through the roof into the library, classrooms and walls creating major problems as the school prepared to begin the new year.

Now, there is water saturation under the gym floor, which forced the school to cancel gymnastics and volleyball events.

Built in 1972, Green Mountain High is slated to receive $13.6 million in improvements if voters pass the bond.

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Arvada articulation area All schools will get: • Security camera and lock updates • Secure entries and office locations • Updated technology Most schools will get: • Updated HVAC, plumbing and piping • Replacement of old carpet and floor tile • Replacement of old sinks, cabinets and shelving • Replacement of interior lighting with LEDs Arvada High and Foster Elementary are slated to get a facility addition.

Arvada West articulation area All schools will get: • Security camera and lock updates • Secure entries and office locations

• Updated technology Most schools will get: • Updated electrical wiring and increased capacity • Updated HVAC, plumbing and piping • Commercial kitchen improvements • Replacement of old playground equipment • Replacement of interior lighting with LEDs Pomona articulation area All schools will get: • Security camera and lock updates • Secure entries and office locations • Updated technology • Updated electrical wiring and increased capacity • Replacement of interior lighting with LEDs Most schools will get: • Replacement of old carpet and floor tile

• Replacement of old ceilings Pomona High is slated for a facility addition, remodeling of the interior building and additions/renovations.

Ralston Valley articulation area Most schools will get: • Security camera and lock updates • Secure entries and office locations • Updated technology • Updated electrical wiring and increased capacity • Replacement of interior lighting with LEDs Three Creeks K-8, Ralston Valley High and Oberon Middle will all get facility additions. Oberon and Ralston Valley will also get an interior remodel.

Ralston Valley High will also get additions/renovations.

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477-unit development will be built on Arvada, Wheat Ridge border Southwest corner located quarter mile from Ward Road G Line station

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After four hours of public comment and council discussion, the Arvada City Council unanimously approved Sept. 10 the development plan for Haskins Station, which will bring 477 units to Arvada near the northwest corner of Ridge Road and Quail Street.

The approval also included rezoning a portion of the 61 acres from industrial to residential.

“I want you to dare to dream with us about new thoughts and new ideas about communities in Arvada,” said Chris Elliot, of SSM Ridge, LLC, the project’s developer. “This is a unique concept.”

The housing mix is composed of five residential unit types. On the property’s southwest corner, 168 multifamily units in five, three-story condo buildings, with tuck-under parking, will be built. Directly north will be located 69 townhomes. The location of the multifamily and town homes are intended to take advantage of the proximity of the Ward Road

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to the HVAC and plumbing, electrical wiring, caulking, trim and window sills, commercial kitchen, parking lot and sidewalks.

It also is scheduled for a technology update.

“Parity amongst the high schools is important,” said Tim Reed, executive director of facilities and construction for Jeffco schools. “We have several built before 1980 and they are never going to look like the new rebuilds, but that’s still not — in our mind — a good reason not to have them on the same academic level. This would raise those pre-1980 schools, so they meet the education specifications and they are consistent with what we have in our newer buildings in terms of tech, finishes, types of spaces … a general uplifting.”

Building for the future The bond package also includes school additions for programmatic needs and to address growth. Even the district’s newest school, Three Creeks K-8 built in 2017, is slated for an addition to accommodate the growing population in northwest Arvada.

Three schools would be completely replaced with new buildings — Prospect Valley Elementary in Wheat

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G-Line Rail Station approximately one-quarter mile from the site’s southwest corner.

There also are 56 single-family detached homes, 86 alley-accessed paired homes and 98 small-lot detached single-family homes with alley access.

This will be the first development in Arvada to incorporate this kind of variety of housing types. Elliot hopes they will attract a variety of buyers.

He specifically talked about the

alley-accessed detached townhouses.

“This is a new concept and a number of builders are embracing this, the buying public is embracing is,” Elliot said. “It’s no taller than singlefamily home, but it is a vertical-living concept. And it’s not just young people excited about it.”

All units in the development will be for sale. That is a change from the initial proposal, which included the multi-family units as apartment rentals rather than for-sale condos.

More than 25 residents spoke either for or against the project at the Sept. 10 council meeting. The main concerns of those opposed to the project was the high density and lack of infrastructure.

Those in favor of the project talked about the look of the development and the “attainability” and diversity of housing. A townhouse, which is a mid-range property, is looking to sell in the $400,000 range.

“Both my boys are recent CU graduates,” Arvada resident Jeff Adams said. “They both work well-paying jobs in downtown, but they are being forced to live outside Arvada. If this goes through, this would give my children and their friends an attainable place to live in their home city.”

Attainability was discussed not just for millennials, but also for retired residents looking to downsize.

“I do have a lot of heartburn with what I think will be a lot of congestion on the roads, and I’m hoping that will be settled,” said Councilwoman Nancy Ford after hearing public comment. “I do agree that it would be nice if a lot of these things were taken care of first before we put in the development. But I think it’s well needed in this community. We talk about youth, but I can see with the aging population a lot of people wanting to live in this community.”

THE BOND AT A GLANCE Of the $567 million proposal: 60 percent would bring all schools and classrooms to quality standards for instruction, safety/security and upkeep, expand career/ technical education sites, expand early childhood education.

20 percent would be reinvested in established schools and communities.

10 percent would address growth areas through new schools and additions.

10 percent would support charter schools.

Ridge, Kendrick Lakes Elementary in Lakewood and Marshdale Elementary in Conifer.

“We believe these buildings have exceeded their service life and need to be replaced,” Reed said. “We looked at the quality of the site to see if it would support building a new school while keeping the other still operational.”

All three of these sites fit those guidelines.

Finally, the bond package also sets aside money for future growth, Reed said.

“We know that they are still building houses in the northwest area of Arvada and Rooney Valley,” he said.

“We see a future need there and we are setting aside money to do that.”

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Sons of American Revolution hands out awards Citizenship pins, war service medal among honors given out at September meeting STAFF REPORT

Levi DeBoer and Blake Hampton, who live in the Roxborough area, were awarded outstanding citizen-

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nection with the young audience and makes the presentations more meaningful and impactful.”

The Mt. Evans Chapter makes numerous presentations a year of its Patriot Chest in schools, at scout meetings and to community events. Its presentations reach thousands of students and adults, all with the goal of educating the public about the events leading the Revolutionary War and the principles behind the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Also at the Sept. 8 meeting, Parker resident Raymond Walker was awarded the Sons of the American Revolution’s War Service Medal with the Vietnam Bar and Two Purple Heart pins. Walker was a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving two tours in Vietnam from Jan. 12, 1968, to Feb. 5, 1969, and from Oct. 22, 1970, to March 18, 1971. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with the “V” device for valor and two Purple Hearts. Walker left the Marine Corps as a major.

“Many SAR compatriots are veterans, following in the footsteps of their patriot ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War,” Haines said in the release. “It is our honor to recognize the service of those who wore the uniform of the military services and of those who may have served in a combat zone. We are proud of Ray’s service to his country and honored to have him in our chapter.”

Finally, Anthony Strong and his sons Austin, 8, and Logan, 6, were inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution at the Sept. 8 meeting. The Strong family lives in Parker. Anthony Strong is descended from Tillman Kemper, who served as a private in the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War. Anthony’s wife, Dulcy, pinned the rosette that is the symbol of SAR on her husband and sons. The rosette is made from cloth in the colors of dun and blue, the colors of General George Washington’s uniform.

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Revolution chapter to students who demonstrate high ideals of character and citizenship.

“We are pleased to recognize the participation of these two young men in our outreach activities,” Bob Haines, Mount Evans chapter president, said in a news release. “They are truly outstanding young men and the future of our country.”

Levi, 11, is the grandson of Compatriot Steve DeBoer and his wife, Mary. Steve DeBoer is a past president of COSSAR and the Mount Evans Chapter and has led its Patriot Chest activities that reach out to schools, scouting groups and other community meetings to describe the events leading up to the American Revolution.

During many of these activities, Steve has been assisted by his grandson Levi, dressed in a smaller version of a Revolutionary War uniform.

“When giving presentations on the American Revolution to younger audiences, they immediately identify with the period when they see Levi assisting me dressed in his colonial uniform,” Steve DeBoer said in the release. “Levi is not only learning about the American Revolution, but he is helping the other kids absorb the lessons learned as he actively participates in the Boy Scouts.”

Blake, also 11, is the grandson of Compatriot Robert Hampton and his wife, Karen. Robert chairs the chapter’s Patriot Chest activities and Blake assists his grandfather during presentations.

“The Patriot Chest is a chest or box of replica items from the Revolutionary War period,” Robert Hampton said in the release. “The children enjoy handling these items that would have been used during this time. I might add that the adults often do as well.

“Blake helps me demonstrate the use of the various toys and other artifacts while dressed in a colonial uniform,” Hampton continued. “His participation makes an instant con-

Free flu shots, hepatitis screenings available STAFF REPORT

Veterans who need help with health issues or are struggling to find other resources can find what they need and more at the annual West Metro Veterans Fair.

More than 45 organizations that serve military veterans and their families will be available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25 at the Lakewood Elks Lodge 1777, 1455 Newland St., Lakewood.

Free and open to the public, the fair provides an opportunity for anyone

who has served in the military and their families to learn about benefits, counseling, employment, health care and housing options. Flu shots and hepatitis screenings will be available at no cost. There also will be opportunities for one-on-one discussions with exhibitors at the fair and a barbecue to enjoy.

The city of Lakewood and Lakewood Elks Lodge 1777 are hosting the fair to serve the veterans in the community and to assist them with learning about their benefits, resources and organizations serving military personnel. This is the sixth year that Lakewood has hosted the West Metro Veterans Fair.

For more information, visit Lakewood.org/VeteransFair.

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Harkins presents first women’s equality film series STAFF REPORT

Harkins celebrates trailblazing women in the first women’s equality film series from Sept. 28 to Oct. 4.

Guests are invited to enjoy 15 films featuring the stories of women who have changed the course of history, been pioneers in their industries and fought for what they believed in.

Harkins women’s equality film series packages will include a pass to all 15 films, a Harkins 2018 loyalty cup with free fill and medium popcorn.

Film series packages are $30 and can be purchased online or at participating theater box offices. The first 10 guests at each participating theater to purchase a series package will receive a series tote bag and hardcover copy of “Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls.”

Tickets to individual films are $5.

“We are honored to celebrate women who have blazed the way through his-

tory and continue to fight for women’s equality,” Harkins Harkins Theaters are at 5550 Olde Theatres COO Wadsworth Blvd., Racheal Wilson said Arvada; and 8300 in a news release.

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Tickets are on sale ity Film Series will at Harkins.com/ recognize some of womens-equality. these brave women and we look forward paying tribute to their incredible stories as they inspire generations of women for years to come.”

Harkins will donate a portion of proceeds from the film series to the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media.

Founded by Academy-Award winning actor and advocate Geena Davis, the institute is the first and only researchbased organization collaborating within the media and entertainment

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Arvada names new public works director Burton Knight brings experience from posts in Greeley, Broomfield STAFF REPORT

Burton “Burt” Knight has been named Arvada’s new director of public works. Knight replaces Bob Manwaring, who retired Aug. 10.

Knight brings 34 years of municipal engineering experience to Arvada. Prior to starting with Arvada Sept. 10, Knight was the director of the City of Greeley’s Water and Sewer Department. Before that, he served as the city and county engineer for the City and County of Broomfield. He has lived in Arvada the entire time.

“I am very excited to join the City of Arvada team,” Knight said in a news release. “During the interview pro-

cess, I could see the talent and professionalism of the organization. For me, it will be quite special to work for my community that I have loved living in the last 34 years.”

Knight has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Colorado State University and has completed master’s degree courses in environmental engineering including water and wastewater treatment, groundwater hydrology and contamination, and microbial engineering and bioremediation.

Arvada’s public works director plays a key role in strategic planning and policy development for the city and leads such efforts for the public works department.

The director provides overall leadership and direction for the department and its divisions — street maintenance, traffic engineering, public works administration, engineering, facilities and GEOdata services.

Economic association starts focus group STAFF REPORT

Those who own or manage a business in Arvada are needed to participate in a focus group led by the Arvada Economic Development Association.

Feedback about the quality of the business environment and the role business plays in Arvada’s future is important to the association, which is hosting the focus group to gather opinion, good or bad, to help develop programs and lend to policy-making.

The focus group will take place the first week in October. Volunteers will be asked to participate in a one-hour discussion and will be compensated for their time.

To learn more or be considered, email bizinfo@arvada.org with your name, the Arvada business you own or manage and your phone number.

Once the focus group is complete, the association plans to release a report outlining the themes and outcomes. Contact the association staff at 720-898-7010 or bizinfo@arvada.org.

industry to expose gender imbalance, identify unconscious bias and creatively remodel content to achieve gender equity. Geena Davis’ 1992 hit, “A League of Their Own,” is part of the series lineup. Other films include: • Adrift (2018) • Battle of the Sexes (2017) • Embrace (2016) • Erin Brockovich (2000)

• Frida (2002) • Girl Rising (2013) • Half the Picture (2018) • Hidden Figures (2016) • Joy (2015) • Miss Representation (2011) • Molly’s Game (2017) • Norma Rae (1979) • RBG (2018) • Suffragette (2015)

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QUIET DESPERATION

U Craig Marshall Smith

September 20, 2018S

Day-by-day for 20 years adds up to just one day

nless they have taken it all down, there are still some reminders at my alma mater that I passed through there 20 years ago. I donated three or four paintings, maybe more. I can’t remember.

I was enrolled on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1998, and given a number. I was Patient 4050.

Some of my classmates were well educated and well off. Others were down on their luck, in poor health, financially strapped, and facing marital separations. A few of my classmates were returning to school for the third or fourth or fifth time.

A number of my classmates didn’t graduate, and a couple of

them have died.

The campus back then was beautiful. I haven’t been out there in a while, but I’m sure it still is.

I had some exceptional teachers. I don’t think you can be a good teacher unless you know firsthand what you are talking about, and mine had been through what I was going

through.

I had been hearing it for years: what I should and shouldn’t do, but I wasn’t listening, until my best friend gave me two choices.

He and I were sitting on a bench outside St. Luke’s, where I had detoxed.

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Big projects, like moving a school grade, have lots of little steps

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Weldon for Coroner The Jefferson County Coroner’s office provides vital services regarding deaths in our community. A professional medicolegal death investigation along with a deep compassion for families suffering the loss of a loved one are hallmarks of the office. One candidate for Jefferson County coroner possesses the qualifications and commitment necessary to lead the office and serve the citizens of this county: Thomas Weldon.

Mr. Weldon, an experienced Jeffco Deputy coroner, is the professional who fully knows the duties and responsibilities of the coroner’s office. He has established a strong working relationship with area law enforcement and with our hospital/medical community.

Thomas works diligently with all public safety issues. He has a profound interest in working with our mental health care partners in suicide prevention efforts. Mr. Weldon is a registered Medicolegal Death Investigator with Diplomate status in the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators.

Tom Weldon has my full confidence in leading the Jeffco coroner’s office into the future. Join me this November in electing

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John M. Graham, Jefferson County Coroner Jeffco wants another billion Jeffco already has a billion-dollar-a-year budget and that is not enough! Jeffco’s school board wants: Another $33 million in local tax dollars.

Additional $134 million a year in statewide money in perpetuity (Amendment 73). A billion-dollar bond/new debt.

This is on top of the 10 percent increase in funding that Jeffco has already received over the last six years. I find it very difficult to support any of these tax increases because there is no conversation about how any of this money will improve student achievement.

We know Jeffco’s administrative growth is out of control.

When reviewing the 2018/19 school budget I learned: There will be 43 less teachers this year while money budgeted for teacher salaries is up 10 percent over last year. There are a lot of new, highly paid admin SEE LETTERS, P13

stance. I know it seems or a few sumHITTING like any little repaving mers, when I HOME job takes much longer wore a younger than it should. But man’s clothes, I you have to consider worked for my fatherhow traffic has to be in-law, the electrician. diverted, if sewage lines And one of the things or utilities need reinI learned during that forcing, and a hundred time is just how many other things that, well, steps it takes to comwe don’t know. I guess plete a real project — that’s why I would urge takes a lot of planning. everybody to have paA commercial property, Michael Alcorn tience with the project for instance, requires at 72nd and Indiana: time for the wall crew it’s not just widening roads. It’s to do their thing, then the building a bigger bridge over an electrical people can cut their immovable waterway, it’s utilioutlets, then the paint people, ties improvements, it’s trying to then the carpets, then the “anticipate” problems from the inspection, then… It’s a lot of last 15 years as well as the new moving parts to account for. ones that are coming because of It was a lesson I put to use Leyden Rock and Candelas. No once when we were retasking wonder it’s been in the planning a room in our house to make it stages since 2013. a home office. At first glance, Which is why it is so frustratit seemed simple: just moving ing to me what is happening some furniture and voila! But, around some of our middle actually, there was putting the schools right now. Yes, Jeffco old furniture and clothes somemade the decision last year to where else; new electrical lines; move sixth graders up to the a phone line; not to mention middle schools and they kind of building up around a closet so anticipated some of the issues it didn’t seem like a closet any involved by initiating construcmore. And, if I do say so myself, tion projects and technology it was a great office … until we upgrades. needed it for a nursery.

But nobody had enough time C’est la vie! to think about the infrastrucThe point is, big projects take ture. Have you driven past a time, because there’s a lot of local middle school at school steps, and there’s a lot you don’t start time? know. Especially when it comes to infrastructure.

Take road projects, for inSEE ALCORN, P20

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positions, including one for technology ($108,000), director of enrollment ($119,000), strategy officer ($137,000), research position ($111,600), two achievement directors ($163,400), two JCEA community supports ($100,000).

And Jeffco just hired another communication director so now Jeffco has two communication directors, each making over $100K a year. Human resources added two positions, and finance has added 11 positions over the last two years. Did I mention the number of teachers is down by 43?

Vote NO on Jeffco’s billion-dollartax asks this November: Vote NO on 5A, 5B and Amendment 73.

Deb Eigenbrod, Littleton Take action against drug addiction Last year, 959 people died of a drug overdose in Colorado, according to the Colorado Health Institute, an increase of 83 percent from 2001. To put this number into perspective, the number of overdose deaths in Colorado is almost twice the number of deaths occurring from traffic accidents in our state.

There are steps we can take to reduce harm to addicts and help prevent overdose death. Syringe exchange programs and vaccination services greatly help increase the safety of drug use, though they don’t help curb the problem. Further, increasing the distribution of naloxone, a potent overdose antidote, to first responders would immediately impact the number of drug overdoserelated deaths.

SMITH FROM PAGE 12

He said, “I will take you home or I will take you to Parker Valley Hope.

If you want to go home, I am through with you.” Tough love.

My behavior had been a burden to him for years.

We sat there for a couple of minutes, and neither one of us said a word.

Then I said, “Take me to McDonald’s, and then take me to Parker.

Please.”

An hour after I was checked in, a man almost my age checked himself in. His name was “John” and he had a bandage on his head.

He grumbled at me and I grumbled at him.

For the next month, we provoked and badgered and needled each other.

And we became friends like no others I have ever had.

I just read a recent issue of this publication cover to cover, and reminisced.

It’s important to make a distinction.

I will never recover from my addiction. I will always be in recovery.

I think I could teach you how to

In our communities there is an immediate need to educate and reduce the stigma surrounding addiction.

This spring, the state of Colorado allocated $1.8 million towards an anti-stigma campaign. The move to end stigma is a fantastic start, but to really make an impact, greater financial commitments are needed on top of these anti-stigma efforts.

We can’t assume that because funds are being put towards ending stigma, that addiction itself will decrease. In addition to an anti-stigma campaign, Colorado needs to better fund Medicaid in general or appropriate funds to support comparable reimbursement rates of private insurers.

September, being National Recovery Month, is a great time to take action. As addiction and recovery professionals, we urge folks to write to their congresspeople, reach out to state and community representatives and demand more funding allocated to fighting this disease.

Cortland Mathers-Suter, Founder of AspenRidge Recovery in Lakewood

planning, preparing, and differentiating the curriculum to meet the needs of students who learn differently or need more support. Education can be transformational for children facing challenges, but our schools must be funded adequately to meet those needs and close achievement gaps. With greater funding, we can compensate teachers fairly so that they choose to stay in the profession. Teaching well requires time and experience. Colorado’s children deserve that.

Amendment 73 funds full day kindergarten and increases funding for preschool. This investment will continue to positively impact children as they move through their academic careers, reducing retention and dropout rates.

Every Colorado school district will benefit from Amendment 73 and will decide how to best allocate their share. It is time to invest in Colorado’s children and our public schools.

They are the future of our communities.

Bobbi Sanchez, Lakewood

Teachers need more help I was happy to read the letter from the gentleman regarding education and “critical thinking” (“The Bandwagon effect,” Aug. 30.).

As a substitute teacher, I see teachers everyday teaching critical thinking, beginning in Kindergarten with concepts like “guesstimating.”

I was thinking, since you’re so interested, might I suggest you volunteer in the classroom and help over-burdened teachers with this task?

While you’re at it, take in some boxes of copy paper, Kleenex, crayons, notebooks, markers, etc. for the underpaid teachers and underfunded schools.

As far as critical thinkers go, regarding your veiled political comment, I think Historians are generally critical thinkers and I don’t think the country’s current “curriculum” is going to receive an “A” in the history books!

Diana Wilson, Westminster

Colorado could use Amendment 73 Amendment 73 leverages Colorado’s strong economy to benefit our communities by asking the highest earners and “C” corporations, to contribute more to Colorado’s public schools, the cornerstone of our democracy.

Colorado spends $2,800 less than the national average per student each year. Our teachers have the least competitive wages in the nation, making it difficult to attract and retain experienced teachers. We have more novice teachers than any other state, except Florida.

Teachers have taken second jobs to make ends meet, which means they are not able to spend their time

draw, but I can’t teach you how to get sober. Each one of us has to find out what works, and what doesn’t I attended hundreds of AA meetings (John still does), chaired lots of them, learned from six therapists, became a member of a church when I confused religion with spirituality, and now I am on my own.

An addict will get pulled in a hundred different directions. And I am not about to be 101 for anyone.

Don’t do it my way.

I don’t think I would be here if I had done it my way 20 years ago, if that helps anyone.

If it takes meetings and sponsors, slogans, prayers, meditation, retreats, therapists, new friends, new hobbies, new anything, do it. Nothing — nothing — is better than waking up without a hangover, and nothing is more important to me than my sobriety.

Not even Jennifer. If I’m not sober, I don’t have Jennifer.

When I am asked how much time I have, I always say: “One day.”

My recovery is not a miracle. It is hard work, and I am still learning.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

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LIFE

Fall is here and getting FESTIVE

A weekend of discovery at Grandoozy

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Glow at the Gardens at Denver Botanic Gardens.

Mazes, pumpkins and cider make the season pleasin’

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T

he only obvious indication that fall is around the corner is Starbucks bringing back its popular pumpkin latte.

The heat has still been scorching throughout much of the state, and the cool, crisp fall air has yet to make an appearance.

But regardless of the weather, fall is coming, and all across the metro area there is a wealth of fall festivals and events that can appeal to young people and families. Here are some: Corn Maze at Chatfield Farms at the Denver Botanic Gardens Where: 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton (west of Wadsworth Boulevard, south of C-470) When: Sept. 21 to Oct. 28. Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cost: $14 adults, $12 adult members, $13 students, seniors (65 and up) and military members, $11 children (3-12 years old), $9 child members, and free for children ages 2 and younger.

Contact: www.botanicgardens.org/ events/special-events/corn-maze What better way to spend a fall day or evening than at the corn maze at Chatfield Farms at the Denver Botanic Gardens? The large corn maze covers seven acres, and this year it comes with a new design. DBG spokeswoman

Corn Maze at Chatfield Farms at Denver Botanic Gardens.

Erin Bird says this year’s design was created to thank first responders, and first responders get free admission, while their family members and friends can get in at a membership cost. There’s more to Chatfield Farms besides the corn maze, like human hamster balls and an obstacle course, pony, barrel train and hayrides, films, food and a mini corn maze for the kiddos.

“The corn maze at Chatfield Farms is a longstanding fall tradition.

There’s always a new design to get lost in,” Bird said.

Glow at the Gardens at the Denver Botanic Gardens Where: 1007 York St., Denver When: Oct. 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25. 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Maize in the City Where: 10451 McKay Road, Thornton When: Sept. 28 to Oct. 31. Thursdays, noon to 7 p.m., Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Note: the maze will be open Oct. 8 from noon to 5 p.m. It will also be open on Oct. 24, Oct. 29, and Oct. 30 from noon to 7 p.m. and Oct. 31 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Cost: Cost of general admission was not immediately available, but the mini maze is $5 for children, and family members of the children get free admission to it with the child ticket.

or as long as I can remember, Denver and the surrounding suburbs have been an occasional festival home.

Which meant if a young music fan on a budget like myself wanted the festival experience, they were out of luck.

For three years, the city hosted the Mile High Music Festival in Commerce City, but due to attendance struggles and a challenging economic climate, it didn’t last. Vans’ Warped Tour almost always made a stop here and Riot Fest visited for a few years, but that was about it.

Huge festivals with exotic, overpriced sounding names like Coachella, Lollapalooza and Sasquatch became like sites in the Holy Land — you work and save your whole life just for one pilgrimage.

Once Denver became the site for a huge influx of COMING young people, it ATTRACTIONS seemed like only a matter of time before the city took another crack at the whole festival thing.

“We’ve always enjoyed spending time in Denver, just as fans of the city and as one of Clarke Reader the top-tier music markets in the country. We saw a real opportunity to create something special here,” explained Jonathan Mayers, cofounder of Superfly. Superfly hosts Bonnaroo in Tennessee and Outside Lands in California. “We’ve really been inspired by this community.”

Out of that inspiration, Grandoozy was born. And I finally had my first music festival experience. *** Spread out over Overland Park’s 139 acres, Grandoozy was home to three stages and more than 60 musical acts from Sept. 14 through 16. In addition to the musical performances, the festival included everything from food trucks and interactive art installations to a giant recreation of South Park to an 80’s ski lodge.

As a music festival first timer, the best thing that hits me about the festival is that it really cuts down on the agonizingly slow wait for a musician to take the stage. On Friday afternoon, I’m able to enjoy Ty Dolla $ign’s blend of sweat-drenched R&B and hip-hop at the Rock Stage, then rush over to the Paper Stage to catch Big K.R.I.T.’s southern rap dispatches.

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Cost: $18 adults, $16 adult members, $14 children (3-15 years old), $10 child members and free for children ages 2 and younger.

Contact: botanicgardens.org/ events/special-events/glow-gardens Pumpkins from local farmers light up the Denver Botanic Gardens during Glow at the Gardens. The pumpkins are all real and carved by artists who create aesthetic carvings and larger-than-life sculptures. Glow at the Gardens will feature with hundreds of carved, lit-up pumpkins along with magic tricks, trick-or-treating, games, crafts, a scavenger hunt, a Halloween trivia wheel, storytelling, LED performances and food and beverages.

“It’s fun for the whole family. People bring the kiddos and we also see a lot of couples that come as a unique date night,” DBG spokeswoman Erin Bird said.

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Contact: maizeinthecity.com Maize in the City features a 20-acreplus corn maze, along with a customizable smart phone trivia game. Maize in the City wants its guests to “get lost in your own backyard.” Along with the maze, there is a corn launcher, a mini maze for children, a barrel ride, animals, a playground and a pumpkin field filled with hundreds of pumpkins.

“Maize in the City is run and operated by a family. We just want to create a space for your family to come out and enjoy the fall season,” Cristina Palombo said. Palombo is the communication director for Maize in the City.

Festival of Scarecrows Where: Olde Town Arvada When: Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Cost: Entry is free Contact: visitarvada.org/avcevents/festival-of-scarecrows/ This will be the 22nd year that Arvada is hosting its Festival of Scarecrows. Businesses and the public enter scarecrows into a contest, and they’ll be spread around all throughout Olde Town. Pumpkins will be sold that will benefit the Ralston House, an organization that helps children who are healing from abuse. There’ll also be a corn maze, stories and crafts at the Arvada Library, a pumpkin weighing contest, a DJ, food booths and small vendor booths. At noon, the Festival of Scarecrows will feature a children’s parade. Although the event isn’t krelated to Halloween, Karen Miller, the president of Historic Olde Town

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From there it’s up to the Scissors Stage (get the stage theme?) for Paris’ alt-rockers Phoenix, back to Paper for The War on Drugs’ blissed-out take on heartland rock, and the evening ends with Kendrick Lamar’s stadium rap spectacle back at Rock. If you timed it right, it was a five-hour continuous y concert, with no wait time between sets.

For a first-time festival, Grandoozy is expertly run. That’s not to say there are no frustrations or things that could be streamlined, but Superfly’s years of experience clearly paid off.

There is plenty of space in the park so that attendees don’t feel totally hemmed in, use of public transport options cuts down on car traffic, and the official Grandoozy app puts the entire festival at my fingertips.

“There are always going to be unforeseen challenges when you’re doing something in a new place, for the first time,” Mayers explained. “To , get ahead of any of those challenges, we make sure our team is spending as much time on the ground to build relationships with key players in the market and better understand the region and find out what makes it tick.”

The festival feels very Colorado, and

OTHER NOTABLE FALL EVENTS Fright Fest at Elitch Gardens Where: 2000 Elitch Circle, Denver When: Sept. 28 to Oct. 28. Open Fridays (6 to 10 p.m.), Saturdays (noon to 11 p.m.) and Sundays (noon to 9 p.m.)

Cost: $39.99 daily tickets, $30 after 5 p.m.

Contact: elitchgardens.com/fright-fest/ What’s there? Park rides, haunted attractions, live performances, a costume contest, zombies and clowns.

Parker Fine Arts and Music Festival Where: 10795 Victorian Drive, Parker When: Sept. 22 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Cost: Free admission Arvada, says that she sees a lot of children dressed in costumes each year.

“It’s a fun family event, and it’s a beautiful way to spend a fall day in Olde Town Arvada,” Miller said.

Morrison Ciderfest Where: 485 Summer St., Morrison When: Sept. 29 beginning at 10 a.m.

Cost: Entry is free Contact: morrisonciderfest.org Morrison Ciderfest has been around for 25 years, but its popularity has grown over the last four years, according to Ryan Kloberdanz, the chairman of the Morrison Ciderfest Committee. The event will feature live music, food trucks, a bouncy castle, arts and crafts exhibits, a silent auction, cider presses and of course,

that might be the highest compliment I can pay Grandoozy.

As to if it will return next year, that remains to be seen.

“The success of the festival is based on its ability to reflect the local culture while showing people a great time in a truly unique and exciting space,” Mayers said. “Creating that experience is primary focus at the moment to set Grandoozy up for success in the future.” *** Discoveries and reaffirmations one can have at Grandoozy: • Discovery — All music sounds better right as the sun is dipping behind the horizon.

• Reaffirmation — The world of fashion is beyond understanding. If you see an outfit and wonder to yourself, “Could I pull that off ?” the question has already been answered.

• Discovery — One of the best ways to explain why so many people like rap is to stand in the middle of a crowd with a DJ who has really, really good speakers.

• Reaffirmation — “1901” by Phoenix is a perfect song.

• Discovery — At a certain age, sitting in the middle of a field can be just as hard on the back as standing in one.

• Reaffirmation — Music has a tremendously unifying power. At a festival with electronic, country, rap, R&B, jazz and pop performers, you’ll

Contact: www.coloradoeventsandfestivals. com/Parker%20Arts%20&%20Music%20 Festival.html What’s there? Art, music, face painting and food.

Fall Festival at 17 Mile House Where: 8181 S. Parker Road, Centennial When: Oct. 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: Free admission Contact: www.arapahoegov.com/1715/FallFestival-at-17-Mile-House What’s there? Live music, a petting zoo, farm life activities for children, a pumpkin patch and a guided tour of the 17 Mile House, a building that is on the National Register of Historic Places. cider. This year, event organizers are trying something different. There will be a special, designated area for guests who want to try local Colorado hard cider. “(The cider area) is a special thing.

We’re pretty excited about it. We just try to make it a really family friendly and economically friendly event. We know money can be tight,” Kloberdanz said.

Lakewood Cider Days Where: 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood When: Oct. 6 and 7. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Cost: Advanced adult admission, $6, day of adult admission $8, adult admission and hard cider tasting advanced admission, $30 and $5 for children Contact: Lakewood.org/ciderdays/ Cider Days returns to Lakewood for

get to meet all kinds of people you’d never expect and connect about music.

And learn you have more in common than thinking Kendrick Lamar is this generation’s Bob Dylan. *** “Uptown Girl” by Billy Joel is one of that those songs that everyone seems to know, despite the fact that it is 35 years old. If you need the proof, here it is: the song soundtracked the defining moment of my Grandoozy experience.

At the end of the first night of Grandoozy, brimming over with the kind of joy that only comes from spending hours with music you love, I joined a bunch of strangers in a shuttle taking us to a light rail station.

As we pulled onto the road, “Uptown Girl” came on the radio. Everyone in that bus must’ve been feeling that same musical joy as me, because someone up front turned the radio as loud as it could go, and we all sang along at the very top of our lungs for the entire ride.

In its purest form, that community is what a music festival can do. Grandoozy gave everyone in that bus that for a moment, and that’s the only metric I need to call it a success. Here’s hoping it returns next year.

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

its 43rd year. The city is known for its agricultural history and its apple orchards, and Cider Days is a way to celebrate that. There will be dozens of hard cider companies to check out, a beer garden with Lakewood-brewed beer, historic demonstrations a tractor pull, face painting, a petting zoo, a horse wagon, a maze, a magician and an apple baked goods challenge. The event draws thousands of people each year, and it’s something that the city prides itself on.

“There is no better way to celebrate the fall harvest season than at Cider Days. We cover all of our bases, and we have everything that someone would want to enjoy at this time of year,” community events coordinator Rebecca Gushen said.

THIRD PARTY COMMENT Red Rocks Community College is seeking comments from the public about the College in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency.

The college will host a visit November 12–14, 2018, from a team of peer reviewers representing the Higher Learning Commission. The team will review the institution’s ongoing ability to meet HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation. Red Rocks Community College has been accredited by the commission since 1975.

Comments must be in writing and must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution or its academic programs.

Submit online comments to HLC at hlcommission.org/ comment or mail comments to the address below.

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

Nutritional coaching Megan Grover, master of medical science and nutritional health coach at the Natural Grocers at Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, offers free one-on-one nutrition coaching sessions for the public. Call the store at 303-423-0990 for an appointment.

Tai chi is now taught at Lakeview Wellness and Event Center 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 2-3:30 p.m. Fridays. Call 303-989-6300 or 303-730-0986 for cost information and reservations.

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

Weight loss — The EZ Weight-Loss Challenge 12-week program meets 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays at Arvada Church of God, 7135 W. 68th Ave. Free coaching, metabolism test and nutrition information. Cash prizes awarded to the top three biggest achievers. For information on cost or to preregister, call Chris at 720-320-2394.

Home care Always Best Care Denver West provides in-home care, skilled nursing and free senior community placement. Always Best Care provides every individual and family with well-trained personal care attendants and expert nursing support.

We help families make informed decisions about senior care, and guide them through comprehensive solutions designed specifically for their unique situations. To learn more, go online to www.AlwaysBestCare. com/DenverWest or call 303-952-3060.

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Camping Singles is a group of Colorado single adults who enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, swimming, biking, sightseeing, photography, the camaraderie of others, and starry nights around the camp fire. We usually camp in designated forest service or state park campgrounds within 2 to 5 hours of Denver. We welcome all single adults.

Our membership ranges from the 40s to 60-plus. We usually meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month. For specific meeting information, contact campingsingles@ gmail.com CanSurvive is a support group for those who have experienced or are receiving cancer treatment. The meeting format is simple with an opening invocation followed by brief member introductions along with a check-in to see how attendees are doing. The discussion topic centers around healing and healing modalities, and may include a guest speaker or a guided-healing visualization. The free support group meets 10 a.m. to noon on the fourth Saturday of every month at Mile High Church, 9079 West Alameda Ave., Lakewood. For more information or support do not hesitate to contact Lawrence Connors RScP at 303-910-3473 or Lawrence-RScP@msn. com.

Columbine #96 Rainbow Girls meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at the Golden Lodge, 400 Tenth St. in Golden. Youth activities for girls ages 1019. Contact Eve at etrengove@comcast.net or 303-424-0134.

Denver Walking Tours Denver area residents and visitors are invited to experience downtown Denver through a free walking tour, a two-hour excursion that starts in Civic Center Park, winds through downtown past more than a dozen of Denver’s distinctive landmarks and ends in front of Coors Field.

Tours are offered every day. No reservations needed. Tours are free, and tips are encouraged. Go to http://www.denverfreewalkingtours.com/ for details.

Dog trainer program Misha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue is offering a “Become a Dog Trainer” program in Arvada and Denver. The licensed nonprofit organization rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes dogs at risk, regardless of breed or mix, behavior or medical issue, or amount of time needed.

The dog trainer program includes puppy, basic obedience and behavior solutions.

Email mishamayfoundation@gmail.com or call 303-239-0382 for an application or more information.

Federal Employees The Lakewood Chapter of Retired and Active Federal Employees meets at 1 p.m. every second Tuesday at the Episcopal Church, 10th and Garrison. Call Ann Ornelas, 303-517-8558.

Fighting fraud The District Attorney’s Office offers free Power Against Fraud seminars for groups of all sizes and people of all ages.

Don’t become a victim of identity theft or other consumer fraud. Contact Cary Johnson, 303-271-6980, for more information.

Flatirons View Toastmasters meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month at The Depot at Five Parks, 13810 W. 85th Ave. in Arvada. Polish your speaking and presentation skills in a fun, instructional, nurturing environment. For more information visit http://9407.toastmastersclubs.org/.

Food pantry God’s Table Food Pantry is open 9-11 a.m. every third Saturday of each month, and 10 a.m.-noon every fourth Thursday each month for Jefferson County residents who meet certain federal guidelines. God’s Table and Food Pantry is located at 6400 W. 26th Ave. in Edgewater, behind the Vietnamese Central Baptist Church. For more information, call Beverly at 303-525-7685.

Food pantry Agape Life Church (ALC) distributes Jefferson County commodity foods from 10-11 a.m. Thursdays, at ALC, 5970 W. 60th Ave. in Arvada. ALC provides this service to all Jefferson County residents. If you have questions, call 303-431-6481.

Food pantry at New Apostolic Church is open from 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays at 5290 Vance St., Arvada. Come in through the rear entrance of the church.

Girl Scouts Snowboard. Scuba dive. Sleep over in a museum or at the zoo. Go backstage at a concert or a Broadway play. Even stage your own Project Runway. Girl Scouts turns normal days into days you’ll remember all your life. Girl Scouts offers girls of all ages and backgrounds a safe place to explore the world and discover their potential. There are now more flexible ways to be a Girl Scout than joining a troop. To explore your options, visit girlscoutsofcolorado.org, email inquiry@gscolorado.org or call 1-877404-5708.

Holistic gatherings The Resonance Center, 6650 W. 44th Ave. in Wheat Ridge, offers Holistic Happy Hours 4-7 p.m. on the second Thursday every month with light snacks and tea for everyone. We invite the community to join this social and wellness event that offers acupuncture, massage, reflexology, psychotherapy and coaching, and energy work.

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Jeffco Spellbinders: 1-3 p.m. the third Monday of each month at Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, 7530 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Go to www.spellbinders.org or call LaRene at 303-431-7906.

Jeffco Sertoma Club meets the first and third Thursdays at Cafe del Sol, 608 Garrison St., Lakewood. Contact CJ Farr, 303-985-3278 or carolfarr@aol.com.

Narconon reminds families that abuse of addictive pharmaceutical drugs is on the rise. Learn to recognize the signs of drug abuse and get your loved ones help if they are at risk. Call Narconon for a free brochure on the signs addiction for all types of drugs. Narconon also offers free assessments and referrals. Call 800-431-1754 or go to DrugAbuseSolution.com. Narconon also can help with addiction counseling.

Call for free assessments or referrals, 800431-1754.

No Kill Colorado’s monthly meeting is 6:309 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at Lakewood HealthSource, 963 S. Kipling Parkway, Lakewood. Everyone interested in learning about the No Kill movement is welcome. No Kill Colorado’s purpose is to facilitate a Colorado whose shelters are open admission and saving a minimum of 90 percent of the animals.

North Jeffco Republican Women meet the first Tuesday of every month at the 911 Driving School, 9100 100th Ave., Suite B-4, Westminster. Check-in is at 6:30 p.m.

Meetings begin at 7 p.m. Each month, speakers present information vital to the community. Join us to deepen your knowledge of election candidates, elected officials, current legislation and upcoming events. Both men and women are invited.

Admission is free.

OPOCS Singles Club, ages 55-plus, meets all around the metro area. Meet new friends. Sign up and receive a monthly newsletter that lists all monthly activities.

Contact JoAnn Cunningham, membership chair, 303-751-5195, or Mary Riney, president, 303-985-8937.

Overeaters Anonymous meetings are 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays at First United Methodist Church, 1500 Ford St., Golden.

The meetings provide 12-step help and fellowship. Individuals of all ages coming together to support recovery for compulsive overeaters, bulimics, anorexics and exercise addicts.

Pet vaccinations Low-cost pet vaccinations at SpayToday 3-4 p.m. every Sunday. Call 303-984-7729 for more information.

Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group The Lakewood Branch of the Rocky Mountain Neuropathy Association meets from 3-4:30 p.m. the fourth Saturday of every month at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 7100 W. Mississippi Ave., Lakewood. For more information about the Lakewood Branch Support Group, call Rose at 303-279-3511 or email cvm8@ comcast.net.

Prepared Pet Professional Misha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue of Lakewood presents a program for professionals who are not interested in becoming dog trainers, but who work in a pet-related business. Class includes canine CPR and first aid certification, animal handling and communication, canine and feline behavior sciences, holistic approaches, core courses and 50-plus electives. Participants receive a certificate and up to a year to complete.

Open enrollment. Contact mishamayfoundation@gmail.com for an application and more information.

Quilt tops The Jeffco Hand Quilters are 18 women who gather every Monday to turn quilt tops into finished heirloom quilts.

The group will do estimates from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, except holidays, at Lakewood United Methodist Church, 14th and Brentwood. Money earned from the quilting is donated to the Action Center, helping feed and clothe those who need assistance. You may call Mary Wollenhaupt at 303-986-1381 for more information. We also welcome quilters to join our group.

Ralston Creek Sertoma Club meets Thursdays at Panera Bread, 7739 Wadsworth, Arvada. Contact Ron Marquez at 303-4570759 or Ron.Marquez@ddrcco.com.

Reality check Learn, laugh and move beyond denial in a small, cozy, group workshop environment. Join me for a facilitated Reality Check. Put on your big-girl pants, and call 303-953-2344 for details.

Running schedule Foothills Running and Cycling Club’s activity schedule includes long runs at 8 a.m. every Saturday and cycling rides every Sunday at 10 a.m. Both activities meet at Clear Creek History Park, 11th and Arapahoe. For more information and updates on times, visit www.frcclub. com.

Running at Dawn Buddies We are a group of friendly runners of varying abilities and ages who enjoy running close to sunrise.

We meet at 5:30 a.m. Wednesdays near Jackson Park in Lakewood, and run around the neighborhood, ending back at the starting location by 6:30 a.m. No fees, just neighborly good will and fun. For information, contact mdl.rivera@gmail.com.

Scleroderma Foundation offers support group meetings for patients and caregivers 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the second Saturday of

each month at the Arthritis Foundation, 2280 S. Albion St., Denver. The leader is Bonnie Schweder, 303-438-7124. Visit www.scleroderma.org/chapter/colorado/ support.shtm for more details or other meeting locations.

Singles club SNCW Singles Social Club, an activities club for singles over 40, meets at 6 p.m. most Sundays at the American Legion at 1901 Harlan St. in Edgewater.

Don’t stay home alone; come join the friendly group for a meal, conversation, and a speaker or entertainment. For more information, call Char at 303-942-2529 or check out www.sncw.org.

Square dance Rocky Tops Square Dance Club welcomes singles and couples who have completed mainstream square and/ or round dance classes 7:30-10 p.m. Thursdays at Clements Community Center, 1580 Yarrow St., Lakewood. Cost is $7. Call 720381-7768, email joychi5@hotmail.com, or visit www.squaredancing.com/rockytops.

Widowed Men and Women of America, a nonprofit organization of the state based in Denver, has more than 5o0 members.

The group sponsors social events for members to make new friends and have fun with people who have shared life experiences. Members live in the Denver metro area and surrounding communities.

Members are encouraged to visit different links to find the best fit for their interests.

Contact Dorothy at 303-794-7547 or Les at 303-797-1209, or go to www.widowedamerica.org.

Western club The Buffalo Bill Saddle Club meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave. The club is

dedicated to preserving and promoting our Western heritage through family-oriented activities with our horse companions.

Day rides, weekend camping, parades and annual gymkhana. Guests welcome.

For more information, go online to www.

BBSCGolden.org.

West Metro Real Estate Investing Education Group meets 7-9 p.m. the third Monday of each month in Classroom 1 of the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. We cover all the information you will need to successfully fix and flip or buy rentals with positive cash flow. We analyze deals as examples, talk about where to get funding, the best ways to find a bargain and sometimes do property tours. Investors of all levels of experience are welcome but no agents please.

Women’s basketball A senior women’s basketball club meets 9-11 a.m. Fridays at Golden Community Center, 1470 10th St. Women 50-plus years old are invited to join. There are no extra fees for pass holders or Silver Sneakers participants. All levels are welcome. For more information, contact Debbie at dezarn@cal.berkeley. edu or at 303-384-8100.

Women’s retirement Coaching for solo women entering retirement. Make these the best days of your life. Call 303-9532344 for more information.

Zumba fitness Party yourself into shape with the Latin-inspired, easy-to-follow calorie-burning dance fitness party.

Three classes available each week at the Lakeview Event Center in Lakewood. Call 303-989-6300 or contact Tina Mylene at 720-335-2822 for class schedule.

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The Miracle of Mozart

The beloved Sonatas K. 545 in C Major, K. 332 in F Major, and K. 457 in C Minor

Wed, Oct 3, 2018 - 11:00 am Main Stage Theatre

JEFFREY SIEGEL KEYBOARD® CONVERSATIONS

Music from Time of War 1914-1918

Stirring works of Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Ravel, and Prokofiev

Wed, Oct 3, 2018 - 7:30 pm Main Stage Theatre

COLORADO JAZZ REPERTORY ORCHESTRA

The CJRO Goes Latin! –

All the big bands took part in the Latin craze of the sixties, and the CJRO will dig into that rich library.

Sat, Oct 20, 2018, 7:30 pm Main Stage Theatre

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olorado artists spent Sept. 10-15 in Jeffco Open Space parks painting en plein air to promote preservation efforts and demonstrate the value of open space lands.

Put on by PLAN Jeffco, the In Plein Sight festival featured 27 artists who painted in Lair o’ the Bear Park in Idledale, Alderfer/ Three Sisters Park and Elk Meadow Park in Evergreen, and Centennial Cone Park and along Clear Creek in

Golden. Artists went to the park of their choosing on Sept. 11. The culminating event was a gallery show, where the public could buy the artists’ paintings, on Sept. 16 at the Golden Community Center, 1470 10th St. To learn more about PLAN Jeffco, visit www. planjeffco.org.

Plein air painting is when an artist reproduces the actual visual conditions seen at the time of the painting. Colorado Community Media visited the artists painting in Centennial Cone Park on Sept. 14.

“Open space lands protect our wildlife and native pollinators.

As a bee keeper, I’m very active in protecting our pollinators. I advocate to plant forage for native pollinators using pesticidefree plants.” — Theresa Beck of Boulder, painting “Autumn Hills” with gouache paint, which is opaque watercolor.

“The great outdoors is probably one of the reasons people live in Colorado. People like to escape to the mountains. It’s important to make sure our natural habitat is not overrun with urban development.” — Tom Ward of Commerce Park in Denver, painting “Down the Valley” with oil paint.

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“Being engrossed in the environment helps me create a painting that has the emotional impact of that place, rather than a rendering of a single moment, as with a photograph. These places are precious. Often, there is a subtle beauty that many overlook.”

— Jennifer Riefenberg of Castle Rock, painting “Cycling the Cone” with oil paint.

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Jeffco library to build outdoor adventure space STAFF REPORT

A new outdoor adventure space at Standley Lake Library will provide tools and opportunities for children to engage in unstructured, outdoor play.

The Discover Together: Outdoor Adventure Space breaks ground at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 22 outside the library at 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. All Jeffco residents are welcome and light refreshments will be served.

Designed by Leaning Landscapes, the outdoor space extends the library’s commitment to help children be ready to read when they enter kindergarten and continue to support their learning as they grow, said

a news release from the Jefferson County Library Foundation.

“We’re excited to offer this outdoor experience for our patrons,” Barbara Yeutter Roig, kids and families’ manager at JCPL, said in the news release. “We know that unstructured play helps children develop skills in gross and fine motor skills, creativity and socialization. Offering these activities in the out-of-doors also encourages exercise and contributes to emotional and physical health.”

The space is outside the children’s area on the east side of the library. It will include two separate play areas, with physical features including sensory and habitat gardens, benches and fairy stumps, the release said.

Tools to spark imaginative play and learning will include a willow dome, playthings and an insect hotel.

Most of the construction will be completed this fall, with additional elements added next spring. A formal grand opening will take place in early summer 2019.

“Thanks to some very generous donors, we’re able to help the library provide an outdoor learning environment at the Standley Lake Library,” Jo Schantz, foundation executive director, said in a news release.

Allison Brigham contacted the library district in 2016 on behalf of her father, Arvada resident Warren Roeske, who was seeking a way to

honor his deceased wife, Shirley M. Roeske, an ardent library advocate, Schantz said.

The library district suggested the outdoor adventure space and over the past two years, Warren and his daughter have donated $15,000 to seed the effort, Schantz said. A second anonymous donor contributed $35,000, providing the money to begin construction on the project.

“We’re deeply grateful to the donors who helped us make this dream a reality,” said Donna Walker, the library district’s executive director.

“We believe our patrons will be as excited as we are to discover library services and programming in a natural environment.”

Breathtaking views for lung association Run the Rocks STAFF REPORT

Thousands of runners, walkers and volunteers are expected for Run the Rocks, an American Lung Association event to raise awareness and money in the fight for clean air and healthy lungs.

Run the Rocks includes a 5K run/ walk and a 10K run with a finish on the steps of Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Live local bands perform and

championing the fight for clean air awards are presented to the top funand healthy lungs. While the Clean draising teams and individuals and Air Act has helped to improve the air for the fastest race finishers. quality of the United States, much The event begins at 9 a.m. Friday, work is still to be done here. Denver Oct. 14. is the 11th worst city in the country Early registration costs of $45 for the 5K and $55 for the 10K are offered for ozone pollution and last year, and Denver County received a Grade F through Oct. 5. Day-of registration for particle pollution, according to a costs increase to $50 for the 5K and news release. $60 for the 10K. The goal of Run the Rocks is to Through Run the Rocks, the raise nearly $100,000 to support American Lung Association is T:9.625”

research and lung health programs in Colorado. Whether running as a part of a healthy lifestyle, to beat a previous time, or in honor of all those affected by lung disease, participants are joining a great cause and making a difference towards ending lung disease and improving our air.

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Former school board members urge support for Amendment 73

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s former Jeffco School Board members, we’ve all experienced the stress of deciding what cuts to make to our district’s already very limited resources.

None of us can recall a time when it wasn’t a reality during our term in office. That’s one of the many reasons we are all so excited about endorsing and lending our full support to Amendment 73.

Amendment 73 is a statewide measure that would be a long-term fix after a decade of cuts to our public schools putting Colorado in the bottom rankings when it comes to funding our students and paying our teachers.

In fact, Colorado invests about $2,800 less than the national average on each student.

This disinvestment has real consequences, such as Colorado paying the least competitive teacher wages in

the nation.

Amendment 73 raises $1.6 billion statewide, yet 92 percent of tax filers will not be impacted. In addition, it gives local school districts the control they need to address their biggest priorities like raising teacher pay, strengthening vocational education, increasing student safety, and meeting the needs of all students.

Jeffco has already passed a board resolution outlining how these resources will be spent to meet our local needs and is committed to being transparent and accountable to its public.

Jeffco schools would see an additional annual revenue of about $135 million.

Since 2009, Jeffco has lost nearly $700 million in state funding that would have gone to supporting our local students. It will take more than five years of this new funding to

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repay those past shortfalls.

Think about it: a 5-year-old who started kindergarten in 2008 would be in their freshman year (9th grade) in high school today.

That child will have spent the bulk of their public school education in schools underfunded: losing teachers, cutting programs, increased fees, outdated teaching materials, sitting in classrooms needing repairs, and missing updated technology. Is that what we want for another generation of students?

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popular north area reservoir and local he Metro area is fortunate regional park located in and operated to have a number of nature by the city of Westminster. There are venues for youth and adults and even the public and private many Front Range lakes and reservoirs schools systems. The Adams originally created for agriculOUTDOOR and Jefferson county commutural use that have found their nities are even more conveway being jointly and cooperaLIVING niently situated to most of the tively operated by local, state national wildlife refuges, state or federal government units for and regional parks. the benefit of the public.

The Barr Lake State Park Barr Lake has a public volunhas grown significantly in teer Friends Group that works interpretative activities, with the State Parks and Wild- T public education and outdoors life Agency staff in supporting programs since its creation in and managing programs and 1977. Natural resources in the Park activities. Additionally form of water, soils, plant life the Park works within a formal Ron Hellbusch and small and large wildlife school/park agreement to bring species, natural fishery, and the classroom to the outdoors wildlife and bird habitat has and the natural environment been preserved on the 2,715 acre site into the class room. This column will H and actually enhanced over the years. expand on some of those Barr Lake Too often ignored, is the fact these State Park programs and opportunioutdoors venues are the result of prities for youth and families’, volunteers, vate/public cooperation at the highest career opportunities and those specific level. Barr Lake is owned by the Farmactivity programs scheduled in the ers Reservoir and Irrigation Company coming fall and early winter.

(FRICo), a major agricultural water supply and storage operation serving Westminster outdoorsman Ron HellJefferson, Adams and Weld Counties. busch can be reached at Ron-HellbusFrico also owns Standley Lake, another ch@comcast.net “

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Our voters have a real opportunity before them this November to make a difference in our children’s future. “ Let’s vote Yes on Amendment 73 and give our children a future they deserve.

The four Arvada middle schools not named Moore were all built in the aftermath of Sputnik, when kids were expected to walk three miles uphill both ways in a driving snowstorm to get to school.

Accordingly, the streets around these schools were not designed to accommodate a great deal of traffic. But, suddenly, we now have 50 percent more students coming to each middle school every morning.

One of those schools is on a street that is one lane each direction with no sidewalks and a shoulder that, as a bike rider, scares the heck out of me because, for the bulk of its traverse, it is about 9 inches wide.

To make it worse, the south side of the street is, technically, unincorpo-

rated Jefferson County but the north side is the City of Arvada, and neither jurisdiction wants to take responsibility for the street.

Oh, and by the way, almost all of the students live north of the school and have to make their way across the street to get to the school — without a H crosswalk. 400 cars and a dozen busses all trying to deliver 1000 11-13 year olds in a 10 minute window to a facility with one entrance creates, how you say, issues.

Listen, I like “winging it” as much as A the next guy (as is obvious to anybody who has been reading me for a while).

But big projects take thought, and we should expect our leaders to take the time to do that.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writerM 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.

September 20, 2018

THINGS to DO

THEATER

“There’s No Place Like Tuna”: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept.

21-22, Sept. 28-29 at Colorado ACTS, 11455 W. I-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Tickets available for show only, or for show plus barbecue sandwich meal. Call 303-456-6772 or go to www.coloradoacts.org.

Performance Now Presents “Annie”: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 23 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Contact 303987-7845 or at www.performancenow.org.

Broken Bone Bathtub: through Sunday, Sept. 23. Siobhan O’Loughlin’s immersive piece of theater takes place inside a bathtub, in a home in the Lakewood Glens. The audience of 10-18 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.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28 and Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Tickets at the box office, online at lakewood.org/lccpresents or by calling 303-987-7845.

History’s Mysteries, A Murder Mystery: 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

29 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Famous figures from history team up with your favorite detectives. Save the day by solving “who dunnit” before time runs out.

Registration is required.

“Mamma Mia!”: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 30 at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. Call 720-898-7200 or go to https://arvadacenter.org/mamma-mia.

ART

Hand-blown Glass Pumpkins: Friday, Sept. 21 to Sunday, Sept.

23 at Spirits in the Wind Gallery, 1211 Washington Ave., Golden. Info: www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com.

Arvada Art Studio Tour: noon to 5 p.m. Sept. 22-23 at the Simms Street Recreation Center Art Studio and Pottery Studio, 11706 W. 82nd Ave., Arvada.

Mountainside Art Guild Miniatures Exhibit: on display through Sept.

27 at Lakewood Arts Gallery, 6731 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. Contact lakewoodarts.org or 303-9800625.

this week’s TOP FIVE Dinosaur Ridge Scientific Spelling Stomp: 2:30-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at American Mountaineering Museum in Golden. Teams of up to four people will compete for prizes and the title of 2018 Dinosaur Ridge Scientific Spelling Stomp Champion. Go to www.dinoridge.org/spellingstomp.html.

“Arvada Days” Festival: 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept.

22 at Clear Creek Valley Park, West 58th Avenue and Tennyson Street. Celebrate Arvada’s pioneering heritage. Period clothing encouraged. Fishing contests, pony rides and Colorado vintage baseball. Festival activities and vendors are set up until 3:30 p.m. The farm to table dinner begins at 4:30 p.m. and square dancing starts at 6 p.m. Call 720-898-7403 or go to arvadafestivals. com/ arvada-days Kitten Palooza: 4-6 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 23 at Cat Care Society, 5787 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. See adoptable kittens that are ready for their fur ever homes.

Families welcomed.

Wildlife Artist Sonia Reid Show: Friday, Sept. 28 to Sunday, Sept.

30 at Spirits in the Wind Gallery, 1211 Washington Ave., Golden. Info: www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com.

Vejigantes Masks: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Registration is required. Program is part of the Museo de las Americas traveling exhibit on display at the Belmar Library.

Make Something: A Terrarium: 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org. Materials include the starting succulent for your new terrarium garden. Registration is required. Register as individuals, couples or families.

Scarecrow Challenge: 3-4:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 30 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Build your own scarecrow.

We provide the frame and stuffing, you add the character with old clothes and accessories. Bring a pillowcase to scarecrow’s head.

Registration required. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Golden High School Holiday Bazaar: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 1 at 701 24th St., Golden. More than 90 local artists. Free admission.

Presented by the Golden High School PTA. Artists can contact Tammy Copper at tcoop9698@comcast.net.

Donations of food, toys, blankets, and cat litter are appreciated. Go to www.catcaresociety.org TRIAD: Final Wishes: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25 at the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, 500 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden. Addressing end of life topics is never easy: yet planning eases the burden on your family, and lets others know what you truly want. Lindsey Wolman from Donor Alliance explains what the donor heart on your driver license means for you and to others who can benefit from your donation. Then Jill Ross with the Funeral Consumer Society of Colorado discusses what the state requires and does not require for the funeral process, and how the cost can greatly vary.

Free and open to the public; call 303-271-6980.

Stouts and Stories/Ales and Tales: 5-9 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 27 at Lamar Street Center, 5889 Lamar St., Arvada. Jefferson County Library Foundation beer tasting and kickoff event features tastings from 12 local Jefferson County brewpubs, brew talks by local experts, live music, food trucks, games and prizes. For tickets and information, call 303-403-5079 or go to jeffcolibraryfoundation.org though Sept. 26.

EVENTS

Rock Around the Clock: 5 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Colorado School of Mines, Lockridge Arena.

Sock-hop themed event includes dinner, cash bar, live and silent auctions, and music by Rockslide.

Golden Civic Center Foundation gala and auction raises money to support charitable organizations, public schools, museums and cultural centers in the Golden area.

To purchase tickes and learn about sponsorship, go to www.goldencivicfoundation.org/gala-auction/ Family Fort Night: 6:30-8 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 21 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org. Use the library’s chairs and tables or bring your own pillows and blankets and make a family fort. Registration is required.

Apex Foundation Golf Tournament: 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21 at Indian Tree Golf Club, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Check

in at 7 a.m. Fee includes coffee, breakfast and lunch, free range balls, golf shirt, goody bag, cart, on-course beverages, prizes and awards. Contact 303-463-4270 or apexfoundation@gmail.com.

Kids Clothing and Toy Sale: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 and Saturday, Sept. 22 at Kids Discovery Days Preschool at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada.

Learn more at www.facebook.com/ kidsdiscoverydays.

Cemetery Tour: Sept. 22 begins noon at the Arvada Cemetery, 57th and Independence, then traveling at 2p.m. to the Ralston Cemetery, 6137 Holman St., and finishing at 3 p.m. at the Belgin family cemetery, a secluded site on the south side of the Croke Canal. Learn more at arvadahistory.org.

Plant a Succulent Garden: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at Echter’s Garden Center, 515 Garrison St., Arvada. Go to www.echters.com.

Create a planter of succulents to display in a sunny window. Space is limited. Register at 303-424-7979.

Harvesting and Preserving Herbs: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at Echter’s Garden Center, 515 Garrison St., Arvada. Go to www.echters.com.

Learn how to harvest and preserve the fresh herbs you grew this spring and summer.

Fall Wildflowers Hike: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 22 at South Valley Park, 8354 South Valley Road, Littleton. Jeffco Open Space program, for ages 13 and older. Registration required. www. eventbrite.com/e/fall-wildflowerstickets-48000648231

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Naturally Arvada: Get to Know the Library: 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Sunday, Sept. 23 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org.

Canine Conversations: The Family Dog: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Jennifer Skiba of Namastay Training leads discussions about how to help you and your family have the best relationship with your pets. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org Ice Cream Social Reunion for Rocky Flats and Coors Porcelain Workers: 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

25 at Lamar Street Center, 5889 Lamar St., Arvada. Workers are invited to bring one guest. Presented

by Cold War Patriots. Visit www. coldwarpatriots.org or call 888903-8989.

Growing Employees for the Future: 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25 at Connects WorkSpace, 1301 Arapahoe St., Golden. For businesses interested in learning about workforce training programs.

To RSVP or learn more, contact rfleischmann@cityofgolden.net or 303-384-8080.

Coffee Talk: Denver Mobs: 1-2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26 at Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Tom Hackett shares photos and stories of Denver’s most influential Mobsters. Call 303-425-9583 or go to www.apexprd.org.

Senior Christian Retreat: 1-2 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 27 at Living Cross Chapel, 8545 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. All are welcome. Contact eocaoffice@gmail.com Catty Hour: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Sept.

28 at Cat Care Society, 5787 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Ages 21-plus only.

Go to www.catcaresociety.org Patriotic Ancestry: 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 29 at Lakewood Library, 10200 W. 20th Ave., Lakewood. Prospecive member workshop hosted by the Blue Spruce Chapter of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. Call 303-986-2301or email mur.darco@yahoo.com.

Orchids, Exotic But Easy: 10-11 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 29 at Echter’s Garden Center, 515 Garrison St., Arvada.

Go to www.echters.com.

Wine Making for Gardeners: 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 at Echter’s Garden Center, 515 Garrison St., Arvada. Go to www.echters.com.

Learn how to make wine using fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs. Presented by Richard Bender, author of Wild Wine Making. Copies of book for sale and signing.

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Exploring the Great Ideas: The Pursuit of Truth: 3-4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

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HEALTH

Women’s Wellness Experience: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Free health screenings, health and wellness vendors, sessions on essential oils, gratitude and more, and a keynote presentation by Sam Horn on “Someday is Not a Day in the Week.” Registration required. Go to http://www.LutheranWomensWellness.org

1000 Books Before Kindergarten Party: noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Those who’ve finished or those about to start welcome. Crafts, prizes, fruit salad bar and reading. HunkTa-Bunk-Ta show begins at 1 p.m. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Energy Day STEM Festival: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at East High School, 1600 City Park Esplanade, Denver.

Exhibits and interactions with energy experts designed to spark students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math. Learn more at https://energydayfestival.org/colorado/

Foam Roller Workshop: 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 at Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call 303-425-9583 or go to www.apexprd. org. Learn to use a foam roller to prevent injury, improve mobility and flexibility.

Bring your own roller.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten Party: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada.

Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org. ¡Super Stolie Guacamole! The show gives instruction, sings and reads in both English and Spanish while teaching key words in Spanish. Cake and a

Alzheimer’s Education: Effective Communication: 6-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Alzheimer’s Association workshop.

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College Admission Essay Prep: 2-4 p.m.

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Cowboys: 1-2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24.

Virtual phone-in class through Jefferson County Public Libraries and Active Minds.

To join, call 303-502-5189. Callers are muted as they join. Press ** to unmute to ask a question. Limited to the first 100 callers. Call 303-275-6173 with questions.

The Great Courses: Watch & Discuss Meetup, Do You Perceive the World as it Really is? 6:30-7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Watching a 30-minute episode and then engage in 45 minutes of relaxed roundtable discussion while enjoying snacks.

Exploring Islam & America: Basics of Islam, a Primer: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Youth For Christ Christian College Fair: 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26 at Denver Christian School, 3898 S. Teller St., Lakewood; and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27 at Faith Christian High School, 4890 Carr St., Arvada. Go to www.yfcdenver.org/events.

Jeffco University: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 at The Manning School, 13200 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. Registration is open until Sept. 26 at http:// jeffcopublicschools.org/community_portal/jeffco_u/. Contact 303-982-6808 or tracie.apel@jeffco.k12.co.us. Attendees will learn about school safety, technology, the district’s strategic plan, curriculum, instruction and more. Breakfast and lunch are catered by Jeffco Food Services.

1000 Books Before Kindergarten Party: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org. Hunk-Ta-Bunk-Ta Show encourages children to play along as they engage with and express themselves through song, dance, and play with original and traditional songs.

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SPORTS

Standout Performers

Adjusting to new place, sport’s pace

Ya Mei Wilson, Wheat Ridge The sophomore softball pitcher threw for seven innings, and had the game-winning RBI in the Sept. 11 9-8 win over Ralston Valley.

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Sam Spiers, D’Evelyn TYhe senior golfer averaged 77.2 this season on the links, good enough to come in second place in league competition. His efforts helped move the entire D’Evelyn team into second place in this season’s league rankings as well.

Marla Goodspeed, Golden The GHS softball squad managed two shutout wins last week, including Saturday’s 10-0 victory over Standley lake. Goodspeed, a sophomore, had eight put outs and an assist in fielding to lead her team on defense, to go along with a hit and a stolen base on offense.

Aubrey Gibson, Arvada The senior outside hitter shouldered much of the workload for the Bulldogs in the team’s three-set loss to Alameda on Sept. 11. she led her team in attacks, kills and ace serve percentage.

Ralston Valley sophomore Jordan West (11) is fired up after her RBI triple in the fifth inning Sept. 15 at Ralston Valley High School. The Mustangs attempted to rally late in the Class 5A Jeffco League opener, but eventually lost 15-8 to rival Arvada West.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Arvada West softball cranks out win in league opener High-scoring cross-town game ends with Ralston Valley beaten 15-8

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Ryan Burdi, Green Mountain The senior defensive back helped his team win its Sept.

15 game against Lutheran 42-28 by making seven solo tackles, and asisting in six others.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS: Colorado Community Media selects athletes from area high schools each week as “Standout Performers.” Preference is given to athletes making their debut on the list.

To nominate an athlete, contact Glenn Wallace by noon on Sunday at gwallace@coloradocommunitymedia.com

ARVADA — Arvada West and Ralston Valley softball teams came out swinging in both teams’ Class 5A Jeffco League opener Saturday.

The conference rivals combined for 23 runs and 28 hits at Ralston Valley High School. When the dust settled, A-West came away with a 15-8 victory to get off on the right foot in league play.

“They (Ralston Valley) keep on battling, so we had to keep on hitting,” Arvada West senior Christaana Angelopulos said. “It’s a tough game always.

It’s a rivalry. It’s always good to get it off our belt a little bit because we build up to it. It’s a good win.”

Angelopulos, who actually played for Ralston Valley her freshman and sophomore years before transferring to A-West, had to longest blast of the game. The Colorado State University-commit ham-

mered a ball over the 245-feet fences for a 3-run home run in the top of the third inning to give the Wildcats a 9-2 lead.

It came after A-West’s lead-off hitter was walked her first two at-bats.

“It felt good to finally get some solid contact because I’ve been struggling a little bit at the plate,” said Angelopulos of her lone hit of the game. “To finally breakout is really awesome.”

A-West (9-5 record, 1-0 in league) had five players — Gianna Haley, Shelby Robb, Payton Bowser, Jadyn Sabell and Alexis Folks — with multi-hit games.

“When we are able to feed off each other’s energy that is when we are successful,” A-West coach Brenna Millikan said. “Our goal today was to string hits together and feed off that energy.

I thought we did much better with our approach at the plate today.”

A-West took advantage of six walks in the opening three innings that helped the Wildcats open up a big lead.

“We finally stepped up to the plate and we all executed,” said Robb, who ripped a key 2-run double in the Wildcats’ 4-run sixth inning that helped close the door.

SEE SOFTBALL, P24

ebecca Guggenbach is a 16-year-old with a passion for music.

She never had time to participate in athletic activities in the past, but she is on the Mountain Vista girls cross country team this season.

Guggenbach OVERTIME is an exchange student from Switzerland who is living with a host family.

“In my country, I do a lot of music,” she said.

“I play the cello and bass. I’m in Jim Benton an orchestra and band, so I had to be there every day. When I came here, I said I had to do something completely different. I picked cross country.

Everybody can join cross country, even if you are not the fastest.

“I really enjoy cross country.

Everybody is so nice. It was hard at first because the altitude is so much higher than in Switzerland.

I got used to it because we do it every day and I really like the races on Saturday.”

Mountain Vista is both the defending boys and girls cross country state champions and coach Jonathan Dalby invites anybody to join the team. He tries to include runners in various competitions during the season.

“Rebecca is improving a lot,” said Dalby. “She is not one of our top kids but is a hard worker with a really positive attitude.”

Guggenbach ran an 18:02.00 in the junior varsity race on Aug. 24 at the Vista Nation 2-Mile Invitational. She clocked a 26:29.00 on Aug. 31 at the Warrior Invitational in Centennial.

“I’ve done pretty good because I’ve never raced before,” Guggenbach said. “I’m glad I wasn’t last in any of the races. It is really hard to keep up with the best runners.”

Guggenbach is enjoying her time in Colorado at Mountain Vista, meeting new friends and polishing up on her English.

Alpine skiing, hockey, tennis, football (soccer) and Schwingen (wrestling) are the popular sports in Switzerland but Guggenbach is thinking about continuing here athletic endeavors at Mountain Vista. She may try out for girls swimming in the winter or track in the spring.

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Pomona football beaten by state’s top team in OT

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Cherry Creek sophomore Myles Purchase sent the Bruins’ sideline into victory-celebration mode late Thursday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.

Purchase intercepted a pass from Pomona quarterback Riley Welsch intended for all-state receiver Billy Pospisil on a two-point conversion attempt to end the overtime football thriller.

“I knew I had to stay with my assignment No. 9 (Pospisil),” Purchase said of the final play of the game in the Bruins’ 35-34 victory. “They did a crossing route and I just jumped it.”

Cherry Creek, ranked No. 1 in the Class 5A football CHSAANow.com poll, scored on a 14-yard touchdown pass from senior quarterback Alex Padilla to sophomore Chase Penry with 2:48 left in the fourth quarter to tie it up 28-28. No. 4 Pomona had scored 21 unanswered points to take the lead.

The Bruins (4-0 record) scored on a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Padilla on the opening drive in overtime.

Pomona (2-2) answered with a 10-yard touchdown run by senior Therious Robison and elected to go for the win with a two-point conversion attempt.

“We knew going into overtime it

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“We strung hits together finally. It was good to see us do our job.”

Ralston Valley (8-8, 0-1) didn’t go quietly. The Mustangs got to A-West starting pitcher Savannah Clausen in the fifth inning to cut the Wildcats’ lead to 11-7. The Mustangs cranked out five extra-base hits.

“The keep battling,” Ralston Valley senior Kayee Cerrone said. “We were down 9-2, but we kept positive throughout the game.”

Cerrone, Jordan West and McKenna Fitzgerald all had triples for Ralston Valley in the loss. The Mustangs’ defense was solid without

Pomona junior Kyle Moretti, on ground, tackles Cherry Creek junior Jayle Stacks (2) during the first quarter Sept. 13 at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Panthers suffered a loss for the second straight week, losing to top-ranked Cherry Creek 35-34 in overtime.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS would be tough to stop (Creek),” Pomona coach Jay Madden said. “Going for two was the right call. We almost had it.”

Creek forced a pair of huge turnovers in the fourth quarter and overtime to rally on the Panthers’ home field. Pomona had driven inside

any errors, but A-West offense was just too much for Ralston Valley to handle.

“We have to keep team from scoring that many runs,” Ralston Valley coach Wendy Davies said. “Our defense played well and we hit the ball well.

Our pitching could have been a little bit better. I think the more they pitch the better and more confident they will feel out there.”

Freshman Maya Bachman and sophomore Makena Geist both pitched for Ralston Valley in the loss. Davies was pleased how her team continued to fight despite the deficit and hopes it will serve the Mustangs in games to come.

“Sometime we’ll be down in a game something like 4-2 and we’ll be able to fight back to win,” Davies said.

Creek’s 10-yard line midway through the fourth quarter holding a 28-21 lead.

However, senior Alec Pell recovered a fumble by Robison to give the Bruins a chance to score late and send the game into overtime.

Pomona might have found its new starting quarterback in Welsch. After

two offensive possessions for the Panthers, Welsch came in at quarterback. He connected with senior quarterback/receiver Colten Muller for a 48-yard touchdown to open the first-half scoring.

Welsch had an 18-yard touchdown run and second touchdown pass to Muller in the third quarter to put Pomona up 28-21.

“Colten is just so dynamic in space we’ve got to get him out there,” Madden said about going to Welsch at quarterback moving forward and moving Muller from quarterback to receiver. “Now we have four guys in space that people are going to have a hard time dealing with.”

It is a second straight loss for Pomona, who lost to No. 2 Valor Christian last week. Pomona will be back at NAAC Sept. 20 to host Highlands Ranch before getting into its 5A Metro West League schedule.

“That would stink,” Madden said of needing a win next week against Highlands Ranch to prevent a 3-game losing streak heading into conference play. “We’ve just got to take care of Pomona. Keep getting better and better.”

The Panthers open league play against Lakewood on Sept. 28.

“The good news is it’s a regularseason game and I’ll enjoy this for about 12 hours,” Logan said. “I know Pomona will be there in the end.”

Arvada West’s dugout had plenty to cheer about Sept. 15 at Ralston Valley High School.

The Wildcats opened Class 5A Jeffco League play with a 15-8 victory over rival Ralston Valley.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Ralston Valley heads to Pomona for another league game 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18. A-West had a busy week with three home games in three days start-

ing Monday, Sept. 17, against Grandview and continuing with conference game against Bear Creek and Chatfield.

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Arvada West senior Cameron Wilbur (6) makes a diving catch in front of Wheat Ridge senior Armani Pacheco (31) during the Wildcats’ 40-0 victory over the Farmers on Sept. 14 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

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Young golfers fare well The Timm Academy All-Stars, a group of Centennial golfers between the ages of 9 and 13, finished third in the Firewheel Golf Park Regional finals in Garland, Texas, on Sept. 9.

Coached by Rick Timm, the Colorado Section team had a 1-2 record with 16 points in the PGA Junior League regional tourney.

The golfers were Gavin Amella, Brayden Destefano, Andre Dumonteil, Wesley Erling, Miles Kuhl, Kyle Leydon, Jackson Lowe, Matai Naqica,

Yusuke Ogi and Blake Sullivan.

Parking problem It is so refreshing to see rivalry football games with the stands full.

Fans and students have to arrive early to get seats for games like Douglas County vs. Castle View, for example. People are asked to sit close together to maybe create an open seat.

The biggest problem is getting out of the parking lots. Plan on at least 30 minutes to exit.

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

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GARAGE

SALES

MERCHANDISE ANTIQUES SPORTS

To Advertise call Karen 303.566.4091 Garage Sales

Colorado Statewide Classified Advertising Network To place a 25-word COSCAN Network ad in 91 Colorado newspapers for only $300, contact your local newspaper or call Colorado Press Association Network at 303-571-5117.

Hurd Creek Ranch Auction Winter Park Land + Senior Water Rights Oct 13/2pm MT 926 Total Acres 13 Tracts & Combinations ColoradoRanchAuction.com / 970-531-5051 United Country / Gingery & Associates, Inc. B. Gingery, Lic# FA100044706 S. Terrel, Auctioneer 6% BP. See website for terms.

WANTED

Cash for Mineral Rights Free, no-risk, cash offer. Contact us with the details: Call: 720-988-5617 Write: Minerals, PO BOX 3668, Littleton, CO 80161 Email: opportunity@ecmresourcesinc.com

Colorado Press Network Buy a 25-word statewide classified line ad in newspapers across the state of Colorado for just $300 per week. Ask about our frequency discounts!

Contact this newspaper or call Colorado Press Network, 303-571-5117

ANNOUNCEMENTS Lost and Found 2 brass figurine hanger supports

found on on Highway 105 Sedalia area 303-681-2320

Misc. Notices Arvada Church of God 7135 West 68th Avenue 1 time food bank for the Arvada Area Providing Food, Hygiene Items and Gift Cards Available one time only Call Carmen Terpin at 303-232-6146 I want to thank Saint Joseph of Cupertino for the favor received during my exam.

Prayer to Saint Joseph of Cupertino for success in examinations.

O Saint Joseph of Cupertino who by your prayer obtained from god to be asked at your examination, the only preposition you knew.

Grant that I might like you succeed in the (here mention the name of the examination) examination.

In return I promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked.

O Saint Joseph of Cupertino pray for me.

O holy ghost enlighten me.

Our lady of good studies pray for me.

Sacred head of Jesus, seat of divine wisdom, enlighten me.

Amen Want To Purchase minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557 Denver, CO 80201

WIDOWED MEN AND WOMEN OF AMERICA.

A social club offering many exciting social activities and friendships.

Link 10 social hours, 4-6 P each Thur at Innsider Bar and Grill, Holiday Inn, 7390 Hampton Ave., Lkwd.

Visit widowedamerica.org or contact Bob, 303-979-0181.

FARM & AGRICULTURE Farm Products & Produce Grain Finished Buffalo

quartered, halves and whole

719-775-8742

GARAGE & ESTATE SALES Garage Sales 10802 Chadsworth Pt., Highlands Ranch, CO 80126 Multi Family Garage Sale Friday September 21 & Saturday September 22 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Household items, furniture, ski clothes, electronics, kindergarten teacher materials and much more!

(303) 475-6575

Autos for Sale

Split & Delivered $300 a cord Stacking available extra $35 Call 303-647-2475 or 720-323-2173

Sell your merchandise on this page $25 for 2 weeks in 16 papers and online 303-566-4091

Thu-Fri, 9/20-9/21, 8a-6p Sat, 9/22, 8a-3p

We have FURNITURE GALORE!! Our ESTATE SALE includes • Eastlake Rocker • Marble-topped Coffee & Occasional Tables • Vintage French Provincial China Cabinet • Leather Office Chairs • Hand-tied wool & Karastan Rugs & Runners & much more! Our PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED ANTIQUE FURNITURE includes • a Duncan Phyfe Mahogany Table w/6 Chairs • beautiful Oak & Walnut Dressers • an Appliquéd Bed & matching Armoire set & more!

Other RESTORED WOOD PIECES include • Oak Tables & Chairs • Dressers • Occasional & Coffee Tables & other beautiful items.

Our GARAGE SALE includes • Clothes (all ages) Kitchen • Linens • Home Décor • Craft Supplies • Jewelry • Books • Sports • Electronics • Toys, plus HomeBaked Goods!

Our BBQ LUNCH starts at 11a with 1/3-lb. Angus sirloin burger or brat plate for $5 or hot dog plate for $3.50.

Shepherd of Love Fellowship 13550 Lowell Blvd., Broomfield (corner of 136th & Lowell Blvd.)

Info: 303-466-5749 shepherdoflove.org Thornton

9842 Vine Street Thornton 80229 Saturday September 22nd 9am-2pm FREE Treadmill Bicycles, Desk, Lamps, Purses, Books, Clothes, Bedding, Jewelry and more!

MERCHANDISE Bicycles

Miscellaneous Cemetery Lots

Cremation Gardens.

Companion sites include granite placements. 40% discount from Horan and McConaty. Your price is $4,611. County Line and Holly. 303-551-4930 PETS

RV’s and Campers 1991 Dolphin Class C RV 70K miles $11,000 in excellent condition for more information call (303)862-9420

Wanted

Cash for all Vehicles!

Cats WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE ME? I am a 4yr Silver & white Tabby:) My mommy has to leave and cannot take me.

I only want to sit on the back of a chair and look out a window.

I don't need hardly any attention.

Just your company.

I love a string dangling from a stick.

And of course I love my little toy butterfly.

I can sit on the porch and backyard all day!

My potty habits are dainty and clean.

And I understand some words!

Will you give me a chance for a new home?

No cost! Call Dianne 303-349-7689

Cars, Trucks, Vans, SUV’s Any condition • Running or not Under $500

(303)741-0762

Cell: (303)918-2185 for texting

Bestcashforcars.com

DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK, BOAT, RV; Running or not, to www.developmentaldisabled.org Tax deductible! 303-659-1744.

20 years of service

I Buy Motor-homes and Trailers as is and I also buy cars and trucks I pay Cash 720-589-7365

TRANSPORTATION

St. Michael & All Angels' Church 1400 S. University Blvd, Denver Pre Sale 9/27 5:00pm-7:00pm Surcharge $5 for Pre Sale Sale 9/28 9:00am to 5:00pm Bag Sale 9/29 9am-noon Fill our bags for $5:00 ea. or your trunk for $25.00 Antiques, good furniture, estate items, books, housewares, collectibles.

Cash for all Vehicles!

Cars, Trucks, Vans, SUV’s Any condition • Running or not Under $500

(303)741-0762

Cell: (303)918-2185 for texting

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Golden

Parker Home Decor some seasonal Misc. Items - good prices 21841 Swale Ave Friday September 21st 9am-3pm & Saturday September 22nd 9am-noon

MORE!

Firewood

Multi-Family Garage & Furniture Sale

Gigantic Church Sale

Rakes, Shovels, Skis, Sewing Machine, Trunk, Trailer, Desks, Copiers, Vinyl Records, Byers' Carolers, Great Misc.

Friday & Saturday September 21st & 22nd 8am-5pm 1035 North Columbine Street Golden 80403

PETS AUTOS &

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Misc. Notices

AUCTIONS

EQUIPMENT

New & Used Electric Bikes & Trikes Starting at $995 The Largest ebike Store in the Country Best Selection & Discount Prices

720-746-9958 1919 Federal Blvd.

Denver, CO 80204 ElectricBicycleMegaStore.com

Autos for Sale 2015 GMC Sierra 2500 HD

4 wheel drive, double cab SLE long bed vortec, 6.0L, V8, gas engine, silver, all options, remote start, Rhino bed liner, BW 5th wheel hitch, running boards, 26,000 miles, excellent condition, $31,000 303-841-0811 87 Isuzu pup 122k 1 owner $2,350.

71 Chevy truck $1,500 720-308-6696

To advertise your business here, call Karen at 303-566-4091

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EDUCATION FINANCE FOOD GENERAL HEALTHCARE PRODUCTION RETAIL SALES SERVICES TECHNOLOGY TRADES TRANSPORTATION

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Colorado Community Media, the Publisher of your hometown newspaper and the largest local media company in the state is looking to fill a If you strive to be a full time sales position.

WE’RE HIRING Store General Manager Golden CO

You’ll be a great fit if you’re: • Friendly & outgoing • Customer serviceoriented and like to help others • At your best in a fastpaced environment • Someone who likes to have fun at work and work with a team • Reliable with regular attendance

larger part of your community by meeting with business owners big and small, helping them grow their business by marketing with digital media, community newspapers, and everything in between – then we would like to meet you.

Flexible - Like each day to be unique?

Creative - Can you think “outside of the box” and build programs for your clients that fit their needs?

Upbeat - Are you enthusiastic and like to have fun?

Apply at careers.kumandgo.com

Outgoing - Enjoy networking and providing outstanding customer service?

If you answered yes, please keep reading.

Our titles are Marketing & Community Engagement Specialists Specialists, but we do so much more.

NOW HIRING!

Send us your resume to ggarvey@coloradocommunitymedia.com We are locally family owned and operated, provide training, offer a competitive salary, commission and a full benefits package that includes paid time off, health, dental, vision and 401K.

Help Wanted $13.00 starting pay!

We are now hiring staff for our 24 hr Convenience Store!

Full and part-time positions, all shifts available- training provided.

Apply at Exxon, 18561 Hwy 40, Golden (I-70 Morrison Exit) and join our team today!

Administrative Assistant Experienced person needed Part Time 1 day a week Great Working Conditions Great Pay for the right person Call (303)790-2558

LEGITIMATE WORK AT HOME

No Sales, no Investment, No Risk, Free training, Free website. Contact Susan at 303-6464171 or fill out form at www.wisechoice4u.com

Full-time, entry level positions at local corrugated box plant Great benefits Competitive pay

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Help Wanted M-E Engineers, Inc., in Golden, CO seeks Project Manager (Power & Energy) to review energy efficiency components integrated into electrical systems. Req. BS Elec. or Architectural Eng.; 36 mo. exp. in Elec. or Architectural Eng. or related; & working knowledge (6 mo. or 1 college course) in the following: Photovolteic & wind renewable energy systems; Elec. distribution systems for systems rated 600 Volts through 15,000 Volts; Power system dynamics, operation & protection; & Local & national building & energy construction codes.

Email letter of application & resume to Trish Lovato, careers@me-engineers.com.

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HOMES APARTMENTS COMMERCIAL OFFICE INCOME PROPERTY STORAGE ROOMMATES

To Advertise call Barb 303.566.4125 Senior Housing

Home for Sale

SELL your home $ 2495

bstolte@coloradocommunitymedia.com

MOUTAIN PROPERTY 40+AC Surrounded by National Forest covered in mature timber, flowing spring, great hunting, near Colorado Trail $240,000

Free Market Evaluation No Upfront Fees M.L.S. Listing & Advertising Internet Advertising Professional Photography Showing & Feedback Service Sign & Lockbox Contracts & Negotiations Title Company & Escrows Settlement Representation Full Service Brokerage

*when purchasing another home *1% fee if selling only *+ buyer agent co-op

Charles Paeplow

40+ AC NEXT TO PUBLIC LAND Located in County but close enough to walk to town, water well, owner financing $55,000 PRIME MOUNTAIN PROPERTY 41AC, Big Ponderosa Pines, Aspen Meadow, small creek, access to millions of acres of public land, great horseback riding, hiking and hunting, secluded and tranquil, owner financing $195,000 4 LOTS ON MAJOR HWY 4 Lots located on HWY 285 in the town of Saguache, Prime business location 50'x150' Each includes water and sewer, tap, $89,000

20 Years Experience Best of the Best Realtor

720-560-1999 charlespaeplow@yahoo.com call, text, or e-mail

Land

Contact Wilderness Realty & Land LLC 300 8th St Saguache, CO 81149 Call 719 655-2408

Cornerstone Homes Realty

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Tamarac Executive Plaza Office Space For Lease

Located at East Hampden Ave. at Tamarac Dr., this building offers a nice 3,350 sf office space that features 13 rooms plus reception, 15 private parking spaces and 2 private bathrooms. Walking distance to Tiffany Plaza with numerous restaurant and retail amenities.

Offered at $13.00/sf full service.

Call David Gagliano or Dominique Pastore for information.

ST. JOAN OF ARC

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Fuller Real Estate, 5300 DTC Pkwy., #100 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

www.FullerRE.com (303) 534-4822

Homes

C AT H O L I C C H U R C H

Proclaiming Christ from the Mountains to the Plains www.StJoanArvada.org 12735 W 58th Ave · 80002 · 303-420-1232 Daily Masses: 8:30am, Mon-Sat Confessions: 8am Tue-Fri; 7:30am & 4:00pm Sat Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00pm Sunday Masses: 7:30, 9:00, 11:30am, 5:30pm

S ERVICES 8 &10 am Church School

9 &10 am 6750 Carr St. Arvada, CO 80004 303.421.5135 • www.arvadaumc.org Nursery Available

For advertising

To advertise your place of worship, call Karen at 303-566-4100

Condos/Townhomes Thornton 2nd floor, extra large living room 2 bedroom, remodeled, Great view of city lights, 2 minutes to I25, multiple shopping choices all directions pool, tennis courts, near spacious park across the street parking close by $1265 + deposit, small pet OK lapointevidence@earthlink.net

Office Rent/Lease VARIOUS OFFICES 100-2,311 sq.ft. Rents from $200-$1750/month.

Full service.

405-409 S Wilcox

Castle Rock

Wasson Properties 719-520-1730

opportunities in this space or to schedule a job listing please call Karen at 303-566-4091

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Women’s 2018

Health and Beauty Expo Presented by

Saturday, October 20, 2018 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Belmar Shopping Center • 464 S. Teller St., Lakewood Presented by Colorado Community Media in coordination with Belmar Shopping Center

The Women’s Health and Beauty Expo includes: • Entertainment • Health Education & Information • Fashion • Gifts • FREE Health Screenings provided by Central CO Area Health Education Center • Dress for Success Fashion Show • FREE to the Public Bronze Sponsor:

We are looking for Sponsors and Vendors!

Contact your Event Producer Thelma Grimes at tgrimes@coloradocommunitymedia.com www.coloradocommunitymedia.com/womens-health-expo/