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Seven questions with Bob Matter Cyclist, owner of A New Spin Bike Recyclery, Arvada resident

ing on at the same time. I think it’s important that as a society we have a truly inclusive society. All of these invisible populations, whether it be people of ethnicity, people with less money or people with disabilities … they all go under the radar and can fall through the cracks. I see that as my oldest son gets older. I see him slipping through the cracks and it’s not OK. Not from my perspective as a dad, and not from my perspective as a person in this community. It’s important serving this population because there aren’t a lot of services for them. And there are even fewer expectations for them to do anything functional in society.

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

How did you get into bikes?

I have been a lifelong bike rider, exploring the world on my bike.

To me, every time I get on a bike, I go back to being 10 years old and being out until the street lights come on. It’s s right of passage that so many people have and so many people don’t have the opportunity to be part of. I tend to be a handy guy, so opening a shop allows me to do a lot of different things.

People have so many emotions that go with their bikes and it’s humbling to listen to their stories when hey donate their bike and promise they will go to a good home.

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A New Spin Bike Recyclery opened on Earth Day this year. What do you do?

We refurbish donated bikes and we also sell new parts and accessories. But we use refurbishing bikes as a means to teach jobs skills to low income kids as well as people with disabilities.

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And you’re a nonprofit. What are the challenges?

We started out doing bike programs. Our original organization mission was doing bike programs for people with disabilities and their families. We did balance bike camps, clinics, day trips, overnight trips and eventually tours. After doing that for 10 years, we were looking at ways to expand our mission and hopefully create a social enterprise to help us be sustainable. We saw a need in the community and need personally for my oldest son, David. The idea of starting a bike shop that actually teaches job skills to people who wouldn’t normally be able to do that emerged.

The biggest challenges with being a

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You also cater to low-income. Why? What outreaches/partnerships do you have?

Right now, the reason we work with at-risk youth is because again it’s an underserved population, just like the disabled community. If we can empower Bob Matter runs A New Spin Bike Recyclery people to be able to go earn a living in Arvada.

SHANNA FORTIER whether that’s through someone coming in and learning skills, how to run a business or on the other nonprofit is that you don’t have the side of the coin, we’ve had homeless for profit cash flow and you can’t people who are restarting jobs and take out loans to build infrastructure. So, we’re reliant on the commu- need a basic form of transportation come in and we help them out. It’s nity to be able to get the things that helping that invisible community we need. For example, some of the biggest needs right now are a storage that we don’t tend to see it day in and day out because we turn an eye to it. container for our excess bikes and So that’s why we’re here and to me a place to store it, and storage racks it’s important because for a small for the shop. But on top of that, we amount of investment in time and need people. People to help work on energy, you get a whirlwind back. bikes, people to help teach job skills, We work with Lake Arbor Optimist to help wait on customers. Really it and their bike recycle program. I buy doesn’t matter if you know how to parts for them because as a shop, I work on bikes or not— we’ve got a can. So I save them money for doing space for people to help out. their outreach. I just approached Arvada High School about doing One of your missions is to expand possome bike programs. I have Jeffco sibilities for people with developmental Open Space coming in and hope to do or intellectual disabilities. Why is that bike stuff with them. The plan is to important? expand that and collaborate with as Currently it is, but as we many places as possible. I’m actugrow, it will be open to evally looking for a church to partner erybody. It doesn’t matter if with for a bike giveaway, but not in they have a developmental the traditional sense. So often people or intellectual disability. The whole come in and you give them a bike, concept is creating an inclusive but when their bike brakes down, community where everything is go-

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What kind of activities/programs do you offer for the general population?

We will be starting to offer mechanic classes in early 2018. Right now, the storage space issue makes it so that we can’t do that yet. I want to do maintenance classes, movie nights and fun thing where people can come in here, hang out and feel like part of a community. Everything that we have going on will be at the same time. It won’t be that the disabled guys are in here from 8-12 and then the low income kids come in. No. We’re all here together.

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How has the community reacted to your mission? And how do they get involved?

The response has been amazing. All of these bikes have come through individual donations. In almost six months we got 240 bikes donated. I think the community outreach and reaction has been more than we’ve hoped for.

Or maybe what we hoped for, but didn’t expect. We’ve purposefully been flying under the radar simply because we need hands in here. I want to stay true to the mission versus trying to collect as much money as we can.

This isn’t about me. It isn’t even about David. If it was about David and I, we’d be doing this out of our garage. This is about everybody else that’s coming in the store. And I think what I want people to understand is that it truly takes a community to raise a nonprofit. We have had fantastic support in the community. But we also want the community to know we’re here. We’re here to serve a community need and we welcome anyone who wants to come in and help.

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The lifeline between community and first responders New Jeffco communications center ready in January

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

One thing that people hope they never have to do is call 911.

“But when they do, we’re here to make sure they get what they need for safety and quality of life,” said Jeff Streeter, the executive director of JeffCom 911.

JeffCom 911 is the consolidation of several Jefferson County public safety and emergency dispatch services to one Streeter centralized location.

“Services won’t change,” Streeter said. “All we did was centralize — bring everyone under one roof.”

Currently, all Jefferson County’s emergency dispatch service employees are employed by and work at their agency’s centers. But come the first of the year, all of them will have the option to become JeffCom 911 employees, housed at the new facility located inside the West Metro Fire’s admin building at 433 S. Allison Parkway in Lakewood.

“The consolidation of services to better serve the people and to be more fiscally responsible with the funds generated by their tax dollars, have been the two main goals throughout this entire process,” said Lakewood Police Chief Dan McCasky.

“The Lakewood Police Department shares a common belief with our JeffCom partners that receiving calls for service and dispatching needed assistance from one central location, will no doubt save time, money and even lives.”

An estimated 147 employees will work at JeffCom, including 911 call takers, dispatchers, tech support and team managers and supervisors.

The end result, Streeter said, will provide efficient and effective quality service for both the community and first responders — law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical personnel. Non-emergency phone numbers will not change, however those calls will also come to the JeffCom hub.

“Agencies always need to explore ways for regionalization,” Streeter said. And “the technology exists for us to do this.”

JeffCom 911’s eight member agencies are Arvada Fire, Arvada Police, Evergreen Fire Rescue, Golden Police, Lakewood Police, Jefferson County Sheriff, Wheat Ridge Police and West Metro Fire Protection. JeffCom will also serve 15 smaller emergency response agencies, including the majority of the mountain fire agencies and the reamining police departments in the county except Westminster.

The first transition date is in February for Golden’s fire and police departments, West Metro Fire Protection and the Jeffco Sheriff ’S Department. Arvada’s fire and police

JeffCom Training Manager Bess Joyce looks over the equipment to be used in the new facility in West Metro Fire’s administration building at 433 S. Allison Parkway in Lakewood. The center includes 42 work stations for dispatchers and 911 call takers.

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HANDY LINKS JeffCom 911 encourages everyone to register for the free, additional emergency service resources available.

CodeRED Mobile Alert is a free app that allows people to receive emergency notifications on a wireless phone or mobile device. To download the app for free, visit https://public.coderedweb.com/cne/ en-US/655AC5D55998. Those who have already signed up do not need to re-register.

Smart911 is a way for people to create a free safety profile. The information provided on the profile can be accessed by 911 call takers and emergency responders. Information can include specific medical conditions of a family member, number pets in a household and/or codes needed to access a gated property. People can provide as much or as little information as they want, and the only time the information is seen is if a 911 call is made. Learn more at https://smart911.com/. departments and Wheat Ridge Police will transition in March. The final two agencies, Lakewood Police and Evergreen Fire Rescue, will transition in April.

Initial discussions began about five years ago, Streeter said, and an agreement between all the JeffCom partner agencies went into effect June last year.

The Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Of-

JEFFCOM HIRING JeffCom is now hiring emergency communications specialists. To learn more or apply, visit https://jeffcom911.org/ for the appropriate links. Any questions may be directed to recruiting@jeffcom911.org. fice expects that JeffCom will help to reduce response times on priority one calls, such as life threatening medical emergencies, crimes in progress and serious automobile accidents, said Sheriff Jeff Shrader. Each responding agency will be dispatched from the same location, he added, thereby eliminating the need and additional time for call transfers to another agency.

“When each first responder from law enforcement, fire and EMS is provided information directly from the dispatch center where the call originated,” Shrader said, “less risk of confusion and delay will result in a better outcome.”

West Metro Fire Rescue Chief Don Lombardi agrees.

“We make a difference through response times — how fast we can get our crews to a fire, a medical emergency, a hazardous materials incident, a technical rescue,” he said. “And we rely on our dispatchers to get our firefighters out the door.”

In the case of a large incident, such as a wildland fire where residents need to be evacuated, Lombardi added, the decision-making process that triggers those notifications will be more streamlined and timely.

Construction of the center, which is nearly complete, cost about $6.5 million, Streeter said. It is funded by the Jefferson County Communications Center Authority.

There will be some cost savings associated with JeffCom, Streeter said. In 2015, it cost the eight partner agencies more than $18 million to provide separate emergency dispatch services, he said, adding that an estimated $2 million annual cost savings will come with JeffCom. “Ultimately, JeffCom will provide a better service to our residents and visitors at a lower cost,” Shrader said of the central location.

Before, dispatch was always a subset or division within a police or fire department, but has always been equally responsible for the community’s safety, said JeffCom Training Manager Bess Joyce, currently the communication manager for Golden’s fire and police departments.

Dispatch is the “lifeline between the community and the first responders,” Joyce said. And now “we have the opportunity to create our own culture and be our own entity.”

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Ghosts, ghouls and goblins take the field PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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obby Oldham was dressed in a onesie rooster costume. He stood next to the field swinging his bat, preparing to take the field with his team Oct. 21 at the Lutz Sports Complex for the fourth annual Boos and Bats coed adult softball tournament.

“I just like dressing up and having fin,” Oldham said of his participation in the less than conventional day.

Sergio Acosta and Luis Rodriguez also said that dressing up in costume was the main draw for them.

The tournament required teams to think and is designed to be fun rather then competitive. Batters are pitched to by a member of their own team and given one pitch to either hit or be out. From there they must run the bases backward heading to third based from the plate. Games are limited to 30 minutes of play.

Rosie Gonzales looks on as her teammate step up to the plate at the Boos and Bats coed softball tournament. Gonzales’ team, No Limit Soldiers, went undefeated.

Robby Oldham warms up his swing before taking the field Oct. 21 in his rooster onesie.

Sergio Acosta and Luis Rodriguez take a rest before taking the field with their team Heeere’s Johnny!. Even though their team lost both games, they said their favorite part of the day is dressing up in costume.

Dressed as the Mad Hatter, Jessica Nelson, puts the finishing touches on her dog Lucy’s Rengo costume.

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Teaching students how to cope socially, emotionally Such skills are needed to succeed in rapidly changing world, say area educators

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eighth-grader Morgan Fritzler is working to improve her self-awareness.

“Sometimes, I have anxiety and perfectionist issues and I expect myself to get everything on the first try,” Fritzler, 12, said. “It makes me feel frustrated.”

But through a program at her school that focuses on social and emotional learning, she is learning how to calm herself down when she gets upset, how to be persistent and not give up, and a variety of other coping mechanisms that teach resilience and, ultimately, success in everyday decision-making.

“It was helpful,” she said of the Brain Wise program taught at Arvada’s Manning Middle School in Jefferson County. Now, when she’s struggling, she takes a break rather than continue in frustration, specifically when it comes to math homework.

Brain Wise is one of a multitude of programs beginning to proliferate throughout Denver metro school dis-

Molly McTaggart teaches her fifth-grade class at Cherrelyn Elementary in Englewood. Teachers in Englewood Schools are trained in Mental Health First Aid as a way to develop students’ social and emotional learning skills.

COURTESY PHOTO tricts that teach social and emotional learning — or SEL — skills. Sometimes known as behavioral or noncognitive skills, educators and mental

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health experts, along with a growing number of research studies, say they are essential to successfully navigating not only education, but also career and life.

The keys to success The national Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning describes SEL as the process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.

“We want all students to be equipped with the tools and skills to navigate and thrive in our rapidly changing world,” said Priscilla Straughn, chief academic officer for Adams 12 Five Star District. “Through social emotional learning, students develop an awareness of and the ability to manage their emotions, in order to set and achieve important personal and academic goals.”

Some of these, Straughn said, include the use of social awareness and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships, and the ability to form, articulate and demonstrate a positive and productive decision-making process that supports students in achieving school and life success.

According to a 2011 meta-analysis published by the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, those who participated in evidence-based SEL programs showed an 11 percentile-point gain in academic achievement compared to students who did not participate in SEL programs. They also showed improved

classroom behavior, an increased ability to manage stress and depression, and better attitudes about themselves, others and school.

Social emotional learning focuses on five core competencies: self management, self awareness, social awareness, responsible decision-making and relationship skills.

“Those are the things that we’re trying to teach kids so they’re successful at school, home and beyond,” said Erin Sullivan, social emotional learning coordinator for Jefferson County Schools. “I always think of them as the skills you need to have to access education better.”

They are also the skills that employers want.

“A lot of cognitive things become automated, so you need the people skills,” said Rich Roberts, chief scientist at ACT, a nationwide mission-driven nonprofit organization that assesses K-12 education, which researched SEL. “SELs are becoming more valued in the workplace and therefore it’s something we should care about in the school system.”

Recently, ACT announced the launch of the ACT Tessera, a next-generation assessment system designed to measure SEL skills. The new system will provide assessments for middle and high school students (grades 6-12), as well as actionable lesson plans for teachers looking to integrate SEL into their classrooms.

“In education, we’ve been concentrating for a long time on cognitive assessment, but with the changing nature of the workforce, things like working well with others, being a good team player and being able to cope with stress — these are good things SEE TEACHING, P7

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to learn,” Roberts said. “We live in a world of modern stresses so, to me, it’s not rocket science, it just makes sense.”

What districts are doing Denver metro area school districts are taking different approaches.

In Adams 12, each school determines which programs to offer based on what would be most effective in that specific school.

Some of those programs include Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports, Second Step, Journey to a Hate Free Millennium, Signs of Suicide, Random Acts of Kindness, Peace4Kids, Superflex and Zones of Regulation, to name a few. Although they may differ in content, they all share a goal of creating better people.

“We’ve found this approach positively impacts a students’ readiness to learn, classroom behavior and overall academic performance,” Straughn said.

In Douglas County, teachers try to reach students in all classrooms, not with a specific curriculum, but by creating a welcoming culture at each school.

“The key to it all is having connectedness to adults,” said Stephanie Crawford-Goetz, mental health coordinator for the Douglas County School District.

The district holds professional developments for teachers on how to create safe and healthy classrooms.

Crawford-Goetz said this can look like counselors going into classrooms and partnering with parents or teachers modeling for students how to have good relationship skills and make good decisions.

“It’s not something that we do, it’s something that we are,” CrawfordGoetz said. “We want to empower our students to be as successful as can be, so it’s looking at the students as more than just academic achievement. It’s

WHY IS SEL IMPORTANT? A recently released research report from ACT, a mission-driven nonprofit organization that assesses and creates solutions for K-12 education, college and career readiness, confirmed the importance of social and emotional learning skills. The 2017 Importance of Behavioral Skills and Navigation Factors for Education and Work reported that both education and workforce professionals believe these skills are critical for lifelong success.

The study examined survey responses from school teachers, college instruc-

tors and workforce supervisors across the nation regarding the importance of social and emotional learning skills.

Key findings included: • Behavioral skills are rated important in preparing students for college and workplace success by more than 80 percent of K-12 teachers, postsecondary instructors and workforce supervisors.

• Behavioral skills are interpersonal, self-regulatory and task-related behaviors such as acting honestly, getting along with others, keeping an

looking at the whole child.”

Douglas County also works more closely with identified at-risk students who are showing difficulty using SEL skills. Crawford-Goetz said those students will often work on specific skills in groups. Some receive individualized counseling.

Englewood Schools is also working to train its staff to understand signs of emotional distress through Mental Health First Aid, a national program that teaches skills to respond to signs of mental illness and substance use.

Englewood is also taking advantage of a variety of grants to increase its mental health, social and emotional supports.

One of those grants came from the Expelled and At-Risk Student Services program through the Colorado Department of Education. The district will use the four-year grant to implement restorative practices, an approach using various communicative techniques focused on affective statements or brief comments about how others were impacted by actions, and proactive community-building

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open mind, maintaining composure, socializing with others and sustaining efforts.

• Navigation factors are viewed as important by nine in 10 K-12 teachers and by about twothirds of postsecondary instructors and workforce supervisors. (Navigation factors are defined as personal characteristics, processes and knowledge that influence people as they journey along their education and career paths, including selfknowledge, environmental factors, integration and managing career and education actions.)

activities to reduce the number of student suspensions.

The district also received a grant through Kaiser Permanente to be part of the Los Angeles Education Partnership, a nonprofit that provides coaches that focus on dealing with trauma.

In addition, Englewood Schools partners with Arapahoe Douglas Mental Health Network for schoolbased therapists to work with students on site.

“We’ve really been working to increase our focus in the last couple years,” said Callan Clark, executive director of student services for the

Englewood school district.

Jeffco schools also partners with local mental health provider Jefferson County Mental Health to provide social emotional learning specialists to schools in the district.

For the 2016-17 school year, Jeffco hired 30 SEL specialists who serve at every middle school in the district teaching curriculum. Those specialists were funded from the district’s general fund, something Sullivan, who coordinates SEL in Jeffco, said was well worth the $750,000 expense.

A 2015 study by researchers at Columbia University found that the measurable benefits of SEL exceed the costs, often by considerable amounts.

The aggregate result of the analysis showed an average benefit-cost ratio of about 11-1 among the six evidencebased SEL interventions studied. This means that, on average, for every $1 invested in SEL programming, there is a return of $11.

This year, Jeffco was awarded a grant from the state’s School Health Professionals Grant Program, which uses recreational marijuana tax dollars to help hire additional school health professionals in districts across the state.

With that money, Jeffco will hire six more SEL specialists who will be assigned to elementary schools in the Jefferson and Wheat Ridge articulation areas. The grant also includes hiring three full-time nurses in the Lakewood area. (These are the three communities in the Jeffco district that sell recreational marijuana.)

The goal, Sullivan said, is to focus on prevention, building relationships with kids and practicing SEL skills early and often.

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City budget set, sales tax system goes electronic The Arvada City Council adopted the 2018 budget Oct. 16

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A switch to online sales tax remittance will save the city of Arvada $104,968 next year.

Arvada City Council approved the implementation of the online tax collection program with a 7-0 vote Oct. 16 as part of the overall budget approval.

In 2016, the city of Arvada collected $74 million in sales tax from businesses operating within city limits.

The process cost the city 2,050 hours of work and $104,968 according to Ezequiel Vasquez, revenue manager for the City of Arvada.

The Revenue Program uses the software program MS Govern Online to calculate and collect sales tax for the city. An upgrade installed in 2016 added a comprehensive online tax portal allowing businesses to send in sales and use tax returns electronically. The option has been piloted in a voluntary manner for the past 18 months with what Vasquez called “very successful results.”

Currently, over 40 percent of all City businesses choose to submit returns in this format.

The Finance Department will be requiring all entities conducting business in the city to send their sales and use tax returns electronically starting with the January 2018 returns.

A few city council members expressed concern over small businesses in Arvada and their ability to use the electronic format.

“Having had a business for a long time, we get really set in our ways and it’s sometimes tough to change,” said Councilmember John Marriott, who owns Larson’s Ski and Sport. “As this gets implemented, I encourage you to be available to those businesses that may struggle with this and be sympathetic to them when they express their difficulties in doing this.”

Vasquez assured council that city staff will be available to help businesses make the digital switch and that

a kiosk will be available in the finance lobby for business owners to be walked through the process.

Water rate increase Arvada residents will see a 2.5 percent increase in their water rates.

However, the stormwater fees, wastewater rates, water tap fees, and wastewater tap fees will not increase. This is the first time in 25 years that the wastewater rates will not be increased.

The water rate increase will raise the average single family homeowners cost by 90 cents per month, or $10.86 annually.

James Sullivan, director of utilities for the City of Arvada, said the increases are due to vendor increases, ditch assessments, equipment and materials, and staff salary increases.

Balanced budget The 2018 budget was also approved Oct. 16 with expenditures for the City of Arvada totaling $210.5 million with an estimated $214.8 million in revenue.

Of that, the total street maintenance fund for 2018 is $9.5 million with

$613,420 left after spending. This is a new fund but not new money.

Closing the $10 million gap in street maintenance needs is one of the major differences between the 2017 and 2018 budgets.

Because the budget is required to be adopted by the end of October, the 2017 budget was prepared based on the passage of a half-cent sales and use tax increase to fund street maintenance.

However, in November 2016, the ballot measure was defeated.

Therefore, many proposed additions to the budget for 2017 were redirected to street maintenance. This, along with growth in several revenue sources, enabled the City to add $3,228,000 towards street maintenance.

Another addition in the 2017 budget was an Organizational Development Manager to continue the work on the city’s vision, mission and values and to create a city-wide program of excellence and collaboration. This position was funded by redirecting resources from many departments, as leadership determined that this position was crucial in maintaining and developing

future employees.

Personnel costs account for 35 percent of the city’s 2018 expenditures at $74.4 million.

Other major differences between the 2017 and 2018 budgets are the addition of a civil engineer and planner to assist in the increasing development review workload in Community Development and Public Works. These positions are funded through the end of 2020.

The West Woods clubhouse is undergoing an extensive remodel which will expand the kitchen and restaurant.

Three positions were also added to staff the expanded clubhouse.

Taxes provide over 39 percent of the total budgeted revenue for the city with over $84 million going to the General, Debt Service and Police Tax Increment Funds.

At the public hearing Oct. 16 there was no public comment and no council discussion related to the budget adoption.

The 200 page budget can be read at arvada.org/city-hall/transparency/ operating-and-capital-budget.

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‘Stop the Bleed’ class offers tools for helping Life-saving skills empower community to be first responders

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Theresa Carrol stood over a prosthetic wound as it spouted fake blood and quickly stuffed it with gauze. She was one of 60 community members learning how to pack wounds and apply pressure in emergency situations.

“I don’t want to feel helpless in an emergency situation like Las Vegas,” said Carrol, a Westminster resident.

“It affected me deeply.”

Carrol said that with events like the mass shooting, which occurred in Las Vegas Oct. 1, and the 2012 mass shooting at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, she felt a need to be able to act.

The “Stop the Bleed” class, taught by the St. Anthony Hospital Trauma Services on Oct. 19 at the Arvada Fire Training Center, was one of eight classes taught in the two weeks since the Las Vegas shooting.

With incidents such as Las Vegas, the Orlando nightclub and the Aurora theater shootings, society has learned bystanders will always be first on the scene, no matter how rapid the arrival of professional emergency responders, said Robert Hayes, RN trauma injury prevention specialist for St. Anthony Hospital.

Hayes said that since the Oct. 1 shooting, the community has been looking for ways to help. The Arvada class was the largest attendance of the Stop the Bleed class since the program began in Jefferson County last spring.

“It’s personally very gratifying to see the concern people have,” said Dr Robert Madayag, trauma surgeon at St. Anthony Hospital. “The number one preventable cause of deaths is bleeding.”

But Hayes and Madayag both pointed out that life-threatening bleeds can occur for a variety of reasons.

“Right now everyone is thinking about Vegas and what can occur with mass shootings and bombings, but these injuries can also occur when you’re hiking, cycling, at work or in a car accident.”

Arvada resident Steve Camins wanted to learn the correct way to stop bleeding because he is active and also has four granddaughter.

“You never know whats going to happen,” he said. “If something happens, I would like to be prepared to deal with it.”

A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within five minutes.

Madayag, who taught the class, told attendees that if there was one takeaway from the night it would be “compression, compression, compression.”

“Recognize the bleeding and hold pressure,” Madayag said, adding that the first things someone should do is call 9-1-1. “The purpose is to be a first responder before first responders get there.”

Community members practiced packing wounds at the Stop the Bleed class held at the Arvada Fire Training Center.

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Chalking up some art at Cheapskates

BY KEVIN M. SMITH

If you’re sitting at the bar in Cheapskates in Olde Town Arvada, you might feel like you’re being watched. Pennywise, the clown from the movie based on the Stephen King novel “IT,” peers ominously across the bar while holding his iconic balloon.

The sketch of the character from the recent horror movie is fitting as Halloween approaches and is just one of many drawings that has appeared on the chalkboard wall at the end of the bar throughout the past two and a half years.

Chris Schulte is the man behind the chalk that creates those images 10 to 12 times each year.

“I’ve always liked to doodle whenever I can … just fun, nothing professionally,” Schulte said.

Schulte, an Arvada resident, holds an art degree from Metropolitan State University that he received in 1995. However, he’s worked for RTD the past 20 years. It wasn’t until his fiance, Devo Wilson, started working at Cheapskates bar and grill that Schulte started making art publicly for the

Chris Schulte is the man behind the chalk in drawing art on the wall behind the bar at Cheapskates in Olde Town Arvada. Schulte is pictured here with his latest artwork: a rendition of Pennywise from “IT.” KEVIN M. SMITH first time since college.

“They usually put their specials there and I just happened to put a little caricature there, just as a joke, and they really liked it, so every holiday or special event I was able to elaborate upon that,” Schulte said.

He said the ominous clown is a break from his typical style. Humor is Schulte’s pre-

ferred style.

“Usually it’s more funny because it’s a bar and appeals to that spirit,” Schulte said.

He said this past Easter showcased one of his favorites that included rabbits in a circle mounting each other and Easter eggs replaced with beer cans. Another recent favorite was last Thanksgiving’s cartoonish image of a pilgrim

shooting a turkey.

Holidays and special events, like Harvest Festival, are usually what prompt the wall to be wiped clean to make room for Schulte’s latest creation.

He does take a serious tone, like for Veteran’s Day when he included fighter jets as a nod to his own service in the Air Force.

The artwork can be a topic

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“The best part is actually when I’m drawing it,” Schulte said. “It’s kind of like listening to music for some people, they’re actually watching someone draw. I look back and everyone is just staring at me, so I think that’s very fun — it’s like my artistic music in a way, just watching people appreciate with their eyes instead of their ears.”

He uses liquid chalk markers for the main parts of the drawings then regular chalk for touch ups and shading.

His preferred medium has been charcoal, so this is similar to his personal artwork.

Schulte said the artwork is done just for fun, his only “payment” is usually some beer.

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Vaccinations help prevent flu STAFF REPORT

While the 2017-18 influenza season officially began Oct. 1, 27 cases of hospitalized influenza had already been reported to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment between Aug. 1 and Sept. 30.

That is more than double the typical number of cases for this time of year.

During the first official week of flu season, from Oct. 1-7, six hospitalizations were reported. Last year, the first report of hospitalized flu patients did not start until Oct. 24 and peaked in mid-March.

The seasonal flu vaccine protects against the influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season.

Trivalent vaccines are made to protect against three flu viruses — two influenza A (H1N1 and H3N2) viruses, and an influenza B virus. Quadrivalent vaccines protect against four viruses; the same viruses as the trivalent vaccine, plus an additional B virus.

“Each year the seasonal flu vaccine protects against the influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season,” said Alice Hughes, infection prevention manager at St. Anthony Hospital. “That’s why we encourage everyone in our community to get an annual flu shot for their health.”

A person develops antibodies approximately two weeks after vaccination and these antibodies provide protection against infection from viruses that are the same as or simi-

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Less often, a person might get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth or nose.

Most healthy adults can infect others beginning one day before symptoms develop and up to 5-7 days after becoming sick. Children may pass the virus for longer. Symptoms start 1-4 days after the virus enters the body.

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They are safe, and serious problems are very rare.

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VOICES Whether we like it or not, the times are a changing

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Michael Alcorn

he only constant in life is change.”

My father must have quoted that little trope to me about 100 times in my life. Usually, it was at the exact moment that the wisdom of the statement was the least bit useful to me. But, of course, that does not diminish the wisdom of the statement.

Change is inevitable. As we look around us in nature, we see the process of change: the leaves on the trees, thick and green just six weeks ago, now ablaze in color, or brown, thinning and falling to the ground. It doesn’t matter how much the tree liked its foliage this year, nature always wins, and the leaves always fall.

For me, personally, that is always bittersweet. As much as I love the colors and the feel of autumn in Colorado, I wish the season could last about nine months of the year. At the same time, I know this means the beginning of the holiday season, ski season, long, peaceful nights and the promise of Spring Training on the other side.

The worst is when nature decides to strip the trees of their beauty in an unnaturally swift fashion. Early freezes or violent winds—like this weekend’s—rip the leaves from the trees and spread them around too soon for me to really enjoy the season as much as I could. That sort of unnatural change saddens me, throws me off-kilter.

Sometimes, the forces of nature are so violent that the tree loses limbs, or has to be chopped down and scrapped altogether. And, while one would hope such a tree would be replaced by one stronger and just as beautiful, the reality is that the tree’s demise displaces other parts of the small ecosystem that were dependent on it, from a bird’s nest to a rabbithole.

And, yes, that’s all one big, tortured, metaphor.

We humans are not wired to deal with change well. Our brains build patterns of associations and familiarities that help us make sense of our worlds, and it is the rare person who copes easily with disruptions to those patterns. Luckily, in most cases, change is a slow process. A student progressing from learning to count to solving differential equations takes time, decades, even. Change that is organic, and natural, is very easy to live with and understand. Nobody questions the caterpillar retreating into its cocoon, because that is a natural step in the cycle of a butterfly’s life.

But, sometimes, change feels unnatural, and causes extraordinary chaos. An athlete who takes steroids to improve their performance will end up constantly injured, because the infrastructure of the body was not designed for the stresses steroid-induced musculature places on it.

That’s not to say that tumultuous change is automatically a bad thing: puberty, for all

LETTER TO THE EDITOR School board is effective We need effective government in all areas. That’s exactly what we’ve seen from the Jeffco School Board these past two years. This diverse, five-member board has given countless hours to Jeffco’s 86,000 students and now has two years of on-the-job experience that would be difficult to replicate.

These board members value leadership, and made a profoundly positive impact on Jeffco Schools’ future when they hired deeply experienced and nationally respected superintendent Dr. Jason Glass.

These board members value our students and have invested to expand the pathways available to them. This includes new apprenticeships, career and technical education programs such as Arvada High School’s Buildings

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its anxiety, is necessary and good. But, often, change that feels unnatural signals something deeper, something more troubling or significant.

Organizations and institutions are not immune from this evolution, either. An organization that stands still is an organization being passed up by their competition.

But, even there, evolution is supposed to be a gradual process, absent trauma (see: Weinstein; Hollywood). So, when an organization that seems to be properly functioning goes through a season of upheaval, investors get nervous. Sudden, widespread changes in personnel or resource allocation sometime signal something deeper. Managed well, this can be like a strong breeze stripping the leaves from a tree; managed poorly, this can feel like a hurricane ripping the tree up by its roots. Even institutions rooted in the eternal can be damaged by temporal forces, if the change is managed poorly.

Still, something will always fill the void — maybe weeds, maybe something better, more dynamic. And though the rabbits and the birds will be sad, as they seek new shelter from the storms of life, the world will continue to spin about its axis, and joy will come in the morning.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR GUIDELINES and Trades Pre-Apprenticeship Work Readiness Program, and additional investment in the Warren Tech career and technical education campuses.

These board members value respect. Board meetings now include thoughtful, respectful conversations at the board table and with presenting staff. Not once has anyone wanting to address the board been turned away. And community members no longer feel unappreciated when sharing their views with the board.

Finally, these board members value community engagement.

They have held countless community forums, visited the schools in their districts and throughout Jeffco, and engaged with community groups and civic organizations on a regular basis.

When communities are connected and engaged, student achievement improves.

Re-elect Brad Rupert, Susan Harmon and Ron Mitchell to the Jeffco Schools Board of Education. Look for your ballot the week of October 16.

Kelly Johnson, Golden Incumbents no shows at forums If I were running for re-election for the Jefferson County school board, I would want to be engaging with community members as much as possible & attend forums to differentiate myself from my challengers. Well this is not the case for Jeffco School board race.

Rupert & Harmon Mitchell, have been “No Shows” at two forums the week of Oct. 9. This tells me that they do not care about my questions. This tells me that they do not care to tell me why I should support them. And this tells me SEE LETTERS, P14

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Ten important benefits to community living for seniors

eciding to leave the family home of 30-plus years and move to a retirement community isn’t easy. Our homes are filled with memories and a familiarity we tend to hold on to as we grow older. But memories TODAY’S don’t make dinner conversation, trigSENIOR ger a good laugh, teach you something new or keep you company.

The Harvard Study of Adult Development is one of the world’s longest studies of adult life. Over an 80-year span, Vickie Krudwig researchers collected data on the participants’ physical and mental health. Worth noting, according to researcher George Vaillant, “When the study began, nobody cared about empathy or attachment. But the key to healthy aging is relationships, relationships, relationships.”

If relationships are key to healthy aging, then living in a retirement community may be the road to vitality and longevity. Here are 10 more reasons why community living is good for the mind, body and soul.

1. Peace of mind – Community living provides a solid support system.

Friends and staff are a walk or phone call away. Should an emergency arise, you’re not alone. Living in community provides emotional and spiritual support, not to mention access to on-site health care services if you choose to live in a continuing care retirement community (CCRC).

2. Health and joy– Planned activities on and off campus, social events, travel, lifelong learning courses, worship and Bible studies, it’s the little bits of joy that make living in a community fun and exciting. Staying active and engaged keeps the mind sharp and helps slow down cognitive diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s. People who live in community experience less isolation, which creates a greater sense of emotional

and spiritual well-being.

3. Continuing care – Aging bodies change with time. Expect your health care needs to change too. At some point, you may need rehabilitation following an illness or surgery, physical therapy, respite care or memory care.

CCRCs provide on-site health services — a full continuum of care — so you stay living in the community among friends and continue to participate in activities that bring you joy.

4. A sense of purpose – A new report in JAMA Psychiatry suggests that older adults with a solid sense of purpose tend to retain strong hand grips and walking speeds — key indicators of how rapidly people are aging. People who live purposeful lives are also more engaged and less likely to react to stressors, which can impact a person’s cognitive and physical health.

5. Communal dining – Loneliness, lack of appetite and poor nutrition often affect those who eat alone. A good meal with friends feeds our bodies and our souls. Expect good conversation and chef-prepared meals.

6. Wellness services – Many retirement communities offer access to an assortment of wellness services such as audiology, dental care, dermatology, foot care and massage therapy. Wellness nurses can provide health screenings and check on residents who live alone. Exercise programs, a fitness center and personal trainer, pools and saunas, everything you need to stay healthy is a walk away.

7. Transportation – Safe and reliable transportation to the grocery stores, malls, church, off-campus activities and doctor appointments eases the burden of finding transportation to get from one destination to another.

Retirement communities provide shuttle services or contract with a ride service. At Covenant Village, many of our residents drive their own cars.

8. Maintenance – Community living is maintenance-free living. There are no snowy driveways or sidewalks to clear after a storm; there are no lawns to mow or gardens to weed — unless you want to. Taking a month-long trip

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9. Time for familes and friends – Without the responsibility of housekeeping or home upkeep, you now have an open schedule to fill however you wish. Travel, visit with family and friends, volunteer in the community or on campus or take a class to learn a new language.

10. Adventures and new endeavors – Retirement communities provide residents with new possibilities. From trips to lifelong learning classes, like the ones we offer at our LifeConnect® University, there are adventures waiting for those who get involved in their community. Residents can try their hand at art classes, learn about world studies, take a cruise with fellow residents, participate in intergenerational programs and so much more.

Living your best life yet could be as simple as residing among your peers with opportunities for fun, purposeful,

stress-free living. Learn more about community living by touring a retirement community and taking part in programs or activities that are open to the public. The LifeConnect® University at Covenant Village of Colorado, for example, welcomes older adults to participate in a variety of lifelong learning classes in art, history, music and science. Life’s short, so what are you waiting for?

Vickie Krudwig is the Resident Life Director at Covenant Village of Colorado, a faith-based, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community located in Westminster and administered by Covenant Retirement Communities, the nations’s sixth-largest not-for-profit continuing care retirement community.

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they do not care about community feedback.

I commend both Matt Van Gieson & Erica Shields showing up to participate and I was inspired by their commitment to the students of Jeffco. I appreciated the time they spent to answer the questions thoroughly and respectfully. I also appreciated the time they took to talk to me about my concerns with spending tens of millions to move sixth graders to middle school. Personally, my child is not ready for this move and I do not want her to be forced into an environment she is not ready for. I really wanted to understand the rationale and my options moving forward.

After hearing from the candidates, I am definitely supporting and voting for Erica Shields and Matt Van Gieson.

They really want to improve student achievement & be fiscally responsible with the billion-dollar school budget. And I really appreciated that they took the time to engage with community members while their opponents did not. That says a lot in my book.

Amy Cooper, Golden Moving forward with school board When I was Lakewood Mayor, I always felt that no matter what we did as a City, unless we had quality neighborhood public schools where parents wanted to send their children, our City was not complete.

Thanks to the leadership we now have in place with the Jeffco Schools Board of Education, we continue “Moving Forward with A LearningCentered Vision for our Community’s Schools.”

Brad Rupert, Susan Harmon and Ron Mitchell believe that civility and transparency is a key value for the Jeffco Schools Board of Education. They have helped make our graduates ready for college and career. Brad, Susan and Ron have established a culture in the Jeffco Schools that encourages our educators to stay in the district. Finally, they are preparing for future enrollments in spite of budget limitations.

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October 26, 2017O All voices needed on Jeffco school board I am writing in support of Matt Van Gieson and Erica Shields for Jeffco School Board. Isn’t it about time we had some diversity of thought on our school board? Being responsible for the education of 86,000 is a huge undertaking and that is why it is important to have a variety of voices and opinions to bring balance to the school board. I think all community members can agree that students should graduate career or college ready and life ready. We owe that to the students of Jeffco. Sadly, this is not happening.

Graduation rates are down, teachers are still leaving their positions, student population is stagnant and more importantly, student achievement in Jeffco is dismal. 50 percent of third graders do not meet reading or math standards. Research shows that kids who do not meet reading standards by the end of third grader are 4x less likely to graduate. We can do better in Jeffco.

Please vote for Matt Van Gieson and Erica Shields for school board. I have received my ballot and marked my ballot for Matt Van Gieson and Erica Shields. Remember, you can vote for school board candidates in all districts. Matt and Erica will be the second names on the ballot. A vote for Matt Van Gieson and Erica Shields is a vote for a commitment to put students ahead of politics.

Maureen Sielaff, Littleton Positive atmosphere worth supporting I believe that the Jeffco community owes a big thank you to Brad Rupert, Susan Harmon, Ron Mitchell and the other board members for establishing an atmosphere of trust and civility which has enabled a productive and forward-thinking two years for Jefferson County schools. As they promised, they created a positive and inviting tone in the boardroom where constituents can speak, collaborate and, yes, even disagree, in an atmosphere of respect and reason. The community’s time and energy is now focused on student education rather than outside political distractions. Teachers’ compensation structure has been stabilized and is now more competitive with neighboring districts who have, in the past, siphoned off some of our excellent educators.

To support our large district’s growth and shifts in population the board has shown the foresight to initiate several construction, expansion and remodeling projects for schools like Three Creeks, Rose Stein and Sierra. In addition the board has shown strong support for charter schools by approving all applications for new and renewing charter schools in the district. Finally they have ensured that Jefferson County School District leadership will be second to none by hiring Jason Glass, a top-notch school Superintendent with a proven track record of success.

Given their dedication to improving the educational opportunities for all Jefferson County students I strongly support Brad Rupert, Susan Harmon and Ron Mitchell for their re-election to the Jefferson County School Board.

Meg Frantz, Golden

Stealthy campaigns should stop I am an older resident of Arvada, so I have no kids in school. But I am a voter, and I was quite offended several years ago when a slate of school board candidates ran a stealth campaign and managed to get elected. Apparently many others were as well, per a subsequent difficult campaign to enable a recall vote and then replace them.

In the current campaign for the school board I read all the interviews with candidates published in the newspaper. And they all looked fine, with everyone seeming open and in general support of the same goals, incumbents and challengers alike. I read carefully for comments that might have reflected views of the slate that was recalled — I couldn’t find any.

Since that time, a few developments.

The tone of letters to the press has gotten more smear based for the current board. Today I received what might appear to be a newsletter in the mail — on inspection it was a collection of articles highly critical of the school system and current school board. Who pays for this, which cannot have been inexpensive? In a school board campaign? As Reagan famously said, here we go again.

If this group, whoever they are, feels so strongly about their plan for the schools why don’t they just come out and say it, instead of repeating another stealth campaign? Do they fear that if their true views were known they would not stand a chance?

I hope Jefferson County voters won’t get fooled again. Maybe after a few defeats the Kochs, or the DeVos foundation, or whoever may be funding this effort will decide their billions will be better spent elsewhere and leave this county alone.

Dan Fishbein, Arvada OK becoming a middle school parent As a mother of a fifth grader in Jeffco, I had concerns about my little girl being in the first sixth grade class to move to middle school. However, my fears were alleviated when I attended a session with the middle school principal. I am excited and confident that the school board made the right decision.

The principal is going to great lengths to prepare for the transition and make sure the school is ready to address the needs of the new students. My daughter, who is not so little anymore, is starting to know where her interests lie and wants to explore new things.

Middle school will give her the opportunity to take electives and participate in activities that she would not get in elementary school. The school board was right in moving sixth grade so I will be supporting them in this election.

Melissa Martini, Lakewood Sounds deceptive “School reform” and “school choice” are not what they sound like. These phrases sounds good, but in today’s context they typically refer to using taxpayer dollars intended to fund our public schools to instead fund new charter schools. It is important to understand that several (not all) of these charter schools are run by for-

profit education corporations. It is also important to understand that the same rigorous standards that apply to our public schools are often not applied to charters, because charters are allowed to apply for waivers to exempt them from certain standards. Also, consider that charter schools are sometimes prohibitively difficult for low-income working families to participate in, since the school is not physically located within the child’s neighborhood.

Certainly there are great charter schools out there that have successfully served Jeffco students for decades. No one is arguing against these schools that arose from a genuine community need and are locally supported. But today’s “reformers” who run for school boards across the country are often funded by out-of- state corporate interests who pour money into elections for their own agenda. It’s important for all of us, even if we don’t have children in Jeffco schools, to pay attention to this Nov. 7 election and to protect our public schools that exist to serve all children.

Robin Kupernik, Arvada

Seeing through transparency issue It’s curious that the opponents to Brad Rupert and Susan Harmon have identified “transparency” as an important issue. Transparency was a major problem before the current school board members took the reins.

One of the first tasks of Brad Rupert, Susan Harmon, Ron Mitchell and their colleagues was to reverse the previous board culture of backroom, behind the scenes dealings. In fact, the school district is now recognized by the Independence Institute and other organizations for its transparency. There are numerous examples of the current board’s transparent approach to district finances and agenda. A few links for those interested can be found under in jeffcopublicschools.org/finance website.

It is also worth noting that when the new Facilities Master Plan was introduced, multiple community forums were held to gather public input about the recommendations.

Comments and surveys were compiled and published online, and the board used the input to shape the finalized Facilities Master Plan. Community feedback, as detailed in those archived documents, also was the driving force in the decision to move sixth grade to middle school. Did the challengers participate in those forums or the many other forums that have taken place since Superintendent Glass arrived? They don’t seem to acknowledge the transformation towards inclusiveness, collaboration and transparency that has occurred over the last two years.

I would ask the opponents to share with the community exactly what information they feel is not available to them, what information have they attempted to acquire, and what roadblocks they have encountered.

In my experience, the information is readily available and free-flowing since Rupert, Harmon and Mitchell started serving on the board. I believe they have earned our support for reelection.

Gretchen Winters, Littleton

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Teacher unions supports incumbents for Jeffco school board Financial difference significant between incumbents and challengers

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Incumbents in the Jefferson County Board of Education race have garnered significantly more financial support than their challengers, as reported by the Oct. 17 contributions and expenditures report filed with the Colorado Secretary of State.

Current Jeffco school board member Susan Harmon, running for reelecction in District 2 has raised the most financial support, totaling $49,602.32.

Brad Rupert, running for re-election in District 1, is just behind her with $48,982.34 in financial support.

Rupert’s challenger, Matt Van Gieson, reported the lowest financial support totaling $2,302.39. And Erica Shields, challenging Harmon for the District 1 seat, reported $3,278 in financial support.

“I’m proud of the grassroots support I’m receiving, “ Van Gieson said when asked about his fundraising. “I’m getting it from local friends and family.”

The challengers in these races have raised significantly less financial support that the current sitting board.

Shields’ largest financial contributor was herself in the amount of $830; and Van Giesons’s largest financial contribution came from a Golden resident in the amount of $550.

Both Shields and Van Gieson also received support from the Jeffco Re-

publicans Men’s Club in the amount of $112.

Rupert’s largest contribution came from the Public Education Committee, a small donor committee registered by the Colorado Education Association (CEA), a statewide federation of teacher and educational workers’ labor unions, in the amount of $20,514.

“It surprises me, but I’m grateful for the support,” Rupert said, adding that while he knew the CEA was going to contribute, he was unaware they had contributed that much.

That committee also donated to Harmon in the amount of $16,500 and Ron Mitchell, running unopposed for reelection in District 5 in the amount of $4,014.

The Jefferson County Education Association (JCEA) small donor committee, which describes their purpose

as supporting pro-public education candidates on the state and local level, donated $4,000 to each incumbent candidate.

John Ford, president of the JCEA, also personally contributed a total of $1,000 split evenly between the three incumbents.

Incumbent candidates also gained financial support from current elected officials, Golden City Council member Laura Weinberg, Jefferson County Commissioner Casey Tighe, US Congressman Jared Polis, US congressman Ed Perlmutter, fellow Jeffco Board of Education members Amanda Stevens and Ali Lasell and former Jeffco School Superintendent Cindy Stevenson.

The financial reports cover contributions ranging from Oct. 28, 2016 to Oct. 12, 2017. Another financial report filing is due Nov. 3.

RRCC teaches managerial skills to keep employees safe RMEC offers training to employees in seven states

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A person can have all the technical training necessary to be successful on a job site, -but training to be a good boss is something most don’t receive.

“You might be an awesome welder on Friday and then have to be a boss on Monday,” said Joan Smith, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Education Center (RMEC), the continuing education division of Red Rocks Community College. “On the job site, people have to step into managerial roles, but they never learned how to manage people.”

For the third year, the education center is offering a one-day experiential training program to help those who need to train workers to be safe on a job site, thanks to $155,000 from the United States Department of Labor’s Susan Harwood Grant Program.

For the past two years, the center has focused on the oil and gas industry, but this year’s training program will focus on construction site safety, particularly fall prevention.

“This kind of safety emphasis is a good focus to have,” said Arnulfo Torrez, a salesperson in the oil and

The Rocky Mountain Education Center (RMEC), the continuing education division of Red Rocks Community College, is offering a training program to prevent construction site falls. The training will be available to companies all over the western portion of the country. COURTESY PHOTO gas industry who works all over the country, who took the course a year ago. “When employees are able to identify hazards, that’s a benefit to everyone.”

The construction training program is available and both English and Spanish, and available to not just Colorado residents, but also Utah,

Montana, North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Texas and Arkansas.

And, thanks to the Susan Harwood grant, the program is free to employees, who then turn around and train workers at the job site.

“What always surprises people is how much the communication skills they learn

apply to family and personal life,” Smith added. “These skills are transferable to a lot of different fields.”

Torrez has seen firsthand the benefit this kind of knowledge can bring in the field, which is why he recommends people take the course.

“When you take short cuts in the field, especially in

FOR MORE INFORMATION For businesses interested in more information about the program for their employees, contact Joan Smith at 303-914-6420 or joan. smith@rrcc.edu. industries like oil and gas, people can get hurt,” he said.

“It’s about being a leader.”

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Hiring event to restaff Colorado Mills IF YOU GO

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Dozens of retail stores in Colorado Mills, but small and large, shut their doors on May 8, after a massive hail storm damaged the mall’s roof and flooded the interior.

Now the mall is set to reopen on Nov. 21, just in time for retail’s busiest season, and those stores need to restaff.

To meet that need the Jefferson County Business & Workforce Center has announced a hiring event on Oct. 24, to help support more than 20 of the mall’s retailers.

Full-time, part-time and seasonal positions are available. Several retailers at this event intend to hire for other locations in the Denver Metro Area as well.

Jefferson County Hiring Event for Colorado Mills Mall WHEN: 2-4 p.m. Oct. 24 WHERE: Jefferson County Human Services, 1st floor Main Conference Room 900 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 Visit www.jeffco.us/business-workforcedevelopment for more information.

Most employers offer training, flexible schedules and employee discounts. Many of the full-time positions include benefits, competitive

wages and managerial advancement opportunities may exist.

Employers Scheduled to Attend Include: • The Buckle Off Broadway Shoes Carter’s Osh Kosh B’gosh Francesca’s • Burlington Eddie Bauer Cinnabon Tommy Hilfiger Guess • Ann Taylor Levi’s Loft Outlet Auntie Anne’s Michael Kors • Bath & Body Works Lego Target Job seekers who are unable to attend this event can contact the Business & Workforce Center at 303-271-4700, option #1 or email americanjobcenter@jeffco.us for job search services and job training assistance.

A list of employers and current positions being hired for is avail-

able at: http://careers.simon.com/ retailer-job-openings — search by center and select the Colorado Mills Mall location.

Kate Hudson, curator of public relations at the mall, added, “We have elected to re-open the center as soon as possible in order to put retailers back in business and their employees back to work with the understanding that portions of the restoration will not be completed.”

Some tenants with exterior entrances, including the Yard House restaurant, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Yoga Pad, Super Target, JumpStreet and UA Colorado Mills Stadium 16 are already open.

For more information, visit www. coloradomills.com and www.facebook.com/ColoradoMills.

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No problem. You’re always well stocked. There are many educational toys found in your kitchen. Open LIFELONG up your low kitchen LEARNING cupboards and drawEsther Macalady ers. They are full of mostly safe playthings for children and hide anything that is not safe.

The first go-to toys are cans.

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If they have brought figures, cars, or a few stuffed animals they can play raceway, house, or action figure

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The activity will give you time to wash the can cabinet you have been putting off and get down on the floor to play, too.

Random Containers Your other drawers may hold plastic containers and lids. They make excellent puzzlers. Are there tops and bottoms that fit? If you have some that do not make a pair, they can be used for sandbox, beach play, or recycling later. They can turn the containers upside down and make a few drums using a wooden spoon to pound for a few minutes.

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It’s time for washing, rinsing, and drying dishes for about 15 minutes.

While supervising the washing you can empty another drawer of wooden spoons, spatulas, other utensils. and gadgets.

Double check for sharp edges on items like potato peelers and set those aside. You can explain the purpose for some of the odd looking gadgets as you add them to the washing water.

While adding the items ask yourself, “Do I really need this?” If not, out it goes into the donation bag. By now you should have cleaned, put away and culled at least four drawers, double dried these dishes, and have wet children.

You can scoop up the little wet people, throw their clothes in the dryer, and head for the bathroom.

There should just enough time for a warm bath with a few of the containers you are not going to use.

Children have fun filling different sizes of containers. It’s similar to filling cups to equal a gallon. Which containers will float? How many action figures will it take to sink a container boat? Teach children to check for hand and toe wrinkles.

Then they will help decide it’s time to get out of the tub. put on warm dry clothes, and have a snack.

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A dino-mite autumn for fossil fanatics

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Employees at Arvada’s Odyssey Beerwerks work on canning beer on an autumn morning. The brewery won its first Great American Beer Festival medal at this year’s event, held Oct. 5-7. CLARKE READER

Local breweries have solid showing at beer fest

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Every year, the Great American Beer Festival brings hundreds of breweries from all over the country to the Mile High City to duke it out over who creates the best ales, IPAs, lagers, German beers and more.

And while the real winners are those who were lucky enough to score a ticket, being awarded a medal in one of the festival’s 96 categories is quite the feather in the cap of any brewery. The 2017 event ran from Oct. 5-7 at the Colorado Convention Center.

“When our name was announced, my wife screamed, and I looked over at our brewers like, ‘Did that just happen?’” said Chris Hill, who runs Arvada’s Odyssey Beerwerks with Josh Van Riper and Deana, his wife.

The brewery received a silver medal for its Woods Monk beer in the Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer category.

“It’s so humbling to win a medal, especially when you consider there are like 800 breweries and 3,900 entries.”

Metro area breweries fared well in this year’s competition. Lone Tree Brewing Co. scored a gold medal, while breweries from Arvada, Castle Rock, Golden, Lakewood, Littleton and Parker also earned medals.

“This years festival was nothing

The Silver medal won by Arvada’s Odyssey Beerwerks for their Woods Monk at this year’s Great American Beer Festival. COURTESY PHOTO less than magical,” said Josh West, head brewer at Lone Tree. “To be the only brewery in Colorado to win two medals this years is a huge accomplishment not to mention becoming the first craft brewery to ever win a gold in the American Lager category.”

However, it’s not all about the competition for attendees — the festival is also an opportunity to meet customers and fans, as well as fellow brewers.

“Much of GABF is about what goes on around the convention. We were busy as ever giving tours at our brewery and hosting ‘meet the SEE BEER, P19

Woods Monk, created by Arvada’s Odyssey Beerwerks, won the Silver medal at this year’s Great American Beer Festival. It’s the first GABF medal the brewery has one.

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AWARD CRITERIA Gold — A world-class beer that accurately exemplifies the specified style, displaying the proper balance of taste, aroma and appearance.

Silver — An excellent beer that may vary slightly from style parameters while maintaining close adherence to the style and displaying excellent taste, aroma and appearance.

Bronze — A fine example of the style that may vary slightly from style parameters and/ or have minor deviations in taste, aroma or appearance.

Source: www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com

don’t remember when I fell in love with dinosaurs, but by the time “Jurassic Park” came out in 1993, I was 8 years old and already completely head over heels. w I wanted to be a paleontologist, go o s to places like Montana, and dig up the fossils of my COMING favorite animals.

Even now, nearly 25 ATTRACTIONS years later, I still get a thrill from reading about the latest discoveries, or really any movie with a dinosaur in it.

I don’t think you really grow out of being awed by these ancient animals.

Clarke Reader That that makes the Front Range a perfect place to live. Between the con- H stant discoveries at Dinosaur Ridge, and incredible finds like the Thornton triceratops, it’s a great time to be a dinosaur fan.

And there are options all over town to indulge fossil fanatics like me.

At the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., visitors can check out the new Ultimate Dinosaurs exhibit, which is on display through Jan. 15.

“In contrast to our permanent exhibit, Prehistoric Journey, this exhibit focuses on the world’s Southern Hemisphere,” explained Dr. Joe Sertich, Curator of Dinosaurs at the museum.

“Because of continental drift, these animals evolved in ways that might look bizarre to us because of the species we’re familiar with.”

The exhibit focuses on dinosaurs from Africa, Madagascar and South America, and includes 17 fully articulated skeletons and dozens of fossils and casts, video projections and lifesize murals, stations with projection microscopes, touchable specimens, puzzles, and games and Fossil Prep Lab activities to try out fossil preparation techniques on fossil casts and let children try firsthand the kind of activities that scientists like Sertich do in the field.

Sertich actually worked in Madagascar, making some of the finds that are on display as part of the exhibit, which makes Ultimate Dinosaurs particularly personal.

“It’s exciting, because there are still discoveries out there being made,” he said. “And there’s a reminder that through birds, we’re still living with dinosaurs.”

There are also five days left to see the Denver Zoo’s Dinos event, which features scale madoels of 21 species spread throughout the zoo.

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Stay warm and enjoy a variety of genres this winter

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f you ask me, the kind of music the sounds best in the wintertime, when it gets cold and dark early, can be summed up in one word — warm.

Warm music sounds, clearly, like it was produced by human hands.

Clarke Reader It’s acoustic guitar driven tracks, where you can hear the finger tips on the strings, the stand-up bass, smooth solos from the saxophone, and singers who whisper and croon.

And if you want that experience live, you’d be hard pressed to find a better source then Swallow Hill Music, which hosts shows at the three stages in its facility at 71 E. Yale Ave. and the L2 Church, 1477 Columbine St., in Denver.

“A lot of people know us from the shows we do at the Arvada Center and Denver Botanic Gardens, but the level of entertainment people see during the summer can still be found indoors,” said Barry Osborne, marketing manager with Swallow Hill. “It’s a more intimate setting, and

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it’s right in our wheelhouse. We know how to put on these concerts really well.

During the winter months, Swallow Hill specializes in bringing acoustic shows to audiences in a blend of genres, from bluegrass and jazz to soul, blues and country.

The largest stage at the Yale facility is Daniels Hall, which seats about 300 people. Then there’s the Tuft Theatre, which seats closer to 100, and Quinlan Café, which seats around 75. All three provide that close, intimate connection with performers, and give that cozy feeling that hits the spot, especially on a cold night.

“These are very visceral settings,” Osborne said. “Audiences will see some up and comers, locals, and nationally known acts.”

Some of the highlights from November and December at Daniels are Habib Koité on Sunday, Nov. 5, a musician from Mali, Africa, who is one of his country’s biggest stars.

On Nov. 17, Texan Ruthie Foster will be swinging by with her mix of blues, country and soul. And up and coming singer/songwriters Robert Ellis and Courtney Hartman will be performing the songs of legendary songwriter John Hartford on Friday,

TASTE THE MEDAL WINNING BEERS NEAR YOU Denver Baere Brewing Co. • Bronze in Berliner-Style Weisse for Blackberry Table Sour Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales • Silver in Experimental Beer for Roswell: Grudge Bull & Bush Brewery • Bronze in Wood- and BarrelAged Beer for Woody Pils CO-Brew • Bronze in Specialty Saison for Farmhouse Saison Denver Beer Co. • Gold in Pro-Am for Just Another Pretty Face Little Machine • Gold in American-Style Fruit Beer for Razz Against the Machine Our Mutual Friend Brewing • Silver in Brett Beer for Saison Trystero The Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field • Gold in Smoke Beer for So long and thanks for all the (smoked) fish!

South metro Castle Rock 105 West Brewing Co. • Silver in American-Style Wheat Beer for Lemon Rye Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Co. • Gold in Wood- and BarrelAged Sour Beer for Plum Creek Sour Littleton Breckenridge Brewery

• Bronze in Bock for Mountain Series: Maibock Lone Tree Lone Tree Brewing Co. • Gold in American-Style Lager or Malt Liquor for Mexican Lager • Silver in Imperial Red Ale for Hop Zombie Parker Elk Mountain Brewing Co. • Bronze in German-Style Koelsch for Downhill Kölsch West metro Arvada Odyssey Beerwerks • Silver in Wood- and BarrelAged Strong Beer for Woods Monk Golden Cannonball Creek Brewing Co. • Silver in American-Style Black Ale for Black 28 New Terrain Brewing Co. • Silver in Belgian-Style Witbier for Suntrip Lakewood Ironworks Brewery & Pub • Silver in Historical Beer for Hilltopper’s Pride Kentucky Common Ale North metro Broomfield Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant - Navy Yard • Gold in South German-Style Hefeweizen for Hefeweizen Longmont Wibby Brewing • Silver in Munich-Style Dunkel or European-Style Dark Lager for Moondoor Dunkel

IF YOU GO For tickets and more information on Swallow Hill’s winter line-up, visit www.swallowhillmusic.org.

Dec. 15.

The L2 Church will play host to two legendary bluegrass performers a month apart.

Jerry Douglas, one of the most well-known contemporary bluegrass musicians, and uses the genre as a starting point for explorations of jazz and soul, is performing on Nov. 4. For the more traditional approach, Grammy-winning Mark O’Connor featuring The O’Connor Band is playing on Dec. 8.

Swallow Hill’s most exciting event is the annual fundraiser for the organization’s educational outreach program, which is on Nov. 18. Called One Epic Night, the event will feature 12 bands playing on all three stages at different times.

“We’re challenging people to see as many bands as they can,” Osborne said. “The night will feature all kinds of music — we want to give everyone something to find and enjoy.”

If you’re in need of an auditory warm blanket, head downtown and get ready for some great music.

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he is ready for some great winter concerts. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. And share who you’re seeing this winter at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Jessie Ware’s “Glasshouse,” released on Interscope Records.

Review: A London native, Jessie Ware’s music sounds best when its dark out, and “Glasshouse” might just be her most expansive album yet. She forgoes some of her electronic influences for a more traditional pop sound, but her voice remains as astounding as ever.

The perfect soundtrack for a night in with your significant other.

Favorite song: “Stay Awake, Wait for Me” Most likely addition to wedding playlists: “ Slow Me Down “

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brewer’ tasting events downtown,” said Todd Usry, president and brewmaster at Breckenridge Brewery, headquartered in Littleton. “This year we hosted concerts at our brewery Saturday and Sunday. The Sunday show was a hurricane relief concert to provide support for victims in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Saturday’s show featured hometown favorite Big Head Tod and the Monsters.”

The brews that are entered in the competition are often group choices, as both Hill and Josh Robbins, president and brewmaster at New Terrain, said their staffs discussed what should be entered in the competition.

“Most entries are judged on how it fits the style guidelines for specific types of beers,” Robbins explained. His brewery’s Suntrip took silver in the Belgian-Style Witbier category. “We often don’t follow guidelines, but we entered Suntrip because we thought it would fit.”

Beers are judged by a panel of industry professionals from all over the world, and evaluated without knowing the brand name. Eventually, all the entries are whittled down to three that best exhibit their category.

“Beating all the macro breweries in the American Lager category is nothing less than a monumental accomplishment,” West said. “It proves that us craft beer guys can do it just as good if not better than them and that we are relevant, consistent and here to stay.”

The bronze Breckenridge received for its Mountain Series: Maibock this year was the brewery’s fifth medal, and both Odyssey and New Terrain received their first-ever medals.

“Suntrip is one of our most popular beers that’s not an IPA,” Robbins said. “The win helps us to expand on our reputation for having great beer and atmosphere.”

It’s not unusual to get a run on winning beers after the results are announced, which means those interested in sampling all the winners should hurry.

Littleton’s Breckenridge Brewery received its fifth Great American Beer Festival medal for its Mountain Series: Maibock. COURTESY PHOTO “Maibocks are traditionally brewed in the late spring and early summer, but we brewed a special small batch just for GABF,” Usry said. “We have it on tap now at our Farm House restaurant, and it’ll be bottled again for our Rocky Mountain Sampler Pack in the spring.”

The festival is as much fun for the brewers as it is for visitors, and everyone comes away inspired for the next year.

“Just like everyone else, we come back to our booths really excited,” Hill said. “The goal is to tell someone, ‘You have to try this beer I just had.’”

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Education

Discussion groups Covenant Village hosts Wednesdays at 2 p.m. This series of monthly events features expert speakers on a wide variety of educational and entertaining topics. Please plan to attend one, several or all of our programs, held at 9153 Yarrow St. in Westminster. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Call 303403-2205 for driving directions and to reserve your place. Come early for refreshments; fellowship lectures begin at 2 p.m. To learn more about the residency options and lifestyle at Covenant Village of Colorado, call us at 303-4244828.

ESL classes — Covenant Presbyterian Church, 6100 W. 44th St. in Wheat Ridge, is sponsoring a free series of English as a Second Language classes for adults 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday nights.

These classes will emphasize a conversational method of instruction. Beginner through advanced classes are offered. You may register on any Thursday night.

Call the church at 410-442-5800 or go to our website at www. cpcwheatridge.org.

Fine Arts and Entertainment

Concordia Lutheran Church Choir meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at 13371 W. Alameda Parkway in Lakewood (the church nestled close to Green Mountain). The choir assists in Concordia’s traditional worship service three out of four Sundays per month. If you have a desire to sing and are interested in joining, please contact 303-989-5260.

Dance club — Blue Nova Dance Club meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the first and third Sundays every month at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court in Wheat Ridge. For more information or dance lessons, contact Dave at 303-578-6588 or email BlueNova.

RoundDanceClub@gmail.com.

Music performances Patrice LeBlanc performs on keyboard and vocals 6-9 p.m. every Friday and Saturday at Purple Ginger Asian Fusion Restaurant, 2610 Youngfield St. Call 303-237-1133 for more information.

Singers needed The Troubadours Choir is looking for a director and new members. This is a volunteer choir, comprised mostly of seniors. The Troubadours meet at 9 a.m. every Friday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 45th and Wadsworth. For more information, call Gary at 303-477-1380.

Symphony auditions The Lakewood Symphony is holding auditions for concertmaster (includes an honorarium), principal viola (includes an honorarium) and all section strings. Also, we are audi-

tioning for subs in other sections.

Rehearsals are 7:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays, September through May, at Green Mountain United Methodist Church; concerts are at the Lakewood Cultural Center. Call 303-980-0400 for requirements, appointment and information.

Weekly music Jazz @ the Creek is every first Wednesday of the month at Living Water Unity, 59th and Vance in Olde Town Arvada.

Shows start at 7:30 p.m. Come listen to an hour of great jazz. For more information, call 720-9354000 or email livingwaterunity@ comcast.net.

Healthcare

Boot camp Get out of the gym and get results. Front Range Boot Camp provides dynamic, unique and results-driven full-body workouts exclusively for women.

All ages, sizes and fitness levels will succeed. 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.

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 303-883-5473 or email lindagoesgreen@prodigy.net.

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 welltrained 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.

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 303-4230990 for an appointment.

vada 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.

Recreation, Services

Find AA If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. More than 1,000 AA meetings are offered in the Denver area every week. If you think you may have a problem with alcohol, come see us. To find a meeting near you, call 303-3224440, or go to www.daccaa.org.

Affordable Colleges Online has created a guidebook to help women find and secure financial aid. The guide includes a collection of scholarships for women, including due dates and award amounts; insight into the financial aid application process; and other funding opportunities, such as industry-specific scholarships and funding for special groups.

The guide is available at www.affordablecollegesonline.org/womens-guide-paying-for-college/.

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 60plus. 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 LawrenceRScP@msn.com.

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.

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 10-19. Contact Eve at etrengove@comcast.net or 303424-0134.

Weight loss — The EZ WeightLoss Challenge 12-week program meets 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays at Ar-

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 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, 303-2716980, 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 303525-7685.

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 O 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 O or call 1-877-404-5708.

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 P coaching, and energy work.

Jeffco Spellbinders: 1-3 p.m. the third Monday of each month at Wheat Ridge United Methodist P Church, 7530 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Go to www.spellbinders. org or call LaRene at 303-4317906.

Jeffco Sertoma Club meets the first and third Thursdays at Cafe del Sol, 608 Garrison St., Lakewood. Contact CJ Farr, 303-9853278 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 800-4311754 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 6:30-9 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.

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OPOCS Singles Club, ages 55plus, 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, 303985-8937.

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. Sundays. Call 303-9847729.

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.

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.

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 303986-1381 for more information.

We also welcome quilters.

Ralston Creek Sertoma Club meets Thursdays at Panera Bread, 7739 Wadsworth, Arvada. Contact Ron Marquez at 303-457-0759 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. Call 303-953-2344.

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.

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 informa-

tion, call Char at 303-942-2529 or check out www.sncw.org.

of all levels of experience are welcome but no agents please.

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.

Widow/ers’ gatherings Widowed Men and Women of America hosts a social gathering at 5 p.m.

Thursdays at the Holiday Inn Sporting News Grill, Highway 285 and Wadsworth in Lakewood.

The group’s goal is to help those with losses comfortably re-enter the social world; activities include trips, bowling, card games, theater outing and more. For more information, call Nan Drissell at 720-981-1841.

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

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 303-953-2344 for more information.

Zumba fitness Party yourself into shape with the Latin-inspired, easyto-follow calorie-burning dance fitness party. Three classes available each week at the Lakeview Event Center in Lakewood. Call 303-9896300 or contact Tina Mylene at 720-335-2822 for class schedule.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AARP Foundation Tax-Aide: Offers free tax filing help to anyone, especially those 50 and older, who cannot afford preparation services.

Need: Volunteers to to help older, lowerincome taxpayers prepare their tax returns.

Requirement: All levels of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

Contact: 1-888-OUR-AARP (687-2277) or www.aarpfoundation.org/taxaide Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter: Provides care and support to 67,000-plus families dealing with all kinds of dementing illnesses.

Contact: Deb Wells, 303-813-1669 or dwells@ alz.org.

Animal Rescue of the Rockies: Rescues homeless dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters Need: Foster-care families for death-row shelter dogs and cats Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies.org Arvada Visitors Center Need: Help assemble welcome bags for new Arvada residents. Specific dates and times are scheduled.

Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee.

Contact: Jean Gordon, jean@visitarvada.org or 720-898-3380

Requirements: Individuals who love to help plan and execute. Our walk attracts more than 10,000 people.

AYUSA: International Youth Exchange Program: Promotes exchange programs for high school students from around the world.

Need: Host families for international high school students ages 15-18 studying in the Denver area.

Requirements: To provide students with a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered.

Must fill out onlilne application and pass background check.

Contact: Adrienne Bivens, 720-467-6430 or abivens@ayusa.org. Go to www.ayusa.org.

CASA of Jefferson & Gilpin County: Court appointed special advocates work with abused and neglected children, speaking on behalf of them in court.

Need: Many volunteers needed; CASA Jeffco/ Gilpin relies on more than 200 volunteers, but many more are needed (just 30 percent of cases typically are covered). CASA volunteers dedicate 3-4 hours per week.

Requirements: Training is provided; must be 21 or older and pass a full background check including driving record.

In honor of Veterans Day, Colorado Community Media will be printing a special ‘Salute to Veterans’ section featuring photos of some of the veterans in our community.

Join us in honoring our veterans by submitting photos of the veterans in your life.

Go to the link below to submit photos:

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Contact: Kathy Drulard, recruitment and training coordinator, at 303-271-6537, kathy@casajeffcogilpin.com or www.casajeffcogilpin.com.

Cat Care Society Nibbles ‘N Kibbles Food Bank: Works to reduce number of abandoned and surrendered cats Need: Donations of canned and bagged cat food and litter Contact: 303-239-9680 Colorado Refugee English as a Second Language Program: Teaches English to recently arrived refugees, who have fled war or persecution in their home country. In Colorado, refugees are from Afghanistan, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Iraq, Eritrea and D.R. Congo, among others.

Need: Volunteers to teach English. Tutoring takes place in the student’s home. Refugees live throughout Denver, but the largest concentrations are in Thornton, near 88th Avenue and Washington Street, and in east Denver/Aurora, near Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street.

Other details: Tutors do not need to speak the student’s language. Most participants are homebound women and small children, adults who are disabled, and senior citizens.

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Need: Volunteers to help build and work in garden Contact: Anthony at 303-204-0840 or squiggy.as@gmail.com The Edge Theater: Lakewood-area community theater Need: Volunteers needed for front of house, back of house, concessions and committees (audience building, grants, sponsorships, events) Contact: Leigh Ann Kudloff at 303-986-5073 or lkudloff@comcast.net; www.theedgetheater.com

English As a Second Language: Provides English and civics tutoring to non-English speakers at Arvada United Methodist Church.

Need: Adult tutor volunteers; no prior teaching experience required. Tutors do not need to know a second language.

Contact: Kathy Martinez, kathybv@comcast. net or 303-882-2751.

Front Range BEST: Hosts free robotics competitions for middle and high school students.

Need: Volunteers to help test and repair vex controller and motor parts; to count and organize miscellaneous materials.

Training: Provided; kit team meets weekly in Highlands Ranch.

Contact: Tami Kirkland, 720-323-6827 or tami.kirkland@frontrangebest.org. Go to www.frbest.org.

Foothills Art Center: Golden’s premier art facility Contact: volunteerinfo@foothillsartcenter.org Founders and Friends of Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge: Restores native habitat and wildlife; provides opportunities to experience wildlife and nature; promotes awareness and appreciation of the National Wildlife Refuge System Need: Volunteers needed to update website and Facebook page by developing relevant resource materials, articles about refuge events and calendar postings; assist with developing a short introductory video for website; manage and organize volunteer activities; maintain and update information posted in the refuge kiosks; remove noxious weeds from the refuge; and perform regular clean-up and maintenance (picking up trash, spraying weeds, cutting grass with weed whacker) of the kiosk areas.

Requirements: Volunteers must attend training at Emily Griffith Technical College in downtown Denver. Sessions take place every 6-8 weeks. Go to www.refugee-esl.org for information and volunteer application.

Location: Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge is at 9210 W. 80th Ave., Arvada.

Contact: Sharon McCreary, 720-423-4843 or sharon.mccreary@emilygriffith.edu.

Age requirements: Adults, or children with adult supervision; training provided if needed.

Common Earth Community Garden: Garden project for entire community of Arvada

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THEATER

OK, OK, OK! Christmas: Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-28 at Colorado ACTS, 11455 W. Interstate 70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Two-person show. Food available for purchase every night.

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

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: 1 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 28, with an additional show at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 28 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Call 303-935-3044 or go to www.minersalley.com. Appropriate for ages 12 and younger.

Beyond Belief XII: 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway.

Presented by Mile High Magicians Society. Call 303-987-7845 or go to http://www.lakewood.org/tickets/. Appropriate for all ages.

A Delicate Balance: 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday through Sunday, Nov. 5 at The Edge Theater Company, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Tickets available at 303-232-0363 or online at www. theedgetheater.com.

ART

Night Out: Useful Beer Can Crafts: 6-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Registration required. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Lego Play and Build: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 and 2-4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada; and 3-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-2355275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary. org.

Craft Fair: 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303-4259583 or go to www.apexprd.org.

Admission free with donation of new school supplies for local school children in need.

MUSIC

VOCES8: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Britain’s a cappella group performs music from the Baroque and Renaissance eras through contemporary arrangements of pop and jazz.

For tickets, call 303-987-7845, visit the box office or go to www.

Lakewood.org/LCCPresents.

Protestant Reformation Anniversary Concert: 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 29 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2100 Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood.

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this week’s TOP FIVE Theater of the Dead: 7-10 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 28, and Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 30-31, at Oh! Susanna Vintage Photo Parlor, 1117 Washington Ave., Golden. Presented by Madame Zervanos Traveling Mystery Show. An unsolved murder from 1893 will be resurrected in the darkened streets of Golden, and you’re the detective. Call 303-216-0877 or go to www.theaterofthedead.com for tickets.

International Observe the Moon Night: 6:308 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Tim Pimentel from the Museum of Nature and Science brings his high-powered telescope and hosts a viewing on the library’s front lawn. Observe the evening moon after the library is closed, weather permitting. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Belmar Boo: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at Belmar, 464 Teller St., Lakewood. For ages 10 and younger. Trick-or-treating, dog costume contest, pet parade and more. Free, but voluntary dona-

Reformation Lessons and Carols Festival: 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at Holy Shepherd Lutheran Church, 920 Kipling St., Lakewood.

Akropolis Reed Quintet: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 3 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway.

Call 303-987-7845 or go to www.

Lakewood.org/LCCPresents.

FILM

Movie Time: 1-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Movie is “Boss Baby.” Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

EVENTS Rocky Flats Right to Know: 7 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 26 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 7755 Vance Drive, Arvada.

EVENTS

Stranger Things at the Library: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Halloween Carnival: 4-7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 27 at the APEX Center, 13150 W. 72nd Ave., Arvada. Register at apexprd.org or at Apex Center Guest Services, 303-424-2739.

A Stranger Teen Party: 3:30-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at Anythink York Street, 8990 York St., Ste. A, Thornton. Refreshments will be served. For grades 9-12. No registration required. Call 303-4053234 or go to anythinklibraries.org.

tions accepted for Animal Tranquility Project.

Call 303-742-1520 or go to BelmarColorado.com.

Halloween Ornaments: for sale through Tuesday, Oct. 31 at Spirits in the Wind Gallery, 1211 Washington Ave., Golden.

Ornament styles include candy corn, pumpkins and ghosts. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Go to http://www.spiritsinthewindgallery.com.

Veterans Day: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 at Atria of Applewood, 2800 Youngfield St., Lakewood. Explore the significance of this holiday and the issues and contributions of those who have served our country in war and peacetime. Seating is limited; call 303-233-4343 to RSVP.

Golden City Haunted Pub Crawl: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 at Oh! Susanna Vintage Photo Parlor, 1117 Washington Ave., Golden. Learn about historic and haunted Downtown Golden while enjoying the best saloons in town.

Call 303-216-0877 or go to http:// www.madameztravelingmysteryshow.com/services for tickets.

Whale of a Sale: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 27 and Saturday, Oct. 28; and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave., Golden. Go to http://jeffcolibraryfoundation. org/whale-salefall-2017/.

Golden Cemetery Tour: 10 a.m. to noon and 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Golden History Museum, 923 10th St., Golden. Visit graves of legendary Golden characters.

Go to http://www.goldenhistory. org/event/golden-cemetery-tour7/?instance_id=205.

Family Halloween Costume Party: 3-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Family party with Halloween stories, crafts, and games. Wear costumes. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Teens After Dark: Halloween Party: 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Listen to scary stories and play enchanting games. For teens. Call 303-2355275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary. org.

Trick or Treat Train: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 28-29 at the Colorado Railroad Museum, 17155 W. 44th Ave., Golden. Go to http://coloradorailroadmuseum. org/event/trick-or-treat-train/ Dia de los Muertos, Festival of Bones: 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29; and 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Honor those friends and family who have passed away. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Dia De Los Muertos: noon to 3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 29 at Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary, 777 W. 29th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Traditional dancers, music, food trucks, a bouncy castle, face painting and storytellers. Go to www. crownhillfuneral. com.

Paws `n’ Play Pet Howloween: 1-4 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 29 at Paws’n’Play, 7307 Grandview Ave., Arvada. Proceeds benefit the Arvada Community Food Bank.

Space limited to 100 pets. To register, stop by or call Paws’n’Play, 303-420-2525, or go to https:// pawsnplay.com/pages/howloween.

A Mighty Fortress: The Reformation and Music: 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 29 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Wheat Ridge. Go to https://www.rmselca.org/500.

Colorado Ghost Stories: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30 at Columbine Library, 8055 W. Bowles Ave., Unit 2T, Littleton. Hear spooky ghost stories associated with Estes Park Stanley Hotel, the Historic Molly Brown House and more. Go to http://www.eventkeeper.com/mars/xpages/J/JCPL/ EK.cfm?zeeOrg=JCPL Halloween Parade: 9:15-9:45 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 30 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Wear Halloween costumes. Treats and fun for everyone. Call 303235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Halloween Costume Parade: 11:15 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Oct. 31 at the Lakewood Library. Toddlers and their adults. Go trick-or-treating in costume through the library.

Go to http://www.eventkeeper. com/mars/xpages/j/jcpl/ek.cfm?

Free Kids’ Halloween Carnival: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31 at St. John Chrysostom Episcopal Church, 13151 W. 28th Ave., Golden.

Go to www.stjohngolden.org Toddler Time, Halloween: 10:15-10:35 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Halloween stories, rhymes, songs, and a trick-ortreat parade. Wear a costume or come as you are. Call 303-2355275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary. org.

Welcome Meet and Greet: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

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

Mile High Dowsers: 7-9:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 2, at the Clements Community Center, Columbine Room, 1580 Yarrow St., Lakewood. Go to www.milehighdowsers.org.

Round Table Issues Breakfast: 7 a.m. Friday, Nov. 3, at American Legion Wilmore-Richter Post 161, 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada. Learn about local projects and events.

Open to the public. Contact 303-424-0324 for cost and other information.

Military Care Packages Sent with Thanks: 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 4 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

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

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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SPORTS MUSTANGS WIN A SECOND TITLE

Cross country could be path to lead country

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Ralston Valley senior Kyle Sterns (3) gets off a shot despite the efforts of Arvada West sophomore Keegan Nelson on Oct. 17 at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Mustangs won 4-1 on their way to a second straight Class 5A Jeffco League title.

For more on the Mustangs title win, turn to PAGE 31. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BY THE NUMBERS

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Completions for Pomona junior quarterback in a 49-14 win over Mountain Vista on Oct. 20 but both went for touchdowns.

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Points scored in the first three quarters in Green Mountain’s 52-0 shutout over Alameda on Oct. 20.

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Point lead taken into Straight wins for the Points scored by the Faith second half by the LakeBear Creek football Christian football team in the wood football team in a team prior to the Oct. last four games.

31-21 win over Poudre on 28 game against Aurora Oct. 20.

Central.

Standout Performers Drew Seidel, Wheat Ridge In the boys Region 1 Class 4A regional cross country championships on Oct. 19, the senior won the championship with a time of 17:50.18.

Max Borghi, Pomona The senior rushed for 161 yards and four touchdowns on seven carries in a 49-14 triumph over Mountain Vista on Oct. 20.

Jessica Espinoza, Pomona The senior collected two of the softball team’s six hits in a 15-1 first round Class 5A state championship loss to Eaglecrest on Oct. 20.

Payton Wright, D’Evelyn In a 3-1 volleyball win on Oct. 19 over Evergreen, the senior had 30 assists, 20 digs, 3 aces and six blocks.

Isaiah Ocana, Arvada West The junior caught five passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-8 win over Fruita Monument on Oct. 20.

Tristan Tafoya, Green Mountain The junior caught three passes on Oct. 20 in a 52-0 win over Alameda and all three were for TDs.

Colorado Community Media selects six 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 Jim Benton by noon on Sunday at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

iya Chamberlin, a junior captain on the Wheat Ridge girls cross country team, has a suggestion for politicians to help relieve the current turmoil in Washington, D.C. “I think what would calm all the politicians is if they would just go for a 30-minute run every day,” explained Chamberlin. “They would just relax, use up all their energy and then they would be able to think clearly.”

OVERTIME It seems cross country running provides a means to socialize and communicate.

Going on long runs during practice can be lonely if a runner is all alone, so running with teammates is a way to talk and Jim Benton create friendships.

“As far a running with your teammates in practice, it is such a bonding experience,” added Chamberlin. “I’ve had some of the best conversations on runs with people. It seems to just open people up. It’s so special.

“Cross country is one of the most social sports, unlike soccer or football, which are politically involved and you are sort of bad-mouthing the other team. You can’t have anything but respect for somebody to run a 5K and beat you. You know how hard that is. It’s black and white. There are no coaches deciding who is the better player. The finish line is what talks.”

Rock Canyon senior Chris Theodore and sophomore Easton Allred were the first runners to cross the finish line during the Continental League championships held Oct. 11, with Allred edging Theodore towards the end.

At the 5A Region 5 state qualifying championships on Oct. 19, Theodore and Allred were again first and second, but this time Theodore won by .25 of a second over his teammate.

“We really push each other,” said Theodore. “I’m happy if my teammate can beat me if it helps our team.

There’s a really nice environment going on. Cross country is really social, especially on a team basis.

“When you run in practice you are running with people working just as hard and working for the same goal.

When you’re out there by yourself it is kind of no fun. You can’t express yourself. Going on those long runs you can talk about whatever you want.”

Teammates become like members of the family, and often top competitors are best friends.

Chamberlin claims most of the fun athletes have is after a race, and many runners hope to be feeling joyous following the state cross country championships, which will be held Oct. 28.

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Athletes strive to get up to speed Alameda’s Lizabeth Garcia (9) tried to beat an Englewood player to a loose ball during a league game in 2015.

Garcia won control of the ball and helped Alameda to mount an attack.

TOM MUNDS

Have the need for speed?

Explosiveness cited as key attribute for athletes across multiple sports

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Speed never takes a day off, goes the adage.

“Speed is any sport is very, very important because it’s hard to teach speed,” Cherry Creek soccer coach Chelo Curi said.

The ability to move fast is important in almost all athletic endeavors — and it’s not always just foot speed.

In fall high school sports, explosiveness and quickness are at least as important.

“Speed is important but not the most critical thing,” Valor Christian football coach Rod Sherman said. “I always say explosiveness is the most critical (attribute) for an athlete. At the end of the day, it’s great to have some kids that run 4.5 (seconds) in the 40-yard dash, but you don’t have that many opportunities for a 4.5 40 to come out in the game of football.

It’s much more important to be explosive, make a play in a short space.”

Scott Dowis, volleyball coach at Castle View, agrees with Sherman.

“Speed and quickness are important, but the most important physical skill is explosiveness,” Dowis said. “The volleyball court is pretty small when there are six players on it in the indoor game. Most of the movement either to the ball defensively and blocking or attacking is quick explosive movements.”

Arapahoe golf coach Harry Buckner said hand speed makes a big difference on the links.

“Many golfers can’t run fast but hand speed and club speed can be developed,” he said. “Distance in golf is related to hand speed.”

In softball, Alameda set a single season record in 2017 with 180 stolen bases, and

coach Tom Dillingham echoed the motto about speed being a constant factor.

“Speed is important on both offense and defense,” he said. “Speed, explosiveness and timing is the key to stealing bases.”

Foot speed, quickness and explosiveness can be enhanced — which goes against another age-old adage that speed can’t be improved, that one is born with it.

Allison Skufca, who works for Landow Performance in Centennial, aids athletes of all ages to advance their speed.

“That’s what we do,” she said. “We focus more on teaching mechanics, the mechanics of different running stages. You have acceleration and top-end speed. Then, all of our weight room stuff like our lifting gets them stronger and more explosive, which helps with that.

“It really takes two months for an athlete to really start to notice the difference.

They will notice the little stuff as they adapt to the training, but a good eight to 12 weeks is when they will really start to notice.”

High school coaches, too, have their own ways of enriching speed.

“Quick, short running spurts will improve it because it adds to the burst and the first three steps,” Curi said.

For many athletes, speed and explosiveness training are done both at and outside of school.

“We are lucky at Castle View to have a great strength (program) staffed by Patrick McHenry,” Dowis said. “He and his staff work our players three days a week during the summer to get them stronger and more explosive. We also have players who work with other SAQ (strength, agility, quickness) coaches throughout the year through their clubs or independently.”

To Sherman, the most important period for improving explosiveness is the offseason.

“Once you can get into season, you can improve a little bit but it’s what you do out of season,” Sherman said. “Using the weight room to build the base of explosiveness and you can use the field to train and to funnel that into on field explosiveness.”

Local athletes qualify for state cross country meet

BY STAFF REPORT

The following are area team and individual qualifiers for the state cross country championships, which will be held Oct. 28 at the Penrose Events Center in Colorado Springs. The top four teams out of each regional meet qualified for the state championships, plus the top 15 runners not on the qualifying teams also advanced to the state meet.

Class 3A Boys teams D’Evelyn: Lucas Jordan, Grant Norman, Nate Macdonald, Connor Humiston, Hunter Byram, Caleb Feagans, Sam Meiser, Jack Ryckman.

Faith Christian: Campell McDonough, Macklin Brockmeyer,

Antonio Blaine, Carter Heekin, John McDonough, Wyatt Orstead, Joshua Judson.

Jefferson Academy: Ryan Lehmuth, Michael Leoni, Cole Reisdorf, Peter Van Cleave, Max Brown, Blake Robinson, Ezra Weir.

Girls teams D’Evelyn: Taylor Haerbig, Katelyn Haerbig, Sonja Morin, Corin Zapico, Kati Livingood, Lauren Cook, Peyton Fritchie, Chloe Stensland, Marley Somers.

Faith Christian: Shannon King, Audrey Orstead, Maria Curtis, Adiya Robbins, Katherine Regardie.

Individuals Jefferson Academy: Bridget Lynch, Kara Dobbs, Jacey

Farhar, Alexandra Vialpando, Rachel Schlagel, Elizabeth Munson.

Class 4A Boys teams Standley Lake: Cody Dewitt, Noah Hendrix, Nicholas Shipe, Jared Linford, Eli Student, Kelvin Chen, Alex Grosshans, Chris Crosby, Kameron Liao.

Individuals Green Mountain: Grahm Tuohy-Gaydos, Aidan McCall Golden: Ethan Hensley, Danny Ridley, Garrett Duchesneau Wheat Ridge: Nick Baumann Girls teams Standley Lake: Sophia Abernethy, Madisyn Macklin, Katie

Keating, Ryley Darnell, Emma Smith, Emily Salerno, Delaney Huetson, Kaythy Liao, Aspen Tolman.

Golden: Mary Fox, Rachel Goodrich, Jadyn Goodrich, Madelynn Gerritsen, Maggie O’Connell, Harmony McMollin, Maricel Mequi.

Green Mountain: Sofia Forney, Kasey Klocek, Maddie Phillips, My-Yen Nguyen, Amber Calanni, Summer Olson, Annalie Janus Individuals Wheat Ridge: Tiya Chamberlin Alameda: Angel Bernard Class 5A Boys teams Ralston Valley: Nick Nowlen,

Gavin Jones, Benjamin Brandt, Kyle Sterns, Ethan Groinic, JJ Ramey, Grant O’Shea, Kiesin Adams, Caden Gigstad Individuals Arvada West: Andres Perez, Drew Craig, Cody Elder Westminster: Justin Perry Lakewood: Chase Dornbusch, Aidan Mobley, Charlie Gordon, Clifton Thompson Girls teams Arvada West: Claire Pauly, Katie Doucette, Civianna Gallegos, Amber Valdez, Sadie Haymong, Emily Burg, Lucy Schroder, Caitlin Danborn, Devin Smith.

Individuals Bear Creek: Miranda Manfre, Jenna Cookson

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October 26, 2017

Ralston Valley repeats as 5A Jeffco League boys champs

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Arvada West and Ralston Valley boys soccer programs have been here before — head-to-head with the Class 5A Jeffco League title on the line.

In a must-win situation for Ralston Valley’s postseason and conference championship hopes, the Mustangs came through with a 4-1 victory over rival A-West (10-5, 6-1 in 5A Jeffco) on Oct. 17 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

“It was 100 percent a must-win for us,” Ralston Valley coach Jamie Scarcliff said. “It was a big game for us, but they preformed. We got some awesome goals and they worked really hard together.”

Ralston Valley (8-7, 6-1) defeated Columbine 9-1 in its conference finale Oct. 19 at Lakewood Memorial Field to officially repeat as 5A Jeffco League champions. The Mustangs closed out their regular season Oct. 20 with a 6-1 win over Evergreen to extend their winning streak to five heading into the 5A playoffs.

No. 29 Ralston Valley and No. 32 A-West were slotted into automatic berths for the 32-team state tournament after the Mustangs and Wildcats finished as the top two teams in 5A Jeffco. Lakewood (10-4-1, 5-1-1) finish third, but the Tigers were seeded No. 20 because they had a much higher RPI rating then Ralston Valley and A-West.

All three 5A Jeffco state qualifiers

Public Notice Senior Ben Gelman put Ralston ValDISTRICT COURT, ley up 4-0 in the 77th minute.

A-West COUNTY, COLORADO did prevent JEFFERSON the withParkway A-West 100shutout Jefferson County Golden, Colorado 80401 senior Steven Hoffman scoring in the Telephone: (720) 772-2500 final minute to make the final score 4-1.

“It wasPetitioners: hard starting off the season LEYDEN ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS.did.

1-9 We rallied as a team the way we knowingAttorneys at theforend of the year we Petitioners: Names: Kristin Tompkins, Esq. A-West,” would play our biggest rival Megan J. Murphy, Esq. Address: WHITE BEAR ANKELE Miller said. “Wins before this game TANAKA & WALDRON made it easy toatcome in here with Attorneys Law 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000 confidence.”

Centennial, CO 80122 A yearPhone ago,Number: Ralston (303) Valley 858-1800 defeated FAX Number: (303) 858-1801 rival A-West 2-1 in the league finale E-mail: ktompkins@wbapc.com for both mmurphy@wbapc.com teams. The Mustangs’ vicAtty. Reg. #: 34839 tory in what 47464 was the winner-take-all 2011CV3901 Div.: 7 situationCase forNumber: the conference title prevented the Wildcats from winning NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION their fifth league title six years.

PURSUANT TOin § 32-1-703, C.R.S. LEYDEN ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT It’s been a season of streaks for NOS. 1-9 A-West. The Wildcats opened the Pursuant to an Order winning of the District Court in and season with a 4-game streak, for Jefferson County, Colorado (the “District Court”) on 2017, notice is hereby but preceded toOctober drop 26, four straight given that there was filed in the District Court on non-league games before getting intoof October 13, 2017, a Petition for Dissolution Leyden Rock Metropolitan District Nos. 1-9 ed the lead when senior Nick Nowlen conference play .

A-West reeled off (each a “District” and collectively, the “Districts”) knocked in a corner kick in the 35th six consecutive conference wins over (the “Petition”). minute. the pastsThe five weeks before losing Petition provides, in accordance withto § 32The Mustangs pushed their lead to Ralston 1-702(3), Valley.C.R.S., that the Districts have submitted certificates stating the Districts have no fin3-0 six minutes into the second half “We want be hitting our peak at in ancial to obligations or outstanding bonds, and, accordance with § 32-1-702(4), Districts when Miller put one into the back of the end of the season,” Miller the said. have affirmatively stated that the Districts the net.

“We feelprovide like that is where we are gono services.

Leyden Rock Metropolitan District No. 10 (“District No. 10”), which overPublic Notice “Coming out in the second half ing. That’s we planned andisthat’s lapswhat the boundaries of the Districts, currently providingout.” all services to the property within the DISTRICT with a 2-0 lead we knew the nextCOURT, goal what working Districts and is responsible for the long-term opJEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO would be a momentum Pleuss a communication and is maintenance of all Public Improve100shift,” Jeffersonsaid County Parkway Denniseration within thePublic boundaries of the Districts.

Golden, Colorado 80401 specialistments Ralston Valley junior Mason Miller, for Jeffco Schools Telephone: (720) 772-2500 The boundaries of the and Districts and a general who scored the game-winning goal a with a focus on athletics activities. of the land contained within those year ago againstPetitioners: A-West.

“We knew For moredescription Jeffco coverage, gonorth online boundaries are as follows: of 82ndat AvenLEYDEN ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT ue, east of Colorado State Highway 93, south of we had to get it.”NOS. 1-9 CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.

Coal Creek Canyon Road, and west of Color-

Teams headed to soccer playoffs

will be on the road for first-round games Thursday, Oct. 26. Lakewood faces No. 13 Fairview in Boulder. Ralston Valley also heads to Boulder to face the No. 4 Boulder Panthers. A-West stays closer to home, but has to face No. 1 Denver East.

“Five losses in the very beginning doesn’t look great, but we have definitely turned it around, Ralston Valley senior Kyle Stern said.

Sterns gave the Mustangs a 1-0 lead at the 11-minute mark in the first half against A-West. The Mustangs extend-

Public Notices Public Notice

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE OF LIENED PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that a public sale will be held on or after OCT. 27, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. at 700 W. 48th Ave. #D, Denver, CO 80126.

SERVPRO of Arvada will sell to satisfy the lien on the property stored at the above referenced address by the individual listed below. The inventory listed was notated at the time of rental.

SERVPRO of Arvada makes no representation or warranty that the units contain said inventories.

Lori Lozier: 9 storage vaults 6788 Dover St., Arvada, CO 80004 Misc. Furniture, kitchen and household goods Legal Notice No.: 49015 First Publication: October 19, 2017 Last Publication: October 26, 2017 Publisher: Golden Transcript and the Arvada Press

City and County Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The following variances from the Land Development Code (LDC) have been requested: VAR2017-0010, Taylor Seitz, 9416 Ridge Road, is requesting a variance to leave as constructed a six-foot tall solid fence on the east, side (second frontage) property line when Section 6.5.8 of the Land Development Code (LDC) requires a 25-foot setback.

Hearing thereon will be held before the Board of Adjustment on November 14, 2017 at 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, when and where you may speak at the hearing. Additional information can be obtained from the Community Development Department or written comments may be filed therewith no later than 8 days prior to the hearing.

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

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The following variances from the Land Development Code (LDC) have been requested: VAR2017-0010, Taylor Seitz, 9416 Ridge Road, is requesting a variance to leave as constructed a six-foot tall solid fence on the east, side (second frontage) property line when Section 6.5.8 of the Land Development Code (LDC) requires a 25-foot setback.

Hearing thereon will be held before the Board of Adjustment on November 14, 2017 at 6:30 p.m., Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, when and where you may speak at the hearing. Additional information can be obtained from the Community Development Department or written comments may be filed therewith no later than 8 days prior to the hearing.

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

City and County

Legal Notice No.: 49094 First Publication: October 26, 2017 Last Publication: October 26, 2017 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice The following resolution can be viewed in its entirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada.org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

R17-106: A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning Begg Industrial, 4927 Allison Street, Finding Said Petition Substantially Complaint with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for November 20, 2017, 6:30 p.m. at Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road Legal Notice No.: 48895 First Publication: October 5, 2017 Last Publication: October 26, 2017 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that disbursements in final settlement will be issued by the Finance Director at 10:00 a.m., November 7, 2017 to Marine Diving Solutions, LLC for work related to Project No. 16-WA-10 – Hackberry 10-MG Water Storage Tank Improvements and performed under that contract dated February 6, 2017 for the City of Arvada.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that furnished labor, material, drayage, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by said contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done by said Marine Diving Solutions, LLC and its

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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that disbursements in final settlement will be issued by the Finance Director at 10:00 a.m., November 7, 2017 to Marine Diving Solutions, LLC for work related to Project No. 16-WA-10 – Hackberry 10-MG Water Storage Tank Improvements and performed under that contract dated February 6, 2017 for the City of Arvada.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that furnished labor, material, drayage, sustenance, provisions or other supplies used or consumed by said contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done by said Marine Diving Solutions, LLC and its claim has not been paid, may at any time on or prior to the hour of the date above stated, file with the Finance Director of the City of Arvada at City Hall, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

Dated this October 6, 2017 CITY OF ARVADA /s/ Kristen Rush, City Clerk

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Legal Notice No.: 49033 First Publication: October 19, 2017 Last Publication: October 26, 2017 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice DISTRICT COURT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, Colorado 80401 Telephone: (720) 772-2500 Petitioners: LEYDEN ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-9 Attorneys for Petitioners: Names: Kristin Tompkins, Esq. Megan J. Murphy, Esq. Address: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000 Centennial, CO 80122 Phone Number: (303) 858-1800 FAX Number: (303) 858-1801 E-mail: ktompkins@wbapc.com mmurphy@wbapc.com Atty. Reg. #: 34839 47464 Case Number: 2011CV3901 Div.: 7 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION PURSUANT TO § 32-1-703, C.R.S. LEYDEN ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-9

ado State Highway 72, City of Arvada, Colorado.

Attorneys for Petitioners: Names: Kristin Tompkins, Esq. NOTICE IS GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1Megan J. Murphy, Esq. 703(2), C.R.S., by an Order of the District Court, Address: WHITE BEAR ANKELE a public hearing on the Petition (the “Hearing”) TANAKA & WALDRON has been set for the hour of 8:00 a.m. in DiviAttorneys at Law sion 7, in the Jefferson County District Court on 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000 November 1, 2017. Any interested party may Centennial, CO 80122 appear at the Hearing and be heard on the suffiPhone Number: (303) 858-1800 ciency of the Petition or on the adequacy of the FAX Number: (303) 858-1801 applicable financial and service provisions.

E-mail: ktompkins@wbapc.com To advertise your public notices call 303-566-4100 mmurphy@wbapc.com NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to Atty. Reg. #: 34839 § 32-1-703(3), C.R.S., the attorneys for the Peti47464 tioners, at the direction of the Clerk of the Court, Case Number: 2011CV3901 Div.: 7 will notify the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Arvada of the NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION Petition and the Hearing.

FOR DISSOLUTION PURSUANT TO § 32-1-703, C.R.S. WHITE BEAR ANKELE LEYDEN ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TANAKA & WALDRON NOS. 1-9 Attorneys at Law Pursuant to an Order of the District Court in and Kristin Tompkins, Esq., Reg. #34839 for Jefferson County, Colorado (the “District Megan J. Murphy, Esq., Reg. #47464 Court”) on October 26, 2017, notice is hereby ATTORNEYS FOR THE PETITIONERS given that there was filed in the District Court on October 13, 2017, a Petition for Dissolution of Legal Notice No.: 49082 Leyden Rock Metropolitan District Nos. 1-9 First Publication: October 26, 2017 (each a “District” and collectively, the “Districts”) Last Publication: October 26, 2017 (the “Petition”).

Publisher: The Golden Transcript and the Arvada Press The Petition provides, in accordance with § 321-702(3), C.R.S., that the Districts have submitted certificates stating the Districts have no financial obligations or outstanding bonds, and, in accordance with § 32-1-702(4), the Districts have affirmatively stated that the Districts Public Notice provide no services. Leyden Rock Metropolitan District No. 10 (“District No. 10”), which overNOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT laps the boundaries of the Districts, is currently Notice is hereby given that disbursements in providing all services to the property within the final settlement will be issued by the Arvada Districts and is responsible for the long-term opFinance Director at 10:00 a.m., November 14, eration and maintenance of all Public Improve2017 to Children’s Playstructures & Recrements within the boundaries of the Districts. ation for work related to Project No. 94933 – Stenger Playground Replacement and perThe boundaries of the Districts and a general formed under that contract dated June 19, 2017 description of the land contained within those for the City of Arvada. boundaries are as follows: north of 82nd AvenAny person, co-partnership, association of perue, east of Colorado State Highway 93, south of sons, company or corporation that furnished Coal Creek Canyon Road, and west of Colorlabor, material, drayage, sustenance, provisions ado State Highway 72, City of Arvada, Colorado. or other supplies used or consumed by said contractor or his sub-contractors in or about the NOTICE IS GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1performance of the work contracted to be done 703(2), C.R.S., by an Order of the District Court, by said Children’s Playstructures & Recreation a public hearing on the Petition (the “Hearing”) and its claim has not been paid, may at any time has been set for the hour of 8:00 a.m. in Divion or prior to the hour of the date above stated, sion 7, in the Jefferson County District Court on file with the Finance Director of the City of ArNovember 1, 2017. Any interested party may vada at City Hall, a verified statement of the appear at the Hearing and be heard on the suffiamount due and unpaid on account of such ciency of the Petition or on the adequacy of the claim. applicable financial and service provisions.

Dated this October 12, 2017 /s/ Kristen Rush, City Clerk NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to § 32-1-703(3), C.R.S., the attorneys for the PetiLegal Notice No.: 49093 tioners, at the direction of the Clerk of the Court, First Publication: October 26, 2017 will notify the Jefferson County Board of County Last Publication: November 2, 2017 Commissioners and the City of Arvada of the Publisher: Golden Transcript Petition and the Hearing.

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Outside of being an extra that gets eaten in one of the Jurassic Park movies, the closest you can get to interacting with the prehistoric animals is Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live.

The show, hosted at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 at the University of Denver’s Newman Center, 2344 E. Iliff Ave., brings ultra-realistic dinosaur puppets to the stage, where audiences can interact with them.

“We have different puppets we use to reflect the dinosaurs that are native to the places we’re performing,” explained Miles Portek, the host of the show. “It’s a rare chance to get

October 26, 2017O up close, and face to face with dinosaurs.”

The show takes the same approach as Pixar animated films, Portek said, and offers something for all ages. He said the key is not to be condescending to children in the audience.

“It really ignites the imagination for everyone, Portek said. “And who wouldn’t love meeting a dinosaur?’

Go to www.newmancenterpresents. com/erths-dinosaur-zoo-live for tickets and more information.

A regional premiere, the end of Halloween, and Wine Fest Stepping away from the Cretaceous era into the modern age, Denver’s Equinox Theatre Company is hosting the regional premiere of “Disaster!” at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St.

The show starts on Nov. 10 and runs through Dec. 2 on Friday and Saturday nights.

The musical features some classic 1970s songs, including “Knock on Wood,” “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Sky High,” “I Am Woman” and “Hot Stuff.” The show takes place in 1979 on a floating casino and discotheque, and its cast includes a nightclub singer and her twins, a disaster expert, reporter, an older couple, a nun with a gambling addiction and more.

Tickets are available at www.EquinoxTheatreDenver.com.

This is the last weekend before Halloween, and there’s still time to get in something creepy in thanks to the Parker Symphony Orchestra. On Oct. 27, the Parker Symphony Orchestra is hosting an evening of music made for

the night in its “Sounds of the Deep,” featuring compositions by Strauss, Dvorak, Debussy, and selection of tunes from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera.”

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Denver’s premiere wine and food festival is Nov. 1 through 3 at the Denver Marriott Westminster. The 13th annual festival is one of Fodor’s Travel’s 10 can’t-miss fall wine festivals, and features chefs pairing food with wines from all over the world.

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

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Research Shows That 3 to 4 Days on Market Yields Sellers the Highest Price

I have written many times — and told my clients — that in a seller’s market like we are currently experiencing, you’re likely to leave money on the table if you accept the first offer, and that you should wait 3 to 4 days before deciding among competing offers.

While this “rule of thumb” was based on my personal experience, I hadn’t done the research to support it — until now.

Using data from REcolorado (the Denver MLS), I studied MLS sales for the last 180 days to create the chart at right.

The chart shows that the highest number of listings went under contract on their fourth day on the MLS, and that 62.9% of those homes sold for over their asking price — the highest percentage on the chart.

Generally speaking, homes that went under contract on days 1 through 6 (before and after which there is a significant drop off) performed similarly well. Still, the analysis bore out my long-held belief that the highest numbers typically fall on days 3 and 4.

Take a good look at the numbers for homes that went under contract with zero days on market. Zero days on market (”DOM”) means that the listing agent put the

home on the MLS only after it had already gone under contract. Not surprisingly, only 17.5% of zero DOM listings sold for more than their asking price — a lower figure than for listings that were on the MLS for anything under 10 days. Also not surprising is that 18.6% of zero DOM listings sold for less than their asking price — a higher percentage than for homes that were on the MLS for 1 to 5 days. The numbers seem clear: by denying other buyers the percentage was 40% or lower on higher the opportunity to even submit an priced homes, and for home priced at a miloffer, agents who employ this tactic lion-dollars or higher, the percentage fell to are more likely to leave money on the table (more accurately, the Seller’s money) because they effectively take the market right out of a “Seller’s MarThis large updated ranch-style home at ket”.

6482 Owens Street is on a quiet Arvada Not shown on the chart is whether or not street with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, and a the buyers of these listings employed an fully finished basement. It is 2 blocks from agent with whom the listing agent had to Campbell Elementary School and a short share his commission, When a listing agent walk in the other direction from Arvada West doesn’t share his commission, he doubles High School. In addition to the oversized 2his or her earnings on that transaction. We car garage (which is heated, cooled and has refer to this as “double-ending” a transac- 220-Volt service), there is an RV parking tion. An analysis of the 1,523 transactions space on the south side of the house. Due that sold with zero days on the MLS, reveals to the May 2017 hail storm, this home has a that over 50% of the listings under $200,000 new roof, new siding and new windows, all were double-ended by the listing agent, while replaced this year. The updated kitchen has

Just Listed: Accessible Brick Ranch in Arvada

Just Listed: Buildable 20-Acre Lot Between Golden & Boulder

$425,000 This lot at 22801 Indian Head Road is 2½ miles west of Highway 93 at the very end of Indian Head Road, behind a hogback but high enough to see over the hogback, with 180-degree views from Golden to the right, Boulder to the left, and to Denver, DIA and the plains beyond. There's an improved gravel driveway with switchback from the property line up to the home site. Well and electrical service are in place at a cleared homesite.

under 10%. The number of double-ended transactions for homes that were on the MLS for more than 1 day was 5% or less.

Indian Head Road is across from Leyden Road on Hwy 93. The lot adjoins the White Ranch Open Space Park on its south and west sides. It’s so quiet here that the loudest noise you’re likely to hear is the breeze in the trees or an airplane 20,000 feet overhead.

Visit www.GoldenAreaLand.info for more pictures and to view a narrated video tour from Hwy 93 up to the homesite and back, then call me at 303-525-1851 for a showing.

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granite counter tops, new cabinets and 1year-old appliances, all of which are included. You’ll appreciate the hardwood flooring, cedar paneling, and updated bathrooms. The home has several accessible features, including a ramp on front and back porches, a large 3/4 bathroom with roll-in shower on the main level and extra wide doors. The rear patio has a gazebo with a hot tub that has not been used by the current owner, but is of good quality and believed to be in working condition. The back yard includes an 8’x11’ shed and an 8’x8’ greenhouse that will stay with the home.

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