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Months overdue: 25 Current step: The 21 day System Performance Demonstration (SPD) testing has been completed. According to RTD, in order for the G Line to open grade crossing timings still need to be adjusted to meet the design parameters and grade crossing testing will need to be verified by the Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Railroad Administration.

The lawsuit by Denver Transit Partners, the RTD’s public-private partner to design, build, operate and maintain RTD’s commuter rail lines, continues through the courts, as does the RTD counterclaim asking for an unspecified amount of damages to be awarded to them at trial for the Transit Partners’ alleged breach of contract. RTD has said the lawsuit will not affect the progress of the G Line.

Estimated opening day: Not yet determined Election: Shelley Cook, former Arvada City Councilwoman and mayor pro-tem, won the open spot on the Regional Transportation District Board of Directors for District L, which covers Arvada and Westminster. Cook beat out opponents Bob Wilson and Phil Munsterman with 55.82 percent of the vote.

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Faith Christian senior, student chaplain, vocalist Going to school at Faith I am 17 years old and I have gone to Faith Christian since kindergarten. I’m a senior this year. I love the atmosphere here. I love that it’s a small school. Our senior class has really grown together. I love how we have the ability and the opportunity to worship God and pray to him at any time. We have so many great teachers who are role models in our lives. Here at school I’ve played soccer and basketball and I’m in some of the musicals. I’m also in choir, National Honor Society, worship team and student council. And I’m one of the chaplains here at school.

Being a student chaplain As a chaplain I’m in charge of being a leader for the school in that spiritual way. And also just helping anyone who needs is. They can come and talk to me anytime and I’ll be willing to talk to them about anything they’re going through and pray for them. I really wanted to do that because I am interested in maybe becoming a chaplain in the fire department. I knew this would be great experience and it was also

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There are four student chaplains for the high school.

My future career I have two very different paths that I might go down. I’d love to be a firefighter. I’ve wanted to do that since I was very young. I have some family who are in the fire department in Denver. So, that’s something I’ve always had on my heart to do. The other thing is I would love to be a pastor or a worship pastor.

I have to decide between those two and hopefully I could join those two

Becoming and Eagle Scout I earned the rank of Eagle Scout in December of 2017. As a requirement of achieving this rank, I had to plan, coordinate, and complete a service project for a beneficiary in the community. My Eagle Scout Service Project was called The Loving Heart Pillow Project and it entailed planning and coordinating the creation of 204 heart-shaped pillows to donate to Children’s Hospital Colorado.

The purpose of these pillows is to allow the hospital to give them to their pediatric open heart surgery patients, to aid in their post-surgical recovery. As patients recover from surgery these pillows will not only allow structural support when coughing, sneezing, and sleeping, but will also pad fragile tissue from a seatbelt, and serve as a cuddle buddy and memento. These heart shaped pillows were made in three different sizes to accommodate toddlers, youth, and teenage patients.

Each pillow was also embroidered with the words “Bless Your Heart.” I planned and coordinated the cutting of fabric, embroidery, sewing, stuffing, and I arranged the delivery of the completed heart shaped pillows to Children’s Hospital Colorado.

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Secrest center to house new blood pressure kiosk STAFF REPORT

A blood pressure kiosk at the Secrest Youth and Teen Center is part of a new initiative to improve the health of the community.

The initiative is a joint effort of the American Heart Association, Lutheran Medical Center and Apex Park and Recreation District. A ribbon cutting for the kiosk will be Nov. 15, from 4:306 p.m. At the center, 6820 W. 66th Ave., Arvada.

The new blood pressure kiosk will measure key health indicators including blood pressure, pulse, weight and body mass index and give participants

the opportunity to know their numbers and track their blood pressure frequently. Individuals who use the new kiosk can enroll in the heart association’s “Check.Change. Control.” blood pressure control program. This evidence-based program incorporates existing approaches with self-monitoring and coaching within communities to improve high blood pressure control in all populations.

The new kiosk will also include educational messages and instructions for those with high readings including information on normal blood pressure levels and how to control high blood pressure using the AHA’s “Life’s

Simple 7”: manage blood pressure, control cholesterol, reduce blood sugar, get active, eat better, lose weight and stop smoking.

In addition to the kiosk location at the new Secrest Center, the AHA will also set up Check.Change.Control. stations at four other locations in the Apex Park and Recreation District including the Apex Center, Community Recreation Center, and Fitzmorris Recreation Center and the Racquetball and Fitness Center. These stations will give patrons of the rec centers the ability to enroll in the program throughout the next two years and will include blood pressure cuffs and

educational materials.

The AHA, Lutheran Medical Center and the Apex Park and Recreation District will organize regular onehour classes at the five locations that will cover a variety of health-related topics centered around lowering blood pressure over the next two years.

The Blood Pressure Kiosk was made possible by a gift from the Lutheran Medical Center Foundation.

Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure, but many are unaware of it. Uncontrolled high blood pressure raises the risk of stroke, heart attack or heart failure.

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By JIM SMITH Prompted by last week’s election results and the firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, I’m taking a break once again from writing about real estate to write about politics. But my intention is to be more educational than partisan. Once again, as in my June 26th column, I am speaking only for myself and not for my wonderful — and largely apolitical — broker associates.

As a professional journalist myself (trained at the Washington Post during the turbulent summer of 1968) and educated about the Soviet Union in boarding school as a student of the Russian language, I know something about what led up to the 2016 election that I don’t feel has been adequately conveyed by the media.

In addition to learning the Russian language from Johannes Von Straalen, a Dutchman, I also learned about how the Soviets not only used information to control their own population, but also how they sought to influence people of other nations. My education even included subscribing to the Soviet newspaper Izvestia, which probably put me on a CIA watch list back in the 60’s. I also traveled to the Soviet Union in 1978 with an MIT alumni group and again in the mid1980’s three times as part of “citizen diplomacy” groups sponsored by the Center for Soviet-American Dialogue in Bellingham, Washington. After the fall of the Soviet Union, I made one additional visit to Russia, this

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time in 1994 to Vladivostok, the Pacific naval port which is also the terminus of the famed Trans-Siberian Railroad.

From these and other experiences, I learned a lot about the KGB, in which Vladimir Putin served with distinction, leading to his selection to succeed Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia. I’m speaking up now, because, unless you watched the excellent 2-part series “Putin’s Revenge” on the PBS program Frontline (Google it), you may not fully comprehend how the Russians impacted the 2016 election or recognize the activities they continue to engage in today.

I never believed that Russia tried to hack vote counts, because I knew from the beginning that their tactic is to manipulate minds. That’s the real expertise of Russians who virtually invented such terms as disinformation and “kompromat,” short for compromising material.

The widespread adoption of social media, such as Facebook, supercharged the Russians’ ability to influence “low information voters” — voters who aren’t well enough informed to detect fake stories intended to influence their voting.

The Frontline program showed how Russia’s Internet Research Agency would use social media to fire up both sides of any issue with the potential of creating social and political division in America. They would seize on issues and events that were already dividing America, such as the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, and create social media posts both for and against what was happening.

Think about any event that happened in the past several years — especially the killings of blacks by white police officers, but also anything that would stir up the far right and/or the far left — and you can be sure that some of the social media postings appealing to each extreme were created by Russians working in the St. Petersburg, Russia, office of the Internet Research Agency.

Such postings then trigger other events — think mass casualty events — which in turn can be exploited using additional postings.

It’s a never-ending vicious circle.

America is not the only target of Russia’s meddling with public perceptions and opinions. They’re even more keen on breaking

up the European Union and NATO. Without a doubt, they did the same kind of meddling in European countries to stir up, for example, division over the influx of Syrian refugees.

The Brexit vote in England was probably influenced by a Russian disinformation campaign in that country. And that makes sense, because what would Russia like more, given Putin’s commitment to making Russia great again, than to see the European Union weakened? Russia’s Internet Research Agency is probably at work stirring up nationalist feelings in every European country. Promotion of nationalism in America also serves Russia’s interest because it serves to weaken NATO and draw us out of other international agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The bottom line, as I see it so clearly, is that President Trump has served as a useful tool — without actual “collusion” — for the aggrandizement of the new Russia under Vladimir Putin. And everything that Trump does to further divide Americans against each other, whether promoted or not by the Internet Research Agency, serves to weaken the United States’ position in the world, which, almost by definition, strengthens Russia’s position in the world.

In one of my “citizen diplomat” trips to the Soviet Union, I was struck by the fact that attractive young women were inexplicably introduced into some of the social events for our largely male delegation. When I heard about the “dossier” with compromising videos of Donald Trump the businessman with prostitutes — for whom I’m sure he did not pay — I suspected immediately that it was true.

This and other “kompromat” could serve to keep our President from doing anything adverse to the Russian government.

Whether the campaign to weaken the First Amendment by creating a popular mistrust of mainstream media with the “fake

news” label is inspired or promoted by the Russians doesn’t matter. Our President is doing a good enough job at that, and it does indeed weaken our society and ultimately our standing in the world, which must warm the hearts of our adversaries. The trade war with our allies and other countries — except Russia, it should be noted — can’t hurt in that respect, either.

Ultimately, I have great faith in America, and I am heartened that one house of Congress will soon be under Democratic control, providing a check on the Republican Senate and the Trump administration. A crucial role of Congress is to provide oversight on every department and agency and to hold the administration accountable — something that the Republican Congress has declined to do lest it impact their individual political futures.

Impeachment of the President is not necessary, however deserved it might be on constitutional grounds. It is sufficient just to have one house of Congress now holding the rest of our government accountable for its actions.

Changing topics, it is common knowledge that more than 80% of the tax relief in the Trump tax bill went to the very rich, with some relief to the middle class thrown in for appearances. Overlooked, however, is the impact on the non-profit sector. I’m concerned that Americans will donate less money to worthy charities as we approach the holiday season because of the doubling of the standard deduction. That one provision takes away any tax advantage in supporting charitable causes for a large number of taxpayers, but it is not being discussed. I’m not letting it affect my own giving, but I worry that it could affect others’ giving, and I’m looking forward to some entity doing a statistical analysis of the tax bill’s effect on charitable giving this year and next.

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Titone makes history claiming HD27 seat Brianna Titone is first transgender politician elected to the Colorado Legislature

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

History was made in Arvada when the constituents of House District 27 elected Democrat Brianna Titone, the first transgender representative elected to the Colorado House of Representative.

On election night, Titone was down by 355 votes. After almost 24 hours of Republican Vicki Pyne leading the race, Titone took the lead by nine votes. That lead continued to grow and as of Saturday morning, Nov. 10, Titone was leading by 368 votes — a vote total above the margin that triggers an automatic recount.

“Never let anyone tell you that your vote doesn’t matter,” Titone said.

“While it may not alter everything by itself each time, it is always part of a community of voters, and that community speaking is what voting is all about. Everyone who voted for me can remember this election as a time when their vote made a clear difference.”

The HD27 seat was held by Lang Sias, who was tapped as governor hopeful Walker Stapleton’s running

As of print, Brianna Titone was leading the race with over 100 votes. mate. (Stapleton lost the election to Democrat Jared Polis.) Sias, a Republican, has served in HD 27 for four years. The seat has been held by a Republican since Libby Szabo beat Sara Gagliardi in 2010.

“It’s been a strong Republican seat,” Pyne said. “But we have lot of new houses up near Leyden Rock and Candelas and some untested waters for the election. A lot of unaffiliated voters also makes a difference.”

Pyne said she heard from several constituents that they were going to

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Pyne said her involvement in Arvada will not change as a result of this election.

“Arvada is my home,” she said. “I have loved being actively involved as a community member.”

This year, all House seats representing Jefferson County constituents were won by Democrats. In the state House, Democrats expanded their majority, declaring victory in three other seats previously held by Republicans.

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SHANNA FORTIER Lisa Cutter in Jefferson County, Kyle Mullica in Adams County and Tom Sullivan in Arapahoe County took those spots.

Nineteen Democrats will serve in the Senate when the 2019 legislative session begins in January, including Tammy Story, who ousted Republican Tim Neville.

“We’ve made a lot of progression in the district to opening up people’s minds to something different,” Titone said. “And I think people are ready for change.”

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Polis’ win part of big day for Democrats

Weiser defeats Brauchler for attorney general

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado’s new governor says he’s focused on saving familes money on health care coverage and being a leader for all people.

The night of Nov. 6, Jared Polis walked onstage at the Democrats’ watch party in downtown Denver as loudspeakers played Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’.”

“I pledge to serve all Coloradans — no matter your party, no matter where you live, no matter your race or your gender,” Polis said in his acceptance speech at about 8 p.m., noting Stapleton had called to Polis congratulate him.

Polis, of Boulder, defeated Republican Walker Stapleton, of Greenwood Village, by about 7 percentage points — 51.9 to 44.6 — according to unofficial results posted the afternoon of Nov. 7, nearly 24 hours after the polls closed on Election Day. Polis, who will replace fellow Democrat John Hickenlooper, who is term-limited, becomes the first openly gay governor in the nation, and he touched on the status of sexual orientation and gender in his speech.

“We proved that no barrier should stand in the way of pursuing your dreams,” Polis said. “For the LGBTQ pioneers ... who endured so much hardship and hurt ... for all you’ve done to overcome, thank you.”

Stapleton announced on Twitter that he congratulated Polis at about 8 p.m. on Election Night.

“It is time for everyone to come together and work for the good of Colorado,” Stapleton said. “Thank you to everyone for your support throughout this campaign.”

Polis and Stapleton competed in a starkly polarized race that saw President Donald Trump cast a wide shadow. Pro- and anti-Trump undertones abounded in the campaigns’

messaging, but the candidates also drew sharp lines between each other on front-burner issues in the state, such as energy, immigration and transportation.

Polis has served as the U.S. representative for the 2nd Congressional District — including areas in Boulder, Clear Creek, Jefferson, Larimer and other counties — since 2009.

An entrepreneur who started internet efforts proflowers.com and bluemountain.com, Polis largely self-funded his campaign with about $22.8 million of the campaign’s $23.2 million total contributions, according to Colorado Secretary of State data as of Oct. 29. Stapleton took in $3.9 million in contributions total as of that date, according to the data.

Stapleton, the current state treasurer, served as a CEO and chief financial officer in the private sector before taking office in 2011.

Polis’ win was part of what seemed to be a “blue wave” in Colorado, a state that saw Democrats win a number of high-profile offices.

State attorney general Democrat Phil Weiser, a professor and former dean at the University of Colorado Law School, defeated Republican George Brauchler in the race for state attorney general, 49.9 percent to 47.1 percent, according Weiser to results posted Nov. 7.

On Election Night, Weiser gave a speech that mentioned what he said were the “authentic relationships” he built across the state. He also touched on money put into negative ads during the campaign.

“What we proved in this election is that people win campaigns,” Weiser said. “Colorado will show our nation how democracy can work.”

Brauchler conceded the race the next morning, saying in a news release that he looks forward to working with Weiser and the state’s new leadership.

“This is a new era in Colorado politics,” Brauchler said. “I am proud of the job we did running a close race in a state that appears blue at this time. As much as I am disappointed in the outcome, I am proud of our democratic system of self-government and to have been given the chance to compete for such an important office.”

Brauchler, of Parker, is the 18th Judicial District Attorney in the south metro area. He pegged his opponent as wanting Washington to dictate to Colorado, while Weiser said Brauchler’s background readies him for only 10 percent of the state attorney general’s job.

Weiser, of Denver, commented on his opponent during his victory address.

“It takes a lot to step up and run,” Weiser said. “George had a different vision, and the voters got to choose.”

The attorney general is Colorado’s top legal official, known as the “people’s lawyer” who combats consumer scams, defends Colorado’s laws and protects its land, water and air, to name a few duties.

Brauchler painted Weiser as a partisan who aims to “link hands” with other activist attorneys general, while Weiser framed his campaign as a fight for people’s basic rights and business accountability.

Who could pull off the win had been an open question between Brauchler, a prosecutor who has cultivated a tough-on-crime image, and a professor with less name recognition who had the opportunity to ride a wave of anti-Trump sentiment among Democrats.

State secretary of state Democratic challenger Jena Griswold unseated Secretary of State Wayne Williams, garnering 51.1 percent of the vote compared to Williams’ 46.5 percent.

Griswold began a vicGriswold tory speech by thanking

Williams for “his years of service to our state,” going on to outline her priorities for the office, according to a news release.

“We must ensure that every single voter be heard — black or white, old or young, Republican, Democrat or Independent,” Griswold said. “Colorado can start down this path by expanding automatic voter registration.”

Williams, of Colorado Springs, was running for a second term. Griswold, of Louisville, is a voter-protection attorney.

The Secretary of State’s Office oversees elections and business registration in the state, among other duties.

State treasurer Democrat Dave Young defeated Republican Brian Watson by about 4 percentage points — 50.8 to 46.6 — in the contest to replace Stapleton as treasurer.

Watson, of Denver, works in commercial real estate. Young, of Greeley, is the current Young representative for state House District 50 and a college instructor. District 50 includes the Greeley area.

The treasurer’s office invests Colorado’s tax dollars and helps get unclaimed property back to its lawful owners. The treasurer also serves on the board of the Public Employees’ Retirement Association, or PERA, the state’s public-employee pension program.

University of Colorado regent at large For the University of Colorado Board of Regents, Republican Ken Montera, a retired corporate executive, faced Democrat Lesley Smith, a CU scientist and educator, in the race for an at-large seat.

Smith won the seat with 50.4 percent of the vote, Smith compared to Montera’s 44.9 percent.

The board of regents generally governs, and controls funds for, the four CU campuses.

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2018 JEFFERSON COUNTY ELECTION RESULTS Assessor Scot Kersgaard (D) 52.19 percent Brian Cassidy (R) 47.81 percent Clerk and Recorder George Stern (D) 50.63 percent Faye Griffin (R) 49.37 percent Coroner Annette Cannon (D) 54.14 percent Thomas Weldon (R) 45.86 percent County Commissioner, District 3 Lesley Dahlkemper (D) 55.59 percent Tina Francone (R) 44.41 percent Sheriff Jeff Shrader (R) 100 percent with 207,989 votes

Surveyor Robert Hennessy (R) 45.85 percent Bryan Douglass (D) 54.15 percent Treasurer Jerry DiTullio (D) 53.96 percent Frank Teunissen (R) 46.04 percent Jefferson County Public Schools ballot measures 5A (mill levy) — Passed with 52.51 percent of the vote 5B (school bond) — Passed with 50.22 percent West Metro Fire Ballot Measure 7C (revenue stabilization) Yes: 69.83 percent No: 30.17 percent These results are as of 10 a.m. on Nov. 13.

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Jeffco goes deep blue Dems win all contested county elections

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All contested Jefferson County elected positions on the ballot this year have gone the way of the Democrats, as of Nov. 9.

While candidates note that getting the job done in many of the county offices has nothing to do with political affiliation, it’s still noteworthy that voters decided to put Democratic candidates in the majority of the roles.

“It’s interesting that Democrats have taken on a higher profile,” said Jefferson County Commissioner Casey Tighe, a Democrat who has served alongside Republicans for the entire time he’s held the seat since 2013.

Residents could have voted that way to make sure all issues are handled in a balanced and responsible way, and to ensure the government is investing in the community and protecting the lifestyle Jeffco residents enjoy, Tighe said.

However, county government is not like in Washington, Tighe said.

“Local government isn’t as partisan as they are. Party divisions aren’t as clear.”

Jefferson County has 10 elected offices — three county commissioner seats, assessor, clerk and recorder, coroner, district attorney, sheriff, surveyor and treasurer.

Nine of the 10 positions have been in the hands of Republicans for several years. Following the outcome of this midterm election, Republicans hold only three offices — one county commissioner seat, sheriff and district attorney.

In addition, the only Republican who won election year year is Sheriff Jeff Shrader, who ran unopposed and garnered 207,989 yes votes.

Two of the county’s elected officials —Treasurer Tim Kauffman and Coroner John Graham, both Republicans — were term limited.

They are both being replaced by Democrats. As of the last vote update before printing this paper Democrat Annette Cannon won the coroner seat with 54.14 percent of the vote over Republican candidate Thomas Weldon’s 45.86 percent. For treasurer, Democrat Gerald ‘’Jerry’’ DiTullio leads with 53.96 percent of the vote against Republican Frank Teunissen’s 46.04 percent of the vote.

In the assessor race, Republican candidate Brian Cassidy won the June primary against incumbent Ron Sandstrom, but in the general election Democrat Scot Kersgaard holds the lead with 52.19 percent of the vote over Cassidy’s 47.81

percent.

The surveyor race had an incumbent running — Republican Robert J. Hennessy — but Democrat Bryan Douglass leads with 54.15 percent of the vote compared to Hennessy’s 45.85 percent.

Continuously separated by less than a percentage point as soon as first counts, perhaps the closest race for county offices this election was that for the clerk and recorder.

Republican Faye Griffin, the incumbent had a small lead as first counts came in. However, as more ballots were cast in the following days, George Stern (D) took the lead, and at press time had 50.63 percent of the votes, over Griffin’s 49.37 percent.

“It is clear we’ve seen unprecedented turnout in a midterm, and that’s a great thing for democracy,” Stern said.

“Throughout Jefferson County, we saw first-time voters and regular voters who wanted change at every level. Now it’s our job to deliver.”

Griffin has been involved in the county’s government for about two decades. Beginning in 1998, she has been elected to serve as clerk and recorder, county commissioner Griffin and treasurer.

Commission control flips Although not as close of a race as that of clerk and recorder, the county commissioner race made history with voters electing a Democrat to the seat.

Tina Francone, a Republican, ran as the appointed incumbent for District Three, which is the southern part of Jefferson County, although all county seats are voted on at-large.

Democrat Leslie Dahlkemper, a former school board member, won the vote with 55.59 Francone percent over Francone’s 44.41 percent as of 11:03 p.m. Nov. 9.

Francone was appointed to the seat after Donald Rosier, who was term limited, vacated it early. She was sworn in on Feb. 6. Her background includes serving as the Regional Transportation District (RTD) director for District N. “I’m not done yet,” Francone said, noting she has a couple of months still in office. In that time, she’ll be finalizing the budget, and working on fulfilling some promises she made — namely, re-establishing the Evergreen Dog Park and converting the Meyers Ranch House in Conifer into a community center.

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After uncertain start, funding likely for Jeffco schools Both the mill levy override and the bond seem to be passing now

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It came down to the wire.

Jeffco Schools Superintendent Dr. Jason Glass called it a “Hail Mary.”

On Election Night, the measure was down more than 8,000 votes, but as more votes were counted in the days that followed Election Day, the gap between those wanting to fund the $567 million bond for Jefferson County Public Schools and those not, narrowed.

“There was something systematic in that last batch of votes,” Glass said, “The later votes were more supportive of public education than the first batch.”

On the morning of Saturday, Nov.10, the vote for the bond took the lead for the first time, with 50.22 percent of Jeffco voters in favor — a difference of 1,286 votes.

The Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder’s office said the last few thousand votes would be counted by the end of Tuesday, Nov. 13, after this paper’s press deadline. However those ballots, mostly in-person ballots cast on election day, have trended strongly in favor of 5B. The bond — a financial mechanism

to pay for building construction, renovations and capital improvements — would bring outdated district buildings up to structural and educational standards, to address continuing population growth and improve school security measures.

Critics that wrote into the paper in opposition to the bond said its repayment plan was unnecessarily wasteful, and and did not allocate money wisely enough.

For Alameda High School teacher Erin Murphy though, passage of the bond means healthier and safer environments for her students.

“Many of our students have evacuated their classrooms multiple times due to leaks and flooding, and that is incredibly disruptive to their learning,” Murphy said. “The passage of the bond will give my students the opportunity to attend a school that is healthy, safe, and equipped to prepare them for life after high school.”

This was the fifth bond proposed for Jeffco schools since 2004, when the last major bond for facility improvements ($323.8 million) was passed. Voters approved a $99 million bond for repairs related to keeping schools warm, safe and dry in 2012. But they rejected a $535 million bond in 2016 and a similar request in 2008.

If the bond sticks, Glass said the district will see work happening to execute the bond program as early as spring of next year.

“If it’s successful, there will be

Nik Slater and Kay Slater, supporters of the Jefferson County Public Schools’ 5A and 5B, watch nervously at 240 Union as the results come in Nov. 6. SHANNA FORTIER some exciting facility improvements coming to Jeffco,” Glass said, adding that if not, the district will continue to make do with what they have.

At the board study session the morning of Nov. 7, Board President Ron Mitchell said he was confused by the lack of initial support for the bond.

“For the 3 years I’ve been on the board we’ve heard that people love the neighborhood schools and want to keep them open,” he said. “Yet at the same time I’m surprised that maybe they don’t understand that there is a cost in doing that.”

Passing the mill The bonds counterpoint, 5A, a $33 million mill levy override got a pass from voters by more than 54 percent.

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“Since I entered the profession I have had to work multiple jobs in order to pay my bills,” Bruner said. “The passage of the mill means that for the first time in my career, I might be able to focus solely on my students.”

About half of the mill levy override would provide money to give teachers raises.

Glass said this breaks down to roughly $15 million for employee benefits.

“It’s not a life-changer, but it will help,” Glass said, explaining that it takes about $6 million to pay a one percent raise for teachers and staff.

Roughly $3 million will go to charter schools. The other $15 million is split for student safety improvements, programming in career and technical resources and STEM options, technology, and to expand full-day early childhood education.

A similar ask was rejected in 2016.

“I’m gratified about 5A, we really value our educators that we have the Jeffco and I think 5A will help us stop hemorrhaging those educators to other districts,” said Jeffco Schools boardmember Brad Rupert.

Since this money comes from property taxes, it won’t be available until spring of 2019, Glass said. There will also be an extensive budgeting process over the next few month with more precision in allocating funds than what was listed in the campaign material. Glass said that since several buckets on the ballot initiative involved hiring staff, that won’t happen until the next school year.

“We always said we would look at what happened after Election Day and determine how much good we can do with what we got,” Glass said. “We’re grateful for the voters approving 5A. We’re going to put it to good use and it’s going to do a lot of good things for Jeffco.”

Funding for roads, fire district approved by Arvadan voters Neither measure raised taxes

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Two large road projects will begin in Arvada thanks to voter approval of reauthorization of bond sought by the city of Arvada.

The city of Arvada asked residents to authorize debt for the city in the amount of $79.8 million with a repayment cost of up to $125 million for the completion of two road projects within the city — the Ralston Road project and the 72nd Avenue project. The bond reauthorization does not impose any new tax or increase any tax rate.

The measure passed with 66.5 per-

cent of voters approving it.

“This indicates that Arvada residents were very aware that we were not seeing a tax increase, but that there are some very important road projects that we can do,” said Arvada Mayor Marc Williams.

According to Arvada City Manager Mark Deven, the city will likely issue bonds during the second quarter of next year with construction starting with the Ralston Road project in 2020.

The Ralston Road project focuses on the completion of design from Wadsworth Bypass to Kipling Street, which includes widening traffic lanes and adding bike lanes.

The project is estimated at $15.3 million with a three year timeline.

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Democrat in a Jeffco commissioner have always been willing to hear his These first commissioners served role since at least the 1950s. And with point-of-view on any issue they were Dahlkemper now elected into office, it different lengths of terms dependpresented with. ing on who received the most-to-least will be the first time for two Demo“We’re going to continue to do votes. Bergen held the seat from 1862 crats to hold county commissioner ChuckDons_Arvada_Runs & 11.15.18_Layout 10/24/18E.11:38 AM Page 1 that,” Tighe said. “That climate is not to 1869.1Duncan Harrison, who seats since Betty MillerCCM and11.8 Gary D.

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going to change.”

On any given issue, even when people see a two-to-one vote by the commissioners, it most likely won’t be along, or because of, party lines, Tighe added.

“All the commissioners are equal partners,” he said. “The way we’ll handle those issues are with discussions and debates.”

Dahlkemper is looking forward to the upcoming conversations she and Francone have planned for the near future.

A successful county commissioner is out in the community, listens well, is able to find common ground and is a good problem solver, Dahlkemper said. Roads and bridges and open space, for example, she added, are not a Republican or a Democrat issue.

“As a commissioner, you want to make thoughtful, purposeful decisions that are in the best interest of all Jeffco communities,” Dahlkemper said. It’s not about party affiliation, she said. “It’s about getting the job done in Jefferson County.”

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Congressman Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat of Arvada, will once again represent Colorado’s 7th Congressional District.

The popular incumbent captured 59 percent of the vote, more than 20 points ahead of the nearest challenger.

“At every level, we have people that are outstanding,” said Perlmutter.

“We’ve executed our game plan the best, and that’s why we have a blue wave in Colorado.”

Running against Perlmutter for the seat is Republican Mark Barrington of Lakewood, who had 36.9 percent of the vote, and Libertarian Jennifer Nackerud of Westminster, with 3.5 percent of the vote.

Perlmutter was first elected to represent the 7th Congressional District in 2006. The district is in Jefferson and Adams counties, and includes Golden, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge and Arvada, as well as much of Westminster, Thornton and Northglenn. Prior

to that, he served two terms in the Colorado Senate beginning in 1994.

During the election Barrington said that the two main issues he would focus on if elected would be the national debt and infrastructure. He believes all residents should have access to affordable health care. National security is another of his top priorities, as is road and transportation infrastructure.

Among some of the issues Nackerud notes on her website are that she believes in school choice and that “the rights of lawful gun-owners are Constitutionally protected,” but that she would be “in complete support of stricter gun laws, at the state level.”

In April 2017, Perlmutter announced he would run for governor to replace term-limited John Hickenlooper. In July that year, he announced he would no longer run for governor and that he would be leaving politics at the end of his current term. However, that announcement was followed by a decision to run for re-election to keep his House seat on Aug. 21, 2017.

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Many educators across Colorado believe voters missed an opportunity to support students when they voted

down Amendment 73, a constitutional amendment that would have instituted a graduated income tax increase on individuals earning more than $150,000 a year and increased the corporate income tax rate from 4.63 percent to 6 percent.

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It is a five segment project, and is partially completed with two sections remaining: Yukon to Carr and Carr to Garrison.

The Ralston Road project was the number one project listed by the Arvada Citizens’ Capital Improvement Committee in its final report to council in 2016.

The other road project focuses on 72nd Avenue and would complete the expansion and railroad grade separation from Kipling to Indiana.

It is estimated at $97.5 million over more than five years and is split into four segments: Kipling to Oak; Oak to Simms; Simms to Ward; and Ward to Indiana. Each segments presents its own set of challenges, including right of way acquisitions.

Funding fire The Arvada Fire Protection District — which covers portions of Arvada and Wheat Ridge as well as areas of unincorporated Jefferson County — also passed its ballot measure, which sought the ability to adjust its current mill levy, down or up, to compensate for a change in the residential assessment rate. The goal was to stabilize the revenue the district brings in through property taxes.

Voters overwhelmingly agreed to this with 72.28 percent of voters saying yes.

“The results from the ballot initiative show just how incredibly supportive our community is of our emergency responders,” said Arvada Fire Protection District Chief Jon Greer. “We are so thankful to everyone who voted for our revenue stabilization measure.

We want to give you amazing, quality service and we thank you for providing us with the resources to continue to do so. It is our honor to serve you.”

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Creek High School, part of Jefferson County Public Schools. “I feel like the voters in Colorado support our schools and education, but we can’t fund our schools on gratitude. My students are worth the investment, and I am determined to keep going in order for them to have a fully funded public education.”

Members of the Douglas County Federation of Teachers, the teachers’ union, felt the same way.

“Colorado has chronically underfunded our schools even as we have a strong economy,” said Kallie Leyba, president of the federation.

“We are very concerned about what the implications for Douglas County will be, as well as the implications for districts across our state … Colorado cannot afford to continue to underfund PK-12 education without hurting our community and our economy.”

About 55 percent of Colorado voters said no to Amendment 73 in the Nov. 6 election, according to results n posted Nov. 8. In the extended DenS ver metro area, only Denver, Broomfield and Boulder counties passed the amendment.

The measure, which would have brought about $1.6 billion to school districts throughout the state, also aimed to created a fixed residential property tax rates at 7 percent, preventing school districts from falling further behind in funding due to the Gallagher Amendment.

Supporters of the measure said funding shortfalls — largely blamed on the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, or TABOR — have resulted in educators leaving the profession, vacant teaching positions across the state and fewer experienced professionals in classrooms.

But Jesse Mallory, the state director of Americans for Prosperity, an organization that advocates for conservative causes, said Coloradans were rightly leery of a large tax

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increase without guaranteed results.

“The Legislature should instead look at ways to increase funding by cutting wasteful spending, ending fraud and abuse, and eliminating handouts and tax loopholes for powerful and well-connected special interests,” Mallory said in a news release.

Education leaders in Littleton Public Schools take the failure of the measure as a learning experience.

“Tax increases are difficult to pass,” said Brian Ewert, LPS superintendent, whose district saw a bond measure pass by a wide margin on Nov. 6. “We need to step back and look at what voters told us.”

Ewert said leaders need to think about what part of the tax policy was objectionable, what a tax policy should look like and who should be at the table to discuss it.

“Amendments that include tax increases are difficult to pass,” he said. “Hopefully, this will send a message to the entire state to advocate for public education.”

Jack Reutzel, Littleton Public Schools Board of Education president, is hopeful that the Democrats’ push in the state Legislature will allow for more talks about increasing statewide education funding in the future.

“With the change in the makeup of the state Legislature, we think we’re going to have a sympathetic ear for K-12 education at the state House,” Reutzel said.

Those sentiments are shared by Lisa Weil, executive director of Great Education Colorado, part of the coalition that supported 73.

“This conversation, and the effort for equitable funding for Colorado schools, will continue, as will the broad-based coalition that came together to help our schools, kids and teachers,” Weil said. “Together, we’ve changed the conversation and established that school funding is in crisis in Colorado. We’ve addressed it at the grassroots level, we’ve made our voices heard and we expect our public officials to listen and to come together on solutions.”

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his column is not about vote shaming – we all have our reasons for what we do. Rather, it’s about what I’ve learned since the midterm elections.

ALCHEMY Did you know that Colorado’s voter turnout was among the highest in the nation? As of Nov. 11, the U.S. Elections Project reports a 49 percent turnout rate nationally, the highest for midterm elections since 1966.

The Project reports, Andrea Doray however, that in Colorado nearly 60 percent of eligible

voting-age adults participated.

In our state, women cast nearly 100,000 more votes than men, and unaffiliated voters were the largest group. And, perhaps not surprisingly, voters aged 18 to 34 made up more than 21 percent of the total.

Many of you who chose not to vote, though, told me your vote doesn’t matter, some of you because you believe that nothing changes, no matter who gets elected. Others responded in terms of sheer numbers … that your one vote won’t make a difference.

I also heard that some of you felt too uninformed to cast a reasonable ballot, especially given competing issues such as Propositions 109 and 110. Others told me that, as in the 2016 presidential campaign, you didn’t like

any of the candidates and, rather than vote for or against someone, you didn’t vote at all.

I talked with Coloradans so I didn’t encounter many barriers to voting, such as access or transportation, because of our mail-in ballot system, but I did hear that it was too inconvenient and time consuming, again, perhaps, because the complex issues.

Many of you mentioned the barrage of negative attack ads – many of which (if not all) were proven by truth testers to be misleading at best and outright lies at worst – that turned you off politics altogether.

For those who did vote, the overwhelming reason was to send a message – a resist message, a support message, a mad-as-hell-and-not-going-

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End of election relief We can all breathe a sigh of relief that the onslaught of political ads are over, at least for the moment. My hope now is that our elected officials do not go right back to business as usual. The record numbers that turned out for a mid term should send a signal. The voters of our country are waking up and taking positions. One of the strongest of those is that we are tired of gridlock in our government and we demand that our representatives drop the vitriolic name calling and mud slinging, and work within party and across aisles to come to reasonable compromises that our nation can live with. The time for non-yielding partisanship is over. If those of you we elected cannot govern in an effective manner, you will see even more of us at the polls in the next election and you will be replaced by those who can get the job done. Within my small sphere of influence I for one will do all that I can to make sure that the spotlight of public responsibility is trained on you and am encouraging all voters to do the same.

Richard Kurtz, Arvada

Sad about 73 outcome Coming from a family of teachers in Colorado, we are saddened and heartbroken about the lack of support Colorado voters gave to Colorado public schools, educators and students in our state in voting down Amendment 73.

Had it passed, the funding that would have gone to our schools could have made the difference in attracting and retaining quality teachers, lowering

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class sizes, improving much needed technology and supplies, as well as providing adequate salaries to teachers so they can afford to live in our state.

Instead we got slapped in the face.

When will Colorado begin to care about public education in our communities? Maybe when our teachers start crossing state lines to teach in districts that pay twice as much.

Kimberly Guinn, Arvada Celebrating American Indian heritage During this month, our nation and the Lakewood Blue Spruce Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of the Native Americans who were the original inhabitants, explorers, and settlers.

Lakewood Mayor Adam Paul has proclaimed November as National American Indian Heritage Month by stating the contributions of American Indians have enhanced the freedom, prosperity, and greatness of America today. He further states that their customs and traditions are respected and celebrated as part of a rich legacy throughout the US. As far back as the early 1900’s, the Boy Scouts set aside a day for the “First Americans.” In 1986 Congress established “American Indian Week.”

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Don’t let your sons grow up to be YouTube stars

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Yeah, I got nothing for that. hen I was five, my You see my point. As I matured (a heroes were my Mom slow, ongoing process, to be sure), and my Dad and older these were the characteristics I brother. Just because. attempted to emulate. Some were When I was eight, my hero was successful, some less so.

Luke Skywalker, because he had By contrast, my son really enjoys magical powers and he got to swing across the chasm with Princess watching “YouTubers.” And no, that Leia. is not some bizarre cartoon show When I was 10, my hero was Mr. about talking worms. YouTubers are Spock, because I apprecia strange new brand of enHITTING ated that he faced every tertainment in which people challenge with logic and record themselves doing HOME reason. something, and then narrate When I was 12, my hero what they are doing. In my was Pete Rose, because I son’s case, the thing they loved how “Charlie Hustle” are usually doing is playing played every game as if it some video game and showwas the most important ing off advanced tactics or game ever. Gambling will skills. They also seem to be do that.

British and make strange And then, when I was 15, I noises. Could just be me. discovered Maynard FerguOne of the most famous son, Doc Severenson and the Michael Alcorn of this brand of entertainer New York Philharmonic. was a man named Logan I tell you all of that because, as Paul, whose fame even spawned a line I’ve written before, I think most of clothing. He, in the never-ending people end up being an amalgam of quest to remain relevant, leapt across the people and ideals they elevate all lines of good taste and decorum in their lives. I’m not saying I’m the one day last year, and recorded smartest kid in the room, but I do himself being an idiot at the site of value intelligence; I’m not coldly suicide. He has since apologized. logical, but I do try to let reason rule my decision-making process; I’m not a Jedi…

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to-take-it-anymore message. To whom we’re sending these messages varies, but usually it’s one or the other of the political parties, either nationally or locally or both.

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thanksgiving and celebration for the American Indians.

In 1989 Congress passed the “National Museum of the American Indian Act” providing for a National Museum which is a part of the Smithsonian system. In the following year, President George W. Bush being inspired by the museum, issued a proclamation, making November as National American Indian Heritage month. President Bush stated that the “national museum is dedicated to the preservation of American Indian history, art, language, anthropology, and culture that will help enhance public awareness of – and appreciation for – these proud people”. Each president since then has proclaimed November as National American Indian Heritage Month.

In President Donald Trump’s 2018 Proclamation he encourages all Americans to learn more about American Indians and Alaska Native cultures as we celebrate and honor the many native peoples who have given so much

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This is, apparently, one of the most popular pastimes for boys. And, for the most part, I don’t really care. It’s harmless — and mostly mindless — fun.

But the YouTuber must remain relevant with increasingly mindless ways of drawing attention to themselves. And so, ultimately, like Kim Kardashian and all the other attention seekers in the world, I suspect each of them will eventually jump their own shark into oblivion.

And what will be left behind are young men — boys — whose ideals are mindless attention whores.

Meanwhile, their counterparts (girls) are being constantly pointed in the direction of smart, ambitious and accomplished women to emulate, like Nikki Haley and Sheryl Sandberg.

And if they can manage to avoid being sucked into Hulu, they will see that the world is being laid at their feet.

This is a phenomenon that I would advise parents to be aware of. Like many entertainments through the years (Dungeons and Dragons comes

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Also, I happened to visit Nepal during their national parliamentary elections in 2013. Transportation was shut down, candidates were killed or maimed, and opposition parties bombed polling stations. Yet, an astounding 70 percent of Nepal’s registered voters braved the volatile situation to show up.

Finally, in a heartbreaking insider ambush, National Guard Major Brett Taylor (and North Ogden, Utah, mayor) was killed in Afghanistan as

to our great nation.

Colorado Governor Hicklenlooper also issued a Proclamation for this special month.

Dorothy Burke, Lakewood Blue backlash at ballot box As a long-time Colorado conservative, I can only see what happened here as a “Blue Backlash” rather than a “Blue Wave.” It seems that there are two factors. First, we have many citizens who are not happy with what has been a gridlock situation in Colorado Government. Secondly, we have had an influx of Democrats/Liberals in this state. Many residents have moved here because they were fed up with the high taxes and liberal agenda of their various states. So, why do they move here and then vote for exactly the same thing?

It is like that with some immigrants that leave their country but want similar laws passed in the US. Isn’t that contradictory? Yet, that seems to be the mind-set of many immigrants, no matter what their place of origin.

Colorado has been a conservative stronghold. That is what has made to mind), it is largely harmless. But we are starting to notice that one of the most striking achievement gaps in education is between boys and girls. In fact, women outpace men in earning college degrees by almost 20 percent.

And that gap begins early. Boys are being educated in an environment that is very unnatural for them, and then they chase entertainments that retard the maturation process. And if you don’t think boys’ maturity issues aren’t huge, I would advise you to spend time in a school. It’s a doublewhammy.

The antidote? Like in everything, the real world. Make boys play outside, play team sports, take them to games, point out the good guys. Help them form values. Encourage them to grow up according to those values. For God’s sake, don’t let them subscribe to Donald Trump’s Twitter feed. Show them the way.

Someday, they’ll be voters.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Charon’s Blade,” will be available November 16 at Amazon.com, on Kindle, or through MichaelJAlcorn.com. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

he was providing security for Afghan elections, days before our midterms.

In his last Facebook post, Major Taylor wrote: “As the USA gets ready to vote in our own election next week, I hope everyone back home exercises their precious right to vote … and that whether the Republicans or the Democrats win, that we all remember that we have far more as Americans that unites us than divides us.”

Rest in peace, Major Taylor.

Andrea Doray is a writer who encourages us to cherish our hard-won freedoms and protect the rights of all Americans. Contact her at a.doray@ andreadoray.com.

our state a vibrant economy over the years. Perhaps, as time goes on and we start to look like the high tax, restrictive, liberal states our citizens will begin to reconsider what they have done. Maybe!

William F Hineser, Arvada

missing their education for a break to “Juul.” I see this as a growing issue and I believe that making parents aware of this issue would help calm it down and save some people from the grim future it creates.

Jack Kelley of Troop 21, Arvada

Ban smoking in public I think that smoking shoudn’t be allowed in public. I think this because the smell is horrid, most people cause litter with their cigarettes, and worst of all second hand smoking happens.

The litter is gross and bad for the environment, especially for the animals that may eat them. The smell is bad and second hand smoking happens, which isn’t good for you.

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hanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, or whatever you and your family celebrate is right around the corner. The holidays are supposed to bring a light of happiness to life with traditions, food, gifts, relaxation and — whether you like it or not — family.

Maybe seeing your family isn’t a problem, and family holiday gatherings are something that you look forward to each year. It’s not like that for everyone, though, and seeing the family during the holidays can be a stressful time for plenty of Americans.

We talked to three licensed family therapists about how to deal with stress that family can bring during the holidays. Whether you’re preparing to deal with family members whom you don’t see often, or to deal with family members who may have strong opinions that differ from yours, these therapists have pointers to make things easier as the holidays approach.

Dr. Reo Leslie “You must’ve been watching some movies,” said Leslie as he chuckles over the phone when asked about his tips for dealing with family holiday gatherings. Leslie is full of knowledge about the subject, and he has the credentials to show it. The licensed marriage and family therapist founded the Colorado School for Family Therapy, a nonprofit organization and school that educates counselors, clinical supervisors, licensure candidates, psychotherapists and ministers.

Therapist Cory Reid-Vanas suggests treating difficult family as an opportunity.

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Leslie’s first message to those who are dreading spending time with their family is to determine how long the interaction is going to be in order to better prepare yourself for what you’re getting into.

His second message to those who are stressed about family gatherings? You’re not obligated to participate in family functions.

“Family systems are really good at initiating emotions like shame and guilt, but you don’t have to buy into that. You don’t want to harm your stress and mental health,” Leslie said. “A lot of my clients choose not to participate in the holiday family situations. It’s harmful emotionally to go into bad family situations.”

For those who are worried about political discussions at the holiday dinner table, Leslie has a simple suggestion — don’t participate in it.

“If uncle Joe is a Democrat and aunt Sally is a Republican, you don’t want to discuss politics close to the turkey knives. Suspend that around the holiday time. There is no need to argue your opinion,” said Leslie.

“Normally, expressing your opinion is important, but none of that needs to happen over the holiday dinner.

Being with the family around the holidays is like moving into an alternative universe. You have to suspend reality for the time of the activity.”

Letha Atwater Letha Atwater is soft-spoken and well-educated about coping with family holiday gatherings. She starts off a conversation about the subject with a similar suggestion that Leslie made — be prepared.

“One of the biggest things is being able to plan ahead for knowing that person (whom you don’t want to see) is going to be there,” said Atwater, direcAtwater tor of clinical family therapy for Counseling Center of Colorado LLC. Atwater’s suggestion for planning ahead involves having an escape plan. She said that having an escape plan can come in handy if nothing is going the way you want at a family holiday gathering. That escape plan can even be just going outside and taking a walk to separate yourself from a family member who is giving you issues.

Atwater emphasized how impactful relaxation techniques like taking deep breaths can be if someone is giving you anxiety. She also suggested using positive imagery as a coping mechanism, like imagining that you’re on a beach in Hawaii.

hen most people see red carpets, they’re on television and full of recognizable faces from the worlds of entertainment or sports. Most of us will never get to walk one, have our photos taken and answer questions from the press.

But thanks to the Denver Film Festival, which hosted its 41st iteration Oct. 31 through Nov. 11, local actors, directors, writers, producers and others in the industry based in the metro area had the chance to do just that outside of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

Most, like producer Anthony Cross, used the opportunity to not only speak about their work, but champion the city and state’s film scene — a scene that has been growing in recent COMING years.

ATTRACTIONS “Film here in not just a stagnant art form.

It is a living, breathing thing,” Cross explained.

“It is important we make it something that is worthwhile and accessible to Clarke Reader everybody.”

This year’s festival included more than 200 screenings, from three-to-five-minute short films to feature-length titles that will soon be mainstays during awards season in just a few months. There were documentaries, spotlights on the films of Hungary and the United Kingdom and even music videos.

“Our audiences have become really good at trying new things as part of the festival, which is pretty unique,” said Andrew Rodgers, Denver Film Society executive director.

The aim of such a wide variety of offerings is not only to entertain and enlighten, but to inspire filmmakers of all ages to tell their stories.

“It’s unbelievable to see how much the festival has grown over the past 41 years, and now we’re working on building up a younger audience,” said Ron Henderson, Denver Film Society and Festival founder.

I picked three movies from the eclectic lineup that I think you should make a point to spend time with when they come to a screen, large or small, near you.

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“People don’t know what is going on in your mind. Sometimes you really have to take yourself out of a situation if it is going to cause a lot of anxiety for you,” Atwater said. “I can’t stress enough that we control how we feel and think. If we look at it in that way, it really takes a lot of other people’s stuff off of our plate.”

Cory Reid-Vanas Cory Reid-Vanas is a friendly, welcoming licensed marriage and family therapist who is the founder of Rocky Mountain Counseling Coaching Consulting, a counseling service for individuals, families and couples.

“This is a really important time of year to practice taking good care of ourselves. Obviously, it is important to attend and spend time with family, but it’s also important to practice that sentiment that our responsibility is to take good care of ourselves,” Reid-Vanas said.

Reid-Vanas said that having a family member who is challenging for you, or who increases your stress level, can be an opportunity to practice self-care.

Part of practicing self-care includes getting rest through doing things you enjoy, practicing better nutrition and getting exercise. All of those things are great methods for dealing with stress that the holidays and family can bring on, according to Reid-Vanas.

“You are going to experience stress.

The goal isn’t to control stress. The goal is to manage stress to minimize it so

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‘The Front Runner’ For Coloradans and political junkies alike, director Jason Reitman’s latest film, “The Front Runner,” tackles a story many of us might think we know — the failed presidential bid of Colorado Sen. Gary Hart in 1988.

The film centers on Hart (a restrained, torn Hugh Jackman) as he navigates the pressures, lies and half-truths that come with running for the highest office in the land. The film brims over with fantastic performances from Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Molly Ephraim and many, many others.

Written by Reitman, Jay Carson and Matt Bai (based on his book, “All the Truth Is Out”) the film explores questions of what is interesting vs. important, the culpability of politicians and the media alike in turning politicians into celebrities and the standards to which we hold ourselves and our leaders. In other words, a film made for these fraught political times.

“When we’ve created a process where we make politicians into celebrities, eventually we were going to have celebrity candidates,” Bai said during a post-screening discussion that included Carson, Reitman and producer Helen Estabrook on Nov. 8 at Ellie Caulkins.

“This campaign was really the moment

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that you can enjoy your holiday,” ReidVanas said.

Reid-Vanas has other methods for dealing with stress that family can create during the holidays. He calls them “plug ins” and “plug outs.” Plugging in is about connecting with yourself and focusing on your values and priorities.

Plugging out is about connecting with “the external,” and that involves every-

thing from people and the natural world.

“I think that with how our world is set up, holidays can be stressful around expectations of spending time with family, preparing meals, or purchasing gifts. Stress levels can easily go up,” said Reid-Vanas. “We all have family members. Families are complex. They’re both difficult and beautiful all in the same sentence.”

when the world of politics and entertainment collided.”

With instantly quotable lines like “The world changes when young people give a damn,” and an exploration of what the American public will and won’t stand for when it comes to their leaders and the fourth estate, “The Front Runner” should not be missed.

ments to the power of the will to live and the regenerative grace of humanity.

‘The Invisibles’ In February 1943, the Nazi regime declared Berlin “free of Jews.” But that count was off by about 1,700 people.

People who did everything they could to remain hidden and blend in. To become invisible.

Claus Räfle’s film, “The Invisibles,” is a fascinating and unique blending of documentary and historical drama, which tells the true story of four Jewish Berliners and the lengths they went through to avoid being deported into the Third Reich’s concentration camps. Some of the survivors actually worked in the underground resistance, undermining the Germans wherever they could, while others’ sole focus was staying a step ahead of the Gestapo.

The movie uses actual interviews from the four survivors as they remember traumatic events like, as one put it, “the day I became illegal.” That the film manages to be as uplifting and even funny as it is stands as a testament to Räfle’s craft and the ordinary heroes he celebrates.

Unsurprisingly, it’s the survivors who make the biggest impression — testa-

‘Roma’ To me, there is a kind of otherworldly beauty that comes with a movie shot in black and white. The contrasts are deeper and the shadows and light become a more visceral part of the storytelling. All of which is to say, Oscarwinner Alfonso Cuarón’s latest film, “Roma,” takes Mexico City of the early 1970s and turns it into a world of everyday enchantment and poetry through black-and-white cinematography and personal storytelling.

Based on his own experiences growing up in the city, Cuarón (“Children of Men,” “Gravity” and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”) cast first-time and unknown actors in the role of a middle-class family at a time of personal and political change.

The movie feels more like a documentary than a scripted drama, and Cuarón (who also wrote and shot it) uses a poet’s eye to tell extraordinarily moving stories to which everyone can relate.

The film is coming straight to Netflix, so you have no excuse to miss what is undoubtedly one of the year’s best films.

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

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The Silhouettes use their bodies and shadows to create a tree during one of their performances.

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Silhouettes find a new home in Westminster The shadow dance company offers shows for locals

town we’re hoping to be able to do a show every few months for people in the area,” said Lynne WaggonerPatton, owner and director of The Silhouettes.

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Veterans stand to be recognized at the Golden Elks Lodge’s veteran’s dinner on Nov. 10. The meal — shrimp and crab gumbo with rice and banana splits for dessert — was offered for free to all veterans. Turnout was great, said Elks member Wayne Rogers, and everyone had a good time.

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Most Americans are familiar with the iconic images of the White House or Mt. Rushmore but not many have seen these historical images replicated using live performers and shadows.

Unless they’ve been watching television.

The Silhouettes is a world-renowned shadow-dance company that placed as first-runner up on season six of America’s Got Talent. The group wowed the world with their shadow-dance performance, using their bodies to tell powerful stories by merging their shadows to create intricate landscapes, images and performances.

The group relocated this fall from their 25-year location in Arvada to Westminster. Nearly 100 people attended a grand opening Oct. 30 at their new location in the Standley Lake Marketplace. The new facility will allow the Silhouettes to perform shows locally when they’re not traveling.

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Shadow perfect The art of shadow-dancing can be difficult to master and the Westminster facility will serve as a training center while allowing the group to film performances, which they do for groups who can’t travel to a show, such as students in rural areas.

“Silhouettes have to work together,” said Waggoner-Patton. “If even one pinky is out of place it changes the image.”

The group is on a mission to help homeless children and families in need, and perform for many non-profit organizations to help raise money to support their cause. They also perform for corporate clients and theatre tours.

“America’s Got Talent gave The Silhouettes the chance of a lifetime and continue to help The Silhouettes spread inspiration messages by having us back on the show,” said Waggoner-Patton.

In 2018 The Silhouettes helped raise funds for first responders and hospitals, and their current project is a new children’s television show designed to educate and inspire children of all ages.

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Balefire Goods launches commitment jewelry line Release marks one year in Olde Town Arvada

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Jamie Hollier has spent the last year introducing artisan-made jewelry through to the community through her shop, Balefire Goods in Olde Town Arvada.

On the first anniversary of the shop opening, she will also be launching a new line of commitment jewelry, called Kindle.

“We’re calling it a commitment line — a lot of people talk about bridal jewelry, but not all commitments involve a wedding and not all commitments involve a women,” Hollier said. “Instead we are calling it a commitment line because we feel like that’s more inclusive for all the different types of couples out there.”

To create the line Hollier, a metalsmith, partnered with Jamie McLandsborough, who has worked as a bench jeweler for the last 20 years.

“I like to partner up with people who have a solid ethic and who want to bring good things into the world. Jamie is one of those people,” McLandsborough said Hollier said the line caters to the Colorado lifestyle and couples who may want to exchange rings rather than have a full wedding.

According to The Knot’s 2017 Real Weddings Study released in February, the average cost of a wedding in the U.S. was $33,391 last year.

But formal weddings have steadily decreased from 2009 to 2017.

The line is focused on clean, classic lines that have a bit of a modern esthetic, are easy to wear and can be customized with a variety of ethically-sourced stones and metal work.

“We were talking about creating this line to give an alternate style option,” Hollier said. “Something you want to wear for the rest of your life and something that will hold up.”

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The Kindle line is designed for the Colorado lifestyle.

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WHAT: Balefire Goods First Anniversary Party WHEN: 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 WHERE: Balefire Goods, 7417 Grandview Ave., Arvada INFO: This event will also mark the inperson launch of the new commitment line, Kindle. person launch of the line at the oneyear anniversary party planned for Nov. 17.

Another special event in November is that Balefire will host the Colorado Metalsmithing Association all-member show featuring 15 metal smiths from across the state. These artists will join the almost 40 jewelry artists already found at Balefire.

A musical based off the popular 2003 film starring Will Ferrell will help kick off the holiday season at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities.

“Elf, The Musical” follows Buddy the Elf on his journey to find his true family and revive their Christmas spirit.

Directed by Gavin Mayer, the show opens Nov. 20 and continues through Dec. 23.

Performances are at 7 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday, with matinees at 1 p.m. Wednesdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Audience engagement events include a weekly theater salon, insider talkbacks, and happy hours with the cast.

To purchase tickets, and for additional details, go to https://arvadacenter.org/elf-the-musical or call 720-898-7200.

A sensory friendly performance, which is welcoming and inclusive for individuals with autism, Down syndrome, sensory processing disorders and their families, will be presented Dec. 16. For information or to purchase tickets, call the box office at 720-898-7200.

WHEN: Nov. 20 and continues through Dec. 23. Performances are at 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with matinees at 1 p.m.

Wednesdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

WHERE: Arvada Center is at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Parking is free.

INFO: For tickets and information, go to www.arvadacenter.org or call 720-8987200.

“Elf, The Musical” is the story of one misfit’s journey to find out who he really is, with mischief and music ensuing along the way.

When Santa Claus tells him the truth about why he doesn’t fit in with other elves, Buddy begins a topsy-turvy trip to New York City to find his family.

Through his love of singing and sincere passion, Buddy helps everyone regain their Christmas spirit and discover their own inner elf.

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Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

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Need: Foster-care families for death-row shelter dogs and cats Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies.org Ainsley’s Angels in Denver: Pairing runners and riders with special needs or physical limitations in races from 5k’s to marathons.

Need: Volunteers to run and help push the specialized race chairs in local races.

Volunteers to take pictures and videos of Angel teams at the start, middle and finish of races.

Requirements: Able to run/jog a 5k and/or work an iPhone.

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Need: Walk to Cure Arthritis committee members and general office volunteer support.

Contact: Amy Boulas, aboulas@arthritis.org, 720-409-3143.

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

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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.

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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.

Contact: Mallory Hastings, outreach and recruitment coordinator, at 303-271-6542, MalloryHastings@casajeffcogilpin.com or www.casajeffcogilpin.com.

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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.

Many are not literate in their first language, and remain isolated from American culture.

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.

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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: Soliciting candidates to serve as director(s) for the program, adult tutor volunteers and volunteers to provide clerical support. No prior teaching experience required. Tutors do not need to know a second language. Financial donations welcome.

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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.

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

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

Contact: Janet Torma-Krajewski, 303-4232069 or jtorma79@gmail.com.

Gateway Battered Women’s Services: Serves domestic violence victims in Aurora and Arapahoe County.

Need: Volunteers for various fundraising, planning committees Contact: Jeneen Klippel, 303-343-1856; email jkworden@gatewayshelter.com.

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Need: Volunteers for jobs ranging from running troops to helping with a science event or office work Age requirement: Men and women, 18-plus Contact: girlscoutsofcolorado.org, email inquiry@gscolorado.org or call 1-877-404-5708 Global Goods and Coffee Shop: Supports

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Need: Cashiers at the coffee shop; barista experience a plus but not required. Also need musicians to provide live music in the evenings, especially Fridays and Saturdays.

We’d love to hear a sample of your music.

Location: Olde Town Arvada Requirement: Must be at least 16 years old; cashiers must be willing to volunteer at least one shift per week, for at least six months. Must love coffee and serving others.

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Need: Super stars with website development, users of the abundant resources of social media. Those with great connection ability are needed to help with the development of the donor pool.

Contact: Those interested serving this faith-based Colorado nonprofit can contact Deitra Dupray, 303-895-7536 or dadupray@ comcast.net.

Golden Optimists Bicycle Recycle: Group helps repair or recycle bicycles in the community.

Need: All ages, knowledge levels to work on bicycles Contact: www.goldenoptimists.org Golden Visitors Center: Provides information about Golden and surrounding areas.

Need: Volunteers to man front desk and greet visitors, open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; two 4-hour shifts offered Requirement: Must be 18 and older, training provided Contact: Mary Gomez, 303-279-2282 or marygomezvisitorcenter@gmail.com Habitat ReStore: Nonprofit home improvement stores and donation centers.

Need: Volunteers for Wheat Ridge, Denver or Littleton Habitat ReStores, helping with the cash register, dock and warehouse floor Contact: 303-996-5468, email Alice Goble at Alice@habitatmetrodenver.org Hospice of Covenant Care: Nonprofit, faithbased hospice.

Need: Volunteers to support patients and families Contact: 303-731-8039 Legacy Grace Community Development Corp.: Starts social enterprises, provides lowcost transitional housing and job training/ placement for all people in the Denver area.

Need: Volunteers to help with resumes, 5-8 p.m. Wednesdays. Also need help in the art gallery (from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday); training provided.

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Literacy Coalition of Colorado: Volunteer to support literacy in MetroDenver and impact state-wide literacy programs.

Need: Volunteer for special projects, training classes or provide clerical and administrative support. Volunteer for a few hours a week or occasionally as needed.

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CLUBS Editor’s note: Send new listings or changes to hharden@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Mondays Arvada Chorale: an auditioned community chorus, rehearses Monday evenings from September to June at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada.

The chorale performs three concerts a year plus many community events. For audition information, call 720-432-9341, or email info@arvadachorale.org.

Divorce Workshop: 5:30-7:30 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the Sheridan Library, 3425 W. Oxford Ave., Denver. Covers legal, financial and social issues of divorce.

Check-in from 5:15-5:30 p.m. Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com.

Volunteer presenters include an attorney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager.

Discussion items include co-parenting, child support, family coping, tax consequences, property division, hostile spouses and more.

Contact 303-210-2607 or info@divorceworkshopdenver.com.

Drop-In Discovery: 10 a.m. the first Thursday and the third Monday of each month at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Explore different themes using hands-on activities, books, puzzles, crafts and more. Info: arvada.org or 720-898-7405.

Golden Chapter, Order of DeMolay: 7 p.m. every first and third Wednesday in the town of Golden. For young men ages 12-21, DeMolay offers character building, leadership training, and life skill development. Contact demolaygolden@gmail. com or www.coloradodemolay.org and visit Golden’s page under the Chapter tab by clicking on the Golden photo.

Golden Nar-Anon Family Group: 7:30-9 p.m.

Mondays at Calvary Episcopal Church, 1320 Arapahoe St. Enter on the east side of the church and follow the signs to the upstairs meeting room. Contact 800-477-6291 or go to Nar-Anon.org.

opportunity to express their performing art including voice and instrument, acting, poetry, stand-up comedy, mime, etc. Open to all students in sixth to 12th grades. Email bellbottoms809@gmail.com.

Grief Support Group: 6-7 p.m. the third Monday of each month at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd.

Have you lost someone you loved? Often walking through this time with others helps the journey. Call 303-425-9583.

Square Dancing: 7 p.m. Mondays at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court. Want some fun exercise? Learn to square dance.

Call 303-973-9529.

Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club: 7-9 a.m. Mondays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, 10151 W. 26th Ave., Lakewood. Meeting fee is $5 (cash preferred). Order from diner menu (pay on your own). Call Fred Holden at 303-421-7619. Republicans, especially students, youth and women, welcome to join.

Job’s Daughters, Golden Chapter: meets the second and fourth Monday of each month in Golden. Join girls and young women ages 10-20 to learn leadership and organizational skills in meetings with support from friends. Rewards of membership include life skills, community work and significant scholarships for college. Contact 303-204-1572.

Mesas de conversación en inglés/English Conversation Tables: 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Mondays at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge; and 6-7 p.m.

Mondays at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Suitable for high beginners, intermediate and advanced English learners.

Go to http://jeffcolibrary.org or call 303-235JCPL (5275).

Open Mic Night: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at Living Water Unity Spiritual Community, 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. Gives teens the

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Wheat Ridge Rotary Club: noon to 1:30 p.m.

Mondays at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St. Come as our guest and learn about our service projects for the community.

Tuesdays Applewood Kiwanis Club: 7-8 a.m. Tuesdays at the Applewood Golf Course, 14001 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. Goals are to serve children worldwide and in our community.

We ring the bell for Salvation Army, deliver Christmas baskets to needy families and, assist the Jeffco Action Center with school supplies for children from low-income families.

These are just three of our many projects.

Contact Fred McGehan at 303-947-1565.

Arvada Fine Arts Guild: 2-4 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Indian Tree Golf Club, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, in the restaurant/clubhouse. Meetings are free and open to the public. Go to http:// arvadafineartsguild.com/ Arvada Sunrise Rotary Club: 7-8 a.m. Tuesdays at The Arvada Center for The Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Learn about community service projects and what Rotary does in the world to help people.

Denver Apple Pi: 7-9 p.m. the third Tuesday each month at the Applewood Community Church (downstairs), 12930 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. An Apple/Mac computer user group.

Go to denverapplepi.com.

Golden Optimist Club: 7 a.m. Tuesdays at Windy Saddle Café, 1110 Washington Ave., downtown Golden. The primary activity of the Golden Optimist Club is our bicycle recycle program. We fix donated bicycles and offer them for donations at reasonable prices, $25 for an adult bicycle and $10 for a child’s bicycle. Helmets given free with every bicycle sold, and locks also available for sale. For someone who cannot afford these prices, we will give away the bicycle, helmet and lock.

Golden Rotary: 7:15-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Rolling Hills Country Club, 15707 W. 26 Ave., Golden. Visit www.rotayclubofgolden.org or contact Pat Madison at 303-279-1021.

Lakewood Chapter of Retired and Active Federal Employees: 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of most months at the Episcopal Church, 10th and Garrison. Call Greg Kann at 303-718-7307 with questions.

Lake Arbor Optimist Club Bringing Out the Best in Kids: 7 a.m. Tuesdays at Indian Tree Golf Course, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Breakfast served. Contact Terri Kearney, president, 303-506-6692; or Ralph Schell, treasurer, 303-886-5134. New members welcome.

Northside Coin Club: 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at 12205 Perry St., at the Friendship Hall in the Cimarron Village in Broomfield. A group of collectors promotes the hobby of numismatics. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Go to www.northsidecoinclub.org.

Master Networks of Belmar: 10-11 a.m.

Tuesdays at DeMarras Bourbon Bar & Eatery, 11100 W. Alameda Ave. For entrepreneurs and professionals interested in growing their business and personal connections. Call Suzie at 303-979-9077 or email Littleton@Mathnasium.com.

Ports of Call Singles Club, 55 Plus Social hours take place from 4-6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at 3 Margaritas in Lakewood (contact Carol at 303-3897707), and the fourth Tuesday of each month at Chads in Lakewood (contact Darlene at 303-233-4099). Denver meetings are the fourth Thursday of each month at Baker St. Pub, 8101 E. Belleview, in the Tech Center (contact Harold at 303-693-3434). For information and a monthly newsletter, call JoAnn, membership chairperson, at 303-751-5195, or Mary, president, at 303-985-8937.

Rocky Mountain Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities.

Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtn-teamsurvivor.org.

Wheat Ridge Art League meets at 7 p.m. the last Tuesday of the month at the Active Adult Center, 6363 W. 35th Ave, Wheat Ridge. Social time starts at 6:45 p.m. Enjoy an art demo by an award-winning artist each month at 7:30 pm. All art mediums and abilities welcome. Contact Pat McAleese at 303-941-4928 or mcpainter03@ comcast.net for information. No meeting August or December.

Wheat Ridge Historical Society: 7:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the red brick house at Historic Park, 4610 Robb St., Wheat Ridge. Social begins at 7 p.m. Info: 303-421-9111 or www. wheatridgehistoricalsociety.org.

Wednesdays Adult Roller Skating is offered from 10:30 a.m. to noon every Wednesday at Roller City at 64th and Sheridan, Arvada.

Cost is $5 plus $2 to rent skates. Contact Toni at 303-868-8273.

American Legion Auxiliary presents Burger Nite, 5-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Post 178, 1655 Simms St., Lakewood. Members, their guests and active military invited for varied food and reasonable prices. Visit www.alpost178. org.

Arvada Business Connection is a friendly group of Arvada Business owners who meet once each month on Wednesdays at various restaurants in the Arvada area. All are welcome - friends, kids and spouses, too. We collect a $5 donation, which is given to one of the attendees to donate as they wish. They share how they donated the money at the next meeting. For meeting and contact information, check the Arvada Business Connection Facebook page @ArvadaBusinessConnection or call 303-995-9919.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

The Nutcracker Ballet: 11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Nov. 28-29 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood.

Presented by Ballet Melange in collaboration with Classical Ballet Academy. Go to http://www. classical-ballet-academy.com/ events/ “Seussical”: through Dec. 29 at Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Call 720-898-7200 or go to https://arvadacenter.org/seussical-2.

MUSIC

Timothy P. & The Rocky Mountain Stocking Stuffers: 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, Nov. 30 and Dec. 1; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1-2 at Lakewood . Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Call 303987-7845 or go to lakewood.org/ lccpresents for tickets. Timothy P. Irvin and his 10-piece string band perform bluegrass, country and folk renditions of favorite holiday songs.

ART

Dinosaurs and Other Fantastical Creatures, Art Club: 4-5:30 p.m.

Wednesdays through Nov. 21 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Led by artist Dave Sullivan. For ages 6-12. Go to https://campscui.active.com/orgs/ MajesticViewNatureCenter Wire Wrapping Class: 1-5 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 25 at Lithos Mineral Shop, 5695 Yukon St., Arvada.

Create a wire-wrapped pendant using square copper wires and traditional wire-wrapping techniques. Go to http://www. lithosarvada.com.

Make Something: A Dish Garden: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Materials included with registration. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ DIY Holiday Card: 3-5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26 at Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303-425-9583 or go to www.apexprd.org to register. Create your own homemade holiday cards.

ers, free burritos from School House Kitchen and Libations; and register to win prizes (for first 100 people).

this week’s TOP FIVE Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Call 303-987-7845 or go to lakewood.org/lccpresents for tickets. Alasdair Fraser, regarded as Scotland’s premier fiddle ambassador, and brilliant cellist Natalie Haas perform Scottish dance rhythms.

History’s Mysteries, A Murder Mystery: 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Famous figures from history team up with your favorite detectives in this story of deceit, mischief and betrayal.

Gallery and Studio, 445 S. Saulbury St., Lakewood.

An opening reception is Saturday, Nov. 17, from 5-8:30 p.m. Go to www.valkariefineart.com.

Thanksgiving Break Fun: Harry Potter: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Share love for Harry Potter with trivia, house sorting and mysterious potions. Registration is required.

“A Christmas Carol”: showing Nov. 23 to Dec. 23 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. A fast-paced adaption that challenges six actors to bring all the Dickens’ characters to life. Call 303-935-3044 or go to minersalley.com for show dates and times and ticket information.

In This Particular Ghost Town: artwork of Josh Davy and Zachary Reece on display through Dec. 9 at Valkarie

Golden High School Holiday Bazaar: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at 701 24th St., Golden. More than 90 local artists offer oneof-a-kind gifts. Free admission.

Presented by the Golden High School PTA. Artists who would like to participate can contact Tammy Copper at tcoop9698@ comcast.net.

Arvada Center Fall Exhibitions: “Laura Merage: Nausy Nausy,” through Dec. 23 in the Theatre Galery. Go to https://arvadacenter.org/laura-merage-nausynausy.

HEALTH

EVENTS

Holiday Craft Fair Open House: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 16-17 at Warm Hearts Warm Babies, 6429 Miller St., Suite D, Arvada. Admission is free. Go to http://warmheartswarmbabies.org.

3D Design: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 at Golden Public Library, 1019 10th St., Golden. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org.

Global Sundae, Multicultural Family Ice Cream Social: 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 at Golden Public Library, 1019 10th St., Golden. Go to https://jeffcolibrary. org.

Grain Free for the Holidays with Natural Grocers: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-2355275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Learn from an expert nutritional health coach from Natural Grocers the best ways to incorporate this eating style during the tempting holiday season.

Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club-ers and Friends: 7-9 a.m. Mondays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, 10151 W. 26th. All Republicans, especially women, students and youth invited.

Cost is $5, plus pay for any food ordered. Upcoming speakers: Nov. 19, Nat Weeks, cogent thoughts about Thanksgiving.

Food Pantry Agape Life Church distributes free food from 10-11 a.m. on the third Thursday of each month (weather permitting) at the church, 5970 W. 60th Ave. in Arvada. ALC provides this service to all qualifying Colorado residence. Call 303-431-6481 to see if you qualify.

Countdown To Turkey: Thanksgiving-themed activities at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada.

Call 303-235-5275 or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org. Activities: Lego Stop Motion, 1-3 p.m. Nov. 19; Lego Play and Build, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Nov. 19; Turkey quilling for non-turkeys, 3:30-5 p.m. Nov. 20; Picnic movie: “Early Man,” noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 21; Thanksgiving Tales: 4-5 p.m. Nov. 20 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-2355275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary. org. Stories, Madlibs and a craft or activity.

Lifetree Cafe: The Bible Explored: noon Tuesday, Nov. 20 at Peace Lutheran Church, 5675 Field St., Arvada. “The Bible: Real? Relevant? Reliable?” features a filmed interview with

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Eugene Peterson, author of the best-seller “The Message.” Admission is free. Lifetree Cafe is a place where people gather in comfortable, casual setting for conversation abotu life and faith. Contact Tim Lindeman at 303-424-4454 or tlindeman@peacelutheran.net.

Wildlife Viewing: Starting with Birds: 6-7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Get tips to help you view back yard visitors and be a better neighbor when we visit wildlife’s homes.

Superhero Training Camp: 1:302:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Preschoolers and kindergartners design their own capes, complete training exercises and conquer challenges as they gear up to save the day.

Arvada Fair for the Band: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23 and Saturday, Nov. 24 at Arvada High School, 7951 W. 65th Ave., Arvada. $3 entry fee. Fine arts and handmade crafts. Benefits Arvada High School band and color guard.

Gingerbread House Contest: 1-4 p.m. Nov. 24 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org. Teams create gingerbread houses, which will be displayed until Dec. 4. Winners announced Dec. 5. Registration required.

Small Business Saturday: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 24 in Olde Town Square, Arvada. Free coffee from Hunter Bay Coffee Roast-

Lifetree Cafe: Overcoming Childhood Pain: noon Tuesday, Nov. 27 at Peace Lutheran Church, 5675 Field St., Arvada.

“Overcoming Childhood Pain: Facing Unresolved Family Issues” features a filmed interview with Delisa Mayer, a woman whose family took part in an ill-fated university study during her childhood. Contact Tim Lindeman at 303-424-4454 or tlindeman@ peacelutheran.net.

Elected Officials Meet and Greet: 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27 at Rockley Family Foundation Recital Hall, 8591 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. Jefferson County Business Lobby and the West Metro Chamber of Commerce reception. All elected officials will be introduced at 5:45 p.m. No formal presentations. RSVP to Clare Gonzales at office@westchamber.org.

TRIAD: Don’t Fund Fraud, Charitable Scams: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27 at the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, 500 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden.

Free and open to the public, 303271-6980.

EDUCATION

Exploring the Great Ideas: 2-3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Discussion group dedicated to exploring how we engage in classic, timeless philosophical pursuits every day of our lives.

Call 303-235-5275 or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org

Free Legal Clinic: Get Help With Visitation Plans: 1-2:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Jefferson County Department of Human Services, 3500 Illinois St., Suite 1300, Golden. Volunteer attorneys meet via computer link to provide assistance. Call 303271-4329. Dates are Nov. 20 and Dec. 18.

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

Things to Do events run free, on a space-available basis.

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Arvada author receives national book award

Chuck & Don’s pet supply store opens in Arvada

STAFF REPORT

Arvada author Helen Starbuck has won the 2018 12th annual National Indie Excellence Award for her mystery “The Mad Hatter’s Son, An Annie Collins Mystery.” The book is an adult contemporary medical mystery set in Denver. The main character is an OR nurse who helps to solve the illness and murder of her best friend.

The book has also won a Colorado Independent Publisher’s EVVY Merit Award and received a 10 out of 10-point review from the BookLife Prize Contest. This review pushed the book into the quarterfinals for the BookLife Prize, which will be announced in December.

The next book in the series No Pity In Death will debut Nov. 14.

The books can be purchased in paperback at the Tattered Cover and The Book Bar in Denver. They can be purchased in ebook, paperback, and audiobook on Amazon. The audiobook may also be purchased on Audible and iTunes. Readers can visit the author’s website at www. helenstarbuck.com.

Grand opening celebration set for Nov. 17-18 STAFF REPORT

“The Mad Hatter’s Son” by Helen Starbuck. COURTESY PHOTO

Chuck & Don’s, a pet-supplies store, has opened a new store in Arvada, marking the company’s 11th location in Colorado.

While the store officially opened Oct. 25, the store’s grand opening celebration will be Nov. 17-18. The 3,356-square-foot store at 14947 Candelas Parkway will offer a refined product and food selection.

“It’s exciting to continue our growth in Colorado, a state that’s been very supportive of us, and to serve the pet parents of the Arvada community,” Krystal Rineck, Arvada store manager, said in a news release. “We pride ourselves on being pet experts

who bring passion and heart to our jobs and we’re looking forward to meeting fellow pet lovers from the area and helping their pets thrive.”

Chuck & Don’s offers brand name and specialty pet foods and supplies for dogs and cats.

Leashed pets are welcome to shop with their owners. The company also hosts many instore events, including puppy playtimes, educational presentations — such as nail trimming demonstrations — and pet donation days in partnership with local rescue organizations. Event calendar listings for the Arvada store will be posted online at Chuckanddons.com/venue/arvada/.

In addition to its brick-andmortar stores, Chuck & Don’s continues to expand its in-store pickup and home delivery services. Information for these services is at: www.chuckanddonsdelivers.com.

Holiday

Craft Show and Mini-Market Admission is free to the public Saturday Nov. 24

10am - 5pm

Sunday Nov. 25

10am - 4pm

Jefferson County Fairgrounds

15200 W. 6th Ave. Golden, CO.

Come shop for unique gifts and special items during the first-ever Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market; With more than 100 exhibitors filling the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, this is the best place to find that special, personal gift for friends and family. The show will feature handmade crafts in all areas from metal and leather, to flowers, baskets, ceramics, and so much more.

Santa will be at the Holiday Craft Show!

Saturday, Nov. 24 between 10 AM – 2 PM No purchase required: Take your own photos

Vendors Needed | Interested in selling your handmade crafts??

Contact Event Producer Thelma Grimes at tgrimes@coloradocommunitymedia.com All applications must be approved to participate

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SPORTS

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Faith Eagles beat defending state champs to move into playoff semis

BY NATHAN MAULDIN FOR FAITH CHRISTIAN

Faith Christian and Bayfield squared off on a brilliant sunny Saturday afternoon at Faith Christian High School in a 2A State Quarterfinal.

Bayfield came in as the number one overall seed and as the defending state champions.

The Faith Christian Eagles entered the game playing their best football of the season, on an eight-game winning streak.

Faith stopped Bayfield

on the opening drive and proceeded to take the ball 65 yards and ended it with an Isaiah Kroll 11 yard touchdown pass to Jordan Abbott.

Bayfield responded with a 70 yard drive of its own, which ended in a Hayden Farmer 3-yard touchdown run. Faith took their next drive 77 yards — and converted six times on third down — and were able SEE FAITH, P24

Faith Christian senior lineman Jacob Theilen (59) receives congratulations from Bayfield head coach Gary Heide, after the 9-seed Eagles pulled off a 21-13 upset of the #1 Wolverines in Arvada this past Saturday, Nov. 10.

Faith Christian junior quarterback Isaiah Kroll (11) options away from Bayfield senior Rhett Hoover (57) during the 9-seed Eagles’ 21-13 upset of the #1 Wolverines in Arvada Nov. 10, in the CHSAA Class 2A State Playoffs’ quarterfinal round. Now 9-2 overall, FC will next face unbeaten 4-seed La Junta in the semifinals.

PHOTOS COURTESY JOEL PRIEST

Pomona pieces together playoff win over Arvada West

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Pomona was able to fit the puzzle pieces together Saturday afternoon to advance to the quarterfinals of the Class 5A football state tournament.

The No. 2-seeded Panthers took a 34-7 victory over No. 10 Arvada West on Nov. 10 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

Pomona faces No. 2 Columbine at 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 16, at Jeffco Stadium with a ticket to the semifinals on the line.

Pomona (7-4 record) has suffered injuryafter-injury to key players all season. The latest blow came this week in practice when junior linebacker Kyle Moretti suffered a broken ankle. He underwent season-ending surgery Thursday.

“It was just another hit,” Pomona senior captain Jack Thiele said. “Obviously, Kyle is one of our better players. It hurt, but we knew we just had to rally around him.”

Pomona coach Jay Madden moved around several pieces, including putting Thiele at linebacker from his normal safety spot. Madden counted on the likes of defensive backs Thor Bourgeois and Isaiah Tshimanga to step into bigger roles facing A-West’s all-time leading

passer and four-year starting quarterback Johnny Krutsch.

“You got four all-state guys on the bench, but we’ve got a good program with a lot of good kids,” Madden said. “They stepped up big. It feels good.”

Krutsch still put up some big numbers going 29-for-47 for 283 yards through the air, but the Panthers also intercepted the A-West quarterback four times. Tshimanga, Thiele, David Ross and Dominic Bettini all picked off Krutsch.

The only score for A-West was a 68-yard touchdown pass from Krutsch to senior Cory Carignan in the third quarter. Carignan finished with 10 catches for 144 yards and the one score.

The biggest interception came when Tshimanga picked off Krutsch with the Wildcats (7-5) driving into Pomona territory early in the second quarter with the game scoreless. Pomona took over and four plays later quarterback Riley Welsch hit a wide-open Ross for a 56-yard touchdown.

“That was huge,” Thiele said of Welsch’s touchdown pass to Ross. “It not only gave the offense, but the defense momentum. I think that was one of the biggest SEE PAMONA, P31

Pomona senior David Ross (23) celebrates a 56yard touchdown catch with sophomore Jack Pospisil as Arvada West senior Cameron Wilbur (6) walks off the field during the Class 5A football secondround state tournament game Nov. 10 at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Panthers won 34-7 to advance to the state quarterfinals.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/ JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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MUSTANGS SPIKE BRUINS

Ralston Valley junior Laurel Kelly (15) and freshman Emerson Reinke (9) direct traffic before a Cherry Creek serve during the first-round match at the Class 5A volleyball state tournament Nov. 8 at the Denver Coliseum. The No. 11-seeded Mustangs pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the opening round with a 3-2 victory over the No. 6 Bruins.

Ralston Valley suffered back-to-back losses to Valor Christian — eventual 5A state champion — and Grandview to end the Mustangs’ season. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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to score on a 16 yard touchdown pass from Kroll to Brian Turner. Faith would carry the 14-7 lead into halftime.

In the second half the Eagles would start with the ball, but Bayfield was able to intercept Kroll for the first turnover of the game. Bayfield with momentum moved the ball deep into Eagle territory but on a fourth down play Bayfield fumbled the ball which was recovered by Faith’s Joel Burck. Faith was not able to capi-

talize on the turnover but pinned Bayfield deep in its territory with a punt.

The Eagles’ defense was able to pressure Bayfield all game and finally that pressure resulted in an interception, returned by senior Jordan Abbott 30 yards for a game changing touchdown.

Bayfield was able to score again in the 4th quarter and attempted an onside kick but it was recovered by the Eagles.

The 2017 State Champion, BHS finished the year 8-2 overall.

Faith Christian moved to 9-2 on the season and now will host the undefeated La Junta Tigers (11-0) at Faith Christian, Nov. 17.

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plays of the game.”

Pomona eventually scored touchdowns on five of six possessions after turning the ball over on its first two offensive possessions.

Defensively, a main focus for Madden was to limit A-West leading receiver Chris McEahern. Madden handed that task over to Bettini.

“I told him (Bettini) I wanted to play him on offense, but we have to shut down (Chris McEahern),” Madden said. “I needed an unselfish player and he said, ‘I got it.’ Inside the 20 we were going to give him the ball on offense.”

Bettini held McEahern to three catches for five yards.

“He (McEahern) has shown he is one of the top receivers in the state,” Bettini said. “I had to step up and my teammates around me did a really good job helping me. It was a good game-plan.”

The senior move-in transfer from Highlands Ranch also got his touches on the offensive side. Bettini had 17 carries for 117 yards and four touchdowns.

In the first meeting this season between the Arvada-area rivals, Pomona leaned heavily on Bettini. He had 44 carries for 270 yards and five touchdowns in the Panthers’ 41-27 victory.

Sophomore Ben Cruz had a huge game on the ground. With starting running back Therious Robison out due to injury, Cruz had 29 carries for 221 yards.

Next up for Pomona is a familiar foe. The Rebels dominated No. 15 Highlands Ranch to the tune of 49-7 on Nov. 9 at Jeffco Stadium. “(Columbine) kind of put it on us the last time we played,” Thiele said.

“I think that will motivate us a lot.”

Columbine handed Pomona a 35-13 loss in a 5A Metro West League meeting earlier this season.

“When we play Columbine it normally doesn’t come down to tricks. It comes down to dudes. It’s been a lot of fun over the years,” Madden said of the rivalry. “I think they are as good as anybody in the state of Colorado.

It’s going to be a tough challenge, but we are looking forward to it.”

A-West closed out its fourth season under coach Brad Pyatt. The A-West graduate who was on the Wildcats’ 1997 Class 5A state championship team praised his seniors that helped A-West become relevant again on the state stage.

“The great thing about where we are as a program is we believe we can not only compete, but beat a team like this,” Pyatt said. “For me, I’m just excited about the future of A-West. I’m really proud of this group of seniors that really resurged this program. We had a great four years with them.”

Despite playing Pomona tough through the first couple of quarters twice this season, A-West wasn’t able to end the drought against Pomona.

The last time A-West defeated Pomona on the football field was in 2009.

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

RALSTON VALLEY SHUTS OUT CHEROKEE TRAIL TO ADVANCE

Ralston Valley senior Brad Roberts, left, bowls over Cherokee Trail’s Sean Roberts (15) during the first half Nov. 8 at the North Area Athletic Complex. Roberts ran for three touchdowns in the Mustangs’ 52-0 victory. Ralston Valley faces Cherry Creek in the Class 5A state quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at Stutler Bowl.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held before the Arvada Planning Commission on December 4, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., Arvada Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Rd., Arvada, when and where you may speak on the matter to consider a preliminary development plan for FIRST BANK AT CANDELAS, generally located at the Northwest Corner of Indiana St. & Candelas Pkwy. Additional informatio n can be obtained from the Community Development Dept. or written comments may be filed therewith no later than 8 days prior to the hearing.

CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Patricia Connell, Secretary

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NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET AND HEARING JEFFERSON PARKWAY PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the JEFFERSON PARKWAY PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY for the ensuing year of 2019. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority, and is available for public inspection at Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002. Such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing at the regular meeting of the Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority to be held at 3:00 p.m., or as soon as practicable thereafter, on Thursday, December 20, 2018. The meeting will be held at Arvada City Hall, City Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002. Any interested elector within the Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2019 budget.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: JEFFERSON PARKWAY PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held before the Arvada Planning Commission on December 4, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., Arvada Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Rd., Arvada, when and where you may speak on the matter to consider a preliminary development plan for BEAR MOUNTAIN ACCESSORIES, located at 6663 Fig St. Additional information can be obtained from the Community Development Dept. or written comments may be filed therewith no later than 8 days prior to the hearing.

CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Patricia Connell, Secretary

Legal Notice No.: 403734 First Publication: November 15, 2018 Last Publication: November 15, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript

Legal Notice No.: 403735 First Publication: November 15, 2018 Last Publication: November 15, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held before the Arvada Planning Commission on December 4, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., Arvada Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Rd., Arvada, when and where you may speak on the matter to consider a preliminary development plan for FIRST BANK AT CANDELAS, generally located at the Northwest Corner of Indiana St. & Candelas Pkwy. Additional information can be obta ined from the Community Development Dept. or written comments may be filed therewith no later than 8 days prior to the hearing.

CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Patricia Connell, Secretary Legal Notice No.: 403736 First Publication: November 15, 2018

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Legal Notice No.: 403736 First Publication: November 15, 2018 Last Publication: November 15, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING A public hearing will be held before the Arvada Planning Commission on December 4, 2018, at 6:30 p.m., Arvada Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Rd., Arvada, when and where you may speak on the matter to consider a preliminary development plan for PRIMROSE SCHOOLS AT CANDELAS COMMERCIAL FLG. 3, generally located at the Northeast Corner of Candelas Pkwy. & W. 91st Pl. Additional information can be obtained from the Community Development Dept. or written comments may be filed therewith no later than 8 days prior to the hearing.

CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Patricia Connell, Secretary Legal Notice No.: 403737 First Publication: November 15, 2018 Last Publication: November 15, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2018 BUDGET KIPLING RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2019 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2018 BUDGET KIPLING RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Kipling Ridge Metropolitan District (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2019. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2018 budget of the District.

Copies of the proposed 2019 budget and 2018 amended budget (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Ste. 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2019 budget and 2018 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held on November 29, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. at Shea Homes, 9380 Station Street, Ste. 600, Lone Tree, CO 80124. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2019 budget or the 2018 amended budget, inspect the 2019 budget and the 2018 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

KIPLING RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Denise Denslow, District Manager Legal Notice No.: 403710 First Publication: November 15, 2018 Last Publication: November 15, 2018 Publisher: Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press

Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET AND NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET AMENDMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2019 has been submitted to the Spring Mesa Metropolitan District ("District"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a special meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at the Susan M. Duncan Family YMCA, 6350 Eldridge Street, Arvada, CO, at 2:00 p.m. on the 16th day, November, 2018.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2018 budget of the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District. A copy of the proposed 2019 budget and the amended 2018 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2019 budget and the amended 2018 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

SPRING MESA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Wendi McLaughlin District Manager Legal Notice No.: 403748 First Publication: November 15, 2018 Last Publication: November 15, 2018 Publisher: Golden Transcript and Arvada Press

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