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SHOPPING SPREE: Small business in Arvada is open for business P2

IN-HOME OPTION: Childcare programs offer cultural exchange opportunity P14

SCHOOL MEASURES GO DOWN: Jeffco board turns attention to teacher salaries P4 THE BOTTOM LINE

“Every one of the women and leaders in this room have reached down and pulled up other leaders behind them.”

Andrea Burch, VP and Chief Nursing Officer at Lutheran Medical Center | Page 5 INSIDE

VOICES: PAGE 10 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 20 | SPORTS: PAGE 25

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Shop small in Arvada to support local businesses SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IN ARVADA

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Small businesses create jobs, boost the local economy and preserve neighborhoods.

That’s why the Arvada Chamber of Commerce, Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA), Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District and the Arvada Visitors Center are partnering to encourage people to shop small in Arvada on Nov. 26 — the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which is known nationally as Small Business Saturday.

By simply choosing to shop Arvada, residents are investing in the community, said Allison Trembly, marketing manager of AEDA. “Each purchase made in Arvada goes to pay for city services such as police, parks and street maintenance,” she said, adding that keeping the dollars in Arvada helps create and retain quality jobs.

Small business owner Andrew Heesaker, of Arvada RentAlls, said he is thankful for the concentrated effort of Small Business Saturday to focus people’s minds on shopping small.

But he said shopping small should be a year-round thing, not just one day a year.

“I think supporting small businesses is extremely important,” he said.

Debbie Evans, owner of 5340 Coffee and Events, said one of the reasons she operates her business in Arvada

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WHERE: Arvada small businesses SPONSORED BY: Arvada Economic Development Association, Arvada Visitor’s Center, Arvada Chamber of Commerce and Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District

New Image Brewing Company, 5622 Yukon St., will offer buy one, get one free on all house beers Nov. 26 in honor of Small Business Saturday.

COURTESY PHOTO is because of the ease of working with government agencies and how businesses pull together and help each other.

“I love the small-town feel and bigtown performance of Arvada,” she said.

On Nov. 26, there will be plenty of activity throughout Arvada, including a free breakfast to the first 100 people in Olde Town Arvada at 10 a.m.

But Trembly stressed this is a citywide event — not just one happening in Olde Town.

“If you live in West Arvada, go support a business in West Arvada,” she said. “People can go everywhere in town and support small businesses.”

SPECIAL EVENTS: Live radio with Mix 100.3 from 10 a.m. to noon in Olde Town Square, 57th and Olde Wadsworth Blvd.

The first 100 people to stop by receive free breakfast from School House Kitchen & Libations and a free guest pass to the APEX Center. Free coffee will be provided by 5340 Coffee and Events during the remote.

SPECIAL OFFERS: 10 a.m. to noon - Buy one, get one free on any coffee beverage at La Dolce Vita, 5756 Olde Wadsworth

8 p.m. to 10 p.m. - Buy one, get one free on all house beers at New Image Brewing Company, 5622 Yukon St. All day - Buy one pint, get one free at Grand Lake Tavern, 5610 Yukon St. All day - 50 percent off mini-photography sessions for holidays (now priced at $125) at Erny Photo, ernyphotoco.com All day - Free gift for any purchase over $10 at Rolling Sands, 5709 Olde Wadsworth All day - $10 off any purchase of $50 or more at Rolling Sands, 5709 Olde Wadsworth All day - 10 percent off at HuHot Mongolian Grill, 7450 W. 52nd Ave.

10 a.m. to noon - Buy one drink, get one free at Global Goods and Coffee, 5613 Olde Wadsworth 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. - $2 Bloody Mary’s at 12 Volt Tavern, 7514 Grandview Ave. Noon to 2 p.m. - 50 percent off one item at Lovely Boutique, 7405 Grandview Ave.

3 p.m. to 6 p.m. - Buy one, get one free on all well cocktails and draft beers at 2 Volt Tavern, 7514 Grandview Ave.

All day - Buy-one, get-one-half-off any project at Tracy’s Place, 7330 W. 88th Ave., Unit E For the most recent list of discounts in Arvada, visit visitarvada.org/events/smallbusiness-saturday/.

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Arvada Girl Scouts earn Gold Award Emma Albertoni and Debra Zerr, of Arvada, are among 11 Colorado Girl Scouts to earn their Gold Award, the .highest honor in Girl Scouts.

The Girl Scout Gold Award culminates with a project led by a young woman between ninth and 12th grades who builds a purpose-based team to work with the larger community to meet a need. The focus of a Gold Award project is identifying and researching a community issue she is passionate about, developing a plan to address it with her team and community members, establishing a global connection with others and providing sustainability for the project.

Albertoni, a Ralston Valley High School student, took action after noticing that many of her peers lacked financial literacy. She wrote a curriculum that will be implemented in her school and proposed to the Jefferson County School Board to add a required Financial Literacy class.

Zerr addressed the problem of the lack of connection between the military and general public. Through a series of events, she worked to educate the public about the importance of the military and the men and women who serve.

“Earning the Girl Scout Gold Award designation is truly a remarkable achievement, and these young women

exemplify leadership in all its forms,” said Stephanie Foote, Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of Colorado.

“They saw a need and took ownership of helping to develop a solution and took action to make it happen. Their extraordinary dedication, perseverance and leadership is making the world a better place.”

Maitri Yoga opens second spot in Arvada Maitri Yoga, a local communityfocused yoga studio dedicated to a holistic study of yoga, opened its second studio location in Arvada on Nov. 11.

The studio is at 12351 W. 64th Ave. Five years ago, Maitri Yoga opened its doors in Westminster with the

intention of bringing people together as friends, fully loving and accepting one another in a safe and peaceful environment to practice yoga.

“Simply put, the world needs more unity and kindness,” said Mindy Arbuckle, owner and founder of Maitri Yoga. “We teach students to find love and compassion for themselves and each other.”

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School board to focus on teacher compensation District looks at budget priorities after ballot measure defeat

‘We have $17 million to invest and our needs are greater than that.’

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BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the wake of the defeat of 3A and 3B — the mill levy override and bond package the Jefferson County Board of Education presented to voters Nov. 8 — the board has declared teacher compensation as its top priority going into next year’s budget.

“The defeat of 3A has really left our teachers, leaders and support staff feeling undervalued,” board member Ali Lasell said at the Nov. 17 board meeting.

The $33 million mill levy override would have been an ongoing increase to the district’s tax revenue, with the money going towards attracting and retaining teachers and hiring more mental health staff. Voters rejected the 3A mill levy override 52 percent to 47.9 percent.

The $535 million bond proposal would have funneled money into building new schools and improving and repairing aging ones. The 3B bond measure was defeated 52.7 percent to 47.3 percent.

“Taxpayers made clear that they didn’t want to make the investments we were talking about,” board mem-

Jefferson County School Board member ber Brad Rupert said.

At the Nov. 17 special meeting, Rupert was one of the board members that expressed concern about the competitiveness of teacher compensation in Jeffco schools.

“This isn’t about just giving out raises, this is about competing for the teachers we’ve invested in, hired and nurtured along,” Rupert said. “The most important factor in educating children successfully is to have a high-level teacher in every classroom.”

During the meeting, Amy Weber, chief human resources officer for the district, said she’s worried any pay increase the district can offer now may be too little, too late. Of the five surrounding districts, Jeffco ranked lowest in teacher compensation.

“If we recognized more years of service, then we could be more competitive,” Weber told the board, adding that when the district went through initial budget cuts, it no longer took into accounty teacher’s

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longevity of service. Most districts offer teachers who are seeking employment in a different district credit for how many years they’ve worked when determining salaries.

Currently, Jeffco Schools only recognizes up to five years of service.

“The challenge we get is there a lot of skilled people who want to work in Jeffco, but we’re only giving them five years of service,” Weber said, adding that this drives experienced teachers to other districts.

Many districts would recognize 10 years of service of a teacher with 15 years of experience, which could give that teacher an extra $10,000 a year, Weber said.

Another challenge Jeffco has is that in all the surrounding districts voters approved measures for more money.

Although the board agreed that teacher salaries were the top priority to increase and maintain student learning, the defeat of the bond also leaves gaps in funding for aging buildings and the shift of sixth-grade

students to middle school campuses.

“We have $17 million to invest and our needs are greater than that,” board member Amanda Stevens said.

“We owe it to our students now and in the future that they have more than adequate 21st century environments.”

Moving forward, the board will have tough decisions to make about the possibility of closing and consolidating schools.

“We have to figure out what to do about maintaining and protecting the investments of prior bonds, as well as our vision and how to provide the best education for our students,” Lasell said. “I am not in support of closures and consolidations at this point.”

In the next six weeks, the board and district staff will take a close look at where the district has made cuts in the past, as well as reallocations of funds, new departments and new programs.

Chief Operating Officer Steve Bell said the way to compensate is to make the most efficient use of facilities districtwide.

“If we save dollars, they are ongoing savings and applicable elsewhere,” he said.

In the coming months, community engagement will be key for the board and something they’ve declared to focus on.

“Every dollar that we cut needs to either create or protect something that we value more,” Stevens said.

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Celebrating some of Jeffco’s outstanding women West Chamber honors nine leaders from various fields

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The West Chamber honored nine Jefferson County women who made a big difference in Jeffco at its 15th annual Celebrate Women breakfast.

The event was held at the Denver Marriott West on Nov. 17, and community members from all over the county gathered to welcome the honorees into a group of more than 84 women.

“Are you inspired?” asked Michele Haney, president of Red Rocks Community College. “I’m so proud to be part of an organization that honors women.”

Get to know the nine women celebrated this year: Norma Anderson About: Former Sen. Anderson served in the legislature for 19 years, starting in 1986. During her career she supported the School Finance Act of 1994 and the Third Grade Literacy Act of 1996.

From 1997 to 1998 she served as the House Majority Leader and in 2003 she served as the Senate Majority Leader, making her the state’s first woman to serve in both roles.

What she said: “It’s been so fun serving the county. This chamber has always supported Jeffco Schools, which is something I’ve always appreciated.”

Mary Berg About: For more than 21 years, Berg served the county and is currently the Deputy Director of Jefferson County Department of Human Services.

She has worked at the local, state and national levels, including with the Differential Response and Workforce programs.

What she said: “I’m truly honored and humbled to be here with so many remarkable women. I’ve been blessed to work with strong leaders and community members.”

Andrea Burch About: Burch is the current vice president and chief nursing officer at Lutheran Medical Center and has spent 25 years in the nursing field.

During her career, she has served in roles including certified nursing assis-

The West Chamber gathered on Nov. 17 to celebrate nine women leaders. (from left) Michelle Pollet, Beverly Winters, Norma Anderson, Mary Berg, Pam Nissler, Anne Burkholder, Andrea Burch, Margie Seyfert, Ben Wierderholt, and four of the Wierderholt children.

CLARKE READER tant and critical care specialty nurse in neurosciences.

What she said: “The story of my success is more about Lutheran than me. Every one of the women and leaders in this room have reached down and pulled up other leaders behind them.”

Anne Burkholder About: Burkholder served the county for more than 50 years and is on the boards of the Jeffco Schools Foundation and the American Association of University Women, Lakewood Branch.

Five years ago, she co-founded The Parent-Child Home Program Jeffco, which just finished its three-year pilot.

What she said: “I really appreciate this honor. I have spent my entire life in Jeffco, and have had a great passion for education my entire life. Great memories abound for me.”

Pamela Goff About: Goff has been the president and CEO of Wheat Ridge’s PG Construction Services, Inc., for more than 21 years.

She’s maintained her CPA license for 30 years and also holds a Chartered Global Management Accountant certification. She also serves on the Board of Directors and on the Finance Committee for Localworks in Wheat Ridge.

What was said: “Pam is a tiny

woman, but she has a huge heart,” said Margie Seyfert with the Wheat Ridge Business Association. “Her favorite word is yes.”

Pam Nissler About: Nissler is the executive director of Jefferson County Public Library and has been working in the field for 45 years.

She is a member of the American and Public Library Associations and during her career served as substitute librarian, director of community services and director of library programs.

What she said: “All the people I work with at the library all share a vision where our libraries can help people connect, discover and create.”

Michelle Poolet About: Poolet is a Master of Computer Information Systems at the University of Denver and created Mt. Vernon Data Systems in the 1990s.

She has created courseware on all database systems and has been teaching and training since 1989.

What she said: “For a long time I had a sticky note on my computer monitor that said, ‘What would you do if you weren’t afraid?’ There’s so much left to learn, but when I feel uncertain and afraid, I ask myself that same question.”

Jess Wiederholt About: Using her medical knowledge, Wiederholt has worked to help parents in the county find solutions for weight loss, healthy aging, energy, performance and income opportunities.

She is the mother of seven, four of whom were adopted from East Africa, and she travels to Ethiopia and Uganda each year to give business grants to single mothers who are HIV positive.

What was said: “It’s a true honor to receive this on my wife’s behalf,” said her husband, Ben. “The paradox of the more you give, the more you receive has been true all our lives.”

Beverly Winters About: Winters is the executive director of the Developmental Disabilities Resource Center. During her time with the center, she has developed the center’s case management services, family support services and highly successful behavioral health services program.

She has also served on the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing Mental Health Advisory Board.

What she said: “After working for three decades with the people with developmental disabilities, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing their joy when they meet their goals and be successful, which is what we all try to do every day.”

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NEWS IN A HURRY Jeffco library receives grant for educational materials The Jefferson County Public Library is a recipient of a Colorado State Library grant for $131,272.

The Jeffco library will apply the grant to its 2017 revenues and will use it to purchase educational materials.

The grant is through the State Grants to Libraries Act. Under the act, publicly supported libraries in Colorado, such as public libraries, school libraries and academic libraries, may apply for funds to obtain educational resources they would otherwise be

unable to afford. A total of $2,461,462 in grants was awarded to 315 libraries across Colorado.

Miners Alley Playhouse audition announcement Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., is taking auditions for an upcoming production called “A Skull in Connemara,” by Martin McDonagh and directed by Billie McBride.

An appointment must be made for an initial audition to be scheduled from 6-9 p.m.

Nov. 29. To schedule an appointment, send an email to auditions@minersalley.com.

Callbacks, which will be by

invitation only, will take place from 6-9 p.m. Nov. 30.

Rehearsals will begin in February and performance dates are slated for March 24 to April 30.

For more information on the character list and synopsis of the production, visit Miners Alley Playhouse’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/minersalley. To learn more about the playhouse, visit www.minersalley. com.

Speed networking event The West Chamber is cosponsoring a speed networking event for businesses at 8-10 a.m. Nov. 30 at the Denver

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Speed networking will provide participants the opportunity to make initial contacts with others in the business community. A brief workshop on how to speed network will take place prior to the speed networking experience.

The event is free, but advanced registration is required.

To register or learn more about the event, visit www. jeffcobrc.org.

Bonfils blood drive Bonfils Blood Center is having a blood drive from 8-9:40

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People can expect a donation visit to last about an hour, which allows time for registration before the donation and to have a snack afterwards. Wait times for walk-ins cannot be predetermined.

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Organizations shred documents to fight hunger Action Center benefits from shred event, food drive

BY STAFF REPORT

Three organizations came together to help put a Thanksgiving meal on the table for 65 families in Jefferson County.

On Nov. 5, Shred Nations and All American Records Management held a shredding day during which community members brought con-

fidential records and documents to be shredded and securely disposed of.

In exchange for the free service, community members brought canned goods and non-perishable food items — some gave monetary donations — that went to The Action Center.

The Action Center, a Lakewoodbased nonprofit that offers a comprehensive range of services to struggling residents of Jefferson County and the homeless, then distributed the items to local families in need that otherwise might not have had a Thanksgiving meal.

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‘It just illuminates the senses to be in nature’ Learning how to track in Bear Creek Lake Park

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There are few better ways to appreciate the unseasonably warm late autumn weather than a morning hike at Bear Creek Lake Park.

For park ranger Jody Morse and the six women who participated in the Senior Naturalist class on Nov. 16, their hike wasn’t so much about the clear blue sky or wind through the trees, as it was about keeping their eyes on the ground, searching for animal tracks and scat.

“This is an inquiry-based learning experience,” Morse told the students at the park’s visitor center.

“I see things differently than other people and want to give all of you the same tools.”

The park hosts Senior Naturalist classes throughout the year to provide seniors with hands-on learning about a variety of park-related subjects.

The Nov. 16 class started with an hour spent in the visitor’s center, where Morse displayed some of the park’s mammal pelts and got students thinking by asking them questions like: Why did you pick this pelt up? What does it tell you

about the animal? What might it tell us about what it eats?

As they worked through the pelts, students shared their thoughts and some of their favorite wildlife encounters.

“These claws aren’t near as big as I thought they would be,” said one student as they examined a bear paw.

“Big enough to get the job done,” another replied.

“I just like this conversation,” Morse said. “I like them using phrases like, ‘I wonder’ or ‘I think.’ “ Once Morse had shared some facts on bears, coyotes, foxes, mountain lions and beavers, as well as some tips for spotting and studying tracks and scat, it was time to take to the trail.

The class moved to Muskrat Meadows, where they spent an hour wandering on and off the trail, pointing out deer tracks, dog scat and beaver chews.

“Often, you don’t see the animals — just what they leave behind,” Morse said.

But on the way back to the cars, participants were treated to an eight-animal deer herd, less than 30 yards away.

“It’s awesome being out on a day like this,” Jeffco resident Barbara Guinn said. “It just illuminates the senses to be in nature.”

Bear Creek Lake Park Ranger Jody Morse points out some animal scat to Senior Naturalists at their event on Nov. 16.

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Even when life seems rough, find the things you can be thankful for

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love Thanksgiving, just the whole idea of setting aside an entire day to contemplate the many blessings that we’ve enjoyed through the year. It was something I know the pilgrims initiated, that George Washington gave a great deal of thought to, and that Abraham Lincoln, even with all the tragedy in his life, was keenly aware of.

The problem is, that every once in a while, everybody has a year that it seems a little more difficult to focus on the blessings, a little easier to dwell upon the irritants and the misfortunes.

2016 could easily be one of those years, for me, and, I think, for a lot of people. As a friend of mine eloquently put it, “2016 can suck it!”

But, a wise man once said that “your circum-

stances do not determine your attitude.” And, he was right. So, to that end, I am going to try to share some of the attitudinal jiujitsu I have to resort to when I get a little bogged down.

By the way, this should in no way, shape, or form be construed as some sort of patting myself on the back for dealing with tough stuff easily. I don’t. I dwell, I stew, I obsess. And then, many days later, I find a way to remember that every curse is just the flip side of a blessing.

And then I stew some more.

For instance, this has been a weird and, in some ways, difficult year with some of my work stuff. *BUT* I have a job. I have a job that I love, that provides for my family, working with kids who are sometimes absolutely amazing,

and which gives me the opportunity to occasionally be creative.

My car has been a major pain in the neck lately. Electrical system issues, and transmission problems, plus the regular joy of dealing with a dealership service department. *BUT* I have a car that gets me from point A to point B. My wife also has a new car. That, alone, puts us in the top 5 percent economically, thinking on a global basis, so ... And, even when my cars have issues, I have yet to be thrown from my car and rolled on pavement, like I was from my bike a couple months ago.

This election year was one of the most frusSEE ALCORN, P11

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’m not on social media very often. But I took to Facebook this week to ask people what they are thankful for. I don’t need to remind any of us that we are a fractured nation at this moment, but we are also blessed in so many ways.

The outpouring of gratitude on my Facebook page tells this story better than I can.

My wonderful friend Patty tells me she is grateful for “the right

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to vote, my friends, my family, modern medicine, technology that makes life easier like my laundry machines, dishwasher, and Rumba … and having plenty of food and water.”

Close friend and high school classmate Bill says, “I’m thankful for lifelong friends.” Currently laid up after surgery, Bill added, “I’m thankful for the little things SEE DORAY, P11

Legislation advocates for women and children Election anxiety is a phenomenon that millions of Americans across the country have been subject to throughout this election season.

Following last week’s results, that anxiety has lessened for some and heightened for others. Whichever camp voters fall into, there is no question that the general sentiment that the election mania is far from over, that our country is now more divided than ever, and that there is little hope for compromise is pervasive in all parts of the U.S. However, fellow Coloradans should take solace in the fact that there still exist issues that our representatives are not divided on and that there are many actions they can take to effect positive change.

By calling and e-mailing their Rep. (Cory) Gardner and Sen. (Michael) Bennet to support and cosponsor The Reach Every Mother and Child Act, S.1911 H.R. 3706, Coloradans can become advocates for women and children in need across the globe. The Reach Act will strengthen the government’s efforts to end the preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and young children in developing countries.

Entailing no additional funding, it requires USAID to reconfigure the $2.9 billion in grants for maternal and child survival to maximize equity and impact.

The Reach Every Mother and Child Act has reached 25 cosponsors in the Senate on a bipartisan basis. It has now reached 200

cosponsors total in the House, including Colorado’s Representatives DeGette, Coffman and Polis. Coloradans can support this measure and help save the lives of 600,000 women and 15 million children by 2020 by taking action at http://borgenproject.org/reach-every-mother-andchild-act/#/12/ Tessa McLinden, Arvada A big serving of gratitude I am feeling gratitude today for: All the people who voted. People who counted votes and manned voting booths. Media workers providing unbiased news. People who help others. Delores Center housing homeless women. All teachers helping children learn. All professors in colleges, universities. Garbage men and women.

USPS people who sort and deliver mail. Restaurant workers. Farmers who grow food. Ranchers raising cattle, dairy cows, chickens, turkey, bison. Fishermen providing seafood. Coal miners, natural gas workers. Oil workers.

Pastors, priests, rabbis, imans who teach love, gratitude and peace. Servicemen and women in all branches of military. Police who serve on patrol or in police stations.

Firefighters. EMT and ambulance drivers. Doctors, nurses, dentists and all medical workers.

Street cleaners, yard people.

Artists, musicians, poets, writers.

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DORAY: Friends and family can help be reminders of how to be thankful FROM PAGE 10

like flowers, fountains and birds outside my window … thankful for life.”

My longtime friend Dave says simply, “Where do I start? I am so very grateful for the wonderful tribe of friends who support me.” Hometown friend Larry tells me: “I am thankful for those friends and family who accept me with all of my flaws and still make me feel welcome and appreciated.” Spence, another hometown friend, says: “I’m thankful for being able to reconnect and stay in touch with friends I grew up with in Monte Vista.”

Fellow poet Jesica is grateful “for my family, blood and chosen.”

And high school classmate Colleen says, “The precious friends we’ve enjoyed throughout our life have made everything else bearable and worthwhile.”

Colleen also tells me “I’m thankful for the religious freedoms we enjoy in

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America.” Lovely friend Judy says, “I am truly thankful to live in this amazing country and to have all my children home and safe this year.”

Friend and colleague Janelle is grateful to “live in a time of peace, even if there are still threats.”

Another poet, Kirsten, reflects that, after the election, “I became grateful for the opportunity each of us now has to examine more closely how we want to be in the world – the choices we make and the influence our words and actions have on others.” Fellow writer Beth says, “I’m thankful for the ability to absorb, process and decide when presented with information from all sides. I’m thankful for the strength and determination to face difficult times.”

Friend Nami delighted me with “I’m thankful for shoes with squeakers built into them to inspire my toddler’s first steps.” Classmate Ellen says, “I am thankful for music when my heart is heavy … or glad.” Fellow writer Mimi

Voice of solidarity As you can imagine, we are in shock and sorrow at the results of the election. We want you to tell the people at the Islamic Center of Golden that we support you.

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ALCORN: A sure moral compass and an incredible work ethic is a privilege FROM PAGE 10

trating, discouraging, and drawn-out processes I can remember. I don’t think the Founding Fathers ever envisioned a “lesser of two weasels” scenario like this one in their worst nightmares. *BUT* I cast my ballot without fear of physical harm to me or my family; I had the freedom to speak out about the election at will; I have faith that the election process was more or less a fair one. I had a say in who gets to run the country and the machinery of the country at lower levels. That is really an amazing thing ... regardless of the results.

Watching my father slowly die was a difficult and painful process. *BUT* that process gave me time — time to spend with him, time to ask questions, time to watch he and my mother complete the last act of their ballet. Time is an amazing gift, one I will forever be grateful for.

And losing my dad sucks. *BUT* I am now even more aware of how blessed I have been to have a good and strong man in my life, one who was smart enough (and lucky enough) to form a unit with a good and strong woman. I have enjoyed many privileges in my life — I’m told being white is a substantial privilege. Whatever. I can tell you this:

Whatever privilege I’ve derived from my skin color pales in comparison to the privilege of being raised by the two people I was raised by, being pushed, encouraged, poked fun at, occasionally punished, and being provided for by good people with a sure moral compass and an incredible work ethic.

And my family — as every parent knows — can mean occasional irritants and misfortunes. And, also, love, laughter, joy, pride and completeness.

Life doesn’t always deal you a great hand to play with, but, I promise you, it deals other people much worse.

And, the thing is, if you ask professional gamblers, they tell you you don’t play the hand, you play the other players. Each hand has the makings of a winner, if you look at it the right way. So, whatever hand you’ve been dealt this year, I hope and pray that you take a moment to recognize the gifts that have been contained therein, and Give Thanks for each and every one of them. Happy Thanksgiving!

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

tells me “I’m grateful for two strong hands to create positive change in the world, and for dogs who help me every day to be kind and compassionate.”

Hometown friend Vicki, who works at a care center, made my heart swell when she said, “I’m thankful for a job where I can make a difference in the lives of our veterans and their families.” And friend and fellow writer Diana tugs at my heartstrings with “I am thankful my husband survived a major heart attack and then bypass surgery on our 25th anniversary.”

My friend Jesica and I share gratitude for an American citizen’s

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But perhaps my hometown friend Mike says it best: “I’m thankful for every day I’m upright!”

Indeed.

Andrea Doray is a writer who believes free speech and freedom of the press must be pretty darn important if they are contained in the very first amendment to Constitution of the United States. Contact Andrea at a.doray@ andreadoray.com.

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Dorothy Krasovich

Dorothy Krasovich, 86, passed away 11/14/2016. She was born in Midland, Texas, but grew up in CA, eventually graduating from San Jose State University with a teaching degree.

She was married to the love of her life, the late Raymond Krasovich, for 48 years. Traveling the

US and world as an Air Force wife, she raised 5 children, eventually settling in Arvada, CO. She earned a Master’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado, and taught elementary school in Arvada, CO, at Parr and Warder.

She adored her

grandchildren, great grandchildren and loved the Lord.

She also enjoyed shopping, sewing, travel, and time with family. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Children’s Hospital Colorado or Ronald McDonald House of Denver.

KOOGLE Mary Koogle 11/13/2016

89, passed away on Nov. 13, 2016.

Visitation was Thursday, 11/17, 4-7pm at Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary.

Services were Friday, 11/18, 10am at Shrine of St. Anne. Webster & Grant Place, Arvada. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Mary’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Chapter, 455 Sherman St., #500, Denver, 80203.

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Great way to spend an evening I recently had the pleasure of attending a presentation by former French spy, Marthe Hoffnung Cohn. Marte is now 96 years old and she spoke for over an hour.

The lecture was at the Westminster Recreation Center at 104th and Sheridan. A similar event was held at the Arvada Center. Her visit was sponsored

by Chabad of NW Metro Denver. Rabbi Benjy Brackman and his wife Leah Brackman are co-directors.

Marte was seated by her husband, Dr. L. Cohn, an anesthesiologist whom she met in 1956. But let me back up ... Marte was born April 13, 1920. She was one of seven children in an Orthodox Jewish

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family who lived in Metz, France.

Hitler was rising to power, just across the border, in Germany. After the liberation of Paris in 1944, Marte, now a nurse, enlisted in the French Army where she became a member of the Intelligence Service. Since she was blond and spoke perfect German, she was the perfect candidate to be a spy. After many failed attempts to get into Germany via Alccase, she was finally able to cross into Germany from Switzerland.

Having accomplished her first goal, she proceeded to gain the trust of German co-workers, who believed that she was a German nurse who was looking for her (fictional) missing fiancee. After gathering information, she would crawl back across the Swiss border to report

her findings. Two important pieces of information she shared were: that northwest of Freiburg, the Siegried Line had been evacuated, and the location of where the German Army laid in ambush in the Black Forest.

At the end of the war, Marte returned to France and resumed her nursing career. In 1956, while studying in Geneva, she met an American medical student.

They were married within three years, and living in the United States. They are now both retired and spend much of their time together as they go around the country where Marte gives lectures.

They sit together on stage. From time to time,she turns to her husband and asks for help with a word or phrase.

Marte has received many honors,

among them are: Croix de Guerre, 1945; Medaille of Reconnassance de la Nation, 2006, and The Cross of the Order of Merit, Germany’s Highest Honor.

Marte Cohn is a remarkable woman and the tiny woman has the stamina of people half her age. At one point during the lecture, she asked the audience if she should stop at that point, or continue with her spell-binding story. Of course, the crowd roared it’s approval for her to go on.

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She is much more than a Holocaust survivor. She is a true Hero.

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Creating a wall protects you but pushes others away SOUND ADVICE

Dear Neil: My two previous marriages ended with me being deceived by both of my ex’s. This made me create a wall to protect myself. I am now engaged to someone who has lied to me several times, and he once called his ex’s name out while we were intimate, so my wall is up around him. I have been jealous and overprotective, and I’ve punished him with my jealousy. He is now cheesed off with my mistrust of him, and Neil Rosenthal I don’t know if I should end it because I’m not able to trust him. We’ve been together for two years, but I feel so insecure. Am I to blame?

Jealous in the Midwest Dear Jealous: Here’s what you told me. You have

aries. Clear boundaries communicate that we have limits on behaviors we deem unacceptable — without shutting someone else out. Tell your fiancee in very clear terms which behaviors you are not willing to tolerate, and then watch him very closely over time, and see if you can verify whether he is being truthful and honest with you.

If he is, then perhaps he has heard and responded to your need for trustworthiness in the relationship. If he isn’t, then you are at decision time about whether he’s good for you. This way, you’re giving your relationship a fighting chance to succeed.

your wall up and you’re pushing your fiancee away with your jealousy and mistrust, and he has lied to you several times. So if you’re asking me, you’re both to blame. You’re both behaving in ways that generate hurt feelings, misgivings and suspicion.

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ederica Foltmann snuck around her living room couch on a recent afternoon in her Castle Pines home.

Hiding around the corner was the 6-year-old girl she nannies.

When Foltmann caught up, the shy but curious girl buried her face into Foltmann’s stomach and gave her a tight hug. Foltmann hugged her back, talking to her in Italian-accented English.

It’s all in a day’s work for the 20-yearold Brescia, Italy native, and all part of the experience in coming to the United States to work as an au pair.

Au pairs are a type of in-home childcare provider. The option is one some Denver metro families are choosing over more traditional methods like day cares, relying on relatives to babysit or nannies. Au pairs differ from nannies in that they are typically young adults who have come to the U.S. to care for children as part of a cultural exchange experience.

Numerous agencies place au pairs in the city and suburbs. The logistics of each program vary. In general, however, au pairs live with the family and work up to 45 hours a week. The host family provides food, a private bedroom and sometimes amenities like cars or cell phones.

Foltmann and her host family worked through the agency Cultural Care Au Pair, a nationwide au pair agency run by host parents and former au pairs.

Jennifer Morrow, the Cultural Care Au Pair representative for Castle Rock and Castle Pines, said au pair programs can be an educational and economical alternative.

Annual costs include registration, processing and program fees and a stipend paid directly to au pairs, totaling nearly $19,000.

Nick and Laurie Lazarou, another family using the Cultural Care Au Pair program, have employed au pairs for seven years. Both work demanding jobs and Nick travels often. Having a livein au pair provides them with stable childcare, they said. It also makes time management easier.

“We didn’t need to structure our ability to do things based on the availability of other people,” Nick said.

The couple and their two children moved from Los Angeles to Castle Pines in the past year. Here, they don’t have relatives to help out, which makes the au pair program all the more useful, they said.

When Morrow took over the region in

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COLORADO’S COST OF CHILDCARE Locally: Child Care Innovations at Red Rock Community College published data that found the cost of childcare in Douglas County in particular is high.

Statewide: Child Care Aware of America found that for 2016, the cost of center-based childcare for infants in Colorado was $14,950. For fouryear-olds, it was $11,089.

• Compared to Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Jefferson counties, Douglas County had the highest average cost of childcare in both centers and family-based settings for January 2015.

The organization published a study for 2015 comparing the cost of childcare in the U.S. by state. The non-profit focuses on lowering the cost of childcare and furthering education.

• Infant care cost an average of $318 a week in centers. Familybased care cost an average of $206 a week.

The report evaluates factors such as the percent of a family’s income that childcare absorbs and the cost of center-based child-

care. Some of its findings are: • The study placed Colorado in its list of the Top 10 Least Affordable States for Center-based Infant Care in 2014. Colorado ranked No. 5. for center-based childcare for infants. As for center-based care of 4-year-olds, Colorado ranked No. 7 for the least affordable state.

• The annual cost of infant centerbased care in Colorado was $13,154.

• The annual cost of center-based care for families with an infant

and a 4-year-old was $23,036.

• In Colorado, married couples with an infant in a center-based childcare facility can expect those costs to exceed 15 percent of their income. With two children, the cost rises to 26 percent.

• Families living at the poverty line will spend approximately 95 percent of their income on centerbased childcare, and 70 percent on home-based care.

• A single parent will pay more than 46 percent of his or her income for infant center-based care.

May, five families were working with au pairs. Now, there are 12.

How the program works Au pairs and families in Cultural Care Au Pair are matched through what resembles an online dating service. Once a family, which is personally interviewed by Morrow, is approved for the program, they can browse online profiles of au pairs. Likewise, families create a profile for au pairs to learn about them.

When families narrow down their candidate pool, they’ll often Skype with au pairs and conduct interviews.

It’s a two-way street, Morrow said.

Both families and au pairs must pass background checks and meet program regulations. The mutual selection process aims to make for good matches and ensure au pairs and families will get along.

Her agency sources au pairs from approximately 25 different countries.

They seek out the program for numerous reasons, Morrow said. Some au pairs are taking a gap year before purSEE CHILDCARE, P15

Nick and Laurie Lazarou of Castle Pines with their daughter, Sophia, 10; son, Alex, 12; and their au pair Elena Zignone.

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Growing up in a record store can enhance listening skills

any people say they grew up in a musical family, but I almost always get a few raised eyebrows when I tell people I literally grew up in a record store.

My mother owned LINER Wheat Ridge’s NOTES Budget Tapes and CDs for more than 20 years, and I’d often spend nights and weekends there, getting lost among the stacks while she worked. I started working there when I was 16 years old, and it was my job Clarke Reader throughout high school. When she sold it to Angelo’s CDs and More in 2005, I stayed on and worked during college.

Every day was devoted to music — helping people rediscover an old favorite or pointing them to their new musical obsession. I was constantly listening to the latest releases and stumbling across important groups to fill in gaps in my musical knowledge.

More than that, I found another family among my coworkers — people with whom I could comfortably argue about the best Bob Dylan album and share what was happening in my life.

I miss all of this, and a thousand other little moments that made up my time there. But, as today is Thanksgiving, I also want to express my gratitude for these experiences.

This year has been marked by anger, resentment, apprehension and anxiety, in large part driven a particularly vitriolic election. Now that it’s over, it seems many people are feeling worse than before, struggling for something to feel grateful for this holiday.

My advice is to honor something simple and personal that fills you with gratitude.

For me, that is the record store. My time there taught me to listen. Not just to music, but to my fellow employees and customers.

Thanks to my manager Tony and colleague Stephanie, I got into rap music.

Because of the tastes of Cody, another employee, I delved into new areas of jazz and indie rock. And working with Wendy for years showed me the pleasures of `80s music and torch singers.

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: A Tribe Called Quest’s “We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service” released on Epic records.

Review: Just like David Bowie and Leonard Cohen’s releases this year, A Tribe Called Quest’s final album (and first in 18 years) serves as a good-

bye. The group lost lyricist and driving force Phife Dawg in March, and remaining group members Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad send him off in towering style. “We Got It From Here…” contains the same lyrical fireworks and sonic adventurousness that always drove the trio.

It’s a lovely parting gift and

At the time, I wasn’t interested in most of these genres. But I’m so glad I had the opportunity to learn from others and widen my perspective. I can’t even count the musicians I was turned on to based on recommendations and conversations with customers.

The ability to enhance and expand one’s thinking is one of the great powers of music, and the same goes for getting to know other people. Both are going to be so important as we face the challenges ahead.

So, be grateful you have the freedom to listen to any music that moves you.

Be grateful that you have the opportu-

glorious coda to a groundbreaking career.

Favorite song: “We the People…”

Best nod to the future: “Talk to Joey, Earl, Kendrick, and Cole, gatekeepers of flow/ They are extensions of instinctual soul.”

nity to interact and learn from those who think differently.

And, to quote Penny Lane from “Almost Famous,” “If you ever get lonely, just go to the record store and visit your friends.”

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he is thankful again this year for the kindness of his readers. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com.

And share your favorite record store recommendations at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

CHILDCARE: Families are supposed to pay toward educational classes FROM PAGE 14

suing higher education. Others hope to improve their English or simply want to travel. For families, Morrow said, it provides dependable childcare.

On both ends, she said -there’s opportunity to learn about other cultures and form lifelong friendships.

The programs are not without controversy. Cultural Care Au Pair families must pay their au pairs a stipend of $195.75 a week. Divide that by the 45 hours au pairs work, and you get a wage of $4.35 an hour.

Lawsuits sprung up in 2015 against several agencies in Colorado, including one involving an au pair in Highlands Ranch. The lawsuits

LEAST AFFORDABLE STATES FOR CENTER-BASED CHILDCARE IN 2014 Top 10 least affordable states for center-based care of infants in 2014 1. Minnesota 3. New York 5. Colorado 7. Illinois

9. Nevada

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Top 10 least affordable states for center-based care of a 4-year-old in 2014 1. New York 3. Vermont 5. Minnesota 7. Colorado

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Sources: Parents and the High Cost of Child Care 2015 report by Child Care Aware of America alleged that au pair agencies violated Colorado’s minimum wage law. The agencies said minimum wage wasn’t required because room and board was provided by the families.

Morrow is well aware of that history. But, she said, she’s never been aware of au

pairs in her region being taken advantage of. In addition to the stipend, families are required to pay at least $500 toward educational classes, like community college courses, for their au pairs.

‘The perfect family’ Foltmann was happy with

her experience and has chosen to extend her one-year stay by another six months.

“I actually found the perfect family,” she said.

Her main duties are getting both the children she watches up in the mornings. She makes breakfast, gets them dressed and takes

them to school. She picks up the youngest at about noon and watches him the rest of the day. Normally, she said, parents pick up the oldest from school.

They all enjoy dinner together. Foltmann can use the car, has the basement to herself and can have friends over to stay the night. She’s also vacationed with the family to places like Chicago, Hawaii and Florida.

And, she said, she’s made a lifetime connection with her host family.

“When you are in the other part of the world and you know that here there is someone that you love and they love you — that’s amazing,” she said.

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HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Weekday Escape to

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Send volunteer opportunities to hharden@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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Ongoing AARP Foundation TaxAide Helps Colorado taxpayers who need assistance prepare and file their tax returns Need: Volunteers for the upcoming tax season.

Requirements: Free training provided; volunteers do not have to be AARP members or retirees.

Contact: www.aarp.org/money/taxes/ aarp_taxaide/ or 888-OUR-AARP.

Denver Asset Building Coalition Provides low-income families with free tax preparation Need: Volunteers to join the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program Requirements: Volunteers are needed from Jan. 21 to April 17. No accounting background necessary; DABC trains all volunteers through an IRS-approved certification. Volunteers can choose their schedule and time commitment.

Contact: Marissa Stanger, volunteer coordinator, at 303-388-7030 or go to www. denverabc.org.

Deadline: Apply by Dec. 15 Animal Rescue of the Rockies Rescues homeless dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters Need: Foster-care familiesfor death-row shelter dogs and cats Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies.org Arvada Visitors Center Need: Help assemble welcome bags for new Arvada residents. Specific dates and times are scheduled.

Contact: Jean Gordon, jean@visitarvada.org or 720-898-3380 CASA of Jefferson & Gilpin County Court appointed special advocates work with abused and neglected children, speaking on behalf of them in court.

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

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

Contact: Tiffany Schlag, recruitment and training coordinator, at 303-271-6537, tiffanyschlag@casajeffcogilpin.com or www. casajeffcogilpin.com.

Cat Care Society Nibbles ‘N Kibbles Food Bank Works to reduce number of abandoned and surrendered cats Need: Donations of canned and bagged cat food and litter Contact: 303-239-9680

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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.

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

Common Earth Community Garden Garden project for entire community of Arvada Need: Volunteers to help build and work in garden

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 303-9865073 or lkudloff@comcast.net; www. theedgetheater.com English As a Second Language Provides English and civics tutoring to nonEnglish speakers at Arvada United Methodist Church.

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

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

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 develop email contact list with occasional entry of email addresses; assist with website content by developing relevant resource materials, articles about refuge events ad calendar postings; remove noxious weeds from the eastern area of the refuge; and perform regular clean-up and maintenance (spraying weeds and cutting grass with weed whacker) of the kiosk areas on the west side of the refuge.

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 ieil@q.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.

Girl Scouts Youth organization for girls Need: Volunteers for jobs ranging from running troops to helping with a science event or office work Age requirement: Men and women 18 and older SEE VOLUNTEERS, P17

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Contact: girlscoutsofcolorado.org, email inquiry@gscolorado.org or call 1-877-4045708 Global Orphan Relief Develops and supports programs bringing light, comfort and security to orphans around the world 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, faith-based hospice Need: Volunteers to support patients and families Contact: 303-731-8039 Lutheran Family Services: Cultural Mentoring Program We welcome refugee families and help them adjust to their new home Need: People who can commit to working with refugees on skills for self-sufficiency and helping them learn about their new home.

Requirements: Must be 18 or older (although children of volunteers are welcome to participate). One-hour training and orientation required.

Contact: David Cornish, 303-225-0199 or david.cornish@lfsrm.org; go to www.lfsrm. org.

Lutheran Hospice Need: Volunteers to assist in a couple of areas: 1. Be a friendly visitor by providing companionship or emotional support to

patients and families in their own homes or visit patients in nursing facilities.

Visits may include providing respite for caregivers. 2. Work at the Collier Hospice Center reception desk, welcoming family members and visitors, and assisting with administrative projects.

Contact: Rose Kauffman, rose.kauffman@ sclhs.net or 303-403-7274.

Jefferson County Library Foundation Supports Jefferson County Public Library through fundraising and advocacy Need: Volunteers to help book sales and sorting book donations at the warehouse year-round Age requirements: Ages 12 and older are welcome Contact: 10790 W. 50th Ave., Suite 200, Wheat Ridge; call 303-403-5075 PeopleFirst Hospice Denver hospice Need: Volunteers to provide companionship to hospice patients and their families.

Contact: Rachel Wang at 303-546-7921 Seniors’ Resource Center Need: Do you want to make a difference where you live? Do you like to drive? If so, sign up to be a volunteer driver helping seniors in Broomfield through Seniors’ Resource Center. Your volunteer driving means seniors can make it to medical appointments, take care of shopping and other critical needs. Your ride makes it possible for seniors to continue living in their own homes. You’ll pick the time and the

trip. Our volunteer drivers find they make new friends and are very impressed by the people they help.

Requirements: Must be able to pass a background check and have a clean Motor Vehicle Record.

Contact: Pat Pierson at 303-332-3840, 303 904-2258 or ppierson@srcaging.org.

Victim Outreach, Jefferson County Offers support and access to resources during critical stage of trauma Need: Volunteer victim advocates to respond on scene, to ensure victims’ rights are upheld Requirements: Must be 21-plus, pass background check and attend 40-hour training; training provided Contact: Jennifer at 303-202-2196, victimoutreachinfo@gmail.com or www. victimoutreach.org Whiz Kids Tutoring Nonprofit, faith-based program that provides free tutoring to low-income and academically low-performing students Need: Volunteers to read, help with homework and play education games with teacher selected students.

Requirement: Typically age 16 and up, but exceptions made for teens who have a parent participating; must pass a background check.

Commitment: Tutors work for an hour and a half, from October to April; may chose day (M-Th) and location Contact: Angie Kinney, 303-669-7339, angie@whizkidstutoring.com or www. whizkidstutoring.com/

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FAMILY FEATURES

hether you’re a competitive sprinter chasing a new record or an everyday gym hound looking to get the most from your workout, seafood is among the best foods to support an athletic lifestyle. It not only delivers great-tasting nutrition, but also provides one-of-a-kind health benefits.

The combination of lean protein, anti-inflammatory omega3s and muscle-building nutrients found in Alaska seafood are why it’s a staple for athletes like Ryan and Sara Hall.

“We like to incorporate Alaska seafood in our daily diet because it’s a really high quality protein that helps to repair our muscles on a daily basis,” said Ryan Hall, a two-time Olympian and holder of the U.S. half-marathon record.

After a run, Sara Hall – a 3,000-meter steeplechase and marathon runner, U.S. national champion and World Team member – relies on seafood as a go-to for low-fat meals with protein and simple-to-digest carbs.

Sample these dishes straight from the Hall kitchen, and find more recipes and nutritional values for your favorite seafood at wildalaskaseafood.com.

Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon with Sweet Potatoes

Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon with Sweet Potatoes

Serves: 4 Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes Cedar planks with enough surface area for salmon 4 Alaska salmon fillets (4-6 ounces each), fresh, thawed or frozen olive oil spray 1 tablespoon fresh (or 1 teaspoon dried) dill, thyme or rosemary salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste 4 large sweet potatoes, sliced lengthwise into wedges 1/2 tablespoon ground cumin Soak cedar planks for 1-2 hours (or overnight) submerged in water.

Remove and pat dry.

Heat grill to medium heat (400 F). If frozen, rinse ice from salmon under cold water; pat dry with paper towel. Spray cedar planks and salmon with olive oil spray. Place salmon on planks; sprinkle with herb, salt and pepper. Place sweet potatoes in bowl; spray with cooking spray.

Sprinkle with cumin and salt and pepper, to taste. Toss to coat.

Place cedar planks and potato wedges on grill. Cover and cook about 3-4 minutes; turn wedges over and continue cooking until potatoes are soft and cooked. Keep warm. Cook salmon 12-15 minutes, until fish is opaque throughout.

Nutritional information per serving: 350 calories; 11 g total fat; 2 g saturated fat; 27% calories from fat; 91 mg cholesterol; 33 g protein; 33 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 277 mg sodium; 36 mg calcium; 1,700 mg omega-3 fatty acids.

Pan-Seared Cod over Minted Pea Puree

Serves: 4 Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 10 minutes 1/2 cup water 2 pounds frozen or fresh peas, blanched 1 package (0.6-0.7 ounces) fresh mint, leaves only salt, to taste 4 Alaska cod fillets (4-6 ounces each), fresh, frozen or thawed olive oil 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning Add water, peas and mint to blender or food processor; season with salt. Puree until almost smooth. Cover and keep warm.

If frozen, rinse ice glaze from cod under cold water; pat dry with paper towel. Heat heavy, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Brush both sides of fillets with olive oil.

In heated skillet, cook cod, uncovered, about 3-4 minutes, until browned. Shake pan occasionally to keep fish from sticking. Turn cod over and sprinkle with lemon pepper seasoning. Cover pan tightly and reduce heat to medium. Cook an additional 6-9 minutes for frozen cod or 3-4 minutes for fresh/thawed fish. Cook until fish is opaque throughout.

To serve, spoon pea puree onto 4 plates. Top each with cod fillet and serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 319 calories; 5 g total fat; 1 g saturated fat; 13% calories from fat; 65 mg cholesterol; 37 g protein; 34 g carbohydrate; 12 g fiber; 393 mg sodium; 101 mg calcium; 28 IU vitamin D; 200 mg omega-3 fatty acids.

Pan-Seared Cod over Minted Pea Puree

Miso Halibut with Soba Noodle Stir-Fry

Miso Halibut with Soba Noodle Stir-Fry

Serves: 4 Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 15 minutes 1 package (12 ounces) prepared soba noodles (or noodle of choice) 4 Alaska halibut fillets (4-6 ounces each), fresh, thawed or frozen 3 tablespoons sesame oil, divided 2 cups roughly chopped bok choy 1 1/2 cups sugar snap peas 1 cup sliced mushrooms 1/2 cup chopped green onion 1/4 cup miso 1 cup water 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce Prepare noodles according to package directions; set aside.

If frozen, rinse ice glaze from halibut under cold water; pat dry with paper towel. Heat large, nonstick skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Brush both sides of halibut with half of the sesame oil.

In heated skillet, cook fish, uncovered, about 3-4 minutes, until browned.

Shake pan occasionally to keep fish from sticking. Turn halibut over; reduce heat to medium and cover. Cook 5-7 minutes for frozen halibut or 2-3 minutes for fresh/thawed fish, cooking until fish is opaque throughout.

Transfer fillets to plate; cover to keep warm.

Wipe out skillet/wok with paper towel. Add remaining sesame oil. Heat to medium-high then add and stir-fry bok choy, snap peas, mushrooms and green onions. Stir in noodles; turn off heat. Cover and keep warm.

In saucepan, blend miso, water and teriyaki sauce. Bring mixture to boil then reduce heat to a simmer and cook 1 minute. Stir sauce into warm noodle-vegetable mixture. To serve, divide and portion mixture into 4 bowls or plates. Top each with halibut fillet.

Nutrition information per serving: 571 calories; 15 g total fat; 2 g saturated fat; 22% calories from fat; 56 mg cholesterol; 38 g protein; 71 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 1,643 mg sodium; 77 mg calcium; 219 IU vitamin D; 350 mg omega-3 fatty acids.

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What’s inside the food you eat? Ask the military

ou are hungry.

It’s been a long time since you’ve eaten and you’re ready to recruit the family, BOOKWORM march to the oven, draft a couple recipes, and attack your plate. And whatever it is you’ll chow on, you can bet the U.S. military had a hand in it, as you’ll learn in “Combat-Ready Terri Kitchen” by Schlichenmeyer Anastacia Marx de Salcedo.

What’s inside the food you eat?

As a “passionate home cook” who devoured cookbooks “like novels,” Anastacia Marx de Salcedo wondered. With two school-age children, she naturally wanted to feed them the most nutritious breakfasts and pack for them the healthiest lunches possible – but while doing some research, she was handed “an unpleasant surprise.”

It should come as no big news that the U.S. military has a lot of mouths to feed. In order to do that, an entire department has been toiling for decades to create meals that are nutritious but efficient. What de Salcedo learned

ABOUT THE BOOK “Combat-Ready Kitchen” by Anastacia Marx de Salcedo c.2015, Current $27.95 / $32.95 Canada 294 pages was that the government’s methods for making those meals have affected what goes on your table.

Thanks to the military, for instance, we consume granola bars (meant to give soldiers an easilytoted energy boost) by the ton. We know what foods remain tasty, packed in (and stored for years in) tin cans. We enjoy freezedried produce at breakfast, but not on our sandwiches; researchers tried to freeze-dry meat but soldiers hated it.

Because the military saw that microwaves worked well to heat food, those appliances are ubiquitous in our kitchens. Uncle Sam finessed methods for moving meat to far-flung eaters, which affects the way we buy our pork chops and steaks. Our bread, chips, snacks, “practically every bag, box, can, bottle, jar, and carton we buy” has been tinkered with by the U.S. military because it needs commercial food producers to be ready and able to ramp up production quickly in times of war.

In other words, says de Salcedo, you and your children are “chowing down like special ops,” just in case. And that, she believes, isn’t the healthiest idea we’ve ever deployed.

Certainly, you love to eat. You might even enjoy making said meal, but will that which you read in “Combat-Ready Kitchen” put you at ease?

Possibly not, because some of what author Anastacia Marx de Salcedo shares is rather disturbing but surprisingly… not surprising. Using that conundrum, de Salcedo takes readers back to ancient times, helpfully explaining how the feeding of Roman troops has evolved into the grab-and-go we enlist at home.

In describing somewhat of a historical timeline mixed with an untangling of modern technology, de Salcedo eventually leads us to her conclusion of why military messing isn’t good for civilians – even though it’s almost necessary – and then she peeks into the future.

Be aware that this book is filled with everything you forgot from high school science class, and it’s a mess of acronyms. My advice, therefore – and especially if you love to eat and like to know where your food comes from – is to try “Combat-Ready Kitchen,” but take it in small bites.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

‘A Christmas Carol’: 7:30 p.m.

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays from Nov. 25 to Dec. 23; and 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 21, at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Adaption using five actors and dash of puppetry. Call 303-935-3044 or go to www.minersalley.com.

A Taste of Flamenco: 3:30-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at Canyon Theater at Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. Learn about the history, culture and rhythms of the flamenco tradition. Contact gypsyproductionsinc@gmail. com or go to http://flamencotaste.bpt.me/ The Nutcracker Ballet: 3:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at The Oriental Theater, 7373 E. Fremont Drive, Centennial.

Presented by Golden Dance Arts. Go to http://www.goldendancearts.com

MUSIC

Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Holiday Concert: 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at Colorado School of Mines Green Center, 924 16th St., Golden. Enjoy traditional holiday music. Tickets available at www.jeffsymphony.org or by calling 303-278-4237.

ART

Holiday Watercolor and Tea: 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, Nov. 30 and Dec. 7, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Use watercolor techniques to depict nature as it fades into the winter months.

Program is for adults. Register at https:// campscui.active. com/orgs/Maje sticViewNature Center?season =1611803&sessi on=21103503.

Golden High School Holiday Bazaar: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 3 at Golden High School, 701 24th St., Golden.

Parking and admission free.

Support school’s PTA department.

Lagniappe Craft Fair: 5-7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Local artists will sell items; event coincides with Olde Town Arvada’s Lagniappe celebration. String duo Silver Strings to perform. Craft for

HEALTH

this week’s TOP FIVE

Sweet and Savory Grain Free Baking: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 26 at Natural Grocers, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Learn easy grainfree recipes. Go to http://www. naturalgrocers.com.

Golden Sustainability Night: 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30 at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St., Golden. Sustainability expo from 5-8 p.m. Keynote address by Colorado state historian Patty Limerick is at 7:30 p.m. Go to http://www.cityofgolden.net/sustainabilitynight.

Holiday Bazaar: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, at Developmental Disabilities Resource Center, 11177 W. 8th Ave., Lakewood. Handmade items for sale. Admission is free. Contact April Richey at 303-462-6585.

Alpine Chorale Christmas Concert: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 4500 Wadsworth Blvd., Wheat Ridge. Tickets available at http://www.alpinechorale.org or at the door.

Star Light, Star Bright, Star Gazing: 7-9 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 2, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Led by Lookout Mountain Nature Center naturalists. Register at https://campscui.active.com/orgs/Majest icViewNatureCenter?season=1611803&sessi on=21050902.

Lakewood Lights: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 and Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood. Tree lighting is at 5:45 p.m. Dec. 2. Go to http://www.

Lakewood.org/HolidayLights

children, and Santa will be in the story time room to hear their holiday wishes. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org.

Eco Holiday Crafts: 4:15-5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 and Dec. 13, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada.

Ages 6 years and up. Register at https://campscui. active.com/orgs/ MajesticViewNat ureCenter?seaso n=1611803&sessi on=21060801.

EVENTS

Mills Mall.

Colorado Mills Giving Tree: Shoppers can give gifts at various times from Nov 25-27, Dec. 2-4, and Dec. 9-11, at the giving tree near the Santa area at Colorado

Sweet and Savory Grain-free Baking: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 26, at Natural Grocers at Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Contact Kate Sheets, 303-423-

0990.

Avian Arvada Bird Walk: 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 3 at Lowell Ponds State Wildlife Area. Bring binoculars, dress for the weather, bring water and a snack. Meet at the west parking lot at Lowell and West 55th Place. Register at https://campscui.active.com/orgs/MajesticV iewNatureCenter?season=16118 03&session=20822403.

Cat Care Society Santa Paws Festival: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 and Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Lakewood cage-free cat shelter, 5787 W. 6th Ave. Baked goods, hand-crafted items, cat toys and more. Spin the wheel for cat prizes, plus photos with Santa Claus. Call 303-239-9680 or go to http://www.catcaresociety.org/ Alternative Gift Market: 8:30 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 4, at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada.

Projects available through nonprofit Alternative Gifts International. Contact Kathy Crisler at 303-421-7113 or kcrisler@ privatei.com.

Lagniappe in Olde Town Arvada: 5:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, in Olde Town Square, 7525 W.

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57th Ave., Arvada. Event free; carriage rides offered. Contact samanthageerdes@gmail.com or go to http://oldetownarvada. org/2016/09/lagniappe/ Santa at Colorado Mills: Visit with Santa through Dec. 24 (reservations available at http://simon.noerrsanta.com).

Children with special needs can visit with Santa in a subdued environment from 9-10:30 a.m.

Sunday, Nov. 20 (go to www. eventbrite. com/o/ colorado-

mills-7655986369 for reservations).

Food Pantry: open from 9-11 a.m.

Wednesdays at New Apostolic Church, 5290 Vance St., Arvada, rear entrance (across the street from Beau Jo’s restaurant). Contact Gertrude at 303-902-6794.

Community Blood Drives: 1011:40 a.m. and 1-3 p.m., Monday, Nov. 28, Golder Associates Inc., 44 Union Blvd., Lakewood; 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 30, Jefferson County Government Human Services Building, 900 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden; 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, St. Anthony Hospital, 11600 W. 2nd Place, Lakewood; 8-10:10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, City of Lakewood, 480 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood (contact Dee Ann Pfifer at 303-987-7660); 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19, King of Glory Lutheran Church 10001 W. 58th Ave., Arvada; 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 at Belmar Library, 555 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood (contact Linda Colbert at 720-984-5312); 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 31, Ian Tuthill Memorial, Randal Room, 13150 W. 72nd Ave., Arvada. Contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www. bonfils.org.

Beginner Yoga in Spanish: 4:45-5:45 p.m. Thursdays through Dec. 15 at PranaTonic, 805/807 14th St., Golden.

No class on Thanksgiving. Go to http://www.pranatonic.com/ classes/yoga-en-espanol-paraprincipantes/

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week.

Send listings to calendar@ coloradocommunitymedia. com. No attachments, please.

Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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CLUBS Tuesdays Applewood Kiwanis Club meets 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Applewood Golf Course, 14001 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. You are invited to attend a meeting. Our 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. For more information, contact Fred McGehan at 303-947-1565.

Arvada Sunrise Rotary Club meets 7-8 a.m.

Tuesdays at The Arvada Centre For The Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. for a breakfast meeting. Come join us as our guest and learn about our community service projects and what Rotary does in the world to help people.

Denver Apple Pi, an Apple/Mac computer user group, meets from 7-9 p.m. the third Tuesday each month at the Applewood Community - Church (downstairs), 12930 W. 32nd Ave., , Golden. Program varies each month. We welcome those interested in learning more about their Apple or Mac computer. Visitors are welcome to see if you like our more mature group. More information may be found at denverapplepi.com.

Golden Rotary meets 7:15-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Rolling Hills Country Club, 15707 W. 26th Ave., Golden. This active organization reaches neighbors in need. We build, support, and organize. We save lives locally and globally. For additional information visit www.rotay; clubofgolden.org or contact Pat Madison at 303-279-1021.

Lakewood Chapter of Retired and Active Federal Employees meets at 1 p.m. the sec-

.

ond 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 meets at 7 a.m. Tuesdays at Indian Tree Golf Course, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Breakfast served. Contact Terri Kearney, president, 303-506-6692; or Debbie Espinoza, treasurer, 720-937-2550. New members welcome.

Northside Coin Club is a group of collectors that meets monthly to promote the hobby of numismatics among its members and the public. The club meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at 12205 Perry St., at the Friendship Hall in the Cimarron Village in Broomfield. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Find more information at www.northsidecoinclub.org/ or look on Facebook.

Master Networks of Belmar Entrepreneurs and professionals interested in growing their business and personal connections, this is the group for you. We use a national platform that includes an educational component along with traditional networking aspects. Group is oriented toward entrepreneurs and professionals. The group meets 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays at DeMarras Bourbon Bar & Eatery, 11100 W. Alameda Ave. For information, visit a meeting or call Suzie at 303-979-9077 or email Littleton@ Mathnasium.com.

Ports of Call Singles Club, 55 Plus Social hours take place 4-6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at 3 Margaritas in Lakewood (contact Carol at 303-389-7707), 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 303-7515195, 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.

BAPTIST

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Baptist Church Starting

Arvada Christian Church

I am interested in starting a gospel preaching Baptist church in the Indian Hills/ Conifer area. For more information contact Mike @ 720-432-5894or IndianHillsBaptistChurch@ Gmail.com

8010 West 62nd Avenue 303-422-5412 www.arvadachristian.org

CATHOLIC

UNITED METHODIST

Sunday Worship......9:30 am Nursery Available

ST. JOAN OF ARC C AT H O L I C C H U R C H

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

S ERVICES 8 &10 am Church School

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

PRESBYTERIAN

Pastor: Bill Sanders

Living and Sharing the Love of Christ Worship: 10:00am every Sunday Sunday School: 9:00am Sept – May (nursery provided)

5592 Independence St. 80002 Tel. 303-422-3463 www.Arvadapc.org

Share the life, love, and laughter of Jesus Christ!

8:30 AM - Worship in Chapel 9:00 AM -Sunday School 10:00 AM - Worship in Sanctuary www.applewoodvalleychurch.org

303-279-2162

2035 Ellis Street, Golden CO 80401

Now enrolling for All Precious Children Learning Center

Golden First Presbyterian Church

On the round-about at South Golden Rd. and West 16th Ave. Sunday Praise & Worship................... 9:00 am Fellowship Time ................................. 10:00 am Church School ................................... 10:30 am

Pastor: Rev. Dr. Miriam M. Dixon

Nursery provided

G/W/L/A

303-279-5591

To advertise your place of worship

Call 303-566-4100

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Marketplace Instruction

Arts & Crafts Annual Holiday Open House on Saturday,Nov 26th from 9 am - 4 pm off 128th & Holly - Thornton We have Crafts & variety of Home Based Businesses present Come get a start on your holiday shopping in one location!

12695 Locust Way, Thornton, 806024664 Questions - call Ange 3-862-6681 See you there!

Offering Piano Lessons as well as

Spanish Classes and Tutoring

For Children and Adults Location is in Highlands Ranch First class is FREE (303)791-6441

Misc. Notices

OPOCS SINGLES CLUB-55 PLUS A CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Social hours monthly 4-6pm Lakewood 3 Margaritas 2nd Tuesday of the month Guest Hostess Carol @ 303-389-7707 Lakewood Chad's 4th Tuesday of the month Hostess Darlene @ 720-233-4099 4th Thursday Denver - Baker Street Pub 8101 East Bellview Host Harold @ 303-693-3464 For more info and monthly newsletter call JoAnn membership chairman or Mary President @ 303-9858937 Want To Purchase minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557 Denver, CO 80201

FREE Craft & Vendor Bazaar Sat Dec 3rd 10a– 4p Handmade jewelry, accessories, clothing, hair bows, ornaments, baked goods, home décor, wreaths, pottery, Origami Owl, Wildtree, Arbonne, LuLaRoe, Rodan & Fields, doTerra, Stella & Dot, & Pampered Chef!

Wildcat Mountain Elem School, 6585 Lionshead Pkwy, Littleton

Exhibit Hall at Jefferson County Fairgrounds (15200 West 6th Avenue) West 6th Ave. & Indiana St. Golden, Colorado

Admission $2.00

303-934-3171

Fun & easy to ride Fly up hills with ease Peddles Like a Regular Bike No Drivers License Needed BEST PRICES IN-TOWN 303-257-0164

white dishwasher for sale.

It is clean, complete and works. $100 Why pay more?? will deliver Linda 303-257-0121

Whirlpool electric stove, white with black door and control panel. Clean, complete, works. SELF CLEANING $90 Why pay more??

Will deliver 303-257-0121

Arts & Crafts 23rd Annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair

Bear Creek High School 9800 W Dartmouth Place, Lakewood Sat Dec 3rd 9am -4pm Admission $2 per person Door Prizes, Concessions, 100+ Vendors

New Location

Arvada High School Nov. 25th & 26th

Friday Saturday 9AM-6PM 7951 W 65th Ave, Arvada, CO 80004 66th & Wadsworth Arvada

FUTON

with 9" Extra Thick Mattress, Frame & Cover. Brand New, Still in Box. Cost: $499 Take: $199. 303-840-7099

OVER 100 Of Colorado’s Finest Artisans.

Live Music, Face Painting, Food and Entertainment.

Plenty of FREE Parking!

Admission $6 Children under 12 FREE! Partial proceeds to benefit the Arvada HS Band!

Firearms For AR15-.223 Rem reloaders: powder, primers, bullets & once-fired brass (Must be 21 or older). Also have as new Bushnell AR/223 1x4 scope with QD mount $100 (combo cost $210 new),ALG Combat Trigger as new $30 ($70 new) brass catcher $7, unopened Delton parts kit $10, Sling Adapter $5. Magpul grip $10..

Call Denis 303-762-9220 (Parker)

Firewood

Pine/Fir & Aspen

Split & Delivered $250 a cord Stacking available extra $35 Delivery charge may apply Call 303-647-2475 or 720-323-2173

Furniture $199 - QUEEN Orthopedic Pillow Top Mattress.

Brand New, Still in Plastic.

Delivery available.

Call: 303-841-3255 to see in person.

No Strollers Please

www.stateoftheartspromotions.com 303 990-9177

Santa Paws Festival

BUY DIABETIC Test Strips!

OneTouch, Freestyle, AccuChek, more! Must not be expired or opened.

Call Chris Today: 800-506-4964

Cat Care Society’s Annual Santa Paws Festival will be held Saturday, December 3rd and Sunday, December 4th from 11:00 am – 4:00 pm each day at the CCS Shelter.

Household Goods

The festival includes the Holiday Bazaar, Bake Sale, CCS Ornament Drive, Santa Paws Raffle, cat related items for sale in our Meow Mart store, plus photos with that jolly old elf himself, Santa Paws!

Ten Bing & Grondahl Mothers Day Plates. Five w/certificates. $100.

Six Mother w/babies. Three signed by Sven Vesergaard. $60. 720-389-6827

9 piece

Porcelain Christmas Village for Sale @ $60.00.

Call Sandy at 303-738-0132

Flatbed Trailer

12'x5' with sides (rails) good tires + spare $400 303-243-0346

For sale 1 owner 2000 Silver Chevrolet Tracker 4 door, 2-4 wheel drive, 145,800 miles, comes w/4 studded snow tires, good cond., runs great $2500 New ladies Huffy cruise bicycle, 26" wheels $115 (303)507-5570

Appliances

GE

Handmade Arts & Crafts Fair

BEDROOM SET: 6-pc, Sleigh Bed, Nightstand, Dresser & Mirror.

All for just $719.

Brand New Call: 303-840-6873

Miscellaneous

quartered, halves and whole

Black GE Profile glass top, self cleaning electric range $150/obo Black GE Profile micro $40/obo Both Excellent Condition 303-501-7688

$1.00 OFF With This Coupon

$299 - KING Orthopedic Pillow Top Mattress.

Brand New, Still in Plastic.

Delivery available.

Call: 303-840-4318 to see in person.

Friday,December December 2, Friday, 4,2016 2015 9:00a.m. am to 9:00 to 5:00 5:00p.m. p.m.

Saturday,December December 3, Saturday, 5,2016 2015 9:00 am to 4:00 9:00 a.m.

4:00p.m. p.m.

Grain Finished Buffalo

Want to Buy Irrigation Cattle Wind Mill Approx. 20' high.

Need not work.

Call Marc at 303-882-7464

Furniture

I

Farm Products & Produce

Wanted

303-566-4091

Health and Beauty

Bicycles

719-775-8742

PLACE YOUR AD TODAY!

Sporting goods POOL TABLE: 8' Solid Wood, 3pc Slate, Leather Pockets, K66 - Cushions.

Cost: $2,800 - Take: $1,495.

Brand New, 303-841-9238

Tools Chicago 12" dble bevel sliding compound miter saw w/ laser guide system, new in box, $175. (Sells for $215 - $199 + tax.) Lifetime carbide 12" blade, $29.

303 688-9171

Holiday Bazaar Bake Sale

The Holiday Bazaar will showcase handcrafted and retail items and the Bake Sale will feature delicious baked goods for sale. The CCS ornament drive will include shelter cat ornaments and shelter room ornaments available for sponsorship. Enter our Santa Paws Raffle for donated prizes from retailers such as Laurel Birch, The Melting Pot, and more. Our Meow Mart store will be fully stocked with high quality cat toys and cat related merchandise available for purchase. With every $10 Meow Mart purchase you can Spin-The-Wheel for FREE Cat Swag!

All proceeds from the Santa Paws Festival benefit the CCS shelter cats.

Cat Care Society | 5787 W. 6th Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80214 | (303) 239-9680

Dogs Thousands of dogs are bred in cramped, unsanitary cages.

Purchasing dogs online or from pet shops allows this cruel practice to continue.

Find puppies to rescue at CanineWelfare.org

Autos for Sale 1999 Chevy 1 ton pick up CK3500 in very good shape 454 engine, 4 wheel drive,$10,000/obo Power steering/locks & windows ABS Brakes, AC, 1 owner Must see to appreciate Ray (406)253-1005

Autos for Sale

Place an ad to sell your car on this page $25 for 2 weeks in 16 papers and online 303-566-4091

RV’s and Campers '05 Lance 881 Max Camper & '01 Ford F250

Camper has Slide Out, Power Jacks, A/C, Generator, Sat Dish, All Weather Package, rear camera and monitor, has all available options. One owner, excellent condition. NADA value is $20,325, asking $15,000 for camper. Will sell truck with camper if necessary. Truck has 125,700 orig miles and has the 7.9 Liter Turbo Diesel, 5" custom exhaust and air intake, engine gauges, towing package, suspension air bags, hitch extension, bed liner, and runs excellent.

New towing trans at 96,300 miles. The truck and camper make a nice unit and would be $25,000. 720--733-1093

Wanted DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK, BOAT, RV; Running or not, to www.developmentaldisabled.org Tax deductible!

303-659-8086.

19 years of service (go onto website to see 57 Chevy)

Cash for all Vehicles!

Cars, Trucks, Vans, SUV’s

Any condition • Running or not Under $700

(303)741-0762

Cell: (303)918-2185 for texting

Bestcashforcars.com

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Golden Chamber of Commerce

Olde Golden Christmas Candlelight Walk and Holiday Parades Candlelight Walk Friday, December 2nd, 6:30pm Kick off the holiday season with Golden’s Candlelight Walk. As you walk down Washinton Avenue, enjoy the glow of thousands of hand held candles. Following some holiday entertainment, Santa will flip the switch to light up Golden.

Pre-purchase your candles & glow sticks for $1 each, available at the Golden Chamber inside the Visitors Center, Nov. 29-Dec. 1st and Dec. 2nd at 15th & Arapahoe where the Candlelight Walk will begin.

Three Holiday Parades Saturday, December 3rd, 10th and 17th 10:30am Washington and 10th — Washington and 12th

Stop by Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm and Saturdays 10am-4pm until December 15th.

Pancakes with Santa

December 10th at the Blue Canyon Grill and Underground, 8:30am-10am Children will marvel in the magic of eating pancakes with Santa Claus and his elves.

Fun and hands-on activities will follow a breakfast buffet.

A goodie bag will be provided for each child. Tickets are going fast!

Purchase online at goldenchamber.org.

Thank you to our sponsors For a complete list of all holiday happenings go to www.goldenchamber.org Holiday lights provided by the Downtown Development Authority and City of Golden

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LOCAL

SPORTS

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Local athletes excel at next level

A

ACL injuries are becoming more common among athletic teenage and young women. Sports that require one-step deceleration, changing in direction and jumping put the most strain on an athlete’s ACL. SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE

The knee to know

An anterior cruciate ligament injury can mean months on sidelines

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Ponderosa junior Maddie Gabel has a vivid memory of last season’s state playoff soccer game in which she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee.

“I slid and blocked a shot, and once I made contact (with the ground), that’s when I heard it pop,” she said of the sound coming from her knee. “It took 10 months total for a full recovery.”

Gabel was far from alone in her plight on the sidelines.

Numerous studies have concluded that girls and women are more susceptible to ACL injuries than boys and men, with most reports stating female athletes are four to eight times more likely to tear the knee ligament.

“There are more ACL injuries in women ... Younger women are more at risk, usually the adolescents, teenagers and up to

the early 20s, in general,” said Dr. Michele Wolcott, an associate professor in the University of Colorado Department of Orthopedics.

In the Douglas County School District over the past five years, 42 ACL injuries in girls have been reported. Katherine West, head trainer for Jefferson County Public Schools, said there were 69 knee injuries among girls in Jeffco in the past six years, and 27 were ACL injuries.

Why does it happen?

Sports like soccer, basketball and volleyball that require one-step deceleration, changing direction and jumping put the most strain on athletes’ ACLs, those of girls and women in particular, experts say.

But why are female athletes more susceptible to the injury?

“Obviously, there is a difference between females and males,” said Dr. Mitchell

BY THE NUMBERS

70

PERCENT of ACL injuries sustained by girls nationally involve little or no contact with another player, according to momsteam.com.

21

PERCENT of the total girl basketball injuries sustained during the 2015-16 school year were to the knee, according to the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study.

6

MONTHS or more, depending on the tear, for recovery and rehabilitation after sustaining an ACL injury, according to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

5

TIMES higher rate for girls at the age of 14 sustaining an ACL tear than boys, according to momsteam.com.

Seemann, team physician for Regis University and D’Evelyn High School. “There have been a couple conferences over the past few years that have come together to try to figure out SEE KNEE INJURIES, P25

lumni reports are always difficult because you don’t want to overlook somebody who should have been mentioned.

But here goes an attempt to highlight OVERTIME some former area high school players who are doing well in collegiate athletics.

• Wyoming’s football team has numerous Colorado players on its roster, including sophomore free safety Andrew Jim Benton Wingard from Ralston Valley.

Wingard leads the Mountain West Conference with 9.9 tackles a game and is 12th nationally. He is the NCAA’s leader in career tackles per game at 10.05 and career solo tackles per game at 6.36.

Connor Cain, a sophomore from Heritage, has started nine of 10 games at defensive tackle and Drew Van Maanen, a junior from Chaparral, is listed as the starting fullback when the Cowboys have one in their offensive formation to start a game.

• Senior offensive guard Alex Kozan, a Valor Christian graduate, has started 37 games at Auburn.

• Olabisi Johnson, a sophomore from Bear Creek, is Colorado State University’s second leading receiver this season with 20 catches for 340 yards and two touchdowns.

Sophomore Wyatt Bryan from Douglas County is the Rams’ placekicker and senior Paul Thurston, an Arvada West graduate who transferred from Nebraska, is the starting left guard.

Jakob Buys, a junior from Ralston Valley, is a starting defensive tackle for CSU. Junior Jake Bennett from Bear Creek is the Rams’ standout center.

• The University of Colorado also has several players from area high schools who have seen game action, with senior Auburn transfer Shane Callahan of Chaparral, who played in 13 games in 2015, starting on the offensive line for the first time Nov. 12 against Arizona.

• Valor graduate Christian McCaffrey, the 2015 Heisman Trophy runnerup, remains the all-purpose player to watch this season at Stanford. And former Valor quarterback Luke Del Rio, a redshirt sophomore, sprained his knee, but the Gators starting quarterback expects to play Nov. 19 against LSU. • According to an October story, MaxPreps listed the Colorado high schools with the most players on 2016 college football rosters at the D-I, D-II, D-III and NAIA levels. Valor topped the inventory with 31 players followed

by Cherry Creek with 30, Grandview with 24, Columbine with 18 and Pine Creek with 17. Ralston Valley and Cherokee Trail had 16 each.

SEE BENTON, P26

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KNEE INJURIES: Strong focus on ACL injury prevention can help save careers, requires care FROM PAGE 24

why (there are more ACL injuries among women). The most common reason for it is what we call neuromuscular factors.”

One factor includes less hamstring strength in female athletes than in their male counterparts, according to certified chiropractic sports physician Dr. Steven Horwitz, writing on the website MomsTeam, a resource for parents of athletes. Stronger hamstrings can help protect against ACL injuries, he said.

Other factors, experts say, include ligaments that tend to have more give, a smaller ACL and tendency toward poor, flat-footed landings after jumping, which puts the knee in a positon to buckle and stress the ACL. “We can address some factors,” Wolcott said. “We can’t change their skeleton or size, so we work on (what) we can, which is how you jump, land and control your landings.

“There are all sorts of jumps, landing drills, running around cones and doing some agility (drills), doing the cutting and pivoting things when you are not in a game situation so you are controlled and focused on doing it correctly.”

Trying to prevent injuries Seemann and West attempted to establish a Jeffco districtwide ACL-injury prevention plan called the Cincinnati Sportsmetrics Program a few years ago.

“We did have to abandon it, and we learned something,” Seemann said. “One, coaches don’t want to take 15 or 20 minutes out of their practice to do this kind of stuff.

The other factor is girls this age tend not to think this is going to happen to them.

“The major thing is it had to be done in a setting where you have perhaps one trainer and 30 kids on a soccer team. The key to the training is you have to make sure they are doing the training properly.”

Some area coaches are trying to take proactive measures.

Horizon’s softball team lost starting pitcher Kayla Kascak, who said she was hurt during a routine outfield drill in late August.

Hawks softball coach Gary Mares is aware of the importance of hamstring training. He has his players do a variety of exercises to strengthen hamstrings and other lower-body muscles.

“It is very important to train both the front quads and back hamstrings while training the leg muscles,” he said.

Castle View’s new girls soccer coach, Nichol Rodriguez, played college soccer for Notre Dame and the Puerto Rican national team and seven years in the Women’s Premier Soccer League.

“We will be implementing ACL prevention once a week during the season at the end of practices,” Rodriguez said of what’s ahead this spring. “Also, all of the lifting that is done in the offseason seeks to strengthen all of the muscles and ligaments around the knee for a preventive measure.”

Former University of Utah and National Basketball Association standout Keith Van Horn is executive director of the Premier Basketball Club, which has locations in Evergreen, Parker and Grand Junction.

He said the club puts a strong focus on ACL-prevention techniques.

“The teams that I coach at the beginning of every practice, with the girls, we implement a few warmup drills that incorporate the proper landing technique, knee positioning, hip strengthening and a number of different things in areas that tend to cause ACL injuries. We started working with an agility group that comes in and works with all of our kids.”

Arapahoe girls basketball coach

Jerry Knafelc has had one athlete, a junior varsity player, go down with an ACL injury in the past six seasons. He said training in the summer, fall and during the season has helped mitigate the ACL injuries.

Knafelc said the workouts include movement training, bleacher jumps, lifts with an emphasis on getting the glutes to activate, making sure the knees don’t come in when jumping or landing, and having girls look in the mirror to make sure their posture is correct.

“We put a lot of time into it,” he said. “That’s the only way it can happen … You have to have somebody with them to make sure they are doing it correctly.”

No such thing as prevention?

Gabel, the Ponderosa soccer player, said she’s not sure how much the drills and exercises help to prevent injuries like the one she sustained.

“Before I got hurt, I had done those exercises and after I got hurt, I have done a lot of them,” Gabel said. “As a preventive measure, I don’t really think it helps, but it’s always good to strengthen your muscles and try to do anything you can.

“What it comes down to, if it’s going to tear, it’s going to tear.”

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• And looking ahead to basketball, keep an eye on CU senior Derrick White, a Legend graduate who transferred from CU-Colorado Springs.

At the University of Denver, junior Jake Pemberton from Mountain Vista and sophomore Thomas Neff from Arvada West could be a couple of the area players that could have an impact.

Ciera Morgan, a junior from Highlands Ranch, will be one of the leaders for the Pioneers’ women’s team.

More recommendations All the Colorado High School Activities Association’s sports committees are coming up with recommendations about such things as exploring changes to postseason formats and ugh, possibly adding another class, which would be awful.

Last spring, baseball was the first to use the Ratings Percentage Index

for postseason berths, but the committee recommended a welcomed change in the formula to put more emphasis on a team’s winning percentage.

Regional tournament recommendations in Class 5A include having only two teams from the same league host tournaments.

No changes were made to the pitch-count rule in baseball, but hopefully CHSAA will come up with a way to avoid the couple conflicts that occurred last season. Having small pitch-count scoreboards like the one used by Douglas County High School sure seems like a way to avoid disagreements in games before the final out.

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

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CSM Cycling through the wind, rain and snow Mines places second at recent collegiate mountain bike championship

Colorado School of Mines student Charles Koch braves snow and wind on the course at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships, which took place Oct. 21-23 at Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia. PHOTO COURTESY

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Six Colorado School of Mines student cyclists raced in cold temperatures, rain, snow, mud and wind at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships Oct. 21-23 at Snowshoe Mountain, West Virginia.

Despite the non-optimal weather conditions, out of 20 schools, Mines’ club cycling team was only four points shy of a first place win in the Division 2 Club Team Omnium, having to settle for second. Additionally, Mines students Jake Wands, Dan McMahon,

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“Our racers put all they had into the races,” said Laura Leonard, the club team’s president. “Instead of giving up, they put on every layer they had, duct taped their shoes for extra water resistance, stuck hand warmers in

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their gloves and put everything they had into completing every race.”

The championship consisted of three races: Short Track, which is 20-minute sprint laps on a 0.7 mile loop; Cross Country, a 4.3 mile loop, in which men raced 2.5 laps and women raced two laps; and Team Relay, a 1.7

mile loop raced once through each by two male and two female racers.

“Not only did we represent Mines with our results, but we also represented the school in a positive way with how we conducted ourselves at nationals,” said team member Jon Wells. “Our riders always seemed to be having the most fun, and were some of the most courteous riders on the trail.”

Dan McMahon, the team’s treasurer agreed, adding he hopes the Mines cycling team is something the school and the greater Golden community, particularly students on Golden High School’s mountain bike team, can be proud of.

“Our school is centered on delivering the best engineering education in the United States,” McMahon said.

“But we know how to have fun, experience the outdoors and fully commit ourselves to a goal like nationals.”

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story of a plane trip, including flight award announcements was probably attendants helping with boarding, the most nervous time,” said senior takeoff and landing, and even some Abbey McSwain, a marimba player turbulence along the way. The perforin her fourth year with the band. “It mance was set to Antonin Dvorak’s was a really great moment when it “New World Symphony.” was announced we won.”

Students worked on fine-tuning the The school’s previous band direcperformance throughout the season, tor, Steve Martin, had led the school

BY CLARKE READER culminating in their win in Grand to five victories. In his last year CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM Paschke helped students with march- Junction.

“All that work, all that pressure Going into the state marching band ing and visuals. paid off,” said freshman Seth Reis“So many things are constantly finals on Halloween night, D’Evelyn inger, a trumpet player in his second happening in a band, from booking Junior Senior High School’s band year with the band. “I was new last buses to costumes,” Paschke said. was in third place. year, and it was fun to watch the new “My staff and the community of parEveryone in the band, includmembers this year learn.” ents is awesome. These kid’s parents ing first-year band director Becky Teamwork is one of the keys to are so involved in everything.”

Paschke, was nervous.

D’Evelyn’s string of victories, and The staff assistants were Marvin “The kids worked really hard all Paschke, staff and students are Goodwin, Rob Even, James Lesley, year and were really committed,” already thinking about next year’s Abe Eng, and Jeff and Courtney said Paschke. “They had all put their performance.

DesMarteau. trust and faith in me.”

D’Evelyn Junior Senior High School’s “There’s a really cool camaraderie Band camp begins in late July, marching band performing at state And just as if that had been the that we build throughout the seaand that’s competition on Oct. 31 in Grand plan, the 53-student band hit its peak Public Noticewhen the group started son,” said sophomore Emily Smith, a planning the performance.

Together, Junction. The theme for the year’s that night on the Grand JunctionNOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Public Notice given that disbursements in clarinet player in her third year with Paschke and the group came up performance was “flying the friendly field, capturing its sixth straightNotice is hereby final settlement will be issued by the Arvada FinPublic Notice ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS the band. “ThereSealed wasbids a lot ofconstruction emo- of City ofskies.”

“The Friendly Skies” as their championship in the 2A division.ance Directorwith COURTESY PHOTO at 10:00 a.m., December 6, 2016 PUBLIC NOTICE for the to Children’sperformance.

Playstructures & Recreation for band ADVERTISEMENT Arvada, Project No. 16-WA-10 entitled, tion.”

In it, the tells theFOR BIDS “Standing and waiting for the work related to Project No. 94929 – Lake NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Sealed bids for the construction of City of Hackberry 10-MG Water Storage Tank ImproveArbor Park Playground and performed under that contract dated June 20, 2016 for the City of Arvada.

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NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2017 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 2017. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority, Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada Colorado 80001, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the special meeting of the Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority to be held at 12:00 p.m. noon on Thursday, December 15, 2016. The meeting will be held at Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80001. 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 2017 budget.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: JEFFERSON PARKWAY PUBLIC HIGHWAY AUTHORITY By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation Legal Notice No.: 46202 First Publication: November 24, 2016 Last Publication: November 24, 2016 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that disbursements in final settlement will be issued by the Arvada Finance Director at 10:00 a.m., December 6, 2016 to Children’s Playstructures & Recreation for work related to Project No. 94929 – Lake Arbor Park Playground and performed under that contract dated June 20, 2016 for the City of Arvada.

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

Dated this November 8, 2016 CITY OF ARVADA /s/ Kristen Rush, City Clerk Legal Notice No.: 46123 First Publication: November 17, 2016 Last Publication: November 24, 2016 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript

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Legal Notice No.: 46123 First Publication: November 17, 2016 Last Publication: November 24, 2016 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that disbursements in final settlement will be issued by the Arvada Finance Director at 10:00 a.m., December 6, 2016 to Children’s Playstructures & Recreation for work related to Project No. 94930 – Tennyson Knolls Park Playground and performed under that contract dated June 20, 2016 for the City of Arvada.

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

Dated this November 8, 2016 CITY OF ARVADA /s/Kristen Rush, City Clerk Legal Notice No.: 46124 First Publication: November 17, 2016 Last Publication: November 24, 2016 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for the construction of City of Arvada, Project No. 16-TC-01 entitled, 2016 Traffic Signal Replacement, will be received at the office of the City Engineer until 11:00 a.m. on December 6, 2016 and then publicly opened and read aloud.

The BID DOCUMENTS, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Special Conditions, Addendum when issued, Bid Bond, Bid Proposal, Bid Schedule, and the Project Drawings may be examined at the following locations: City of Arvada Engineering Division 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002 Dodge Plan Room – www.construction.com ISqFt Plan Room – 1030 West Ellsworth Ave., Unit G, Denver, Colorado 80223 Reed Construction Data - www.reedpsp.com Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com No cost bid documents may be obtained at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com on or after November 17, 2016. Bid documents may also be obtained at the office of the City Engineer upon payment of $30.00 per set, which is nonrefundable.

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Arvada, Project No. 16-TC-01 entitled, 2016 Traffic Signal Replacement, will be received at the office of the City Engineer until 11:00 a.m. on December 6, 2016 and then publicly opened and read aloud.

The BID DOCUMENTS, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Special Conditions, Addendum when issued, Bid Bond, Bid Proposal, Bid Schedule, and the Project Drawings may be examined at the following locations: City of Arvada Engineering Division 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002 Dodge Plan Room – www.construction.com ISqFt Plan Room – 1030 West Ellsworth Ave., Unit G, Denver, Colorado 80223 Reed Construction Data - www.reedpsp.com Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com No cost bid documents may be obtained at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com on or after November 17, 2016. Bid documents may also be obtained at the office of the City Engineer upon payment of $30.00 per set, which is nonrefundable.

ESTIMATED QUANTITIES OF THE MAJOR ITEMS OF WORK ARE: 8 EACH Traffic Signal Light Pole (25 to 60 Foot Mast Arms) 1 EACH Traffic Signal Controller Cabinet 11 EACH Radar Vehicle Detection 2 EACH Uninterrupted Power Supply Bidders, subcontractors and suppliers must be familiar with the current City of Arvada Engineering Code of Standards and Specifications for the Design and Construction of Public Improvements, dated January 12, 2016, which will be combined with the Bid Documents to form the Contract Documents for the Project. A copy of the Standards may be obtained from the office of the City Engineer upon a non-refundable payment of $30.00. Holders will be notified when supplemental revisions and additions are available as they are adopted. The Standards are also available at no cost on the City's web site at www.arvada.org. Holders are responsible for keeping current their City of Arvada Engineering Code of Standards and Specifications.

The Project Engineer for this work is Chris DeRosia, at 720-898-7744.

CITY OF ARVADA /s/ Timothy R. Hoos, P.E., City Engineer

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Legal Notice No.: 46125 First Publication: November 17, 2016 Last Publication: December 1, 2016 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids for the construction of City of Arvada, Project No. 16-WA-10 entitled, Hackberry 10-MG Water Storage Tank Improvements, will be received at the office of the City Engineer until 10:00 am on December 6, 2016 and then publicly opened and read aloud.

The BID DOCUMENTS, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Special Conditions, Addendum when issued, Bid Bond, Bid Proposal, Bid Schedule, and the Project Drawings may be examined at the following locations: City of Arvada Engineering Division 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002 Dodge Plan Room – www.construction.com ISqFt Plan Room – 1030 West Ellsworth Ave., Unit G, Denver, Colorado 80223 Reed Construction Data - www.reedpsp.com Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com No cost bid documents may be obtained at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com on or after November 17, 2016. Bid documents may also be obtained at the office of the City Engineer upon payment of $30.00 per set, which is nonrefundable.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the City Council to be held on MONDAY, December 5, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City Council will hold a public hearing on the following proposed ordinances and thereafter will conThe BID DOCUMENTS, consisting of Advertisement for Bids, Information for Bidders, Special sider them for final passage and adoption. For Conditions, Addendum when issued, Bid Bond, the full text version in electronic form go to Bid Proposal, Bid Schedule, and the Project www.arvada.org/legalnotices, click on Current Legal Notices, then click on the title of the ordinDrawings may be examined at the following locance you wish to view. The full text version is ations: also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s City of Arvada Engineering Division To advertise publicContact notices call 303-566-4100 720.898.7550 if you have 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002 youroffice. questions.

Dodge Plan Room – www.construction.com CB16-039: An Ordinance Authorizing an ISqFt Plan Room – 1030 West Ellsworth Ave., Additional Appropriation for Fiscal Year Unit G, Denver, Colorado 80223 CB16-040: An Ordinance Authorizing the Reed Construction Data - www.reedpsp.com Acquisition of Certain Property Along Indiana Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System at Street Generally from West 69th Place to West www.rockymountainbidsystem.com 74th Drive and Along West 72nd Avenue GenerNo cost bid documents may be obtained at ally from the Farmers High Line Canal to Flora www.rockymountainbidsystem.com on or after Street for the Construction of Street, Sidewalk, November 17, 2016. Bid documents may also Utility, Drainage, and/or Related Improvements be obtained at the office of the City Engineer as Part of the West 72nd Ave. and Indiana upon payment of $30.00 per set, which is nonStreet (SH 72) Intersection Improvements, refundable.

Project No. 13-ST-24 ESTIMATED QUANTITIES OF THE MAJOR ITEMS OF WORK ARE: Legal Notice No.: 46199 2400 LF Installation Aquafin 2K/M with Joint First Publication: November 24, 2016 Tape Last Publication: November 24, 2016 2 EA Installation of New Bilco Hatch Publisher: Golden Transcript 2 EA Installation of NSF 61 FRP Ladder Wheat Ridge Transcript 1 EA Staff Gauge and the Arvada Press 1 EA Tank Cleaning Miscellaneous items include installation of vents and valve operators from tank roof.

Public Notice Bidders, subcontractors and suppliers must be familiar with the current City of Arvada EngineerNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ing Code of Standards and Specifications for the The following variances from the Land DevelopDesign and Construction of Public Improvement Code (LDC) have been requested: ments, dated January 12, 2016, which will be VAR2016-0014, Gregory Cannon, combined with the Bid Documents to form the 8811 Ralston Road, is requesting to construct a Contract Documents for the Project. A copy of six-foot tall privacy fence along Ralston Road the Standards may be obtained from the office that will be setback approximately 16 feet from of the City Engineer upon a non-refundable paythe front property line. However, section 6.5.8 of ment of $50.00. Holders will be notified when the Land Development Code (LDC) limits the supplemental revisions and additions are availmaximum height of fences to four feet if the able as they are adopted. The Standards are fence is closer than 25 feet to the front property also available at no cost on the City's web site at line. www.arvada.org. Holders are responsible for Hearing thereon will be held before the Board of keeping current their City of Arvada EngineerAdjustment on December 13, 2016 at 6:30 p.m., ing Code of Standards and Specifications.

Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, when The Project Engineer for this work is and where you may speak at the hearing. AddiBill Jennings, at 720-898-7643. tional information can be obtained from the CITY OF ARVADA Community Development Department or written /s/Timothy R. Hoos, P.E., City Engineer comments may be filed therewith no later than 8 days prior to the hearing.

Legal Notice No.: 46126 CITY OF ARVADA BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT First Publication: November 17, 2016 /s/ Kathy Drulard, Secretary Last Publication: December 1, 2016 Publisher: Golden Transcript Legal Notice No.: 46200 Wheat Ridge Transcript First Publication: November 24, 2016 and the Arvada Press Last Publication: November 24, 2016 Publisher: Golden Transcript Wheat Ridge Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE and the Arvada Press NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the City Council to be held on MONDAY, The following ordinance was adopted by the City December 5, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. at the MunicipCouncil of the City of Arvada on second reading al Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City following the public hearing held on the 15th Council will hold a public hearing on the followday of March, 2012: ing proposed ordinances and thereafter will conOrdinance 4575: An Ordinance Rezoning Cersider them for final passage and adoption. For tain Land Within the City of Arvada, Hillside Cotthe full text version in electronic form go to tages, from City of Arvada R-L (Residential-Low www.arvada.org/legalnotices, click on Current Density) to PUD-R (Planned Unit DevelopmentLegal Notices, then click on the title of the ordinResidential), 5 du/ac, and Amending the Official ance you wish to view. The full text version is Zoning Maps of the City of Arvada, Colorado, also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s 6804 Carr Street office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

Legal Notice No.: 46201 CB16-039: An Ordinance Authorizing an First Publication: November 24, 2016 Additional Appropriation for Fiscal Year Last Publication: November 24, 2016 CB16-040: An Ordinance Authorizing the Publisher: Golden Transcript Acquisition of Certain Property Along Indiana Wheat Ridge Transcript Street Generally from West 69th Place to West and the Arvada Press 74th Drive and Along West 72nd Avenue Generally from the Farmers High Line Canal to Flora Street for the Construction of Street, Sidewalk, Utility, Drainage, and/or Related Improvements as Part of the West 72nd Ave. and Indiana Street (SH 72) Intersection Improvements, ments, will be received at the office of the City Engineer until 10:00 am on December 6, 2016 and then publicly opened and read aloud.

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