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VOLUME 16 | ISSUE 35

Mitchell makes his next move From school board to school safety…Ron Mitchell takes on a new challenge with a trusted, old friend

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arvada Police officer Alex DiDomenico confers with a patient as they drive up to the check-in for the COVID-19 vaccine shots at the PHOTOS BY MICHAEL HICKS Arvada Fire Protection District training center off Indiana Street on Jan. 21.

Drive-thru vaccination center set up for first responders, health care workers

BY MICHAEL HICKS MHICKS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

COVID-19 vaccinations were available for first responders and health care workers — Coloradans in Phase 1A and 1B — who preregistered to receive the dose at a drive-thru distribution center on Thursday, Jan. 21, at the Arvada Fire Protection District training center off Indiana Street.

Five hundred area residents were expected to receive the vaccination shot at the drive-thru vaccination distribution center, arranged by Jeffco Public Health.

The first shots were administered shortly after 9 a.m. and ran through 4 p.m.

Before patients could get vaccinated, they first had to go through a screening process that included if they were showing any signs of COVID-19 or if they were running a fever.

Cars were set up in two lanes of three to enter the two bays at the training facility. Once administered, drivers, who stayed in their vehicles the entire time, pulled out of the bay into a waiting area of the parking lot for 15 to 30 minutes to monitor their symptoms

Arvada Fire Protection District PIO Amber Jones administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot to one of 500 residents who signed up to receive the dosage on Jan. 21 at a drive-thru vaccine distribution center set up at the Arvada Fire Protection District training facility off Indiana Street.

after receiving the shot. Patients could get information on their vehicle radio available on 90.3 FM, including a reminder to set up an appointment for a second dose of the vaccine. If drivers weren’t feeling well after receiving their shot, they were told to honk their horn and an EMT, already on site,

would be there to assist them.

Arvada Fire Protection District Battalion Chief Deanna Harrington noted that no vaccines are kept on site.

Officials added that plans were to have drive-thru appointments from Jan. 26-28 as well depending on the availability of the vaccine.

The Frank DeAngelis Center for Community Safety is a training facility teaching first responders how to deal with mass casualty tragedies.

When Norma Anderson, long-time political and community leader, stepped down from her spot on the Center’s Board of Directors, the man with his name on the building knew right away who he wanted to step up to the plate.

DeAngelis said former Jeffco Board of Education President, Ron Mitchell, was the perfect choice to fill Anderson’s seat. The two men share a history going back decades.

During Mitchell’s time as Principal of Columbine High School, he talked DeAngelis into moving from teaching and coaching into the vice principal role. When Mitchell left to become Mitchell an area administrator, DeAngelis became principal of the school. Less than three years later a shocking incident reverberated around the globe, making Columbine forever synonymous with school shootings, and DeAngelis the most famous member of what he calls “a club no one wants to be in.”

On that day, the bond the men had formed was stronger than ever.

“There’s so many things that go through my mind from that horrific day,” DeAngelis said. “But one of the things that I remember was turning around and there was Ron Mitchell.

I felt his hand on my shoulder. I’ll never forget that.”

DeAngelis said Mitchell was there every step of the way, and was instrumental in helping the school heal. He thinks of Mitchell’s resignation from the school board as a loss for the Jeffco community, but a win for student safety across the state.

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JCOS details new trails and projects following Heritage Square swap County eying trail connecting Apex and Matthews/Winters parks

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Big changes are likely coming to south Golden if a proposal to transfer the former Heritage Square site and about 75 acres of land to its south comes to fruition.

On Jan. 21, the Golden Planning Commission met with the leaders of Jefferson County Open Space to learn about about its vision for how new trails and open space offerings could ultimately result from that transfer.

JCOS Deputy Director Hillary Merritt showed a concept the county has created for new trails to be constructed on the property east of Colfax Avenue and Heritage Square that is currently home to the Rooney Road recycling center and soccer fields, which would be dubbed Tin Cup Ridge Park.

Among those trails would be one that would connect that property to both the Bachman Farms property, which JCOS would receive and give to the city of Golden as part of the proposed transfer, and Apex Park. That trail would involve a crossing over Colfax Avenue and extend to the dinosaur parking lots south of the property.

The concept also calls for the addition of a new slash recycling site at Tin Cup Ridge Park, which is used for recycling materials like tree limps, shrubs and other yard waste, and a reconfiguration of the soccer fields.

However, one thing that likely won’t result is a near trail paralleling Colfax Avenue in the area — at least not in some sections.

JCOS Director Tom Hoby said the proposed land transfer also includes an easement that could allow JCOS to construct a new bike and walking trail along Colfax Avenue adjacent to the Heritage Square and neighboring Martin Marietta materials mine.

But JCOS Director Tom Hoby said the presence of the mine would make it difficult to build a usable trail alongside it.

“It doesn’t seem like a very viable option at this point because of the ingress and egress with trucks,” said Hoby. “We’ve looked to see if we could get a logical point to go under or over those points in egress and its probably one of those things where we could do it but we are not sure people would use them and that would put people at risk.”

The trail through Tin Cup Ridge Park could serve as an alternative to a trail along that stretch of Colfax, he said. That trail could then realign with Colfax at the dinosaur lots and eventually extend to the Dakota Ridge and Matthews/Winters trails, providing a new connection between those trails and the Apex Park.

Other open space projects

During the meeting, Golden Planning Commissioner Patty Evans asked Hoby whether the revenue generated by the swap and eventual sale of Heritage Square would be earmarked specifically for purchases within the Golden area given that Golden residents would be most affected by the loss of property at Matthews/Winters.

Hoby answered that they probably would not be, and would instead go into a general fund for new acquisitions.

However, Hoby said JCOS is currently eyeing several possible land purchases in the Golden area, including the remaining 400 acres owned by Leo Bradley on South Table Mountain.

Longer-term, JCOS would also like to explore the possible of a new trail connection from the Jeffco light rail station at the Jeffco government center to Tin Cup Ridge Park and other trails to the south, Hoby said. Such a trail connection, which he envisions as being along but separate from Rooney Road, would encourage people to take the light rail to access trails in Jeffco.

“One of the things we are challenged with is parking at our trail heads — and yet we have this regional light rail center and 3,000 parking spaces on the county campus,” he said. “If we could get people to start taking light rail and we could have the trail connectivity or maybe even a shuttle bus that we could operate with RTD,

Jefferson County Open Space’s draft concept plan for Tin Cup Ridge Park. The plan shows a proposed trail extending from the T-Rex parking lot to the south through Tin Cup Ridge Park and Bachmann Farms to Apex Park in the north as well as such elements as a proposed slash site. COURTESY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY OPEN SPACE

The proposed land swap between Jefferson County and Martin-Marietta materials calls for Jefferson County to receive the former Heritage Square site and about 75 acres of land to its south, plus a total of $4.55 million. In return, Martin-Marietta would receive a 64-acre portion of Matthews/ Winters Park to the south of its existing mine to continue mining operations. That portion would also be given back to JCOS upon completion of mining in about 20-30 years.

JCOS is currently planning to put the Heritage Square site, we might have a legitimate shot at the future of having multimodal access to our parks.”

Along those same lines, another option would be to partner with RTD on some kind of shuttle bus that could transport people between trails and to the light rail.

which it has deemed unsuitable for it to redevelop, up for sale to a developer. It is planning to use the proceeds of the sale to fund new open space purchases elsewhere in the county. Martin-Marietta is currently in the process of trying to rezone the property at Matthews/Winter Park to allow for mining. If that rezoning is approved, the transfer will likely happen by the end of the year.

More information about the proposed Heritage Square exchange can be found at www. jeffco.us/3810/Heritage-SquareExchange.

“It’s probably a half-hour loop to get from North Table all the way down to Bear Creek Lake Park and so forth,” he said. “We are definitely interested in the trail connectivity as either people could get to these on a bicycle or some kind of shuttle bus.”

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Facebook messages paint vivid picture in murder case Suspect accused of setting up deadly gun deal denied bail

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Eighteen-year-old murder suspect Michael Mendoza was back in court Jan. 22, for the resumption of his preliminary and bond hearing.

He stands accused of the Aug. 23, 2020 murders of brothers Damian and Dillon Wikoff.

The Wikoffs were shot in the parking lot of a

Lakewood Walmart and pronounced dead upon arrival at St. Anthony Hospital.

Initially scheduled to wrap-up Jan. 5, Mendoza’s defense counsel requested a continuance to allow them time to review social media messages introduced by the prosecution as evidence in the case.

During the hearing, prosecutors used testimony about Facebook messages between Mendoza and Dillon Wikoff to reinforce their theory that Mendoza arranged a meeting with the Wikoff brothers under the pre-

text of buying or swapping a gun, while intending to rob them instead.

Mendoza’s defense team argued the transaction was supposed to be a gun sale or trade. During police interviews with Mendoza after his arrest, he contended that an argument between codefendant and suspected shooter in the case, Marqueil Banks, and the Wikoff brothers escalated and led to the shooting.

During testimony it was revealed that, in his initial interview with detectives, Mendoza claimed he wouldn’t have agreed to meet the Wikoffs in the

Walmart parking lot if his intention was to rob them because he assumed there would be surveillance cameras.

Colorado law allows suspects involved in a crime that results in murder, to be charged with murder regardless of which suspect did the actual killing. It also requires mandatory denial of bail for a suspect if a judge finds that a conviction of Murder in the First Degree is possible.

Mendoza’s defense team argued that bail should be considered because their client’s statements were credible and the presump-

tion of a likely murder conviction didn’t exist.

Judge Robert Lochary disagreeing, and denied Mendoza bail.

Mendoza’s next appearance will be June 15, for a Reverse Transfer Hearing, to determine if he will stand trial as an adult, or his case will be transferred to juvenile court. Mendoza was 17 at the time of the crime.

Lochary will hold an incamera review of records from Denver and Jefferson counties, pertaining to Mendoza, that may have a bearing on his decision in the Reverse Transfer Hearing.

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We Can All Learn From Studying Racism’s Role in the Evolution of Local Zoning

No one can deny that racism has played a role in housing, as it has in virtually every aspect of society since the founding of our country. Like me, however, I bet you’ll learn some things you didn’t know from this study of racism in zoning written by my friend, Don Cameron. While this study is of the City of Golden, it would be fair to say that it reflects what was happening throughout the country.

A History of Golden Zoning

Golden Colorado circa 2020 has zoning that is best described as Euclidean, named after a court case in Euclid, Ohio. Euclidean zoning prescribes various areas in town to have various uses by right, and other uses that can be obtained by special permit.

Prior to that court case in Ohio, it was not clear that the government had a role in regulating land use, and individual landowners could pretty much do what they wanted. But in 1922 the Supreme Court ruled that municipalities had the right to regulate land use.

Golden’s history of zoning was initially one of mutual agreement between the town’s settlers and the city in laying out streets, creating easements for streets and utilities, but generally leaving the land development to the individual owners. This sort of planning resulted in building on some lots that don’t meet current lot minimums, a variety of housing types and a mix of commercial and residential uses in some areas.

From 1954 onward, though, this mix of uses did not fit neatly into the districts that were created. Because of the mix of use types that already existed, some areas were zoned as commercial even though they had a large proportion of housing that was built as single family homes.

Other areas were zoned for higher density in anticipation of growth that in some cases still has not come. Later developments were zoned PUD (Planned Use Development) with uses identified that were specified on the plats and may have included mixed use.

In parallel to this history there were also

racially restrictive housing policies that were in place in the country, including Golden.

Specifically, redlining was a practice put in place by the Home Owners Loan Corporation in 1938.

Redlining defined areas where federally backed loans could and could not be obtained. Golden had no redlining map, but let’s look at Golden’s history.

From the 1880s and into the 1920s property owners could pretty much do what they wanted. There were no explicit covenants preventing Blacks or non-Caucasians from buying or building in Golden. However, the 1920s also saw our government filled with KKK members and sympathizers and a reduction in Black (Negro at the time) residents in Jefferson County.

While Blacks in the county and city were few in number in the 1920s, nonetheless the KKK burned crosses on South Table Mountain’s Castle Rock formation above where the Coors tourist parking lot is now.

There was a measurable racist element in the population, and there was not a welcoming environment, the plats were already written, and the residential land use defined, so there was little “need” to be racist in zoning because there was no demand (that is, few black people lived in Golden).

This “lack of need for racist/exclusionary zoning” changed, however, in the late 1930s amid the boom leading up to World War II. Again, land use at the time was mostly protecting individual property rights. While the Supreme Court had ruled in 1928 that cities could control land use, there was a very hands-off approach to this. So the “law” was on the side of homeowners.

Starting in the 1920s and into the 1940s it was common for people in many areas of Jefferson County to say they’d only sell their property to those of the Caucasian race or non-Negro races.

The courts backed up this right because they were protecting the homeowners’ use of their land and had no civic duty to prevent this discrimination. Blacks were excluded

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from being shown properties in these restrictive areas, and. if they tried to purchase them, they might have it taken away soon after.

In 1942, outside the court system, there was a case of a Black family trying to build a new development and victory garden near what is now Boyd Street. The family said they would put in all the utilities required to government code. Still, white citizens of Golden protested. The following article appeared in the October 22, 1942, edition of the Golden Transcript:

Citizens Protest to City Council

A large number of citizens appeared before the city council Wednesday evening, and stated that a group of colored people had taken possession of the land recently purchased by them east of the Clark’s Garden addition, within the city limits of Golden, and were apparently staking out some proposed building sites. These citizens protested to the city council the starting of a colored settlement in Golden.

It was pointed out in the meeting that the sale of the property had been approved by the county court on September 24, and that the purchase price for the 30-acre craft was $1,500, not including some legal and abstract of title cost...

The article went on to say that at the mayor’s direction, a citizen’s committee was formed to negotiate with the FHA to not allow this sale to go through and not fund it, claiming the cost of extending utilities would be burdensome. One of the citizens appointed to this committee was Casper Bussert.

Golden had few areas that were not platted, but when a new plat was put in for the Sunshine Park Addition (Plateau Pkwy) in 1944, by this same Casper Bussert, he added a deed restriction limiting ownership to Caucasians.

While this would seem to violate the 14th Amendment, the Supreme Court had already ruled that the 14th Amendment was about states not discriminating based on race, but was silent on individuals’ ability to discriminate. However, in the late 1940s the NAACP and others started pushing back on these covenants using the following argument: If a black person were to buy a restricted property and then the state were to enforce the covenant, that would violate the 14th Amendment, which eliminated slavery and gave Blacks the right to buy and own property.

Developers in the Denver area were al-

ways watching what the courts were doing.

And, unlike Golden which had mostly been platted, developers addressing the pre-WWII housing boom put restrictive covenants in place. In 1948 the Supreme Court ruled that these types of covenants were no longer enforceable. Almost immediately, and certainly by 1950 one sees a complete change to the covenants created in Golden and surrounding areas. Rather than explicitly restricting an area to whites, there were new restrictions excluding those without access to capital.

Even though redlining was no longer permitted, there were (and are) limits on Blacks’ ability to get loans on favorable terms. Some loans, for example, were interest only for the term of the loan, so one did not gain any equity until the loan term ended. Failure to make even one payment could result in “owners” losing their homes with no equity.

When new restrictions were put in place, by the FHA, they targeted people without access to loans. Other restrictions included minimum lot sizes; minimum building sizes; and architectural control committees with a say on whether something could be built.

An additional clause that targeted families with kids was the Nuisance Clause, which limited activities based on the opinion of the architectural control committee. Most of these committees have expired, but they are still in the county records and could be reconstituted if sufficient numbers of homeowners were to pursue it.

R1 zoning, as laid out in the city code, shows a direct evolution from racist covenants to restrictive covenants to exclusionary zoning, all of which kept housing out of the hands of Blacks.

The legacy of this is the noticeable and persistent wealth gap in this country. Blacks, by being excluded from homeownership, have not been able to build wealth, escape blighted areas, or be in integrated schools.

Because school funding is typically based on property taxes, school districts are selfsegregated by wealth and thereby race.

In summary, Golden’s history follows the narrative of the country with respect to race.

Land planning and zoning may be silent on race, but the effect of both continues to exhibit in its end result the heritage of systemic racism, to the detriment of Blacks in particular.

(Edited for length. Find the full article, with footnotes, at www.GoldenREblog.com.)

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Golden Museum gets a sweet treat Son of Jolly Rancher founders donates trove of company artifacts

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Aside from cold cans of Coors and scores of brainy School of Mines grads, there is perhaps no Golden export more famous — or beloved — than the Jolly Rancher.

Local couple Dorothy and Bill Harmsen opened their first Jolly Rancher Ice Cream store on Wash-

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ington Avenue in 1949 and began selling early versions of their nowiconic confection out of it soon after.

The store closed in 1951, but the brand’s local ties continued as production of the candies was moved to a factory in Wheat Ridge where it continued until new owner The Hershey Company moved production to Mexico in 2002.

But even as Jolly Rancher is regarded as a sweet piece of Golden’s past, the company’s history has been neither widely known nor easy to learn much about. Until now.

Last month, Golden History Museum & Park curator Mark Dodge announced that John Harmsen, Dorothy and Bill’s son, has decided to donate a collection of artifacts from his family’s business to the museum. Dodge has written that the collection “will represent the finest collection of Jolly Rancher history anywhere.”

The donation, which will be known as the Harmsen Family Collection, includes everything from early product packaging to signs to molds that were used to create the company’s lesser-known chocolates, which were sold only in Colorado and neighboring states.

Dodge said the acquisition marks something of a change in philosophy for the museum, which had long eschewed dealing with anything Jolly Rancher other than a small display about the company’s

Mark Dodge and John Harmsen hold up an illustration depicting the Harmsen family’s Sugar Bar Ranch in Wheat Ridge, where they lived and had their family, as it COURTESY OF GOLDEN MUSEUM & HISTORY PARK looked in 1955.

early history in Golden.

But while the museum had never shown much interest in expanding the knowledge of Jolly Rancher, its visitors had. The museum would routinely get inquiries from the public relating to Jolly Rancher and old museum blog posts touching on the company’s Golden roots continue to be among its most most well-read.

“There appears to be nobody else in the country that appears to have much information about the Jolly Rancher company,” said Dodge.

“So, when I knew we had the op-

portunity to get a lot of this I just thought the time was right.”

For Dodge and other historians, one of the most exciting aspects of the deal with John Harmsen is the ability for museum staff to create digital facsimiles of the company’s Sugar and Spice newsletters (Harmsen wanted to keep the originals), which were edited

by Dorothy.

“Those are essentially a very thorough history of the entire business,” said Dodge. “They’re SEE JOLLY, P5

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in full color and quite beautiful because they have a lot of original artwork and those will be available for anybody out there to look at.”

Other likely highlights include a pair of cowboy chaps that have been embossed with a Jolly Rancher logo that were used by a rodeo team the company sponsored and the molds, which were used to make specialty chocolates for Christmas and other holidays.

“It’s amazing to see these three dozen forms,” he said. “They’re from Germany and they’re just like little works of art.”

Art enthusiasts will also get a kick out of the many artistic elements of the collection, which includes cartoonish designs for ads and packaging boxes created by former Disney animator Bob Cormack and paintings of concepts for new Ranch Maid Ice Cream stores where the Harmsens sold Jolly Ranchers.

Once the donation was agreed to, Dodge and the museum’s staff got started with the biggest challenge of accepting a donation of this magnitude: figuring out what to do with it all.

Dodge said the main place to view and learn about the Jolly Rancher items will be the digital collection on the museum’s website. Staff have already added about 50 items to that collection, which allows anyone to view images of items as well as information about them, and are planning

HOW TO VIEW THE COLLECTION Online Over 50 Jolly Rancher items are currently available for viewing in the museum’s online collection, which can be accessed at goldenhistory.pastperfectonline.com/. Dodge said the museum is planning to eventually add around 200 more items.

The Museum Most of the collection is not currently on display at the museum. However, shipping boxes from the 1960s have been adding to the small existing Jolly Rancher exhibit. The museum is currently open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays (occupancy is limited to 10 people). Admission is free. to add about 200 more.

However, he also said that the museum will incorporate the artifacts in future displays as they fit.

Already, two candy shipping boxes adorned with colorful graphics from the 1960s have been added to the small permanent Jolly Rancher exhibit at the museum.

Dodge said the museum is excited to have the collection not only because of what it will bring to the museum but because of what it says about the museum’s ability to handle such a collection.

“I think it really speaks to a growing recognition of the work that we are doing and the trust we have developed for them to share this stuff with us and look to use to steward it for future generations,” he said. “I’m proud to be able to do that and don’t think there’s really any better place for this collection.”

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JCPH will soon provide more COVID-19 vaccines Process is challenging; Over 21,000 Jeffco residents have received one dose

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A Jefferson County Public Health official said the county’s COVID-19 vaccine providers will soon be able to give residents their first vaccine dose at a faster rate than they have so far. That change is a result of new direction from the state to begin giving doses that were previously being saved for second doses as first doses.

“What we are intending with that is to really make sure that we can get to some of the most vulnerable, particularly the 70-plus population, with at least one dose without having some vaccine sitting in the refrigerator waiting for someone to come in for a second dose,” said JCPH Community Health Services Director Margaret Huffman.

According to Huffman, about 21,000 Jefferson County residents had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Jan. 20.

About 6,000 of those people have

received two doses.

Counties across the state were set to begin using doses that were previously being saved for a second dose starting the week of Jan. 25, which would allow about a week of rampup time from Gov. Polis’ announcement that counties should begin using those saved doses.

Huffman told county commissioners on Jan. 21 that JCPH continues to be focused on vaccinating health care workers and first responders eligible for vaccination under phases 1A and 1B of the state vaccination plan. The rest of the county’s 40 current vaccine providers, which include hospitals, pharmacies and Kaiser-Permanente, are providing vaccines to residents ages 70 and over.

However, Huffman said the recent change in approach means the county will have to reevaluate the effectiveness of that strategy going forward.

While King Soopers, Kaiser-Permanente and other providers are taking appointments to vaccinate those 70-plus, Huffman said the county is also still trying to figure out solutions to problems ranging from difficulties for seniors to sign up for appointments to a lack of

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“It’s not easy — and this is a problem we are really trying to work on collectively,” Huffman said. “I was just on our meeting with our Emergency Operations Management team, and we are working on this to see how we can do some outreach with our seniors because not everyone is connected online, and the process to sign up is not necessarily intuitive for everyone to do.”

Huffman said that as of Jan. 20, about 5% of the county’s population of residents over age 70 had received at least one vaccine dose.

During the Jan. 21 meeting, new county commissioner Tracy KraftTharp asked who those eligible for the vaccine should call to sign up.

“I’ve received a lot of concerns from people, especially people over 70, that they don’t know who to call or they are calling people and not getting responses,” said KraftTharp. “And they’re getting panicky about when they are going to get the vaccine.”

Huffman responded that the county is currently working to create a call center or some other resource to field those calls.

“That’s part of this whole plan-

ning process,” said Huffman.

“Please stayed tuned on that.”

In the meantime, residents can also go to the websites of local hospitals, King Soopers, Walgreens and Kaiser-Permanente for information about signing up to be vaccinated and seek out help if needed from the county’s Seniors’ Resource Center. Additional information about vaccine access can also be found at www.jeffco.us/4210/Vaccine.

Huffman also said JCPH is planning to release information via the media and the CDC’s Health Alert Network encouraging more residents over 70 to sign up for a vaccination appointment once the additional doses become available.

But while the state has decided to increase the availability of first doses, Huffman said there is still a lack of vaccine, and it will take a while before there is enough supply to vaccinate everyone over 70 in Jeffco who wants to be vaccinated.

“Jefferson County has a high population of 70-plus, and we are not receiving the adequate vaccine to really make that dent,” said Huffman.

“So when I say we have only done 5% of our 70-plus population, that is indicative of the lack of vaccine we have to actually get into arms.”

MITCHELL

hand in hand.”

“It’s probably easy for you to see why I would be drawn to sitting on this board. It’s less time consuming than the Jeffco board, but it’s something that I’m passionate about,” Mitchell said. “School safety and community safety, being prepared, those are things that have been on my agenda for a long time.”

He said one of the things he used to think about during his time on the school board was that there’s no limit to what can be done to keep school kids safe. But budgetary limits force you to draw lines and set priorities. However, he said, in Jefferson County, school safety is a critical issue you never want to ignore.

Mitchell thinks the District and the DeAngelis Center are doing a great job with response and that training of first responders is crucial. But he believes more can be done on the prevention side.

Mental health is one area he’d like to see more of a focus on.

“We’d all love it if we never had another incident, but none of us believe that will happen. This is a nationwide problem that we have.

I wish we could have our students be a little more mentally healthy. I hope for those brighter days to be out there somewhere.”

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John McDonald, Executive Director, School Safety for Jeffco agrees.

“He brings credibility. He brings experience for what this is really all about, and you can’t buy that.

It’s earned the hard way,” McDonald said. “Ron can speak to our mission. This place only stands because he supported it in the early days, so he has an understanding of where we came from and why we’re here today.”

DeAngelis thinks Mitchell’s lifetime of involvement in Jeffco schools and time on the Board make him uniquely qualified to serve, but his ability to communicate is something DeAngelis thinks will help the center continue doing its important work into the future.

McDonald said that future, and the work they’d like to do, is already top of mind.

“I’ve got a lot of ideas for what we can do here. And the wonderful thing is that we’re operating with grants and donations, and it’s not taking away from our kids’ funding for education,” he said. “To me that’s an opportunity to continue to let our kids be kids and keep them safe. Safety and education go

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Six of one, half a dozen of the other, if that’s OK QUIET DESPERATION

Craig Marshall Smith

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“This will not define me. However, I don’t know what will, and maybe this will define me.”

Perhaps there are plenty of good reasons to have a Twitter account, and they offset all of the negativity I keep reading about.

If I did have an account, I know just what I’d do. I would be up in the middle of the night tweeting exactly what I thought of musicals. “Hamilton.” “Cats.” “Mamma Mia.” For or against? Little Miss beauty pageants, the NRA, the Second Amendment, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, peanut butter, Scientology, chocolate chip ice cream, Quentin Tarantino, motivational speakers, televangelists, situation comedies, Comic

’m sorry.

I’m sorry for what I would say on Twitter if I were on Twitter.

The same goes for Facebook and Instagram and any others I don’t know about.

Sooner or later, everyone on Twitter apologizes for something. I know I wouldn’t be any different.

I’d say something that was “tone deaf.” (I see the words “tone deaf ” a lot.)

At first, I’d try to defend what I said, then I’d make up an excuse for what I said.

Then I’d apologize.

It would go something like this: “I want to apologize to the State of Texas and all Texans. What I said about Texas and Texans was tone deaf. I know that now.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Not so patient

I’m a fan of John Akal’s column because he brings a perspective to his writing.

I like that. Often I agree, and when I don’t he makes me think. With last week’s column “Patience in getting the vaccine out to everyone” I’m afraid he’s missed the big picture.

John’s info on where to get vaccine updates is informative and important. But we’re going to lose more than 500,000 Americans to this virus before the death rate eventually comes down. We’re going to be wearing masks for many more months. We’re going to continue to lose thousands of Americans per day. These are World War numbers and we’re now just 12 months in.

Our collective hope is in the vaccines which were produced amazingly fast, but without a clue as to how to distribute them at super-low temperatures much less how to get them into arms. When it came to figuring out those essential steps I guess those in charge were patient.

I am not patient. I am 70. My wife is a few years younger with health issues. Why in Hell would I be patient?

Bill Way, Golden

Quality of life

As the Golden City Council mulls over, along with the Golden Planning Commission, the projected 120 new apartment complex, how about let’s talk about the “Quality of Life” we enjoy in our small town of Golden.

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Will another 120 apartments, which will add upwards of 300 to 400 more people to our city, improve our quality of life? Will the added 200 cars improve our traffic gridlock? What about the added 100 vehicles that will be increased to serve those apartments as to truck deliveries, more U.S. mail delivers, pizza deliveries, Fed Ex deliveries, etc.

Will those added children improve our school crowding? How will Golden High School improve its quality of life by more overcrowded classrooms? Will it decrease our taxes, or will it drive them up? What about our quality of life as those added apartments spike our utility bills because of increased demands?

Will all those new car exhaust pipes, heating chimneys and more smokestacks pouring more carbon and particles into the air — improve the quality of air you breathe with each breath 24/7?

Of course, the answer is: those apartments will make everything worse. They will worsen your quality of life, your travel, your ski slopes, your campsites, your every breath as you breathe more toxic and polluted air, your standard of living and a dozen other accelerating consequences.

It’s time for Golden City Council to represent our quality of life rather than developers’ pocketbooks!

Frosty Wooldridge, Golden SEE DORAY, P9

Con, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, the Easter Bunny.

My mailbox would explode, implode, spit and fume.

Last week I had a nightmare like no other: I was a contented Douglas County high school art teacher but the principal, Mr. Kafka, decided it was my turn to teach a new course.

“American Patriotism.”

I begged and pleaded: “No, not me. Not now.”

In the first place, I don’t know how to tweet. The word itself isn’t fit for a Runyonesque character like I am.

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Getting to a more calm and rational place

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or those of you older than about age 30, do you remember that kid back in school who was considered “flaky?” You remember the one — the kid HITTING who knew most of the answers, would do the HOME homework, but then forget to bring it school?

Or, maybe, forget to put on their shoes before they come to school?

I’m asking the kids over age 30 for their memory of that person, because those are the terms we might have used for them back in Michael Alcorn the day. These days, we have a name for that, a syndrome, something that both identifies the problem and, to a degree, absolves the child of any responsibility for that problem. We call it an “Executive Function Disorder.”

According to Harvard, Executive Function are “the mental processes that enable us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully.”

For those of you who don’t want to wade through the verbiage, think of Executive Function in terms similar to a computer’s operating system and RAM. The computer might have some very cool software, and the hardware might be state of the art, but if the operating system can’t manage the order of operations for the software, or doesn’t remember that you turned off three of the anti-malware processes in the computer, then you’re not going to be able to get a lot done on said computer.

A child with Executive Function issues will, likely, have been wildly unsuccessful during the remote portion of learning for the last eight months.

Children such as this really need a guiding hand, often in the form of a teacher,

helping them walk through the steps of getting through their day successfully. In some extreme cases, simply the process of logging on to the computer and joining the class Zoom meeting requires mental resources that the kid just doesn’t have.

One of the other signs of these kinds of issues is trouble controlling the emotional reactions to the world around them — getting upset at the smallest provocation or not recognizing the intentions of people in their sphere. This can lead to social isolation and great difficulty understanding other points of view.

Golly, doesn’t that sound a lot like America, circa 2021?

The 24-hour news cycle, multiplied by social media, has turned us all into highly distracted consumers of information. We all want to know what happened and what it means within minutes of things actually happening, and, often, that’s not possible. So, in a perversion of the old “who-what-when-where-why” approach to understanding events, we now jump from “what” to “what does my tribe think” and “who’s to blame?” There is very little effort to understand the underlying dynamics of events.

Add to that the media’s insatiable need to get the story first, whether it’s right or not (remember the Covington Catholic School thing?), which magnifies every little disagreement. And then they come back from break with someone from the Left and someone from the Right yelling across the table about why the other guy is wrong, and, likely, evil.

And then we all go out into the world, misunderstand what happened, misunderstand the intent of the people involved, screw up the order of operations to make sense of events, and lose all control of reasonable emotional response to events. And then we head out to the riots

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SMITH FROM PAGE 8

“Harry, I’m going upstairs to tweet,” would worry the dog.

Not everyone, as we know, apologizes for what they express on Twitter. Some of us never apologize.

Maybe you have noticed? People are far more likely to complain now than they once were. And to complain aggressively.

Some things trigger all of us.

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A big difference

The Jan. 14 paper had a letter that wondered why the Capitol

ALCORN FROM PAGE 8

wearing our Wagnerian operatic headwear.

We are, as a nation, “that kid.”

Here’s the good news: Executive

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Race and abortion, for examples.

Some things trigger select groups or individuals. Perfume in elevators and gum chewing.

If the whole perfume industry went away, I wouldn’t mind.

Wait. Maybe I should reword that.

Think twice: Do you really want to smell like your off-aunt’s funeral?

See what I mean? I am governed by black coffee and an unnecessary need to engage in pedantic faultfinding.

I’m working on it. There’s a brand

new hair shirt hanging in the closet.

If anyone thinks “We’re all in this together,” they haven’t been paying attention.

Not wanting to stoke further divisions among the citizenry, I am going to try to sit on the fence for a while. Travel the road’s middle. Try to appeal to every man, woman and child. It can be done.

“Offend no one,” will be my motto, my newest tattoo.

I will greet everyone with a smile.

But how will they know I’m smiling

behind a mask?

Good question.

The chances of a makeover are practically nil. I have been disputatious since I was a child; unlike my sister, who never complained about our mother’s spaghetti sauce.

Elbert Hubbard said, “To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing.”

rioters are being pursued differently than BLM protesters.

The comparison is foolish because there are so many major differences. First, the Capital crimes are Federal, not state and local. Second, the rioters killed a police officer. Third, the

rioters assaulted other police officers. Fourth, the rioters destroyed and damaged Federal property. Fifth, the rioters threatened government officials and offices. Sixth, the rioters filmed themselves and posted it on social media, foolishly

incriminating themselves.

Seventh, the riot took place in just one location in one time period. Eighth, the riot took place in daylight with good visibility. Enough differences?

Rich Urbanowski, Lakewood

Function can be taught and improved. In fact, it is almost exclusively a learned behavior — ideally, at home in the first few years of life, but possible later, as well. Calm, rational teachers and mentors can build the skills necessary to function properly. In effect, they can reprogram the computer and bring

it up-to-date. It takes time, it takes intention, but the long-term payoff is beyond question.

So the important question for all of us to consider is this: who are the calm, rational, patient voices capable of helping us re-learn to regulate our civic life?

Anybody?

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

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Max grew up in Gunnison, Colorado.

He served in the US Navy during WW2 as a signalman on the USS Chester. He married Lois Elna Woods in La Junta on July 16, 1946. After he graduated from Colorado State College (now CSU), he worked as a landscape architect. Truly, thousands of trees in the Denver area can be attributed to his career of over six decades.

Max and Lois raised three sons; Gary, Bryce, and Scott in Arvada, CO. He was a founding member of Trinity Presbyterian Church where he sang in the choir and served as a leader in many roles.

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small desk, an antique typewriter and some space on Denver’s 16th Street Mall are the tools Colorado native Devan Kingsford needs to arouse some pretty strong emotions.

With a few taps on the Remington mobile’s keys, he creates unique poetry on demand for strangers passing by.

“I love doing this. I have an English degree, so I’m probably going to end up teaching at some point,” said Kingsford. “But for now, I’m fine just writing poetry for strangers.”

Up the street, Peter Olschner and Kyle Lang are two young street musicians performing soulful jazz tunes and trying to preserve downtown Denver’s rich history of street music.

“We don’t have a band name because we just started jamming together,” said Olschner. “We both love playing music with other people.”

It was a cold January day on the mall and it was bare with masked people enjoying entertainment, restaurants and shopping to escape COVID quarantines. COVID-19 has presented some challenges, especially for performers and musicians.

The pandemic took away Lang’s job, sending him to the streets to play.

“I used to teach percussion in public schools around Colorado and

Ivory Sykes, aka Vio the Violinist, of Aurora performs near Welton Street on the 16th Street Mall in Denver on Jan. 16.

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after the pandemic shut down extracurricular activities, I was kinda lost for a bit,” he said. “It’s been great getting back into it, though.”

Olschner said the pandemic had a positive impact on playing his music because he was able to still earn an income.

“I would not have discovered my love for busking if I had a traditional gig opportunity. I’ve been able to continue to be a performer despite the situation surrounding the pandemic,” he said.

As for Kingsford, the typewriter poet, the pandemic moved him away from his favorite spot in Larimer Square, but it has not slowed him down. He is still able to find locations to set up his typewriter.

“There was more walking space

and, luckily, we have the 16th Street Mall, which is a pedestrian mall which gives you a lot more space.

Without that extra space, I probably would not have been able to work. Also, it would not be at a safe distance,” said Kingsford.

Shouting on the street corners

Kingsford is a native of Colorado and received an English degree from Metropolitan State University of Denver. He has been creating poetry for strangers for more than seven years on the streets of Denver and at special events. He does not charge for his poetry but accepts donations.

Kingsford started working as a poet at the Art Walk on Santa Fe Drive in Denver, standing on the

street corner with a book of his own poems in his hand, shouting his creations to strangers.

He did that until a woman warned him that he should stop.

“You are gonna get yourself killed — there’s one thing people hate worse than poetry, is when it’s screamed at them by a stranger,” said Kingsford.

She suggested that he get a typewriter to choose a topic and write for strangers.

“I started doing that and never looked back. It’s incredible,” he said.

Crying and hugging

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A new year begins Upon Closer Reflection COMING ATTRACTIONS

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f the many ways to describe the last near-year of pandemic living, one could certainly do much worse than the term still life. Not only have so many people’s lives been stilled by lockdown, but being stuck inside has given all of us the opportunity to see the unpainted still lives around our homes, gardens and yards.

In its first exhibition of 2021, Walker Fine Art is highlighting six artists’ examination of this traditional and beloved painting style in Upon Closer Reflection. The exhibition runs at the gallery, 300 W. 11th Ave., No. A, in Denver, through Saturday, March 6. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on

Tuesday through Saturday, with a limited capacity due to COVID-19 restrictions. Visitors can also make reservations for a private viewing of the gallery.

“We’ve all been spending more times with the static objects at home and the vignettes we’ve created with them in our spaces,” said Bobbi Walker, owner of Walker Fine Art. “These things are able to bring us energy and joy every day.”

One of the gallery’s points of pride is the variety of mediums featured in each show, and how this variety allows for the telling of a complex and dynamic thematic story.

As both Walker and gallery manager Libby

Garon explain, the show is a way to invite introspection as we get into the swing of a new year.

The artists on display — Bryan Leister, Eileen Roscina, Brian Comber, Angela Beloian, Jane Fulton Alt and Chloe Hedden — use everything from oil painting and traditional and cyanotype photography to watercolor and augmented reality to explore their subjects.

One of the most immediately arresting is Leister’s Elements, which blends a focus on the way light plays on objects with a digital SEE READER, P19

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No. 3 Green Mountain girls hoops primed for more success

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LAKEWOOD — Green Mountain girls basketball was one of last high school basketball teams to play before the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown prep sports in Colorado.

The Rams walked off the court at the Denver Coliseum on the night of March 12, 2020 after a 38-31 Class 4A state semifinal loss to Holy Family. That night would be the final action of the 201920 prep season in Colorado with the remainder of the state basketball tournaments cancelled, along with the entire spring sports season due to the pandemic.

“It has been a long off-season for every program and coach in the state,” Green Mountain girls basketball coach Darren Pitzner said during the second day of official practice Jan. 19 at Green Mountain High School. “I want to give credit to our coaches across the state. Our coaches have pivoted more times than a Courtney Hank (4A Jeffco League MVP last season) step-through.”

Little did the 4A Jeffco League champion know it wouldn’t be back on the court until more than 10 months later to start its follow-up campaign from a 24-3 record and first state semifinal state appearance.

“It’s been a challenge. It’s been hard,” Green Mountain junior Avery Oaster said of the past 10 months.

“The first step was just to get us together. We do have a promising season coming up.”

Changes in the Colorado High School Activities Association seasons has trimmed nearly a month and a half off a basketball normal year. Teams across all classifications are allowed 14 regular-season games and a scheduled 32-team 4A state tournament beginning March 9.

“It feels a lot longer than 10 months ago, that’s for sure,” Green Mountain senior Courtney Hank said talking about the state

Green Mountain sophomore Jayda Maves squares up for a 3-pointer during practice on Jan. 19. The Rams are coming off the program’s most PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS successful season in history that included a trip to the Class 4A state semifinals.

semifinal appearance. “It was definitely challenging missing out on the team (summer) camps we normally do where you really can bond early as a team. It will be interesting to see how that effects us going into the season.”

However, the Rams do have the advantage of several key pieces returning from last year’s historic team. First-team 4A Jeffco League all-conference selections Oaster and Hank return, along with secondteam selections in junior Shea Murphy and sophomore Jayda Maves.

“The junior class this year has all been playing together since they were in elementary school,” Hank said. “We are all really good friends off the court too that really helps I think when it comes

to chemistry.”

Hank is the lone senior on what is still a fairly young roster. The returning MVP knows the graduation of Maddie Phillips (7.4 points and 6.5 rebounds per game) leaves a void, but Green Mountain has a pair of 6-foot freshmen — Marae Riley and Taylor Ellington — who could develop into filling a key role.

“We’ll do a good job building off what we did last year, but we also have a lot of new talent that will be fun to see,” Hank said.

Green Mountain — No. 3 in the CHSAANow.com 4A girls basketball preseason rankings — opens its season Jan. 29 in a non-league game on the road against Lakewood.

“With our first games versus Lakewood and Pon-

Green Mountain senior Courtney Hank (right), last year’s Class 4A Jeffco League MVP, led the Rams in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots last season.

derosa against two really well-coached teams and good programs,” Pitzner said. “I think our kids are

really motivated and excited to finally get going.”

While Oaster said the team is focused on successfully defending its 4A Jeffco League title and another deep postseason run, Pitzner takes the big picture approach with the high school basketball season getting underway and continues to maneuver through the COVID-19 pandemic.

“My goals are to help kids through this challenging time,” Pitzner said of his focus this season. “I want to help my kids become the best they can with the opportunities they have. The big picture is helping our kids through this difficult time, rise to the occasion and fight through adversity.”

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools.

Dakota Ridge boys hoops prepared to maneuver through upcoming season

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO SCHOOLS

LITTLETON — Dakota Ridge’s boys basketball team won’t be making any excuses this season.

“I’ve decided as a program that we were never going to complain about

rules, masks, games or the season,” Dakota Ridge boys basketball coach Sean Kovar said after practice Jan. 20. “As long as we get a chance to come together as brothers to be a family. We are just super excited to be here with balls bouncing and shoes squeaking.”

While every high school basketball team across the state will be dealing with COVID-19 pandemic rules and regulations, the Eagles took a big hit before players took the court for official practices this week.

Taeshaud Jackson Jr. — Class 5A Jeffco League first-team all-confer-

ence selection last season as a junior — won’t be on the court for Dakota Ridge.

Jackson decided to leave Dakota Ridge and Colorado to enrolled in a California prep school. He averaged SEE BASKETBALL, P14

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a double-double last season with 15.7 points and 11.6 rebounds per game.

“I was obviously disappointed for our program because I knew what an awesome kid and player he was, but we totally supported him in his decision,” Kovar said of Jackson. “Anyone who comes through our program we want the best for them. He was in a situation where he could better his situation and we completely supported that. We are excited to see where he ends up playing at the next level.”

Jackson had been catching the eyes of Division I programs.

Dakota Ridge would have had a formidable one-two inside punch with the 6-foot-6 Jackson and 6-foot-8 senior Gino Corridori.

“It was for sure disappointing, but Taeshaud is my brother and I want the best for him,” Corridori said.

“Obviously I would have liked him to stay, but it was his decision at the end of the day.”

A positive for the Eagles is having Corridori back at 100 percent. Corridori averaged 14.3 points and 7.8 rebounds last season, but in only 10 games. A broken wrist kept Corridori on the bench for the first half of the season.

“It’s huge,” Kovar said of having Corridori back. “He is a leader and is one of our rocks. We play through him a lot. Over the last four years he is one of the most improved players we’ve ever seen come through our program. He can do it all.”

Western Colorado University saw the talent too. Corridori has already signed to play basketball at the Division II program in Gunnison. Before heading off to the next level, Corridori sees the Eagles as a 10-win team during the shorted 14-game regular season.

“It feels great because I know I can contribute right way this year,” Corridori said. “It was hard to watch last year.”

Dakota Ridge played its best basketball last year in the playoffs. As the No. 41 seed in the state tournament, the Eagles upset No. 24 Doherty in the opening round.

Dakota Ridge nearly clipped rival and No. 9 Columbine in the second round. The Rebels were able to rally late to escape with a narrow 59-54

victory.

“We always talk about playing our best basketball at the end during the state tournament,” Kovar said. “I felt like we were there last year and had a really good chance to beat a really good team. It just didn’t go our way.”

Kovar is counting on his other three seniors — Hunter Hickman, Joel Dominic and Jonathan Junker — on leading Dakota Ridge into the Eagles’ season that begins Jan. 27 with a road game at Legend.

“You definitely have to come out with a different mindset,” said Hickman, who was a 5A Jeffco League honorable mention selection last season. “You can’t just go out and get a handful of preseason games under your belt. We have to come out hitting it hard.”

Western Colorado University saw the talent too. Corridori has already signed to play basketball at the Division II program in Gunnison. Before heading off to the next level, Corridori sees the Eagles as a 10-win team during the shorted 14-game regular season.

“It feels great because I know I can contribute right way this year,” Corridori said. “It was hard to watch last year.”

Dakota Ridge played its best basketball last year in the playoffs. As the No. 41 seed in the state tournament, the Eagles upset No. 24 Doherty in the opening round.

Dakota Ridge nearly clipped rival and No. 9 Columbine in the second round. The Rebels were able to rally late to escape with a narrow 59-54 victory.

“We always talk about playing our best basketball at the end during the state tournament,” Kovar said. “I felt like we were there last year and had a really good chance to beat a really good team. It just didn’t go our way.”

Kovar is counting on his other three seniors — Hunter Hickman, Joel Dominic and Jonathan Junker — on leading Dakota Ridge into the Eagles’ season that begins Jan. 27 with a road game at Legend.

“You definitely have to come out with a different mindset,” said Hickman, who was a 5A Jeffco League honorable mention selection last season. “You can’t just go out and get a handful of preseason games under your belt. We have to come out hitting it hard.”

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earns income full time as a street performer in Denver and Boulder — supplemented by walking his brother’s dog for extra income.

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“It’s another way for me to speak, and it gives me a creative outlet to express myself,” said Lang.

Olschner was inspired to play guitar by a music computer game.

“I grew up playing the game Guitar Hero 3 and I loved the soundtrack so much,” Olschner said. “I realized that I could play the songs on a real guitar if I practiced enough. When I was a sophomore in high school, my friend sold me his acoustic guitar with a buzzy string for $20, and I haven’t looked back since.”

He’d like to open a private lesson studio teaching students music theory and guitar techniques.

“I am working towards producing

traces of classic Dutch still life works with the much more modern photography style. The result are works that look like both paintings and photographs and capture every detail of the objects with hyper-realistic clarity.

In addition to the works on display, the gallery has worked on building a dynamic web and video presence,

original music, music videos, and educational videos for the internet as another source of income down the line,” said Olschner.

Lang’s short-term goal is to finish his degree at Colorado State University. After graduation, he plans to start a career in counseling.

“My long-term goal is buying a Honda Civic type R,” said Lang.

Mall music

Olschner enjoys performing his music for people on the 16th Street Mall and the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. The practice has developed him into an experienced performer.

“The people are very generous with their tips when they are enjoying the music. I love making cash tips, because it allows me to pay for my rent and my groceries as I continue to develop my career as a professional musician,” said Olschner.

Lang enjoys playing at the mall for a variety of people.

“Music always brings people together... I love the crowd, and I love being able to share my craft with others,” Lang said.

Lang and Olschner’s plans are to play Sunday jazz night at Dazzle in downtown Denver. You can watch the Lang and Olschner on tiktok with username @cattrumpets.

which includes glimpses behind the creation of the work and videos that provide a window into artists’ methods and meanings.

“Artists are so often the canary in the coal mine and can knock on society’s door to get a message out,” Walker said. “The underlying story of the art we have on display is always healing, and we

want people to come away from our shows with their heart lifted and some kind of inspiration.”

For more information, call 303-355-8955 or visit www. walkerfineart.com.

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

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Ordinance #4750 An Ordinance Authorizing the First Amendment to the 2021 Operating and Capital Budget in the Amount of $950,000.00 and Authorizing the First Amendment to the Intergovernmental Agreement By and Between the State of Colorado Acting By and Through the Department of Transportation and the City of Arvada Pertaining to the Signal Replacements at West 58th Avenue & Independence Street and West 86th Parkway & Kipling Street, Project No. 18-TC-03.

PUBLIC NOTICE A public hearing will be held virtually before the Arvada Planning Commission on February 16, 2021, at 6:15 p.m., when and where you may speak on the matter to consider the Rezoning, Annexation, and Major Comprehensive Plan Amendment for the Lazy Susan Annexation, generally located at 16790 and 16770 W. 63rd Place. Members of the public may join virtually via phone by emailing jsuk@arvada.org for the phone number; the email must mention this meeting date. To submit a request for public comment, you must go to arvada.org/PlnCommission and complete the public comment form by 5 p.m. on 2/16/2021.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Inclusion of Property (the “Petition”) has been or is expected to be filed with the Board of Directors of Sabell Metropolitan District, City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado (the “District”). The Petition requests that the property described below be included into the District. The Petition shall be heard at a public meeting on Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. Due to Executive Orders issued by Governor Polis and Public Health Orders implementing the Executive Orders issued by the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, and the threat posed by the COVID-19 coronavirus, this meeting will be held via teleconferencing and can be joined through the directions below:

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN to all interested persons that they shall appear at the public meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.

Link: https://zoom.us/j/99152653211?pwd=R245cjcvY 2JNMWFMQnNIcGl4cG9MQT09 Meeting ID: 991 5265 3211 Passcode: 056657 Call-In Number: 1-669-900-9128 The name and address of the Petitioner and a description of the property to be included are as follows:

Ordinance #4751 An Ordinance Authorizing an Additional Appropriation for Fiscal Year 2020.

Name of Petitioner: Ridge Road Capital Investments, LLC

Ordinance #4752 An Ordinance Amending and Adding Certain Sections of Chapter 70, Personnel Rules, of the Arvada City Code.

Address of Petitioner: 5740 Olde Wadsworth Blvd.

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SABELL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law General Counsel to the District Legal Notice No. 409945 First Publication: January 28, 2021 Last Publication: January 28, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press

Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR'S SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that on the 15th day of February, 2021, at Arvada, Colorado final settlement will be made by the Arvada with Concrete Express Inc., 2027 West Colfax Ave, Denver, Colorado, herein after called the "Contractor" for and on account of contract CSB-14-ST-18R, Project No. 14-ST-18 – Wadsworth Right Turn Lanes (68th Ave to 74th Ave).

Any person(s), co partnership, association or

corporation having an unpaid claim against said project, for or on account of the furnishing of labor, material, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, may, at any time up to and including said time of final settlement, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

All such claims shall be filed with the Arvada Public Works Engineering Department either by email, or physical mail (USPS mail or courier) as identified below, and must be received on or before 4:30 p.m. on the final settlement date referenced above.

By E-Mail (preferred) engineeringpermits@arvada.org Physical Mail (USPS mail or courier) Chris Lisberg 8101 Ralston Road Arvada, Colorado, 80002

Failure on the part of the creditor to file such statement subsequent to such final settlement will relieve the City of Arvada from any and all liability for such claim.

Dated at Arvada, Colorado this 12th day of January, 2021.

Nancy Allen, Purchasing Director Legal Notice No. 409911 First Publication: January 21, 2021 Last Publication: January 28, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

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