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JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

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INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 10 | LIFE: PAGE 12 | CALENDAR: PAGE 15 | SPORTS: PAGE 16

VOLUME 16 | ISSUE 48

Econ report shows Jeffco added jobs in 2020 despite pandemic Impacts uneven but many industries added jobs

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mackenzie Deshon with her son Jayson in her new Toyota Corolla.

PHOTO COURTESY OF HOPE HOUSE

Hope House donates car to teen mom for Mother’s Day Lake Arbor Auto and Hands of the Carpenter help facilitate donation of 2003 Corolla

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For the fifth consecutive year, Arvada-based nonprofit Hope House partnered with Lake Arbor Auto and Hands of the Carpenter to donate a used car to a local teen mom in need. On April 29, Mackenzie Deshon, a mom of two, was presented with a 2003 Toyota Corolla at Lake Arbor Auto in Westminster — just in time for Mother’s Day.

Hands of the Carpenter, a nonprofit based in Golden, accepts donated vehicles and coordinates to match them with single mothers and women in need. Hope House has been coordinating with Hands of the Carpenter and Lake Arbor Auto — who performs complimentary repairs to the vehicle and helps the recipient learn about car maintenance for their first year with the vehicle — since 2017.

This is the first car Deshon, mother to Jayson (3) and Malaysia (2 months), will own. She said that the car will allow her to be more independent and provide for her children.

“It feels great to have to rely on people or ask people for things,” said Deshon. “I’ve been working really hard this past year, and I feel

like it’s all paying off. (Hope House) has pushed me and showed me the person I can be, and I’m just always working towards that every day.”

Sean Kuchera, a Service Consultant at Lake Arbor Auto, detailed the complimentary service lessons that will be provided to Deshon during her first year with the Corolla.

“We’ll start with a simple oil change,” said Kuchera, “and then have them bring it in every three months so we can make sure there’s no leaks they don’t recognize. Since this is her first vehicle, we can show her what to keep an eye on and get her in the habit of just knowing what to look for on her own.”

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Arvada school resource officers respond to crisis situations Two high school SRO’s have dealt with distressing events lately

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brad Gagon knew he wanted to be a police officer from the time he was a student at West Woods Elementary but didn’t realize he wanted to be a School Resource Of-

ficer until his high school years at Ralston Valley.

At Ralston Valley, Gagon admired the school’s genial SRO, John Zubrinic, who could often be found smiling and talking to students in the halls, attending games, or performing in pep rally skits. Gagon joined the Arvada Police Explorer program in 2002, when he was 16, and joined the force as a patrol officer in 2014.

Gagon and Zubrinic are now colleagues at the Arvada Police Department, where Gagon serves as

Arvada West’s SRO and Zubrinic occupies the same role at Ralston Valley.

SROs serve as liaisons between the police department, schools, and the communities around them.

Arvada has nine SROs assigned to four middle schools, including Arvada K-8, Three Creeks, North Arvada and Oberon; four high schools, including Arvada High School, Arvada West, Ralston Valley and Pomona; while an SEE OFFICERS, P14

Given that the last 14 months have been dominated by a major pandemic that resulted in Colorado reaching the highest unemployment rate (14.4%) ever recorded in April 2020, one might naturally assume that the last year has been a bad one for job growth in Jeffco.

But the latest county economic data profile produced by the Jefferson County Economic Development Corporation paints a different picture.

According to the 2021 JCEDC Economic Profile, published at the end of April, Jeffco ended 2020 with 273,863 jobs, which was up from the 270,223 jobs the county ended 2019 with according to the 2020 report.

That gave the county a job growth rate of about 1.34%, which means the number of jobs grew faster than the population, which is estimated to have grown by about 0.06%.

Yet, unemployment was up too, increasing from 2.4% at the end of 2020 to 5.8% at the end of 2021. So what is really going on here?

Jansen Tidmore, the president and CEO of the JCEDC, said those numbers reflect the uneven nature of the pandemic’s economic impact, which devastated some industries but barely impacted others including major primary employers, such as the aerospace, IT and beverage production industries.

“While the service and retail and restaurant industry got hit so hard, a lot of those primary industries really had great years,” he said. “I SEE ECONOMY, P3

MORE INFO All economic reports produced by the Jeffco EDC, including the 2021 economic profile, can be found at jeffcoedc.org/ about/research-publications/economicreports/

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Keeping the community in Colorado Community Media

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ast week in this space you were able to hear from Ann and Jerry Healey, who have entrusted their collection of 24 community newspapers to us at the newly formed Colorado News Conservancy.

This week, as the new owners and operators of this newspaper, we want to give you an opportunity to hear directly from us and learn about our plans.

With an eye toward retirement, grandkids and new adventures, Ann and Jerry sold Colorado Community Media to the Conservancy.

The Conservancy is a partnership between the National Trust for Local News and The Colorado Sun, a local digital news organization that some of you may already know.

We were aided by a network of Colorado organizations who share our commitment to keeping newspapers in local hands and to ensuring that you continue to benefit from the unique, hyperlocal coverage that you have come to expect from this newspaper and the others in the CCM family. One of the Colorado Community Media newspapers has been serving its community for more than 150 years, and others have decades of history. We feel a deep responsibility to continue that legacy and ensure your paper is still providing quality news and information for decades to come, as well as bringing the businesses

From left, Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro and Lillian Ruiz, co-founders of the National Trust for Local News, and Larry Ryckman, editor-in-chief of The Colorado Sun, are leaders of the Colorado News Conservancy partnership that has purchased Colorado Community Media.

that provide the core financial support for these publications together with readers in the local communities they serve.

So what will change, and what won’t?

We’ve already heard those questions from readers and local business owners who feel strong ties to the reporters, editors, sales staff and others who bring the news to you.

For starters, we are seeking to fill the big shoes of Jerry Healey

in the role of publisher. We are looking for someone who is as passionate about community and local service as Jerry has been.

We are so grateful that he has agreed to stay on this month to help ensure we have a smooth transition.

We do not plan the staff cutbacks, cost-cutting or layoffs that have become far too common in the news business these days. In fact, we are looking to bolster the fine work already being done to serve you, the readers and supporters of this paper. Our job is to keep your local media strong and growing.

The Colorado Community Media name will stay the same, as will the name of the newspaper you know and trust. The same goes for the phone numbers, email addresses and the website of your paper. You can reach out to the hardworking people here at the paper in the same ways you always have.

We purchased Colorado Community Media because we are

‘We feel a deep responsibility to continue that legacy and ensure your paper is still providing quality news and information for decades to come.’

ABOUT THE COLORADO NEWS CONSERVANCY The Colorado News Conservancy is a public benefit corporation formed to preserve Colorado Community Media and ensure that its 24 weekly and monthly newspapers remain locally owned.

The Conservancy is a joint venture by the National Trust for Local News and The Colorado Sun. The Trust is a new, national nonprofit organization formed to provide the financing, new ownership structures and expertise needed for established news organizations around the country to become sustainable and deeply grounded in their communities. The Sun is a journalist-owned, award-winning digital news outlet that strives to cover all of Colorado, bring understanding to important issues and contribute to a more vibrant, informed and whole Colorado.

To contact us, call 303-566-4100 or email CNC@ColoradoCommunityMedia. com.

committed to serving our readers, our local businesses and our communities and to sustaining the important community role played by these papers.

We want to thank Ann and Jerry once again for their hard work and dedication over the years to providing community media to your town and others.

We promise them — and you — that we will work hard to serve you and make you proud.

CORRECTION An article about Arvada resident and environmental activist Madhvi Chittoor misspelled her name.

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ECONOMY FROM PAGE 1

know that is really hard to wrap your head around, it was for us as well.”

Among those local industries that had strong years are the aviation, energy, engineering, bioscience and advanced manufacturing industries. Those fields, along with the aforementioned beverage, IT and aerospace industries, make up the six “target industries” the JCEDC is currently targeting many of its growth efforts toward growing. In 2020, Jeffco added 1,850 jobs in those industries, Tidmore said.

Of those industries, it was the IT and Telecom industry that experienced the most dramatic grow. That sector added 21,981 jobs (a 27.6% increase from 2020) while the county added 246 new telecom and IT companies.

Other industries, however, were not as unfortunate. The office and administrative support job category was listed as having 32,972 jobs at the end of 2019 in last year’s report.

However, in this year’s report, that number had dropped to 29,639 jobs.

The sales and related positions category also saw a decline, albeit a smaller one. It ended 2019 with 30,624 jobs and 2020 with 29,639.

Another industry that the reports say defied expectations by growing slightly in 2020 was the food preparation and serving, which went from 24,720 jobs at the end of 2019 to 25,096 jobs at the end of 2020.

When it comes to weathering challenging economic times, it helps to have a diversified economy, which Tidmore said Jeffco increasingly does. According to the labor anaylytics firm EMSI, Jeffco’s economy was ranked 207 out of the nation’s 3,142 counties for economic diversity in 2020, up from 507 in 2019.

That diversity, coupled with other

trends measured over the last year, have Tidmore feeling even more optimistic about 2021.

“I think Jefferson County is very unique and very fortunate to be in a position where we have a strong primary employer basis in aerospace and bioscience and beverage production and all these sectors that really allow us to come out of this pandemic stronger than ever, because our industries, when the world was shutting down, a lot of ours were working 24/7,” he said.

“And because of the type of industry that we have we know that we are poised to come out and bring our community up along with that,” he said.

Tidmore said those trends are also exemplified by the high number of expansion and attraction projects that were announced last year.

Expansion and attraction projects are projects that the JEDC works on that bring new jobs, companies and investment to Jeffco. Among

the expansion prohects last year are the massive plant expansion at the MolsonCoors brewery and the addition of new aerospace and bioscience companies that located some of their operations in Jeffco for the first time.

“2020 saw the most announced projects ever in Jeffco’s history — $842 million in new projects — and that tells us we are going to have the strength to help our whole resident base recover over the next five years.”

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I Learned Some Useful Things I Didn’t Know About Title Insurance in a Recent CE Class I thought I understood everything I needed to regarding title insurance, but I signed up for a CE class about it last week anyway, thinking I might learn something I didn’t already know. I was not disappointed!

We Realtors trust the title company’s closer to explain the process and the forms to our clients, and for the most part they do. The title commitment documents delivered early in the contract process are long and involved, and we probably pay too little attention to them.

I know that many of my fellow real estate agents read this column, and this week I am writing as much to share what I learned with them as I am with the average home buyer or seller who may find him or herself in a real estate transaction.

The first thing we need to understand is that title insurance is not a guarantee, it is an indemnity against covered losses.

The “owner’s policy” insures against a covered loss; it does not ensure that there will not be a title challenge or a loss. As our class instructor, Doug Barber, pointed out, title insurance companies are like other insurance companies in that they are diligent about paying only for those claims which are for covered risks.

Fortunately, most title companies are pretty thorough in their title searches — which I have learned they typically out-

source to highly skilled companies who do the title searches for multiple insurers. Nevertheless, a claim could arise, and it’s important for us agents and Realtors to be aware of that possibility and take reasonable care to warn our buyers and sellers of that possibility.

We agents like to describe title insurance as a policy that guarantees the buyer is obtaining a property “free and clear” of any claims or liens against it.

That, however, is an overstatement, our instructor told us.

(Having been told that title insurance is not a guarantee, I find it interesting that Colorado’s leading and home-grown title company goes by the name of Land Title Guarantee Company.)

One mistake that we agents make — although it has yet to bite me — is to take the word of our sellers as to the ownership of their property. We should not, as most of us do, simply assume that the assessor’s database has it stated correctly. Instead, we are advised to obtain an “Ownership and Encumbrance” report from our preferred title company at the time of signing a listing agreement for a property. If the property is owned by an entity — a corporation, a trust, an LLC, a partnership, etc. — it’s essential to obtain written evidence of who is authorized to sign on behalf of that entity.

Here’s Some Guidance on Appealing Assessor’s Valuation Normally, I’d advise you to make your appeal in person, but this year the Jeffco Assessor is using Covid-19 as a reason to deny in-person appeals, and the online method being offered at his website, http://assessor.jeffco.us, is not as intuitive or helpful as it was two years ago.

In prior years, the spreadsheet of “qualified sales” had more columns of data on each property, making it easier to see exactly how comparable they were to your own home.

My own case is a good example. I have a ranch style home with an unfinished basement that is not a walk-out.

The only way I could determine whether

the one-story sales match mine in those respects was to search for each comp separately, which became very tedious.

This year, instead of sending a fullsize letter to each property owner, the assessor sent a fold-over postcard which only asks you to provide your own dollar valuation of your home and state a reason. The full-size letter of prior years had a place to enter up to three qualified comparable properties sold during the 24 months prior to June 30 of last year which justify your lower valuation of your property. That letter-size form can be downloaded and printed from the assessor’s website. I’ve posted an easierto-find link at JimSmithColumns.com

When the owner of a property dies, the deceased’s estate could be the seller, in which case there is a “Personal Representative” who signs for the estate, but don’t take someone’s word about who the PR is. Trust but verify! If the property has been inherited, then the heir is now the seller, not the estate, but that should be documented by a decree from the probate court.

Divorces can be really tricky, and it’s best to obtain a court decree or signed separate agreement requiring or authorizing the sale of the property. One thing I didn’t know is that if a husband or wife inherits money during the marriage and uses it to purchase a home, the portion of the purchase price paid for with the inheritance is separate property, not marital property, in case of a subsequent divorce, although the increase in value of the property during the marriage is marital property subject to equal division upon divorce.

A minor cannot buy or sell real estate.

Legally, they are considered incompetent until they are 18 years old.

The title insurance policy only insures the buyer of the property up to the price he or she paid for it. Thus, if you purchased a home in the 1970s for $30,000

and it’s now worth close to a million dollars, your title to the property is only insured up to $30,000 in case of some unexpected claim against your ownership.

When a property is owned by more than one person, they can hold it as joint tenants with right of survivorship — the most common form of title — or as tenants in common. As joint tenants, each person owns 100% of the property, and if one of them dies, the surviving person now owns that 100% by him or herself.

Tenants in common each own a stated portion of the property. So, for example, if a couple owns the property 50/50, either person can sell their interest in the property without the consent of the other person.

Our instructor pointed out that, from an estate planning perspective, it might be wise for a couple who bought their million dollar property for $30,000 to switch to tenants in common. That way, when the first partner dies, the other partner can inherit that half interest at its stepped up valuation at the time of death, significantly reducing the capital gains liability if that surviving spouse were to sell it — something I hadn’t considered before taking this class.

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Jeffco schools struggle to stay open due to rising COVID counts Overall county picture improving even as younger demographic sees outbreaks

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With the finish line so clearly in sight, Jeffco Public Schools officials are arguing for schools to be able to finish the year, even if it means tolerating certain levels of COVID-19 spread.

The last day of school for all students in Jeffco Public Schools is scheduled for May 27.

That is the current situation in Jefferson County, where overall countywide COVID)-19 numbers are starting to look better following a recent surge in cases. Among younger demographics though, particularly in area high schools, outbreaks are continuing.

As of May 5, COVID-19 case rates in Jeffco were highest among those 20-29 years old with those 10-19 years old now having the second highest rate of cases. The high rate of cases among school age children corresponds with what Jefferson County Pupblic Health Executive Director Comstock called “a large and growing number of outbreaks in Jeffco schools” during a meeting held on May 5.

Comstock said that situation has

proven challenging for JCPH and the state to handle as Jeffco Public Schools and other districts have made “loud and clear that schools are just desperate to keep in-person learning and activities through the end of the year” leaving health authorities to try to balance that desire with the need to ensure they are doing so safely.

Those tensions came to a head on April 29, when JCPH had to notify the administration at Columbine High School that the school would need to close for 14 days because five cohort or classroom outbreaks had been recorded at the school over the preceding 14 days.

However, Comstock said that JCPS Superintendent Tracy Dorland made clear that she would not voluntarily close the school. Instead, Dorland reached out to the state health department, which agreed to allow Columbine to participate in a pilot program that would allow the school to remain open if every student was tested and the overall positivity rate for the student body came back at 5% or less.

Over the weekend, students were given at-home rapid tests and told they could not return for in-person instruction unless they could prove they had tested negative, had been vaccinated or had tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 90 days but were no longer infected.

Comstock said about half of families declined to participate in the pilot, which meant their students would not be able to participate in in-person learning and activities for

SCHOOL SPREAD

BY THE NUMBERS 69 - confirmed cases on May 3 5 - months since the district saw so many cases 45 - confirmed cases at Columbine High School last week 1,869 - all-time cases among high school students and staff 51% - percent of last month’s cases from the high school level -Jeffco Public Schools COVID-19 dashboard as of May 6

14 days. However, among the half that did participate, the test positivity rate came back at “approximately 3%.”

“That is not quite as high as CDPHE expected but it was much, much higher than the school expected,” said Comstock, who said she believed that if the full student body were to be tested the positivity rate would’ve come back at higher than 5%.

In a written statement, Jeffco Schools Public Information Officer Cameron Bell, said the Distict is monitoring case counts and working closely with JCPH and CDPHE to take as many actions as possible to avoid school building closures.

“At Columbine, we implemented a testing protocol last weekend and into this week for all students and staff. With these steps, we hope to keep the case count under control and keep the building open these last couple weeks of school,” her statement read.

But even as Columbine was able to remain open (although it could close if the positivity percentage goes above 5% after a second required round of testing that was set to occur later in the week), Comstock said the situation with schools remains “a huge challenge.” As of May 5, three other schools besides Columbine had at least three outbreaks.

“I know how frustrated everyone is because we have end-of-the-year events, sports playoffs and graduation,” Comstock said. “But I think that that 3% test positivity in the first round when less than half of students participated in testing is very telling. And that’s just indicative of how widespread COVID transmission is in our middle and high school students.”

Overall COVID outlook improving But even as the end of the school year seems tenuous for many schools, the overall COVID outlook in Jeffco now looks better than it has in several weeks.

After about a month of steady increases to Jeffco’s rate of new COVID-19 cases and other key measures for the severity of the pandemic, things seem to tentatively be heading in the right direction once again.

“After a very disturbing series of weeks where we were going up, now we are finally seeing a downturn [in new cases],” said Comstock. “I am very hopeful that will be a continued downturn rather than a plateau.”

The seven -day new case rate reached its highest level since early January on April 26 when it was 204.1 cases per 100,000 in population.

It then started a period of decline and reached 177.5 per 100,000 on May 3.

MASK ORDER UPDATED At the start of May, Gov. Jared Polis extended the state mask order that allows fewer restrictions on mask wearing in certain circumstances. On May 5, Jeffco updated its mask order to align with the state.

The updated mask order includes the following changes: Masks are required in public indoor settings where 10 or more unvaccinated individuals or individuals of unknown vaccination status are present.

Masking is not required in indoor public spaces if 80% or more of the individuals present are fully vaccinated (two full weeks after obtaining all required doses of a vaccine) and can provide proof of vaccination.

Masking is not required in indoor public spaces if there are 9 or fewer individuals who are not fully vaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown.

Masks continue to be required in Pre-K-12 schools, public areas of county or municipal government facilities, congregate care facilities, prisons, jails, medical and healthcare settings, during travel (per CDC requirements) and personal service settings regardless of the vaccination status of the individuals present.

Face coverings are required for all individuals in a mass indoor gathering (more than 100 unvaccinated people or people whose vaccination status is unknown gathered in a room indoors).

Jeffco’s mask order is now set to expire on June 6, but may be extended or modified.

The county’s seven-day test positivity rate also declined significantly in recent days, going from 6.5% on April to 5.6% on May 2.

“It’s still higher than we’d like, we want to see it below 5% but at least it’s no longer 6.5%,” Comstock said.

Meanewhile, the now all-important measure of the 14-day rate of new hospitalizations in the county, which JCPH will use as the basis for any changes in COVID policy beginning on May 15, was at 1.19 hospitalizations per 100,000 in county population.

Anything under two hospitalizations per 100,000 in county population will be enough to keep the county in the new Level Clear, in which most business and residents will be subject to no COVID-19-related restrictions apart from mask mandates, once it makes the planned transition to Level Clear on May 15.

Comstock also said that based on the county’s current metrics, she has “every intention” of moving forward with that planned move to Level Clear.

But even with those metrics again dropping and Jeffco primed to remove most COVID-19 restrictions, Comstock said residents should not lose sight of the fact that “this is not over,” as she put it.

“The reason we are still doing all these public health and mitigation orders is we are still having people die from COVID,” she said. “I do know that since I updated the Board of Commissioners yesterday we’ve had one more community member die of COVID-19.”

In recent days, Jeffco crossed a sober death milestone when it recorded its 800th death from COVID-19. As of May 6,the death count stands at 805.

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HOPE HOUSE FROM PAGE 1

Lake Arbor Technician Chris Crotty explained the work-up he performed on the car after it was donated by Hands of the Carpenter, while also highlighting the importance of the program to him.

“We did a whole look-over the entire car to make sure everything is running safely,” said Crotty, “and double-checking everything and getting stuff fixed after it needs to be fixed to make sure it’s road-safe.

Giving these cars away to people that are really in need of it is great and it’s great to be a part of this.

So, I’m glad to do the work.”

Hope House Founder and Director Lisa Steven thanked Lake Arbor and Hands of the Carpenter for their ongoing partnership and its impact on the moms Hope House works with.

“We appreciate the ongoing partnership with Lake Arbor Auto,” she said. “We rely heavily on local businesses and charitable organizations such as Lake Arbor and Hands of The Carpenter. We know how invested they are in our mission.”

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As Allendale Elementary prepares to close its doors after 57 years, an online forum has been launched for community members to share videos recalling memories from their time at the school. The forum, dubbed ‘Allendale Memories,’ was set up by Allendale Family Engagement Liaison April Archuleta, and can be found on the school’s website.

The forum is hosted on VidHug, a video sharing platform that allows users to upload clips and arrange them into montages. Allendale’s VidHug calls for clips no longer than 30 sec-

onds in length. The deadline to upload videos is May 21.

“Our goal is to create and share a video collage of memories that pays tribute to our unique school,” says the VidHug description. “Please share a favorite Allendale memory, a favorite teacher, a special experience, or a simple explanation of why you loved attending Allendale and record it.”

Allendale is set to close its doors after the conclusion of the 2020-2021 school year due to issues with enrollment, which has dropped 45% in the past 5 years with an average annual loss of 13% per year, according to Renee Nicothodes, Jeffco School’s Chief of Schools, Elementary.

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The mission of the Ralston Valley Coalition is…

“To protect the community, quality of life and property values of citizens who reside in the Ralston Valley.”

Our mission is simple… to protect our rights as a community. We all have invested in this area and chose to live and work in the Ralston Valley for similar reasons.

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Arvada Fire Protection District breaks ground on new station AFPD Station 9 to be located near Candelas, to open in spring 2022

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Construction crews’ broke ground on the Arvada Fire Protection District’s Station 9 on April 24. The station is located near Candelas Parkway and Highway 72 and will be completed by spring 2022, according to AFPD Project Lead Kevin Ferry.

AFPD acquired the parcel of land in 2019. With the Candelas neighborhood growing in size, Ferry said that the AFPD felt that section of Arvada has the potential for demand to grow and placed the station strategically to increase AFPD’s response time.

“We used GIS data based upon incidents, historical response, and particular responses into the Candelas area,” said Ferry of the AFPD’s process for determining the site of Station 9. “We knew that site area is developing, and the potential demand is going to increase, so we wanted to make sure that we plotted the station where it will be the best long-term solution for the district and its residents.”

Ferry added that the AFPD’s coverage area comprises 45 square miles and that the District has a

RESPONSE TIME EXPLAINER Total response time is comprised of three components: Alarm handling time — the time expended to answer the 9-1-1 call, verify the caller and location, determine the appropriate response, transmit the alarm to notify the units to respond Turnout time — the time expended by responders after receiving the notification to respond to don the appropriate personal protective equipment and safely leave the station or respond from an out of position location Travel time — the time expended to travel from the station or out of position location to the location of the emergency.

Benchmark response targets for travel time-first due apparatus or medic unit Fire: 6 minutes 36 seconds EMS call: 6 minutes 13 seconds Travel time performance-first due apparatus or medic unit (Candelas area) Fire: 8 minutes 3 seconds EMS call: 10 minutes 52 seconds

targeted medical response goal of four minutes — the amount of time brain damage takes to set in when someone experiences a cardiac arrest.

The District’s total response time — comprised of time needed to process the 9-1-1 call, prepare equipment and leave the station, and reach the location of the emergency — is currently stated to be just over nine minutes district-wide and between 13 and

Members of the AFPD make a speech before the official groundbreaking of Station 9.

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14 minutes in the Candelas area.

Their benchmark response targets are between seven and eight minutes.

The AFPD is one of 103 fire departments in the U.S. to achieve an ISO Class 1 classification and an accreditation from the Commission on Fire Accreditation International, in part thanks to their response time statistics.

Ferry said that Station 9 will be a standard station with the ca-

pability to provide fire response and advanced life support. The AFPD does not anticipate putting a medical transport unit at the station but plans on pulling from existing ambulances and medical transport units in the District.

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precautions including covering concrete and installing special lighting to minimize the trauma of going from being asleep to waking up and rapidly responding to a call will be included in the station’s construction.

“One of the biggest concerns and one of the biggest challenges that we’ve faced in the fire service is occupational cancer,” said Ferry. “Over the last decade or so, it’s become very prominent in the fire service, that various forms of cancer and the occurrence of those in firefighters is high compared to other populations or other occupational groups.

“And so, a lot of things are taken into consideration now in building stations,” Ferry continued, “and even in our older stations that we’re trying to retrofit or address and things like the contamination showers and separation of living quarters from the apparatus.”

Candelas resident Amanda Reiter said that she is excited that the AFPD will be opening a station in her neighborhood.

“We’re really excited that they decided to make Candelas their new home,” said Reiter. “When I moved here in 2015, our closest police and fire services were 10 minutes away. With the immense growth in this area we really do need these services and I think it’ll make people feel safer and better to move their homes and businesses here.”

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VOICES

dearMoon: Pick me, pick me!

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earMoon: All the attention generated by a rocket re-entering Earth’s atmosphere last week – parts of ALCHEMY which reportedly landing in the Indian Ocean, uncomfortably close to the Maldives – has made me long for you … and the spaceship crew that’s coming to see you.

Andrea Doray For those not familiar with the project, dearMoon, let me describe what’s going on. This first civilian lunar orbital mission is planned for 2023, when a spaceship will make a weeklong journey to you and back.

And I want to go.

That this is even remotely within the realm of things possible in my life is because, in 2018, Japanese billionaire entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa purchased all the seats aboard this rocket, “wishing to give

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Maple Valley needs representation The Arvada Planning Commission voted to allow the annexation of land in preparation for an Amazon distribution center.

Never mind that 60 citizens spoke in opposition to it.

This doesn’t sound like representative government to me.

I naively thought that government officials were supposed to respect the will of the majority of people. Guess not.

Please write the Arvada City Council members and demand that they quash this bad idea.

Their addresses are posted at our website www.protectmaplevalleypark.com/officials.

Kathleen Flynn, Arvada Georgia businesses didn’t ask for this As it looks now we may have acquired the All Star baseball game for Denver due to the baseball Commissioner giving his own interpretation of the Georgia voter law. To me he seemed to focus on the need for voter ID. Which I personally feel was misleading. One recent survey indicates people failed to vote in Georgia and most places because they forgot, not because SEE LETTERS, P11

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“Through my passion for exploration, conservation and ability to reach people through my writing, I can contribute positively to these plans.” (Sounds sort of like an employment application ….)

Then, dearMoon, I reached the social media section and all I can say, my friend, is that hope springs eternal.

How many Twitter followers do I have? How many Facebook followers? Instagram? YouTube?

Fortunately for me, I didn’t have to enter the actual numbers, but could choose “< than 5,000.”

There’s also this: “Please share your passion with the project owner by tagging or mentioning his accounts on social media.” Uh, oh.

I am woefully unattuned to social media and rarely even look at Facebook, dearMoon, but I can wholeheartedly assure you that these fewer-than-5,000-followers will applaud my mission and absolutely love you.

And dearMoon, I do care so much about this – and any other – mis-

as many talented individuals as possible the opportunity to go … choosing eight crew members from across the world.”

Of course, I applied.

I pre-registered on March 2 and to my not-all-that-great surprise, dearMoon, I – and millions of my closest friends around the world – received an invitation to the initial screening process.

As the first part of the essay request, dearMoon, I wrote: “I want to help develop and implement protection for celestial bodies we humans touch … by bouncing around (and playing golf!) on your surface, remote-piloting rover vehicles on Mars, and through other exploration we have not even conceived.

“So, how, dearMoon, how, exactly, do we protect these parts of the universe – infinity, and beyond – against what we don’t yet know exists? How do we plan for what we take and leave, as well as for what we may bring back to our own Earth?

sion. Anyone who will listen to me already knows, with all seriousness, that I want to go Mars. To preface that experience with a lunar orbital mission would simply be out of this world! (Sorry, dearMoon, I had to.)

So in the second part of the essay section, I said: “As a writer, I work to provide information, create awareness and ask for action … and I work to spark a measure of considered thought and conversation about a peaceful coexistence here on Earth.

“As we explore and ultimately mingle with other worlds, shouldn’t we also bring the ideals of peace?”

Now, according to the online schedule, dearMoon, final interviews and selection are slated for late May … subject to change, you know. I’m watching my email, dearMoon, and I hope to see you in 2023!

Andrea Doray is a writer you can find on LinkedIn, and maybe Facebook and Twitter, or you can simply write to Andrea at a.doray@andreadoray.com.

Breaking bad, or, for the better somehow

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here was a television series on one of the cable networks about 10 years ago called “Burn Notice.” It was about a “burned” spy — a HITTING spy who loses their HOME official identity, and so they exist completely outside the system without any government protection or, effectively, life. In one of the last episodes of the show, a government official was trying Michael Alcorn to explain how the same terrible home environment could turn one person into a hero (the burned spy) and turn another person into a wreck (the spy’s brother). The explanation went like this: “Imagine you’re holding on to two bottles, and they drop on the floor.

What happens? They both break. But it’s how they break that’s important.

Because you see, while one bottle crumples into a pile of glass, the other shatters into a jagged-edged weapon. You see, the exact same environment that forged the older brother into a warrior, crushed baby brother. People just don’t all break the same, Mrs. Westen. Just don’t.”

That odd little quote — from one

of the show’s villains — has stuck with me over time, and every once in a while something happens that calls it to mind. And, actually, there have been a lot of somethings happening lately. Like the massacre at the Boulder King Soopers. Like this weekend’s Mother’s Day massacre in Colorado Springs. Like the anniversary of the STEM school massacre.

Like the heartbreaking number of emails I’ve opened in the past nine months telling me about school kids who have died (cause never mentioned).

We’ve got a lot of broken glass.

In a couple of weeks, we will all take a moment to pause and consider the men and women who died in the service of their country. And I think of my Dad, and of several uncles and my grandfather, all whom served in wars, all who saw their share of horrors. I think of my Dad’s family, who buried a son after he died on Christmas Eve in the midst of the Great Depression. I think of my Mom’s family, who struggled and fought (and lost, once or twice) to keep a family farm going through Depression and the Dust Bowl era. And I think to myself, “wouldn’t all of these events constitute the dropping of a bottle?”

And yet, they came through. The generation that eked out a living in the Great Depression saw the

Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, saw the Death Marches of the Pacific theater, saw the Nazi concentration camps, saw the fire bombing of major cities and the dropping of two atomic bombs. And they came back from those times and built the future.

If they broke at all, they broke into sharp little tools that carved the Space Age and the Information Age out of nothingness.

But somewhere along the way we seem to have lost our ability to make good bottles. You know how when you drop a bottle, there’s always a fleeting, momentary hope that the bottle will survive? It happens, F sometimes. But, for the sake of this beaten-to-death metaphor, that doesn’t seem to be the case with our o kids. They hit the ground from mini- e mal heights and immediately shatter. t And again, within the context of this dead metaphor, it’s not a matter i of what we’re doing with them — it t comes from within, from the nature of the bottle. … child ... thing.

And I don’t think there’s much more we can do to soften all the landings. We practically put our kids in bubble wrap as it is — and still, allergies, autism and anxiety are epidemic. Has American life gotten so convenient, with our computers and

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Arvada City Councilman David LETTERS Jones named to Titan 100 FROM PAGE 10

Sonsio head listed as one of Colo.’s top 100 CEO’s and C-level executives

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arvada City Councilmember and Sonsio Chief Executive Officer David Jones was named to the 2021 Titan 100, an annual list of the top 100 chief executive officers and C-level executives in the Colorado metropolitan area. This year’s Titan Jones 100 was published on May 3. It is Jones’ first time being named to the list.

Sonsio is an Arvada-based provider of vehicle protection and warranty programs to the automotive aftermarket, working with companies like Toyota and Goodyear to provide their warranty programs. Jones was nominated by Zach Gibson of Class VI Partners, a banking group Sonsio has worked with for several years, according to Jones.

The Titan 100 is chosen by a panel including Titan 100 Founder Jamie Zawmon from a pool of roughly 200 applicants. The goal of the Titan 100 is to “help connect Titan CEOs and C-level executives throughout the year at a multitude of events and private roundtable discussions,” according to the program’s website.

Jones, who has been an Arvada City Councilmember since 2015, said it was an honor to be named to the Titan 100 and thanked his team at Sonsio for their continued

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our cell phones, that we should just expect bad bottles from now on?

If so, then we have to stop breaking things. Because the ones that break into jagged weapons seem to want to just break everything around

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“It’s humbling,” said Jones, “because just to be recognized by your peers and an organization like them, it means a lot. But quite honestly, I couldn’t be the leader I am without the team that I have.

I have an amazing team at Sonsio and because of them I shine, and I appreciate them every day.”

Jones added that it is important to him to have Sonsio headquartered in Arvada and allow its employees to serve their community as a means of being good corporate citizens in the area.

“I’ve grown up in Arvada my entire life,” said Jones. “I didn’t live in Arvada in my early years, but this is where we shopped, did business, church. To me, having our business here is about more than having a business here, it’s about being a good corporate citizen and giving back to community.

“That’s why I ran for council,” Jones continued. “Our employees adopted the Van Bibber Trail, we also provided volunteer time off, so we just really want to be a good corporate citizen and allow our employees to give back to the community in a way that makes sense.

Today, without the community, businesses can’t thrive.”

Arvada Mayor Marc Williams said that he felt the award points to the caliber of the folks on City Council.

“I think it demonstrates a recognition of David for being a very successful businessman,” said Williams, “and also his business ethic, and a proper balance between his business, civic duty and his family. I think it shows the quality of people that serve on Arvada City Council.“ them, and the ones that crumple just become sad, whispered statistics.

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of the need for a voter ID. Which, by the way is quite easy to obtain.

Would it not be disingenuous for us to attend this game at the expense of Georgia businesses? I urge Denver Metro fans not purchase the overpriced ticket for this game out of respect for the small businessmen in Georgia who now will suffer due to no fault of their own.

Bill Hineser, Arvada Transportation funding critical to a better future It’s not news that Colorado’s transportation system has been underfunded for decades. Basic road maintenance, safety improvements, investments in safe biking and walking infrastructure, transit funding, and even priority bridge repairs have all suffered. We notice it in Golden with challenges like finding the funds to rebuild our most dangerous and congested intersections on the state highways running through town. And we really notice it when we travel anywhere else in the metro region

and around the state.

A bipartisan coalition of state senators and representatives just introduced a comprehensive transportation funding package.

It has some issues and could use strengthening, including improved funding for bike/ped improvements and transit as well as ensuring we spend these new dollars in ways that reduce, not increase, toxic air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. But it does much of what we need, including drawing from a wide range of sustainable funding sources.

For the longest time, Colorado has been unable to adequately invest in our state’s basic transportation infrastructure. Our future depends on people and goods being able to move safely, efficiently, and without contributing to our already heavily polluted air and already severe climate change challenges. This is the best opportunity Colorado has had in years to adopt a sustainable transportation funding system, and I hope our legislators will strengthen and pass it quickly.

JJ Trout, Golden City Councilor

OBITUARIES MARVEL

Steve Ray Marvel Steve Ray Marvel 61, passed into the end zone on Monday, April 19th from a quick battle with cancer. Steve was born in Oxnard California on July 7th, to Norman Marvel, and was the youngest of 3 sons. He played baseball for Hueneme Little League, played the trumpet and Football for Hueneme High school, and was a member of the Order of DeMolay. Steve moved to Colorado in 1994. He worked at L&K mailing center in Arvada until beginning a carer at the University of Colorado, where he worked in the Property Services Department.

He retired having worked 23 years At CU Boulder.

After moving to Colorado, Steve helped coach his nephews baseball and football teams and discovered that he had a passion for coaching. From 1996-1999 he was the defensive line coach for the Arvada Cougars, where he met the Watson’s. Together they drafted the Badgers Baseball team who later would become the Bulldogs. He was a Bulldog until the end of his Coaching Career. In 2002 Steve drafted his first 10 year old football team for the Bulldogs as head coach.

In 2006 he was awarded an 8 year old team who he had the honor for coaching from start to finish. They became Western League champions and went on to the Carnation Bowl. During the spring months Steve coached the Panthers Baseball team. Both teams were

made up of siblings from prior baseball and football teams, and he coached them all the way to High School. One of Steve’s fondest memories was going to the Ralston Valley vs.

A-West football game where 11 of his players were still playing together. There is a great saying, “A coach will impact more young people in a year than the average person does in a lifetime.” This is true of Steve, as he touched the lives of over 200 players.

He was not only a coach but he taught his boys to be respectful, to work hard, and to become Men both on and off the field. He wanted to win but what he wanted more was for his boys to learn the fundamentals of the game in helping the under dog. After the 2011 season, Steve traded the playbook for the trail maps. He loved riding ATVs, camping, shooting, and spending time with friends and family. Steve was preceded in death by his Father, Norman Marvel. He leaves behind his brothers Richard Marvel, David Marvel, his little sister Deborah Carrillo, Mother Joan Marvel, two step sisters and a step brother. And countless nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews as well as many close friends.

Donations can be made to Arvada Football Association P.O. Box 1679, Arvada, CO 80001. The celebration of life is going to be held on June 19th at 1 p.m. at Oak Park 10415 W. 64th Pl, Arvada, CO 80004.

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Denver comic artist turns pen on local haunts with ‘Queen City’

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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f you haven’t been out and about much in Denver recently, you could very well be shocked by what’s there — and perhaps more noticeably, what isn’t.

Even by the standards of this constantly changing city, the last few months have been especially bleak when it comes to the fates of some of the city’s most iconic and enduring places.

Just in 2020, the city lost such standbys as the 87-year-old jazz club El Chapultepec, the 74-year-old 20th Street Café and the 42-year-old Market at Larimer Square. That’s 203 years of history gone in just a single year.

And the pace doesn’t show any sign of slowing. Already this year, the 30-year-old Denver Diner and 26-year-old sports bar LoDo’s Bar & Grill have closed their doors. Heck, even the landmark Casa Bonita is facing an uncertain future after its owners filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.

But Denverites who cannot sit inside these iconic places can now revisit many of them on the pages of “Queen City,” a new comic book

by Denver artist Karl Christian Krumpholz that serves as both a love letter and permanent memorial to several of Denver’s most treasured locations.

Krumpholz, who moved to Denver from the East Coast with his wife 10 years ago, said he originally envisioned the book as being a “time and a place thing” that would show what Denver was currently like. But when he shared some of his early illustrations online, he found there was a desire for a book that would also include illustrations of locations

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The full front and back cover of “Queen City,” which depicts many famous locations along Colfax Avenue.

that have already been lost.

“A lot of people started then approaching me and going ‘well, what about this place’ or ‘you need to illustrate that place,” he said.

That’s how the book began and grew to its current 160 colorful pages and came to include many departed Denver spots, including long-gone bars like The Terminal Bar and Muddy’s Cafe, which both closed long before Krumpholz even arrived in the city.

“I know nothing about some of these places that were long gone when I showed up,” said Krumpholz.

“But it has such a place in people’s hearts in the city that of course I had to include them.”

Those bars of the past (plus other long-ago closed spots such as the old Aladdin Theater on Colfax) are rendered alongside remaining classics such as The Satire Lounge, The Brown Palace Hotel and yes, even Casa Bonita, in Krumpholz’s distinctive comic book style — which even he has trouble describing. However, one of the primary elements is that it uses only five colors: black, white, cyan, yellow and gray.

“I like using those colors because

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it feels like a noir melancholy,” he said. “And I like that feeling that I try to allow the ink to reflect. But I don’t know if it has a name.”

A COVID era comic While “Queen City” is Krumpholz’s most intensive look at Denver, it is far from the first time he has turned his pen on the city.

He has been drawing The Denver Bootleg, a comic strip chronicling local Denver bands, for the alternative weekly newspaper Westword since SEE COMIC, P13

From the Misfits to ‘The Lucky Ones’

ith theater slowly coming back to life, many companies are COMING finding themselves takATTRACTIONS ing a different approach to staging shows. Misfits Theater Company started bringing stories back in the late summer with a personal approach, and now are embracing a truly Clarke Reader unique (and fun) new stage - Deviant Spirits Distillery in Boulder.

“Our first show post-pandemic was “Reach,” a two-person show taking place post-Hurricane

Katrina, and it was performed in late August in my backyard,” said Emily Tuckman, actor and producer of the theater company. “We have shifted gears from performing in traditional theater spaces (or fully indoor spaces) to outdoor, and partially open-air, venues for the safety of both our actors and our patrons.”

The company’s latest show, Lia Romeo’s “The Lucky Ones,” is running at Deviant Spirits, 2480 49th St. E in Boulder, from May 15 through May 31. Performances are at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Included in the ticket price is one to two cocktails.

Directed by Debe Hultgren and featuring Tuckman, Damon Guerrasio and Shannon Altner, this

is the show’s west coast premiere.

It’s about best friends Vanessa and Janie and explores how they deal with a devastating illness.

We chatted with Tuckman about the show and getting theater back on its feet.

Interview edited for brevity and clarity.

How did you get connected with Lia Romeo, and what made you decide on this show?

Lia Romeo’s agent, Samara Harris, went to summer camp with me close to 30 years ago. We reconnected during the pandemic and she told me Lia had just moved back to Boulder. I read all of her work and fell in love with this play.

What do you hope people who see the show come away with?

I hope people leave the performance re-connected with the community; I hope they feel transported, connected, and alive. And I hope we motivate other artists to create safely in our community as well.

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2015 (the strip has been on hiatus since the start of the pandemic).

He’s also the writer of “30 Miles of Crazy,” a free web comic which chronicles life along Colfax Avenue in Denver. In January 2020, Krumpholz launched a new called “The Lighthouse in the City.”

The timing of that launch turned out to be fortuitous as the comic is autobiographical in nature, which Krumpholz said provided a perfect outlet for him to explore his experiences with life during the pandemic.

“It was supposed to be a good exercise to do a daily comic as well as a way to document a surgery that my wife was getting and her recovery, which I figured would be an interesting story,” he said. “But by the third month, it was basically how we were coping and this day-to-day life in this new reality and it’s really become kind of a slice of life in this period.”

Since that launch, Krumpholz has been publishing at least one page a day on his website and social media pages. He’s also been releasing books that combine all of the pages from each three-month period (local publisher Kilgore Books is currently raising funds to publish the fifth volume, which covers January through March).

The indie way But don’t go looking for “Queen City” or the latest volume of “The Lighthouse in the City” on Amazon or at Barnes and Noble. Krumpholz prefers to sell the books at independent shops, such as Kilgore Books and Comics in Capitol Hill and Mutiny Information Café on South Broadway (the first two stores to sell the book).

But even with that relatively limited distribution strategy (the book can also be ordered online at tintopress.com), the book’s publisher, Ted Intorcio of indie publisher Tinto

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For me, it means everything. I think those of us in the theater know that it is a lifeline in terms of our creative energy, our connection with others, and the emotional fulfillment performing gives us. As an audience member, going to the theater transports us into another world; it is an escape we all desperately need right now. And to me it is worth any amount of money, and added work in terms of safety precautions, to make that happen.

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Books, said he has trouble keeping the book on the shelves.

That’s welcome news for both Mutiny and Kilgore Books and Comics, which have just had to weather what Intorcio calls a bad year for bookstores as sales moved even more online as a result of the pandemic.

“But it’s turned around,” said Intorcio. “For instance, Mutiny just had one of the best months they’ve ever had and I think that is because people are starting to get out again.”

Still, Intorcio said the model he used for publishing “Queen City,” which involved using the Kickstarter online fundraising platform to fund the cost of publishing it and several other comics titles, with backers getting the first copies, is emblematic of the kind of approach indie publishers had to employ to get books to press during the pandemic — and likely even after it is over.

“The Kickstarter has been a great source for me because it sort of helps with promoting the book to the people who want to read it,” he said. “And then after the Kickstarter fulfillment is done the buzz is created and stores are more interested in picking it up.”

Intorcio said that’s exactly what’s happened with “Queen City” as he’s

recently received requests from the likes of the Denver Art Museum and the Molly Brown House to sell the book at their gift shops. The curator of the Western History Collection at the Denver Public Library has also requested a copy to add to the collection while the Jeffco Public Library has also ordered several copies.

“It’s being distributed in a few places that I otherwise wouldn’t have had access to and that’s a real feather in both Karl and I’s caps,” he said.

But even as “Queen City” will likely be especially treasured by those who miss the old places depicted in the book and feel they are losing the city they know, Krumpholz said he doesn’t necessarily feel the same way.

“When I talk to people I always hear ‘Denver is disappearing and old Denver is gone and we don’t like this new thing that is coming,’” he said.

“And I totally understand where these people are coming from — it hurts when a beloved neighborhood institution closes. But the thing is, when something disappears and is replaced then that new thing will become the new neighborhood institution within 10 years.”

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additional SRO floats between local elementary schools.

In addition to their official responsibilities, which involve speaking at Parent Teacher Association meetings, educating students on topics including internet safety and handling crisis situations, SROs are also expected to serve as unofficial counselors to the students they serve.

Gagon said Zubrinic’s consistent presence and positive demeanor made an impression on him during his high school years.

“What stood out to me is (Zubrinic) was always out in the halls,” said Gagon, “smiling and talking to kids. We’d go to games and he was always there — for me his interactions with other students really made an impact. He did skits with the head of the security team that were pretty funny.”

Zubrinic remembered Gagon expressing an interest in his position.

“I remember Brad (Gagon),” said Zubrinic. “I remember him coming up, being in Explorers, asking questions. There were a lot of kids at Ralston Valley at that time, but I remember him showing interest.”

Crisis response Recently, Gagon and Zubrinic have dealt with a number of potentially dire situations.

On April 19, Ralston Valley was the subject of multiple threats received through Colorado’s Safe2Tell anonymous reporting system, causing the school to go into a lockout. More threats came in on April 20, resulting in another lockout, before a female juvenile suspect was arrested on the school’s campus later that afternoon.

Zubrinic responded immediately after receiving the threats, coordinating with Arvada Police, Jefferson County R-1 security officers, and school administrators to get backup to the school as quickly as possible and set a strategic release plan in motion.

“The threat came in through Safe2Tell,” said Zubrinic, “I let the administration know and called our officers. We are going to take it

seriously anytime there’s a threat to the school. I figured the more people we had at the school, the safer it would be. We did a strategic release; we had police officers out there that knew what was going on.” “(SROs) also know the inside and outside layout of the school,” said Zubrinic. “If there is a threat, we can put people where they need to be. We know weaknesses in cameras. There are a lot of things we are looking at in a short period of time to make sure kids are safe.

“We are trained to handle crisis incidents,” Zubrinic continued, “and the administration is to a degree, but it’s very important that we have an SRO in schools.”

A-West petition Gagon was faced with a different kind of crisis situation recently. In March, a Change.org petition entitled `End Rape Culture at Arvada West High School’ began circulating online and on social media.

The petition, which has now garnered over 2,000 signatures states that, “Male students at Arvada West High School in Arvada, Colorado are posting harmful statements after the recent media outburst of Sarah Everard, a woman who was kidnapped and raped by a policeman.”

Everard is a woman who disappeared in London in March and whose remains were found a week later. A police officer has been charged with kidnapping and killing her, and her death has led to a mass movement against sexual violence.

The petition goes on to say that, “Statements such as `You wouldn’t have been raped if you shot him’ and `Guns are the answer to rape’, as well as `We do teach men better but when there’s songs saying wet as p*ssy and p*rn it changes a mans mindset a bit’. These statements are harmful and enraging for every student concerned with the sexual assault and rape epidemic in this country.”

Furthermore, the petition argues that Gagon should have responded to the social media posts, stating that “A-West’s SRO claimed nothing could be done because of “freedom of speech”, justifying sexual harassment/sexual assault/rape is

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NOT freedom of speech, it’s hateful rhetoric which makes victims and young women at our school feel unsafe.”

Comments on the petition laid out specific examples of alleged abuse at Arvada West.

“I know more than 50% of the girls at A-West have been asked for nudes and or pressured for them by A-West boys,” wrote one petition signee.

“I’ve been sexually harassed in the parking lot. I have also been sexually harassed and assaulted within classrooms and no one did anything to stop it,” wrote another.

Gagon said that the social media posts constitute an issue of freedom of speech, not a criminal offense.

“The student had emailed us their concerns and the screenshots from social media,” said Gagon.

“The posts weren’t directed towards anyone; they were just on their stories and the student happened to come upon them. When we look at something like that, we look at what crime could have been violated.

“There was no crime, no threat in this situation,” Gagon continued, “at that point, if there’s not a crime it becomes a freedom of speech issue, which this case was, and that’s what I communicated to the school. I told the school to review their social media policy, but on the criminal side there was no crime here.”

Social media literacy Both Gagon and Zubrinic said that they have been working with students at Arvada West and Ralston Valley to help educate them on the potential pitfalls of social media, and how to be a good digital citizen.

Zubrinic said that the impulsive nature of social media discourse can lead to heated confrontations at school.

“It causes a lot of issue,” said Zubrinic. “Kids are very reactive, so if they see something on social media, they don’t want to think, they want to shoot back at the other person. A lot of times that causes arguments in the school.

Sometimes that makes kids want to fight each other.”

Gagon added that in his talks with students about social media

and internet safety, he teaches the importance of positivity and that it’s alright not to participate in trends or follow certain accounts.

“I just finished teaching our sophomore class about internet safety and being a good digital citizen,” said Gagon. “Part of that class is you have to be so careful with what you read and see on social media; you have to do fact checking. I just tell them you have to be so careful with what you’re doing.

“It’s OK to get rid of social media,” Gagon continued. “There’s nothing saying you have to do or follow certain things. (In my class,) we were just talking about being a good digital citizen, doing and saying things that are positive. It’s OK to post things you believe but do it in a positive way.”

Gagon added that there is currently a “huge issue with sexting” and students not anticipating lewd photos of themselves sent to a partner to be passed along outside the confines of that relationship.

He continued to say that there has been a problem with teen boys being catfished and extorted by scammers pretending to be young women.

Zubrinic said that in his experience, kids don’t understand that things uploaded to the internet stay there permanently.

“Once it’s online, it’s there forever,” said Zubrinic. “And kids don’t understand that. If they’re sending pictures of themselves and so few high school-age relationships last more than a couple of months, and if the breakup is contentious, people are going to use those pictures against you. If you send it out, it’s not the only person you’re sending it to who’s going to see that.”

Gagon said students have a steep learning curve when it comes to handling the internet and social media landscape.

“I think there’s a long way to go,” Gagon said. “I think that we have a handful of students that are like `holy crap, I’ve got to be more careful,’ but we have some that don’t even care. They don’t understand the consequences of things later in life. If you apply for a job or university or scholarship, they’re going to go through everything to see what kind of person you are. And that hits them quite a bit.”

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Dakota Ridge sophomore Monroe McClimans (17) winds up to take a shot on goal during the first half May 4.

The Eagles took an 11-8 victory over Green Mountain during the opening day for girls lacrosse action at Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Dakota Ridge junior Stella Nefs (15) runs past Green Mountain sophomore Louisa Steinbock (13) on May 4 at Trailblazer Stadium. Nefs had a team-high four goals in the Eagles’ 11-8 victory.

Dakota Ridge nets win over Green Mountain

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD — Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood has been the mecca for boys and girls lacrosse teams in Jeffco for several years.

However, the COVID-19 pandemic silenced the high school lacrosse action last spring.

“It’s been rough, mainly because we couldn’t see the girls and see your team,” Green Mountain girls lacrosse coach Maddie Ossello said talking about last year’s lost season.

“They girls were ready to get back.

I know the coaches were excited to walk back into Trailblazer. It felt so good.”

Tuesday, May 4, marked the return of girls lacrosse at Trailblazer Stadium with Green Mountain and Dakota Ridge opening up play with a non-league contest. It was the first of over 60 regular-season boys and girls lacrosse games that Trailblazer Stadium will host over the span of the next six weeks during Season D.

“It was amazing. It was incredible,” Dakota Ridge junior Stella Nefs said. “At the start when the (public address announcer) speaker when off for the first time since my freshman year it was just joy. We were all so hyped up to play. It was so fun.”

Nefs helped lead Dakota Ridge to an 11-8 victory. The junior had a team-high four goals. She scored back-to-back goals to start a 4-0 run by the Eagles in the first half that opened up a 6-2 lead for Dakota Ridge.

Green Mountain closed the gap to 7-5 at halftime with goals by Sophie Warren, Trisha Le and Bailey Stokes, but Dakota Ridge hung on with a solid performance in goal by sophomore Rosella Martinez.

“This give us some momentum and hypes us up,” Nefs said after she sealed the victory with her fourth goal in the final minute. “It’s a great start to a great season.”

Dakota Ridge coach Demi Riecke, who was actually a teammate of

Ossello when both played at Green Mountain together, was excited to be back coaching her girls on the sidelines after missing out on last season.

“We definitely missed the girls and missed being apart of something,” Riecke said. “This is what they needed and it’s great to be back.”

While Riecke has a dozen seniors on the squad this season, she has plenty of young talent as Dakota Ridge’s numbers have grown to 39 players.

“The future of the program is huge,” Riecke said. “A lot of my stud athletes are young and they are going to build this program.”

Green Mountain came in ranked No. 8 in the preseason CHSAANow. com Class 4A girls lacrosse poll.

The Rams do have a clear focus this season.

“Playoffs,” Ossello said without hesitation when asked about the goal of the Rams this season.

“Green Mountain has never made it to the playoffs. The girls have made

D’Evelyn sophomore catcher Kannon Perry, right, tags out Chatfield sophomore Parker Murrow (3) at home plate during the opener for the Jaguars and Chargers on May 6 at D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS School.

DENVER — It took a matter of seconds for Chatfield sophomore Parker Murrow to turn a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 lead for the Chargers.

With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the fourth inning, Murrow ripped the first pitch he saw from D’Evelyn junior pitcher Troy Benko over the centerfield wall at D’Evelyn Junior/ Senior High School.

“Parker got up, drove the ball hard and it got out,” Chatfield coach Brett Pieratt said. “That totally changed the course of the game for sure.”

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that goal of making the playoffs.”

It won’t be an easy path for Green Mountain. Jeffco rivals Evergreen, r Conifer and Golden were all ranked in the top-4 in the preseason rankings.

“It’s going to be a tough season going into our league season,” Ossello admitted. “But these girls are hungry. We have a tough road ahead, but we are ready.”

It will be a quick season for girls lacrosse. The regular season goes for just six weeks and the playoff extend into mid-June for the Season D. “It’s been tough with the season splits and kids in dual sports. And kids in quarantines over and over, ” Riecke said. “Being about to get out here is a huge success. We are doing what we can with what we have. We are excited.”

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage go to CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.

Chatfield slams its way to victory over D’Evelyn in season opener

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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The grand-slam home run

by Murrow was the start of the Chargers’ 8-run inning with all the scoring done with two outs. Chatfield eventually went on to a 10-5 road victory Thursday, May 6.

“It was great,” Pieratt said after getting his first victory as the Chargers’ new head baseball coach. “It’s not how we drew it up, but it feels great to get the first one out of the way for sure.”

D’Evelyn actually scored three runs with two outs in the bottom of the first inning to grab an early lead. Benko helped himself out with an RBI double that nearly left the yard. RBI singles by sophomores Kannon Perry and

Jack McMann off Chatfield senior pitcher Logan Carlisle stunned the Chargers a bit.

D’Evelyn coach Dan Porreco was pleased with the first three innings. The Jaguars were playing solid defense behind Benko, but the Chargers’ bats came alive in the fourth inning. Chatfield sent a dozen batters to the plate and chased Benko after a 2-run double by junior Aidan Mullen.

“It was a good start, but you have to learn how to finish no matter who you are playing,” Porreco said. “Chatfield is a powerful team” Carlisle settled down after SEE BASEBALL, P17

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the Chargers grabbed the lead. The hard-throwing righty struck out the side in the bottom of the fourth inning. Senior Colby Cruser took over on the hill after a pair of walks issued

by Carlisle in the bottom of the fifth inning.

“He (Carlisle) struggled a little bit that first inning having to throw 30 pitches,” Pieratt said. “Logan is going to do a lot of special things for us this season for sure. He is one of our top guys and we are going to count on him.”

Carlisle admitted he didn’t have his best stuff in the season opener, but is confident he will improve during the shortened high school season that will last a little less than two months.

“For me after this outing, I can only go up from here,” Carlisle said.

“I’ll get back in the bullpen, get some more work in and make sure I come back next week dialed in and ready to go.”

Cruser allowed a pair of Jaguars to score on a throwing error to first base on a pickoff attempt, but he limited the damage by striking out the final two batters to get out of the inning.

Cruser walked two and hit a batter in his two and 2/3 innings of work, but didn’t allow a hit.

Sophomore Mason Lowe added a run for the Chargers with an RBI

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Chatfield’s final run came on a bases loaded infield fly that was dropped.

Senior Drew Lytle was able to scamper home for the final run of the game in the top of the seventh.

“It was nice to come out here after getting rained out earlier this week,” Murrow said. “To come out and get a win against a quality team was nice.”

In Chatfield’s home opener Saturday, May 8, against No. 9 Rock Canyon, the Chargers scratched out another come-from-behind victory.

Chatfield took a 4-3 win after falling behind 3-0.

“This group is pretty special,” Pieratt said. “They have been focused.

We don’t have to do a lot for them.

The senior leadership is fantastic. We think we can make a run for sure.”

D’Evelyn quickly dove into Class 4A Jeffco League action Saturday with a home victory against Green Mountain. The Jaguars defeated the Rams 10-9.

“I feel bad for Golden and Wheat Ridge because last year they both could have won it,” Porreco said of the lost Spring 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Jeffco is always tough. Evergreen is always strong. It will be fun. We are a competitive league.”

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Cars honked, signs waved and a large banner was draped above a westbound stretch of I-70 as a boisterous group of Jeffco teachers and support staff rallied outside of the Jeffco Public Schools’ Golden location May 6 to bring attention to a host of issues.

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ment that protects the rights of all of those individuals.”

Union for pre-K licensed staff Hannah Mauro, an early childhood educator instructional partner at Rose Stein Elementary, had a slightly different agenda.

“I’m out here with a group of pre-K educators, and we are pushing for the district to recognize us as JESPA (Jeffco Education Support Professionals Association) members,” she said. “Currently, the unlicensed pre-K staff is not recognized as a union even though a majority of the people in our work group want to be recognized.”

She said the district started using more licensed pre-K teachers a few years ago — changing from a model of two unlicensed teachers per room, to a model of one licensed and one unlicensed teacher per room.

Mauro said one of her main concerns is that the new model has displaced a lot of unlicensed pre-K teachers.

According to Chesca Smotherman, UniServ & communications director for the Colorado Education Association, school boards in Colorado have sole decision-making power about whether workers are allowed to join a union.

She said JESPA has been trying to get a meeting with the district in hopes of getting them to approve union membership for pre-K workers, allowing them to collectively bargain over wages and working conditions.

“What do we want? Fair pay!

When do we want it? Right now!”

Leaders with bullhorns shouted call-and-response chants as marchers including JESPA President Lara Center made their way back

JESPA President Lara Center speaks to the crowd at a rally in Jeffco.

to a parking lot at the district’s headquarters to listen to those speaking at the event. Center said her union’s main focus was respect.

“Our people work like two or three jobs, and a lot of them have lost their second or third job during COVID. So, what the district pays people may be their only income, and the cost of everything is going up,” she said. “We went to fact-finding, impasse and mediation (with the district) and what we uncovered was that they did have money for pay increases last year, but they refused to honor them.”

Asked what message she would like to give new Jeffco Public Schools Superintendent, Tracy Dorland, Center said her message would be that the district needs to invest in its human capital.

“We’re the people taking care of your kids,” she said. “We’re the people getting kids back to school, so parents can get back to work. We’re understaffed, and the district doesn’t pay enough to

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overcome what the private sector is paying people.”

Article 22 The biggest rallying cry of the evening was focused on racial equity and the adoption by the district of contract language known as Article 22 or the Joint Commitment to Racial Educational Equity.

On Feb. 25, the Jefferson County Education Association members brought Article 22 to the bargaining table in contract talks with the District. Among other things, Article 22 calls for increased diversity and inclusion, the establishment of a Racial Equity Leadership Council, a system-wide Racial Educational Equity Plan and policy improvements.

According to Smotherman, in the 70 days between the delivery of the document to the district and the May 6 rally, there’s been no response from management at the table.

In her speech to the crowd, JCEA President Brooke Williams said the union needs the new equity language in the collective bargain-

Hackberry Hill Elementary music teacher Cory Bissell attends an educators rally in Jeffco.

ing agreement as a commitment from the district to address issues of equity and promote the success of all students and educators in Jeffco. She said it’s also a way to hold the district accountable for doing the work (of equity).

“The district needs to eliminate institutional and structural practices and policies that further the inequities among underrepresented groups,” Williams said. “It is unacceptable — and I’m going to cry when I say this — that we only have six African American teachers in our schools. It is unacceptable that we have 30% students of color and only 10% of our educator force are people of color. We want equity in our collective agreement now!”

Williams said JCEA has become tired of the district’s definition of collaboration and wants a true partnership, a seat at the table and to be on district committees.

“JESPA and JCEA are standing together today to tell management it’s time to commit to your educators the way our educators are committed to our students,” she said.

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R21-070 A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning 6700 Indiana Street, 6702 Indiana Street, 6710 Indiana Street, and a Portion of 6720 Indiana Street, Finding said Petition Substantially Compliant With C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for June 14, 2021, 6:15 P.M. For City Council to Determine Whether the Area Meets the Requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 105, and Is Considered Eligible

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Legal Notice No. 410552 First Publication: May 6, 2021 Last Publication: May 27, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARING UPON APPLICATION FOR A NEW BEER AND WINE LIQUOR LICENSE OF YETI’S SWEETS & ARCADE LLC D/B/A: YETI’S SWEETS & ARCADE 18068 W 92nd Ln. #300 ARVADA, CO 80007 Notice is hereby given that an application has been presented to the City of Arvada Local Liquor Licensing authority for a Beer & Wine liquor license from Yeti’s Sweets & Arcade LLC, d/b/a Yeti’s Sweets & Arcade, located at 18068 W. 92nd Ln. #300, Arvada, CO, whose controlling officers are: Kaitlin and Elliot Bagley, Owners, 18068 W 92nd Ln. #300, Arvada, CO, United States.

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Said application will be heard and considered by the City of Arvada Liquor Licensing Authority at a virtual meeting to be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, 2021. The application was submitted on April 14, 2021.

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Dated this 13th day of May, 2021 /s/ Sarah Walters, Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO Legal Notice No. 410591 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF ANNEXATION PETITION ACCEPTANCE The following resolution can be viewed in its entirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada. org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in

printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

R21-071 A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning Maple Valley Park, Approximately Located at 6900 Indiana Street, Finding Said Petition Substantially Compliant with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for June 14, 2021, 6:15 P.M. for City Council to Determine Whether the Area Meets the Requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 105, and Is Considered Eligible for Annexation.

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Bids and Settlements Public Notice NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that disbursements in final settlement will be issued by the Finance Director at 10:00 a.m., May 25th, 2021 to Granite Inliner,

LLC for work related to Project No. 20-SR-02 - Trenchless Sewer Main Replacement and performed under that contract dated July 8, 2020 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 Granite Inliner, LLC and its claim has not been paid, may at any time on or prior to the hour of the date above stated, file with the Finance Director of the City of Arvada at City Hall, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

Dated this May 4, 2021 CITY OF ARVADA /s/ Kristen Rush, City Clerk Legal Notice No. 410592 First Publication: May 13, 2021 Last Publication: May 13, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

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