The Banner
45¢
Brighton news for Brighton readers
Volume 6, No. 13
March 27, 2014
8 pages
Oil-gas timeout spawns boycott
Community event blends youth, history
Donovan Hora might have been the smallest volunteer – clearing tables – Sunday at the Chow Mein and Shrimp Dinner, sponsored annually by the Brighton Japanese American Association. Below, Diane Dible, foreground, right, sells copes of the new BJAA book, Our American Journey, while author Dan Blegen signs them for diners on Sunday afternoon. Early numbers indicated another successful event. Proceeds from the community event go toward local nonprofit organizations, recently including Eagle View Adult Center, Meals on Wheels and the Special Olympics. Banner Press photos
Comic Adams back at the Armory
Call it “The Return of Sam Adams.” A month ago, people who had seen his stand-up comedy show at the Armory (last July) said they couldn’t wait to see him again when they found out he was scheduled to perform Saturday at the Armory (8 p.m., adult content). He even gave the audience a sneak preview of “twerking” although we didn’t (and maybe he didn’t) know it at the time – Miley did it later and Sam’s version was, in fact, G-rated.
Since last year, you might have even heard him on the radio in ads for a finance company (“Thank the Feds, charge you phone and call …). And a long line formed in the (Local Color) Lobby: people waiting to buy his book, If You Dont Believe Me: Lessons Learned from Listening to the Greats. But, as a refresher, Adams was a signer of the Dec … no, wait, that was the OTHER Sam Adams (the one whose name is also on the beer). THIS Sam Adams was an award-win-
ning sportswriter/columnist for the Rocky Mountain News (and clean-up hitter/first baseman for the News Hounds softball team). He was a sports analyst on News4. As you found out in his book, he has gained advice from some of the greats of sports and entertainment, and as a stand-up, has traveled the country. He doesn’t dwell on his past, though – even when it includes firsts, such as first-stand-up comic to headline a show in the Brighton Armory:
See Sam Adams, Page 3
Inside The Banner this week Author, author
The annual 9HealthFair will return to Platte Valley Medical Center on April 26, with free and low-cost screening. – Page 3
Not so ‘Divergent’
Divergent, a new movie based on some Young Adult
Books, doesn’t differ enough from The Hunger Games. – Page 8
Also:
Letter ..................................... 2 Calendar ................................. 4 Bravo ...................................... 5 Obituaries ............................. 7 Sports ..................................... 8
Don’t miss: Comedy night at the Armory – See story above
Ashley Contreras to play at Pratt. – Page 5
By Lou Ellen Bromley for The Banner “The city of Brighton has a rich history with the gas and oil companies and is working closely with them during the four-month suspension that Brighton City Council approved at the March 4 meeting,” said Kristen Chernosky, Public Information Manager for the city of Brighton. She was responding late last week to a question about a boycott of Brighton businesses by gas and oil companies. The city wants to keep open communications between Brighton city government and gas and oil industry,” Chernosky said. The boycott of local Brighton businesses by the gas and oil companies working around the area was brought to the attention of the City Council by Jared Whiteside, owner of Whiteside's Boots at 855 East Bridge St. Whiteside told the council he had been informed by Halliburton Energy Services that because of the four-month suspension on permits for gas and oil drilling imposed by Brighton, they have canceled any contracts for supplies with Whiteside’s. He said he was also told by Halliburtion that other gas and oil companies are being encouraged to no longer use any Brighton businesses. He said it had a signifianct effect on his business because it supplies work boots and clothing for employees of Halliburton. Chernosky said Brighton is working to update the ordinances that govern gas and oil drilling in the city and surrounding areas and that work involved with that goal is right on schedule. “We are working on regulations to protect our aquifers and water supply,” she said.