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Suspect in doctor’s slaying ruled competent Kevin Lyons is accused of killing physician who lived next door By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com
Colorado Air National Guard Lt. Col. Mitchell Neff lands an F-16, nicknamed “The Fighting Falcon,” at Aviation Career Day at Centennial Airport on June 14. “It’s like a race car,” he said of the fighter aircraft. Photos by Alex DeWind
Event gives wings to dreams About 150 people attend career day at Centennial Airport
By Alex DeWind adewind@coloradocommunitymedia.com Mike Straka has a Ph.D. in biochemistry and calls himself a “trained scientist.” But his career path changed when he became chair of the Colorado Aviation Business Association about five years ago. “When you’re flying,” said Straka,
who’s had his pilot’s license for 10 years, “you’re in control of the plane. You can go wherever you want.” Straka, of Denver, coordinated the first Aviation Career Day at Centennial Airport on June 14 to spark public interest in the flight industry. The Colorado Aviation Business Association (CABA) had its first iteration in 1994 as the Centennial Airport Business Association, created to advocate for aviation businesses in and around the airport. Over time, the group fizzled into a quarterly pilot’s lunch. Aviation continues on Page 8
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Matthew Bradford, 2/135 Aviation Battalion, who serves in the Colorado Army National Guard, sits on a UH-60 Black Hawk at Centennial Airport’s first Aviation Career Day.
Arapahoe grad prepares for Naval Academy
Arapahoe High School graduate Alex Jackson is headed off to the United States Naval Academy later this month, where she will play soccer. Photo by W. Patrick Lanius
Alex Jackson will play soccer at Annapolis before serving in military By Kyle Harding kharding@coloradocommunitymedia.com While her friends are preparing to head off to college, Alex Jackson is as well — but she’s going to a different type of school. On June 26, the 2016 Arapahoe High School graduate will head east for “Plebe Summer,” which will prepare her for her first year at the United States Naval Academy. Soccer continues on Page 8
A Centennial man accused of shooting his neighbor to death and wounding two others, including his own wife, has been ruled competent to stand trial following an evaluation at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo. Kevin Lee Lyons, 46, is facing charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with the April 4 shooting that killed Dr. Kenneth Atkinson and injured Elizabeth Lyons and Laurie Lyons Juergens. Lyons was ordered by Judge Carlos Samour Jr. to undergo the mental-competency evaluation during an April 18 hearing. The evaluation was received by the court on June 14 and Samour ruled that Lyons can stand trial during a June 20 hearing. In contrast to earlier hearings, in which he interrupted the proceedings and said his public defenders did not represent him, Lyons was subdued at the hearing and only to spoke to answer questions from Samour. Lyons continues on Page 8
BLUE, RED AND PURPLE
Three of Colorado’s largest counties, Adams, Arapahoe and Jefferson, have more unaffiliated active, registered voters than Democratic or Republican active, registered voters. As the June 28 primary election approaches, the same is true of the state itself. The following is a look at the active-voter registration figures in some Denver metro area counties and in Colorado as of June 1:
COUNTY
DEMOCRAT
REPUBLICAN
UNAFFILIATED
TOTAL
ADAMS
76,971
55,349
77,917
212,946
ARAPAHOE
109,856
101,132
112,637
327,665
DENVER
178,812
54,895
116,667
355,729
DOUGLAS
40,272
92,270
60,580
195,462
ELBERT
2,203
9,301
4,884
16,569
JEFFERSON
110,156
112,581
128,117
355,452
STATE
957,910
971,517
1,020,443
2,990,928
Note: The total includes third-party voters Source: Colorado Secretary of State’s Website, www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/VoterRegNumbers/VoterRegNumbers.html Graphic by Ben Wiebesiek
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