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e 2023 Canine on the Creek was a win-win-win. Families participated in a 5K or 1-mile walk together along Clear Creek on a beautiful May morning in Dumont. Dogs happily joined their owners for the run or walk along
Clear Creek teachers ask for professional salaries
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Clear Creek teachers are imploring the school board to provide them with a living wage, so they can a ord to continue doing what they love and live in the area where they teach.
At the May 16 board meeting, representatives from the Clear Creek County Education Association, which is the teachers union, said if the school board really believed in attracting and retaining the best educators, then it needed to provide the necessary compensation to teachers and sta .
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e current wages don’t match statewide moves nor do they attract or honor educators’ long-standing positions in the district,” Rachel Richardson, a third-grade teacher at King-Murphy Elementary School, told the board.
e board is expected to approve the compensation package that district o cials and the CCCEA agree to at its meeting at 2 p.m. ursday, June 15, at Clear Creek High School.
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all three bills to help the state combat wildfires,
Polis signs 3 wildfire bills into law
Je co, Clear Creek o cials attend the ceremony
BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
County and re o cials from Je erson and Clear Creek counties watched Gov. Jared Polis sign three bills into law that will look at di erent facets of preparing for wild re.
Polis stopped by Inter-Canyon Fire’s Station 1 in Morrison on May 12 to sign bills that will:
• Establish a wild re resiliency code board to create rules that governing bodies in the wildland-urban
interface — including the Je erson County foothills and Clear Creek County — will adopt to harden homes to reduce wild re risk;
• Increase the number of state re investigators to four, rather than the one investigator it has now; and
• Provide funding to give high school students more information about career opportunities in forestry and wild re mitigation, and to provide community colleges with funding to create programs in wildland re prevention and mitigation.
“ ese bills are the product of a lot of work, and it’s been a pleasure
Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado
Week of May 15, 2023
Weather Observations for Georgetown, Colorado
Week of May 15, 2023
A local National Weather Service volunteer observer makes temperature and precipitation observations each day at about 8 a.m. at the Georgetown Weather Station. Wind observations are made at Georgetown Lake. “Max” and “Min” temperatures are from digital displays of a “MMTS” (“Maximum/Minimum Temperature System”); “Mean daily” temperature is the calculated average of the max and min. “Total Precipitation” is inches of rainfall plus melted snow. “Snowfall” is inches of snow that accumulated during the preceding 24 hours. T = Trace of precipitation. NR = Not Reported. “Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake” is the velocity in miles per hour and the time of the maximum wind gust that occurred during the 24 hours preceding the observation time. Historic data are based on the period of record for which statistical data have been compiled (about 54 years within the period 1893-2022). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set.
A local National Weather Service volunteer observer makes temperature and precipitation observations each day at about 8 a.m. at the Georgetown Weather Station. Wind observations are made at Georgetown Lake. “Max” and “Min” temperatures are from digital displays of a “MMTS” (“Maximum/Minimum Temperature System”); “Mean daily” temperature is the calculated average of the max and min. “Total Precipitation” is inches of rainfall plus melted snow. “Snowfall” is inches of snow that accumulated during the preceding 24 hours. T = Trace of precipitation. NR = Not Reported. “Peak wind gust at Georgetown Lake” is the velocity in miles per hour and the time of the maximum wind gust that occurred during the 24 hours preceding the observation time. Historic data are based on the period of record for which statistical data have been compiled (about 54 years within the period 1893-2022). Any weather records noted are based on a comparison of the observed value with the historical data set.
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At the May 16 meeting, school board members did not respond to the teachers’ comments, though the board met in a closed meeting to continue to discuss teacher and sta wages.
e CCCEA was formed in 2019 to work to improve salaries for teachers and sta in the school district. Each year for the last several years, teachers have come to the school board to ask for salaries that re ect their professionalism and value to the district.
Superintendent Karen Quanbeck said the bargaining teams from the school district and the CCCEA have agreed on changes to the salary schedule, which includes more salary increases — called step increases — for each year a teacher is in the district and more entry points on the salary schedule. ose changes will cost the district about $500,000, she said, and the district still hopes to be able to a ord cost-of-living increases.
“I feel really good about that work,” she said.
In the 2022-23 school year in Clear Creek, a teacher with a bachelor’s degree and no teaching experience earned $41,322, while the starting salary in Je co Public Schools was $50,000. e district has made salary increases a priority since 2016-17,
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when a teacher with a bachelor’s degree and no experience had a starting salary of $32,000.
A point of contention is how much money the school district has in its reserves that teachers say could be put toward salaries. Union o cials also say the district consistently overbudgets and underspends and a more realistic budget would provide more money for compensation.
“We can no longer sustain the -
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nancial sacri ces,” Richardson said. “We choose to prioritize working at CCSD over taking care of our own families’ livelihoods.”
Pauline Fisher, a King-Murphy kindergarten teacher, talked about the turnover in sta , especially at the end of the school year at Clear Creek High School and Middle School.
“How do we ensure a cohesive learning environment with so much turnover?” she asked. “ e reality is
we cannot attract and retain the best educators without better compensation. … It looks like you are not sincere (about improving compensation) when you prioritize spending in other areas.”
Counselor Brian Tracey, who is the CCCEA president, told the board:
“ e CCCEA rmly believes we have shown you that you have the ability (to increase compensation). Now we hope you have the will.”
Chalee and Ryan Domingos check out their prize for winning best dog and owner costumes at Canine on the Creek on May 20. The two humans and two pups dressed up in celebration of dog Bronx’s birthday.
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costume contests. Plus there were vendors, an agility course, food and camaraderie galore.
Some of the dogs participating in the run/walk had been rescued from Charlie’s Place.
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Canines of all shapes and sizes got their exercise on May 20 during the 11th annual event and competed in
For more information about Charlie’s Place, including details about how to volunteer, adopt or donate, visit https://charliesplaceshelter. weebly.com.
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Mount Evans Scenic Byway, Guanella Pass: e Mount Evans Scenic Byway and Guanella Pass are set to open for the season on Friday, May 26, weather permitting.
Friday Matinee: Children can watch “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile” from 12:30-2:30 p.m. May 26 at the John Tomay Memorial Library in Georgetown.
races starting at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 28, in Idaho Springs.
Enduro Mountain Bike Event: Team Evergreen will host an Enduro Mountain Bike event on May 31, June 7, 21, 28 and July 5 at Floyd Hill Open Space. For more information, visit www.teamevergreen.org/ oyduro.
Learning experience for teens: GripTape, a nonpro t that o ers young people ages 14–19 control to design a 10-week learning experience, up to $500 to pursue this learning, and a champion to support them, is accepting applications. GripTape has a unique focus in rural Colorado and aims to support 200 youth in small towns across the state in May. Learn more about the program and applying at www.griptape. org.
Cemetery cleanup: Mill Creek Valley Historical Society is hosting a cemetery cleanup from 9-11:30 a.m. June 3.
2-5 p.m. at Guanella Pass Brewery, 501 Rose St., Georgetown. For more information, visit ClearCreekRotary. org.
Camps: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice’s Camp Comfort for children 6-12 who have lost a loved one will be June 16-18 and July 7-9 at the Rocky Mountain Village Easter Seals Camp, 2644 Alvarado Road, Empire. Cost is free for all children thanks to donors, but a $25 deposit is required per child to hold their spot. Visit campcomfort.org for more information and to register.
Clear Creek County burro races: Clear Creek County will have 17th annual burro races starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 27, in Georgetown, and the 20th annual burro
Rip It at the River Golf Tournament: Clear Creek Rotary 2000 is hosting the Rip It at the River Golf Tournament on Friday, June 9, at Keystone River Golf Resort, 155 River Course Drive, Keystone. Registration starting at 7:30 a.m., with a shotgun start beginning at 9 a.m. Lunch and awards will be from
Slacker Half Marathon: e Slacker Half Marathon, Relay and 4-Mile Races will be June 24 starting at Loveland Ski Area and ending in downtown Georgetown. e course includes dirt and paved roads, leading participants through beautiful wetlands, natural waterfalls, stunning views of the Continental Divide and historic mining remnants. Register at slackerhalfmarathon.com.
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Mount Evans Hill Climb: e Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb, sponsored by Team Evergreen, will be July 8. rough the proceeds of the Bob Cook Memorial Hill Climb, Team Evergreen has donated $3 million to local nonpro ts including Bicycle Colorado, Colorado Mountain Bike Association, Special Olympics, Boy Scouts and more. For more information and to register, visit www.bicyclerace.com.
Georgetown Plein Air Event: e sixth annual Georgetown Plein Air art event will be July 28-29 in
to help shepherd them through the legislature,” state Sen. Lisa Cutter, who represents District 20 that includes Evergreen, told the group that gathered for the bill signing.
“Any time the state puts more money into re response is a good thing,” Inter-Canyon Fire Chief Skip Shirlaw added.
For Dan Gibbs, executive director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, anything the state can do to avert wild re is important.
“We are one lightning strike, one drought season and one unattended re away from a catastrophic wildre,” he noted.
Hardening homes to reduce wildfire risk
Clear Creek Commissioner Randy
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Wheelock said while Clear Creek County already has e ective reresiliency codes for structures, it was important for all jurisdictions to have strong codes.
“Wild res don’t stop at the border of Clear Creek County,” Wheelock said. “ at means the quality with which homes are built will help not only save homes but help stop the spread of con agrations. is is a big
Cutter added that a uniform code for structures would help protect the state in the long run, addressing wild re threats that are increasing
Increasing state fire investigators
Having more state re investigators is important, especially for small re districts, North Fork Fire Chief Curt Rogers said, noting that some re departments don’t have investigators, so they rely on the state
investigator.
e new law ensures the state has more capacity and resources to do the investigations, added Rep. Tammy Story, who represents District 25 including Evergreen and Conifer.
More re investigators statewide who can help gure out why res occur will provide more data, so the state can do whatever it can to stop them, Cutter said.
Education and recruitment
Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, who represents District 17 in eastern Boulder County, said she wanted to support the next generation to do forestry and wild re mitigation work.
Cutter added: “If we don’t have people to do the work, we are all in trouble. Everyone tells us they need more people on the ground, and these programs will help with that.”
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downtown Georgetown. e event includes a Quick Draw in historic downtown. e exhibit and sale will run through Aug. 13. Artists can register at www.eventbrite.com/e/ plein-air-2023-artist-registrationtickets-466470875947.
Rapidgrass Bluegrass Festival: e Rapidgrass Bluegrass Festival will be Aug. 4-5 at the Shelly/ Quinn ball elds in Idaho Springs. Friday night is free, though a limited number of tickets are available. Early-bird tickets for Saturday’s event are $25 until June 1. For more information, visit rapidgrassfestival. com.
Georgetown to Idaho Springs
Half-Marathon: e 45th annual Georgetown to Idaho Springs HalfMarathon will be Aug. 12, hosted by the Clear Creek Booster Club that supports high school and middle school students. Register at www. gtishalf.com.
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Blue Spruce Habitat volunteers needed: Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers. A variety of opportunities and exible schedules are available on new con-
struction sites as well as for exterior minor home repairs. No previous construction experience needed. Contact volunteer@bluesprucehabitat.org for information.
Walk-in vaccine clinics: Walkin vaccine clinics for adults and children needing u and other vaccines are available from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays at the Clear Creek Health and Wellness Center, 1969 Miner St., Idaho Springs. No appointments required for the vaccines, though you can pre-register by calling 303-670-7528.
Resilience1220 counseling: Young people 12 to 20can get free counseling through an Evergreen-based organization called Resilience1220. Comprised of licensed therapists, Resilience1220 serves individuals and groups in the foothills including Clear Creek County. ey also facilitate school and community groups to build life skills in wellness and resilience among youth. For more information or to schedule a counseling session, visit R1220.org, email Resilience1220@ gmail.com or call 720-282-1164.
Clear Creek Rotary 2000 meetings: Clear Creek Rotary 2000 meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Marion’s of the Rockies. 2805 Colorado Blvd., Idaho Springs. For more information, email loe er806@comcast.net.
Guns have changed everything, especially childhood
Ilearned to shoot on the family ranch, as ranch kids are wont to do. My gun education was furthered at a Catholic summer camp, and I still have my paper target proving my marksmanship. Hunter safety classes, and calm, clear-eyed common sense. is was the rural approach to guns I grew up with.
en it’s a story we all know: Guns became politicized. Polarized. Lobby-ized. Humans are good at inventing things, so guns got more militarized as they turned into weapons of mass destruction. Our laws, sadly, didn’t keep up, because humans can also move quite slowly.
en, I had children, and suddenly, active-shooter drills were part of their curriculum. And then, on Valentine’s Day 2018, parents across Fort Collins, Colorado, received emails informing us that our children had been in a lockdown drill at roughly the same time that 17 children were being killed in Florida.
My brain fritzed out with confusion: Here a drill, but in Florida, children were being mowed down. Relief, and yet also great grief. Other mothers were getting di erent news.
My kids came home, stunned, and recounted their drill instructions,
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which included advice such as: “If you must ght to save your life, ght with all your might, using anything within reach as a weapon.”
Yes, kids, please ght with all your might against a grownup with a semi-automatic.
What a sad curriculum. What a sad country. Many of us know this. Many of us keep saying the same thing over and over, and a few loud voices keep pushing back. Why even discuss interpretations of the murkily written Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, written at a time when muskets were the weapon of the day? Some conversations aren’t worth having. What I am interested in is brainstorming real solutions — with likeminded people who also felt a real crack in their hearts every day that innocent people are mowed down, which, it seems, is nearly every day. A day without a shooting now seems the exception.
It strikes me that besides gun zealotry or idolatry, the other tragedy here is our seeming unwillingness to act. Really act. Act like grownups.
My daughter and her friends helped organize a walkout to protest gun violence, which spread to other schools. Kids poured out of the high schools and toward the town center, and parents rode their bikes or walked alongside — especially near the coal-rolling trucks lled with counter-protesters that heckled them from the roads.
is was the rst act of civil disobedience for most, borne out of a mix of desperation and courage.
Even as the kids gathered to pass the mic and speak, my heart was sunk even lower. Why? I knew what you know: Nothing would really change. Not until the adults of this country protested seriously, left work, took to the streets. e students protested, marched, wrote letters, made calls, and I watched, knowing. Adults wouldn’t go the distance. ere’s not enough will.
It’s ironic: I grew up with guns, but my salient memory of childhood was peaceful summer walks through a green eld, carrying a .22 to go practice shooting. Tragically, that is not true for youngsters today. ey might not shoot as much, but they’re the ones forced by our irresponsibility and inaction to have it forefront in their minds and hearts.
So, solutions. I celebrate Moms
Demand Action, a group founded by a mother of ve right after the Sandy Hook tragedy, based on her belief that all Americans should do more to reduce gun violence. No group has “risen so far, so fast, in uencing laws, rattling major corporations, and provoking vicious responses from hardcore gun rights activists,” according to Mother Jones.
Although I’m all for background checks and safety locks, these seem like tiny bandages on a gaping wound. e big thing we can do is ban assault weapons immediately, and, even more importantly, elect gun-sensible politicians who don’t take NRA money.
If not Moms Demand Action, there is the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and Gun Owners for Safety. All these groups need people willing to spend some time calling legislators, step up, protest. People like you. People who believe in common sense. People who believe in childhood.
Laura Pritchett is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonpro t dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. She is the author of several novels and nonction books and directs a program in nature writing at Western Colorado University.
A man got on the bus and sat down only to observe a woman, several seats ahead, violently striking a child. After a short amount of time, he couldn’t resist and jumped up to stop her. Upon forcibly grabbing her arm, she yelled out “a bee, a bee is stinging my child!”
As we grow in age, we make thousands of decisions, and those collectively become our viewpoints of the world. is individual form of reality is projected into our environment and this story is a perfect example of that. e reality that the man thought was there was not, and as he was conditioned to help children, he jumped to the rescue of a situation that didn’t exist. e fascist concept of governing artfully projects a created reality into the masses. It tells them what they most likely want to hear, which is what will motivate them to follow the leader that supports it. Crowd mentality is far easier to control as it is also a herd mentality. Crowds are easily led because the desire to belong to it is greater than the questioning of the reality injected into the crowd. Individuals of the crowd feel they are given permission when anyone else yells out an instruction. ey do things they would
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normally not do as an individual.
America has become a country of crowds that are easy to lead. ey will follow the rallying cry toward any result, feeling free of any responsibility for the consequences of the results. e individuals of the crowd are justi ed in their behaviors as it is supported by the herd they belong to. Strangely, if it’s artfully done, behaviors, driven by emotion, cannot be countered by logic, statistics or the underlying true reality of the situation.
While the bee was indeed stinging the child, all of the crowd members feel that they are the “man in the seat” and are always justi ed in their actions, no matter what the results. Commitment to the herd is a powerful control. e individuals believe that they cannot be wrong, even if evidence shows such a true reality. e woman will be subdued, and the child continuously stung, strictly because the crowd’s concept of their reality is greater than the underlying truth. As far as everyone else in the bus? Well, that crowd just looks the other way and hopes things get better.
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Are you stuck in a cycle of stress and anxiety?
Iwas talking recently to a business owner at an entrepreneur networking event. He shared that he had been struggling with severe anxiety. I asked him why he hadn’t picked up the phone to call—at least to chat casually over what might be the source of his anxiety. He smiled. “It was pride,” he said. “I was too proud to reach out.”
Our conversation signaled something important. Does seeking mental health help carry a stigma? Do you experience the shame of thinking, if you need help with your mental health you feel weak or be seen as incapable and undependable, something that can damage your reputation, and potentially as an entrepreneur, your business?
I did a little digging — here are some of my ndings:
e stigma surrounding mental health and treatment is diminishing.
Societal stigma and the move to hide your desire to seek help is one of the biggest barriers to actually taking action to relieve and shift chronic anxiety and stress.
If you have anxiety or compounding stressors, you may feel like the stigma will a ect your ability to get a job, your access to healthcare and insurance coverage for treatment or your acceptance in society as a whole. Here’s some good news — the New York Times recently published these statistics:
In 2021, 42 million people sought mental health care, up 27 million from 2002. Americans now see mental health care as reliable and a signi cant part of cultivating a better life for themselves and their families. More and more it is considered a part of a wholesome life, like having a gym membership or going shing.
Progress is being made in the field of mental health.
Stress and anxiety operate on a spectrum. When you’re challenged by either or both, it’s often due to a number of contributing factors and conditions not just one source. Your stressors are not going to be exactly the same as your friends’ or family members’. Friendly advice is wellintentioned, but most of the time does not help you work through and
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resolve the latent sources of your stress and anxiety. is is because what works for your sister or work colleague may have nothing to do with what is at the core of your anxiety.
On top of this, stress and anxiety can be treated in di erent ways at di erent stages in your life. When you commit to your mental wellbeing you have a real opportunity to unlearn the belief systems you have about how much the mental, emotional and physical parts of yourself depend upon each other for your wellbeing and capacity to thrive.
There are more opportunities for treatment and support.
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, there are more opportunities for treatment and support than ever before. ere are also new treatments available, as well as support groups and other programs designed to help you with challenging anxiety and stress manage your symptoms and recover from trauma in your life — so you are living a more productive and ful lling life. ere is no one-size- ts-all solution for managing these issues, so it’s important to seek out appropriate interventions that work best for you.
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Nothing changes until something changes, and avoiding your pain is like putting a band-aid on a severed limb. Give yourself the gift of owning that you are struggling and take a look at what services are available to you. Make appointments with a few mental health professionals whose approaches t your needs.
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Jeanne Greer
March 5, 1932 - May 12, 2023
Jeanne N. Greer, age 91, passed away in Cheyenne, WY. ough born in Texas, Jeanne called Idaho Springs, CO her home for 47 years where she lived in her beautiful 150-yearold Victorian house. Living in the mountains brought her so much joy. She loved gardening, took great pride in her yard, and could always be found sitting on one of the swings on her wrap around porch with a cup of co ee and her cat in her lap,
welcoming anyone who stopped by to say hello. A huge animal lover, with cats being especially dear to her, she enjoyed volunteering at Charlie’s Animal Shelter in Dumont (and feeding any strays that wandered onto her porch). After a decline in health, she moved to Wyoming in order to be closer to her daughter. She was an unforgettable neighbor in her community who will be dearly missed by all.
A 70s love story from Casa Bonita
Former cli diver reflects before restaurant reopening
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It was the 1970s: a time when “dinner and a show” could mean just about anything. And Casa Bonita on West Colfax Avenue in Lakewood was one of those just-about-anything places.
It could seat up to 1,100 patrons, entertaining them while they waited on their food.
e restaurant, expected to soon reopen following a major renovation by new owners and “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, doubled as a kind of circus back then.
Michael Romero of Denver remembers it all. He was a cli diver and performer at the restaurant from 1975 to 1981. He made $10 an hour — a pretty penny those days — and he was young, and got to do what he loved. Not only that, he found something greater: meeting Dawn, the love of his life, on the cli s he jumped o of.
“She was the rst girl they hired as a diver when they opened up,”
Romero said. “She was so beautiful. I thought she was out of my league when I rst met her, even though I was a bit of a stud myself. I saw her on the cli , and apparently she was looking for me, too.”
It was the day after Halloween, 1975. Romero had been a collegiate diver and gymnast at Memphis State University, and was invited to be an entertainer at Casa Bonita based on his reputation. Dawn was a standout diver and gymnast at Arvada West High School, where she coached the men’s diving team after graduating.
Casa Bonita was run by an entertainment manager formerly from the Ringling Bros. Circus, Romero explained, who was a trapeze ier and gymnast, at the time. Funny enough, the manager and Romero had connections in common, leading to his quick hiring.
But when Romero got hired, he said he was expected to do a bit more than diving and gymnastics. During his tenure, he’d have to make some costume changes, too.
“ e original entertainment manager, he and his wife were the typical circus family. ey lived in this big truck-mounted camper and they traveled with the circus,” Romero said. “We all had to learn how to juggle re clubs. ere was a gun
Spring is in full swing, bringing many folks around Colorado out of the doldrums of winter with the promise of outdoor recreation.
For folks who aren’t fans of “traditional sports” — think baseball, basketball, football, soccer — there are plenty of unique, exciting alternatives throughout the Centennial State. From roller skating to parkour, there is no shortage of variety in Colorado’s recreation options.
Roller skating, roller hockey and roller derby
Roller sports are alive and well in Colorado. Folks have quite a few options for activities revolving around wheeled feet; from roller skating to roller hockey to roller derby, there is no shortage of options.
Roller skating lovers have a plethora of skate
parks in the metro area and can get all of their gear — and some lessons — from the newlyopened Denver Skates Shop in Arvada. e store provides ttings and skating lessons for folks ranging from novices to experienced park skaters.
Brina Wyss, a sales associate and coach at Denver Skates Shop, said that roller sports experienced a surge in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic that’s since died down, but has nonetheless roughly doubled the community’s size.
“I think there was a big surge in interest in wheels and skating during the pandemic, but it was a trend” Wyss said. “I people had a lot of spare time and were looking for something active to do. e community has de nitely grown at least twice as much during the pandemic.”
Wyss participates in roller derby, which is played at the professional and recreational level
‘A lot of people do (skating)
for joy and exercise. I do it as a way to escape, and it’s also a great way of community meeting.’
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in Colorado. Wyss said the competitive nature and team atmosphere of roller derby came to be a replacement for volleyball, which she played competitively growing up.
“A lot of people do (skating) for joy and exercise,” Wyss said. “I do it as a way to escape, and it’s also a great way of community meeting.”
Denver Roller Derby operates a large number of recreational and traveling teams and has opportunities for new players.
Folks looking for a non-contact alternative to ice hockey might nd roller hockey appealing — Skate City operates rinks in Arvada, Westminster and Littleton that o er roller skating and hockey, while Rocky Mountain Roller Hockey operates youth and adult leagues out of the Foothills Fieldhouse in Lakewood, and the Parker Fieldhouse also hosts youth and adult roller hockey.
Ultimate frisbee/ disc golf
Frisbee sports have come into favor in Colorado recently — a semiprofessional ultimate frisbee team kicked o their inaugural season in Golden this month — with two main ways to play.
Ultimate frisbee resembles American football in that teams
must complete passes in an end zone to score points. As the name suggests, disc golf resembles “traditional” golf, but is played with a disk instead of a ball.
e Denver Summer Ultimate League is the oldest ultimate frisbee competition in the state, and just nished registration for its 2023 season.
Disc golf fans may nd more frequent playing options. In Arvada, the Johnny Roberts Disc Golf
Course and Birds Nest Disc Golf Course both operate at city parks.
Colorado Christian University operates a disc golf course in Lakewood, and Foothills Parks and Recreation operates the Fehringer Ranch Disc Golf Course in Morrison.
For those looking for a more secluded experience, the Wondervu Disc Golf Course in Golden is considered to be one of the most scenic — and challenging — courses around.
Parkour
According to gym owner Lorin Ball, the de nition of parkour is simple: “Using environment to get from point A to point B in the most e cient way possible.”
Ball is the owner of Flow Vault, a parkour and ninja warrior — yes, American Ninja Warrior — training gym in ornton. Flow Vault opened in 2008 and o ers classes to people ages 5 and up. His gym has even graduated some ninja warriors to the popular NBC show.
“It’s a full curriculum, similar to that of gymnastics, where you have di erent levels of progressions,” Ball said. “We’re training people to be more intentional with their movement and apply that to other sports or physical activities that they do.”
Other parkour gyms in the area include APEX Denver, Path Movement in Littleton and Ninja Intensity in Parker.
Aerial Adventures
Finally, Colorado has no shortage of arial adventure options. Ropes courses and adventure parks are plentiful in the Centennial State and are often and family-friendly way to recreate uniquely.
e Colorado Adventure Center is based in Idaho Springs, e EDGE Ziplines and Adventures is in Castle Rock, and the Treehouse Adventure Park is based in Bailey.
ght. I was a stuntman as well.” at meant he had to wear cowboy hats and all kinds of out ts. One act was Romero’s favorite. In a King Kong-ish reenactment, he’d don a gorilla suit. In the act, he would throw a woman o one of the cli s, into the water below, and then jump in after her.
“I’m the only man in the world that can say he got to dress up in a gorilla suit at Casa Bonita and throw his wife o a cli , and still be married to her 46 years later,” he said, laughing. e two married in 1977 and had their son, Zachary, in 1978.
Romero is now looking at the past — Casa Bonita’s reputation for good times, but bland, but “not horrible,” food — with a heavy heart. He’s excited about the reopening to see if the great parts of the restaurant are preserved and other parts are better than before, but it will be a bittersweet return. Dawn passed away a few weeks ago.
“It was such a storybook story. My wife was really just the sweetest thing. Absolutely stunning. Captured the whole room,” he said.
After her diving days, she became a third-grade teacher at Stedman Elementary School in Denver’s Park Hill for 35 years, where she a ected countless lives.
“She was so, so good at her job.
at’s probably the thing she’ll be remembered for the most. She’s so loved in the Park Hill community. She taught in the same classroom for 35 years,” he said.
He and his family will return when it opens and he’s anxious to see what it turns out to be, even though “everyone is worried it will become a ‘South Park’ amusement park,” or something.
Romero hopes for the best. He’s curious about claims the menu will improve, and hopes the entertainment talent gets paid what they’re worth, like he did during his time there.
e exact reopening date is still to be determined, though the restaurant has promoted a “Grand Reopening” in May.
He was excited to return with Dawn to the place that gave them the best gift of all: a lifetime of memories, a love story, and a family to carry it on.
“She always said it was love at rst sight. She went home and called her aunt or grandma and said she met the man she was going to marry, before we even went on a date,” Romero said. “We’ve always taken people there. We were de nitely going to be back. We feel like we’re part of the history there.”
When Romero goes to see the improved Casa Bonita, he’ll be thinking of Dawn.
“It’s really bittersweet right now because she really wanted to go,” Romero said.
Allie Westfall Conifer High School
I am president of Conifer high school’s green team, called Keep Conifer Green, as well as my National Honors Society for Dance Arts chapter at my dance studio. I am also working at Rocky Mountain Wraps in Conifer and as a dance teacher of aerial fabrics. Next year I will be attending UCLA for environmental science and hope to continue to be involved in sustainable living there.
What is the most enduring memory from your high school career?
One of my most enduring memories from being in high school was of one of my nal days in AP chemistry during my junior year. With my teacher, Mr. Bunnell, we tie-dyed shirts and made soap bubbles that could be lit on re. Mr. Bunnell, as well as many of my other teachers at Conifer, have created amazing memories to take with me onto the next chapter of my life and I don’t think I could have made it through high school without them.
Talk about your role in society going forward. What issues do feel drawn to address post-graduation and how do you plan to do that?
I have always been drawn towards the environment and feel that it is necessary for me, and my generation as a whole, to address the climate crisis and the vast a ects it will have on everyone. Going into environmental science, I hope to nd my niche in helping the planet whether that’s in renewable energy, reforestation, environmental policy, or any other helpful topic.
Where do you see yourself in 20 years?
In 20 years I see myself working for a company helping to raise awareness of climate change as well as help society to transition to a carbonnegative way of living. No matter where I am living I want to in uence those around me to be better, more climate conscience people.
Congratulations to our 2023 Seniors
An original Casa Bonita server reminisces about the Pink Palace
BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Lakewood native Karen Rensink
remembers Casa Bonita from the other side of the pass bar. She was one of the original servers when the restaurant opened in 1974.
“I was a sophomore at Bear Creek High School in 1974 when the Denver location of Casa Bonita was opening,” Rensink said. “ ere was so much buzz about the ‘Pink Palace’ and every high schooler in that area was lining up to apply for work there...me included. e only problem was that I was still only 15 and too young to be employed.”
Rensink had a workaround for that.
“Back then, all that was needed to ‘appear’ to be 16 was the possession of a Social Security number, which I, fortunately, had since birth due to a gift of stocks from my grandfather,” she said. “I ashed that card and bam, I was part of the inaugural
class.”
Rensink said all the employees were brought in for training before the restaurant o cially opened.
“When we went for interviews, it wasn’t even nished yet on the inside,” she said. “
Rensink described the process as mechanical and very structured from taking orders to delivering food to customers.
“You give your order to the cashier. She’d call it into the back kitchen.
ey’d start preparing and it’s a total assembly line preparation situation,” Rensink said.
e food eventually made it to the serving windows where the waitresses were waiting.
“ ere were two windows — there was one for the Mexican side and the one for the American food side.
ey’d throw the food on your trays,” Rensink said.
She added that someone like a “seater” would seat the person and the waitress would bring the trays of
food.
Diners used a mini pole ag to request drinks and food re lls — some of their meals were all-you-can-eat. As a waitress, Rensink’s job was to carry trays, watch for raised ags and to bring re lls.
She took on a few di erent roles in the restaurant.
“I started o working as a seater, then a waitress and after dropping a couple of trays, I switched to the line in the kitchen,” she said.
She explained that the oors were tile and slippery, and Casa Bonita was a large place. ese elements combined with the fast pace and lower pay made Rensink rethink her initial role.
“I probably worked maybe six months out on the oor, and then I switched to the back kitchen because it paid more per hour,” she said.
But, the back kitchen had its own challenges.
“It was hotter than hell back there,
a crazy fast pace…but it paid a few dollars more an hour than the cushy oor jobs,” she said. “I was rolling in the dough for a kid my age and spent it all on gas for my car and clothes from e Stage and Fashion Bar.” Resink also shed a little light on the reason why the food was so infamous.
One issue was some of the food was frozen, like the enchiladas.
“You had to report to the kitchen at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday mornings to make enchiladas for the week,” she said. “We’d make hundreds and hundreds.”
Rensink describes an assembly line where the employees would line up, each with ingredients. She would spend the morning stu ng, rolling and placing enchiladas into pans. e pans would go into what Rensink called “the big refrigeration thing,” where they stayed until someone ordered one.
Rensink added that the tamales were from cans. She admitted to eating from the American food side during most of her tenure at the restaurant.
“ ey had a fried sh. Who knows what part of the sh it was,” she said.
“But it was really delicious. It had a coating on it and a grilled pineapple ring on top. By and large, that’s what we lived on.”
Looking back on her tenure at Casa Bonita, Rensink said she has good memories.
“It was a great place to work with
so many of my friends employed there,” she said. “ ere was always an after-work party somewhere. It has been fun being an alum and nding out that friends I have made as an adult also worked there as their rst job. An instant bonding experience. Some of them even met their future spouses on the job.”
Rensink said she “can’t wait for the
new incarnation of Casa Bonita to open.”
Stay tuned to the Je co Transcript for news on the opening of Casa Bonita. ose with stories and photos of the old Casa Bonita should send them to Jo Davis at jdavis@colordaocommunitymedia.com.
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AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PERMIT SYSTEM FOR OPEN BURNING OF SLASH PILES IN UNINCORPORATED CLEAR CREEK COUNTY BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY OF CLEAR CREEK, COLORADO
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Henderson Operations, whose location is multiple section portions in Township 2 and 3 South, Ranges 77 and 78 West, has filed an application for an Amendment to its approved Reclamation Permit No. M-1977-342 with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board) under provisions of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act. The Amendment proposes to increase the affected land boundary at the Henderson Mill in Grand County by 224 acres.
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