Fort Lupton Press 3
April 28, 2022
FREDERICK FROM PAGE 1
Wartner, who also pitches on the Warriors’ baseball team. “I joined because it was based on sports,” Wartner said. “I’ve done color commentary so far. I like to talk. I like to talk to new people. I was nervous at first, but it’s become routine now. I even did play by play of a basketball game.” Khloe Gould is not interested in being on the air. She’s more at home behind the scenes. “I’ve loved the class from the first day,” said the FHS freshman. “I’ve learned a lot .. how to set up a broadcast, how to take it down, how to set up a tripod, how to set up a stream. It’s a top priority.” Hayden Delier doesn’t want much to with the on-air piece either. But if it’s cameras, Delier is right there. “On-mic? No,” he said. “I’m not super comfortable with it. I’ve learned to tell a story and to get different angles. Our basketball team had a pretty good season (it made the Final Four for the first time since 1956). We were able to add more depthto our story by not making it about interviews but about the team as a whole.” Josh Bailey has done color commentary and play by play for basketball games this season. “I was nervous, thinking I was speaking in front of thousands of people,” Bailey said. “But I thought I could do it.” Wartner loves to talk sports. “But now, I’ve seen there is a deeper part of the game than what’s on the surface,” he said. “It’s given me the idea to go in and look at more teams’ stats.” “It’s easy to commit to this,” Gould said. “I really like the techie stuff, the bigger cameras. Games are the first priority.”
COUNCIL FROM PAGE 1
“We could not be successful” with this option, the staff notes said. Council’s vote was unanimous. Supplemental budget Council also unanimously approved a $1.9 million supplemental budget resolution, retroactive to Dec. 31. Financial Director Leann Perino said five funds — the street improvement sales tax fund, the cemetery fund, the stormwater drainage enterprise fund, the golf course enterprise fund, the utility wastewater enterprise fund — overspent their budgets last year. The amounts ranged from $120 to more than $1.5 million. Staff notes said approval means the expenses and end-of-year fund balances are correct and brings the balances back into line with state law. There was no discussion. Pickleball plans Council OK’d a proposal from Gerardo Concrete for the construction of two pickleball courts in Railroad Park. The capped cost is a bit more than $41,000, and the money comes from the culture, parks and recre-
Zach Wartner of Frederick High School helps prepare the opening for an upcoming FHS soccer broadcast.
Delier agreed. “I enjoy the camera work and the photography. I take a lot of pictures of our sports teams,” Delier said. “I run the live streams at the church I go to, so that translates to this well.” Exposure to other announcers Marisol said the class listened to audio recordings of several announcers, some of whom yell and scream and some of whom are quieter. One of the more frequent voices on those recordings is that of former Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully. He called Hank Aaron’s 715th career home run in 1974 – the record-breaker at the time – and then let the crowd roar ation sales tax fund. Doug Cook, the aquatics supervisor for the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, said the total cost for the courts -- including fencing -- totaled $55,000 and would come in under budget. Work could start as soon as mid-May. Subdivision improvement Council’s last expenditure approval — by another unanimous vote — involves an agreement for more than $1.6 million worth of subdivision improvements at the Cottonwood Greens subdivision near Ninth Street and College Avenue. Council OK’d the subdivision’s fourth planned urban development in November. The agreement calls for the construction of water, nonpotable water and sanitary sewer main extensions inside the fourth filing for the Cottonwood Greens subdivision. Public Works Director Roy Vestal said the contract also includes roadway construction, landscape and storm drainage improvement systems. it also includes money for the city to improve parts of Ninth Street on the southern edge of the development. Staff notes said the developer, Cottonwood Development Partners, has to construct certain public improvements as a condition of subdivision approval.
for more than 90 seconds without saying a word. “If you get a good call of a play, it makes a more memorable broadcast,” Bailey said. “I called a gamewinning play, and then I let the moment happen. I let the fans rush the court before I said anything else.” Career aspirations All four want to continue in their respective areas of interest in
PHOTO BY STEVE SMITH
broadcasting when that time comes. Delier was a bit more hesitant than the others. “How do I get in? Is the creative side what people want?” Delier asked. “The more I get into it, the more I can see doing this and some cinematography.” “I’d love to do something like this,” Gould said. “I want to get more in-depth with this, but I really enjoy it.”
