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CAPS IN THE AIR FOR BLUEDEVILS

Plugging orphaned oil wells

County, Hickenlooper discuss sealing abandoned drilling sites

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Beyond the rusting rigs and the pumps and tanks littered around the site, an abandoned oil well is pretty much indistinguishable from a working site.

It’s what exists under that equipment that has county o cials concerned.

“Every oil eld looks di erent,” Adams County Commissioner Lynn Baca said May 25 standing at an orphaned well site about 11 miles due east from Brighton’s Barr Lake. “ is particular one has some outbuildings and it can have lines in the ground. So mitigating that, cleaning it up, we estimate it will take about $150,000 per well to do that. So with 304 abandoned wells in Adams County, we can’t do that. It’s not fair to make the taxpayers carry that burden.” Adams County hosted a tour on May 25 of the well site in an unincorporated part of the county. Called the Greenmeier #9-30 site, it features a rusting wellhead and

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Fort Lupton class of 2023 graduates celebrate their end of the graduation ceremony May 27 by tossing their hats in the air. See more photos from the commencement ceremony on page 3.

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Sports camps open registrations

Registration for Skyhawks summer sports camps in Fort Lupton is open now.

Register at skyhawks.fun/fortlupton.

e program is o ering camps for basketball, ag football, pickleball, soccer and volleyball for kids six years old through -12 and minicamp for kids four-to-six-years old that combines baseball, basketball and soccer.

Skyhawks provides a non-competitive environment to teach sports to kids ages 4 to 14. Our goal is to give each child a positive introduction into sports and ensure they walk away with a smile on their face wanting to learn more. Since 1979, Skyhawks has taught over two million boys and girls life skills through sports.

Mays Memorial Fore Youth Benefit Golf Tournament June 9

e annual Jacobs Jon Mays Memorial Golf Tournament returns to Coyote Creek Golf Course June 9 to bene t local youth.

e tournament is a four-person scramble. After an 8 a.m. start, golfers will enjoy 18 holes with fun games and contests. ere’s also a pre-round breakfast, post-event lunch and prizes.

Individual registration is $140 per player and $455 per team. Registra-

tion includes green fees, cart and lunch. Sponsorships are available at a variety of price points, and include bene ts like tee-box advertising, team registration, promotional opportunities and more.

To register for the tournament and view a complete list of sponsorship opportunities, visit www.golfgenius.com/ggid/jmay23. If you can’t participate in the tournament, but want to lend your support, consider a monetary donation or an item for our ra e.

State youth council needs members

e Colorado legislature’s nonpartisan Colorado Youth Advisory Council has openings for new members across the state for the 2023-25 term.

e Youth Advisory Council is a statewide organization dedicated to youth-led civic service learning. Youth members lead policy committees that analyze issues and policies that impact youth across Colorado. Policy work can include making recommendations about current policies or advocating for new ones. Council members conduct research, write problem/solution statements, meet with subject matter experts, build relationships with legislators, and seek feedback from their peers and communities.

e Colorado Legislature created the youth advisory council in 2008

to give Colorado’s youth ages 14-19 a voice in lawmaking. Youth council members work each summer to propose policy ideas to a committee of legislators. Each summer, students present policy proposals to legislators. During the last two years, several policies the youth council identi ed became law, including increased crisis services, higher education programs for fostered youth, educational standards and e orts to prevent eating disorders.

Applications are due June 19. State organizers plan to host an informational session for applicants at 6 p.m. June 14. Find info at www. coyac.org/apply.

South Platte Historical Society is hosting summer at one-room school

Children can have fun experiencing pioneer living.

2001 Historic Parkway, Fort Lupton, CO

Session #2 June 12-14

Session #3 June 19-20

Go to www.spvhs and click Annual Events, Independent School for Flyer and Registration Form or contact LaVon lwatson@spvhs.org

LaVon Watson 720-273-3609

Splash pad

e city of Fort Lupton is searching for comments about and sponsorships for a new splash pad.

Sponsor funds will be used for the splash park and amenities. Call 303-857-6694

Donation time

e Fort Lupton Food & Clothing Bank is asking for donations of canned fruits and nuts, varieties of dry pasta and pasta dinners, peanut butter and canned meat such as tuna (including the pouches).

Other potential donations could include chicken, Vienna sausages, spam and salmon. e bank also needs personal items, such as toiletries and baby needs.

Drop o donations at the food and clothing bank’s back door, 421 Denver Ave., weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Call 303-8571096.

Walk with a doc

Platte Valley Medical Center’s cardiac rehab team and Walk With A Doc will host monthly walks with Dr. Christopher Cannon, an interventional cardiologist at Brighton Heart and Vascular Institute. is is a walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. After a few minutes to learn about a current health topic from the doctor, spend the rest of the hour enjoying a healthy walk and fun talk.

Blessings in a Bag

Fort Lupton’s Backpack Program helps school children in need with a backpack of healthy food. It’s an all-volunteer program and is in need of volunteers. If interested in volunteering or donating, call 303-7184440. Mail donations to Blessings in a Bag, 306 Park Ave., Fort Lupton 80621.

Drop-in child care

e Fort Lupton Recreation Center o ers drop-in child care from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and ursdays. Call 303-857-4200.

Fort Lupton senior lunches

Senior lunches are available at noon Mondays at the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. Sign up by noon the previous ursday. Call 303-857-4200, ext. 6166.

Co ee group

Fort Lupton’s weekly co ee group sessions are at 8 a.m. Wednesdays. Call 303-857-4200.

Silver Sneakers

Silver Sneaker Yoga is available Fridays from 9 to 9:45 a.m. and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the Fort Lupton recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave.

Water aerobics

e city’s water aerobics class meets from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays and ursdays at the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. Call 303-857-4200.

Ground-level ozone is invisible and the Front Range’s biggest air quality issue. Created from pollutants like car exhaust, ozone is a leading cause of respiratory problems.

Improving our air quality takes all of us, and there are many ways to help. We encourage you to #JustSkipTwo car trips a week, mow your lawn after 5 p.m., don’t idle your car, telework a few days each week, and take the bus, bike, or walk.

steps you can do to help.

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If you could see Colorado’s air, you would want to improve it.

Fort Lupton class of 2023 celebrates graduation

ates taking their steps into the world on Saturday, May 27.

Principal Doug Gordon gave an inspiring speech about the class’ history and student achievements. In Fort Lupton High School history, the class of 2023 is the 109th to graduate with more than 8,220 graduates

ers and a four-record winning season in 2013. e class

“We have students attending Ames Community College, the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State University, Colorado Mesa University and the Colorado School of Mines just to name a few and armed forces,” Gordon said.

Student peers created a tunnel with roses honoring graduates as they walked under the flowers.

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Alan Millan decorated his hat with his passion for architecture. He is going to Colorado State University at Greeley and majoring in civil engineering to become an architect

Students excited to receive their diplomas.

USS Colorado memorial opens

County celebrates new Veterans Memorial in Riverdale Park

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e near life-size replica of the USS Colorado at Riverdale Regional Park opened May 29 with a ribboncutting ceremony and an F-16 yover by the 120th wing from Buckley Space Force base.

County Commission Chair Steve O’Dorisio said the new memorial will honor the men and women that served to protect our nation, according to the news release. It’s a reminder of the extraordinary sacri ces those who serve made in the past and continue to make.

“It ignites a ame of valor and patriotism in the hearts of future generations. And it will be a beacon of hope, reminding us of our responsibility to uphold the principles and freedoms upon which this great nation was built,” O’Dorisio said. “And

by incorporating public art elements into the project, we can enrich the experience and pride of our constituents who use these amenities.”

Adams County Commissioners, Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, U.S. Navy Veteran Ken Jones – who served on the USS Colorado during

World War II – joined active-duty personnel, family and friends of veterans and community members for the ceremony.

e USS Colorado was built with marble monuments for each military branch. e entrance to the memorial features plaques of presidential quotes sandblasted into its structure and a story wall built from Adams County residents’ contributions and recollections about a soldier’s life. A concrete map in the entryway lists directions to all veteran’s memorials within Adams County.

“ e veterans memorial stands as a testament to the unwavering commitment of our community, a labor of love that has brought us together,” said County Commissioner Charles “Chaz” Tedesco. “From the initial stages of fundraising to the meticulous planning and construction, our journey has been one of collaboration and dedication. e completion of this memorial is a testament to the resilience and unwavering support of our community.”

e USS Colorado sits on the pond at Riverdale Regional Park at 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton.

The original USS Bell, was on the USS Colorado in World War II.

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pump jack connected to nearby production equipment and four tanks via a series of underground pipes and owlines.

U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper, an advocate of capping and clearing those abandoned sites, was the guest of honor as county o cials joined with industry experts to demonstrate the steps they must go through to close the county’s abandoned wells once and for all.

“Orphan wells are a constant nagging source of pollution,” Hickenlooper said. “But they are also ticking timebombs especially when they are out in areas that never really became big plays. You have a lot of wells that were built by small operators who didn’t have the resources to properly plug them and make sure they don’t have methane leaking out for the next decade.”

Counting orphans

According to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s data, Adams County has 4,617 drilled wells. Of that, 2,895 have been abandoned and plugged.

Commissioner Baca, who is also a member of the state’s Orphan Wells Mitigation Enterprise Board, said orphaned wells that remain unplugged are a di erent kind of problem, and Adams County has more than 300 of them

scattered around the county.

Commissioner Baca said the site is a perfect example of an orphaned well. It was rst drilled in 1975 but was abandoned in 2018. at means the owners and operators simply walked away, leaving all the equipment above ground to rust and ow lines underground to leak.

“ e well operator declared bankruptcy and had to walk away and now we are trying to get it cleaned up,” Baca said. “Sites like this can stay toxic for years. e challenge for Adams County is that we are in the Denver Metro area and we are in a federal non-attainment area already. And when we have wells that emit toxic gases incessantly, it a ects our air quality. I know we are

standing in a eld in unincorporated Adams County, but orphaned wells are found throughout Adams County, not just the unincorporated areas.”

Adams County has a partnership with Civitas Resources, Green eld Environmental Solutions and CarbonPath to nd those sites, determine if they are leaking chemicals and where and then get them cleaned up. ose companies are working together to clean up nearly 50 orphaned well sites around northeastern Colorado, including in Adams County.

e process involves surveying the site with the latest chemical-seeking equipment, and Green eld’s Chris Rice demonstrated how they zero in on leaks with infrared cameras and a series of sensors that pull in the air and use lasers to determine their chemical makeup. ey can determine where the leak is coming from, what it’s leaking and determine how best to cap it and get the site cleaned up.

“We can go use this project as a headline moment, an example for others, on a private-public partnership that we can use to tackle all the orphaned wells across the United States and, of course, across Colorado,” CarbonPath CEO Tyler Crabtree said. “What we do is provide additional a bridge to nd additional private funding to supplement federal dollars. Essentially, for every well that gets plugged up with federal dollars, we want to raise money from private citizens and corporations to do their part to plug another well site.”

e state created the Orphan Wells

Mitigation Enterprise in 2022, requiring well operators to pay a fee — $225 per well that produces more than 15 barrels of oil or 22 MCF of natural gas per day and $125 that produces less than that. It’s expected to generate $10 million per year to help clean up orphaned wells.

e U.S. Department of the Interior has set aside another $25 million to help Colorado to locate and clean up the wells. Both of Colorado’s Senators, Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet, have been strong advocates for getting the wells closed nationally.

“Getting a program like this was a high priority in the bipartisan infrastructure bill,” Hickenlooper said. “One way to get into that bill was to make sure we look at the entire nation and how much methane and other escaping hydrocarbons are getting into the air from those wells that are not producing anything.”

Weld, Adams and Arapahoe counties are responsible for the vast majority of oil and natural gas pulled from the Colorado ground — with Weld County outproducing everyone. In 2022, wells in Weld County produced 131.8 million barrels of oil and 976.9 million MCF of natural gas — 82% of all oil produced in Colorado that year and 51% of all natural gas. Adams County produced 9.6 million barrels of oil and 37.2 million MCF of natural gas in 2022, a distant second in Colorado oil production behind Weld and sixth place in natural gas behind Weld, Gar eld, La Plata, Rio Blanco and Las Animas counties.

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U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper tries out some of the methane-detecting equipment used by Greenfield Environmental Solutions Chris Rice at an abandoned oil drilling site in unincorporated Adams County. SCOTT TAYLOR

Reminiscing, lamenting — it’s all good

Not sure about you, but one of my favorite pastimes is reminiscing with friends and family about the good times that we enjoyed over all the years we have been a part of each other’s lives. Oh, the stories change and grow in grandeur over time, but then we all laugh at one another as we realize the tall tales we are sharing about our favorite, crazy, and sometimes even cringeworthy events that we shared together.

We reminisce about those we have loved and lost. We remember our family and friends as tears build up in our eyes, recounting their most infamous moments that we can recall. And then we think about how angry we were with them at some point in our life, but we just can’t seem to remember why. Has that ever happened to you? It has certainly happened to me.

When we nd ourselves reminiscing, we sometimes drift o into the daydreams of happy times and incredible memories. at day we rst held hands, that rst kiss, our rst football championship, our rst beer together, and so many other rsts. Or we go down memory lane, reminded

not just of our “ rsts” in life, but of many years of shared hardships, hurts, disappointments, wins and celebrations. Reminiscing brings back joyful moments of those we have lived our lives with and through, and just how special each moment was to us during those seasons of life. Do you have any of those memories?

I sure do.

While reminiscing brings fond memories of years gone by, we sometimes visit that other side of our memories as we lament the missed opportunities in life, lost chances of love, and the mistakes we may have made along the way. We don’t often hear the word “lament” anymore.

Merriam Webster’s Dictionary denes “lament” as, to express sorrow, mourning, or regret often demonstratively, or, to regret strongly, or, to cry out in grief. ose are some very strong words that should emote some very deep feelings.

When given the choice, most of us

would probably prefer to reminisce about the good old days, right? We can laugh with one another, embrace one another, and choose to only remember the best times of our lives.

ere is nothing wrong with that and as a matter of fact I highly recommend it. ere is no greater cure for the blues than spending time with a family member or friend stirring up our greatest and most memorable escapades of our past.

Yet there is also something to be said of lamenting our past, our sorrows, our griefs, and the challenges we have faced in all our years here on earth. e struggles have been real, the hurts have been devastating, the challenges have brought us to tears, and the disappointments many and plentiful. Why would I say that there is something to be said about lamenting our past? Because sometimes even the pain brings back memories of something once cherished. Because sometimes it’s healthy to lament, and feel the pain so that we can maybe nally let it go. And sometimes, it’s OK to never let go of something or someone we cherished so deeply, that is now lost, because it keeps us connected

forever.

e daughter who lost her mom before her wedding day laments that she couldn’t experience that special occasion with her mom. e same daughter reminisces each holiday about how special her mom made each and every holiday, bringing both tears of sorrow and tears of joy to her face. Do you see how they can both exist in the same moment? How about you? Do you love and appreciate the moments where you get to reminisce about the best, happiest, and craziest times of life with your family and friends? Do you also lament those moments in life where you wish things could’ve been di erent? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can remember all of the sweet, bitter and bittersweet moments of life that shape who we are, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

A slam dunk for energy transition

We sometimes have pivots, long in the making but de ned by moments. ey occurred both in basketball and in Colorado energy on May 22.

In basketball, Nicola Jokic and the Nuggets dethroned the King, as LeBron James has long been known, and his Los Angeles Lakers. e Nuggets de ed Vegas oddsmakers but their ascendancy was in plain view for four years. is will be team’s rst nals appearance since entering the NBA in 1976.

In 1977, Colorado gained a national research laboratory, then called the Solar Energy Research Institute. Later renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL has expanded its missions

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to gain energy self-su ciency. President Donald Trump in 2017 wanted to slash its budget. Congress refused.

Now, Congress has given NREL another $150 million in a special allocation. One result among several will be a new research facility focused on creating bioenergy capable of fueling airplanes. Commercial airplanes and large business jets account for 3% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to the EPA. In Aspen and Vail, I suspect it’s far higher. If batteries

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can power cars, buses, and even small aircraft, they’re heavy for long-distance air travel. Other solutions must be pursued.

Solar similarly once seemed like a long reach. Panels have become ubiquitous, and we’re just getting started in Colorado, owing in part to the seeds planted at NREL more than 40 years ago. By decade’s end, Colorado will almost certainly be at 80% renewable energy for our electrical generation and likely higher in some places.

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tion and some other sectors.

At the NREL campus on Monday, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper captured the essence. “ e future is now,” he said. “In 50 years, we’re going to look back on what’s happening in the next few years as part of this great transition where the world we knew gets left behind.” at change, he acknowledged, will involve loss, a reference to the fossil fuel sectors being displaced. “We have to process that. But we don’t have too much time to spend mourning. We gotta move forward, because the future is now.”

Soon after, tours were conducted of the Research and Integration Laboratory, called RAIL. It will pur-

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sue answers to the riddle of plastic recycling to help curtail consumption of fossil fuels. e lab was designed to be exible, though, to help solve other questions as they arise.

An hour before the tours and four miles away at the Colorado School of Mines, Gov. Jared Polis had signed several bills. e new laws contemplate possible solutions as Colorado stretches to achieve its emissions-reduction goals from 2030 to 2050.

Two of the laws anticipate using the subterranean in ways to quell

emissions or even stow carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere. A central player in this governance will be the Energy and Carbon Management Commission, which is a new name for an old agency.

is agency will have a broader mission than the oil and gas drilling that previously was its exclusive domain. One is potential tapping of underground heat to generate electricity. Another is governance of underground storage of hydrogen as Xcel Energy contemplates with a potential project involving the Pawnee power plant near Brush. Carbon capture and sequestration is a third possibility, but one hotly disputed by some environmental watchdogs, among them

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Leslie Glustrom, a biochemist. ey are skeptical of the agency’s ability to regulate oil and gas, let alone other activities. Pipelines, both for oil and for carbon dioxide, have a history of ruptures. In 2022, residents of a rural area of Mississippi were left unconscious after a pipeline rupture left the odorless carbon dioxide spewing for four hours.

Dozens of bills addressing the energy transition were passed this year by Colorado legislators, a recognition of the need for swift actions proportionate to the risk of still-rising emissions. Even more striking was a report from northwest Colorado that Rangely, one of our most prominent oil and gas boom towns, plans to be engaged

in the clean energy transition. Speaking at NREL on Monday, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm noted that urgency. “We have to do everything everywhere all at once to get to that 100% goal,” she said.

e work has begun on the changes that will be manifested beyond 2030. e path leading to the current basketball championship began in 2014 when the Nuggets drafted Jokic with their third draft choice that year. e Nuggets did not have high expectations. Some things take time - and then, all of a sudden they’re here.

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JEFFRES Scott D. Jeffres

July 10, 1959 - April 4, 2023

Scott D. Je res, 63, passed away peacefully at his home on April 4, 2023. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ed/Doris Je res and brother, Steve. He is survived

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by his 2 nieces, Devin Je res-Patenaude, Courtney Je res and his sister-in-law, Michelle Je res. Cremation service was through Hoy-Baker Funeral Home.

Len D. Pettinger

July 14, 1934 - May 30, 2023

Len D. Pettinger, age 88, passed away peacefully on Tuesday May 30, 2023, at Grace Pointe Care Center in Greeley, Colorado. He was born on July 14, 1934, in Stuart, Nebraska, to Ray and Sylvia (Bachman) Pettinger. He moved from Stuart Nebraska to the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When he was 9 years old, they moved to the family farm in Brighton, CO. He graduated from Hudson High School in 1952. On September 14, 1957, he married JoAnn (Roth). ey were married for 62 years and had six children. He also served in the National Guard.

Len was a longtime resident of the Brighton area, attended both St. William and St. Augustine Catholic Churches. Along with being a farmer, he spent many years driving truck for Joslins, Ringsby and American Freight. He loved to work on his farm attending to his cattle (his grandchildren would refer to him as Grandpa Bull). He loved to play cards, play games such as Sequence, Cribbage and Dominos, spend the day at Blackhawk, gardening, and meat processing. He had a very strong work ethic and would work from sunup to sundown.

Len is survived by his children: Dick

(Lisa) Pettinger, Eaton, CO, Dianne (Joe) Trujillo, Greeley, CO, Rory (Dawn) Pettinger, Ft. Lupton, CO, Michelle (Dallas) Miller, Frederick, CO, Roxanne (Tom) Lang, Brighton, CO, and Jack (Ginnissa) Pettinger, Brighton, CO; as well as 14 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by wife JoAnn Pettinger, both parents, Ray and Sylvia Pettinger, and siblings Sr. Elenius Pettinger, Albert Pettinger, Clarence Pettinger, Mary Enomoto and erese Ga ey.

Visitation will be on ursday June 8, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. with Rosary recited for Len at 7:00 p.m., both at Tabor-Rice Funeral Home, 75 S. 13th Avenue, in Brighton, Colorado. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. William Catholic Church, in Fort Lupton, Colorado, at 11 a.m. on Friday June 9, 2023. Friends, family and all those whose lives were touched by Len are welcome to attend.

In lieu of owers, memorials in Len’s name may be made to the Parkinson’s Association of the Rockies, 1325 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 204B, Denver, CO 80222 or online at Parkinsonrockies.org.

November 14, 1936 - May 29, 2023

Ruth Ann Dahl was in born to parents Ray and Margaret Dahl in Beemer, Nebraska on November 14, 1936 where Ray was stationed as a member of the U.S. Military. Upon his release from Military Service, the family moved to Boulder, Colorado where her dad built their home on Baseline Road. Ruth and her sisters (Janet & Patricia) attended local Boulder schools, and Ruth graduated from Boulder High School in 1954. She then went on to receive her nursing degree from St. Luke’s / Denver University Nursing school in 1957.

It was during her time pursuing her nursing degree that she met her future husband Ron Neely on a blind date set up by his twin brother Don. After two years of dating, Ron and Ruth were married on June 8, 1957 - a special date in her family as her parents, grandparents, an aunt and uncle and her younger sister were all married on June 8th.

Ruth began her nursing career at Weld County Hospital in Greeley while Ron worked on his degree at the University of Northern Colorado in 1959. Ruth continued her nursing career at the Burlington Hospital after Ron started his career in education at Stratton High School. After 3 years, they left Stratton and moved to the Brighton area. She continued her nursing career at Brighton Community Hospital where she worked on the oor and later as Head Nurse in the recovery room prior to retiring in 1993.

Ruth was very talented in so many ways from oil painting, ceramics, and her love of sewing and knitting. She made both daughter’s wedding dresses and made graduation and wedding quilts for all of her grandchildren. Family gatherings were always very important and top on her list, and she even looked forward to camping in the mountains during the summer.

For Ruth, it was family rst above anything else. She enjoyed attending every athletic event for her children and grandchildren from kindergarten through to college, never missing a game! She even kept her own scorebook for every game she attended. She enjoyed her grandkids and looked forward to seeing them and hearing of their adventures. Her favorite time of year was Christmas which was evident with all the contests she won in the neighborhood for Best Exterior decorations. She also collected many Santa Claus gurines (over 100) and tree decorations; the house was always full of holiday cheer.

Ruth is survived by her husband George Ronald Neely, her son Jerry (Deb) Neely, daughter Sherry (Tim) Barnard, son Greg (Sandy) Neely and daughter Pam Smith along with 7 grandchildren, Alexandra (Omar), Curtis (Ashley), Caitlyn, Kylie (Trent), Courtney, Mick, Stephanie (Zach) and 2 Great Grandchildren, Audra and Nakoa and her sister Pat Lambert and many nieces and nephews.

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Students learn world-wide dance styles at Bella Diva World Dance Studio

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Be Studio is an all-inclusive space for people young and old to feel the music and express themselves. For dancers who want to break out of the traditional dance studio format, the international company based in Denver could be a dream come

Striving to bring the magic of global movement to people in Colorado, Caitlin BroznaSmith founded the dance studio that brings a piece of global culture along with self-expression and con dence with each class.

“It was so important to include people from where these cultures are sourced,” said Brozna-Smith. “I found people from Polynesia to teach Polynesian dance… teachers from Iran. We really have this beautiful, electric group of dancers from all over the

Among a multitude of dance styles, students can learn the soft style of Hula ‘Auana, Tahitian dance, Bollywood, Belly Dancing, adult ballet and Ginga Vibe, which draws on styles from the African Diaspora including Funk, Afro-Caribe, Dance Hall, Soca, Lambada and Samba.  e studio also o ers Taiji Fit, a halfhour mind and low-impact body workout that combines traditional T’ai Chi with mindfulness and modern Western tness. Inspired by the Bollywood style of dance, BollyX Fitness is a 50-minute cardio workout and GROOV3 Hip Hop Dance Fitness.

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Within the Bella Diva studio, both the

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teaching sta and students are multinational. e dance teachers come from ve di erent countries and teach a range of students from 29 di erent countries.

come from di culture

many have abroad

To bring as much authentic culture into Denver, many teachers have gone abroad to study di erent styles of dance.

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“ e people (teachers) who are not native from the cultures that we’re teaching travel and learn from the source because it’s really important that we do cultural appreciation and cultural exchange,” Brozna-Smith said.

Samba

Samba, the high energy and fast footwork style is not just a dance form, it is a lifestyle.  ose who teach Samba at Bella Diva make sure they are staying true to the culture and teach the students the history of where the dance originated.

“I am very careful when I am teaching my students because I am not Brazilian, it is not my culture, but it is something that I am absolutely fascinated with and love,” said instructor Chelsi Vecchiavelli. “I spend a lot of time outside of class researching, asking experts, listening to podcasts, consulting my mentors who are Brazilian and who are my teachers.”

Born out of the slave trade when it was down in Brazil, Samba was a means of hope and joy and is a dance of resistance and raises up against oppression.

Samba schools have often been located in a favela, which is the poor neighborhoods within Rio De Janeiro. Vecchiavelli said there

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a big connection between the people and the culture, which is something she wanted to bring back to her classes in the U.S.

Since spending time in Brazil earlier this year, Vecchiavelli has implemented a sense of community within her classes.

e class starts with a warm-up, which can di er each week, but tends to be drill focused. Students start to move their bodies by working on hip movements, endurance and strengthening the ankles.

After warming up, the class begins to stretch out every part of their body to help prevent injuries. e class then moves to work on technique, whether it is adding the ourishes of the arms during Samba no pé or gaining speed and endurance for the style.

In Brozna-Smith’s Samba class, her students warm up to the upbeat rhythm of the drums.

Just as Brozna-Smith has her students perform for one another during the class, Vecchiavelli has integrated improvisation at the end of her class.

e students gather in a circle and with an energetic song playing, they dance with each other.

e end of class time is not about technique or who has the best footwork, it’s about connecting with one another as that is what the culture is about. Western dancers are often trained to perform, but this style of dance is about looking each other in the eyes, singing and embracing the joy that comes along with Samba.

“We need to recognize that we’re dancing it from a place of privilege,” said Vecchiavelli. “We’re not able to connect to it in the same way that people in Brazil can, and so I try to make sure that we at least know the context of it.”

Bella Bro World Dance

For an hour each week, men take part in a high-intensity, choreographybased workout. Led by Kyle Kastner, the group’s heart rate increases and sweat pours down as Kastner focuses on moving fast.

Having been the only consistent man who danced at Bella Diva for eight years, Kastner felt the need to bring more men into the fold, as male representation in dance in America is not as strong as in other cultures.

Kastner believes the American culture is dismissive and even undermining of male dancers.

“I actually think that it is incredibly masculine to dance, and when you look at other cultures around the world, dance is ingrained,” Kastner said. “It’s not gendered. ere may be gender norms within it, but gender is not important.”

With the goal of creating a space for men to feel free to use their bodies in a creative way, Kastner created Bella Bro World Dance. ere are about eight individuals who are regulars to the class.  Kasnter gains inspiration for his class

from Bollywood and Brazilian Samba no pé. It is not just the energy that those styles of dance bring but embracing the masculinity of the Indian culture and bridging the gap between di erent stylings that is being shown in Samba no pé.

Bella Bro World Dance recently worked on a piece inspired by a lm based on a true story. e character they are portraying was a great warrior and fought in battles. Although it appears that the dancers are not doing much, their moves are incredibly complex and take a lot of strength to complete.  roughout the class, the students started to learn how to move their bodies in new and challenging ways and discover things about themselves, Kastner said. e class also helps rede ne what masculinity is and shift the focus from a toxic idea of masculinity to a much more embracing, accepting idea of what it could be.

In his class, he helps the students learn how to use their inherent male privilege as a superpower for good.

“ at’s something I’ve de nitely been working with the men on is understanding that just because we are men, we have privilege that others don’t,” said Kasnter. “And then especially if we are white men with privilege that others don’t (have), to use that in a bene cial positive way for society and community as a whole.”

instructor of the Iranian Persian style of dance in Colorado, Delsie KhademGhaeini is honored to represent her community and to be a vessel for cultural outreach by sharing Iranian culture through dance.

In Iranian culture, there are a couple of di erent stylizations of dance as there are di erent minority groups and languages, all of the groups have their own folk dancing and style of dancing. e style Khadem-Ghaeini teaches is not a regional style of dance in Iran, it is shared across all of those cultures.

Iranian culture is deeply rooted in poetry, therefore, a lot of the music has poetry in it.

Khadem-Ghaeini said the style she teaches is more of a staged kind of style of dancing, a style that is closely related to what is seen in current pop styles of dance. She focuses on the quality of the movements. e movements are more structured and re ned compared to some of the more theatrical styles of dancing.

“Depending on what region they’re from, there might be dance movements that are associated to the kind of farming that they might have done or in the southern region, along the Persian Gulf, there may be dance movements that are related to shing,” Khadem-Ghaeini said.

Her classes focus on connecting with the music by using the uidity of the arms, hands and wrists, which can be very emotive. One form of movement that di erentiates the Iranian style of dance from other styles that also use

arms and hands is the use and curving of the spine. e combination of the arm, hand and spinal curves is subtle to the eye.

According to Khadem-Ghaeini, the aesthetics of Iranian culture has a lot of curves and a lot of geometry. Many of the shapes in the body that dancers create are very curved, even mirroring the way Persian calligraphy curves and moves are showing up in dance.

Another important piece of Iranian Persian dancing is learning the history of Iranian culture and sending messages and making statements. With the current revolutions taking place in Iran, Khadem-Ghaeini and her students performed at the University of Denver, choosing songs that relate to the woman-led revolutions.

“When I’m dancing, it’s a much deeper connection to music,” said Khadem-Ghaeini. “It’s not just about trying to hit my body a certain way that that music hits… but the poetry and the music that has like thousands of years of history, that is part of Iranian culture, to me, every time I do a performance is deeply involved for me.”

Being a student at Bella Diva World Dance

Having studied dance since she was a little girl, Elizabeth Buckius has trained in di erent kinds of studios with strict teachers in traditional ballet. She said that Bella Diva is the most welcoming, supportive and caring studio.

Students at the Denver-based studio are of all ages, all orientations and all shapes and sizes. e people bring an electric energy into the studio and by embracing the cultural aspect of the di erent styles of dance, everyone — from sta to students to the costume designer — has created a strong community within the walls of the studio, according to Buckius and sta at the studio.

“What makes us unique is also what makes us stronger,” said Brozna-Smith. “We’re able to really learn empathy by putting ourselves in somebody else’s shoes or position and life.”

Along with the positive and supportive energy in each classroom, there is a lot of curiosity as well. e studio focuses on learning about different cultures and becoming a global citizen. Buckius said it’s a great way to learn about other parts of the world.

Bella Diva also focuses on being body positive and being a healthy place for dancers. And with such multicultural sta and students at the studio, the studio has become a strong and vibrant community in Denver and internationally.

“We really want to be rooted in the actual traditions that we’re studying,” said Buckius. “So even though we’re here in Colorado, we want to make sure we’re connecting with the actual traditions at the world dance studio.”

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Bella Diva World Dance Studio is located at 4309 E. Mississippi Ave. Glendale, CO 80246. For more information, visit belladivadance.com.

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Bella Diva World Dance Studio teaching sta , who come from five di erent countries and 12 heritages.

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