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Full-strength beer, wine to be allowed in city parks Announcement for 2019 follows change in state law that means end to 3.2

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stopped by to join artists and authors in more than 600 hours of panels and programming.

There was also a Kid’s Lab, where children and teens explored pop culture through projects and talks from industry luminaries.

The con featured cosplaying and shopping for all ages and levels of interest, from newbies in the world of comic culture to veteran collectors.

After months of suspense and a bit of confusion, Denver’s parks and recreation leaders have proposed new rules about drinking in city parks.

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Yes, you’ll be allowed to freely and publicly drink full-strength beer and wine in Denver’s parks starting next year under a new policy announced by the parks department.

Currently, only the weaker “3.2” beer can be consumed in parks, but that rule had to change because of the details of a new state law about beer in grocery stores.

“State law passed the baton to municipalities,” said Fred Weiss, finance director for Denver Parks and Recreation. “What we are proposing is to allow beer and wine. No hard alcohol whatsoever.”

Glass bottles still won’t be allowed, which means you’d be drinking boxed wine. “But I’m told that it’s much better quality now,” said Happy Haynes, executive director for parks and recreation.

The new policy has to go for a review before an advisory board, but the decision is up to Haynes. It could be in effect by Jan. 1, according to a parks spokesperson.

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From left, JayJay, Paisley and Craig Dechant, of Brighton, attended Denver Comic Con as members of the Belcher family from “Bob’s Burgers.”

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Downtown Denver is almost always a busy place, but it’s only during the weekend of Denver Comic Con that you see Superman, a storm trooper and Harry Potter crossing the busy 16th Street Mall.

More than 100,000 guests made the trip to the Colorado Convention Center for the annual event on June 15-17 to celebrate all things nerdy — films, television

shows, video games, fantasy and science fiction and, of course, comic books.

“I’ve always wanted to come and see what the con is like,” said Jeff Libby, booth expert with MiHi Photo Booth, which ran an interactive, slow-motion film booth at the event.

“What better way is there to be here than with some really fun stuff ?”

Proceeds benefit Pop Culture Classroom, a Denver nonprofit focused on education and literacy.

More than 200 celebrity guests, like Doctor Who’s David Tennant,

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Colorado politicians react to family separations

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White House rolled out, then halted, policy of separating children

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Images of children in large cages created by chain-link metal fencing and a former Walmartturned-migrant shelter near the U.S. border with Mexico have turned attention to the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy toward illegal entry into the country in recent weeks.

But the administration reversed course — to an extent — with a June 20 executive order that aims to detain and hold migrant families together, instead of separating children from their families during the process.

In the days leading up to that shift, a growing chorus of critics including Republican lawmakers decried the policy.

“We support the administration’s efforts to enforce our immigration laws, but we cannot support implementation of a policy that results in the categorical forced separation of minor children from their parents,” said a letter written by 13 Republican senators, including Colorado’s Cory Gardner, a Republican from Yuma, that was addressed to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and released June 19.

But with more than 2,300 children already separated from families in May and early June, the ripple effects — for families, Congress and the White House — will likely continue to reverberate.

The practice began in April, when Sessions announced a zerotolerance policy to prosecute as many border-crossing offenses as possible, national outlets reported.

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this immoral policy. Yet the president and his administration continue to perpetuate falsehoods and blame others for their own cruelty,” said U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat from Denver, in a statement.

• “Tearing children from the arms of parents and then isolating them alone is antithetical to the America I grew up in, and to the America that I have many times fought to defend,” said U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, a Republican from Aurora, in a tweeted statement.

“This isn’t who we are.”

• “Enough is enough. (Homeland Security) Secretary Nielsen should resign or be fired from her post,” U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat, said in a news release. “She has overseen an unprecedented humanitarian crisis ripping away thousands of young children from their parents without a clear path to reunification.”

• “Despite days of lies and misdirection, it is clear President Trump had the authority to stop these inhumane practices all along,” said U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Democrat from Arvada, in a statement.

• The Trump administration’s “practice of separating children from their parents when arriving at the southern border is offensive to our core values as Coloradans and as a country,” an executive order signed June 18 by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper said. The order bars Colorado from using state resources to separate children from their parents or legal guardians on the sole ground of immigration status.

crossing the border are subject to criminal prosecution, with their children taken and placed in shelters. One such location is a former Walmart in Brownsville, Texas, with dorm-style bedrooms. It houses about 1,500 boys and had to act to expand its capacity in recent weeks, national outlets reported.

A detention facility in nearby McAllen, Texas, one of the places where families are held together initially, uses a series of large chain-link cages where groups of people sit in areas with small mats and large foil sheets for blankets, the Associated Press reported.

Some migrants at certain entry points along the border can attempt to seek asylum — legal status for people who have been persecuted or fear persecution based on race or other characteristics — but even some asylum-seekers have been turned away and told facilities are too full for them, several outlets have reported.

About 500 of the more than 2,300 children separated from families have been reunited, a Trump administration official told the Associated Press June 22, but it was unclear what the ongoing process to reunite families would be. A government hotline was set up to help parents locate children, but lawyers said some parents have been deported without their children, the New York Times reported June 17.

Meanwhile, Colorado’s lawmakers and governor have weighed in on the policy: • “Americans of all political stripes have spoken out against

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`Urban island’ in Globeville gets OK for possible redevelopment Fox Street rail station is at center of plan area

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The “urban island” that surrounds the new Fox Street rail station in Globeville has been approved for potential redevelopment.

On June 18, the Denver City Council voted in favor of a rezoning and development plan that would allow up to 12 floors of construction along Fox Street. However, some council members said that the city has failed to ensure that affordable housing will be built on the site.

Construction won’t happen overnight. Instead, the land’s owners now are looking for “vertical developers” to draw up plans for a potential new urban center on the site.

“I know a lot of people think this area is going to develop very quickly,”said Council President Albus Brooks. “It’s going to take a while.”

“We want this to be a true neighborhood,” said Graham Benes, a partner in Ascendant Development Corp.

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ties own 41 acres around the station, which is surrounded by Interstate 70, the rail corridor and Interstate 25.

With the new approval, construction on the site could reach up to 8 and 12 floors. The property also is home to the old Denver Post printing plant, which hosts The Big Wonderful festival.

In the “long, long term” — 10 to 20 years or more — the site could host: • 661,000 square feet of office, retail, live-work space and restaurants • 85,000 square feet of pure retail • Nearly 3,000 residential units (That’s according to Zak Kessler, general counsel for Woodspear.)

The site’s road connections are pretty poor, with only two routes in and out. To limit the impact, development won’t be allowed to proceed until the city judges that the transportation network is ready for it.

“It’s a mess today,” said Councilwoman At-large Debbie Ortega.

Fox Street could be rebuilt, but it won’t be “reconstructed to be a super highway,” according to Chris Nevitt, the city’s manager for transit-oriented development.

But one of the biggest challenges is the “suboptimal” interchange of Fox Street, 38th Avenue and Park Avenue, he added. Ascendant is providing

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In an interview, Haynes said that the decision was based on feedback that the department heard during a months-long outreach process.

The new policy will expire after one year, which will allow the city to “carefully monitor” its effects, she said.

“But we don’t anticipate a huge change in behavior,” she said. “Many people weren’t aware of the rules in the first place.”

The normal laws about public intoxication still apply.

The new policy also changes the rules for events with alcohol.

Right now, different alcohol is allowed at events in different parks, and some parks don’t allow alcoholserving events at all. The new policy would iron that out and allow more liberal drinking.

“We would like to remove all of the distinctions and difference between what can be served at what park,” Weiss said.

$250,000 to fund a study into the “next steps” for the area.

“We will not do business as usual,” Nevitt said.

Anyone who builds on the land will pay a higher-than-normal amount toward affordable housing — about $2 per square foot, 25 percent higher than the normal fee for residential development.

But that money could end up funding housing anywhere in Denver.

Councilwoman At-large Robin Kniech said that the city should have forced developers to build the lower-cost housing on the site itself, especially since it’s near a rail station.

“We have a dire need, and land is very scarce,” she said. “Twenty-eight hundred units of housing (on the Fox site) might be built without affordability, and I’m not OK with that.”

Councilman Paul Kashmann agreed.

“We can’t keep giving these large partials away based on intent and promises,” he said. “It just needs to be a deeper part of our ethos.”

Ortega had a counterpoint. The city council hasn’t clearly laid out what kinds of deals it wants to see on these sites, she said.

“To say, `You followed the rules, but we wanted to do this,’” she said, “it’s

not fair.”

Councilman Rafael Espinoza said he was “frustrated” that the proposal didn’t allow more density, pointing to the potential preservation of the 300,000-square-foot printing plant.

“It’s a huge cut in the amount of development potential there,” he said.

But developers still could decide to tear down the building and go higher, Kessler said.

Espinoza still liked the proposal. “It is consistent and better than anything we’ve put forward on Fox island to date.”

Councilman Kevin Flynn noted that the Argo smelter used to be in the area, and asked about the potential for contamination. But he was supportive, saying it was far better than RTD’s abandoned plan to build a maintenance facility at the printing plant.

“I think we dodged a big bullet,” he said.

The council approved the rezoning and development agreement in 10-3 votes, with Kashman, Kniech and Councilman Paul López dissenting.

“Beer, wine, champagne, spirits, liquor” would be allowed at any event, as long as the event has the proper city permits, he said. (That includes an alcohol permit from excise and licenses.)

“It’s not going to be easy,” Haynes said. “You have a lot of hoops to go through.”

Beer would still be allowed at athletic events such as softball games, but participants would generally have to bring their own — no selling allowed.

The policy would be temporary, also lasting only one year, so the city could measure its impacts.

Councilman Wayne New asked whether the policy would encourage more driving under the influence.

He’s especially concerned about marijuana use and driving, he said.

Haynes said the city would continue to enforce its marijuana rules in the parks, but she acknowledged that it isn’t “an aggressive enforcement,” because the department doesn’t have the manpower.

“It is behavior that drives a lot of our enforcement priorities. If what you’re doing is leading to disruptive and negative behavior, then we’re

going to be on top of that, and that’s where we’ll focus our enforcement activities,” she said.

Council President Albus Brooks said the change is “modernizing” the rules. “I know my constituents are appreciative,” he said.

Councilman Rafael Espinoza asked whether the city should be considering public consumption and events separately. Councilman Jolon Clark and Councilman Kevin Flynn said the one-year trial would ease some people’s fears.

“I think it will be well received,” Flynn said, praising parks’ efforts to listen to residents.

The public consumption change comes after some back-and-forth. A parks spokesperson previously said that the new policy might not allow any public consumption, and that Denver City Council would have to make the decision, but the city has since received more information on state law.

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PrideFest 2018 leaves its mark on Denver T he 43rd annual PrideFest kicked on in Denver on June 16.

Events were held in the city throughout the week. The event is hosted by the GLBT Community Center of Colorado. The Center is a nonprofit working to empower the LGBT community. Organizer estimated that 350,000 people attended Pride events over the weekend. The Office of Councilman Jolon Clark and the Baker Broadway Merchants Association also held a ribbon cutting for the new rainbow crosswalk at Broadway and West Irvington Place.

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Lexi Allen holds Maia Allen while watching the Pride Parade from Colfax Avenue on June 17.

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Greg Maronde, left, Todd Colletti, Shawna Slavinski and Mayor Michael B. Hancock, right, cut the ribbon to the new rainbow crosswalk on Broadway on Friday, June 15. The community raised around $31,000 to install the crosswalk, which is at the intersection of Broadway and West Irvington Place.

Participants in the 2018 Pride Parade turn onto Colfax Avenue from Franklin Street on June 17. Event organizers expected 350,000 people at the two day festival.

Ivan Montes crosses the finish line of the Pride 5k on June 16. The 5k run kicked off the festival Saturday morning.

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The loudest rallying cries from Colorado teachers protesting for more education dollars were about dwindling paychecks that are steadily losing ground to the state’s rising cost of living.

Teachers usually say a persistent funding shortage, which has cost public schools $6.6 billion since 2009, led them to walk off the job and close down schools last week.

Among the biggest reasons for lagging pay is one of the least understood: the rising cost of state pensions.

Colorado isn’t the only state where an underfunded retirement system has played a role in a teacher uprising sweeping the U.S. In Kentucky, educators in at least 20 school districts walked out of their classrooms after the GOP-led Legislature in March passed a measure reducing retirement benefits for future teachers.

Elsewhere, pay and other benefits, such as health care, have been at the forefront of teachers’ demands, including in Arizona, where a historic statewide strike has closed down schools for four days. But that doesn’t mean rising pension costs are not a factor behind the scenes.

Public pension systems nationwide face record levels of debt, totaling $1.4 trillion, according to a recent Pew Charitable Trusts study. That puts downward pressure on wages and benefit checks as governments struggle to close the funding gap.

It suggests the recent outcry over teacher pay could spread in coming years, whether pension costs are widely acknowledged as a driving factor or not.

“I think what you see happening in the state and local and municipal sector is it has now become very, very clear how expensive defined benefit plans are. I think we’re headed for a big crisis across the country,” said Olivia Mitchell, executive director

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of the Pension Research Council at the University of Pennsylvania.

“Pensions are now becoming the tail that wags the government dog, if you will.”

In Colorado, school district payments to the public pension fund have roughly doubled since 2006, from about 10 percent of payroll to 20 percent. That has squeezed personnel budgets when the state also was cutting funding during the economic downturn.

In that time, average teacher salaries have grown 21 percent, from $44,439 to $53,768, according to salary data from the National Education Association. But inflation in the greater Denver area has outpaced it, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, leaving teachers with an 8 percentage point drop in buying power.

Since the recession, Colorado school districts have shed staff, frozen pay and cut programming to make ends meet. Some have shifted to four-day weeks.

Pension costs have played a role in the financial woes at Cheyenne Mountain School District in Colorado Springs, Superintendent Walt Cooper said. Since 2009, the district has shuttered an elementary school and instituted a pay freeze twice.

Other years, it could only offer minimal raises that fell short of inflation, he said.

“Technically, it did come out of raises,” Cooper said. “Because if we knew we were going to have to increase our (pension) contributions by $250,000 the next year, for us, it’s all coming out of the same pot.”

For Colorado teachers, the pension’s role in school funding struggles adds insult to injury.

Additional contributions are not padding the benefits of current teachers. The bulk of the money that school districts spend on the Public Employees’ Retirement Association is paying off $32 billion in benefits previously promised to public-sector retirees but never properly funded.

Meanwhile, teachers are being asked to work longer hours at lower pay than their predecessors for benefits that are steadily being whittled away.

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Freelance and comic artist Sanya Anwar visits with a fan at Denver Comic Con on June 15.

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“This is my kid’s first time to the con, and I’m showing them all the fun there’s to be had while their mom is at a cosplaying class,” said Englewood resident Justin Baca, who was dressed as Gandalf, a character from “The Hobbit” and “Lord of the Rings.

His two children, Marcus and Eric, dressed as hobbits. The costumes were made by the children’s mother.

“I love the community here and all the things going on we get to gather to celebrate.”

Artist AJ Moore visits with shoppers and shares his art at Denver Comic Con on June 15. Moore was one of hundreds of artists who shared their work with attendees over the weekend.

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THINGS to DO

Denver Magic Show: 7:30 p.m.

Monday, July 2 at Avenue Theatre, 417 E 17th Ave, Denver.

Tickets are $20. More information at denvermagicshow.com.

Once a month, Rader and Tobo will bring their bewildering magic and mentalism to the Avenue’s line up. The “Denver Magic Show” will feature 3 or 4 magicians each month and is scheduled to play on the first Monday of the month through the end of the year.

Art & About Tour at the Denver Art Museum: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 12, at the Denver Art Museum, 100 W 14th Ave Parkway, Denver. For this month’s Art & About tour, we will explore how artists stretch the boundaries of traditional landscape photography in the new exhibit, New Territory: Landscape Photography Today. Free admission, reservations required.

Contact access@denverartmuseum.org; 720-913-0074.

Elizabeth Rex: 7:30 p.m. Saturdays, June 22 to July 14, at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Tickets available at www.lostandfoundproductions. net.

Guys and Dolls: July 27 to Aug. 18 at The Bug Theatre, 3654 Navajo St., Denver. Presented by

force all three women to re-examine the meaning of faith and the power of love leading to a dramatic, compelling climax. Tickets at vintagetheatre. org or 303-8567830.

Equinox Theatre Company.

Performances at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

Parking is free. Go to www.EquinoxTheatreDenver. com.

The Dinner Detective: 6-9 p.m. Saturdays through July 7 at Embassy Suites Denver Downtown, 1420 Stout St., Denver.

Large interactive murder-mystery comedy dinner show; tickets include four-course plated dinner.

Some shows sold out. Go to www. thedinnerdetective.com.

Agnes of God: on stage through July 8 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora.

Summoned to a convent, Dr. Martha Livingstone is charged with assessing the sanity of a novice nun accused of murdering her newborn. Who killed the infant and who fathered the tiny victim? Livingstone’s questions

“Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer”: on display through Aug. 12 at the Denver Art Museum, 100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway, Denver.

Go to https://denverartmuseum.org/ exhibitions/jeffreygibson Firecracker 5K: 8 a.m. Saturday, June 30 at Clement Park, Littleton. Free hot dogs, apple pie and frozen yogurt at the finish line.

Kick off the holiday weekend while supporting Bonfils Blood Center. Prizes, refreshments and free stuff in the partner village; face painting and balloons for the kids. Go to RunningGuru.com and search “Firecracker 5K” to sign up.

Skip the trip to the DMV Coloradans can use Gov2Go for vehicle tag renewals, other government services STAFF REPORT

An app now accessible to Colorado residents makes it easier for them to interact with all levels of government.

Among other benefits, Gov2Go lets residents skip the trip to the DMV for vehicle tag renewals. Residents can download the free Gov2Go app, receive renewal reminders and renew their vehicle tags from the convenience of their mobile phones.

The announcement was made June 18 by Jack Arrowsmith, executive director of the Statewide Internet Portal Authority, in conjunction with Colorado Interactive. The portal authority’s mandate is to provide comprehensive e-government services to citizens through pioneering technology. CI is the team behind www.colorado.gov, the state’s official website.

“Gov2Go, the nation’s first personal government assistant, represents an innovative customer service approach for Colorado government,” Arrowsmith said in a news release.

“Gov2Go lets citizens take care of interactions with government in one

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convenient place, saving them time, worry and frustration. It utilizes technology to give people back more time for family, work and the recreational activities so many of us love about living in Colorado.”

Gov2Go makes it easy for citizens to access government services anytime, anywhere. After users download Gov2Go and create profiles, they’ll receive reminders when their vehicle tags are due and can complete the transaction online. Users can show their stored electronic receipts, if needed, until their vehicle tags arrive in the mail.

However, Gov2Go isn’t just a singlepurpose application.

“Gov2Go is a platform that makes it easier for citizens to interact with government on all levels,” CI president and general manager Fred Sargeson said in the release.

“Although users initially will see its convenience for handling vehicle registration renewals, Gov2Go will help them stay on top of election and voter information and government holidays, receive AMBER Alerts and purchase digital passes for select federal parks, including Colorado National Monument.”

Now in all 50 states, the Gov2Go platform is designed to expand as new services become available. Learn more about the app at https://www. colorado.gov/gov2go.

innovation, talent and leadership. Go to https://coloradocompaniestowatch.org/ Denver Undy RunWalk: 8:3010:30 a.m. Saturday, June 23 at City Park, Denver. Fundraiser for colorectal cancer. Register at www.undyrunwalk.org.

Speakeasy Summer Soiree: 4:458:45 p.m. Sunday, July 15 at Room & Board, 1700 Vinte St., Denver.

Patio party benefits Youth on Record. Live music, dancing and catered food. Go to https://speakeasysoiree.com/tickets/

Celebrate Bastille Day: Earth Sweet Botanicals is hosting its 3rd annual Bastille Day celebration.

The free event is noon to 5 p.m.

July 14. Enjoy French cheeses, jams and honeys, Floral Elixir Mocktails.

There will also be special sales and French merchandise.

Call 303-2781260 or www. earthsweetbotanicals.com for more information.

Veterans Free Monthly NonNarcotic Care Pop Up Clinic: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, June 9 at VFW Post 1, 41 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Go to http://www.healingwarriorsprogram.org. Therapies include acupuncture, craniosacral therapy and healing touch therapy. Bring proof of military service, i.e.

DD214 or military ID. Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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Expect annual boom in lowbrow behavior

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Wouldn’t it be nice if the Fourth of July came and went without any residential explosions?

They’re illegal. They’re annoying.

They’re inconsiderate.

They negatively impact those who experience PTSD, those with pets (especially dogs), and those, like me, who consider them a juvenile form of entertainment.

“Look, it blowed up.”

It goes on every year because we’re entitled to do as we please, no matter how it might affect others.

Americans are not widely known for being considerate. We take spray paint into national parks.

Earlier this year, Delaware resident Michael Rohana was accused of breaking off a terracotta warrior’s thumb at Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute.

On the way back to Delaware, Rohana allegedly bragged about sneaking into the exhibition and stealing the thumb.

If you don’t consider either of those a big deal, please move on to another column.

Wouldn’t it be much nicer if everyone celebrated July Fourth with backQUIET gatherings that DESPERATION yard maximized conversation and minimized skyrockets and mortar shells?

Nah. When it comes to the Fourth, silence isn’t golden.

Far from it.

“It’s a tradition,” I’m told over and over.

Craig Marshall So is hazing.

Smith Hazing will never end as long as there are fraternities somewhere. Boys will be boys, you say?

Ask your son who went through it.

I am a wet blanket. A spoilsport. No doubt about it. Maybe I was raised wrong. I guess if something I were to do might bother someone, I wouldn’t do it.

That’s why I don’t mow my lawn at midnight, even though I am always up, and there’s plenty of lamp light.

My neighborhood sounds like a war zone on the Fourth. Then, late, it goes quiet. Have there been times when I wanted to get out the mower?

Absolutely. But, like I said, I was raised wrong.

My father always said, “Be considerate of others.”

It’s a lost cause. I heard a cell phone ring in church one day.

I heard a cell phone ring in an art museum one day.

If you don’t consider either of those a big deal, please move on to another column.

I would leave the country and take the dog with me, throughout July — if I had the money. Then I wouldn’t know or care what anyone around here might do.

Oh, I’d read about it, just like I do every year. Someone always gets killed or maimed. Of course, there are risks everywhere. I was at Altamont, hoping to hear the Jefferson Airplane. Or,

as I said later, “I went to a riot and a concert broke out.”

I don’t celebrate the Fourth of July.

At least not with a pack of matches.

I’m not sure what’s wrong with hamburgers and hot dogs and a vivid discussion about the moisture they found on Mars. I can hear the crickets, and your one word: “Boring.”

Fireworks bore me. They are tedious and repetitious. They haven’t changed since I was a kid, and offer me no amusement.

I’m not certain which is worse: Fourth of July fireworks or Christmas music in November.

I can avoid one (to an extent) but not the other.

When the Criblecoblis family down the street sets off a rocket, the harsh noise it makes is as much mine as it is theirs.

And they don’t care.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Communication, productivity — are we choosing the right battles?

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he scene is a local coffee shop.

It’s mid-afternoon and there are no customers in the shop.

The three baristas are standing behind the counter looking at their telephone, texting or checking out social media. The store is spotless, the inventory re-stocked, bathrooms are clean, display cases arranged perfectly. The manager returns from running to the bank and sees the employees on their phones, heads down. How does the manager respond?

The scene is the same, mid-afternoon and there are still no customers in the shop. The three baristas are still behind the counter preoccupied with their phones, but the store is in disarray, the floors need to be swept, the bathrooms are filthy, and the display cases are more than half empty. The manager returns from the bank and sees what’s going on, now how does the manager respond?

We know that in the first scenario the manager was probably very good at setting expectations and communicating policy around use of cell phones at work. And the staff knew the rules.

There were probably consequences

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There is probably high turnover here as well, with employees and owners and managers becoming equally frustrated with one another.

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Again, if clear office policies and procedures are communicated and enforced, these should be a non-issue.

If consequences for being distracted during work and not meeting deadlines are carried out, these also become non-issues. And this is not only happening at the new employee or younger employee level. We are seeing more and more senior leaders and managers on their phones as well.

It’s the way we are communicating in our world. Many of the CEOs and executives that I personally interact with prefer communicating via text.

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the team or project, their attitude, and their overall performance. The battle we choose to fight should be based on these criteria, and not because someone has their head down. They could be texting a customer, researching a problem, watching a quick work-related video, or keeping up with current events. And yes, they might be texting or on social media too, and as long as it’s not distracting others or impacting their performance, it shouldn’t be the battle we have to fight.

So how about you? Does watching someone on their phone just get you all twisted up? Have you clarified your own policies around the use of phones and technology at work or at home?

Either way, and as always, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@ gmail.com. And when we can set proper expectations and choose the right battlefields, it really will be a better than good week.

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Success with minority, poor students leads to award Denver charter network DSST wins $250,000 prize

BY MELANIE ASMAR CHALKBEAT.ORG

Denver’s largest homegrown charter school network, DSST, recently won a $250,000 prize for its success educating students from low-income families and students of color.

The Broad Prize for Public Charter Schools is given annually to the top large charter school network in the country by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

This was the second year DSST was a finalist.

The quarter-million-dollar prize must be used to help prepare students for college.

“DSST is a great example of the much-desired and elusive combination: a network that ensures outstanding results for all types of students while growing to serve more students,” said Macke Raymond, director of the CREDO research group at Stanford University and a member of the review board that chose the winner.

DSST operated 13 middle and high schools in Denver this past school year, serving 5,300 students. More than 80 percent were students of color, and two-thirds qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, an indicator of poverty. DSST strives for diversity and at some of its schools, gives priority to students who qualify for subsidized lunch.

In choosing DSST, the 10-member Broad Prize review board noted that for the past decade, 100 percent of DSST graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges or universities.

They also recognized the network’s high test scores, particularly on the ACT. DSST is poised to grow even more in the coming years. It will open a new middle school in far northeast Denver this fall, and a middle school and a high school in the neighboring city of Aurora in 2019. The Aurora school board has approved four DSST schools in what will be the network’s first expansion outside of Denver. Meanwhile, the Denver school board has approved eight more DSST schools that don’t yet have opening dates.

“This award belongs to our students, staff, and the DSST community,” said Bill Kurtz, CEO of the network. “It is an amazing reflection of their commitment to excellence every day in our classrooms.”

The other finalists this year were Achievement First and Uncommon Schools. Both are bigger than DSST: Achievement First runs 34 schools in New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, while Uncommon Schools has 52 schools in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.

To be eligible for the prize, charter networks must have had five or more schools in operation during the past three academic years, serving at least 2,500 students. Of those students, 33 percent had to be students of color and 40 percent had to qualify for subsidized lunches.

Forty-one charter networks qualified, including another in Denver, STRIVE Prep.

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Current teachers indirectly paying for their predecessors’ retirement is not unique to Colorado. A 2016 study by Bellwether Education Partners found that $14 of every $20 that school districts contribute to the pension of each educator nationally are paying off unfunded debts, with just $6 going to the worker’s retirement.

The disparity is about twice as stark in Colorado. Just $3 of every $20 spent per teacher goes to their retirement, according to an analysis by the state retirement system.

The costs of those debts are likely to get worse before they get better. Colorado’s pension is among the worst funded in the U.S., and lawmakers are considering several solutions to shore it up.

Democrats and Republicans disagree on what taxpayers should

contribute and the extent that employees should pay in. But lawmakers on both sides agree on cutting retirement benefits more deeply.

Cutting future benefits worries teachers. Public sector workers in Colorado don’t receive Social Security checks, so proposed cuts to cost-of-living raises will leave them more vulnerable to inflation over time. That’s because the Public Employees’ Retirement Association, or PERA, was created before Social Security, so its members do not make contributions to Social Security retirement while working and do not receive those benefits.

“We don’t have another option.

So what happens to PERA affects us for the rest of our lives,” said Suzanne Etheredge, president of the Pueblo Education Association, whose members recently voted to authorize a strike following three straight years of difficult contract talks.

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FIREWORKS Since 2010, Denver’s Civic Center Conservancy firework show has been one of the top July 4 events in the metro area.

Fourth of July means many opportunities for family fun around metro area

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ndependence Day offers a wealth of options for those looking to see the night sky lit up with color and sound.

One of the biggest celebrations has been held at Denver’s Civic Center Park for the last eight years, and this

year’s is shaping up to be bigger than ever. On July 3, the free event features Chris Daniels and the Kings along with the 101st Army Band of the Colorado National Guard. There will also be vendors, games and more.

Produced by nonprofit Civic Center Conservancy with many partners, the evening ends with the longest rooftop fireworks finale in the concert’s history. The Denver City and County Building adds to the entertainment with a synchronized light show.

“A National Historic Landmark, Denver’s Civic Center Park is the perfect place for a patriotic celebration that connects us as a community

to both the past and present,” said Amanda Johnson, marketing coordinator with the Conservancy. “Having 100,000 people gathered together to take in the music, lights & fireworks in such an urban setting is truly unique, and it’s an awe-inspiring experience.”

Some of the biggest firework shows are also the longest running. Take Bandimere Speedway’s annual Fourth of July event, which has been around since its first “Family Festival” 20 years ago.

“After three years the Family Festival was combined with another existing event, the `Jet Car Nation-

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als,’” said John “Sporty” Bandimere III, general manager of the speedway.

“Combining the two events brought together the best from both events making July 4 one of the largest attended races on our schedule.”

This year’s event at the speedway in Morrison will feature 10 jet-powered dragsters and funny cars capable of running the quarter mile at over 280 mph, Ed the Outlaw Jones with his Jelly Belly wheel stander and more than 150 sportsman racers competing for event titles and MagnaFuel Super Series points.

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Cherry Creek Arts Festival returns for three-day run

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The annual Cherry Creek Arts Festival has been growing and changing since 1991 at Cherry Creek Shopping Center, where it will fill the area on July 6, 7 and 8. The festival offers an all-day experience for a varied audience.

For the serious collector, there may be a really special piece that fits into a particular area of interest — or a new work by an artist one has collected in the past. Juried artists, numbering 265, will set up booths with a huge variety of techniques, media, styles and price ranges. (About 2,100 artists from across the nation applied for those 265 spots. Very few go to local artists.)

Those who come from national and international locations will perhaps offer a new experience for even the most savvy shopper. New exhibitors (62) include both renowned and emerging artists. Thirteen different media categories are included in the exhibits.

For families with creative kids, there is Artivity Avenue on Steele Street between First and Second avenues. An Imagination Collaboration Mural will appeal to some children, while younger folks will be drawn to the Creation Station, one of the most popular spots at the festival, with diverse activities for hands-on art that one may take along home. (And, there’s a diaper-changing station for the littlest folks who may need that

IF YOU GO Admission to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival is free. Hours: July 5, preview party, 5-10 p.m.; July 6, festival, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., festival night, 8-10 p.m.; July 7, Bubbles and Bites, 8-10 a.m., festival 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., ticketed concert, 7:30-10 p.m.; Sunday, festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be valet parking for bikes at Second Avenue and Steele Street and there are four B Cycle locations in Cherry Creek North. Parking will be at three $6 locations that benefit the festival: Janus Henderson Investors building garage, 151 Detroit St.; Clayton Lane Garage, Second Avenue and Columbine Street; and the Whole Foods parking lot at Second Avenue and University Boulevard.

The Cherry Creek Shopping Center offers free parking all weekend, excluding the Safeway lot. No overnight parking. Information: CherryCreekArtsFestival.org. sort of help.)

Coloring. Amazon Rain Stick, Flower Fun, Poetrees (with Lighthouse Writers), Velvet Art Project and Button Making are among the listed activities. One might want to discourage that little princess from wearing her fancy outfit, since it might get really messy!

And kids from six schools will be learning from professional artists about collaborative mosaic projects, related to Daryl Thetford’s “Denver Cityscape” (Create Your City) in collaboration with the Denver Chalk Festival.

Music will be performed on the Janus Henderson Main Stage and at the Blue Moon Beer Garden, with a ticketed concert event to benefit music education on July 7.

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There will also be carnival games, rides, live music, pie/watermeloneating contests, military salutes and a Wounded Warrior tribute.

And fireworks.

“This is a great family-friendly event for kids and families of all ages and as Bandimere Speedway celebrates its 60th Anniversary this year’s event is sure to be one of the best yet,” Bandimere said.

Those looking for a new experience can attend Lakewood’s very first Big Boom Bash, which will be held on July 4 at Jeffco Stadium, which culminates in

a 20-minute fireworks display at dark.

The event includes children’s activities, a community art project, vendor booths and local food trucks. There will be a beer garden, and MIX 100 radio station will be on-site with prizes and fun. The fireworks display will be choreographed to music simulcast by MIX 100, and spectators outside of the stadium are encouraged to tune in to

100.3 FM to enjoy.

“The last time we had fireworks in Lakewood was 2011, and we heard from our residents that they wanted to have an event again,” said Allison Scheck, public engagement and operations manager with Lakewood. “Our city council wanted to do something great for residents and give them an event they can be proud of.”

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Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on July 19, 2017 at Reception No. 2017094067, notice is hereby given that on July 23, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder:

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(“Uprooted” with Michael Glabicki of Rusted Root.)

Festival Night, July 6, features Rob Drabkin on the Main Stage.

And then, there’s always “food — glorious food!”

Culinary Avenue will be located on Detroit Street and will offer a selection of 22 vendors that range from Alpine Sausage Company through Gyros Corner and Las Empanadas to Respicci’s Italian Ice Cream and Original Berrie Kabobs.

Four food trucks will also be located through the festival.

Under the heading, “Art is for Everyone,” CherryArts, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit,

conducts a behind-the-scene year-round arts education program, in addition to this showy summer festival.

It takes a Mobile Gallery with museum-quality artworks to various schools and libraries, so more children can learn through the school year, as well as from other art programs that travel. It will conduct a Stanley Arts Festival with about 100 booths at the recently developed Stanley Marketplace in Aurora in September.

Original artwork and festival posters are circulated to schools. The Janus Henderson Investors Student Art Buying Program gives students from 24 schools funds to purchase art for permanent display in their schools.

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When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of WHEREAS, on August 30, 2002, a certain Deed the Secretary’s bid in the form of a certified of Trust was executed by Mary Margaret Lujan, check or cashier’s check made out to the Secas Grantor, in favor of Wells Fargo Home Mortretary of HUD. A deposit need not be accomgage, Inc. as Beneficiary, and the Public Trustpany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, ee of Denver County, Colorado as Trustee, and a deposit of 10% of the Secretary’s bid must be was recorded on September 12, 2002 at Receppresented before the bidding is closed. The detion Number 2002160943 in the office of the posit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver, purchase price must be delivered within 30 days Colorado; and contemplates a possibleofpurchase. the sale or at such other time as thePHOTO SecretA visitor to the Cherry Creek Arts Festival in 2017 COURTESY ary may determine for good cause shown, time WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by being of the essence. This amount, like the bid the United States Secretary of Housing and Urbdeposits, must be delivered in the form of a ceran Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the tified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the National Housing Act for the purpose of providhighest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount ing single family housing; and in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed are due on or after the delivery date of the reof Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursumainder of the payment and all other costs asant to an assignment recorded on December 16, sociated with the transfer of title. At the conclu2009 at Reception Number 2009162106 in the sion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessoffice of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of ful bidders will be returned to them.

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All extension will be for 15-day increenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in ments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The Legal Notice No.: 8545 that Paragraph 9 (a) (i) has been violated; and extension fee shall be in the form of certified or First Publication: June 28, 2018 cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary Last Publication: July 12, 2018 WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior Publisher: The Denver Herald-Dispatch $219,597.77 as of May 22, 2018; and to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be apWHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretplied toward the amount due. ary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be If the high bidder is unable to close the sale immediately due and payable;

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Broncos haven’t given up on Paxton Lynch Head coach says quarterback drafted in 2016 first round has ‘rare talent’

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Denver Broncos fans have pretty much given up on Paxton Lynch.

No longer do they fill the airwaves and social media posts with debates about how Denver’s 2016 first-round draft pick should be learning on the job even though he hasn’t earned the Broncos’ starting quarterback job.

They’re wearing Case Keenum No. 4 jerseys now, ready to move on from the crisp No. 12s that have gotten about as much wear and tear as Lynch’s own game-day jersey.

Two men who aren’t quite ready to label Lynch a blunder are general manager John Elway and coach Vance Joseph.

While that might seem predictable, both men are adamant that the ex-Memphis quarterback is just a late bloomer, not a bust.

Even after signing Keenum in free agency to a two-year deal and declaring the sixth-year veteran the team’s starter, Elway has stuck by Lynch.

To the surprise of many, he bypassed a bevy of quarterback prospects in the NFL draft. After using all 10 of his picks on other positions, he declared that Lynch is still young and hasn’t run out of chances in Denver.

“We are not kicking him to the curb,’’ Elway said. “He can still develop. When we drafted him two years ago, we knew it was going to take some time.”

Elway added this caveat, however: Lynch will compete with Chad Kelly, “Mr. Irrelevant” as the final selection of the 2017 NFL draft out of Ole Miss, for the backup job this summer.

The buzz around Broncos headquarters is that Lynch is a more dedicated pro this year. His performances on the field, at least those open to the media, have looked a lot like his first two years: flashes of jaw-dropping brilliance but still some head-scratching poor plays and bad decisions.

Offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave saluted Lynch’s red zone play recently and said, “We want those decisions, those habits, to become part of his fabric so they can become natural, reactive.”

Joseph praised Lynch in an interview with The Associated Press, saying, “I think Paxton is really motivated to show everyone that he can be a No. 1 quarterback in this league and watching him work this entire offseason he is different because I’ve seen him a lot more up in the halls here.

“And that takes time to find your comfort zone with coaches, with your organization.”

Joseph noted that Lynch has had

“These guys need time to develop as quarterbacks. We want them to walk in and play.”

Vance Joseph Denver Broncos head coach

three offensive coordinators in Denver so far, something that reminds him of another QB he worked with early in his career.

“I was with Alex Smith his first three or four years and it kind of looked like Paxton because Alex had four coordinators in his first four years in the league,” Joseph said.

“How can a guy comfortably get better as a quarterback in a system that is brand new every year, right?

“These guys need time to develop as quarterbacks. We want them to walk in and play. Now some guys do. Russell Wilson walked in and did it. But most guys don’t do it.”

What Lynch needs, Joseph said, is “time to be in a system for a two-year period and you will see real growth.”

Joseph said he saw improvement last year even though Lynch was hurt most of the season and only started twice.

Like Elway, Joseph was impressed with Lynch’s performance in the season finale, when he went 21 for 31 for 254 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in a 27-24 loss to Kansas City.

“He played that position very, very naturally in that game,” Joseph said.

“Now, from that point to now, he’s a different guy. He’s 10 percent better.

Now, when it comes time for him to play for us this year and win a football game, he’s going to be 20 percent better because he’s been with Billy for a year and a-half now in the same system. That makes a difference.”

First things first, Joseph insisted that Lynch still has to beat out Kelly in training camp to win the backup spot.

Yet, Joseph’s effusive praise of Lynch reveals the degree to which the Broncos’ brain trust still believes it didn’t whiff by moving up to select him with the 26th overall pick two years ago.

Joseph said Lynch deserves such patience “because he does have rare talent.”

“Who wants to throw out rare talent before you give him a chance to develop?” Joseph asked. “I don’t want to. John doesn’t want to.”