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Shanahan awarded ‘Fire in the Gut’ honor Spike in unpaid lunches leaves DPS with debt Policy was put in place last year to prevent ‘lunch shaming’

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of the standards the people in this room have set up,” Shanahan said.

“So for me, accepting this great honor tonight and being asked to speak to a group like this, to a team like this and to the people that are here tonight — thank you,” Shanahan continued. “To the people that support the Navy SEALs, I can’t thank you enough.”

He then thanked the team of people in attendance and the people who support the Navy SEALs. Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Ed Byers, recipient of the Medal of Honor, then paid respect to 152 Naval Special Warfare members who died since Sept. 11, 2001.

A year after Colorado’s largest school district instituted a policy guaranteeing all students a school lunch whether or not they have the money to pay, Denver district officials are planning new measures to prevent the unexpected debt that accrued last year.

Those efforts include ensuring that parents fill out applications for free and reduced-price meals at the start of the year, clarifying how schools should communicate with families about unpaid debt and establishing new rules for charter schools that participate in the district’s school lunch program.

After the new policy to prevent so-called “lunch shaming” took effect in August 2017, debt from unpaid lunches soared to $356,000, up from $13,000 the year before.

It’s just a fraction of the district’s $44 million food service budget, but the amount caught administrators by surprise and figured into their mid-year decision to add snacks students pay for, such as Doritos and Rice Krispies Treats, to elementary school cafeterias to recoup some of the loss.

Denver Public Schools Chief Operating Officer David Suppes said more than one-third of the total debt last year came from charter schools that contract with the district to get school meals for their students.

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Former Denver Broncos head football coach Mike Shanahan speaks at the Navy Seal Foundation banquet Aug. 16. The foundation is committed to supporting the Naval Special Warfare community and its families. COURTESY PHOTO

Mike Shanahan was honored with the prestigious award at event

BY NICK PUCKETT NPUCKETT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

To the tune of AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck,” five retired Navy SEALs parachuted down to Centennial Airport to kick off the 2018 Navy SEAL Foundation’s Denver Evening of Tribute.

The banquet, held Aug. 16, raised more than $800,000 in support of the Naval Special Warfare Community and its families, according to a news

release.

Former Denver Broncos’ coach Mike Shanahan was awarded the “Navy Seal Foundation’s Fire in the Gut Award,” an honor given to a person or organization displaying the “all-in” quality of serving military families. The award was presented by Nan and Eric Korts, parents of Special Operator, Third Class (SEAL) Jason Dunbar Korts, who was killed in a training accident. Jason Korts was from Highlands Ranch and died in 2015 in a training accident in Southwest Riverside County in California.

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Omar D. Blair Charter School had the highest lunch debt among Denver schools last year at $11,500.

Suppes also noted that the jump in lunch debt from 2016-17 to 201718 may not have been as large as it seemed. That’s because before the lunch-shaming policy, many district schools maintained separate accounts to cover meal costs for students who couldn’t pay.

While the district didn’t track the total meal costs covered by those special accounts, it would have pushed the total debt above the $13,000 that was left districtwide at the end of the 2016-17 year.

After the lunch-shaming policy took effect, most schools eliminated their separate accounts to cover unpaid lunches, sending more meal debt to be covered at the district level than in years past.

“Clearly there was growth, probably significant growth in unpaid debt, but it’s hard to tell how much” since all the separate school-based accounts that had paid it before didn’t exist anymore, said Suppes.

Nearly one-third of the district’s lunch debt last year came from families who were eligible for free or reduced-price meals, but signed up part-way into the school year, after their children had already received free school lunches. The

federal government covers lunch costs for students eligible for free lunches and part of the cost for students who qualify for reducedprice lunches. For elementary school students in Colorado (and starting this year for middleschoolers), the state covers the remaining cost of reduced-price lunches.

Another 68 percent of Denver families with unpaid meal debt don’t qualify for free or reducedprice meals. Still, district officials said it’s impossible to determine how many of those families would qualify for subsidized lunches if they applied, how many struggle financially but just miss the cut-off for eligibility, and how many can afford to pay for school lunches but choose not to.

Of the $356,000 in lunch debt from last year, district officials paid off $100,000 with a grant. Suppes said the remaining $256,000 will likely be paid with money from the district’s general fund and from part of its food service budget not associated with the federally subsidized National School Lunch Program.

Suppes said the district is clarifying rules governing who is responsible for covering the cost of unpaid lunches — and may adjust the fees it charges charters that participate in its meal program.

“Nobody’s blaming anybody,” he said, but prior to the lunchshaming policy, schools operated differently.

Old Spaghetti Factory closing Denver eatery

BY DAVE BURDICK DENVERITE.COM

Guests at Denver’s Old Spaghetti Factory location have been told that the restaurant would be closing on Sept. 16.

Ryan Durrett, director of marketing for Old Spaghetti Factory, confirmed the news for Denverite on Aug. 21, saying the restaurant’s lease is expiring and they couldn’t come to terms on an extension.

“We’ve been in downtown Denver for 45 years,” he said. “We’re aggressively looking for other locations in Denver and Colorado.”

Last summer, the Portland-based chain opened a location at 9145 Sheridan Blvd. in Westminster. That restaurant is still open.

The downtown restaurant has been located at the Denver City Cable Railway Building since 1973, when it was saved

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Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Britt Slabinski, USN, (retired), also a Medal of Honor recipient, was the evening’s keynote speaker.

“The reason this community is so special is that it knows so well what it bands

from demolition by the restaurant chain and an “accidental president” of Historic Denver.

Former state representative Joel Judd praised restaurant founder Guss Dussin for his work with Judd’s father, Jim Judd, to save the old building.

“As much as anyone, he’s the reason we all still have that building. He contributed more to Denver than just red sauce and mizithra cheese,” Joel Judd wrote in an email.

There is no sign that the building itself will undergo major changes. No one has filed permits for any major work on the structure, according to a search of public records.

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together to defend,” he said.

According to its website, the Navy SEAL Foundation supports personnel and their families and preserves the Naval Special Warfare force through a set of programs designed to improve health and welfare, enhance resiliency, educate families and provide support during times of illness, injury, loss or transition.

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Mixed-use proposal in works for Virginia Village site

BY ANDREW KENNEY DENVERITE.COM

In some ways, Colorado Boulevard still looks like it’s 2005.

While wide swaths of the city’s center have been torn down and built again over the years, this busy roadway has stayed just about the same. It’s lined in southeast Denver with office towers and big-box stores, a Whole Foods and every mid-sized franchise you can imagine.

Practically the only thing changing on this lucrative stretch is the increasing traffic — at least for now.

“Change is very rare in south Denver,” said Jimmy Balafas, a 41-year-old developer. “It’s a very stable, stable street.”

But Balafas, working with his family business, sees a chance to make a breakthrough. Kentro Group has won the rights to buy about 13 acres at Arkansas Avenue where the Colorado Department of Transportation once had its headquarters. Balafas cofounded Kentro with his brother George and with Yianni Bellis.

Now, they’re preparing a plan that would create the kind of “mixed use” development that is more common in the city center, with at least 150 belowmarket apartments and enough retail to fill a large city block. A proposal that would go before the Denver City Council this year would allow buildings to reach eight floors on parts of the Arkansas property, which is in Virginia Village.

“We’ve been eyeing this site for a long time. It’s just a rare piece of property that’s 13 acres in the middle of a city,” Balafas said.

In theory, it’s the kind of development that the city government is trying to encourage: taller, mixed-use buildings, rather than big-box stores, on a busy corridor. The development team is keying in on urbanist buzzwords — things like multi-modal transit, and living and working and playing. Standing about a mile north of a rail station, they argue that it’s the ideal site to try something new.

They also know that change is hard.

They’ve mounted a voluntary campaign of monthly meetings throughout 2018 — where they’ve met crowds of up to 100 people, and all the usual concerns about traffic and density.

Developers make case The developers argue that they’re actually downzoning the property.

The current zoning allows buildings up to 12 floors, while the new proposal knocks that down to three, five and eight floors at different spots. The change would reduce the amount of residential space allowed on the site, while newly allowing retail, they say.

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The site still belongs to CDOT. If the council approves the rezoning later this year, the city would buy the property and re-sell it to Kentro around December. The city has the right of first refusal, which is why they’re able to act as middleman and introduce affordable housing requirements on the sale. Denver officials chose Kentro from a pool of potential buyers.

Kentro ultimately would pay about $19.3 million for a package including the Arkansas site and another site on Holly Street, where it plans to build and sell up to 180 homes and rent up to 60 affordable units for seniors. The two sites total 23 acres.

Development could cost Kentro north of $100 million, Balafas said.

At a meeting in July, traffic came up more often than any other issue.

“This is going to make it five times worse. It’s insane. You guys move over here. You live here for a little while,” said attendee Stephanie Strand.

Kentro has commissioned the firm Kimley-Horn to study traffic in the area, but they haven’t laid out any plans for traffic management. They also say they’ll try to position the site as a hub for buses and even on-demand shuttles, all of which could connect the site to the rail station about a mile south. It’s flanked by bus lines on Colorado and on Birch Street.

Meeting attendee Tom Fields saw no hope for drivers: “Basically, they want everybody running public transporta-

tion and bicycles, and one of the ways is to crowd up the streets as much as possible, so that you’re totally frustrated driving,” said Fields, who drove in from his home in unincorporated Arapahoe County because he’s so frustrated with development.

Others were doubtful that a building on Colorado Boulevard could really discourage its residents from owning and using automobiles, as the developers have claimed they’ll do. And Councilman Paul Kashmann has said he’s a “tad skeptical” about the scale of the project, saying worsening traffic is a concern.

More recently, Kashmann said that the site has real potential to worsen the “gridlock” on Colorado.

“The entire personality of what’s there could change a bit,” he said, stressing that Kentro hasn’t published its detailed plans yet. “We do know there’s going to be commercial, residential and retail there, and it’s going to be a lot of traffic coming off there that we’re not used to.”

In the long run, he said, Colorado Boulevard needs to shift to transit, potentially including bus lanes or other options.

“We’re not going to solve this by ourselves. We’re going to need community input. We’re going to need city support, city solutions,” Balafas said, describing his company’s plan as “smart growth.”

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The new playground at Washington Park is made of repurposed wood and sits between the two lakes. The city will also be replacing the nearby basketball courts next spring.

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new playground — replacing an older nearby play area — opened Aug. 18 between the two lakes on Washington’s Park’s north end.

Washington Park, at South Downing Street and East Louisiana Avenue, is one of the most used parks in the state, said Scott Gilmore, manager of parks with Denver’s Parks and Recreation Department, which will be decommissioning the older playground.

The city will reach out to the community to decide what to do with the

space.

The new playground is built from repurposed wood and was just one project slated for Washington Park.

Gilmore said the city is putting in a new basketball court next spring.

Before Mayor Michael B. Hancock cut the ribbon for the new playground, councilmembers Jolon Clark and Paul Kashmann spoke to the group of children and parents assembled to celebrate the opening.

Clark grew up in the Washington Park neighborhood and said he was a kid when the playground on the north side was built. Now, his children will get to enjoy the new one.

“It’s a real treat for me,” he said.

Ellington, left, and Samuel Lehr held up a piece of the ribbon from the opening of the new playground at Washington Park in August. The city is reaching out to community members to decide what will be done with the old playground space in the northern part of the park once it is decommissioned.

Mayor Michael B. Hancock invited children to help him cut the ribbon for the new playground at Washington Park. The playground opened on Aug. 18 between the two lakes. The old playground in the northern section of the park will now be decommissioned by the Denver Parks and Recreation Department.

Children play on the bike path at the new playground at Washington Park. The path has small hills and goes in a loop.

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Six school districts and the associations that represent them are suing to stop a change to Colorado law that could increase access to school choice but that was approved under questionable circumstances.

The lawsuit filed earlier this month in Denver District Court doesn’t deal with the merits of the policy but with the way it was enacted. In the last days of the 2018 legislative session, state Sen. Owen Hill, R-Colorado Springs, took language from a defeated bill related to school choice and transportation and attached it as an amendment to a bill dealing with educational barriers for foster youths.

In a signing statement, Gov. John Hickenlooper said the maneuver potentially violates the “single-subject rule,” which requires that each bill deal with a one topic clearly expressed in the title of the bill and that any amendments also relate to that subject. He predicted there could be a lawsuit over the issue, and two months later, here we are.

The plaintiffs in the case are the Colorado Association of School Executives, the Colorado Association of School Boards, Jefferson County Public Schools, Englewood Schools, the Sheridan School District, the Cheyenne Mountain district in Colorado Springs, the Monte Vista district in southwestern Colorado and the Poudre district based in Fort Collins.

Jeffco Superintendent Jason Glass and Poudre school board member Cathy Kipp also joined the lawsuit.

The lawsuit claims the “operations and finances” of the districts will be affected by legislation that was passed “in a manner and by a process expressly prohibited by the Colorado Constitution and in derogation of these plaintiffs’ constitutionally protected interests as stakeholders in the fairness, integrity, and transparency of the legislative processes employed by the Colorado General Assembly.”

“The bill was originally about foster care children,” said CASE executive director Lisa Escárcega.

“And at the very end of the session, they rewrote the last part, and expanded it to all children.”

Hill called CASE’s position “a complete lie,” noting that the organization, along with the school board association and the Sheridan and Englewood districts, also opposed the standalone bill on which his amendment was based.

“Everything we vote on, we vote

on the merits of the policy,” Hill said. “That’s what this is about for the unions and the districts. They don’t want kids to have the freedom to go across district lines.”

The foster youth bill seeks to make it easier for these students, who have some of the lowest graduation rates in the state, to finish high school by requiring child welfare officials and school districts to work out transportation to the student’s home district when that’s in the child’s best interest. House Bill 1306 also creates flexibility around graduation requirements when students do change schools.

The bill’s title is “Improving Educational Stability for Foster Youth.”

The tacked-on language says that a school board “may furnish transportation” to students who are enrolled in the district but who live in another district. The provision applies to all students, not just those who are in the foster system.

It also strikes language from existing law that requires the consent of the school district from which students are being bussed.

Similar language appeared in a bill sponsored by Hill called “Improving School Choice in Traditional Schools.” Students in Colorado can enroll in any school that has room for them and can meet their needs, but most students who go somewhere besides their neighborhood school don’t get transportation, something that advocates for school choice have long criticized as a major barrier for students from low-income families, whether they’re moving between districts or within one.

In opposing the original transportation provision, superintendents from Sheridan and Englewood raised the prospect of districts running buses through more affluent neighborhoods, siphoning off those students and the state funding that goes with them, while leaving poorer districts to educate those with the greatest needs.

“The single-subject rule exists to guard against exactly what happened — adding a controversial or unpopular amendment to a bill that has a strong chance of becoming law, in an effort to get that questionable provision passed by the Legislature,” Englewood Superintendent Wendy Rubin said in a statement.” We believe that raising this issue to the courts is critical, both in this specific instance, and to hopefully prevent this kind of breach from occurring in the future.”

Jeffco Public Schools is in a different position. In an email, Glass said his district might see net enrollment growth from this change, but he worries about the broader implications.

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Without family, ‘I had no options’ Denver man ends up on street after fire damages home

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In a patch of grass just out of the hot sun, Randall Thompson lay near the sidewalk along South Cherokee Street near the CityCenter Englewood shopping area, a scooter full of his belongings beside him.

Five hours earlier, he was on a bench three blocks west in front of the Englewood Civic Center, the building that houses the city’s offices and library. Thompson, who has been homeless for 5 1/2 years, was waiting for the library to open at 10 a.m. that Saturday, July 7.

But by the time he left, he was barred from coming to the library — that day and every day for the next year.

“I think that’s a steep punishment for not doing anything wrong,” Thompson said. He had his feet on the bench near the fountain because of a disability, he said, and a private security guard thought he was sleeping.

The guard said Thompson could sit there, but not with the scooter and heap of shopping bag-wrapped belongings, Thompson said. The security guard called Englewood police, who wrote Thompson a trespass notice that bans him from a large area extending

between the nearby RTD light-rail station and South Elati Street, and between West Hampden and Floyd avenues.

According to the guard’s incident report, provided by the Englewood Police Department, the guard woke up Thompson, who said he is in his late 50s. He told Thompson he couldn’t sleep there. Thompson said he was just resting his feet and would sit until the library opened, the report said.

Englewood’s loitering law says a person staying in one place and not conducting any business can be contacted by officers, according to Sgt. Chad Read, spokesman for Englewood police. That would include people lying in public areas like a park or on the grass near sidewalks.

“If they’re not causing any issues, am I gonna contact them? If I don’t feel they’re in medical distress or causing a problem, I’m probably gonna be on my way,” Read said. But, he added, it’s up to an officer’s discretion.

Read was not aware of any reason a person wouldn’t be able to have belongings with him on a scooter. The Englewood officer could have given Thompson a verbal warning rather than banning him, but that choice is up to the officer, Read said.

Thompson has been a homeowner in Denver since 1992. He paid off his house, he said, and took time off from working, planning to do home improvements. But repeated fire damage

Randall Thompson, who has been homeless for 5 1/2 years in the Denver-metro area, stands near the CityCenter Englewood shopping center in July with his belongings, which he carries in shopping bags stacked on a scooter. Food, documents, clothes, a camera and mail sit among the assortment.

Thompson, in his late 50s, frequently comes to the CityCenter area along West Hampden Avenue, a few blocks west of South Broadway.

ELLIS ARNOLD rendered his home uninhabitable, and he’s spent more than five years trying to fix it up.

The City of Denver gave him a notice in January that bars him from his property, partly due to the ongoing damage, he said. He believes the fires were set by someone he knows, but said he is unable to prove it.

Before the notice, Thompson would work on his home during the day and rest in areas to the east. Now, unable to stay on his property, he huddles under coats and a tarp. He has stayed in Denver and Jefferson County, but comes to CityCenter Englewood — an

area where he’s shopped for decades — to buy food.

High occupancy rates at shelters make staying outdoors a better option, Thompson said. Strangers walk up and give him money, which helps keep him afloat. He hopes he can regain access to his home and continue repairing it.

“I had no options. My sister, grandma, father died. Mom, I don’t know where she is,” said Thompson, adding he never used government assistance like food stamps. “I never relied on anybody but me ... I did everything right.”

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VOICES Any excuse for littering is just so much rubbish

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ohn Lennon said, “Littering is easy with eyes closed.”

Littering is easy and it’s fun and it’s a great way to thumb your nose at that arcane word “civility,” which has gone down the floor and out the door.

I’m doing community service. I’d rather not explain why. It had something to do with the use of a misplaced modifier. The judge threw the book at me. It happened to be a copy of Strunk and White’s English grammar and punctuation masterpiece “The Elements of Style.”

I was sentenced to write three columns: about cellphones and tailgating and littering, the harm linked to each of them, knowing full well I would be ignored. Heck, I was tailgated by a guy on a cellphone on the way to the newspaper to drop off one of the essays.

He hit the trifecta: He threw a candy wrapper out the window.

After this column, I will have done my time and I can return to what I am best known for: handy hints for

homeowners.

Here’s a sample: Don’t go eating detergent pods.

Harry and I just returned from a nearby park. It’s big and green and meticulously groomed, there are two ball fields, restQUIET rooms, a fenced-in DESPERATION playground, and all around it are trash cans.

All around the trash cans we saw trash.

How is that? Why is that?

We saw empty water bottles near empty soda bottles Craig Marshall near empty sandwich and chip bags.

Smith Someone packed a picnic, but they forgot to pack mom — or dad — or someone like me, who picks up after (careful, Craig) worthless dopes, dunces and fools who leave their detritus like scat.

“If you pack it in, pack it out.”

Maybe you have been reading about plastic straws. It’s a start.

Litter lasts this long: cigarette butts, 1-5 years; aluminum cans, 80-100 years; plastic bags, 10-20 years; wool socks, 1-5 years; plastic bottles, indefinitely.

On the way home from the park, Harry and I went to the grocery store.

I spotted someone’s butts and ashes in a parking space. Not far off were the remains of a fast-food lunch.

Flicking a butt always looks cool and hip in films, don’t she? Fifty percent of all littered items are cigarette butts.

Like I said: This is my third and final go-around with delinquencies — or perceived delinquencies. If it were up to me, I’d let it be, go with the flow, tolerate the intolerable, abide the exploitation of decencies, and take the high road, and say, “Right on, worthless dopes and dunces and fools. Don’t mind me. Just be yourself.”

Maybe it starts at home like just about everything else.

Who hasn’t heard, “Pick up your room”?

Analytically, an admonishment like that is embedded with dominance and submission, and there comes a point (an age) when most of us rebel — and we don’t put our belongings where they belong.

If you go to a park - or almost anywhere — there are signs.

“Don’t do this, and don’t do that,” and guess what happens?

Rules are made to be broken. What feels better than outrunning law enforcement? What feels better than walking an unleashed dog? What feels better than thumbing your nose at The Man? Littering, likewise, is a sign of non-conformity.

According to Keep America Beautiful, it costs $11.5 billion to clean up litter in the United States every year.

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he recent Washington Post article, “Dying at your desk is not a retirement plan” caught my attention. I recall when I first began creating financial plans in 1986, we had a motto, “When you fail to plan, you plan to fail.”

Of course, no one intentionally sets out on a path to fail. But over time, it becomes the default when we never get around to it. The article about dying at your desk is a great example of what could happen when you never take the time to map out a strategy for the future.

“Every one of us is making a decision on retirement every day, in the way we live and spend our money,” says Fritz Gilbert as he was interviewed for the article. “Not making a decision is still making a decision. Spend the money to buy that `thing’ and you’ve made a decision to work longer.”

Regardless of whether we are ready to stop working, it is widely published that most Americans have not planned well for retirement.

Baby boomers, roughly 75 million — those born between 1946 and 1964 — have a median nest egg of $164,000.

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Out of the Office featuring featuring Comedians Debbie Scheer, Jared Ewy, Cody Spyker, & ShaNae Ross: Noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30 at Republic Plaza- Outdoors on the 16th Street Side, 370 17th Street, Denver Angel’s Envy Toast the Tree’s Kick-Off: 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1 at the Halcyon Hotel, 245 Columbine St., Denver. Join Angel’s Envy the kick off for National Bourbon Heritage Month and #ToastTheTrees. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Brett Zareck at bzaenvy@gmail.com.

Omar Sosa, Quarteto AfroCubano: 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept.

4 and Sept. 5 at Dazzle Denver, 1512 Curtis St., Denver. Tickets: $20-$30-$40 For information, please visit www.dazzledenver.com or call 303-839-5100.

Third Annual Lit Crawl: 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

8 at The Infinite Monkey Theorem, 3200 Larimer Street. More than 30 Denver-area writers will perform at other RiNo locations as part of Lit Crawl. View the complete line-up here: litquake.org/lit-crawl-denver.html.

BuCu West Eighth Annual Westwood Chile Fest: 12 p.m. to 7 p. m. Saturday, Sept. 8 from along the Morrison Road Corridor, 3738 Morrison Rd., Denver. Since 2010, BuCu West Development Association has celebrated the culture of the Westwood community with their annual Westwood Chile Fest (WCF). All events are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit www.bucuwestchilefest.com Project Careaoke Launch Party Benefiting the Denver Actors Fund: 5 to 10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9 at The Venue, 1451 Cortez St. Denver Program includes (invited) competitive karaoke, live-art by local artist Hayley Steiner, local artist silent auction, and concert by Denver band Float Like a Buffalo. Tickets $12 ($15 day of event) on sale now at projectcareaoke.org Flamenco Denver Dance Company Presents `RAICES 4’: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

8 at Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center, 721 Santa Fe Drive. This performance will feature internationally known dancers and musicians from US and Spain. For those individuals interested in Spanish and Hispanic culture and music, it won’t disappoint. $32 in advance, $38 at the door. www.flamencoden-

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Plan gains some support There were signs that the developers are finding fans.

The meeting in July at times turned into a snippy back-and-forth as residents debated city planning. After one woman suggested that “nothing” or a hpark be built on the site, another replied that she could “be the police of all the vagrants.” .

Kristin Jones, who has lived in Virginia Village for a year, urged the developers to go more urban, with less room for cars.

“I think if there’s too much parking, it feels less safe, it’s less attractive, and there’s less room for building affordable housing,” she said. Balafas responded

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The Annex at CORE New Art Space - Leslie Jorgensen: Runs through Sunday, Sept 9 at CORE New Art Space, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Artist Leslie Jorgensen travels across the Rocky Mountains and the West skiing, hiking and biking along the way. She paints the landscapes she visits and our outdoor activities within it. Visit coreartspace.com.

CORE New Art Space - Jude Barton: Runs through Sunday, Sept 9. at CORE New Art Space, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Jude Barton’s work explores the form and function of line, shape and space; creating a certain uncluttered calm and freedom within her structuring of fragmented and blurred iconic images. Visit coreartspace.com.

CORE New Art Space - Brian Haley: Runs through Sunday, Sept 9. at CORE New Art Space, 900 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Haley works to assimilate the disparities between century old hand salvaged mine wood and mid-century modern design characteristics to create one of a kind tables, chairs, and wall art. Visit coreartspace.com.

Vietgone: Runs through Sept. 9. Ricketson Theatre 1400 Curtis Street, Denver. Forced to leave their country during the Vietnam War, two refugees find themselves falling in love at the same relocation camp. Bubbling with energy, this rap-spitting, pop culture-crusted comedy is an ode to the courtship of playwright Qui Nguyen’s parent. www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/vietgone/ Athena Project Presents Honor Killing to debut in Denver at the JCC Denver: Sept.

8 to Sept. 30 at JCC Denver, 350 S. Dahlia St. Honor Killing is a suspenseful and compelling story of New York Times reporter Allisyn Davis who is investigating the honor killing of a young Pakistani woman at the hands of family. Tickets are $25. Visit www.athenaprojectarts.org/ premiere-production/ for more information.

Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra plays The Music of Stevie Wonder: 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 13 at Dazzle Jazz at Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., Denver. The Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra featuring vocalists Robert Johnson and Heidi Schmidt perform with music from their new Stevie Wonder recording project, “Overjoyed.” Tickets are $25

that he didn’t “want to under-park it,” but he noted that the apartments will share some spots with retailers.

Eric Evert, a father of two young children and a member of the area’s neighborhood association, said that the plan could change the neighborhood for the better.

“That’s what we’re hoping for, what we’re pushing for — goods and services that the neighborhood itself can walk to, and not have to deal with Colorado Boulevard,” he said. “Heck, it’s not getting any better.”

If the council rejects the rezoning application, Kentro’s deal won’t go through, and the land could reopen to other purchasers. If it’s approved, construction likely would take several years.

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- 303-839-5100 or dazzledenver.com/events/ colorado-jazz-repertory-orchestras-steviewonder-project/ LGBTQ Student Resource Center Silver Soiree: 6:30 p.m to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 13 at Auraria Campus Tivoli Turnalle, 4141 Umatilla St., Denver. Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Auraria Campus LGBTQ Student Resource Center at our Silver Soiree. Event is free. Email info@glbtss.org for more information.

From Dvorak to Debussy to Phish - Eclectic String Ensemble Concert: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Studios at Overland Crossing, 2205 South Delaware, Denver. Sphere Ensemble is offering an exciting mix of music, from classical, to jazz, to jam band, to pop, played by thirteen string musicians violin, viola, cello, and bass. Adult tickets $20, Senior/ Military $15, Student/Child $10. https://www. sphereensemble.org/upcoming-events-1 Change, Not Charity: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18 at the Posner Center, 1031 33rd St., Denver. Are you passionate about social change and interested in building your skills in fundraising, grantmaking, and community building? Then come learn about our community leadership program in social justice philanthropy, The Giving Project. Meet our staff and learn how you can support definite, statewide impact for social justice. To RSVP or learn more, visit our website or contact Program Director Juliette Lee at sjlee@chinookfund.org, 303-455-6905 x2.

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tion, 1700 Wynkoop St. See what’s on the horizon for Denver in design, architecture and urban planning and explore the richness of Denver’s built environment. Event is free. For more information, visit denverarchitecture.org

Out of the Office featuring Chalk Art Show and Competition in Collaboration with Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design: Noon to one. Arts Brookfield is pleased to present the final installation of Out of the Office, an entertainment series at Republic Plaza in downtown Denver. So mark your calendar and get out of the office on Thursday, Sept. 27 to vote for your favorite artist.

Free Fridays at Clyfford Still Museum: Free Fridays 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock Street. Minimalist showcase for the large-scale paintings & archives of the namesake Abstract Expressionist. Call (720) 354-4880 for more information.

The Jester’s Court Returns to The Voodoo Comedy Playhouse: 10 p.m., Fridays at The Voodoo Comedy Playhouse located at 1260 22nd Street, Denver. The Jester’s Court is proud to announce several new performances of its hilarious and very popular short-form improv comedy show. Tickets are just $8 in advance or $10 at the door. Tickets are available online at www.jesterscourtcomedy.com.

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LIFE Fourteeners rack up BIG numbers

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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oss Erickson, 29, started climbing fourteeners — mountains with more than 14,000 feet elevation — eight years ago when he moved to Colorado.

“Illinois doesn’t have any,” he said jokingly about why he waited to climb a mountain of that height.

At first, he saw the fourteeners as training hikes for the Colorado Trail, which he was preparing to hike. As the years went on, he advanced to more technical mountains. As a rock climber and a hiker, he was inspired to push his limits.

Now, he’s just shy of 50 fourteeners climbed and shares his lessons learned at the REI outdoor school, where he teaches rock climbing, onand off-trail map and compass use, and wilderness survival.

For him, the biggest thing he wants students to remember is to always be prepared.

“Know your skill level and remember that you are in the mountains and things can get real,” Erickson said.

In 2016 and 2017 the Alpine Rescue team, which performs rescues in Clear Creek County, averaged 45

ESSENTIALS FOR CLIMBING FOURTEENERS First aid kit Map and compass Pocketknife Matches/fire starter Shelter Headlamp or flashlight Warm/rain clothing Emergency food — high-calorie Emergency water Sunglasses Companion Extra clothing layers Sunscreen Communication or a personal locator beacon Emergency blanket missions per year on one of the four fourteeners in the area — Grays Peak, Torreys Peak, Mount Bierstadt and Mount Evans.

In 2008 and 2009 the team averaged 15 missions per year. That’s an increase of 300 percent over the past eight years.

Dawn Wilson, of Alpine Rescue, said that there are a couple things that get people in trouble more than others while they are hiking mountains of that height.

“When people go past their ability, that’s when you get into trouble,” Wilson said. “People die. You don’t mess around with these fourteeners.”

Wilson reminds people to be prepared with the proper gear, to tell someone where you are going and your estimated time of return, and to

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One spot Alpine Rescue was called to several times this summer was the sawtooth that connects Mount Bierstadt and Mount Evans.

“Mount Bierstadt is one of the easier fourteeners,” Wilson said. “It’s a high-traveled route. But then people go over to the sawtooth and that is not something to be challenged with if you are not prepared. It’s really technical.

t is not often that a theater company has the opportunity to be part of a play from inception to production, but that’s just one of the things that makes the Athena Project such an important part of the metro art scene - it works to give new playwrights a chance to showcase their work.

Such is the case with Athena’s production of “Honor Killing,” written by Sarah Bierstock and developed during the 2017 Plays In Progress Series. Directed by Angela Astle, the show will make its premiere at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 8 at the Elaine Wolfe Theatre at the JCC Denver, 350 S. Dahlia St. in Denver. The show will then run through the 30thwith shows at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The show follows New York Times reporter Allisyn Davis as she investigates the honor COMING killing of a young ATTRACTIONS Pakistani woman at the hands of family. Allisyn is denied entrance to Pakistan, but armed with the most current technology she conducts her investigation remotely from Dubai.

Clarke Reader “The show addresses brutality against women in both western and eastern cultures,” Astle said. “It also asks great questions about the responsibilities of journalists when they’re reporting on a culture that isn’t their own and may not fully understand.”

During the Athena Project’s annual festival “Honor Killing” was selected as one of 250 plays submitted to Plays in Progress, which accepts scripts of women playwrights and develops them through workshops, staged readings and table readings. Astle was a part of that early process and said she’s thrilled to bring it to a Colorado audience after its world premiere at Florida Studio Theatre in Sarasota, Florida.

With all the recent focus on journalistic integrity and importance of the free press, Astle said the show will send the audience home with plenty to discuss.

“When you’re reading an article, you can’t just take it face value. You need to look at who is writing the piece and why,” she said “It asks us to consider how we tell our stories.”

For tickets and more information, go to www.AthenaProjectArts.org.

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Dallas Weaver, of Denver, hikes toward the peak of Mount Huron on July 15. Weaver, who moved from Arkansas to Colorado to climb mountains, hopes to complete all fourteener summits by the end of 2020.

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Thousands can crowd popular peaks on busy summer days

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RISKS OF CLIMBING MOUNTAINS Weather Lightning is the greatest external hazard to mountaineering in Colorado. Lighting hits the highest areas — summits and high ridge lines — as well as open meadows.

Use the “alpine start” and begin the mountain ascent in the early hours of the morning. This allows hikers to get down the mountain in the early afternoon before storms roll in. The biggest concern with starting that early — when it could potentially still be dark — is making sure you know the terrain and carry a headlamp.

Exposure Hypothermia, dehydration and sun burn are all concerns on long hikes.

Acute mountain sickness (AMS) Know the symptoms (headache, nausea, loss of appetite). The best remedy is to get to lower elevation as soon as possible.

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FRONT RANGE FOURTEENERS • Longs Peak Elevation gain: 5,100 feet Class 3 14.5 miles round trip • Pikes Peak Elevation gain: 7,600 feet Class 1 24 miles round trip

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• Torreys Peak Elevation gain: 3,000 feet Class 2 8 miles round trip

LOST? STOP: SIT, THINK, OBSERVE, PLAN Class 1 8 miles round trip

Lost mountain climbers are encouraged to remember the four steps in the acronym STOP:

• Grays and Torreys peaks combined Elevation gain: 3,600 feet Class 2 8.5 miles round trip • Mount Evans Elevation gain: 2,000 feet Class 2 5 miles round trip

Sit Sit down, gain your composure and remain calm.

Panicking will compound the problem. The best tool you carry is your head. It’s time to calmly and clearly use it.

• Mount Bierstadt Elevation gain: 2,850 feet Class 2 with little/no exposure 7 miles round trip Source: 14ers.com

• Grays Peak Elevation gain: 3,000 feet

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“It has killed people before.”

The number of rescues performed on Front Range fourteeners has also gone up as the population in Denver and the surrounding areas has increased. On a sunny day in July, about 3,000 people can be found on Mount Bierstadt.

In July 2017, Colorado Fourteener Initiative released the second edition of its “Fourteener Hiking Use and Economic Impact” report, which estimated that 311,000 hiker use days occurred on Colorado’s fourteeners in 2016 — a 19 percent increase over 2015.

CFI protects and preserves the natural integrity of Colorado’s 54 14,000-foot peaks through active

stewardship and public education. CFI partners with the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and passionate volunteers and donors nationwide to create protection of Colorado’s highest peaks; build and maintain sustainable hiking routes to accommodate hiking use while minimizing damage to native alpine ecosystems; close, stabilize, and restore trampled and eroded areas to protect sensitive alpine plant and animal communities; and educate fourteener hikers about Leave No Trace principles and sustainable recreational practices designed to lessen ecosystem impacts.

Through this unique, voluntary partnership, Colorado’s fourteener ecosystems are protected from harm while continuing to make the peaks accessible to hikers without burdensome restrictions and fees.

Think Analyze the situation. Where did I last see the trail and how likely am I to retrace my steps? What is the weather forecast for tonight (which of course you made a point of checking before leaving home)? Is this situation critical, or merely an annoyance — which you can survive? What are my immediate priorities: Shelter? Heat? Food? Finding my way back at all costs? Signals?

Observe Am I in danger (weather, terrain, injury)? How much light do I have left? What can I use for shelter

(cave, overhang, snow cave, tree well)? Is there any fuel — how long will it take to gather fuel for a small, but warm, fire?

Plan Establish what to do until help arrives, for example: Move to stable ground.

Attract searchers by blowing my whistle, hanging a colorful bandanna from a tree limb.

Bandage injuries.

Gather firewood.

Rig shelter from impending weather (use the list of essentials).

Start a warming fire.

Remembering “STOP” will help you orient yourself so you can manage the situation. It can turn a frightful experience into one you can use to regale your friends for years to come.

Source: Alpine Rescue

RATING SYSTEM CLASSIFIES CLIMBS The Yosemite Decimal System (YDS) is a system used for rating the difficulty of walks, hikes and climbs.

Most Colorado fourteeners are a class 1 or 2, ranked for their most difficult section.

Class 1: Walking with a low chance of injury; hiking boots a good idea.

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Class 2: Simple scrambling, with the possibility of occasional use of the hands.

Little potential danger is encountered. Hiking boots highly recommended.

Class 3: Scrambling with increased exposure.

Handholds are necessary. A rope should be available for people learning to climb, or if you just choose to use one that day, but is usually not required. Falls could easily be fatal.

Class 4: Simple climbing, with exposure. A rope is often used. Natural protection can be easily found. Falls may well be fatal.

Class 5: Primarily a rock climbing classification system.

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Where the wild food trucks are Over the last decade or so food trucks have emerged as purveyors of some of the tastiest and most interesting dining experiences one can have around town. But keeping track of which truck is going to be where can sometimes be a tricky job.

Thankfully, there’s a rally for that.

Hosted from 1 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, at 31st through Downing on Larimer, the Truck Stop Food Truck Rally will gather more than a dozen food trucks, local craft vendors and live music. Entry to the event is free, and attendees simply pay for the food and drinks they want.

There are bound to be numerous de-

licious options for every palette, plus the rally is a great way to mark Labor Day weekend.

Head over to www.truckstoprally. com for all the pertinents.

classic cocktail menu to order from.

For more information, visit https:// www.facebook.com/lemeridiendenverdowntown/ and click the events button.

The film is Bond. James Bond It is difficult to imagine a young man who didn’t watch his first James Bond movie and walk away hoping they could be half as cool as Britain’s best spy someday. Something about his effortless style and swagger makes him a character multiple generations return to.

Le Méridien Denver Downtown, 1475 California St., offers the chance for fans to check out some quintessential 007 flicks at its Classic Bond Movie Night beginning at 6 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 3.

In addition to the movie, attendees will get complimentary popcorn and a

Clarke’s Concert of the Week - Gary Clark Jr. at Red Rocks People don’t really talk about guitarists the way they used to in the 1960’s and 70’s. When rock was the most important music genre in the world there were passionate debates about who was the true guitar god. That doesn’t happen all that often anymore.

If that debate was still going on, one of the top contenders for the title would be Austin’s Gary Clark Jr. A fervent believer in the transformative power of the blues and a guitarist in the style of Hendrix, Clark is one of the unequivocal modern masters of the guitar. He’s released two solid stu-

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dio albums, but it’s in his pair of live albums where his skills really shine though. His version of “Catfish Blues” is one of the best live recordings of the decade.

To experience the real thing, you don’t want to miss Gary Clark Jr. at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at Red Rocks, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway in Morrison.

If witnessing Clark’s magic isn’t enough to tempt you, soul-singer Valerie June will be the opener for the evening. The owner of one of the richest voices in the genre, June is worth the price of admission alone.

To get your tickets, visit /www. redrocksonline.com/events/detail/ gary-clark-jr.

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Rocky Mountain field guide is blessing for flower lovers Denver Botanic Gardens experts produce volume with 1,200 photos

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Denver Botanic Gardens botanists have worked for more than three years to produce a really comprehensive guide to the many spectacular flowers that bloom in the Rocky Mountains each year. They range from 50 kinds of blue penstemon to rare and retiring orchids — totaling 1,200 species from eight states and Canada.

Each is identified by a photograph and location map, a description, popular name, where found and when, and if native. Some are noted as highly toxic or used as native medicine — or in the case of Aquilegia coerulea, Colorado blue columbine, it’s the state flower of Colorado. Four varieties are identified, and the reader learns that “all columbines hybridize freely.”

After months of listing, photographing, sorting and organizing, the Botanic Gardens has issued a sturdy, handsome, flexible book to carry in your backpack to identify as you go — or used another way, it might suggest where and when you’d want to go to hunt for a particular species ...

The inside covers and endpapers have explanatory black-and-white drawings illustrating the parts of a flower and different leaf forms so one can be certain what one has found.

The concise introduction by Panayoti Kelaidis sets the scene, with descriptions of the areas covered by this book: The Northern, Middle and Southern Rockies (Colorado is in the Southern Rockies), a bit on plant distribution, on elevation is various

DBG botanists are the authors of this new book on wildflowers, a three-year project. C OURTESY OF DENVER BOTANIC GARDENS regions, and a clear reminder to “leave no trace” — and pick no flower!

A section follows on “How To Use This Book”: description, names, abundance, bloom season, growth cycle, height. Then one must recognize life zones: alpine, subalpine, montane, foothills, pinyon-juniper, sagebrush steppes, intermountain parks (especially in Southern and Middle Rockies), high plains, wetlands — with photos to help.

Then, how botanists classify plant families, with some clues about appearance. Finally, 1,200 well-organized photographs and descriptions, divided by color: green, maroon and brown, red, blue, white, yellow.

And finally, a section on what scientific names mean, a glossary of descriptive words, a section on sources and resources.

The authors include: Sonya Anderson, Mike Bone, Nick Daniels, Dan Johnson, Panayoti Kelaidis, Mike Kintgen, Sarada Krishnan (director of horticulture), Cindy Newlander, Savannah Putnam, Jen Towes, Katy Wieczorek.

“Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountain Region” is available at the Denver Botanic Gardens and at bookstores for $27.95.

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Dog fitness tracker helps keep Fido in shape Entrepreneur got idea after wondering why canine companion wasn’t enjoying jogs

BY ADAM PEMBLE ASSOCIATED PRESS

When Czech entrepreneur Robert Hasek began jogging with his dog, Darwin, the three-mile runs were making the bull terrier sick with fatigue.

Hasek was surprised, thinking his dog led a healthy lifestyle. To solve the mystery, he strapped a Fitbit to Darwin and discovered he was actually only active in his presence. Otherwise, Hasek says, “he is lying, sleeping and doing nothing. He’s lazy!”

The businessman sensed an opportunity and developed one of the world’s first dog fitness trackers. His product is part of a growing industry of gadgets for pets that includes GPS trackers, automatic feeders, ball-throwing machines for dogs to fetch and self-cleaning litter boxes for cats.

People in the U.S. will spend $72.1 billion this year on pet products and care, up 3.6 percent year-over-year in an industry that has grown steadily since the mid1990s, according to the American Pet Products Association. Worldwide spending in 2017 was $109 billion, according to Euromonitor

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“We bring in approximately 3,000 more students than we lose to inter-district school choice and that trend would likely grow if this provision in the foster care bill comes to pass,” he wrote. “At issue for us is the violation of the single-subject element of the state constitution. This choice amendment would represent a seismic shift in education policy in the state.

Such changes should be considered through open and transparent debate in the legislative process, not tucked in as a last minute amendment under another bill title.”

In an interview, Hill said the transportation provision was a necessary component of the foster youth bill because the state couldn’t simultaneously require that these students be transported back to their home schools while retaining the requirement to get consent from the district in which they now reside.

Hill never made this argument in committee. There was no discussion at all when the amendment was proposed and adopted, and advocates for the foster youth bill didn’t raise it as a concern.

International.

Hasek first sought funding on Kickstarter and then reached out to private investors. He moved to San Francisco for three months, tracked down Czech manufacturers and found a customer service subcontractor.

Two years later, production and sales of the Actijoy fitness trackers have begun, with one unit costing about $300. On top of the GPS tracking device that a variety of pet collars already offer, it tracks the intensity of the dog’s activity and comes with an internetconnected bowl that monitors food and water consumption.

It faces competition from a range of products, from the more basic fitness monitors to more advanced technologies. The Wagz, for example, is also able to record and stream HD video from the collar. It sells for $495 apiece.

That may be a lot for a collar, but some pet owners are willing to splurge. Among them are millennials who put off having kids or decided against having any and have the extra income to spend, says Harrison Forbes, a dog trainer and pet products expert.

“Pet tech has been a hugely

School districts already provide transportation to homeless youths who want to remain in their home schools under provisions in federal law, and foster youth are entitled to similar services. The transportation envisioned under the foster youth bill could also occur through rideshare services or by reimbursing foster parents for mileage, and nothing in state law prevents simply driving a student to school in another district.

The plaintiffs are seeking an injunction to prevent the law from taking effect while the matter is litigated.

The lawsuit names Hickenlooper, Education Commissioner Katy Anthes and the State Board of Education as defendants because they oversee implementation of these laws. Representatives of the governor’s office and the state Department of Education declined to comment on the lawsuit. The State Board of Education did not take any position on the legislation in question when it was being debated at the Capitol.

The Attorney General’s Office is charged with defending the state from the lawsuit. A spokesperson for the attorney general declined to comment.

— Colorado Community Media reporter Ellis Arnold contributed to this report.

explosive part of the industry the past five or six years,” he said while attending the Superzoo industry conference on pet products in Las Vegas. Technology for pets has tended to follow innovations that were meant for humans and this is an example of that, he says.

Actijoy’s COO, Jana Rosenfelderova, says they are marketing these collars not only to people who have overweight pets, but also to those who want to avoid health problems in the first place. Monitoring water consumption, for example, can reveal if a pet is drinking unusually large amounts, a sign of kidney problems or diabetes.

“Our (ideal) customer is a dog owner that wants to prevent,” she says.

‘Pet tech has been a hugely explosive part of the industry the past five or six years.’

Harrison Forbes, a dog trainer and pet products expert

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Fly fishing is different.

Most of the time it requires using a fly rod and an artificial fly on typically moving water. Casting the weightless fly using a specialized line is different and entails different techniques and skills from spin casting.

Spin fishing is simpler, while fly fishing takes more learning and practice. Spin fishing is more prevalent in lakes and ponds while fly fishing is more widespread on rivers and streams. And then it is vital to know how to tie knots and choose the correct flies to use for certain locations and conditions.

Fly fishing can be intimidating for beginners.

“It’s a specialty sport but anybody can do it,” said Rick Typher, who owns Denver Angler in Centennial. “The best way to start is to take classes. You can have friends try and teach you but they are there to fish. The best way is to take a class, and we do everything from casting, knots, what flies and reading rivers.”

Brian Byerly is a Golden High School graduate who is a former fly fishing guide for Orvis.

“I would totally agree that fly fishing

The following suggestions are from www. denver.org, the website for Visit Denver, a nonprofit trade association that markets metro Denver as a convention and leisure destination: • South Platte River • Clear Creek • Blue River • Colorado River is a specialty sport,” he said. “It takes patience and time to learn. It’s not like regular spin fishing, where you put on bait and throw it out there and wait for fish to come eat it. Fly fishing you have to match different hatches, different times and there are different ways of reading water and presenting flies.

“Some flies are on top of the water and some are below the surface. There is a skill involved that is different from every other kind of fishing.”

Byerly revealed he catered to mostly beginners on his tours.

“Most of the people, probably 75 percent were beginners,” he added. “You take the time and teach them right and they catch on. It does take time.

Different people learn at different paces. But people absolutely catch on.”

Vince Coleman and his son Jake work for Alpine Tackle Supply in Cen-

Fly fishing uses different techniques than spin casting. tennial and have been fly fishing and working in the industry for years.

“I find fly fishing to be the most therapeutic thing ever,” said Vince.

“You fish rivers more than lakes and there is something about standing in the moving water, the noise, the sound of the water flowing through your legs and you pretty much just get taken away by the river.

“If you troll for four hours it can be boring. You are waiting for something to happen. In fly fishing a lot of time it is visual. You are always moving.

It’s kind of a little hunting involved with it. You can see that fish and you

are trying to fool that fish. You are watching your fly come down the river and watch the fish come up slowly and take it.”

Jake Coleman admits he plays second fiddle to his dad when it comes to catching fish.

“Some days we’ll go fishing and I’ll watch Dad catch fish and I won’t catch anything but it’s not a bad day. I spent all day hanging out in the water.

“Fly fishing is more technical. I’m huge on sight fishing. I’m going to find a pond with trout and I can see all the fish. I’m not going to fish a big lake where you cast and hope for the best.”

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Defendants: MARTHA WERTZ; and ALL UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO CLAIM ANY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS ACTION. ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF: Dustin J. Klein, Atty. Reg. No. 45074 THE CULPEPPER LAW FIRM, P.C 1900 Grant St., Ste. 1110 Denver, Colorado 80203 dklein@culpepperlaw.us Telephone: 800.909.3539; Fax: 800.909.3734 Case Number: 18CV31537 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2019 has been submitted to the Colfax Business Improvement District ("District"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at UMB Bank, 1635 E. Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado, at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2018.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2018 budget of the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District.

A copy of the proposed 2019 budget and the amended 2018 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2019 budget and the amended 2018 budget, file or register any objections thereto.

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