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In a world of sharks, saints prevail Jefferson High School program gives students taste of business

By Clarke Reader

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Clockwise from center: Teacher Nate Olsen, Ryan Bettis, Will Bubeck and Garrett Hjelle all worked on the egg cooker that will be going up to the ISS. Photos by Clarke Reader

Cracking a problem for NASA HUNCH program lets Warren Tech students dream big

By Clarke Reader

creader@colorado communitymedia.com

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ot many science classes get the chance to work on something that will actually be used in space, but that’s just what students at Warren Tech are in the process of accomplishing.

Students at Warren Tech are participating in the High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) program and have been tasked with coming up with a viable device to take to the International Space Station (ISS).

The device the students are working on — an egg cooker that can be safely used in space.

“This is a project we’ve been working on for three years,” explained Nate Olsen, a teacher at Warren Tech who has been leading the class. “This is a great program that NASA gives out to high schools as a way to create projects for them to use.”

Olsen said the idea for an egg cooker came from the fact that there are limited cooking options available to astronauts on the ISS. He said that they only have a rehydrater right now, and Olsen and his students thought they would appreciate something with a little more protein.

“The challenge with eggs is how do you crack them in zero gravity?” Olsen said.

Since developing the egg cooker has been a multi-year project, work has been passed down from one class to the next and has gone through several mutations during the time.

One of the first ideas was a kind of George Foreman Grill, but it needed seven layer of insulation to be safe and was too big to be sent to the station.

Once the school got a 3D printer, they were able to design a much smaller

The HUNCH program is a way for NASA to work with high school students. cooker and use a thermal electric plate to cook the egg.

Olsen said the idea eventually became to take eggs out of the shell here on Earth and ship them up to the station in the cooker, which would make things easier for everyone Students Garrett Hjelle, Jake Sarri, Troy Ogborn, Will Bubeck and Ryan Bettis are just some of the students who worked on the project this year and came up with an all-in-one design to make things simpler.

“We put everything inside a selfmaintained plate, with everything in one device that can easily be taken to the station,” Hjelle said. “We made it very user friendly — astronauts only have to press one button to pre-heat and then one to cook.”

Hjelle added that the scientists aboard the ISS have expressed interest in using the device for other experiments.

The aim is for the cooker to be flight ready by December, and if that is the case, the cooker could be used by the astronauts as early as January 2015.

Olsen said that HUNCH is a great thing for the students because it lets them take something from just a concept to an finished project.

“It’s a truly teachable moment, and

The all inclusive egg cooker that was designed by three different classes at Warren Tech over three years. we’re building something that people can use,” he said. “They also learn to work with other students and listen to someone else’s perspective on a project.”

Hjelle said that he had never considered engineering before getting involved in the class, but creating something from nothing has been a great experience.

“It’s the best experience I’ve had in school so far,” Bubeck said. “It’s a chance to do something I’m really interested in.”

“I get to say I created something that is being used on the ISS — not many students can say that,” Hjelle added.

The business world is undoubtedly a tough one, and to help foster business creativity and acumen, Jefferson High School started a competition to teach these skills to students.

Based on ABC’s “Shark Tank,” the school started the “Saint Tank” competition where students came up with their own business ideas to win monetary prizes.

“We watch the show and since we want to help children from the cradle to career, we thought it a competition would be great,” said Joel Newton, executive director of Edgewater Collective. “If we could give kids seed money to start businesses in the community, we were excited to see what they would come up with.”

Julian Martinez, director of the 21st Century program at the school, said Saint Tank has been a great way for the students and community to get involved and work together.

“There are a lot of budding businesses in Edgewater right now and if we can get these business leaders into schools we can show them how good our students are,” Martinez said.

Students met on a weekly basis to prepare for the presentation, and on April 14 two teams present to the judges — Grant Babb of Joyride Brewing Company and Caitlin Bell of Bellco Credit Union, as well as Newton.

The $500 award for first place was sponsored by Bellco Credit Union and the $250 second place award was sponsored by Edgewater Collective.

During the presentation, students pitched their ideas and answered questions from judges, much like in the “Shark Tank” TV show.

The first place winner was Jovi Trujillo, who pitched a business that sold customized, iron on T-shirts. Second place went to Jorge Padilla and Enrique Barraza for their idea of a lawn mowing company.

“We’re pairing the winners with local business leaders who will be able to coach them as they take over the project,” Newton added.

Each of these students will receive business coaching from local business leaders as they launch their businesses.

Martinez said that the students really enjoy the creative process in coming up with business ideas and were inspired by what they learned.

“I think this really showed the kids what is possible and that starting their own business is something they can do,” he said. “It did wonders for their self-confidence and hopefully the program will continue.”

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May 29, 2014

Food is foundation of bridge to future As a family approaches the stand, Monse Hines smiles and offers: “Do you want a sample?”

“No,” Greg Elliott says. “We know it’s good.” He looks at his wife. “Two zucchini, two hots?” He glances at the small container on the table. “And a thing of this stuff.”

“OK,” Monse says. “Thirteen dollars.”

“Oh,” Greg says. “Give us one more of each.”

The “each” is a pupusa, a traditional El Salvadoran food the size of a small tortilla made of corn masa filled with various ingredients — in this case, beans or zucchini, corn chile poblano and mozzarella or the “hot” mirasol roasted peppers. The “stuff” is curtido, a pickled cabbage slaw, also from El Salvador.

“We tried them last summer,” Greg says, “and we really got hooked on them.”

And, adds his wife, Danielle, there’s Monse (pronounced Mohn-seh). “She’s very sweet.”

Monse Hines is sweet. She is small with earnest brown eyes and long, brown hair casually pulled into a ponytail. She wears faded jeans with a blush pink blouse and a silver necklace with a medallion of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus. Her nails are bluntly cut, no polish. Her smile is friendly and easy, like the conversation with her customers, many of them regulars at this farmers’ market.

But don’t be fooled.

Monse Hines, 34, is bold and brave, too — so much so that she made her entrepreneurial dream come true, one small, risky step at a time. And she did it despite being a newcomer to this country, this language, this culture.

In a few short years, she has built a business that could be her family’s future.

In the process, she has firmly cemented the roots of her El Salvadoran home into the foundation of her new one — adding yet another cultural ingredient to the melting-pot land we live in.

“I think we all have the ability to come out ahead,” she says, intently, in Spanish.

“Solo se necesita un sueño.” All you need is a dream.

Flavored with heaps of determination.

“No existe la suerte,” she says. “Cada quien se hace la suerte.” Luck doesn’t exist.

Each person makes his own luck.

Monse should know.

She was born in a Salvadoran town so small it doesn’t have a stoplight and there are few cars, anyway. Her parents taught in a high school in a nearby city, about half the size of Colorado Springs, where she lives now with her Army husband and two daughters.

She met her husband in Germany, where she had traveled for a yearlong exchange program while in college. She wanted to learn German, so she sold her car and just about everything she owned to finance the trip. Friends took her to an Oktoberfest, and while she was dancing, Timothy Hines, stationed at a nearby Army base, began talking to her in English.

“I asked him why he was talking to me in English — we are in Germany,” Monse remembers, with a smile.

Three months later, they flew home to his family in Texas and married on Thanksgiving Day. They celebrate their 10th anniversary this year.

It was in 2011 — Tim was deployed for a year in Afghanistan — that Monse’s dream emerged. Her sister took her to a Whole Foods. She recalls the wonder. “Everything was so pretty,” she says. “There, my vision started — a healthy product in this supermarket.”

After deciding that her pupusas and curtido would be gluten-free and use only organic and non-genetically modified

ingredients, she began researching on the Internet: How to get a license to sell a food product. How to make a label. How to package according to health department regulations. Who had the best prices.

Everything had to be bought in small quantities because there was little money to invest — she and Tim had decided they would not take out loans. Each month, Monse would decide how much she could afford to spend. Maybe $100 one month.

She needed a Web page? Maybe $10 more another month for that.

Neighbors and family helped her navigate the English language and fill out paperwork. Her mother-in-law designed her label.

“We all have these angels who help us,” Monse says.

Then she won an audience at a Whole Foods in Colorado Springs. And, in June 2012, her curtido, under the name Monse’s Taste of El Salvador, first appeared on the store’s shelves. The pupusas followed two months later.

“No sé como explicarlo,” she says. I don’t know how to explain it. “To know that a company so big wants your products — it’s like being in a dreamland.”

Tim got home in time to make the first delivery. He was thrilled. “She decided `I’m going to do this’ and she did,” he says.

“I was proud to come home and share this thing that was hers.”

He describes how, for Monse, food from her country was a way to introduce herself to families in the places they lived.

“She would make something from El Salvador and nobody else would have it and it was something she could share.”

As a business, it does the same, opening a door between cultures. The niche “is hers and she can claim it — `This is how my mom and my grandma made it and I’ll use your ingredients to make something from my home,’” Tim says. “I think it’s really cool.”

These days, Monse has one employee to help her make about 7,000 pupusas a week. They work from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

out of a commercial kitchen space that is shared with five other entrepreneurs.

“We divide the cost so we can all survive,” Monse says. And she buys her produce from Pueblo and Colorado Springs farmers, so that the circle of local enterprise is complete.

Her products can be found in Whole Foods in Colorado Springs, Highlands Ranch, Southglenn and Belmar, and soon in a Natural Grocers in Colorado Springs.

The University of Colorado in Boulder buys about 4,000 pupusas a week to sell in its cafeterias.

“I can’t believe that this has happened to me,” Monse says. “I am grateful to God and to the support from this country. As a woman, too, I feel as if I’ve been able to better myself, that there are no barriers.”

The Army has relocated Tim to Oklahoma for three years, starting in mid-July.

But they have decided Monse and the girls will remain here. They will travel back and forth to see each other. The business, they hope, will be their work after Tim retires.

“We have to make the sacrifice,” Monse says. “Si Dios quiere” — if God wills it, “the business can give us a better future for our daughters.”

A customer approaches Monse’s stand at a recent farmers’ market in Highlands Ranch. “Can I try one?” the woman asks.

“Which one is this?”

“Black bean,” Monse says, as she slices the pupusa that has been heating on the pan and tops it with a spoonful of curtido.

“Excellent,” the woman says, after a bite. “You’re here every week?”

One more sale. One more convert. One more step toward a future built on a taste of the past.

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. Her column earned first place in the 2013 Colorado Press Association Better Newspaper contest. She can be reached at ahealey@ coloradocommunitymedia.com or 303566-4110.

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County steps back from ICCS relocation Neighborhoods fume over community corrections facility

By Amy Woodward

awoodward@colorado communitymedia.com The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners unanimously decided to drop plans to relocate a community corrections facility after commissioners listened to 52 minutes of protest during public comment on the proposed site near the Jeffco Fairgrounds.

At the council’s morning business meeting on Tuesday, May 20, Neighbors from Mesa View Estates and the Golden Heights/ Hills neighborhoods came together to express their opposition and concern over the community corrections halfway house

proposed site along the W. 6th Ave. Frontage Road., adjacent to the Foothills Animal Shelter. Residents and businesses from the area started a Facebook page that received 125 members in less than 24 hours.

Concerns over children’s safety, traffic and the overall effectiveness of the halfway house was expressed to commissioners.

“I am vehemently opposed to this proposal,” said Steve Carlson, Golden resident.

“With all of the children that are involved with using the fairgrounds, it only takes one of these people to leave the house and hurt a person to make this a catastrophic failure.”

During staff briefings, commissioners directed Ralph Schell county administrator, to not pursue the site any further.

“We don’t want to get into fights with neighborhoods,” Commissioner Tighe said. “We’re disappointed we haven’t been

able to find a good location.”

Commissioners have been outspoken about the frustration working with the various cities within the county who haven’t been very welcoming about placing a facility within their jurisdiction.

“I’m not ready to throw out the program,” Tighe said. “This is about trying to be successful with re-integrating these individuals.”

Tighe will sit down with staff from Inter-

vention Community Corrections Services and the Department of Human Services to “re-think how we are running the program.”

This could include creating smaller facilities located throughout the county that house less than 70 offenders at a time as opposed to over 200, Tighe said.

At this time, it is unclear what the future of the community corrections relocation will be.

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May 29, 2014

Kickstarting growth 40 West launches campaign to furnish and finish gallery

By Clarke Reader

creader@colorado communitymedia.com In its short time, the 40 West Arts District has already started to affect big changes along West Colfax, and the latest project is a fundraising effort to update its gallery space.

The organization has launched a Kickstarter project called “Furnish and Finish” to raise the $8,000 needed to complete the refurnishing of the gallery located at 1560 Teller St. “We’ve been going through this renovation to make a better venue for the community,” said Bill Marino, executive director of the Lakewood-West Colfax Business Improvement District. “There’s a long list of things of things that we need to do to make our gallery a better site.”

According to Liz Black, who has been working on the campaign as a member of 40 West, the things that still need to be purchased for the project are a lighting system

(20 light sets of track lighting), wall hanging system (more than 40 wall sections), movable hanging walls (on wheels) (3 to 5, depending on width), a new front door with self-locking exit, plus wind-mitigating exterior vestibule and awning. Confrence table chairs, folding or stackable chairs and kitchen items are also needed.

“The cost for the project is going to be right around $12,000,” Black said. “We have an annonymous donor will contribute $4,000 to the project if we’re able to raise $8,000.”

The current size of the gallery space is fairly small, and according to Black, is a little constraining when it comes to the kind of shows that can be displayed in the space.

Since the gallery is currently the primary source of regular district programming, meeting space would also be a good thing to have.

Both Marino and Black said the ultimate goal is to get the gallery to a more professional looking place where high quality art exhibits can be held.

“The track lighting will be a real benefit that will highlight and expose the images,” Black said.

So far, thanks to funding from the West Colfax Business Improvement District, the

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awoodward@colorado communitymedia.com Denver made it through the latest round of cuts on Thursday, May 22, for cities competing to host the 2016 Republican National Convention.

That leaves three other cities including Cleveland, Dallas and Kansas City, Missouri. Earlier in the day, Cincinnati and Las Vegas withdrew their bids for site selection.

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LAKEWOOD NEWS IN A HURRY Police seek assistance finding thief

Stoppers at 720-913-STOP (7867). Callers can remain anonymous.

Lakewood detectives are asking for assistance in identifying a man they believe robbed a First Bank at gunpoint.

The robbery occurred on May 23 at about 3:17 p.m. Lakewood police responded to a call from the First Bank in the 200 block of Union Boulevard.

Once on scene, police established that the male suspect had entered the bank, displayed a handgun, and demanded money. After receiving money the suspect left the bank. There is no known vehicle information at this time.

The white male suspect is described as being approximately 25 to 30 years of age, dark hair, approximately 6 feet tall, weighing about 180 lbs. He has a mustache and goatee and appears to have tattoos on his neck. He wore a black Colorado Rockies hooded sweatshirt and sunglasses.

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Karen Cook, director of nursing at Western Hills Health Care Center in Lakewood, was named Director of Nursing of the Year for Life Care Centers of America’s Mountain States Division.

New laws address child care costs Legislation closes loop hole that had prevented some low-income families from receiving assistance

law replaces applied to families that earn less than $60,000 a year. But that credit was tied to federal income taxes, which doesn’t apply to many low-income families because their earnings are sometimes too low to even have to file federal taxes.

Pettersen also co-sponsored a bill with Sen. Jeanne Nicholson, D-Black Hawk, that addresses cases when families receive pay increases at work that disqualifies them for continuing to receive child care assistance — a significant financial issue for families that has been dubbed the “cliff effect.”

The legislation sets up grant funding for the Cliff Effect Pilot Program, which allows families to phase out of assistance they receive through the Colorado Childcare Assistance Program, whenever they receive higher pay through their jobs.

“This bill helps parents seek jobs, promotions and pay raises without worrying about suddenly losing the assistance that helps them afford child care and be reliable employees,” Nicholson said through an emailed statement. “This will eliminate a hurdle, or disincentive, for families working towards financial security.”

Nicholson also co-sponsored a third piece of the child care affordability package. That legislation creates a reimbursement program that lowers child care center payments for low-income families and recognizes child care centers that perform at a high level.

Pettersen said the bills should mitigate child care costs for people who could use help the most.

“We have some of the most expensive child care in the nation and this is one of the big barriers that families face,” she said.

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Three bills that became law last week aim to alleviate the high cost of child care in Colorado.

The laws, signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 22, address a number of financial areas Report and are a response to Colorado being the fifth least affordable state for child care.

A key piece of the package creates child care tax credits for families that make less than $25,000 a year.

The new credit — which is capped at $1,000 per family per year — is available to those who do not qualify for existing child care tax credits that are tied to federal returns.

“It’s a lot of money when you’re only making $25,000 a year and trying to pay for child care,” said Rep. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, a bill sponsor.

The bill fixes a loophole that disqualifies many low-income families from receiving a tax credit that was set up by the state in 1996.

The child care tax credit that the new

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The award is given during Life Care’s annual Directors of Nursing Meeting held at the company’s headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee.

It is given to the director of nursing in each of Life Care’s seven divisions who best demonstrates outstanding qualities in several areas, including customer service ratings, staff development and successful state surveys.

Western Hills Health Care Center, located at 1625 Carr St., is one of 22 skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities in Colorado operated or managed by Life Care Centers of America.

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A game of moral ambiguity I am behind on my TV watching.

I know, this doesn’t seem like a big deal. And it’s not. But there’s very little television that I care about, and so, when there is a show I’m interested in, I try to stay on top of it.

Take, for instance, “Game of Thrones.” For those of you who aren’t on this bandwagon yet, this is a series that’s been running on HBO for the last few years, based on a series of novels by George R.R. Martin. There are many ways to describe this series, but the one that jumps to mind quickest for me is “epic.” It’s swords and sorcery, kings and castles, and a cast and a story arc that is way beyond anything that is even attempted on regular television.

And a heads up: if you’re not into it yet, don’t tune in expecting family viewing, if you know what I mean. Very adult — crude, bloody, and twisted are also words that leap to mind. Just so you know.

At any rate, I really do enjoy this series, as I did the first three novels in the series. But, let me tell you, it is a bit of a challenging

watch. And I think what is most difficult about it is that it flies in the face of most of our cultural preconceptions about happy endings. The good guys don’t always win; the bad guys aren’t completely, irredeemably bad (except for Joffrey — he is truly contemptible!); and I never have any idea who I should be rooting for, given the way things might turn out down the road.

See, I think Martin built this series on a different premise than we’re used to. We are accustomed to thinking of battles in terms of good and evil, right and wrong. That makes certain things easy, and a small part of our

brain can turn off when we’re watching entertainments like that. But, in Martin’s world, there are few obvious goods, and few clear evils. What there are is a myriad of interests and maneuvers and grabs for power. In our normal entertainment, good is good and is the object of the struggle; in Martin’s world, power is good, and every move has to be viewed through that lens. It’s like chess — no right or wrong, just pieces moving about the board. That is what makes it a challenging watch.

Imagine, for a moment, that in the “Chronicles of Narnia,” C.S. Lewis had created a world where the White Witch was simply a power-hungry politician, and the Great Lion, Aslan, was nothing more than a rival politician trying to wrest power away from her. It would flip the story on it’s ear, and all the conflicting motivations of the various characters would look very different. Then a character like Edmund, instead of being looked on as a petulant traitor, would have to be viewed as an opportunist. You can see how that might force your brain to work a

little harder.

I bring all this up because “Game of Thrones” is a cultural phenomenon. And like all such phenomena, it really tells us more about ourselves and our culture than about the characters in the story. There is a huge segment of our culture that eschews looking at the world in terms of right and wrong; that same segment will frequently use tactics to obtain power which it publicly decries (sort of a head fake towards ethics). Honor and morality are practically anachronisms in certain circles, and “the ends justifies the means” is the rule of the day. “Game of Thrones” is simply that, writ large.

I’ll be curious to see how long “Game” continues to run, if will it end up having the same staying power as Lewis or Tolkien. For me, I’m guessing I’ll drift out of the series soon, after one or two more murders of sympathetic characters. I don’t generally like my entertainments to make me work that hard, and life is full of enough ambiguity without that much moral relativism invading my television.

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A message for our graduates This week, as I contemplated Memorial Day, I also shared in the joys of young people in my life who are graduating from high school and college. The two are not unrelated.

Memorial Day was even more poignant this year because I spent several days in Washington, D.C, last month for a business meeting, where my sister joined me for a few glorious days in our nation’s Capitol.

Our focus was the memorials: the stunning and profound Vietnam wall, the eerie and ghostly Korean War Memorial, and the globe-like memorial to those men and women who fought for freedom and against evil in World War II. Arlington National Cemetery was particularly moving, where the sign at the entrance reminded us that “these are hallowed grounds.” As we reverently passed through blossoming trees that shaded rows of headstones, I was reminded of similar rows here at Fort Logan, where my mother and father – both World War II veterans – are laid to rest.

What does this have to do with you young people who are embarking on new chapters in your lives? Everything.

Some of you will choose to enter the U.S. Armed Forces yourselves, some will become business and community leaders, artists and musicians who continue to enrich our culture. These are not mutually exclusive.

Some of you will opt for public life, elected officials to whom we will look for honesty and integrity … please remember this.

You will be the activists and the pacifists who will force a balance in our nation’s thinking, the newsmakers and news reporters whose viewpoints will both shape and provoke our own.

You will work passionately for social justice, and you will become educators so that one day graduates can stand where you are today and learn that they are the hope of the future.

Because you, dear graduates, are the

hope of our future.

In a world where countries – despite their protestations otherwise – are pursuing, building, acquiring, and stockpiling nuclear weapons, where self-proclaimed leaders are oppressing their own people and crushing anyone else who gets in their way, where extremist groups of all kinds abuse human rights, you must take up the mantle of those who came before you.

Crucial to your success is this: you are living in the United States of America, a country built on free speech and a free press, on freedom of religion and freedom of assembly, rights not enjoyed by many peoples around the globe.

It is your responsibility to begin right now, today, to combat those forces – from without and within – that erode these principles.

Many of you know that I am an outspoken pacifist, advocating for means, whenever possible, other than violence. This is my stand, and you must take yours, but I truly believe that you, that all of us, can achieve our own potentials only if America achieves hers in the landscape of the world.

We must all step up, speak out, and act for what we believe is right.

On Memorial Day 2014, as you begin your journeys into the world, please join me in honoring those who have already stepped up, those who served – including my parents – and those who died, for the ideals of freedom, human rights, and peace.

Andrea Doray is a writer who. Contact her at a.doray@andreadoray.com.

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Education in state a topsy turvy matter It’s called the Colorado Paradox, and it goes like this: Colorado is one of the top three states in terms of the education level of its citizens, yet it’s one of the bottom three states in education spending.

The explanation is fairly simple: we get a huge boost from all the well-educated people who move here from other states and other countries to enjoy our mountains, our fresh air and our Colorado lifestyle.

Though the costs of relocating are borne by the transplants and their employers, other states would love to have this “problem.” But let’s not ignore the flip side of the coin: in our emerging hightech, high-skill economy, transplants tend to be in the driver’s seat while young Coloradans who are born here or come here as K-12 students tend to be left behind.

Inadequate state funding for our public colleges and universities and ever-higher education costs have combined to put a squeeze on our high school grads, making it tougher for them to afford college and burdening them with higher student loan debt. A post-secondary education has become out of reach for far too many

students. The end result is we have fewer well-educated Coloradans.

The Colorado Opportunity Initiative Scholarship Fund, HB14-1384, which I sponsored with former Speaker Frank McNulty, is a comprehensive, bipartisan effort to tackle these problems. Our goal is to improve student success and meet local workforce needs by increasing access to college, increasing graduation rates and reducing debt load.

This legislation, which will soon be signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper, creates a new source of tuition assistance, supported by best practices to increase access to postsecondary opportunities and degree and certificate completion.

The Colorado Opportunity Initiative

creates a new degree of coordination between the state departments of Education, Higher Education and Labor and Employment, all of which have career and college readiness programs that have grown independently from one another.

This initiative will work to fully utilize all of the nonprofit, government, and private sector efforts to prepare students for future success.

Existing cash funds derived from the 2010 sale of the College Invest loan portfolio will be repurposed in the new Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative Fund to seed this effort.

A tenth of these dollars will be used each year to fund demonstration projects around the state aimed at support services to help students get into college and stay there.

The other 90 percent of these dollars will fund a new scholarship program starting in the 2016-17 fiscal year. These dollars can be used to provide direct awards to students and can be used to match awards made by nonprofit groups.

This is not just for low-income Coloradans. Students with household incomes as

high as $150,000 will be eligible for scholarships from this program. The net effect will be a new source of tuition assistance for many middle-class Coloradans who currently must choose between not going to college or taking on heavy student debt to fund their post-secondary educations.

I sponsored this bill because it is very personal to me. I was an at-risk youth and was the first in my family to graduate from high school and college. Despite these challenges, my dreams kept me pushing for more. I was thrilled when I was accepted to college, but it was a huge struggle to pay for it as I went.

I succeeded, but I often thought about how many other students in my situation wouldn’t have made it. I was able to squeeze under that gate, but I know that I was the exception.

This bill is about opening that gate a little wider so that more students can pursue their dreams and give back to their community.

State Rep. Brittany Pettersen’s House District 28 includes eastern and central Lakewood.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR A matter of diversity Columnist Michael Alcorn asserts in his May 8 column that “Dr. Alphonzo Rodriguez, doctorate, came within inches of accusing the Jeffco School board president of being racist.” Then Alcorn goes on to describe racism using a blatant example

from recent national news.

Rodriquez in no way inferred that Ken Witt was racist, just that he did not understand the wider meaning of diversity, meant to include a range of things, like gender, race, religion, sexual preference and gender identity, as well as special needs and others. We live in a time when

Newest may not be the greatest With so much content and so many authors and experts who write about the trends in the field of personal and professional development, sales training, leadership and customer service, I am often asked by customers for the latest and greatest material in these areas. They are looking for that something new or a silver bullet, some magic dust or cure-all pill to fix their problems, their people, or in some cases, themselves.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am a huge advocate of growth and I am all for continuing education whether that comes in the form of reading, listening, watching, participating in seminars, or cloud learning through socialization of ideas, or any other medium, for that matter, that takes us and/or our teams to a higher level.

Any attempt at upping our game in anything we do or endeavor to do is to be applauded. And when I am asked for specific advice or recommendation for a good book or program to attend, I love to share thoughts and ideas as well as happily recommend something provocative that I have recently read or participated in. But my favorite thing to do is remind people that it is not necessarily “what’s new” that works … it’s really all about “what works” that works.

Sometimes the latest and greatest writings or advice is adopted quickly as a trend or fad, but soon meld into some remnant of a concept or philosophy that was written and practiced long ago. I still enjoy these programs and materials because maybe they put a new spin or twist on an old theory and I get to experience it in a new and different way. Many of the books I have read are dogeared and highlighted in different colors and tabbed with different color sticky notes as I have gone back to the same books many times over.

It’s like watching your favorite movie for the 10th time and hearing a line or seeing a scene that you previously missed.

When Hall of Fame baseball player Ted William finished the 1941 baseball season with a .400 batting average, was he using

many people are openly hostile to some of these groups, and a sensitivity to that is critical to someone who leads a school district like Jeffco. I get the impression that Alcorn does not understand the full meaning of the word, either.

Witt made the statement, and refused to include language on diversity in the

job description. Let him explain what he meant.

By the way Rodriquez’s first name is Alonzo, not Alphonzo, and adding doctorate after his name is redundant.

Laei Moe Arvada

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OBITUARIES Palmer today’s technology to achieve his results?

When golfing greats Jack Nicklaus, Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer or Byron Nelson recorded golf scores in the low 60s they surely weren’t using the clubs, grips, balls, and swing technology we use now. As a matter of fact, I would bet that any of today’s baseball players such as Troy Tulowitzki or Derek Jeter, and golfers such as Bubba Watson or Tiger Woods, would have been equally as good if they played with the same equipment and competed in the same era as the above-mentioned greats.

I say this with confidence because it really isn’t about the equipment, it’s about the player, the talent, the work ethic, and the practice. With a focused approach on effort, practice, and the fundamentals we can all excel in anything we strive for in our personal life, our business, or in our recreational activities. So even with all the technology and gadgetry available to us, it really isn’t about “what’s new” that works, it is about finding “what works” that works.

How about you, do you focus on effort and practice, or do you look for the newest or latest and greatest equipment to up your game? Either way I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@gmail. com. And I do believe that when our efforts and practice outpace our search for the next new thing, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Highlands Ranch, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation and the CEO/founder of www.candogo.com.

Jonathan (Jon) Clinton Palmer 3/18/79–5/16/14

Jonathan (Jon) Clinton Palmer, of Coal Creek Canyon died at St. Anthony’s Hospital as the result of a fall due to a seizure. His service was held 5/27/14. A memorial fund has been established at Alaska Christian College. www.alaskacc.edu Nieder

Geraldine I. Nieder

Oct 2, 1947 – May 21, 2014

Nieder, Geraldine I., October 2, 1947 – May 21, 2014, Resident of Lakewood and Littleton. Survived by sister Bernadette Lentz (Robert), 5 nieces and nephews, and 9 great nieces and nephews. Services and internment will be held in Chicago, Il.

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Gov. John Hickenlooper is joined by lawmakers and students from Aurora’s Ponderosa Elementary School for the bill signing ceremony of two school funding measures. Photo by Vic Vela

Funding measures signed into law Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund programs, construction

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com In front of a group of school children who are just starting to grasp basic arithmetic, Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 21 signed into law a pair of complex, multimillion dollar school finance measures.

The new laws will allow a state school finance system that was significantly strained by recession-era budget cuts to grow by nearly $500 million. The cash infusion will fund several areas of K-12 resources, including school construction and preschool, kindergarten and English language learner programs.

“We’re trying to make sure that each one of you guys gets every single advantage, every single chance, because your success is the future of this state,” Hickenlooper said during a bill signing that was held inside Aurora’s Ponderosa Elementary School.

A major K-12 funding piece comes from the Student Success Act. The legislation provides $20 million for programs that target children who are struggling to read and $53 million for school construction, with $40 million of that going toward construction in rural areas — the latter funding coming from Amendment 64-backed retail marijuana revenue.

An additional $3 million will go toward financial transparency efforts that are aimed at allowing taxpayers to see how the new money is being reported and spent.

The funding includes a $110 million buy down of the so-called “negative factor” — recession-era funding cuts that slashed about $1 billion from the state’s K-12 budget.

The governor also signed into law the annual school finance act, which includes $27

million for English language learner programs and funds an additional 5,000 seats in preschool and kindergarten classrooms.

“This bill that the governor is about to sign will authorize 5,000 more kids next year going to publicly-funded, quality preschool programs than what was possible the year before,” said Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, a bill sponsor.

Additionally, per-pupil funding for next school year will jump to $7,021, a 5 percent increase.

“That’s almost $400 for every one of you students,” Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, told the children in the audience. “So imagine if you came through the doors this morning and we handed $400 to each one of you. It would be pretty good stuff.”

The funding efforts that the Legislature passed this year were a response to last year’s failed Amendment 66 ballot measure, which sought to bolster school funding through tax increases.

No Republican lawmakers were present for the signing ceremony. However, the Student Success Act was co-sponsored by Rep. Carole Murray, R-Castle Rock, and both bills received bipartisan support at the Capitol.

Republicans who expressed concerns about the funding measures during the legislative process argued that the efforts do not go far enough in replacing “negative factor” dollars. GOP lawmakers also wanted school districts to have more control over how the money is spent, without state strings attached.

But Democratic lawmakers who attended the bill signing told students that they’re going to be in a better position to succeed because of the new funding.

“People worked really hard to cause us to fund education at a higher level; to be able to restore some of the money that was missing; to be able to cause you to have a better opportunity to be successful,” said Rep. John Buckner, D-Aurora.

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creader@colorado communitymedia.com Summer is fast approaching, and for people looking for fresh food that can only mean one thing — farmers markets.

For the past 37 years Metro Denver Farmers’ Market has brought fresh food and local goods to cities all over the Denver area, and they will be continuing that tradition this year with six locations — including one in Wheat Ridge.

The market will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Thursday starting on June 11, at 4260 Wadsworth Blvd.

“It’s a very popular event that doesn’t just do food, but a lot of different vendors,” said market manager John Herian. “The vendors we have vary by market — some do the same markets and some move. It really depends on them.”

According to information provided by Toni Starner with the organization, items on sale include gardening and fresh flowers and plants, beef, honey, rice, fresh European

breads and pastries, herbs, spices and condiments and ready-to-eat foods.

Market partners like Domenico Farms, Forté Farms, Rocky Mountain Rice Company and Styria Bakery II will be selling their wares.

Some of the vendors who will be part of this year’s market include Ant D’s Fine Foods which offers jams, jellies, pastries, barbecue and catering, Philpott Goat Dairy which is one of the last traditional goat cheese dairy farms in Colorado using age-old methods for making ricotta and goat cheese and Taspen Organics which sells natural, organic wellness products: herbs, oils, and pure essential oils.

Herian added that there will be other wellness groups and sometimes chiropractors to give advice and demonstrations to shoppers.

One of the focuses of these markets is providing not only healthy food but items from local farmers. The peak season for fruits and vegetables is June and items will start appearing in the markets as soon as the farmers pick them.

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Bottom right: During the brewing process, the beer must be tested at different intervals to see how much sugar is left within the fermenting liquid. Top middle: Here, Brewer, Cary Floyd, tests a small amount of the Arvada Beer Company’s Gold Line IPA sugar levels. Upper right: Kelly and Cary Floyd, owners and brewers at the Arvada Beer Company, stand in front of their Olde Town Arvada taproom.

Photos by Crystal anderson

Spotlight on the Arvada Beer Company Neighborhood brewers bring homebrewing to a craft scale

By Crystal Anderson

canderson@colorado communitymedia.com Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a three-part series exploring the breweries of Arvada. Look for the next installments in our July 3 and July 31 editions.

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n 1988, Cary Floyd tasted a friend’s homebrewed beer, mulling over the tastes of the hops and spice, and became hooked.

Soon after, Floyd began to brew his own beer, and after a positive reaction to one of his early batches, he knew he was onto something good.

“In 1988 really, there were not a lot of good brews around,” Floyd said. “By my fourth batch, I took a keg to a Super Bowl party, everybody loved it and I just kept going on from there, making more flavorful beers.”

Over the next 14 years, while working as a director for technology mogul, Oracle, Floyd consistently brewed his own beer. He practiced different styles of brewing, created recipes, mainly German beers, such as a Pilsner or Hefeweizen, and developed consistency in his beer.

In 2002, he won his first medal at the Dixie Cup in Texas, and shortly after in 2004, met his future wife, Kelly. He challenging her to make a better beer — and she did.

After winning his playful challenge, Floyd knew not only did he have to marry her, they needed to start a business.

What’s on tap · Goldline IPA - 6.2 percent ABV , 65 IBUs – An IPA loaded with 8 kinds of hops. · Ralston’s Golden Ale - 5.2 percent ABV , 25 IBUs – A crisp, malty American-style ale. · Watermelon Wheat -- 5.1 percent ABV, 14 IBUs -- A refreshing wheat beer with hints of watermelon. · Lemon Shandy – 4 percent ABV, 12 IBUs – A mix with Ralston’s Golden Ale mixed and fresh lemonade. · PoolHall Porter – 5.1 percent ABV, 15 IBUs – A dark ale with chocolate, caramel and malty tones. · Vanilla Porter – 5.1 percent ABV, 15 IBUs – A dark ale with hints of chocolate, caramel and vanilla. · Arvada Red – 5.2 percent ABV, 19 IBUs – A smooth, malty red beer with a low hops profile. · Hopped Up Red – 5.2 percent ABV, 35 IBUs -- The traditional Irish Red beer with an additional45 IBUs of hops. · Irish Stout on Nitro – 4.5 percent, 30 IBUs – A dark stout with a rich creamy flavor to balance the bitterness. · Saison de Davis – 7.5 percent ABV, 25 IBUs – A Belgian inspired ale with a distinct flavor profile. · Water Tower Wheat- 5.1 percent ABV, 14 IBUs – A Hefeweizen with light hops and a hint of banana. · Rennovator Dopplebock – 11 percent ABV, 22 IBUs – A rich and malty German-style lager.

“Beer is an art, and to make beer, is an art,” Kelly said. “To create the recipe, to go ahead and actually brew it and make that beer — it’s an art form that most people don’t realize. There’s a lot of science behind the project.”

A few years and over 400 home brewing medals later, the couple decided to open up a microbrewery, and in 2010, the Arvada Beer Company was born.

“Our concept is to be the local hang-

out,” Floyd said, “You want to come here with your family, your friends, you want to come hangout.”

Located at 5600 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., the Arvada Beer Company taproom sits in a spacious, relaxed corner building in the heart of Olde Town Arvada.

Seating around 150 patrons, the taproom offers more than 60 types of games, catering from 11 Olde Town eateries, and a quiet atmosphere to enjoy a conversation and savor a handcrafted brew in.

“I’m really happy with their location here, and the interest in history,” said Buddy Sexton, 72, a patron of ABC. “I meet a lot of nice people here so it’s a good place to hang out; it’s my hangout now.”

Aligning the walls around the taproom are vintage photographs and posters depicting the building’s former uses, owners and other key points of the building’s 100-year history — an aspect patrons love to talk about.

“This (ABC) is in the middle of thousands of memories for me,” Sexton said.

I was surprised and impressed when I met Cary, because he studied the history of Arvada, and I was impressed around the history he has here.”

Aside from the history, patrons come to ABC to have conversations and enjoy hanging out with one another while sipping one of ABC’s 50 award-winning beers.

“There are other places that serve beer, and other places that brew beer, but the beers here are top of the line,” Sexton said. “The thing I like about the business is, he’s (Floyd) not concentrated on food, he’s concentrated on beer and

brewing, not anything else. That’s what makes them (ABC) stand out.”

On a daily basis, ABC has 10 to 12 beers on tap, brewing three to four beers a week. Five house beers, such as the Gold Line IPA (India Pale Ale), PoolHall Porter, and the Lemon Shandy, with seasonal or special beers, such as the Butter Pecan Brown and Chile Golden Ale are rotating through the taps.

Every month ABC introduces different styles of beer, such as Belgian beers, to help create diversity and fit their and their clientele’s ever evolving tastes.

“It’s fun to play, fun to create, and fun to see what people think, the best part of the job is playing,” Floyd said.

In addition to brewing their beers, Cary and Kelly also attend several beer festivals, host AM 760 Radio’s Colorado Craft Beer Show, and offer a home brewing contest, giving local home brewers a chance to have their beer flowing crisp at 38 degrees out of ABC’s taps.

“That’s where we came from, we’re home brewers, so it’s fun to get the homebrew community involved in the business that we run now,” Floyd said.

Annually, ABC produces around 1200 barrels of beer, selling the majority of beer in the taproom. While they don’t bottle or can, they sell 64-ounce and 32-ounce growlers, and in the future, Cary and Kelly are looking to expand, opening another neighborhood tasting room in western Arvada.

“At the end of the day,” Floyd said, “Seeing people sitting over there (in the taproom), smiling because they like the beers — that’s the best part.”

For more information on the Arvada Beer Company, visit www.arvadabeer. com.

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May 29, 2014

Money will help music go mobile In celebration of its 35th anniversary, Swallow Hill Music in south Denver is delivering more music to more people in more places. And its latest effort to expand its music community comes with wheels.

A donor recently gave Swallow Hill Music a 1976 Silver Streak motor home, to be turned into a mobile music community. But, the ol’ girl needs a little TLC. A crowd-funding campaign with a goal of raising $10,000 launches today to help the Swallow Hill Music mobile home hit the road.

Contributions made over the next few weeks will get the Silver Steak running smoothly, add signage and give her an overall buff and shine. Once she’s up and running, she’ll turn into a mobile music community, providing Instrument Petting Zoos, impromptu performances and musical experiences throughout Denver.

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Taking Swallow Hill Music on the road will boost Denver’s access to music education by transporting instruments and musical experiences throughout the metro area, meeting people where they live and enriching their lives through music.

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of Colorado wine. The Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce’s annual WineFest is a festival where wine lovers will have an opportunity to participate in a Grand Tasting of Colorado wines. This event draws wine aficionados for its tastings, wine seminars, cooking demonstrations, fabulous food trucks, and live music by a popular local band.

The event will be held from 2-8 p.m. on July 19 at the grounds of The Grange in The Meadows at Historic Castle Rock (3692 Meadows Blvd.).

For more information, visit www.castlerockwinefest.com.

The Choice City Stomp Music Festival returns on June 7 to Moe’s Original Bar B Que at 181 N. College Ave in Fort Collins. Tickets are $35 and available at Little Boxes Vintage or at www.choicecitystomp. com. Kids under 10 are free.

New open-air space The idea is so brilliant that you would have thought the Larimer Square brain trust would have planted seeds for a farmers’ market years ago.

But the seeds have finally sprouted into a full-grown fruit, vegetable, bread, cheese, spice and meat market in the courtyard adjacent to restaurant Bistro Vendome, owned by Larimer Square lassies Beth Gruitch and award-winning chef Jennifer Jasinski.

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To help establish the “chef-curated” open-air vendor space, Euclid Hall and Stoic & Genuine (opening July in the Union Station redevelopment) chef Jorel Pierce lent his culinary prowess to the project with the support of Larimer Square honchos Jeff Hermanson and Joe Vostrejs.

The result? Le Jardin Secret, debuting with the Denver Chalk Art Festival on May 31 and continuing on Saturdays through Aug. 23.

Le Jardin organizers hosted invited guests to a sneak peek of the bounty offered by local merchants including Grateful Bread Company, Western Daughters Butcher Shoppe, the Truffle Cheese Shop, Sugarmill and Blooming Fool.

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Gardens, students’ work at LAC June shows highlight variety

IF YOU GO

By Clarke Reader

creader@colorado communitymedia.com

WHAT: Garden and “Inspiration in Education” exhibits WHERE: Lakewood Arts Council Gallery 85 S. Union Blvd., Lakewood WHEN: June 2-27 COST: Free INFORMATION: 303-980-0625 or www.lakewoodartscouncil.org

Lakewood Arts Council has two major shows coming in June — one an annual celebration of the art of the outdoors and another a celebration of one of the organization’s founders.

The garden exhibit and “Inspiration in Education” — featuring the work of Barbara Tobiska’s, 91, students — will both be on display at the LAC’s gallery, 85 S. Union Blvd. from June 2 through 27.

In addition to garden-themed artwork, there will be plants and gardening materials for sale during the show’s run.

The highlight of the garden show is the annual Garden Tour, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 21.

Melinda Fiscus, event coordinator with the LAC, said that the organization has been hosting this tour for around 19 years, with all the money raised going back to the LAC to keep its programs going.

“The Garden Show and tour is one of our most popular events. It’s a really fun and very popular way to raise funds for the LAC,” said Gail Firmin, a member of the LAC Not only do we have the tour, but we have luncheon and will have some demonstrations.”

Fiscus said there are six sites on the tour, with four homes in Lakewood, one in Golden and one in Wheat Ridge.

“We have a variety of sites that show different ways people have used plants and landscaping,” she said.

“Inspiration in Education” features oil paintings from Tobiska’s current Beginner, Advanced Beginner, and Intermediate classes, as well as those of former students going as far back the 1960’s.

“Barbara has been a teacher since the beginning for us and this is the first feature show of her students,” Firmin said.

“The show just seems to be growing and is probably going to be around 100 pieces,” Tobiska said. “Any of my students can enter and many of them have never shown before.”

During her time Tobiska has taught all over Colorado, including at the Foothills Arts Center, and has worked with a lot of different local arts entities.

“I like teaching and students keep coming back,” she said. “My mission has always been working with local artists.”

For more information call 303-980-0625 or visit www.lakewoodartscouncil.org.

During June garden-themed artwork will be on display at the LAC Gallery, and there will be the annual garden tour to raise funds for the organization. Courtesy Photo

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COuNTy FAIR The Jefferson County Fair and Rodeo plans an old-fashioned barn dance 6-9 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, in the pole barn. Tickets to the Stetsons and Pearls fundraiser includes a spaghetti dinner with non-alcoholic drinks included. Items also will be up for silent auction. Proceeds are used to produce the fair, Aug. 8-10. Go to

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BOOk SAlE The Jefferson County Library Foundation and Friends plan their annual Spring Whale of a Used Book Sale 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, May 30, and Saturday, May 31, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave., Golden. Admission to the sale is free. Go to www.jeffcolibraryfoundation.org, or contact

EvERgREEN CHORAlE Chuck Pyle performs in concert at

7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Pyle will be joined by Gordon Burt on violin.

Come early for dinner on the deck. Purchase tickets at www. evergreenchorale.org or call 303-674-4002.

kOI AuCTION The 2014 Rocky Mountain Koi Club plans its annual auction Saturday, May 31, at Country Fair Garden Your Week continues on Page 13

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Center West Woods, 17201 W. 64th Ave., Arvada. Fish check-in is 10-10:30 a.m. and the auction starts at 11 a.m. Bidding number required to bid (cost is $5). From 11-11:30 a.m. is hand-picked 8- to 10-inch koi; at noon club members’ koi to be auctioned. Call 303-209-4394 for details.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY/MAY 31 AND JUNE 1 DANCE CONCERT Virtuosity Dance Centre & Friends presents a

community dance concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 31, and 2 p.m.

Sunday, June 1, at Golden High School, 701 24th St., Golden.

Tickets available at http://vdancecentre/eventbrite.com or call 720-515-7099.

SUNDAY/JUNE 1 CONCERT SERIES St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and Confluence a cappella choir presents its 2013-14 season of concerts. Concerts are 3 p.m. at the church, 9200 W. 10th, Lakewood. Call 303279-2932 or visit www.confluencechoir.org for tickets and more information. Schedule includes:

FIREHOUSE BALL West Metro Fire Rescue Foundation will have its 2014 Firehouse Ball 7-10 p.m. Thursday, June 5, at the Marriott Denver West. The event features a VIP/sponsor pre-party with an exclusive beer tasting, live and silent auctions, plated dinner and keynote address by author Michael Benfante, survivor of the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. After dinner, there will be an “Intro to Swing Dance” lesson followed by dancing to the Hot Tomatoes, a lively 9-piece big band. Money raised will help support a permanent home for firefighting in the West Metro area. Tickets include a free introductory dance lesson, dinner, drinks and much more. Event sponsorships are also available. Register at www.wmfrf.org/events/firehouseball.

For information, call Hali Nurnberg at 303-226-5478 or email mountairstation1@gmail.com.

BLOOD DRIVE High Point Financial Group blood drive, 10-11:40 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, inside the bloodmobile at Financial Plaza at Union Square, 215 Union Blvd., Suite 200, Lakewood. Contact Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit bonfils.org.

TUESDAY/JUNE 3

WEDNESDAY/JUNE 4

BLOOD DRIVE St. Anthony Hospital blood drive, 8-9:40 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 2, inside Auditorium A at 11600 West 2nd Place, Lakewood. Contact Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit bonfils.org.

DANCE CLASSES Colorado ACTS presents dance classes starting in June at its new theater. Learn to swing and foxtrot class for ages 12-18 is from 6-7 p.m. Wednesdays from June 4 to July 23, with a dance party Saturday, July 26. Adult learn to salsa and tango class is 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays from June 4 to July 23, with the dance party on Saturday, July 26. Go to www.coloradoacts. org. Colorado ACTS is at 11455 W. I-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge.

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lacrosse team plans summer lacrosse camps run by varsity and junior varsity coaches and assisted by varsity players. Camps are Young Guns, for beginners of any age, 6-8 p.m. Mondays June 2 and June 9; Lacrosse Skills, for 5th-8th grade boys, from 6-8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 3, and Thursday, June 5; and High School Pass and Play, for 9th-12th graders, 7-8 p.m. all four Wednesdays in June.

ARTS FESTIVAL The Lakewood Symphony kicks off Lakewood’s arts festival “Inspire” with a free open dress rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 4, at the Lakewood Cultural Center. On Thursday, June 5, hear the concert “Inspiration Point” at 7:30 p.m. Tickets at www.lakewoodsymphony.org or 303 987-7845.

SOFTBALL TRYOUTS The Under Armour Softball Factory National Tryout will be Tuesday, June 3, at Colorado School of Mines. For athletes ages 13-18. Players should report at 8 a.m. for registration, and the event begins at 9 a.m. Go to www. softballfactory.com/tryouts to enroll, or call 855-822-5115.

JUNE 1: The concert series wraps up with the world premier of “When God Lets My Body Be,” commissioned by Confluence from composer Jan Krzywicki. Mr. Krzywicki and his wife, collaborative pianist Susan Nowicki, travel from Philadelphia, to join the choir in presenting the featured piece and many others of Mr. Krzywicki’s compositions.

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LIFETREE CAFÉ The dangers of medical mistakes will be discussed at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field St., Arvada. “Doctor Danger: What Every Patient Needs to Know” features a filmed interview with Dr. Martin Makary, a cancer surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital and author of “Unaccountable: What Hospitals Won’t Tell You and How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care.” Admission is free. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@peacelutheran.net.

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For information on costs and needed equipment, go to www. ragingramslax.org, or email Nate Hallahan, boys head coach, at hallahan22@yahoo.com. All camps are at Dunston Middle School, 1855 S. Wright St., Lakewood.

THURSDAY TO Saturday/June 5-7 TEA AND TREASURES Assistance League Auxiliary of Denver

presents Tea and Treasures TableScapes 2014, a fundraiser for the benefit of children and seniors. This year’s event includes an amateur table setting competition, a delectable tea, boutique shopping, garden and herb plants for sale and tours of The Bosworth House. Event is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, June 5-7, at The Bosworth House, 1400 Josephine St., Denver.

Call 303-322-5205 for tickets and information. Go to www. denver.assistanceleague.org.

FRIDAY/JUNE 6 TAX FUNDAMENTALS The Colorado Department of Revenue

offers workshops on sales tax law fundamentals. Registration is required. Go to www.TaxSeminars.state.co.us. Click on live workshops, then main class schedule. Register under the student tab, then sign up for classes. The next class is 9 a.m. to noon Friday, June 6, in Lakewood. Continuing professional education credits and training materials available.

FRIDAY TO SUNDAY/JUNE 6-8 ROCKY FLATS The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities presents “Rocky Flats Then and Now: 25 Years After the Raid” June 6-8. Programming details can be found at www. arvadacenter.org.

SATURDAY/JUNE 7 GARDEN TOUR The Conflict Center’s 14th annual Enchanted Gardens Tour of Northwest Denver is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 7, followed by an after party at the 23rd Avenue Sculpture Studio. The self-guided tour features more than 20 private and public gardens grouped in four neighborhood clusters. All proceeds benefit The Conflict Center, which promotes and teaches non-violent conflict management. Online advance sales also are available at http://conflictcenter.org/events/garden-tour/. The tour begins at The Conflict Center, 4140 Tejon St. Go to www. conflictcenter.org or call 303-433-4983.

SATURDAY/JUNE 7 BLOOD DRIVE WALMART blood drive, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 7, inside the bloodmobile at 440 Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Contact Bonfils Appointment Center at 303363-2300 or visit bonfils.org.

SATURDAY/JUNE 7 TRAILS DAY Celebrate Arvada’s 13th Arvada Trails Day 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., and at Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge, east of Kipling Street on West 80th Avenue. Free hot dogs and ice cream will be provided at both locations. Call 720-898-7405.

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Community presents open mic night – celebrate your teen self 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. This program gives teens the opportunity to express their performing art including voice and instrument, acting, poetry, stand-up comedy, mime, etc. Open to all students in sixth to 12th grades. Email bellbottoms809@gmail. com.

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Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club meets 7-9 a.m. Mondays at the Howard Johnson Denver West, 12100 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Call Fred Holden at 303-421-7619 for more information. All are welcome, not just Republican men from Jefferson County.

TUESDAYS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES The Lakewood Chapter of Retired and Active Federal Employees meets each second Tuesday at the Episcopal Church, 10th and Garrison. Call Ann Ornelas at 303-517-8558 with questions.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have

experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance).

Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue.

Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtnteamsurvivor.org.

WEDNESDAYS AMERICAN LEGION Auxiliary presents Burger Nite, from 5-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Post 178, 1655 Simms St., Lakewood. Members, their guests and active military invited for varied food and reasonable prices. Visit www. alpost178.org.

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Meetings are from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesdays at various restaurants in Olde Town Arvada. A $5 fee is collected from each attendee, which is then donated to a local charity at the end of each quarter. The 4th Quarter Charity is the Dan Peak Foundation who assists families in need. For information, call Micki Carwin at 303-997-9098.

ENTREPRENEURS CLUB The Lakewood Chapter Lutheran Entrepreneurs meets 8-9 a.m. on third Wednesdays at the Bethlehem Chapel Coffee House, located in the medical office building just south of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2100 Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. The chapter coordinator is Denise Rolfsmeier.

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PROFESSIONAL WOMEN NW Metro Business and Professional Women meets the first Wednesday of each month from September to May. Our mission is to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. Call Marcia at 303827-3283 to RSVP. THURSDAYS BUSINESS SPIRITUALITY Business Honoring Spirituality meets 7-9 a.m. every Thursday at the Community Center of Mile Hi Church, 9079 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. Meetings include networking, a brief meditation by a licensed practitioner, guest speaker and breakfast. For additional information, visit www.bhsmilehi.org or call Patty Whitelock at 303-274-0933.

COMMUNITY COFFEE Join Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp on the fourth Thursday of each month to talk about issues that are important to you. Community Coffee will be from 7-8 a.m. at La Dolce Vita, Ice Cream Room, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada; and from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Panera Bread, 10450 Town Center Drive, Westminster.

INVESTORS’ MEETINGS The Rocky Mountain Inventors Association meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month (excluding November and December) at Vesta Technology, 13050 W. 43rd Drive, Suite 300, Golden. Presentations in marketing, manufacturing, engineering, finance, business and legal, followed by networking. Go online to www.rminventor.org for details.

ban Northwest meets from 9:30 a.m. to noon the first Wednesday of the month at Community in Christ Church, 12229 W. 80th Ave., Arvada. Meetings are open to the public and include refreshments, business meeting and program featuring music teaching professionals from around the state lecturing on the latest teaching developments.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance).

Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue.

Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtnteamsurvivor.org.

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GOLDEN GATE Community Grange, 25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road, has meetings at 7 p.m. the second Friday of the month. Activities include yoga, dances, eggmania, special wildlife programs, holiday craft fair. Grange hall available for rental for weddings, parties, reunions, etc. Call Rich Phillips at 303-277-1933 or go to www. goldengategrange.com. New members welcome.

SATURDAYS COLORADO CITIZENS for Peace meets from 10:30-11:30 a.m. every Saturday at the intersections of West 52nd and Wadsworth Boulevard to try to bring an end to the wars. Signs will be furnished for those who do not have them. Contact Cindy Lowry at 303-431-1228 or waylonthecat.lowry@ yahoo.com.

MEDITATION CLASSES Various styles of meditation will be explored from 9:30-10:30 a.m. each Saturday at PranaTonic, 807 14th St., Golden.

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN Shipwrights is a wood ship modeling club that meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Rockler’s Woodworking and Hardware Store, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver. The club also has a workshop at the Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road. We meet here at 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first Saturday of each month. Go to www.rockymountainshipwrights.org for information.

SUNDAYS FREE WALTZ/POLKA lessons Polka Lover Klubs, Denver Kickers, 16776 W. 50th Ave. in Golden, meets from 3-7 p.m. Sundays. Live music. Beautiful dance floor. Admission $4 members, $6 nonmembers. Annual membership $15. Contact Leo at 720-232-0953 or leoincolorado@gmail.com.

ONGOING /EDUCATION DISCUSSION GROUPS Covenant Village hosts Wednesdays at 2 p.m.

This series of monthly events features expert speakers on a wide variety of educational and entertaining topics.

Please plan to attend one, several or all of our programs, held at 9153 Yarrow St. in Westminster. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Call 303-403-2205 for driving directions and to reserve your place. Come early for refreshments; fellowship lectures begin at 2 p.m. To learn more about the residency options and lifestyle at Covenant Village of Colorado,

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ESL CLASSES — Covenant Presbyterian Church, 6100 W. 44th St. in Wheat Ridge, is sponsoring a free series of English as a Second Language classes for adults 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday nights.

These classes will emphasize a conversational method of instruction. Beginner through advanced classes are offered.

You may register on any Thursday night.

For directions or more information, call the church at 410-442-5800 or go to our website at www.cpcwheatridge.org.

ONGOING /FINE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CONCORDIA LUTHERAN Church Choir meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays.

The choir assists in Concordia’s traditional worship service three out of four Sundays per month. The church is at 13371 W. Alameda Parkway in Lakewood (the church nestled close to Green Mountain). If you have a desire to sing and are interested in joining, please contact Joan at joan@concordialcms.org or 303-989-5260.

DANCE CLUB — Blue Nova Dance Club meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the first and third Sundays every month at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court in Wheat Ridge. For more information or dance lessons, contact Dave at 303-5786588 or email BlueNova.RoundDanceClub@gmail.com.

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Patrice LeBlanc performs on keyboard and vocals 6-9 p.m. every Friday and Saturday at Purple Ginger Asian Fusion Restaurant, 2610 Youngfield St. Call 303-237-1133 for more information.

SINGERS NEEDED The Troubadours Choir is looking for a director and new members. This is a volunteer choir, comprised mostly of seniors. The Troubadours meet at 9 a.m. every Friday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 45th and Wadsworth. For more information, call Gary at 303-477-1380.

SYMPHONY AUDITIONS The Lakewood Symphony is holding auditions for concertmaster (includes an honorarium), principal viola (includes an honorarium) and all section strings.

Also, we are auditioning for subs in other sections. Rehearsals are 7:30-10 p.m. Tuesdays, September through May, at Green Mountain United Methodist Church; concerts are at the Lakewood Cultural Center. Call 303-980-0400 for requirements, appointment and further information.

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May 29, 2014

Support for living with Alzheimer’s Chicken Soup for the Soul collaborates with Alzheimer’s Association

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advance research that will one day lead to a cure, we’re sharing information, compassion, and advice with one another. We’re speaking up about the realities of Alzheimer’s, and together, we’re breaking through the stigmas that exist.”

Spaulding will be available to share stories during a book signing on Saturday, June 7, 1-3 p.m. at the Denver West Barnes

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In the latest edition from the Chicken Soup for the Soul Publications, the Alzheimer’s Association has teamed up with the popular book series to bring advice and comfort in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living with Alzheimer’s & Other Dementias.

Sara Spaulding, Golden resident and vice president of communications for the Alzheimer’s Association Colorado Chapter, is one of the 101 contributing stories selected for the book.

“With Alzheimer’s disease, in so many ways, the person we knew is gone in those last few years,” Spaulding said. “As busy as we all are and even as a caregiver, being able to pick up the book to get a quick little tip or a little bit of inspiration or a little bit of hope or a little bit of laughter I just think is a wonderful thing.”

It has been described as a support group that fits in your pocket, she said.

Spaulding’s husband Bill was diagnosed with younger onset Alzheimer’s. He lived with the disease for nine years before his passing at the age of 63 in February of 2010.

In those nine years, Spaulding’s life at times was overwhelmed by the demanding needs of Bill’s care and the cruel manifestations of the disease which can strip away the memory and all of its associations.

Her story “Snowflakes and Sunshine” is one of Spaulding’s most cherished memories of Bill during a brief moment of lucidity while taking a drive in the mountains.

The memory is also one of the most important lessons she learned while coping with Bill’s disease; to stop and enjoy the happy moments.

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May 29, 2014

Mentally ill add to jail populations State facilities offer few hospital beds

By Kristin Jones Rocky Mountain PBS I-News

In unit 4C of the Pueblo County jail, any human presence draws inmates to the narrow windows of their solitary cells.

They bark requests and complaints, or just grin and make small talk. One man’s ceiling is leaking; another wants to know how many more days he has left in segregation.

“Ma’am, do you work here?” asks a tall African-American man with a steady, serious gaze, who wants to know when his glasses will be delivered.

“I’m the warden, Darlene Alcala,” she replies to the man needing glasses. Alcala is small and elegant in black, and sports a friendly smile at odds with the cinderblock bleakness of the jail. “You can call me chief.”

Though they live on opposite sides of the jail’s heavy doors, these two have come to see eye-to-eye on a crucial point: Inmates like him don’t belong here.

The man has been in 23-hour-a-day lockdown for a year and a half. Like most of his fellow residents in what’s known as administrative segregation, he is mentally ill.

Brief interactions with the staff are nearly the only contact he has with the world outside his cramped cell.

As a shortage of funding has depleted options for those in need of treatment for mental illnesses, there’s still one place that can’t say no: jail. Inpatient psychiatric beds have dwindled to 1,093 for the state’s entire population, according to state human services data, a decrease of 20 percent from five years ago. People with mental illnesses are more than five times as likely to wind up in jail or prison.

“Years ago we deinstitutionalized mental-health treatment,” says Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle. “People felt it was shameful that we had people in custody or locked up in mental health facilities. Now, instead, we lock them up in jail.”

The burden on jails is growing. A 1992 jail survey found that 11 percent of Colorado inmates had a serious mental illness, according to research by Public Citizen’s Health Research Group and National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. This year, 10 county jails surveyed by I-News reported that, on average in 2013, 18 percent of their inmates were mentally ill.

Sheriffs say the trend is noticeable from year to year. At the Douglas County jail, for example, the number of mentally ill inmates has grown 10 percent in the past three years, even as the general daily population has dropped 28 percent.

Once they’re in, inmates with behavioral health problems have more trouble getting out. The seven metro Denver counties in 2008 found that mentally ill inmates stayed an average of five times longer than other inmates. In Pueblo, an inmate detained for a misdemeanor stays an average of 28 days; mentally ill inmates jailed for similar offenses stay between 171 and 180 days.

“Jails and prisons have become the warehouses for people who aren’t getting treated elsewhere,” says Attila Denes, a captain at the Douglas County jail. “It’s among the most expensive and least humane” ways to provide care.

Solitary confinement is routine. Even as Colorado’s new state prison chief, Rick Raemisch, has pledged to remove mentally ill prisoners from isolation because of concerns that it is counterproductive and inhumane, jailers say they still use 23-hour lockdown to keep staff and other inmates safe.

Denes, a student of history, sees patterns in American society’s treatment of people with mental illnesses. As early as the 1650s, the plight of so-called “lunatics” in prisons attracted a call to the colonial legislature to find alternative housing.

“We’ve gone full circle,” says Denes.

“We’re back today to where we were in the 1650s.”

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The confinement of thousands of mentally ill Coloradans in jails and prisons can make a striking contrast with the sensibilities of the people whose job it is to confine them.

Alcala first took a job as a receptionist at the Pueblo jail 30 years ago to get health insurance for her newborn son. Her ambition to become a deputy was stoked by a supervisor who told her she was hired “to look pretty and answer the phone.”

It was in the 1990s that she became aware of the prevalence of mental illness in the jail; There was a woman who smeared feces on the wall, and an inmate who licked the floor. Alcala recalls that the detention officers had no real tools for handling what they simply saw as strange behavior.

Alcala and other staff have worked to acquire the skills to communicate with inmates in the throes of a crisis. She enrolled in crisis intervention training eight years ago, says Alcala, adding: “I wish I’d had it 15 years earlier.”

Sheriffs are increasingly enlisting mental health professionals to improve care for the mentally ill in jail, by training detention officers to communicate through a crisis and by offering therapy to inmates.

John Parsons, who was released from the Pueblo jail in March, says he got help from a jail-based program called Moral Reconation Therapy — a type of cognitive behavioral therapy — to handle his depression, anxiety and alcoholism.

“MRT told me how to handle the stresses and pressures of life in the way normal people do,” Parsons said in April.

Jagruti Shah runs the state’s offender mental health programs, overseeing a budget of about $2.7 million to help connect inmates with treatment for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health disorders. The programs run in 33 counties, reaching about 90 percent of the state’s jail population.

Shah says the programs have had some success in treating inmates while they’re jailed.

But the short-term stay of most inmates means they walk out with only a few days’ worth of medication. Outside, care can be hard to come by — both before and after

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“Quite often people don’t have the opportunity to engage in these treatment programs until they hit the front door of the jails,” says Denes.

Pueblo inmate Erin Hedden says she tried.

After symptoms of bipolar disorder emerged when she was 28 years old, Hedden was prescribed a laundry list of drugs.

Each one failed until she found a combination that worked: Prozac and Zyprexa.

But when she left a job as a nursing assistant to work on her mother’s ranch, Hedden lost her insurance. At $1,000 a month, the medication was out of reach. It took three months for the symptoms of mania to resurface, and Hedden says she sought refuge in crystal methamphetamine.

Three years later, Hedden is in jail on a four-year sentence for drugged driving.

She was behind the wheel in a crash that killed Linda Sue Sublett, a 69-year-old woman she never met.

The county now pays for her Prozac and Zyprexa.

Hospital beds dwindle

Two miles northwest of the jail, on a road spiked with wind-driven tumbleweed, is the campus of the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, one of only two state psychiatric hospitals.

Beds at the state hospitals have disappeared steadily even as Colorado’s population has boomed, the victim of federal and state budget cuts and a change in philosophy that emphasized removing people from institutions. In 1980, there were 1,103 public psychiatric beds in Colorado; in 2014, there are 553, many of them earmarked for those charged with or convicted of crimes.

Pueblo Sheriff Kirk Taylor says the state psychiatric hospital sends its patients to the jail when they lash out or act violently, including people who have previously been found not guilty by reason of insanity. At the same time, Taylor and other county jail officials complain that the state hospitals frequently turn away inmates who have been put on emergency mental-

health holds for posing a danger to themselves or others.

“These people don’t need to be in jail,” says Taylor. “They need to be in a therapeutic community.”

Bill May, who heads the state hospital in Pueblo, believes it’s appropriate for some of the hospital’s patients to be arrested and sent to jail if they commit a crime while stable in treatment.

Meanwhile, state psychiatric hospitals can’t receive people on mental-health holds unless they’ve been treated and cleared first for any physical problems, says Dr. Patrick Fox, a Colorado Department of Human Services official who oversees the hospitals. He suggests taking inmates to the emergency room.

At issue, in part, is the question of who bears the high costs of housing mentally ill inmates. Psychotropic medications, additional security and lengthier stays all add to the costs. A seven-county study in the metro Denver area found the cost of accommodating seriously mentally ill inmates to be around $44.7 million a year in 2010, up from $36.5 million in 2006. Costs haven’t declined since then, and are likely to have increased, says Regina Huerter, the director of Denver’s Crime Prevention and Control Commission.

The influx of ill inmates has contributed to overcrowding in Boulder, say jail officials there. Boulder is reconfiguring its cells to expand the special management unit where mentally ill inmates are housed. But that means taking space from other areas, says Division Chief Bruce Haas.

In Denver, the construction of a new jail in 2010 took into account the extra medical resources and supervision demanded by an increasingly ill population, says Sheriff Gary Wilson.

Like the homeless, mentally ill inmates often have trouble meeting judges’ standards for bail, which take into account qualifications such as stable housing, employment and family support, says state public defender Douglas Wilson. This is Jail continues on Page 17

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despite the fact that their crimes may be low-level offenses.

“The reality is, most of the time what we’re talking about is trespasses, the guy who roller-skated into somebody’s garage because he thought it was a roller rink, public urination,” says Wilson.

Denver recently found that the 99 people most frequently jailed for low-level offenses had a high rate of mental illness — around 35 percent. They were also frequently homeless and addicted to alcohol or drugs, adding to the complexity of treating them.

Some get into more trouble behind bars, committing crimes that lengthen

their stays, says Sheriff David Walcher in Arapahoe County.

“They commit crimes on the inside; there are assaults on staff. They tend to get more charges when they’re in jail,” says Walcher. “They’re a more challenging population overall.”

Harsh world

From their stark walls to their locked doors to their narrow, light-deprived spaces, jails are meant to confine criminals, not promote recovery.

“There’s nothing soft about what we do,” says Alcala. “We’re built for offenders.”

Hedden has sharp memories of her episodes in 23-hour lockdown. The 35-yearold inmate, who is being treated for social anxiety and depression along with bipolar disorder, says her last 12-day stay there led her to a breakdown.

“All day long it’s a cacophony of voices,

of screams, of shouting,” says Hedden.

“There is no human interaction except for what’s between you and the guard, and who you can yell at next door through the wall. The loneliness is overwhelming. I get a sense of intense anxiety like I just want to claw at the door. I just want to get out.

I would do anything to get out. I beg to get out.”

A growing understanding of what it means to isolate people who have mental illnesses is leading to changes in the state prison system.

When former prisoner Evan Ebel shot dead prison chief Tom Clements last year, the incident raised questions about Ebel’s time in solitary confinement and his direct release into the community. Clements’ replacement, Raemisch, has criticized the overuse of solitary confinement nationwide, and has pledged to stop placing mentally ill inmates in administrative seg-

regation. And the state legislature recently passed a bill — now pending Gov. John Hickenlooper’s signature — banning longterm solitary confinement for seriously mentally ill prisoners.

But 23-hour lockdown is still widely used as a tool to control mentally ill inmates in jails.

Jailers in Douglas County, Arapahoe County, Boulder, Pueblo and elsewhere say they try to minimize the use of it, but none said they were considering doing away with it.

“Most jails are pretty close to full if not overflowing,” says Denes, in Douglas County. “Sometimes when you have people classified as dangerous offenders and you have people packed into a housing unit, the reason that you use (23-hour lockdown) is to prevent victimization of inmates from other inmates.”

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Pot law aims to protect kids Separate measure deals with concentrates

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com A Highlands Ranch legislator hopes that a new marijuana law will help keep the drug out of the

hands of children.

Gov. John Hickenlooper on May 21 signed into law a bill that aims to distinguish cannabis-infused edibles like candy and cookies from other foods so that kids don’t accidentally consume the drug.

Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, a bill sponsor, said that by requiring edibles to be pack-

aged in a way that makes them easy to identify as containi n g marijuana, Capitol fewer Report children would end up having to be hospitalized for accidental ingestion.

“It certainly gives parents and teachers and school resource officers the tool that they need to identify these things and keep them out of kids’ hands,” McNulty said.

The bill was signed at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, where nine children have been treated

for marijuana ingestion so far this year.

The bill creates a task force that will determine the rules to make marijuana edibles clearly identifiable. That includes what kinds of markings are on the packaging or on the edibles themselves.

The bill is a change from its original form, which sought to prohibit companies from “selling things that look like kid snacks, lacing them with THC and turning around and selling them to adults,” McNulty said. However, that effort had to be pulled back after it ran into problems during the legislative process.

“I would have liked to have gone further, but we

had to work within the process we had,” McNulty said.

“And I think the end product moves us to a direction of keeping kids safe.”

Hickenlooper also signed into law a separate bill that regulates the amount of concentrated marijuana that a person can possess.

Under Amendment 64, which was approved by voters in 2012, adults are allowed to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, regardless of whether it is in plant “bud” form or in concentrated form, such as hash oil.

But concentrated pot can contain many more servings than in plant form.

The new law addresses that

by requiring the state to determine how much concentrated pot is equal to an ounce of leafy marijuana.

Both bills received bipartisan sponsorship and support at the General Assembly.

Christian Sederberg, a marijuana attorney, said the Legislature did a good job this year in dealing with the new territory of legalized pot sales and consumption.

“At the end of the session, there were a number of responsible bills that add to the regulatory structure and provide opportunities for the program to continue to improve,” he said.

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standing and a very serious problem,” Kagan said. “Our justice system is less robust if children are not getting counsel. This bill makes that right.”

The bill — which received bipartisan support from both legislative chambers — was signed into law on May 21 by Gov. John Hickenlooper.

After an arrest, judges have 48 hours to determine whether to release a child or keep the person behind bars, pending trial. The bill ensures that juveniles who are making their first court appearance after being ar-

rested will have legal counsel available at the hearing.

Before this law, juveniles were told that they have the option of speaking with a lawyer. But being told that they have that right and actually having a lawyer present are two different things, Kagan said.

“The kids are like a deer caught in headlights,” Kagan said. “They don’t have a clue. They’re thinking one thing and one thing only — ‘How in the hell do I get out of these shackles?

I’ll go along with anything that a person wearing a tie or a robe tells me to do.’ But

they’re not the child’s lawyer.”

The law also assists juveniles who are released from jail. When they receive a summons for their next court appearance, the summons will plainly state that they have a right “to a free lawyer” if they qualify financially, Kagan said. The summons will also have a phone number and website address to provide the youths with more information.

Kagan hopes that this law will prevent children from being unnecessarily locked up.

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The law addresses a “concerning” statistic indicating that 45 percent of children go through the entire judicial process without having a lawyer present, according to Rep. Daniel Kagan, D-Cherry Hills Village, who sponsored the effort at the Legislature this year.

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TAURUS (apr 20 to May 20) a surge of support helps you keep your long-standing commitment to colleagues who rely on you for guidance. Ignore any attempts to get you to ease up on your efforts.

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LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) a business decision might need to be put off until a colleague’s personal matter is resolved. Use this time to work on another business matter that you’ve been anxious to get to.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) Relationships (personal or professional)might appear to be stalled because of details that keep cropping up and that need tending to. Be patient. a path begins to clear soon.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) a promotion could cause resentment among envious colleagues.

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CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Handling a delicate personal matter needs both your wisdom and your warmth. Expect some setbacks, but stay with it. The outcome will more than justify your efforts.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Resist the temptation to cut corners just because time is short. Best to move ahead step by step so you don’t overlook anything that might later create time-wasting complications.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Use the good will you recently earned with that well-received project to pitch your ideas for a new project. Expect some tough competition, though, from an unlikely source.

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Green Mountain claims state baseball title Rams a team of destiny on dramatic ride to 4A title

By Daniel Williams

dwilliams@colorado communitymedia.com LAKEWOOD — Despite having to beat both Longmont and Niwot on Saturday to win the 4A State Baseball Tournament, Green Mountain sealed the deal, to win the state title on Friday.

One day before the Rams officially won a state championship they were one strike away from being eliminated from the tournament all together.

But after a dramatic 7-6 comeback victory over Durango Friday at All-Star Park, the Rams realized there was no way they were going to end their season without the 4A state championship.

“We just kept on believing that we were the best team and that we were going to come out on top,” Green Mountain coach Brad Madden said.

The Rams were down 5-1 and then 6-5 in the seventh inning, down to their final strike against Durango on Friday. But somehow Green Mountain managed to load the bases before senior catcher Justin Akiyama hit a walk-off game winning hit.

“I didn’t want that to be my last ever high school at bat,” Akiyama said. “I was going to do whatever it took to keep us alive.”

After Akiyama’s clutch hit Rams’ players went bananas and, despite having to win two more games 24 hours later, Green Mountain had the definite feeling of a team of destiny.

Saturday’s games were just a formality as the Rams beat Longmont 9-1 and then went on to beat Niwot 10-2 to claim the 4A state title.

And while Green Mountain outscored their opponents 19-3 on Saturday and nearly every player had a hot stick, it was outstanding pitching that sealed the championship for the Rams.

Green Mountain junior pitcher Talon Schaller single-handedly — or singlearm-idly — pitched his way to the Rams’ title, throwing a complete game two-hitter against Longmont.

Having only thrown 72 total pitches against Longmont, Madden decided to

Green Mountain catcher Justin Akiyama celebrates his game-winning hit by jumping into coach Brad Madden’s arms after Friday’s dramatic 7-6 victory over Durango at All-Star Park. Photos by Daniel Williams start him against Niwot in the championship game and Schaller picked up where he left off throwing five more innings against Niwot, giving up only two more hits.

Schaller threw 12 innings in total on Saturday, striking out 12 batters and putting an exclamation point on Green Mountain’s championship season.

The Rams (20-7, 9-5 in league) wrap up their season as 4A’s best team, even though they were only the second best team in 4A Jeffco this season.

Wheat Ridge won the league championship and was looked at as the most likely team out of 4A Jeffco to make a run at a state title.

Well, Green Mountain would definitely trade a league title for a state title, and after their incredible playoff run there is no doubt that the Rams are the state’s best.

Green Mountain pitcher Josh Ramirez was one of the arms who time after time came up big for the Rams during their title run.

Garcia named wrestler of the year Garcia is arguably Colorado’s all-time greatest wrestler

By Daniel Williams

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Bear Creek senior PT Garcia has had a prep career that few have ever matched and was honored as the wrestler of the year by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Colorado chapter. Garcia is pictured here moments after winning his third consecutive state title on Feb. 22 at the Pepsi Center. Photo by Daniel Williams

LAKEWOOD - PT Garcia is a Colorado wrestling icon.

And to top off one of the greatest prep careers in our state’s history the Bear Creek senior was honored as the wrestler of the year by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Colorado chapter.

Garcia, along with a handful of others, was honored at the 16th Annual Hall of Fame Honors Banquet last Saturday at the Marriott Hotel in Colorado Springs.

A three-time Colorado state wrestling champion, Garcia defeated Greeley West’s Adrian DeLaCruz 10-7 on Feb. 22 to win a 132-pound state title. He also won a state championship at 132 as a junior and 120 as a sophomore.

Also honored was Valley head coach Mike Caciari who was tabbed as high school coach of the year after leading his Vikings to a 2013 state title.

Bill Bragg, David De Giacomo, Mickey DeRock, Harlan Hankins, Greg Maestas,

Art Martinez and Harvey Starbuck were also honored for their lifetime service to wrestling.

And others who were honored Saturday night included: College Coach of the Year Chuck Pipher, Colorado Mesa University College Wrestler of the Year Josh Martinez, Air Force Academy, Youth Coach of the Year Ben Menzor, Youth Wrestler of the Year Josiah Rider, Wrestling Media Award Tim Yount, Wrestling Officials of the Year Ryun Mendoza and LD Powell, Dave De Giacomo Award Steve Valdez and the Special Merit Award Kevin Bracken.

In other wrestling news: CHSAA’s Legislative Council announced Thursday wrestling will use its own enrollment number cutoffs to determine classes.

According to CHSAANow.com, wrestling will now join football as the only sports to have separate enrollment cutoffs, where as every other sport uses figures primarily determined by the number of basketball schools in each classification.

The affected are classes 4A, 3A and 2A but there were no changes in 5A. The problem stemmed from wrestling looking at a standout disparity of teams in each classification, with 4A set to have 71 teams while 3A would’ve had 38. Now with the change 4A and 3A will have 53 teams each.

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4A a runaway but 5A golf had dramatic ending Playoff decides individual 5A state champion

By Daniel Williams

dwilliams@colorado communitymedia. com LITTLETON — The girls’ 4A golf state championship was won in clear fashion, but drama surrounded the 5A state championship, Tuesday at Raccoon Creek Golf Course.

After 36 holes the girls’ 5A title was still undecided but Rock Canyon senior Michelle Romano pared the first hole of a playoff to claim the individual title with a score of 9 over.

Romano beat Arapahoe’s Hannah Wood in the playoff and outlasted three other golfers who all finished one stroke behind Romano at 10 over.

Regis Jesuit won the 5A team title with a final score of 485 just beating Rock Canyon who finished with a score of 490. Arapahoe finished third with at 493.

Jeffco’s top finisher was Columbine’s Jaylee Tait, who led the pack at different points in the tournament, and finished at 10 over.

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Pomona’s Zarena Brown also had a noteworthy finish for Jeffco shooting 20 over after efforts of 79 and 85. Brown finished in 19th place.

The 4A tournament was not much in doubt compared to 5A’s dramatic finish but there was still plenty of impressive golf played both days of competition.

None were more impressive than Jefferson Academy’s Jennifer Kupcho who finished at 2 over after shooting rounds of 72 and 74.

Kupcho finished 14 strokes ahead of her closest competitor, Valor Christian’s Andrea Ballou, who finished 16 over. Emilee Strausburg of D’Evelyn finished third at 18 over.

Cheyenne Mountain won the 4A team title finishing at 88 over, followed by Montrose who finished +103 and Colorado Academy at 105 over.

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Early in the game No. 10 Ralston Valley electrified the soggy crowd by taking a 1-0 lead and for a moment it felt as though the Mustangs were going to win their first 5A state soccer championship.

However, it was No. 8 Columbine who proved themselves he state’s best team, winning a weather-delayed state title game 3-1 Thursday at Dicks Sporting Goods Park.

Ralston Valley carried the momentum from its dramatic 3-2 comeback victory over Pine Creek last Saturday into the title game, taking a 1-0 lead in the game’s 21st minute when freshman Lindsay Guerrero scored on a breakaway.

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Three minutes later Columbine took a 2-1 lead when freshman Amanda Porter scored off a shot from an improbable angle.

The Mustangs attempted to respond with several second half scoring chances but a combination of a slippery field and Columbine’s defense kept Ralston Valley from converting an equalizer.

The Rebels would seal the deal with less than a minute left in the game when sophomore Tatum Barton made it 3-1, scoring on a breakaway that broke the Mustangs’ hearts.

The championship for the Rebels is extra special and properly timed as retiring Columbine principal Frank DeAngelis attended his last sporting event. DeAngelis became a national figure with his handling of 1999’s Columbine shootings.

DeAngelis wraps up a 35-year career at Columbine High School.

It was also the second time Columbine beat Ralston Valley this season. On April 28 the Rebels beat the Mustangs 1-0 in a league contest that helped decide the 5A Jeffco League title.

The 5A title game was originally scheduled for Wednesday but heavy rain and hail pushed the game back 24 hours. The heavy rain returned on Thursday but the girls played through the storm.

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Ain’t life ‘Fantastick’?

Classic romance comes to Miners Alley

By Clarke Reader

creader@colorado communitymedia.com History’s longest running musical is coming to Miners Alley Playhouse, bringing along with it a delightful mix of humor, unique characters and memorable tunes.

“The Fantasticks,” a musical by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt that premiered in 1960, will be playing at Golden’s Miners Alley, 1224 Washington Ave., through June 29.

Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 6 p.m.

“This show has really endured the test of time and is on a lot of people’s favorites list,” said director Brenda Worley Billings. “To be that enduring it has to have all the things that people want in a story.”

The story of “The Fantasticks” centers on two neighboring fathers who try to trick their children, Matt (Mark Lively) and Luisa (Jacquie Jo Billings), into falling in love by

IF YOU GO WHAT: “The Fantasticks” WHERE: Miners Alley Playhouse 1224 Washington Ave., Golden WHEN: Through June 29 Friday and Saturday - 7:30 p.m.

Sunday - 6 p.m.

COST: $26 adult, $23 senior and youth, $15 children under 12 INFORMATION: 303-935-3044 or www.minersalley.com pretending to hate each other. The fathers figure that since teenagers always want to do the opposite of what their parents say, the best way to get them together is to act like the families can’t stand each other.

To help sell the story, the fathers hire some traveling actors to stage a mock abduction so that Matt can save Luisa, thus putting an end to the feud.

The plan works, but once the two children learn that the whole scenario was a set-up, the split-up.

As they navigate their way through the difficulties of the real world, they start to wonder if they actually do belong together.

The musical includes such hits

as “Try to Remember,” “They Were You,” and “Soon it’s Gonna Rain” in its song list.

Billings describes the story as “moonlight in the first act and sunlight in the second.”

“There are some very funny and tender moments and it is really fun journey,” she added.

Rory Pierce plays El Gallo, who serves both as narrator and one of the actors hired to kidnap Luisa, said that the show exemplifies the idea that no one can appreciate happiness without a little bit of sadness.

“People might be surprised by the depth and nuance of the characters,” he said. “El Gallo is certainly a larger than life character who likes to teach life lessons to anyone who will listen.”

“The Fantasticks” represents several first for the people involved.

This is Billings first time directing at Miners Alley and is Pierce’s first appearance on the Miners stage.

Pierce is a nearly 25-year veteran over at the former Heritage Square Music Hall and said that playing the new venue has been an exciting experience.

“I got some priceless experi-

In Miners Alley’s “The Fantasticks” Luisa (Jacquie Jo Billings) is kidnapped by El Gallo (Rory Pierce) as part of a scheme hatched by Luisa’s father. Photo by Cody Schuyler Photography ence at Heritage Square and I really couldn’t ask for a better theater or show for the first time I stepped away,” he said. “The cast has been tremendous and the production team has been wonderful.”

Billings said the show is a great ride for everyone to take.

“We want everyone to come and take this musical journey with us,” she said. “It has endured all these years because of the way it captures what is comic in life.”

For more information, call 303935-3044 or visit www.minersalley. com.

Guidance for parents and grandparents

By Esther Macalady Sometimes advice is so good it’s meant to be posted at eye level on refrigerator.

“The 101 Principles of Discipline” by Dr. Katharine Kersey is one of those. Get your scissors and tape out. The list is printed with Dr. Kersey’s permission.

Discipline That Works Dr. Kersey quotes J. L. Hymes, ”Discipline is a slow, bit by bit, time-consuming task of helping children to see the sense in acting a certain way.”

Here are some selections: Demonstrate Respect Principle — Treat the child the same way you treat other important people in your life — the way you want him to treat you — and others. (How would I want them to say that to me?)

Make a Big Deal Principle — Make a big deal over responsible, considerate, appropriate behavior — with attention (your eyeballs), thanks, praise, thumbsup, recognition, hugs, special privileges, incentives (NOT food).

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Incompatible Alternative Principle — Give the child something to do that is incompatible with the inappropriate behavior. “Help me pick out 6 oranges” (instead of running around the grocery store).

Choice Principle — Give the child two choices, both of which are positive and acceptable to you. “Would you rather tiptoe or hop upstairs to bed?” (“You choose or I’ll choose.”)

Timer Says it’s Time Principle — Set a timer to help children make transitions.

“When the timer goes off, you will need to put away your books.” It is also a good idea to give the child a chance to choose how long he needs to pull himself together. “It’s okay to be upset, how long do you need?” Then allow him to remove himself from the group and set the timer. You may offer the child a choice (and set the timer) when it’s necessary for him to do something he doesn’t want to do. “Do you want to pick up your toys/let Susan have the toy/take your bath — in one minute or two?”

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How are you tracking the requests and complaints? Is there a trend? Is a new challenge surfacing? Track it so you can fix it.

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Choosing to follow through on customer requests is the easiest way to stand above the competition, and increase your value as a business owner. Unfortunately in this day and age, follow through doesn’t often happen. Let’s make sure it does in Golden!

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Join us for an informal Happy Hour to network and meet new friends. We’ll gather on Thursday, June 26th from 4p – 6p at Dagotto’s Panini Bistro on 12th Street. Don’t forget to bring your business cards!

Web: www.goldencochamber.org

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Samson Energy Andy Eltiste 1301 Washington Avenue Suite 350 Golden, CO 80401 (303) 218-7020 aeltiste@samsonco.com www.samsonco.com ENERGY Dickey’s Barbeque Pit Don Stevinson 17121 S. Golden Rd., Unit C-100 Golden, CO 80401 (303) 278-3020 photodp@comcast.net www.Dickeys.com RESTAURANTS

Elote’s Cafe Restaurant & Bar Luis & Carolina Asprino 2600 East Street Golden, CO 80401 (303) 562-8269 Luisasprino@hotmail.com RESTAURANTS Leith, Helen 2050 Mt Zion Golden, CO 80401 (303) 278-1204 LIMITED MEMBERS

Boy Scouts of America Denver Area Council Dan Lucero 10455 W. 6th Avenue, Suite 100 Denver, CO 80215 (303) 455-5522 Fax: (303) 455-4689 www.denverboyscouts.org dan.lucero@scouting.org LIMITED MEMBERS

ABOUT NEW MEMBERS Perc

Heather Langendorfer - Owner 710-10th Street, Suite 170 Golden, CO 80401 • (720) 600-2028 my_workspace@percgolden.com • www.percgolden.com COWORK SPACE A fresh new workspace for entrepreneurs, startups and mobile workers, Perc offers flexible workspaces by the day or the month, and a collaborative community of local business leaders. Located in the iconic American Mountaineering Museum in downtown Golden, stop by to say Hi or request a tour.

Perc lets you quickly adapt your workspace to meet the changing needs of your business.

Also, I’m on Twitter, FB and LInked in - would love if you’d follow us.

Thanks, Heather • Peer-peer collaboration • Conference room by the hour • Suite of business support tools • Bottomless free coffee

THANK YOU RENEWING MEMBERS Brand Evolutions West C F Maier Composites Inc Dagotto’s Panini Bistro Double Click Technology Golden Coach Works Auto Body and Paint LifeCycle Consulting, LLC Panorama Orthopedics & Spine Center

Roberts, Doyle C Silk Pincushion, The St. Anthony Hospital Three Tomatoes Steakhouse and Club U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Association Wells Fargo Bank NA Golden

We thank them for their ongoing commitment to the Golden Chamber!