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Launch Pad aims to improve students’ trajectory Action Center’s homeless shelter now helping Red Rocks students

BY GLENN WALLACE GWALLACE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For 11 Red Rocks Community College students, having a lot of roommates is the least of their worries.

For one thing, they won’t have to worry about rent for an entire semester.

For another thing, they won’t end up sleeping on different friends’ couches or in a car, or in a homeless shelter instead.

Thanks to a new partnership deal with Red Rocks Community College (RRCC), The Action Center happily celebrated the reopening of its shelter in the 7000 block of West Colfax Avenue on Jan. 24 with a ribbon cutting.

The family shelter — renamed The Launch Pad — had housed roughly 20 people when it was shut down in July 2018, but will now house 11 Red Rocks students each semester, free of charge.

The students, who are being selected by RRCC now, will move in Feb. 1.

“It felt like a long time coming, but we’re feeling fantastic,” Action

Center Executive Director Pam Brier said during the shelter ribbon cutting event.

Action Center Board President Cindy Baroway said that the decision to close the shelter last year was a “stake through the heart” moment for the organization. “But it had to be done financially.”

Baroway credited Lisa Fowler, the vice president of student success at RRCC, along with members of a special committee that was looking for ways to reopen the shelter with developing the eventual solution — partnering with RRCC to meet a specific need.

“We didn’t want to open it up again, and just have to close it again a year later,” Baroway said.

The Action Center did not want to just ensure that the new shelter would be fiscally sustainable, but that its positive effects on the students would continue on as well.

“We’ll also track students at least six months after they leave here,” said Action Center board member John Covert. “Are you employed? Do you have stable housing? Are you continuing on with school?”

Hunter Ambrose, a current Red Rocks student, said she certainly could have uses a place like the Action Center shelter when she was younger, having previously spent time in a shelter herself.

She said having a safe and secure

HOW TO HELP To donate to the Action Center, go to theactioncenter.org/donate To donate to the Red Rocks Community College Foundation, go to www.rrcc.edu/ foundation place to sleep at night and do homework would be a crucial help to students, and would help them feel like they are “not being punished for circumstances outside the school.”

“They could be working 40 yours a week and going to school full time, and still not making these apartment (rent) requirements,” Ambrose said, referencing the problems created by rising housing costs across the metro area.

According to Shannon Webber, Director of Financial Aid for RRCC, students that are identified as “unaccompanied minors” for financial aid purposes, as well as students identified by staff and faculty from

across the Red Rocks system will be considered for one of the 11 spots each semester. Webber added that students will be able to apply for at least one additional semester of housing assistance.

Still, she says providing a safe home base for 11 of RRCC’s students is only a drop in the bucket.

“Pretty consistently across the nation, about 11% of community college students have experienced homelessness in the last year,” said Webber. She said a Red Rockscentric survey of the college’s 7,500 students last year found the same thing.

To help, the community college offers free counseling to students in need. Webber says the better amount of community awareness to the homeless problem, and the new partnership with The Action Center, represent definite progress.

“It’s really unprecedented,” she said.

CORRECTIONS Markie Arendelle, quoted in the article “Modern libraries are much more than books” in the Jan. 23 edition, uses they/them pronouns.

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this puts enormous pressure on the owners of vacant land to develop it, which is upsetting to those of us who value keeping raw land undeveloped.

To understand how unfair the taxation of vacant land can be, consider a 20-acre parcel in Jefferson County that is currently listed for sale. The county’s current valuation of the parcel for tax purposes is $275,554, so its assessed valuation is 29% of that, or $81,071. If the buyer of this land builds a high-end home on it, the valuation might increase, for argument’s sake, to $700,000, but its assessed valuation would be only 7.15% of that value, or $50,050. Thus, the property tax bill would drop by nearly 40%, even though the value of the parcel has nearly tripled! The current owner is paying over $7,000 per year for his land to sit vacant.

Because the assessment rate for non-residential property is fixed at 29%, the assessment rate for residential property keeps falling. Last year it was 7.2% and two years before that it was 7.96%. Prior to 1982, property of all types had an assessment rate of 30%, but the Gallagher Amendment changed the non-residential rate to 29% and the residential rate to 21%. Most significantly, the amendment also dictated that the residential assessment rate should be adjusted to retain that year’s 45:55 ratio of residential to non-residential statewide property tax revenue in subsequent years.

As a result of that provision, since total residential valuations have grown much faster than non-residential valuations statewide, the 21% assessment rate of residential property has kept falling and will continue to fall. And this is likely never to change, since owners of residential property are the voters, and it’s unlikely that homeowners would ever vote to increase their property taxes and soften the property tax burden of businesses.

Bottom line, residential real estate will continue to bear an ever smaller property tax burden compared to non-residential real estate, and owners of vacant land will feel more and more pressure to develop their vacant land or sell it to developers. The only alternative is to put livestock on the land or to farm it so they enjoy the even lower agricultural property tax rate, but the rules for qualifying for the agricultural rate are fairly strict and are aggressively audited, I would expect, since the cost to counties in lower tax revenue for agriculturally zoned property is pretty substantial. .

How real estate is taxed varies greatly from state to state. Here in Colorado, we are blessed with very low property taxes compared to many other states. According to USA Today, Colorado has the 7th lowest property tax rates in the country, although that is a statewide average. The median-value home in Colorado has a property tax bill of just over $2,000 per year, whereas the median-value home in New Jersey, the highest taxed state, has a property tax bill of over $7,200. In suburban New Jersey, property tax bills over $20,000 per year are not uncommon because of the higher values, not just the higher local tax rates.

In Colorado, property taxes are very much a local affair. Recently there was a hullabaloo over Metropolitan Tax Districts, in which mill levies can double the property taxes for newer subdivisions. You can read my Dec. 26, 2019, column on that topic at www.JimSmithColumns.com.

This week, however, I’m going to address a different property tax problem that is getting worse every year and has little prospect of being solved politically.

The problem is the growing differential in property tax rates for residential vs. commercial and other nonresidential real estate, such as vacant land.

First you need to understand that property taxes are levied against the “assessed” value of real estate, which is a percentage of its actual value. While the assessment rate for residential property — currently 7.15% — keeps going down, the assessment rate for non-residential property is fixed by the state constitution at 29%. That means that the property tax on residential real estate is 1/4 the property tax on non-residential real estate of the same value.

Rita and I own two pieces of real estate— our south Golden home and the Golden Real Estate office building. The county assessor values our home at twice the value of the office building, but the property tax for our home is one-half the property tax for the office building.

Vacant land is considered non-residential, so it, too, has an assessment rate of 29%. As I’ve written before,

In December 2018, Minneapolis made headlines when it abolished single-family zoning. That began a nationwide conversation about the use of zoning laws to restrict growth and density at a time when housing affordability was worsening and homelessness was increasing.

One of our broker associates, Chuck Brown, attended the National Association of Realtors convention last November in San Francisco. I had attended the same convention there several years ago. I hadn’t noticed many homeless people on the streets back then, but Chuck reported that it was way out of control now, with the streets overcrowded with homeless people.

You, like me, have probably followed the coverage of homelessness in Denver, with that city passing an urban camping ban, which was ruled by a lower court as unconstitutional but is still being enforced by the city as the law works it way through the court system and probably to the U.S. Supreme Court before too long.

The conversation over zoning created by Minneapolis 13 months ago is growing louder. That’s because the history of zoning is one of intentional discrimination. In researching this topic, I read a Fast Company posting on the history of zoning in San Francisco.. I’ll put a link for that article on the blog posting of this article at www.GoldenREblog.com. The large Chinese population there was targeted by zoning rules, and zoning laws were promoted and defended specifically to create white enclaves. This was long before there were federal laws making discrimination based on race or national origin illegal.

That Fast Company article included this detail re-

garding the role played by the mortgage industry: “In 1934, as part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was established to insure private mortgages. The FHA’s underwriting handbook included guidelines that pushed cities to create racially segregated neighborhoods and encouraged banks to avoid areas with ‘inharmonious racial groups,’ essentially meaning any neighborhood that wasn’t exclusively white.”

Another New Deal program to help homeowners threatened with foreclosure to refinance their home with low-interest long-term mortgages, provided lenders with “safety maps” which used red shading for risky areas which were under “threat of infiltration of foreign-born, negro, or lower grade population.” This is the origin of the term “redlining,” and the practice wasn’t outlawed until the Fair Housing Act of 1968.

Last week I attended a meeting of the Group Living Advisory Committee in Denver’s municipal building, where they are discussing a zoning amendment which would dramatically increase the number of unrelated persons who could live in a single family home. You can expect this proposal to arise in suburban jurisdictions, too, even if they don’t follow Minneapolis in getting rid of singlefamily zoning altogether.

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9-year-old given hero’s welcome at D’Evelyn High school raises thousands for Make-A-Wish Colorado

Jalen Thompson speaks to students at D’Evelyn Junior/ Senior High School on Jan. 24 at a pep rally and celebration.

He got to participate in the event by playing games and helping to host the event.

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jalen Thompson received a hero’s welcome at D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School’s gym during a pep rally on Jan. 24. He was dressed like an astronaut — the thing he wants to be when he gets older, and for one day, he didn’t have to worry about his battle with leukemia.

Thompson, a nine-year-old who lives in Colorado Springs, got to participate in the prep rally by playing games and helping to host the event.

The prep rally wasn’t a typical one. It was a closing celebration for a week of fundraising D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School did for Make-A-Wish Colorado. The nonprofit helps grant wishes for children in Colorado who are battling critical illnesses. Thompson was the school’s featured “wish kid,” and he was celebrated at the prep rally. As a wish kid, Thompson gave the school a personal connection to understand the type of children Make-A-Wish Colorado supports.

“It’s amazing to think about how many people care about me and want to make sure that me and other kids

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with cancer and other bad diseases get better,” said Thompson.

Campbell Stack,.a senior at D’Evelyn Junior/Senior, organized the fundraiser or “Wish Week.” Each day during the week of Jan. 20, the school had a different themed day like world culture day, baby vs boomer’s day and a jag spirit day — the school’s mascot.

People could donate by contributing

online, by going to local businesses, including Chipotle, Noodles & Company and Tuk Tuk Thai Grill and by attending school events like the Sadie Hawkins dance.

“For me, it’s just so special that I’m able to bring the community together for such an important topic. It’s such a special moment to see everyone stop caring about themselves and focus on trying to help out (Make-A-Wish Colorado),” Stack said.

The fundraising continues, but as of Jan. 24, the school had raised $5,251.

Make-A-Wish Colorado reports more than 175 student groups raised over $1.2 million last year. In March, Thompson will get to go to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida through Make-A-Wish Colorado.

“It’s really cool to see (students) lead the charge and create this amazing experience for children who need it,” said Sarah Grosh, the development manager for Make-A-Wish Colorado.

Jalen Thompson glances at the crowd.

He is fighting leukemia and will get to go to the Kennedy Space Center through Make-A-Wish Colorado. Thompson has dreamed of becoming an astronaut when he gets older.

A D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School student collects money from students at the pep rally. The school raised money for Make-A-Wish-Colorado, a non-profit that helps grant wishes for children in Colorado who are battling critical illnesses.

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Red Flag Law in Lakewood Department’s Red Flag Law policy has a few unique aspects

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lakewood Police’s Community Action Team already has the duties of working with the homeless, those who are mentally ill and verifying sex offender compliance.

Now the team will have another responsibility — investigating and initiating an extreme risk protection order.

On Jan. 1, the controversial Red Flag Law went into full effect across the state. It allows family members to request a judge to issue out an extreme risk protection order — a temporary order that removes a gun from a resident that a family member believes is a danger to themselves or to society. Officers and household members are also allowed to request an extreme risk protection order.

While Lakewood Police’s policy regarding the law resembles the state’s, the department’s policy has some additional provisions.

If an order is filed, a special teams commander from police will review it, and then it will be decided who will serve the order.

Typically, the Community Action Team will be involved in the service, according to John Romero, a spokesperson for Lakewood Police.

Under Lakewood’s policy, police filed extreme risk protection orders require an affidavit, and if granted, will also have a search warrant for firearms in the possession or in the control of the resident named

in the order. Lakewood Police will require a search warrant for non-law enforcement filed extreme risk protection orders. The Colorado Red Flag Law doesn’t require a search warrant to accompany a judge’s extreme risk protection order.

When an extreme risk protection order is issued by a court, the resident whose guns are confiscated can choose between giving their firearms to police for storage or allowing a legal firearms dealer to store or sell the weapons.

Once the firearms are taken, a court must set a hearing within 14 days to determine if the temporary order should be enforced to a full order of 364 days. If the full order is issued, the person who filed the original extreme risk protection order can renew it for up to a year after it expires. If the order isn’t renewed, the owner of the firearms must have their weapons returned within three days. The Lakewood Police Department will designate a department representative to attend any extreme risk protection order hearings that are filed in the city.

The court will review multiple factors when making a decision, including if the resident who had the order filed against them poses a risk of causing personal injury to themselves or others, if the resident can purchase, possess or receive a firearm, if the resident made a credible threat of violence and if the resident has been convicted of a crime like domestic violence or stalking.

Neither residents nor Lakewood Police have filed an extreme risk protection order as of Jan. 23, according to Romero. The department declined further comment for this story, saying it’s the department’s job to enforce the law of the state, and it will do so.

Coronavirus test results come back negative at St. Anthony Hospital

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lakewood’s St. Anthony Hospital confirmed results of a coronavirus test from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention came back negative after a patient came to the hospital on Jan. 24.

The patient visited the hospital with a respiratory illness, according to a release from the hospital. That person had previously traveled to Wuhan, China — an area where the coronavirus has killed 80 people, according to CNN. Nearly 2,800 cases of the virus have been confirmed in China, and 13 other parts of the world have also confirmed cases of it, including the United States, France, Australia and Canada, CNN reported. At this time, there haven’t been any confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Colorado, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Education.

When the patient arrived to the hospital, they were placed in an isolated unit, a common practice for patients of the hospital who present respiratory symptoms, according to Gianna Lisac, a spokesperson for St. Anthony Hospital.

The virus likely stems from an animal, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Patients who have had the virus reported having a fever, troubles breathing and a cough, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says.

St. Anthony Hospital is encouraging people to wash their hands, keep a distance from others who are sick, to stay at home when you are sick and to practice good health habits.

“At this time of year, there are many causes of respiratory illness in Colorado and around the globe. It’s understandable that people may be worried about the appearance of a new virus, but the health risk to the general public in Colorado remains low,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, state communicable disease epidemiologist of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, in a statement.

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Jeffco Sheriff says residents should expect jail releases to continue at least through 2020 Correctional facility also likely to begin limiting intake of new inmates

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader said county residents should expect to see inmates released early from the Jefferson County Correctional Facility for the rest of the year.

The Sheriff ’s Office had to begin releasing certain inmates from the facility earlier this month to manage the population of the jail after Shrader ordered the closure of the jail’s seventh floor, dropping the jail’s capacity from 1,392 beds to 1,148 beds.

Shrader says the closure is one of several steps he has taken to make $5.5 million in cuts. Those cuts were necessary because the county had reached the cap for how much money it can collect under the state’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which uses population and inflation to set the formula for how much revenue counties can collect.

The jail released 21 inmates on Jan. 19, as the facility reached two percent above its new capacity (the threshold the Sheriff has set to trigger releases)

The Jefferson County Correctional Facility. for the first time since the closure of the seventh floor at the start of the year.

Another 41 inmates were released on Jan. 21.

The sheriff ’s order directs the facility’s staff to begin releasing inmates who have served at least 50 percent of their sentence when the jail’s population reaches two percent above its capacity. Inmates will be released in the order of greatest amount of sentence

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served, although there are exceptions for inmates whom a judge has order cannot be released early as well as those who have received a minimum sentence.

Shrader said that he felt he was making “the best out of a bad situation” by ordering the closure of the seventh floor but feels deeply uncomfortable about the ramifications of releasing inmates from the jail early.

“There has been a misnomer out there that we aren’t releasing felons from the jail,” Shrader said. “We are.”

Among the crimes that the inmates released early have been convicted of are aggravated motor vehicle theft, a third DUI and offenses related to dangerous drugs. In Shrader’s view, such releases make Jeffco less safe while also undermining the criminal justice system.

“It undermines that thought process court went through, it undermines the work the DA went through to get prepared to prosecute somebody, it undermines crime victims who should a reasonable expectation that the sentence they heard in court is the sentence someone will actually serve,” Shrader said. “And it undermines our society in that the consequence for an

action isn’t really the consequence.”

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“One of the things I have tried to be clear about is that we are not going to face this budget crisis on the backs of employees because it will only cause greater problems,” Shrader said. “If employees feel this is being done on their back they are going to go somewhere else and we need them doing what they are doing here.”

Shrader said it also likely won’t be long before the Sheriff ’s Office reaches a point where it has exhausted the options for early release and must begin limiting the number of arrested offenders who have been booked into jail.

“At first I thought it would be April before we get to enhanced arrest standards but based on where we got this week with the releases it seems like that’s coming a lot sooner,” he said.

That possibility, as well as the current release situation, will also have an impact on the county’s municipal police departments, which rely on the jail to house those they arrest.

Police department responses varied Joe Harvey, the deputy chief of the Golden Police Department, said that officers in that department are being encouraged to use discretion to evaluate which arrestees do and do not need to be booked into jail in order to reduce the number of inmates they are contributing to the jail. He said his department is also looking into possibilities for decriminalization of certain charges and implementing a restorative justice program for certain offenders, though he said those changes are in the early stages.

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Jeffco fairgrounds may be closed as a budget cut Shuttering the fairgrounds would save $1.8 million a year

Jefferson County Fairgrounds Advisory Board chair Mark Skelton points toward Jefferson County Manager Don Davis to express his disagreement with Davis’ proposal to close the county fairgrounds.

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Jefferson County Commissioners will consider next month whether to shut down the county fairgrounds in Golden to save money as the county is faced with budget cuts.

On Jan. 21, County Manager Don Davis told the Jefferson County Fairgrounds Advisory Board and the large public crowd that the county, which needs to cut $12.5 million from its 2021 budget, could save about $1.8 million a year by shutting down the operation of the fairgrounds.

Closing the fairgrounds by early 2021 is being looked as a potential money saving measure, Davis said, because the county must focus on making sure it can maintain services related to things like public safety that “only government can provide.” Earlier this month, the Jefferson County Sheriff ’s Office began releasing some inmates from the county jail before their sentences were complete because of those same budget issues. The Sheriff ’s department has already closed a floor in the county jail at the start of the year due to financial constraints.

Davis further explained that he had previously instructed fairgrounds staff to look into ways the fairgrounds could increase the revenue it generates so that it could be turned into an enterprise that would generate 90 percent of its own revenue and allow it to be removed from the county’s general fund, which would allow the county to keep it open, but to no avail.

“Staff basically came up with a plan that would get us from the 28 percent cost recovery we are currently at to about 57 percent which is a great improvement but it doesn’t get us to 90 percent,” Davis said.

Davis said he will brief the commissioners on the possibilities of keeping the fairgrounds open, moving toward an enterprise fund without a clear plan for self-sustainability or closing the fairgrounds on Feb. 4., but

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The Jefferson County Fairgrounds. said only the last of the three options seems like a realistic possibility given the cuts the county is facing and its other obligation.

Last November, Jeffco residents voted against Ballot Issue 1A, a tax measure that would have allowed the county a temporary exemption from taxing and spending limitations imposed by Colorado’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) law that would have allowed the county to increase property tax levels and avoid making the budget cuts.

“At a minimum we need to be able to do those essential services for you to make sure you are safe and the things you expect from your local government are done,” Davis said. “That also means we need to look at nonessential services as places for either reform, reduction and elimination.”

That message didn’t sit well with either the advisory committee or the large crowd of over 100 people that packed the fairgrounds’ Rocky Mountain Conference Room past its capacity on Jan. 21.

Loss of space, opportunities for youth Many in that crowd, including advisory board chairman Mark Skelton, focused their comments on criticizing the wisdom of closing a facility that is

livestock owners as the fairgrounds are the county’s site for evacuating livestock in the county during major emergencies. Davis responded that the county would need to find another option for evacuating such animals if the fairgrounds were sold.

Others criticized how the process was being handled by the county with Skelton telling Davis that he was disappointed that the advisory committee had only been told about the possibility of the closure days before the meeting and would only have about two weeks before the plan would be presented to the commissioners.

However, Davis said it was important to have the conversation now so the city could make a decision and either begin preparing the fairgrounds for closure or move onto other options for cuts.

the hub of so many opportunities for youth in Jeffco.

“The benefits of what (the fairgrounds) do for the youth in my mind as far as giving kids tools to say off the streets and in the prisons down the road is just as great as keeping the prison today,” Skelton said. “Maybe greater.”

In response, Davis said he “couldn’t agree more” about the value of the fairgrounds and said that value is why the county had gone to the taxpayers for 1A. He also noted that the county is not considering shutting down Westernaires, 4-H, CSU extension or any of the other programs that make us of the fairgrounds, although he did say those programs would be impacted by the closure of the fairgrounds as that is where many of those groups’ events are held.

Commenters also expressed concern about the potential impact the loss of the fairgrounds would have on

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Appeal against White Fence Farm apartments denied Residents had alleged violations against an official development plan

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After two meetings, Lakewood’s Board of Adjustment made a decision regarding an appeal against Lakewood Planning Director Travis Parker’s interpretation of the city’s zoning code — kind of.

At a Jan. 22 Board of Adjustment meeting, the board split a vote over a group of Lakewood residents’ argument that Novel at White Fence Farm, a proposed 234-unit multifamily apartment complex at the former White Fence Farm restaurant site, would violate density and height restrictions from an official development plan for the Wilson Property, an 80 acre piece of land at Jewell Boulevard that includes White Fence Farm at 6263 W. Jewell Ave. Board members Glenda Sinks, Alan Heald and Theresa Stone voted in favor of the Unified Under the Wilson Property ODP’s argument, the residents who filed the appeal against the apartment complex. Dale Miller, Johann Cohn and Alex Bartlett voted against the group’s argument — resulting in a tie. Since there weren’t enough votes in favor of the Unified

owner’s association, the Wild Flower Under the Wilson Property ODP’s Patio Homes @ White Fence Homeappeal, Parker’s interpretation was owners Association, needs to approve upheld. all architectural plans that fall under “It’s as strange to us as it is to you the Wilson Property. all, because we would much rather reThe Board of Adjustment grappled solve this one way or another,” Miller, with different provisions within chairman of the board, said at the Lakewood’s Zoning Jan. 22 meeting.

Ordinance. An The official argument made development plan, by the city and signed in 1982, says Crescent Commuresidential dwellnities against the ing units within Unified Under the the Wilson ProperWilson Property ty can’t exceed 380 ODP’s allegation units. Currently, revolved around there are 229 dwelllanguage in the ing units within zoning ordinance the area, according that says redevelto James Silvesopment within a tro, the Unified planned developUnder the Wilson Theresa Stone, ment district may Property ODP’s attorney. Crescent Board of Adjustment member apply to either the standards of the Communities, the base zone districts developer proposor the standards of ing the apartment complex, wants to build 234 new apart- the official development plan.

White Fence Farm is zoned for ment units, exceeding the number mixed-use neighborhood suburban of units allowed under the Wilson development. The area is intended Property plan. to include a mix of lower-intensity Additionally, the official developneighborhood scale-commercial and ment plan restricts buildings from residential units, including multifamexceeding 42 feet high. Crescent Comily units, according to the city. munities’ plan includes two buildings “We can talk height, we can talk with a maximum height of 54 feet at about residential density, we can White Fence Farm. Under the official talk about the architectural control development plan, an architectural committee, but all of those become review committee from the property

‘The code is clear. To deny this appeal will weaken (the section about conflicting provisions).’

(irrelevant) the second the property owner says ‘I’m redeveloping, and I want to use that base zone’,” Parker said at a Jan. 15 meeting regarding the Unified Under the Wilson Property ODP’s appeal.

Another part of Lakewood’s Zoning Ordinance includes a section about conflicting provisions. When any regulation, requirement or condition in the zoning ordinance conflicts with any other regulation, requirement, or law, the provision that is more restrictive, or requires a higher standard or requirement, governs over the other, according to the ordinance.

“Much of this debate has centered around what some are perceiving as a discretionary between these two sections in the code. There is no discretionary for me,” said Stone. “The code is clear. To deny this appeal will weaken (the section about conflicting provisions).”

Another vote later into the Jan. 22 meeting went against the official development plan’s requirement for architectural review for the apartment complex. Stone and Heal voted in favor of that provision from the official development plan.

The Novel at White Fence Farm project plan has been submitted to the city and is currently in the concept phase of review. White Fence Farm was a popular restaurant that specialized in fried chicken since 1973. It went out of business in December of 2018.

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thing is not beautiful because it is permanent.”

It is the nature of things that they are not permanent. Even the mountains crumble in time, the great trees fall, and time reclaims everything. Heck, even the Patriots and Tom Brady eventually run out of “miracles.”

And so it is that even great people eventually are here no more. But the things they do in life echo in eternity.

When I was little, I went to concerts at O’Connell Junior High School in Lakewood that my brother played in.

And they were spectacles — truly, community events. In fact, it was at a point, once upon a time, that the band and orchestra Christmas concert had to be performed on multiple nights, because the crowds were too big for one night. And, we’re not talking

was in at least one band class, usually two, and would drag myself (or, to be more accurate, talk my Dad into driving me) to school two hours before school started three days a week to be in extra performing groups. And then, on top of that, I joined the Golden Youth Symphony Orchestra, which rehearsed on Wednesday nights at the school, drawing players from students all over the county.

And all of that was because of one man — Leonard Diggs. Leonard would arrive at school by six every morning, and often not leave until after nine at night. He taught generations of students at O’Connell, frequently seeing two, three, or in the case of my family, six different siblings come through his doors. And every one of them knew two things: they were going to be expected to

about one of the new school auditoriums that seat 350 people: these were in a gym, on HITTING very uncomfortable bleachers, that HOME seated upwards of 600. In fact, it was one of the few concerts that my father would never miss, and that’s saying something, giving that taking the whole family to a junior high concert meant loading up Michael Alcorn eight people and herding them into the gym.

I knew I had to be a part of that.

Six years later, I was. For three years (junior high was 7-8-9 then), I

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Be good snow Samaritans I’m hoping that Lakewood residents will remember to clean their sidewalks as the next snow begins.

An old lady walking her dog faces many dangers, but the unshoveled ice and snow are certainly the most dangerous. One slip may result in a broken hip, that could lead to death, or/and a huge lawsuit for a homeowner too preoccupied to do the lawful thing, and clean the sidewalk.

I remember a warning from a dear friend many years ago,” be kind to the old lady you’ll be some day.”

Bonnie Allison, Lakewood Astros, Red Sox sign-stealing scandal Every bona fide player and fan knew about the Yankees having the scoreboard guy watching with binoculars. That was in Billy Martin’s days and before electronic scoreboards.

Signals are a very large part of the game, and are taught beginning with little league. A base runner on second base watches the catcher and signals to the bench, where they are relayed to the third-base coach then to the batter, giving him some advantage. They also can be signaled directly to the batter, but that is usually too sophisticated or quick. Everyone has to figure what type of pitches the catcher is

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calling for, and they change them occasionally.

It works both ways. The team in the field can pick up signs for the batter to bunt or lay off the next pitch, and for the runner to steal a base.

The problem seems to be the electronic era, which elevates that part of the game to cheating.

Tom Graham, Arvada

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pelin.

An old adage in journalism is “don’t bury the QUIET lead.”

Journalists are not DESPERATION supposed to begin a story with details of secondary importance.

However, I am uncertain what my lead is this week. Perhaps by the time I have finished I will know.

Of course, by then Craig Marshall it will be too late.

Smith If I had to take a guess, I’d say my lead is the wonderful conundrum of language, as per the following (nonsense).

I read the news today and while I was reading the news I was wearing a red sweater I bought in a store in Redding, California.

There was an article in the paper about a bicycle race that took place in Leadville. The woman who was in the lead most of the way fell back because, she said, “I couldn’t get the lead out.”

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In the war of words, the words are losing

Support preschool access I was pleased to hear Governor Polis discuss preschool in his State of the State address earlier this month.

I thank him for his commitment to early learning. I call on my state legislators, Rachel Zenzinger and Tracy Kraft-Tharp, to support a state budget that increases access to the Colorado Preschool Program.

Access to quality and affordable preschool and other early childhood education programs are of huge importance. Research shows that children who receive a quality early education are 20 percent more likely to graduate from high school and will go on to earn, on average, 50 percent more than their peers do.

In 2020, specifically, Colorado legislators have the opportunity to expand early learning for Colorado’s kids by supporting Governor Polis’ proposed 2020 state budget.

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be adults, and they were going to be expected to make great music.

I had a chance to talk to Leonard a few years back about the some of the music we played, particularly in the Youth Orchestra. He said he didn’t believe in letting us do watered-down versions of the great music — if we were given the opportunity, he fully believed we would rise to the occasion and learn to do the great music.

I remember well struggling to learn how to play mausic that was written for a different kind of trumpet than I owned, and changing the notes on the page in my head so that it would come out correctly. It was a skill I was never expected to do again until college. His love of the great music was a palpable fact of his classroom.

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As I dwindle and fade, I am fascinated by things I wasn’t when I was younger and had other considerations on my mind, such as the birds, the bees, and how to osculate.

Now, as I swan song my way into the arms of oblivion, it’s often words that fascinate me, and it’s why I am saddened by the abuse of them as I have noted many times before.

Chiefly: the preternatural use of “like,” to qualify, clog and clutter almost everything that is said by almost everyone under the age of 40.

Why? Why? Why? What if journalists for this publication and for the major dailies were equally lax and leisurely when they reported, oh, let’s say an impeachment hearing?

“There were like all these men and women in this big room and they were like arguing, you know, and this one guy Mitch-something he, uh, boy, was he upset about something.”

I may not know what my lead is, but I know exactly what I am doing.

I am defusing something of great importance with something of little importance. It’s what I do — it’s what we do — in order to survive.

Current national and international news is awful.

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have the opportunity to make this happen in 2020.

Kiki McGough, Arvada

This budget calls for an addition $27.6 million to decrease the Colorado Preschool waitlist, creating 6,000 new preschool spots for children in need.

As a teacher and professional with more than 40 years of experience supporting children with special needs, I know that all children involved in quality early learning benefit immensely – both academically and socially.

Colorado’s children deserve the best start in life, and our state legislators

Home health care at risk As the population ages, Colorado, like other states, is experiencing a growing need for in-home care. However, despite an increasing demand, government reimbursements for Medicaid are not keeping pace with the cost of recruiting and retaining care providers, putting high-quality home and personal care at risk for thousands of Medicaid patients in Colorado.

Home-based care not only honors people’s desire to remain in their

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Almost as obvious as his love of kids.

Later in life, when I became a teacher, I realized that I borrowed voluminously from those experiences. What he taught me, I used to teach others.

I never mastered his gift of creating community, to my regret; but I never

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Closer to home, if there is an illness or a death in the family, it can be overwhelming and unmanageable.

So something is said about the shirt your husband wears to your son’s funeral.

That’s another one of my film references.

It comes from “Ordinary People,” a movie directed by Robert Redford that stars Mary Tyler Moore who gave the best performance of her career.

She is the controlling matriarch of a family in disrepair after the oldest son died.

She scolds her husband, portrayed

by Donald Sutherland, on the day of the funeral because of the color of the shirt he has chosen to wear.

I have isolated that scene numerous

forgot to start with the love of music.

And I’m not alone. There are, literally, more than a dozen past students of his teaching music in the schools now (or retired from it). And from them, hundreds, perhaps thousands more still making music.

Leonard died this past weekend, and the world is a little darker because of it. But what he did in life . . . it doesn’t so much “echo” in eternity, as resonate. It resonates every time

times. There’s a lot in it.

It also changed my opinion of Mary Tyler Moore. I didn’t think much of either of her situation comedies.

Redford knew there was more to her than exclaiming “Rob” and “Murray.”

Where was I? The English language.

Raymond Chandler, in response to a proofreader who corrected one of his split infinitives, replied, in part, “Would you convey my compliments to the purist who reads your proofs and tell him or her that I write in a sort of broken-down patois, which is something like the way a Swiss waiter talks, and when I split an infinitive, (expletive), I split it so it will remain split.”

Small favors in times of travail.

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident. He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

homes instead of institutional settings, but it also saves families and taxpayers money by keeping people out of emergency rooms and other higher-cost settings. However, despite the value and service provided by people like licensed practical nurses and personal care workers, wages remain relatively low because reimbursements have not kept pace with rising costs.

Medicaid reimbursements are a fraction of what providers receive from other payers, including Medicare. Unfortunately, many home care agencies simply can’t maintain services for Medicaid patients at current reimbursement levels. This jeopardizes access to vital and cost-effective

services for some of Colorado’s must vulnerable residents.

The Visiting Nurses Association of Colorado, of which, I’m the president, has served Colorado for 130 years and remains committed to providing highquality care for aging Coloradans and people needing care due to an illness or disability. Home-based care helps people stay in their home longer and lowers health care costs for families and taxpayers alike. The Colorado Legislature would serve the state well by authorizing a more appropriate and adequate Medicaid reimbursement rate for home-based care this legislative session.

Chris Lee, Arvada

one of the students whose life he influenced picks up their musical instrument and joins others to make beautiful music. Farewell, Maestro.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his

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hey help distribute eyeglasses to people in need in other countries. They make sure cancer patients get Valentine’s Day gifts. They light children’s faces up with much-needed school supplies.

They’re the smiling faces at community concerts and other events.

And yet many people have no idea they exist.

“The name is not out there,” said Mike Shaw, a 63-year-old Lakewood resident who volunteers with the Kiwanis Club of Belmar, a local chapter of the international Kiwanis service organization. He didn’t know what Kiwanis was until around the time he joined, now 13 years ago.

Familiar names to older crowds — such as the Rotary and Lions, similarly minded service groups — have been struggling for decades as participation has declined. A bevy of news stories in recent years — and not-so-recent years — has pointed to that trend. As far back as 1992, a New York Times story sounded the alarm about membership decline for various possible reasons, such as Americans staying less rooted in one place or young people possibly feeling like the clubs were “out of synch with the times.”

“On balance, I think the Rotary has declined in membership and has not appealed to younger generation or women,” said Lynn Hoffman, professor of business management at Metropolitan State University of Denver and a Rotary member since 1994. “My particular club has been a little better about getting women and diversity and younger people in, but that’s not true generally.”

One president of a small Lions club in the Northglenn-Thornton area remembers the Lions being much more of a local fixture.

“I can remember as a kid we would have Lions picnics with all the families together,” said Zoe Reese, whose father was a founding member of her club in 1959. Reese felt the club was more connected to the community back then.

Clubs such as Reese’s have experienced shrinking numbers. That trend may be due in part to an aging membership base, something that Rotary clubs in general have experienced and are focusing on, said Gail Lehrmann, a Parker resident and president of the Rotary Club of Parker.

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Chris Coleman, 68, right, speaks during a meeting Jan. 23 of the Kiwanis Club of Belmar at Sunrise Sunset restaurant in Lakewood. Next to her is Jane Braithwaite, 69, past president of the club.

An old bell bearing the logo of Kiwanis International sits at a Jan. 23. meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Belmar. It came from an antique store in Canada, according to club member Mike Shaw. Local clubs generally receive bells from the international organization and ring them at the start and end of their meetings, according to the Belmar club.

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here’s a particular challenge to telling a story that is very well-known by the audience.

But when it’s one of the most well-known murder mysteries in popular fiction, well, that’s a whole other puzzle to solve. Such was the quandary facing Geoffrey Kent, director of the Arvada Center’s production of Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express.”

“One of the tricks of a murder mystery is to play it for both people who know the story and those who don’t,” he explained. “You want those who don’t know the story to make guesses F COMING and be right and ATTRACTIONS wrong as it unfolds, but you also have to layer it in such a way that if you do know it, you can read into what’s happening.”

The popular mystery kicks off the center’s, 6901 Clarke Reader Wadsworth Blvd., 2020 Black Box Repertory Season on Friday, Jan. 31 and runs through Sunday, May 17.

Performances are held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, 1 p.m. on Wednesdays, and 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Adapted by Ken Ludwig, the show finds world-famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Kevin Rich) onboard the Orient Express train on his way from Istanbul to London.

Along the way one of the passengers is murdered, and it is up to Poirot to deduce who committed the nefarious act.

Cast members include Jessica Austgen, Jake Mendes, Emily Van Fleet and Kate Gleason, all of whom will be performing in the season’s other two productions - “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Small Mouth Sounds.”

To add an extra level of uniqueness to the production, the theater will be set-up in the round. Not only will this provide a chance for some creative staging and scenic work by designers Brian Mallgrave and Shannon McKinney, but different seat locations will mean certain audience members catch clues others may not see.

And while trying to beat Poirot to the end of the mystery is a lot of fun, that’s not the only thing that

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Many members have died or moved away, Reese said of her club. The overall trend is a loss in clubs in her north Denver metro area, she said, but some, such as in Arvada and Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood, are new or revitalized.

“Yes, it’s smaller, but we ain’t dead yet,” Reese said.

Theories abound on why, including the idea that young people may not identify with an older crowd. Then there’s the societal change that social media has brought about, allowing young people to find connection without the aid of community groups.

“I think (that’s) partially correct there,” Hoffman said. “I don’t think that’s the whole answer, but yes, they’re meeting their social needs totally differently than we are.”

Lehrmann chalked it up to society becoming “so fast and so computer-

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makes the “Orient Express” a special story and show, Kent said. Rather it’s the empathy and understanding built between the audience and the characters on stage.

“There’s so much wit in the show, but there are also a lot of beautiful, humanly vulnerable moments. Which just proves theater can do anything,” he said. “Of all the things theater can do, one of the strongest is demonstrate empathy. Creating the ability to care about someone else’s struggles and letting that influence you moving forward - that’s the theater I’m interested in.”

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ized and go-go-go.”

“If I look at what I went through in high school, it doesn’t compare at all to what kids in middle school and high school do now,” said Lehrmann, 68, pointing out that parents in this era support kids’ sports teams and other activities. “Kids have so many more opportunities than I had when I grew up.”

Young people today also face added pressure to succeed economically, possibly pushing them to be busier than youth in past decades were.

Many students at Metropolitan State are in their mid-20s and don’t have time for community service while working and attending school, Hoffman said.

“I know they’re worried about doing as well as their parents. When you ask a class, you get half ” who think they’ll do as well, Hoffman said. “Ten years ago, most people would say yes.”

One of Hoffman’s classes is small — only 10 students — but just two out of that 10 said they’ve heard of clubs

such as the Rotary and Kiwanis.

“I think going to school is so stressful for people” that they don’t have time for service, said Eloy Moya, a 22-year-old in Hoffman’s class. “I don’t think it’s the fact that we don’t want to help other people — I just don’t know what those clubs are.”

Moya worked at a nonprofit and noted there are other avenues by which to give back to the community.

Many of Hoffman’s students said they’d consider joining a service club after graduation, though.

In this era, service clubs have made efforts to cater to younger people who are interested in volunteering but are too busy for weekly meetings.

The Rotary started online “e-clubs,” where people can get involved in projects and meet online instead of having meetings physical places, Hoffman said.

For years, branches of clubs for a younger crowd — such as the Rotary’s Interact Clubs for middle- and high- school students and Rotaract for ages 18 to 30 — have made a direct

effort to get young people involved, Hoffman said.

And still, all over the metro area, groups as small as four and some large as dozens meet at local restaurants and offer free lunch or breakfast for members, planning their volunteer efforts and enjoying each other’s company.

Shaw’s Belmar Kiwanis club has gone door-to-door at local businesses and makes pitches for recruitment while volunteering at Lakewood events such as the city’s summer concert series. The club hasn’t gotten many bites, but it isn’t giving up.

Dominick Breton, a 35-year-old Wheat Ridge resident who rose up the ranks to become lieutenant governor of a Jefferson County region of Kiwanis clubs, emphasized the importance of service clubs in communities.

“Kids need Kiwanis,” Breton said, echoing a slogan of the club. “We’re all about kids and giving back to the community. It gets you going at the start of your day.”

Fall in love with ‘Frankie and Johnny’ at Miners Alley Too many of us handwave romanticism away as something incredibly cheesy or overly sentimental. But at its best, romance has the power to sweep us up and remind us that there’s something bigger and grander than we can all be a part of if we want.

That kind of love story is at the center of the first show of Miners Alley Playhouse’s 2020 season, “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.”

Directed by Warren Sherril and featuring Jessica Robblee and Bill Hahn as a diner waitress and short order cook, the play explores the unexpectedness of love and its power to elevate.

The show runs at the theater, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden, through March 1. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Get tickets by ringing 303-935-3044 or visiting www. minersalley.com.

An artistic journey through ‘The Plasticene’ age Items made of or with plastics are used by most of us daily, and yet for all the benefits of plastic, there are also environmental concerns that need to be accounted for. The latest exhibit by the Art Students League of Denver examines the nature the compound.

“The Plasticene” exhibition opens on Friday, Jan. 31 and runs through Sunday, March 15 at the league’s headquarters, 200 Grant St. in Denver.

There will be special events associated with the exhibit, including an opening night reception on Jan. 31, a panel discussion on Friday, Feb. 7 and artist talk and workshop from Thursday, Feb. 27 through Sunday, Feb. 29.

For more information, visit asld.org.

musician Michael Kiwanuka a retro soul singer, but that wouldn’t really do him justice. What Kiwanuka does beautifully is take the approach of legends like Marvin Gaye and Donny Hathaway - at times lush and opulent, others simple and direct - and turn his sharp pen toward modern life and love.

His third album, “KIWANUKA,” is his strongest yet, blending socially-conscious numbers with lovedrenched tracks like “Piano Joint (This Kind of Love).”

He’ll be performing at the Gothic Theatre, 3263 S. Broadway in Englewood, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1.

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Students finding their artistic voice Annual show at Foothills Art Center showcases work of Jeffco students

FAC EXHIBITS “The Power of Process: A Jeffco Student Exhibition” This show consists of a variety of work from artists in Kindergarten through 12th grade.

WHEN: Through April 5

BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The new “Power of Process” exhibition at the Foothills Art Center in Golden contains everything from a series of photos of a popping water balloon to monster faces made from recycled cans.

But while it’s not unusual to see such pieces on display in a gallery, potential visitors might be surprised to know these works were created not by professional artists but rather Jeffco Public Schools students in their art classes.

The new exhibition, which consists entirely of work from students in Kindergarten through 12th grade, is organized around the theme of showcasing and celebrating the experimentation that allows students to find their artistic voice.

“Great arts educators encourage students to experiment well outside their comfort zone,” the exhibit’s curator, Eriq Hochuli, wrote in a statement about the exhibit. “In hosting this show, we want to exhibit a snapshot of those moments, honoring them for the immense

2020 Member’s Show A show presenting over 70 pieces featuring the diverse artistic talents and techniques of the Foothills Art Center’s artistic member artists.

WHEN: Through April 26 WHERE: Foothills Art Center, 805 15th Street in Golden COST: $8 adults; $5 seniors (65 and over); students and kids 10 and over $5; kids under 10 and Colorado School of Mines students and staff free

Bear Creek High School student Kailene Tram looks at her piece “Above the Moonlight,” which is on display at the Foothills Art Center in Golden as part of the art center’s “The Power of Process” student exhibition.

PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO importance that they contain.”

The experimental approach to artmaking the show aims to highlight is evident in “The Rainbow King-

dom,” a watercolor and sharpie image of a lion created by Wyatt Sievers, a fourth-grader at Three Creeks K-8 in Arvada.

Sievers said that when his teacher tasked his class with “making an animal abstract” he thought of a lion because lions are known for being fierce and dangerous and surprising their prey.

But it was after Sievers drew the lion that the creativity came in.

“I love bright colors and I really wanted to be creative and make it look different from a regular lion so I decided to color it in a rainbow,”

he said.

Liana Espinoza, a sixth-grader at the Manning School in Golden, also had to be willing to embrace the unconventional when she created her edited photography piece depicting a girl holding a camera.

To make the piece, Espinoza used software to brighten the colors and add the posterize filter, which limits the number of colors in the shot.

She also used a pencil to add highlights to certain spots. First, however, came getting the right image to work with.

“I had to do a ton of different shots to get the right one,” she said.

Kailene Tram, a student at Bear Creek High School in Lakewood, created the piece “Above the Moonlight” by painting a sky onto a piece of wood. The piece’s moon and stars are made of paint but of string that has been stretched between nails attached to the canvas.

“It’s pretty cool to be in here,” said Tram, who aspires to someday do art as a career. “There’s some really professional looking art in here.”

Even prouder than Tram, however, was her father, Jeff.

“The funny thing is when we were coming in tonight I didn’t know she had art in here so I was shocked,” Jeff said. “I was like there’s my daughter’s name on there. It’s pretty cool.”

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Up Next at Colorado ACTS: Fractured Fairy Tales: Performances: 7 p.m. Jan. 31 and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Feb. 1 at Colorado ACTS Theatre, 11455 West Interstate 70 Frontage Road, North, Wheat Ridge. Adults: $7, Seniors & Students: $6, Matinee: $5 All tickets sold at the door. Doors open half hour before show. Visit coloradoacts.org or call 303-4566772 for more information.

Miners Alley Children’s Theatre Presents: Hansel and Gretel: Opens Feb. 1 and runs through Feb. 29 with performances on Saturdays at 1 p.m. Feb. 22 & 29 at 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Tickets are $12 and available by calling 303-9353044 or online at minersalley. com. Miners Alley Playhouse is located at 1224 Washington Ave. Golden.

Ballet Ariel’s Fairy Tale Suite & Tea Party: Curtain rises at 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at Pinnacle Performing Arts Center, 1001 W. 84th Ave. Children of all ages, and their adults, will be captivated as Beauty and the Beast, Pavane of Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, Empress of the Pagoda and The Fairy Garden come to life before their eyes, and the Prince wakes the Sleeping Beauty with a kiss as Ravel’s spectacular finale reaches its peak. Children $20, Adults $25.

Visit balletariel. org for more information.

ART

Welcome to the Big City: Exhibit runs through Feb. 16 in the hallway gallery, Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood. Celebrate Lakewood’s 50th anniversary of city incorporation with a look back at life in 1969! Immerse yourself with clothes and music of the time, while enjoying some fabulous local photographs and political archives. Visit lakewood.org for more information.

MUSIC

Jefferson Symphony Orchestra: 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16 at Green Center, Colorado School of Mines, 924 Sixteenth St, Golden. Carl Nielsen’s “Helios Overture” contributes an elegant showpiece to the repertoire list and offers the audience a musical setting of Greek god Helios and his chariot of the sun and sky. Adult: $25,

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this week’s TOP FIVE Denver Nuggets Skills Challenge: 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 1 at Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge. Calling all basketball stars! Put your dribbling, passing and shooting skills to the test! Top finishers in each age bracket advance to sectionals! Register by Thursday, Jan. 30 to be entered to win prizes! Call 303-231-1300 for more information.

The Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: Performances at 1 and 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Years after Robinson and his goat named Wilson are shipwrecked, the island has become a tourist destination with a singing leopard, a tribe known for its colorful coifs and Friday’s Seaside Resort. Tickets: $10. Call 303-987-7845.

Art for the Young at Heart Art Show: 4 to 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 5 at Community Recreation

Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Enjoy the colorful creations of artists age 50+ and local school children.

Visit apexprd.org for more information.

Composers in Love: 6 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 5 at the Golden Library, 1019 10th St., Golden. In this Active Minds program, we’ll sample these musical valentines, as we learn about the women who stirred powerful emotions of love in these great composers. Cost: Free. Info: 303-235-5275.

A Campers’ Republic: How Camping Became a National Ritual: 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 at Golden History Museum and Park, 923 10th St. At first glance, camping out seems like a simple proposition: a chance to get back to nature and get away from it all. Free for members; $10 plus online registration fee for non-members. Visit goldenhistory.org for more information.

need to grow your own garden!

Registration for the 2020 DUG Grow a Garden program kicks off!

Sign up and meet the income requirements to receive free seeds and seedlings! Register Jan. 2 - 31 at the Library, 303.235.5275 or dug.org/growagarden.

Senior $20, Student $10, Child $5. Visit jeffsymphony.org.

Free Folk Music Songcircle: 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23 at the Golden Library, 1019 10th St., Golden.

This song circle is held on the last Sunday of each month and is sponsored by area residents who love folk music. Bring your instruments, songbooks (optional), or just your voices. It is round-robin style - each person has the option to participate and can lead a song or request a song. We use the “Rise Up Singing” and “Rise Again” songbooks and will have extra copies on hand. Open to all.

Free. Email folkmusic64@gmail. com for more information.

EVENTS

DUG Grow a Garden Registration: Through Jan. 31 at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge.

Cultivate a green thumb with the Library! We have everything you

Yoga, Burger & Beer!: 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Feb. 1 at Flying Pig Bacon Co., 5777 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Come for an hour of yoga, stay for a delicious burger and ice cold beer!

Join us the first Saturday of every month at Flying Pig Bacon Co. in Olde Town Arvada for just $20 ($15 if you are a current member). Call Kristine Eckley at (303) 423-6067 for more information.

Teen After Hours: Pro vs Anti Valentine’s Day Party: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. This after-hour event is for the 12-18 crowd. It’s a lot of fun and there’s always something entertaining happening when the library shuts down. Registration is required.

Visit jeffcolibrary.org for more information.

Dinosaur Ridge After Dark: Salacious in the Cretaceous: 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 at Dinosaur Ridge Discovery Center, 17681 W Alameda Parkway, Golden. Valentines, chocolate, and dinosaur sex...the makings of a perfect date night! $15 member / $20 non-member. Visit dinoridge. org for more information.

Storm warning for Comedy Night @ West Woods: 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 12, 13 at West Woods Golf

Club, 6655 Quaker St., Arvada.

Nationally-touring headliner Valarie Storm is a veteran of comedy festivals including the prestigious Boston Comedy Festival, the Las Vegas Comedy Festival and the Laughing Skull Comedy Festival. She has made multiple appearances the popular “Bob & Tom Show,” a syndicated radio show that focuses on comedy and comics. Tickets for the event are available at SlapHappyEntertainment.com and at Eventbrite.com.

HEALTH

Metabolic Syndrome & Brain Health: 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 at Active Adult Center, 6363 W. 35th Ave., Wheat Ridge. From Alzheimer’s and dementia to sleep and mood/ depressive disorders, come explore interconnection between insulin re-sistance, inflammation, metabolism and brain health.

Learn the principles of using food and supplements as medicine.

Register: 303-205-7500 Buddy Saturday//Free Fitness Class: 9:15 to 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 8 at The Studio on 64th, 6350 Wadsworth, Unit A, Arvada. Every month The Studio opens its doors to our community & offers a free 75 minute “COMBO” class which includes kickboxing, kettlebells & yoga and is beginner friendly.

If you are new to kickboxing or want a little refresher, join us for an intro session at 9:15 am. Class will start at 9:30 am.

Email StudioOn64@gmail.com or call 303-423-6067 for more information.

Food Pantry Agape Life Church distributes free food from 10-11 a.m. on the third Thursday of each month (weather permitting) at the church, 5970 W. 60th Ave. in Arvada. ALC provides this service to all qualifying Colorado residence. Call 303-431-6481 to see if you qualify.

EDUCATION

Foothills Genealogy Society Class: 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 at Lakewood Public Library, 10200 West 20th Ave., Lakewood. Citations need to be included with every genealogical find but they can be intimidating and difficult to construct.

Learn about the elements of citation in a fun hour of interactive learning. The suggestion donation is $5.00 for Professional Genealogist Kathy Turullo’s presentation, Sensational Citations!”. For more information, please visit www.foothillsgenealogy. org or write P.O. Box 150382, Lakewood CO 80215-0382.

The History of Radio: 3 to 4 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 6 at Applewood Place, 2800 Youngfield St., Lakewood. Join Active Minds as we trace the history and impact of this important technology. Cost: Free. RSVP Required (Limited Seating): 303-233-4343.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute/DU, OLLI West: Classes for 50-plus in art, literature, music, history, philosophy, politics, science, wellness, and the world.

Classes meet at the Jefferson Unitarian Church at 14350 32nd Ave. No tests; learn as much as you want. Go to portfolio.du.edu/ olliwest or call 303-503-3992.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink. coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Things to Do events run free, on a space-available basis.

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Wings Over the Rockies opens drones exhibit STAFF REPORT

With drone applications for home use, entertainment, homeland defense, and more, will people continue to make the critical decisions or will computers take over the controls? Find out in “Drones: Is the Sky the Limit?” the latest traveling exhibition coming to Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum.

Over 75 years, drones have evolved from remote-controlled planes used for target practice into versatile and highly specialized aircraft.

As these aircraft fill the skies, they raise concerns about airspace, privacy, and ethics in modern warfare, ac-

BUDGET

FROM PAGE 7

He said that the closure would need to happen in early 2021 for the savings to be made from the 2021 budget.

Other questions focused on the handling of the 1A ballot question.

“People don’t trust you with what you are doing with their money but if you would have said `hey we need money for the Jeffco fairgrounds you would have had it,’” one commenter said.

Many of the commenters also questioned what the county would

cording to a news release. But these concerns are eclipsed by excitement for their potential: someday drones will explore Mars, serve as pilotless flying taxis, and deliver packages and groceries to our front doors.

Opening Saturday, Feb. 1, “Drones: Is The Sky The Limit?” features real drones, in-depth label paneling, and rich audio-visual content. In addition, it displays a drone racing video interactive, and provides a birds-eye view of the aeronautics, engineering, science, technologies and innovations of one of the most intriguing topics dominating our culture.

Developed by subject experts from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

plan to do with the fairgrounds after shuttering it.

Davis denied that the county had a plan for the fairgrounds but noted that the value of the property is somewhere between $12.5 million and $22.5 million and that selling the property could help the county address its budget shortfall. He said the city could also use the space for other county services as the county makes other changes to deal with the cuts.

However, he said he was willing to hear resident ideas for alternatives to closing the fairgrounds and thought the commissioners would be as well.

“I definitely am open for recommendations or answers,” he said.

and produced by Imagine Exhibitions, “Drones: Is The Sky The Limit?” explores the modern phenomenon of drones, their uses throughout history, and the possibilities of the future role that drones will play in our society.

“With drones becoming such a big part of our culture, it’s essential to better understand their evolution and role in contemporary society,” Tom Zaller of Imagine Exhibitions said in the release.

“Drones: Is The Sky The Limit?” will be open daily to the public through Friday, May 8 at 7711 E. Academy Blvd., Denver. The exhibit is included in the price of museum admission. Learn more at WingsMuseum.org/Drones.

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Harvey said those steps come out of a desire to be a partner with the county sheriff, who he feels used due diligence to come to the decision to close the seventh floor.

“Our official stance is we support the Sheriff in having to make difficult decisions and we let the sheriff make the decisions on his organization as best as he sees fit,” Harvey said.

John Romero, a Public Information Officer for the Lakewood Police Department, said public should not expect things in Lakewood to be impacted by the correctional facility situation.

‘Drones: Is The Sky The Limit?’ features real drones, in-depth label paneling, and rich audio-visual content. The exhibit opens Feb. 1 at Wings Over the Rockies and is included in the price of admission.

COURTESY OF WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES

“Truth be told, we don’t have a lot to say,” Romero said in an email. “This will not change anything about the way we patrol, investigate or arrest criminals.”

Colorado Community Media did not receive a response to attempts to reach out to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office for comment on the situation and the impact it would have for prosecutors.

Though Shrader expects the releases to continue for the rest of the year, he said he will continue to advocate for the county commissioners to make public safety a priority in making budget decisions. Such advocacy is particularly important, he said, because the county is projecting that another similar budget cut will need to be made next year.

“I candidly don’t know how we are going to manage that,” Shrader said.

LOCAL

January 30, 2020

SPORTS

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Golden boys basketball cools off rival Wheat Ridge

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

WHEAT RIDGE — Golden picked a good night to make a season-high 11 3-pointers.

“We kind of figured they would play us in a zone,” Golden coach Lou Vullo said after the Demons shot 11-for-22 from long range on their way to a huge Class 4A Jeffco League boys basketball win Wednesday night. “We worked on (3-pointers) the last few days.”

Golden — No. 12 in the CHSAANow. com Class 4A rankings this week — ended a six-game winning streak rival Wheat Ridge had going coming into the conference showdown. The Demons (10-5, 4-1) pulled away in the final minute to take a 68-61 victory on the Farmers’ home court.

“They haven’t shot like that the whole year,” Wheat Ridge coach Tommy Dowd said. “In a game like this guys step up and make shots.

You have to give credit to them. They made the shots tonight.”

Golden had seven 3-pointers at halftime that helped the Demons to a 35-29 lead at the break. The shots from long range didn’t come as easy in the second half as the Farmers (7-5, 3-1) went on a 9-0 run and actually took a 55-53 lead after a 3-pointer by Wheat Ridge senior Alex Morales with 5:17 left in the fourth quarter.

However, the lead was short-lived.

Golden senior Ben McLaughlin — who finished with four 3-pointers on the night and a team-high 15 points — buried back-to-back 3-pointers to regain the lead for good.

“I trust our guys and we can light it up in practice,” McLaughlin said.

“Shots got to fall in a game like this.

They played off of us a little bit and

Alan Acevedo of Golden tries to get a loose ball, as he works against Wheat Ridge guard Rocco Tate during the conference foes Jan. 22 match. we just had to connect.”

The final field goal by the Demons featured a nifty inside move by Golden senior guard Jack Anderson in the final minute. Anderson was able to drive by Morales, but was picked up by Wheat Ridge senior Dominic Bronk down low on the defensive switch.

“I kind of got too deep for a second,” said Anderson, who flipped up a lefthanded shot past Bronk to put the Demons up 64-61 with less than a minute left. “I turned around and I just knew I had to make the shot.”

Wheat Ridge failed to score after junior Dominic Cross put in the Farmers’ final points with 1:18 left in

Ben McLaughlin preparing to shoot one of his several 3-pointers at the Jan. 22 game between the two Jeffco powerhouses.

PHOTOS BY BILL WAY the game.

“Some of that is experience,” Dowd said of the Farmers getting outscored 6-0 in the final minute after cutting Golden’s lead to 62-61. “We haven’t been in a game like this where it feels different. It wasn’t a lack of effort. It was a lack of execution. That is something to fix.”

After a rough 1-4 start to the season, Wheat Ridge came into last Wednes-

day’s game as the hottest team in 4A Jeffco. Now, the defending conference champion doesn’t have much room for error.

D’Evelyn, Golden, Green Mountain and Wheat Ridge are all within a game of each other in the conference standings with either seven or eight league games remaining for everyone in 4A Jeffco.

“This league is totally wild,” Vullo said. “I think it’s going to come down to the end. Every night in this league you have to come to play. If you don’t you are going to be in trouble for sure.”

Golden had another game of balanced scoring. Anderson and senior Carter Thompson both had 11 points each. Junior Nathan Wiggins had a trio of 3-pointers to finish with nine points and freshman Alan Acevedo also had nine points.

Morales had a game-high 17 points to lead the Farmers. Bronk (11 points) and junior Greyson Van Tuyl (15 points) dominated inside at times for Wheat Ridge, but both didn’t have a field goal in the final quarter.

“You throw out the rankings out the window when you have a rivalry like this,” said Vullo, who lost twice to the Farmers last season in his first year coaching the Demons. “I didn’t know until last year what this rivalry meant until I saw how bad it hurt our kids.”

The Farmers got back on track with a road win against D’Evelyn on Jan 24. The Demons lost a non-league game at home against DSST: Byers on Jan. 24, and get back into conference play this week.

Dennis Pleuss is a media specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go online at CHSAANow.com

Ralston Valley girls basketball rallies to win over Lakewood

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Ralston Valley junior Sydney Bevington poured in a career-high 25 points on Jan. 21 against Lakewood. Bevington is averaging a double-double this season with 15.6 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD — Ralston Valley junior Sydney Bevington has always been a ‘pass first’ guard for the Mustangs.

However, Bevington has clearly learned how to flip the switch when it comes to dominating games in crunch time.

“She is starting to takeover games,” Ralston Valley coach Jeff Gomer said of his talented 6-foot-1 guard. “She is starting to realize what she can do with (shooting).”

Bevington poured in 14 points in the fourth quarter to lead Ralston Valley — No. 7 in the CHSAANow.com Class 5A girls basketball rankings — to a comeback road victory Jan. 21 against Lakewood. The Tigers (5-8, 1-0) led the Mustangs (12-2, 1-0) 33-29 heading to the final quarter.

Ralston Valley went on an 8-0 run to

start the fourth quarter, led by Bevington. The junior ended with a careerhigh 25 points.

“I just felt like the shots were open for me,” Bevington said of her 14 points in the fourth quarter that including going 8-for-8 from the freethrow line. “There was a size difference with who was guarding me.

Overall it was a team effort, but I’m glad I was able to help.”

The three-year starter also grabbed 13 rebounds in the win. Bevington is now averaging 15.6 points and 10.4 rebounds per game.

“She (Bevington) is going to get plays, but we gave her some extra plays where we were in sleep mode,” Lakewood coach Chris Poisson said. “(Ralston Valley) deserved to win.

They made more plays than we did.

I’m not disappointed in our effort. We are close.”

While Bevington scored 14 of 18

points for the Mustangs in the final eight minutes, senior Ellie Schweiker had a key layup in the final minute that extended Ralston Valley’s lead to 45-40 with less than 30 seconds to play.

“I felt like we needed a momentum shift,” Bevington said. “I felt like the whole game was back-and-forth, but that layup (by Schweiker) really sparked us.”

Sophomore Saya Sabus pitched in 11 points for the Mustangs. It was Ralston Valley’s fourth straight victory.

Lakewood’s crafty senior guard tandem of Nadia Trevizo-Medina and Aaliyah Sabala had a dozen points each in the Tigers’ loss.

“We might be the best 4-8 team around,” Poisson said. “We should be disappointed we lost, but confidence moving forward that we are almost SEE GIRLS, P18

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January 30, 2020J Lakewood junior Mariah Ramos (22) tries to get a shot over the outstretched arms of Ralston Valley senior Ellie Schweiker on Jan. 21 at Lakewood High School.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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there and hopefully turn that corner.”

Ralston Valley and Lakewood finally got into their conference schedules Jan. 24. The Mustangs defeated Chatfield, while the Tigers took care of Dakota Ridge.

“Now that it’s almost February we mine as well play some league games,” Poisson joked. “Mentally we can refresh and get to the third phase of the season. We’ll take the lessons we’ve learned and hopefully get better.”

No. 3 Valor Christian (14-1, 1-0) are seeking a second-straight 5A Jeffco League title. The Eagles biggest

conference hurdle could come early in league play. Valor hosts Ralston Valley on Wednesday, Jan. 29, in what will be a top-10 match-up next week.

Gomer likely won’t have a fully healthy squad. Junior Brooklyn Seymour has missed three straight games due to injury.

“That is our only game that week,” Gomer said looking ahead to Valor.

“We would like to have Brooklyn back, but we probably won’t. It will be a good test for us. Valor is really good.

I’m looking forward to it to see where we are at.”

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