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Young Artist contest winner to perform March 31

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Samuel Vargas, 22, to join Jefferson Symphony Orchestra for concert after winning 2019 competition STAFF REPORT

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Author and Lakewood resident Tea time I was born in England, but I moved to South Dakota when I was only one.

My father was in the U.S. Army, and my mother was from England. She was a music teacher, and she pretty much ran a British home. Tea was a way of life. I’ve always had tea. I have an afternoon tea for birthday parties, bridal showers and all sorts of things.

I started doing talks for different women’s organizations, and everybody would ask me where I get all these things for tea. I thought this was a great opportunity to run my own business, so I did. I opened Penelope’s Tea Time, a website, and I imported tea from England. I ran the business for about 15 years, but I sold it about 14 years ago.

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and two great-grandchildren. I spent probably 40 years as a registered nurse, and I retired a couple of years ago.

I never got into writing, and it was something that I felt like I always wanted to do, but I never had the time.

Tea on the Titanic I finally got into writing, and wrote “Tea on the Titanic: 100 Years Later.”

I wanted the book to come out on the 100th anniversary of the Titanic. I looked into the menus of afternoon tea on the Titanic. The book is more than just history. It has tea recipes in it too.

I even wrote a children’s book called “First Class Etiquette: From The Titanic to Now…Manners Matter.” The book talks about manners, and my granddaughter even did the pictures for it.

I have a true passion for the Edwardian area and traditions from that time period.

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Violinist Samuel Vargas is the winner of Jefferson Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 Young Artists Competition.

Vargas captivated the judges with his audition-winning performance of Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D Minor.

The award of top-prize earned Vargas $3,000 and a guest performance with Jefferson Symphony during its upcoming concert March 31.

Vargas, 22, studies violin performance at the Schwob School of Music, Columbus State University in Georgia. Originally from Venezuela, Vargas started training on the violin when he was 11 years old. Over a few years, he received prizes from civic and nationwide arts performing groups.

Prior performance roles include Concertmaster Ambassador for the 69th Anniversary of the United Nations, Classical Artist Award (2016) for Football Metropolitan Federation in Venezuela and solo appearances with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra under famed conductor Gustavo Dudamel.

The announcement of Vargas’s win follows a full day of competition Jan. 5 at Colorado Christian University; 11 finalists were selected after a live-audition round of performances. Contestants ranged in age from 14-23 and were attracted to Jefferson

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The three judges unanimously awarded Samuel Vargas topprize for his musicianship and bravura. A second place prize of $2,000 was awarded to Clayton Hancock, who performed Brahms’ Violin Concerto. Hancock, 17, resides in Memphis, Tennessee, and also performs in concerts and recitals around the state. Third place and $1,000 was awarded to harpist Abigail Enssle, a student at Colorado State University.

Now in its 60th year, the Jefferson Symphony competition has evolved from local contest to an international gathering of young musicians competing for solo artist privileges and scholarship money. This year’s focus was on stringed instruments — the concentration changes yearly — allowing contestants to showcase skills and talents unique to their instrument.

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Colorado Girl Scouts sell cookies online, door-to-door and in front of major retailers.

“Girl Scout cookie time is all about teaching girls lifelong business skills,” Stephanie Foote, president and CEO of Girl Scouts of Colorado, said in a news release.

“The proceeds from these girlled businesses go to fund all the adventures you get to have as a Girl Scout.”

In addition, Girl Scouts honor the nonprofit organizations, food

banks, military, and uniformed personnel who are so important to the community through the Hometown Heroes/Gift of Caring program.

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Girls learn about the work of their recipients by taking tours, learning about careers in public service and helping with service projects.

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B.I.O.N.I.C. Team wins Innovators Society grand prize The funds will help the new nonprofit expand

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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fter four student suicides in the 2001-02 school year at Green Mountain High School, GHS counselor Sandy Austin created the B.I.O.N.I.C. Team so caring students could connect with people who might be in trouble or feel isolated. The name is an acronym for “Believe It or Not I Care.”

In the years that followed the creation of the school club, it expanded to other schools and Austin estimates 1,200 students in several B.I.O.N.I.C. school clubs reached out to more than 140,000 people facing tough times. Inspired to touch even more lives, Austin decided to evolve her school club idea into a nonprofit organization.

“All the pressures on kids today, they feel more isolated and alone than ever before,” Austin said.

B.I.O.N.I.C. focuses on reaching out to people experiencing specific situations: new students; students who are out of school for an extended time because of illness; students who are lonely or overwhelmed; kids that loose loved ones and experience tragedy; and students who are being bullied.

Gage Crispe is one student who says he was helped by this group.

While a sophomore at Green Mountain, he lost a close friend to suicide.

“After that, I didn’t know what my outlet should be,” said Crispe, now 25. “I had never experienced loss like that before. I had no idea what I should be doing, what grief looked like, how to cope.”

Crispe got involved in the B.I.O.N.I.C. Team at his school, which he said taught him how to understand his grief and how to be a support for others.

Austin, who now leads the club at Pomona High where she is currently a counselor, enrolled in the Nonprofit

Sandy Austin, of B.I.O.N.I.C., presents at the Innovators Society 2.0 Pitch Showdown in June.

Pathways program at Red Rocks Community College, where learned about The Innovators Society.

The Innovators Society, a program of Community First Foundation, invests in promising, but not yet proven, innovations to increase awareness and change perceptions of mental health. They engage a network of passionate community leaders to accelerate new solutions for mental wellness.

“It is important that as a community we come together around this stigma of mental health,” said Noah Atencio, vice president of community impact at Community First Foundation.

“Through The Innovators Society nonprofit accelerator program, we cultivate the most innovative ideas for improving mental wellness and expand them in Denver communities faster than otherwise possible.”

B.I.O.N.I.C. was one of six innovations selected for The Innovators Society 2.0 in which mental health non profits pitched their ideas to gain funding and spent several months to develop a plan to scale their nonprofits. At the pitch in June, audience members voted in real time to give away $500,000 in grant money from Community First Foundation.

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The school tragedy team sends posters to schools experiencing tragedy to spread love.

Following the pitch in June, Austin and other nonprofits in the accelerator program met with coaches for training and professional development in areas such as financial stability, marketing, and other elements to make a nonprofit successful.

After meeting with coaches, all teams created an implementation plan. Evaluation of that plan, the pitch, letters of support and coach feedback was done by a panel of community members.

At the end of the six month program, the panel chose B.I.O.N.I.C. as the grand prize winner, earning themselves an additional $50,000 in grant money, bringing its total funding throughout the program to $185,050.

“Hearing from experts in many fields — Community First Foundation staff, coaches, advisers, and the strategy

labs — accelerates how we are able to roll out Apprentice of B.I.O.N.I.C. Peace Youth as a new Organization nonprofit,” www.aopyo.org Austin said.

B.I.O.N.I.C. www.bionicteam. “The money, time, org and effort My Quiet Cave myquietcave.com spared through Open Labs www.sigmend.com this process Young Invincibles will help younginvincibles. us have the greatorg est impact YouthRoots possible. youthroots.org Young people will more effectively be able to handle tough times with the supportive and caring communities B.I.O.N.I.C. creates.”

For Austin, scaling the nonprofit means making the

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program available to schools worldwide. They will be making a starter kit with a manual for all schools who are interested in developing a program and hosting conferences during Spring Break throughout Colorado.

“We’re getting it out there quickly and getting schools curriculum so they can start a club in fall,” Austin said.

The nonprofit also plans to create webinars and hold a leadership conference in the fall.

“All the kids who are struggling, falling through the cracks when they face challenging times, we’re getting kids the tools to be able to get through those challenging times and give them a home,” Austin said.

“It’s kids reaching out to kids to let them know that there are people out there that care about them.”

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March 7, 2019

Belmar Elementary celebrates the Most Valuable Teacher James Hoekstra was given award by Issiah Thomas

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

James Hoekstra was presented with the Most Valuable Teacher award from Isaiah Thomas of the Denver Nuggets.

As part of winning the award, Hoekstra will be treated to a Nuggets game and a $500 check. Belmar Elementary celebrated Hoekstra’s award by hosting a pizza party in the school’s library while Isaiah Thomas spoke to students. Hoekstra was awarded the Most Valuable Teacher award for going above and beyond to help students.

Sixth grade students and Hoekstra pose for a photo with Isaiah Thomas.

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Isaiah Thomas presents the Most Valuable Teacher award to James Hoekstra.

Isaiah Thomas of the Denver Nuggets speaks to sixth grade students at Belmar Elementary.

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Fight against Colorado ski traffic hampered by budget Solutions to I-70 congestion would all require huge expenditures

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“Friends don’t let friends drive I-70.”

The tongue-in-cheek mantra is often uttered by Colorado skiers and snowboarders who frequent resorts far from the crowded mountain corridor, which funnels thousands of vehicles onto two lanes west of Denver every winter weekend.

“It’s nightmarish. Hours and hours in the car. I think the last time I went to Keystone (typically a 90-minute drive from Denver), I spent four hours getting there and five hours getting home,” said Cole Capsalis of Denver. “There was more time in the car than skiing.”

The 28-year-old product manager, who went to the University of Utah in part because it allowed him to hit the slopes up to 100 days a year, moved to Denver about six years ago. But his love of ski resorts quickly took a tumble because of horrendous traffic more akin to Los Angeles freeways.

So Capsalis ditched resorts for less crowded — albeit more dangerous — remote backcountry snowboarding.

“I would prefer to risk my life on some level ... as opposed to sit in I-70 traffic on the weekends,” he said.

Traffic along the route has been common for years, but it’s exacerbated by a recent population boom in the Denver area.

“Traffic has increased incredibly statewide, and nowhere do you see that more actively than on the I-70 corridor,” said Amy Ford, a state transportation department spokeswoman.

Between 2010 and July 2017, the population in Denver and its suburbs increased by an average of nearly 51,000 annually.

In 2000, nearly 10.3 million vehicles on I-70 crossed the Continental Divide, which slices through the heart of Colorado’s ski country.

That figure was about 13.4 million in 2018.

“It’s always going to get worse.

We’re expecting that,” said Patrick Chavez, who works at a transportation department office at the mouth of two tunnels bored under the Divide. “We continue to try to find measures to mitigate and minimize the impact.”

But that’s getting harder as more people move to Colorado, he said.

Colorado’s population has increased 53 percent since 1990, while lane miles on the state’s highway system have only increased 2 percent, officials said.

Typical congestion along I-70 during a ski season weekend, backing up past the Jefferson County line near Floyd Hill.

GLENN WALLACE The department’s typical $1.4 billion budget, 70 percent of which goes toward road maintenance, is only slightly bigger than neighboring Utah’s. But Colorado has 6,864 more highway lane miles (11,046 kilometers) and 2.4 million more residents.

Unlike Utah, Colorado doesn’t dip into sales tax to fund its transportation budget, and its state gas tax, the 12th lowest in the country, hasn’t been raised since George H.W. Bush’s presidency.

High-speed rail could be built through the corridor, but may cost between $11 billion and $32 billion depending on the route and type of train used, according to a 2014 study commissioned by the transportation department.

The three viable options would require significant right-of-way acquisition, and crews would have to blast between 15 and 35 tunnels.

A train on the existing right-of-way would have to travel so slowly on the interstate’s curves and grades that it couldn’t compete with driving.

That means transportation officials will continue to rely on smaller-scale solutions to an increasingly difficult problem.

They’ve created an app giving drivers real-time traffic conditions from Denver’s airport to Vail. They’re quicker at clearing accidents. They’ve installed traffic information signs at resorts and in-pavement LED lighting on areas of the interstate with poor visibility. They’ve widened tunnels and introduced a bus system that runs

on I-70. And they’ve built a 13-mile (21-kilometer) toll road at a notorious pinch point on eastbound I-70.

All those steps, Ford said, have had a positive effect and reduced the number of accidents.

In 2008, nearly 1,900 accidents were reported along the corridor and in 2017, about 1,200 accidents were reported.

The transportation department also is doing a relatively good job of keeping traffic flowing through the roughly 100-mile (161-kilometer) stretch that serves major resorts like Vail, Breckenridge and Keystone.

In January 2012, for example, it took drivers an average of an hour and 50 minutes to travel west through that section during the peak of weekend traffic. The numbers fluctuate through the years for a variety of reasons, including weather, but by January 2018, it took just over two hours.

Traveling that stretch without traffic typically takes 90 minutes.

“It is a significant challenge, but that corridor is getting a lot better,” Ford said.

Still, words and numbers might not be enough to convince those who love to loathe I-70, and the department’s biggest challenge could be battling the perception that the interstate is getting exponentially worse.

“I watched it deteriorate so much ... that I would have a really hard time believing that anything significant would have changed at this point,” Capsalis said.

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March 7, 2019

Shaffer Elementary School raises money for Lakewood PD pooch The school raised over $2,000 for the department’s K-9 Unit

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Shaffer Elementary School shares a bond with the Lakewood Police Department, even though the school sits to the south of the city limits.

On Feb. 21, Shaffer Elementary School was celebrating its Leadership Day where they encourage students to stick with commitments.

The school’s Pioneer Development Team, a group of students who serve as the voice of students, was in charge of creating what Leadership Day would look like this year.

The team decided it wanted to raise money for the Lakewood Police Department’s K-9 Unit, a unit made up of officers and trained dogs that can help when searching for missing people, or fugitives and that can detect narcotics, or weapons.

The students began a “penny wars” fundraiser, and raised more than $2,600 in only four days.

As a ‘thank-you’ the Lakewood Police Department brought out dogs from the K-9 Unit and had a demonstration of the work that the unit does. Later in the afternoon, the school presented the check to Lake-

WHAT DOES THE LAKEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT’S K-9 UNIT DO? The Lakewood Police Department’s K-9 Unit is composed of officers and trained dogs that specialize in searching for missing people, or fugitives, detecting narcotics, or building searches for weapons and evidence. If Lakewood Police officers are anticipating being in a dangerous situation, the K-9 unit is called on, because of the dogs’ senses. The K-9 unit undergoes extensive training before it even hits the street. wood Police Department.

“There’s importance of having that positive image of the Lakewood Police Department and police around the state. I think it’s important for kids to see police and first responders in the light as leaders,” said Jeremy Brasher, the school’s principal. “We have people who we know who we see (the fundraiser) will impact.”

The check presentation at Shaffer Elementary School.

COURTESY OF JOHN ROMERO Shaffer Elementary School, had a John Romero, the public informawe did that with change.” friendly competition to see who could tion officer for the Lakewood Police Shaffer Elementary School is a raise the most money by breaking off Department, said the money will go a Leader Me school in which it teaches students into three groups — kinderlong way toward making the dogs in leadership and life skills with the idea garten and first graders, second and the K-9 Unit happy. The donation will that every one of its students can be a third graders and fourth and fifth go into the K-9 Unit’s general fund. leader. graders. The school originally had “We cannot thank the incredible “I cried a few times just knowing a goal of raising $900 when it first kids and staff at Shaffer Elementary how proud (students) are of what started talking about the fundraiser. enough. It means everything to the “I was so blown away. I was like, how they’ve done. I don’t know how to put Police Department that these kids that into words,” said Chi Kowalchuk, did we raise that much money,” said decided on their own to put this the school’s psychologist.” “It was Jamison Brasher, a fourth-grade stuall together for our K-9 Unit, said dent at Shaffer Elementary School. “I T:9.6”awe-inspiring, and it means the world Romero. to me.” think the craziest part about it is that

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Lakewood council moves to ‘restore the right to initiative in Lakewood’ Change allows growth initiative to proceed despite lawsuit

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Currently, one man and a series of court maneuvers have kept a citizen’s initiative in Lakewood from ever seeing the light of day before the city council.

Language in Chapter 2.52 of the Lakewood Municipal Code blocked the Lakewood Strategic Growth Initiative from either being approved by City Council, or put to a citywide vote.

That portion of the municipal code has been changed after city council approved a new ordinance at a Feb. 25 meeting.

After listening to public comment, Lakewood City Council voted unanimously to remove all language from the city’s municipal code that stops any initiative, or referendum petition from moving forward when a registered voter has legally protested it.

The change has been a month in the making after Councilmember Charley Able requested the change.

“What we’re doing tonight would remove the limitation from Council, but it would allow anyone to go ahead and file and appeal — but in doing so, they would have to prove their argument has merit and request the judge remove it from the ballot. Otherwise, it would remain on the ballot, and we would be able to vote in a timely fashion,” said Able as he urged City Council to “restore the right to initiative in Lakewood.”

Four residents spoke in favor of changing the municipal code, including Cathy Kentner. She spearheaded the Lakewood Strategic Growth Initiative — a measure that would limit new home construction to one percent per year and would require Lakewood City Council to hold a public hearing and vote to approve residential projects with 40 units, or more. The initiative has been delayed for more than a year thanks to the Lakewood Municipal Code as Lakewood resident Steve Dorman has challenged it in court by citing constitutional matters, property rights and city council municipal powers.

“When the government isn’t responsive, we the people have little recourse.

Petitioning through the initiative, referendum, or recall process is often the only option. But the Lakewood Municipal Code takes away this constitutional right by keeping issues off the ballot when any appeal, as meritless as it may be, is filed,” said Kentner during the public comment period.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE GROWTH INITIATIVE? The Lakewood Strategic Growth Initiative has been held up in court for more than a year now, involved in an ongoing legal challenge.

Due to city rules, the city council was unable to even decide whether to approve the initiative, or send it to a vote of the city’s voters.

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That all changed when Lakewood City Council voted unanimously to remove that part of the city’s municipal code.

The change to the municipal code will take 30 days to go into effect, and the initiative will be presented to council. will have the choice to vote to approve the initiative, or to call a special election. If Council decides to send the initiative to voters, the city could have a special election as soon as July.

‘What we’re doing tonight would remove the limitation from Council, but it would allow anyone to go ahead and file and appeal ... .’

Charley Able, Lakewood City councilmember Lakewood City Clerk Margie Greer said she’s never seen the city code changed because of a citizen driven initiative in her 18 years as the clerk.

When asked for her opinion on the municipal code change, Peg Perl an attorney that previously worked with Colorado Ethics Watch, said that any big institutional change to policy has broader effects than any one initiative.

“I’m always a little worried by broad brush changes,” said Perl.

The change to the city’s municipal code will take 30 days to go into effect, according to Stacie Oulton, Lakewood’s spokesperson. Following that, the Lakewood Strategic Growth Initiative will be presented to City Council where it will either be adopted, or sent to a citywide vote.

Able says the initiative could be in the hands of voters as soon as July, but the timeline depends on actions, if any, are taken by Dorman. Dorman said he still vigorously opposes the initiative, and he will consider all of his options.

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Batch 19 provides history in a beer glass AC Golden Brewing Company re-releases pre-prohibition style brew

WHERE TO FIND BATCH 19 AC Golden Brewing Company recently relaunched Batch 19 exclusive to Colorado.

Here are some local establishments where you can find it:

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Adolph Coors is likely smiling down at Colorado beer drinkers as they sip on his Batch 19 brew.

It makes brewers “feel good seeing people enjoy something they created,” said David Coors, president of AC Golden Brewing Company. “We decided (Batch 19) was too good not to share with the rest of beer community.”

Mid-January, AC Golden Brewing Company re-released its Batch 19 beer — a brew with a hoppy taste balanced by a subtle caramel maltiness.

“There’s been some pent-up demand for it since 2015,” Coors said. “People are ecstatic to have it back.”

Batch 19 was available for about five years beginning in 2010. However, prior to that, nobody had been able to enjoy the beer since Adolph Coors, founder of the Coors Brewery in Golden in 1873, was brewing it back in 1913.

“It’s a nod to an era,” said David Coors, who is the great-great-grandson of Adolph Coors. “This is a style of beer you would find in Colorado prior to prohibition.”

This year’s re-launch of the beer

Arvada: Arvada Tavern, 5707 Olde Wadsworth Boulevard; Kline’s Beer Hall, 7519 Grandview Ave. Aurora: Wingchesters, 5428 S Parker Road

Noah Heaney, co-owner of Miners Saloon in Golden, pours a Batch 19 on March 1. The beer, recently re-released by AC Golden Brewing Company, is a pre-prohibition style lager.

CHRISTY STEADMAN commemorates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 18th amendment that prohibited alcohol.

The recipe was discovered in Adolph Coors’ handwritten logbook, kept under “lock and key” in the Coors Brewery’s archives, David Coors said.

It is made with a rare combination of noble hops and two malts, giving it a biscuit-like aroma with spicy, herbal notes and a deep golden color that’s naturally filtered and unpasteurized.

For now, Batch 19 is only available in Colorado at select establishments, and only on tap.

“I really like the history of the beer,” said Mike Hoffman, a Golden resident and patron of Miners Saloon, a Gold Rush-inspired food-and-beverage

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The appetizer is made of bacon, bourbon barrel-aged maple syrup and Aleppo pepper.

Miners Saloon takes pride in pairing rustic cuisine with rustic beer, said Noah Heaney, co-owner of Miners Saloon. In addition, Batch 19 has a lower alcohol content — 5.5 percent ABV — than most beers, Heaney said, so it makes a perfect lunch beer.

But, agreeing with Hoffman, Heaney believes the best part about Batch 19 is the history.

“We’re serving up a little piece of history,” Heaney said, “here in Golden, where it began.”

Denver: Historians Ale House, 24 Broadway #102; Recess Beer Garden, 2715 17th St. #103; Walter’s 303 Pizzeria & Publik House Uptown, 1906 Pearl St. Edgewater: Sloans Grill, 5850 W. 25th Ave. Golden: Buffalo Rose Saloon, 1119 Washington Ave.; Miners Saloon, 1109 Miner’s Alley Lakewood: Teller’s Taproom & Kitchen, 1990 Youngfield St. Littleton: Walter’s 303 Pizzeria & Publik House - Bow Mar, 5194 S. Lowell Boulevard Parker: Parker Garage, 19420 Mainstreet, Wheat Ridge: Colorado Plus Brew Pub and Taphouse, 6995 W. 38th Ave. Batch 19 is available at other venues across the state. To find locations outside the Denver-metro area, visit www.facebook. com/batch19/.

COORS TOUR NO LONGER FREE The longstanding tourist attraction, a tour of the Coors brewery location in Golden, will now cost you $5 to $10.

twice that amount, to take the tours. There will be a military discount, according to the release.

Citing the tour’s continued popularity and demand, which are “currently overwhelming our capacity and staffing,” according to a recent press release, the beer company has announced that it will charge Colorado residents $5, and out of state beer fans

The new fee goes into effect on March 28, and will apply to all visitors 21 and over.

All eligible tour takers may have three 8 oz. beer samples, and receive a commemorative glass.

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Getting the lifelong health care pets deserve New program provides stronger partnership between animal shelter vet teams and community veterinarians

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There’s one common goal shared among veterinarians, animal shelters and pet adopters.

It is to “see the pets healthy and thriving,” said Katherine Kethcart, the communications and content manager for Colorado Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA), “and living a fulfilled life.”

A new program called Connect for Care will make that goal even more attainable.

Connect for Care is a partnership between Denver area veterinarians and Denver area animal shelters facilitated by CVMA. What it does is ensure adopted shelter pets receive the lifelong health care they deserve, Kethcart said.

Through the program, participating CVMA veterinarians offer complimentary post-adoption exams for newly adopted shelter pets. If needed, the veterinarian will provide up to $250 worth of care for designated medical needs for up to 14 calendar days postadoption.

“We believe it is our responsibility to help adopted shelter pets connect with a veterinarian so they have a bright, healthy future the moment they step out of the shelter and into the community,” said Ashley Larson, CVMA program manager for Connect for Care.

CVMA is a statewide veterinarian association that has between 2,5003,000 members across Colorado, Kethcart said. Currently, there are 49 veterinary clinics along the Front Range and eight Denver-area animal shelters

PARTICIPATING VETS Animal shelters participating in Connect for Care, a program facilitated by the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA): Adams County Animal Shelter/Adoption Center, Brighton; 303-288-3294; http:// animalshelter.adcogov.org/ Angels With Paws, 2540 Youngfield St., Lakewood; 303-274-2264; www.angelswithpaws.net Aurora Animal Shelter, 303-739-7000 Denver Animal Shelter, 720-913-1311 Dumb Friends League, 303-751-5772, www. ddfl.org The Feline Fix, Commerce City; 303-202-3516; www.thefelinefix.org Foothills Animal Shelter, 580 McIntyre St., Golden; 303-278-7575; https://foothillsanimalshelter.org Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue, Denver; 303744-6076; www.rmfr-colorado.org participating in the Connect for Care program. The shelters provide a list of the participating local veterinary clinics to the pet adopter.

In 2018, about 7,700 animals entered Foothills Animal Shelter, said Liz Maddy, Foothills Animal Shelter’s marketing and community engagement manager. The shelter’s veterinarian team provided care to each of them, ranging from a quick health check and vaccinations to dental work, spay/neuter procedures and full surgeries, Maddy said.

Adoptable pets receive amazing care while they’re at the shelter, said Dr. Emily Hays, the chief veterinarian and director of veterinary services at Foothills Animal Shelter. It’s important that the care continues once the pet is handed off to its forever home, she added.

Foothills Animal Shelter’s veterinarians prepare for a surgery on Feb. 28 in the shelter’s surgical suite. Foothills Animal Shelter in Golden is one of eight Denverarea animal shelters participating in the Connect for Care program facilitated by the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association.

COURTESY OF FOOTHILLS ANIMAL SHELTER More than 30,000 pets were adopted out of Denver area shelters in 2018, states a press release from CVMA. About 4,300 of them were adopted from Foothills Animal Shelter, Maddy said.

Having a trusted veterinarian helps new pet owners with being able to provide the preventative care a pet may

need throughout its life, as well as any ongoing care should any condition be discovered while the animal was housed in the shelter, Hays added.

The program provides a “focus on the pets in our community,” Hays said.

Overall, she added, what everybody strives for is “a successful adoption into a loving, happy home.”

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Looks like America isn’t good enough for America’s pastime QUIET DESPERATION

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lay ball.

The 2019 Major League Baseball season is about to get underway. Did I just hear yawns?

Attendance was down at 17 MLB stadiums last year from the year before.

There are a number of theories about why baseball is no longer America’s game.

Here’s one: Americans think baseball is boring.

It’s not action-packed, like professional basketball.

One local sports writer thinks the game should be shortened to seven innings.

Why not to five? Why not to one?

Americans don’t deserve baseball.

It’s too subtle. Americans prefer constant overstatement and hoopla.

(What would the Super Bowl have been without Maroon 5?

Answer at the bottom.)

Professional baseball is a brilliant, deliberate, nine-course meal.

Professional basketball is a greasy

drive-thru.

Americans are impatient, and they want to know what is going on where they are not.

Security scans everyone at the gate for knives and guns. Security should scan for phones too. Phoning and texting in a stadium, in an art gallery, in a concert, and in line in a grocery store is disrespectful.

But, it’s entirely American.

Yes, sometimes things drag.

There are pitchers who ponder and wander and debate and spit between every pitch.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Legislative shell game Why would any Coloradan want to be bound by the votes of Chicago?

Why is it a fraud, and no less a felony, to rig a voting machine to flip a percentage of the votes from one candidate to favor his opponent; yet not a felony to do so via legislative fiat in the form of SB19-042 (National Popular Vote)?

With questionable voting results in other states, like Washington state in 2004, and Chicago’s notorious “Long Count” of the 1960 presidential election that helped deprive Richard

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Nixon of Illinois’ electoral votes, does not SB-042 vindicate (Soviet refugee, and Stalin’s personal secretary) Boris Bezhanov’s claim that Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin once said “It’s not those who vote, but those who count the votes that matter.”?

Why should Colorado voters be deprived of their choices?

If the vote stealing sponsors of this bill are successful in this effort, what might future legislators seek to do in internal Colorado elections?

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There are batters who pray and pace and redo their batting gloves between every pitch.

There are too many trips to the mound (although fewer than there used to be).

Managers swap pitchers endlessly. No one pitches a complete game anymore.

My favorite baseball player, left-handed pitcher Warren Spahn, started 665 games and completed 382.

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than philosophic discussion. o, the wife and I were having We went around and around about an argu… a discussion the this for a while, her trying to make other night. You know how me understand how that works, and that goes — starts out as a me wondering why the system is philosophic discussion, then someso stupid. Within the context of the body misunderstands something, system, it makes sense, and I underthen, suddenly, it’s something less stand the purpose of that process. than philosophic.

But, from 10,000 feet, it seems pretty ANYWAY … Our daughter is having trouble with her knee. An entirely stupid. Given that this is a product of the same system that charges predictable situation for a HITTING $3 for a Tylenol in the hospital, dancer. Trouble is, this time HOME I’m guessing the image actuit seemed like trauma, not ally only costs $300 to produce. overuse, so her physical “CHANGE THE SYSTEM!” therapist recommended she Unfortunately, so far the only get some imaging. No probideas for a new system look lem, of course — gotta know suspiciously like the one what’s wrong before you can that is leaving our veterans treat it and, you know, start so ill-served, or the one from dancing again so you can England that was responsible damage it some more. At for the deaths of one in three any rate, the provider told elderly people — while in the her the cost of the image hospitals — due to neglect. was $580; but, if she had Michael Alcorn Systems crack me up. I’m insurance, it would be $630. pretty sure nobody designed this Huh? system to behave this way, but, over So, my daughter, a struggling coltime, little problems got resolved by lege student, assumes that the $580 the system in ways that benefitted was the obvious way to go. At which the system as much as it benefitted point, my wife, who understands people. Like SkyNet, it developed its these things, says it’s not, because own sort of intelligence, and eventuyou have to submit it through insurally evolved into the monstrosity we ance so that we get credit for the deductible and because the insurance have now.

There are other system that work company may reduce the cost because $630 may be beyond the “contractual just as poorly. We recently had the joy allowance.” I say, “what?” She says, of applying for student financial aid “the insurance company only allows for college for the second child. Talk the practice to charge so much for about your stupid systems! Not to be something, so they might reduce the all “get off my lawn,” but it will bill.” I say, “that’s stupid.”

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It’s not mean to get lean with older parents

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n fact, it’s kind of mean to the folks left with the stuff if you don’t get lean. Do your elders have 60, 70, 80+ years of stuff ? Have they ever trimmed down any of it? If you are a bit fuzzy about the answer, now’s the time to get serious about helping them get lean!

We moved my mother-in-law to assisted living after she fell and couldn’t live independently any more. That meant that the house was left exactly as it had been when she fell — full of 87 years of treasures (and some not-quitetreasures too).

My mother-in-law often laughed when we’d suggest sorting through her things, deciding what to keep, what to gift and what to donate to charity. She’d say “No, I’ll just leave it for you kids to do when I’m pushing up daisies.” She’s not pushing up daisies but we are left with a huge task and it’s not fun.

It’s not malicious, but it’s not nice either, to leave all of the digging, sorting,

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cost my daughter more to go to school for one year in lovely Greeley, Colorado, than it cost me to get an entire degree from the flagship school in the state. You know why? At least in part, because Congress got involved.

That’s never a good thing.

Lo, these many years ago, Congress decided every child should have an opportunity to go to college, so they took over the process of student loans.

As a result, the cost of college has more than doubled in 20 years in real dollars, and the salaries of professors have increased at more than four times the rate of inflation. But graduation rates are relatively flat, and I think

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Left-handed pitcher Clayton Kershaw has started 318 games and finished 25.

The local sports writer compared the length of the average baseball game to the length of his favorite movie, “The Godfather.”

The average Major League Baseball game in 2018 took 3:04.

“The Godfather” took 2:55.

Major League Baseball teams play a total of 2,430 games. All of them can’t be masterpieces.

And all films can be masterpieces either. There were 871 feature films released in 2018. I would rather watch a baseball game between two last-place teams, than 95 percent of the films that get made every year.

As much as I appreciate baseball and its history and all of the statistics, it’s shooting itself in the foot with absurd salaries.

“Mr. Personality,” Manny Machado, just signed a 10-year contract for $300 million. The Padres also threw in an island.

Machado will get paid whether he bats .320 or .220. Even if he is on the

evaluating, delivering, selling, gifting, boxing, storing, etc., etc. to the younger There will be a free folks.

So, today’s mespanel discussion on March 10 at the sage: Don’t accept Arvada Public Li- no as an answer!

If your elders brary from 1-3 p.m. about downsizing. don’t want to start The event – Smaller sorting, you start Scale Living: A Fit sorting and sit near for Millenials and them so they can’t Seniors – is spon- help but be involved.

Ask them to tell sored by Ralston Creek CoHousing. you the stories The panel will be about items you find. Write down moderated by the story and attach CO Rep. Brianna Titone, and include it to the treasured item. The stories are author Suzanne Asaff Blankenship. the best part of this process. Without them, you don’t know if it is really a family treasure or just something they

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picked up at the latest estate sale in the neighborhood.

One of the best parts of “rightsizing” my mom’s house was discovering the stories behind the treasures. Who knew the salt & pepper set that had always been on our hutch was a souvenir that my parents got on their celebratory trip after my dad ended his tenure in the Army.

If it doesn’t have a story, ask your elder why they have it.

Have they used it in the last year?

Will they use it before next year? Do they have someone special in mind in the family to gift it to? If the answers are “no,” it needs to become “special” to someone else, somewhere else.

Disperse this task among family members, if you can. It’s hard and the pain should be shared.

Send the items that are intended for various family members on to them now. Send the story along with the item(s). It doesn’t have to be family

— it can be dear friends, long time colleagues or special neighbors too.

Decide who should keep the family photos, slides, albums, diplomas, keepsakes and files. Hint: this should not all go to the same person.

What do you do with Great, Great Grandpa’s certificate for finishing grade school? (I don’t have an answer for that one. Well, I have one but your elder won’t want to hear it.)

Decide now who will take the kitchen items, the furniture, the piano, the desk from Aunt Polly, the books, the china, the Corningware, the Christmas decorations and the Tommy Tippee cup.

If you do the “heavy lifting” now, your elder might think you’re mean but they will be giving you, your family and themselves a real gift – the gift of being lean!

Suzanne Asaff Blankenship is the award-winning author of How To Take Care of Old People Without Losing Your Marbles.

you’d be hard-pressed to make the case that graduates are better prepared for life than their parents were. It was a solution in search of a problem which screwed up an entire system.

My point? Can we please be smarter about systems? Let’s try to have a better picture of our desired outcomes and be more purposeful about designing systems that serve those outcomes. At the very least, let’s be more leery about handing over too much to “the system” (ahem….schools…Google….ahem).

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Charon’s Blade,” is available at Amazon.com, on Kindle, or through MichaelJAlcorn.com. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media. “injured list.”

(Baseball will no longer refer to it as the “disabled list.”)

Idiotic salaries mean owners have to do something about attendance, so they have idiotic promotions and stunts.

They give away bobble-heads, T-shirts, budgies, plug-in air fresheners, and kittens. In Milwaukee, there are racing sausages. (The wiener is always the winner.)

If you’re a purist, every promotion and stunt diminishes the game.

Maybe you’ve heard that some stadiums now have peanut-free sections.

Some stadiums no longer sell Cracker Jack.

Things change. Baseball, however, hasn’t changed as much, or fast enough, as many would like it to. A lot of casual fans don’t pay any attention until October.

Stunts, by the way, are nothing new.

St. Louis Browns owner Bill Veeck once had a player standing 3-foot-7 bat. Eddie Gaedel walked on four pitches.

(Answer: Much, much, much, much, much better.)

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any of us use art to experience things that we will probably never get to do or see ourselves. But the Gravity of Perception exhibit at the Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe Drive, asks how images influence our perception of things we’ve never experienced.

The exhibit features the work of seven photo-based artists and explores how photography can tell a story and share someone else’s experiences.

The free exhibit is COMING on display through ATTRACTIONS March 23. There will be numerous artists’ talks before the exhibit closes, and a closing reception and dance performance by university students on Friday, March 22.

For more information, visit www.

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Around 450,000 people attended the parade last year, and the Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade is anticipating seeing high attendance again, according to Elizabeth Price, the parade’s spokesperson. There will be dancing, music and parade floats.

“It’s great for the whole family, and there’s fun giveaways and treats for kids. There’s just so much to see and do,” said Price.

Getting down and dirty One of the many things that March means is it’s about time to start thinking about your spring plans if you’re a fan of gardening.

As part the comprehensive 2019 library programming initiative of Adams County’s Anythink Libraries, those interested in improving their green thumb can participate in the Dig It series. The library system partnered with experts including The GrowHaus, Colorado State University Extension, Butterfly Pavilion and the Colorado Cactus and Succulent Society to provide a series of gardening and backyard farming programs at different library locations.

“We’ve seen a lot of enthusiasm around gardening from residents through our community gardens, the farmers market we started last year, explained Stacie Ledden, director of innovations and brand strategy with Anythink. “Adams County is rich in agricultural history; it’s part of the community’s DNA. In celebration of this, Dig It seemed like a perfect fit for this spring.”

Each Anythink location will host several opportunities for all age ranges to participate. Program themes include a bug safari with the Butterfly Pavilion, vermiculture with The GrowHaus and growing produce for sale at farmers markets with the CSU extension.

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One of Colorado’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day celebrations takes place in downtown Denver during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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Parade, festival, food, fun on agenda for holiday

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hile the best-known tradition of St. Patrick’s Day is to wear green, that wasn’t always the case. Before green became the color associated with the holiday, blue was worn to celebrate Saint Patrick, a Christian missionary, saint and bishop of Ireland.

St. Patrick’s Day is recognized as the traditional religious feast of St. Patrick on March 17 of each year.

Stories tell of St. Patrick using the shamrock, a three-leafed plant with one stalk, to explain the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) to a nonbeliever. The shamrock became an iconic image of Ireland when the country named it its national flower and emblem.

Ireland closes its banks, stores and businesses to observe St. Patrick each year, recognizing St. Patrick’s Day as a religious holiday. In the United States, beer is turned green, corned beef and cabbage is pushed out by restaurants and parades are held all throughout the country.

Here is how you can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day across the Denver

Olde Town Arvada is filled with people of all ages showing Irish spirit during its annual celebration.

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Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade Where: According to the Denver St. Patrick’s Day Parade website, the best place to catch the parade entries full performance is south of 20th Avenue on Blake Street.

When: March 16 at 9:30 a.m.

Cost: Free The scoop: One of Colorado’s biggest St. Patrick’s Day celebrations takes place in downtown Denver during the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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tor for HRCA, said race participants are encouraged to bring their pets.

Race participants receive a T-shirt, pint glass, an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, a race bib, a beer and a post-race party.

“Grab your friends and family, your best Irish costume and join us as we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day,” said Gojan.

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St. Patrick’s Day Festival in Olde Town Arvada Where: 7307 Grandview Ave., Arvada When: March 16 from noon to 6 p.m.

Cost: Free admission The scoop: You and the family can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the heart of Arvada. Olde Town Arvada will feature food, beverages, artisan and craft vendors, a kids zone street performances and live music from Angus Mohr, Big Paddy and Ponder the Albatross. Joe Hengstler, the executive director of the Olde Town Business Improvement District, is encouraging attendees to park south of Grandview in between old Wadsworth and Vance Street. Hengstler called the Olde Town Arvada St. Patrick’s Day Festival one of the top destinations for St. Patrick’s Day on the Front Range.

“The historic streets of Olde Town Arvada provide the perfect backdrop to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with fun for all ages. In addition to great entertainment, craft vendors, and of course beer and wine booths in the festival area, Olde Town has plenty of one of a kind shops, bars and restaurants to explore and experience,” said Hengstler in an email.

The St. Patrick’s Day 5K in Highlands Ranch always draws a crowd.

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What is St. Patrick’s Day?

Highlands Ranch Community Association St. Patrick’s Day 5K Where: 9352 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch When: The 5K starts at 9 a.m. on March 16. Onsite registration begins at 7:30 a.m.

Cost: 5K run and walk is $45, and the youth 5K run and walk (ages 12 and under) is $25. Prices will increase

after March 14 at 11:59 p.m.

The scoop: The Highlands Ranch Community Association (HRCA) St. Patrick’s Day 5K goes through

neighborhoods, the Marcy Gulch Trail, Fido’s Field at Foothills Park and wraps up on Dorchester Street.

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For a complete list of Dig It series programs, visit anythinklibraries.org.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Steve Earle at Twist and Shout Records Steve Earle is one of the great voices in the alt-country scene and has been ever since he started releasing music in the early 1980s. His 1986 album “Guitar Town” is prime example of the musical styles and sharp lyricism that would not only define the genre, but the ensuing 30 years of Earle’s career.

Earle is now gearing up for the release of his new album “Guy,” which will be released on March 29. Part of said gearing up will be an in-store performance and meet and greet at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 8 at Twist and Shout Records, 2508 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver.

A wristband can be secured by purchasing “Guy” on CD or vinyl, both of which will be on sale early for this event.

The event is sure to be crowded, so get all the necessary information at www.twistandshout.com.

thriller “Get Out,” you know Lil Rel Howery is one of the funniest people on the planet right now.

And while he’s becoming a bigger and bigger name in the entertainment industry, he hasn’t given up on standup yet.

All of this means his performances at Comedy Works Downtown, 1226 15th St. in Denver, are an honest-toGod chance to see a comedy star work on his chops. He’ll be performing at

Dig It is the first in a series of three district-wide celebrations hosted

by Anythink in 2019, according to information provided by Ledden. The second celebration, Pop It, will be held in May, and will celebrate all things pop culture in conjunction with Denver Pop Culture Con (formerly Denver Comic Con). In September, participants will sharpen and develop career and life skills to help them get ahead with Own It. Kicking off the year with Dig It is not only a great way to get people outside, but it also teaches useful skills that can help improve the environment, make a little extra money, and spend time with family and friends.

“No matter your age or skill level, your garden’s size or shape, we have something for you at the library during Dig It,” Ledden said. “Not only will we offer programs where you can learn tips and techniques, this is a great opportunity to connect with friends and neighbors who have simi-

Lil Rel, big laughs at Comedy Works If you saw the Oscar-winning

Kegs & Eggs Where: Jackson’s at 1520 20th St., Denver When: March 15, doors open at 7 a.m.

Cost: Free The scoop: At this year’s Kegs & Eggs concert, Jukebox the Ghost, the Mowglis and Morgxn will be performing at Jackson’s. In the past, bands like 30h!3, Dirty Heads and the Fray. The event is a 21 and up show.

St. Patrick’s Celebration at Colorado Plus Brew Pub and Taphouse Where: 6995 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge When: March 15 - March 17 Cost: Prices vary The scoop: Once a year, Colorado Plus Brew Pub and Taphouse adds a special St. Patrick’s Day touch to its menu by offering corned beef and cabbage and Shepard’s pie that is made with Colorado lamb. The Wheat Ridge establishment is planning on rolling out two special beers, brewed by its head brewer who has an Irish background. Guests can try a Geata Dubh, an Irish dry stout style beer, and Grafton St. Red, an Irish red ale style beer.

“The biggest attraction is our food.

We’re not doing any live music, but this is really good Irish food that we do once a year,” said Eugene Kahng, owner of Colorado Plus Brew Pub and Taphouse.

7 p.m. on Thursday, March 7; 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. on Friday, March 8, and Saturday, March 9; and 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 10.

Find tickets and more information at www.comedyworks.com/comedians/lil-rel.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail. com.

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Sex education bill spurs concerns Parents would retain right to have children opt out of programs

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he comprehensive sex education bill making its way through the state Legislature has spurred opposition from many in the religious and conservative communities, drawing concerns that the language of the legislation promotes abortion and the LGBTQ lifestyle and bans religious viewpoints.

“I don’t believe this bill, HB-1032, has parental rights in mind, I think it has other agendas behind it — the sexual revolution, if you will,” said Amy Zornes, a concerned parent who lives in Aurora. “I don’t think that this is academic at all and I think the education system should stick with academics. We are failing majorly in academic pursuits. This does not need to be pushed into the school system.”

Zornes was joined by her 15-yearold son and at least 100 others to protest outside the state Capitol in Denver on Feb. 27 to oppose the measure, House Bill 19-1032. The Comprehensive Sex Education bill, among other things, addresses the issue of consent and looks at how to define a healthy relationship regard-

Many protesters believe that the proposed sex education bill is immoral and should not be taught in schools. less of sexual orientation.

The protest followed a 10-hour House committee hearing on the bill in which the House — which like the state Senate, is controlled by Demo-

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crats — approved it with a 39-23 vote.

In its first hearing in the Senate by the Health and Human Services Committee Feb. 28, the bill also passed, with a 3-2 vote following party lines, with Republicans Jim Smallwood and Larry Crowder against, sending it to the Appropriations Committee for consideration.

“Colorado’s students deserve access to age-appropriate, accurate and comprehensive information regarding sex education to keep themselves and their classmates healthy and safe,” said state Rep. Susan Lontine, D-Denver, co-sponsor of the bill. “This bill is also about teaching our students that not everyone is exactly the way you are and that’s OK because every Coloradan should be allowed to live

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our authentic lives.”

The other sponsors of the bill are Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Thornton; Sen. Nancy Todd, D-Aurora; and Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose.

Colorado does not have a mandatory sex education requirement, and the bill does not require schools to teach sex education. But existing law requires that if they do provide sex education it must be comprehensive — meaning they can’t teach abstinence only. This bill updates the 2013 comprehensive sex education law in three significant ways: • It adds a requirement that Colorado public schools teach kids about consent.

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• It removes a waiver for charter schools to opt out of the state’s sex ed requirements.

• It funds a grant program for schools that want to teach sex ed, but lack the resources to do so.

The loss of parental control is something many in opposition of the bill fear if it passes.

The 2013 law requires school officials to give parents “a detailed, substantive outline of the topics and materials to be presented during the human sexuality instruction” as well as a notice explaining how to opt out of the classes. The 2019 bill wouldn’t change that, but it would add another section that says parents don’t have to be notified about “programming on gender, gender expression, sexual orientation or healthy relationships that occurs outside of the context of human sexuality.”

Parents will still have the right to opt their kids out of sex education classes.

Zornes and others at the rally focused their concerns on the morality of the bill, which she fears would teach homosexual lifestyles and acts and forbid religious teachings.

“It’s a lot of teaching homosexual lifestyles,” Zornes said. “Homosexual acts will be encouraged and promoted in this curriculum rather than just a biological. I think that it’s an atrocity that we are treating this as if it’s normal.”

The incorporation of homosexual relationships is one part of the bill that has many conservatives concerned.

That part of the bill isn’t new. The 2013 law, signed by then-Gov. John Hickenlooper, included a section on cultural sensitivity that required “the integration of knowledge about” the experiences of lesbian, gay and transgender people as well as people who experienced “sexual victimization” and those with intellectual disabilities.

What is new in the 2019 bill is a section that talks about gay and lesbian relationships in the context of healthy relationships as well as “teaching self-acceptance and respect for those whose sexuality, gender, gender expression, or lived experience differ from their own.”

The bill also says school districts that decide to teach sex education to their students must “reject the use of shame, stigma, fear and gender norms or gender stereotypes as instructional tools.”

The bill does not say that sexual acts will be taught.

Section 6 of HB 19-1032 states that nothing prohibits the discussion of “moral, ethical or religious values of individuals as they pertain to human sexuality.” However, those discussions can’t “teach or endorse religious ideology or sectarian tenets” and can’t exclude the “relational or sexual experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals.”

The definition of healthy relationships is one that many protesters opposed. One sign at the rally depicted

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a drawing of a nuclear family — man, woman and two children — that read “God’s origiThe sex ed bill will nal design.” be heard next Other signs called by the Senate the bill a “porn Appropriations Committee. As of bill,” a “radical sex ed bill” or called press deadline, Democrats out for this was not yet “forcing LGBTQ scheduled. Visit leg.colorado.gov/ ed” on students.

But not all relibills/hb19-1032 gious groups feel for updates. this way.

The Rev. Amanda Henderson, of Interfaith Alliance of Colorado, says factual health and development information is exactly what students need to choose respectful and loving relationships throughout their lives.

“We’re committed to advocating for the morality of inclusion and love in public policy — this sex education bill is an opportunity to demonstrate to all our youth, including LGBTQ students, that they are worthy of being treated with dignity and humanity,” said Henderson, whose group brings people together from many religions and backgrounds to promote rights, inclusion, equity and opportunity.

Others, like Christina Coffman, 26, a Centennial resident and member of Students for Life of America, worry that the bill will promote abortion as well as premarital sex and hormonal birth control.

While the bill does require teachers talk about U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptives, such as the birth-control pill and condoms, abortion wouldn’t be taught in that context, as it is not an FDAapproved method.

The bill also says discussion of “pregnancy outcomes” isn’t a required part of human sexuality courses. But if a teacher talks about pregnancy, then he or she has to talk about all outcomes — including adoption, parenthood and abortion — and cannot favor one over the others.

This is one part of the bill that state Rep. Patrick Neville, R-Castle Rock, disagrees with.

“It puts abortion on the same par as any other outcome of childbirth,” Neville said. “I think it’s a bad bill. I think the citizens are overwhelmingly saying that.”

Celia Deviak, of Cripple Creek, joined those in opposition of the sex education bill proposed by the house at the capitol Feb. 27.

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Food and Beverages According to the BLS, the food and beverage industry is growing at a 14 percent rate, which is faster than the average industry. The median salary in the food and beverage industry is about $20,410. Currently there are more than 5 million Americans employed in this area of hospitality.

The food and beverage industry is primarily the area that prepares meals, snacks and beverages made for immediate consumption.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimated that the leisure and hospitality industry had the highest job openings rate in 2017 at 4.9 percent. This is followed only by the professional and business services sector at 4.8 percent. is an important part of the profession. This industry area is about getting travelers from point A to point B as needed. This means buses, cabs, Uber, Lyft, planes, sea travel and train.

Lodging This is the major area of the hospitality industry. Hotels, motels and resorts are the all-inclusive part of hospitality. From rooms, amenities such as food and beverage, event planning and more. Hotels, motels and resorts go well beyond just providing travelers a

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Wednesdays Order Sons of Italy in America/Denver Lodge 2075 meets every third Wednesday of the month at 5925 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. and meeting follows at 7 p.m. Lots of fun activities planned for summer meetings. Everyone welcome. Call 303-238-8055.

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 303-827-3283 to RSVP. Seasonal Slim-Down: 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays at Centennial Lutheran Church, 3595 W. Belleview Ave., Englewood. Presented by TOPS, a 70-year-old organization that helps members take off pounds sensibly. Contact Jack Boettcher at 303-399-6665.

Wheat Ridge Quilt Circle: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month in the red brick house at Historic Park, 4610 Robb St., Wheat Ridge. Info: 303-421-9111 or www.wheatridgehistoricalsociety.org.

Thursdays All Comforting Things of Colorado Inc. We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to

bringing comfort and encouragement to individuals by providing them items made by hand. We encourage you to bring your skills and enthusiasm to our fun group. We meet at 10 a.m. the third Thursday of each month at Phillips Methodist Church, 1450 S. Pierce, Lakewood. Contact actofcolo@gmail.com for more information.

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.

Parkinson’s Support Group: 1-2:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Led by HomewatchCareGivers. Share ideas and resources. Call Melinda Yeary at 720-524-4192 or e-mail MYeary@HomewatchCareGivers.com for information.

Community Coffee Join Rep. Tracy KraftTharp 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.

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 rockymtn-teamsurvivor.org.

Drop-In Discovery: 10 a.m. first Thursday, third Monday, Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Explore different themes using hands-on activities, books, puzzles, crafts and more. Info: arvada.org or 720-898-7405.

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NEW Connection: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Thursdays, at the Arvada Public Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Networking and support group for job seekers and budding entrepreneurs. Contact Jane Grogan at JGrogan@career-match.com. LinkedIn group page: http://www.linkedin.com/ groups/6753121.

CERTUS Professional Network meets for its Lakewood networking event from 9:30-11 a.m. the third Thursday of the month at Panera Bread, 650 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Build your network, grow your business, network less. Our events are structured to connect professionals with the resources, power partners and leaders to expand their business and the business of others. Open to all industries, includes 30 minutes of open networking and organized introductions to the group. Cost: $12 nonCERTUS members at the door. First participants pay half price. RSVP not required.

More info about CERTUS™ Professional Network at http://www.CertusNetwork. com.

Current Events Discussion: 1 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303-425-9583 or go to www.apexprd.org. Discuss local, national, and international issues while sharing your views in a non-judgmental environment.

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each month at the Egg and I, 7830 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. The club meets at Baker Street, 7260 W. Alaska Drive, for happy hour social at 5:30 p.m. the third Thursday. Rotary is a service organization dedicated to helping children in the community. If you are interested in speaking to the club please contact Genie at 303-5063923. Visitors are always welcome.

Golden Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Thursdays at The Table Mountain Inn, 1310 Washington Ave., Golden. Contact Roger Wagstaff at 720287-0072 or go to www.goldenlionsclub.org Golden Men’s Support Group meets from 7-8:45 p.m. Thursdays near the National Renewal Energy Lab. Call Roger at 720-2896396 or Terry at 303-748-3748.

Kiwanis Club of Belmar: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursdays at Sunrise Sunset, 1424 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Our group is service-minded, community-based, and most of all, kid-focused. Our Kiwanis group formed 12 years ago and supports Patterson International Elementary, Karlis House and more. Contact Shirley Otto at 303-9855596 or otto187@comcast.net. Learn more at http://kiwanisclubofbelmar.org/.

Lakewood Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. the first, second and fourth Thursday of

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.

Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month at members’ homes. Members come from all along the Front Range because this is the only such club available. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www.saltydog.org for meeting locations and directions.

South Suburban Toastmasters is a high energy, fun, supportive learning place to practice speaking and leadership skills.

Group meets from 7-8:30 a.m. Thursdays at Toast Restaurant, 2700 W. Bowles Ave. in Littleton. Contact Leigh Miller at 720-2722853.

Stuck in the Middle, a social support group for spouses and caregivers of those with chronic illnesses, meets at 10:30 a.m.

Thursdays. Perhaps you’ve been a caregiver for years, your spouse or family member has moved to a facility and now you are faced with the isolation of living alone. Or your loved one is at home and you would like an opportunity to relax and talk with people who understand the pressures caregivers face. Would you like to meet others in similar situations? SITM meets in member’s homes. E-mail Bonnie at bonnieforsitm@

earthlink.net, for information.

TEN (The Entrepreneurs’ Network), a business minded women’s networking group, meets from 7:30-8:45 a.m. Thursdays at Fox Hollow Golf Course, 13410 W. Morrison Road, Lakewood. Contact Joy Hinshaw, 720271-1496 or joyofcolo@comcast.net. Membership dues includes weekly breakfast plus a one-time new member’s fee.

Wheat Ridge Kiwanis Club invites you to breakfast at 7 a.m. Thursdays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon on 26th Avenue just west of Kipling. Come join us for speakers, comradery and community service. We are a small club and we have a great time serving the children of our community and more. Call David Colson at 303-507-2919, email info@ wheatridgekiwamis.com or go to www. wheatridgekiwanis.com.

Widowed Men and Women of America, Come join us and make new friends and share in a variety of activities. Our monthly meetings are the third Wednesday of the month at 5 p.m. at Rox Bar and Grill, 12684 W. Indore Place, in Jefferson County. For more information call Mel at 303-9738688or Nan at 728-981-1841.

Widowed Men and Women of America, Link 10, social hour is from 4-6 p.m. Thursdays at the Innsider Bar and Grill, inside Holiday Inn, 7390 Hampden Ave., Lakewood. Group offers friendship, understanding, and opportunities to participate in various activities. Contact Bob, membership chairman, at 303-979-0181 or go to www. widowedamerica.org.

Widowed Men & Women of America, Link 7: 4:15 p.m. Thursdays at Chad’s Grill, 275 Union Blvd., Lakewood. Group also meets every second Tuesday at the Elks Club, 1455 Newland St., Lakewood; cocktails served from 5-6 p.m.; catered dinner ($16) served at 6 p.m. Meeting begins at 7 p.m.

Wilmore-Richter, American Legion Post 161 has it Veterans Helping Veterans membership meetings at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada. Contact 303-424-0324 for cost and other information.

Fridays American Legion Post 161 Bingo: 12:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays at 390A N. Sheridan, Arvada. Bingo events help raise money to support the post’s many charitable programs. Contact 303-424-0324.

CalmUp Journey Prefer to help yourself rather than do the coaching or psychotherapy thing? Let me share with you free information about the CalmUp Journey, a one-page self-examination worksheet for men and women. Join me for coffee or tea from 8-9 a.m. most Fridays at Whole Foods Market Belmar, 444 S. Wadsworth Blvd. in Lakewood. Let me know you’re planning to be there so we’re sure to connect. Contact www.DrLorieGose.com or 303-500-2340.

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 303-2771933 or go to www.goldengategrange.com.

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Seniors’ Resource Center: Nonprofit onestop shop of community-based services and care designed to keep seniors independent and at home for as long as possible.

Need: Drivers to help transport seniors to doctor’s appointments, the grocery store, the hair salon and more. You choose the areas, days and times that work for you. Seniors live in Adams, Arapahoe, Denver and Jefferson counties. Mileage reimbursement and excess auto insurance provided. Drivers may use their own car or one provided by the center.

Requirements: Must be able to pass a background check (paid for by the center) and have a good driving record.

Contact: Pat Pierson, 303-332-3840 or ppierson@srcaging.org. Go to www.srcaging.org Victim Outreach, Jefferson County: Offers support and access to resources during critical stage of trauma.

Need: Volunteer victim advocates to respond on scene, to ensure victims’ rights are upheld Requirements: Must be 21-plus, pass background check and attend 40-hour training; training provided Contact: Jennifer at 303-202-2196, victimoutreachinfo@gmail.com or www.victimoutreach.org Warm Hearts Warm Babies: Group makes life easier for Colorado’s tiniest residents.

Items made are donated to hospitals, crisis pregnancy centers, shelters and individuals in Colorado.

Need: Volunteers to sew, knit, crochet and quilt for prmature infants and babies.

Meetings: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at King of Glory Lutheran Church, 10001 W. 58th Ave., Arvada.

Requirements: Bring machines, scissors, crochet hooks, knitting equipment, etc., to help make accessories such as bibs, burp cloths, blankets, and more. Also bring a potluck dish.

Contact: Glenda at 303-975-6394 or Jean Jones at 303-239-6473; colokidz@aol.com.

Whiz Kids Tutoring: Help at-risk elementary

and middle school kids improve their lives through academic tutoring, positive mentoring relationships and spiritual nurture.

Need: Tutors to work one-on-one with elementary students at tutoring sites in Littleton and throughout the metro area. October to April. Once a week, afternoon or evening sites, Monday through Thursday. One hour of tutoring followed by a 30-minute club where kids get to learn about Jesus.

Requirements: You just need to be able to read, love a child and pass the background check.

Info: https://www.whizkidstutoring.com/ Contact: Ashley Weldon ashley@whizkidstutoring.com Victim Outreach Incorporated: offers opportunities to work directly with crime victims, offering support and access to resources during a critical stage or trauma.

Need: Victim advocates.

Requirements: Must be 21, and a background check will be conducted. Volunteers must complete a 40-hour training session this fall.

Also, must live within 20 minutes of Arvada, Wheat Ridge and Golden police departments.

Contact: Meghan at 303-202-2196 or victimooutreachinfo@gmail.com Victim Outreach Incorporated offers opportunities to work directly with crime victims who have reported to law enforcement. Advocates offer support, information and resources in the immediate aftermath of trauma. For information about 2019 victim advocate training, or to submit an application, contact Nicole at 303-202-2196 or email victimoutreachinfo@gmail.com.

Molly Brown House Museum is a celebrated Denver landmark and is undergoing a $1 million restoration, the largest in 40 years. It is at 1340 Pennsylvania St., Denver.

Volunteer Training: Saturday, Feb. 23, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Need: assist in a myriad of capacities but, in particular, tour guides, event staff and greeters, including those specifically interested in working with the director of learning and engagement on school and accessibility programs.

Application: visit http://www.mollybrown. org/get-involved/volunteer/ for information and to complete the preliminary application.

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Need: Help older, lower-income taxpayers prepare their tax returns.

Requirement: All le of experience are welcome; training and support provided.

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Need: Walk to End Alzheimer’s committee members.

Contact: Deb Wells, 303-813-1669 or dwells@ alz.org.

Animal Rescue of the Rockies: Rescues homeless dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters.

Need: Foster-care families for death-row shelter dogs and cats Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies.org Ainsley’s Angels in Denver: Pairing runners and riders with special needs or physical limitations in races from 5k’s to marathons.

Need: Volunteers to run and help push the specialized race chairs in local races. Volunteers to take pictures and videos of Angel teams at the start, middle and finish of races.

Requirements: Able to run/jog a 5k and/or work an iPhone.

Contact: Law Dickerson, 225-278-4265 or Denver@ainsleysangels.org, https://ainsleysangels.org/signup

Arthritis Foundation, Colorado/Wyoming Chapter: Helps conquer everyday battles through life-changing information and resources, access to care, advancements in sciences and community connections.

Need: Walk to Cure Arthritis committee members and general office volunteer support.

Contact: Amy Boulas, aboulas@arthritis.org, 720-409-3143.

AYUSA: International Youth Exchange Program: Promotes quality exchange programs for high school students from around the world.

Need: Host families for international high school students ages 15-18 studying in the Denver area.

Requirements: To provide students with a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered.

Must fill out onlilne application and pass background check.

Contact: Adrienne Bivens, 720-467-6430 or abivens@ayusa.org. Go to www.ayusa.org.

CASA of Jefferson & Gilpin County: Court appointed special advocates work with abused and neglected children, speaking on behalf of them in court.

Need: Many volunteers needed; CASA Jeffco/ Gilpin relies on more than 200 volunteers, but many more are needed (just 30 percent of cases typically are covered). CASA volunteers dedicate 3-4 hours per week.

Requirements: Training is provided; must be 21 or older and pass a full background check including driving record.

Contact: Mallory Hastings, outreach and recruitment coordinator, at 303-271-6542, MalloryHastings@casajeffcogilpin.com or www.casajeffcogilpin.com.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Ovation West “Nunsense”: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays through March 10 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Additional shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 and March 7. Go to www. ovationwest.org or call 303-6744002.

Comedy Night @ West Woods: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 13 at West Woods Bar and Grill, 6655 Quaker St., Arvada. Presenting Nancy Norton, the first woman to win the Boston Comedy Festival.

Show is hosted by Bob Meddles and produced by Slap Happy Entertainment. Get tickets at Tickets available at Eventbrite.com.

Sin Street Social Club: on stage March 15 to May 19 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd.

A comedic adaptation about women discovering their destinies on the swinging streets of 1916 New Orleans, written by Colorado creative Jessica Austgen and directed by Lynne Collins; presented by the Black Box Repertory. Call 720-898-7200 or go to http://arvadacenter.org/sin-street-socialclub for showtimes and tickets.

“The Diary of Anne Frank”: on stage through May 17 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada. Learn more about other events, showtimes and tickets, at https://arvadacenter.org/the-diary-of-annefrank.

MUSIC

Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martinez: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Call 303-987-7845 or go to lakewood.org/lccpresents for tickets.

Songs of the Inspired Soul: 7 p.m. Thursday, March 14 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. An evening of music and art inspired by the mystical works of Hasidic Judaism. presented in partnership with Chabad of NW Metro Denver. Features the art of rabbi and artist Yitzchok Moully, along with a string quartet performance featuring video narration. During the performance, Moully will spontaneously create new paintings to be revealed and auctioned at the end of the evening. Learn more at https://arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200.

Overjoyed, the Music of Stevie Wonder: 7:30 p.m. March 16 at Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., in the Main Stage Theatre. Presented by Colorado

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this week’s TOP FIVE Rent: 7 p.m. through Saturday, March 9 at Arvada High School, 7951 W. 65th Ave., Arvada. Tickets on sale now. Learn more at https://denvertheater. net/portfolio/rent-arvada-west-high-school/ Conversation, Experience of War: 10 a.m. Saturdays, March 9, 23 and 30 at Lakewood Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood. Presented by Colorado Humanities and Center for the Book. Talk with writers and other community members about their experience of war and challenges returning to civilian life.

Learn more at coloradohumanities. org or call 303-894-7951.

Unconventional Women of the West: 5:30-7 p.m. Monday, March 11 at the Golden History Museum. Meet fascinating women who made contributions to the American West; presentation by The Legendary Ladies Inc. Learn more at www.goldenhistory.org/event/unconventional-women-west/?

Jazz Repertory Orchestra. Call 720-898-7200 or go to https:// arvadacenter.org/on-stage/colorado-jazzrepertory-orchestra.

The Swingles: Folklore: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, March 16 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Call 303987-7845 or go to lakewood.org/ lccpresents for tickets. Londonbased a cappella ensemble.

Celtic Guitar, History, and Humor with Jerry Barlow: 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

ART

Author Francis Wardle Presents Workshop: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 9 at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood campus.

An early childhood educational author and Red Rocks faculty member, Wardle will sign copies of his new book “Oh Boy! Strategies for Teaching Boys in Early Childhood” (Exchange Press), after the workshop. The workshop will be led by Dr. Janiece Kneppe Walter, director of the RRCC Education Program.

Art Classes: Tuesday Painting: from 12:30-3 p.m. March 12 to March 23; Scrapbooking and Card Making: 3-5 p.m.

Monday, March 18; Pastels and Drawing Studio: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays from April 1-22; Watercolor Studio: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays from April 4-25 at Community Recreation Center,

Business Tax Incentives: 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 12 at American Legion Post 161, 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada; and 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 13, at the League of Women Voters office, 1425 Brentwood, Ste. 7, Lakewood. The League of Women Voters of Jefferson County will explore the benefits and costs of financial incentives. Visit www.lwvjeffco. org or call 303-238-0032.

Genealogy Tools: 1 p.m.

Wednesday, March 13 at Applewood Valley United Methodist Church, 2035 Ellis St., Golden.

Go to www.foothillsgenealogy.org. Discover linguistic tips, tricks and resources to help find the most elusive ancestors. Explore how their language and that of the inhabitants where they settled may have affected the spelling of their names.

Sylvia Tracy-Doolos will present “Tools for Your Brick Wall Demolition Kit.” Learn more at www. foothillsgenealogy.org.

6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call 303-425-9583 or go to www. apexprd.org.

Art for the Young at Heart Art Show: show runs through March 13 at the Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303-425-9583 or go to www.apexprd.org. Creations of artists ages 50-plus and local school children.

Art Basics 101: 1-3 p.m. Fridays from March 15 to April 19 at Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call 303-425-9583 or go to www. apexprd.org. Learn drawing techniques, value, perspective, composition, color mixing/theory, and framing. Register by March 8.

Power of Process: features work of Jefferson County art students, as curated by the teachers. On display through March 31 at the Foothills Art Center in Golden.

Learn more at https://www.foothillsartcenter.org/upcoming/ Quilt Exhibits: “It Takes Two to Tango: Collaboration Quilts” and “All In the Family: Family and Album Quilts” on display through April 20 at Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum. Learn more at www. rmqm.org.

Members Show: features work of Foothills Art Center members.

On display through April 21 at the Foothills Art Center in Golden.

Learn more at www.foothillsartcenter.org/upcoming/

Painting With Tots: 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, March 16 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Learn more at https://arvadaorg/explore/openspace-nature/majestic-viewnature-center-division. Outdoor, step-by-step tutorial as parents and kids paint an acrylic-oncanvas masterpiece.

Animal Adventures: Art Club: 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays through March 20 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada.

For ages 6-14. Try art techniques as you create animal masterpieces; led by Dave Sullivan. Go to https://campscui.active.com/ orgs/MajesticViewNatureCenter# Art of the State 2019: exhibition that showcases Colorado artists. On display through March 31 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada. Go to https://arvadacenter.org/galleries

EVENTS

Foothills Women’s Golf Association 9 Hole Leagues: play for the Champ 9 and Par 3 leagues is Thursday mornings; Executive 9 league plays Tuesdays, from April to September. Fee for new members depends on league selection. Call Katherine Madden at 954-658-4125 or email katherinemadden@hotmail.com.

Go to foothillswomensgolf.com for information and a registration form.

Jeffco International Women’s Day: 8:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Friday, March 8 at Baldoria on the Water, Lakewood. Learn more at www. internationalwomensday.com/ Activity/12737/2019-Jeffco-International-Women-s-Day-event.

Get tickets at www.eventbrite. com/e/jeffco-womens-day-tickets-52157129378?

Home Organization: Spring into Organization: 1-2 p.m. Saturday, March 9 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Professional organizer Corinne Osborne shows you the powerful benefits of space organization while giving you exciting ideas for getting started.

Rightsizing: Smaller Scale Living a Fit for Millennials & Seniors: 1 p.m. Sunday, March 10 at Arvada Public Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Panel will look at the housing trend to downsize, declutter and simplify your lifestyle. Learn more at http://www. ralstoncreekcohousing.org/event/ rightsizing-smaller-scale-living-afit-for-millennials-and-seniors/ Arvada Senior Golf League Registration Meeting: 2:30 p.m.

Monday, March 11 at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Golf begins the first Monday in April, weather permitting, and ends with a league awards banquet the first Monday of November. Join other seniors for par 3 reduced-prices golfing on Mondays at Indian Tree Golf Course, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd.

Must have own clubs and be able to make contact with a ball. Contact membership chair Debbie at debbie.durland@yahoo.com.

Arvada Senior Golf League Registration Meeting: 2:30 p.m. Monday, March 11 at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Questions? Email Debbie at debbie.durland@yahoo.com, membership chair.

Millennial Generation: noon to 1 p.m. March 12 at Peace Lutheran Church, 5675 Field Street, Arvada. Go to www.peacelutheran. net. “How the Next Generation Will Change the World: Get ready for the millennial revolution” includes a film featuring millennials sharing how their values will shape our culture as they increasingly grow in power and influence.

Grow with Google: 7-9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, March 12 at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St. Learn how to get your business on Google Search and SEE CALENDAR, P23

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Maps. Register at www.wheatridgebiz.com/ events/google-2019/. Contact Steve Art at sart@ci.wheatridge.co.us. Registration ends at 5 p.m. March 7.

Olde Town Photographic Society: 6:30-8 p.m.

Wednesday, March 13 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Each session features a different discussion topic or brief workshop with time to share your images, ask questions and give and receive feedback.

Beautiful Junk Sale: 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday, March 15, and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Avenue Frontage Road, Golden. Early bird admission tickets available; doors open at 7 p.m. March 15. Purchase of an early bird ticket also is good for Saturday admission. Presented by The Action Center.

Learn more at by searching for the “Beautiful Junk Sale” event at www.facebook.com.

Creative Writing Workshops: 1-4 p.m.

Saturday, March 16 at Red Rocks Community College, 13300 6th Ave., Lakewood. The February workshop will focus on generative writing exercises to help writers jumpstart their practice. The March workshop will focus on poetry, from generating new material to revision. To register, or for cost and other information, call 303-914-6221 or contact Sandra Sajbel at sandra.sajbel@rrcc.edu.

Colorado Book and Arts Festival: noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. One-day

literary arts festival featuring award-winning authors, panel discussions, an onsite pop-up Tattered Cover Book Store, children’s area, artists booths and musical performances. Keynote conversation with Peng Shepherd, auhor of “The Book of M” begins at noon. Learn more at https://cobookandartsfest.com/.

HEALTH

Memory Café: 1-2:30 p.m. Friday, March 8 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. For people living with memory loss and their caregivers.

Legal Options: Sexual Harassment: 9:15-10 a.m. Friday, March 8 at Baldoria on the Water.

A Women’s Day 2019 seminar presented by attorney Colleen Calandra. Jeffco International Women’s Day is a day of seminars, lunch, speakers, awards, prizes and more. Proceeds from the event will go to FrontPorch, the new family justice center for Jefferson and Gilpin counties. Learn more at www.ixpowerfoundation.org/women-s-day/ Strength Training for Women: 1-2 p.m. Sunday, March 10 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Jaala Knowlton, certified personal trainer, guides you through the basics of strength training and weight lifting for women.

Tai Chi At Majestic View: 5 p.m. Monday, March 11 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Learn more at https:// arvada.org/explore/open-space-nature/ majestic-view-nature-center-division. Join us inside the Nature Center or, if weather is nice, outside in the gardens. Bring water and wear comfortable clothes.

Alzheimer’s Support Group for Caregivers: 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, March 11 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Led by trained facilitators, this support group provides an opportunity for caregivers to share with each other concerns, coping techniques, and tips when caring for a loved one. Refreshments will be provided.

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.

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Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org.

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Exploring the Great Ideas: The Idea of Infinity from the Syntopicon: 2-3:30 p.m. Friday, March 15 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Discussion group dedicated to exploring how we engage in classic, timeless philosophical pursuits in our everyday lives.

Discover Your Roots: Exploring Genealogy: 1-2 p.m. Saturday, March 9 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Genealogy expert Rachel Gamblin helps you explore your family tree using our genealogy tools.

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Dig It: Little Explorers: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday, March 15 (How does Your Garden Grow?) and March 22 (On the Farm) at Anythink Wright Farms, 5877 E. 120th Ave., Thornton.

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Cubelets for Kids: 3-4 p.m. Saturday, March 16 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Use our programmable Cubelets to program your robot to think, sense and do what you want. Registration is required.

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Grandview and Regis make up the Final Four will play in the state semifinals Thursday, March 7, at the Denver Coliseum. Jeffco’s other 5A team that advanced to the Sweet 16 was Dakota Ridge.

yler Seeley recently won a state championship but hardly anybody noticed.

Seeley, a junior who attends Legend High School, is a bowler who capOVERTIME tured the boys Colorado High School Bowling Federation state championship on Feb. 16-17 at AMF Belleview Lanes in Englewood.

You won’t find Seeley’s name Jim Benton in the Colorado High School Activities Association’s record book or a story about him on CHSAANow.com since bowling is not a CHSAA-sanctioned sport.

“A lot of people don’t know or care for that matter about bowling,” said Seeley. “But, it’s my passion so I am really excited.”

In 13 games during the individual competition, Seeley advanced through cut-downs into bracket play. He averaged 213.9 for 13 tournament games. In the headto-head finals when a bowler can’t afford to miss a spare, he averaged 212.4 a game “I bowled pretty well,” said Seeley, who took home a trophy and scholarship money which went into his account. “I won so I bowled well enough. I had to bowl real well because I had some tough competition.”

He is starting to draw interest from colleges that have men’s varsity bowling teams.

Seeley bowled on the East Denver co-op team and his coach was David Kling. Tyler’s victory was special for Kling, which is another twist to this story.

Kling’s son, Trevor, was an avid bowler. Even after he was diagnosed with cancer, he bowled competitively. He passed away in October 2017 at the age of 12.

“He’s (David Kling) a good friend of ours and we do a lot outside of bowling with him,” said Seeley. “He really helped me and gave me a lot of good advice in coaching. It was real special to me to win as well. He (Kling) volunteered his time for all of this.”

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Ralston Valley sophomore Brooklyn Seymour (14) drives on Horizon senior Sam Deem during the first half Feb. 26 during the Sweet 16 Class 5A girls basketball state playoff game. Ralston Valley saw its season come to an end with a 58-40 loss. It ended a string of four straight state quarterfinal appearances for the Mustangs.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

THORNTON — Experience paid dividends for Horizon on Feb. 26.

The No. 7-seeded Hawks leaned on their eight seniors to earn a fourth straight trip to the Great 8 of Class 5A girls basketball state tournament.

Horizon never trailed against No. 10 Ralston Valley on the way to a 58-40 victory.

“Ralston Valley is a young and upand-coming team. They are going to be really dangerous next year,” Horizon coach Dan Doehler said. “But they only returned two players with Sweet 16 winning experience and I returned nine players. We’ve been here and done that.”

Longtime Ralston Valley coach Jeff Gomer was pleased with the progress of his young team this season.

“I like this team,” Gomer said. “I think this team has grown more over the span of a season more than any I’ve ever coached. They’ve come a long way.”

Ralston Valley sophomores Sydney Bevington (17 points) and Brooklyn Seymour (12 points) tried to keep the Mustangs in the game. Ralston Valley (18-7 record) was attempting to advance to its fifth straight Great 8 appearance, but couldn’t keep up with the high-flying Hawks.

“It feels awesome,” Horizon senior Sam Deems said of a fourth consecutive trip to state quarterfinals at the

Ralston Valley junior Maddie Young (23) closes in on Horizon senior Aly Jimenez during the Sweet 16 Class 5A girls basketball state playoff game Feb. 26 at Horizon High School. Jimenez scored a game-high 18 points in the Hawks’ 58-40 victory over Ralston Valley. The Mustangs finished the season with a 18-7 record.

Denver Coliseum.

The state quarterfinal test was something Horizon (21-5) wasn’t able to hurdle. Last year’s state runner-up and No. 2 seed Regis Jesuit defeated the Hawks 68-37 in the state quarterfinals March 1.

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Youth coaching is a way for Kling to repay the bowling committee.

“When my son was sick and passed away, the bowling community helped me and my family a lot, financially, mentally and the whole nine yards,” said Kling. “They were there for me.

Some of my son’s best friends were bowlers. Some of my best friends are bowlers and I’m a bowler, so it was natural for me to pay back and keep coaching the kids.

“Tyler’s win was rewarding. What I went through with my son, he never actually won any tournaments. He took second a lot. One thing I wanted to see him do was win, and being able to coach someone to a high level and win, in the back of my mind that was extra special because of my son.”

David Kling has organized three Trevor Kling Memorial tournaments and the first one is for juniors on March 16 at AMF Monaco in Denver.

All the prize money goes back into

RALSTON FROM PAGE 24

The Eagles suffered a 72-25 loss last Tuesday night against top-seeded Highlands Ranch.

Losses by Ralston Valley and Dakota Ridge ended the run of Jeffco Public School teams making the state quarterfinals. The last time Jeffco wasn’t represented at the Great 8 was in 2012. Valor Christian, 5A Jeffco League member, did advance to the quarterfinals before losing to Grandview 62-45 on March 1 at the Coliseum.

Aly Deems and Jimenez played huge roles against Ralston Valley as both played their final game at “The Nest”. The seniors combined for 35 points to lead the way for the Hawks.

Deem poured in 17 points through three quarters and Jimenez put the

scholarship funds for the bowlers.

New Littleton football coach Zeric Martinez has accepted the challenge of rebuilding the Littleton football program as athletic director Chris Enzminger announced that Martinez is the school’s new head football coach.

Martinez, who was head coach at Sheridan for two seasons, was an assistant at Valor Christian and Mountain Vista before taking the job at Littleton. He is also president of the Highlands Ranch Mountain Lions Pop Warner Football Organization.

He takes over a Class 3A Lions program whose last winning season was in 2009. Littleton has gone 19-70 over the past nine seasons and that includes a 5-5 campaign in 2014. The Lions have won just two games over the past three seasons.

Jim Benton is a sports writer for Colorado Community Media. He has been covering sports in the Denver area since 1968. He can be reached at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com or at 303-566-4083. game away with a 10-point third quarter.

The biggest play came in the final seconds of the third quarter. Ralston Valley had made a little run and threatened to cut the Hawks’ lead under double-digit points to start the fourth quarter. However, Jimenez stole the ball near mid-court and raced down the court for an uncontested layup at the buzzer to extend Horizon’s lead to 46-31 heading to the final quarter.

“You always need those big plays to get you back on track,” Jimenez said of her steal and layup to end the third quarter. “I took a risk. I just had to go for it. I think that gave us some momentum going into the fourth.”

Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a fo-cus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go online at CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.

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‘Pom Pom Bandit’ arrested Brandon Wayne York was taken into custody for robbing a FirstBank in Lakewood

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On March 1, the Lakewood Police Department announced the arresting of Brandon Wayne York.

Known as the “Pom Pom Bandit,” York is accused of entering and robbing a FirstBank at 264 Union Blvd on Feb. 27. York was found by the Lakewood Police Department and the FBI Mountain Safe Streets Task Force and

York

taken into custody for the robbery, according to a release from the police department.

York, 36, is suspected of being part of other bank robberies that happened in Lakewood and Arvada over the past weeks.

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During the investigation, police also arrested 53-year-old Richard David Perdue who was arrested for suspicion of committing a robbery.

Both men are being held at the Jefferson County jail.