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JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

KEEPING OPERA ALIVE: Opera Colorado works to keep the art form thriving in the metro area, around the state P16

STUDENTS TAKE A STAND:

Students at LHS joined national protest against gun violence P4 GOING UP: Housing prices continue to rise as demand outpaces supply in metro area, new study says P23

ROSE STEIN REBLOOMS: Reopened school is full of activity again P8

INSIDE

VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 24 | SPORTS: PAGE 27

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MY NAME IS

WAYNE WOLF AND LIZIE KETELHUT

Couple using stroke experience to help others

About Us Wayne: I am from Chicago and came here in 1982. I loved it up here and became a really good skier. I had a carpet cleaning business for 23 years up in Summit county.

Lizie: We met in Breckenridge, at a time when both of us were going through divorces. I was working at the Marriott up there, and we met and started talking.

My stroke Wayne: I had a very severe stroke in 2008. The kind that most people don’t survive.

Lizie: After his stroke, he was told he probably wouldn’t make it. We first went to St. Anthony and then spent a

Wayne Wolf and met Lizie Ketelhut met in 2007, not long before Wolf had a severe stroke.

CLARKE READER year at Bethany Nursing and Rehab Center in Lakewood. People can have strokes because of high blood pressure, and stress also contributes. He had a history of seizures and high blood pressure, and with all the skiing and working he did every day, there was a lot of stresses in his life.

Making a change Lizie: He couldn’t walk for seven months, even though he did a lot of therapy. One day he told me, I’m not going to use my wheelchair — I’m going to push myself.

Wayne: If you don’t do things, you die. I couldn’t walk, but I started saying I could walk, and that encouraged me.

I didn’t let negative thoughts rule me. After four years, I decided I wanted to ski again, and now, thanks to special equipment, I can do that. I go to the gym now, and I taught myself to drive — I’ve been doing so for three years. At first, I couldn’t say my own name or read, and now I read two books a month.

Lizie: It was in his third year after the stroke that he started changing.

I had to go on a trip and he had to do things on his own, and that was a big moment. Now, he knows he can do anything because I’m here to help when he needs. Now he feels comfortable with himself.

Wayne: It takes a brain, God, and a girlfriend like Lizie. It would be so dif-

ficult without her.

Lizie: Difficult, but not impossible.

Inspiring others Lizie: He believes God gave him a second chance to help others.

Wayne: Now, I go to nursing homes and tell other survivors, yes you can.

If you put your brain to it, and work hard enough, you can do what you want.

I really want to write a book, where I can share my story and help people.

I’m also looking at starting a YouTube channel where each week I will show different tasks and how to do them after having a stroke.

Lizie: People with strokes don’t have stay inside at home or at nursing home. Don’t stay inside your room all the time. Going out even a little helps.

He never gives up.

Wayne: There’s a lot of anger from stroke victims, but if I can do it, you can do it. I tell people, mine is a good story.

If you have suggestions for My Name Is ..., contact Clarke Reader at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Get a bin and join in: Lakewood begins recycling initiative STAFF REPORT

An educational initiative to help Lakewood residents discover how to recycle more at home and in the

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community has been developed by the city’s sustainability division.

Dubbed “Recycle! It’s good for Lakewood,” the initiative was developed after talking with Lakewood residents.

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While the effort is designed to build awareness, it’s also an opportunity to continue the discussion about how to increase recycling in the community, because research has shown that cities with strong recycling rates are healthier and cleaner, said Jonathan Wachtel, sustainability manager.

In the coming months, fliers, posters and ads will be placed around the community with easy-to-remember messages often centered on the symbol of a recycling bin or container.

The messages are intended to remind residents that recycling is something everyone can do every day.

A survey conducted two years ago by the sustainability division found

that more than 90 percent of Lakewood residents who answered said they wanted more recycling options and to reduce the amount of waste going to the landfill.

The surveys conducted every few years also found that Lakewood residents consistently cite Lakewood’s parks, open spaces and quality of life as their top reasons for living in the city.

Using what residents said they wanted and valued in those surveys, the initiative lets residents know that curbside recycling and other efforts keep Lakewood clean and green.

For more information on the initiative, visit Lakewood.org/WeRecycle.

Lakewood man pleads guilty in death of infant STAFF REPORT

Less than a week before his trial was set to begin, Josiah Lamarr Jones, 22, pleaded guilty to child abuse resulting in the death of his 3-month-old daughter, Naomi Jones, according to a news release from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Josiah Jones appeared March 6 in Jefferson County District Court.

Lakewood Police were called to 5353 W. 16th on March 3, 2016, and found Naomi Jones unresponsive, the release stated. She was transported to Denver Health Medical

Center and then transferred to Children’s Hospital Colorado. She died March 6, 2016.

The infant suffered severe injuries including intracranial hemorrhage, skull fracture, bilateral subdural hematoma, and traumatic brain injury, according to the release. Josiah Jones Jones was the sole caregiver for the child.

He will be sentenced April 10 and faces a prison sentence of 16-32 years.

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Off-Market Transactions Hurt Sellers By Shutting Out Buyers Who Might Pay More

As I have written in previous columns, our limited inventory of active listings is due in part to sales that occur without the home being listed as “active” on the MLS. This can be frustrating to buyers waiting for a house they like to come on the market, only to learn that it was sold off -market. In some cases, that buyer might have paid more than the selling price, in which case both buyer and seller have been harmed.

The scope of this problem is illustrated at right. For the past three years, up to 4% of the sold listings were entered on the MLS after they closed. This January and February, 4.4% of the sold listings were entered after they closed, so it seems that the trend continues. REcolorado, our local MLS, has reason to believe that many additional homes are being sold off-market – often by MLS members – without being entered on the MLS at all.

Statistical analysis provides a clue as to how much money sellers might be leaving on the table by allowing agents to sell their homes without going “active” on the MLS. Homes listed as “sold” on our MLS thus far

Debbi Hysmith Joins the Golden Real Estate Team

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in 2018 with zero days on market, sold for an average of 99.7% of their median listing price, which was $375,000. But homes with 1 to 4 days on market in the same period sold for 101.8% of their listing price.

That’s a 2.1% differential, suggesting that if those off-MLS listings had been listed “active” on the MLS, their average selling price could have been $7,875 higher.

It’s reasonable to ask how listing agents who sold a and off-market listing may have benefited because, on the surface anyway, it certainly doesn’t appear as though their sellers did. An analysis of the 277 listings that were listed as sold with zero days on market reveals that 104 of those listings, or 37.5%, were double-ended, meaning that the listing agent kept the entire commission instead of having to split it with a buyer’s agent. Less than 5% of those homes which sold after 1 to 4 days on market were double-ended.

Notwithstanding the above statistics, I’m not suggesting that zero days on the market is never in the best interests of the seller.

For example, the seller and buyer might know one another, or otherwise found each other, and simply asked the listing agent to handle the transaction without soliciting other buyers. Or it could have been a for-sale-byowner property where an agent brought the buyer, and wanted to enter the sale on the MLS as a courtesy to other agents and to appraisers.

One would hope, however (and sellers should expect), that when a broker doubleends a transaction, he or she would at least give the seller a break on the commission, rather than keeping the portion (typically 2.8%) that would have been paid to a cooperating buyer’s agent. This is referred to as a “variable commission” and is office policy at Golden Real Estate. Unfortunately though, only 15% of listings on the MLS (my calculation) indicate that they have offered their sellers this discount. I’m pleased to report that 25% of the listings that sold in January and February with zero days on market — all of which were double-ended — specified a variable commission. However, that also means it’s possible, if not likely that 75% of

the MLS. They would still be required to enter the listing but could do so under a different status, including “under contract,” versus not entering it at all or waiting until after it closes. Currently, if those off-MLS sales are entered on the MLS at all, it is done only after closing. By showing a home as under contract, there’s at least the possibility that interested buyers could submit back-up contracts, which could serve the seller’s interest if the original contract falls.

those sellers did not benefit from their agent’s double-ending the transaction.

The Colorado Real Estate Commission has expressed its concern about “coming soon” listings which could be used to increase the chances of a listing agent selling the property himself. In a June 2014 position statement, the Commission stated that “if the property is being marketed as ‘coming soon’ in an effort for the listing broker to acquire a buyer and ‘double end’ the transaction, this would be a violation of the license law because the broker is not exercising reasonable skill and care.” Further, “a broker who places the importance of his commission above his duties, responsibilities or obligations to the consumer who has engaged him is practicing business in a manner that endangers the interest of the public.”

REcolorado rules require that a listing be put on the MLS within 3 business days of the listing agreement being signed. However, that rule does not apply when the seller instructs the agent (in the listing contract) not to put their home on the MLS. As a member of REcolorado’s Rules & Regulations Committee, I have suggested that this rule be modified to state that the seller may instruct the agent to not make the listing active on

Golden Real Estate Has Joined Good Business Colorado

Good Business Colorado strives for the sort of values we at Golden Real Estate hold dear. This non-profit group “advances the values of its business members by: 1) Advocating for local, state and federal policies that elevate our values; 2) Providing an alternative point of view to traditional business chambers in the media; and 3) Sparking more involvement of like-minded responsible businesses.” Call me if this speaks to you as it does to me, and get involved! Learn more at www.GoodBusinessColorado.org.

‘Last Call’ for My Net Zero Energy Home Listing Near Denver University I have been surprised at the limited activity for my listing at 1960 S. Gilpin Street, near Denver University. Thanks to its passive house design and solar array, this home has a monthly energy bill of $5.89 — the cost of being connected to Xcel’s grid. The seller has decided to take it off the market if it doesn’t go under contract by March 31st.

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Jeffco students participate in national walkout protest

Several hundred Lakewood High School students walked out of school in solidarity with students all over the nation, who are marking one month since the massacre in Parkland, Florida. Students lined up for more than a block along Kipling Street to hold signs urging action on gun violence in the country.

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tudents from Arvada West High School walked out of their classrooms at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, March 14 and made their way to an athletic field where they stood in the formation of a heart to show support for the students killed last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.

The event was one of almost 2,000 happening nationwide as part of the #Enough National School Walkout to End Gun Violence organized by Women’s March Youth calling for students and allies are organizing the national school walkout to demand Congress pass legislation to keep people safe from gun violence at schools, on streets and in homes and places of worship. At least nine Jeffco high schools had student-organized walkouts, including Golden, Wheat Ridge, Green Mountain and Columbine which was the site of a 1999 school shooting that left 12 victims dead.

Lakewood High School It started with just a few students standing out in front of Lakewood High School, but as 10 a.m. neared on March 14 — the few students turned into a group.

And as they started heading toward Kipling Street, what had become a crowd of students turned into something else — a swell.

Several hundred students lined up along Kipling, kept safe by school staff and officers from the Lakewood Police Department, holding signs with statements like “No More Silence on Gun Violence” and “Protect

Lakewood High School students lined up along Kipling Street for 17 minutes on March 14, in remembrance of the 17 victims of the Parkland, Florida shooting, which was exactly one month ago. Students chanted “This is what democracy looks like,” and “not one more” as cars honked as they drove by. kids, not guns.” Some also chanted, “This is what democracy looks like,” and “Not one more.”

“This is a very good cause to be a part of, and a way to honor the people who have been killed by guns,” said junior DeDe Hobson. “We want to raise awareness about this issue, because even though people know about gun violence, nobody is doing anything.”

The Lakewood walk-out was just one of many similar events held at schools all over Jefferson County, the metro area, and the country, as students are taking a stand on the issue of gun violence. Lakewood students protested along more than a block on Kipling Street for 17 minutes — in recognition of the 17 students killed in Parkland.

The Lakewood event was organized

by students by word of mouth and social media, said senior Logan Klutse.

Students are taking the lead in the national debate over gun rights.

“I think it’s so important to stand with Parkland students and ask for sensible regulations on the issue,” Klutse said. “Through all these walkouts, we hope people will really see us and hear our views. We want to build momentum and visibility about what’s important to us.”

Arvada West High School “We need action,” wrote Arvada West student organizer Caitlin Danborn on the event’s webpage.

“Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on their way home from school. Parents have

Lakewood High School students head to Kipling Street at 10 a.m. on March 14 to hold up signs urging action on gun violence in the country. the right to send their kids to school in the mornings and see them home alive at the end of the day.”

Danborn was joined by many of her fellow students in expressing their concern of not being safe in schools and wanting change to happen and a higher level.

The entire protest was planned to only last 17 minutes, one minute for each victim of the Florida school shooting.

As the students stood in peaceful protests, cars honked as they drove by and a handful of community members stood nearby to show their support of the students.

“We were at the million mile march in 1999 for Columbine, and it’s like nothing has happened since then,” said Arvada resident Cathy Jackson.

“Now we’re so excited something might happen again.

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Hundreds support students at Jeffco #Enough rally

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Mass shootings of any kind — whether it be in a movie theater, event venue or a school — should not be something that we as a society is accustomed to.

“Shootings have become a normal thing,” said Golden High School freshman Kate Bain, “and they shouldn’t be.

Something needs to happen.”

To voice this, a district-wide rally for the Jefferson County Public Schools community took place in the evening of March 14 as a continuation of the #Enough National School Walkout to End Gun Violence.

The rally, held at the North Area Athletic Complex, featured student speakers, student performers, guest speakers and area politicians.

Roughly 200 people, a mix of students and adults, attended.

It’s important for students to see the larger network of support that they have, said Amanda Benson of Arvada, a mother and member of both the Jeffco and Colorado PTA organizations.

“When kids see the community come together, they’re more likely to engage in com-

Sam Craig of Chatfield Senior High School, left, and Emmy Adams of Golden High School, right, assist Wheat Ridge High Schooler Jack Barnide, center, with his speech at the Jeffco Never Again Rally on March 14 at the North Area Athletic Complex. Barnide stated he would promote peace and asked others to join him.

PHOTOS BY CHRISTY STEADMAN munity advocacy,” she said.

“They realize their voices do matter.”

School safety is a prior-

ity for all of us, said Ron Mitchell, president of the Jefferson County School District. And all of us must

Golden High Schooler Emmy Adams, right, looks out into the crowd attending the Jeffco Never Again Rally on March 14 at the North Area Athletic Complex as Sam Craig of Chatfield Senior High School, left, gives the closing speech at the event.

do better, he added.

“Kids should be able to feel safe going to school every day,” said Golden High School-

er Dejah Watson. “They shouldn’t have to have a fear for their safety, always in the back of their minds.”

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Rose Stein Elementary eager to prepare more students for the future R

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To learn more about Rose Stein, including how to volunteer at the school, and how to register students for the 2018-2019 school year, call 303-982-9144 visit www.rosestein. jeffcopublicschools.org/

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rose Stein Elementary is not a quiet school.

Walk its halls and you can hear students working on projects in the library or hallways, teachers giving guidance, and maybe even a community member heading to Melissa Alvarez’s office to pick up some food or school supplies.

And that’s the way Principal Ester Valdez wants it.

“As one of only two International Baccalaureate (IB) elementary schools in Jeffco, the learning experience of our students is based on inquiry,” Valdez said. “We want our students to use phrases like `What if ?’ and `I wonder…’”

Lakewood’s newest elementary school, located at 80 S. Teller St., isn’t actually a new school. It was originally called Stein Elementary, until it closed in 2014 because of overcrowding. In the spring of 2014, the school district approved a $1.1 million plan to combine Alameda’s International Baccalaureate (IB) program with O’Connell’s IB Middle Years program, creating a 7-12 school at Alameda,

Rose Stein sixth graders Aaliyah AlarconSantiago Guerrero, Sapphire Poindexter and Noah Bradley.

CLARKE READER moving Stein students to O’Connell and emptying Stein.

The school underwent a $3.4 million construction and renovation project: including new windows and doors, LED lighting throughout the building, a new playground, and new paint and carpet.

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Dominic and his wife, Melissa, brought their son back to the school when it reopened in the fall. And Valdez and the rest of her 30-person staff, as well as current student

families, are all hoping more people will be like the Durans, and give Rose Stein a try.

“Our budget is driven by enrollment, and we have about 210 students in a facility that can house closer to 500,” Valdez said. “We want to become an extension of the community and be a hub for those in need.”

As a Title I school, many of the families have a variety of financial and other support needs. To assist, Alvarez, who is the school’s family liaison, opens up her office during the day to provide access to a food pantry, school supplies, and even clothing.

“We also prepare food bags for the children who need things to eat over the weekend,” she said. “We also do more fun things, like put together birthday bags for students, that gives them and their parents everything the need to make a cake, as well as a gift or two.

Alvarez can also connect families SEE ROSE STEIN, P9

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“At the school my two kids went to before coming here, they were bullied a lot,” said Maria Garcia, who only speaks Spanish. “Now, we all see how the school system can work. Both me and my kids like everything about the school now.”

In his March 8 State of the City speech, Mayor Adam Paul highlighted the work Valdez is doing at Rose Stein.

“Ester has engaged mentors and volunteers, created an on-site medical clinic and community garden,” he said. “Her boldness to bring this school back to life has reconnected Rose Stein to the neighborhood.”

And while the city-wide attention is exciting, for the families who send their children at the school, it’s the day to day accomplishments that make Rose Stein the best place to prepare for the future.

“It’s the staff and people here who spend so much time on our kids,” Melissa concluded. “It’s not just a job for anyone here. They all actually care.”

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with community organizations like the Foodbank of the Rockies and Jefferson Center for Mental Health for other services.

There are many reasons Steven .Wallin sent his great granddaughter to Rose Stein when it reopened, and one of them is the access to a top-notch education, as well as any other help she or he could make use of, all in one place.

“Staff here is so great about reaching out to see how she’s doing, to see if there’s anything I need help with, and to remind me of events they having coming,” Wallin added. “When she wakes up, she is actually excited about going to school.”

Rose Stein is looking at innovative ways to teach its students. The school hasn’t been open for a full year yet, and already has launched

The materials for birthday bags, which Rose Stein Family Liaison Melissa Alvarez provides to students on their birthday. It’s one of the ways the school is looking to do more than just educate students.

CLARKE READER an award-winning robotics team, is making music - what Valdez calls the “universal language” - mandatory for 100 percent of fifth and sixth graders, and a commitment to

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Valdez estimates about 50 percent of the students at the school speak another language - mainly Spanish, but also Vietnamese and Arabic.

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“Being one of the first recipients of this funding means so much to Stott,” said Caryn McCormick, who submitted an application for Stott Elementary’s Tinker Lab. “It is validation of the work we started years ago and lets us know that we are on the right track for our students. This innovation was organized and led entirely by a team of teachers. We are a small school tucked away in a little corner of Arvada. We always say that Stott is a `hidden gem.’ It’s nice to be recognized for the great work that the teachers do day in and day out.”

The Tinker Lab at Stott, focused on STEM applications is one of 10 projects funded in this first-year grant The other nine projects funded this year are a STEAM makerspace at Golden High; academy programs for the Green Mountain articulation area; career explore programs at Dakota Ridge High and Wheat Ridge High; an upgrade to the adapted daily living program at Fletcher Miller Special School; a mechanical engineering and robotic program at VanArsdale Elementary; a wellness and emotional health initiative at North Arvada Middle; a safe school environments initiative for all schools through Jeffco security; school-based health centers through Jeffco health services; and a GED/post secondary accelerator program at all high schools.

In January, the Board of Education for Jeffco schools approved $1 million for a new innovation grant program.

The idea was proposed because the Jeffco Generations vision launched in October 2017 by Superintendent Jason Glass encourages entrepreneurial efforts as a way to “keep the main thing, the main thing,” — learning. The fund offers an incentive for staff to look for innovative ways to improve learning, conditions for learning, and readiness for learning for Jeffco students and encourages the organizational value of “entrepreneurial spirit.”

All employees had the opportunity to apply for the grants and were encouraged to partner with other organizations, such as postsecondary institutions, nonprofit organizations, local businesses and communitybased agencies to strengthen ideas and offer authentic learning experiences.

Over 100 applications were submitted, with requests totalling $9.3 mil-

FUNDED PROJECTS Stott Elementary — tinker lab Golden High — STEAM makerspace Health Services — school-based health centers Green Mountain articulation area — academy programs Dakota Ridge High and Wheat Ridge High — career explore program Fletcher Miller Special School — adapted daily living upgrade VanArsdale Elementary — mechanical engineering and robotic program North Arvada Middle — wellness and emotional health initiative All high schools, GED/HSE+ post secondary accelerator program All schools — safe school environments initiative

lion. That was narrowed to 51 applications, which scored above a 24 on the rubric, and were invited to pitch their ideas in round two. The total monetary ask of those invited to pitch was $6.2 million. The applications were again scored and the top 10 projects were funded.

“One of the biggest distinguishers in those that were funded were that they were connected to a larger effort or partnership,” said Tom McDermott, special assistant to the superintendent for Jeffco schools and the facilitator of the innovation fund application process. “Applications that stood out to the committee were those that had a lot of thought and work put into it and they just needed funding to help it get off the ground.”

One of those partnership projects is through the districts health services.

Jeffco currently has two schoolbased health centers — one at Stein Elementary and another at Alameda Junior/Senior High. The centers serve as primary care clinics that reside inside the school and partner with Metro Community Provider Network, a federal qualified health center, to provide medical care for students.

About a year ago, the district health services division decided they needed more school-based health centers to provide easy access to students for immunizations, and quicker management of chronic illness such as type 1 diabetes, asthma and allergies.

The centers also provide mental health.

“The idea is that we know when students leave from for doctor’s appointment, they usually don’t come back to school,” said Julie Wilken, director of health services for Jeffco schools.

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Advocates, lawmakers back efforts to bolster education funding House bill, ballot measure would work in tandem to tackle education issues

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A state House bill and a ballot measure could increase education funding throughout Colorado.

Colorado House Bill 1232, which is currently awaiting hearing by the House Education Committee, seeks to create a new public school funding distribution formula for preschool through secondary education.

The modernized school finance formula, Zenzinger proposed by Colorado superintendents, aspires to provide all 178 Colorado school districts with an increased level of funding for all students, while at the same time establishing a more equitable distribution of funding for students who are underserved and/or face the greatest challenges to being ready for college or a career when they finish high school.

“The bill making its way through Legislature would change how the pie gets sliced,” said state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger, D-Arvada, who sits on the Senate education committee and the Legislative Interim Committee on School Finance, which is charged with examining how to update the school finance formula. , “The last time the formula was updated was in 1994 through the Public School Finance Act of 1994.

“If coupled with a separate initiative for ballot, we can increase the size of the pie,” Zenzinger explained. “They go hand in hand. Why have a conversation about changing the formula if we don’t have a commitment to fund it?”

The Great Schools, Thriving Communities ballot initiative seeks to increase that pie by creating a quality public education fund financed through higher taxes on incomes above $150,000 and on “C” corporations.

Organizers maintain that if passed, the initiative would providing sustainable support for schools by stabilizing property taxes.

The ballot initiative is designed in a way to align with the House bill.

“We are working together, learning together and coming up with a proposal that would meet everyone’s interest,” said Susan Meek, communication director for Great Education Colorado, the organization sponsoring the ballot initiative. “It wasn’t a good idea to just raise revenue when we could lose it to the Gallagher Amendment.”

The Gallagher Amendment is just one factor that makes state education funding in Colorado complex.

The Gallagher Amendment, passed in 1982, says the state must adjust the assessment rate of residential

real property to ensure the percentage of the assessed value of taxable residential real property relative to the assessed value of all taxable real property remains the same as in 1985.

The Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), passed in 1992, also causes problems by putting pressure on state resources by generally reducing local share and increasing state share.

A third factor is Amendment 23, passed in 2000, which says that the statewide base per pupil funding must annually increase by at least inflation, putting pressure on state resources by increasing the amount of total program funding.

In 2010, nationwide recession resulted in lower state revenues, and Gallagher, TABOR, and Amendment 23 combined resulted in a state share amount that was more than the state could pay and still meet other budgetary demands.

Because of this, the General Assembly created the negative factor to reduce the state’s share of total program proportionately across school districts.

The effect is that the negative factor reduces total program funding for most school districts because of reduced state share.

“It’s a complicated set of factors,” said Dr. Jason Glass, superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools. “I think the punchline on school funding each year is that the final numbers are determined by the state Legislature.

They determine what money is for each school district through a complicated set of factors.”

One thing that Glass said makes state education finding even more difficult is that education is competing against other needs in the state.

“Everything the state funds is underfunded,” Glass said. “Legislature is going through the process of balancing needs to determine right mixture. We don’t know if it’s a year they want to highlight transportation over education.”

Issues in funding that the interim committee is looking at include whether the state is counting students correctly and whether it is adequately defining who is at-risk, cost-of-living adjustments and district sizes.

But Zenzinger said even if all those problems are addressed, there is still the local share problem that the Gallagher Amendment, TABOR and Amendment 23 create.

“We have to make sure that we are doing a better job of having the necessary resources to eliminate that negative factor that comes at the end of the process,” Zenzinger said. “The proposal the superintendents are putting forward will help modernize that formula, but it’s worthless if at the end of the day we end up carving up the same pie.

“We need to have a really honest conversation about whether that base amount is adequate and equitable and whether that base amount is even close to what the national average is.

And it’s not.”

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VOICES A message to all the good men out there

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his is a message to all the good men – and there are multitudes – who 1) support the ALCHEMY females in your lives who have haltingly, heartbreakingly told of their own #MeToo moments; 2) have intervened in physical or verbal assault; and, 3) find it hard to believe that it continues to happen.

Andrea Doray The message is this: Anyone who uses power to sexually harass another person is guilty, regardless of his or her gender, or the

gender of the victim.

Take Katy Perry. I’ve written about Perry in October 2013, when Lakewood High School won ABC’s Good Morning America contest to have her perform at their school. Although Perry’s image has never been entirely wholesome, by her own design, she has reinvented herself to some degree as judge on the current season of American Idol.

If you missed it (as I did), a 19-yearold contestant, Benjamin Glaze, got into a conversation with the judges about whether he had ever liked kissing a girl, a reference to Perry’s hit song, “I Kissed a Girl.” Glaze, in all sincerity, said he had not kissed anyone yet because he wanted to be in

a relationship when he did, so it would be special.

Can you guess what happened? Perry coyly asked for a kiss on the cheek, and when Glaze acquiesced – he was auditioning for a spot on the show, after all – Perry full on kissed him on the lips. From the broadcast, you can see Glaze stumble backward, aghast, yelling, “Katy! You didn’t!” The supposed adults in the room, though, thought it was quite comical.

Glaze told The New York Times that if Perry had asked to kiss him, he would have said no. Social media, as usual, took sides. Some reacted predictably with “Lucky son of a gun!”

Others decried that Perry used her power as a judge to take advantage of

a young man who clearly did not want – and did not ask for – her advances.

Imagine, for a moment, if this had been a male judge. With the recent focus – rightfully – on such unwanted attention, a man would have been pilloried – rightfully – immediately. The same should hold true for Perry.

The incident took place last October, and Glaze’s episode aired earlier this month. Upon reflection, Glaze said he doesn’t feel he was a harassment victim because he’s now decided that it wasn’t really a kiss – just lip contact.

He said he was “grateful” for the exposure Perry afforded his music when she tweeted about the whole thing.

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There really might be ‘an app for that’ tribalism problem

S LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Shift gears on gun debate Since we cannot win over the Second Amendment how about if we just focus on mental health care. One could argue that just because someone is mentally ill doesn’t mean they are dangerous, which is true, however, if someone with a mental illness is unstable or in a crisis then add weapons in the picture, the end result is usually not good.

We can’t agree on gun laws so can we please agree (or agree to disagree) that there is simply not enough support systems for mental illness.

My thoughts on safety: Lets forget my fear of being the first car at a stop light, knowing I’m putting my life at risk driving into the intersection

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once the light turns green, because undoubtedly someone is going to run the yellow, soon to be red, light.

But seriously, now I have to be on the defense just driving through a parking lot because no one seems to feel they have to drive around the empty parking spaces but rather barrel through them without even looking to see if the people who actually drive around them (like they’re supposed to) are coming. I can’t even count the number of near misses I’ve had. Come on people!

Sue Neverve, Westminster SEE LETTERS, P13

brief period of change, we retreated to our comfortable, tribal home turfs and started fighting the same ideological battles all over again.

If something as significant as 9/11 can’t get us to come to the table together, I am skeptical that there is much that can be done to stop the contagion of tribalism.

When I said that to a civic group a couple weeks ago, someone in the audience asked me what role millennials would play in this, and if there was any way to engage them in doing our civic life better than it is right now.

My immediate, snarky response was “build an app.” I’m not sure what the app would do, but, if you’re gonna reach a millennial, you gotta get to them through their phones.

I kid. I love millennials — I am raising two of them. They are the source of some of my greatest amusement. It’s not just that they have a hard time finding their way down the hall without GPS… OK, enough jokes and on to the point.

Weirdly enough, those ubiquitous devices are, possibly, the key to curing tribalism. You see, millennials,

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omewhere around 15 years ago, when I was first starting to explore the idea of being a writer, I was working on a novel that had, as one of its central themes, the idea that there are only a handful of events in the history of the world that actually change the world. Japan bombing Pearl Harbor was one such event.

I started working with the idea that 9/11 was a similar event. For a variety of reasons, I set that story aside, and then HITTING had the chance to HOME come back to it a couple years ago.

Through the lens of history, it turns out that 9/11 didn’t really change much. That horrible event had the potential to force broad, systemic change, to galvaMichael Alcorn nize the friends of freedom and civilization into a multi-pronged battle to not only beat back a particularly dangerous tribe, but to encourage us to swallow our own tribal instincts to re-form a better civic fabric. Instead, after a relatively

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Parkway put-downs No financial feasibility study will find that toll collections alone can pay to design, build, and maintain the Jefferson Parkway (JP); no taxpayer money needed, as DRCOG was promised by the parkway authority.

A private partner, similar to those for E-470 and the NW Parkway, will need to make a profit to enter a contract; toll revenue alone will not do that and a private partner will need a guarantee of taxpayer money to supplement the shortfall.

The “gap” that the JP was to partly close was from C-470 in Golden to the end of the NW Parkway in Broomfield, completing the Denver Beltway. US 6 and SH 93 through Golden and north will already be improved without the JP.

Don Rosier’s offer to reimburse the JPPHA with about half a million dollars would mean Jeffco taxpayers besides those in Broomfield and Arvada would be paying. Jeffco taxpayers in Golden are on record for not wanting the JP toll road to be built.

That money would be in addition to over a million dollars that have been collected from Jeffco taxpayers and paid since the JPPHA was formed.

CDOT’s WestConnect no longer includes the JP in their plans. Instead, improvements to SH-93 from Golden to Boulder are planned. Bill Ray said that JPPHA members can be reimbursed their investment upon completion of the JP; however, that money is to come from profits from the tolls, which will not happen.

Money should be used to develop other planned highway improvements in North Jeffco.

Dick Sugg, Golden

A more positive take on ed spending Five Feb. 15 letters addressed concerns about the use of our tax dollars for education and senior care. Like home budgets, there is never enough to satisfy everyone.

The writers with concerns that the Jeffco School Board do not use tax dollars wisely may have been some of the same citizens who voted against the school bond and mill levies in November.

Therefore, the district is operating on the budget of the past, which included teachers forfeiting salary raises to support schools.

I look at education as the ground floor from which current adults and children in school will be working and paying the taxes that fund public expenses for families, seniors, infrastructure, education, and other public wants and needs.

Inadequate funding for education limits how much today’s children

can become future contributors and taxpayers. Without adequately meeting their academic, emotional, social needs now they possibly become only users of our tax dollars, not contributors.

I’ve listened to and read the superintendent’s goals and I support them. Change and transitions are difficult. Without understanding or accepting why it is the time to move sixth graders to middle school and to pay for proven expertise in our leadership, it can create disagreement and mistrust.

Counting empty classrooms and seats before knowing the needs and planning for the future seems simplistic. I prefer providing for all needs of children because they are future taxpayers. I trust our current leadership is doing that service. Our children deserve it.

Janet Johnson, Golden

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Sound familiar?

Most harassment isn’t quite this public. Many such demands are private or semi-private … and witnesses are as likely to be affected by the consequences as the victims themselves.

Victims are also likely to be confused – for example, social media twits are pointing out that Glaze did walk over to Perry … albeit at her command. Who had the power over someone’s potential career here?

The message is that it doesn’t matter the gender of the harasser or the gender of the victim: if you are using power, strength, circumstance, or deceit, you are guilty.

In retrospect, I also have another message, as a victim myself. I want to thank everyone who respects another person’s boundaries, no matter who they are … or who you are.

Andrea Doray is a writer who stands up for those who tell their stories, those who want to tell their stories, and those who never ever want to speak of them. Contact Andrea at a.doray@andreadoray.com.

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because they don’t actually see people as much as they see screenshots and avatars of people, don’t see community in quite the same way we do. The young tend to get to know their peers through their devices, so they don’t fall prey to the same sort of identity politics that older generations see.

To my 16-year old daughter, the world is not confined to the neighborhood — she has friends on InstaSnapTwitter from all over the world, so her perspective is broader than mine could have ever been. If Facebook killed the high school reunion, then I suspect InstaSnapTwitter is on its way to killing the student exchange program.

Of course, those devices also play a devastating role in isolating some kids, and it’s hard not to blanch at the incredible power that mean kids and evil adults have over unsuspecting kids via their phones. Broad connectivity is both a blessing and a curse, I suppose, especially when it discourages

tight interpersonal connectivity.

But, insofar as these devices allow people to form community from the ground up, separate from institutional underpinnings, they may be the key to the future. And, I would argue, it would greatly behoove civic groups to get involved in forming those small communities around simple things like basic services and common experiences.

My hope is that if we start to fix the patchwork of American life, in small communities, then we can start to bind the patches together again. We may never again have a beautiful tapestry, founded on common ideals and trust in common institutions; but we may be able to weave a fascinating quilt that encompasses all the different shapes and forms of American life into a useful and comfortable article under which we can all stay warm.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

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amilies can celebrate simple Easy Custard recipes from around the world This recipe serves four. You’ll need and learn a little about getwo eggs, 2 cups milk, ½ c sugar, ¼ ography, history, and teaspoon salt, dash of cinnaLIFELONG mon and nutmeg (optional). culture.

You can cut down on the Whether ancestors call it LEARNING nutmeg and cinnamon, mousse, junket, blancmange, Esther Macalady sugar, especially if you are going to creme, pannukakku or Tiraput chocolate chips or sweet misu, custards are fun to make berries on top. Whisk ingredients towith kids. Although all are slightly gether. Pour into 4 ungreased custard different, this custard takes ten mincups or put into a small baking pan utes to mix. both ungreased. Place in a cake pan The STEM science concept behind with about 3/4 inch hot water. Bake custard is coagulating a protein. It uncovered 350 degrees 50-55 minutes. is the process of changing a liquid It is done when a knife makes a little protein like eggs or milk into a solid slice clean through. Cool and serve by heating. Protein coagulation is warm or chilled. Store in the refrigone of the main reasons food changes erator. Custard can also be made stove when it is cooked. You can look up top with almond milk and no eggs if the interesting history of custard and there are allergies. bread, too.

Spotted Dog Bread Yeast was not always available for bread throughout history. Here is Irish soda bread, Spotted Dog, or Fari. You will need 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour,1 1/4 cups white flour, (or use only white flour) 3 T sugar, 1 tsp baking soda, 3/4 tsp salt, 2/3c currants or raisins may be flour dusted, 4 T cold butter cut in pieces, 1 1/3 c buttermilk or (milk and 1 T vinegar or lemon juice set out), 1 large egg, 2 T melted butter. Preheat oven 400 degrees. Lightly grease round cake pan. Whisk together the flours, sugar, baking soda, salt, and currants or raisins.

In a separate bowl whisk together buttermilk and egg. Pour this mixture into a center hole of dry ingredients and mix. The dough will be

stiff. If it’s too crumbly add another tablespoon or two of buttermilk.

Knead the dough no more than a couple times. Shape it into a ball.

Flatten the ball slightly, and place the loaf in your pan. Use a sharp knife to cut a 1/2”deep traditional cross in the loaf.Bake for about 45 to 55 minutes, until golden brown or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Remove and brush with melted butter, if desired. The acid in buttermilk and the base in soda produce trapped carbon dioxide bubbles which make dough rise.

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and that means a lot.”

Since its creation in 1983, Opera Colorado has been working to keep the form alive and thriving in the metro area and elsewhere in the state through performances at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, in classrooms, and theaters in towns like Telluride and Steamboat Springs.

“We produce two large-scale, grand operas a year, and a contemporary, smaller chamber piece in the winter,” said Greg Carpenter, general and

or a long time, I was one of those people who wrote off horror films as cheap scares or excuses to get as gory as possible. But once you study what a good horror film can be, it becomes obvious the genre is especially suited to exploring outdated social norms and changes in the world.

That was one COMING of the things that ATTRACTIONS attracted Denver native Haylar Garcia to the genre, when he became interested in screenwriting and filmmaking after an initial interest in music.

“Horror films are wonderful for mimicking issues seen Clarke Reader in our culture,” he said. “I love allegory, and so social horror films are really interesting to me as a filmmaker.”

Now Garcia’s third film, “Apartment 212” which was shot in the metro area and in his RiNo studio, is being released in 10 cities, on-demand, and is available on iTunes, Google Play, and other streaming services, after being acquired by Gracitas Ventures.

The movie was released at the Sie FilmCenter in Denver, 2510 E. Colfax Ave., as well as theaters in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Detroit and other major cities.

Produced by Unreal Media and Wrecking Ball Productions, in addition to Gravitas, the film stars Penelope Mitchell, Sally Kirkland and Kyle Gass, of Tenacious D fame. Mitchell stars as Jennifer, a small-town girl fleeing an abusive relationship and aiming for a new start in the city. But when she starts waking up with bites taken out of her, she has to confront the demons hot on her trail.

“The film deals with empowerment and overcoming abuse, but it’s also about the things that eat at all of us in our daily lives,” Garcia explained. “We all have things that scare us, things we need to face that take a lot out of us.”

The film has won several awards in the horror-film festival circuit, including Best Horror Feature Film at Los Angels’ Shriekfest.

As an Denver native, it’s important to Garcia that his films highlight the thriving arts scene in the metro area.

“There are so any great artists in the area that deserve a voice, and so many creative communities that deserve to be employed,” he said. “It just seems like the right thing to do to bring national talent here to be a part of it all.”

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ven opera singers understand that their artform of choice can be easy to make fun of at times, even if the things people assume about opera are wrong.

“People think operas are impossible to understand, or that they’re just people screaming on stage,” said Cherity Koepke, director of education and community programs and director of Opera Colorado’s Young Artist Program. “A lot of people think opera singers are all old, but they don’t understand the diversity of voices coming from the next generation of singers.”

Nathan Ward, who initially studied cello and piano in high school, understands the hesitancy many people have towards the centuriesold musical form.

“I was skeptical even while I was

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watching my first opera, right until the end, when I heard all these motifs woven together,” Ward, who is a member of the Young Artist Program, remembers. “Now, I get to be part of the first opera experience for students all over Colorado,

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“Linking Asia,” at the Denver Art Museum only through April 1, starts with the legendary Silk Road, which included land and sea routes, illustrating how ideas, techniques, materials and trade goods traveled hundreds of miles and farther, setting the style in faraway lands, when it came to Asian china. (The emperor of Turkey in Istanbul had a huge collection of blue and white china, for example, and it was stylish in Europe as well.)

As a visitor enters the carefully organized “Linking Asia” gallery, there is a huge painted map of China during the Ming Dynasty, dated 1681, (loaned by Wesley A. Brown). Painted in Japan 40 years after the Ming Dynasty, it shows cities, mountains, trade routes in China — and also inspires the colors used in the exhibit, said Tianlong Jiao, Joseph de Heer curator of Asian Art, who organized this fascinating look at history in a part of the world much in today’s news. Trade goods from China, Japan, Korea, India, Indonesia, Iran and Afghanistan flowed back and forth, not only across the continent, but to Europe and Turkey as well. Another large map shows more trade routes. Busy international trade (and, undoubtedly, arguments about it) is not new!

Enterprising businessmen years ago commissioned artisans to create objects like those being made in faraway places, and cultural exchange flourished. An interesting story of the travels of Buddhist images and religious practices through Asia adds another facet.

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A children’s play feature, expanded education, iconic entryway, gracious garden and improved visitor circulation are among the elements called for in Lakewood Heritage Center’s updated master plan.

The first phase of the plan, adopted in October 2017 by Lakewood City Council, includes a chance for the community to help plan ways to better use the 15-acre museum footprint in the southeast corner of Belmar Park. A look at site plan options and a chance to offer feedback are available at 6:30 p.m. April 5 at the center’s visitor center, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood.

Lakewood Heritage Center is a 20th century museum whose mission is to connect the community and future generations to the 20th century history and heritage of Lakewood by

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Harkins Theatres announced the the acquisition of the Olde Town 14 in April 2017 when the $11 million remodel began.

Theater highlights include: lounger seats, reserved auditorium seating, mobile ticketing, an in-lobby bar, a birthday party room and cuved screens.

The theater will also boast a gourmet concession stand with hot food selections including house-made flatbread pizza, angus burgers, a meat and cheese plate, a hummus and pita tray and popcorn.

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Harkins Theatres will host the grand opening celebration of Harkins Arvada 14, located near the Arvada Olde Town district, at Wadsworth Boulevard. and 55th Avenue, on Thursday, April 26, with the premiere of “Avengers: Infinity War.” The new theater joins existing Harkins Northfield 18 as the company’s second location in the Denver area.

The theater will host weekend-long festivities where guests can take part in various events and receive great prizes, including a chance to win free movies for a year.

“We are extremely excited to be expanding in the Colorado market with the opening of our new Arvada 14,” said Dan Harkins, owner of Harkins Theatres.

“The upgraded theater will include everything a moviegoer could dream of — the most luxurious reclining seats, best picture and sound, deli-

collecting, preserving and exhibiting artifacts and through engaging and innovative programs, experiences and community events. The center’s first master plan was developed in 1996 and updated in 2017 with the help and input of hundreds of residents and museum supporters.

“This site plan will be the physical and visual representation of the master plan,” said Michelle Nierling, Heritage Culture & the Arts manager. “It’s very important we hear from interested stakeholders and neighbors of Belmar Park about their dreams and desires for the museum’s future layout as it could significantly enhance the experience for our visitors.”

To view and learn more about the 2017 master planning effort, go to Lakewood.org/LHCPlan. Members of the public can also call 303-9877850 with any questions.

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this exhibit illustrates interaction between nations, is thinking this may be the way to organize the Asian collection when it moves back into the “now under-remodeling” North Building, designed 50 years ago by Gio Ponti.

Gene Nieges, an active docent with the Denver Art Museum — and a Highlands Ranch resident, as is curator Tianlong Jiao — looks forward to improvements in that older building, recalling how he had to “fight with other docents over two elevators, with 300-400 kids in tow” who needed to be upstairs.

Nieges thinks the Linking Asia exhibit, where he frequently leads tours, is “great for kids because it shows how we get goods and products today from all over the world. With the Silk Road, art and religion also moved across the world.” The exhibit is full of Islamic art, made in the French art form for Islamic Chinese. “Kids enjoy Funereal art, especially what was buried with the dead.”

Tianlong Jiao called special attention to a 268-inch-long scroll from the museum collection, painted in silk, which has never been displayed before. It is called “Tribute Bearers” and was probably painted by Qiu Ying in the 1500s.

It shows 10 foreign delegations traveling to pay tribute to the Chinese court — each with exotic features, distinctive costumes and gifts. It illustrates international relations in its period, according to catalog essayist Yang Wang.

This Pan-Asian exhibit includes objects from 20 countries and spans 2,000 years. Most are from the DAM’s own collection with a few loaned items. It is displayed in the Gallagher Gallery on the first floor.

Admission is included with regular admission to the museum, which is at 13th Avenue and Bannock Street in downtown Denver. denverartmuseum. org.

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From left, bassbaritone Andrew Hiers, baritones Heath Martin and Nicholas Kreider, and tenor Nathan Ward perform during the Opera Colorado Young Artists’ annual An Afternoon of American Song on March 4 at the Opera Colorado Opera Center in Englewood.

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artistic director of Opera Colorado.

“Some of our most significant work is our work with young people — by going into schools and touring with our young adults program, we reach about 40,000 students a year.”

In May, Opera Colorado will be producing Giuseppe Verdi’s comic opera, “Falstaff,” but it has an equally exciting day coming on Saturday, March 24 — Family Day at the Opera. Created as a free way to introduce parents and children alike to opera, the event allows people to see members of the Young Artist Program perform shortened, English versions of the touring productions — in this case, “Cinderella” and “The Elixir of Love.”

There will also be activities, food, and other fun ways to experience the world of opera. Audiences literally sit on stage at the performers’ feet.

“After being with the organization’s education department for years, I’ve found the best way to get

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Springtime for Lone Tree Brewing The Front Range is on the cusp of warmer weather, when greens start appearing amidst all the browns and yellows.

Which makes it the perfect time for Lone Tree Brewing Company, 8200 Park Meadows Drive, No. 8222 in Lone Tree, to announce its 2018 batch of Bière de Printemps. This is a spring seasonal that belongs to Lone Tree’s Branching Out Series of small-batch, specialty beers.

Bière de Printemps, a Bière de Mars, is a palate-awakening Frenchstyle spring ale fermented with French ale yeast that yields spicy aromas and subtle citrus notes. It is brewed with Noble Hops and a touch of soft winter wheat. The bright lemon notes from this beer’s yeast finish out the experience and open the senses to the aromatics of spring.

The drink was bottled for the first

children in opera is to show them the classics, instead of operas created specifically for children,” Koepke said. “What we do is abridge the opera, and translate it into English, but it’s still the classic. We’ve also found making connections to their lives helps kids relate to the opera.”

The Young Artist Program is eight months long and provides the seven members with smaller mainstage roles, mentorship, coaching, and opportunities to do community

outreach. As a member, Ward sees how open to opera children can be, especially without the preconceived notions so many adults are saddled with.

“It’s great that kids be willing to try this art form, or at least listen to more of it, because of the performances we do,” he said. “This music has existed for centuries because it is good, and if we can get kids to have an open mind, that’s great.”

Even if the children who watch the opera aren’t inspired to be a performer of any kind, there’s still a variety of careers available, from lights and tech to make up and sound design.

“The themes of opera are as relevant today as when they were written,” Carpenter said.

“Going to the opera a great chance to do something social with people, something you can go to dinner and discuss.”

time in 2017, and is available on draft at Lone Tree’s tasting room and in bombers across Colorado while supplies last.

For more information, visit www. lonetreebrewingco.com.

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the name most people probably recognize is A$AP Rocky. As the de facto leader of the group, Rocky has recorded with pop stars like Selena Gomez and Maroon 5 and with rap mainstays like ScHoolboy Q, Drake and Kanye West.

But A$AP Ferg, another member of the group, has proven himself to be the breakout star, bringing a dark menace to even his most radiofriendly tracks. He’s already released two very good albums, and now he’s heading to Denver.

A$AP Ferg will be stopping by the Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28.

In addition to Ferg, audiences will be treated to performances from Denzel Curry and IDK, both off whom are making serious waves in the hip-hop community.

For tickets, visit www.ogdentheatre.com.

This is the music you’re searching for There are some movies that just wouldn’t be the same without the score to deepen the story and add some nuance to characters. And composer John Williams’ score to the “Star Wars” films is perhaps the quintessential example of the power of the two forms.

For me, the first film, “A New Hope,” will always be the best entry into the series, and it features some of Williams’ most iconic themes.

Now fans of the movies, music or both can experience them in a new way.

The Colorado Symphony will be performing the score to “A New Hope” live while the film shows at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 at the 1st Bank Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane in Broomfield.

The performance is sure to leave you humming these classic tunes for

God Save the Queens The Hi-Dive is a great venue for seeing bands for a good cause, and audiences can expect a raucous good time with some of the most creative and dynamic punk bands in the area.

The third installment of God Save the Queens: Denver Queer Punk Night will be at 9 p.m. on Monday, March 26 at the Hi-Dive, 7 S. Broadway in Denver.

God Save the Queens is an evening for all genders and gender expressions, queer people and allies alike to come together and hear a variety of punk subgenres, from postpunk to protopunk, goth, deathrock, queercore, riot grrrl, electropunk and more.

There’s no cover for the show, but it is a 21 and older only event.

For more information, visit www. hi-dive.com.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — A$AP Ferg at Ogden Theatre When it comes to A$AP Mob, a rap collective from New York City,

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Hallelujah Easter Schedule for Church of the Beloved 10500 Grant, Northglenn, 303-489-7046

The Ecumenical Catholic Communion offers a wonderful way to celebrate your Catholic faith this Easter. Please join us for a rich, familiar Mass, a small caring community and Communion open to all: families, singles, divorced, remarried, gay or straight, and non-Catholics. There are five ECC parishes in the metro area.

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Mondays Arvada Chorale, an auditioned community chorus, rehearses Monday evenings from September to June at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada.

The chorale performs three concerts a year plus many community events. For audition information, call 720-432-9341, or email info@arvadachorale.org.

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Divorce Workshop A workshop that covers the legal, financial and social issues of divorce is presented the third Monday of each month at the Sheridan Library, 3425 W. Oxford Ave., Denver. Check in from 5:155:30 p.m.; workshop runs from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com. Advance registration costs $35; at the door, cost goes to $40 (cash/ checks only). Attendees will get help taking the next step by getting unbiased information and resources. Learn the options available and next steps to take positive action steps. Discover community resources, and talk with other women experiencing similar life changes. Volunteer presenters include an attorney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager. Discussion items include co-parenting, child support, family coping, tax consequences, property division, hostile spouses and more. For information, contact 303-210-2607 or info@divorceworkshopdenver.com.

Golden Chapter, Order of DeMolay meets at 7 p.m. every first and third Wednesday in the town of Golden. Walt Disney, Mel Blanc & Walter Cronkite are counted amongst its Alumni. DeMolay is an organization for young men between the ages of 12 and 21 that offers character building, leadership training, and life skill development. We offer many activities, academic opportunities and scholarships. Please contact the chapter for more information.

Golden Business & Financial Services, Inc. Financial & tax counseling business & personal Tax planning & preparation Accounting & payroll services Budgets & plans, venture analysis, problem-solving QuickBooks® consulting and training

Golden Nar-Anon family group meets from 7:30-9 p.m. Mondays at Calvary Episcopal Church, 1320 Arapahoe St. We ask that people enter on the east side of the church and follow the signs to the upstairs meeting room. Call the Nar-Anon Family Groups World Service Organization at 800-4776291 or go to Nar-Anon.org.

Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club meets from 7-9 a.m. Mondays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, 10151 W. 26th Ave., Lakewood. Meeting fee is $5 (cash preferred).

Order from diner menu (pay on you own).

Call Fred Holden at 303-421-7619 for information. Republicans, especially students, youth and women, welcome to join.

Job’s Daughters, Golden Chapter Bored?

Lonely? Make life-long friends. Join a group of young ladies from ages 10-20 learn leadership and organizational skills in meetings with support from friends. Meetings are the second and fourth Monday of the month in Golden. Meet periodically to do fun activities. Rewards of membership include life skills, community work and significant scholarships for college. Interested, call Job’s Daughters at 303-204-1572 to join us for an activity.

Mesas de conversación en inglés/English Conversation Tables: 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Mondays at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Confidence, cultural understanding and comfort are key to truly becoming fluent in a foreign language. Come to the library to practice speaking English in a safe environment with a trained leader. Suitable for high beginners, intermediate and advanced English learners. Go to http://jeffcolibrary.org.

Mesas de conversación en inglés/English Conversation Tables: 6-7 p.m. Mondays at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Confidence, cultural understanding and comfort are key to truly becoming fluent in a foreign language. Come to the library to practice speaking English in a safe environment with a trained leader. Suitable for high beginners, intermediate and advanced English learners. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

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

Square Dancing Want some fun exercise?

Learn to square dance. Start at 7 p.m. any Monday at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court. Call 303-973-9529.

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Wheat Ridge Rotary Club meets from noon to 1:30 p.m. Mondays for lunch at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St. Come as our guest and learn about our service projects for the community.

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Applewood Kiwanis Club meets from 7-8 a.m. Tuesdays at the Applewood Golf

Course, 14001 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. You are invited to attend a meeting. Our goals are to serve children worldwide and in our community. We ring the bell for Salvation Army, deliver Christmas baskets to needy families and, assist the Jeffco Action Center with school supplies for children from low-income families. These are just three of our many projects. For more information, contact Fred McGehan at 303-947-1565.

Arvada Fine Arts Guild: 2-4 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Indian Tree Golf Club, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, in the restaurant/clubhouse. Meetings are free and open to the public. Go to http:// arvadafineartsguild.com/

Arvada Sunrise Rotary Club meets from 7-8 a.m. Tuesdays at The Arvada Centre For The Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. for a breakfast meeting. Come join us as our guest and learn about our community service projects and what Rotary does in the world to help people.

Denver Apple Pi, an Apple/Mac computer user group, meets from 7-9 p.m. the third Tuesday each month at the Applewood Community Church (downstairs), 12930 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. Program varies each month. We welcome those interested in learning more about their Apple or Mac computer. Visitors are welcome to see if you like our more mature group. More information may be found at denverapplepi.com.

Golden Optimist Club: 7 a.m. Tuesdays at Windy Saddle Café, 1110 Washington Ave., downtown Golden.

The primary activity of the Golden Optimist Club is our bicycle recycle program. We fix donated bicycles and offer them for donations at reasonable prices -- $20 for an adult bicycle and $10 for a child’s bicycle.

Helmets given free with every bicycle sold, and locks also available for sale. For someone who cannot afford these low prices, we will give away the bicycle, helmet and lock.

Golden Rotary meets from 7:15-8:30 a.m.

Tuesdays at Rolling Hills Country Club, 15707 W. 26 Ave., Golden. This active organization reaches neighbors in need. We build, support, and organize. We save lives locally and globally. For additional information visit www.rotayclubofgolden.org or contact Pat Madison at 303-279-1021.

Lakewood Chapter of Retired and Active Federal Employees meets at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of most months at the Episcopal Church, 10th and Garrison. Call Greg Kann at 303-718-7307 with questions.

Lake Arbor Optimist Club Bringing Out the Best in Kids meets at 7 a.m. Tuesdays at Indian Tree Golf Course, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Breakfast served. Contact Terri Kearney, president, 303-506-6692; or Debbie Espinoza, treasurer, 720-937-2550.

New members welcome.

Northside Coin Club is a group of collectors that meets monthly to promote the hobby of numismatics among its members and the public.

The club meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at 12205 Perry St., at the Friendship Hall in the Cimarron Village in Broomfield. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Find more information about our club at www. northsidecoinclub.org/ or look for us on Facebook.

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No easy fixes on horizon for housing crunch High costs squeeze middle class as supply lags behind demand, report says

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Even record levels of construction won’t fix the fact that demand will outpace supply in the Denver-area housing market for the foreseeable future, according to a new study that explores the housing affordability crisis across the region.

“Every conversation seems to focus on one issue or another, but the bigger picture is much more complex,” said Phyllis Resnick, the lead economist at the Colorado Futures Center, a Colorado State University-based public policy center that studies fiscal issues in the state. She co-wrote the report, titled “Factors Impacting Housing Affordability,” with Jennifer Newcomer at the behest of Shift Research Labs, the investigative wing of the Piton Foundation, a Denver-based philanthropic organization that seeks to improve the lives of low-income children and families.

“People say `If only we fixed the construction defects law, or if only we had more construction laborers, we could bring supply in line with demand,’ but there’s not one low-hanging fruit that will affect the trajectory,” Resnick said.

The report looked at the availability of housing in the rental and sales markets in the Denver metro area, using data ranging as far back as the 1980s.

The report, released in January, looked at a variety of factors affecting the housing market, including market trends, consumer preferences, labor availability and productivity, regulatory frameworks, land availability and materials costs, but also took a status report of what residents are experiencing. The housing climate is such that many prospective renters and buyers are feeling priced out of the market, with various fixes proposed by lawmakers, such as developer incentives, unlikely to have an appreciable impact anytime soon.

Half of renters statewide spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing, the report found, a situation economists call “cost burdened.”

Wages statewide have climbed 11.4 percent since 2011, but average Denver-area rents are up 46.2 percent in the same period. Low-wage jobs increased at about twice the rate of high-wage jobs between 2001 and 2015, but most new housing is aimed at high-end buyers.

Housing vacancy rates are likely to stay around 1.5 percent for the foreseeable future, according to the report, below what industry experts call a healthy rate of 5 percent.

High demand for short supply saw median housing prices climb more than 10 percent annually in the metro area in January, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors.

The median sales price of a singlefamily home hit $416,000 in January,

WHAT DOES IT COST TO BUY? The following are the median sales prices of single-family homes in January for communities throughout the Denver metro area, according to the Denver Metro Association of Realtors. At right is the percentage increase or decrease as compared to January 2017.

Lone Tree: $770,000 (-9.1 percent) Golden: $564,500 (+7.9 percent) Parker: $478,000 (+8.9 percent) Highlands Ranch: $470,000 (+5.8 percent) Littleton: $460,000 (+12.4 percent) Castle Rock: $445,000 (+9.9 percent) Arvada: $429,500 (+12.6 percent) Denver: $425,000 (+16.4 percent) Centennial: $423,825 (-0.3 percent) Metro median: $416,000 (+9.5 percent) Lakewood: $415,000 (+9.2 percent) Wheat Ridge: $400,000 (+14.3 percent) Englewood: $393,000 (+17.3 percent) Thornton: $370,000 (+5.7 percent) Westminster: $365,000 (+6.4 percent) Aurora: $353,000 (+10.3 percent) Northglenn: $350,000 (+20.1 percent)

WHAT DOES IT COST TO RENT? Median rent for a one-bedroom apartment, followed by the year-over-year percentage change, in February for area cities in which the number was available at ApartmentList.com: • Lone Tree: $1,530 (+2.1 percent) • Parker: $1,440 (+0.8 percent) • Littleton: $1,420 (-0.2 percent) • Thornton: $1,400 (+1.2 percent) • Castle Rock: $1,360 (+5.2 percent) • Golden: $1,220 (+3.3 percent) • Westminster: $1,220 (+3.3 percent) • Aurora: $1,200 (+4.0 percent) • Arvada: $1,180 (+4.7 percent) • Englewood: $1,170 (-0.6 percent) • Denver: $1,040 (+2.1 percent)

Workers frame townhomes at the Platte 56 development in Littleton on March 1. According to a new report, housing vacancy rates in the Denver metro area will remain critically low for the foreseeable future.

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while the median condo price jumped 17.4 percent to $285,000.

A move by developers toward highend finishes, such as granite countertops and primo appliances, may be driving up housing prices more than raw materials, costs of which have fluctuated little amid the spike in housing prices, according to the report Bring it on home High housing costs have far-reaching effects, said Carrie Makarewicz, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Colorado Denver.

“The fundamental thing about housing is it’s so crucial to health, social mobility and everyday life,” Makarewicz said. “When housing is disrupted it can weigh on all three of those things. There’s a lot of research showing that people who spend too much on housing cut other things like health care, things for their kids, food and transportation. They might have higher job turnover because they can’t afford long commutes.”

The problem doesn’t affect only lowincome residents, Resnick said.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The 39 Steps: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday from March 23 to April 29 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Call 303-935-3044 or go to minersalley.com.

Sense and Sensibility: through May 6 at the Arada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd.. Performances at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, with matinees at 1 p.m.

Wednesday and 2 p.m. Sundays.

Call 720-898-7200 or go to https://arvadacenter.org/senseand-sensibility.

MUSIC

Messiah Sing-Along: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 23 at Front Range Stake Center, 610 Coors St., Lakewood. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir (via satellite) leads a sing-along to Handel’s Messiah.

Pre-concert feed begins at 7 p.m.

Scores downloadable at www. mormontabernaclechoir.org.

Alpine Chorale Concert: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, April 6 and Saturday, April 7 at Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, 7530 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Denver East High School’s honors choir will join Alpine to present works by living American composers in “A New American Century.” Go to www. alpinechorale.org.

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Spring Break Fun: Movie Time: 1-3 p.m. Monday, March 26 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or go to www.jeffcolibrary. org. Today’s movie is “Coco”; rated PG. It’s 1 hour, 49 minutes.

Spring Break Fun: Movie Time: 1-3 p.m. Friday, March 30 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org. Today’s movie is “Ferdinand”; rated PG. Runs 1 hour, 47 minutes.

WRITING/READING

Nonfiction Book Club, “A Fine Mess” by T.R. Reid: 1 p.m.

Wednesday, April 18 at the Columbine Public Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton; and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, April 21 at Brookdale Westland Meridian, 10695 W. 17th Ave., Lakewood. Read “A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer and More Efficient Tax System” by journalist T.R. Reid before the meeting and be ready for a discussion. Presented by Jeffco League of Women Voters. Call

practical dowsing on the Hartman Grid by Greg Storozuk. Go to www. milehighowsers.org.

this week’s TOP FIVE Mountain Fest: noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 24 at the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St., Golden.

Learn skills for year-round mountain adventures. Go to https://www.cmc.org/ About/CMCHappenings/MountainFest. aspx Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert: 4-6 p.m. Sunday, March 25 at Wheat Ridge United Methodist Church, 7530 W. 38th Ave.; 7-9 p.m. Friday, April 6 at First United Methodist Church, 1500 Ford St., Golden, and 7-9 p.m. Saturday, April 7 at Rockley Music Center, 8555 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. Go to https:// www.jeffsymphony.org/ TRIAD: Order in the Court: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden. Learn about court proceedings, such as jury selection, prosecution, defense and more. We will hear from a judge, prosecutor, defense attorney, and victim advocate to give us a firsthand look at our judicial system. All attendees must go through security, so plan accordingly. Free and open to the public, 303-271-6980.

Lynne at 303-985-5128.

EVENTS

Spring Break Fun: Laser Tag: 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 23 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Arvada After Dark: Get in the Game: 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 23 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303235-JCPL (5275) or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org.

Roaming Easter Bunny: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Saturday, March 24, noon to 3 p.m.

Sunday, March 25 and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at Belmar in downtown Lakewood, along West Alaska Avenue and South Teller Street. No cost.

Majestic View’s Egg-tacular: 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 24 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Learn about eggs and the animals that lay them. See eggs and nests from the animal kingdom and decorate an egg to take home. Bring a basket for the third-annual Majestic View Egg Hunt. Sign up at arvada.org/ nature.

Prom Swap Day: noon to 4 p.m.

Saturday, March 31 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada.

Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org. Bring unwanted and clean formal wear or accessories to the library and take another’s dream outfit home.

For each dress tuxedo/suit, pair of shoes, or accessory you donate, you’ll receive tickets to trade for a new-to-you item. Don’t have anything to bring in? You can “buy” tickets with canned goods.

Five cans per dress tuxedo/suit, two cans for shoes, one can per accessory. Donations benefit the Florence Crittenton High School, the Jeffco Action Center, and the Arvada Food Bank. Seamstress onsite for your immediate alterations.

Screenagers: 6 p.m. Thursday, April 5 at Everitt Middle School, 3900 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge. Doors and resource tables open at 5:30 p.m. Documentary explores the impact of screen technology on kids and offers parents and families proven solutions that work. Go to www.screenagersmovie.com.

Easter Eggstravaganza: 1011:30 a.m. Saturday, March 24 at Applewood Baptist Church, 11200 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Go to http://applewoodbaptist.com/ ministries/applekids/easter-eggstravaganza/ Special Egg Hunt Family Storytime: 10:15-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 28 at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Egg hunt with friends from the Senior Resource Center. Bring a basket to collect eggs and goodies.

Go to http://jeffcolibrary.org Natural Grocers Eggcellent Adventure: 11 a.m. (hunt 1) and 3 p.m. (hunt 2) Friday, March 30 at Natural Grocers/Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Easter celebration with kid-friendly activities, prizes and hunts. Call 303-4230990 or go to https:// www.naturalgrocers.com/ store-location/arvadanorth-wadsworth/ Eggcellent Adventure: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Friday, March 30 at Natural Grocers, 12612 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood.

Coloring station, toys and prizes. Go to https:// www.naturalgrocers.com/ nutrition-and-health/events/ events-calendar/2043422/ Spring Break Fun: YouTube: 5:307:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave. Watch YouTubers Dan and Phil videos while eating pizza

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and movie snacks. Bring a blanket and pillow. Must be ages 13-18 to attend. Registration is required. Go to http://jeffcolibrary.org Easter for Lakewood: 9-11 a.m.

Saturday, March 31 at Faith Mountain, 12344 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood. In addition the an egg hunt with 20,000 candy-filled eggs, event includes carnival games, bounce houses, pancake breakfast, photo giveaway and more. Go to http://easterforlakewood.com.

Majestic View Homebrew 101: 3-5 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada.

Explore the history of beer making.

Home brewer Pete Kazura walks you through your first homebrew batch.

No prior brewing knowledge required.

Sign up at arvada. org/nature.

Dowsing for Humanity and the Big Picture: 7-9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5 at the Clements Community Center, Columbine Room, 1580 Yarrow St., Lakewood. Mile High Dowsers meeting includes beginning dowsing by Jennifer Newton; and

Xeriscape Gardening: 3-4 p.m.

Saturday, April 7 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada.

Call 303-424-7979 or go to www. echters.com.

Fox Hollow Men’s Golf Club: welcomes new members for the 2018 season. The clubs spring Tee Off party is April 6, and golfing starts April 14 with the One Out Shamble. The top three scorers per hole are added to each team’s total for cash prizes. CGA members affiliated with Fox Hollow are invited. Season-long Race for the Red Jacket shares a $2,000 purse with the top 10-point finishers. All golfing events at Fox Hollow, 13410 W. Morrison Road, Lakewood. Go to fhmgc.com.

Food Pantry: open from 9-11 a.m.

Wednesdays at New Apostolic Church, 5290 Vance St., Arvada, rear entrance (across the street from Beau Jo’s restaurant). Contact Gertrude at 303-902-6794.

HEALTH

Buzz Behind Bone Broth, Collagen: 11 a.m. Saturday, March 24 at Natural Grocers/Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Why are bone broth and collagen so popular and how can they be used for health? Call 303-4230990 or go to https://www.naturalgrocers.com/store-location/ arvada-north-wadsworth/ Gluten-Free Health Fair: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 24 at Natural Grocers, 12612 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood. Shopping tips and meal planning. Go to https://www.naturalgrocers.com/ nutrition-and-health/events/ events-calendar/healthy-glutenfree-living-seminar-128/

EDUCATION

Selecting Perennials for Lower Maintenance: 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 24 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada.

Call 303-424-7979 or go to www. echters.com.

Our Mysterious Moon: 7-8 p.m.

Tuesday, March 27 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-JCPL (5275) or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Ornamental Grasses - Catch the Wave: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, March 31 at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 Garrison St., Arvada. Call 303-4247979 or go to www.echters.com.

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

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HOUSING FROM PAGE 23

affordable,” Resnick said. “We’re talking about simply market-rate. There are people with good jobs who can’t afford to live here.”

High housing costs keep families from putting money into other areas in the economy, the report says, and residents who cram into tight quarters to keep costs down suffer higher rates of illness and depression, and student performance suffers.

Land and labor shortages Despite the Denver area’s reputation for endless land to grow into, in reality much of that land is not zoned for residential development, and making the switch can be costly and time consuming, the report says.

“We found that on the land side, we have only five years of runway land for development,” Resnick said.

“We’re more constrained than we realized.”

On the labor side, a deficit of skilled workers may have an impact, but the general labor pool did not seem to fall short of need.

One surprising finding of the report, however, was that home construction has enjoyed little of the technological advances of other manufacturing processes, with homes still built in largely the same manner as 50 years ago.

“If you think about how we build anything else, like cars, we’ve had enormous productivity advances,”

INNOVATIONS FROM PAGE 10

The funds from the innovation grant will go toward creating two more school-based clinics at Arvada High and Golden High.

“We just want to emphasis the fact that health is a large component in the readiness for learning,” Wilken said. “We want kids to be at optimal health to access education and be in their seats ready to learn.”

One aspect of this application that makes it innovation is coupling it with another grant through Telehealth, which would provide equipment for additional schools to dial in to health providers at the schoolbased clinics through video conference to asses student health needs.

Another health initiative is happening at North Arvada Middle School through its innovation project of creating a wellness room for students.

“Our overarching vision is to create a more empathic approach to teaching and learning,” said Amanda Summers, seventh grade assistant principal at North Arvada Middle.

This will be done through training for staff focused on social thinking and empathy to improve climates for students and by providing support materials for students such as

Resnick said. “But there’s been very little in housing, partly because of stigma around manufactured housing.

But today it’s great product.”

The fallout of Colorado’s decadeold building defects law, which made it easier for residents to sue condominium builders, is often blamed for slowing the construction of starter housing in the region, but that may not be the whole picture, Resnick said.

“The recession hit not long after the law did,” Resnick said. “Apartments suddenly looked more profitable. You had people who couldn’t buy again because they had foreclosed, and you had an influx of young people who didn’t want to commit to home ownership.”

It’s too soon to know if a legislative fix to the law that upped the threshold to sue developers — signed into law

by Gov. Hickenlooper last year — will have an impact, Resnick said.

What can be done?

The bottom line is that housing issues are a simple matter of supply and demand, Resnick said.

“When push comes to shove, we need more housing,” Resnick said.

“We’re just not building enough to keep up. Without that, we’ll never fix affordability issues. Getting there is interesting, though. We’ll need a holistic approach.”

Addressing housing affordability issues will take a variety of solutions, said Andrew Abrams, a Realtor at Vision Real Estate who sits on the Denver Metro Association of Realtors’ Market Trends Committee.

“In order to balance affordability,

“There are people with good jobs who can’t afford to live here.”

Phyllis Resnick Lead Economist, Colorado Futures Center

we need more density,” Abrams said.

“Finding that balance that works for everyone is hard, because no matter what, somebody has to give something up. That might be the integrity or character of neighborhoods, or it might be developer profits.”

Doing so is critical, Abrams said, because the people being priced out are “the foundations of our communities — teachers, nurses, police and firefighters.”

Municipalities and government agencies can explore different options, Abrams said, including adding or expanding accessory dwelling unit ordinances, allowing “carriage houses” behind single-family homes.

Other fixes could involve incentives or requirements for developers to offer a percentage of units below market rate, creating trust funds with real estate transfer taxes to be spent on affordable housing, or relaxing height limits and parking requirements.

Not in their backyards Getting the public to shift their attitudes toward high-density housing could play a big role in easing the problem, said Makarewicz, the urban planning professor.

“There’s still a great opposition to affordable housing in many suburbs in our region,” Makarewicz said. “You have residents who feel like all new development is bad, and they should be able to close the door on everyone who wants to move in behind them and say nobody can come after me unless they’re a millionaire. People have gotten carried away with what they think their property rights entail or permit them to do.”

High housing costs affect everyone, Makarewicz said, as businesses in increasingly high-end areas have trouble finding service workers, or may hike prices to cover turnover costs.

Cities can help by streamlining the approval process, she said.

“Some of the ordinances that suburbs have required are over the top on aesthetics and practices,” Makarewicz said. “All these things we’re making developers do, are they for the good of the community or is it just keeping out residents who can’t pay the higher price because our regulations got so costly?”

Asked to name an upside of the housing situation, Resnick, the report’s author, was silent for a few moments.

“We still have time to address this problem before we become a completely unaffordable region,” she said.

“We can learn from other cities, and we can explore alternatives. It’s not too late.”

RED ROCKS CONCERTS fidgets, noise cancelling headphones, and therapy balls, all of which allow students to engage in movement and discharge energy while remaining in classrooms to participate in learning opportunities.

The school will also create a lowstimuli room where students can calm down when feeling anxious, sad or overwhelmed. It will be staffed by counselors and administrators to walk kids though steps to calm down.

“The intention is to always get kids back in a classroom to learn,” Summers said, adding that the tools will be open to all students at the school.

The long-term goal is to spread what they learn to other schools in the district and increase mental health an education readiness throughout Jeffco.

“I’m really proud of the projects that were funded,” McDermott said.

“We’re excited about them and I think they reflect the diversity of applications received.”

This year being a pilot year, McDermott said they learned a lot about the process and what to do differently moving forward.

“We are also aware that less than 10 percent of the ideas brought to us got funding,” McDermott added.

“We’re thinking about a way to facilitate opportunity to pursue great ideas that unfortunately were not able to be funded through these grants.”

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Baseball teams travel south for spring break

MADDEN’S NEW MISSION

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Brad Madden picked up his first victory as Ralston Valley’s head baseball coach March 17, with a 18-5 victory over Mullen. Madden has three baseball state titles as a coach and one as a player.

To read more, go to PAGE 29 PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Stolen bases in 26 attempts during the first three games of the season by the Alameda baseball team.

12

Combined errors in the Golden-Conifer baseball game which was played March 15.

43

10

Goals scored in three Walks issued to Bear games by the LakeCreek batters in the wood girls soccer team. 15-7 baseball win over Denver East on March 15.

6

Runs scored in the first inning by the Ralston Valley baseball team in the 18-5 baseball win over Mullen on March 16.

Standout Performers Max Allen, Golden The senior went 5-for-5, scored three runs and had two runs batted in during a 14-6 baseball win over Conifer on March 15.

Kegan Hufford, Lakewood The senior had five points with four goals and an assist, the same a teammate Evan Woods, in a 13-9 boys lacrosse win over Legend on March 14.

Sage Schaller, Green Mountain In the 6-0 baseball win over Mesa Ridge on March 15, the senior was a pitching/hitting standout as he allowed one hit over six innings plus had three hits, two RBI and two stolen bases.

Ryan Marquez. Pomona The senior captured the 110 meter hurdles in 15.76 at the March 17 Arvada City Track Championships and he also tied for first in the high jump at 5-08.

Colin Berndt, Arvada West The senior won the 1600 meters in 4:33.44 and 800 meters in 2:06.07 at the Arvada City Track Championships on March 17.

Alyssa Applegate, Bear Creek The sophomore tallied two goals in the 3-1 girls soccer win over Green Mountain on March 12.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS are six athletes named from west metro area high schools. Preference is given to those making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

arch Madness is here to entertain most of us.

But spring break has also arrived as students, faculty from schools and universities in the United States take time off from studious routines to relax and have fun.

Colorado high school baseball teams have been or will be flocking to the warmer climates of Arizona, California and Florida to bond, practice, play a few games, visit some colleges and, yes, have a little fun.

I remember my longest high school road trip was OVERTIME all the way to Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, but times have changed.

Some of the benefits of spring trips include usually guaranteed playable weather and exposing Rocky Mountain players to the perspective of baseball Jim Benton from other states, and this can offset the increasing expense of heading south for a few days.

Some schools conduct fundraising endeavors to help offset some of the cost of the spring break trips but parents often chip in most of the money.

Fees vary depending on the itinerary of trips, but a typical cost would be around $850 per player.

Chaparral’s baseball team is in Phoenix.

The Wolverines took in an Arizona State and Rockies spring training game before playing five games that started with a March 19 game against Edmond, Okla.

“Things have changed and with CHSAA giving us four more games next year, it makes us able to add more games on these trips,” said Chap coach Alan DiGiosio. “This could be something where we add one or two more games. We played a game against a team from Oklahoma on March 19 and it was their 15th game and it was on our third.

“The competition is great and it’s fun. And it’s good to just be around and see how the guys on the next level conduct themselves and how they train. We feel like we get better, although we often get pressured when you have five games in four days and then come home and sit for a week (next game March 30). Next year with four more games we might be able to keep that game schedule more consistent.”

Legacy rotates between going to Arizona and Florida, and this spring between March 26-31 the Lightning will compete and train at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla. Coach Ty Giordano tries to schedule some fun into the spring break baseball trip.

“We work all year around,” he said. “We work out in the fall and the winter, so when spring break comes around you utilize that as a chance to get away. You take a little break and it is kind of cool for the kids.

Even though from our perspective it is treated as a baseball trip.

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Golden freshman Lily Fell (10) gets her head on the ball in front of Arvada West junior Makenna Fowler on March 14 at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Wildcats edged the Demons, 2-1.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BENTON FROM PAGE 27

“We are always going to practice, work out and play games but we do try to have some fun, go to the beach once or twice, so we try to create a little bit of a vacation out of it but the main focus is baseball. It gives us a chance to clear the cobwebs, refocus and come back ready for league play.”

Arapahoe will be in the Phoenix area for three games starting March 28.

“For sure the weather is a benefit but more than that is the bonding side of traveling down there,” said

Arapahoe coach Jim Dollaghan. “We fly together, we stay together, we eat together and we play together. I invite and want parents to go but I don’t want them to take their kids away from the team.

“We’ll go see a comedian one night, go to a Rockies game one night. It’s just a time to get the kids away from school and can just focus on being a kid and playing baseball. We have whiffle ball game that we give out trophies. We just want to kind of have that mesh.”

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.

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Ralston Valley’s bats sizzle in victory over Mullen Ralston Valley senior Sam Lennarson (2) successfully steals second base as Mullen’s Bryce Kamstra fields the throw on a short hop March 17 at Nate Jurney Field on the campus of Ralston Valley High School.

Ralston Valley pounded out an 18-5 victory against Mullen.

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ARVADA — Ralston Valley’s firstyear baseball coach Brad Madden liked what he saw from his new club March 17 at Nate Jurney Field.

The Mustangs pounded out 18 runs on 17 hits to cruise to an 18-5 victory over Mullen for the first victory of the season for Ralston Valley (1-1 record).

“We swung the bats well today,” said Madden, who is with his third different Jeffco team during his impressive coaching career.

Madden coached Golden to a Class 4A state baseball title in 2003 and Green Mountain to back-to-back 4A championships in 2014 and 2015. The three-time state championship coach, who also won a state title as a player for Arvada West in 1994, has also brought in an impressive assistant coaches.

Longtime coach Terry Hensley and former Evergreen coach Steve Jones is on Madden’s staff. Jones guided Evergreen all the way to the 4A state title game last season.

“He (Madden) has been great,” Ralston Valley senior Ian Klava said.

“We all love him and trust him. It was a really good thing for this program right now. He is going to go far with these players.”

Klava was impressive in his first start on the mound. The senior righty gave up just three runs on three hits.

His only mistake was a hanging curveball in the top of the fourth inning that Mullen junior Brennan Nolte hit over the fence for a 3-run home run to get Mullen (0-2) on the scoreboard.

Ralston Valley’s offense gave Klava plenty of run support. The Mustangs batted around in the first, third and

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fourth innings. Junior Elliot Stern had the big blow in the 6-run first inning with a line-drive home run.

“I just got into the batter’s box and was ready,” Stern said of his home run. “Coach Madden told me to settle down and take a deep breath.”

Stern also singled from the No. 7 hole before giving way to a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the fourth inning.

“That’s a big hit right there,” Madden said of Stern’s 3-run home run in the first inning with two outs. “The kid is getting his first varsity experience this year. It was a lined shot that really got the bench going too.”

Junior AJ Jergensen hit a towering 3-run triple to highlight a 7-run bottom of the third inning for Ralston Valley. Senior Niklavs Levensteins

delivered a 3-run home run in the 5-run bottom of the fourth inning for the Mustangs.

“It gave me a lot of confidence throwing with a lead,” Klava said of Ralston Valley’s offensive production.

“I do my job and they do their job at the dish.”

Senior Sam Lennarson did his job from the lead-off position reaching base on all four plate appearances and scoring three times. Trey Adams, Jergensen, Parker Dorrance, Otto Jones, Stern and Matt Phillips all had a multi-hit game for Ralston Valley.

Mullen junior Michael Stanford hit a pitch-hit 2-run home run off Ralston Valley relief pitcher Joey Steiskal in the top of the fifth inning, but it wasn’t enough. Steiskal got a ground-

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Ralston Valley plays four teams from Oregon during its spring break trip to Arizona next week.

“It’s been great,” Madden said of his experience so far at Ralston Valley.

“The kids have been receptive. They want to be coached. They have done everything we’ve asked of them. Now it’s just a feeling out phase. I learn about them and they learn me. We’ll get that all figured out before league starts.”

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