June 9, 2016
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VOLUME 92 | ISSUE 43
Local soccer standouts return to Colorado as part of national team on PAGE 20.
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Teachers, staff get 2 percent pay raise Jefferson County Board of Education approves $24.5 million for compensation By Crystal Anderson canderson@coloradocommunitymedia.com
The finished work on the Estes Motel at the Lakewood Heritage Center. The hotel will be celebrated as part of the Rockin’ Block Party on June 11. Courtesy photos
Overnight in the ’50s Estes Motel reopens at Heritage Center By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com
The Jefferson County Board of Education approved a raise of at least 2 percent for all teachers and staff as part of the $1 billion 2016-17 budget ratified at the June 2 meeting. “What we did with the budget does reflect the priorities that we told the community we would implement when we were running,” said board President Ron Mitchell, referring to increasing compensation for all staff and hiring more mental health workers. But “I am saddened by the fact there are so many things that I dreamed we would do and hoped we would do, but we couldn’t do due to the funding restrictions placed on this budget.” The approval comes after months of Board continues on Page 5
There was a time in the 1930s through 1950s when travelers on their way west to the mountains flooded West Colfax Avenue. To accommodate all those travelers, enterprising businesspeople opened up motels. Estes continues on Page 15
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The condition of the Estes Motel before renovation started.
Much is going on with community schools, from the approval of district contracts last week, to upcoming decisions on school facilities. Read more on PAGE 5.
PITCHING IN FOR MENTAL HEALTH Jared Widgor with Bright by Three pitches at an April workshop and pitch scrimmage at the Community First Foundation. To read more about the foundation and how it is donating money to unique causes, check out PAGE 10. Courtesy photo
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