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MY NAME IS

JASON VILLA

40 under 40 I was honored to be nominated by someone in my industry for this award. It means the world to me to receive this recognition because of how well it reflects on the team I have here at the dealership, I look at this award as being given to me from the hard work and dedication of the staff I work with every day. Our mission is to enrich the lives of our employees, and I am hoping that this recognition will lift the entire team up as we develop staff members for future promotions and personal opportunities for success.

‘Automotive News’ 40 Under 40 winner

About me I was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and moved to Colorado at the age of 8. I grew up in Loveland and went to Thompson Valley High School.

My family has always been in the auto wholesale business so I went straight to work out of high school.

My twin brother, father and I opened a small dealership in Windsor, when I was 18. We quickly realized — at the time — that we did not know how to run a retail dealership, so we closed it, and I went to work for Family Auto Center in Longmont, which is where I learned the retail business.

An interest in cars I have forever been interested in cars. My father used to take my brother and me to work with him in his tow truck while we were still in diapers. I guess I always knew that I would be in the auto industry due to watching and working with my father. He taught us how to negotiate, how to make deals, appraise cars very quickly and notice any issues.

I recently bought and later sold

Tell us your stories of breast cancer

Jason Villa is the general manager of Larry H. Miller Volkswagen Lakewood, and one of “Automotive News’” 40 Under 40.He also volunteers with Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery.

COURTESY PHOTO one of my dream cars — it was a 2002 Saleen S281 extreme speedster.

I am also very into Jeeps and I have a four-door wrangler that is heavily modified.

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Did you overcome a breast cancer diagnosis?

We want to hear from you.

Over the next month, Colorado Community Media will be collecting stories from women whose lives and experiences can help educate and inform others about breast cancer and other health issues facing women today. We are looking for stories from all ages.

In honor of overall women’s health, we are also looking for stories from readers who have overcome health obstacles, or have worked with doctors and nurses who have gone above and beyond in care.

If your story is selected, a member of the Colorado Community Media staff will contact you for an interview. Send your information to Thelma Grimes at tgrimes@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

In my free time In my free time, I enjoy hanging out with my wife and our three daughters. We are into all things outdoors — hiking, boating, mountain bikes, camping, etc. My biggest hobby is rock crawling in my Jeep with my family and our friends. We often spend all day Sundays exploring the trails of Colorado and surrounding states.

I also volunteer with Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery. We respond to calls from stranded civilians, as well as law enforcement officers, that need our help to recover people and vehicles that get stuck up in the mountains where typical recovery efforts cannot reach.

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LAKEWOOD NEWS IN A HURRY Dealerships host school supply drive Larry H. Miller Dealerships is joining forces with Denver’s 9NEWS and the Volunteers of America Colorado Branch (VOA) to support the 16th annual “Stuff for Students” school supply drive.

Donations collected throughout the month of August will be distributed to more than 15 Colorado school districts to benefit students from pre-kindergarten to high school based on need.

During August, Larry H. Miller dealership locations - with the help of customers and employees - will stuff a car, truck or SUV in each of their showrooms with much-needed supplies including backpacks, pencil boxes, highlighters, scissors, binders,

book covers, calculators and lunch bags.

“Stuff for Students” collection bins will be located at Larry H. Miller dealership locations across Denver, including Lakewood, Littleton, Highlands Ranch, Thornton.

In addition, monetary donations can be made online through the VOA at http://www.voacolorado.org/news_ and_events/stuff-for-students.

Resurfacing of Colfax continues The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor partner, APC Construction Co., have begun work on roadway repairs and improvements along Colfax Avenue between Interstate 70 and Kipling

Street in Jefferson County.

This $2.9 million project consists of asphalt resurfacing, curb and gutter replacement, ADA ramp installation, traffic signal updates and minor bridge repairs.

Motorists should expect single- and double-lane closures on Colfax for the duration of the project. Typical working hours are from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. from Monday through Friday, and overnight between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Weekend work may occur as needed.

A vehicle-width restriction of 12 feet will be in effect through the project zone.

For additional information, call 303-317-3311, email colfaxresurfacing@ gmail.com or visit the project website

and sign up for updates at www.codot. gov/projects/us-40-colfax-resurfacingi-70-to-kipling.

Through the eyes of the child The theme for Mayor Adam Paul’s Lakewood is the city through the eyes of a child, and to that end, Paul wants to know what the children of the city think about Lakewood.

Children are encouraged to send thoughts and comments to Paul at Lakewood.org/YouthView. Some of their ideas will be shown on the page and posted to Facebook.

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Fatal head-on collision closes eastbound I-70 Sunday afternoon traffic brought to a standstill STAFF REPORT

A westbound pickup truck driver crossed a grassy median on I-70, causing a head-on collision that cost him his life, and the life of a driver he struck.

The Colorado State Patrol reports that at 11 a.m. a five-vehicle crash occurred in the eastbound lanes of I-70 at mile marker 259, near the Morrison exit.

According to the initial investigation, a 2001 Chevrolet 2500 pickup was travel-

ing westbound when it veered off to the left. The Chevrolet, driven by Jeffery Stumpf, 54, of Evergreen, struck the front of a 2006 Toyota 4Runner which was traveling eastbound. The collision sent both vehicles into a counterclockwise spin. The Chevrolet spun into a white 2017 Jeep Wrangler (white), causing it to roll onto its passenger side.

A second eastbound Jeep, a red 2000 Wrangler Rubicon and a Honda sedan were also struck by the Chevy.

Strumpf was brought to St. Anthony’s Hospital, where he died.

Police say the driver of the Toyota, Jodie Stewart, a 52 year old female of Idaho Springs died on scene. Her pas-

senger, a 17 year old male, also of Idaho Springs was transported to St. Anthony’s hospital with minor injuries.

The driver of the white Jeep, Mark Brown, a 54 year old male of Golden was transported to St. Anthony’s Hospital with serious injuries. His passenger, Karen Brown, a 50 year old female of Golden was transported to St. Anthony’s Hospital with moderate injuries.

The driver of the red Jeep, Todd Davidson, a 46 year old male of Golden was transported to St. Anthony’s Hospital with minor injuries. His passengers, Gwen Davidson, a 45 year old female of Golden, and 16 year old male of Golden were transported to St. Anthony’s Hos-

pital both with serious injuries.

The driver of the Honda, Sandra Maes of Denver was uninjured. Her passenger, Thomas Antholz was also uninjured.

Police say they do not yet know what caused the Chevrolet to cross into the eastbound lanes of I-70, and that the investigation is continuing.

Eastbound I-70 remained closed for several hours following the accident.

Nearby roadways, including US 40 and roads through Morrison remained heavily congested past 6 p.m. when the roadway was fully reopened.

This crash remains under investigation by the Colorado State Patrol.

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Homeless coalition gets delay in Federal Center land sale Surplus land may be auctioned after talks with Lakewood fell through

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The federal government has agreed to extend the online auction of 59 acres it owns at the Denver Federal Center until Sept. 8 in response to an injunction filed in U.S. District Court by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless to temporarily block any sale.

The auction, which opened May, had been scheduled to close on July 27. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement hours before the auction was schedule to close it would extend the deadline by 45 days.

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless filed the injunction against the General Services Administration (GSA) July 25, asking the court to halt the sale until the GSA provides the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) all the details of the property, and gives HUD a chance to determine if the land could be used for homeless services, said Cathy Alderman, the coalition’s vice president of communications and public policy.

“Last fall, we asked for a suitability study and were told it wasn’t suitable for any kind of services use, but now they’re selling it for development, and if it can be developed, it can be used for homeless services.”

Cathy Alderman Vice president of communications and public policy for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless “Last fall, we asked for a suitability study and were told it wasn’t suitable for any kind of services use,” she said.

“But now they’re selling it for development, and if it can be developed, it can be used for homeless services.”

The injunction — which the coalition says it intends to pursue — was filed under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, which requires federal agencies to identify and make available surplus federal property, such as buildings and land, for use by states, local governments and nonprofit agencies to assist homeless people, Alderman said.

“CCH believes the intent of Title V of the McKinney-Vento Act has been completely circumvented in this instance to the detriment of Colorado’s

most vulnerable citizens in need of safe and affordable housing,” said a statement released by the coalition.

The organization advocates for and provides a continuum of housing and a variety of services — such as medical treatment and child care services — to improve the health, well-being and stability of homeless residents.

Chad Hutson, a public affairs officer with the General Services Administration, said in a emailed statement that the GSA does not comment on pending litigation.

The 59 acres are zoned Mixed-Use Core Transit (M-C-T), which allows for high density residential and retail.

The land was originally intended for the City of Lakewood to take ownership of, in exchange for building a

new laboratory for the Federal Center, which houses 28 agencies in 44 buildings. The agreement was first put forth in October 2015, but residents’ concern over a lack of information and time to do the necessary groundwork led to negotiations ending in January 2016. The online auction of the land began May 10.

Morgan explained that the auctions are typically open for about 60 to 90 days, a time period that allows potential bidders to conduct necessary due diligence. Bidders must make a deposit of $95,000 to show they are serious about taking ownership of the land.

“This kind of online auction is typical for us when we have property to sell,” William Morgan, General Services Administration project manager, said previously on June 8. “It’s a very transparent process that allows the public to see the bids as they come in.”

As of the afternoon of July 28, seven bids on the land had been submitted with the highest bid at $5.2 million and the lowest at $700,000.

For the Coalition, the sale of the land is an opportunity see if the land can be used to benefit those most in need.

“The aim of the injunction is to get the information to HUD to see if it can be used, and we will continue to push for that,” Alderman said. “This sale needs to be halted while the details are looked at.”

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Jeffco volunteer event gets dinner done 200 volunteers prepped 50,000 meals for those in need

BY KEVIN M. SMITH SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

In an assembly line production of scooping, measuring, pouring, sealing and sorting; volunteers packed 7,000 meals in their first half hour of work, Phil Harris announced in the Faith Bible Chapel parking lot.

In two hours, 200 volunteers from across the Denver area and as young as four years old packed about 50,000 meals for starving people locally and abroad at the church in Arvada.

It’s a great opportunity to give a contribution,” Lori Schwartz said about why she, her husband and son volunteered.

One-third of the meals packed will stay in the Denver area and the other two-thirds will go to Haiti.

The event was organized by Dream Dinners Friends & Family Community Connection.

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Sandy Abood hands Kurt Schwartz a bag to seal after other volunteers filled it with a complete meal. Volunteers packed 50,000 meals Saturday, July 29, at Faith Bible Chapel in Arvada during an event hosted by Dream Dinners and Friends & Family Community Connection.

KEVIN M. SMITH suffering from starvation. The meals packed Saturday for such a cause include rice, proteins, vitamins and dehydrated vegetables.

“All of these meals are designed to reverse the effects of starvation,” explained Jim Eddy, Wheat Ridge Dream Dinners franchise co-owner.

A similar event was held in Wheat Ridge a year ago, the number of volunteers and donations prompted them to

repeat the event this year in Arvada.

Carol Hail was among the volunteers this past Saturday, she also volunteers at the Arvada Food Bank and said feeding people is important work.

“Especially children,” Hail said, “and nutrition … it’s something that is easy to to do — it’s a great cause.”

In an announcement to volunteers as they packed food, Harris held

up a different pack of food — one assembled entirely in Haiti. Harris, director of FFCC, said the organization has been working with farmers in Haiti to create a sustainable food source.

“It’s not enough to give the country a fish, we need to teach them how to fish,” Harris said in the announcement.

He noted that farming provides many support jobs like cleaning the produce and transporting it to market — bolstering the local economy as well as feeding the country. He said it costs about 25 cents to make the meals volunteers in Arvada were packing Saturday.

“That 25 cents goes so much further there than our 25 cents here,” Harris said.

He said Haiti is in dire straits for food because of the earthquake seven years ago then Hurricane Matthew last fall.

“They’re just hammered continually,” Harris said.

The 16,000 meals packed on Saturday that will stay locally will go to the Action Center’s Prosperity Project, which helps individuals in need transition into housing and break the cycle of generational poverty, according to a press release.

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‘The park is amazing — they did an excellent job’ Hundreds celebrate opening of Carmody Park, home to city’s first universal playground

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rain was part of the reason the City of Lakewood pushed back the opening of Carmody Park’s new universal playground from the beginning of the summer to July 28 — so when dark skies rolled in that afternoon, no one was going to let it dampen the event.

“We’re going to celebrate this opening, even with some rain,” said Mayor Adam Paul.

“I’m thrilled to be here for this with our most important resource — our kids.”

Carmody Park, at 200 S. Kipling St. southeast of the Green Mountain area, is the city’s first universally accessible playground, which means the musical instruments, sand box, climbing challenges, swinging and spinning equipment, sensory play and beams, tunnels and steppers for balancing are all designed to be used by people of all developmental and skill levels.

“It was specifically designed so that everyone can use it safely and have fun,” said Allison Scheck, public engagement and operations manager with the city’s administration and community relations department. “The goal was to not only create a space in Lakewood that was completely inclusive, but honored the neighborhood’s wishes for the area.”

The idea for the playground started in 2013, when the city embarked on an updated mas-

Families check out the new playground equipment at Carmody Park’s universal playground on July 28.

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Mayor Adam Paul cuts the ribbon on Carmody Park’s new universal playground, the first playground in the city specifically designed for people of all abilities to have a good time. CLARKE READER ter plan for the park and land surrounding the Carmody Recreation Center.

The city worked with Jefferson County Open Space, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO), the Colorado Lottery and Centura Health to get the needed funding, not just

for the playground, but also a year-round restroom facility, outdoor fitness zone, picnic shelters and an expansion of the current parking lot.

“This project shows the power of partnerships and how we can all work together to create something incred-

ible,” Scheck said. “This is something not just the neighbors, but the entire city can be proud of.”

One group in Lakewood particularly excited about the new playground is Camp Paha and Paha Adults in Transition, Lakewood’s programs for children and adults with developmental disabilities.

“It’s awesome that Lakewood now has a park that doesn’t limit a kid based on their ability,” said Mark Snow, Camp Paha’s executive director. “There are no other playgrounds or parks in Lakewood that serve people with disabilities the way Carmody does now.”

The nature elements worked into the playground — wide swings and slides, and playground spinner — are all unique features of a park that everyone can have fun on, Snow added.

“Before now, we had to go on a field trip to Northglenn if we wanted to take our campers to a playground they could use,” he said. “Having

Children try out the new Revo Spinner at Carmody Park’s new universal playground during its opening on July 28. CLARKE READER

this park in Lakewood creates a new feeling of openness and community for us.”

The playground is the first phase of the new master plan.

The next phase includes a nature play area in another section of the park.

“This project is one of the first big things I worked on when I joined city council, and it’s so exciting to see one phase done,” said Ward 5 Councilwoman Karen Harrison. “Seeing the transformation from the old playground to this is a big achievement for our ward.”

At the July 28 opening, hundreds of community members visited the park to play, get a burger or hot dog, and enjoy a summer drizzle.

And it was obvious the park had already won over the most important audience — the children.

“I think the park is amazing,” said Jamie Wettergren, who was visiting the park with his sister, Dorian. “They did an excellent job.”

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HometownIMPRESSIONS M O M E N TS I N T I M E F R O M YO U R C O M M U N I T Y

Metro mayors take a ride on the W Line The Metro Mayors Caucus took a ride on the W Line on July 26 to see some of the growth and opportunities in Denver, Lakewood and Golden along the line.

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Mayors and staff from Centennial, Bow Mar, Wheat Ridge and more got a window seat into the lives of communities in west Denver, Lakewood and Golden during the recent Metro Mayor Caucus’ transportation event.

Lakewood Mayor Adam Paul and Golden Mayor Marjorie Sloan took about a dozen of their neighboring leaders on a ride July 26 on the W Line, starting at Union Station and ending at the Golden Hotel. Along the way they lunched at West Line Flats, stopped at a few stations, and explored the Linking Lookout project and Clear Creek.

“One of the interesting things about the Sheridan area is it’s a food desert, but we’ve been changing that with the Mountair Park Community Farm,”

explained Paul as the train zipped past the Sheridan Station. “And you’re going to notice that all of our stations have public art, and all the electricity boxes are wrapped in art.”

The tour was an opportunity for mayors and other city leaders to hear and see for themselves what other cities are trying, what common challenges and victories they share, and to foster partnerships.

“We’re trying to be cohe-

sive in how we create the community,” said Bill Marino, chair of 40 West Arts, at a presentation on the arts district and West Colfax at West Line Flats. “By far the coolest thing that’s come from what’s happening on West Colfax is the economic vitality in the area.”

For many of the mayors, 40 West and the West Colfax corridor revitalization was particularly interesting, especially now that transitoriented-developments like

the Flats are opening up.

“This is an amazing spark for the entire community,” said Anthony Graves, director of regional affairs with the City and County of Denver. “I like the active dialogue between the arts districts we’re seeing all over the state.”

Almost all the mayors on the tour faced infrastructure challenges, as well as concerns about density and protecting open space.

Which made the work

Golden is doing in the area of connectivity and transportation a topic of significant discussion.

“This work is the offshoot of more than 20 years of planning,” said Dan Hartman, the city’s director of public works, as the group stood on the “lid” of the project.

Many were impressed with the Golden Bike Library, and how the city is making it easier and cheaper for its residents to stop using their cars.

“I’m a big fan of this idea, and am taking notice,” Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon said.

And while an educational time was shared by all, of equal importance was the camaraderie, knowledge and jokes that everyone in attendance shared.

“It takes a lot of time and vision to see these kinds of projects through,” Graves said. “It’s cool to see.”

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Proposed Jefferson County toll road moves forward Idea for beltway, opposed by some, dates back to the 1960s

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Plans for building a 10-mile toll road in northern Jefferson County to complete a loop of highway around the Denver-metro area are rolling forward.

“The parkway continues to make steady progress,” said Bill Ray, interim executive director of the Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority (JPPHA). “We’re confident that we sit where there is a window of opportunity.”

The toll road refers to the proposed Jefferson Parkway. It is intended to close the gap between State Highway 128 in Broomfield and State Highway 93 near West 58th Avenue, north of Golden.

The Jefferson Parkway “is another important connection for the system to be complete,” said Arvada City Councilor David Jones. “It will give commuters another way to get to where they’re going, allowing people more choices to travel around the Denver metro area.”

Currently, the parkway is undergoing a three-part access permitting process with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).

The first step, a traffic impact study to forecast conditions up to year 2040, was completed and submitted to CDOT last fall, Ray said.

The second step is coming up with proposed engineering solutions to handle future traffic conditions, and the third step is an environmental review of those proposed improvements.

“The engineering solutions are being developed now, as is the environmental review,” he said. “Those will be submitted to CDOT around November 2017 for CDOT review and approval.”

Once CDOT gives its approval, the parkway’s planning, design and financing can begin in earnest, Ray said.

TIMELINE OF THE JEFFERSON PARKWAY 1968 — The Federal Highway Administration begins studies to build a six-lane, 70 mph 100 mile-beltway then called Interstate 470, to loop around the entire Denver metro area.

2008 — The Jefferson Parkway Public Highway Authority (JPPHA) has its first board meeting on May 22.

1982 — Construction begins on Centennial Parkway, which is now called Colorado State Highway 470 (C-470). It opened in stages, with the last section completed in October 1990.

2012 — City of Golden and the Town of Superior sue to stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from transferring a 300-foot right-of-way to the JPPHA. The lawsuit fails.

1991 — The first segment of the E-470 tollway opens on June 1. The final segment opens on Jan. 3, 2003.

2016 — With the purchase of 4.3 acres in November, all right-of-way land needed to construct the parkway is now owned by either JPPHA or its member governments.

2001 — In June, construction of the Northwest Parkway begins, and the highway opens to traffic in November 2003. Toll The parkway has long been in process. The JPPHA formed in May 2008 and is made up of representatives from Jefferson County, the City and County of Broomfield and the City of Arvada. At that time, participating governments each gave $100,000 for initial startup funding. The JPPHA board also has two non-voting members — representatives from the Regional Transportation District (RTD) and the Regional Air Quality Council.

Initial ideas to construct a sixlane, 70 mph beltway of about 100 miles that looped around the entire Denver metro area came about in the late 1960s. Studies included what is today’s E-470, a toll highway that runs along the eastern perimeter of metro Denver; the Northwest Parkway, a toll road in the north metro Denver area; and Colorado State Highway 470 (C-470), which runs along the southwestern portion of metro Denver.

The missing link — the Jefferson Parkway — has been a long time coming, said Sen. Rachel Zenzinger (D-Arvada), who serves on the Senate transportation committee.

Transportation is one of the major functions of government, she said, and the state is currently grappling with a number of transportation funding issues.

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PHA) taking makes sense,” Zenzinger said, “given the financial picture of the state.”

Some oppose parkway Along with the extensive history leading up to the current progress on the Jefferson Parkway, there has been much opposition.

In 2012, the City of Golden and the Town of Superior filed a lawsuit to stop the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from transferring a 300-foot right-of-way to the JPPHA for the construction of Jefferson Parkway. The lawsuit said the Fish and Wildlife Service did not adequately consider the environmental impacts of transferring the land to JPPHA. The lawsuit failed, but Golden upheld its opposition of having the highway run through the city.

Golden believed it would cause significant, negative impacts to the community, said Dan Hartman, Golden’s public works director.

These impacts would have included not only a wide, noisy, high-speed highway through Golden, but also a barrier separating one part of the community from another.

To come to an agreement, Golden worked with CDOT on how much road capacity was actually needed, Hartman said, and the portion that would have run through Golden was dropped.

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“We agreed to improvements along U.S. 6 and SH 93 that would meet those (road capacity) needs, while CDOT agreed to specific conditions developed (by the city of Golden) for highway improvements,” Hartman said.

The most important of those conditions, he said, included that any highway will not be built with b more than four lanes, unless speci- a fied traffic volumes are reached; for w speeds to remain the same as they r are today; interchanges to connect p the community, such as the city’s current construction project at U.S. O 6 and 19th Street; and that existing i lanes remain free, but new capacity fi a could be tolled.

“The city is no longer concerned s about the parkway,” Hartman said, t but added that Golden’s opinion on the remaining portion yet to be con- I structed is that it “is a bad project t v that will not succeed in reducing congestion, and as a tolled road, is a P not viable.” t The Town of Superior is concerned about traffic and noise implications, said Mayor Pro Tem Sandy w a Pennington, but even more about potential health and safety threats to“ residential areas near construction j of the parkway. These concerns are a too risky compared to any need for a n new highway, she said.

“My No. 1 job as an elected official l is to protect the health and safety of e my residents,” Pennington said.

Indiana Street is a road used by Superior commuters, she said, and it borders Rocky Flats. Anybody driving on that road during construction of the parkway could potentially be exposed to contaminants from the eastern border of Rocky Flats.

The Rocky Flats Plant served as the nation’s primary nuclear weapons trigger production facility from 1951 until 1992, but nuclear weapons production ceased in 1989 to address environmental and safety concerns raised by the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board.

The operations caused widespread contamination throughout portions of the 6,200-acre site. A 10-year cleanup began in 1995, and

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Jeffco nurse honored for extraordinary services Valerie Carberry received the NFP Daisy Award

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Coworkers describe Valerie Carberry as someone who has a special ability to meet patients exactly where they are — literally and figuratively.

Sometimes that means caring for patients at a home, hospital or park.

Other times it means meeting clients in unseen places that are most difficult to inhabit, like depression, anxiety, substance use disorder, low self-esteem, developmental disabilities and trauma.

These are some of the reasons that Invest in Kids, a nonprofit that works to improve health and well-being of vulnerable children and families, awarded Carberry its Nurse-Family Partnership Daisy Award for extraordinary nurses.

“I’m very honored by the fact that I was recognized as someone who goes above and beyond,” Carberry said.

“I just feel like that’s what I do in my job everyday. But it’s because I have a passion for it.”

The Daisy Award recognizes nurses who have made a positive and lasting impact on the lives of mothers and babies in Colorado.

Valerie Carberry was awarded the Daisy Award for extraordinary nurses.

“We are really proud to be recognizing nurses,” said Stephanie Helle, of Invest in Kids. “We want the community to know that our Daisy Award winners are special people who’ve made huge contributions to their team and the community.”

Carberry was nominated by her supervisor, for her outstanding quality of care, leadership and professionalism, as well as her unwavering commitment to helping others live healthier, happier lives.

“She has a great depth of experience and knowledge,” said Dr. Margaret Huffman, division director for Community Health Services. “She

helps her clients overcome a lot of self-esteem issues and teaches them to advocate for themselves and their babies.”

Carberry has been in nursing since 1984, working in public health for the past 16 years. For the past 10 years, she has worked as a home visitor and public health nurse for Jefferson County Public Health’s Nurse-Family Partnership.

The partnership is a free prenatal and early childhood nurse home visitation program for first-time mothers and their babies who meet certain financial guidelines.

“We’re there to support them and

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provide them with the most updated information on not just pregnancy but baby care as well,” Carberry said. “Clients may see us more than they see some of their family members.”

Nurses like Carberry have 40 to 60 meetings with each woman in the program.

“I’m always impressed by our moms,” Carberry said. “They are so resilient. When a baby comes along, it’s a clean slate. That’s when moms want to change their lifestyle. I think people really want to do right by their kids and that’s the time you can do that.”

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Growth initiative submitted to city clerk Opposition say initiative bad for Lakewood

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The Lakewood Neighborhood Partnerships submitted more than 7,500 signatures from community members on July 28 to place a 1 percent annual limit on residential growth and return decisions on large multifamily projects to city council.

Cathy Kentner, board member of Lakewood Neighborhood Partnerships, a nonprofit started by citizens in 2014 to help residents deal with neighborhood issues and problems with city hall, said the group needs 5,165 signatures of qualified Lakewood electors in order to place the proposal before city council. From there, council can either choose to adopt the ordinance or send it to the November ballot.

The city clerk must verify the petitions contain enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot.

As part of the initiative, annual city growth would be capped at 1 percent, and projects with 40 or more units would require approval from city council at a public hearing.

“For the past four years, decisions about large projects have been left to the city planning director, an administrator who has routinely approved high-density, high-profile, high-end apartments with as many as 300 units.” Kentner said in a statement. “Returning these decisions to city council would allow the community voices to be heard again.”

Opposition to the initiative say it makes it too difficult for development in the city, and residents should be aware of the full language they’re voting on.

“Instead of a common sense, case-by-case review of applications on their merits, the ballot measure would impose an arbitrary cap on residential growth and a bizarre new bureaucratic system for allocating new housing permits,” said Cassie Tanner, a Ward 1 resident who is leading the effort to oppose the initiative, in a letter to city council. “Rather than ensure balanced growth in our community, it will chase investment out of our city, artificially restrict the supply of housing in our community, and drive up the cost of living for working and middle-class families and seniors.”

The initiative includes a separate pool of allotment for affordable housing and provides a vehicle for locating such projects throughout

the city instead of isolating them in one area, Anita Springsteen, a co-petitioner with Kentner and Heather Wenger, all of whom are board members on the Lakewood Neighborhood Partnerships, said.

She also said it would allow Lakewood’s infrastructure to catch up to development’s needs.

“We want our neighborhoods and local businesses to decide the vision for our community, and not leave it up to the whims and bottom-line profits of developers,” Wenger added.

Tanner wants to ensure voters know everything in the 4,800-word, 14 page measure, and is urging the city to publish the full text in the ballot.

“I am positive that many Lakewood citizens signed the petition without seeing the additional 14 pages and 4,800 words, and therefore have no idea what they were signing up for,” Tanner wrote.

“They should have the opportunity to read through the Byzantine proposal and soak in all the antigrowth details. They deserve the chance to ask themselves whether an anti-growth ballot measure is really the best way forward for Lakewood, when we already have a planning and zoning process overseen by elected officials and city elections every two years.”

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Fatal hit and run The Lakewood Police Department traffic unit is investigating an autopedestrian fatal hit and run accident that occurred at about 12:15 p.m. on July 27.

The accident involved an elderly male pedestrian who was walking on the east side of South Wadsworth

Boulevard, just north of West Florida Avenue, according to Steve Davis, public information officer with the department. The man was struck by a vehicle as it exited onto northbound Wadsworth from a convenience store parking lot.

After the collision, the vehicle stopped momentarily before fleeing the scene. The injured victim was transported to a local hospital where he died of his injuries this morning.

Witnesses indicated to detectives that the driver of the run vehicle was a female who is possibly Asian or Hispanic, in her 20s or 30s, had dark hair with light streaks, which was worn in a ponytail.

As a result of witness descriptions and video footage from a nearby business, detectives believe the vehicle is an all-white 4 door sedan with a black horizontal door trim strip. The vehicle has older Colorado license plates that have a green background with white letters and numbers. There may also be old damage to the left rear bumper area. The vehicle was last seen going eastbound on Florida Avenue.

The identity of the male pedestrian is pending the notification of his family by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.

Anyone who feels they may have information that would assist detectives in their investigation is asked to call the Lakewood Police Department at 303-987-7111 or Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP (7867).

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Police identify victim and suspect in homicide John Martinez, 23, has been booked into the Jefferson County Jail on suspicion of first degree murder in the death of Zebulun Bacon, 16.

Shortly after 6:30 a.m. on July 25, the Lakewood Police Department received a call from Martinez who told dispatchers he had shot his roommate.

The shooting occurred at a town home in the 1700 block of South Cole Street.

Agents arrived on scene minutes later and were met in front of the residence by Martinez, who was taken into custody on scene. Officers entered the town home and located Bacon, who had sustained an apparent gunshot wound. Medical personnel from West Metro Fire transported Bacon to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time after arrival.

Detectives continue their investigation into the circumstances that led to the shooting. They are asking anyone who may have any information that would assist the investigation to call 303-987-7111.

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hich President was it who famously said he was waiting to meet a one-armed economist because he was tired of asking for advice and always hearing “but on the other hand…” Economists always seem to be making stuff up as they go along, y’know?

And I’m not pretending to know the field any better--I’m just saying it seems like “experts” seem to be guessing just as much as the rest of us.

Take, for instance, all the discussion about tax reform. I’ve made no secret of my disdain for the current tax code, especially on or about April 15. It certainly seems like the U.S. Tax Code would be more aptly named the “Tax Attorneys Employ-

ment Act” — it needs to be reformed. But as soon as any serious proposal is floated for simplifying it, “economists” from both sides of the aisle find the nearest bank of microphones and decry/laud it. Then they begin to walk the press through the numbers that support their hyperbole, almost always which are based on a static analysis that somehow believes that humans don’t actually change their behavior when their circumstances change…

Seriously. When I was a junior in high school, Dr. Stannard would make all of his Physics classes make a note at the beginning of their lab reports delineating the assumptions they work from — the set of variables that are either unknowable or un-

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e ALL hold the key to our personal success and happiness. Most don’t realize they possess this power based upon all the whining I witness throughout the day. Many go through life reacting to events like a pinball rolling down the board — always a victim bouncing from one bad event or relationship to the next.

Many of us were sold a bill of goods as young kids and haven’t bothered to question these “rules.” We were told we weren’t good enough, smart enough, or didn’t live in the right part of town. Life is tough and you need to take the good with the bad.

These were our parent’s thoughts that were passed on to us. As with all parents, they don’t consciously wish ill upon their offspring. They didn’t realize their power either. They were passing along the same advice their parents gave them. This is why society

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moves forward slowly — each generation incorporates the same limited beliefs that were handed down to them by their parents.

Ah, but it’s never too late for an awakening!

You’re in charge of your life. Everything in your life. You aren’t a leaf in the wind getting blown around, sometimes ends up in a great situation and sometimes ending up in some deep doo-doo. It doesn’t work that way.

Step 1 — Realize you are in charge No one but you has complete and total control of your thoughts. The key to success is utilizing this incredible power to create an awesome life for yourself. Instead of viewing events as either good/bad, begin to view them as all good. All good from the standpoint that everything is helping you SEE BOTT P14

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measurable, given the limitations of a high school laboratory setting. We HAD to, in a science class, declare what behaviors we were going to ignore to complete the assignment: why aren’t policy-makers required to declare the same?

But I digress….

And about the time the political reporters’ eyes start to roll back in their heads, somebody says the magic words: middle class.

Everybody wants to look like they look out for the middle class. But I’m not sure anybody in a policy-making position has a clue about the middle class.

There was a very funny episode of “The

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Know your city The City of Lakewood has a population of about 150,000 and is divided into 5 Wards with about 30,000 folks in each. Each Ward is represented by two councilors and the 10 councilors and the mayor compose the 11 member Lakewood City Council, the governing body for Lakewood.

As with all governing bodies, there may be deepseated differences of opinion on major issues which the general public is unaware of, believing all is sweetness and light. Such is the case on the Lakewood City Council currently with most Lakewood folks being blissfully unaware of the major residential development issues under consideration at this time, the skirmishes being waged internally within the council, and the importance of upcoming decisions on future “livability” in Lakewood.

This November you will have a chance to vote on a citizen initiative on slowing the pace of residential development in Lakewood. In addition you will be voting on candidates for Ward councilor vacancies.

Become advised on candidates’ persuasions on issues important to you, hopefully including residential development, and vote accordingly.

Larry Harrison, Lakewood Might can make right Watching the commissioning of the new and incredibly impressive USS Ford made me quite emotional.

Seeing our devoted sailors and officers gave me an unusually good feeling about our country. We still stand as the only nation with the power to prevent global warfare and preserve the actual meaning of freedom. The concept of peace through strength is probably more important now than ever before. It is the inescapable lesson of history.

This new carrier was expensive, but however expensive defense may be, it is a lot less expensive than war; and certainly less expensive than losing one. Defense spending is actually less of a percentage of our federal

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Signs you should seek help for feeling blue Q: There has been a lot going on in my life lately, and I have been feeling depressed a lot of the time. Do you think this will get better, do I need to wait it out, or should I get some help? I am someone who usually likes to take care of myself on my own, but I’m having a hard time breaking out of the funk.

A: You are asking an important question. First, no one can expect to be happy all the time. There is an ebb and flow to life, and sad and stressful things happen to all of us – loss of a loved one or a pet, loss of a job, family troubles, job stress, and financial worries all take their toll.

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budget now then it was at the time of President Eisenhower or even President Kennedy.

National defense is the single most essential responsibility of our federal government. Without this we have nothing, no liberty or freedom, no national value and no country. We can only hope that our country continues to possess the most advance military in the world, for without this country and its’ devotion to peace and freedom the world would be a pretty terrible place.

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West Wing” in which the President’s staff was trying to redefine exactly ,what the poverty line was because dthe old definition was based on the work of a Polish immigrant whose perception of economics was based on life behind the Berlin Wall in the 1950s. Similarly, I think our romantic idea of what a middle class lifestyle looks like is based on life in America when the strong middle class came into being in the late 1940s and 50s. That lifestyle featured responsible financial lives that gave the children a great chance at an even better life.

That world also, most likely, featured families with just one car, because mom stayed home; of course, that also meant there was no need for daycare expenses. Statistically speaking, much of this was helped, if not completely enabled, by the fact that the vast majority of households were two parent homes—the divorce rate was minuscule compared to today. Oh, and, if there was a television at all in the home, there was exactly one, not one in every room. There was one

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Many times, with support of family and friends, and a little time, we are resilient and bounce back from these issues.

However, sometimes, when that down mood hangs on for more than a couple of weeks, you may be struggling with depression.

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telephone hanging on the wall in the kitchen, not a $600 mini-computer in every family members’ pockets. The younger son was probably wearing clothes that the older son wore once, and mom was probably fairly skilled at keeping everything looking presentable. And family vacations were a much smaller affair, if they existed at all. It was a very different world.

Please don’t misread this to be some paean to a bygone era—I like this world vastly more than that world. I’m just saying that we expect a lot more from resources that aren’t that different.

So be careful — don’t buy the snake oil. The next time some politician tries to make you believe he or she cares more about the middle class than their enem… er, opponents, try to make them define exactly what that middle class life looks like. Test their credibility before investing in their vision.

At the very least, make them declare what data they choose to ignore.

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and struggling just to complete daily tasks that used to be so easy.

If you are experiencing some of these symptoms, it is a good idea to get some help. And, if the down mood colors everything, and you start to feel that life is too hard and have thoughts of suicide, call for help right away. You can contact the Crisis Services line (1844-493-8255), your community mental health center, or any of us at Jefferson Center (303-425-0300).

The good news is that depression is very treatable. When you meet with someone professionally trained in that area, you can discuss your treatment options and develop a personalized plan that works for you. Typically,

there is a combination of techniques we use from psychotherapy and also anti-depressant medications that can really help.

Because treatment of depression is so effective, there’s every reason to pick up the phone and ask for help.

With the right connection and some professionally-guided work on your part, in a short time, you can get back to enjoying life again. If you’d like more information or want to talk this through more, you can call us at 303425-0300.

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Memorial service will be held a Mile Hi Church Vogt Center on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 @ 12:00 PM. Reception to follow at the church. The service concludes at the church. Survived

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grow, be a better person, and increase your personal power. It’s a simple mind-shift that will take you from being a victim to being an empowered and resilient person.

This typically doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time to reframe your thinking. Moving from predominantly negative thoughts, to slightly negative, to neutral, then slightly positive and finally to predominantly positive thoughts takes commitment and determination.

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August 3, 2017A process gets easier over time.

Step 2 — Define your vision What is it that you want in your life? A better job? A great relationship? Better health? Whatever it is get clarity around it. Get as specific as possible while still maintaining a positive attitude about it. If negative thoughts emerge when thinking about your vision then back off a bit and make your vision less specific.

It’s important to absolutely know you will attain your vision whenever you think about it. For example — if you have the vision of working at your ideal job and whenever you think about this vision it elicits positive thoughts and feelings then

you’re in the perfect mind-frame and telling yourself a great story. Repeat often.

Conversely, if you have the same vision but add a specific and short timeframe the results can be disastrous. By adding the words “next week” to your ideal job thought you add stress. Your negative self-talk begins and the likelihood of a successful outcome plummets.

Step 3 — Take the next logical step With your positive vision intact and active in your thoughts throughout the day, be aware of events that will take you closer. Take the next logical step and be appreciative of how much closer you are to achiev-

ing your vision. It’s interesting how this works — the more you’re on the lookout for the next step and know it will happen, the sooner it shows up for you.

I was extremely successful as a research project leader by following these three simple steps. I viewed my assignments as a huge dynamic jigsaw puzzle — the pieces would fall into place at the perfect time. No stress involved — maintain your vision and take the next logical step.

Glenn Bott of Arvada is enthusiastic about life and everything he does! He speaks and coaches on empowerment, resiliency, and creating an outstanding life.

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“There are potential health and safety consequences of digging up soil along Indiana to build the parkway,” Pennington said. “These are

Parkway’s economic benefits The JPPHA hopes to finalize a public-private partnership by the end of 2019, Ray said.

The private partner would finance, build, operate and maintain the parkway.

The goal is for construction of the Jefferson Parkway to take place from 2020-2022.

“A community’s mobility is one of the most fundamental and im-

portant characteristics of economic activity,” said Jefferson County Commissioner Donald Rosier, who serves on the JPPHA board.

“Transportation is an important component of the economy with a direct impact on the development and welfare of populations.”

When transport systems are efficient, he said, they provide economic and social benefits, resulting in positive effects such as better access to markets, employment and additional investments.

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deficient, he added, in terms of capacity or reliability, they can be a costly to the economy, contributing to a lower quality of life.

Rosier noted he supported Jefferson Parkway long before he was first elected to become a county commissioner in 2010.

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Finding Athletes seek a greater purpose through community, sportsmanship and athleticism

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ravis Carey, sports director at Red Rocks Church, will tell you that athletics have greatly improved his life.

He met his wife while on a Red Rocks Church sporting team team and has grown lasting friendships through various other athletic ventures. Most importantly, his Christian faith has grown through his sports participation.

“Your body is a temple; it is where the Holy Spirit is,” Carey, 32, said. “What we do with our bodies is a form of worshipping God. Sports play a huge role in that because it is maintaining the house.”

Carey is not alone in his pairing of sports and faith. Young, old, beginner and experienced athletes alike have found a deeper faith through their favorite sports, which are being used more and more by churches, school and club organizations as a medium to building a stronger spiritual life.

Here are a few examples.

Sports ministry through church Red Rocks Church, which has campuses in Littleton, Arvada, Lakewood and Evergreen, is home to a large sports ministry. The church uses its competitive and noncompetitive athletic teams to build community.

“We believe that it is a part of making the kingdom more crowded,” Carey said. “There are a lot of people who speak the universal language of sport.”

Last year, more than 3,000 people participated in the various teams. Basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer, backyard games and many other sporting leagues are held throughout the year.

People may be intimidated by going to a church service, Carey said, but they feel more comfortable meeting people and learning about God through a sports team.

“Sports help to break down a lot of barriers,” he said. “When it comes to sports, people can instantly connect and build trust and credibility with each other.”

Sports ministry through school sports Fellowship of Christian Athletes is an organization that creates a community for coaches and athletes to come together in their faith.

“Personally, as a former athlete, I

A volleyball player serves the ball during Red Rocks Church sports ministry’s volleyball tournament.

Pairing faith and sport is a large ministry at Red Rocks Church. COURTESY PHOTO

Team members and opponents gather together to pray before a soccer game at Red Rocks Church’s sports ministry tournament.

COURTESY PHOTO found my identity in my performance on the field,” said Seth Olsen, the Denver metro south director at Fellowship of Christian Athletes. “When I came to know Jesus, I learned that it’s not about my performance, rather it’s about His performance on the cross.”

FCA is found in junior high schools, high schools and college campuses across 47 countries, according to its website. More than 12,500 certified groups are led by students and coaches involved in pairing faith with a passion for sports. Chapters are active across Colorado, with groups in Douglas, Arapahoe, Jefferson and Boulder counties.

The organization teaches athletes how to play sports and use them as a common ground to witness to other team members and even opponents, Olson said.

“Christianity is not about religion,” Olsen said. “It’s about a relationship with Jesus Christ. As a Christian, I’m not pursuing Jesus as a lucky rabbit’s foot to help me play better or win the big game. I’m pursuing Jesus because of His great love for me demonstrated by dying on the cross for my sins. I’m pursuing Him because He’s the author and director of my life.”

Sports ministry through clubs Christian Cycling is a worldwide organization that meets in smaller “spokes” in different areas around the globe.

According to Cody Newcome, head of the Colorado spoke, most of the members in Colorado, approximately 100 cyclists, live around Highlands Ranch.

It is important for members of the spoke to demonstrate good sportsmanship, Newcome said.

“We, together, can be a testimony and a light to everybody else,” Newcome said. “We want to be loving, kind and helpful to show people what we believe in through our actions.”

A basketball player shoots the ball during Red Rocks Church sports ministry’s basketball tournament.

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The cyclists do more than ride with good sportsmanship — they have a passion for volunteering.

Some members volunteer to build bikes to give to underprivileged youth and others teach youth with disabilities how to ride bicycles.

“We ride for the Lord,” Newcome said. “Being able to ride and enjoy God’s creation is a huge blessing.”

“We believe that it is a part of making the kingdom more crowded, there are a lot of people who speak the universal language of sport.”

Travis Carey Sports director at Red Rocks Church

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Kendrick Lamar’s Denver stop proves he’s the best rapper alive

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hy should someone care about Kendrick Lamar?”

That’s the question I was asked when I first pitched a column on the rapper’s stop at the Pepsi Center on July 29 to our LINER newsroom.

NOTES Standing in line to get into the sold out show, I kept mulling the question over in my mind. If someone doesn’t like rap, if they only listen to country or classic rock or pop, why would what Clarke Reader a 30-year-old from Compton, California, thinks, feels and sees in the country matter at all?

There’s no shortage of ways to consider the question, and a good place to start is the fact that the majority of the nation now listens to rap.

For the first time in the history of Nielsen, an information and data measurement company founded in 1923, rap and R&B are the top genres in the country in terms of album and song sales, and audio and video streams.

There are myriad reasons for the genre’s ascendancy, which is something I’ve written about before in this column. Suffice it so say, there is no genre more reflective of society’s challenges and opportunities, and the

inequality and disenfranchisement still facing so many groups.

Looking at Lamar from a pure art and performance perspective, there are few musicians in any genre as in control of their art and creativity as he is, something he proved over and over during his hour and a half set on the 29th.

This is an artist at the peak of their powers — imagine Bob Dylan, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z at their best, and you get a sense of how Lamar absolutely owned the Pepsi Center stage with the sheer force of his energy and art.

Minus a few dancers who performed during four of the 20-song set, it was just Lamar on the stage, rapping, singing and prowling back and forth with the ferocity of a prize fighter in their prime. There were some pyrotechnics throughout the show, but you could get singed off the heat of Lamar’s intensity.

A performance this tight and invigorating would wow anyone who loves music, regardless of any preconceived notions about rap.

But what really makes Lamar a once in a generation artist is the way he sees and translates the world into song — a blend of sacred and profane, earthy and heaven-looking, that incisively captures the duality of a country that seems more fractured than ever.

“DAMN.” Lamar’s third major-label album, which was released in April,

is perhaps the purest distillation of his approach to writing, and during the show he performed two-thirds of the album’s 14 tracks. The show closed with the chest-beating and hard-earned braggadocio of “HUMBLE.,” but it also included “XXX.,” a heartbreaking examination of the divides in the country, and “DNA.,” which savages the way culture uses black artists and their work for profit and misinterpretation without engaging with those artists in a meaningful way.

Lamar’s gift is to present these ideas and observations in a way that is intimate and relatable to his listeners, regardless of their own backgrounds and experiences. Few artists discuss anxiety and depression in as real a way as Lamar does, evidenced by the fact that he has arenas of fans rapping along to favorites like “Swimming Pools (Drank)” and “Money Trees,” as he examines topics that not all that long ago were ideas to be embarrassed by. He makes the listener feel understood and accepted, and that leads to one crucial feeling — hope.

And as the lights came on at the show’s end, and I looked around at people who, like me, we’re sopping with sweat and smiling, and I had my answer to the question.

You should care about Kendrick Lamar, because at his concert, I saw people from every race and background in one place, united.

You should care because he had

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK Selection: Randy Newman’s “Dark Matter,” released on Nonesuch Records.

Review: It’s been nine years since Randy Newman released an album of new material, and plenty has happened in those years that make perfect fodder for Newman’s razor sharp wit and pen. On this album, he mocks Putin, religious fundamentalists, and the spirit of nationalism that has taken the country by storm. And while his observations on current events always grab the most attention, he can still write a love song that’ll knock you flat. A welcome return to an artist we need now more than ever.

Favorite song: “Lost Without You” Best proof Newman should do more voice acting: “Dark Matter” 20,000 people screaming, “’We gon’ be alright!” at the top of their lungs.

You should care because, in that moment, he made everyone there believe it.

Clarke Reader’s column on how music connects to our lives appears every other week. A community editor with Colorado Community Media, he practiced runnin’ from fear, guess he had some good luck. Check out his music blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. And share why you love rap at creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com.

Water theme runs through exhibition in art district Metro State gallery show continues into October

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Water — it’s hard to focus on any single aspect of this vital element in our environment — especially as Westerners. Artists of all persuasions wrestle with communicating their diverse feelings in paint, sculp-

IF YOU GO “Water Line” runs through Oct. 21 at the Center for Visual Art, 965 Santa Fe Drive, Denver. Admission is free. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays; noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays. 303-294-5207, msudenver. edu/cva. ture, music, dance, installations, film and fascinating combinations related to water in our world.

“Water Line,” opening Aug. 4 at the

Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State University’s handsome gallery in the art district on Santa Fe Drive, includes artwork that conveys 19 artists’ ideas about stewardship, advocacy and activism. They have interacted with students, policy analysts and scientists, as they process reactions to individual and institutional actions that contribute to the water crisis.

Responding to news and reports, they propose imaginative solutions — practical or not, the CVA comments.

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They hope to engage visitors to think — perhaps think differently — about solutions to this worldwide problem.

Artists include: • Anna McKee of Seattle, whose “WAIS Reliquary” is a sculptural representation of 68,000 years of climate records taken from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Created from wood, silk, glass and glacier water, it is 22 feet long and includes a multi-channel soundscape by Steve Peters.

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istory and nature were on display July 27 as Jefferson County celebrated 100 years of Beottcher Mansion on Lookout Mountain in Golden.

The mansion originally served as the Boettcher family summer home and seasonal hunting lodge when it was built in 1917. In the late 1960s, George Boettcher’s granddaughter, Charline Breeden, willed the mansion to Jefferson County upon her death. Throughout the years, it was renovated and listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Over time, the mansion has become a popular wedding venue for the entire Denver metro area.

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his year’s annual Buffalo Bill Days included a special detail compared to previous years — it was the 100th anniversary of William F. Cody’s burial on Lookout Mountain. (Cody was better known as Buffalo Bill.) Buffalo Bill Days, which took place July 27-30 in downtown Golden, drew thousands of people to participate in the celebration. Entertainment included live music and vendors all weekend long, long-time favorite event attractions such as the 16th Annual Car Show and the Golden Fire Department’s Pancake Breakfast, and of course, the parade — themed “100 Years Ago in Golden” — and Monarch Productions’ Cody’s Wild West show.

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Clint “Rides His Horse” Chartier does a buffalo hunt reenactment during Monarch Productions’ Cody’s Wild West show on July 29, which was part of the Buffalo Bill Days celebration in Golden.

Famous showman William F. Cody, aka Buffalo Bill, rides out to greet the hundreds of people gathered at Lions Park ballfields in Golden on July 29 to watch Monarch Productions’ Cody’s Wild West show.

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CLUBS Ongoing Activities Fridays American Legion Post 161 Bingo: 12:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 390A N. Sheridan, Arvada. Bingo events help raise money to support the post’s many charitable programs. Contact 303-424-0324.

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

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Game On meets from 1-4 p.m. at Community Recreation Center, 68th and Wadsworth. The North Jeffco Senior Friday Club meets weekly to play cards and board games, including bridge, pinochle, canasta, hand & foot, majong, billiards and dominoes. No RSVP. All supplies provided and refreshments. Monthly pot luck/catered meals. Golfing and bowling opportunities, too. For information call Bob Stremel, 303905-4315.

Golden Gate Community Grange, 25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road,

has meetings at 7 p.m. the second Friday of the month. Activities include yoga, dances, eggmania, special wildlife programs, holiday craft fair. Grange hall available for rental for weddings, parties, reunions, etc.

Call Rich Phillips at 303-277-1933 or go to www.goldengategrange.com.

New members welcome.

Jeff-West Community Forum: 7:30-8:30 a.m. the fourth Friday of each month at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve (formerly Heritage Golf Course), 10555 Westmoor Drive.

Jeff-West Community Forum seeks to strengthen connections among residents of the Jeffco portion of Westminster by providing information about the area’s organizations, agencies, and events. Forum is free and open to the public; breakfast can be ordered from the menu. See the group’s Facebook page or contact Evie.Hudak@gmail.com.

North Jefferson County Gem and Mineral Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Clubs offers presentations, field trips, socializing, and local shows. Children are always welcome to attend with their family. Members enjoy rockhounding (rocks, minerals, and fossils), faceting, jewelry making, diverse geology, and sharing stories about “the one that got away” (or at least was too big to carry home). Contact club president

events. Breakfast service begins at 6:45 a.m. Open to the public.

Contact 303-424-0324 for cost and other information.

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Parkinson’s Care Partners: 1:302:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Free group designed for care providers; it is led and sponsored

by Homewatch CareGivers. Call Melinda Yeary, 720-524-4192 or e-mail MYeary@HomewatchCareGivers.com.

Saturdays American Legion Post 161 Bingo: 12:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at 390A N. Sheridan, Arvada.

Bingo events help raise money to support the post’s many charitable programs.

TOPS Chapter 0675: 8:30-9:30 a.m. (weigh-in) and 9:30 a.m. (meeting) Fridays at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. For anyone wanting to lose or maintain their weight. Call group leader Rhonda Basham, 720-379-6162.

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Arvada Authors A new group for writers is forming. Arvada Authors meets at 6 p.m. the first and third Saturday each month at Global Goods and Coffee, 5613 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Arvada Authors is open to all skill levels and genres of published and unpublished writers including (but not limited to) short stories, novels, fan fiction, stage plays, poetry, essays and news articles. Anyone in the Arvada area with an desire to grow as a writer or expand their skill set is welcome. The group will provide writing tips, critiques, prompts, exercises, proof reading, peer review, and quiet writing time in solidarity.

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Round Table Issues Breakfast: 7 a.m. the first Friday of each month at American Legion Wilmore-Richter Post 161, 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada.

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Colorado Citizens for Peace meets 10:30-11:30 a.m. every Saturday at the intersections of West 52nd and Wadsworth Boulevard to try to bring an end to the wars. Signs will be

South Jeffco Rotary: 7:15 a.m.

Fridays at The Den at Fox Hollow Golf Course (Morrison Road just west of Kipling). Rotary is a service organization dedicated to helping those in need in our community as well as internationally. Join us for breakfast, speakers, comradery and community service. Call Kris Clute at 303-907-0473, email info@sojeffcorotary.org, or go to sojeffcorotary. org.

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R Grand Piano Show Patrice LeBlanc performs from 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Grappa Mediterranean Bistro, 1027 Washington St., Golden.

Go to www.grappabistro.com. Call 303-273-8882 for reservations and information.

LifeRing Secular Recovery is a network of support groups for people who want to live free from alcohol V and other addictive drugs. Meetings are at 6 p.m. Saturdays at 6655 W. Jewell Ave. Unit 100. Appointments and membership is not required. LifeRing’s approach to sobriety focuses on empowering individuals through the strength of sober conversation. Go to www.liferingcolorado.org.

Piece Together Sewing meets from 9 a.m. to noon the second Saturday of each month, starting in S January, at Sloans Lake Community Church, 2796 Utica St., Denver. All F are welcome. The group sews lap quilts for the University of Colorado Hospital, cloth bags for food for the Jeffco Action Center, mittens for the Denver Rescue Mission and Severe Weather Shelter, or bring your own project. You also may bring your own O machine. Contact Sharon Behm, 303-241-8644.

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Rocky Mountain Shipwrights is a wood ship modeling club that meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Rockler’s Woodworking and Hardware Store, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver. The club also has a workshop at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of the month at the Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, where we work on our models and get help from experienced modellers.

Go to www.rockymountainshipwrights.org for information.

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

Thursday nights. These classes will emphasize a conversational method of instruction.

Beginner through advanced classes are offered. You may register on any Thursday night. For directions or more information, call the church at 410-442-5800 or go to our website at www.cpcwheatridge.org.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1071 meets at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Elks Lodge #1777, 1455 Newland St., Lakewood. Beforehand, join the group from 8-10 a.m. for a low-cost breakfast at the Elks Lodge. Chapter helps all veterans with health care, benefits, employment and training, monetary assistance and other veteran’s issues. Go to www.vva1071.org for more detailed information or call 303-8702428.

Ongoing /Fine Arts and Entertainment Concordia Lutheran Church Choir meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at 13371 W. Alameda Parkway in Lakewood (the church nestled close to Green Mountain). The choir assists in Concordia’s traditional worship service three out of four Sundays per month. If you have a desire to sing and are interested in joining, please contact 303-989-5260.

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

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• Aurora Robson is a multimedia artist known for her work intercepting the waste stream.

• Cannupa Hanska Luger, born on the Standing Rock Reservation, of Indigenous and Norwegian descent, creates socially conscious work about his identity and global issues • “The Infamous Flapjack Affair and the National Park Experience” traces an indie folk band’s journey along the Colorado River in a multimedia installation.

• Isabelle Hayeur, Montreal-based artist, exhibits “Desert Shores,” her response to the flooding and later drying up of the Salton Sea in California.

• Matt Jenkins and Lynna Kauchek (Food and Water Watch).

Jenkins is an assistant professor at MSU with research interests in performance art, socially engaged art, internet art and land art/environmental art. He focused on Flint, Michigan’s tap water in the installation.

• Natascha Seidneck, born in Germany, lives in Denver, a member of Tank Studios and visiting professor

at MSU. She will contribute photos, video and installation work reflecting on global warming.

• Nicholas Galanin and Merritt Johnson, part of Winter Cloud Collective, collaborated on addressing the Dakota Access Pipeline.

• Tomiko Jones and Jonathan Marquis explore transitions in landscape in social, cultural and geographical terms.

• Vibha Galhotra is a New Delhibased conceptual artist concerned with globalization and growth. She responds through intricately sewn metal ghungroo tapestries. ghungroo tapestries The Winter Count collective (Luger, Johnson, Galanin, Ginger Dunhill, Dylan McLaughlin) come from across the nation. and in this exhibit focus on the threat to land and water at Standing Rock, North Dakota.

Related programs: From 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 4, opening reception. At 6 p.m. Aug. 14, artists’ talk with Anna McKee and Jim White, CU professor of geological sciences and environmental studies. At 6 p.m. Sept. 20, “Art, Democracy and Water,” artists’ talk with Matt Jenkins and Lynna Kauchek of Food and Water Watch.

At 6 p.m. Oct. 4, “Uncanny Territory,” artist’s talk with Natascha Seideneck.

Dance club — Blue Nova Dance Club meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the first and third Sundays every month at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court in Wheat Ridge.

For more information or dance lessons, contact Dave at 303-578-6588 or email BlueNova.RoundDanceClub@gmail.com.

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Set up a race course and blow up some large balloons. Go from start to finish without letting a balloon touch the ground and without using your hands. Then at the end shape a wire coat hanger into a hoop and hang it over a door frame for a quick game of hoops.

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MILESTONES Arvada Daniel Binkley, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Northwest Nazarene University.

Beau Irvine Blazek, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Iowa State University.

Keara Buchanan, of Arvada, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Janelle Feldmann, of Arvada, earned spring 2017 semester honors from Kansas State University.

Keenan P. Gibson, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University.

Karlina Harney, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Northern State University.

Samantha Harney, of Arvada, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Savannah Nichols, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Wartburg College.

Julianna Olsen, of Arvada, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

McKenna Pearson, of Arvada, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Hunter Peterson, of Arvada, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Katelyn Marie Pruett, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University.

Natalie Faith Skold, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University.

Sarah Vangi, of Arvada, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Alexander Vasquez, of Arvada, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Derek Wetch, of Arvada, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Adam Zarian, of Arvada, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Northern State University.

Golden Alexandra Ambrozic, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Rebekah Anderson, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Haley Blodgett, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Joshua Brown, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Hannah Carmeli, of Golden, was named to the spring 2017 provost’s list at Hofstra University.

Austin Casey, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Jaime Eisenbach, of Golden, was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa at Hof-

stra University.

Benjamin Fuller, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Meghan Gerritsen, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Aspen Hammer, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Mackenzie Hull, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Jacob Katzman, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Philip Katzman, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Paige Elizabeth Klump, of Golden, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at the University of the South. Paige is the daughter of Cindy McLemore and Ron J. Klump, of Golden.

Anjali Mehta, of Golden, graduated from Union College with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Hispanic studies.

Nina Paris, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Michael Seaholm, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Morgan Wilkie, of Golden, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Lakewood Matthew Burnett, of Lakewood, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Northern State University.

Margaret Cleaver, of Lakewood, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Colton Dombroski, of Lakewood, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Luke Ebeling, of Lakewood, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Caylene Hume, of Lakewood, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s list at Northern State University.

Michaela Hunt, of Lakewood, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Riley Konsella, of Lakewood, graduated from Union College with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering.

Benjamin McHugh, of Lakewood, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

Gabriella V Mucerino, of Lakewood, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University.

Justin Murphy, of Lakewood, was named to the spring 2017 dean’s academic honor roll at Baylor University.

Rebecca Shephard, of Lakewood, was named to one of the spring 2017 honor’s lists at Montana State University.

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‘Bad Jews’: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 6 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 6 at the Edge Theater Company, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Additional shows at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 27 and Thursday, Aug. 3. Call 303-2320363 or go to www.theedgetheater.com.

‘Broadway Bound’: 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday and 1 p.m.

Sunday through Aug. 20 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Additional shows at 6 p.m. Sunday, July 23, July 30, Aug. 6 and Aug. 13. Eugene and his brother Stanley are trying to break into show business as comedy writers.

Contact 303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com.

One-Man Comedy Show: through Sunday, Aug. 20 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish & I’m In Therapy” stars Peter J. Fogel. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursdays; 7:30 p.m.

Fridays; 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays; and 2 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets are available at lakewood.showare.com or by calling 303-987-7845.

MUSIC

Join a Community Band: Thursday, Aug. 3, Aug. 10, Aug. 17 and Aug. 24 in the community room at Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Mile High Community Band groups meet from 6-7:10 p.m. (jazz); 7:15-8:30 p.m. (symphonic); and 6-7:10 p.m. (intermediate). Go to milehighcommunityband.org or email Bruce at milehighcommunityband@hotmail.com for future dates and more information.

ART/FILM

‘Damage’ Art Exhibit: open through February 2018 at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, in the mezzanine near the library. Denver artist Sharon Brown’s exhibit features psychologically charged paintings created mostly from photographs. Go to www.rrcc.edu.

EVENTS

Hall-of-Fame Luncheon: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at Pinehurst Country Club, 6255 W. Quincy Ave., Denver.

Jefferson County Hall-of-Fame honorees are Hank Alderfer, Evergreen; John Ellis, Evergreen; Lynn Johnson, Golden; Mike Moore, Evergreen; and Greg Stevinson, Lakewood. Go to www.WestChamber.org or call

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this week’s TOP FIVE Honk!: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 4-5 and Aug. 11-12, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at Colorado ACTS, 11455 W. I-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Ugly looks quite a bit different from his darling duckling brothers and sisters. The other animals on the farm are quick to notice and point this out, despite his mother’s protective flapping.

Feeling rather foul about himself, the little fowl finds himself on an adventure of self-discovery and learns that being different is not a bad thing to be. Call 303-456-5667. Go to http://www. coloradoacts.org/ to register for fall classes.

Fox Hollow Golf: Aug. 8 and Aug. 10 is the Senior Club Championship and the Club Championship is Aug. 26-27. There is still time to join the fun through October; go to fhmgc.com and enjoy Lakewood’s award winning 27-hole facility at 13414 W. Morrison Road, which added more tee options for all player levels.

720-399-5656 for tickets and information.

Princess Diana: 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 3, at Atria of Applewood, 2800 Youngfield St., Lakewood. Twenty years after the death of Princess Diana, join Active Minds as we review her life and legacy. Seating is limited. RSVP required; call 303233-4343 Mile High Dowsers Meeting: 7-9:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 3, at the Clements Community Center, Columbine Room, 1580 Yarrow St., Lakewood. Go to www.milehighdowsers.org.

Beginning dowsing and practical dowsing exercises, along with a featured guest speaker, are offered at each meeting. Beginning dowsing will be presented

by Jennifer Newton. Practical dowsing will be presented by Greg Storozuk and will address the Hartman Grids. Featured presenter is a master dowser and longtime member of the Mile High Dowsers. Bo Hanson will share her knowledge of dowsing, which is always educational and entertaining.

Majestic View Birthday Bash: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada.

Interact with nature education organizations at a booth fair, and enjoy some free birthday treats. No need to sign up. Call 720-898-7405 or check out www.arvada.org/nature.

94th Birthday Bash: 4-7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, at Mount Vernon Canyon Club (formerly Mount Vernon Country Club), 24933 Clubhouse Circle, Golden.

A $0.94 menu will include draft beer, house wine and appetizers, and tours of the club will be offered to prospective members. Go to www.mountvernoncc.com.

‘Monty Python’s Spamalot’: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday through Aug. 6 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen.

Presented by the Evergreen Players, the Tony Award-winning musical comedy adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Call 303-6a74-4934 or go to www.evergreenplayers.org.

Emergency Response Team Training: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays Aug. 12, Aug. 19 and Aug. 26 at the Lakewood Civic Center. Participants will learn basic disaster response skills, including fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, emergency/ disaster medical operations, and disaster psychology. Open to ages 16 years and older. Those who complete course will have the chance to join the Lakewood Community Emergency Response Team.

Contact Declan Costelloe at dcostelloe.cert@gmail. com. Register at http://bit.ly/2u2hlx5.

Wheat Ridge Historical Society: 7:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Red Brick House, 4610 Robb St. Social time begins at 7 p.m. Upcoming meetings are Aug. 8, Sept. 12, Oct. 10, Nov. 14. The society’s holiday party is Dec. 12 at the Braugh House.

American Legion Post 161 Meeting: 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, at 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada.

Contact 303-424-0324 for cost and other information.

Teddy Bears and Tea Cups High Tea: 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at Highlands Masonic Temple, 3550 Federal Blvd., Denver. Presented by the El Mejdel Daughters of the Nile. Vendors, 50/50 raffle and entertainment. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Space is limited; reservations required. Tickets on sale now through Saturday, Oct. 28. Contact Jo Ann Van Trump, 303-232-3542.

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

Naturally Arvada: 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 6 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Check out free demonstrations and displays from master chefs and gardeners using fresh produce found at the Sunday Arvada Farmer’s Market.

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

Tension Between Science and Religion: noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8 at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field St., Arvada. “Science and Religion: Can They Coexist?” features a filmed interview with Brother Guy Consolmagno, a scientist with the Vatican Observatory. Participants will also discuss potential clashes and commonalities between the two ideologies. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@ peacelutheran.net.

Book Group Plus Author Visit: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Colorado author Jo Ann Virden visits to discuss her book, “My Darling Dorothy.” The tumult of the Great Depression and World War II provides the background for a novel about three young people, Tommie, Jack and Dorothy, and their challenges, struggles, defeats and triumphs.

The hopes and hardships they share are reflected in the letters that they exchange. Call 303-2355275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Club House Circle, Golden. Hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and bidding in the silent auction and wine pull. Music entertainment will be followed by dinner of soups and foods by local chefs. Tickets and sponsorships available. Go to www.mrcco.org; contact Mel Nuchols at mel@mrcco.org or 303-838-7552 ext. 26 for sponsorship details.

Kombucha Mocktails: 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 at Natural Grocers/Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Led by Kate Sheets, MNT. Class is free. Call 303-423-0990 or go to https://www.naturalgrocers.com/store-location/ arvada-north-wadsworth/ Lego Play and Build: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Builders of all ages are welcome to stick to the theme or build your own creation. What story will you tell? Legos are provided. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Heritage Day: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 12 at Baugh House, at West 44th Avenue and Robb Street in Wheat Ridge.

Enjoy a vintage quilt show and take tours at Baugh House and Historic Park. Lunch and root beer floats will be sold. Historians will answer questions about the Wheat Ridge area. Call 303421-9111 or go to www.wheatridgehistoricalsociety.org.

Bowls After Dark Gala: 6 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 28 at Mount Vernon Country Club, 24933

Tastebuds Cookbook Group: 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. A group for those who love browsing through cookbooks, trying new recipes or learning about kitchen time savers. Meetings alternate between the Standley Lake and Arvada libraries. Each month has a new theme, and group members can bring a prepared dish from either one of the cookbooks chosen, or a favorite of their own. Topic for Aug. 13 is sandwiches. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a spaceavailable basis.

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LAKEWOOD EVENTS BRIEFS One-man comedy comes to Cultural Center The international hit comedy “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m in Therapy!,” featuring Peter J. Fogel, comes to the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Aug. 2 through 20.

Performances are 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Described as “one part lasagna, one part kreplach, and two parts Prozac,” the show is for everyone who is looking to laugh. The show played for two years in New York City and has toured internationally in more than 100 cities.

Tickets are $40 to $59 and available by phone at 303987-7845 or at lakewood.showare.com.

its 40-year reunion on Friday, Aug. 4 and Saturday, Aug. 5. Anyone who attended Bear Creek from 1974 through 1979 is welcome to attend the events.

Friday night is a catered dinner at Pinehurst Country Club, 6255 W. Quincy Ave., from 6 to 11 p.m. for $70 (which includes a cash bar). The event will feature live music by 1977 alum Sean Plumb’s band, Fabulous Honey Badgers.

Saturday at noon the class will meet at Bear Creek to tour the school and for a memorial ceremony for classmates who have passed away. Spouses and partners welcome.

For more information, or to register, go to the Bear Creek Class of 1977 Facebook page or contact Brian Post at brianpost59@gmail.com.

BCHS class of 1977 holding 40-year reunion Bear Creek High School’s class of 1977 announced

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nual open house where visitors can ride the historic Denver and Intermountain Interurban trolley Car No. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 5 at the Denver Federal Center Building No. 78, entering via Gate 1 on Kipling Street north of Alameda Avenue.

All adults must provide a government photo I.D., such as a driver’s license, for entry. Pets are not permitted. Donations will be gratefully accepted.

This free event includes rides on Car No. 25 (weather permitting), the presentation of oral histories from original riders of the car who have contributed to its restoration, a display of historic photographs and transit history and light refreshments. Staff and volunteers will be on-site to gather visitors’ memories of riding the trolley when it was active.

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For him, ‘every day is a big day’

I Pool halls have felt changes Old images don’t match reality in 21st century

BY JIM BENTON| JBENTON@COLORDOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

D

ecades ago, pool halls were identified as a place for men to escape for smoking, drinking, betting and fighting.

Perception was reality.

Denver-area people involved in the pool — or pocket billiards — industry say times have changed. Women and youths are starting to play more.

Leagues and tournaments are becoming more popular. And a handicap system allows less-skilled folks to compete with elite players.

While alcohol and wagering still can be found in pool halls, many facilities are intent on emphasizing the game itself.

“The game has evolved and it is very popular, especially since we haven’t had a (pool-themed) movie out lately,” said Melissa Little, a professional player from Denver with the nickname Viper. “‘The Color of Money’ really sparked a lot of interest. We need a new movie out. That one is kind of outdated and doesn’t

FUN FACTS The Billiards Congress of America has put together some fun facts about the game of pool on its website, bca-pool.com. Here are some of those: • Billiards champions have the highest average age of any sport at 35.6 years.

• Tom Cruise did his own trick shots in the film “The Color of Money,” except for

one where he had to jump two balls to sink a third.

Director Martin Scorsese wanted Cruise to learn the shot, but it would have taken him two days to learn and the stalled production would have cost thousands of dollars.

So the shot was done by professional Mike Sigel.

• The first coin-operated billiards table was patented

connect with the new millennium.”

In 1961, Paul Newman starred in the movie, “The Hustler,” which delivered attention to pool, but the interest declined until Newman and Tom Cruise gave the game a boost with the 1986 movie “The Color of Money.”

While Hollywood hasn’t delivered

in 1902 and cost a penny to play.

• Most chalk used today is made of fine abrasives and does not contain a speck of chalk.

• In A.D. 1765, the first billiards room was built in England. Played there was One-Pocket, which was a table with one pocket and four balls.

another recent big break, the internet is having an impact.

Greg Kingsbury, manager of Mile High Billiards, 11651 W. 64th Ave., Arvada, noted that there’s no smoking and less gambling in today’s pool halls. You’re more likely to find a SEE BILLIARDS, P31

Kids learn to work the angles

t was meaningful when Steve Haggerty stepped to the tee during the MCPH Celebrity Golf Classic, which was held July 24 at The Ridge at Castle Pines North.

Haggerty, the OVERTIME 64-year-old former Arapahoe High School football standout who still resides in Littleton, was among Denver Broncos alumni who played in the charity event that raised money for Jim Benton the nonprofit Metro Community Provider Network.

MCPN helps provide affordable and accessible medical, behavioral health and dental care for low-income, uninsured and underserved people residing outside the City and County of Denver. MCPN clinics serve everybody, even those with private insurance who might fall through the cracks.

Last year MCPN helped 50,502 patients in Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson and Park counties.

Haggerty, who played college football at Colorado and Nevada-Las Vegas plus one game for the Broncos in 1975, knows the importance of having quality health care.

Haggerty is the nephew of the late baseball player in the Detroit Tigers organization and National Football League referee Pat Haggerty, who was my counselor at Lincoln High School.

Steve Haggerty suffered from severe emphysema and underwent a double lung transplant in November 2012.

He was one of the first Broncos alumni players to join host Ebenezer Ekuban, the former Denver defensive end, in the tournament. There were 154 golfers who played and the event grossed $100,300.

“It’s a fantastic organization that helps,” said Haggerty. “They do a lot of things. I’m all up for anything that helps anybody, considering that I’m just worrying about breathing.

“In my case, without any help, it would have impossible. All of a sudden the reality of cost hits you. These days you go in on Friday and leave Saturday and it’s a $35,000 bill.”

Haggerty wears a mask to prevent infection but says he is doing great.

“In November it will be five years since the surgery,” he pointed out.

“There will be a big party in November. The way I look at it, every day is a big day.”

Coaching changes Dane Craig is leaving a good softball program to take over another team than has also been stellar.

Craig, the former Mountain Range coach, is the new girls softball mentor at Douglas County, taking over for Brian Stebbins.

SEE BENTON, P31

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Momentous ride ends in Golden 600-mile bicycle journey to raise money and awareness for Angelman Syndrome

BY GLENN WALLACE GWALLACE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Gail Coors foursome team at the July 27 tournament pose on the Hole 1 tee box. Pictured from left are Darden Coors, Ces Garnsey, Nancy Haley and Gail Coors.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KENDRA WIDMAN WITH HOPE HOUSE

Joe Coors’ memory lives on at annual fundraising event Coors was key supporter of Hope House programs for teen moms

BY GLENN WALLACE GWALLACE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After days of gray, drizzly skies, organizers of the Joe Coors Hope House Classic golf fundraising tournament were thankful for the warm, blue-sky day of the July 27 event.

“I have no doubt he’s the one who made sure the sun shined today,” said Holly Coors, daughter of the late Joe Coors.

Last year, when Joe Coors was chair of the fundraiser, he missed the tournament because of a scheduled surgery. Complications ensued and he never recovered. He died on Sept. 15 at the age of 74.

Hope House added Joe Coors’ name to the annual event this year.

Three of his four children gathered at the Sanctuary Golf Course in Sedalia, Colorado, to honor his memory and help raise money for a charity he believed in.

Last year’s tournament raised a record $200,000 for the Arvada-based charity.

Joe Coors worked with several charities over the years, including

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one he started with his wife Gail.

Hope House founder and Executive Director Lisa Steven said his contributions to her organization were “critical.” He served on the first advisory board, started the annual golf tournament at his home golf club of Rolling Hills and had long chaired the event over the years.

Joe Coors unded the site work and foundation pouring of Hope House’s first facility, as well as the new community center that broke ground this January.

“His first and last gifts (to Hope House) were literally foundational,” said Steven.

Hope House of Colorado is metroDenver’s only resource providing free self-sufficiency programs to teen moms, including residential, GED and college and career support services. Additional supportive services include parenting and life skills classes, healthy relationship classes, financial literacy workshops and certified counseling, all designed to prepare them for long-term independence.

“That’s probably what hooked him, the self-sufficiency part,” Holly Coors said.

Steven said she believes that the Christian underpinning of Hope House also appealed to Joe Coors.

“Joe was all about seeing lives transformed,” Steven said.

On any given afternoon, odds are good you can find folks enjoying something to eat and drink in the Mountain Toad craft brewery beer garden in Golden after a bike ride.

Sunday was no exception, with Dennis Vanderheiden and PJ Snyder both enjoying some post-ride pizza.

Of course, Vanderheiden and Snyder’s ride was longer than most — 600 miles to be exact. Plus, Vandenheiden did all the pedaling. Snyder suffers from Angelman Syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes seizures, spinal curvature and balance issues, so he rode in a bike trailer the entire way from the Four Corner’s region of the state, all the way to Golden.

The ride, named “Four Corners to a Home,” was done to raise money for an eventual home for Snyder, who turned 31 during the ride, where he can live out his life, as well as raising awareness and research funding for Angelman Syndrome.

“He loves to be outdoors, and he loves the attention,” said Cindy Snyder, PJ’s adoptive mother. PJ sat next to her in his wheelchair.

Although rendered nonverbal by the disease, he smiled and held the celebratory balloons that helped greet him at the end of the ride.

The two of them live in an appartment in the Edgewater/Wheat Ridge area. They decided to end the ride in Golden, because the Golden or Wheat Ridge area would be where she would love to see the two of them find a permanent home.

“Everything went well,” said Vanderheiden, munching on pizza between interview answers.

A multi-sport athlete from Ft. Collins, Vanderheiden has participated in more than 70 bike and running events with PJ over the years, including a full Ironman triathlon.

Even with pulling an additional 100 pounds of weight behind his

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“We made our destination on the first day, found some shade and I just collapsed there and thought, I don’t know if I can do this,’ “ Vanderheiden recalled.

But partnered with the Snyders for support, and with a documentary film crew along for the ride, Vanderheiden said he knew he had to find a way.

The documentary, which Vanderheiden said will include interviews with doctors and Angelman Syndrome patients across the country, is not expected to be finished for a year. In the meantime, Snyder and Vanderheiden still have quite a few events on their calendar for the rest of the year.

When asked about what he tells people who ask him for advice about finding ways to help those less fortunate, he says he tries to encourage them to find their own way of helping.

“We inherently want to help people,” Vanderheiden said. “Go do it, because the rewards are great.”

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FROM PAGE 26

player holding a smartphone than a cigarette or a wad of cash.

“There used to be a tendency that there was more hustling,” he said.

“Nowdays, there’s not a much hustling because the information around is exchanged so freely. You know who the good players are. You can just get on the internet and see who anybody is.”

One place that attracts top talent is Rocky Mountain Billiards Training Center, 4111 S. Natches Court in Sheridan.

“All the best players in town pretty much come to train before they go to

BENTON FROM PAGE 26

And Craig’s top assistant, Robert deThouars, takes on the duties as the Mustangs’ new head coach.

Douglas County teams have compiled a 122-57 record over the past eight seasons while Craig and Mountain Range was 104-68 since 2009 and won one Class 5A state championship.

“My job has taken me to Aurora and this opportunity came up,” said Craig. “I learned that Mountain Range is going to be in very, very good hands or I would have never taken this job.

“Douglas County has always had a good group of players. It’s going to be a good year. It’s ironic that the last game I coached at Mountain Range was against Douglas County and they beat us in the state tournament. It’s all about league play and I’m excited to be in a new league.”

More changes possible At almost every football game I attended last season after non-league games were completed, I heard people

pro events,” owner Dave Hughes said.

“My place is just about pool. There is no alcohol and no pinball machines ...

It’s all about training and equipment.

“I have all the guys you would call hustlers and they all come to my place and play one another. I have leagues but mine are advanced games with advanced players.”

Felt Billiards, 101 W. Floyd Ave. in Englewood, has 23 pool tables and a bar, restaurant and arcade. It accepts pool players of all ages.

“We get new people every day,” general manager Audra Wasson said. “We have some great players here. We’ve had up to 32 kids in here for a junior tournament. We had a young kid who is a 7-year-old playing (a game) with his dad in a league. He brings a little stool to stand on.”

growling about the league alignments.

Well, just maybe, some logic can surface to improve the crazy conference alignments in Class 5A football although schools will still have to deal with the setup of last season’s leagues for the upcoming campaign.

Good news was reported by CHSAANow.com that a group of athletic directors representing 5A leagues met to talk about ideas of how to align teams for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

The group joined many disgruntled fans, coaches and administrators when they revealed discontentment with the current waterfall alignment which sent teams into leagues based on RPI ratings over the previous seasons.

It was agreed that league alignments need to change and different ideas were discussed. The group will make its recommendation for change to the football committee to consider at its December meeting.

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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3,216

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2,547

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Vibrant

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1,806

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Milan

812

2,752

2/2/2

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223

2,144

3/3.5/2

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3038

2,393

3/3.5/3

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3033

3,058

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5,073

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2,361

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2,986

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1,988

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