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MY NAME IS

KAREN PUTZ

Author of ‘Unwrapping Your Passion’

About me I’m from Naperville, Illinois, and attended college at Northern Illinois University where I majored in counseling. I share a job as co-director of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Infusion at Hands & Voices in Boulder with my co-worker from Evergreen.

I’m a mom of three deaf and hard of hearing kids who are now young adults.

Falling down and getting up I was born with normal hearing and started losing my hearing in elementary school. My older brother was a barefoot water skier and I learned the sport as a teen.

One day, I turned to cross the wake, something I had done just once before, and I took a hard fall. When I climbed into the boat, I was deaf, except I didn’t realize it. I thought I had water in my ears. Tinnitus set in that night — it’s a loud, droning

sound — and it persisted for several months.

I struggled with this new change until one day, I had an epiphany — I could continue to grieve or I could change my attitude and become the best possible deaf person I could be.

That was life-changing for me.

Many years later, my husband sent me a link to a Today Show segment featuring Judy Myers, a 66-year-old barefoot water skier.

Judy invited me to Florida to take a lesson from Keith St. Onge, the twotime World Barefoot Champion. At the age of 44, I put my feet back on the water and took up competition a year later.

Writing a book “Unwrapping Your Passion” took me six years to write. I wanted to teach others how they could ditch the ho-hum and embrace their joy.

I couldn’t write the book back then because I had so much to learn about passion and actually live it first. A wise mentor, Kevin Hall, author of “Aspire,” gave me some great advice: dive into your bliss and people will appear to help you.

He was right.

I interviewed more than 200 peo-

Author Karen Putz interview more than 200 people for her first book, “Unwrapping Your Passion.” She will be doing a signing at the Denver West Barnes and Noble on Sept. 30.

COURTESY PHOTO so many of us, we’ve been sucked into routines that sap the life out of us. As a result, we give off a dull energy. When you tap into passion — your energy level rises to a whole different level.

Putz will be doing a book signing from 1-3 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble at Denver West on Sept. 30.

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ple about passion. It was tough to narrow it down but I really love the stories that are in this book, which includes Olympian Dara Torres and Tom Ziglar.

The power of passion For everyone, passion is unbelievably unique. Passion is fuel for life — it can push you above and beyond. When you are deep into something, time fades away. For

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Buffalo Bill Fall Roundup The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, 987 1/2 Lookout Mountain Road in Golden, is offering free admission from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 17.

The free admission is part of the Buffalo Bill Fall Roundup. Activities will include crafts and hands-on activities for children and many photo opportunities.

For more information, call 303-5260744. To learn more about the museum, visit www.buffalobill.org.

Annual Jefferson County Legislative BBQ The public is invited to the Annual Legislative BBQ from 5:30-7 p.m.

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Effective immediately, DRCOG staff is ready to provide assistance.

Medicare’s open enrollment period runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7, when beneficiaries can make changes to their Medicare health and prescription drug plans. SHIP program managers encourage beneficiaries to proactively seek assistance in researching Medicare plans, especially if their medications or health conditions have changed. Prior to calling for Medicare counseling, SHIP counselors request that beneficiaries ask their pharmacy for a list of their medications.

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LAKEWOOD NEWS IN A HURRY Resurfacing of Colfax continues The Colorado Department of Transportation and contractor partner, APC Construction Co., began work on roadway repairs and improvements along Colfax Avenue between Interstate 70 and Kipling Street in Jefferson County.

The $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 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-resurfacing-i70-to-kipling.

Union corridor input sought Lakewood planners want public input as the city creates a list of potential projects to improve mobility along the Union Boulevard Corridor.

The Union Area Transportation Study will analyze current conditions, input from you and other stakeholders, and planning work already completed in the area, in order to create a list of projects for the corridor in the near future. The study will run through October. As part of the study, the city is developing three project scenarios favoring different transportation focuses — vehicle-centric, mixed, and alternative transportation.

For more information about the Sept. 28 workshop, to submit comments online, or to see past survey results, go to www.lakewood.org/ Union/.

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What Should and Shouldn’t You Fix When Preparing to Sell Your Home?

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Refinish hardwood floors that show obvious wear.

Replace your kitchen counters only if they would draw a negative comment in a visitor’s eye, but not just because they aren’t updated.

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There’s Never an Excuse for a New MLS Listing Not to Have Any Photos

Does it annoy you when you see a new listing and there are no photographs? The Denver MLS can fine agents who don’t upload photographs within 3 business days of their listing going active, but, frankly, there’s no excuse for not posting photos immediately with any new listing.

When our current MLS platform was introduced a few years ago, one of its features was the ability to save a listing as “incoming” — not yet visible to the public or other brokers — until all data has been entered and all photos uploaded.

Yet, time and again, we see new listings — even of million-dollar homes — with no

photos. This is disappointing indeed, particularly when it’s so easy to wait until a listing is complete before changing it from “incoming” to “active.”

Checking the MLS as I write this article, I found 40 new listings, four of which displayed the picture at left. There is rarely a good excuse for this.

An agent who activates a listing before uploading photos does a disservice, not only to their seller and to potential buyers, but to their profession. Even if the final photos were outsourced to a professional photographer, agents can at least upload a few keys photos from their smartphone in the meantime.

Good Formica countertops of a neutral color rarely diminish a buyer’s interest in your home.

Does your bathroom have those 1970’s (or earlier) fixtures with matching colors? Replacing them will probably not return your investment.

Of course, these are generalizations, and you really should have a set of “fresh eyes” to give you advice on your floors, kitchen, walls and bathrooms. We have 10 broker associates at Golden Real Estate and often I will bring one of them with me on the first meeting with a prospective client. Two of them are staging consultants and one has a degree in interior design, so they can provide additional insight.

What if one of the issues is something that will become an inspection issue, such as an extremely old furnace or aluminum wiring that hasn’t been mitigated?

These hidden defects need to be disclosed but it’s not typically necessary to address them in advance. Instead, save them for possible use

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Thousands climb in remembrance of 9/11 The Colorado 9/11 stair climb drew 2,000

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The registration table was scattered with badges, each one with the face of someone who lost their life on Sept. 11, 2001. As the American flag flapped in the wind, attached to two fire truck ladders, more than 2,000 firefighters, paramedics and civilians readied to climb 110 flights of stairs at Red Rocks Amphitheater — a memorial to the 110 stories climbed by firefighters 16 years ago at the World Trade Center.

“We all remember 9/11 — where you were at, what you were doing, how you felt,” said Laurelyn Norberry, 32, a volunteer firefighter with Evergreen Fire and Rescue.

“So this is our chance to remember, pay respects and do something to

honor those who have fallen.”

The ninth annual Colorado 9/11 Stair Climb drew climbers from 60 fire departments and 16 states.

The Stair Climb benefits the FDNY Counseling Services Unit and the programs provided by the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation to support the families of our nation’s fallen.

As tribute, many firefighters climbed in full bunker gear.

“It’s just the culture,” said Lt. Brenden Finnegan with West Metro Fire. “It shows respect to the firefighters who work in NYC and lost their lives that day.”

Finnegan has been participating in the event since it began.

“It’s a great experience to come and be with all your friends and family crew members and remember 9/11,” he said.

“Some of us lost friends in the towers — both firefighters and civilians.

It’s just a good experience to be part of.”

Members of West Metro and South Metro Fire came together to raise the American flag for the opening ceremony at the Colorado 9/11 Stair Climb.

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Tags honoring those who died on Sept. 11, 2001 were available for climbers to wear in remembrance of the lives lost.

John Zeising, of the Red, White and Blue Fire Protection District in Breckenridge, was one of 2,000 climbers representing 60 fire departments at the ninth annual Colorado 9/11 Stair Climb.

West Metro firefighters Chris Trost and Tyler Hecox lead the pack up the south ramp at Red Rocks Amphitheatre carrying the American and Colorado flags.

Members of the public are invited to climb alongside firefighters as a memorial.

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Housing study aims to shed light on city’s biggest issue Study reflects hopes of potential and established residents

STAY UP TO DATE To see the presentations to city council on the housing study, and to download the draft of the study, visit www.lakewood.org/ housingstudy.

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The hottest topic in Lakewood is, and has been for the past several years, growth and development in the city.

The issue has caused excitement for some, with the new opportunities for business and residences the growth brings, but for others it’s a topic of fear. There is a growing concern the city is losing itself, and this has led to proposals of building moratoriums and growth caps.

Lakewood’s deputy city manager, Nanette Neelan, knows exactly what many residents are going through.

“There’s nothing for me to buy that has a smaller footprint,” she said.

“There’s an attainability, rather than affordability, issue we need to look at in Lakewood.”

In October of last year, Lakewood embarked on a housing study to learn about the city’s existing stock, what is missing, and what current and future residents are looking for in a community. As David Schwartz, vice president of Economic and Planning Systems, the company hired to help put the study together, explains, it

about growth, the study allows us to see what we have and don’t have.”

The draft of the housing study results provides interesting reading a variety of topics, and here are a few of the standouts.

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quickly became more than simply an examination of housing.

“It became a community development study,” he said. “We’re collecting data to tell a story. We’re not just looking at development for the benefit of people who aren’t here yet, but development for those who are already here.”

The study is not yet finished, but city council has received updates in

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“There’s a lot of really helpful information for us moving forward,” said Mayor Adam Paul. “With all the talk

Space limited for some time By the turn of the century, Lakewood was already 93 percent built out. So most the development the city has seen in the ensuing 16 years have either been in the remaining 7 percent, or redevelopment.

But despite the lack of area to grow in, Neelan said the city has been targeted about where development happens.

“There’s a lot of fear that existing neighborhoods are being decimated, but our comprehensive plan ensured most development happens in specific areas,” she said. “There are areas where we don’t want to be a stagnant community, and areas where we want to see redevelopment.”

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higher housing costs, and there’s also a problem with variety of housing stock. Neelan said many seniors want to age in place, but in a smaller home, and are having a difficult time finding a suitable home.

Jobs and housing don’t match For people who work in Lakewood but can’t afford to live in the city, the study sheds a little light on the dilemma.

“For every three jobs the city has added, only one housing unit has been added,” Schwartz said. “It’s a problem when your employment is growing, but the population is not.”

With a median existing home resale price of around $337,583 in Lakewood, the study shows that construction workers, health care and social assistance, educational services and more can’t afford to live in the city. Instead, industries like technical services, public administration and manufacturing who make enough to live in the city.

“We know we need some kind of balance,” Neelan said. “We want to continue to bring in higher paying jobs, but we need options.”

Rent and affordable options One of the common complaints

longtime residents have is the preponderance of rental properties being built in the city instead of ownership opportunities.

And while that is something Neelan would like to see more of, apartments are often a first step to setting down roots in a community.

“A lot of the population in apartments just started out in a job, or are new to an area,” Schwartz said. “After they start earning more, they’re able to look at places to live in the community they’re in.”

Which brings the issue of affordability back to the fore.

Metro West Housing Solutions has been building affordable housing to the city for years, with recent projects like Lamar Station Crossing and CityScape at Belmar creating waiting lists in the thousands.

“We’re seeing a sever lack in affordable housing in Lakewood, where most people have to pay well over 30 percent of their income to rent,” said Tami Fischer, executive director and CEO of Metro West. “People love to live where they work, and have a shorter commute, but most just can’t afford it.”

Metro West has two projects in the works, but more is going to have to change to address the city’s housing problems.

“I don’t see an answer laying ahead of us,” Fischer said. “I see us always falling behind.”

Petitioners, circulators, notaries questioned in Lakewood hearing Second day of administrative hearing on ballot initiative lasts six hours

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In a six hour administrative hearing on Sept. 7, lawyers both for and against the validity of an initiative to place a 1 percent annual limit on residential growth and return decisions on large multifamily projects to city council took testimony from petitioners, circulators and notaries, about the process leading to getting enough signatures to put the initiative before city council or on the ballot in November.

Lakewood’s City Clerk, Margy Greer, will take written final statements by 5 p.m. on Sept. 11, from Dennis Polk, counselor for Steve Dorman, who filed a challenge against the initiative, former Secretary of State Scott Gessler, counselor for Cathy Ketner, board member of Lakewood Neighborhood Partnerships, a nonprofit that created the ordinance, and Anita Springsteen, a co-petitioner with Kentner and Heather Wenger, all of whom are board members on the Lake-

wood Neighborhood Partnerships group.

Greer will issue a written verdict to all three parties within five days of receiving the final statements.

About 44 people gave testimony during the hearing.

The Lakewood Neighborhood Partnerships submitted 6,192 signatures of registered Lakewood voters, which was found to be enough to move it forward, either to approval by city council or to the ballot in November.

Polk attempted to establish that those who collected the signatures incorrectly attested to following the city’s election rules.

He asked questions about how circulators and petitioners got involved in gathering the signatures, where they submitted their signatures to notaries, and how they answered questions from signees.

His point was that the bulk of the circulators’ affidavits were not signed and submitted under oath. Since the affidavits did not include language stating the circulators took an oath when they turned in the signatures, those petitions and signatures are not valid.

“An affidavit is a statement made under oath, and none of this was under oath,” Polk said. “Show me on that affidavit anywhere where the word sworn is used.”

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VOICES Indomitable spirit, humility, hard work helps one seize the day

HITTING HOME

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love stories of Diems Carpe’d.

That is too a real phrase. It’s the past imperfect conjugation of “Carpe Diem”. Or something like that. With some emphasis on imperfect. Sorry, Ms. Porter — that might be enough to send my old English teacher into seizures. Pun intended.

Anyway…

Have you heard the story of Kyle Sloter? Sloter was a rookie, undrafted free agent from Northern Colorado who the Broncos brought into training camp as little more than an extra arm to throw to the guys way down the depth chart. Funny thing happened, though — he became a camp star. Many observers think he may have been the second

best quarterback in camp.

How do you explain such a thing? Well, if you know his back story, maybe it’s not such a surprise. Recruited to Southern Mississippi, he sat out his freshman year in the expectation that he would be the starting quarterback the next year, and maybe for three years after that. But during that freshman year, the team lost 12 games, and the coach who brought him on was fired. The new coaching staff had a new plan, and Sloter was not part of it.

No problem — Sloter just wanted to play. So he learned a new position, and got on the field for a couple seasons. Inexplicably, the new staff took away his scholarship, so he needed

to find a new home.

Hello, Greeley.

Sadly, some of his credits from Southern Miss didn’t transfer, so the Spring and Summer when he was supposed to be learning the Northern Colorado system, he had to take extra classwork to catch up. As a result, he missed practice, and went into his senior year as the backup quarterback, without much hope of getting a lot of playing time.

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Down in our DNA, we’re not so different after all ALCHEMY

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tively. Scandinavian – again, a surprise – is 14 wanted to be surprised, and I was. percent, and Irish (which includes Wales and You may have read before about my RomaScotland) is 9 percent. My results also put me at nian grandparents, who left a troubled Eu1 percent South Asian and less than two percent rope in search of a better life. They settled in West Asian and Middle Eastern.

Chicago, where my mother was born in 1918. My One of my Romanian relatives drew a detailed father’s parents had been here longer, hailing family tree, going back generations to a town from Kentucky, where my dad was born. Ancesin Transylvania, which was then part of the try.com says that “Slack,” my maiden name, is of Austro-Hungarian empire. I checked Ancestry.

English, Welsh, or Dutch origin.

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Biblically speaking I read with interest the Sept. 7 article by Jessica Gibbs on The State of the Bible in 2017. It is of course no surprise that most people who read the Bible are older.

Many youth (not all) today and for the past several decades have been indifferent to religion, particularly a belief in God or a moral code.

It was heartening to read about people who do have an interest in reading the Bible and who feel it is an important part of their lives.

I found of particular interest that the report indicated that the King James Version is the most popular. This is interesting because it is lacking 7 Deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament including Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch,1 and 2 Maccabees as well as portions of the Books Esther and Daniel that are in the original Bible. These were removed by Martin Luther in the 16th Century and his reasoning is another topic of discussion. However, if people are interested in reading the complete original Bible I would suggest the Ignatius Bible, the Douay-Rheims Bible or the New American Bible.

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for 6 touchdowns, ran for another, and played every game that season.

So, the Broncos brought him in.

As good a story as that is, it didn’t actually end well. The Broncos ended up cutting Sloter at the end of training camp. But, don’t worry — he was signed to the Minnesota Vikings practice squad for $20,000 a week.

How many of you would cry over getting an entry-level position out of

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the 9th and 10th centuries.

I feel like a person in one of those Ancestry.com ads, especially the woman who says, “I had no idea.” Or the man who trades his German lederhosen for a Scots kilt. More than ever now, Greece and Italy are on my list to visit, and I’ll use Ancestry.com to discover possible relatives before I go.

What doesn’t surprise me, though, is that I have that small bit of African ancestry, from regions of northeastern Africa usually considered the Middle East. In research reported by CNN, advanced DNA testing “combined with recently unearthed discoveries are bolstering the belief that if

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college for a mere $340k/year?

Kyle Sloter is a walking poster boy for Indomitable Spirit. He had, I think it’s safe to say, the weirdest string of bad luck of any athlete I’ve ever heard of. But, nothing stopped this kid — he kept working, kept plugging away, and seized every opportunity he was handed. And a few that weren’t handed to him. It just goes to show that there are no opportunities too small for the industrious and the prepared.

The flip side of this feel good story is that, sometimes, there’s no opportunity too large for the bitter or the prideful. Colin Kaepernick is also a

quarterback, who came under criticism for kneeling during the national anthem last year. Some people believe that is why Kaepernick was cut from his team, and still doesn’t have a job, even though he is a talented (but limited) quarterback.

Turns out, he should have a job.

He interviewed with the Baltimore Ravens, and had a Ravens legend, Ray Lewis, advocating for him. In fact, the Ravens put out a picture of Lewis hugging the team owner. Apparently, the Ravens were all set to hire Kaepernick.

Until Kaepernick’s girlfriend posted

that same picture, only captioning it in an incredibly derogatory and racist way. Yeah, it was his girlfriend, but … what organization wants that headache?

Opportunity … lost.

If ever there were an object lesson in the old proverb that your circumstances don’t determine your success — your attitude does, this is it. Kids, be like Sloter.

you look back far enough, all living human beings are the descendants of a small, innovative and ambitious set of people on the African continent.”

This common ancestral link is one of the many reasons why racial prejudice continues to confound me … when there’s evidence that somewhere, somehow, we all sprang from the same genetic material.

Genome News Network says there are more than three million differences between my genome and anyone else’s. However, even with this vast number of variances, human beings share more than 99.9 percent of their DNA. That’s less than one-tenth of one percent of difference!

That .1 percent can be powerful. For example, my sister is my opposite in some distinct ways – tall, brown eyes, well-behaved hair, an aptitude for

crafts. I’m sure we all know siblings, and even some twins, who could not be more dissimilar.

So I really don’t understand the basis of racial prejudice, how can one person hate another person’s mere one-tenth of one percent as viscerally and viciously as we have seen played out repeatedly in recent weeks.

If that 99.9 percent of ourselves

that’s the same could finally figure out a way to get along with the one-tenth of one percent that makes us unique, that would be the most welcome surprise of all.

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It would be hard to find a more perfect late summer morning than that of Sept.

2 — the thirteenth 40 West Farmers Market of the summer.

Now in its second year at the Lamar Station Plaza, the market, started by Gene Kalesti, owner of Pure Colorado Pro’s Kitchen and Event Center, with the support of the West Colfax Community Association and 40 West Arts, is still in the growing phase.

But every bit helps.

“There’s something about markets in Colorado, that the third year is the year they pop,” Kalesti said. “We’ve gotten a little bigger this year,

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At around 11, the free yoga class hosted by Container Collective Yoga and Bikes had

just wrapped up — one of the new features to the market this year.

“The class varies from week to week — sometimes the age

range is 5 to 80, and sometimes there’s three students, and others more like 13,” said Stephanie Lauck, yoga studio manager and instructor with the Container Collective.

“Community involvement is really important to us, and we wanted to get out and know our neighbors.”

Shoppers picked fresh vegetables from the Mountair Park Community Farm and Miller Farms, learned about the Two Creeks Neighborhood Association and Colorado State University Extension, and perused offerings from Red Herring Art Supplies and Melissa Lemmon’s Jams.

“We’ve had so much support from the community,” Kalesti said.

The market gives shoppers

the opportunity catch up with neighbors, jaw about the coming elections, and share recipes. As they shopped, bluegrass music, courtesy of Golden Strings’ JoAn Crippen and Ron Steerman, floated above the sounds of cars on the busy avenue.

“Everybody loves these guys and what they’re doing here,” said Cat Tarbassian, a local artist with work on display at the nearby Lakewood Arts Council Gallery, who is a regular visitor to the market.

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As more people pulled up to shop, it was obvious by the thirteenth week, things were getting good at the market.

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are in Denver tonight… There are no houses to be had, and hundreds of families are living in wagons, tents, and shelters made of carpets and bedding. I like the looks of the place.”

Mollie arrived a year after Denver was founded at the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River.

People, including families, were steadily arriving in

hopes of getting in on the ground floor of a new boomtown.

The telegraph was still three years away, the railroad a decade away.

“They were willing to take a chance,” said Dr. Stephen Leonard, a history professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. “People had grown up hearing of settling Indiana or Minnesota.

They had an adventuresome spirit.”

But one person’s adventure is another’s nightmare.

“Husbands write about what an exciting adventure this is,” Everett said. “Wives write that they married the stupidest man on the planet, who has dragged them off into the middle of godforsaken nowhere to be murdered or starve to death.”

Down on the farm Mollie and Byron eventually found themselves in the upper South Platte Valley, among a growing community of farmers and ranchers about where Sheridan is today.

Mollie took to prairie life with good graces.

“June 1, 1861: There can’t be much jealousy, for one is not much better off than others, so there is a feeling of brotherhood with all.”

Life on a prairie farm was monotonous and labor intensive, said Andrea Wilhelm, a historical interpreter at the Littleton Museum, a living history village.

Typical farms of the region were 160 acres, and often had a garden and livestock to provide sustenance, and fields of rye, barley and wheat.

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dawn to milk the cow,” Wilhelm said.

“Then a big breakfast before heading out to the fields to work. There was never much down time.”

While men worked the fields, wives’ tasks included laundry, ironing, cooking and cleaning.

On Sundays many people went to church, a rare chance for entertainment and music. Men often congregated on Sunday afternoons at the post office, where all news of the outside world arrived.

Suffer the little children Life on the frontier was hard on the body.

“September 25, 1861: My little babe was born, a beautiful boy, but he did not stay with us. God took him to his fold, this one pet lamb. When I first looked on his little face, he was in his little coffin, dressed in one of the sweetest robes I had made, into whose stitches I had woven dreams of my angel baby.”

Mollie fell into a bit of a funk after the stillbirth, writing nearly a year later, while pregnant again: “July 4, 1862: O! but this is the most indolent life I ever led. Were I to write each day’s events, it would be, ‘Got up.

Got breakfast, eat, washed dishes, got dinner, ate again,’ and so on, each succeeding day the same.”

Mollie’s first child was born that fall: “November 10, 1862: I introduce to these pages my sweet baby boy, my little Bertie… A regular little captain, already giving his orders, with no intention of having them disregarded.”

Little Bertie likely grew up fast, Wilhelm said.

“There wasn’t much of a notion of childhood,” Wilhelm said. “Parents allowed some level of play, but children were learning to sew by age 2 or 3.

There were no idle hands. If you were sitting around the fire, you might as well be knitting.”

Families often had five or six kids, and sometimes more than a family could handle. Wilhelm recalled a Western Slope doctor of the period who sent out young assistants with wire to perform abortions.

Tensions rise The influx of settlers displaced the native tribes who had lived in the region for ages prior.

A series of reprisal killings in the summer of 1864 heated relations between settlers and natives to the boiling point.

In June 1864, ranch hand Nathan Hungate, his wife Ellen, and their two daughters were found murdered, scalped and mutilated on a remote ranch near what is today Elizabeth.

The Hungates’ bodies were displayed on Larimer Street in Denver, and the story of the murdered family was used to whip up public anger and calls for a final solution to the Indian problem.

In September 1864, Mollie took in three recently recovered settlers who had been held hostage by natives, including a little girl: “The girl saw her father butchered...

She would wake from a sound sleep, and sit up in bed with staring eyes, and go in detail over the whole thing.”

The McBroom Cabin at the Littleton Museum was once home to an early settler’s family.

PHOTOS BY DAVID GILBERT Paranoia ran high in the charged atmosphere, and Mollie writes, “It was about 11 o’clock that a horseman came tearing up the road, dismounting at our door… he gasped out, knees knocking together, ‘Run, wimmen!

Run for your lives, the Injuns are coming!’”

The warning turned out to be a false alarm.

“It turned out people got scared of a cloud of dust they thought was Indians,” Leonard said.

The paranoia culminated in the Sand Creek Massacre, when on Nov. 29, U.S. forces launched a dawn sneak attack on a peaceful Arapaho and Cheyenne village, killing upwards of 200, mostly women and children. Ensuing years saw natives pushed back to the margins, herded onto barren reservations.

Not so wild west Mollie had a second child in 1866, introducing “my baby girl, a dimpled, blue-eyed, brown-haired darling. We call her ‘Dora Bell,’ and although hard times are with us, and troubles surround us, we are happy.”

With the arrival of the first locomotive in Denver in 1870 came an era of explosive growth. Denver’s population in 1870 was virtually unchanged from when Mollie arrived 10 years earlier, but in the decade following the train’s arrival, the city swelled by almost 650 percent. Telephones, streetcars, opera houses, churches and hotels transformed the city. The rough frontier Mollie and her family settled was fading into memory.

The young lady who watched the rugged West go tame died at age 76 in 1915, only a few months after her husband.

She closes her journal: “I pray for grace, patience, and judgment, and for long and useful lives for us all.”

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Music education helps connect students to humanity

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Its in movies, TV shows, playing over the speakers in stores and shops, and can be heard blaring out of car windows on the road.

But I didn’t start understanding music until I got to school.

I don’t have a lot of memories of actual class time at Fremont Elementary in Jefferson County, but some of my most vivid memories are from music class. We sang songs together, learned a little about music notes, and tried our hands at becoming the world’s best recorder player.

Needless to say, the latter didn’t happen, but I did come away with a lifelong love of music.

So it gives me great pleasure to report that students in schools all over the Denver Metro Area still have many of the same opportunities I had.

“Every neighborhood school in Jeffco has music in it, and our middle and high schools have choir, band and orchestra programs,” said Lee Andres, music and theater curriculum coordinator with Jeffco schools. “We’d always like to see more, but the state of music education in Jeffco is thriving.”

A good music education goes beyond opportunity — it also means a diversity of offerings. Not just classes for those interested in performing, but options to learn about the aesthetic or business side.

Orlando Otis, music teacher at Legend High School in Douglas County, knows the importance of this firsthand — in addition to performance classes, he teaches music appreciation and music technology.

“These classes give me time with students I

CLARKE’S ALBUM OF THE WEEK SELECTION: Jack Johnson’s “All the Light Above It Too,” released on Island/Republic Records.

REVIEW: Johnson’s music always sounds like summer, so it’s a good thing he was able to release this while there’s still a few weeks left in the season. Johnson doesn’t break any new sonic ground here, but he does return to the more acoustic-driven approach wouldn’t normally see,” Otis said. “So many students love music, and it’s my job to give options to as many of them as I can.”

One of my favorite classes at Ralston Valley High School was a music appreciation class I took from longtime music educator Ken Sawyer. It provided me a sense of context on some of the music I was already enjoying, and opened up a new appreciation for classical pieces.

And exposure to music, especially at a young age, can be extremely important.

According to the National Association for Music Education, learning about music helps develop language and reasoning, mastery of memorization, increased coordination and discipline.

From the site: Kids who study the arts can learn to think creatively. This kind of education can help them solve problems by thinking outside the box and realizing that there may be more than one right answer.

One of the things that makes music education special, according to Andres, is that it’s a group learning experience for students.

“So much of school is focused on individualized learning, but music class provides more

that catapulted him to fame on his early albums. Put it on while you’re relaxing on the porch, while there’s still time.

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a social experience,” he said. “Music is one of the oldest human activities, and its one of g the things we’re able to bring to students that l feeds the soul.” m Both Andres and Otis agree that the impor- d tant part of music education is not turning students into professional musicians, but t getting them involved in music — something s they can do for the rest of their lives. o “Music education is just as important as the academic courses because it gives students a d place to belong,” Otis said. “You can catch a H kid and help them find their identity in a way s you can’t in other areas.” s As someone who discovered themselves m through music, I will never fully be able to i repay the debt to those who taught me about the art early on. We owe it to all future genera- L tions to keep the music playing on and on. i e Clarke Reader’s column on how music con- p nects to our lives appears every other week. A c community editor with Colorado Community Media, he still wishes he was a master recorder h player Check out his music blog at calmacil20. w blogspot.com. And share your favorite music e class stories at creader@coloradocommunity- A media.com. e t

‘Chorus Line’ gives a glimpse at audition process

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Through the plays and musicals they do, actors get the opportunity to go to places as people they wouldn’t otherwise.

But for the first show of the 2017-2018 season, the Arvada Center is bringing to life a world all too familiar to its cast — auditioning for a Broadway musical in the classic production, “A Chorus Line.”

“I’ve been in these situations myself

and seen some of this stuff happen first-hand,” said P. Tucker Worley, who plays Mike in the show. “You see everyone from new, bright-eyed, bushytailed actors to jaded veterans, all of whom who still want the part.”

The show runs at the center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., from Sept. 12 to Oct. 1. Performances are 7:30 p.m.

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Madore, the show takes the audience along with 17 dancers as they audition for a spot in the chorus of a Broadway musical. The entire show takes place over the span of a day, and provides windows into the many different characters who are hoping to have their dreams come true.

Many, like Connie, played by Rae Leigh Case, are at least loosely based on real people that original creator and director Michael Bennett knew from the scene.

“People often have this misconception that actors or dancers are just doing a show, but there’s always more to it,” Case said. “It’s so easy to relate to these characters.”

Both Case and Worley are from the Arvada area, and so getting the opportunity to take the main stage at the Arvada Center is a big deal for both.

“It’s extra special and really an honor,” Case said with a laugh. “But there’s an extra bit of pressure because you don’t want to blow it.”

As musical director at the Arvada Center for the first time, Madore, who lives and works in New York City, is excited about working in an artistic community as vibrant as the one at the Arvada Center.

“I’m astounded at all the arts opportunities going on here, especially the children’s productions,” he said.

“There’s something completely different about how a mind works after it is

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“Someone not in the business will still be able to project themselves onto A the characters in this show,” he said. d “It’s so specific about what people want, and you’ll be able to say, ‘I know w o this person.’ “ s For anyone who loves the stage, dance, or a story about characters do- T ing everything possible for the things w they love, “A Chorus Line” fits the bill. b “It’s an important story to tell because a lot of people don’t know what r this world is like,” Worley said. “This a t is the story that shows what we do.”

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St. Anthony continues to grow with new options Hospital maintains technological advancements

BY CLARKE READER CREADER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A lab for more than St. Anthony A couple months ago, Hargrave decided it was time to share all the work done in the lab with the rest of the campus’ employees. So he started giving half-hour tours every Tuesday afternoon to any employee who wants to see the work they do.

“We wanted to improve relations between this department and the rest,” he explained. “People use us all the time, but I don’t think a lot of them know everything we do.”

Bert Hargrave, St. Anthony Hospital’s lab supervisor, explains how some of the blood testing machinery works. The lab generates close to 1.5 million billable tests annually.

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Staff at St. Anthony Hospital’s laboratory work on thousands of samples a day, not only for patients at that hospital, but from facilities all over the Centura system.

St. Anthony’s lab not only does the bulk of the hospital’s own blood work, urine testing, pathology and more, but it also does it for all 17 Centura hospitals in Colorado and those in Kansas. It generates close to 1.5 million billable tests per fiscal year.

Technicians employ some of the latest and greatest technology to make sure everything is done quickly and properly. The lab has separate areas for blood work, chemistry, microbiology, urine analysis, and a blood bank. It is staffed 24 hours a day, Hargrave explained, and relies on constant communication to ensure employees are prepared for an emergency.

“It’s a nonstop process, sending coolers of the right kind of blood up when there’s a trauma,” said Marty Pack, who works in the blood bank.

“There’s a lot of pride in knowing we’re helping to save someone’s life.

I really like my job.”

Expanding to separate outpatient The health care industry has seen

a lot of change in recent years, and one is the increase of free standing outpatient services to cut down on costly visits to the emergency room.

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If you ask Bert Hargrave, it’s a good sign that his employees really like talking about their work. It means they’re enjoying what they do.

Which is what a boss wants when their employees are responsible for something as important as numerous hospitals’ laboratory work.

“We receive about 2,000 tubes a day for different kinds of testing,” Hargrave, who is the laboratory supervisor at St. Anthony Hospital, said. “We take the blood and other materials we have, and turn that into data.”

When St. Anthony opened in Lakewood a little over six years ago, it changed the city, bringing new employment and health care opportunities to the Union Boulevard corridor.

“It’s been amazing to see what has happened because of St. Anthony, which has become one of our largest private employers,” said Mayor Adam Paul. “There’s a whole new energy in the Union corridor, and they’ve been a great partner.”

Robert Smith, Lakewood’s economic development manager, agreed, and added one only need look at all the development on Union to see proof of St. Anthony’s impact.

“Medical businesses and practices like to be near major medical facilities like St. Anthony’s,” he said. “ Many of these types of businesses have located in the office buildings both on and near the campus. There are at least 60 medical offices on or within a half mile of the hospital.”

Ever since its opened, the facility has gone about growing and expanding its treatment options for those in need.

“We’re looking for ways to be more efficient and easy to use,” said Annette Kancilia, clinical nurse manager at the hospital’s new outpatient surgery center. “We’re streamlining processes at the hospital, while staying right across the street.”

A trip to the hospital’s lab shows the ways St. Anthony has always been looking to innovate, and the newly opened outpatient surgery center highlights its commitment to growth.

center just across from the main hospital the week of Sept. 11.

“Our two medical buildings are right around 95 percent occupied, so this building frees up space from patients and physicians alike,” said Peter Powers, chief operating officer at St. Anthony. “Being a level one trauma center, it can get really busy in the operating rooms, so having this separate outpatient facility will benefit everyone.”

The facility will start out doing general, hand and non-cosmetic plastic and reconstructive surgery.

By the end of the year, it will also provide sports medicine services.

“We have three operating rooms at the facility, which will allow us to focus on shorter cases, and healthier patients than those who have to go to the hospital,” said Kancilia.

“You’re seeing more facilities like these, and it helps us to streamline what we’re doing.”

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

`The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’: 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturdays from Sept. 15 to Oct. 28 at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Presented by Miners Alley Children’s Theater. Call 303-9353044 or go to www.minersalley. com. Appropriate for ages 12 and younger. `Les Liaison Dangereuses’: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 1 p.m. Sundays at Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Additional shows at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16, Sept.

24, Oct. 1 and Oct. 8. French aristocrats use seduction as the ultimate game, with tragic results. Call 303-935-3044 or go to minersalley.com. For mature audiences; recommended for ages 18 and older. `Dinner’: 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 17, at The Edge Theater Company, 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Additional shows at 8 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 7 and Sept. 14.

Call 303-232-0363 or go to www. theedgetheater.com. `The Marvelous Wonderettes’: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 24 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Presented by Performance Now. A return to a more innocent time as The Wonderettes perform hits from the ‘50s and ‘60s. Call 303-987-7845 or go to www.performancenow. org. `A Chorus Line’: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday; 1 p.m. Wednesday; and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 1 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd.

Audience engagement events, including insider’s talkbacks and happy hours with the cast, are planned through the run of the show. “A Chorus Line” spans one day in the lives of 17 dancers all vying for a spot in a chorus of a Broadway musical. Show kicks off the Arvada Center’s 42nd season.

Call 720-898-7200 or go to www. arvadacenter.org for tickets and information.

ART/FILM

Arts & Ales Festival: noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Celebration of local art, craft brews, food and music. Familyfriendly. Go to ArvadaCenterArtsandAles.com `Damage’ Art Exhibit: open through February 2018 at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, in the mezzanine

this week’s TOP FIVE Divine Guidance: Listening to the Inner Voice: 1-4:30 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, and 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Sept. 17 at the ECK Temple of Colorado, 7100 W. Mississippi Ave., Lakewood. Guest speaker Bob Lawton has spoken internationally on past lives, dreams, soul travel, and outof-body experiences. A former firefighter, he offers insights on death, dying, and extreme life experiences. Call 303-756-9287 or go to www.eckankar-colorado.org.

Buffalo Bill Museum Roundup: noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

17 at Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Lookout Mountain. Two temporary exhibits commemorate the 100th anniversary of Buffalo Bill’s burial. “A Better Place Could Hardly Have Been Chosen” deals with the controversy over Buffalo Bill’s burial on Lookout Mountain in 1917. “A Visit to Buffalo Bill’s Wild West,” shows what visitors to the Wild West would have experienced over 100 years ago. Admission is free. Call 303-526-0744 or visit www.buffalobill.org.

Colorado History Superstars: 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Golden History Center, 923 10th

near the library. Denver artist Sharon Brown’s exhibit features psychologically charged paintings created mostly from photographs. Go to www.rrcc.edu.

EVENTS

`Wonder Women’: 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 14 at Holy Shepherd Church, 920 Kipling Blvd., Lakewood. Lakewood AAUW program welcomes two local wonder women who will share their personal stories of overcoming challenges and achieving personal and professional success. Speakers are Action Center Executive Director Mag Strittmatter and Rep. Brittany Peterson, Majority Whip for the Colorado House of Representatives. Social time begins at 5:30 p.m., with dinner from 6-7 p.m. Program begins at 7 p.m. Go to http://lakewoodco.aauw.net/.

Book Group: 6:30-7:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Book is “Commonwealth” by Ann Patchett. For adults. Contact Suitable for: Adults303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Warm Hearts Warm Babies: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at King of Glory Lutheran Church, 10001 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Volunteers sew, knit, crochet and quilt for premature infants and babies in need.

St., Golden. Look at the best of the best athletes, entrepreneurs, doctors, entertainers, artists, musicians and writers from Colorado. Go to http:// www.goldenhistory.org/event/colorado-historysuperstars/?instance_id=193.

Adventures at Crescent Point 1940s Radio Show Murder Mystery: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22-23 and Sept. 29-30 at Colorado ACTS Theater, 11455 W. Interstate 70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. The men are gone to war, but the show must go on … on the radio. Dinner reservations required; call 303-456-6772. Can buy tickets for show only, or for dinner and show. Go to www. coloradoacts.org.

Calvary Episcopal Church Tours: noon to 2 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays in September at 1320 Arapahoe St., Golden. Celebrate the church’s 1500thanniversary by taking a tour featuring the history, art and architecture of Golden’s oldest surviving church and Colorado’s oldest Episcopal church in continuous use since 1867. Free and open to the public. Call 303-279-2188 or visit www. calvarygolden.net.

Contact Glenda at 303-975-6394 or COLOKIDZ@aol.com or Jean Jones at 303-239-6473. Items are donated to hospitals, crisis pregnancy centers, shelters, and individuals across much of Colorado. Bring a potluck dish, your machine, scissors, crochet hooks and knitting equipment.

American Legion Post 161 Meeting: 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 14, at 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada.

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

Women’s Wellness and Life Balance Experience: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 16 at Lutheran Medical Center, 8300 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Rejuvenate, re-energize and renew your motivation to live a more balanced life. Event is free, but space is limited. Call 303-689-4595 or go to http://www.LutheranWomensWellness.org to register.

Walleye Fish Fry: 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16, at Trollheim Sons of Norway Lodge, 6610 W. 14th Ave., Lakewood. The fish is flown in fresh and is delicious. Come early and shop at Den Norske Butikken.

For cost and reservations, call 303-989-4496.

Toby’s Pet Parade & Fair Details: 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 16 at Parfet Park, 701 10th St., Golden. Parade starts in Parfet Park and continues onto Washington Avenue. The parade

with conclude back at Parfet Park where the fair will be held until 1 p.m. To register, go to www. tobyspetparade.org Nonfiction Book Club: 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, Sept. 16, at Westland Meridian, 10695 17th Ave., Lakewood; and at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20. The Jeffco League of Women Voters nonfiction book club will review Ron Chernow’s “Alexander Hamilton” at its September book club meeting. Book club gatherings are open to all; please have the book read before the meeting so you can join in the discussion of this “high-minded philosophical” time in our history, which was also a time of “venomous vituperation.” For location of the Wednesday meeting and additional information, contact Lynne at 303-9855128.

Raise a Reader: noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

16 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Simple and fun activities for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and the whole family.

Snacks and prizes. Ca 303-2355275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Movie Time: 1-3:30 p.m. Saturday,

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Sept. 16 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Join us for popcorn and a family-friendly movie in our meeting room. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Lego Play and Build: 3-4:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada; and 3:30-4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Drop in and build something based on the monthly theme or use your imagination and create something original. Legos provided. Call 303235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Meet Board Candidates: 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept.

16, Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Meet the five candidates for the Jeffco School Board during a town meeting hosted by Reps. Tracy Kraft-Tharp and Lang Sias, and Sen. Rachel Zenzinger. Contact 303-866-2950.

High Holy Days Services: Saturday, Sept. 16 to Saturday, Sept.

30 at B’nai Chaim, 4716 S. Coors Lane, Morrison, near C-470 and Quincy. Selichot dinner Saturday, Sept. 16 is at 5:30 p.m.; movie and discussion at 7 p.m.; service at 9 p.m. Rosh Hashanah evening at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20.

Rosh Hashanah morning at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 21. Shabbat Shuvah at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.

22. Yom Kippur evening, Kol Nidre, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29. Yom Kippur, 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 3:15 p.m., 5 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 30. Go to www. bnaichaim.org for ticket reservations, memory book, and contacts, or call 303-697-2668.

Immigration 101: 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. Learn about immigration issues from speakers Erika Blum, from the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition, and immigration lawyer Violeta Raquel Chapin. Class is free, non-partisan, and open to all. Call 303-421-5135.

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LAKEWOOD EVENT NEWS IN A HURRY

‘The Marvelous Wondrettes’ Performance Now presents “The Marvelous Wonderettes” from Sept. 8 through 24 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway.

Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m.

The show takes audiences to the 1958 Springfield High School prom to meet Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy, and Suzy, four girls with hopes, dreams, lives and loves. It features classic 1950s hits including “Lollipop,” “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,” and “Lipstick on Your Collar.”

Tickets range from $20 to $36 and are available by calling 303-987-7845 or online at www.performancenow.org.

Love Your Neighbor at Union Square Park A Love Your Neighbor community event will be held 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, at Union Square Park, 12200 W. 2nd Place in Lakewood.

Local organizations are joining forces to welcome refugee families

from the International Rescue Committee. This is a community event distributing soccer equipment, visiting and playing soccer with refugees of all ages.

St. Anthony Hospital hosts RN Career Fair St. Anthony Hospital is hiring specialty Registered Nurses (in the ICU, ED, OR and Acute Care) for a variety of shifts and is hosting a career fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept.

22 at the hospital, 1660 W. 2nd Place.

The fair will be in Auditorium A-B. Nurse leaders will be on-site, ready to interview and provide details about St. Anthony’s loan forgiveness program for nights or up to $5,000 in sign-on bonuses for experienced, qualified RNs. Interested RNs can get pre-screened in advance of the Job Fair by submitting their application online, or they can bring their resume and drop by anytime that Friday.

All offers contingent upon successful completion of pre-employment verifications, background check and drug screening.

Veterans invited to Sept. 26 fair More than 40 organizations that serve military veterans and their families will be available at the West Metro Veterans Fair, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 26 at the Lakewood Elks Lodge No. 1777, 1455 Newland St. Free and open to the public, the West Metro Veterans Fair provides an opportunity for anyone who has served in the military and their families to learn about benefits, counseling, employment, health care and housing options. Flu shots and hepatitis screenings will be available at no cost. There also will be opportunities for one-on-one discussions with exhibitors at the fair.

This is the fifth year that Lakewood has hosted the West Metro Veterans Fair.

For more information, visit Lakewood.org/VeteransFair.

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MaKenna at Cultural Center Local artist Carrie MaKenna’s work will be on display in the Lakewood Cultural Center, 480 S. Allison Parkway, gallery through the month of September.

The focus of the interactive exhibit is the Circle, which is found at the center of many spiritual traditions including the Native American Medicine Wheel, the Celtic Stone Circles and the Buddhist Tangkhas and Hindu Mandalas among countless others. MaKenna has studied, practiced and taught about the Circle as a unique Universal Pattern and spiritual resource for over 30 years.

The interactive installation includes free-standing Directional Gates at the East, South, West and North, MaKenna’s interpretation of the planets, phases of the moon, and a variety of paintings and sculptural presentation boxes with the Circle at their core.

There will be a community class from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14.

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Learning about the Broncos and the bees Hives of honeybees humming at Dove Valley training facility

BY TOM SKELLEY TSKELLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

There’s been a lot of talk about the upcoming Denver Broncos season, and the names Paxton Lynch, Trevor Siemian and John Elway have all been in the news.

But the real buzz at the Broncos’ Dove Valley training facility in unincorporated Arapahoe County is the work of Joe Komperda.

On a bright August morning, hours before the team will take the field for a pre-season game at Sports Authority Field, Komperda gracefully manipulates trays covered with honey, wax and thousands of crawling bees, seemingly oblivious to a cloud of the disgruntled insects zipping about his body.

“My first year I got stung seven times, and the next year I got stung seven times in the first week, so I stopped counting,” he said with a smile. “It just happens sometimes.”

The 60-year-old Parker resident took up beekeeping four years ago, and in 2015 was introduced to Brooks Dodson, Dove Valley’s director of turf and grounds, by a contact in the Cottonwood District after rescuing and moving several swarms near Dove Valley.

“He said the chef might be able to use the honey at the training table, and I thought `This guy has a chef ?’ ” Komperda said. “Then I noticed he’s wearing blue pants with orange piping down the sides — and it hit me.”

Last year Komperda installed the first two hives, painted blue and orange by his wife and beekeeping partner Debbie. This year he’s keeping four hives, with 50,000 to 100,000 bees, behind the fieldhouse.

For the team, it’s a ready source of sweetener at the training table.

For Komperda, it’s an opportunity to get the word out about his beekeeping and swarm rescue services, and a chance to make an impact on

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Beekeeper Joe Komperda stands beside the beehives he keeps behind the fieldhouse at the Denver Broncos Dove Valley training facility. Komperda’s wife Debbie decorated the hives to fit in with the surroundings at the compound.

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Joe Komperda checks the staus of his hive behind the Broncos’ training facility fieldhouse as guard bees try to find a way through his protective garb. Komperda estimates between 50,000 and 100,000 bees occupy the four hives at Dove Valley.

PHOTOS BY TOM SKELLEY the declining bee population.

“We lose about 1 million hives a year, which is a real concern,” he said. “If two out of every three bites of food come from bees, and they go away, what are we going to do?”

About 60 percent of food products grown in the United States rely on pollination, Komperda said, and bee populations have been dropping worldwide from a combination of factors, including pesticide use, climate change and varroa mites, a parasite blamed for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of colonies around the world.

Anyone can take small steps to make a big difference for their pollinating neighbors, Komperda noted, such as using more bee-friendly

IF YOU SPY A SWARM or insecticides, as either could be harmful to local bee population. Instead, call the Swarm Hotline, where a dispatcher can put the caller in contact with a professional beekeeper who can remove the swarm quickly and free of charge.

Swarms occur when a hive grows too large and half of the bees within split off to start another hive. If you spot a swarm of bees, it is critical to the health of the local bee population — and your own — to leave it alone and not attempt to douse it with water or insecticides.

Anyone who finds a swarm is urged not to attempt to spray the swarm with water

Swarm hotline: 1-844-SPY-BEES or 1-844779-2337

plants and fewer pesticides in their gardens.

“There’s all sorts of things you can do to help,” he said. “You don’t need to be a beekeeper.”

Though anyone who does decide to put on a netted hood and gloves will get to experience what Komperda

calls “the zen of beekeeping.”

“When you come out here and open that hive, you start looking at that and just marvel at Mother Nature,” he said. “This is just something that is so amazing and you can’t see it anywhere else but in a beehive.”

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Thornton triceratops one-of-a-kind Fossil find give museum a year’s worth of bones to sort

TRICERA-TIPS The first triceratops fossil uncovered was found in 1870 in Denver. It currently sits in the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.

The museum has another triceratops skull found in the area in its display, a 2003 specimen dug up in Brighton.

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When the digging is all done and the bones have all been collected, the Thornton triceratops discovered under a public safety substation construction project in August might be one of the most complete skeletons of its kind, according to paleontologist Joe Sertich.

Sertich, curator of dinosaurs for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, has been front and center at the 132nd Avenue and Quebec Street dig site, helping to uncover the 66 million-yearold fossilized skeleton and communicating with the world what the diggers are finding.

Sertich hosted a live video feed at the site for hundreds of Colorado schools on the morning of Sept. 2.

That afternoon, he took a few of the bones to nearby Brantner Elementary, a few hundred feet from the dig site, and showed to them to school’s students and teachers.

Dinosaur country The bones may be a common thing

For their size, triceratops had short lives of about 30 years. Scientists estimate the Thornton specimen found in August was an adolescent, about 10 or 15 years old, based on the size of its leg bones.

A tyrannosaur tooth found amongst the triceratops bones likely came from a passing scavenger who shed the tooth while eating the carcass.

Joe Sertich, curator of dinosaurs for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, off a portion of a triceratops rib bone found at an earlier dig site in Colorado to students at Thornton’s Brantner Elementary.

SCOTT TAYLOR in the Colorado soil, Sertich said. The finds, however, are not so common.

“They are just not exposed very well,” Sertich said Sept. 2 after he took questions from Brantner students.

“If we had badlands in this area, we’d have more dinosaur fossils, probably, than anywhere in the Western U.S. It’s only when we scrape down to them

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during construction that they show up. These fossils are probably being scraped into regularly, but people don’t know it. If you’re 10 feet above the ground in a bulldozer, you can’t be sure of what your hitting.”

Luckily, that’s not what happened in Thornton. A bulldozer driver preparing the site at 132nd and Quebec for

new public safety substation hit the first bone Aug. 25 and immediately stopped work, contacting his supervisors and then the museum.

Museum staff arrived at the site Aug. 28 and have been digging ever since, uncovering hundreds of bones and bone fragment and happily showing them off to local and national media.

What they’ve found is the remains of a juvenile triceratops, one of many that wandered this area near the end SEE DINOSAUR, P21

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at the site, wrapping them in plaster and taking them to museum. She said between the bones still in the ground and bones back at the museum, museum staff has more than a year’s worth of work, processing the Thornton find.

“That’s what it would take to get everything collections-worthy, so to speak,” O’Neal said.

She didn’t know how much longer work would go on at the site.

“There are still bones in there, but they have not been exposed so we don’t how many and of what are in there,” she said. “So, there is still more to come.”

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of the Cretaceous period. Sertich said it’s likely the animal died and was set upon by scavengers, including tyrannosaurs and smaller dinosaurs. That theory was bolstered by the find Sept.

7 of a banana-sized T-Rex tooth mixed among the triceratops bones.

Sertich said the bones, the skull -and ribs and legs they’ve found are smaller than normal, leading experts to agree they’ve found an immature specimen.

“We can actually cut open their bones and count the rings, like the rings on trees, and tell their age,” Sertich said. “This one was actually only 10 or 15 years old, based on the size of the bones. But we’ll know more when gwe study it more.”

Triceratops are most common dinosaur fossils around, and Sertich said they were common in the Midwestern plains, especially in northern U.S. states like Montana and North Dakota.

Colorado, and especially Thornton, represent the southern boundary of that range.

“We have another triceratops from Brighton, not very far from here, that was found in 2003,” Sertich said.”It was the same thing, a construction project was out and crews were clearing the area and they hit it, breaking it in half. But this one is better because it wasn’t hit. We found it and preserved it almost perfectly.”

It’s a significant find — and a wel-

A close-up look at a portion of a triceratops beak found at a Thornton dig site. Joe Sertich, curator of dinosaurs for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, said diggers working on the site have uncovered almost the entire skull. come one for Sertich, who spend his time traveling to similar digs around the United States for the museum. He said he’s heading to an excavation in Utah when he wraps up on Thornton.

“That site is a 12-hour drive away, 20 miles from the nearest road and way in the backcountry,” Sertich said. “So

it’s really nice to be just 30 miles away from home.”

Bones keep coming Museum communications and media relations manager Maura O’Neal said the wrapup in Thornton may be a ways off. Crews continue to find bones

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No delay City of Thornton officials said work should not delay the opening of their public safety substation. Crews officially broke ground on the 30,000 square-foot substation July 31, but moved the work to a different location on the site when the fossil was found.

“We don’t anticipate the removal impacting the opening date at this point,” said Jerry Dye, Thornton support services director.

Police warned residents that the site is closed.

“We have not had anyone trying to sneak into the site, but have had a lot of curiosity seekers and people ask if they can access the site,” Thornton officer Matt Barnes said in an email. “They have all been cordial and polite encounters. We understand this is a unique discovery and something that most people would never get a chance to see or experience in their lifetime.”

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Lacrosse coach adds to luster of program

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D’Evelyn senior quarterback Chad Dines (2) looks for some running room during the Jaguars’ 21-10 victory over Green Mountain on Sept. 8 at Jeffco Stadium. Dines threw a trio of touchdown passes in the victory. The win elevated the Jaguars to 1-1 on the season, as the team faces off against The Classical Academy in a non-league matchup this Friday.

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combined hits for Ralston Valley and Mountain Range in a Sept. 5 softball game.

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overtime periods in the first five matches for the Standley Lake soccer team.

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quarterback sacks for the Pomona defense in the Sept. 8 win over Fountain Fort Carson.

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stolen bases in six attempts for Alameda in a 9-5 softball win over Thornton on Sept. 9.

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unanswered fourth quarter points for Lakewood’s football team in a 28-14 victory over Bear Creek.

Standout Performers Jack Castiglia, Lakewood

Chad Dines, D’Evelyn

David O’Connell, Golden

In the first four Jefferson County League golf meets, the senior has played 72 holes in a combined 5-under-par with scores of 69, 69, 72 and 72.

He passed for 303 yards, three TDs and the senior quarterback finished with 347 total yards in a 21-10 win over Green Mountain on Sept. 8.

Junior quarterback O’Connell threw for 196 yards and four touchdowns in the 49-0 football victory over Littleton on Sept. 7.

Sydney Stewart, Ralston Valley

Tony Cass, Arvada West

Ryan Marquez, Pomona

The senior went 4-for-5, scored three runs, hit three home runs and had eight runs batted in during a 20-15 win over Mountain Range on Sept. 5.

The junior rushed for 193 yards and two touchdowns in the 30-20 football victory over Mountain Range on Sept. 7.

Marquez, a senior quarterback, had 256 total yards with 187 passing and 72 rushing in a 42-7 win over Fountain Fort Carson on Sept. 8.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS — Colorado Community Media selects six athletes from area high schools each week as “Standout Performers.” Preference is given to athletes making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton by noon on Sunday at jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com

verybody knew him when he walked into the room and he received a loud ovation.

Brent Adams was introduced Sept. 5 as the new boys OVERTIME lacrosse coach for the Falcons of Highlands Ranch High School. He became another wellrecognized lacrosse coach as the sport continues to draw qualified coaches to Colorado high school teams.

I recall years ago Jim Benton when there were derogatory comments about the quality of prep soccer coaches, but the remarks have quieted as more knowledgeable people have joined the coaching ranks.

Those kinds of observations never began in lacrosse, which has attracted top college and professional players to coach at many schools.

Adams, who was an All-American selection at Fairfield University, comes from Valor Christian, where he was an assistant coach under former professional lacrosse legend John Grant Jr. Adams played for the Chesapeake Bayhawks and Boston Cannons of Major League Lacrosse.

In 2016 he signed with the Denver Outlaws of the MLL and is currently in the second year of a two-year contract with the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League.

Adams, 26, replaces Outlaws captain Matt Bocklet who left Highlands Ranch to coach defending state champion Cherry Creek.

“If you have a coach that is creditable, for lack of a better word, it allows players to commit to the sport a little more when they know they are getting good instruction that you really can’t find at a lot of schools,” said Adams.

“I’m going to be hands-on as much as I can. I think the players will benefit from that. Lacrosse has done so much for me in my life that I can’t wait to give back as much as I possibly can.”

Help-wanted sign out for officials There is a critical shortage of officials for almost every high school sport for all levels.

The Colorado High School Activities Association offered clinics over the summer in an attempt to recruit new personnel, and CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda Blanford-Green claims the workshops were successful.

“We saw a little bit of growth,” she said. “We are now even thinking about being at some job fairs on the collegiate level. When you see the percentage of college people that don’t play college sports but have knowledge of the game and are part of intramurals, why aren’t we tapping into that resource?”

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Memory and legacy of Dave Sanders continues at Columbine

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LITTLETON — Linda Sanders wore her Columbine softball T-shirt and hat as she received plenty of hugs Sept. 7.

“This community all pulled together in 1999,” Sanders said. “I think it’s great that they get little reminders now and again. The students are growing up remembering them.”

Sanders, widow of former Columbine High School teacher and coach, was on hand to throw out the first pitch of the annual Dave Sanders Memorial Softball Tournament. Columbine and Lakewood has organized the 16-team tournament for years and renamed the tournament for Dave Sanders after the tragic school shooting on April 20, 1999.

Dave Sanders saved many lives that tragic day by warning students of the shooters before suffering mortal wounds.

“Sometimes it feels like yesterday that it happened. Other days it seems like a long time ago. The reminders sometimes are trying, but at times like this it’s beautiful,” Linda Sanders said before throwing out the first pitch before the opening game of the three-day tournament. “He didn’t like to be in the spotlight. I don’t think he even realized that he was becoming a hero when he did what he did because he loved all of his students just the same.”

With 18 years having passed since the horrible day at Columbine High School, the memories and stories about the type of person Dave Sanders was is still a priority for the Rebels’ community. Sanders coached Columbine’s girls basketball and softball programs with Columbine colleague Rick Bath for several years.

Bath and former Lakewood softball coach Ray Baker has organized the annual tournament that concluded Sept. 9 at Aurora Sports Park. Athletic directors Scott Christy (Columbine) and Michael Hughes (Lakewood) are now heavily involved in the tournament that draws Class 5A and 4A teams from Grand Junction, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Brighton and Denver Metro Area.

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Lakewood junior catcher Kayla ColAngelo tags out Smoky Hill senior Emilie Roberts (33) at home plate during pool play of the Dave Sanders Memorial Softball Tournament on Sept. 8 at Aurora Sports Park.

DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Bear Creek, Columbine, D’Evelyn and Lakewood playing in the tournament this year gives a good Jeffco flavor. It also gives teams a chance to play at the venue that host the 5A, 4A and 3A state tournaments in October.

“I think its a great tournament on his behalf. He gave so much to softball, kids and education,” D’Evelyn coach Dan Porreco said of Dave Sanders. “We love coming back here every year. As time goes on sometime we forget things and what people meant to the sport.”

With the girls playing in the 40 tournament games having not even being born back in 1999, the decision was made four years ago to have the first game of the tournament held at Columbine High School at Dave Sanders Memorial Softball Field.

“I think having the first game on Dave Sanders Field and recognizing his memory, his legacy, and his family is incredibly important and is a terrific tradition,” Christy said.

“Dave Sanders was a man who loved

Columbine and gave his life at the school and it is incredibly important to remember this great man on an annual basis. Our softball team honors him on a daily basis as his initials DS are on the back of their jerseys.”

Baker, who guided Lakewood to back-to-back 4A softball state championship titles in 1997 and 1998, recalled how Sanders and Bath stayed to watch and support the Tigers during the 1998 4A title game played in Grand Junction. Columbine had lost its 5A state semifinal game by a run to Bear Creek.

“They were the kind of guys who would help you if they could, unless you were playing them,” Baker said.

“Both (Bath and Sanders) of them were good role models for me because I hadn’t coached nearly as long as they had been coaching. They were great examples of how you should treat kids.”

Sanders actually coached several of Baker’s players during the summer in the 1990s.

D’Evelyn junior Kate Fuhr throws from her third base position during the Jaguars’ opener of the Dave Sanders Memorial Softball Tournament on Sept.

8 at Aurora Sports Park.

“It didn’t matter who they played for or how they played. He (Sanders) was just that type of guy,” Baker said.

“Dave was kind of a renaissance man in high school sports. He had the easy way of a guy who never had a bad day.”

Baker believes the tradition of the Dave Sanders Memorial Softball Tournament will keep going strong do in part to the strong relationship between Columbine and Lakewood high schools, along with the desire to keep the memory of Dave Sanders alive.

“I think we need to can keep the history of what Dave was about and what he meant to high school teaching and athletics,” Baker said. “I think that’s important.”

Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities.

For more Jeffco coverage, go online at CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.

September marks transition season between fishing and hunting

here did the summer fishing season go? Not that we should give up on September and October angling, after all fall in Colorado can be a choice season for both fly rod and lake angling.

However, we are in that transition season, when it is time to unlock the gun case, check, clean and prep the shotguns, rifles and archery gear for upcoming fall and winter hunting seasons. Add a trip to your favorite outdoors shop or local Colorado Parks and Wildlife Office to get 2017-2018 small game and waterfowl licenses and federal migratory and state waterfowl stamps. Hunters must pos-

sess a habitat stamp as well, possibly a youth (under 18) small game license, a furbearer license or ban-tailed pigeon permit, depending on one’s interest.

Sportsmen applying for the various small game and waterfowl licenses born after Jan. 1, Ron Hellbusch 1949 must possess a hunter education card as a prerequisite. Outdoor shops and CP&W offices can suggest dates and time for scheduled classes leading

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up to the issuance of the card.

All required licenses and permits along with full, detail regulations are included in the 2017 Colorado Small Game & Waterfowl Regulations Handbook, a “must read” available also at outdoor shops and Colorado CP&W Offices.

Some of the more popular Colorado hunting seasons recently set by the CP&W Commission or the US Fish & Wildlife Service include cottontail rabbit (Oct. 1-Feb.28, 2018); mourning dove (Sept. 1-Nov 29); pheasant (Nov. 11-Jan. 31, 2018);quail (Nov. 11-Jan. 31, 2018);Northeast Zone duck east of I-25 (Oct 7-Nov 27 & Dec.16-Jan. 28, 2018); Mountain/Foothills Zone duck west

of I-25 (Sept.30-Nov. 26 & Dec 23-Jan. 28, 2018); Regular Central Flyway Zone goose east of US 85 (Nov. 6-Feb. 18, 2018); Northern Front Range goose season west of US 85 (Sept.30-Oct. 11 & Nov.18-Feb. 18, 2018) and a waterfowl youth hunt established with dates listed in the handbook.

These seasons are only a sampling of the complete list of Colorado hunting seasons. Hunters are responsible to obtain and thoroughly be familiar with game seasons and regulations described in detail in the 2017 handbook.

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Dated opportunities Glenn Garcelon Foundation Empowers and supports brain tumor patients and their caregivers.

Need: Volunteers for annual fundraiser (Sept. 9, 2017) at The Retreat at Solterra, Lakewood. Opportunities to help include promotion, food prep, silent auction, checkin, clean up).

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Animal Rescue of the Rockies Rescues homeless dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters Need: Foster-care familiesfor death-row shelter dogs and cats Contact: www.animalrescueoftherockies.org Arvada Visitors Center Need: Help assemble welcome bags for new Arvada residents. Specific dates and times are scheduled.

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Requirements: To provide students with a safe home, meals and transportation for 5-10 months. All family types are considered. Must fill out onlilne application and pass background check.

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

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

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

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Cat Care Society Nibbles ‘N Kibbles Food Bank Works to reduce number of abandoned and surrendered cats Need: Donations of canned and bagged cat food and litter Contact: 303-239-9680

Colorado Refugee English as a Second Language Program Teaches English to recently arrived refugees, who have fled war or persecution in their home country. In Colorado, refugees are from Afghanistan, Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Iraq, Eritrea and D.R. Congo, among others.

Need: Volunteers to teach English. Tutoring takes place in the student’s home.

Refugees live throughout Denver, but the largest concentrations are in Thornton, near 88th Avenue and Washington Street, and in east Denver/Aurora, near Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street.

Other details: Tutors do not need to speak the student’s language. Most participants are homebound women and small children, adults who are disabled, and senior citizens.

Many are not literate in their first language, and remain isolated from American culture.

Requirements: Volunteers must attend training at Emily Griffith Technical College in downtown Denver. Sessions take place every 6-8 weeks. Go to www.refugee-esl. org for information and volunteer application.

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Common Earth Community Garden Garden project for entire community of Arvada Need: Volunteers to help build and work in garden Contact: Anthony at 303-204-0840 or squiggy.as@gmail.com The Edge Theater Lakewood-area community theater Need: Volunteers needed for front of house, back of house, concessions and committees (audience building, grants, sponsorships, events) Contact: Leigh Ann Kudloff at 303-9865073 or lkudloff@comcast.net; www. theedgetheater.com English As a Second Language Provides English and civics tutoring to nonEnglish speakers at Arvada United Methodist Church.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 Shaun Howard and Avery, a 5-year-old German Shepard, pose for a picture at last year’s Toby’s Pet Parade & Fair.

This year, Howard’s 8-year-old Chihuahua mix named Baxter will be joining she and Avery in the parade.

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Toby’s Pet Parade and Fair was inspired by an Australian Shepherd that was brought to the Foothills Animal Shelter in April 2015 malnourished and dehydrated. He was named Toby, and after several months in foster care, Toby was adopted by a staff member and became the official mascot of the Foothills Animal Shelter.

Foothills Animal Shelter is a great resource for the community with a lot of amenities that a lot of people don’t know about, said Susan Sedgeley, a volunteer at the shelter. She is looking forward to bringing awareness to the shelter again this year, along with her 2-year-old black lab mix named Bella, who won Doggie Diva last year.

We love our pets, and they love us, Sedgeley said.

“Volunteering at Foothills has made me so happy. It’s a good feeling being able to help the animals,” she said. “It’s really rewarding, and I get instant gratification helping the homeless animals feel loved and cared about.”

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“Participating in this parade is a win-win for everybody,” said Shaun Howard of Littleton, whose dog Avery won best costume for her police officer outfit in the Macho Mutt category last year. “It’s a great time and a great way to support the community. If you like dogs, it’s worth it to go.”

The second annual Toby’s Pet Parade and Fair takes place Sept. 16, in downtown Golden. Proceeds will benefit the Foothills Animal Shelter, which provides medical, behavioral and life-saving care to more than 9,000 homeless pets each year.

The main event is the Pet Parade, during which participating dog owners dress up their pets in fun costumes and walk them on the parade route on Washington Avenue.

“You’ll see some highly creative dog costumes that will put a smile on your face,” Howard said.

This year, Howard is bringing Avery, a 5-year-old German Shepard, and Baxter, an 8-year-old Chihuahua mix, to participate in the parade. She is currently conjuring up a themed cocostume for the two dogs.

Following the parade will be a fair with food trucks, vendor booths, a beer garden, dog flyball demonstrations, face painting and other familyfriendly games and activities.

The costume contest is another a highlight of the event. There are six categories which allow for some creative costumes, such as Macho Mutt, Owner/Pet Look-a-Like and Doggie

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Shields and Van Gieson challenge incumbents for school board Mitchell runs for re-election unopposed in Jeffco

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“Closing a neighborhood school breaks up a community and has devastating effects, especially when the school primarily serves low-income families,” Shields said.

Van Gieson is an IT project manager and lives with his wife and four children in Arvada. The parent and education advocate said he is running for the board of education seat to bring balance to the board.

“Our future depends on Harmon our children being prepared for successful futures and our community needs a balanced board to make sure we are setting goals for improvement and spending our billion dollar budget responsibly before asking for more tax dollars,” Van Gieson Rupert said. “I am committed to respectfully asking tough questions.”

Rupert was elected for the board in 2015, following the recall of the conservative board majority. He is a lawyer with an Arvada-based practice focusing on business, real estate and estate planning.

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Both challengers in the Jefferson County Board of Education race oppose the shift of sixthgraders to middle school and are concerned about the stress school closures brings to a community.

“I know the devastation closing Pleasant View caused the community. I also know the Shields anxiety caused by being part of a closure conversation,” said Matt Van Gieson, who is running against incumbent Brad Rupert for the District 1 seat. Van Gieson was an active volunteer at the Golden school that closed at the end of last school Van Gieson year. “While our superintendent has said he won’t recommend school closures, we know this is a board decision. I support our small schools and don’t support closing schools.”

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I think we have ingredients for developing a great school district and I think that’s something I’d like to pursue.”

To do that, Rupert said he would continue to work on improving education outcomes and remedy the challenges of facility maintenance.

“We also need to work on closing the achievement gap, particularly with children living in poverty,” Rupert said.

Achievement gaps are also one of Van Gieson’s top priorities.

“In Jeffco, 50 percent of third-graders don’t read at grade level by the end of their third-grade year,” Van Gieson said. “I look at my four children and see statistically that would be two of my children not prepared for fourthgrade work. That is unacceptable, and for our future we must do better.”

Shields is challenging incumbent Susan Harmon, who was also elected in 2015 following the board majority recall.

Shields, a Jeffco mom, describes her work as being a “public health educator,” who advocates for childhood causes including fitness, resiliency, pediatric cancer, child abuse and neglect, and education.

“Over the last year, I have spent a significant amount of time volunteering in schools which serve high populations of students from families living below poverty,” Shields said.

“I have seen the incredible needs in these schools. I have learned not every student in Jeffco has the same opportunities despite the billion dollars we spend each year. I am running to be sure we focus on improving opportunities for all students so that they can be better prepared for college or career.”

Shields said she also wants to attract and retain great teachers and

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Harmon, a Lakewood-based attorney, began getting involved with Jefferson County’s public education system when her kids first began school — joining the PTA and serving as an elected board member before being elected to the board of education.

“I’m very excited about continuing the great progress our board has had,” Harmon said. “There’s a stiff learning curve which I went through with the other board members. We have had a lot of very difficult decisions to make during these two years.”

Harmon said she believes in the democratic process and is encouraged to see that other people want to serve the students in Jeffco.

“I’d be curious to see her views on policy governance and our differences, concerns or criticisms of things she feels I haven’t done or we collectively haven’t done,” Harmon said of her challenger, Shields. “I’m proud of the work that I’ve done and look forward to continuing that.”

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In its first board meeting of the school year, the Jefferson County Board of Education looked at the districts performance on the most recent Colorado Measures of Academic Success test results.

One area of concern for school board member Ali Lasell was the drop in achievement in English language arts for 2016 sixth grade students and 2017 seventh grade students. In sixth grade, these

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Countering that argument, Gessler argued that the act of signing was an affirmation of the validity of signatures, and that not making customers swear an official oath is common practice for notaries.

“Notaries went over everything to make sure you agree with what signed,” Gessler said during one cross-examination. “The process is to make sure the signee know what singing, and that’s the same process you would expect from going to a notary.”

Dorman, vice chairman of the Jefferson County Republican Party, filed the challenge because he said people who signed the petition weren’t made fully aware of the contents of the measure.

In his questioning, Polk contrasted the full 14 page initiative with the two sentence summary that was on most petitions, and said most signees weren’t aware of what they were signing, since they didn’t read the full 14 pages.

“I didn’t get adequate training, so I answered questions people had to the best of my knowledge,” said Randal McFarland, one paid circulator.

Through his questioning, Gessler found

students landed in the 59th median growth percentile. In seventh grade they fell to the 44th.

This, can be for many reasons, Lasell was told by district staff. one of which is the testing of different skills, such as poetry versus nonfiction.

In math, the gap between accelerated and grade-level students pointed out in 2016 results still exists. In eighth grade, students have the choice of taking accelerated classes including algebra, geometry and algebra 2. Students taking those classes have a higher percentage of those meeting or exceeding expectations at 42, 75 and 91 percent respectively. Just 20 percent of students taking grade-level eighth grade math are at this achievement level.

that most signees were already aware of the initiative before being asked to sign a petition, and people were eager to sign on.

“Every time I said I have the petition, everyone knew what I meant,” said circulator Edie Bryant. “I’ve never seen a petition like this one, where people came and asked me, and wanted to sign.”

In her questioning, Springsteen voiced concern about the effect this challenge would have on future citizendriven initiatives, the burden placed on residents simply trying to help the city, and amounted to an attack on free speech.

“The process of issuing all these petitions has a chilling effect on democratic process,” she said. “This proceeding is a fishing expedition, when the real issue is the city made a mistake in issuing this type of affidavit form to be signed.”

It was unclear at press time whether the court challenge would create a timing problem for the city to place the ordinance on the November ballot, but Gessler and his clients said they were very cognizant of the time crunch, and eager to get the issue resolved as soon as possible.

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Data among subgroups in all subjects — English language arts, math and science — are unchanged. This is a cause for concern for board member Amanda Stevens, who suggested that staff take a closer look at the outliers.

Looking forward, the next steps for the district are to prioritize support for low achieving schools and implement professional learning.

“We are making progress, but we do have work to do,” said board president Ron Mitchell.

Drake additions The Jeffco Board of Education also approved a contract to MOA Architecture for the Drake Middle School addition and renovation. The approval of the $812,000 contract was part of the consent

agenda Sept. 7.

On May 4, the Board determined that an addition and renovations to Drake were necessary to provide additional capacity for a sixth-grade level program. On March 7, MOA Architecture was selected by the Facilities and Construction Management department to provide a proposal for design services for the Drake additions and renovations.

They were chosen from a pool of three pre-qualified consultants based on the design team’s experience with similar projects throughout Jeffco Public Schools.

A fee proposal in the amount of $812,000 was received on April 19.

Design work will be funded by the 2017 Capital Improvement Program and is scheduled for completion this month.

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

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

Divorce Workshop A workshop that covers the legal, financial and social issues of divorce is presented the third Monday of each month at the Sheridan Library, 3425 W. Oxford Ave., Denver. Check in from 5:15-5:30 p.m.; workshop runs 5:30-7:30 p.m. Register at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com.

Advance registration costs $35; at the door, cost goes to $40 (cash/checks only). Attendees will get help taking the next step by getting unbiased information and resources.

Learn the options available and next steps to take positive action steps. Discover community resources, and talk with other women experiencing similar life changes. Volunteer presenters include an attorney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager. Discussions include co-parenting, child support, family coping, tax consequences, property division, hostile spouses and more. For information, contact 303-210-2607 or info@divorceworkshopdenver.com.

Drop-in Storytimes Bring the kids to get lost in the world of wonderful words and fabulous illustrations, from timeless classics to new discoveries, all with a nature theme.

Drop-in storytimes are at 10 a.m. the first Thursday and third Monday of each month at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Go to www.arvada.org/ nature or call 720-898-7405. Suitable for all ages. No registration required.

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

demic opportunities and scholarships. Please contact the chapter for more information.

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Golden Nar-Anon family group meets from 7:30-9 p.m. Mondays at Calvary Episcopal Church, 1320 Arapahoe St. We ask that people enter on the east side of the church and follow the signs to the upstairs meeting room. Call the Nar-Anon Family Groups World Service Organization at 800-477-6291 or go to Nar-Anon.org.

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

Order from diner menu (pay on you own).

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

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Lonely? Make life-long friends. Join a group of young ladies from ages 10-20 learn leadership and organizational skills in meetings with support from friends. Meetings are the second and fourth Monday of the month in Golden. Meet periodically to do fun activities.

Rewards of membership include life skills, community work and significant scholarships for college. Call 303-204-1572 to join us for an activity.

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

Open mic Living Water Unity Spiritual Community presents open mic night – celebrate your teen self from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. This program gives teens the opportunity to express their performing art including voice and instrument, acting, poetry, stand-up comedy,

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Square Dancing Want some fun exercise?

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

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

Tuesdays Applewood Kiwanis Club meets 7-8 a.m.

Tuesdays at the Applewood Golf Course, 14001 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. You are invited to attend a meeting. Our goals are to serve children worldwide and in our community.

We ring the bell for Salvation Army, deliver Christmas baskets to needy families and, assist the Jeffco Action Center with school supplies for children from low-income families.

These are just three of our many projects. For more information, contact Fred McGehan at 303-947-1565.

Arvada Fine Arts Guild: 2-4 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at Indian Tree Golf Club, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, in the restaurant/clubhouse. Meetings are free and open to the public. Go to http://arvadafineartsguild.com/ Arvada Sunrise Rotary Club meets 7-8 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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new connections/solutions. There is always a way. Or two. Or three.

When you develop this attitude you will always find a solution. Again, use your logical mind and have fun in developing new possibilities and potential solutions. If it works ... great! If not, learn from that experience and move forward with a new potential solution. The only way to fail is to quit.

Be worthy Expect your life to work and accept

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

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

Northside Coin Club is a group of collectors that meets monthly to promote the hobby of numismatics among its members and the public. The club meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month at 12205 Perry St., at the Friendship Hall in the Cimarron Village in Broomfield. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Find out more at www.northsidecoinclub.org/ or look for us on Facebook.

Master Networks of Belmar Entrepreneurs and professionals interested in growing their business and personal connections, this is the group for you. We use a national platform that includes an educational component along with traditional networking aspects.

Group is oriented toward entrepreneurs and professionals. The group meets 10-11 a.m.

Tuesdays at DeMarras Bourbon Bar & Eatery, 11100 W. Alameda Ave. For information, visit a meeting or call Suzie at 303-979-9077 or email Littleton@Mathnasium.com.

Ports of Call Singles Club, 55 Plus Social hours take place from 4-6 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at 3 Margaritas in Lakewood (contact Carol at 303-389-7707), and the fourth Tuesday of each month at Chads in Lakewood (contact Darlene at 303233-4099). Denver meetings are the fourth Thursday of each month at Baker St. Pub, 8101 E. Belleview, in the Tech Center (contact Harold at 303-693-3434). For information and a monthly newsletter, call JoAnn, membership chairperson, at 303-751-5195, or Mary, president, at 303-985-8937.

Rocky Mountain Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtnteamsurvivor.org.

all the good things that comes your way. When you have an attitude of worthiness you are positive because you believe/know that goodness is a part of life. We’re all creators and constantly creating our lives based on our continual thoughts/feelings we tell ourselves throughout the day.

When you’re worthy, your internal dialogue shifts to one of expecting good things to happen and graciously giving thanks for the support in your vision.

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Services Painting

Plumbing

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Tile

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Window Services Sprinklers

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32 Lakewood Sentinel

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017S

Proposed January 2018 Service Changes Effective January 14, 2018 RTD has scheduled nine public meetings to discuss service changes proposed for January 2018.

Downtown Denver RTD Administrative Offices 1600 Blake Street Wednesday, September 20, 2017 Noon and 6:00 p.m.

Green Valley Ranch Green Valley Ranch Community Center 4890 Argonne Way Monday, September 25, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Boulder Alfalfa’s Market 1651 Broadway Community Room Wednesday, September 20, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Denver Tech Center Koelbel Library 5955 S. Holly Street Koelbel Conference Room Wednesday, September 27, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Aurora Aurora Municipal Center 15151 E. Alameda Parkway Aspen Room Thursday, September 21, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Golden Golden Community Center 1470 10th Street Thursday, September 28, 2017 6:00 p.m.

Northeast Denver Central Park Recreation Center 9651 E. Martin Luther King Boulevard Conference Room B Thursday, September 21, 2017 6:00 p.m.

East Denver Glenarm Recreation Center 2800 Glenarm Place Friday, September 22, 2017 5:30 p.m.

For details on these changes, see the Proposed January 2018 Service Changes brochure on buses, rail, and at RTD transit stations or visit rtd-denver.com *** Para información en español, llame al 303.299.6000 y pida hablar con un operador en español.

Access-a-Ride Routes with service improvements or reductions may impact ADA Access-a-Ride service availability.