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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

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White Fence Farm prepares to close at the end of the year

MY NAME IS

Tom Quinn

CONTRIBUTED

TOM QUINN

Alameda Connects Executive Director I’ve lived in Lakewood for 28 years.

I came out to Colorado from Chicago, because I wanted to be near the mountains. While in Chicago I went to the Chicago-Kent College of Law, and I practiced law for 28 years as a general practice lawyer.

I’ve wrote a book about a small, but significant event in the Civil War called “American Massacre” that chronicles the Fort Pillow Massacre. I think the Civil War tells a lot about America.

I served on Lakewood City Council for eight years, and it was a very positive experience. I liked working with our citizens and the other elected city council members. I finished my term in 2015, and because I was always active in the community, I decided to join the Alameda Connects, a non-profit organization that serves Lakewood’s Alameda Corridor. Today, I serve as the executive director of the organization.

Rebranding Alameda Connects was originally called the Alameda Gateway Community Association, and it has been around for more than 20 years. We changed the name, after having a lot of

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conversations about what we are today.

We’re not so much a place where people pass through like a gateway, but we’re a place where we connect each other.

We connect our businesses, community, non-profit organizations and our elected officials.

Our vision is to create a thriving destination, and it takes all parts of our community to work together. We’re developing an arts and nature trail, and we’re doing that as part of our overall vision to create a whole new appearance for the Alameda Corridor. We want to make sure that businesses are thriving, and we’re encouraging new businesses to come in.

We have great facilities, great infrastructure, and we have a great environment here to create a new business.

We’re really all about connecting, engaging and growing.

Loving Lakewood Lakewood exemplifies a place where you can find something of everything that will draw you to the west. The first time I drove into Lakewood, I thought I knew that this is where I want to live.

We have great citizens, businesses and amenities like our trail system and bike paths. Everything came together to make Lakewood home.

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Lakewood’s White Fence Farm has been a landmark in the city for the past 40 years.

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The restaraunt will operate during its regular hours until its final day - Dec. 30

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WHERE: 6263 W. Jewell Ave. WHEN: Tuesday-Friday, 4:30 p.m.-8 p.m., Saturdays, 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sundays 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. White Fence Farm’s last day will be Dec. 30.

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Multiple reports say White Fence Farm, which has been a staple in the Lakewood community for decades, is set to close its doors Dec. 30.

Restaurant owner Craig Caldwell said in a statement that White Fence Farm has been operating at a net monthly loss for a considerable amount of time.

“Efforts to create a profitable operation were not successful, and we can no longer operate in this capacity,” Caldwell stated.

With new restaurants sprouting up in Colorado regularly, White Fence Farm has been struggling to keep up. Caldwell said the hospitality industry along the Front Range

has dealt with labor shortage in recent years.

The business did not respond to requests for additional comment.

The restaurant specialized in fried chicken, and it has been part of the Lakewood community since 1973. It has a year-round Christmas shop, carriage rides, animals and more.

The animals at the restaurant have been adopted, and they’re set to be relocated once the establishment closes, according to multiple media reports.

White Fence Farm will operate during its regular hours until closing day.

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Drop off ballots, don’t mail them, state says Accident leaves one man dead STAFF REPORT

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, which oversees elections in the state, urged voters to drop off their ballots rather than mailing them after Oct. 29, according to a news release from the office.

That’s because postmarks don’t count — ballots must be in the hands of an election official by 7 p.m. on Election Day, Nov. 6, the release said.

“I have worked very hard to provide funding for our

county clerks to set up 24hour drop boxes so voters can drop off their ballots any time of the day or night,” said Wayne Williams, secretary of state, in the release.

Voters can use a voting center operated by their county clerk or a 24-hour drop box, and those options don’t require stamps, the release said. To find a voting center or drop box near you, use the voting information tool at www.sos.state.co.us/ pubs/elections/VIP.html.

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Polling Centers in each county will be open through Election Day, except for on Sunday, Nov. 4, the release said. All voters who vote in person must provide identification: Check out the Secretary of State’s Office’s guidelines at tinyurl.com/ y8b93bs5 for acceptable forms of ID. Oct. 29 is also the last day for voters to request a ballot and have it mailed to them — starting Oct. 30, those voters must go to a voter center and vote in person, the release said.

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Lakewood Police responded to calls of a serious motor vehicle accident that left one man dead.

On Oct. 24, police were called to the intersection of West Jewell Avenue and Illiff Drive where witnesses say the man was driving a grey, single passenger Mercedes sedan at a high speed, when he struck a black Mitsubishi Lancer. The Mitsubishi Lancer was being driven by a 19-year-old female, and she

was taken to a local hospital where she is recovering from serious bodily injuries.

Police have yet to release her name, because the situation is sensitive. The man was pronounced dead when police arrived to the scene.

Police believe the male driver was 21-year-old Emmanuel Sanchez, but the full identification process is not complete, because Sanchez is an undocumented citizen.

No charges have been filed yet, but police believe speed played a major factor in the accident.

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Jeffco Commissioners Quietly Eliminate the County’s Portion of a Business Tax If you haven’t already mailed in your ballot, consider this giveaway to Jefferson County’s biggest businesses by our current Board of County Commissioners (BCC). By a vote of 2-to1, with the lone Democratic commissioner opposing it, the BCC voted to eliminate the county portion of the Business Personal Property Tax (or “BPPT”). Depending on where in the county a business is located, this represents a 10 to 20 percent reduction in the mill levy that is applied to business personal property.

What is “business personal property”?

It’s the equipment and other non-real estate owned by businesses. Utilities like Xcel Energy pay the bulk of this tax on such items as generating stations and high-tension power lines. In our case, the tax applies to the current (depreciated) value of the copy machines, solar panels, and office furniture owned by our business. If you have a home business, the tax applies to your business equipment and furniture, although the first $7,700 of such value is exempt. This means that really businesses pay little or no tax – but it is a headache to fill out the declaration.

I do agree that this tax is an annoyance and could discourage businesses from relocating to Colorado if they are aware of it ahead of time. I recall that when I moved a 50-employee company from New York to Denver in 1991, I was shocked to receive a property tax bill for the equipment and furniture I brought with me. I have learned that the BPPT is a big contributor to the revenue of local tax districts, big and small, around the state.

These include fire districts, school districts, parks and recreation districts, counties and municipalities — the exact same tax jurisdictions that benefit from real estate taxes, because it’s from the same set of mill levies. Now that one jurisdiction – Jefferson County – has eliminated that source of revenue, what other budget adjustments will have to be made?

Although this tax is not part of the State’s revenue stream, only the State can amend or abolish it. Thus far, because the BPPT is a major component of local jurisdictions’ income, the General Assembly has only been willing to increase the exemp-

This is a lie! The first two lines in the chart below show that 53% of BPPT revenue comes from the biggest 0.8% of Jeffco businesses.

tion noted above, which benefits smaller businesses but maintains the tax as a source of revenue from big businesses.

As with this year’s federal income tax cut, the BPPT cut was presented as primarily benefiting smaller taxpayers, which is simply not true. What prompted me to devote this week’s column to this subject, however, was that the very document used by the County Commissioners to claim the cut primarily benefits small businesses includes a chart showing exactly the opposite! Above is the top half of that one-page document.

Only Commissioner Casey Tighe seemed to recognize that the document disproves its own headline and that the tax cut would primarily benefit larger taxpayers, so he voted against it.

The first line under the headline is accurate. The information in the next one is not, as the chart that makes up the rest of the one-page document clearly shows. Instead of stating that “68% of the BPPT revenue[s} are from schedules under $100,000,” it should have read, “99.9% are from tax schedules under

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If Leslie Dahlkemper, a Democrat well-known from her tenure on the Jeffco School Board, defeats the Republican commissioner who is up for election this year, the BCC will be controlled by Democrats. If so, perhaps the Board will reverse this tax giveaway and do something else that the Republicancontrolled Board wouldn’t do, which is to put on next year’s ballot a referendum to change the Board of County Commissioners to a 5-member board from its current three members. A 5member board, with commissioners elected by district, would be a great improvement over the current 3-member board, all of whom are elected at large. And if more locally-focused representation isn’t reason enough for the change, consider that the state’s Open Meetings Law makes it illegal for any two commissioners (because they would constitute a quorum) to meet privately without that meeting being announced publicly and made open to the public.

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Heritage going once, going twice, gone

BY CHRISTINA STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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A potential buyer rides the Banana Squadron Ride to demonstrate its functionality at the Heritage Amusement Park auction on Oct. 25. The amusement park and Garden Grill restaurant closed on June 30, and were the last remaining components of Heritage Square.

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n estimated 200-some people attended an auction at Heritage Amusement Park and the Garden Grill restaurant, 18301 W. Colfax Ave. in Golden, on Oct. 25. After being in operation for about 20 years, Alan Bader, owner of the two businesses, closed them on June 30 following a settlement with property owners Martin Marietta — a building materials company that owns a nearby rock quarry. Bader’s businesses were the last two components of Heritage Square, a longtime entertainment and tourist destination that opened in 1971. In its lifetime, it boasted a Victorian-themed shopping village, the Heritage Square Opera House and the Alpine Slide, among other attractions. Before it became Heritage Square, the theme park was called Magic Mountain which was designed by Marco Engineering of Los Angeles — a company made up of former Disneyland employees.

However, it went bankrupt and was only open from 1957 to Labor Day weekend in 1960.

Martin Marietta bought Heritage Square in December 2011 and announced plans to close its commercial portion in February 2015. By that fall, most of the businesses had closed and demolition of many of the buildings began early 2016.

Auction attendees gather around the Miner Mike Coaster at the Heritage Amusement Park auction on Oct. 25. Conducted by Norton Auctioneers of Michigan Inc., everything from the amusement park and Garden Grill restaurant was auctioned off, from fencing to tools, signs and the rides themselves.

Alan Bader, owner of Heritage Amusement Park and the Garden Grill restaurant, introduces the Crazy Bus Ride to auction attendees on Oct. 25. Bader’s businesses were in operation for about 20 years but closed permanently on June 30 following a settlement with property owners Martin Marietta. The amusement park and restaurant were the last remaining components of Heritage Square.

Darin Spieth, the CEO and auctioneer with Norton Auctioneers of Michigan Inc., looks to the crowd attending the Heritage Amusement Park auction on Oct. 25 and holds up his fingers to denote how much an item, in hundreds, was going for. Heritage Amusement Park and the Garden Grill restaurant, once part of Heritage Square.

Mark Dodge, curator at the Golden History Museum, looks at the milk can toss — an old time, classic amusement park/carnival game.

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Belmar Elementary School shifts toward arts integration School is asking the community for input as it prepares to rebrand

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Michelle Saeger’s second grade class at Belmar Elementary School is learning about the science of how organisms survive in different habitats — through art.

Students were required to create a diorama of their assigned animal’s habitat for the imaginary “Belmar Zoo.” The second graders created detailed, colorful dioramas, and they gained public speaking skills too by explaining to their classmates the details of their creations. The handson project proved to be a big hit for Saeger’s class.

The school still had the students learn in more traditional ways — they did research and wrote a paper on a certain animal. But Belmar students are beginning to learn in more artistic ways too.

“Our biggest win on this is engagement. They have been so excited, and they want to research, they want to write, and they’re taking it home and talking about it there as well,” Saeger said.

The pairing of research papers and

ARTS INTEGRATION EXPLAINED Arts integration is a cross-curricular way of teaching where students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area, according to the Kennedy Center for Arts in Education. The education model promotes perseverance, reasoning, independent thinking and sense making while helping with skills like creativity, collaboration, critical thinking and communication. Belmar Elementary School uses arts integration through art, music and physical education. dioramas is a form of learning that all of Belmar Elementary is beginning to use, called arts integration.

Arts integration is a cross-curricular way of teaching where students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area, according to the Kennedy Center for Arts in Education.

Belmar Elementary School will fully rebrand to an arts integration school next year, and it is asking the community for input on its new name.

The school is hosting a meeting about the subject and arts integration at its library on Nov. 13 at 5 p.m.

“We want the community to come out, and we want them to better understand how exciting the educational model will be,” said Meredith Leighty, principal at Belmar Elementary School.

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Sarah Mcmahon, an art teacher at Belmar Elementary School, addresses second grade students.

JOSEPH RIOS School’s staff is excited about arts integration is, because they are already seeing it help students learn. Second graders at the school were assigned to write a memoir, but before they began writing, they created collages where they chose images that represent feelings, or a time in their lives. Sarah Mcmahon, an art teacher at the school, said the collage helped students write their memoirs when they had writer’s block.

The school will have a grand opening to celebrate becoming an arts integration school next year. Leighty said the school is considering names like Belmar School of the Arts, Belmar School of Integrated Arts, Belmar

School of Academics and Arts and Belmar Creative Arts. Despite becoming an arts integration school, Leighty said the school will still welcome all types of students.

Belmar Elementary School educates kindergarten through sixth grade, but this is the last year that it’ll host sixth graders. The school currently has 320 students. “(Arts integration) is not just for high achievers, or low achievers. This is for every kid,” Sarah Strong said.

Strong is the school’s PTA president, and her daughter is a second-grade student at Belmar Elementary School.

“Belmar is a fantastic little school.

This is a smart move for us.”

Jeffco Eats hoping for a second helping Volunteers Charlie Simmons, left, and Chase Spilollner pack food for Jeffco Eats.

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Andrea Syko sees students at Emory Elementary School in Lakewood suffer from hunger every day. Syko, the school’s family engagement liaison, says some students at the school struggle to eat, because their families don’t have food at home. Some of the families Syko works with often have to choose between paying rent, or buying groceries.

This isn’t just a problem at Emory Elementary School. According to Jefferson County Public Health, 26,441 students enrolled in Jeffco Public Schools grades preschool through 12th were eligible for free and reduced lunch.

“It’s a big problem, and it’s heartbreaking to see these families struggling. We have a lot of kids on free and reduced lunch, but it doesn’t seem to be enough,” Syko said.

Emory Elementary School is one of the schools that Jeffco Eats provides weekend food for students and families.

The nonprofit serves Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Edgewater and Arvada, and is focused on ensuring that families don’t go hungry on the weekends.

Jeffco Eats, which is partnered with Food Bank of the Rockies and the Jefferson County Colorado Department of Education Title One and Homeless area directors, is hosting its Faces of Hunger and Poverty Fundraising Din-

JEFFCO EATS FACES OF HUNGER AND POVERTY FUNDRAISING DINNER WHERE: 137 Union Blvd. at the Hampton Inn in Lakewood.

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The nonprofit is asking for support from the community as it tries to double the number of children it feeds each week. Jeffco Eats, which is only two years old, says it currently feeds 400 children a week. It recently won Lakewood’s Mayor’s Inspiration Award for the work it has done in the community.

“The reality for me is that these children are crying. They cry that they don’t have food,” said Barbara Moore, executive director for Jeffco Eats. “It’s a reality that we hear from the schools that we work with.”

The fundraising event will include dinner, drinks, entertainment and an auction. Tickets are $75 and can be purchased at jeffcoeats.org/November10-faces-of-hunger-fundraiser/.

“The only thing that is guaranteed to lift your spirits is to help someone else,” said Peter Freitag, the operations volunteer leader for Jeffco Eats.

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“It’s really been mixed as far as the reaction (toward the scooters). Some people love it as a fun new way to get around. Others aren’t so crazy about it,” said Heather Burke, a spokeswoman for Denver Public Works.

Lakewood officials want to be on top of their game and be proactive as dockless transportation devices start to bleed into the city, specifically with scooters. Electric scooters have started to pop up at locations like Belmar, Home Depot, Lamar Station and Lakewood City Commons. The city has begun a public outreach process that involves an online survey and open houses where residents can learn more about the transportation devices and give their thoughts.

Dockless mobility through scooters and bicycles work like this: Residents download a dockless transportation company’s app on their smart phone, pull up a map on the app that shows where devices are located, scan a tag on the device that allows the user to pay and unlock the device, and when the user is done with the device, they park it for the next person to use.

Lakewood officials say they see the benefits of having dockless devices.

They’re good for short trips, they provide an affordable mobility option, and they align with the city’s Bicycle System Master Plan, which aims to build a culture that celebrates cycling as an active mode of transportation.

However, Mike Whiteaker, the city’s

James Leigh prepares to take off on an electric scooter in downtown Denver. transportation engineer, says dockless devices can come with challenges too.

Whiteaker pointed out that poor parking, congested sidewalks and vandalized devices could become an issue for Lakewood. Specifically pertaining to the electric scooters, Lakewood is trying to gain an understanding of where the device can be used. In Denver, electric scooters are required to be ridden on the sidewalks, because state laws classify the devices as toy vehicles.

“We’re trying to mitigate some of these issues that they bring. The companies today have been good about going through a process to figure out what kind of restrictions, or regulations that this community needs.

That’s (check) what we’re doing the outreach for,” Whiteaker said.

Christina Lane, the alternative transportation coordinator for Lakewood, said the city is looking at a variety of dockless transportation companies like Lime, Ofo, Spin, Bird and JUMP Bikes. Whiteaker mentioned that nothing is guaranteed with the companies during a presentation to Lakewood City Council, and he cited Golden’s recent relationship with Ofo. SEE BIKES, P9

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Lakewood looks to ensure the integrity of its ballot process City considering changes to Campaign Finance Code in name of transparency

BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Transparency and accountability are reasons why Lakewood City Council is considering making changes to its Campaign Finance Code.

City council began the process back in February when it formed the council ad hoc committee to review and make recommendations for amending Lakewood’s Campaign Finance Code. The committee is composed of councilmembers Charley Able, Jacob LaBure, Mike Bieda, David Skilling and Dana Gutwein. Although the recommended changes from the committee are still up for change and will require a vote of approval from city council, five goals have been set — create better transparency of contributors, change the complaint process, don’t allow certain entities to make contributions to councilmembers, or the mayor, tighten deadlines for filing reports and a disclaimer on electioneering materials.

“We’re trying to ensure the integrity of our ballot process,” said Councilman Able, who holds the chair position of the ad hoc committee.

Creating better transparency of contributors would lower the amount of money one could donate to a mayor, or councilmember candidate’s campaign. Lakewood’s current Campaign Finance Code allows for contributors to donate up to $5,000 to a mayor candidate and $2,500 to a city councilmember candidate. With the ad hoc committee’s current proposal, contributors would only be allowed to donate $800 to mayor candidates and $400 for city councilmember candidates. Better transparency would also include additional disclosure for independent expenditure committees.

“I think this is an important thing that we have been dealing with in a lot of different cities ... a lot of outside spending and independent expenditures,” Peg Perl, Colorado Ethics Watch former attorney. Colorado Ethics Watch is a campaign finance watchdog that ended its operations at the end of last year. “Since those are

BIKES FROM PAGE 8

Ofo pulled its dockless bicycles out of Golden in July in an abrupt matter.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the company cut the majority of its workforce in the country and retreated to a handful of larger cities.

Lakewood is still months away from having dockless companies roll into the city, but residents can visit lake-

exploding all over the place, it’s been trickling down to the city level.”

The ad hoc committee wants to change the way complaints are processed largely due to U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore’s June ruling. Moore ruled that it’s unconstitutional for citizens to enforce the state’s campaign finance laws, which had previously gone to an administrative law judge. The new laws see the public report a suspected campaign finance violation to the Secretary of State’s Office. The Secretary of State’s Office investigates the accusation, and then notifies the person who is accused.

The accused has 10days to address the violation, then the Secretary of State’s Office determines if a hearing officer is needed, or not.

Under the ad hoc committee’s proposed draft, citizens can file a complaint to the city clerk, and if the complaint is valid, the city clerk would turn the complaint over to an investigative designee.

Councilman Able said certain entities like corporations with a large outreach and labor unions would not be allowed to contribute to campaigns. “(The ad hoc committee) wants to make sure that the people who are elected are not in debt to anyone.

That’s where the transparency comes in,” Margy Greer, Lakewood city clerk said. “Everyone should know who is supporting a campaign.”

In the past, reporting deadlines were too close to election day, according to the ad hoc committee. Able said the ad hoc committee wants to make sure that voters have as much information as possible when filling out their ballots in regards to possible campaign donations.

The disclaimer on electioneering materials would show who paid for certain political ads. Able is hoping for a study session on the ordinance before going on to readings. Lakewood adopted its current Campaign Finance Code toward the end of 2013.

“A lot of things get decided at the city level. I’m glad Lakewood is looking at the Campaign Finance Code, and that its more modern and gives voters information they need,” Perl said.

“We want to bring the conduct of our elections back home. We want to take it out of the hands of outside folks who think they can buy a city council seat in Lakewood,” Able said. woodtogether.org/dockless-mobility to give input.

“Having dockless bikes and scooters would increase mobility. People would have an option to make short trips around the city,” Michael Mcloughlin, a Lakewood resident said. “We’ve got traffic that is getting overwhelming with the amount of growth that we have. Having more people use mobility like bicycles and scooters would improve the congestion and would be a way to improve things like air quality.”

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Criticism and counterpoints about $567 million Jeffco bond Vivian condition and lighting change among points of debate

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Critics of the Jefferson County Public School’s $567 million bond measure on the November ballot say the improvements to laid out in the capital improvement plan are unclear, not fair to all schools and won’t do enough to bring schools into good-standing condition.

Though no formal opposition committee has filed with the Colorado Secretary of State’s office to oppose 5A and 5B, Jeffco’s mill levy override and bond, that doesn’t mean the measures have not been without critics. Among them, Jeffco Students First Action, a 501c4 public education advocate group, has officially come out against both 5A and 5B The bond — a financial mechanism to pay for building construction, renovations and capital improvements — is the fifth proposed by Jeffco schools since 2004 and focuses on bringing outdated district buildings up to structural and educational standards, addressing continuing population growth and improving safety and security for students.

As the second largest school district

Students at Vivian Elementary in 2016 work on learning how to use sign language to perform “A Whole New World” from the Disney animated musical, “Aladdin.”

FILE PHOTO in Colorado, Jeffco has 155 school buildings that average 50 years old.

According to the district, the bond is designed to touch all of those schools with improvements.

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But South Jeffco parent Leonor Lucero said she can’t justify supporting the tax ask for “landscaping and lightbulbs,” which is what she sees as the bulk on the bond.

Most of schools are slated for a replacement of interior lighting with LEDs, and about 20 schools would get landscaping and athletic field improvements. However Tammy Schiff, chief communications officer for Jeffco Public Schools, said the notion that the majority of the bond is going toward “landscaping and lightbulbs” is fundamentally untrue.

“In an environment where maintenance and operations expenses continue to climb, but budgets are flat it is appropriate to look at ways to reduce both utility costs and maintenance expense,” Schiff said. “Reviewing exterior areas to determine if irrigation is necessary and if removing or reducing irrigated areas will not negatively impact the site while saving a substantial amount on water — we believe this to be an appropriate expense.”

The same, she said, with converting lighting, which is expected to bring a savings of $1 million per year to the district.

“There is a real savings in using less electricity due to LED efficiency and a reduction in maintenance expense because of the extended life-cycle of these bulbs,” Schiff continued. “The cost of this work is a fraction of the bond.”

New schools and additions Big ticket items on the list are new school builds and additions.

Twenty-three building additions are planned for schools if the bond measure passes. This includes new classrooms at the elementary and middle school level and new program spaces at high schools including space for theater and music programs, ath-

letics, science class rooms and career/ tech education.

One example of this is Pomona High in Arvada, which was built in 1973 and is slated for $12.8 million in needs.

Included in that is additional space for the Pomona Arts and Humanities program.

The additions for classrooms are proposed in areas where schools are full, and using modular buildings.

“Where additions are proposed it is because projections indicate the schools will remain over-enrolled and permanent square footage is warranted,” Schiff said.

Foster Elementary in Arvada was built in 1953, and has a “poor” facilities index. It is slated for a facility expansion, remodel and the removal of modular buildings. The $5.9 million in upgrades also includes security upgrades, updates to old electrical wiring and panels and increase; old heating and cooling equipment; and plumbing fixtures and piping. Old playground equipment, carpet, floor tile, warn roofing and ceilings would also be replaced.

The 2018 bond includes six new school builds. Three schools would be completely replaced with new buildings on the same site — Prospect Valley Elementary in Wheat Ridge, Kendrick Lakes Elementary in Lakewood and Marshdale Elementary in Conifer. The other three are brand new schools — two to accommodate growth in West Lakewood and Leyden Rock and a Warren Tech South campus, which would provide the district with additional career and technical education classrooms.

This decision is getting some criticism as Stober, Parr and Green Gables were slated for new schools during the 2016 bond proposal, but not this one.

Instead the three elementary schools will receive new roofs and upgrades that will move them from “poor” facility condition ratings to “fair” ratings.

Tim Reed, executive director of facilities and construction for Jeffco schools, said the conversations on which schools would get a rebuild was long and tough. Quality of the current site and if it would support building a new school while keeping the other still operational was a big factor.

Bringing schools out of the red Updates through the capital improvement plan will move 37 schools out of “poor” facility condition ratings.

Three schools, Little Elementary in Arvada, Van Arsdale Elementary in Arvada and Ryan Elementary in Westminster, will move from “poor” to “good” ratings with a combined expense of $9.3 million in work. An additional 47 schools will move from “fair” to “good” and 33 facilities will maintain a “fair” rating.

According to district data, the only school which will still have a “poor” rating after the improvements is Vivian Elementary in Wheat Ridge, which is currently rated as the facility in the worst condition.

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November 1, 2018

District 3 candidates talk county issues Tina Francone and Lesley Dahlkemper discuss priorities if elected this November

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

This November, Jefferson County voters have a decision to make on who will be part of the team that leads the county.

Tina Francone, a Republican, is the incumbent. Running against her is Democrat Lesley Dahlkemper who announced she would run for the seat in September 2017.

Both candidates have lived in Jeffco for 20 plus years, both have a background as a small business owner and both have held elected positions.

“Many of us live in Jefferson County because of what it offers,” Dahlkemper said. “We have a lot of challenges — and opportunities — ahead of us. We have to remain nimble.”

The two are vying for the county commissioner seat that represents District Three — the southern part of Jefferson County, but it is voted at-large. The person elected will serve alongside Republican Libby

Szabo, who is chair of the Board of County Commissioners, and Commissioner Casey Tighe, a Democrat.

Francone was appointed to the seat after Donald Rosier, who was term limited, vacated it early. She was sworn in on Feb. 6. Her background includes serving as the Regional Transportation District (RTD) director for District N. Dahlkemper has served as a volunteer on a number of community boards and commissions, and was elected Dahlkemper to serve on the Jefferson County Board of Education. She was its president from November 2011 to November 2013 then as a board director until November 2015.

As an elected official, both Francone and Dahlkemper believe taking the time to listen to Francone their constituents’ concerns is an important characteristic of a county commissioner.

The public comment portion of county commissioner meetings shouldn’t be the only opportunity that community members have to address their county commissioners, Dahlkemper said. Commissioners should attend open houses and other public events so they

are available for the residents, she said.

Francone agrees, adding she tries to make it to every event she’s invited to.

“I figure they’re asking me to be there for a reason,” Francone said. “I try to be responsive and respectful to people’s wishes.”

The two candidates also align closely on dealing with many issues the county faces — financial health, managing growth and preserving the quality of life, for example.

Balancing growth and quality of life “Trying to preserve the quality of life while managing growth is not a new problem,” Francone said.

“We’ve learned from previous experience that being thoughtful with managing growth is important to preserving the distinct characters of our communities.”

Dahlkemper adds that one can’t have a conversation about quality of life without talking about maintaining great schools, open space and libraries.

“The work begins by talking with the community and finding out what their priorities are,” Dahlkemper said. “We want to make sure our budget reflects those priorities and community values.”

Jeffco’s financial health County commissioners are con-

cerned about being good stewards of the taxpayer’s dollar, Francone said.

“Government has a place and a role in providing for the constituents,” Francone said, “and so does the private sector.”

With the county’s budget, it’s important to prioritize spending responsibly, Francone added.

Both District 3 candidates agree that some priorities for spending include public safety, transportation and property rights.

Housing and affordability in Jeffco There are some issues that need to be addressed collectively so that everyone in Jeffco has an opportunity to earn a good life, Dahlkemper said.

“I feel very strongly about working with partners to ensure we don’t price our first responders, teachers, seniors, young families out of Jeffco,” Dahlkemper said. “Everyone should have access to safe, affordable housing in Jefferson County.”

Francone believes that exploring alternative forms of housing, such as tiny homes, may be one way to address the housing shortage in Jeffco.

Both candidates agree that attracting good jobs makes for a strong economy in Jeffco.

“Recruiting and retaining businesses keeps our community sound and vibrant,” Francone said.

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VOICES Get off the political sidelines and vote on Nov. 6

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n pro sports, as in politics, our perceptions of how the game is being played usually reflect the sideline from which we are watching. Unlike sports, however, politics sometimes offers us the occasion to participate. Nov. 6 just such an opportunity.

Chances are you’ve been following the Denver Broncos … as well as the gubernatorial debates. Maybe you’re enjoying the Nuggets or the Avalanche, but not so much the back and forth of negative political attack ads. Perhaps you took in the (unfortunately Rockies-less) World Series, along with the daily barrage of news.

In doing so, like me, you’ve probably been celebrating or lamenting

the fortunes of whichever side you’ve chosen.

For instance, I know a lot about football. I mean, a lot. From the virtual ALCHEMY sideline of my living room, I see the fouls on the field before the refs even throw their flags. So when a penalty is missed by a referee, or the spot of the ball is off by inches that cost us the first down, I am incensed. And when a replay proAndrea Doray vides inconclusive evidence about whether a receiver had control of the ball and made a

football move, I usually continue to see what I want to see – because of the sideline from which I watch.

Similarly, most of us observe politics from viewpoints we want to believe are correct. As an example, although some of you wrote to me in support of my stance on freedom of the press, I was also called disingenuous and reprehensible … clearly, two different sidelines.

From what sideline do you watch as live bombs are sent to Democratic politicians, activists, and supporters?

How about when a gunman targets Republican congressman at softball practice?

Where do you stand on racism and extremism when a self-proclaimed anti-Semitic gunman commits mass

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR George Stern for County Clerk I am excited to have received my general election ballot, and I am doubly excited to cast my vote for George Stern for JeffCo Clerk and Recorder. I hope you’ll do the same.

George and I worked together at the Governor’s office. Time and time again, I saw what public service means to him: Doing the hard work that others don’t want to do, getting things done without fanfare or acclaim, and staying committed every day to doing the most good for the most people. I can’t help but think that things would be a lot better at every level of government if every public servant was a lot more like George Stern.

Since our time working together, George has gone on to gain valuable private sector experience, working with local and national businesses to improve how they serve customers. He’s also kept serving the public – working as a volunteer firefighter, right here in JeffCo. I have been involved in public policy in Jefferson County for over a decade and have worked one-on-one with public servants of various ideological stripes.

In that time, I have learned that we are served best by those who serve with integrity and compassion. I am proud to support George for clerk because he has the public and private sector chops to improve the DMV and defend our elections against foreign interference. And I know he’ll do so with an eye toward making all our lives better.

J. Skyler McKinley, Lakewood

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Lakewood deserves more from bond Lakewood Schools Deserve More from the nearly one billion dollars in new debt from the bond.

A quick look through the proposed new Lakewood school projects leaves us wondering why millions are being allocated for landscaping and light bulbs when so many of our schools won’t be brought up to good condition?

Vivian elementary, right here in Lakewood in fact will still be in poor condition. Is that because this board is going to put Vivian on the next closure list?

Green Gables elementary, once schedule to get a brand new building doesn’t even get $3 million of this new debt which will cost us nearly one billion to pay off.

Compare that to Rose Stein elementary which cost over $12 million to update.

Don’t Lakewood students deserve better?

And how about Green Mountain High Schools? Why does this amazing neighborhood school get less than $14 mllion for updates when Bear Creek cost $45 million to replace and we spent $32 million on Lakewood High School?

Consider also that because of the back end financing scheme we will be spending $150 million in interest payments we shouldn’t have to make because the district will only pay interest on these loans in the early years. Are you OK supporting a financing scheme which will cost us $150 million more than it could?

Shouldn’t those tax dollars be used to improve our buildings?

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arents of teenagers, I hope awful when you do. What is not okay is to drink alcohol and then you are watching. get behind the wheel of a car.

Actually, I hope you are So, what is the news of the making your kids watch. past week that I’m referring The news of the last week has to? Why, Chad Kelly, of course. been a case study in life. And no, When Chad Kelly was born, not politics — I mean life.

God reached down and I have written before HITTING attached a cannon to his how much of a fan I am right shoulder. On top of of mistakes — of trying HOME that, he gave him protonew things, hard things, and, sometimes, failing. typical athletic size, speed Because in the process and an amazing pedigree of trying hard things, (being the nephew of you stretch your limits; an NFL Hall of Famer). and when you fail, you Every advantage. learn; and when you pick He earned a scholarship yourself back up again to one of the top football and keep going, you learn schools in the country, but resilience. I absolutely got kicked off for conduct subscribe to Edison’s detrimental to the team.

Michael Alcorn maxim that he never So he enrolled in a Junior failed — he simply found 700 difCollege, which he led to a Nationferent ways not to build a light al Championship. That earned bulb, all of which led him to the him a scholarship to a different correct version. school, at which he excelled.

The thing, however, that you But his conduct still left much have to avoid, is the BIG mistake to be desired. Home on Christmas — the life altering, can’t live that break, he was arrested outside a down kind of screwup. For examnight club for fighting and resistple, it’s okay to drink alcohol, it ing arrest. may even be okay to drink a little too much. What do you learn? A. your limits. B. that it feels really SEE ALCORN, P13 Columnists & Guest Commentaries

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There was also an incident when he ran out of the stands onto the field at his brother’s high school football game. When he entered the NFL draft, he was coming off of two significant injuries, but was still considered a great talent. Unfortunately, his off-the-field problems had him headed towards not being drafted at all.

Following me so far? Million-dollar talent, five cent brain. Lots of mistakes, which seemed to have him headed towards the end of his dream.

But then, an old family friend reached out and did his uncle a favor, and with the last possible pick of the draft, John Elway made Chad Kelly a Bronco. A second chance.

In his first 16 months in Denver, Chad seemed to be doing everything right. He changed his body, rehabilitated his injuries, spent time studying, and eventually displaced the heir apparent, in the process becoming one of the most popular Broncos. In fact, on the very day his story went south, a report came out that he was likely

to get a chance to start a game this year.

And then Tuesday happened. A Broncos Halloween party, an altercation, entering a private home, followed by an arrest and subsequent firing by the Broncos.

It is highly doubtful that Chad Kelly will get another shot at the NFL. That dream is over. No more second chances. Whatever it is that causes him to act this way, it has now permanently changed the course of his life.

And it could have been SO much worse: he’s actually very lucky the homeowner chased him off with a plastic tube instead of a loaded shotgun.

Kids, you don’t have time to make all the mistakes in the world — learn from others. Don’t waste your gifts and talents by making the “big” mistake; don’t squander second chances by letting your demons get the best of you; and don’t throw away years of hard work with momentary lapses of judgment.

Here endeth the lesson.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Charon’s Blade,” will be available soon. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

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It’s worse than I have ever seen it (and I am not alone in this sentiment), and I have voted in a lot of elections.

In politics, as in pro sports, there are winners and losers, while supporters cheer in jubilation or jeer in frustration. Sometimes, we even turn against our own, but most often we are aggrieved by the actions of the other side.

As much as I would like to, I can’t change the outcome of a Bronco game. But I do have a chance to affect political outcomes on November 6.

So do you.

This is our opportunity to get off the sidelines of indifference, fear, complacency or rage. No matter which team you espouse, I urge you to vote on November 6. History has shown that just one vote can decide an election.

Will it be yours?

Andrea Doray is a writer who has participated in more than 30 years of elections, and proudly wears her “I Voted” sticker. Contact her at a.doray@andreadoray. com.

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news is our investment can result in savings in ongoing energy and repair costs, at a time when borrowing rates are reasonable.

I urge voters to vote YES on 5A & 5B. We are thankful for the support and endorsement of multiple business organizations, school communities, local newspapers, and citizens. It is time for this important local investment!

Ron Mitchell, Jeffco Board of Education President

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Please Vote No on 5A and 5B Our students and teachers deserve better Lisa Papke, Lakewood We cannot delay on 5A and 5B In the course of my life, I have been a Jeffco student, teacher, principal, and now proud school board member.

This November, a YES on 5A & 5B helps secure quality education today and for generations to come.

We are seeking support to competitively pay educators, increase mental health and counseling supports, improve safety and security, and create quality learning environments for all students. In 2016, Jeffco was one of six metro area districts that asked voters for an investment in schools. Five passed. Jeffco’s did not. We cannot fall further behind.

Jeffco cannot afford to be a worldclass training ground for teachers who leave our classrooms for higher pay in nearby districts. Nor can we delay in supporting the best learning and life opportunities for students — including STEM and college and career pathways. 5A provides ongoing dollars to bring classrooms to life, while 5B invests in school buildings.

The average age of our schools is 50 years. It is time to renew and repair existing schools. We also have high growth areas that require new schools, and several buildings that simply must be replaced. The good

A New Vision for Lakewood Growing up in Lakewood, I loved our mountain views and open space.

Now that I’m the Mayor, I have been working hard with our Council to keep pace with our growing community and preserve all that makes Lakewood special.

The key to achieving that goal is Issue 2D, that’s on the ballot this fall.

Issue 2D asks voters to allow the city to retain a $12.5 million TABOR surplus to address traffic congestion, purchase open space and strengthen our police force. The measure also allows the city to retain surplus TABOR revenues through 2025, providing an additional $22.5 million for these same community needs.

Lakewood is a desired location for families and businesses. We’re proud of this fact. But we know that smart cities have to stay a step ahead of growth.

Issue 2D will fund new turn lanes and traffic signals at congested intersections. It will improve crosswalks and add sidewalks to protect pedestrians.

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With demand for property in Lakewood on the rise, maximizing the land we preserve in perpetuity is essential for protecting our quality of life.

Lakewood’s Police Department hasn’t expanded as fast as our population. Issue 2D will allow us to hire more officers to protect our citizens.

I’m enthusiastically backing Issue 2D because these investments will help keep Lakewood the kind of community I’m grateful to have grown up in, and one that future generations will be proud to call their hometown.

For more information visit www. yourlakewood.org Adam Paul, Mayor of Lakewood Colorado kids deserve better I was a Jeffco 3rd grader the last time Colorado was near the national average in per pupil funding — 35 years ago. Today, we trail $2,800 below the national average in per pupil funding. Colorado teachers are among the least competitively paid teachers in the nation. Compounding the problem, since the recession $7 billion in voter-approved funding has been withheld from schools through the negative (budget stabilization) factor. Jeffco has not received nearly $700 million in state funding over the last decade.

Local investment in Jeffco Schools is critical for competitive wages, secure learning environments, and ensuring equitable opportunities for all students. However, due to statewide budget constraints, we continue to find ourselves swimming in a riptide, drifting still further from the national average.

Amendment 73 will generate the funds to move Colorado near, but not quite at, the national average for per pupil funding. It stabilizes school property taxes as the third lowest in the nation for homeowners, and provides savings to business property owners, farmers, and ranchers who have gone decades with no property tax relief. Amendment 73 asks the wealthiest 8 percent of Coloradans and large corporations to invest a little more in the workforce of the future. It will begin to bring balance to a tax code that currently sees middleincome earners — our teachers, firefighters, and working families — paying a bigger portion of their income in taxes than the wealthiest Coloradans.

Amendment 73 is good for all Colorado schools, and 5A & 5B target specific improvements for Jeffco. Yes on 73, 5A & 5B! Amanda Stevens, Jeffco Board of Education Vote No on Jeffco 5A & 5 B According to a previous Jefferson county school board member, school bonds are used exclusively to build new schools for newly constructed housing. A subsidy for out-of-control housing growth like 5A & 5B that raises taxes and drives off big potential employers like Amazon. We’re told these funds will re-build existing schools and provide smaller classes but when has that happened? And because newly occupied homes pay no property tax until the following year and then only for the months occu-

pied, it’s clear that new student ready schools are a burden for current tax payers and not new home buyers or builders.

Arvada’s 10,000 mostly unaffordable mansions being built at the abandoned Rocky Flats nuclear site will require at least two new middle schools, four or five grade schools, and a new high school at a cost of at least $200 Million. How long would Arvada council members last if their city residents had to pay to build their own schools without all of us Jeffco school district residents’ paying higher taxes to support Arvada’s growth?

Dan Hayes, Golden

Vote for Danielson Remember what the Koch brothers did to the Jeffco School Board a few years ago? We’re still recovering from that disaster. Well, according to 9News and other outlets, they’re at it again, this time with the state Senate. And one of the Koch brothers’ hand-picked candidates this time is Christine Jensen. Were you wondering how Jensen just appeared out of nowhere?

All it took was big, big money from the Kochs to pay for dozens of completely misleading mailers and TV ads attempting to convince us she’s all about supporting education. She supports the same destructive education policies the Kochs pushed when they took over the Jeffco School Board. We don’t need another recall. If you want to tell the Koch brothers to stay away from Jeffco for good, please cast your vote in Senate District 20 for Jessie Danielson. Danielson has been elected twice to the state House, winning both times by big margins. She has been very effective and is currently the Speaker Pro Tempore. Don’t go by the lies in the Koch brothers’ attack ads and mailers. The truth is in Danielson’s record and it clearly shows her positions are right for Lakewood and Jeffco and she is a champion for fully funding public schools. Let’s not be fooled again.

Cindy and Jon Goldman, Lakewood

Brian Cassidy for Assessor This county’s tax payers, especially small businesses, need change – they need fair and accurate property valuations that represent actual value rather than inflated unrealistic values that add unnecessary tax and appeal burden on the citizen and business owner.

Brian is extremely qualified for the position of Assessor – a Colorado Certified General Appraiser with an MBA from University of CO, 24 years in real estate, 12 years in property appraisal, 10 years with National Valuation Consultants Inc, 2 years with Jefferson County Assessor’s Office and currently with Arapahoe County Assessor’s Office as a Commercial Assessor… and 10 years with the US Navy Submarine Force.

Brian and his family have lived in Jefferson County for 30 years and have a daughter in high school here this year.

David Schalla, Littleton SEE LETTERS, P15

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Lakewood needs 5A and 5B Lakewood is a fantastic place to raise a family. We are close to the Metro Area, and it’s a quick jump to get to the mountains. When we bought our house after moving from Upstate New York, the neighborhood schools weighed heavily into our decision.

Jeffeco Schools have a great reputation, and many of the neighborhood schools are amazing. Initially, we didn’t worry about our investment in our home. Now? Lakewood needs 5A and 5B to pass so that each and every homeowner can retain the equity in their property. It’s a simple as this: If Jeffeco Schools crumble, so will our property values. Investing in our schools is imperative to building a strong community. We must protect our school district and guarantee that it will continue to be competitive long into the future. We want families and educators to choose to live and work in Jeffco. If our best teachers leave for better salaries in Denver, Cherry Creek, and Boulder, families will follow.

That is why I am voting yes on 5A and 5B. Voting yes on the mill and the bond will improve our schools with increased security, expanded STEM and career programming, renovations and repairs, and reduce fees. Our children deserve this. And our schools, which are the soul of our community, deserve this. This is the heart of the issue however — from a practical standpoint, Lakewood residents have an vested interest in protecting their property values. I urge you, vote YES on 5A and 5B. Elizabeth Parker, Lakewood Folks for 5A and 5B As community and business leaders, we know great schools are essential to making Jefferson County communities great places to live. Ballot issues 5A & 5B will improve our business environment, helping us attract and maintain good jobs, and it will have a positive impact on our property values.

5A is critically important to attracting and retaining great teachers. Our entry level pay is competitive but over time we pay teachers significantly less than other neighboring districts. 50%

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of 5A funding is committed to closing the pay gap to help keep experienced teachers in Jeffco. It provides funding for student safety and expands career/technical education and STEM programs. 5A will result in more Jeffco graduates becoming the employees that many of our businesses need.

5B supports important investments to protect taxpayer assets – our school buildings. The average age of buildings in Jeffco is 50 years! In addition to improving school safety and security, investing in renovations will make our buildings energy efficient and improve accessibility. Bond proceeds will also fund 2 new schools in high growth areas, including Arvada.

And 5B supports the District’s career/ technical education efforts, and its important partnerships with our business community.

Thriving in a rapidly changing world requires wise investments.

Quality schools are a cornerstone of a vibrant, prosperous community. 5A and 5B will continue Jeffco Schools on a path of providing excellent educational opportunities for students and will reap positive benefits for all of us.

Join us in voting Yes on 5A & 5B. Maro Dimmer, Jodi Thomas, Paul Heller, Ken Fellman

Regarding 5A and 5A Sometimes it’s right to spend some money on stuff. In Jeffco, we’re encountering a couple of bonds on the ballot. Some may look at it and say, “Not me.” You know, school safety bond things. Stuff.

Here’s the deal. 5A and 5B are actually pretty smart. Door locks. (See the Sandy Hook Commission Report), security staff, and a profound investment in addressing mental health challenges where intervention can change action. All proven to mitigate the unthinkable.

Why is this important, not just to school age parents, but anyone in Jeffco? My first hand experience is that if something happens at a school, every student, every parent, and every community member is impacted.

That’s not a reason. But it should be a consideration.

I spoke of first hand experience.

On Sept. 27, 2006 a gunman entered Platte Canyon High School, held seven girls hostage and ultimately shot and killed Emily Keyes. During the time she was held hostage, Emily sent me this text message: “I love you guys.”

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Faculty and students at the Colorado School of Mines will now have more opportunities to work alongside career scientists, thanks to a longterm partnership between Mines and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

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“The expanded USGS presence at Mines will capitalize on our collective expertise to address the availability of mineral and energy resources, environmental challenges and geoenvironmental hazards, all of which are of critical importance to national security and the economies of Colorado and the nation,” Johnson said in a press release. “It will also create an incredibly unique educational envi-

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Shakespeare supposedly wrote a lot of great stuff

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have a dab of Shakespeare (15821616) memorized, and that’s about it. I am a failed scholar when it comes to most of it.

Romeo and Juliet was set in Minneapolis and St. Paul. I think.

I’ve tried.

I am daunted by the language. I admit it.

I have tried to enter sideways, through films like “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1935) and “Forbidden Planet” (1956).

“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” was first performed on New Year’s Day, 1605.

Characters are named Snout, Snug, Puck, Bottom and Flute.

It’s one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. It has been staged repeatedly and filmed several times. Woody Allen even took a crack at it.

“Forbidden Planet” has been compared to “The Tempest.”

I know one line from “The Tempest,” and I keep it handy.

“We are such stuff as dreams are

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made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

It is often misQUIET quoted: “We are such DESPERATION stuff as dreams are made of.”

Either way, I can gather it up and make sense of it.

A lot of Shakespeare takes more time to get through, and that’s when my depth of inquiry disappoints me. In other Craig Marshall words, I’m lazy.

There was a time Smith when I thought I should have far more Shakespeare in my golf bag. It’s not going to turn out that way.

I look at the wording and something happens. When I have to reread a line three times, I lift my head, look around the room, and plan lunch.

I appreciate the themes, and Shakespeare’s contributions.

haven’t. Probably won’t. Will wish I had.

I’m thankful for The Travel Channel, but it’s like kissing only by watching others do it.

I could take a month or more and immerse myself in one of my regrets.

Except I won’t.

My photographer has a 9-year-old son who can play a piece on the piano, and then play it again in a different key.

I don’t even know what a key is.

His classmates apparently bully him because he isn’t as involved in sports as they are.

I wonder if Yo-Yo Ma was bullied?

Or Jimmy Page?

I told “Veronica” to get her son a Stratocaster.

(As I wrote this, I listened to Mozart’s “Piano Sonata No. 5, Andante in G.” Perfect.)

Craig Marshall Smith is an artist, educator and Highlands Ranch resident.

He can be reached at craigmarshallsmith@comcast.net.

Lottery win isn’t necessary to be winner in generosity

ow about the excitement most of us recently experienced during the lotteries? Mega Millions turned into billions of dollars and Powerball, as of the writing of this column, is creeping up on a billion dollars too. Wow, talk about excitement, energy, and hope … just incredible.

Now I know that we all don’t play the lottery, as a matter of fact, I am not someone who would normally play the lottery either. And in other posts and blogs I really advocated for people not to gamble their life savings away or compromise their ability to pay their bills or provide for their families as they caught up in lottery fever. Yet, like many of you and others around the country, I had this feeling that I should at least buy a ticket or two.

After all, you got to be “in it to win it,” right? I mean the odds are in our favor at a 1 in 300 million chance to win?

WINNING What I have WORDS enjoyed most as I watched the pot build and the potential winnings escalate week after week is talking with the people who were so hopeful and optimistic. Or overhearing those same conversaMichael Norton tions by others near me in a restaurant, in the grocery line, or on an airplane.

The hope was contagious.

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I feel the same way about Mozart (1756-91), but I haven’t been as lazy about Mozart as I have been about Shakespeare. The reason is simple: Mozart enters through a different sense. Hearing.

Both of them died young. Mozart, particularly. He only made it to 35.

Shakespeare was married to Anne Hathaway. That’s the kind of things that sticks in my head. Trivia.

I am lining up my List of Regrets, trying to keep it short, not wanting the depression that might come from certain failures to experience some things.

Number One is my complete failure to have strummed.

I watch these boys and girls with their Stratocasters, and it grieves me that I am not one of them.

What else? It’s looking like I will never see The Great Wall, although I have been to Hoover Dam. No pyramids for me either. Nor Mexico’s ancient ruins.

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And they sound something like this, “When I win the lottery I am going to …” or “If I win the lottery I am going to …” And we can fill in the blanks with everything that we have heard or maybe even thought of ourselves.

Pay off all my debt and the debt of my family. Donate 50 percent to charity.

Buy a house in this neighborhood or that city. Support my church and the missions that we finance. Buy a boat, no not a boat, a yacht. No not a yacht, a fleet of yachts. And the list goes on and on. It is fantasy land, it is fun to dream, it is a vortex of hope in the land of hope and dreams.

A friend of mine in Australia, Martin, recently reminded me of something that has nothing, and yet everything to do with our recent lottery frenzy. He was telling me about a moment of personal reflection and prayer where he felt led to act upon the thought, “Don’t worry about doing something big Martin, just do something good.” Think about that for a moment. We don’t have to win the lottery to do something good, we can be doing good right now.

As always, I love talking with people in the community. And as I waited in line to buy my own tickets, I really enjoyed the conversations I had with people. The smile in their eyes, the hope in their hearts, their very best of intentions revealed if only they could buy the winning ticket. Hope was born. Now I am not saying that they didn’t already have hope, but I think you would agree with me that the recent lottery fever had many people even more hopeful than they were before.

With all of those millions and billions of dollars we had won in our minds, we were willing to change our lives, our family’s lives, our community, our house of worship, and in some way even the world. It feels so good to

hear those thoughts and have those thoughts doesn’t it? Let’s take away the millions and billions of dollars for now, as it is only a matter of time before we do win. But let’s pretend that we never win that much money, can we still find that same passion and sense of purpose of how we can help others? Can we think about the changes we want to make in our own lives, as small as they may be, and make those changes anyway? Can we walk into the store to buy something other than a lottery ticket and still have hope filled and hopeful conversations with people we run into?

Can we donate a few dollars instead of millions?

As I close I want to share with you something Zig Ziglar used to say about money. Zig would say, “I have had money and I haven’t had money, all things being equal, I would rather have money. Money is kind of like oxygen, when you really need it, there is no substitute. But here’s the thing with money; money will buy you a bed, but not a good night’s sleep; money will buy you a house, but not a home; money will buy you a companion, but not a friend; and money will buy you a good time, but not peace of mind.

You see, we want all the things money will buy, but we also want more of the things money won’t buy.”

So how about you? Are you hopefilled and hopeful whether you win the lottery or not? Can you make good contributions today and not wait or worry about having to do something big? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can remember just how powerful hope is, and how we can make a difference today, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of Castle Rock, the president of the Zig Ziglar Corporate Training Solutions Team, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.

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Online and face to face Despite the popularity of dating apps like Tinder, many people in their 20s often continue their “college kind of dating experiences” — namely, in bars, Watson said.

“I’m not sure that’s a very good setting,” Watson said. “In a bar with 200 people there, there might be one or two people more compatible with you.”

Watson contrasted that with volunteering or attending a meetup, a group activity organized online.

Meetup.com has options throughout the metro area — from Castle Rock up to Thornton and in between.

t will surprise no one to hear that there are many, many differences between life in New York City and Denver. But comedian and podcaster Crystal Beth has come across one that may not be immediately obvious to most.

“I asked people for recommendations on good therapists, and found out people here don’t really talk about that,” she said. “In New York, all we do is cry on the subway and talk about which therapist we’re seeing.”

Beth and her husband John Robert moved to Colorado about five months ago in search of more affordable space to do what they love—- tell stories, whether that’s through a microphone or on a stage.

“We wanted a room that we could dedicate to our podcasting operation and have permaCOMING nently set up all ATTRACTIONS the equipment we use for our shows,” Beth explained.

“We’ve also started Box W Media, a company that will hopefully allow us to produce podcasts for others.”

The pair recently wrapped up a podClarke Reader cast called “The Fifth Eleminute” which was a minute-by-minute examination of the cult-favorite science fiction film. They’re also part of Unlimited Lives Radio, a video game podcast they host with Carlo Rojas and T.J. Del Reno.

Telling stories is a talent Beth picked up from her mother. It was from her mother’s example that Beth learned what makes a good story (or joke) — having a good button at the end that calls back to the beginning.

“You want something that brings it all together,” Beth explained. “A good story doesn’t have to be happy all the way through or anything like that. But it does need to make the listener feel like the speaker is talking directly to them.”

The world of podcasting is evergrowing and competitive, which means that while there are plenty of opportunities for people to talk about what they love, not everybody has the talents to make it entertaining or turn podcasting into a sustainable business. Like all things, developing a good podcast takes dedication and practice.

“I love stand-up comedy, but I don’t do it to become a famous comedian,” Beth said.

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Second from right, Craig Barber, a Littleton-area resident who runs meetups — group activities organized online — stands with people at a country dance-themed event he hosted at Stampede bar and dance club in Aurora Oct. 26. Celeste Tarantola, an Arvada resident, stood in the cowboy hat.

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long with traffic and housing costs, the population boom in the Denver metro area can affect a less obvious part of residents’ lives: navigating the dating world.

“While that doesn’t make us different from New York or San Francisco, it is a change here,” said Dr. Tracy Bacon, a sociology professor at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton.

“It makes dating a lot harder because dating is expensive.”

From deciding when to move a relationship under one roof to the types of people in the dating pool, Bacon said, a changing population can make the nerve-wracking process even more complex. Added obstacles among young people can affect looking for marriage, too.

“Most people do still get married eventually, but I feel like with millennials, the difficulty with finding financial stability, finishing education and having all these student loans can make a long-term marriage commitment seem kind of far off,” Bacon said.

But singles can also benefit from a

wealth of ways to meet people in the metro area — and it goes far beyond sitting awkwardly in a bar or swiping through faces on a phone.

Young and crowded Many people are moving for reasons like tech-industry jobs or education, and young professionals may have a large dating pool in the Denver area, Bacon said.

For people who aren’t as educated or have lower income, dating may be difficult here, Bacon guessed.

“Theoretically, anyone can fall in love with anyone,” said Bacon, adding that people can find love across educational divides. “But realistically, we end up with people who are a lot like us.”

The Denver-Aurora-Lakewood metropolitan statistical area — which includes Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and Park counties — was ranked by Forbes as the sixthbest metro area nationwide for young professionals based on factors like the unemployment rate, job growth and other factors in 2017. People age 20 to 34 made up about 23 percent of that metro area in 2017, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.

That metro area also had the 10thhighest percentage of college graduates among people age 25 to 34 in large metro areas nationwide, according to a February report by the Brookings Institution based on 2015 numbers.

For out-of-state residents moving to

the metro area, meeting people can be difficult, particularly if they have jobs where they work remotely in their apartments, said Dr. Mary Ann Watson, a clinical psychologist and professor emerita at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

And when young people do meet, housing can become a challenge, Bacon said.

“Younger people are living with their parents more,” Bacon said.

That’s not a deal-breaker, but “it’s a little harder to date if you’re living at home as an adult. You might see people moving in together before they want to because it saves money — more of a financial decision than a good relationship decision.”

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Trick or Treat takes to the streets in Olde Town Arvada

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The Ghostbusters, Jaden Hendrix, Bailey Hendrix, Kori Hendrix and Bill Taylor, roamed the streets with their ghost, Aurora Hendrix, at the Olde Town Arvada Trick or Treat Street.

Violet Nelson, 1, dances to the music in Olde Town Square dressed as Dorothy from the “Wizard of Oz.”

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Olde Town Arvada merchants handed out candy to area kids Oct. 26 at the annual Trick or Treat Street.

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Jared and Vanessa Ottoson with their daugther, Vivian, show off their farm costumes Oct. 26 at Trick or Treat Street.

Trick or Treat Street is sponsored by the Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District each year.

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People age 30 and up commonly take part in meetups, centering around interests like dogs, cooking, tennis and “all sorts of opportunities,” Watson said. “I find that’s usually much more helpful. Particularly, volunteer opportunities are a good way to meet people.”

Craig Barber, a Littleton-area resident who runs meetups on the 5280 Singles, 5280 Singles Over 40 and 5280 Singles Adventures groups, said young singles should stop relying so much on technologies.

“Social media isn’t even social,” said Barber, whose meetup groups boast more than 10,000 members combined. “Social is talking.”

But online dating can have its upsides, and it’s much less stigmatized than it was years ago, Bacon said.

“When online dating came out, people were like, ‘Oh, what’s wrong with you?’” Bacon said. But “in some ways, it makes it easier — you can weed people out. When you’re in a city with so many people, it’s much more efficient.”

Gender and age The nickname “Menver,” given to Denver because of a perceived gender imbalance, dates back years and has caught on in local media — and the statistics appear to back it up in the dating world.

In the metro area — the broad Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, 10-county definition — males outnumber

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“I do it to work on my writing, develop my voice and figure out what makes people laugh.”

Beth’s work allows her to not only discuss things she loves, but also to be open about struggles with anxiety, insecurities and other challenges that she and so many other people experience every day.

Much like stand-up comedy, podcasting is a predominantly male industry.

But Beth is eager to work with women,

FINDING OTHERS WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS The Denver metro area offers many ways to meet people outside of looking through profiles on an app.

Here are some events and meetups — group activities organized online — across local cities and towns. For the meetups, please note there are several other options per area — these are some examples.

• Step it Up Broomfield/ Thornton — A group focused on healthy living: meetup.com/step-it-upbroomfield/ • Westminster Art and Community — Focused on “creativity and connection”: meetup.com/ Westminster-art/

• Wheat Ridge Nerdatorium Board Game Group: meetup.com/WheatRidge-Board-Game-Meetup-Nerds/ • Lakewood and Denver West Euchre and Pub Trivia — For the card game and pub trivia: meetup.com/DenverWest-Euchre-and-Trivia/ • Littleton Comedy Meetup — Focused on scene work and improvisation: meetup. com/Littleton-ComedyMeetup/ • Highlands Ranch Cycling Club: meetup.com/Highlands-Ranch-Cycling-Club/ • Parker Dungeons & Dragons Meetup — For the role-

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• Castle Rock Vegans: meetup.com/Castle-RockVegans/ • Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth Paper Crafting Club: meetup.com/Parker-Franktown-Elizabeth-PaperCrafting-Club/ • Denver Singles Events and Adventures Club — For activities like fireworks cruises, skydiving, paintball and more: eventsandadventures.com/Denver • SpeedDenver Dating — For speed dating: speeddenverdating.com

are geared toward LGBTQ residents in the area.

For older singles in their 60s and 70s, existing friends can be a road to new connections, Watson said.

“Let them know you’re open to meeting new people or dating new people,” Watson said.

Meetup groups are successful with older singles, too, said Watson, who encouraged them to rekindle activities and interests they haven’t taken up since earlier in life.

Celeste Tarantola, an Arvada resident who said she’s middle-aged, was looking to get out and interact with people after a relationship

people of color and members of the LGBTQ community to tell stories and share voicies on stages (both physical and digital) that have otherwise been shunted off to the side. As long as they don’t become more successful than her, she adds with a laugh.

“I love helping people get to where they want to be,” she said. “Even if it conflicts immensely with my need to be the center of attention.”

Stay up to date on Beth’s efforts and podcasts at www.thecrystalbeth.com.

year, which makes it a little difficult to properly celebrate the holiday. But Diá de los Muertos is from Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 — in other words, more time to celebrate.

To celebrate the traditional holiday, Lakewood’s 40 West Arts District is marking it with its First Friday event from 5 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2. The hub of the event is the 40 West Arts Gallery, 1560 Teller St. in Lakewood.

All of the district’s galleries, studios and creative businesses will be open to the public and visitors to the district will see multiple exhibits inspired by Diá de los Muertos, including altars and pieces by local grade school students. Aztec dancers in traditional costume and fire artists will also be performing.

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For LGBTQ singles, gay bars sit in central Denver — people in places like Aurora, Highlands Ranch and the outskirts of the metro area are “kind of restricted to coming into town,” Watson said.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Jim James at the Paramount Theatre There are certain singers who can do things that seem practically inhuman with their voices. Kentucky’s Jim James, the lead singer and songwriter of My Morning Jacket, is one of those singers for me. This year James has released two albums with different approaches on the same songs — “Uniform Distortion” and “Uniform Clarity.”

In honor of the albums, James is going on a first-ever solo tour, featuring just him and longtime touring drum-

Dancers try country-themed steps Oct. 26 at Stampede bar and dance club in Aurora. An event for singles in the metro area, organized by Craig Barber on Meetup.com, brought some people to the club.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD ended. She doesn’t believe in dating sites, she said, but meetups “got me out of my apartment.” She sat at one such event Oct. 26, watching people learn steps to a country-style dance at Stampede, a country bar and club on the west edge of Aurora.

Barber, who organized the event and sat next to Tarantola, said in an area with such an influx of outsiders, people will encounter different viewpoints, and it’s important to listen and be caring. But in general, his dating advice boiled down to having fun.

“Go out and do the things you like,” Barber said. “Live life, because life is short. That way, at least you’ll have something in common.”

mer David Givan play songs from his entire oeuvre. He’ll be stopping by the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

The concert will also feature special guests Alynda Segarra from Hurray for the Riff Raff and Andrea Gibson.

It’s going to be a special show, and you won’t want to miss it.

Get your tickets at www.altitudetickets.com/events/detail/jim-james.

Getting another shot at prom as an adult in RiNo Prom is one of those events that our culture has turned into a major life milestone, when for most people, it was just another in a long line of school dances.

For those who want another crack at the whole prom thing, RiNo is giving adults a chance with the RiNo Prom, beginning at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10 and ending around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, the 11th. Prom will be held at the B-Spot Gallery, 2750 Blake St. in Denver.

This 21-and-older event will feature everything that go into traditional proms —- gowns, tuxes, limo rides and dancing. But there will also be no curfew, spiked punch and more.

For tickets, visit www.eventbrite. com.

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

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How Prop 109 and 110 would affect Jeffco

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

According to Ed Peterson, the transportation commissioner for District 2, which includes Jefferson County and parts of Broomfield County, there is a need of $10 billion to go towards Colorado’s roadways.

Although this large amount of money won’t be met within the next, to help with funding, Coloradoans have two ballot measures concerning roads this election — Proposition 109 and Proposition 110.

Here is a brief look at the two of them.

Proposition 109: bonds for highway projects Proposition 109 directs the state to borrow up to $3.5 billion to address up to 66 different road and bridge projects around the state.

There would be no new taxes, but existing revenue would be diverted from the state budget in a 20-year time period to pay for bonds. One hundred percent of the money would go to funding state highway projects and the money would not go toward transit, multimodal or local projects. The money raised would not be enough to cover the total cost of all 66 statewide projects, and project priorities would

be determined by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the state Transportation Commission.

Should Proposition 109 pass, one state highway project in the metro area of Jeffco — this does not include the mountain communities — has been identified: Project: US 6: Wadsworth Interchange. This project entails reconstructing the U.S. 6 and Wadsworth Boulevard interchange.

Cost: $68.2 million Improvements: Safety and relieve congestion.

Proposition 110: sales tax and bonds for transportation Proposition 110 would raise the base state-level sales tax rate from 2.9 percent to 3.52 percent for 20 years to fund transportation projects around the state.

This proposition would fund $7 billion in highway projects in the state and would provide funding for local projects as well as transit and multimodal projects.

The money would be divided as such: 45 percent would go to state highway projects, 20 percent would go to city transportation needs, 20 percent to county transportation needs and 15 percent to fund transit/bicycle/pedestrian projects.

Should Proposition 110 pass,

CDOT identifies the following projects in Jefferson County, not including the mountain communities, as priorities: Project: I-70: Kipling Interchange.

This project takes place on I-70 from Ward Road to Wadsworth and on Kipling Street from 44th Avenue to 51st Place Cost: $63.8 million Improvements: A completed project will reduce congestion and traffic delays at ramps on the road, and will provide improved multimodal access and safety with controlled bicycle/pedestrian crossings.

Project: C-470: U.S. 285 to Morrison Road Cost: $136.7 million Improvements: This project will improve the safety at the highway interchanges, reduce recurring congestion, and improve future operational performance on C-470.

Project: CO 121: 38th Avenue to I-70. This project takes place on Wadsworth Boulevard from 38th Avenue to I-70.

Cost: $50 million Improvements: Mobility improvement on Wadsworth, a crucial north-south corridor, and will enhance multimodal mobility along and across Wadsworth Boulevard.

Project: U.S. 6 and Heritage Road interchange. This project will construct a grade-separated inter-

change at Heritage Road and US 6 in Golden Cost: $41.5 million Improvements: This project will improve traffic and capacity issues near the Jeffco government center, in addition to the U.S. 6, C-470 and I-70 interchanges.

Project: US 6: Wadsworth Interchange. This project entails reconstructing the U.S. 6 and Wadsworth Boulevard interchange.

Cost: $68.2 million Improvements: Multimodal accessibility will be increased with bike and pedestrian facilities that currently do not exist. Safety and operational efficiency on the roadway will be improved.

Project: Sheridan: US 36 to 88th Avenue. The project will construct a multimodal underpass to provide a first and final mile connection between RTD’s U.S. 36/Sheridan Park-n-Ride, the U.S. 36 bikeway and downtown Westminster. The project will also add one southbound travel lane on Sheridan Boulevard from the U.S. 36 bridge to West Turnpike Drive.

Cost: $6.6 million Improvements: Addresses mobility and safety concerns at the U.S. 36 and Sheridan Boulevard interchange, in addition to improving safety and accessibility for multimodal users.

Jeffco could be headed for a financial shortfall Balanced 2019 budget to be adopted Nov. 13

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Jefferson County may face some financial sustainability challenges in the near future.

“Looking to 2020 and beyond, current estimates indicate that the growth of revenues will not keep pace with expenditures,” county budget documents state. “It will be of critical importance during 2019 and 2020 for the county to determine how these fiscal shortfalls will be addressed going forward.”

Staff pointed out a few items of note to county commissioners at the Oct. 16 budget presentation. One was an overcollection of about $6.2 million in revenues received in excess of TABOR limits in 2017. Because this excess did not come from the county’s property taxes — it came from “other sources such as interest income, vehicle registrations, building permits, etc.,” county documents state — this “excess revenue will be returned to Jefferson County residents and businesses via a temporary mill levy reduction in 2019.”

Another noteworthy item is the elimination The 2019 budget of the Busiadoption hearing ness Personal is expected to take place on Nov. 13 during Property Tax which went the Board of County Commissioners regular into the general fund. County business meeting, which begins at 8 a.m. commissioners approved this acand takes place in the Jefferson County tion on Sept. 18.

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Arvadan seeks to be first openly transgender person to hold state office Brianna Titone following in footsteps of former Arvada councilwoman

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brianna Titone, an Arvada resident seeking election to represent House District 27 in Jefferson County, is hoping to make history as the first openly transgender person to hold state office in Colorado. She is the second to run, following in the footsteps of former Arvada city councilwoman Joanne Conte who ran for the House of Representatives in the 1990s.

Danica Roem made history last year when she was elected to District 13 in the Virginia House of Delegates as the first openly transgender person to win a statewide election in the nation.

This year, transgender candidates are running for state offices throughout the county including Vermont, Montana, Guam, Hawaii and Massachusetts.

“Being a trans person gives me a different perspective on things,” Titone said. “When people see someone who is marginalized but still cares about people, I think that adds a little more value to my candidacy.”

Arvada’s history with transgendered officials dates back to the 1990s. Twenty-seven years ago, Conte became the first known trans woman in the country to hold elective office when she joined the Arvada City Council in 1991. The difference though, was that although she came out as transgender in the 1970s and legally changed her name before undergoing gender confirmation surgery, her past was a secret when she ran for office. In March 1993, Conte made a

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SHANNA FORTIER public announcement revealing that she was transgender after Westword told her of plans to include her previous identity as a man in a story it was publishing.

Conte served on Arvada’s City Council until 1995, when she lost reelection.

She also ran as an Independent for the Colorado House of Representatives.

She lost.

It was reported by Westword that Conte blamed her defeat on sexchange jokes made by constituents and critics during the campaign. She died in 2013.

Recently the rights of trans people in America have come to the forefront of discussion when a leaked memo from the Trump Administration indicated plans to effectively eliminate recognition of and protection for transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people.

Titone said she was “outraged” when she hear of the “attack on the transgender community.”

“This kind of change of definition doesn’t make sense in terms of what we know in science,” Titone said.

“If one reads the definition of what intersex means, they are impacting not only the self-identified transgender community, but potentially 1 in 1,500 children born every year as intersex. I for one will not stand for this kind of attack on our humanity.

I encourage everyone to stand up for the civil rights of the transgender and non-binary community today because if they can strip away the rights of one group today, they could come for another tomorrow.”

Titone said this is an example of why the this is election is so important and concerned citizens must elect people at all levels who will stand up for marginalized groups of citizens.

Daniel Ramos, executive director of

One Colorado, an advocacy organization dedicated to advancing equality for LGBTQ Coloradans and their families, said the actions of the Trump Administration “is an affront to basic human decency and to the values of fairness and freedom.”

“Here in Colorado, and in every state, we need to fight like hell and vote to elect pro-equality candidates who will stand up for transgender Americans and the entire LGBTQ community against the president’s hateful agenda,” Ramos continued.

During the primaries for the Jefferson County Coroner race earlier this year, candidate Dana Hutcheson, who eventually lost, was fighting against misgendering in death, a new battleground for transgender rights.

“Trans people are victims of violence at a greater rate and that is erased if not noted in death,” Hutcheson said, adding that there is little to no statistics about transgender deaths in Colorado. “I’m close with a lot of trans people and the more I talked to people in my community, the bigger an issue it turned out to be.”

Following the news last week about a potential federal change in the definition of gender, Titone hosted Roem and a group of supporters at her home before visiting constituents door-todoor.

“The actual reality based on vetted facts is that they’re trying to scrub us, they’re trying to say that we don’t exist,” Roem said, of the transgender

community. “If you’re an elected official how the hell can you do constituent service if you don’t acknowledge that your constituents exist for who they are. How is it possible that you can ever deliver on those core quality of life issues if you can’t even show the basic decency and respect to tell your constituents that they are welcome, respected, celebrated and protected because of who they are not despite it.” t But Titone said while she is proud c of who she is, she does not put being transgender at the forefront of her g campaign. b “I don’t talk to people about it at the p doors,” she said. “We just talk to them M about getting out to vote, voting for me w and why they should vote for me. And s o the reason is that I’m the candidate that wants to know what they think, a their ideas and bring their ideas to the D capitol.”

In the HD 27 race, Titone, a Demo- w crat, is running against Republican t Vicki Pyne, a mom and small business owner who’s served on several com- m munity boards including the Board of h Directors for Apex Parks and Recre- m ation District, where she serves as the t current vice president. e “Running for office seemed to be s the best thing for me to do because I’m always thinking about everyone n else and what I can do to help people,” L Titone said. “I don’t mind putting myself out there, putting myself into f w danger.”

Titone sited her work as a geologist in hostile 2 g environments and m o as a firefighter as H times in her f life where 1 w she has i willingly put herself S in danger for the good b i of other people.

Titone said n that during y d the campaign she S has been subject to a hate speech, Danica Roem, but that the t hasL Representative in violence i not gone the Virginia House of further than Delegates “hurtful g H words.”

According to the Na- t tional Center for Transgender Equal- f ity, transgender people face extraor- a dinary levels of physical and sexual i a violence, whether on the streets, at b school or work, at home, or at the a hands of government officials. p “It’s a calculated risk that I’m willing to take,” she said. “With risk f comes great reward. And I think that C a running for office now has a lot of reward for a lot of people and a lot of r people will benefit from the work that m f I’m trying to do.”

‘The actual reality based on vetted facts is that they’re trying to scrub us, they’re trying to say that we don’t exist,’

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Candidate hopes to get Libertarian message ‘out there’ Scott Helker, of Golden, is running for Colorado governor

‘The reality is that I’m not going to win, but this is great name recognition,’

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the race for governor, Scott Helker, the Libertarian candidate, is glad he’s coming in above the Mickey Mouse vote.

A telephone survey conducted by Magellan Strategies LLC that took place between Oct. 8-10 placed Helker at pulling 4 percent of the vote. A Mickey Mouse vote — which is when voters write-in Mickey Mouse rather than selecting any of the other candidates on the ballot — generally accounts for about 2 percent of the vote on Election Day, Helker said.

“The reality is that I’m not going to win,” Helker, 62, of Golden said. “But this is great name recognition.”

By name recognition, Helker doesn’t mean his own name. The whole goal of him running is to get the Libertarian message out there and contribute to the party’s branding, he said.

“There was nobody running for governor in the Libertarian party,” Helker said. “Someone had to do it. People need to know who we are.”

And following his campaign, the Libertarian party will be able to learn from what went well and what went wrong, Helker said.

Helker has lived in Golden for about 20 years. With a professional background as an attorney, his focus was mostly criminal law, but would take on any case except personal injury, Helker said. He earned his law degree from the University of Denver in the 1980s, and his career history includes working in the district attorney’s office in Durango and as a public defender in San Jose County in California.

He is no longer an active attorney, but remains involved in real estate investment.

Helker met his wife Lisa in California. The two have been married for 26 years, and they’ve raised a 14-year-old daughter who attends Golden High School.

Helker joined the Libertarian Party about eight years ago.

“The interesting thing about Libertarians,” Helker said, “is that overall, Libertarians are proud to be Libertarians.”

The party’s message is “limited government and fiscal responsibility,” Helker said.

“Libertarians believe the answer to America’s political problems is a fundamental commitment to freedom and voluntary interactions between individuals: a free-market economy and the abundance and prosperity it brings; a dedication to civil liberties and personal freedom; and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace and free trade,” the Libertarian Party of Colorado’ website states. “Libertarians agree to work towards consistently reducing the government to produce minimum government and maximum freedom.”

Scott Helker, Libertarian candidate for Colorado governor Scott Helker of Golden, the Libertarian candidate for governor, jokes that the family dog, Jam, is his campaign manager. Helker’s goal for running for the office is to get the Libertarian message “out there.”

COURTESY PHOTO If Helker were to be elected as governor, his No. 1 priority, he said, would be to “work on the common ground, rather than that which divides us.”

“There’s got to be something that unifies us,” he said.

Some of the top issues that Helker would take on as governor include the opioid crisis, water, housing and exemptions for the bankruptcy laws concerning student loans.

During campaigning, he learned that Colorado’s rural communities have a big concern with roads, Helker said. He added their concern is not about congestion, as it is in the cities, but about getting their rural roads paved.

If elected, Helker would offer alternatives to the government solutions to these — and other — issues, he said.

The government is limited on what it can do “because of what government is,” Helker said.

“By thinking outside of the government box,” he said, “you can find a huge wave of alternative ideas.”

For example, Helker said, a solution to “potentially double the current water volumes in the Colorado River basins and refill our slowly depleting aquifers” may be to reintroduce more beavers.

Another example involves homelessness. Helker’s solution is to bring in more tiny houses. Probably a couple hundred tiny homes could fit on a 20acre plot of land, Helker said. If given the option to move into a tiny home, it could potentially provide a person facing homelessness an opportunity to start out with cheap rent or perhaps even become a homeowner.

Helker can be considered an educational candidate, said Wayne Harlos, chair of the Libertarian Party of Colorado.

“He has worked very hard to get the Libertarian word out,” Harlos said.

In Delta, Colorado, Harlos said, Helker spent three days, from “sun up to sun down” campaigning during the town’s Applefest on Oct. 4-7. About 100 people followed up, requesting information so they could learn more about the Libertarian party, Harlos said.

“Those are people who wouldn’t have had that curiosity if it weren’t for

Scott’s efforts,” he said.

Campaigning has been “a really nice journey,” Helker said.

“You get to meet a lot of nice people,” he added. “It makes you proud to be a part of this state.”

Even though he’s not a Libertarian, Helker’s friend Ron MacLachlan of Denver said he believes Helker would do a “fair and just job” as governor.

Helker has the ability to truly listen to people, which makes him approach-

able and reliable, MacLachlan said.

“He’s not a life-long politician who has lobbyists dictating where he goes, looking for the next photo op,” MacLachlan said, adding Helker’s campaign has been largely a grassroots effort. “His willingness to get out there … speaks volumes to his character.”

This is the first time for Helker to run for any elected office, he said. And following his run for governor, he doesn’t have any immediate plans to run for another office.

“But,” Helker said, “you never know.”

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AG race draws sharp line between approaches Brauchler, Weiser offer starkly different views on policy, law

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One prosecuted the Aurora theater shooter. The other worked as an assistant to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

One’s the elected district attorney in a south metro district of more than 1 million people. The other worked in President Barack Obama’s Justice Department.

And one says Brauchler his opponent wants Washington to dictate to Colorado, while the other says his rival’s background readies him for only 10 percent of the state attorney general’s job.

Republican George Brauchler, district Weiser attorney for the 18th Judicial District, and Democrat Phil Weiser, a professor and former dean at the University of Colorado Law School, stand opposite each other not only on political values, but in the approaches they would bring to the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.

And amid the starkly polarized governor’s race between Republican state Treasurer Walker Stapleton and Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, one veteran political analyst says the outcome of the contest for attorney general won’t necessarily be in line with the gubernatorial race.

“The preference for governor will not dictate the preference for attorney general,” said Dick Wadhams, political strategist and former chair of the Colorado Republican Party. He added, “I think Colorado voters are very independent-minded.”

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“I think this is going to be less a battle between Brauchler and Weiser,” Sondermann said, “than it will be between the generic Republican and generic Democrat.”

High stakes The attorney general is Colorado’s top legal official, known as the “people’s lawyer” who combats consumer scams, defends Colorado’s laws and protects its land, water and air, to name a few duties.

And despite the office’s lack of a role in the lawmaking process, Wadhams says the attorney general is integral in affecting public policy in Colorado.

He pointed to current Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican who has moved to support or oppose laws or rulings even when the governor disagrees with her decision.

“In the case of Cynthia Coffman, she actually took on the Obama administration on the Clean Power Plan,” said Wadhams, who argued the federal rule that sought to put limits on power plants would have driven up consumers’ energy costs.

He added, “I think Coffman demonstrated the independence of the attorney general and also the impact.”

In an era where President Donald Trump draws the ire of many officials in various states, that ability to act could be a key factor in Colorado’s direction.

Lawsuits against the president may factor into the race between Brauchler and Weiser, but the race is also “about how you define the job,” Sondermann said.

“Brauchler is defining it as you’d expect as a courtroom warrior,” Sondermann said. “Weiser is trying to define the job as more of an advocacy role and standing up to the president.”

Fork in the road Brauchler, a Parker resident, has aimed to paint Weiser, of Denver, as a partisan who aims to “link hands” with other activist attorneys general, he said, arguing Weiser’s approach to regulation would allow Washington to “dictate our existence.”

Colorado “has never been just about one thing politically,” Brauchler said. “This election seems like we’re poised to become one thing, and that is extremely progressive. And I don’t think Colorado has seen that — not in my lifetime.”

On the other hand, Weiser frames his campaign as a fight for people’s basic rights and business accountability.

“You have the right to be free from discrimination,” Weiser said, and “to be protected as a consumer from fraudulent and deceptive behavior.

Those rights are protected by our attorney general.”

The attorney general “fights for

the people of Colorado, and that’s the type of attorney general I’ll be,” Weiser added.

But perhaps the largest contrast lies in the candidates’ backgrounds — Brauchler accused Weiser of never having practiced Colorado law, drawing experience from being a professor and dean at the University of Colorado School of Law rather than courtroom experience.

“Nobody picks a team captain from someone who’s never played the sport,” Brauchler said. He noted his near quarter-century of experience, including as a plaintiffs’ attorney and military attorney in addition to public prosecutor roles.

Weiser’s punch-back is that the attorney general’s office is about far more than courtroom experience, he said.

“His background prepares him very well for 10 percent of the job,” Weiser said of Brauchler, claiming less than 10 percent of the position relates to criminal prosecution. “My background prepares me for the other 90 percent.”

The office governs a range of issues including consumer-protection cases, regulatory matters and legal advising, all of which “I have done,” Weiser said.

On the issues The candidates do agree on some issues, like Colorado’s marijuana law and, to some extent, federal encroachment on state matters.

Weiser and Brauchler both say they would defend Colorado’s marijuana-legalization law against potential federal challenges.

“I was not a supporter of Amendment 64, but you know who was?

Fifty-five percent of Colorado voters,” said Brauchler, adding that he was able to embrace it while trying to protect against negative effects of the illegal pot market.

That acceptance is an example of his commitment to the rule of law, Brauchler said, charging that Weiser is more partial to ideology and wants to be akin to an “adjunct legislator.”

Weiser maintains that his vision of the office is the role of “protecting the people of Colorado” by bringing cases against irresponsible companies, contesting the federal government when appropriate and supporting regulations. Weiser is for a ban on bump stocks — devices that alter the firing ability of semi-automatic firearms — and greater restrictions on access to military-grade weapons, his website says.

On other specifics, Weiser said defending equal rights, women’s access to birth control and the choice to have an abortion, and addressing climate change are among his priorities.

The candidates differ on a 2017 Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission case, in which that state office was sued for a refusing to adopt an environmental rule, drawing Coffman to back the office’s position, Braucher said. Weiser opposed Coffman’s move, a stance Brauchler said speaks to his ideology.

Weiser questioned those who wouldn’t support certain environmental rules, like Coffman, asking, “If you’re protecting Colorado, why would you be against (methane regulation)?”

Weiser also said the move to end the DACA program — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which gives protected status to people brought to the U.S. illegally as children — is against the law in his view. He’d fight against separating families at the U.S.-Mexico border, he added, a recent Trump administration practice that was later halted.

“My motivation is not a political motivation; it’s a human motivation,” Weiser said, arguing it’s in step with the rule of law to push against federal action the attorney general believes is illegal, whether the issue is of water or immigrants’ rights.

Brauchler said he hopes Congress comes up with a solution so that immigrants who were brought here illegally as children can stay, but on the issue of sanctuary cities, he said Congress and the Supreme Court have made clear that states have no role in immigration policy.

It’s “anathema to the rule of law” to allow cities to oppose federal immigration policy, Brauchler said.

What are the odds?

Who can pull off the win is an open question between a prosecutor who has cultivated a tough-on-crime image, and a professor with less name recognition who has the opportunity to ride a wave of anti-Trump sentiment among Democrats.

Wadhams, the Republican strategist, said Weiser’s resume doesn’t come close to Brauchler’s.

“What propelled Brauchler to popularity in the GOP was his performance on high-profile cases — the Aurora theater shooting and others,” Wadhams said.

Wadhams bets on Brauchler to win because “I think George will be closer to where most Coloradans are on (the) issues,” he said.

Sondermann took a different view.

“I’d say advantage Weiser, and that has very little to do with Phil Weiser,” Sondermann said, arguing a win would have more to do with Democrats’ potential to have a strong electoral year in general.

Wadhams has mentioned voters in Colorado often “split” their ballot, voting for one party for governor but another for attorney general.

Sondermann agreed but said that practice of “splitting” shrinks as the country gets more polarized.

“It’s not like the Colorado of 20 or 30 years ago,” where more of the electorate did that, Sondermann added.

Amid a political climate in which Sondermann has said 2018 could be a “deep-blue year” — and the polarized governor’s race — Wadhams argued the attorney-general contest will be its own.

“It’s a race Colorado voters look on as a very distinct one,” Wadhams said.

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With the $1.58 million slated to go to Vivian — built in 1953 — the school will improve its rating by about 20 percent with updates to old electrical wiring; old heating and cooling equipment; plumbing fixtures and piping; and replacements of old sink cabinets; overhead shelving and bookcases; interior lighting; and old carpet and floor tile. But this isn’t enough to give to a “fair” rating.

Critics of the bond say this is unfair.

“Why will Vivian Elementary still be left in the lowest condition when other schools that are already in the green are getting investments,” Laura Boggs, outspoken critic of the tax measures, asked.

Boggs is referring to the 13 schools with facilities in “good” or green standings that will be receiving money in this plan. Eight of those are under $2 million. However, Ralston Valley High in Arvada is slated to receive $9.3 million in improvements — the most in that batch of schools.

The bulk of that will be for a facility addition, interior remodel and renovation for programs. Additions at Evergreen Middle, Lakewood High, Three Creeks K-8 and Wayne Carle Middle also bring up the dollar amounts associated with these “good condition” schools.

Schiff says the improvements are about more than just the facility condition rating.

“The work on older schools will make a big difference in student and staff environment, but the buildings will never be new again,” Schiff said. “There is a finite amount of

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and an additional inter-fund transfers amount is $107.3 million. This is nearly a 5 percent increase from the amount projected to be received in 2018, and to balance the budget, the county anticipates the net use of $26.7 million, coming from “available and unrestricted” fund balances across all funds.

“Generally, the philosophy has been that fund balance represents a onetime funding source to be appropriated only for one-time or cyclical operating costs, the purchase or replacement of equipment and projects requested in the county’s Five-Year Project Plan,” county documents state.

The county anticipates using the $26.7 million for one-time expenditures.

Jefferson County’s 2019 proposed budget has a combined operating and capital expenditure budget of $586.2 million — a 5.4 percent increase in expenditures from the 2018 adopted budget. The expenditure budget includes salaries and benefits, projects and equipment and appropriations for interdepartmental and inter-fund transfers.

resources, and some of the improvements in the plan make more a positive impact than the building condition reflects. Again, the goal was to use resources responsibly and provide all our schools some benefit.”

Six year plan Projects listed within the bond package total $705 million, more than the $567 million bond ask, which also raised concerns with citizens who wondering what won’t be funded.

Lucero said when she’s asked questions of the district about what will be completed and what won’t she didn’t get an answer.

“I can’t support something when you don’t know what’s going to be done,” she said.

But Schiff said the project list is a capital improvement plan that will extend over six years and is the jumping off point to get big projects in the district completed.

“Without the bond money, none of the new construction or major renovations will be accomplished in the near term,” Schiff said. “We will be at status quo using the capital transfer money for maintenance and smaller renovation projects just as we have been doing for the past years.”

According to the district, there are items built into the projected cost of improvements that are not an appropriate use of the bond money.

Therefore, items with a life expectancy of less than 20 years — the life of the bond — will be paid for by capital transfer, which if over $500,000 will need to be approved by future school board votes. Furnishings, some technology and parking lots are examples of these types of improvements.

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Also last year, $7.5 million in supplemental budget requests — such as those relating to public safety — were approved.

“Due to challenges in the general and capital expenditures funds, there were limited approvals of new requests” in the 2019 proposed budget, staff said at the Oct. 16 budget presentation.

Budget documents state that the county follows two principles in developing the budget for the general fund. One is that there should be two months of operating expenses maintained as a reserve in the general fund. “For 2019, this amount is approximately $28 million.” The second “requires that all ongoing operating expenses be covered by revenue and not fund balance.”

Jefferson County Commissioner Casey Tighe said that although the 2019 proposed budget addresses needs, “in our future years, we’re going to have to make some key choices.”

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

“The Dining Room”: through Nov. 11 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Evergreen Players show looks at the upper middle-class WASP. Call 303-6744934 or go to www.evergreenplayers.org.

“Intertwine,” Modern Dance Merges with Modern Music: 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Presented by Kim Robards Dance. Go to www.

KimRobardsDance.org.

“Educating Rita”: through Nov. 11 at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 720-898-7200 or go to https://arvadacenter.org/ educating-rita. Oct. 20 performance is a benefit for Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver.

“Seussical”: through Dec. 29 at Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Call 720-898-7200 or go to https://arvadacenter.org/seussical-2.

MUSIC

Confluence Choir Fall Concert: 3-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 9200 W. 10th Ave., Lakewood.

Go to www.confluencechoir.org/ Live Music: Celtic Content: 2-3 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Jefferson Symphony Orchestra Chamber Showcase: Saturday, Nov. 10 at Rockley Recital Hall, 8555 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood.

Go to www.jeffsymphony.org.

ART

36th Annual Craft Fair: 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call 303-425-9583 or go to www. apexprd.org. More than 50 tables of handmade gifts. Admission is $2 or free if you bring new school supplies.

Art Night Out: 6-7:30 p.m.

Wednesdays through Nov. 7 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Fourweek art class; explore different techniques. Led by Dave Sullivan. All supplies included. Go to https://campscui.active.com/ orgs/MajesticViewNatureCenter

Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. Registration is required. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/

this week’s TOP FIVE Scandinavian Holiday Fair: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Nov. 2-3 at Trollheim Lodge, 6610 W. 14th Ave., Lakewood. Presented by the Norse Butikken in Lakewood. Find imports, Scandinavian jewelry, books, food, holiday and home decor, craft vendors and rosemaling. Lunch available from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Go to www.trollheimlodge.com/ store.html Night at the Museums: 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Golden History Museum and Park, 923 10th St., Golden. Explore the museum with a scavenger hunt to find clues and solve the mystery, and then test your answers on an interactive switchboard.

All ages. Learn more at www.goldenhistory.org/ An English Garden Tea: 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Highlands Masonic Temple, 3550 Federal Blvd., Denver.

Registration deadline is Oct. 20. Daughters of the Nile annual event. Mail registra-

Teen Time: DIY Candles: 6-8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Go to https:// jeffcolibrary.org/ Registration is required.

Arvada Center Fall Exhibitions: “Virgina Maitland Retrospective,” through Nov. 11 in the Main Gallery.

Go to https:// arvadacenter.org/ full-circle-virginiamaitland. “Laura Merage: Nausy Nausy,” through Dec. 23 in the Theatre Galery. Go to https:// arvadacenter.org/laura-meragenausy-nausy. “Connected by Color,” through Nov. 11 in the Upper Gallery. Go to https://arvadacenter.org/connected-by-color.

Dinosaurs and Other Fantastical Creatures, Art Club: 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Nov. 21 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Led by artist Dave Sullivan. For ages 6-12.

Go to https://campscui.active. com/orgs/MajesticViewNatureCenter Golden High School Holiday Bazaar: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at 701 24th St., Golden. More than 90 local artists offer oneof-a-kind gifts. Free admission.

Presented by the Golden High School PTA. Artists who would like to participate can contact Tammy Copper at tcoop9698@ comcast.net.

tion, including name, phone number, email, and number of tickets (and $20 per person) to Jo Ann Van Trump, 3360 Marshall St., Wheat Ridge, CO 80033. Contact 303-232-3542 or jo93george@q. com Comedy Night @ Malone: headliner Talon Saucerman performs at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Malone’s Clubhouse Grill, 14455 W. 64th Ave., Arvada. Hosted by nationally-touring comic Bob Meddles. Tickets are available at Eventbrite.com Aquila Theatre: Frankenstein: 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday Nov. 8-9 at Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Call 303-9877845 or go to lakewood. org/lccpresents for tickets.

Aquila Theatre is one of the foremost producers of touring classical theater in the United States.

EVENTS

Exploring the Great Ideas: 2-3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Discussion group explores philosophical topics. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Canine Conversations: Holiday Dog: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Led

by Jennifer Skiba of Namastay Training. No pets. Go to https:// jeffcolibrary.org/ Teen Writing Group: 4:30-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https://jeffcolibrary. org/ Memory Café: 1-2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. For those living with memory loss and their caregivers; presented by the Alzheimer’s Association. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Hard Times Writing Workshop: 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. Writing prompts, tools, and refreshments provided. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ YMCA Town Hall Meeting: 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Susan M. Duncan Family YMCA, 6350 Eldridge St., Arvada. Join us for a conversation with community leaders and our new Denver YMCA CEO. Your input will inform our strategic direction and ensure the Y is always here for generations to come. Go to www.denverymca. org/arvada.

Welcome Meet and Greet: 9:30

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a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call 303425-9583 or go to www. apexprd.org.

Discover the opportunities at the center. Call to reserve a spot.

Art of the Holiday Party: 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 at Period Six Studio, 720 Golden Ridge Road, Unit B, Golden. Healthy Harvest and Rockin’ Rubs will sample recipes. Table settings, hostess gifts, handmade greeting cards and more. Go to www.facebook. com/events/211709842886583/ permalink/211710629553171/ Veterans Day Salute: 1-2 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 8 at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Enjoy root beer float; veterans invited to share stories. Military veterans and their spouses/widows are free; all others pay $2. Register by Nov. 5.

Learn more at https://apexprd.org/ event/veterans-day-salute-atcommunity-recreation-center World War I: Making the World Safe for Democracy: 6-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 8 at Golden History Museum, 923 10th St., Golden.

Presented by Martin C. Babicz, Ph.D., who teaches history at the University of Colorado Boulder. Go to https://www.goldenhistory.org.

Lib Lab: Science of Slime: 6:307:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8 at the

Messy Art: 11-11:45 a.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Make Something: Wine Glass Snowman: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. Go to https:// jeffcolibrary.org/ All supplies provided. Registration required.

Discovery Play: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge.

Songs, stories and hands-on fun with STEM skills. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Live Music: Celtic Content: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https:// jeffcolibrary.org/ Teen Time: DIY Candles: 6-8 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https://jeffcolibrary. org/ Registration is required.

Bessie’s Hope Bowl-A-Rama:

Saturday, Nov. 10 at Brunswick Zone, 9150 Harlan St., Westminster; AMF Littleton Lanes, 2530 E. County Line Road; and AMF Monaco Lanes, 6767 Leetsdale Drive. Register team at www.bessieshope.com and start collecting donations (minimum $40 donations to participate). Participation includes two hours of bowling, shoe rental, pizza, beverage and goodie bag. Prizes for collecting most donations. Bessie’s Hope offers intergenerational programs for nursing home elders.

Jeffco Eats Empty Bowl Project Gala: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at Hampton Inn, 137 Union Blvd., Lakewood. Dinner, drinks, silent auction, entertainment.

Ticket includes a handcrafted ceramic bowl made by students in Jefferson County. Go to www. jeffcoeats.org.

Discovery Play: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge.

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Songs, stories and hands-on fun with STEM skills. Go to https://jeffcolibrary. org/ Flowers of Golden: A Celebration of Caring: 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11 at First United Methodist Church, 1500 Ford St., Golden. (enter a red door off 15th).

Space is limited; go to https://www. eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-flavorsof-golden-a-celebration-of-caringtickets-51141154570 for details and to register.

COOKING

Cooking Class: Soups, Stews and More: 6:15-8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 at Earth Sweet Botanicals, 1224 Arapahoe St., Golden. All recipes are plant-based, gluten-free and dairy-free. Go to www. earthsweetbotanicals.com.

HEALTH

Memory Café: 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. For those living with memory loss and their caregivers; presented by the Alzheimer’s Association. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Free Medication Review: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9 at Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303-425-9583 or go to www.apexprd.org to for a 20-minute appointment. Bring your pill

bottles (prescription, over-the-counter, supplements). CU School of Pharmacy students review your medications and check that you are taking them in a beneficial manner.

Food Pantry Agape Life Church distributes free food from 10-11 a.m. on the third Thursday of each month (weather permitting) at the church, 5970 W. 60th Ave. in Arvada. ALC provides this service to all qualifying Colorado residence. Call 303-431-6481 to see if you qualify.

WRITING/READING

Teen Writing Group: 4:30-5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 6 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Hard Times Writing Workshop: 3-5 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. Writing prompts, tools, and refreshments provided. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/

EDUCATION

Canine Conversations: Holiday Dog: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 5 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Led by Jennifer Skiba of Namastay Training. No pets. Go to https://jeffcolibrary.org/ Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink. coloradocommunitymedia.com. Things to Do events run free, on a space-available basis.

Talking about safe sleep for infants Free Denver workshops for parents, caregivers, infant-care professionals

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It’s not common knowledge for people to know that 3,600 babies die every year because of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or from a sleep-related infant death, said Alison Jacobson, CEO of First Candle, a national nonprofit dedicated to the education, advocacy and research of SIDS. “No one wants to talk about it,” Jacobson said. “But until we have those conversations, nothing will change. We have to talk about it.”

To help, a partnership between First Candle and The Boppy Company — the Golden-based manufacturer of Boppy infant products — is bringing a special training class to the Denver area for the first time.

The Straight Talk for Infant Safe Sleep classes will provide attendees an opportunity to learn about the Safe Sleep Guidelines developed by The American Academy of Pediatrics.

They are trainings, Jacobson said, but “it’s really a conversation.”

Attendees will be empowered with the right information and skills to problem-solve any obstacle or challenge they may face with following the Safe

LEARN MORE To learn more about First Candle, a national nonprofit dedicated to the education, advocacy and research of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), visit https://firstcandle. org.

To learn more about The Boppy Company, its infant and parent products or The Momkind Project, visit www.boppy.com.

To learn more about the mama ‘hood, 2902 Zuni St. in Denver, visit www.themamahood.com.

Sleep Guidelines, Jacobson added.

Two Straight Talk for Infant Safe Sleep classes will be offered in Denver — one for parents and caregivers and another for healthcare professionals.

Both classes take place at the mama ‘hood, which is a place for new-and-expecting mothers that offers a variety of classes and a curated retail boutique.

The parent/caregiver class will entail an explanation of the top five of the approximate 18 Safe Sleep Guidelines, and the reasons behind these recommendations. The class will also include a group conversation to brainstorm what challenges parents face with meeting Safe Sleep Guidelines and how to overcome the challenges. The group will also share past successes and create a network of support.

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Holiday

Craft Show and Mini-Market Admission is free to the public Saturday Nov. 24

10am - 5pm

Sunday Nov. 25

10am - 4pm

Jefferson County Fairgrounds

15200 W. 6th Ave. Golden, CO.

Come shop for unique gifts and special items during the first-ever Colorado Community Media Holiday Craft Show and Mini-Market; With more than 100 exhibitors filling the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, this is the best place to find that special, personal gift for friends and family. The show will feature handmade crafts in all areas from metal and leather, to flowers, baskets, ceramics, and so much more.

Santa will be at the Holiday Craft Show!

Saturday, Nov. 24 between 10 AM – 2 PM No purchase required: Take your own photos

Vendors Needed | Interested in selling your handmade crafts??

Contact Event Producer Thelma Grimes at tgrimes@coloradocommunitymedia.com All applications must be approved to participate

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SPORTS

Bennett, Chamberlin finish prep cross country careers on the podium

Sometimes today is better than the old days

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Lakewood senior Carley Bennett (250) gives it all she has during the final few yards of the Class 5A girls race at the state championships Oct. 27 in Colorado Springs. Bennett finished on the podium in 9th place with a time of 18:50.3.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

COLORADO SPRINGS — Seniors Tiya Chamberlin (Wheat Ridge) and Carley Bennett (Lakewood) finished right where they wanted to Oct. 27 — on the podium.

The Class 4A and 5A Jeffco League girls cross country MVPs wrapped up their prep cross country careers in style at Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. Chamberlin placed fourth in the 4A girls race with a time of 18:48.2. Bennett battled her way to finish ninth in the 5A girls race with a time of 18:50.5.

“It means a lot,” Chamberlin said of her best finish at state during her prep career. “I can’t believe I’m a senior. I’m going to miss it.”

Chamberlin is a four-time state qualifier. She placed 14th last year at state as a junior. She had a strong sophomore showing at state taking 5th. As a freshman Chamberlin was 86th.

From her freshman to senior season, Chamberlin’s time on the NorrisPenrose course improved by more than two-and-a-half minutes.

“I just wanted to get top-5,” said Chamberlin, who added that she will start preparing for her senior track season this coming spring. “I was very happy with fourth.”

Bennett was on a mission to place on the 5A podium for the first time.

The Lakewood senior was in a group of girls sprinting toward the finish line Saturday to finish in the top-10.

Jefferson Academy’s girls cross country team warms up before the start of the Class 3A state championship race Oct. 27 at Norris-Penrose Event Center in Colorado Springs. Sophomore Jocey Farhar (409) had the top individual finish for the Jaguars placing 84th.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS “It was definitely the goal,” Bennett said about finishing in the top-10. “I kind of wanted higher, but I gave it all I had today.”

Bennett has placed 17th (2017), 18th (2016) and 35th (2015) during her impressive four trips to the state meet.

While Chamberlin and Bennett have wrapped up their cross country careers in Jeffco, there is a solid group of young talent prepared to fill those places on the podium in the future.

Ralston Valley junior Ellie Sch-

weiker nearly made the podium with Bennett. Schweiker placed 11th in the 5A girls race.

D’Evelyn’s young girls squad that featured five sophomores finished third in the 3A team standings. Freshman Eliana Thompson placed 10th with a time of 19:15.3 for the Jaguars.

Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.

have admitted this before, but often I have a tendency to like the old way that things were done.

However, I welcome the change the Colorado High School Activities Association adopted for the state volleyball tournament with the elimination of pool play.

The tournament will now be a three-day affair instead of OVERTIME two days and matches will have a good chance to start when scheduled.

Along with the extra day, many fans will still have to deal with the adventure Jim Benton of maneuvering their cars around the dips in the parking lot at the Denver Coliseum.

But, at least after getting parked, they won’t have to watch a meaningless pool play match between two teams that have already been eliminated from advancing by the third team in the pool.

All five classes will qualify 12 teams for the state tournament, which will be held Nov. 8-10 at the Denver Coliseum. An Olympic cross-over double elimination bracket format will be used to determine the semifinal teams and then it will be single elimination.

Regional tournaments will be held Nov. 3 and the 12 regional champions from three-team regional pools advance into the state tournament.

“I am looking forward to the new format,” said Lutheran coach Alicia Oates who is in her 14th season as Lions coach. “I feel like 3A this year will have a really strong bracket across the board, so it will be exciting to see how it plays out. A team could lose in the first round and still come back to win the entire tournament.

“It will also be beneficial to not have tie-breakers pushing back start times. As with any change, I am sure there will be some feelings of `I liked it better the old way’ but in the long run I think it will be great competition, a fun environment and a welcome change.”

Valor Christian coach Kaitlyn Hastings also casts a vote in favor of the change.

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Ralston Valley scores big win over Pomona before playoffs Ralston Valley senior Brad Roberts, left, breaks into the open during the first half Oct. 26 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

Ralston Valley defeated rival Pomona 38-26 in the regularseason finale for both teams. The Mustangs and Panthers both received top-8 seeds for the Class 5A state tournament to have opening round byes.

PHOTOS

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Ralston Valley ended its drought against rival Pomona on the football field Oct. 26 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

The Mustangs, ranked No. 8 in the final CHSAANow.com Class 5A football poll of the season, scored their biggest victory of the season. Ralston Valley defeated No. 6 Pomona 38-26 in what turned out to be a wild second-half in the regular-season finale for both state title contenders.

“Arvada City Champions, it feels good to say that. It’s been awhile,” said Ralston Valley junior Chase Wilson about the Mustangs’ first win over Pomona since 2014.

It looked like it might be a rout when Wilson scored on an 88-yard touchdown run with 36.5 seconds left before halftime to give Ralston Valley a 28-6 lead at halftime.

“We talked about it in practice this week. We knew it was going to be there,” Wilson said of his 88-yard touchdown run right before halftime. “All the credit to the offensive line and my buddy Brad (Roberts) for getting that window block. I just bounced it outside and tried not to run out of gas.”

The Mustangs (8-2, 4-1 in 5A Metro West League) dominated the first half capitalizing on a pair of Pomona turnovers and also scoring off a fake punt that went for a 65-yard touchdown pass from senior Thomas Harries to junior Kaleb Tischler.

However, the Panthers (6-4, 3-2) played like the defending 5A state champions that they are in the second half.

BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

A second touchdown catch of the night by senior David Ross from quarterback Riley Welsch, along with a 20-yard touchdown run by sophomore Ben Cruz in the third quarter cut the Mustangs’ lead to 31-20.

It really got interesting when junior linebacker Kyle Moretti intercepted Ralston Valley quarterback Walker Brickle early in the fourth quarter.

Moretti returned it 11 yards for a touchdown to make the score 31-26 with 11:09 left in the final quarter.

Pomona eventually got the ball back with a chance to take the lead, but senior defensive lineman Isaac Townsend

recovered a fumble.

“We are the type of defense that just grinds every time we go out there,” Townsend said. “We are just about grinding, that’s it.”

The Mustangs’ cashed in Pomona’s fourth turnover of the game with an eventual 1-yard touchdown run by Brickle to seal pretty much seal the victory.

“We still have a ton of things to work on as a team, but it’s huge for us,” Wilson said. “We are all excited. We are all going to celebrate tonight and get back to work tomorrow morning.”

No. 1 Columbine (10-0, 5-0) had already wrapped up the 5A Metro West

League title, but Friday’s game was key when it came to seeding for the state tournament that begins next week.

The Colorado High School Activities Association released the 24-team 5A state bracket on Oct. 28. Ralston Valley was given the No. 6 seed. Pomona is seeded No. 7. Both get first-round byes and host second-round games on Nov. 9 or Nov. 10 at NAAC. Ralston Valley hosts the winner of No. 22 Poudre/No. 11 Cherokee Trail.

Pomona gets the winner of No. 23 Legend/No. 10 Arvada West.

Ralston Valley coach Matt Loyd was pretty confident his team with get a top8 seed after the win over the defending 5A state champions.

“After losses to two undefeated teams (Columbine and 4A’s Loveland) and playing in a league where everyone made the playoffs last year, there is no way we can’t have a bye,” Loyd said.

Over the last seven years, the headto-head meeting between Ralston Valley and Pomona is now even at 4-4.

However, the Panthers had won the previous three meetings coming into Friday’s game. The only postseason head-to-head battle came in 2012 when the Mustangs moved into the 5A state semifinals with a victory over Pomona.

“It’s a good win. It’s a good way to start off the playoffs,” Townsend said.

“We don’t look over anybody. You’ve got to play to the end. Championship teams play all four quarters.”

Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow. com/Jeffco.

Golden boys soccer pounces early in playoff win over Fort Morgan

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Golden didn’t waste any time Oct. 24 on getting its first boys soccer playoff in five years.

The No. 12-seeded Demons defeated No. 22 Fort Morgan 4-0 in the opening round of the Class 4A state tournament at the North Area Athletic Complex.

“It feels great. My freshman year was actually the first year we didn’t make playoffs in a long time,” Golden senior Douglass Beeman said. “It’s been a goal of mine since freshman year to get here (playoffs) and get a win.”

Golden senior Aydan Roth scored 48 seconds into the first half to get an early lead and it was all Demons from there on out.

“Usually I get the ball off my foot quick to another striker,” said Roth, who had just one goal during the regular season. “I turned and saw all the space. I felt it was the time to shoot it. I couldn’t believe it.”

Roth would add his second goal of the night in the 70th minute to give Golden a 4-0 lead and put the game away.

“It was pretty crazy. This is my

first year on varsity. I’ve been working toward this for four years,” Roth said. “The adrenaline from it is insane. I’m glad I was able to help my team and get us to where we are.”

Where Golden (13-3 record) are headed now is Pueblo. The Demons traveled to Pueblo in the second round Tuesday, Oct. 30, after press deadline. Golden faced No. 6 Pueblo Centennial (13-1-2). The Bulldogs defeated Montrose 2-1 in overtime in a first-round game.

“On to Pueblo (Centennial) now,” Beeman said.

Beeman gave the Demons a 2-0 lead with a penalty kick goal in the 13th minute. Golden sophomore Daniel Erger was fouled in the Mustangs’ goalie box to draw a penalty kick.

“Daniel did a great job getting into the box and drawing the foul,” Beeman said. “Last year I missed a PK. It was pretty bad. I really focused on that during the off-season. It feels great to put one away in the playoffs.”

Senior Aydan Provencio put in the Demons’ third first-half goal off an assist from Ethan Toon in the 33rd minute to give Golden a comfortable 3-0 lead at halftime.

Golden’s last postseason win was

Golden sophomore goalie Brandon Shull, left, is fired up during introductions Oct. 24 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

The Demons shut out Fort Morgan 4-0 in the opening round of the Class 4A boys soccer state tournament.

in 2013. The Demons’ previous three playoff games were all 1-0 losses. A second round playoff loss in 2013, along with first-round defeats in 2014 and 2017.

“I think most of the boys were calm. I was calm,” Beeman said about the mood coming into the playoff opener. “We know how we can play and just focused on our game.”

Golden, conference champion for

the first time since 2007, was the lone 4A Jeffco team to advance to the second-round next week. Standley Lake, Evergreen, Green Mountain and Littleton all suffered road losses.

Dennis Pleuss is a communications specialist for Jeffco Public Schools with a focus on athletics and activities. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com/Jeffco

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Mondays Arvada Chorale: an auditioned community chorus, rehearses Monday evenings from September to June at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. The chorale performs three concerts a year plus many community events. For audition information, call 720-432-9341, or email info@arvadachorale.org.

Divorce Workshop: 5:30-7:30 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the Sheridan Library, 3425 W. Oxford Ave., Denver.

Covers legal, financial and social issues of divorce. Check-in from 5:15-5:30 p.m. Register online at www.divorceworkshopdenver.com. Volunteer presenters include an attorney, mediator, therapist and wealth manager. Discussion items include co-parenting, child support, family coping, tax consequences, property division, hostile spouses and more. Contact 303-210-2607 or info@divorceworkshopdenver.com.

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

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“I really do like the new format,” she said. “The majority of us coaches in Jeffco were in agreement that this avoided a lot of the issues we saw with the old format. There is no need for tie-breakers which at times would often set up one or more teams for a disadvantage coming in to the semifinals and finals, having played many more sets than the opponents.

“There are not matches that are being played that don’t have an impact

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difficult to find anywhere else, Jacobson said. And it needs to begin early, she added — even as early as when you start setting up the nursery, or even as soon as you learn you’re pregnant.

The healthcare professionals’ class consists of a thorough overview of the Safe Sleep Guidelines and the reasoning behind each one. This class will also include group discussions, but also role play. Attendees will learn how to create a two-way conversation with parents and gain knowledge on how they can help parents create a plan to implement safe sleep and breastfeeding in each household that considers each family’s beliefs, values and living and working situations.

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Golden Nar-Anon Family Group: 7:30-9 p.m. Mondays at Calvary Episcopal Church, 1320 Arapahoe St. Enter on the east side of the church and follow the signs to the upstairs meeting room. Contact 800-477-6291 or go to Nar-Anon.org.

Grief Support Group: 6-7 p.m. the third Monday of each month at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Have you lost someone you loved?

Often walking through this time with others helps the journey. Call 303-425-9583.

Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club: 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 your own). Call Fred Holden at 303-421-7619.

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on the outcome of the tournament.

“It keeps things running on time so that the state championship match is at a set time and not dependent on tie-breakers and delayed until late evening as it has been every year we have been at the tournament.”

Hastings, the third-year Eagles coach and a former head coach at Denver West and Hart County in Hartwell, Georgia, had to adapt to less preparation time during the state tournament..

“In Georgia where I was previously coaching, we had one round of the playoffs each week, so it was spaced out and you could really prepare for

of each class is 35-to-40 attendees, Jacobson said, following the training, each of those participants will have the knowledge and ability to reach at least twice that many people in their community.

It is important to spread the word about this infant-care information and education, said Mimi Wogtech, marketing manager for The Boppy Company.

The Boppy Company has had a long-time partnership with First Candle and launched its The Momkind Project — a corporate social responsibility program with a mission of educating, empowering and supporting families in their new parent journey — in March 2018, Wogtech said.

“There’s so much education for people to learn on their new parent journey, and safe sleep practices for infants is vital to healthy, growing families,” she said. “This is information that can save lives.”

Job’s Daughters, Golden Chapter: meets the second and fourth Monday of each month in Golden. Join girls and young women ages 10-20 to learn leadership and organizational skills in meetings with support from friends. Rewards of membership include life skills, community work and significant scholarships for college. Contact 303-204-1572.

Mesas de conversación en inglés/ English Conversation Tables: 6:307:30 p.m. Mondays at the Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge; and 6-7 p.m. Mondays at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Suitable for high beginners, intermediate and advanced English learners. Go to http:// jeffcolibrary.org or call 303-235-JCPL (5275).

Open Mic Night: 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at Living Water Unity Spiritual Community, 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. Gives teens the opportunity to express their performing art including voice and instrument, acting, poetry, stand-up comedy, mime, etc. Open to all students in sixth to 12th grades. Email bellbottoms809@ gmail.com.

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the one team you were going to play and we played at the higher seed which gave the upper seed a homecourt advantage,” she explained. “I definitely like elements of this as well but there is something to be said about the great atmosphere that is at the Coliseum with all the teams vying for a championship.”

Best turnarounds The 5A football regular season wrapped up Oct. 27 and there were a few teams that have made big turnarounds this season and deserve to be mentioned.

Castle View, Westminster and Smoky Hill struggled in 2017 and

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Wheat Ridge Rotary Club: noon to 1:30 p.m. Mondays 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: 7-8 a.m.

Tuesdays at the Applewood Golf Course, 14001 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. 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. 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: 7-8 a.m.

Tuesdays at The Arvada Center for The Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Learn about community service projects and what Rotary does in the world to help people.

finished with 1-9 records.

The Sabercats and Westminster headed into their final regular season games with 7-2 records and Smoky Hill was 9-0. Todd Casebier is the first-year coach at Castle View and Tom Thenell took over as Smoky Hill coach. Kerry Denison is in his 10th season as Wolves coach and has restored the program after back-to-back 1-9 seasons.

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

IF YOU GO Parent/caregiver class: 2-3:30 p.m.

Nov. 11 at the mama ‘hood, 2902 Zuni St., in Denver. This class is open to any expecting or new parent, family member or caregiver. The class is free, but attendees are asked to provide a $5 donation to benefit the scholarship program at mama ‘hood. Snacks and refreshments will be available for purchase. The first 25 people to register for the class will receive a Boppy goodie bag. To register for this class, visit https://goo.gl/Wpe5wr.

Healthcare professionals’ class: 10 a.m. to noon Nov. 12 at the mama ‘hood, 2902 Zuni St., in Denver. This class is open to any professional in infant care including, but not limited to, doulas, midwives, lactation consultants and daycare providers.

The class is free, and a free lunch will be provided following the class. To register for this class, visit https://goo. gl/v2o9Dn.

Alison Jacobson, CEO of First Candle, a national nonprofit dedicated to education, advocacy and research about SIDS, is partnering with Goldenbased The Boppy Company to put on two Straight Talk for Infant Safe Sleep classes on Nov. 11 and 12 for the Denver-area community. COURTESY PHOTO

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On transportation While Francone and Dahlkemper are in agreeance that congestion is an issue that needs attention, some of their approaches related to transportation differ slightly.

“As a county, we need to look at multiple modes of transportation,” Dahlkemper said. Multi-modal transportation is the ability to commute by car, bike, light rail or bus. “It’s important to have lots of transportation options.”

Francone believes that although it’s great to offer multi-modal transportation options, “we are a car-driven society. I’m an advocate of fixing existing roads and reducing congestion on them.”

“Bike lanes are a nice amenity, but shouldn’t take priority,” Francone said, adding some people use their bikes more for pleasure rather than transportation.

She also points out that public transportation runs well in places with a higher density of population, but still, a “vast majority of people don’t use public transit” and consider it a plan B option for their transportation needs.

As for the Jefferson Parkway, Francone is a “big proponent,” believing it will bring housing and business opportunities to that area of the county, in addition to helping to reduce congestion.

Dahlkemper notes that the Jefferson Parkway is “a viable option to address transportation” needs, but “there’s still a lot of factors to explore as it moves forward.”

Some of these are, she said, public health, safety and the public-private partnerships.

Dahlkemper believes WestConnect is a “promising initiative” that does well with addressing some of the county’s transportation issues.

On education While county commissioners don’t have a direct responsibility with

On party affiliation Both Dahlkemper and Francone noted that it’s not about being Democrat or Republican when it comes to leading the county.

“It’s about getting the job done for Jefferson County,” Dahlkemper said.

Francone agrees.

“I’m not here to keep a seat warm,” she said. “I’m here to work. There’s a lot to do in Jefferson County.”

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education —control of Jeffco school board’s budget or how it manages its business, for example — both District 3 candidates believe education is an important issue.

“Supporting all forms of education is important, and that includes charter and vocational schools,” Francone said. “Parents should have options for their children’s education.”

Workforce readiness is another issue involving education and both candidates believe that although there are good initiatives underway — Francone points to Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport’s pilot program as an example — there’s more to be done.

“That pipeline connecting high school and junior colleges to the workforce and career is a way for people to get a job and support themselves and their family,” Francone said.

Dahlkemper is also an advocate for giving “kids a strong start in school” and noted that commissioners do have an active role with Jefferson County Head Start, a no-cost incomebased preschool/early education program.

Also related to education, Dahlkemper points out that county commissioners approve both the district attorney’s and sheriff ’s budgets. If elected, Dahlkemper stated that she would support requests from these offices that directly affect children and family services, such as funding for school resource officers and the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program.

“We have to work tirelessly to keep our kids safe at school,” Dahlkemper said.

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Paid $904 new (have receipt from Sears), Asking $300 for both Like Brand New Available any time (303)279-9695 (leave message if no answer) Golden Area

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Wanted to Buy Mr. Baseball, coming to Colorado buying sports cards and memorabilia (203)767-2407

Falliday Craft & Bake Sale Two days: Friday, Nov. 2 (9-5) and Saturday, Nov. 3 (9-4) Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church 20th/Simms in Lakewood

PETS Dogs

40 crafters • Booths on two floors I am a precious,

Additional:

loved 10 yr old chihuahua pomeranian mix who's had only 1 home.

My mommy has to leave without me.

Can you please take me to love?

Kathy 720-795-2215

Lunch service • Bake sale Used book sale No Admission Fee • Free parking Proceeds benefit Presbyterian Women’s local mission projects.

HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR

GOLDEN FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1500 Ford Street,Golden NOVEMBER 2-3, 2018/10 am – 4 pm Over 20 vendors featuring handmade crafts of all kinds -- food items, floral arrangements, jewelry, knit/crocheted items, artwork, and a roomful of white elephant treasures.

Delicious lunch and dessert (homemade fruit pies) on sale both days (11 am – 2 pm).

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Denver, CO 80204

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Cars, Trucks, Vans, SUV’s Any condition • Running or not Under $500

(303)741-0762

Cell: (303)918-2185 for texting

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Firewood

Autos for Sale

International Craft Fair

Sell your merchandise on this page $25 for 2 weeks in 16 papers and online 303-566-4091

Wheat Ridge Presbyterian Church (9180 W. 38th Ave.)

Fri. Nov. 3 10AM to 5PM Sat. Nov. 4 9AM to 4PM Handmade crafts from U.S. and around the world Homemade baked goods Lunch available daily 11-1

No admission charge.

Split & Delivered $300 a cord Stacking available extra $35 Call 303-647-2475 or 720-323-2173

Furniture Faux Marble Dining Table with 4 covered chairs $100 (303)593-2365

Need to get the word out?

Admission $2 or free with donation of new school supplies

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Parts

Miscellaneous Beautiful Long Blonde Mink Coat with Fox Tuxedo originally $10,000 asking $1200 Pecan wood triple door bookcase/china closet $300 1 wing back chair $40 Four poster mahogany bed with night stand and 5 drawer dresser $750 Call (303)946-8300

Community Recreation Center 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada 303-425-9583 Fri., Nov. 2, 6-8:30 pm Sat., Nov. 3, 9 am-3 pm

Bring this ad and receive two for one admission

Bicycles

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36th Annual Craft Fair

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Cemetery Plot For sale 4 cemetery plots in Chapel Hill Littleton in Last Supper Garden Lot 6, Section D, 1, 2, 3 & 4 Southern most part of the cemetery $12,000 / or best offer 720-255-9110 Jan

Tires

Blizzak Snow Tires

fits Honda Accord 215/55R17/94H 6mm of tread left $60 per tire - or $200 for set of 4 (720)635-0689

Wanted

Cash for all Vehicles!

Cars, Trucks, Vans, SUV’s Any condition • Running or not Under $500

(303)741-0762

Cell: (303)918-2185 for texting

DYNAMIC CRAFT FAIR.

Call Karen at

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HOMES APARTMENTS COMMERCIAL OFFICE INCOME PROPERTY STORAGE ROOMMATES

To Advertise call Barb 303.566.4125 Homes

Home for Sale

Westminster/Thornton Area 3 bedroom, 1 bath, fenced yard close to schools/bus/highways no smoking of any kind no pets, near 70th and Huron $1575 720-648-8429

Southwest Nebraska Home with 2 garages $45,000 cash, small town living in Fishing, Hunting, Boating and Retirement Community 970-472-5978

Office Rent/Lease

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VARIOUS OFFICES 100-2,311 sq.ft. Rents from $200-$1750/month.

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Castle Rock

Wasson Properties 719-520-1730

Duplexes, Multiplexes

523 PARK POINT DRIVE, GOLDEN CO. Beautiful 4,744 SF office available just minutes west of Golden, Access I-70, exit 254. Pay $5,930/MO (2018) gross for full-service Sub-Lease thru 5/21. Zoned P-D. Office furnishings available (nego).

JD Belanger Summit Commercial Brokers 720-600-9084

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Wheat Ridge / Applewood Area Large 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath w/ Bonus Room $1,600 /mo. rent + $1,400 deposit Water, Trash, Sewer & Lawn Mowing Included Ideal for small family or retired couple NO PETS / Non Smoking Units Parfet St @ W 36th Ave

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Inverness Office Park Space For Lease

23 Inverness Way East offers a prestigious Inverness Business Park address with numerous amenities. The 56,150 SF building currently has several spaces available for lease ranging in size from 4,000 SF to 13,134 SF. Close to light rail and features a park-like setting. For lease at $17/ sf full service. Call Mike Haley or Alex Scott for more information.

Fuller Real Estate, 5300 DTC Pkwy., #100 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

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Home for Sale

For Local News Anytime ST.Visit JOAN OF ARC of the Day C AT H O L I C C H U R C H OurColoradoNews.com Proclaiming Christ from the Mountains to the Plains

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S ERVICES 8 &10 am Church School

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To advertise your place of worship, call Karen at 303-566-4100

10045 E. 158th Pl. Brighton, CO 80602-8609 | $540,000 Great acreage handy to DIA, Brighton, I-25, Hwy 85 * Nicely updated kitchen * Appliances less than 3 years old--all are included * Central air conditioning * 1.04 Acre lot with pasture and yard with planter boxes * 2-car, attached garage * Whole house fan * Fresh interior paint * Country living!

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