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MY NAME IS

JENNIFER DILUZIO

Veteran and K9s For Warriors partner About me I grew up in Binghamton, in upstate New York, and have lived in Lakewood for more than five years. It’s my favorite city around Denver because it’s so close to Red Rocks, Green Mountain trails, downtown and the mountains.

I am a student at DU working on my degree in Fine Arts and Marketing, and I’m currently the marketing director and event coordinator for a new restaurant and sports bar, The Kennedy Station. My hobbies are anything that has to do with arts and crafts.

I am also a huge music lover and of course, I love spending time with my best friend, Stryker.

I have a beautiful 14-year-old daughter who is a spitting image of me. She loves music and art just as much as I do.

Joining the military I joined the United States Army at 16 years old but was put on the Delayed Entry Program until I turned 18. I left for Basic Training in September of 2000.

A year after I joined, I was on my way to morning formation when the news of the Twin Towers came on the radio. I was stationed at Fort Hood and I will always remember that day like it was yesterday. It changed my

life forever.

My daughter was born in December of 2002, and in August of 2003, I was sent to Korea for a year (or what I thought was going to be year). Instead, my unit was sent to Ramadi, Iraq, in August of 2004. I didn’t see my daughter for two years and she was only eight months old when I left.

During my deployment in Iraq, I was part of a team of females called “The Lionesses” that were specially trained on different weapon systems, vehicle and people searches, and I had to learn some Arabic. I was part of the first free Iraqi elections as well, which is something I will always be very proud of.

Ramadi was hell during those years, and unfortunately, we lost 68 brave men and women during that deployment.

Meeting Stryker Coming home after two years, a buddy of mine that I had served with showed me this TV show that was about veterans with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injuries who were being rehabilitated through service dogs.

After struggling and trying every medication thrown at me by the VA for eight years, I thought maybe this could help me, too. I did some research and discovered K9s For Warriors. The best part about their program was that not only were the dogs sponsored so we didn’t have to pay for them, but also it didn’t matter what state you lived in to receive a dog.

Stryker Orthopaedics made its first donation to K9s for Warriors to

Lakewood veteran Jennifer DiLuzio and her best friend Stryker. sponsor a service dog in 2015, and since then, the company has made it possible for 11 service dogs, including Stryker, to be rescued, begin their training and eventually get matched with veterans.

My best friend Trying to reconnect with my daughter, trying to live through the trauma I went through, trying to fight through the night terrors, and not understanding what was wrong with me. I couldn’t go out in public with a lot of people without having panic attacks. I was hostile and irritable, but also afraid, lonely and felt the guilt of surviving when others didn’t — that still weighs heavy on me. I was selfdestructive and suicidal, and I lost a lot because of it, including friends,

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family and relationships.

With Stryker by my side, I feel confident that I will be safe. For the first time in many years, I can finally go shopping and enjoy so many things with my daughter that we never got to do together before. He wakes me up when I’m having nightmares and my medications have drastically been cut down.

I feel like he’s given me a second chance at life that I thought I would never get. I can truly say that I would not be here today if I didn’t have Stryker in my life, and I can’t thank Stryker Orthopaedics enough for sponsoring him and making this all possible.

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Mines honors veterans this weekend STAFF REPORT

Colorado School of Mines will honor veterans this weekend.

The school’s Air Force and Army ROTC cadets will join school president Paul Johnson for a special flag raising ceremony at 7:40 a.m. Nov. 10 at the flag pole east of Guggenheim Hall. The ceremony wraps up about 7:55 a.m.

Following the ceremony, watch the dedication of Mines’ newly designated Combat Veteran parking space in

Food, socks collected to help homeless STAFF REPORT

parking lot D. The dedication is sponsored by the Mines Veterans Alliance.

Johnson will speak.

Call the Mines Department of Military Science at 303-273-3380 for information about the Nov. 10 events.

In addition, veterans will receive free tickets to the Nov. 11 Mines Military Appreciation football game.

Kickoff is at noon at Marv Kay Stadium. Call 303-273-3588 for tickets and information.

Non-perishable food and socks are being collected through Nov. 17 to help homeless residents in Lakewood and Jefferson County.

Lakewood, in partnership with the Metro Mayor’s Caucus, are leading the drive, which will benefit the Action Center. The drive also is in recognition of Hunger and Homessness Awareness week, which is Nov. 11-19.

Donations are accepted at the following drop-off boxes: City Clerk’s Office, 480 S. Allison Parkway, (south building) Permits Counter, 470 S. Allison Parkway, (north building)

Employee Relations Department, 480 S. Allison Parkway, (south building) Police Department, 445 S. Allison Parkway Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, (south building) Clements Community Center, 1580 Yarrow St. Lakewood recreation centers: Carmody, Green Mountain, Lakewood Link and Whitlock. Locations and hours available at Lakewood.org/ RecreationCenters.

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For Baby Boomers It’s Decision Time: Aging in Place vs. Other Options It’s been reported that 10,000 Baby Boomers go on Social Security and Medicare every day. It’s understandable that with that milestone come thoughts of how they will manage their remaining years as aging adults. If they live in a home with stairs, for example, they might start thinking about moving to a single-story home with few or no stairs so they’re prepared when and if climbing stairs becomes a challenge.

Although it does have its limitations, “aging in place” is a popular trend. You can have stair elevators installed and hire out yard maintenance, and maybe even count on home nursing care when needed. Of course, the proximity of family, and their ability or willingness to assist could also factor into your decision.

For aging in place, a reverse mortgage might be an effective financial strategy. It allows you to stop making mortgage payments and even draw cash against your home’s equity for as long as you stay there. Our agents recently participated in an office-wide continuing education class about when and how a reverse mortgage might work for people age 62 and over. We have no loan officers at Golden Real Estate, but can refer clients to quality lenders knowledgeable about the various loan programs available, including reverse mortgages.

Of course, aging in place isn’t for everyone.

For example, I have a client who is planning to sell their single-story home in Lakewood and move into the new Vita senior apartments in

Littleton, which is nearing completion. I joined the couple at a Vita presentation and was really impressed at Vita’s concept, which includes having a garage with parking spaces outside each apartment’s door, no matter which floor it’s on. Call me if you’d like more information about Vita.

At right you can read about one of our agents, Kristi Brunel, who has received extra training in serving the real estate needs of seniors. If selling your current home and replacing it with one more suitable for seniors is in your plans, she can help you. But who’s going to help if you choose to move into a retirement community and pay rent, versus purchasing a different home? For that, we refer prospective sellers to CarePatrol, a company which assists seniors in choosing the senior community best suited to their needs.

The best time for seniors to make their move, whether to a better home or a senior community, is before they physically need to.

Moving can be strenuous and stressful, and it’s best to do it while you are physically, emotionally and mentally able to deal with such a major life change. The brokers at Golden Real Estate are equipped to make such a move easier. We provide our own moving trucks, boxes and packing materials for your use (free), and we can connect you with movers for loading and unloading at reasonable rates. You just pack and unpack. Invite one of us to meet with you in your home and we’ll give you free advice and information to help you make the right decision.

Welcome Our New Office Manager — Rita

Last week I reported that our office manager, Kim Taylor, had resigned and is moving to the Western Slope. She’ll maintain a home in Golden, but will be here only half-time, so she decided to step away from Golden Real Estate.

I wasn’t sure how I would replace Kim, but my dear wife, Rita, stepped right in and has assuaged any concerns I might have harbored about filling Kim’s shoes. Rita has been doing our books since we founded Golden Real Estate in 2007, and, despite being unlicensed, has a solid grasp of the real estate business. I’m pleased to report that, just a week into her new job, Rita is already proving herself and winning rave reviews from our broker associates.

Her email address is Rita@GoldenRealEstate.com and her direct number is 303-277-1996.

The technical transition is going very smoothly.

Rita’s business for the past 30+ years has been as a consultant and director for BeautiControl, a skin care and home spa products company. It was announced in August that BeautiControl is being shut down by its owner, Tupperware, so Rita’s own business with them is wrapping up, freeing her just in time for her new role at Golden Real Estate. She and I are both quite excited about the possibilities! (The picture is of us at a Bronco game last year.)

Broker Associate Kristi Brunel recently earned the Senior Real Estate Specialist (SRES) designation. While Kristi is committed to all of her clients, earning the SRES designation demonstrates her desire to provide specialized service to those over 50 years old. If you are considering modifying your home to age in place, downsizing and selling your home, exploring housing options, or just have a question, call her at 303-5252520. Her email address is Kristi@GoldenRealEstate.com. She will be working with her colleagues at Golden Real Estate to serve that market, including giving educational presentations to senior organizations. Early next year, Kristi will begin leading monthly walks with seniors.

Electrification of Transport: A Tipping Point

Regular readers of this column know that I am a big proponent of electric vehicles (EVs) and that I write from the perspective of someone who has driven electric cars since 2012 — probably over 150,000 miles. I can’t remember the last time I purchased gasoline — except for the trucks Golden Real Estate offers free to our clients.

Rita and I have owned two Teslas that consume no gas at all, and my Chevrolet Volt gets 2,000 to 3,000 miles on every tank of gas — which holds only 8 gallons.

Perhaps you have viewed the PowerPoint presentation on the topic of electric vs. gaspowered vehicles that I deliver to service clubs and other groups. If you haven’t seen it, there’s a 35-minute video of that presentation at www.GasCarsAreObsolete.info.

A decade from now, I suspect we’ll look back at 2017 as the tipping point in terms of EVs replacing cars with internal combustion engines (ICEs). This is not only because the prices of new electric vehicles are becoming comparable to those of ICEs, but because several nations have said they will ban the sale of ICE cars — Netherlands, starting in 2025; Norway and India in 2030; and France & the UK in 2040. China had said it, too, will ban the sale of ICE cars but hasn’t specified a year. You can be sure that auto manufacturers are scrambling to join the likes of Volvo, Volkswagen and BMW, who have already

announced their intention to produce only electrified vehicles in coming years.

EVs have been around long enough that there is a large supply of used ones, many of them priced under $10,000. That’s because the industry is applying similar depreciation rates on EVs as they do on ICE cars, despite the fact that there are far fewer components to fail (often at considerable expense) in an EV than there are in used ICE cars. For example, my 2012 Chevy Volt has over 75,000 miles on it, but the gas engine, which functions solely as a generator, has run less than 10,000 miles – miles that are very light duty when compared with gas or diesel engines which provide all the propulsion for a car. There has been no perceptible loss of battery range in my Volt, and the car is, for all intents and purposes, as sound as when I bought it over 5 years ago. I paid just over $40,000 for it in 2012, but on the used market it’s worth under $10,000. What a deal (if I were willing to sell)!

If you’re not in a position to buy a new EV, I urge you to consider buying a used one. If electric range is an issue for you, I recommend the Volt, as its range-extending engine allows for a total range of 300-400 miles, making it suitable for use as one’s only car. As EVs continue to grow in popularity, the value of used ones could increase, so you might want to take advantage of current low resale prices before the market corrects itself.

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Work looking great on Great Work Montessori On Nov. 3, students, teachers, families from Great Work Montessori School and Himmelman Construction workers and staff gathered at the future home of the school at 5300 W. Center Ave. in east Lakewood to celebrate the placement of one of the structure’s final beams.

This new 40,000 square foot, 3-story educational facility was designed by MOA Architecture of Denver and its its first year, the capacity for this new charter school will be 250 students ranging from twelve months through third grade.

The new school includes ten classrooms, a library, multiple common areas, a cafeteria, and approximately 3.5 acres of outdoor learning environments. Multiple modular buildings are planned at an adjacent farm property for the development of the school’s future farming program.

Everyone on hand signed the beam before it was set in place.

“This is a milestone in the building of the school,” said Eric Kriebel, Senor Project Superintendent with Himmelman Construction. “We’ve completed one of the hardest parts of the construction.”

Students from Great Work Montessori, Jeffco’s future Montessori school located in east Lakewood, sign one of the final structural beams during a ceremony on Nov3.

Students, teachers, construction workers and supporters gathered at the future home of Great Work Montessori to celebrate the placement of one of the structure’s final beams.

Students, staff, families and construction workers gathered at the future home of Great Work Montessori School for a final beam signing. This new 40,000 square foot, three-story educational facility was designed by MOA Architecture, and in its first year, the capacity for this new charter school will be 250 students ranging from twelve months through third grade.

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Homeless vet numbers may be down, but problem persists Cities, counties, groups try to reach out to those suffering after service

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An estimated 569 homeless veterans live in the Denver metro area, and Freddie Sprankel used to be one of them.

After more than three years in the U.S. Army — including an almost year-long duty tour in Iraq — Sprankel got an honorable discharge in 2012 and was in a head-on car collision that caused him spinal damage in Fort Hood, Texas. He came back to his native Colorado to be near his family for mental support, went through a divorce and ended up homeless in Denver.

A year and a half later, Sprankel was able to find housing — but for many homeless veterans, the path forward is still steep.

“I would say the trajectory is such that that population is increasing,” T.J. Westphal, a service officer for the Arapahoe County Veterans Service Office, said of homeless veterans in his county. Given “the current housing market and cost of living, we definitely talk to a lot of people who are on the cusp of becoming homeless.”

Westphal says the numbers are hard to track, but he’s noticed an uptick in the number of people in Arapahoe County who are on that edge since 2014 and 2015.

For Sprankel, 34, it took a combination of help from a nonprofit organization and a governmental body to get him back to life with housing, as is the case for many like him. But dealing with the local offices of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs — better known as the VA — wasn’t easy, even for a homeless veteran.

In limbo Left with no separation pay when he was discharged from the Army, Sprankel, a father of five, was told the VA would take care of him. But when he started his disability paperwork in Colorado, it was a self-described

Freddie Sprankel, a United States Army veteran, sits at Fairmount Cemetery in Denver. Sprankel, 34, was homeless in the Denver metro area after returning to civilian life in 2012.

PHOTO COURTESY OF FREDDIE SPRANKEL “nightmare.”

Sprankel said he dealt with a slowmoving Denver VA system, and he said he had to go to great lengths to get his case on track and get the benefits he needed, a year and a half after he had come back to Colorado after his service.

In general, the VA offers avenues to permanent supportive housing, transitional housing and referrals for VA and community programs, said Michelle Lapidow, section chief for the homeless program at the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System in Denver.

Vouchers through the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — known as HUD-VASH — can be a road to housing, Sprankel said, but even if a veteran is approved, they still have to wait for housing to open up that accepts the vouchers.

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Sixth-grade shift moves ahead in Jeffco The change will align the district the the majority of the country

BY SHANNA FORTIER SFORTIER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When parent Darcie Weiser first heard of Jeffco’s intent to move sixthgrade students to middle school, she was not a fan.

In 2014, her son was a fifth-grader at Meiklejohn Elementary in Arvada when the talk of moving sixth-grade students from elementary to middle school came up at that school. To her, it seemed like a “knee-jerk” reaction to needing more space, rather than a thoughtful transition of students.

The change didn’t happen. Weiser was relieved.

But after a few years of being a middle school parent, with that son attending Manning Option School, she has a new excitement about her daughter, who is in sixth-grade now, entering middle school.

“I have come full circle, so to speak, on the transition and have considered it through different lenses,” Weiser said.

“Our middle school experience has been so wonderful. I really believe that sixth grade would’ve been good for her to have at the middle school.”

An estimated 3,355 incoming sixthgrade students in Jefferson County Public Schools will move from elementary to middle schools districtwide next year, a shift district officials say will better utilize building space and expand academic offerings.

The change, announced more than a year ago, will bring the state’s second largest school district into alignment with how most Colorado districts and the nation split up elementary and middle school grades. A few schools, with K-8 and 7-12 grade configurations, will remain as they are.

The shift, however, still surprised some parents and community members.

“The decision was made in June 2016 by the board, but there’s been a lot of waffling with transition in leadership last year and some people may have dismissed it,” said Michele DeAndrea Austin, principal at Bell Middle School in Golden, explaining that when voters rejected the bond and mill levy in November 2016, some may have thought the sixth-grade shift wouldn’t go forward because of a lack of funding.

But the transition of sixth-graders to middle school has been on the district’s radar for almost a decade.

Some schools already include sixth-graders Marcia Anker, who started in July as the district’s sixth-grade transition coordinator, said some Jeffco schools individually started asking to make the change more than 10 years ago and other middle schools have already been allowed to start enrolling sixth-graders.

The mountain-area schools started the 6-8 model in the mid-1990s and

One thing new for sixth grade students at middle school is lockers. At Bell Middle in Golden all sixth grade lockers are in the same hallway.

SHANNA FORTIER various schools throughout the district have enrolled sixth-graders throughout the years to deal with overcrowding at feeder elementary schools and to offer specialized choice-in programs, such as STEM. Bell Middle School in Golden is one of them.

Bell started servicing sixth-graders five years ago when the neighborhood surrounding Mitchell Elementary, one of its feeder schools, experienced a lot of growth.

The school had space and welcomed about 100 sixth-graders. The following year, Bell created a STEM program, which allowed sixth-graders to choicein to the school. Now about 150 sixthgrade students call Bell home.

“I see a lot more advantages than challenges,” DeAndrea Austin said.

“With three years, there’s more buy-in to the school, community, students and learning. With sixth-grade coming, we will have more opportunity to create community pride and build more relationships.”

The districtwide transition next year will bring an additional 300 students to Bell next year in both sixth and seventh grades from all their feeder schools.

Weiser is excited about the community and challenge that she believes her daughter will experience as a middle schooler, a challenge she could have used this year as a sixth-grader at an elementary school.

“My daughter craves challenge,” Weiser said. “Her teachers do a great job in elementary, but there would be even more opportunity to advance in things like math and language arts — where she’s really looking for hard work.”

Math is one area of advancement being cited by many district staff as an advantage of sixth-grade students being in a middle school setting.

“With math at the middle school, we have opened up so many opportunities to accelerate if needed,” DeAndrea Austin said.

If students in sixth grade are excelling in math above their grade level, they will now have the option to be accelerated to seventh-grade math, if appropriate.

“Middle is set up for more opportunities for kids, more electives and more levels for math,” said Rob Hoover, principal at Deer Creek Middle School in the Chatfield articulation area.

“There are things that we can provide more easily than a sixth-grade teacher at elementary can.”

But some critics of the shift say that moving sixth-graders to middle school will actually hurt students because test scores are lower.

Jeffco does see a drop in CMAS scores from sixth grade to seventh grade.

In 2016-17 41 percent of sixth graders met or exceeded expectations and in seventh grade it drops to 33 percent.

There is another drop in achievement in students taking grade-level eighthgrade math, however the score for students taking algebra, geometry and algebra 2 soar.

This district has admitted this gap is an area of needed improvement, but says shifting sixth graders shouldn’t hurt their individual test scores.

“Empirical research tells us that the impact on student achievement is inconclusive,” Anker said. “We have no reason to believe student achievement will be negatively impacted by this change in configuration. The larger body of evidence does not favor either the K-6 or the 6-8 model.”

Anker said there is no ploy to artificially improve middle school test scores and that the district is focused on creating the best possible educational environment for students.

Programs help ease transition The Chatfield articulation area moved all sixth-graders to middle school this year — a year ahead of the districtwide shift.

Deer Creek Middle started accepting sixth-graders four years ago as an option-in to the STEM program it

runs in conjunction with Bell. This is the first school year for a full house of sixth-graders.

“We had capacity and there was interest in the sixth-grade program from the community already,” Hoover said.

“Having a program like STEM benefited a lot from having more time with kids to develop those skills.”

Hoover, like other area principals, said having students in the same building for three years instead of two is a big advantage.

“A two-year middle school is often viewed as a bridge and it’s harder to get parent involvement and for students to feel like part of a learning community,” Hoover said.

One of the challenges, he said, is helping students adjust to the structure of a middle school.

“The transition for sixth-graders needs to be thoughtful,” Hoover said.

“The goal is not to turn them into seventh-graders a year early. It’s to help them become seventh-graders over the course of the year.”

That transition is one reason Hoover launched the New Beginnings summer program in which incoming students visit the school, are assigned lockers and learn how to open them, get their schedule and become comfortable with the new school.

“It gives a comfort level as they make that transition,” Hoover said of the program.

John White, principal of Wayne Carle Middle School in Westminster, is looking to implement a similar program — Six Months to Middle School — as his school prepares for sixth-graders next school year.

At 12 years old, Wayne Carle is the newest neighborhood middle school in Jeffco and has a smaller enrollment than most with an October count estimated at 425 students in seventh and eighth grades.

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stage of the transition, White said.

They have formed a committee that meets monthly and will work on creating community outreach for new parents and students. Interest nights have been scheduled after Thanksgiving break.

The Six Months to Middle School program will establish a set of experiences and activities staff believes will get parents and families ready to start at the new school.

White said the Wayne Carle building, like most middle school buildings in Jeffco, was built to support a traditional middle school model, so there is plenty of space for incoming students.

Parent Krista Burczyk said attending parent nights has helped her become comfortable with her son, who will be in sixth grade next year, being a middleschooler.

“At first I was pretty skeptical,” Burczyk said. “I was worried about sixth graders being so young and the maturity difference between them and eighth-graders.”

But through the parent nights and gathering information from the district, Burczyk said she now sees the positives of being in the same school for three years instead of two and the increased amount of electives and academics offered at the middle level.

Parent concern remains Some critics continue to voice concerns about the plan, saying that the millions of dollars spent to implement the transition will result in a questionable benefit for students’ educations.

Lakewood resident Peggy Ralph said her biggest concern has been the limited community engagement surrounding the school board’s decision to move forward with the shift.

“They held meetings over the summer knowing that there would be very low attendance,” Ralph said of the district.

District officials, however, say parents are getting their questions answered and educators are hearing fewer concerns.

Most concerns from parents center around what happens throughout the school day, such as interactions with older kids, Hoover said.

For Burczyk, this is where questions have not been answered.

Logistical information like how much interaction the sixth-grade students have with the older kids, where their lockers are in comparison to other grade levels and when lunch will be are still unanswered for her.

“Those little pieces can make or break a situation,” Burczyk said. “I realize it’s early, but as a parent, I think back to those really horrible moments in between classes — those times where behavioral problems can go up.”

At Deer Creek, Hoover said the interactions between the younger and older students have actually boosted moral within his school.

“It’s interesting that a lot of the community concern is rooted in what the impact of eighth-graders will have on sixth-graders,” Hoover said.“But it really works the opposite. The impact of having younger students in the

TRANSITION TIMELINE Chatfield, Conifer and Evergreen articulation areas have already moved sixthgraders to middle schools.

The following middle schools will serve grades 6-8 beginning 2018-19: Carmody (Bear Creek) Drake (Arvada West) Dunstan (Green Mountain) Everitt (Wheat Ridge) Mandalay (Standley Lake) Manning (Option School) Moore (Pomona) North Arvada (Arvada) Oberon (Ralston Valley)

Wayne Carle (Standley Lake) Bell in Golden already serves some sixth grade students.

In 2018-19 they will have sixth-graders from all feeder schools in their area.

The following three middle schools are scheduled to serve grades 6-8 in 201920 to allow time to plan for capacity and enrollment: Creighton (Lakewood) Ken Caryl (Columbine) Summit Ridge (Dakota Ridge) Alameda and Jefferson

area sixth-graders will remain in current elementary schools since those areas are on a K-6 elementary/7-12 secondary model. Option schools, other than Manning, will remain unchanged.

Arvada K-8 in the Arvada area, Bear Creek K-8 in the Bear Creek area, and Three Creeks K-8 and Coal Creek Canyon K-8 in the Ralston Valley area will continue serving the K-8 model.

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building provides an opportunity for leadership and mentorship that’s hard to do when talking a one-year age difference.”

Deer Creek has used this relationship to create a mentorship program within the school, which positions eighthgrade students to work as peer support for sixth-graders.

Even Ralph, who opposes the districtwide shift, likes that benefit.

“I loved the idea of the junior high being mentored by the high school students, not in the same classes or hallways but in being able to see what comes after junior high and that what they do actually matters for high school,” Ralph said of her experience when her children attended D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High. “We saw them push themselves in math and science so they could enter high school at a higher level and stronger.”

But Ralph and community members worry about students who have previously attending elementary schools with federal Title I funding, loosing services, which provide extra academic supports; and special education students losing center programs, which provide extra support for students on the autism spectrum as well special education students who need more specialized supports.

“I hope the district pays attention to those receiving special needs services and gifted services,” said Burczyk, whose son is gifted and talented. “Making sure our populations of kids really

impacted by change are taken care of and that everyone is OK when that happens is important.”

Burczyk said as a parent of a child receiving services, there is an additional level of urgency to make sure needs are met when there are big shifts like this one.

“The shift in general causes some anxiety for those families,” Burczyk said. “My son will be a guinea pig.”

GT programs are offered at various middle schools throughout Jeffco, and students may apply to attend one.

Special education students who receive one-on-one supports or are low functioning will also have the opportunity to apply for an established middle school center program with recommendation through their individualized education plan. There are seven center programs available for students with level three significant support needs, the most severe students.

According to the district, special education partners will work with schools that will be sending and receiving students to include support in communicating with parents and preparing students for the transition, much like they have done for sixth-graders transitioning to seventh grade at middle schools in the past.

Middle schools have also been allocated an additional half-time position to support students transitioning out of center programs.

But there is still some concern from parents of special education students

about the supports for high functioning students.

Most autism spectrum disorder centers are housed at elementary schools.

There is only one middle school ASDonly program in the district, located at Sobesky Academy, a school-wide program designed to meet the intensive emotional, behavioral, and related academic needs of students with identified emotional disabilities.

But parent Erin Dempsey, of Wheat Ridge, worries about high functioning autism students falling through the cracks in the transition.

According to the district, as students progress through various types of center programs at the elementary level, the goal is to help them continually move toward increasing levels of independence, both academically and behaviorally. By the time middle school arrives, many are ready to transition into a regular classroom setting or classes run by learning specialists with appropriate supports, rather than remaining in more intensive center programs.

But Dempsey says those students are losing a full year of support they would normally get at the elementary level.

“That’s where my fear is,” said Dempsey, whose son is a high-functioning autism student in Jeffco.

“Some friends in our autism group, they too fear because some of them are going to be facing that year of loss next year going into middle school.”

Because all students on the autism spectrum are different, Dempsey said there are more challenges for some students with autism to join traditional classrooms.

“There is a broader population of kids that are high functioning that don’t need that one-on-on, but do need more guidance,” Dempsey said, adding that social awkwardness is one thing her son, and many high functioning autism students, struggle with.

Moving forward In another concern voiced at election forums, some parents and community members also worried that middle schools would not be able to provide enough mental health support with the addition of sixth-graders.

But DeAndrea Austin, principal at Bell, said that middle school actually has more social and emotional supports than elementary schools.

Bell, and most middle schools in the district, have three full-time counselors in addition to a social and emotional learning (SEL) specialist.

“They have so much access to that piece,” DeAndrea Austin said. “Other than change is hard and we still see our 11-year-olds as children, the reality is if the concern is that they’re too young, they actually have more opportunity to access SEL support than they did at the elementary school.”

Jeffco parent Weiser expects the transition to encounter some challenges. But she also expects the end result to be worth it.

“There will be bumps and hiccups and there will be things that need to be tweaked down the road,” Weiser said. “While it’s nerve-wracking, I trust that our district has student best interests in mind. I don’t know when would be a better time to do it.”

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Lakewood establishes foundation for a sustainable future Community resources, neighborhood programs see growth

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The effects of increased sustainability is difficult to measure in the short term, but the enthusiasm to make the community and world a better place is much easier to see.

Jonathan Wachtel, Lakewood’s sustainability manager, and other city staff have seen an increase in residents from whom leaving the planet better off is a major concern.

“Our community has laid out a robust vision for sustainability in Lakewood,” Wachtel said. “We’ve made some huge strides, and I’m very proud of how the community has embraced and pushed staff to make our sustainability goals happen.”

Lakewood committed to sustainability efforts when it adopted its first sustainability plan in May of 2015, and in the ensuing two and a half years, has gained international recognition for its efforts. In December of that same year, Lakewood was one of 94 cities recognized for its efforts to combat climate change by “Cities100,” a publication identifying 100 city policy solutions that can be used the world over.

The sustainability plan is a kind of guide for the city’s sustainability efforts and builds upon goals in the new comprehensive plan, which was passed in April. Sections in the plan include climate change and adaptation, energy, water, zero waste events, transportation and the built environment. Built environment refers to spaces for living and working, such as neighborhoods, business parks and developments.

“There’s a lot of behind the scenes stuff in the plan, that has to do with data collection and measurements,” Wachtel said. “In the past two years,

FOR MORE INFORMATION To stay up to date on Lakewood’s sustainability efforts, visit www.lakewood.org/Sustainability/Sustainability.aspx and www.sustainableneighborhoodnetwork.org/homepage. we’ve been getting a lot of the early steps in place and established, which means we can now start working toward some of our goals.”

From the start, Lakewood has been working on ways to conserve and improve the efficiency of energy, gas, and water — all admittedly complex systems. Discussions with partners like Xcel and Denver Water are going a long way to help in possible goals and plans, Wachtel said.

“Part of this is just providing resources to residents who want more information,” he added. “So much of sustainability is about co-benefits that come with these changes, like economic and social improvements.”

As one of the main stewards of Lakewood’s facilities, both in and outdoor, the community resources department made sustainability a key feature of its recently adopted updated master plan.

“One thing we’re going to be doing is set up about 70 new smart trash and recycling bins in our more regional parks,” said Allison Scheck, public engagement and operations manager with the community resources department. “We’ll be able to monitor how full they are remotely, which will help increase employee efficiencies in addition to expanding recycling in parks.”

Lakewood has a range of popular events throughout the year, including Cider Days and Earth Day, and staff worked hard to make these zero waste events, not just for visitors, but also the vendors.

One of the most important keys to sustainability success, according to Wachtel, is resident buy in.

And in in the city’s sustainable neighborhoods pro-

A working group from the 2015 planning process.

Community volunteers, staff, and subject exports working on the development of the Sustainability Plan.

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gram that resident enthusiasm shines brightest.

“We started out with five existing neighborhoods, and added three new ones in 2017 alone,” said Alyssa Vogan, Sustainable Neighborhood program coordinator. “This voluntary program shows how even small steps contribute to the bigger picture.”

The city’s eight Sustainable Neighborhoods are Applewood, Belmar, Eiber, Green Mountain, Lake Lochwood Village, Morse Park, South of 6th, and Southern Gables. To receive this designation, neighborhoods receive credits by participating in and achieving sustainability goals.

“This year Applewood launched a free produce market that got about 100 residents to participate,” Vogan said. “Mors Park held a neighborhood-wide recycling event, and Green Mountain held a sustainability 101 workshop.”

As Wachtel sees it, these are just the first signs that Lakewood is about to really get going on delivering a sustainable future for everyone.

“I think we’re really turning a corner now that we have our foundation set up,” he said. “We’re going to need the entire community’s help to get where we want to be.”

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A special ingredient in student success can be found after the school bell rings Last Saturday, my son had a soccer game at Platt Middle School in Boulder. And, though HITTING I spent four years in Boulder, I’d never HOME been to Platt, so this was a new experience for me. Platt, it turns out, is in the older, eastern section of Boulder, out by the smoke stacks.

Conveniently, also close to the pumpkin patch my family has been visiting every Michael Alcorn Halloween season for the last decade.

At any rate, Platt is an older building, with that utilitarian, institutional look that most public works had in the

1950s and 60s, when it was built. We drove around the building, through a couple small, poorly marked parking lots, to the back where the fields were.

And arrived at a multi-use, next-generation, absolutely beautiful soccer field, on the inside of a high-tech surface running track. Honestly, this field was nicer, and in better condition than the main Jeffco fields at Sixth Avenue and Kipling, much less any of the fields at any individual high school.

Think about that: an older middle school in Boulder has a better athletic facility than any high school in Jefferson County.

You know what else Platt Middle School has? Interscholastic athletics.

Like Douglas County, Cherry Creek, and Aurora Schools, Boulder middle school students have a chance to play

and compete against their peers from other schools. Jeffco kids don’t.

Why does it matter? Isn’t school all about reading, writing, and arithmetic? Don’t we measure our credibility as professionals and our responsibility as public trustees by the test scores our students achieve?

Yes. But we shouldn’t.

I just got done reading a fascinating book by Dr. Angela Duckworth called “Grit.” Dr. Duckworth defines “grit” as the ability of a person to find something of enduring interest to them, and then to have a ferocious determination to work through the difficult moments and see their interest through to its logical conclusion.

I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that she considers grit to be a critical component of success, and well she should

— across multiple platforms, over a span of decades, she has compiled an impressive body of data correlating Grit with success. In one experiment, 69 percent of the students who enrolled in college out of high school and who scored 6 out of 6 on Duckworth’s “Grit Grid” (more on that another time) remained on track for a degree after two years, while a mere 16 percent of students who scored a 0 were still in school.

And how, in Duckworth’s formulation, does a student gain grit? Well, of course, some of it is innate, and a lot of it comes from home. But the very definition of the point scale of the “Grit Grid” is based on one thing: extracurricular activities.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Power of words While savoring each word in the art of positive thought in last week’s column by a renowned coach and speaker, I couldn’t help but feel a hint of sardonic humor in the light of remarks emerging from the White House. How many times have words such as “sad” and “pathetic” been uttered through presidential lips. Reflections presented to nations throughout the world cause me to feel indescribably “embarrassed.”

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Empathy unites the hopes and dreams of humanity Last Friday night, I was in Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Ukraine. I smelled the jasmine and heard the mourning doves of Syria. I savored lunch in Afghanistan. I felt buildings collapse in Mexico, and witnessed the capture of a terrorist in Iraq. I met siblings and parents and grandparents, and felt the

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their stories of migration, memory and place. Friday evening, these fellows debuted the audio versions of their first stories.

I was partnered with two young women: Sunday, of Burmese descent, and Gulsum,

Constant vigilance The other week a letter writer questioned what we are doing in Niger. Perhaps the question should be, “What would happen if we were not in Niger?” The United States has a presence in over 100 countries abroad.

This constant vigilance gives us both information and increased security. As we are so sadly finding out, the world is not such a friendly place to democracy.

Without the United States providing a voice and force for democracy how many more countries would completely fall to socialism and communism.

All we need do is look at Cuba, Venezuela and other countries without our type of government and constitution to see how easily they fall prey to the forces of evil. The citizens of Venezuela are much like us, but without the recourse we have to a fair vote and constitutional protections. Now they are living is a country of socialistic devastation. So, yes we are in many places, and how much worse off might we and the world be if we were not?

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An invitation to join the education conversation in Jefferson County to give them the chance to practice Editor’s Note: We recently asked important skills which will be essenJefferson County Public Schools new tial to their success once they leave superintendent Jason Glass to write our schools. into our community papers on These skills include things a regular basis, and he has GUEST such as collaboration, creativagreed. ity, critical thinking, problem With election season now in COLUMN solving, adapting to new condiour rear-view mirror, Jeffco tions and entrepreneurialism.

Public Schools now turns The big idea here is to create our attention to the future, abundant opportunities for and what that means for our students to engage in learnschools and community. ing opportunities that have In October, we released meaning beyond just school a vision document for the and which prepare them for community to consider. the kinds of difficult and chalEntitled Jeffco Generations: lenging problems they will as A Learning-Centered Vision Jason Glass adults, citizens, and part of for our Community’s Schools, the document lays out a framework for the workforce.

Second, we need to change the improving Jeffco’s schools through a conditions for learning. Specifically, focus on three key areas.

Jeffco intends to hold true to a profesFirst, we must focus on the learning sional model of teaching. This means experience of the student. More prethat we believe teaching is a profescisely, this means working to change sion which not everyone can or should the student’s experience to not only cover key areas of knowledge, but also do and which requires a lifetime com-

mitment in order to master the art and science of teaching. We also must anchor the conditions for learning against a foundation of high expectations, with a clear and internationally benchmarked curriculum.

Finally, we’ll work to improve the readiness for learning for our students. This includes efforts to expand the capacity and quality of early childhood education options in Jeffco, but also to make sure our kids are able to engage in learning relatively free of hunger, abuse, mental or physical illness, or fear. Students experiencing these are not learning and, as a community, we must work to mitigate them.

So that’s the focus: learning, conditions for learning, and readiness for learning. These are straightforward, unambiguous, and foundational – and they are where we must put our emphasis going forward. They are also intentionally elements behind which our entire community can engage and

find common ground to work together.

Certainly, there will be specific and technical elements that we will have to navigate, but we will work to keep the main thing the main thing – and that is learning.

I encourage you to join in the conversation on this issue by checking out my blog on all things related to Jeffco Public Schools at www.advancejeffco.blog. You can read the full Jeffco Generations report, as well as access supporting materials, at www.jeffcopublicschools.org/about/generations.

You can also jump on our Facebook group to engage with others – just search for Jeffco Generations Conversation, ask to join the group, and jump in the discussion.

On behalf of all of us with Jeffco Public Schools, thank you! We are grateful for the chance to be of service to this wonderful community and its children!

Jason Glass is the superintendent for Jefferson County Public Schools.

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Pumpkin recipes add nutrition, math and fun Halloween may be over but the pumpkin season lasts all year. Pumpkin is an all-around nutritious food. It is low in saturated Esther Macalady fat and very low cholesterol and LIFELONG in sodium. Then it LEARNING is loaded with an array of vitamins and minerals and a good source of dietary fiber. Since November is one of the top baking months you might try these child friendly recipes.

Kiddie Pumpkin Cookies These cookies are quick and easy to make. You will need 2 cups flour, 1 1/3 cup quick or old fashioned oats, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 cup ( 2

sticks) butter or margarine softened, 1 cup packed brown sugar, 1 cup granulated sugar. You can experiment with lowering the sugar to ¾ cup of the sugars. You’ll need 1 cup canned pumpkin, 1 large egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. If desired, you can add 3/4 cup chocolate chips to the batter or poke them in while the cookies are just out of the oven.

Children can drop them one at a time and push them into the hot cookie with a spoon.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Combine flour, oats, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a medium bowl.

Beat in butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar until fluffy. Add pumpkin, egg, and vanilla extract. Mix well. Add flour mixture. Drop a 1/4 cup of dough onto a baking sheet sprayed with cook-

ing oil. Bake for 14-16 minutes. Cool before moving.

Kiddie Pumpkin Cupcakes This recipe is for moist pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners. Whisk together 1/3 cup oil, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Sift in 1 1/4 cup flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon.

Fold in 1 cup canned pumpkin and then ½ cup chocolate chips. Be careful not to over stir because the batter will become gummy and change the texture of the cupcakes. Fill lined cups 2/3 full and bake for 24-26 minutes.

Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

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from Turkey. Gulsum, 30, and her husband came to the U.S. 10 years ago to get their master’s degrees (hers in economics from Penn State), never intending to stay here. In her recorded story on Friday, she recalled receiving a call from her husband with news of the 2016 attempted coup in Turkey.

In that moment, she knew she could never go home.

In Gulsum’s words: “Unfortunately, the (government’s) scapegoat was the social movement called Hizmet – (whose members) believe in peace all around the world and promote interfaith dialogue – declared as the enemy of the Turkish state … My worries were because we were planning to go back to Turkey and I am (part) of the Hizmet movement and (Turkey’s president) Erdogan now could do anything to us.” Gulsum knows she will be jailed upon her return, even just to visit her parents.

Sunday – who was born to Burmese parents in a refugee camp in Thailand and who came to the U.S. at 13 – wrote: “I lived my whole life in the camp, only leaving when my family came to the United States. Because my mother could not afford to go to a hospital, I was born at home in the refugee camp

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That’s right, a student doesn’t develop this critically important personal characteristic by going to class, doing their homework, and performing well on tests. They do it by playing football for two or more years; they do it by being in student government for two or more years; they do it by playing their trombone for two or more years.

And you know what’s more important? Success. A student who plays volleyball for three years, and is selected team captain, proves even more that they have what it takes to succeed.

teacher from Golden. For more cooking time ideas see grandparentsteachtoo. blogspot.com, wnmufm.org/Learning Through the Seasons, Facebook, and Pinterest. and not granted Thai citizenship. But I did not have citizenship in Burma, because I was born in Thailand. I didn’t know which country I belonged to.”

As president of the international organization Writing for Peace, I am deeply committed to our mission to cultivate – through education and creative writing – the empathy that allows us to value differences as well as the hopes and dreams that unite all of humanity.

Through Sunday’s and Gulsum’s intensely personal stories – and the stories of the young Ethiopian man who had to wait 10 years to bring his mother here, the Iraqi man who had worked with the U.S. military there, the siblings from Afghanistan who cried when they remembered their grandfather, and the young woman from Syria who contrasted her life from before and during the war – I felt the empathy swell in me and the others in the room, uniting us in common hopes and dreams. In moments like these, I truly believe peace is achievable.

Sunday, now 18, says she looks forward to finally gaining citizenship – in the U.S. – and: “I hope to make a living serving others. I am so happy to achieve for what I want.”

Now who doesn’t share that dream?

Andrea Doray is a writer who saw, smelled, felt, tasted, loved and lost along with the fellows that evening.

Contact her at a.doray@andreadoray. com.

So, you see, it seems to me that a student who goes to Platt Middle School gets a leg up on their counterparts from Arvada Middle School, for the simple reason that they have the opportunity to compete in sports. And, while that’s not the only arena for a student to try to “get grittier,” it is an important one, and it speaks volumes about the priorities of the school.

Next week I will expound on the idea of “Grit” even more, and on the implications that has for public policy … including some very important local issues we’ll be dealing with over the next 12 months.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His novels are available at MichaelJAlcorn.com

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A Jefferson County jury returned guilty verdicts in the case against Stephen Tecmire, 63, for running over a bicyclist and then leaving the scene, according to the First Judicial Distirct’s DA’s office.

Tecmire was found guilty on Nov. 1 of leaving the scene with serious bodily injury, careless driving with injury, failure to display proof of insurance, and no registration.

The incident occurred on Jan. 27, when Gary Suydam, 52, was riding his bicycle east on 26th Avenue at Wadsworth Boulevard in a designated bicycle lane, according to Pam Russell, communications director for the DA’s office.

As Suydam began to cross Wadsworth, on a green light and in the crosswalk, a vehicle driven by 38-yearold Chelsey Brewer was traveling west on 26th Avenue when she turned in left in front of him. Suydam collided with the back of her car and was

knocked to the ground.

Brewer immediately stopped her car and began to approach Suydam.

Within moments, Tecmire, who was traveling westbound on 26th Avenue, made the same left turn on to southbound Wadsworth that Brewer had just made.

He ran over Suydam as he lay injured in the roadway. Both Brewer and Tecmire turned left on a flashing yellow light.

Suydam was critically injured by Tecmire’s vehicle when he was run over. As a result of his injuries, Suydam is now quadriplegic and confined to a wheelchair.

According to Russell’s release, witnesses told the jury that Tecmire stopped his car for a short period of time, but left the scene before help arrived for Suydam.

The jury deliberated three hours before returning guilty verdicts on all counts. Sentencing has been set for Dec. 14. Tecmire could face up to six years in prison.

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Colorado would give school districts more money next year and the state would make a dent in its school funding shortfall under Gov. John Hickenlooper’s proposed 2018-19 budget released Nov. 1.

If the plan is approved by state lawmakers, school districts would see an increase of about $343 per student, or an increase of about 4.5 percent.

The funding proposal would reduce the gap between how much the state gives schools and what it should fund its schools according to an existing formula.

That funding shortfall, commonly called the negative factor, would decrease by $70 million.

The $28.7 billion budget proposal also seeks to increase the state’s savings, make a large investment in higher education to “moderate” college tuition increases and address issues with the state’s troubled pension system.

Another significant education piece of the budget proposal: an $11 million request to provide charter schools authorized by the state’s Charter School Institute with extra dollars to compare with what districts will be required to

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A law passed earlier this year requires school districts to share a portion of local tax measures with charter schools in their districts, but those authorized by the state were not included in the plans. Now charter school advocates are looking to bring up their funding too.

“We’re starting an equalization process with an $11 million increase in this budget,” Henry Sobanet, the state’s budget director, said during a briefing with reporters.

The governor is also planning to set aside $10 million from the Marijuana Tax Cash Fund for work to reverse teacher shortages.

A report requested by lawmakers will be released in December and is expected to include a plan for strategies that will help attract and retain more teachers.

“We anticipate a significant focus on the challenges rural communities face in attracting, retaining and developing the qualified teachers needed to support positive student outcomes,” the budget proposal states.The proposal was sent to the Joint Budget Committee for their consideration. A final budget is usually approved in the spring.

Last year, the final budget approved by lawmakers was considerably different than what the governor had proposed.

The November budget proposal last year expected an increase in the gap between what schools would get and what they actually receive, but in the end, lawmakers were able to keep the shortfall from growing.

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While that’s a frontier most of us won’t have the chance to explore, two-thirds of Earth has the next best thing — open water for scuba diving.

“Just like in space travel, you get that same weightlessness and sense of exploration when you dive into the ocean,” said Derek Prosser, owner of Underwater Phantaseas, which is celebrating 35 years in Lakewood.

“There’s something new to see every time I dive.”

Despite being a landlocked state, Colorado is home to a large number of avid divers. According to the Colorado Ocean Coalition, a nonprofit with the goal of inspiring residents to promote healthy oceans through education and community involvement, Colorado has more certified scuba divers than any other state.

And owners of the many scuba shops in the metro area know why.

“We have the long cold winters that people want to escape in someplace warm,” said Fred Halcomb, owner of Arvada’s Coral Key Scuba and Travel shop. “We have a major hub airport, and are just a five-hour flight from some of the best diving. We have a lot of transplants from warm places.

And Colorado is a very fit place, so people who live here are looking for active things to do.”

While there are some places to

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STEPS TO BECOMING A CERTIFIED SCUBA DIVER Being a certified diver means that person is able to fill their own tanks or have their tanks filled by scuba shops, and is a lifelong certification.

Most dive shops have flexible options for students to complete the steps necessary to becoming a certified diver.

Costs will vary, but the average cost to become certified ranges from $400 to $600.

The three steps are: • Independent study — First, divers have to do some studying, either through approved books or online materials, on safe diving, the proper equipment and diving procedures.

• Pool dives — Most scuba diving stores have a pool on site, or a partner pool they work with, where new divers learn how to set up their equipment, get a sense of the weight in the water, and other skills.

• Open-water dives — The final step includes four dives in open-water environments, where students take everything they learned in the first two steps and apply them. There are various locations in Colorado these dives can be completed at, as well as options in neighboring states like New Mexico and Utah.

Source: A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center in Littleton

dive in Colorado during the summer months — like Chatfield Reservoir, Jefferson Lake, and even the Downtown Aquarium — most people who come into area scuba shops are preparing for a trip somewhere warm — think Fiji, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Because of this fact, most scuba shops have a travel agent component, and many organize group guided trips with customers and staff.

“The most popular place we see is Cozumel in Mexico,” said Brian Miller, owner of One World Dive and Travel in Greenwood Village. “One of the best things about diving is it’s a great reason to travel to some beautiful places in the world.”

Training and education are key parts of any safe and successful dive trip, and to that end, most dive shops offer classes, pools for practice, and guided dives to get scuba certified.

Many facilities have their own pools for training, and work with people who are reluctant to take to the water.

Many first-time divers also have fears

about pressure on their ears, claustrophobia and panicking once they get underwater.

“Taking people who are afraid is my absolute favorite thing to do,” Halcomb said. “It takes a little bit of time to get past those fight-or-flight responses, especially since you’re not used to being in water in breathing, but we take it as slow as is necessary to get our students comfortable.”

The youngest a person can be certified is 10 years old, and divers can be active well into their 80s.

“The water is the great equalizer, and we do a lot of work with patients at Craig Hospital,” said Scott Taylor with A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center in Littleton. “There’s a misconception that to dive, you have to be super fit, but that’s just not the case.”

Everyone has a different story behind their love of diving — Prosser first got into it because he saw a poster while he was bored in algebra and SEE SCUBA, P15

ho doesn’t need a little inspiration now and then?

Even just a little inspiration at the right time can make all the difference when you’re facing both professional and personal challenges, or when you’re struggling and in need of encouragement. Inspiration leads to creativity, determination, and a renewal of passion.

For years, TED Talks have been inspiring millions of Youtube viewers, and now the organization is bringing its speakers and illuCOMING minating discussions ATTRACTIONS to Denver with the TEDxMileHigh’s “Wonder” festival from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11. The event, in the Bellco Theatre at the Colorado Convention Center in downtown Denver, will host more than 5,000 Clarke Reader attendees listening to 17 speakers. Individual tickets range from about $40 to $100, and group discounts are available.

“Wonder activates our curiosity and stirs our imagination,” said Jeremy Duhon, founder and curator of TEDxMileHigh, in a statement. “Colorado is the perfect place to bring together maverick thinkers, explorers, creators, and innovators. Through the power of big ideas and authentic connection, we’ll observe closer, investigate deeper, and propel our collective consciousness forward.”

There will be a speaker for every interest — atmospheric scientist Brian Toon, author and poet Dominique Christina, interstellar correspondent Douglas Vakoch, social justice advocate Tamika D. Mallory, space entrepreneur James Orsulak and urban futurist Beth Mosenthal are just a handful of those will be making presentations.

In addition to the speakers, attendees will be able to wander through the Exhibitions Lounge, which will showcase technology demonstrations, groundbreaking products from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, The Optera Group Virtual Reality Experience and E-Bikes.

If you want to learn about the future today, you’re going to want to learn more at www.tedxmilehigh.com.

Here are some other fun events this week you shouldn’t miss: ‘Ordinary Days’ WHEN: 7 p.m. Nov. 9-11 WHERE: Red Rocks Community College, West end, lower level, 13300 W. SEE READER, P15

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We recorded and mixed the whole ost college dorms album at his recording studio are places for frantic studying, hanging with The Virginia House. He does great work. friends and trying to What’s your plans now that squeeze in as much sleep as posthe album is done? sible after a night out.

We’ll be playing a dual album But for Keenan Goodwine, his college dorm led to the beginning release show with Evinair at the Marquis Theater on Nov. 25. of his music career.

After that we want to focus on Now his band, Wolf Poets, is performing around Colopreparing to release its rado, playing with more first full-length album, LINER great bands and meeting “Ardor,” on Nov. 17 on all NOTES more people. streaming platforms.

What do you like most The group, which about the Denver music includes Ben Norton, scene? What do you Elias Armao, Josh Kern think would surprise and AJ Barnett, will most people about it? be playing an album The level of kindness release concert at the and support in the local Marquis Theater in Colorado music scene alDenver with other ways astounds me. Within alternative rock groups, every genre is a great Evinair, Son and Cynic, Clarke Reader community. If people and Gestalt. haven’t yet explored the fantastic “’Ardor’ pays homage to that music the local scene has to offer, choice of forging your own path I would highly recommend they and creating your own happido. ness,” Goodwine said. “I hope What do you most want peoothers are able to relate and ple to know about the album enjoy the album just as much as and your music? we’ve enjoyed making it.”

“Ardor” is about creating your I spoke to Goodwine via email own happiness. Saying goodbye about Wolf Poets, “Ardor,” and to people can sometimes be the Denver music scene: the best thing for you to do for Tell me a little about the yourself. Doing so has given me history of the band. How and nothing but a passion and apprewhen did you guys get tociation for life. gether?

Wolf Poets’ goal is to make muWolf Poets began as a solo sic that is important to us, and project. I recorded our first EP in in turn, create something special my college dorm, and released that we can share with others. We it in May of 2016. Following the can definitely say that we’re lookrelease, some friends of mine ing forward to share our album expressed interest in the music with everyone. we formed a five piece band.

For more information about Tell me about your approach the band, visit www.wolfpoetsto music? Who are some of band.com. your biggest influences?

From Indian Lakes, Turnover, Clarke Reader’s column on how and American Football definitely music connects to our lives aphave a huge influence on our pears every other week. A commumusic. Anything with spacious, nity editor with Colorado Comlush guitar melodies is right up munity Media, he mostly watched our alley.

“The Simpsons” DVDs in his Tell me about your album? college dorm. Check out his music What was the process like blog at calmacil20.blogspot.com. recording it?

And share some of your favorite We’re lucky enough to have an local bands at creader@coloradooutstanding audio engineer, Ben communitymedia.com.

Norton, play guitar in our band.

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Halcomb was in the Navy — but once they found their sea legs, there was no going back.

‘No matter where you go, it’s just awesome,” Taylor said. “When you’re diving, you become an ambassador to the underwater world, and when you dive with other people, all your differences disappear.”

One World Dive and Travel in Greenwood Village helps to arrange dive expeditions all over the world.

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Sixth Ave., Lakewood COST: Free for students, $10 for everyone else.

WHAT: Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) Theatre Arts and Dance department is presenting the musical “Ordinary Days,” with music and lyrics by Adam Gwon. The show is a musical about four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love and taxi cabs.

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‘Love Letters’ WHEN: Nov. 9 through 19 WHERE: Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., Lone Tree COST: $45 WHAT: This show features just two actors, telling a love story that spans 50

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303-232-2400 www.rmdc.com • Underwater Phantaseas 160 Union Blvd.

303-988-6725 www.uwphantaseas.com Littleton A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatic Center 1603 W Belleview Ave. 303-789-2450 www.a1scuba.com years. The romance between Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner starts when they were just 7 years old, and follows them for the next five decades as they weather despair and celebrate joys together.

INFORMATION: 720-509-1000 or www. lonetreeartscenter.org/loveletters.

Women of Denver WHEN: 2 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10 WHERE: The Avenues Crofton Park, 12431 King Court, Broomfield COST: Free, but RSVP is requested.

WHAT: The history buff will love learning about some of the many women who made Denver the city it is today. There will be names both familiar and new for attendees to learn about.

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Thank You Veterans!

9. Firecontrolman FC2 Donald G. Fox Serving the U.S. Navy 1951-1955

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10. Private First Class Eric Silva Serving in the U.S. Army since Sept. 11, 2016

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4. Dan Jones L/cpl Served U.S. Marine Corp 1971-1973

13. SSgt. Roy Tom Hopkins Served in the U.S. Air Force 1952-1956, Korea

5. 3d Class Petty Officer Bernard Walsh Served four years in the U.S. Navy

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6. Walt Anderson 2/2C Served in the U.S. Air Force 1957-1961, 3 years in NATO, Europe

15. John R. Smith, CSM Served in the U.S. Army for 30 years, including World War II, Koria and Vietnam

7. Sal Villano, Brigadier General Air Force/Colorado Air National Guard 31 years, 1966-1998

16. Major John Lamb Served in the U.S. Air Force for 25 years

8. Sgt. First Class Tim LaMonda U.S. Army for 24 years

17. Sgt. Dyson McGuire Served in U.S. Army 1997-2000

18. Patrick Sanchez Specialist 4th Class Served in the U.S. Army 19. Sgt. Randy Reed, E-5 Served 2 years in the U.S. Army, 101st Airborne 20. Lt. George Teal, First Infantry Served in the U.S. Army 1988-1997 21. Paul Trujillo, Seaman 2nd Class Served in the U.S. Navy 22. Sgt. Colin Whittle Served in the U.S. Army 2008-2015 23. Cadet Ryan Wills Serves in the U.S. ARMY - Ryan is a cadet at CU and will graduate and commission as a 2LT in May 2019.

24. SSG Tracy Ann Knox Has served in the U.S. Army since 1994 25. 1st Lt. Don Brandt Served 2 years in the U.S. Air Force 26. Master Sgt. Michael Brandt Served 22 years in the U.S. Air Force

27. Sgt. 1st Class Brian Lorenzen Served 20 years in the Army National Guard 28. Brandon Nelon Served 4 years in the U.S. Marine Corp 29. Sgt. Tom Moeller Served 6 years in the Army National Guard 30. Sgt. Anthony S. Mrozynski Served in the U.S. Marine Corps 1952-1956 31. Sgt. Allen Jackson, Senior Master Served 23 years in the U.S. Air Force 32. Chris Nelon A Navy Seal with 8 years of service 33. George Meyn U.S. Army Air Core 1944 – Cuba 34. Bobby Seaton Served 4 years in the U.S. Air Force, Okinawa, Japan 35 Joseph Steinberg Served 3 years in the U.S. Army, including WWII in Okinawa 36 William Pederson – E-4 Served 1.5 years in the U.S. Army

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In honor of Veteran’s Day, we asked our readers to send us photographs of the veterans in their lives. They did not disappoint.

We are proud to honor these Veterans Thank you for your service!

“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave”

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I was fortunate to go from mechanized infantry to an Army Education Specialist.

I was the NCOIC for the West Camp Casey Education Center and part of the HHQ & Band Support Co for the 7th Infantry Division. Camp Casey was right outside Dongducheon.

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We thank all of our brave men and women in uniform.

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Serving in the U.S. Army and National Guard for 23 years, Kenneth L. Wares joined the Army in 1988. His father, Donald S. Wares, of the U.S. Air Force retired after 27 Years. Beside him and his father, his four other siblings also are veterans of the U.S. Army. During military service, the family of seven, including his mother Corina, traveled to many countries including, Turkey, Japan, and the Philippines. Kenneth was born at Langley AFB in Virginia, but served in Desert Storm, Korea, and White Sands in New Mexico. He also completed a year of calibration school, where he met his lovely wife, Christine, of 25 years. During his years of active duty, he was accepted at AT&T/Avaya due to Bill Clinton’s early release notion. Kenneth then served in the National Guard, helping the Air Force in 2005 with repairing connections throughout the hospitals in Biloxi, Miss. In 2010, he was honorably discharged from service and now resides in Highlands Ranch with his three daughters and his wife.

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Artspace project in Lakewood still in the works 1290 Harlan still focus of plans

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There is a lot of concern in Lakewood about development happening too quickly in the city, but some projects take deliberate time to ensure everything is done right.

The Artspace affordable housing development, which has been in the works since 2013.

“We’re still as excited about the project as we were when we started,” said Bill Marino, chair of the 40 West Arts District. “We’re eager to get to the next step to bringing this project to our city.”

The last major update came in April 2015, when City Council unanimously

approved the signing of a letter of agreement with Artspace to begin the process of selecting a site for the facility to be built.

Entering into this contract with Artspace means working with the group on three predevelopment phases: selection of city-owned property at 1290 Harlan, design and financial analysis, and financing and fundraising. The city’s cost for the agreement was $600,000, to be taken from the Economic Development Fund. That money comes from taxes on hotel and motel accommodations in the city.

“It’s a long process, and there are a lot of players,” said Nanette Neelan, Lakewood’s deputy city manager.

“There’s a lot of responsibility to make sure the site and project can work.”

Artspace is currently doing its due diligence on the 1290 Harlan site, looking at issues like drainage, parking and other foundational components.

“We’re still as excited about the project as we were when we started,” Bill Marino Chair of the 40 West Arts District Financing is also a key issue, and so Artspace is aiming to have an application ready for Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) funds during the organizations 2018 application process.

“Most organizations don’t get these funds the first time they apply for them,” Neelan said. “As part

of our agreement, Artspace has five years to apply for the CHFA funding.”

The process of bringing Artspace to Lakewood has included a feasibility study, conducting surveys of the community (both artistic and non) and working with groups like the 40 West Arts District and Metro West Housing Solutions.

Artspace mainly takes existing spaces that are not being used, and reworks them to be galleries, theaters and studios and apartments were artists can live and work.

They have done work in Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. They are currently wrapping up a project in Loveland.

“The fact that council unanimously approved this agreement is sign that Lakewood is ready for this kind of project,” Marino said.

“It’s a process, yes, but it’s going strong.”

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Mortgage professionals serve in South Africa STAFF REPORT

Two Academy Mortgage area managers were among more than 160 loan officers, managers, executives and others who traveled to South Africa for the company’s Service Expedition.

Brian Kerby and Damon Johnston, of Lakewood, along with Kerby’s daughter Kaitlyn and Johnston’s wife, Valerie, gave two days of service to benefit the Makwetse School, near Kruger National Park. With more than 700 students, the school is at capacity.

The public school cannot turn any child away, despite having classrooms with 100 students or more, or it risks losing its government funding.

The focus of Academy Mortgage was to improve the school’s infrastructure. Volunteers helped with the construction of a school kitchen,

a life-saving addition in an environment where school meals are often some students’ only meals of the day. Volunteers also built key-hole gardens, which the students will tend to help keep the kitchen shelves stocked.

Other projects included painting classrooms and windows, refurbishing more than 400 student desks, and painting bookshelves for the school’s new library in bright colors. All the projects, including the construction of the library and future construction of a new playground, were funded by Academy Mortgage.

“I’ve attended several of Academy’s service trips and I am continually impressed and humbled by the people we meet,” Kerby said. “Words simply cannot describe the experience. You just can’t walk away from an experience like this and not be impacted in a capacity that changes your life.”

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the first paper mill west of the Mississippi. A successful mercantile was also housed in the store front. The Metropolitan Hall continued as a public hall. In the 1870’s, a new owner remodeled the hall into the Overland House, a hotel and restaurant. It served many travelers on the Wells Fargo company overland stagecoaches.

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The original building was built in 1859 and housed many businesses over the years. The first floor was a grocery store, with the second floor home to the first public hall (Metropolitan Hall), which hosted gatherings from church services to dances. During this period, Golden was the capital of the Colorado territory. The territorial council, the equivalent of a senate, met in the second-floor meeting hall from 1862 to 1866. Many of Colorado’s earliest laws were voted on there.

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uffalo Rose will close Nov. 19 so the building can undergo extensive renovations. The reopening of the new restaurant and event center is planned for fall 2018.

Owner Chris Cone said plans to redevelop the Buffalo Rose were planned even before Cone purchased the business in spring 2016.

“Figuring out the right building design, the best project timing, the optimal format for the new business, along with holding many conversations with the various stakeholders in the community, has taken some time,” Cone said. “Right now, we’re very excited about the new facility and what it will mean for the business and for downtown Golden.”

The business will operate as the Buffalo Rose and will continue to have a restaurant and bar on the south side and an event venue on the north. The esthetic of the new buildings draws heavily from the historical structures that have occupied the property since the mid-1800s.

“In working with the project architects, I wanted to create a facility that had all of the functional aspects of contemporary construction, but that also reflected the compelling history of the property. I think we ultimately produced exactly what we were after,” Cone said.

The main entrance to the new restaurant will be at 12th Street and Washington Avenue. The restaurant will also get a new commercial kitchen.

The entrance to the event venue will be on Washington Avenue, beneath new marquis signage, and will have a private lounge on the second floor that has views of Lookout Mountain, a private bar, a fireplace and dining space.

The lounge also will overlook the downtown district on one side and open into the interior main venue space on the other. The event venue will continue to host concerts.

“The Buffalo Rose is an iconic Golden business,” Cone said. “The project team and I have said repeatedly throughout the process that we just wanted to make it a better version of itself. I believe that is precisely what we’re doing.” for more information, go to buffalorose.net or emailinformation@buffalorose.net.

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The migration of animals to their winter habitats can lead to a rise in animal-vehicle collisions in fall and winter.

That is one reason the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Colorado State Patrol are reminding motorists to be cautious as wildlife are on the move.

“As days shorten, temperatures drop and snow begins to fall, many wildlife species move from their high-elevation summer ranges in the mountains and plateaus and travel to lower elevation winter ranges in the foothills and valleys,” Mark Lawler, CDOT biologist, said in a news release. “The essential habitats for these animals are intersected by Colorado’s highways, forcing wildlife to cross roadways in search of food, water, space and shelter.”

State agencies track reported collisions with wildlife, and the statistics count all types of animals including small and large mammals from raccoon and skunk to moose and elk. However, the most significant number of animal-vehicle collisions occur with deer.

Agencies reported that more than 4,600 deer were killed on Colorado highways in 2016. Most collisions occur from dusk to dawn, when wildlife are more active and, unfortunately, more difficult to see.

If a wildlife collision does occur, a Colorado State Patrol captain offers some advice.

“Drivers should brake, look and steer,” Capt. Adrian Driscol said in a news release. “Brake, slow down and concentrate on keeping control

Deer specific animal-vehicle collisions for the Denver metro area in 2016 totaled 301. The highway corridors with significant numbers of these collisions include: • US 285, MP 230-250, Conifer to the CO 470 Interchange: 86 collisions (deer) • I-70, 250-270, Genesee Park to Denver: 38 collisions (deer) • I-25, MP 180-190, Castle Rock to 2 miles north of Castle Pines: 7 collisions (deer) • I-25, MP 161-180, 18-mile segment between south Castle Rock and Monument. This area, known as The Gap, is particularly susceptible to animal-vehicle collisions due to the rural nature of the area and Greenland Open Space, south of Larkspur.

of your vehicle. Look around and be aware of your surroundings, especially other vehicles in front or behind you. Then steer and move your vehicle to a safe position off the road.”

The best practice for drivers is to be aware, drive with caution and slow down, especially at night.

While almost every road in both rural and urban areas will have wildlife attempting to cross the roadway, road kill statistics have pinpointed some highways that are more frequently used as corridors for wildlife on the move.

“If you see one deer or elk, more than likely you can expect others crossing the highway too,” Driscol said.

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CLUBS Thursdays All Comforting Things of Colorado Inc. We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing comfort and encouragement to individuals by providing them items made by hand. We encourage you to bring your skills and enthusiasm to our fun group. We meet at 10 a.m. the third Thursday of each month at Phillips Methodist Church, 1450 S. Pierce, Lakewood. Contact actofcolo@gmail.com for more information.

Arvada Associated Modelers hosts training night from 4-8 p.m. Thursdays from May to September (weather permitting) at the Arvada Airpark, 7608 Highway 93, Golden (use the Pioneer entrance between Leyden Road and 64th Avenue). Anyone interested in learning to fly radio control models is invited to take a no obligation, introductory flight with an instructor. No previous experience is needed, and the club provides radios and airplanes. Training is free and open to everyone. It’s fun for the entire family. Go to www.arvadamodelers.com/pilot-training/.

Business spirituality Business Honoring Spirituality meets 7-9 a.m. every Thursday at the Community Center of Mile Hi Church, 9079 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. Meetings include networking, a brief meditation by a licensed practitioner, guest speaker and breakfast. For additional information, visit www.bhsmilehi.org or call Patty Whitelock at 303-274-0933.

CERTUS Professional Network meets for its Lakewood networking event from 9:30-11 a.m. the third Thursday of the month at Panera Bread, 650 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Build your network, grow your business, network less. Our events are structured to connect professionals with the resources, power partners and leaders to expand their business and the business of others. Open to all industries, includes 30 minutes of open networking and organized introductions to the group. Cost: $12 non-CERTUS members at the door. First participants pay half price.

RSVP not required. More info about CERTUS™ Professional Network at http://www.

CertusNetwork.com.

Community Coffee Join Rep. Tracy KraftTharp on the fourth Thursday of each month

to talk about issues that are important to you. Community Coffee will be from 7-8 a.m. at La Dolce Vita, Ice Cream Room, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada; and from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Panera Bread, 10450 Town Center Drive, Westminster.

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

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

Golden Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Thursdays at Old Capitol Grill and Smokehouse, 1122 Washington Ave., Golden. Contact Ed Dorsey at 303-829-5195, or go to www.goldenlionsclub.org Golden Men’s Support Group meets from 7-8:45 p.m. Thursdays near the National Renewal Energy Lab. Call Roger at 720-2896396 or Terry at 303-748-3748.

Holy Rollers Bowlers: 2 p.m. the first and third Thursdays at Paramount Bowling Lanes, 2625 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge. Not a competitive team; we bowl for fun and fellowship. Winners do receive a candy bar, and everyone who joins the team gets a free T-shirt. There is no fee to join. Each bowler pays only for his/her own bowling games.

Sponsored by Church of the Resurrection but no need to be part of the church to be part of bowling. Everyone is welcome. Contact eocaoffice@gmail.com.

Investors’ meetings The Rocky Mountain Inventors Association meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month (excluding November and December) at Vesta Technology, 13050 W. 43rd Drive, Suite 300, Golden. Presentations in marketing, manufacturing, engineering, finance, business and legal, followed by networking. Go online to www.rminventor.org for details.

Lakewood Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. the first, second and fourth Thursday of each month at the Egg and I, 7830 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. The club meets at Baker

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Street, 7260 W. Alaska Drive, for happy hour social at 5:30 p.m. the third Thursday. Rotary is a service organization dedicated to helping children in the community.

If you are interested in speaking to the club please contact Genie at 303-506-3923. Visitors are always welcome.

Lakewood. Contact Joy Hinshaw, 720-2711496 or joyofcolo@comcast.net. Membership dues includes weekly breakfast plus a one-time new member’s fee.

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Low Vision Support Group: 11 a.m. the fourth Thursday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Led by the Center for People with Disabilities. Share ideas and resources on vision loss. Call Laura Stewart at 303790-1390, ext. 207.

Wheat Ridge Kiwanis Club invites you to breakfast at 7 a.m. Thursdays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon on 26th Avenue just west of Kipling. Come join us for speakers, comradery and community service. We are a small club and we have a great time serving the children of our community and more. Call David Colson at 303-507-2919, email info@ wheatridgekiwamis.com or go to www. wheatridgekiwanis.com.

NEW Connection: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Thursdays, at the Arvada Public Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Networking and support group for job seekers and budding entrepreneurs. Contact Jane Grogan at JGrogan@ career-match.com. LinkedIn group page: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/6753121.

Widowed Men & Women of America, Link 7: 4:15 p.m. Thursdays at Chad’s Grill, 275 Union Blvd., Lakewood. Group also meets every second Tuesday at the Elks Club, 1455 Newland St., Lakewood; cocktails served from 5-6 p.m.; catered dinner ($16) served at 6 p.m. Meeting begins at 7 p.m.

Parkinson’s Support Group: 1-2:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Led by HomewatchCareGivers. Share ideas and resources. Call Melinda Yeary at 720-524-4192 or e-mail MYeary@HomewatchCareGivers.com for information.

Widowed Men and Women of America, Link 10, social hour is from 4-6 p.m. Thursdays at the Innsider Bar and Grill, inside Holiday Inn, 7390 Hampden Ave., Lakewood. Group offers friendship, understanding, and opportunities to participate in various activities. Contact P Bob, membership chairman, at 303-9790181 or go to www.widowedamerica.org.

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

Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month at members’ homes.

Members come from all along the Front Range because this is the only such club available. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www.saltydog.org for meeting locations and directions.

South Suburban Toastmasters is a high energy, fun, supportive learning place to practice speaking and leadership skills. Group meets from 7-8:30 a.m. Thursdays at Toast Restaurant, 2700 W. Bowles Ave. in Littleton.

Contact Leigh Miller at 720-272-2853.

Stuck in the Middle, a social support group for spouses and caregivers of those with chronic illnesses, meets at 10:30 a.m.

Thursdays. Perhaps you’ve been a caregiver for years, your spouse or family member has moved to a facility and now you are faced with the isolation of living alone. Or your loved one is at home and you would like an opportunity to relax and talk with people who understand the pressures caregivers face. Would you like to meet others in similar situations? SITM meets in member’s homes.

E-mail Bonnie at bonnieforsitm@earthlink. net, for information.

TEN (The Entrepreneurs’ Network), a business minded women’s networking group, meets from 7:30-8:45 a.m. Thursdays at Fox Hollow Golf Course, 13410 W. Morrison Road,

Wilmore-Richter, American Legion Post 161 has it Veterans Helping Veterans membership meetings at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada.

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

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Fridays and Saturdays at 390A N. Sheridan, Arvada. Bingo events help raise money to support the post’s many charitable programs. Contact 303-424-0324.

CalmUp Journey Prefer to help yourself T rather than do the coaching or psychotherapy thing? Let me share with you free information about the CalmUp Journey, a one-page self-examination worksheet for men and women. Join me for coffee or tea from 8-9 a.m. most Fridays at Whole Foods Market Belmar, 444 S. Wadsworth Blvd. in Lakewood. Let me know you’re planning to be there so we’re sure to connect. Contact R www.DrLorieGose.com or 303-500-2340.

Game On meets from 1-4 p.m. at Community Recreation Center, 68th and Wadsworth. The North Jeffco Senior Friday Club meets weekly to play cards and board games, including bridge, pinochle, canasta, hand & foot, majong, billiards and domi- S noes. No RSVP. All supplies provided and refreshments.

Monthly pot luck/catered A meals. Golfing and bowling opportunities, too. For information call Bob Stremel, 303905-4315.

C Golden Gate Community Grange, 25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road, has meetings at 7 p.m. the second Friday of the month.

Activities include yoga, dances, eggmania, special wildlife programs, holiday craft fair. Grange hall available for rental for weddings, parties, reunions, etc. Call Rich Phillips at 303-277-1933 or go to www.

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Jeff-West Community Forum: 7:30-8:30 a.m. the fourth Friday of each month at Walnut Creek Golf Preserve (formerly Heritage Golf Course), 10555 Westmoor Drive. JeffWest Community Forum seeks to strengthen connections among residents of the Jeffco portion of Westminster by providing information about the area’s organizations, agencies, and events. Forum is free and open to the public; breakfast can be ordered from the menu. See the group’s Facebook page or contact Evie.Hudak@gmail.com.

North Jefferson County Gem and Mineral Club meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Clubs offers presentations, field trips, socializing, and local shows. Children are always welcome to attend with their family.

Members enjoy rockhounding (rocks, minerals, and fossils), faceting, jewelry making, diverse geology, and sharing stories about “the one that got away” (or at least was too big to carry home). Contact club president Tom Reilly for dues and other information, 303-940-7425.

Parkinson’s Care Partners: 1:30-2:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at the Apex Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd. Free group designed for care providers; it is led and sponsored by Homewatch CareGivers. Call Melinda Yeary, 720-524-4192 or e-mail MYeary@HomewatchCareGivers.com.

LifeRing Secular Recovery is a network of support groups for people who want to live free from alcohol and other addictive drugs. Meetings are at 6 p.m. Saturdays at 6655 W. Jewell Ave. Unit 100. Appointments and membership is not required.

LifeRing’s approach to sobriety focuses on empowering individuals through the strength of sober conversation. Go to www.liferingcolorado.org.

Ongoing /Fine Arts and Entertainment

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

Dance club — Blue Nova Dance Club meets 2:30-4:30 p.m. on the first and third Sundays every month at the Wheat Ridge Grange, 3850 High Court in Wheat Ridge. For more information or dance lessons, contact Dave at 303-578-6588 or email BlueNova.RoundDanceClub@gmail.com.

Rocky Mountain Shipwrights is a wood ship modeling club that meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Rockler’s Woodworking and Hardware Store, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver.

The club also has a workshop at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of the month at the Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, where we work on our models and get help from experienced modellers. Go to www.rockymountainshipwrights.org for information.

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1071 meets at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Elks Lodge #1777, 1455 Newland St., Lakewood. Beforehand, join the group from 8-10 a.m. for a low-cost breakfast at the Elks Lodge. Chapter helps all veterans with health care, benefits, employment and training, monetary assistance and other veteran’s issues. Go to www.vva1071.org for more detailed information or call 303-870-2428.

South Jeffco Rotary: 7:15 a.m. Fridays at The Den at Fox Hollow Golf Course, 13410 W. Morrison Road, Lakewood. Rotary is a service organization dedicated to helping those in need in our community as well as internationally. Join us for breakfast, speakers, comradery and community service. Call Kris Clute at 303-907-0473, email info@sojeffcorotary. org, or go to sojeffcorotary.org.

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TOPS Chapter 0675: 8:30-9:30 a.m. (weigh-in) and 9:30 a.m. (meeting) Fridays at Arvada United Methodist Church, 6750 Carr St., Arvada. For anyone wanting to lose or maintain their weight. Call group leader Rhonda Basham, 720-379-6162. Free to try; $32 per year to join.

Free waltz/polka lessons Polka Lover Klubs, Denver Kickers, 16776 W. 50th Ave. in Golden, meets 3-7 p.m. Sundays. Live music. Beautiful dance floor. Admission $4 members, $6 nonmembers. Annual membership $15. Contact Leo at 720-2320953 or leoincolorado@gmail.com.

Round Table Issues Breakfast: 7 a.m. the first Friday of each month at American Legion Wilmore-Richter Post 161, 6230 W. 60th Ave., Arvada. Learn about local projects and events. Breakfast service begins at 6:45 a.m.

Open to the public. Contact 303-424-0324 for cost and other information.

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Saturdays American Legion Post 161 Bingo: 12:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays at 390A N. Sheridan, Arvada. Bingo events help raise money to support the post’s many charitable programs.

Colorado Citizens for Peace meets 10:3011:30 a.m. every Saturday at the intersections of West 52nd and Wadsworth Boulevard to try to bring an end to the wars. Signs will be furnished for those who do not have them.

Contact Cindy Lowry at 303-431-1228 or waylonthecat.lowry@yahoo.com.

Grand Piano Show Patrice LeBlanc performs from 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Grappa Mediterranean Bistro, 1027 Washington St., Golden. Go to www.grappabistro. com. Call 303-273-8882 for reservations and information.

Discussion groups Covenant Village hosts Wednesdays at 2 p.m. This series of monthly events features expert speakers on a wide variety of educational and entertaining topics. Please plan to attend one, several or all of our programs, held at 9153 Yarrow St. in Westminster.

Admission is free, but seating is limited.

Call 303-403-2205 for driving directions and to reserve your place. Come early for refreshments; fellowship lectures begin at 2 p.m. To learn more about the residency options and lifestyle at Covenant Village of Colorado, call us at 303-424-4828.

ESL classes — Covenant Presbyterian Church, 6100 W. 44th St. in Wheat Ridge, is sponsoring a free series of English as a Second Language classes for adults 6:308 p.m. Thursday nights. These classes will emphasize a conversational method of instruction. Beginner through advanced classes are offered. You may register on any Thursday night. For directions or more information, call the church at 410442-5800 or go to our website at www. cpcwheatridge.org.

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

Nutritional coaching Megan Grover, master of medical science and nutritional health coach at the Natural Grocers at Vitamin Cottage, 7745 N. Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, offers free one-on-one nutrition coaching sessions for the public. Call the store at 303423-0990 for an appointment.

Tai chi is now taught at Lakeview Wellness and Event Center 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 2-3:30 p.m. Fridays. Call 303-989-6300 or 303-730-0986 for cost information and reservations.

Weight loss — The EZ Weight-Loss Challenge 12-week program meets 10-11 a.m. Tuesdays at Arvada Church of God, 7135 W. 68th Ave. Free coaching, metabolism test and nutrition information. Cash prizes awarded to the top three biggest achievers. For information on cost or to preregister, call Chris at 720-3202394.

Music performances Patrice LeBlanc performs on keyboard and vocals 6-9 p.m. every Friday and Saturday at Purple Ginger Asian Fusion Restaurant, 2610 Youngfield St. Call 303-237-1133 for more information.

Ongoing /Recreation, Clubs and Services

Singers needed The Troubadours Choir is looking for a director and new members.

This is a volunteer choir, comprised mostly of seniors. The Troubadours meet at 9 a.m. every Friday at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 45th and Wadsworth. For more information, call Gary at 303-477-1380.

Find AA If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. More than 1,000 AA meetings are offered in the Denver area every week. If you think you may have a problem with alcohol, come see us. To find a meeting near you, call 303-322-4440, or go to www.daccaa.org.

Symphony auditions The Lakewood Symphony is holding auditions for concertmaster (includes an honorarium), principal viola (includes an honorarium) and all section strings. Also, we are auditioning for subs in other sections. Rehearsals are 7:30-10 p.m.

Tuesdays, September through May, at Green Mountain United Methodist Church; concerts are at the Lakewood Cultural Center. Call 303-980-0400 for requirements, appointment and further information.

Affordable Colleges Online has created a guidebook to help women find and secure financial aid. The guide includes a collection of scholarships for women, including due dates and award amounts; insight into the financial aid application process; and other funding opportunities, such as industryspecific scholarships and funding for special groups. The guide is available online at http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/ womens-guide-paying-for-college/.

Weekly music Jazz @ the Creek is every first Wednesday of the month at Living Water Unity, 59th and Vance in Olde Town Arvada.

Shows start at 7:30 p.m. Come listen to an hour of great jazz. For more information, call 720-935-4000 or email livingwaterunity@ comcast.net.

Ongoing /Healthcare Boot camp Get out of the gym and get results.

Front Range Boot Camp provides dynamic, unique and results-driven full-body workouts exclusively for women. All ages, sizes and fitness levels will succeed. Revamp your fitness routine by getting out of your routine. Indoor location is just behind Super Target at Kipling Street and 50th Avenue. Outdoor location is Skyline Park by Stenger soccer fields. Email Robyn@FrontRangeBootCamp.com or go online to www.FrontRangeBootCamp.com.

Health group A women’s health group with the motto “Your health, your life: Take charge” meets noon-1 p.m. Fridays at 9797 W. Colfax Ave, No. 3AA, in Lakewood.

Learn about natural alternatives to health concerns. No charge to be part of this group.

For more information, call Linda at 303-8835473 or email lindagoesgreen@prodigy.net.

Home care Always Best Care Denver West provides in-home care, skilled nursing and free senior community placement. Always Best Care provides every individual and family with well-trained personal care attendants and expert nursing support. We help families make informed decisions about senior care, and guide them through comprehensive solutions designed specifically for their unique situations. To learn more, go online to www.

AlwaysBestCare.com/DenverWest or call 303-952-3060.

New location!!!

Colorado Adventure Point 10455 W. 6th Ave. #150 Denver, CO 80213

This event is FREE of charge.

When: Saturday, November 11, 2017 Time: 9am until 12:30pm, when prizes will be awarded.

(Must be present to win.)

Where: Colorado Adventure Point 10455 W. 6th Ave. #150 Denver, CO 80213 Sponsored by COFA

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THEATER

The Explorers Club: 7:30 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 12 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Presented by Evergreen Players. Contact 303674-4934 or www.evergreenplayers.org.

Auditions for “Seussical, the Musical”: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13 at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Callbacks will be Tuesday, Nov. 14. Auditions are by appointment only; call 720-8987200. Do not contact production staff to schedule an appointment.

Must be 18 years of age or older to be considered for a part. Go to https://arvadacenter.org/onstage/

MUSIC

Virtuosity Dance Studio Performance: 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at Buffalo Rose, 1119 Washington Ave., Golden. Golden dance school performs before Thunder & Rain concert. Go to http:// buffalorose.net/event/thunderrain-start-believing-cd-releaseshow/?instance_id=12091.

Jazz and Symphonic Band Concert: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 at Red Rocks Community College, 13300 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Mile High Community Band. Jazz Combo is at 6:30 p.m.; Jazz Band at 7 p.m. and Concert Band at 7:30 p.m. Free admission.

FILM/MOVIES

Smile ... Even When You Think You Can’t: noon and 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Lifetree Cafe, 5675 Field St., Arvada. Learn proven ways to cope with difficult situations in life.

A short film will be shown featuring a wheelchairbound man who competes in triathlon events. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@peacelutheran.net.

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this week’s TOP FIVE Ordinary Days: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11 at the Red Rocks Community College Theatre, at the courtyard level of the Lakewood campus, 13300 W. 5th Ave. A refreshingly honest and funny musical about making real connection in the city that never sleeps (but probably should at some point). Four young New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfillment, happiness, love and cabs. Contact 303-9146458 or theatre@rrcc.edu. For tickets, go to tinyurl.com/rrcctickets.

of the benefits of early intervention and the costs of inaction.

World War I Book Discussion Series: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the Golden History Museum, 923 10th St., Golden. Kevin Rucker will lead discussion on “Private Peaceful.” Register at www.goldenhistory. org/learn-do/events/.

Why People Should (Become and) Stay Republican: 7-9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13 at Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, 10151 W. 26th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Presented by Joe Webb, Jefferson County Republican chairman.

Mending Colorado’s Mental Health: 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 15 at Golden Community Center, 1470 1oth St., Golden. Andrew Romanoff, former Speaker of the Colorado House and president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado, leads a discussion

International Christmas Tea and Bazaar: 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Bear Valley Church, 10001 W. Jewell Ave., Lakewood. Presented by the Standing Against Trafficking outreach program. All proceeds go directly to a variety of organizations that fight human trafficking and injustice. Contact Lois at 720-933-6765 or lhasselblad@bvchurch.org.

Art Classes: 12:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays from Nov. 14 to Dec. 19 (painting) and 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays from Nov. 1 to 15 (stained glass) at the Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call 303-425-9583 or go to www. apexprd.org. Registration required.

Make Something: Hanging Fabric Snowflakes: 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 15 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary. org.

ART/CRAFTS Teen Time: DIY Candles: 6-7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

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

Saturday, Nov. 18 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org.

Holiday Art Market: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays from Nov. 10 to Dec. 30 at the Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St. Golden. www. foothillsartcenter.org/upcoming

WRITING/READING Veterans, Rocky Mountain Readers: 3-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at Denver West Barnes and Noble café. This is not the typical book club; no one is told what to read.

Miwa Matreyek: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 16 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. For tickets, call 303-987-7845, go to Lakewood.org/LCCPresents or stop by the box office. More than a million people have seen Matreyek’s visual performance for TED on YouTube.

Everyone is welcome, even if you did not read anything on the topic but would like to hear what others have to share. Contact eocaoffice@gmail.com.

Jeffco League of Women Voters Nonfiction Book Club: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 at the Lakewood Public Library, 10200 W. 20th Ave., Lakewood; and 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 at Westland Meridian, 10695 W. 17th Ave., Lakewood. Discuss articles and books on inequality. Call Lynne at 303-985-5128.

EVENTS

League of Women Voters Orientation: 1-3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 at the Golden Library, 1019 10th St., Golden. Call 303-238-0032 or visit www.lwvjeffco.org.

Royal Tea with Royalty: 3:305:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 at the Briarwood Inn, 1630 8th St., Golden. Includes four-course meal, signature cocktail, raffle and entertainment by 2014 Ms. Senior Colorado America, Sharon Nuanes, who is a professional magician. Go to http://jeffcolibraryfoundation.org/royal-tearoyalty/ Paper Shredding Event: 9-11 a.m.

Saturday, Nov. 11 at Our Lady of Fatima School/Church, 10530 W. 20th Ave., Lakewood. Donations accepted. Five box limit per vehicle.

Spreading Wings Gala: 6-10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, 7711 E. Academy Blvd., Denver. Go to https://wingsmuseum.org/

Baugh House Tours, Open House: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11 at a log cabin encapsulated in a Victorian 1900s house at 44th and Robb Street in Wheat Ridge.

Join us for rocking on the chairs reminiscing about Wheat Ridge back in the day. Presented by the Wheat Ridge Historical Society.

Final date of 2017 is Dec. 9.

Effect of Religion on War in the Middle East: 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12 at the Belmar Library, 555 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. Meet Archbishop Alexander. Free and open to the public.

Discovery Play: 10-10:45 a.m. Nov. 13 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-2355275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Party Bridge: 1-3 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 14 and Nov. 28 at the Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada.

Call 303-425-9583 or go to www.apexprd.org. Registration required.

Mental Health: Rotary Club of Golden is sponsoring a presentation titled “Mending Colorado’s Mental Health” at 7 p.m. Nov. 15, at the Golden Community Center, 1470 10th St. The discussion will be led by Andrew Romanoff, the president and CEO of Mental Health Colorado. The presentation is open to the public.

Bicycle System Master Plan Open House: 5-7 p.m. Nov. 15 in the community room at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S.

Allison Parkway. If you are unable to attend the Nov. 15 open house and have comments, send them to John Padon, traffic engineering manager, at johpad@lakewood. org.

Wheat Ridge Historical Society: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 at the Red Brick House, 4610 Robb St. Social time begins at 7 p.m. Holiday party is Dec. 12 at the Braugh House.

LibLab: Light the Night: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

HEALTH

Diabetes Coping and Stress Management: 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15 at St. Anthony Hospital, 11700 W. 2nd Place, Suite 310, Lakewood. RSVP with Lauren Bernstein, certified diabetes educator and registered dietitian, 720-321-8316.

Happy Joints: 6-7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through Dec. 13 at the Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303-425-9583 or go to www.apexprd.org. Registration required.

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

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

EDUCATION

Learn About National Popular Vote: 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave. Free. No RSVP needed. Go to https://www.coloradonpv.org.

Choice Enrollment Night: 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 at Arvada West High School.

Students who live outside the Arvada West attendance boundaries can tour the school, meet teachers, learn about programs and more. Call 303-982-1303 or go to www. jeffcopublicschools.org/enrollment for applications for choice enrollment.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

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SPORTS JEFFCO GYMNASTS ON TOP

Volleyball leaps in popularity in Colorado

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Green Mountain senior Ramya Sinha, middle, stands atop the podium during the award ceremony of the Class 4A vault winners Nov. 4 at Thornton High School. Sinha also placed second in the uneven bars and took third in the 4A all-around competition. Pomona grabbed its third straight 5A team title Thursday and Wheat Ridge sophomore Kaylie Berens, who competes for Pomona, became the fourth straight Panther to win the 5A all-around title. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Standout Performers Kaylie Berens, Pomona

AJ Jergensen, Ralston Valley

The sophomore won the Class 5A state gymnastics all-around title on Nov. 2 with a score of 38.800.

The junior quarterback threw four touchdown passes in a 34-9 football triumph over Rocky Mountain on Nov. 2.

Ramya Sinha, Green Mountain

Shayne Mathais, Arvada West

The senior won the individual vault championships at the 4A state gymnastics meet on Nov. 4 with a score of 9.625.

On the balance beam at the5A individual championships at the Nov. 4 state gymnastics meet, she won the balance beam with a 9.800 score.

Colorado Community Media selects athletes from area high schools each week as “Standout Performers.”

Preference is given to athletes making their debut on the list. To nominate an athlete, contact Jim Benton by noon on Sunday at jbenton@ coloradocommunitymedia.com

Dylan Mathias, Golden The 5-foot-7 sophomore returned a punt 45 yards for a touchdown late in the third quarter in a 33-24 football victory over Gateway on Nov. 3.

olleyball is a sport that I never connected with, probably because of my introduction decades ago in elementary school. Half of the physical education class was stationed on each side of the net and I never was able to touch the ball. So obviously I had no feel for the game. However, after watching girls play volleyball the past few years, I have a new appreciation for the sport.

The all-classification Colorado State High School Volleyball Championships will be Nov. 10-11 at the Denver Coliseum and it will provide a chance for fans to watch some remarkable athletes.

OVERTIME It appears that more girls are being drawn to volleyball instead of basketball. According to National Federation of State High School Associations national participation figures from 2016-17, there were 444,779 volleyball players Jim Benton compared to 430,368 basketball players.

In Colorado, there were 9,446 volleyball participants with 7,082 volleyball athletes. Several area high school coaches offered opinions about the participation spike of girls volleyball, and topping the reasons was the idea that the game is more fun.

Also volleyball is less physical than basketball and involves less running.

The growth of club teams initiating youngsters to the game has spurred interest. Plus volleyball can be played on three courts hardwood, sand and grass.

One thing for sure, there will be plenty of excitement and cheering from players on the court at the state tournament.

There will definitely be some taller girls and some shorter, but most have the quickness, vertical leaping ability, agility and mental toughness to play.

One warning for those watching matches for the first time. Don’t head to the concession stands during a set that might appear to be lopsided or over. Momentum swings in volleyball happen as fast as one can change the television channel with the remote control. A five-point run by one team can be countered by a seven-point run by the opposition.

Everybody enjoys watching the spikes of attackers, the accurate passes of a setter and the acrobatic digs on defense, but serves and serve receiving are two of the most important and sometimes overlooked parts of the game.

And there is also strategy involved in volleyball, but I’ll save comments of that for another day after I watch a few more matches and learn more.

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State gymnatics: Lakewood and Green Mountain snag titles

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

THORNTON — Green Mountain senior Ramya Sinha sang the national anthem and then played spoiler on the final day of the 3-day state gymnastics meet at Thornton High School.

“I really was (nervous),” Sinha said of singing the anthem Nov. 4. “Once I got that over with I was like, now I can focus on my gymnastics. It was such an honor to sing here.”

What Sinha’s focus did was prevent Elizabeth junior Anastasia Buzalsky from sweeping the all-around — which Buzalsky won the Friday night — and all four Class 4A event finals held Saturday. Sinha took the vault title with a score of 9.625 to beat Buzalsky’s score of 9.600. Buzalsky won the 4A uneven bars, beam and floor titles.

Sinha was a member of the Rams’ 4A state championship team last year.

Elizabeth took the team title Friday to prevent a repeat by Green Mountain, who played third.

“It was definitely bittersweet,” Sinha said while adding she likely won’t compete at the college level.

“I’ve been doing gymnastics since I was like 1-year-old. I had a blast. I stayed positive and have fun no matter what. I’m excited about the future, but sad it’s over. (Gymnastics) was a big part of my life.”

Another senior wrapping up her prep gymnastics career with an individual title was Arvada West’s Shaye Mathais. She was able to stake claim to the 5A beam title with a score of 9.800.

“I was really nervous about beam because it’s my best event,” said Mathais, who was the last competitor on the beam. “I really wanted to win that. It’s my thing.”

Lakewood junior Amber Boll was up to the challenge in the vault. After Cherry Creek’s Ana George posted a 9.950, Boll followed that up matching the score and then taking the title in a tiebreaker.

“I was nervous,” Boll said of following George’s 9.95 score on the vault. “I just had to get my head in the game. I know how to do the skill. It was really exciting.”

Boll wasn’t able to defend her event title in the uneven bars, but

Lakewood junior Amber Boll placed in the top-3 in the all-around, uneven bars, floor and won the vault title at the Class 5A state gymnastics meet last week at Thornton High School.

PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS she wasn’t too upset.

“It was a little sad I lost the title,” Boll said of losing out to Pomona junior Brooke Weins in an attempt to repeat. “I am so glad that my friend (Brooke) was able to win that title.”

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“That was very special,” Pomona coach Tracey Boychuk said of Weins winning the uneven bars title. “It’s been hard on her not being able to compete.”

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5A team title Thursday and Wheat Ridge sophomore Kaylie Berens, who competes for Pomona, became the fourth straight Panther to win the 5A all-around title.

Kelsey Boychuk (Tracey’s daughter) won back-to-back all-around titles in 2014 and 2015. Weins claimed the title last year. Berens kept the tradition going in 2017.

“It’s pretty impressive,” Coach Boychuk said of the Panthers having three all-around state champions on this year’s team. “They are pretty impressive young women.”

It was part dance party and part gymnastics meet for Berens on Saturday. The sophomore was having fun dancing to music being played for floor routines while she waited for her events. Berens said she was pretty relaxed and her main goal to have fun as the gymnastics season came to a close.

She did reflect on continuing the tradition of Pomona winning not only the team title, but the individual allaround title.

“I look up to Kelsey and Brooke so much,” Berens said. “I want to follow after them. It’s been pretty amazing.”

Kelsey Boychuk, who will continue her career at Iowa State University next fall, wasn’t able to grab an event title in her final prep competition.

However, that wasn’t the focus for the Pomona senior.

“It’s kind of a weird book-ended story for her,” Coach Boychuk said of her daughter. “Her (freshman) year she got the all-around title, but we didn’t get the team title. Now she doesn’t get the all-around or an individual title, but we get the team title. I think that means more to her than anything right now. Her main goal was the team this year.”

Jeffco schools came away with titles in 4 of 8 event finals Saturday.

“It’s a big testament to Jeffco gymnastics and the support we get from athletic directors and school, across the board,” Coach Boychuk said. “We really don’t want to see this sport die, that’s evident.”

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Warren Tech students design snowboards The annual Never Summer student design contest is now underway

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Elijah Quinones, 16, aspires to be a graphic designer.

“Anything you can imagine, you can create with graphic design,” he said.

As a junior in Warren Tech’s graphic design program, Quinones is one of almost 90 students getting a head start on his career by participating in Never Summer’s student snowboard design contest.

Never Summer Industries, one of Colorado’s oldest snowboard companies, is teaming up with students at Warren Tech for the fifth year to bring them real-world insight into the design field.

The contest came about when graphic design instructors Pete Cunis and Scot Odendahl wanted to incorporate a client project into the curriculum for first and second year students. Initially, they pitched it as a regular snowboard design project on a standard template, printing them out on paper and sending them to Never Summer to pick their favorites.

But after speaking with Vince Sanders, chairman of the board at Never Summer, he offered to put the winners on actual snowboards.

For the first three years, students made prints and they were dropped them off at the snowboard facility. At the end of that third year, and with some discussion with Never Summer, the decision was made to print their

Students in the Warren Tech graphic design program toured the Never Summer headquarters in Denver Nov. 1.

PHOTOS BY SHANNA FORTIER designs larger and have students present their work directly to people from Never Summer.

In February each year, five people from Never Summer come to Warren Tech for the day to have students from present their designs and concepts directly. From there, the top 10 designs are chosen and posed on Never Summer social media for voting. The social media communities choose a popular design winner and the Never Summer staff chooses a factory favorite. Winners are announced in late March.

“The possibility that any of our students can receive a snowboard or long board with their artwork on it is not something that even most college students or professionals can

experience,” Cunis said. “At Warren Tech, we are fortunate to provide our students with projects that challenge their creativity and result in actually finished formats. Our students are creating not just designs, but creating work that will eventually be produced in real format.”

To kick of the design contest and get their creative juices flowing, graphic design students toured the Denverbased shop Nov. 1.

The factory tour helps students see the production process and discuss design aspects and requirements.

“It was pretty sweet just seeing the many people doing all this work for other people,” Quinones said. “I think that’s really cool.”

Warren Tech learned about the snowboard building process on their tour at Never Summer.

Quinones has already started working on the concept for his board design. He plans to incorporate a wind map of Alaska into his design as a tribute to his brother, who recently moved there.

“We’re continually blown away with the programs at Warren Tech and the art their students produce,” Sanders said. “It’s not like the trade school you think of with auto shop. They have everything there. It’s a get place for kids to get a jump start.”

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Now is time to adopt a senior sweetheart Foothills Animal Shelter highlights benefits of older animals STAFF REPORT

Adopting a senior pet has many benefits.

Animal shelters celebrate Adopt a Senior Pet month in November, offering adoption specials to those who adopt an older pet. PHOTO COURTESY OF FOOTHILLS ANIMAL SHELTER

ADOPT A SENIOR PET To highlight its senior animals, Foothills Animal Shelter offers discounted adoption fees for senior pets in November.

WHAT: Adoption fees for all dogs 7 years and older are $80. Adoptions for all cats 7 years and older are just $15.

WHERE: Foothills Animal Shelter, 580 McIntyre Street, Golden.

The regular adoption process applies. All adoptions include spay/neuter surgery, vaccines, a microchip and a free health check in their adoption fee.

Go to www.FoothillsAnimalShelter.org Finally, senior animals are ready to enjoy the easy life. They can be the best kind of animals to cuddle on the couch with or snuggle up with in bed, often preferring life at a slower speed.

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When people are searching for the perfect pet to adopt, they often want younger pets. However, bringing a senior pet into your life can be rewarding. This month, Foothills Animal Shelter celebrates Adopt a Senior Pet month to highlight the benefits of adopting a senior pet.

Among the benefits, according to Foothills Animal Shelter: Senior pets are intuitive and grateful, and they appreciate having a family willing to take them and care for them in their older years. Plus, you will feel great about rescuing a pet that others might not want simply because of its age.

With a senior pet, what you see is what you get. With older animals, you already know significant things from the start, including the pet’s personality and full-grown size. Knowing this information from the get-go will help ensure that you choose the perfect pet for your family.

Older pets are easier to train. Enthusiastic puppies and energetic kittens can require much more care and training. On the opposite end of the spectrum, a senior pet’s maturity can often make for an easier transition.

In addition, senior animals are usually already house broken and may already know how to behave well in a home setting. And despite the age-old saying, you can teach an old dog new tricks. Because of their calmer nature, senior pets are actually the perfect candidates for learning new tricks, whether it be basic commands or something more advanced.

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Army veteran himself, said frustration with the VA is often due to misinformed expectations.

“If they feel like they’ve been burned, we help them” understand the VA’s decision, said Westphal, who previously worked for the VA. “Some vets get into the mindset of, ‘Well, I’m a vet — the VA is going to be there to help me with anything I need.’ “ Because veterans often hear misinformation about help they can get, Westphal said, it can be a wake-up call when they find out what they’re eligible for.

“I would say for my part, I wasn’t really informed at all,” Westphal said. “When I got out in 2005 ... there weren’t a lot of services for transition out of the military at that point. Over the last decade or so, we’ve really seen the VA and communities making an effort to improve that piece, but (the) military and VA have a lot of work to do (to give) good information to vets when they separate.”

Mariah Markus, 26, a former member of the Air National Guard who trained and worked at U.S. Air Force bases, also became homeless and met Sprankel through the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1 in Denver.

“There’s a lot of bureaucracy that surrounds VA claims,” said Markus, who grew up in Aurora and became homeless in July 2015 after exiting the military in 2012. “It’s a systematic problem.”

Markus wasn’t able to get disability benefits because she never served active duty.

“Some claims get approved all at once,” she said.

“Some have to really put up a fight.”

Challenges and welcome news In the metro area suburbs, the homeless veteran population is much smaller than in the city of Denver, where about 81 percent of homeless veterans in the area stayed on one night in the Metro Denver

November 9, 2017N Homeless Initiative’s Point-In-Time survey. But officials are still working to provide help.

“Over the past year, Jefferson County has seen an increase in homeless veterans as they have moved from other counties into Jeffco,” said Kathryn Otten, an official with the county’s Human Services Department. Although its veterans’ service officers didn’t make contact with homeless veterans in most months of 2017, Otten said the office believes there has been an increase in need.

The City and County of Denver is the epicenter of veteran homelessness in Colorado, said Brenton Hutson, an official with Volunteers of America’s Colorado branch. Denver’s point-in-time count, 459, dwarfs that of the next-highest count in the metro area, Arapahoe County’s 44.

“Denver metro is one of the few urban centers nationally that has not seen a marked decline in homelessness amongst veterans over the past several years,” said Brenton Hutson, an official with Volunteers of America’s Colorado branch. “That tide is beginning to turn, in large part because of community efforts to stand up more effective data systems that allow providers to efficiently connect services to those in need.”

After a three-year growth streak that peaked in 2016 with 713 homeless veterans identified, the Point-In-Time report on the amount of homeless in the Denver metro area on one night, Jan. 30, showed 569 veterans counted. That number comes despite the overall homelessness and chronically homeless counts hitting six-year highs. The survey doesn’t yield an exact picture of the homeless population, but the results may signal a shift. But veterans like Sprankel don’t always have a lot of time to wait.

A patchwork of help “It was tough, without a doubt,” Sprankel said.

“I wasn’t sleeping — I’d drive around to wherever I’d feel safe for the night, crash out for one to two hours, and then I’d be up. Paranoia kicks in, that fear mindset.”

Homeless shelters in the city of Denver can be a hostile environment, especially for combat veterans,

Sprankel said.

“I just rolled with the punches, until the punches got so heavy I was ready to kill myself,” said Sprankel, who said he attempted cutting his femoral artery with a butcher knife at one point.

Other veterans got him motivated, and that, Sprankel said, saved his life. In 2013, he met a veteran from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1 at a King Soopers, who gave him resources he needed to get back on his feet.

“They really brought me in, gave me another home when I really didn’t even have one,” said Sprankel, who sometimes asked to stay in other people’s homes. “My pride was kicking in — I didn’t want to ask for help, and that was (wrong).”

Sprankel, who receives income through the VA and said he can’t work for medical reasons — he had stomach surgery in Iraq and surgery on his spine — has had a home in Highlands Ranch since summer 2014.

Now, as a volunteer for the VFW, he reaches out to people who might have the same prideful mentality as he once did about not accepting help.

“They gotta fill in that paperwork and (get working),” said Sprankel, who helps veterans in crisis and helps with disability claims and homelessness.

Being homeless opened Sprankel’s eyes to “what’s really going on here in Denver.”

“It’s not necessarily that people aren’t helping, but there’s only so much certain organizations can do,” Sprankel said.

On the public side, every county in Colorado has an officer like Westphal in Arapahoe County. Westphal helps link veterans to services like Medicaid and food assistance as well as housing options.

“The million-dollar question is, what can cities and communities do?” Westphal said.

Local governments should work with affordable housing developers to incentivize more affordable units in their areas, he added.

“Make the decision as a community to support the construction of low-income housing,” Lapidow, of the VA, said. “It is cheaper to house individuals than to leave them on the streets, and it’s the right thing to do.”