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DECEMBER 27, 2018

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Family justice center coming to Jeffco Victims and survivors of abuse will have one stop for services and resources

TURNING ON THE LIGHT As of Nov. 2, $300,000 has been raised to create PorchLight, which will be a family justice center for the First Judicial District, which serves Jefferson and Gilpin counties.

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Law enforcement has its own way of providing support to a victim. So does a medical professional. Same with a counselor or therapist.

Often, each organization has one lens it’s looking through when offering that aid to a victim, said Monica Roers, president and CEO of the Seniors’ Resource Center.

But “it takes a kaleidoscope view to get people all the help they need,” she said.

This is what a family justice center can do — provide a centralized location for victims of crime to get all the support and resources they need. And there’s one coming to the First Judicial District, serving Jefferson and Gilpin counties.

The new center will be called PorchLight. It is the result of a collaborative effort from more than 75 partner agencies working together to provide coordinated services for victims and survivors of domestic violence; sexual assault; elder, child and at-risk adult abuse; and human trafficking.

Services could include comprehensive legal, emotional, translation and medical, as well as job placement or resume writing, child care and even makeovers.

“One of the greatest challenges faced by victims in the aftermath of crime is trying to find a new state of normal,” said Deputy District Attorney Candace Cooledge who is also the PorchLight director. “They are often overwhelmed and confused.

While many services are currently available for victims in our community, access to those services may require travel to different offices or searching websites.”

PorchLight will provide a multidisciplinary approach — a coordinated effort —in one place where agencies can “put their heads together” to figure out what services will best fit the needs of a person, said Vista Exline, the executive director of Victim Outreach, Inc. (VOI).

“What we want is for (victims and survivors) to recover and heal,” she said. But, “sometimes it’s so difficult for people to access these services that they simply don’t.”

PorchLight will help them move forward and take those steps to accessing the resources they need to recover and heal, Exline added.

Service and resource providers will be able to work collaboratively to make sure that “nothing falls through the cracks,” said Ray Fleer, PorchLight’s project manager. “It is a common-sense solution to a problem that exists in our community.”

PorchLight will screen for perpetrators, to keep victimizers from accessing the services that are meant exclusively for victims, Cooledge said.

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family justice center in Jefferson County, and only the second in the state. The Rose Andom Center in Denver, which only serves victims of domestic violence, opened in July 2017.

The first family justice center in the U.S. started in San Diego in 2002.

Today, there are about 130 in the world, Cooledge said.

PorchLight is to be located on a 16,543-square-foot property at 11100 W. Eighth Ave. in Lakewood. Discussions with the landlord about the lease are currently taking place, Cooledge said.

The center is scheduled to open late next year.

Sometimes victims don’t report a wrong-doing against them for fear of retribution from their abuser, or because they have concern that nobody will believe them or take them seriously, said Lori Ropa, executive director of The Arc — Jefferson, Clear Creek & Gilpin Counties.

“The only way to reduce victimization is to get people to feel comfortable with coming forward.

And they need support to do that,” Ropa said. “People who have been through difficult situations don’t want to be pitied — they want to be lifted up and supported. PorchLight is a peek into the future that really can change people’s lives.”

Local funding support has come by way of grants and donations from the District Attorney’s Office, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, the Golden and Lakewood police departments, FirstBank the Attorney General’s Office and the Crime Victim Services Advisory Board.

The fundraising goal for PorchLight is an additional $250,000.

PorchLight also intends to have a volunteer program.

To learn more about donating or volunteering, visit www.porchlightfjc.org.

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Some Thoughts Regarding Characteristics to Look for When Hiring a Realtor Recently one of our broker associates, Debbi Hysmith, while serving as a listing agent, encountered a buyer’s agent who was particularly abrasive. This agent made a point of accusing the sellers of being dishonest and hiding material facts about the home, which our agent knew to be false. In that agent’s communication (which Debbi forwarded to the seller as required by law), this agent used language that was accusatory and unkind. The sellers were so offended by the agent’s behavior that they were going to refuse all further requests and basically allow the contract to fall. But Debbi chose to remove emotion from the equation, put on a friendly face, and encouraged the sellers to look beyond the wording to respond to what was, in fact, a reasonable request..

In calming down the offended seller, Debbi explained that one never knows what experience a buyer may have had in the past and we should do our best to just stick to the facts of the request. The transaction was saved because Debbi was characteristically friendly, helpful, respectful, and had good communication skills. In the end, both seller and buyer enjoyed a successful and happy closing — all because the listing agent was friendly.

This caused me to consider the importance of hiring a friendly agent like Debbi. While experience is valuable and should be considered when selecting a agent, it’s important to choose based on other factors, including personality. Remember, the person you use to buy or sell your home is representing you in the deal. While having lots of experience is important, it’s not everything.

Here at Golden Real Estate, we have nine broker associates with varying degrees of experience. However, because we are a small — some might say “boutique” — brokerage, the more “seasoned” among us provide effective supervision and mentoring to the less experienced brokers at Golden Real Estate. Meanwhile I’ve noticed that some of our “least seasoned” agents, in fact, have enviable people skills. In that respect, I could probably learn from them!

So choose someone friendly, relatable and real (like Debbi) with whom you can have honest conversations. You’ll be spending a lot of time with your agent, communicating frequently

via text, email, and phone. Your agent will be representing you at open houses and over the phone talking to potential buyers and their agents. If your agent is a poor communicator, the transaction will be less efficient and could cost you money (if not a closing) because the options are not effectively communicated to both sides.

There are three other important characteristics I suggest looking for when hiring an agent, whether to buy a home or sell your current home — or both. The first of these is authenticity. If you’re like me, you probably have a good BS meter, and you never want to work with someone who exaggerates, lies, or otherwise misrepresents who he or she is or their record of success.

I’m reminded of a quote from Earnest Holmes, who wrote, “It isn’t possible for a man to conceal himself. In every act, word or gesture he stands revealed as he is, and not as he would have himself appear to be. From the Universe, nothing is or can be hidden.”

Another trait that I’d look for in an agent is a good sense of humor. Combined with a friendly attitude, a sense of humor can save a deal that otherwise might go south. As we saw in Debbi’s story, how an agent presents an option is just as important as the option itself.

The third trait may be the most important.

Explaining Agency Law Transaction Broker: In this role, the broker facilitates the transaction without being an agent or advocate for either party. He must disclose adverse material facts about either party, but is barred from disclosing nonmaterial facts which could help either party take advantage of the other. A transaction broker must treat both sides equally and fairly.

Agent: In this role, the broker promotes his client’s interests “with the utmost good faith, loyalty and fidelity.” He will utilize any information garnered about the other party to help his client negotiate the best price and terms.

No relationship: Absent the above roles, broker treats the other side — whether a buyer or seller — as a “customer.”

You want your agent to be a good listener.

Need I say more? (Are you listening? ☺) Lastly, find an agent you can trust, who asks questions. Most Realtors have access to the technology to get your property seen and sold, but it takes a human being to understand

and work for your best interests. You need someone who listens and understands all of the complexities of your situation and is honest and transparent about bringing all options to the table. Ultimately this is your transaction and you should call the shots.

Licensing Law Has Something to Say About This...

Your agent is working for you, in your best interest. This is not just a good idea, it’s spelled out in licensing law. You and I may use the word “agent” loosely, but when speaking legally, the term takes on special meaning. Let me explain..

Real estate brokers and broker associates can work with consumers in three different ways, as summarized in the box below. One is to have no client relationship with the broker, in which case the buyer is a “customer,” not a client. An example of that is when a listing agent encounters a buyer at an open house, and that buyer is not working with another agent. Let’s say the buyer wants the listing agent to write an offer on that listing. Some listing agents will first enter an agency relationship with that buyer and double-end the transaction as a “transaction broker,” giving up his “agent” relationship with the seller and becoming a neutral facilitator of the transaction.

At Golden Real Estate, that practice would violate our office policy manual. Unless the listing agent has a pre-existing bona fide buyer agency relationship with the buyer, our brokers are required under our policy to treat the buyer as a “customer” and not enter into a client relationship just to sell that listing.

I can understand why a listing agent would like to engage the buyer as a client rather than as a customer, because that locks the buyer into working with that agent if the buyer fails to go under contract for that particular house. If the listing agent were to explain that he’s working in the seller’s best interest and the buyer is

only a “customer,” that could drive the buyer to look for a buyer’s agent, cutting the listing agent’s commission in half. Agents relish the opportunity to keep the full commission on their listing and don’t want that unrepresented buyer to find an agent to represent them.

At Golden Real Estate, we don’t permit our agents to sacrifice their agency relationship with the seller for their own personal enrichment, but we also have incentives that they can offer to buyers who are willing to be a “customer” rather than a “client.” These incentives take two forms.

First, our company policy is to offer a variable commission to our sellers. That means that we discount our listing commission when we don’t have to share our commission with a buyer’s agent. Therefore, we can tell an unrepresented buyer that their offer is worth more to the seller than the same price offer from a buyer who has an agent.

Second, since we have our own moving trucks, movers, moving boxes and packing materials, we can offer totally free moving (including gas for the truck) to a buyer who, by being a “customer” allows our agent to earn a bigger commission.

(This is also a perk that we can offer clients when we earn a commission on both the sale of their current home and the purchase of their replacement home.)

These two incentives usually suffice to make a buyer comfortable with being a customer, allowing us to retain the “agent” relationship with our seller.

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LOOKING BACK AT 2018

Top headlines of Jefferson County

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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rom proposed roads to taxes, Jefferson County had a busy year in 2018.

Blue Jeffco Jefferson County voters made history this year by voting to put the majority of elected offices in the hands of Democrats.

The county has 10 elected offices — three county commissioner seats, assessor, clerk and recorder, coroner, district attorney, sheriff, surveyor and treasurer. Nine of these have been in the hands of Republicans for several years. However, following the outcome of this midterm election, Republicans hold only three offices — one county commissioner seat, sheriff and district attorney. Of these, Sheriff Jeff Shrader was the only one up for re-election.

He ran unopposed and was the only Republican who won an election this year.

Perhaps the closest race for county offices this election was that for the clerk and Stern recorder. The race had been separated by less than a percentage point for each contestant as soon as first counts came in on Election Day, Nov. 6. Republican Faye Griffin, the incumbent, had been involved in the county’s government for about two decades, but Griffin final results will have Democrat George Stern taking over the seat.

Another noteworthy race was that for the county commissioner seat.

Tina Francone, a Republican who has a background that includes serving as the Regional Transportation District (RTD) director for District N, ran as the appointed incumbent for District Three. She was appointed to the seat after Donald Rosier, who was term limited, vacated it early. She was sworn in on Feb. 6.

However, Democrat Leslie Dahlkemper, a former school board member, won the election. District Three represents the southern part

of Jefferson County, although all county offices are voted on at-large.

All seven of the newly-elected officials, in addition to eight judges, will be sworn in at 8 a.m. Jan. 8.

Major milestones Two county organizations celebrated an anniversary and two executive directors retired in 2018.

Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St. in Golden, celebrated its 50th anniversary with an event called ARTSWEEK GOLDEN, which took place July 16-22 at various in-and-outdoor venues in Golden. It featured 168 hours of art highlighting everything from aerialists and dance to murals and quilts.

The culminating event was a juried art festival that featured 100 national artist booths.

Another noteworthy moment for cultural institutions in the county came on Aug. 31, as Pam Nissler retired from her role as the executive director of the Jefferson County Public Library (JCPL. She joined the Jeffco library district in 2009 and served as its executive director since 2011. Nissler had a 40-year career of library work, including serving libraries in Arapahoe and Douglas counties in a variety of managerial and directorial roles. Donna Walker, who had been JCPL’s director of public services, assumed Nissler’s role on Sept. 1.

The Jefferson Center for Mental Health celebrated its 60th anniversary on May 10, with an event that gave special recognition to Dr. Harriet L. Hall, who retired as the organization’s CEO and president on July 18. Hall’s career with the Jefferson Center began in 1981 as the associate director and she became CEO and president in 1984. She continues a part-time role with the center. Kiara Kuenzler, who formerly served as the organization’s chief operating officer, took over Hall’s position.

The Jefferson Center got its start on April 30, 1958, in the basement of the Jefferson County courthouse.

Today, between the three counties it serves — Jefferson, Gilpin and Clear Creek — the nonprofit is the community’s go-to resource to support individuals and families struggling with mental health issues and substance use disorders.

Tax dollars in Jeffco Tax money received attention in Jefferson County this year on two

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

CHRISTY STEADMAN separate issues.

On Sept. 18, the Board of County Commissioners voted two-to-one to eliminate its portion of business personal property tax (BPPT), payable to its general fund.

Commissioner Casey Tighe cast the no vote.

The state defines business personal property as “equipment, machinery, furniture, security devices, household furnishings and signs which are used for the production of income or in the operation of a business.”

The elimination of the tax does not apply to any other county funds, such as library, urban renewal or other special district funds.

The effort was spearheaded by the Jefferson County Economic Development Corporation (Jeffco EDC) and county commissioners Libby Szabo and Tina Francone.

“Jeffco EDC has been working for decades to eliminate this unfair tax on businesses,” Kristi Pollard, president and CEO of the Jefferson County Economic Development Corporation. “We are pleased that the Jefferson County Commissioners view themselves as partners with the business community by understanding that their investment will yield a greater return by eliminating this tax.”

The Jefferson County community saw some of the benefits of marijuana tax revenue in 2018.

In June 2016, Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) received a grant to implement an effort called Communities That Care,funded by the state marijuana tax fund and managed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).

The goal of the program is to prevent substance abuse, while reducing violence and improving mental health, among youth.

Twenty-one teens, ranging in age from 14 to 18, were selected to intern as researchers to gather data on what they are experiencing in the Jeffco

community. They hosted eight focus groups in March this year, and had participation from 67 of their peers.

This research will help professionals better understand and recognize youths’ needs and how to prevent some of the problems that today’s youth face before they even start.

The eventual goal is to create policies, systems and programs that reach children and families, and help youth grow into productive adults.

In 2016-17, CDPHE received about $7,125,000, from the marijuana tax money, and received about $9 million in 2017-18. Jeffco’s Communities That Care grant will be awarded for five years, which began in 2016. By 2021, the county is projected to receive more than $1 million in grant money.

Closures, openings and progress While the last attraction at Heritage Square closed this year, Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge opened to the public and progress is being made on the Jefferson Parkway.

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

It has spanned about four decades of discussions and studies, but as of 2018, is now in the process of seeking funding through a private partnership. The private partner will be responsible for financing, designing, building, operating and maintaining the parkway.

The goal is for construction to begin sometime in 2020.

Heritage Amusement Park and the Garden Grill restaurant, 18301 W. Colfax Ave. in Golden — the last remaining attractions of Heritage Square — closed on June 30, following a settlement with property owners Martin Marietta. An estimated 200some people attended an auction on Oct. 25 where items from the restaurant and amusement park were sold to the highest bidder.

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Lakewood 3D printing company named semifinalist for UNC challenge New Frontier Systems brings large-scale printers to life

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Chris Polk had an idea for a pet crate that would’ve been collapsible and foldable. He needed a prototype for it, but when he went to a traditional prototype business, he found that the price for his pet crate prototype was too high. His professor at the

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University of Denver suggested that he reached out to Adam Mikulis, who has a background in 3D printing, the process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. Mikulis made Polk’s small-scale pet crate prototype for him through 3D printing, but by the time the prototype was complete, Polk had bigger ideas.

“I realized that (3D printing) is a viable business in itself. I walked in trying to create a pet crate, and I walked out creating a technology company,” Polk said.

That technology company, named New Frontier Systems, was founded

by Polk, Mikulis and Phil Meiklejohn, and it resides in Lakewood. The company, which officially opened in March, manufactures, sells and leases large-scale Fused Deposition Modeling 3D printers and manufacturing custom printers. New Frontier Systems was listed as one of 10 semifinalists for the Monfort College of Business Entrepreneurial Challenge at the University of Northern Colorado. The challenge is designed to give entrepreneurs an opportunity to receive coaching, advice and recom-

Adam Mikulis, Chris Polk and Phil Meiklejohn, founders of New Frontier Systems in Lakewood.

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The 3D printing company will present their business concept on Feb. 13 at the school’s campus.

“This year’s semifinalists are representative of the rapidly expanding entrepreneurial culture in Colorado,” said Dallas Everhart, the director for the challenge. “They are meeting emerging needs for new services and products, and they are examples of the Colorado lifestyle.”

The possibilities of 3D printing are endless for New Frontier Systems. The

company is using a custom designed Fused Deposition Modeling 3D printer, which weighs over 1,000 pounds, to print off a full-size kayak. Once it’s done, Polk is planning on taking it out for a test run on the Platte River.

Mikulis believes that the company’s Fused Deposition Modeling 3D printer is the largest one in the Rocky Mountain region. He said the company’s ultimate goal is to send 3D printers to disaster zones where people can print shelters, vehicles, or other resources.

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Jeffco Public Schools earns academic awards STAFF REPORT

Thirty-eight Jeffco Public Schools earned 44 academic awards from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) based on 2017-18 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) results. Last year, 35 schools earned 45 awards.

“It is awesome that so many of our schools continue to earn recognition for high academic performance, high academic growth, and closing achievement gaps,” said Superintendent Dr. Jason Glass. “We measure ourselves in a variety of ways, but these awards are high-profile and show how we truly work to offer the best learning opportunities for all our students.

“We are proud of you,” said Glass, in congratuations to both staff and students.

Eiber Elementary in Lakewood received the Center of Excellence Award this year. This award recognizes public schools that enroll a student population of which at least 75 percent are at-risk pupils and demonstrates the highest rates of student longitudinal growth, as measured by the Colorado Growth Model.

The John Irwin Schools of Excellence Award is presented to schools that demonstrate excellent academic achievement over time with exceptional performance in math, English language arts, and science. Thirty-two Jeffco schools earned the award this year. They include: D’Evelyn Junior/ Senior High School, Deer Creek Middle School, Dennison Elementary School,

Devinny Elementary School, Fairmount Elementary School, Jefferson Academy, Jefferson Academy Elementary, Jefferson Academy High School, Manning Options School, Marshdale Elementary School, Meiklejohn Elementary, Mitchell Elementary School, Mount Carbon Elementary School, Normandy Elementary School, Parmalee Elementary School, Ralston Elementary School, Ralston Valley Senior High School, Red Rocks Elementary School, Rooney Ranch Elementary School, Shaffer Elementary School, Sierra Elementary School, Ute Meadows Elementary School, West Woods Elementary School and Westridge Elementary School.

The Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award is for schools that demonstrate exceptional student growth. Eight Jeffco schools received the award this year; they exceeded expectations on the academic achievement indicator. Those schools are Campbell Elementary School, Dennison Elementary School, Evergreen High School, Marshdale Elementary School, Parmalee Elementary School, Peiffer Elementary School, Van Arsdale Elementary School and Warder Elementary School.

The High School Academic Growth Award recognizes high schools that demonstrate the highest levels of students’ academic growth in reading, writing, and math. Three schools earned the honor this year: Compass Montessori, D’Evelyn Jr./Sr. High and Evergreen High.

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Local law enforcement officers receive award from District Attorney ments, and two sheriffs’ offices.

These agencies provide well over a thousand sworn officers who are dedicated to keeping our community safe. This includes working with prosecutors from arrest and through the criminal justice system. These working relationships are critical for successful case outcomes.

“We are fortunate to have many exceptional law enforcement officers within the First Judicial District,” Weir said. “Recognizing officers for their outstanding efforts in 2018 is one small way we acknowledge them for their service.”

When this award was created four years ago, Weir chose to honor a patrol officer as well as a detective.

“While detectives are often involved in complex felony cases,

STAFF REPORT

Detective Bobby Brooks, of the Arvada Police Department, was named Investigator of the Year and Patrol Agent Jaime Cardenas, of the Lakewood Police Department, was named Patrol Officer of the Year by First Judicial District Attorney Pete Weir.

This is the fourth year these awards have been given. The award is designed to honor two exemplary law enforcement officers, thanking them for their service to the community and their dedication to the cause of justice.

The First Judicial District is comprised of Jefferson and Gilpin counties and has 13 law enforcement agencies, including 11 police depart-

First Judicial District Attorney Pete Weir, Detective Bobby Brooks and Arvada Police Chief Link Strate pose for a photo at the awards ceremony.

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the patrol officers are on the front line,” Weir said. “They work in our communities and, at times, when least expecting it, must walk into

the face of danger.”

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VOICES It’s about time … for supporting the free press

T

ime magazine has chosen “The Guardians,” a group of journalists who have been targeted for their work, as 2018 Person of the Year, highlighting what it calls “the War on Truth.”

These guardians are the faces of a free press continually besieged by governments, despots and dictators who seek to silence their critics, subvert democracy and bury the truth … sometimes along with those who would uncover it.

Just as Time’s 2017 selection was a group of people – the “Silence Breakers,” whom Time called the voices of #MeToo – the 2018 Person of the Year also encompasses more than one individual. Included are journalists at the Capital Gazette, the Annapolis,

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Living on borrowed time, and in no rush to pay back

conclude every calendar year of columns with one that explores what makes life worth living.

The time has come, the walrus said. This year’s will be a little different.

First, I think an important question to ask is this: Is life worth living?

Many think it is not.

And too many of the many are far too young. The statistics are very depressing.

Anthony Bourdain answered “No” in 2018. So did Kate Spade, and so did two former UCLA basketball stars, Billy Knight and Tyler Honeycutt.

Knight wrote, “I’m lost in life, and I feel like there’s no hope. I have no friends with me here. I have no wife, girlfriend. I have nothing.”

Knight had been arrested less than a month before his suicide and charged with sexually abusing a child.

It hasn’t been a pretty year in America. It hasn’t been great, that’s for sure.

But I’m planning to stick around.

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contributor and Virginia resident Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered inside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey earlier this year. Time editor Ed Felsenthal said of Khashoggi that it’s “very rare that a person’s influence grows so immensely in death.”

“Influence” is the key word here.

Felsenthal noted that Person of the Year designations are not necessarily honors, but rather an acknowledgement of the influence the person – or persons – had during the year. And so it is that the influence of a free press, amid the perils its members face, has become ever more important in current national and international environments.

Most of us know that journalists are persecuted worldwide … threat-

Maryland, newspaper where five employees were murdered by a gunman last June.

Imprisoned journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, two Reuters journalists, were arrested a year ago in Myanmar while working on stories about the Andrea Doray killings of Rohingya Muslims. Maria Ressa leads Rappler, an online news site she helped found in the Philippines, and she has been indicted on allegations that could send her to prison for 10 years.

And, for the first time, Time included a deceased person, Washington Post

QUIET DESPERATION

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ack in January, 1991, I was a college senior, getting ready to graduate.

For people who want to become teachers, that last semester is a beautiful time known as “student teaching.” Student teaching, for those of you who aren’t in the field, is a four-month period of time in which a college student pays full tuition for the privilege of following an experienced teacher through their days and learning the job, eventually doing the job in a supervised environment. This is usually accompanied by an illness (the first introduction to the petri dish that is a school), periods of boredom, and the very humbling experience of being in front of a room full of students for the first time.

For me, this was an excellent learning experience — a tribute to the men I was allowed to work with. But, in 1991, it was also accompanied by interesting world events, as Saddam Hussein had just invaded Kuwait, and the United States, under the leadership of President George H.W. Bush, prepared to go to war to expel him. This caused me some conflict, as I really wanted to get into my career and was hoping this wouldn’t spill over in a way that derailed my plan.

Little did I know.

The shooting war started in the middle of January; the ground assault started in February and was over in four days. My upper respiratory thing was barely in its incubation period by the time the war

ended.

What I remember most about that period of time was the leadership of President Bush, and I do not mean his title — I mean his leadership. He was clear about his purpose, he laid out a clear rationale that inspired an HITTING international coalition to HOME cooperate, and he made both a moral and a practical case for the war. And then he got out of the way and let his generals do what they do best. It was a thing of beauty.

And, do you remember what he got for his troubles? He got defeated for reelection. And by Michael Alcorn whom? By a man who became one of his closest friends in his latter years.

I watched the funeral of George H.W. Bush with almost an existential sense of sadness. The death of the man was, ultimately, not that sad — he is reunited with Barbara and with his daughter after a good, good life. But, in many ways, his death represents the end of an epoch. The last President to serve in World War II, possibly the last President to serve in a combat war, with service in the House, as director of Central Intelligence, and as Vice

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The death of a good man and a leader

My past lists have always included obvious entries, like Jennifer and the dog and fine art and films. I thought I would forgo them this time, and cite some that are more unusual.

Like the “tomcat smell” of eucalypCraig Marshall tus. That was Raymond Chandler’s Smith wording. I wish it had been mine.

Eucalyptus trees were common near our home in Fullerton, Calif.

When I get a whiff now, I timetravel to 1958-60. I was a kid with a bicycle, a baseball glove, a transistor radio, and zero worries.

The color navy.

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ened, assaulted, detained, imprisoned, tortured, killed. Journalists are jailed in unprecedented numbers across the globe: 262 in 2017, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, which predicts that number will be even higher for 2018.

There is a real thing called compassion fatigue, when we become numb to the plights of other groups of people, such as these journalists. A particular feature of compassion fatigue, however, is that when we associate an individual, a person, a face with the tragedy, we feel moved to react: think of the drowned toddler whose body washed ashore when a boat of asylum seekers sank in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Time featured the faces of the journalists in four covers, stark black-andwhite portraits on dark backgrounds.

The wives of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo hold photographs of their imprisoned husbands. Somber staff members of the Capital Gazette sit around a conference table. Ressa is looking slightly sideways at us. And the face of the murdered Khashoggi – so familiar to us by now – is partially in the light and partially shaded.

As Tom Vick writes in Time, “Ef-

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President to his credit. His three most notable domestic accomplishments resonate with the ability to work with people you don’t agree with to (whispers in fear) compromise and actually get things done. His Presidency wasn’t marked with great and grand things — his vision was one of stewardship, marked by comity.

It’s hard to think back through time to realize that Bush 41 was actually born between the Kennedy brothers.

As such, his world view had more in common with the older Kennedys than with, say, Donald Trump. Having seen actual difficulties, actual evil in the world, and fought it and beat it into submission, I think the Greatest Generation had a very healthy perspective on

forts to undermine factual truth, and those who honestly seek it out, call into doubt the functioning of democracy. Freedom of speech, after all, was purposefully placed first in the Bill of Rights.”

It’s about time … and yes, that is a double entendre, because it’s about time members of the free press are recognized for the influence they wield – influence that sometimes gets them killed.

Andrea Doray is a writer who reminds us to support journalism … nationally, online, and especially at the local level.

Contact Andrea at a.doray@andreadoray.com.

the drama of politics.

That time has gone. We have no healthy perspectives on anything, it would seem, and every minor disagreement gets amplified by 24/7 cable news and social media into something akin to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. My hope, if it maybe even elevates to the level of a resolution, would be that in 2019 we pursue the emergence and elevation of people with a similar worldview. Not Republican, not Democrat; not hyphenated and not abbreviated; not tribal and not obsessive. Just good people, trying to do good.

Godspeed, Mr. President.

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front or alma mater.

Having food placed in front of me by a waiter or waitress who forgoes the perfunctory and insincere, single-word directive: “Enjoy.”

The best college fight song ever: Michigan’s “The Victors.” It was composed by a student named Louis Elbel in 1898, and it was first performed publicly by John Philip Sousa.

They named a field after Elbel. I think he deserves more than that. The song reaches into me for a number of reasons.

We lived in Ann Arbor and I became a devoted Wolverine. My father and sister both attended and graduated.

There might be more to it than that.

It stirs my goosebumps.

Next: Paying attention to anything Kanye West says is still optional.

Next: my thesaurus. Stephen King is against them. But what would I do

without synonyms? I’d be astray, adrift, afield, amiss, awry, lost, off course, off the mark and wandering, is what.

Next: the truth. Montaigne said, “The reverse of truth has a hundred thousand forms, and a field indefinite, without bound or limit.”

I am not referring to the misdirections needed for fiction. I am referring to honesty coming from those we elected and from those we trust, like educators and cops.

Apple pie.

Saying “No, thank you,” when an invitation comes across the desk I’d rather not accept.

Amazon Prime. It’s true. The convenience is beyond any reservations I would have if I had any reservations.

I would be in contempt of the concept if I did not mention this small weekly space, and the opportunity in it.

Hey, ‘19. I’m looking forward to you.

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Challenging times reflected in diverse albums

Ring in New Year’s, with a twist

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A crowd dances at Lipgloss, an indie music-themed dance party that’s held at Milk Bar and Bar Standard dance club at 1037 Broadway in Denver.

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Metro area offers many events away from downtown Denver, high prices

St. will include a full wine and beer menu and has no dress code. BookBar encourages browsing, Kramer said, and tickets include a 20 percent off coupon for any book purchase.

Tickets are $30 at bit.ly/2A7wCRn, and the event runs 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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enver metro-area residents know the scene well: Hordes of friends and families huddled in downtown Denver to watch the fireworks wave the closing year goodbye.

But if the cold and crowds — and in the case of many of downtown’s parties, the cost — don’t sound attractive, New Year’s Eve in the metro area packs many lesser-known events off the beaten path that might do the trick, including something for introverts.

Dance to an ‘alternative’ beat For those who miss when The Killers dominated the alternative music scene, central Denver’s Bar Standard dance club has the perfect event.

“It’s the kind of thing you’d want to do in your real life,” said Michael Trundle, DJ and promoter for the Lipgloss dance party. “You’re not doing it because you’re supposed to do it because it’s New Year’s Eve. You’re going to hear music you actually like and care about.”

Lipgloss, which bills itself as a dance party “for people who don’t usually like clubs,” is one of four dance events to be held at the Milk Bar and Bar Standard at 1037 N. Broadway in central Denver — just a few minutes from downtown — from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. The event, titled “An Alternative NYE,” will include Lipgloss’ indie rock and indie pop dance floor, an `80s new wave floor, a goth floor and a synthwave floor. The multiple rooms also feature multiple bars, Trundle said.

There’s no dress code at the no-frills event — people can wear jeans or “whatever floats your boat,” Trundle said. Away from the downtown fire-

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The inside of BookBar, a wine bar and bookstore in northwest Denver at 4280 N. Tennyson St. COURTESY OF SKIPPING ROCKS PHOTOGRAPHY works and parties, it’s not “a snooty party,” Trundle added.

“People dance all night,” Trundle, 46, said. “I’ve played New Year’s Eve parties where people just stand around like a junior prom or something.

People just dance. My favorite thing is DJing to people who actually dance.”

The music will be non-top 40, and “everything from The Killers to LCD Soundsystem is what we’d play in the indie room,” Trundle said.

Tickets online are $15 for the presale and will go up to $20 on New Year’s Eve. Buy them at bit.ly/2QEKmgK. For introverts, readers A “boozy, bookish” night is in store at northwest Denver’s BookBar, where the Introvert’s New Year’s Eve Party will offer board games, coloring books, silent reading, snacks and, yes, a midnight countdown with a champagne toast and dessert.

“This event is particularly for people who don’t want to be at a loud bar,” said Kateri Kramer, 27, the events and marketing coordinator for the bookstore and wine bar. “It’s centered on community and ringing in the new year with good conversation, good drink and good friends because we believe that ringing in 2019 with the people we love is important.”

The gathering at 4280 N. Tennyson

`70s and `80s parties The Viewhouse restaurant, bar and rooftop in Littleton and Centennial will host `70s- and `80s-themed dance parties, respectively.

The Littleton location at 2680 W. Main St. will feature live `70s music from local band Little Moses Jones, a rooftop DJ playing top 40 hits, `70s impersonators and more. The Centennial location at 7101 S. Clinton St. will feature Colorado `80s cover band The Goonies and a “back to the future” DJ. Party favors, a midnight champagne toast and more will liven up both events.

For those having dinner, reservations are required. Tickets for the Littleton event range from $10 general admission for the live music and DJ, to $65 including dueling pianos and the four-course dinner menu, with some options in between. Tickets for the Centennial event range from $25 general admission to $75 including the dinner buffet.

Tickets are available at bit. ly/2SZTXLE for Littleton and bit. ly/2Ah6t2L for Centennial. The events run 7 p.m. to 2 a.m.

A low-key family outing For those wanting to drink and have a meal away from the bustle of Denver — perhaps with family — Steuben’s restaurant in Arvada at 7355 Ralston Road will hold its Family Friendly New Year’s Eve. The event offers “midnight” champagne and sparkling cider toasts at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., New Year’s Eve food and drink menus with “old school American classics” starting at 5 p.m. and a table-side magician providing family entertainment, said Johanna Ladis, a spokeswoman.

think it’s fair to say most of us will remember 2018 as a pretty tumultuous year. It seems like every week there was some kind of unusual or momentous happening.

Contentious elections, dire environmental happenings and social upheaval - 2018 had COMING it all.

ATTRACTIONS It’s perhaps fitting then that the music world in 2018 was also experiencing its own period of upheaval.

Perhaps more than any year I can recall, the best music of the year was made by Clarke Reader new voices, while established voices mainly remained quiet, possibly experiencing their own issues.

I picked five albums that might have crept under the radar in this busy year and detailed why they are worth your time. Here’s hoping for a steadier year in 2019.

LP5000 - Restorations Some of the best rock music in its early years was connected to the fractious happenings of the day.

Think about the work of musicians like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Bob Dylan, Buffalo Springfield and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The fourth album from Philadelphia’s Restorations taps into today’s political world with a sharp eye and empathetic approach to the everyday people affected by the decisions of politicians.

At times, Jon Loudon’s vocals convey rage and other times resignation.

But on the best album opener of the year, he gets at one universal truth — none of us can do this on our own.

Harlan and Alondra - Buddy As a listener, it’s always exciting when a rapper you’ve been hearing as a guest on other’s songs breaks out into the world on their own. It took Simmie Sims III, who performs under the name Buddy, nearly a decade to get to that point, but he did this year with the release of “Harlan and Alondra.”

The album is practically engineered to be played loud in your car on a sunny day with the windows rolled down. Highlights like “Trouble on Central,” “The Blue” and “Speechless” are the perfect blends of rap and soul, thanks to Buddy’s gifts as a rapper and singer. Hopefully, this is just the first entry in a long career.

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New Year’s Eve overflowing with events Denver area offers myriad of good times for revelers

Festive fireworks mark Denver’s New Year’s Eve celebration on the 16th Street Mall, with a display at 9 p.m. and another at midnight.

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SELLINGBOE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

All over the world, people celebrate the beginning of a new year. In years past, readers may have watched music and fireworks across the nation — across the world — including New York City’s famous Ball Drop at Times Square, as the music of “Auld Lang Syne” plays.

Many of us have sung that over the years, wherever we happened to land on the final day of December. Recordings used are often of the Guy Lombardo version, which his orchestra played in New York City each New Year’s Eve from 1929 to 1976. A quick search tells us it means something like “days gone by,” and is sung as a symbol of being with friends on that night. Poet Robert Burns wrote it down from the traditional ballad in the late 18th century and the tradition continues ...

Denver area celebrations are extensive, including major hotels and restaurants across the metro area — one will want to be sure of a reservation wherever one chooses to go — and there are gatherings, concerts and more, if one is looking to be with many others — or perhaps a sip of bubbly at home with family or friends is one’s choice. Or perhaps a movie and a nice late supper. Foods served often include legumes: black-

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Lush - Snail Mail Its encouraging to know that after more than 50 years as a cultural force, rock music still is home to random band names that don’t make a lick of sense. But don’t let the fact that 19-year-old Lindsey Jordan records under the goofy name of Snail Mail distract you from the fact that she’s a guitar hero for a new generation.

“Lush,” the debut album from Snail Mail, is an astoundingly assured and

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eyed peas, lentils, etc., because they resemble coins. Some countries feature pork (Cuba, Austria, Italy) and others enjoy ring-shaped cakes (Netherlands, Mexico, Greece, etc.)

Many area choices assume a fairly fat wallet.

• A personal favorite near home is the family-friendly free fireworks display on Denver’s 16th Street Mall, if weather is decent. A stunning display is shot from the roofs of tall buildings at 9 p.m. and again at midnight, spilling over the dark facades with a blaze of color. Families with children might want to enjoy a sweet treat first and get established at a good vantage point to

watch — somewhere between 15th and 17th streets … Parking is of course an issue — consider arrival by light rail.

Some may wish to enjoy the Colorado Symphony’s early program of Viennese music first, then walk over to 16th. And there are three parties at Union Station: Great Hall. Lower Level and Cooper Lounge — reservations required in all — 720-460-3738.

• Also downtown: The Decadence NYE Party at the Colorado Convention Center (two nights, Dec. 30 and 31); Resolution NYE at McNichols Civic Center Building, where there is a view of fireworks (tickets start at $119); White Rose Gala at the Ellie

lovely 10-track affair. Each entry is startlingly intimate entry of an audio journal, where Jordan explores love and life and the sadness that often comes from both. Jordan also proves herself a wicked-sly guitar player, layering solos and licks into her moody alt-rock missives. If you think rock is dead, put this album on before you record time of death.

Yet New York’s Wild Pink manage to do just that on “Yolk in the Fur.” The group’s debut was a clever, but fairly routine indie rock record. But on “Yolk,” they embrace the kind of heartland rock that has made groups like The War on Drugs top draws at festivals all over the country. Wild Pink washes their songs in shimmering acoustic guitars, quicksilver solos and echoing vocal work. The end result is a transporting interior journey.

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Caulkins Opera House, Denver Center Performing Arts (charity event, live music, costumes, usually sells out — “Great Gatsby” theme); NYE at the Fillmore Auditorium with Sound Tribe Sector Nine; and a short drive north, String Cheese Incident plays at 1st Bank Center in Broomfield. The Sherman Street Event Center holds a black tie party with live bands.

• Children have a chance to celebrate at the Children’s Museum (9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with ball drops and count downs) and there is skating at the downtown Demver rink at Skyline Park — free if you bring skates. The Bemis Library in Littleton also has a Noon Year’s Eve, for kids and families-reservations needed, 303-795-3961. In Denver, enjoy Zoo Year’s Eve and Zoo Lights, Blossoms of Light at Denver Botanic Gardens and a carousel at the Denver Pavilions ($3).

• A new event for Littleton Symphony is “A Night in Vienna,” a concert with “waltzes, polkas and maybe an overture or two” at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 31 at Littleton United Methodist Church, 5894 S. Datura St., Littleton. Tickets: $35/$15, littletonsymphony.org, 303933-6824.

• Hudson Gardens’ lighted trees and buildings, “A Hudson Christmas,” draw families who may want to close up with hot chocolate. 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. ($10.50/$8, free 3 and under.)

• Bar Louies across the area, including the one at Belmar in Lakewood, 7111 W. Alaska Dr., will host parties as well. Details and ticket costs may differ by location.

Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert and early Taylor Swift ignored the bro-culture of the genre, and instead mined their lives for songs about love, the challenges facing small communities and much more.

On her second album, Ashely McBryde proves herself a worthy continuation of this line of performers. “A Little Dive Bar in Dahlonega,” is one of the most honest songs about feeling lost I’ve heard from any performer, and that’s just one of 11 gems on this treasure-trove. Dig in.

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THINGS to DO

THEATER

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

MUSIC

Music from Time of War, 1914-1918: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Main Stage Theatre at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Call 720898-7200 or go to www.arvadacenter.org. Part of the Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel series. Next concert is “The Intimate Beethoven,” Wednesday, Jan. 9.

Coffee Concerts with Jeffrey Siegel: casual, one-hour shows that feature musical selections from Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations series. Shows begin at 11 a.m. in the Main Stage Theatre at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Call 720-898-7200 or go to http://arvadacenter.org/ jeffrey-siegel-coffee-concerts.

Next concert is Wednesday, Jan. 9, “The Immortal Melodies of Franz Schubert.”

Live Music: Michael Shainline and Roberta Holbrook: 2-3 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 12 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Local artists playing acoustic music.

ART

Holiday Art Market: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 30 at Foothills Art Center, 809 Fifteenth St., Golden. Colorado artists will sell handcrafted items. Go to www.foothillsartcenter.org

EVENTS

Winter Break Fun, Movies: “Incredibles 2” 1-3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28; 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2 (Movie: ‘Hotel Transylvania 3, Summer Vacation’); 2:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3 (Lego Contest build day); and 1-3 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 4 (Movie, ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’) at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada.

Call 303-235-5275 or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org.

Winter Break Fun: Laser Tag: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

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this week’s TOP FIVE New Year’s Eve Celebrations: Noon Year’s Eve from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31 at Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Refreshments, party favors, crafts and dancing. Count down at noon. New Year’s Eve Celebration from 2-3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. It’s midnight in Moscow, Ankara and Baghdad. Celebrate with balloons, bubbles, drinks (sparking apple juice for toasts), songs and more. Call 303-235-5275 or go to www. jeffcolibrary.org. A family-friendly New Year’s Eve celebration is Monday, Dec. 31 at Steuben’s Arvada, 7355 Ralston Road. Champagne/sparkling cider toasts at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Food and drink menus. Table-side magician. Contact 303-8300096.

DUG Grow a Garden: Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., is a Denver Urban Gardens site.

Sign up for Grow a Garden from Jan. 2-31. Eligible participants can select up to ten seed packets and five two-packs of seedlings and attend gardening workshops. Ask a librarian for assistance. Program ensures that in-need individuals, families, seniors and groups have access to the necessary seeds, seedlings and education to grow a successful, productive vegetable garden and improve local food security for program participants. Call 303235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

N.E.W. Connection: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. N.E.W. stands for Networking Experienced Workers. Group for job seekers, employers, and entrepreneurs.

Yarn and Needle Arts: Famous People that do Needle Arts: 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-2355275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Coordinator Neila Achter leads monthly meeting. Each month has a different focus.

Let’s Dance: 11:15-11:45 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Keep the fun going with 1000 Books Before Kindergarten.

Lego Contest: Scenes from a Book: 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Celebrate this two-time “Toy of the Century” by creating a scene from a book.

“She Loves Me”: romantic comedy with touch of old-world innocence and elegance. Showing Jan. 4-20 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Presented by Performance Now. Call 303-987-7845 or go to www.performancenow.org.

Find Hidden Genealogical Gems: 1-2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 9 at Applewood Valley United Methodist Church, 2035 Ellis St., Golden. Research at local historical or genealogical societies can provide a wealth of information but sources may not be obvious. Nancy Young’s presentation, Research in Local Historical Archives, will provide a foundation for research addressing both the pitfalls to be avoided and the insights to be gained.

Presented by Foothills Genealogical Society. Go to www.foothillsgenealogy.org.

TOPS Open House: 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 at Community in Christ Lutheran Brethren Church, 12229 W. 80th Ave., Arvada. Find out how you can Take Off Pounds Sensibly. Listen to a panel discussion from members as they share their weight loss journey.

Questions encouraged. Call 720-244-2473.

Teen Time: Emoji Felt Pillows: 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-2355275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary. org. Use felt to make customized emoji pillows.

Book Group & Author Visit: Helen Stark: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Stark will discuss her Annie Collins Mystery series.

Teen Writing Group: 4-5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Call 303-235-5275 or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org. Hang out with a writing-enthusiastic teens, share your work or listen to another.

Canine Conversations: Brain Games: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org. Jennifer Skiba of Namastay Training leads discussions about relationships with your pets.

Community Recreation Center Welcome: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 at the Community Recreation Center, 6842 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Call 303425-9583 or go to www.apexprd. org. Discover the opportunities at the recreation center.

Olde Town Photographic Society: 6:30-8 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 9 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary. org. Each session features a different discussion topic or brief workshop with time to share your images, ask questions, and give and receive feedback.

HEALTH

Memory Café: 1-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave.,; and 1-2:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. For people living with memory loss and their caregivers.

School of Mines Winter Break Camps: Jan. 2-4. Morning session is Native American Games and Toys; afternoon session is Pioneer Games and Toys. Presented by the Academies for Young Minds.

Go to https://students.csmspace. com for descriptions of each camp, times and dates, information about each camp leader, and more. To register, go to https:// students.csmspace.com Hard Times Writing Workshop: 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada. Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org. Writing prompts, tools and refreshments provided.

Chicago: Biography of a City: 3-4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3 at Applewood Place, 2800 Youngfield St., Lakewood. Active Minds program on the story of the Windy City.

Seating is limited. Call 303-2334343 to RSVP. Discovery Play: 9:15-10:15 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 5 at the Arvada Library, 7525 W. 57th Ave., Arvada.

Call 303-235-5275 or visit www. jeffcolibrary.org. Keep the fun going with 1000 Books Before Kindergarten.

Drop-In Tech Help: 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Jan. 7 at Wheat Ridge Library, 5475 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge.

Get personalized technology assistance and instruction from one of our experts on your own device or a library computer.

Call 303-235-5275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Exploring the Great Ideas: Idea of Quantity from the Syntopicon: 2-3:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11 at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. Call 303-2355275 or visit www.jeffcolibrary. org. Meet new friends and keep your mind sharp as you explore fascinating philosophical topics together.

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

EDUCATION

Discovery Play: 11:15 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 28 at Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada.

Songs, stories and hands-on fun with STEM skills. Call 303-2355275 or go to www.jeffcolibrary.org.

Editor’s note: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. To place a calendar item, go to eventlink. coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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In its lifetime, Heritage Square, a once-popular entertainment and tourist destination, boasted a Victorian-themed shopping village, the Heritage Square Opera House and the Alpine Slide.

The company Martin Marietta bought Heritage Square in Dec. 2011 and announced plans to close its commercial portion in February 2015. By that fall, most of the businesses had closed and demolition of many of the buildings began early 2016. Martin Marietta has yet to reveal its future plans for the site.

On Sept. 15, Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge — a 5,000-acre area of open land bordered by Broomfield, Boulder and Jefferson counties managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — opened to the public.

However, a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that was filed in May is ongoing.

The plaintiffs, five citizen groups, are Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center, Rock Flats Right to Know, Candelas Glows/Rocky Flats Glows, Rocky Flats Neighborhood Association and Environmental Information Network.

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The site operated as a nuclear weapons plant from 1952 until 1989, when the FBI raided Rocky Flats to investigate allegations of environmental violations. Decommissioning of the plant happened in 1992 and a few years later, a $7 billion cleanup effort began.

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SPORTS

For football, a new class could be in session

Wheat Ridge wraps up OT win over Lakewood

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LAKEWOOD — Wheat Ridge senior Isaiah Lucero handed out maybe his most important gift of the holiday season on the basketball court Dec. 19.

Lucero snagged a rebound under the basket, but instead of forcing up a shot with a pair of Lakewood defenders hanging on him the senior had the sense to shovel the ball to teammate Julian Claussen.

“That was an amazing pass,” said Claussen, who made the only field goal during overtime off Lucero’s assist. “I didn’t even see it coming. That was a great pass by him.”

Claussen’s bucket gave the Farmers a 70-68 lead was just more than a minute to play in the first overtime period at Lakewood High School.

Wheat Ridge was able to hang on for a 73-69 victory thanks to a pair of free throws by Lucero and one by sophomore Dominic Cross in the final minute.

“It was perfect timing,” Lucero said of the key offensive rebound and assist. “I looked up and saw Julian.”

Lucero finished with a dozen points as Wheat Ridge (6-1 record) won its fifth straight game and reached six victories before the winter break for the first time in at least a decade.

“I thought Isaiah had a really good game. He came in there and sparked us,” Wheat Ridge coach Tommy Dowd said. “That is the nice thing Wheat Ridge senior Blair McVicker (2) races to the basket in front of Lakewood senior Omar Vargas (0) and sophomore Michael Bennett (3) as the old Jeffco rivalry was renewed Dec. 19 at Lakewood High School.

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Wheat Ridge junior Dominic Bronk (00) splits Lakewood senior Calvin Cordova, left, and Michael Bennett during a drive to the basket during the second half Dec. 19 at Lakewood High School. The Farmers rallied from an 18-point deficit in the third quarter to take an eventual 73-69 overtime win.

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Claussen led all scorers with 23 points. Senior Blair McVicker (15 points) and junior Dominic Bronk (13 points) also finished in double-digits for the Farmers.

It didn’t look good midway through the third quarter for Wheat Ridge.

Lakewood (4-5) held a 51-33 lead with seniors Omar Vargas (17 points) and Pierce Holley (17 points), along with sophomore Addison Reddinger (12 points) leading the way.

“We went to playing defense and stopped standing around,” Dowd said of how the Farmers turned an 18-point deficit into an eventual overtime victory. “Our guys picked it

up man-to-man and got up into them.

Lakewood has a couple of good players and we had to make them shoot over us.”

Vargas and Holley were limited to 10 points combined in the second half.

“At halftime we talked about those two (Vargas and Holley) were just killing us,” Lucero said. “In the second half our mindset switched and we just locked them down.”

It’s the second time early this season that Wheat Ridge has fought its way to an overtime road victory against a 5A Jeffco team. The Farmers edged Pomona 80-73 in overtime two weeks ago.

Wheat Ridge was right back on the courtthe next day, headed to Loveland to face Class 3A’s Resurrection Christian, coached by former Green Mountain High School coach Bruce Dick.

“It’s big. We are going to need it going into break,” Lucero said of the importance of Thursday’s road game against Resurrection Christian. “After break we’ll go back to work.”

Lakewood has a break with not playing until after winter break. The Tigers play three straight road games to start the new year, beginning with Vista PEAK on Jan. 8.

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

new year is approaching and a change could be imminent for the Colorado High School Activities Association’s big-school football playoffs.

CHSAANow.com reported that admin- OVERTIME istrators from large schools around the state have proposed a plan creating a 6A bracket for the state playoffs that could help with the inequity in the Class 5A playoffs.

According to Jim Benton CHSAANow.com, a total of 12 teams have made the 5A quarterfinals since 2014 and five programs have made it to the quarters all five seasons. Two other schools have advanced to the quarters four of five seasons and two others have gone three times in five seasons.

This is in contrast to 4A, where one team has been a quarterfinalist the past five years.

One idea that will be considered, and one that I like, is all teams would be 5A during the regular season and no league changes would be required.

At the end of the regular season, teams that finish first through eighth in the 5A RPI rankings would go into a 6A bracket for the playoffs and teams 9-24 would be in a 5A bracket and play for the state championship.

The details of the selection criteria need to be resolved, but the new Composite Ranking System recommended for seeding by the football committee could be used. That system employs four data sources: RPI, MaxPreps rankings, Packard rankings and a coaches’ poll.

Jim Thyfault, executive director of athletics and activities for Jeffco Public Schools, was one of the administrators in the meeting who discussed the new 6A playoff bracket idea, along with several other items.

“Due to traveling to meetings and conferences the past couple weeks, we have not been able to meet specifically with our coaches,” he said. “We will be taking a hard look at this idea once we return from the holiday break. There are other factors to this as well, like the 2A, 3A and 4A wanting a bottom-10 league also that we need to consider.

As a district, it is important that we maintain a big picture view and not just get focused on 8-10 teams.”

Smoky Hill this season was undefeated and won the 5A bottom 10 League created for struggling football schools that ranked low in the RPI standings. Smoky Hill qualified for the state playoffs in 2018 after winning a combined eight games in five seasons.

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The football committee will continue to debate the idea and get input from the membership before anything is proposed for the future classification system to the Legislative Council for approval in April.

“It is a step in the right direction,” said ThunderRidge coach Doug Nisenson, who has rebuilt the Grizzlies’ program after a couple down seasons.

“We are going to have to try things that not everyone sees as the perfect solution if we want to truly fix the problems facing 5A football. The perfect solution to one school is not to another so there will always have to be compromise. I do think it is a fair argument that it will not fix the main problems with 5A football, but it is a start.”

In last season’s 5A playoffs, 24 teams made the bracket, with the top eight seeds getting first-round byes. Just to show the difference in programs, the average margin of victory in firstround games was 18.5 points.

With the top eight teams playing in the second round, that average victory margin soared to 32.5 points. The quarterfinals had a 16.5 average victory margin and the semifinals were the most competitive and entertaining with the two games decided by five points.

Many coaches favor the new idea.

Castle View won one game in 2017 but was seeded 14th in the 2018 playoffs. The Sabercats won a first-round game but lost to state runner-up Cherry Creek, 41-14, in the second round.

“The last 10 years, 5A football has been dominated by five or six schools,” said Castle View coach Todd Casebier.

“This trend isn’t going to be changing anytime soon. I think this is a great idea.

“I love the idea that other teams will have an opportunity to play in the final four or beyond. If you take out the dominant schools, the majority of 5A is similar. We can have a great 16-team playoff and the dominant teams will play each other just as they do now.

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year any of us have a special team, we will have a chance to play in the 6A playoffs.”

ThunderRidge was seeded eighth, got a first-round bye and edged Fairview in the second round before losing to state champion Valor Christian, 30-17, in the quarterfinals.

“I do think it is a fair argument that it (new idea) will not fix the main problems with 5A football, but it is a start,” added Nisenson.

There are skeptics who say there will be variables because of injured players returning and teams possibly wanting to avoid the dominant teams.

If a team is ranked eighth heading into the final week, it could be better not to go all out and maybe slip in the rankings to get a high seed in the 5A playoffs instead of going in eighth in the 6A bracket and having to face Valor Christian or another powerful opponent.

“I know we would never do that but some team might,” said Casebier. “I think it would be cool to be in the top eight and something we would hope to achieve.”

Nisenson doesn’t buy the idea that coaches would tank a game to stay in the 5A playoffs.

“Seniors only get 10 regular-season games and I don’t see coaches or players being willing to sacrifice one of those,” he said. “I also do not agree with the argument that this format would make the 5A champion the ninth place team. We do not look at the 4A champion as the 41st place team.

“The seven and eight seeds in the proposed 6A playoffs are not going to be in any different position than they are now. Yes, they may lose in round one or two instead of maybe winning the 5A championships but this is still something that can help build and sustain a program. In terms of what a program looks like from the outside to student athletes who are picking and choosing where they will play, it is a positive to be seen as a 6A playoff team.”

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

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