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Arvada announces watering restrictions Changes prompted by maintenance on Ralston Reservoir STAFF REPORT

tors laid the blame for the April 25, 2019, accident on bad decisions made by Aguilera-Maderos.

Both sides agree that brake failure caused the accident, but prosecutors pointed to video footage captured by other drivers of Aguilera-Maderos’ driving before the accident happened, as evidence that the deadly crash could have

Due to repairs necessitating the draining of Ralston Reservoir, the City of Arvada announced watering restrictions for residents that went into effect on Oct. 2 and become more severe on Oct. 15.

Between now and Oct. 15, the city is asking residents to water only on Saturday, Monday and Wednesday if their property ends in an odd number, and to water on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday if their property ends in an even number.

During this period, the city stated that annuals and vegetables may be watered any day using drip irrigation or hand-held watering.

After Oct. 15, all outdoor watering besides hand-held watering and sprinkler blowouts must end.

Residents with newly planted seed or sod may water new turf as needed for up to 21 days but are asked to only hand-water after that period.

Arvada’s Infrastructure Communications Manager Rachael Kuroiwa said the restrictions are caused by the current extended period of hot and dry weather conditions and the need to replace a valve at Ralston Reservoir.

“There is a valve that is past its useable life that needs to be replaced in the reservoir and (Denver Water) has to drain the reservoir to get to the vale piece,” said Kuroiwa. “It will be offline for somewhere between six to nine months, and that includes draining, doing the work and then refilling the reservoir.”

Kuroiwa said work on the reservoir begins this month. She added that a new raw water pump station

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Mural of Johnny Hurley outside the Rocky Mountain Commissary by Denver-based artist Grow Love.

PHOTO BY RYAN DUNN

Mural commemorates Johnny Hurley Commissary co-workers remember Olde Town shooting hero

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A large mural depicting Johnny Hurley — the ‘Good Samaritan’ who intervened in the June 21 Olde Town Arvada shooting and likely prevented a larger loss of life — was painted on the back wall of

the Rocky Mountain Commissary; Hurley’s former place of employment.

The mural was painted by Denver-based artist Grow Love — also a founder of the Babe Walls Mural Festival which was held in Arvada in July — after the Commissary’s owner reached out through a mutual connection. The mural was completed over the course of three days between Sept. 20 and Sept. 23.

Grow Love said they spoke to Hurley’s friends and family members and watched a YouTube documentary on the shooting to better

connect with the mural’s subject.

“I don’t choose a project unless I feel like I can connect with it and that there is some deeper meaning that can be had and some healing that can be felt in the community in which I’m creating the artwork,” said Love. “I started thinking of ideas and doing research at the end of July and ended up changing it to the very end because people were coming up to me and explaining their relationships with him and what was important. So, it was an SEE MURAL, P5

Trial begins for Texas trucker charged in fiery I-70 crash Prosecutors say bad decisions to blame for deadly pile-up

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Opening statements in the trial for Rogel Aguilera-Maderos, the

truck driver charged in a deadly crash that killed four people on eastbound I-70 in 2019, got underway Sept. 28.

Aguilera-Maderos, facing a total of 41 counts, including vehicular homicide, had previously plead not-guilty to all charges. He was hauling a load of lumber from Wyoming to Texas when the crash occurred.

In opening arguments, prosecu-

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October 7, 2021

Redistricting panel sends congressional map forward Commission approves plan by 11-1 vote on deadline

BY SANDRA FISH, THY VO, AND JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

The 12 members of Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission agreed on an overhaul of the state’s U.S. House districts Sept. 28 in a vote taken minutes before a self-imposed deadline.

The map would create three safe seats for Democrats, three safe seats for Republicans and two seats that could go either way.

Under the plan, the Adams County cities of Northglenn, Thornton, Commerce City and Brighton would be part of the brand-new 8th Congressional District, as would most of Westminster and the Weld County city of Fort Lupton.

The plan would leave virtually all of Douglas and Elbert counties where they are now, in the 4th Congressional District. The populated western sections of Arapahoe County, including Littleton, Englewood and Centennial, would be in the 6th District along with adjacent areas of Jefferson County, like Ken Caryl and Columbine.

Most of Jefferson County would be in the 7th Congressional District, while Clear Creek County would be assigned to the 2nd District.

The proposal was approved by an

The final proposed map of congressional districts in metro Denver counties, adopted Sept. 28 by Colorado’s Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission. The map is now before the Colorado Supreme Court for approval.

MAP BY COLORADO INDEPENDENT CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING COMMISSION

11-1 vote just before midnight after seven rounds of voting and hours of contentious debate. The map was sent to the Colorado Supreme Court, which could adopt the plan

by Nov. 1 or send it back to the com-

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mission for revisions. Legal challenges are expected.

The map being sent to the court is an amended version of a staff plan released earlier in September.

It received votes from three Democrats, four Republicans and four unaffiliated commissioners on the 12-member panel.

Democratic Commissioner Simon Tafoya, a Denver Democrat, was the lone vote against sending the proposal to the Supreme Court.

Eight votes, including from two unaffiliated commissioners, were required for the map to be approved.

“Despite the proverbial bumps in the road, … together we have changed the course of congressional redistricting in Colorado, and provide an example for the rest of the country,” said a tearful Commissioner Lori Schell, an unaffiliated voter from Durango.

The map, should it be approved by the court, will be used in the 2022 congressional elections in Colorado, the outcomes of which could determine partisan control of the U.S. House. Democrats currently control four of Colorado’s seven congressional seats.

The most competitive district under the new map would be the new, heavily Hispanic 8th District based in the north Denver metro area and stretching into Greeley.

Democrats would have a 1.3 percentage point advantage in the district, based on the results of eight statewide races between 2016 and 2020.

Colorado’s seven incumbent U.S. House members would still live in their respective districts under the proposal, though in some instances those districts would be vastly different.

Meanwhile, some announced and potential 2022 congressional candidates in Colorado will find their homes drawn into the districts they

were planning to run to represent, while others won’t.

Here’s a look at the eight districts in the new map: The 1st District would continue to be Denver-centric and a safe Democratic district for Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette.

The 2nd District would cover the northwest Colorado counties of Routt, Jackson, Larimer, Grand, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jackson and Summit, and also include most of Boulder and Eagle counties. It would also include parts of Weld County and more than 1,800 people from Jefferson County. It would be a safe Democratic district for incumbent U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, a Lafayette Democrat.

The 3rd District would include most of the Western Slope and southern Colorado, including Pueblo. U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, a Garfield County Republican who represents the district, would have a solid 9.3 percentage point advantage, per historic results. Democratic state Sen. Kerry Donovan of Vail, who is running to unseat Boebert, would live in the 2nd District.

The 4th District would be compromised of Douglas County, including Castle Rock, as well as Loveland and other parts of Larimer County.

The Eastern Plains, including Weld County and eastern Adams and Arapahoe counties, would also be in the district, which would remain a safe district for Republican Rep. Ken Buck, of Windsor.

The 5th District would be centered in Colorado Springs, including military bases in El Paso County, and would remain a safe Republican seat for U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn.

The 6th District would remain anchored in Aurora and include much of Arapahoe County, as well as parts of Adams, Jefferson and Douglas counties. It would remain a safe Democratic district for U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, of Centennial.

The 7th District would be a reconfigured, competitive district including much of Jefferson County but also Lake, Park, Teller, Chaffee, Custer and Fremont counties in the central mountains. Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, of Arvada, currently represents the district.

A potential Republican challenger, state Rep. Colin Larson, of Ken Caryl, would be just across the border in the 6th District, though members of Congress don’t have to live in the district they represent.

The new 8th District would include the north Denver suburbs of Thornton, Commerce City, Brighton and Northglenn, as well as most of Westminster and all of Greeley. Democratic state Rep. Yadira Caraveo, of Thornton, has already announced her bid for the seat, but the competitive nature of the seat is sure to entice Republican challengers.

Mark Harden of Colorado Community Media contributed to this story.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com.

The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

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October 7, 2021

New child care center at RRCC Full-day early ed site now at Lakewood campus STAFF REPORT

A recent generous grant of $40,000 from the Buell Foundation will support the operations of the Children’s Center at Red Rocks Community College (RRCC).

Established in 1998, the Children’s Center mission is to support children as they learn about and discover their own uniqueness in a rich, caring, loving, and safe environment. “The Children’s Center staff and families are thrilled and grateful to be recipients of and be partnering with the Buell Foundation to provide the best possible

early care and education to the diverse families that we serve,” says Susan Padgett, Director of the Children’s Center.

An auxiliary program of RRCC, the Center is located inside the college’s main Lakewood campus and accepts children of the college’s students, faculty, staff, as well as the general community.

The Center is a full-day early education site serving young children ages 18 months through age five, and in a typical year, maintains a daily enrollment of 54 children and serves a total of 70 families.

“The Buell Foundation clearly understands the important role that quality childcare plays in the success of students and in supporting area working families.

Quality early childhood education

has a life-long positive impact on our children. The Foundation is incredibly grateful for their on-going support of operations to keep quality childcare accessible for area families,” Angela King, the executive director of institutional advancement at RRCC said in a statement.

New scholarship Red Rocks Community College has announced the Shelby and Cody Allen Memorial Scholarship to pay tribute to the firefighting couple that tragically lost their lives to carbon monoxide poisoning at their home in Dec. 2020.

Shelby Allen, 27, and Cody Allen, 29, worked at the Central City Fire Department, where Cody served as a lieutenant and Shelby

Allen volunteered as a firefighter.

The annual scholarship will be awarded in the Fall of 2022 semester. A call for applications will open up mid-November via the RRCC Foundation.

“This was a tragedy for our entire community. This scholarship allows us to educate the next generation of firefighters in Cody and Shelby’s memory.”, Chief Gary Allen said.

The scholarship is being funded in its initial year by the Knox Company, a Phoenix-based company that specializes in rapid access solutions for first responders.

“Everything we design and manufacture at Knox has the purpose of increasing firefighter safety, SEE RRCC, P10

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What Are the Most Common Foundation Problems You Might Encounter in a Home? cracking and losing its structural integrity. Just because a foundation may be slightly out of plumb, however, does not necessarily mean it needs repair.

Although it stands to reason that a bowing wall is easier and more affordable to correct than one that has flexed to the point of cracking, the repair process is roughly the same and just as expensive.

Water intrusion is a pervasive issue.

Water can enter the basement through cracks in the concrete or directly through the pores of undamaged concrete.

(Because concrete is porous, it’s a common practice during construction to seal the outside of the foundation with a black coating which you may have observed.)

While you’re inspecting a home, make sure you pay attention to visible water in the basement, musty odors, visible mold growth, noticeably damp air, and efflorescence on the walls. Efflorescence is a white, powdery substance that gets left behind by intruding water, and it’s a clear indication that moisture is making its way into the under-home area.

When basement walls have been finished, it’s not possible to observe any cracks within a foundation wall. However, there are usually other indicators that may be visible, such as certain windows with cracked glass or that are difficult to open and close, interior doors that rub on the frame or will not close, irregular This lovely maintenance-free patio home with a 2-car cracking within the walls or ceilings and/

Understanding the most common foundation problems and knowing the underlying cause of each will help you make an informed buying decision. Below are the most prevalent foundation problems according to professionals I’ve spoken with.

Every home foundation cracks at some point. Most homes have hairline cracks that formed during the natural settling process of the concrete after the foundation was poured. These appear as very thin fissures running vertically up and down the foundation walls. Generally speaking, these gaps are harmless, although most homeowners choose to seal them to keep water and moisture from seeping through.

Horizontal or stair-step cracks on the basement walls of a home are far more problematic. If you discover these during a walk-through of a property you’re interested in, you should know that you might need to pay for stabilization and repair in the future.

Horizontal cracks on the foundation walls develop when the pressure from the soil outside becomes too intense for the concrete to resist. This is a common occurrence in our area because the soil often

contains clay and bentonite, both of which are more absorbent than other types of soil, and expand when they get wet.

We can expect up to 60 inches of snow each year, and when this snow melts, the soil around your home gets saturated. The highly absorbent clay can expand, at which point it puts intense stress on your concrete walls, sometimes causing them to crack.

Stair-step cracks occur most often because of the differential settling which occurs when different parts of the earth beneath a home get wet and dry out at different rates. This is typical in an area like ours, where the soil can expand rapidly even from being introduced to minimal amounts of runoff.

Eventually, an unsupported section of a foundation cracks away from the rest of the home and leaves a step-shaped crack, which usually indicates structural damage.

Concrete is relatively rigid, but an eight-foot wall can flex slightly before cracking under the pressure from the soil outside. If there are signs that they’re bowing inward, the wall is at risk of

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or under windows or around door framing, sloped floors, etc.. These are a few conditions that could be an indicator of a potential foundation issue.

Homes with cinder block, brick or rock foundations are far more susceptible to water damage and/or movement from expansive soils as they are unreinforced and utilize older technology.

Also worth inspecting is proper drainage, downspout extensions and inadequately designed or improperly installed gutter systems, vegetation (trees, shrubs, grass, etc.), sprinkler systems and planters, etc. All of the aforementioned could cause cracks in a foundation.

No one should buy a home without hiring a professional inspector, even if you have waived some of your rights to demand repairs. A professional inspector is typically not a structural engineer, but he/she will recognize indicators that you should hire a structural engineer to make a separate assessment of the foundation.

When you’re purchasing a home, you should be confident that it’s structurally sound and won’t end up costing you thousands of dollars in repairs.

Ava Tamber of Regional Foundation Repair and Jim Camp (my favorite home inspector) assisted me with this article.

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October 7, 2021

Changes to bus and food service for Jeffco Schools Nationwide staffing problem affecting students, families close to home

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On Sept. 30, Jefferson County Schools released a community update saying Transportation staff was down over 28% — more than 80 drivers— placing them at a critical level.

The District said since the beginning of the school year some bus routes have been cancelled with 12 hours or less notice, creating problems for families who haven’t had time to rearrange their schedules.

Rather than continue this practice, they will temporarily suspend all bus routes for certain option schools and selected bus routes in north and west areas beginning

Oct. 4.

The district said schools and familes have been that will be affected have already been notified about the cancellations.

Bus service to Fletcher Miller School, Sobesky Academy and Connections Learning Center will not be disrupted because they serve students with disabilities that require transportation.

Transportation service for students with disabilities who have an IEP with transportation will also not have an interruption to bus service.

Warren Tech campuses will continue to receive midday (9 a.m. - 1 p.m.) transportation shuttle service.

Outdoor Lab Schools will not face disruption of service due to the hours of operation.

Bus service for field trips will be not be interrupted.

The district says the plan is to re-establish suspended routes as new drivers are hired and trained.

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Neighborhood schools will receive priority as routes are reinstated.

The District’s Executive Director of Media Relations and Public Information Cameron Bell said as of Sept. 28, Jeffco Schools were also short 96 food service workers, 73 ParaEducators/tutors (special education), 46 paraprofessionals and 76 custodial workers.

Food and Nutrition Services According to the Sept. 30 update, Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) will work directly with schools impacted by necessary changes to food service and will communicate changes to families. There are currently three potential scenarios: Scenario 1: Kitchen site has no FNS staff available to operate the kitchen.

In this case, a modified menu of pre-made meal kits that contain all necessary meal components (except milk) will be provided with staff distributing meals. No a la cart food will be sold.

Scenario 2: Kitchen site operating with one hourly employee without kitchen manager.

In this case, the school will provide support and staff to single FNS employees with meal counting and distribution. One or a combination of the menu options composed of individually wrapped components (with no preparation needed) to make a full meal may be implemented to simplify meal service. No a la cart food will be sold.

Scenario 3: Kitchen site operating with a limited number of employees, but volume has increased to a point staff can’t sustain traditional menu and service.

In this case, the school will provide support and staff to FNS employees in meal distribution on site. One or a combination of the menu options composed of individually wrapped components (with no preparation needed) to make a full meal may be implemented to simplify meal service. No a la cart food will be sold.

Substitutes and more As for substitute teachers, Bell said she didn’t have specific data at this time, but anecdotally, she thinks the district is seeing a shortage in this area as well.

When a substitute job is not filled on a given day, each school handles it in a way that best fits their needs and community. Bell said often that might be those students in the class without a sub split up and spend the day in the other classes, or licensed staff in the building who don’t normally have an assigned class (like the instructional coach or the special education teacher) have to take the class for the day, thus changing their own scheduled services.

Bell said the District has several measures underway to improve the staffing situation.

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MURAL FROM PAGE 1

evolving, organic process.”

The completed mural depicts three scenes; Hurley staring off into the distance with letters floating around him meant to signify his writing and passion for writing letters, Hurley at an event in Denver he organized to spread peace and hope with a sign that reads `Everything is OK’ and Hurley drumming, in a nod to his love of music.

Grow Love said they hope their mural can bring healing to Hurley’s loved ones and the local community.

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“The transportation terminal teams worked all summer spending time at community events sharing information and details about working as a driver for Jeffco; have held open houses and job fairs at the terminals; have posted information all over the county — on social media, in our community newsletters — and have engaged in dozens of interviews for the local media (trying to spread the word),” she said. “And they have made connections to community groups who do work to employ people in Jefferson County. They also are working with an agency that works specifically to employ CDL-qualified drivers.”

“It’s huge to be able to do this,” said Love. “Doing this for a community and a family that have been devastated by what happened, I think it can bring healing, and that’s the goal. What he did, what he brought to the world will always be remembered.”

Co-workers remember ‘sweet, kind person’ Hurley worked in the Commissary, a shared kitchen which serves many local catering companies, for All Love Catering between 2018 and 2020. When All Love was forced to closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hurley kept going to the commissary, helping out and taking odd jobs when he could.

She said Food & Nutrition Services has done much of the same. Both groups have also provided recruitment information and materials for schools to share directly with their own parent and community population, and have included items about this in all of their community newsletters that go out to over 125,000 people.

The District has also had multiple job fairs specifically to fill support positions all over Jeffco. Bell said attendance has been low, but they’ve gained a few new staff members as a result. She said schools have also shared other openings within their schools directly with their parent/ guardian community in newsletters and on social media.

Picking up the slack While staffing levels are short, Bell

Madalyn Bisque works for Heats Desire Catering and said she interacted with Hurley often at the Commissary.

“He was a sweet, kind, funny person,” said Bisque. “He worked with All Love and then started working different jobs around here when they closed. He’s a big hero and we love him.”

Myra Molina is a baker for Traditions Baking said Hurley often helped to interpret things from Spanish to English for workers at the Commissary.

“He was a very nice, strong young man. Super honest,” said Molina.

“He was helping here to maintain things, helping translate for people in Spanish.”

Molina added that she felt Hurley tried to see the good of people and worked towards building a stronger community.

“He was so warm, and he took a lot of care to make change in the world,” said Molina. “Not just politics and to make people have a conscience, but to have more heart to understand the dynamics of people and build better for the community.”

Bisque said she felt the mural outside the Commissary was an apt way to remember Hurley.

“It’s stunning, it’s absolutely beautiful. I can’t think of a better way to honor (Hurley),” said Bisque.

“It’s the perfect way to honor his memory.”

said current staff is pitching in to make things work in many different capacities.

Schools who are short staff members like paraprofessionals have already modified their structure, planning for time in the school day without those teacher support providers.

So far, Bell said, Jeffco isn’t seeing a significant increase in staff leaving because of the extra workload.

But she said burnout is something they’re looking out for.

“We know our employees are flexible, resilient, and dedicated to serving Jeffco students,” Bell said. “We also know that they demonstrate extraordinary amounts of care for one another each and every day, and will keep working together to move forward and keep the education going.”

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Arvada-Jefferson Kiwanis Club hosts 2nd Annual ‘Tossin’ 4 Tots’ Cornhole tourney benefits local children’s charities STAFF REPORT

For the second year in a row, the Arvada-Jefferson Kiwanis Club held its `Tossin 4 Tot’s’ cornhole tournament fundraiser at the Allen House Pavilion. The Oct. 2 event benefitted local children’s charities. More than 60 attendees came out to try their hand at the popular lawn game and bid on the Kiwanis Club’s silent auction items.

After paying an entry fee, participants were able to enter into a competitive and a noncompetitive division of their choosing. The winners of the competitive bracket were awarded a door prize of Umali, a novelty hip bowling game.

Proceeds from the event went to local children’s charities including Ralston House, Community Table, Mother’s Milk Bank and local Title I schools.

Kiwanis Club President Michael Stahl said the `Tossin’ 4 Tots’

A participant throws a bean bag during the Arvada-Jefferson Kiwanis Club’s Tossin’ 4 Tots event at the Allen House Pavillion.

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event came about last summer as a replacement for the club’s annual

bowling tournament, which had to be shelved due to the COVID-10 pandemic.

“Last year we raised over $7,000, and we have more teams this year

than we did last year,” said Stahl.

“It’s a great opportunity to enjoy a nice sunny afternoon and a sense of community and raise money for the kids.

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“This is a confusing situation, so I understand that keeping track of the details is challenging. I think that where people might start to feel a little bit frustrated is, `Hey, we love our parks in Arvada’ and some parks are going to start being a little bit brown,” said Kuroiwa. “Same with common spaces and open spaces, it might be a little bit challenging to see the grass going dormant or a little bit brown.”

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fter a lot of conversation and debate, the independent congressional redistricting commission adopted a map detailing the districts for Colorado’s eight GUEST congressional districts that looks a COLUMNIST lot like it probably would have if it had been developed under the previous process.

All seven of the current members of Congress (we’re getting an additional member Greg based on ColoRomberg rado’s population growth in the last 10 years) have been drawn into relatively safe districts that are similar to the districts they represent now. The new districts will not change the likelihood of any of them remaining in office.

The new district includes suburbs north of Denver and up to and including Greeley. On paper,

it appears to be competitive, but it will lean Democratic as originally drawn and become more so over the decade it is in use as the area continues to grow.

While the new congressional redistricting commission introduced a dramatically different process, it did virtually nothing to change the criteria. Its membership of three Republicans, three Democrats and three unaffiliated voters applied criteria that districts must be compact, contiguous and made of communities of interest, and created a map that retains the current advantages for the four Democrats and three Republicans who comprise our current congressional delegation and a new district that leans Democratic.

While some people may think Democrats who control our state government would have developed significantly different maps than the independent commission, I don’t think so. And if by chance they did, a lawsuit that the criteria had not been met would likely

have overturned improper new boundaries.

The most interesting impact of the map is that state Sen. Kerry Donovan, the Vail Democrat who is the most viable candidate to replace controversial freshman Rep. Lauren Boebert in the 3rd District, does not live in it. Members of Congress are not required to live within their districts and most of Donovan’s Senate district is in the 3rd, but the Boebert campaign (and Democrats running against Donovan in the primary) will certainly make an issue of where she lives.

Donovan sent an email to supporters Monday saying if the current version of the map is approved, she will suspend fundraising efforts and reconsider whether to continue her campaign.

Boebert’s outrageous positions and behavior make her an attractive target, but the district’s Republican advantage and being a Trump-preferred candidate will benefit her in 2022.

Up next will be maps for the state legislature by a separate in-

dependent commission. The final maps must be approved by Oct. 11.

Because the state must be separated into so many more districts (35 for the state Senate and 65 for the state House), the new maps will likely create more consternation and controversy with substantial impact on specific sitting legislators.

But it will also likely lead to maps that will result in districts in which Democrats maintain their significant majorities in both chambers.

While reasonable people can debate whether the new independent redistricting commissions improved the process for drawing district maps, the fact that the new criteria mirror prior criteria suggest that the new process for congressional districts resulted in final results that are very similar to what the previous process would have produced.

Greg Romberg is president of Romberg and Associates. He lives in Evergreen with his wife, Laurie.

Stray thoughts for a beautiful autumn

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round the Horn.

Which, of course is appropriate, since baseball season just ended.

And it couldn’t have ended soon enough. The loHITTING cal, um, “major league” baseball HOME team ended its season in much the same way the whole year played out: promising start for the offense, strong outing by the starter, offense goes to sleep in the middle innings, bullpen Michael Alcorn comes in and pours gasoline on the fire, capped off with the closer giving up a two-out home run to end the game.

Just ... Ugh. Apparently, I was imprecise with some of my language last week, and I would like to clear that up. In my column, I referred to “juvenile diabetes”; this term is typically used as short hand for Type I Diabetes. What I was referring to in my column was the doubling of Type 2 Diabetes

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in juveniles, which, more precisely, should have been called “pediatric diabetes.” Sorry for the confusion.

That said, in the process of learning about the vernacular, I did come across a couple of scary studies out of England and Italy suggesting that COVID has been linked to sudden onset Type I Diabetes in children. As if this stupid virus didn’t already have enough complications.

COVID-19 might not have the spectacular or gory elements of a Michael Crichton creation, but still, it seems customized to mess with us. Initial presentation mimics other things, random in who gets it and who doesn’t, but fairly specific in who it effects the most; rapidly evolving; highly transmissible; and causes an array of symptoms that seems to grow on a daily basis. And, oh yeah, even when vaccinated, it seems to still be able to do its thing.

Back to the Rockies for a second.

As tough as they are to watch, I do have to give them credit: they ended the season about 13 games better than I thought they would.

They won a lot of games by just

hanging around and then doing something incredible at the last moment, and you can see the lineup for the next few years taking shape right in front of us. They play with a lot of character. And that’s a tribute to the leadership they have on that team, starting with Buddy Black.

It’s a real-world application to the saying: The character of the person defines the leader; the character of the leader defines the organization.

Which brings us to the hopeful dawn of the season for both the Avalanche and the Nuggets. Both have championship aspirations, and that’s a fun place to be in for a fan. What remains to be seen is if the character of those organizations is up to the challenge—they have the talent! Do they have the character…

I have to admit that I took an inordinate pleasure in seeing all of the kids dressed up and out “on the town” at my son’s school’s Homecoming Dance this past weekend. They’ve been deprived of so much that this felt like a good and necessary event for them.

By the way, the argument that it’s important for kids to “learn compassion” by being uncomfortable for the benefit of their elders?

Doesn’t wash. Kids learn compassion by seeing the joys and pains of the peers…as written in their facial expressions!

Also, big “Hats Off” to my little corner of Arvada! Your Halloween spirit is showing strong already!

It’s so festive already that we’ve even had a bear come visit our neck of the woods.

No, seriously — there’s been a bear spotted on the bike path. We love being in Colorado because nature is so close; sometimes, nature decides to get even closer.

Y’all be well this week, and keep your eyes up. You never know what new thing this beautiful autumn is going to show you.

Michael Alcorn is a former teacher and current writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Valkyrie’s Kiss,” a finalist in the ScreenCraft Book Competition, is available now at mjalcorn@comcast.net. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.

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Trammell Crow development deal finalized after years of jostling ‘$30 Land Deal’ project set to break ground Oct. 20

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After years of legal wrangling and local opposition, a deal between developer Trammell Crow and the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority to sell nine acres of land at the intersection of 56th Avenue and Wadsworth Bypass was finalized on Sept. 24. Trammell Crow will hold a groundbreaking for the Residencies at Olde Town Station development on Oct. 20.

The Olde Town Station development is slated to include a six-story building with 252 apartment units and a parking garage, a 128-room hotel and approximately 15,000 square feet of retail space.

The project is known for its association with the `$30 Land Deal,’ a reference to the price that Trammell Crow paid AURA for the property, which was valued at $6 million by the Jefferson County Assessor in 2020.

Arvada City Council voted down the project’s preliminary development plan in Jan. 2018 over parking issues and concerns about the project’s compatibility with Olde Town.

By Feb. 2018, Trammell Crow had informed council that it was working on a revised version of the plan.

The revised development plan was presented in March 2018 and approved on a 6-1 vote.

Citizen action group Arvada for All the People took issue with council’s decision, and opted to sue the city for allegedly violating open meeting laws and violating part of the land development code which reads “if the city council denies an application, that same request or one substantially the same may not be heard by the city council for a period of one year from the date of denial, unless the city council explicitly states that an earlier reapplication will be considered.”

- The code states that the one-year e waiting period does not apply if a developer submits a revised application that addresses all concerns that caused council to originally vote no. However, Arvada for All the People argued in court that

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the revised pan did not address all concerns.

The Jefferson County District Court ruled against Arvada for All the People in March 2019, but the Colorado Court of Appeals reversed a portion of this judgment on May 14, 2020 — ruling that the city council did not violate open meeting laws but did misinterpret the city’s own code when it chose to rehear the plan.

AURA Executive Director Maureen Phair said she was excited to break ground on the project and estimated it would be completed by the end of 2023.

“We’ve been working with Trammell Crow for six years to get this development done and it took a good team of a committed developer and the city and Urban Renewal to make it happen,” said Phair. “And I’m very excited to be at the groundbreaking on Oct. 20 and again at the ribbon cutting in 2023.”

Longtime Arvada resident Harriett Hall, who served on the steering committee of Arvada for All the People, said the long lull between news about the project had given her hope that the project had fallen through.

“I was hopeful that perhaps economically Trammell Crow had decided it didn’t make sense,” said Hall. “And the fact that’s not the kind of housing that Arvada needs — I’m disappointed.

Hall likened Trammell Crow’s planned development to Park Place Olde Town, a similar development near the historic district. She said

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both projects interfere with the sense of history and character of Olde Town.

“People hate it,” said Hall. “No one hates the people that live there, but it’s an eyesore. I was not at all pleased with (the city’s) behavior around this.”

Phair called Trammell Crow a “First-rate developer” and added that the company would be invest-

ing $130 million into the project. She added that she felt the mixed-use development was the best use of the property.

“This is a true mixed-use project that’s at the best transit-oriented development (TOD) site location in the metro area other than Denver’s Union Station because its adjacent to Olde Town, right at the transit stop and along Wadsworth Bypass,” said Phair.

Trammell Crow Senior Managing Director Bill Mosher issued the following statement to the Arvada Press: “High Street Residential, the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Company, is thankful for the opportunity to develop The Residences at Olde Town Station. We recognize this location is unique, as it is within walking distance to Olde Town, the Transit Hub, and minutes to I-70 via Wadsworth Bypass. High Street and our partners are excited to be part of the Olde Town Arvada community.”

The Oct. 20 groundbreaking will be held at the development site located at the intersection of 56th Avenue and Wadsworth Bypass.

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he final stretch of the walk from Denver Union Station to the Buell Public Media Center on 21st and Arapahoe has become a lot shadier ... in a good way.

More than 30 Shumard oak trees line the sidewalk on 21st Street from Lawrence to Larimer. And although they are currently in above-ground tree boxes (i.e., not there permanently ... yet), they are a small part of what city leaders believe will be an enduring, “transformational” addition to Denver: The 5280 Trail.

A project of the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP), the 5280 Trail is a 5.280-mile trail that, once complete, will encircle downtown Denver, connecting neighborhoods and landmarks.

When the design process for the trail began in 2019, it drew comparisons to New York City’s High Line.

In an interview with Rocky Mountain PBS, officials with the DDP said the project that most inspired them was the Cultural Trail in Indianapolis.

The 5280 Trail is designed to connect high-traffic neighborhoods like La Alma/Lincoln Park, Capitol Hill and LoDo, to name a few, while also making stops at popular destinations like Union Station, Coors Field and the Colorado state Capitol.

“We’re in desperate need of open space and park space in our city and near our neighborhoods, and this is really meant to provide that space,” said Andrew Iltis, the director of economic development at DDP. “We began to look around the country to see some really great examples of how these types of trails were being integrated into urban environments,” said Tami Door, DDP’s president and CEO (Door is leaving her post in November).

Door cited four goals that implementing the 5280 Trail would meet: “Creating a mosaic of districts, increasing bike mobility, connecting

The proposed path of the 5280 Trail around downtown Denver.

neighborhoods, (and) creating an outdoor downtown.”

“This is a very big vision,” Door added. “This is the type of infrastructure project that will transform our city and the way our neighborhoods and people connect with each other.”

In terms of the size of the project and how it would change the city’s urban landscape, the 5280 Trail, Door said, is “on par” with the 16th Street Mall.

Projects of this size come with a big price tag and a long timeline.

Though the tree boxes on 21st are emblazoned with “Coming Soon!,” Door told Rocky Mountain PBS the goal is to have the trail totally completed in 10 years, adding that certain sections, including the one on 21st Street, will be entirely built out before then.

As for funding, DDP officials said the 5280 Trail will come to fruition through a combination of public and private dollars. Door said that SEE TRAIL, P15

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One of the many new oak trees that line the sidewalks on 21st Street near the Buell PHOTO BY KYLE COOKE Public Media Center in downtown Denver.

Films search for a way forward at Vail Film Festival COMING ATTRACTIONS

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ovies have never been more accessible than they are right now.

With the constant announcement of new streaming services and studio acquisitions, movies can feel like disposable “content,” instead of projects people pour themselves into for years at a time.

You do not get that feeling at all at the Vail Film Festival. The 18th annual festival, which ran from Thursday, Sept. 23 through Sunday, Sept. 26, featured about 80 films (all streaming online) and I was able to catch 13 during the festival’s four days.

And I felt the dedication and passion in every frame of every film I watched. It was

obvious they were made by people who really, truly wanted to tell their story.

Aside from showcasing works from female filmmakers (a key part of the festival’s modus operandi), a theme I noticed running through everything I saw was people and places trying to forge a path forward in a rapidly changing world.

The topic was dealt with overtly in documentaries like “Gianni Berengo Gardin’s Tale of Two Cities,” “Hog Town,” “Into the Light with Cite Memoire,” “The Revolution Generation” and “The Sound of Us,” all of which chronicle the way real people and communities are working to deal with issues ranging from climate change

to population shifts and healing a divided world.

And then there are films like “D-Rep: Fight for Life,” “Everything in the End,” “Highway One,” “planet b234,” “A Savannah Haunting,” “Voodoo Macbeth” and “We’re All in This Together,” which bring viewers close as a whisper to people (both real, fictional and a blending of the two) who are looking for some kind of steady ground on which to move forward.

No film I saw better encapsulated this than Christina Zorich’s heartrending documentary, “The New Abolitionists,” SEE TRAIL, P15

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“hundreds of thousands of dollars” from the private sector have already been put forward for early planning and exploratory trips to other cities like Indianapolis.

When it comes to public funds, the DDP is banking on $7 million earmarked for the 5280 Trail in the City of Denver’s $450 million General Obligation bond package.

The package, which also includes about $37 million for purchasing and improving homeless shelters, as well as plans for a new arena at the National Western Center, goes before Denver voters in November.

The 5280 Trail funding is included in Denver’s Question 2C: “Constructing a segment of an urban trail and pedestrian walkway in downtown Denver”.

If passed, that $7 million will go toward building out the 5280 Trail on Acoma Street from 10th Avenue to 12th Avenue. The city has already committed $850,000 to the planning (but not the construction) of the 21st Street segment — which will extend from Benedict Fountain Park to Coors Field — and that will be the first part of the trail to be developed.

“Here’s the power of that: Once the public starts to see what something really looks like, the private dollars start to come faster and faster,” Door said. “Especially people who have investments in different neighborhoods and they’re excited to bring the trail to their neighborhood.”

Presently, no money has been identified for the actual construction of the 21st Street segment. Denver City Councilman Chris Hinds, who represents District 10, said the segment on 21st is estimated to cost $30 million to complete. If the voters approve the Acoma Street segment’s funding as part of the GO bond package, “the segment will be 100% realized,” Hinds told Rocky Mountain PBS. Door said she isn’t worried about funding.

“We have 100% no concerns that

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which follows three nonprofit organizations - Extreme Love, NightLight and Tamar Center - fighting human trafficking in southeast Asia. It’s an issue that has tendrils everywhere in the world, even in the Denver metro area, and the film celebrates the survivors of this horrific system, the work being done to shut it down and how far there is still to go. It’s a personal look at people - and a world - badly in need of a better path forward.

I spoke with Zorich about her film, getting access and how people can help survivors of trafficking.

Interview edited for brevity and clarity.

What inspired you to make this film?

I met an anti-trafficker who had started a nonprofit and was going to need help with fundraising materials. At that point I didn’t think of myself as a director, but as time evolved things changed. It took time

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we will get the money,” she said.

“This vision is very powerful. It’s transformational. It supports so many varied aspects of our community: visitors, employees, residents.”

People who live and work on this particular section of 21st are used to these types of transformations: For two months in the summer of 2017, 21st between Larimer and Lawrence closed to traffic and became “The Square on 21st,” another one of DDP’s projects. The Square on 21st was designed to show the potential of the 5280 Trail.

Since then, the same section of 21st was closed to traffic in order to create a pop-up park during the MLB All-Star Game in 2021, and it also hosted this year’s Oktoberfest.

What the 21st Street section of the 5280 Trail will look like is still to be determined. There are currently two options for the trail’s 21st Street segment. The first option is a “trail” design, which would close the street to motorists (excluding emergency vehicles) and create a shared trail for cyclists and pedestrians. The second option is called a “shared street” in which cars would be allowed.

Brett Boncore is a senior engineer with the city’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure and the project manager of the 5280 Trail on 21st Street. He told Rocky Mountain PBS that reintroducing a tree canopy to downtown Denver will be a “huge

piece” of the 5280 Trail.

And, Boncore added, the 21st Street segment of the 5280 Trail will help inform the design of the remaining parts of the trail.

“Whatever is designed on 21st, we can learn from and apply to the rest of the 5280 Trail,” Boncore said.

But that doesn’t mean the design for the 21st Street section of the trail will extend for all 5.28 miles. Some sections could have the shared street design, while others could have carfree trails, Boncore explained.

“It won’t look the same along the entire route,” added Iltis. “It will definitely relate to the place and that’s really important. That’s important to make it interesting as you move around the trail, but it’s also important to make sure that the community feels that value.”

In La Alma Lincoln Park, for example, the hope is to commission new artwork that fits in with the culture and history of the neighborhood.

“Every place should feel special and have its own distinct identity,” Door said, “but yet still be threaded together with a commonality of what it means to be Denver.”

This story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonprofit public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online.

Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

to figure out what project I wanted to self-produce, which I had never done before. But this [issue] wasn’t on a lot of people’s radar and I felt driven to figure out how it was going on.

How important was it to give context to what’s going on in the region?

At-risk groups are where this happens, and at-risk regions are where this is rife. If the family unit is broken, there’s a history of trauma, abuse, abject poverty or a country where there’s less infrastructure to help the poor and needy, it can happen more easily. But there are various ways it can come about - it’s hard to pinpoint one reason and so we tried hard in the movie to give numerous reasons. It’s easy for us to judge from a position of privilege, but if you come from a slum or place with gutted infrastructure, there’s no real way out. It’s hard for us to fathom in this country, even when it’s happening here.

What are the biggest challenges facing those who are doing this work?

In a way, the nonprofits are dealing

with the back end of all of this. The source of it is a much deeper issue - one on a national, state and local level. There needs to be pressure to stop these criminal industries at the source. I think people need to get to a place of activation so action can be taken on every front.

You saw so much darkness making this film. What gives you hope?

I was deeply moved by the resilience of the healing spirit. The level of betrayal and trauma and hurt that these women went through, and then you see some of them becoming leaders and making a change toward a healthy life. And we learned that other people are needed [as part of the healing process] - a community is needed for that kind of healing to happen.

To learn more about the film, how to contribute to the fight against human trafficking and more, visit www. thenewabolitionistsdoc.com.

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

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BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Pomona kicked off its Class 5A Jeffco League schedule Thursday, Sept. 30, with a muchneeded victory on the gridiron.

The Panthers defeated Lakewood 49-7 at the North Area Athlete Complex to get to .500 (3-3 record, 1-0 in league) on the season and more importantly start conference play off on the right foot.

“You can see when we put it together we can be pretty special,” Pomona coach Nathan Johnson said. “We’ve been struggling finishing games. Two more points against Grandview and Smoky Hill we win those two games. We kind of found ways to lose.”

Pomona closed out its non-league schedule last week with a tough 29-28 road loss to Smoky Hill. The Panthers started the season 0-2 after losses against No. 5 Grandview and No. 2 Cherry Creek before getting bounce-back wins over Doherty and Legacy.

“We had to set the tone early,” Pomona senior Chase Muller said.

“Even with those past losses we want to prove Pomona is still Pomona. We are still the Big Black.”

Senior defensive lineman Jaden Barrientos actually got the scoring going. He rumbled into the end zone for a defensive score for Pomona after Lakewood fumbled on its opening drive.

“He rumbled in for sure,” Pomona senior linebacker Michael Sierra said. “We were all screaming for him. He is the biggest one on the team and wanted him to get a touchdown.”

Johnson wasn’t sure what happened on the play that was in front of Lakewood’s sideline in the opening minutes.

Pomona senior Chase Muller had a monster first quarter against Lakewood on Sept. 30 at the North Area Athletic Complex. Muller had eight carries for 114 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Pomona senior Michael Sierra snags an interception during the second quarter Sept. 30 at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Panthers defeated Lakewood 49-7 in the Class PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS 5A Jeffco League opener for both teams.

“I thought it was an incomplete pass and then I see them all running,” Johnson said. “I asked why is (Barrientos) running in. He has worked his tail off to get on the field.

That set the tone for the rest of the game.”

Pomona’s vaunted rushing attack took over the scoring from there.

Muller had touchdown runs of 46 and 22 yards in the first quarter to open up a 21-0 lead.

“No. 9 (Muller) is sick. He is a great player and has worked so hard,” Johnson said. “He is the heartbeat of our offense. Credit to our offensive line. I put pressure on them this week to get to the second level.”

Pomona senior Deion Maes got into the scoring act with touchdown

runs of 4 and 17 yards in the second quarter to extend the lead to 35-0.

The Panthers got it to running clock with a 40+ point lead on the final play of the first half. Senior Noah Epley connected with senior Steven Gartman for a 63-yard touchdown pass to make it a 42-0 halftime led for Pomona.

Epley had another touchdown pass for the lone score in the third quarter. He hooked up with senior Isaiah Alvarez early in the third quarter for the final points of the night for the Panthers.

“Some teams are going to focus on me, but we have a lot of weapons that people have discovered yet,” Muller said.

Lakewood prevented the shutout with a 7-yard touchdown run by

senior Vince Martinez early in the fourth quarter to make it a 49-7 lead.

“We worked on it all week,” said Sierra, who had an interception in the second quarter. “We emphasized to play as a team and preform tonight.”

It’s back-to-back rivalry games coming up for Pomona. The Panthers face cross-town rivals Ralston Valley and Arvada West over the next two weeks.

“I’m excited about the challenge,” Johnson said of facing Ralston Valley and A-West back-to-back. “It’s an incredible challenge with Coach Loyd’s team and Coach Pyatt’s team.

This was a game we needed to set the tone for two really big ones coming up here.”

Schedule doesn’t get any easier for Lakewood with a pair of top-5 teams coming up. The Tigers square off against Columbine next week before hosting Ralston Valley on Oct. 14 at Jeffco Stadium.

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.

Arvada West pulls off extra-inning victory against Lakewood

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — One of the best situations on the softball field can by racing away from teammates who are trying to dump the water bucket on you after a game-winning hit.

That was the case Saturday, Oct. 2, for Arvada West sophomore Lexi Sandoval. The Wildcats were locked in a 8-8 tie in the bottom of the ninth inning in a huge Class 5A Jeffco League game. With the winning run on third base and one out, Sandoval had her moment to shine.

“I just wanted to get on base no matter what. Hit the ball in play and score that last run however possible,” Sandoval said of her approach with the game on the line. “Hit it and hope for the best.”

Sandoval hit a looping flare just out of reach of Lakewood second baseman Emily Gallegos that allowed A-West freshman Jailynn Ausman to dash home to end the extra inning game in dramatic

Arvada West freshman Hallie Thomas is greeted by coaches and teammates after she successfully stole home in the third inning against Lakewood on Oct. 2. The Wildcats pulled out a 9-8 victory in extra innings to stay in the race for the Class 5A Jeffco League PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS title.

fashion.

“She (Sandoval) is such a battler and that is why we have moved her around in our line-up a little bit,” A-West coach Brenna Millikan said.

“Putting her in the No. 2 hole in my gut I felt she would play a big role for us in that spot.”

Sandoval did a little more running as her teammates chased her down with the water jug to celebrate the conference victory for A-West (13-71, 3-2 in league).

“I knew we would pull through,” A-West sophomore pitcher Mac Ferguson said after she got the win

on the mound pitching a completegame. “The team really played together and for one another.”

The Wildcats got out to early leads of 4-0 and 7-4, but the Tigers (13-7, 2-2) continued to battle and eventually tied the game with a 3-run top of the seventh inning. Junior Angelyse Martinez had a 2-run triple and scored the tying run on an RBI single by senior Faith Giebenrath to send the game into extra innings.

Senior Destiny Martinez came in for Lakewood starting pitcher Reagan Medina in the bottom of the first inning. Martinez allowed three runs in the third and then an RBI single by A-West junior Kendall Mulvaney in the bottom for the fourth inning.

However, Mulvaney’s single would be the last hit for A-West until Sandoval’s walk-off hit.

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without a hit from the bottom of the fourth inning until Sandoval’s walkoff single. “It makes it fun and gives us energy.”

Ferguson battled after Lakewood tied things up late. Millikan decided to stay with Ferguson once the game went extra innings.

“We have a lot of depth in our pitching staff at A-West,” Millikan said. “I knew I could have gone to anyone, but I just knew Mac was still in a groove and handling the situation well.”

It was the 10th win on the mound for Ferguson this season.

“Lakewood is a great team, but I think it was a must-win,” Ferguson said after A-West dropped conference games to Valor Christian and Chatfield earlier last week. “This gives a lot of confidence going into the next couple of games next week.”

A-West closes out the regularseason with conference road games at Columbine (Monday) and Pomona (Wednesday). The Wildcats still has a shot at the league title despite Columbine (16-3, 4-0) being in the driver’s seat.

“I just want us to finish strong,”

Lakewood sophomore Oliva Pederson, right, slides into second base with a double during the Tigers’ conference game at Arvada West on Oct. 2.

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Millikan said after the Wildcats ended a 2-game losing streak. “As long as we can continue to learn and grow all I’m asking for is we finish strong.”

A-West and Lakewood are almost locks to advance to the regional playoffs. Both are currently in the top-15 in the RPI rankings.

The Tigers face a trio of league games this week. Lakewood faces Pomona, Columbine and Valor to close out its regular season.

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.

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been averted. Describing the video, Prosecutor Kayla Wildeman said it shows the driver weaving through traffic at a high rate of speed, driving right by a runaway truck ramp.

“Four lives in our community were lost because of what this case boils down to — bad decisions,” Wildeman said.

Wildeman said Aguilera-Maderos had been driving recklessly hours before the crash and knew his brakes weren’t functioning properly. She said aside from the emergency ramp he passed, AguileraMaderos could have driven into a field beside the freeway or tried other ways of slowing the runaway semi down, but chose not to.

Defense attorney James Colgan argued that his client tried to apply his brakes, but when they failed to work, Aguilera-Maderos

found himself in a fast-moving vehicle that was out of control.

“He could not control this vehicle. He wasn’t driving it. No one was capable of driving it at this point,” Colgan said.

As the speeding truck careened eastbound on I-70 it ran into rushhour traffic backed-up to a standstill near Colorado Mills Mall.

The impact of the crash caused an explosion turning the scene into a fiery inferno, engulfing cars in flames and killing Miguel

Angel Lamas Arellano, 24, William Bailey, 67, Doyle Harrison, 61, and Stanley Politano, 69. Six others were injured and a total of 28 vehicles were destroyed in the crash.

Prosecutors say after the crash, Aguilera-Maderos ran from the scene instead of trying to help those caught in the blaze.

The trial is expected to last until mid-October. The newspaper will continue to follow the case through its conclusion.

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals City and County Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the Arvada City Council to be held on MONDAY, October 18, 2021, at 6:15 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City Council will hold a public hearing on the following proposed ordinances and thereafter will consider them for final passage and adoption. Members of the public may join virtually by emailing kluy@ arvada.org; the email must mention this meeting date. For the full text version in electronic form go to www.arvada.org/legalnotices, click on Current Legal Notices, then click on the title of the ordinance you wish to view. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

CB21-032 An Ordinance Annexing Certain Land into the City of Arvada, at the Northeast Corner of Indiana Street and W 82nd Avenue, Approximately Located at 8200 Indiana Street in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado.

CB21-033 An Ordinance Rezoning Certain Land Within the City of Arvada, from Jefferson County A-2 (Agricultural-Two) to City of Arvada PUD (Planned Unit Development) and Amending the Official Zoning Maps of the City of Arvada, Colorado, Located at the Northeast Corner of Indiana Street and West 82nd Avenue, also known as 8200 Indiana Street.

CB21-034 An Ordinance Certifying the City of Arvada Mill Levy for 2021 for the Board of County Commissioners for Jefferson and Adams Counties.

CB21-035 An Ordinance Appropriating Funds for Fiscal Year 2022.

CB21-036 An Ordinance Authorizing The City of Arvada to Enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement With Apex Park and Recreation District and Jefferson County School District R-1, for Meyers Pool Replacement Project.

Legal Notice No. 411490 First Publication: October 7, 2021

Last Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice NOTICE OF ANNEXATION PETITION ACCEPTANCE The following resolution can be viewed in its entirety in electronic form by going to www.arvada. org/legalnotices and clicking on Current Legal Notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

R21-111 A Resolution Accepting an Annexation Petition Concerning the Northeast Corner of Indiana Street and W 82nd Avenue, Also Known As 8200 Indiana Street, Finding Said Petition Substantially Compliant with C.R.S. 31-12-107(1), and Setting a Public Hearing for October 18, 2021, 6:15 P.M. for City Council to Determine Whether the Area Meets the Requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 105, and Is Considered Eligible for Annexation.

Legal Notice No. 411334 First Publication: September 16, 2021 Second Publication: September 23, 2021 Third Publication: September 30, 2021 Fourth Publication: October 7, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE The following ordinances were adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvada on second reading following the public hearing held on October 4, 2021: Ordinance #4777 An Ordinance Repealing, Retitling, And Reenacting Section 2-31, Compensation of Councilmembers and The Mayor, of Article II, City Council, of Chapter 2, Administration, of the Arvada City Code.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2021 BUDGET AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Haskins Station Metropolitan District (the “District”), will hold a meeting via teleconference on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 11:30 a.m., for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board including a public hearing on the 2021 amended budget (the “Amended Budget”) and 2022 proposed budget (the “Proposed Budget”).

This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference information: Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/91435506477?pwd=K 1NGeHdjbUtoUmlJQ2NiNXpoN0ZNZz09 Meeting ID: 914 3550 6477 Passcode: 507524 Call-In Number: 1-720-707-2699 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Amended Budget and Proposed Budget have been submitted to the District. A copy of the Amended Budget and the Proposed Budget are on file in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same are open for public inspection.

Any interested elector of the District may file any objections to the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget at any time prior to final adoption of the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget by the Board. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: HASKINS STATION METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Ordinance #4778 An Ordinance Authorizing an Additional Appropriation to the Community Development Fund for Fiscal Year 2021.

/s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law

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Metro Districts Budget Hearings Public Notice

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2021 BUDGET AND

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Hance Ranch Metropolitan District (the “District”), will hold a meeting via teleconference on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board including a public hearing on the 2021 amended budget (the “Amended Budget”) and 2022 proposed budget (the “Proposed Budget”).

This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference information: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/96833689359?pwd =b3dKMVVYTVRrYnUvamVOY0V4Uk5RUT09 Meeting ID: 968 3368 9359 Passcode: 136640 Call-In Number: 1-720-707-2699 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Amended Budget and Proposed Budget have been submitted to the District. A copy of the Amended Budget and the Proposed Budget are on file in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where the same are open for public inspection.

Any interested elector of the District may file any objections to the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget at any time prior to final adoption of the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget by the Board. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: HANCE RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law

tions 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Hometown Metropolitan District No. 2 (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2022. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2021 budget of the District. Copies of the proposed 2022 budget and 2021 amended budget (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, CO 80112, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2022 budget and 2021 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held October 25, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget and 2021 amended budget, inspect the 2022 budget and 2021 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

DUE TO CONCERNS REGARDING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND THE BENEFITS TO THE CONTROL OF THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BY LIMITING INPERSON CONTACT, THESE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD BY VIDEO/TELEPHONIC MEANS WITHOUT ANY INDIVIDUALS (NEITHER DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES NOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC) ATTENDING IN PERSON. You can attend the meetings in any of the following ways: 1. To attend via Zoom Videoconference, e-mail jhenry@specialdistrictlaw.com to obtain a link to the videoconference.

2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-346-248-7799 and enter the following additional information: a. Meeting ID: 870 4186 8875 b. Password: 443671 HOMETOWN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 /s/ Audrey Spaen, President

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NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2021 BUDGET HOMETOWN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sec-

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