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INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 19 | SPORTS: PAGE 23

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Pomona marching band trailer stolen Trailer recovered day before 4A Metro Regional, no damage reported STAFF REPORT

Members of the city’s forestry team, city team and the Arbor Day Foundation pose for a photo at Homestead Park.

PHOTOS BY RYAN DUNN

Arvada celebrates 30 years as ‘Tree City USA’ Tree planting, emerald ash borer education included in festivities STAFF REPORT

The City of Arvada held a celebration on Oct. 23 at Homestead Park to commemorate Arvada’s 30 years as a ‘Tree City USA,’ a designation given to cities that meet the criteria laid out by the Arbor Day Foundation for supporting urban forest management.

To mark the occasion, the city invited locals to plant 12 trees and

A tree is planted at Homestead Park.

Homestead Park and discussed the proliferation of emerald ash borers, an invasive insect that has been damaging to ash trees in the

neighborhood.

Arvada was also honored with a Growth Award by the Arbor Day foundation for demonstrating ‘higher levels of tree care and community engagement’ over the past calendar year.

“Today we’re here to plant trees,” said City Forester Ian MacDonald, “and bring attention to the emerald ash borer. If you do have ash trees, now is the time to start treating them.”

MacDonald added that the best way to protect ash trees was by performing a trunk injection. More information on the city’s tree programs and resources can be found at arvada.org/trees.

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Members of Pomona High School’s marching band narrowly avoided a disastrous impediment to their season when their band trailer, full of equipment, was stolen on Oct. 17, just two days before team was set to compete in the 4A Metro Regional. The trailer was recovered by authorities on Oct. 18 with no damage reported.

On the morning of Oct. 17, drivers operating a 15-passenger van, which was later confirmed to have been stolen, drove to the west side of the Pomona parking lot, where the school’s two band trailers were parked, according to Pomona School Resource Officer Richard Brown.

Surveillance camera footage shows the van backing up to the smaller trailer and attempting to break the trailer’s lock to hook it up to the van’s hitch, but the suspects were unable to steal that trailer.

After failing to lift the first trailer, the suspects moved on to the larger trailer, which they hooked up to the van and drove off with within 10 minutes.

Later that day, Commerce City Police Officers recovered the trailer after the van pulling it had crashed into a fence.

“The van wasn’t equipped to carry such a large trailer,” Brown said. “The back axle broke off the van and it crashed into the fence.”

Commerce City Police impounded the trailer and reported that the suspects did not break the locks to the trailer. Authorities found no evidence of successful entry to the trailer.

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Colo. hospital ICUs fill up amid COVID surge Polis: ‘Get protected.

Get vaccinated.

Get boosted.’

BY JOHN INGOLD THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis issued his most urgent plea in months Oct. 21, asking Coloradans to get vaccinated against coronavirus in order to break a continued surge in hospitalizations that left the state with only 120 available intensive care beds.

Looking into the camera that was live streaming his news conference, Polis spoke directly to unvaccinated Coloradans, saying: “We want you here. We want you to be healthy.

Please get vaccinated.”

As of Oct. 21, more than 1,100 people were hospitalized in Colorado with confirmed cases of COVID-19, the highest number since last December. What is different this time, though, is the state has largely reopened, meaning hospitals are also filling up with victims of car accidents and other day-today events.

During normal times, the state’s intensive care units would operate at about 68% full, said Scott Bookman, the state health department’s COVID-19 incident commander.

Now, though, Colorado’s hospital ICUs are operating at around 90% of

An emergency-department patient at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree in 2020.

capacity, running the risk that they could be overwhelmed if the surge

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of coronavirus cases continues.

Bookman said hospitals are postponing necessary but nonemergent surgeries — preserving capacity but delaying valuable medical care to patients who need it. Polis said the state is ready to implement crisis standards of care plans if needed, a move that would authorize hospitals to prioritize who receives treatment when their capacity is overrun.

“We are nearing the capacity of our hospitals,” Polis said.

Bookman echoed that concern, saying, “The trajectory of hospitalizations continues to go up, making me even more concerned about what this is going to do to the capacity of our hospitals to be able to take care of patients.”

About 79% of those currently hospitalized with COVID-19 are unvaccinated, according to data from the Colorado Department of

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And those who are hospitalized and unvaccinated also skew younger.

The average age of an unvaccinated person who is hospitalized in Colorado right now is 57, compared with an average age of 73 for the vaccinated.

In addition to urging unvaccinated people to get the shot, Polis also said older Coloradans should receive a booster shot. He cited newly released data from vaccine maker Pfizer showing that a booster shot of its vaccine was more than 95% effective at preventing symptomatic cases of COVID-19.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Oct. 20 approved booster shots for people who received the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, to go along with a previous approval of boosters for Pfizer SEE COVID, P3

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recipients. At press time, an expert panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still needed to give its OK. Pfizer booster shots have been authorized for all people ages 65 or older, along with people who have high-risk medical conditions or who work in high-risk settings. The Moderna approval is expected to follow similar guidelines.

Boosters for Johnson & Johnson are expected to be available for all people who received the vaccine.

People with weakened immune systems are already eligible for a booster shot regardless of which vaccine they received.

The rising levels of concern in Colorado stand in contrast to what is happening in the nation at large.

Across the United States, coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are falling.

During the previous several months, while the virus’ delta variant tore through health care systems around the country, Colorado had managed to have some of the lowest hospitalization and case rates in the country. Now, Colorado has the 10th-highest infection rate and 20th-highest hospitalization rate among all states, according to The New York Times’ case tracker.

Since the beginning of October, about 20 people a day in Colorado have died with COVID-19. As recently as this summer, that number was around four or five people a day.

More than 8,000 people in Colorado have now died due to the coronavirus.

The Oct. 21 news conference was notable for the language Polis used in hoping to prevent more deaths.

Repeatedly, he urged unvaccinated

people to show care for themselves by getting the shot. Slightly less than 30% of Coloradans who are old enough to get vaccinated are not fully immunized.

“Never in my wildest imagination did I think there would be Coloradans that didn’t want to protect themselves,” Polis said, recalling the day the first vaccine doses arrived in the state.

He later added: “Show that you love yourself. Show that you support your friends and family that want you to be here for many years to come. Get protected. Get vaccinated. Get boosted.”

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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“I contacted the school and let them know what was going on. The band director had a parent pick up the trailer from the impound lot and confirmed there was no damage to it, luckily, because the band had a big event the next day,” said Brown.

The band was able to compete as scheduled in the 4A Metro Regional on Oct. 19, where they placed seventh with 53.40 points. Heritage High School won the regional with 74.95 points.

Brown said that there were no suspects because the thieves were wearing dark clothing that shrouded their identities from the security camera.

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As Real Estate ‘Disruptors’ Abound, Here’s a Defense of the Traditional Brokerage

Disruption is happening in every industry, spurred on primarily by internetbased technology. Amazon is disrupting brick and mortar retail. Uber and Lyft have disrupted the taxi industry. Tesla disrupted the auto industry’s dealer model. Travel agents have suffered from online ticket sales by airlines, cruise lines and related businesses.

Now companies like Zillow, Open Door, and OfferPad are disrupting the real estate industry with their “iBuyer” model.

But those and other disruptors have not killed off the older business models. They are grabbing market share, but of an increasing market. You can expect to see brick and mortar retail stores, taxi companies, travel agents and, yes, traditional real estate brokerages such as Golden Real Estate thriving for years to come.

We ourselves have not suffered from these disruptors. Indeed, while 2020 and

2021 have seen huge growth by these new real estate enterprises, they have also brought record growth for our brokerage and other traditional brokerages. It’s easy to see why.

Buying and selling a primary residence is typically the biggest financial transaction we all deal with. Yes, buyers utilize the internet to search for homes, but they end up calling us to see them. Sellers also use the internet to monitor the market — many taking advantage of the MLS alerts that we set up for them — but they want someone they know and trust to bring their market savvy to bear in listing and marketing their home when it comes time to sell.

The “full-service” real estate agent is being redefined, and I like to think that my broker associates and I epitomize that evolution. Some of the services we provide can not be obtained from those

Arvada City Council Buys Into a Developer’s False Narrative That New Homes Must Have Natural Gas

It’s sad to see elected officials not taking the time to learn about new technology, especially technology that contributes to abating the effects of climate change.

Such is the story unfolding in the city of Arvada, where the city council — historically super friendly to developers — has bought into a false narrative by a developer/builder team that all-electric homes are not affordable or demanded by today’s home buyers.

This is happening despite the fact that Arvada is itself home to a well known model of affordable all-electric homes in the Geos Community located west of Indiana Street and south of 72nd Avenue.

The Geos Community was partially built out several years ago without any natural gas lines. Home heating is by geothermal and air source heat pumps. Cooking is on induction cooktops. Domestic hot water is heated by heat pump water heaters. Solar panels on each home provide all the electricity needed for these and other needs, making all 26 current homes “net zero energy.”

Before the Geos Community could be fully built out, its original developer was forced into selling due to a divorce settlement. Otherwise the remaining 250 homes — a mix of townhomes and single family homes — would have been built to the same net zero standard. The new developer had promised to do so, as described in a Nov. 17, 2020, post on MileHighCRE.com, but it reneged on that promise and is in the process of installing natural gas lines to the new homes,

greatly annoying and angering the owners of the original 26 homes.

The fossil fuel industry duped all of us by promoting methane as a “natural and safe” gas for use in homes. This gas is highly heattrapping (80-100 times more so than carbon dioxide), prone to explosion and causes multiple health issues (health4electric.org). During the last decade Colorado added an average of 20,500 residential gas customers each year. Bigpivots.com reports we now have 1.8 million residential gas customers. That trend needs to be reversed. There’s no need to keep building home reliant on natural gas.

Geos homeowners appealed to Arvada’s city council to deny the developer a permit for the gas lines, but the city declined to do so. The neighbors, however are not giving up and have 267 signatures (including my own) on a petition to reverse that decision. The City of Arvada has advised the current Geos residents that this issue is closed.

Arvada should be proud that it is the home of the country’s first “geosolar” community which has, among other honors, been featured several times in the Metro Denver Green Homes Tour. I myself have produced narrated video tours of three Geos homes for that tour, which you can view on the posting of this article at www.GoldenREblog.com.

There’s also a link there for the abovementioned petition.

As part of its COP 26 coverage this week in Glasgow, CNN will air a segment on Geos as a home building model to be emulated.

other companies.

Full service goes beyond providing a free moving truck, moving boxes and packing material, which we’ve been doing since 2004. Here are some other services you can expect from us.

We have an in-house handyman who can help with preparing a home for market, such as repairing drywall damage, washing windows, and doing light plumbing and light electrical tasks such as installing a new toilet, faucet or light fixture. He’s also there to address many of the issues which arise from the buyer’s inspection. And he’s also there if needed to drive our truck for moving, or even for a dump run or for taking a load of possessions to Goodwill or Arc. We also have a certified home stager who provides our sellers with a free consultation to help listings show their best.

You’re familiar by now with how we create narrated video tours of each listing, including drone videos, but we also serve out-of-state buyers by shooting videos of other agents’ listings that interest them. Last June I did that for a Minnesota couple who felt they had “seen” an Arvada home well enough through my narrated video tour of it to go under contract, not visiting the home in person until they came for the inspection.

Speaking of inspection, an experienced agent from a traditional brokerage

can be counted on to recommend a good inspector who has a track record with them. Other specialists we know and trust — giving our clients the comfort to employ them — include estate sale companies, structural engineers, electricians, plumbers, HVAC companies, and more.

The real benefit from these trusted vendors is that they will make sure you’re satisfied with their work, because they want to be referred to future clients.

“Full service” also implies availability and responsiveness. My broker associates and I are available 7 days a week, and we answer our cell phones on evenings and weekends. Although I have agents to be my “boots on the ground” when I go on vacation, I take my cell phone (and laptop) with me, and I answer it when it rings.

Often we provide service for which we don’t expect or receive any compensation. For example, this Sunday I got an inquiry from a man who had inherited his mother’s house and wanted an appraisal for tax purposes. I explained that only licensed appraisers can do appraisals but offered to do a free market analysis, which he happily accepted. He may call me about listing it later on, but that’s not the point. I’m happy to be of service.

I follow a policy that I learned years ago: Concentrate on giving and the getting will take care of itself.

If the General Assembly follows the recommendation of DORA’s “sunrise” report, we may see the return of regulation of HOA management companies and of the community association managers (CAMs) they employ.

DORA’s recommendation, released earlier this month, stated that regulation of CAMs “is necessary to protect consumers” and recommended the creation of a new regulatory program.

CAMs were regulated starting in

2015, but the bill to renew that regulation (which DORA recommended) was killed by the General Assembly in 2017 resulting in the phase out of CAM regulation in June 2019. With the General Assembly now controlled by Democrats, this new recommendation may result in legislation restoring regulation of CAMs that will be signed into law by Gov. Polis.

You can find a link to the full sunrise report at www.GoldenREblog.com.

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October 28, 2021

Groundbreaking held for Residences at Olde Town Station ‘$30 Land Deal’ development slated for late 2023 completion

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A ceremonial groundbreaking for the Residences at Olde Town Station — a mixed-use development located at the intersection of 56th Avenue and Wadsworth Bypass — was held on Oct. 20. Construction is expected to begin soon with an eye towards a late 2023 ribbon cutting.

The project is known for its association with the ‘$30 Land Deal,’ a reference to the price that developer Trammell Crow paid the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority for the nine acres of land, which was valued at $6 million by the Jefferson County Assessor in 2020.

The development will 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.

Representatives from Trammell Crow, AURA and the Arvada city team were in attendance at the groundbreaking, and Trammell Crow Senior Managing Director Bill Mosher, Arvada Mayor Marc Williams, RTD District L Director Shelley Cook and AURA Executive Director Maureen Phair gave speeches before the dirt was shoveled.

Shovels adorned with the development rendering.

In his remarks, Williams alluded to the years of legal wrangling that occurred before the deal was finalized on Sept. 24. That wrangling included a citizen action group called Arvada For All the People suing the city after council approved a revised proposal for the development shortly after voting down the initial proposal.

The Jefferson County District Court ruled against Arvada for All the People in March 2019, but the

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Colorado Court of Appeals did later rule that the city had misinterpreted its own code when it chose to rehear the plan.

“I want to welcome Trammell Crow and High Street Residential to Arvada. It has been a long and crazy road that we’ve been on together,” said Williams.

“I think on my tombstone it’ll say ‘$30 Land Deal.’ It was the best damn $30 deal the City of Arvada has ever done, because this project is going to generate millions of tax dollars for the city of Arvada,” Williams continued. “It’s going to bring residents to the City of Arvada, it’s going to be an asset for decades and decades to come.”

Williams also praised city council’s handling of the project within the context of the Olde Town Transit Hub, stating that despite its detractors, he felt the mixed-use development would be the best use for the land.

“This project wouldn’t be here if not for the Olde Town Transit Hub. The Arvada City Council had the foresight to say, `wait a minute, this is under RTD’s original plan, this was going to be one big parking lot,’” said Williams. “And that wasn’t the highest and best use for this site. And your city council recognized that.

“So we said, ‘you know what, why don’t we put the transit hub over there, build it into the side of the

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hill, maintain the grand views, and open up this site for development,’ which is exactly what happened, and it’s a better use for both sites,” Williams continued.

Mosher praised that partnership between AURA, the city team and Trammell Crow for seeing the project through despite the number of obstacles.

“We managed to get things done in a way that served the interest of the Urban Renewal Authority as well as us, and that’s how you balance these out. I’m really pleased that the Urban Renewal Authority is not only our partner today, but will be for many years,” said Mosher.

“Also, to Mayor Williams and city council, we’ve been with you many times and it’s really nice to stand here with you in this setting, versus some of the other settings we’ve been in over the years,” Mosher continued.

Phair echoed Mosher’s sentiments and thanked him for seeing through the approval of the project.

“There has been challenge after challenge after challenge which I’m not going to go into,” said Phair. “I just want to say how remarkable the partnership has been with Trammell Crow. They stayed with us thru all those and I have to give full credit to Bill Mosher.”

Phair said last month that she expected the project to be completed

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City team members, members of city council and developers pose with shovels at the groundbreaking.

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October 28, 2021

Wheat Ridge hotel licensing plan moves to next step Hotels and motels would have to clean up or shut down

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In an attempt to find a solution to increased crime, loitering and the general level of sketchiness near Kipling and I-70, Wheat Ridge has proposed an ordinance that would add a new article to its code of laws.

Council Bill 18-2021, an ordinance creating a separate licensing system for hotels and motels, would establish more stringent health and safety standards for short and long-term rentals.

The city’s view is that adopting stronger local licensing requirements will increase pressure on operators to reduce illegal activities in hotels and motels.

Police are routinely called to perform welfare checks and investigate suspicious persons and vehicles, disturbances, thefts, domestic violence, assaults, motor vehicle thefts, and prostitution in these establishments.

A document prepared by city staff calls the ordinance an essential tool to further combat

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‘We need the city, police and social services to work with business owners like us to address the addiction and mental health issues that underlie a lot of the problems we see.’

The second reading and final vote on Council Bill 18-2021 was held Oct. 25.

In other council business, Wheat Ridge City Council voted to approve the annual police Body Worn Camera budget of $86,880 for 2021. The money goes toward the purchase of cameras, licenses, data storage and autotagging ability. The city entered into the contract with current provider, Axon Enterprise Inc., in 2019.

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October 28, 2021

Ozone worsens along Front Range; answers elusive ‘Other areas don’t violate standards like we do’

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

The worst ozone year in recent history on the northern Front Range boosted pollutant violations in a rolling three-year average closely watched by the EPA, state officials said Oct. 21, though they did not offer bold new programs to combat the hazardous substance.

Twelve monitoring sites on the Front Range now have a threeyear average over the EPA’s most recent 70-parts-per-billion cap for ozone, and five sites violate even the EPA’s previous looser standard of 75 parts per billion, according to annual reports made Oct. 21 to the Air Quality Control Commission by state and regional pollution officials.

Widespread Western wildfires and the smoke they shed into Colorado contributed to the ozone worsening in the northern Front Range area already in non-attainment of EPA limits, the officials said.

But they also acknowledged that the hot dry summer of 2021, which will be repeated in the future as climate change affects the West, made for terrible ozone conditions — with or without the smoke.

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The EPA looks at three-year averages when deciding if a metro area is “out of attainment” for its air pollution standards, and Colorado’s ozone problem is getting worse, state monitors show, in a report presented Oct. 21. The current EPA target for ozone is 70 parts per billion.

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standards like we do,” said Mike Silverstein, director of the Regional Air Quality Council, which tracks pollution and recommends policy changes to help the Front Range meet EPA limits. “So that shows that local vehicle emissions are really what kicks us over the

threshold of the standards, not what’s given to us from outside.”

The state Air Quality Control Division staff, which reports to the commission, confirmed that the northern Front Range is likely to be declared in “severe” violation of EPA ozone limits in early 2022, after

lingering in the “serious” violation category.

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“We need to more adequately fund our capital improvement and roadway maintenance budgets to meet current and future capacity. It is critical that we balance infrastructure needs ahead of development demands.”

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Many riders mean two-wheeled touring fun

Brandon Figliolino and Ed Rothschild, group leaders, as they set up for the group ride around the group’s flag.

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Group offers friendly rides for experienced and inexperienced riders

BY KATHLEEN DUNLAP SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

It doesn’t matter what kind of bike you have, Bike Friendly organizer Bill Orchard thinks group rides — and especially group rides with a fun theme — tend to be more fun.

“The best parts of the ride are the people and the bikes,” Orchard said.

“No two people have the same bike.”

The Bike Friendly Arvada cycling group launched in 2013 as part of an initiative by the city to foster community. Today, it continues because of volunteers.

Orchard dedicates time and effort to create fun and challenging rides for people of all ages and abilities.

Plus, all bike types are welcome.

Orchard’s experience with Denver’s Bicycle Touring Club made him the prime candidate to lead Bike Friendly. When he first took over as organizer, only a half-dozen people rode regularly. Orchard rallied the core group and planned out rides for the entire year.

“Each ride has a theme,” he said.

The theme encourages participation from the neighborhood.

“We’ve done a brewery ride, a fire station ride, a Father’s Day ride, and a Rockies’ game ride,” Orchard says.

“More people come when it’s themebased.”

The group also participates in city-wide events, such as Bike to Work Day, Arvada Days, and Trails Day. The type of ride varies from month-to-month. The recreationstyle rides are usually 12 to 20 miles long, while the family-friendly rides average five to six miles. Before the ride begins, cyclists gather around the group’s flag while the ride leader provides details on the route and explains any safety guidelines. Riders also must sign a waiver before going with the group.

Riders in the Bike Friendly group prepare to embark on their Oct. 16 ride, “The Lowest to Highest point ride.”

The most successful rides have been the family-oriented ones. The Ice Cream ride, where the route was short and ended with the cold treat, was one of the most popular rides with a total of 42 cyclists. Orchard chuckles as he recalls trying to wrangle all the kids on bikes into an organized group. “It was fun,” he said.

The other ride Orchard enjoys is the annual Hot Chocolate Family Ride in October. The easy five-mile route ends at Bluegrass Lounge in Olde Town Arvada where riders indulge in warm cocoa and the kid riders receive a gift.

New faces The core group has grown over the last few years. Still, Orchard expects at every ride that at least two or three new faces will show up. The group is active on the social media site, MeetUp, and tracks upcoming ride information as well as attendees through the site. Orchard’s goal continues to be “more people out on the rides!”

Brandon Figliolino, a core member of the group and ride leader, agrees.

“The more people we can have out on bikes the better,” Figliolino says.

He heard about the group in 2014 while attending a city of Arvada meeting. The meeting emphasized the fun of community rides, and Figliolino responded enthusiastically.

“People come from all over the city to join us,” he said.

Figliolino’s favorite ride is the Graveyard Ride in October. Bill Orchard leads riders on a tour of three historical cemeteries in Arvada during a 14-mile trek.

“Bill gives the history of the graveyards during the ride, and it’s so interesting,” Figliolino comments.

Figliolino’s passion for cycling extends beyond just the group rides, though. He wants more people to

bike every day.

“The larger interest we have in cycling, the greater opportunity we have to say to the City, `Hey - this road needs fixing, or we need a bike line here,’” he said.

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From cardiac arrest, to heartfelt meeting with first responders Grateful survivor gives thanks to those who saved his life

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Demetrios Fefes is lucky to be alive. He knows it.

On a blustery October morning, Fefes, his wife, Kristen, and his two young sons, wanted everyone involved in keeping him that way, to know how truly thankful he is.

A Porsche enthusiast who loves to go fast, Fefes and a friend were putting his car through its paces at the Colorado State Patrol Track in Golden, Aug. 26.

While taking a break and sipping some water between laps, Fefes started feeling faint. He says he immediately fell face-forward into the arms of his friend. But it wasn’t a mere fainting spell — Fefes’ heart had stopped beating.

That’s not the lucky part.

But as these things go, Fefes was perhaps the luckiest man (not quite) alive. Because at the same time he collapsed, two men who would help save his life were pulled over to take a break at the exact same spot.

Dr. Brian Beezley, a retired family physician, and Paul Mueller, an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) Specialist at Porter Hospital are (luckily for Fefes)

Demetrios Fefes thanks Pleasant View Firefighters at Station 41 in Golden.

Porsche enthusiasts too. The duo didn’t know Fefes, but they did know exactly what to do at that moment — CPR — although both agree it was a daunting task.

Beezley said he had to do CPR on a patient only one time, 30 years ago.

Mueller, who spends his days run-

ning a life-saving piece of machinery in an Intensive Care Unit, said he’s been certified in CPR for more than two decades, but in all of those years this was the first time he’s had to spring into action to try to save a life outside of a hospital setting.

For several minutes, the two ad-

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ministered life-saving chest compressions, keeping blood flowing through Fefes’ vital organs, helping to prevent brain damage and buying precious time until emergency responders arrived.

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OCTOBER 29-31 Demetrios Fefes, center, chats with Paul Mueller, left, and Dr. Brian Beezley, who performed CPR on him until first responders arrived, after he suffered cardiac arrest PHOTO BY BOB WOOLEY at the Colorado State Patrol Track in August.

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EMT Joey Cinalli and paramedics Timothy Holloway and Hunter Held are the Stadium Medical ambulance crew that responded, along with Pleasant View firefighters, to the Fefes call.

Held, who drives the ambulance, said the call had initially been dispatched as a “fainting party” emergency.

It wasn’t until the ambulance crew had almost reached the spot where Fefes was being tended to by Beezley and Mueller, that they heard CPR was in progress and realized they’d be treating a cardiac arrest.

Taking over for Beezley and Mueller, and using a defibrillator to get Fefes’ heart beating again, the first responders put their years of training and experience to work as they rushed Fefes to St. Anthony Hospital.

Holloway, a veteran who served in Afghanistan, said he’s really never seen anything like the series of events leading to Fefes’ survival.

“I know medics who’ve been on the job for 30 years that haven’t had someone they’ve worked on leave the hospital with full neurological status intact — able to live their lives as though the event never happened,” he said. “So, it’s a pretty profound reality that Demetrios is here.”

Cinalli, an army medic for seven years prior to becoming a paramedic, also served in Afghanistan.

He said pursuit of an outcome like Fefes had is the reason EMTs and paramedics train as hard as they do.

“The entire reason we do this job is to serve our community and make sure we do it right,” he said.

“The amount of work and effort and training that we’ve (Stadium Medical staff and Pleasant View Firefighters) put into this community — Demetrios is a prime example of when it all comes together perfectly.”

Fefes’ wife, Kristen, wiped tears away as she described the shock of walking into the hospital that day.

She’d gotten a call that Fefes had been taken to the hospital, but wasn’t given any details. She knew he’d been suffering from a double

ear infection, and assumed his trip to the hospital had something to do with that.

When she arrived at St. Anthony and asked about her husband, she was told no one with his name had been admitted. A moment later an emergency room nurse told her there was an unidentified patient in the ER that was unable to communicate. She said at that moment, the gravity of the situation came crashing down on her.

Three days later, surgeons performed heart surgery on Fefes — a quadruple bypass that took more than eight hours. Four days later, he was home again, reassessing his diet and exercise routines.

Fefes says making those changes has been easy so far. He knows it’s still early in the process and hopes that as time goes by, he can keep bad habits at bay. But he says there’s more to it than diet and exercise alone.

“Everyone talks about genetics and diet, but no one talks about stress,” he said. “And that’s probably the bigger killer. That’s what I’m learning from this, is the stress or anger or whatever, can make a big difference.”

If he’s taken any message from this ordeal, Fefes says it’s that it can happen to anyone, at any time. He’s got several more weeks of a 12-week rehab program to go through. But he’s already thinking about ways to pay his good fortune forward.

Fefes wants to fund, and even lead, CPR classes in the future, in hopes of seeing more outcomes like the one he had.

In case you’re wondering, meetings between first responders and people they save are quite rare. This meeting was made possible when Fefes’ insurance card was accidentally left in the ambulance that transported him to the hospital. It was found and mailed to his home, along with a note offering him the chance to meet the crew that helped save his life.

There’s that luck again.

To put it into perspective, if just one of the actions contributing to his survival hadn’t occurred that day, his luck would quite possibly, have run out and a happy day of giving thanks to all of the people who saved him, would never have happened.

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chemicals from oil and gas operations that contribute to ozone.

Colorado continues to show progress in other key areas of EPA concern, including nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds that are precursors of ozone, the presentations showed. But ozone is in violation and getting worse, with many Front Range monitors registering levels higher than 80 parts per billion over the summer.

Some AQCC commissioners pressed staff and RAQC officials making the annual reports on what new measures will be taken soon to bring ozone down.

“We must own the reality that what we’re doing is simply not enough,” Commissioner Elise Jones said after the meeting. “We are failing on air quality. It’s time for us to pursue bolder solutions than we’ve considered before — like making transit free, and not allowing oil and gas fracking during the ozone season.”

Air quality officials are scheduled to make more rules cutting emissions from oil and gas production in December, and that has proven one of the most effective strategies so far, Silverstein said.

RTD has also begun talking about seeking federal funding for free transit on ozone alert days, which would cost millions in foregone ticket revenue, he added.

Silverstein said RAQC and others will be looking at reducing vehicle

Haze obscures the Denver skyline as seen in an aerial view.

miles traveled, a key measure in trying to cut ozone pollution, by working with large warehouse centers, shopping malls or other concentrated locations for vehicle trips.

Front Range air pollution monitors can separate out pollution sources and identify which category is most promising for reducing ozone — travel by cars and light trucks is the top pollution contributor for almost every monitor, the Oct. 21 presentations showed.

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summer proposed requiring large employers to cut the number of commuting or work miles driven by staff, but quickly withdrew the Employee Trip Reduction Program on opposition from business and industry groups.

Silverstein noted that rebates to people who replace gas-powered lawn mowing equipment with clean electric models has also helped make a dent in afternoon ozone.

Commissioner Jana Milford noted that California has just moved to end the sale of oil and gas-powered lawn equipment altogether, and wondered if Colorado should follow that lead.

Reaction from environment advocates after the meeting appeared to be, “all of the above, and more.”

V. Sean Mitchell, Colorado spokesperson for the Alliance of

Nurses for Healthy Environments, said the state’s ongoing pollution problems became more critical with COVID- 19, and studies showing the virus does deeper damage in areas made vulnerable by high pollution.

“The air quality this summer was atrocious,” Mitchell said, in an emailed statement. “Now is the time for Colorado to not shift the blame to other states, but again take the lead, with bold actions to provide clean, healthy air.”

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The Space Foundation is inviting art students to enter the 12th annual International Student Art Contest.

The 2022 International Student Art Contest theme is “Living, Working and Playing on the Moon.”

Entries must be original, space-oriented artwork, and can be a drawing, painting, mixed media or digital work.

Founded in 1983, the Space Foundation Headquarters and Discovery Center is a Colorado Springs based nonprofit that offers “a gateway to information, education and collaboration for space exploration and space-inspired industries that define the global space ecosystem,” its website says.

The art contest encourages youth “to use their creative gifts and curiosity to explore the wonders of space and the exciting possibilities in science, technology, engineering and mathematic fields.

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Winning artwork will be displayed and shared worldwide, through contest websites and various social media platforms, as well as at the Space Foundation Headquarters and Discovery Center and at the 37th Space Symposium, which will take place April 4-7, 2022, in Colorado Springs.

Deadline to submit entries by Jan. 19, 2022.

Artwork must be submitted online by the student’s teacher, parent or legal guardian who is age 18 or older.

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One Democratic state senator was drawn into a district that now leans heavily in Republicans’ favor.

A GOP House member, meanwhile, will run in a district that’s now solidly Democratic.

And a handful of incumbents will have to decide whether to challenge their colleagues in an awkward primary or general election contest or quickly move to a new part of the state.

While the new state House and Senate maps drawn by an independent redistricting commission and pending approval by the Colorado Supreme Court appear to favor Democrats’ maintaining their majority in the General Assembly, the proposals are forcing lawmakers to make tough choices that could alter the political fabric of the state for years to come.

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“It’s U-Haul time for some incumbents,” said Tyler Sandberg, co-founder of the conservative education policy and political action group Ready Colorado. “The clock … is ticking real fast to move to a place that’s winnable.”

They may have to make that choice before the Supreme Court issues a decision on the legislative maps. After hearing oral arguments on Oct. 25, the court has until Nov. 15 to either approve the maps or send them back to the Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission for changes.

“I think all of us are just waiting to see what maps ultimately are final, and then figure it out from there,” said state Sen. Brittany Pettersen, of Lakewood, who under the current maps would live in the same district as Sen. Jessie Danielson of Wheat Ridge, a friend and fellow Democrat.

Pettersen and Danielson will need to decide whether to challenge each other in a primary, move into another district or run for another elected office. Pettersen wants to run for U.S. House but said she would not run against U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Jefferson County Democrat who is up for re-election in 2022.

Whatever Pettersen and Danielson decide, they would be in a solid blue district, unlike in 2018, when both faced competitive contests with hundreds of thousands of dollars in outside spending.

That’s not the case for Democratic Sen. Tammy Story of Evergreen, who finds herself in a newly drawn 4th District that would favor Republicans, according to a competitiveness report by nonpartisan redistricting staff based on the results of eight statewide races between 2016 and 2020.

President Donald Trump won the new district by nearly 30 percentage points in 2016. The largest population base is Fremont County, followed by western Jefferson County, and Teller, Chaffee and Park counties.

In 2024, Democrats would have a solid advantage in five of the eight open seats, while two Democratic and one Republican incumbents would find themselves in tossup districts. Democrat Sen. Chris Kolker of Centennial would wind up with a competitive margin, in District 16.

‘Whiplash for some’ Some current members of the House are also eyeing open seats.

State Rep. Kevin Van Winkle, a Highlands Ranch Republican, has filed to run for the open Senate District 30 seat, which will be vacated

by Sen. Chris Holbert, who is termlimited.

In the state House, 16 seats would be open in 2022 due to redistricting, term limits or members running for higher office, with a relatively even advantage for the two parties.

Seven Democratic incumbents face competitive battles, compared with one Republican.

Five Republicans and three Democrats would also be living in the same district as another incumbent.

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only 19 safe GOP seats, Republicans face an uphill battle.

“Some of these races are very safe districts, and all of a sudden, are very competitive. That’s going to be whiplash for some of these representatives,” Sandberg, the GOP consultant, said.

Rep. Tom Sullivan of Aurora, a Democrat who has faced recall threats over his advocacy for gun control laws, would live in House District 61, the second most competitive district under the new map.

Rep. Colin Larson, a moderate Republican from Ken Caryl who has considered a run for U.S. House, would also live in a competitive district.

Meanwhile, two Democratic incumbents, Rep. Kerry Tipper of Lakewood and Rep. Lisa Cutter of Jefferson County, would live in House District 28, an open toss-up district.

Both Tipper and Cutter also live in the open Senate District 20. But, like most lawmakers, Tipper said she hasn’t made a decision yet on if and where she will run in 2022. “(The) goal is to decide by December,” Tipper said.

The state Senate is Republicans’ best hope for gaining traction, and nine seats will be open in 2022 with Republicans and Democrats having a solid shot at four districts each, with one a tossup.

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Colorado state Sen. Brittany Pettersen, D-Lakewood, meets with other lawmakers in the Colorado Senate chambers before attending the state of the state address by Gov. PHOTO BY KATHRYN SCOTT/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO SUN Jared Polis in January 2020.

senators are term-limited in 2022, opening up several seats.

In recent years, typically four to five Senate seats and a handful of House seats have been competitive. It appears that could increase under the new legislative maps.

Democrats now hold a 20-25 majority in the state Senate, but at least nine seats will be competitive over the next two years. They hold a 41-24 advantage in the House, where nine seats would be considered tossups in 2022.

“It is very hard to comment on these maps before they’re finished,” said Matt McGovern, executive

director of the Democratic House Majority Project. “However, there will be a number of districts that are much closer.”

‘A bit arrogant’ After the last round of redistricting in 2011, Democrats seized control of the state House away from Republicans in the 2012 election, increasing their margins the rest of the decade. But Republicans took back the state Senate in 2014 and held it until 2018.

The split chambers prevented both Republicans and Democrats from enacting what some would see

as partisan legislation, from banning abortion on the right to abolishing the death penalty on the left, something that was accomplished under Democratic control in 2020.

Democratic consultant Ian Silverii noted that Colorado has changed in the past decade.

“Colorado 2022 is not Colorado 2014,” he said. “Despite their efforts, it doesn’t seem like Republicans were able to gerrymander the state. (The maps) seem pretty fair; we’ll find out if they are next November.”

Republicans are holding out hope, however, that the new districts could lead to a majority in the Senate.

Sandberg, the GOP consultant, thinks Republicans could win four, maybe even six, competitive seats in the state Senate. With strong candidates and a focus on issues like crime, cost of living and schools, Republicans could regain control of the chamber, he argues.

“Democrats have gotten a bit arrogant and see Republicans as an afterthought,” Sandberg said.

Competitive districts will also force lawmakers to consider a broader range of voters in their legislation. “You could be set up for a very interesting 2023 in Colorado.”

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Abrazos: Celebrating 10 years of writing for peace

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en years ago, sitting outside a coffee shop with a group of Lighthouse Writers Workshop colleagues, I met Carmel Mawle.

Carmel told us she ALCHEMY was founding the nonprofit organization Writing for Peace, with the simple belief that the empathy we develop as writers – the ability to slip into the minds of our protagonists Andrea Doray and our antagonists – could, quite literally, change the world.

I nearly leaped over the table. Carmel had just given a name for one reason I write. And the rest, as they say, is history: I am past president of this international organization and continue to serve on its board of directors.

I’ve written of Writing for Peace in this space occasionally, often about our Young Writers Contest.

Carmel’s seed of thought – that empathy helps us explore new perspectives – has grown into a unique writing challenge that, to date, has attracted young writers from nearly 40 countries.

Additionally, over this last decade, we’ve not only featured these young voices in DoveTales, our international journal of the arts, but we’ve also published writers from around the world. In fact, with the addition of a submission from Antarctica this year, we have received work from every continent on the planet.

Carmel explains our mission this way: “We develop empathy through creative writing and peaceful activism.”

On Oct. 24, we honored this spirit of peaceful activism with a broadcast reading from our 10th anniversary DoveTales anthology, Abrazos – a celebration of thousands of writers, of all ages from around the globe, who write for peace and lift our voices against injustice. .

“Because ‘abrazos’ means ‘hugs’ in

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Spanish, this is the perfect word to celebrate a decade of Writing for Peace,” says Carmel.

This extraordinary 590-page anthology is dedicated to the memory of Sam Hamill (1943-2018), our first Writing for Peace adviser. Hamill was more than an adviser … he was a living example of writing for peace. He taught in artist-inresidency programs in schools and prisons, worked with domestic violence programs and, in 2003, founded Poets Against the War. On this October evening, as we gathered to pay tribute to Sam and commemorate 10 years of writing for peace via Zoom – geographically necessary for an international organization – we shared readings from the Abrazos anthology that spanned a decade. “I am awestruck and humbled by the wisdom and beauty shared over these years,” says Carmel.

Among the profound, compelling and sometimes-humorous poems, essays, reflections and stories of this evening, perhaps the most

poignant moments for me were the readings from our young writers … their clarity of vision, their conviction of purpose, their community of voices.

And that’s one reason why we’ve been writing for peace for 10 years: We inspire young writers to refine their crafts, to engage in nonviolent activism and to consider how their words and actions bring us together as a society that respects human rights, as well as environmental and economic sustainability.

As the larger writing collective, through Writing for Peace, we seek to cultivate the empathy that values each other’s difference and embraces our common humanity.

Thank you, Carmel, and all writers for peace. Abrazos.

Andrea Doray is a writer who often quotes Sam Hamill: “You can’t write about character and the human condition and be apolitical … that’s not the kind of world we’ve ever lived in.” Contact Andrea at a.doray@ andreadoray.com.

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wrote last week about how I love to travel, to see and experience things that are not the norm. But HITTING I would be remiss HOME if I didn’t mention what an exceptional part of the experience of travel is the people.

And, while Las Vegas Michael Alcorn is certainly a target-rich environment for simple peoplewatching, that’s just the shallow end.

In one long and enjoyable day my wife and I made the acquaintance of three very interesting people. The first (who, it turns out, is a rather gifted salesmen of small electronics) was an immigrant from the Eastern European republic of Belarus. He come to the country in search of “the

American Dream,” the legend of which, apparently, still survives in the telling in the shadow of the former Soviet Union.

He started in New York, with his wife, and then she got a job in Las Vegas, so he followed her. And, as a salesman, his English was very good. I asked him where he learned it, and he told me at university. “University? What did you study?” International Law, almost completed a specialization in European Law. “Oh. Really? Did you practice in Belarus?”

Yes, while running a small business managing outdoor excursions.

Yeah. That’s what I thought, too. “What’s a guy with a law practice and a successful small business doing picking it all up and moving across the ocean?” And, again, it’s for the American Dream. He admitted he’s and his wife aren’t there, yet. But, after a few minutes with this guy, I have absolutely no doubt that

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he will live his dream, and sooner rather than later.

Then we wander down the hall to the Apple Store (because that’s a better place to lose money than at the slot machines, I guess), where we are promptly greeted at the door by a young man with a frenetic energy and a thick accent. Of course, I ask him where he’s from…

At this point it might be useful to recognize one of the contradictions of me: if you ever have the misfortune of being at a party or social gathering with me, the odds are I will be in the corner watching the whole thing but barely participating. But out in the world, introduce me to a complete stranger with an interesting characteristic and I’ll chat them up like a movie producer on a double shot espresso.

What can I say?

Anyway….

He’s from Spain. “What brings you to Vegas?”

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The divisions wrought by the disinformation age

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isinformation certainly fuels our political divide.

There is a cottage industry which creates and sends partisan emails GUEST into millions of inboxes.

COLUMNIST We open them because they were sent by a friend.

Of course, the friend sent them because they got it from another friend. None of these friends took the time to fact Jim Rohrer check the accuracy of the information because the email matches their preconceived beliefs.

Many emails were paid for by one of the political parties. Email campaigns are inexpensive, and there are no honesty standards associated with them. The origins are hard to trace, so well-written fiction gets believed.

The only way these fictional emails could be discredited would be if fact checking were prevalent. But a recent survey shows that 42% of Americans distrust the fact-checkers, showing the strength of the disinformation.

We all remember the days when

Walter Cronkite ended his news reporting with the words “and that’s the way it is,” and we all believed him. In the good old days, network news divisions believed that they were not there to make money for the network, but to bring the truth to Americans.

They had reporting standards that required that news was strenuously fact checked before it was live. We believed the news because the news process had integrity.

The good old days began to end in the ‘60s when networks recognized the profit opportunity that expanded news coverage held.

Today six corporation giants own 90% of the media outlets in America, and the era of news as a profit center has come full circle.

Add that a majority of online content we consume on the internet is controlled by Comcast, AT&T and Verizon, and the illusion of independent news is gone.

News exists to make a profit, not to inform Americans.

Of course, you know how it works. On average, each TV hour contains 44 minutes of programming and 16 minutes of advertising. The advertising rates charged to advertisers are the direct result of the size of the viewing audience. The more eyeballs, the

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Bravo to JSO Thank you, thank you, to the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra for a wonderful 69th season premiere concert last weekend! I am grateful to Dr. William Morse, music director and conductor, the many volunteers, and, of course, the talented and dedicated musicians who brought this in-person musical event to Golden and the greater Jefferson County community. It was good to be back at our home in the CSM Green Center, and to be surrounded by live music again in a very safe and comfortable environment. The amazing accordionbayan soloist, Stas Venglevski, provided an unexpected opportunity

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higher the rates, and the more profits delivered by the outlet.

The three cable “news” stations who broadcast what they call news have increased their audiences by focusing on feeding their most loyal viewers what they want. They have learned that what really increases audience size is outrage and fear delivered with sensationalism.

Fox News dropped the “fair and balanced” motto in 2017, changing it to “most watched, most trusted.”

They want to be watched, and they aim to be trusted by those who are among their loyal audience.

Fox is the audience size winner, but all three cable “news” networks are driven by the same motive … audience size. Thus, we see the critical question: What will get viewers to watch, rather than how can we get the news right?

This singular focus on audience size by the six TV and cable news operations has led to a focus on sensational coverage and more emphasis on being first rather than being the most accurate.

Now add the enormous budgets the political parties employ to slant the news toward their is-

sues, candidates and ideologies.

Finally add in political party use of paid social media advertising.

The result is a news environment in which repetition, not accuracy, carries the day. If we hear it over and over, it becomes the truth.

Repetition causes belief.

It’s no wonder that we have two Americas, each supported by “news” to convince each side that they are the good guys. Many patriots are deeply worried about where all this is leading us. We become more and more entrenched, and our Congress falls in line by failing to work for any reasonable level of cooperation. It seems that the Information Age has turned into the Disinformation Age, and it is not serving an America that honors “truth, justice and the American way.”

Jim Rohrer of Evergreen is a business consultant and author of the books “Improve Your Bottom Line … Develop MVPs Today” and “Never Lose Your Job … Become a More Valuable Player.” Jim’s belief is that common sense is becoming less common. More about Jim at www.theloyaltypartners.com.

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W anda E l ai ne W re n

J u ly 5 , 1931 - O c to ber 24 , 2021

Wanda Elaine (Hazelett) Wren, 90, of Arvada, passed away peacefully on October 24, 2021.

Wanda was born July 5, 1931 in Westminster, Colorado, to Harley Hazelett and Dorothy (Kammerer) Hazelett .

She was a graduate of Denver North High School.

On September 16, 195l, Wanda married the love of her life Marvin William Wren, with whom she is now reunited after 41 years.

Wanda loved cooking, sewing, playing her organ and piano, working in the garden, and tending to her flowers. Her greatest joys were making frilly dresses and costumes for her granddaughters, watching her great grandson play, and cooking for Holidays with her family.

She also had a great love for sports, and was a lifelong fan of the Denver Broncos and the Colorado Rockies. Later in life she came to be an avid Colorado Avalanche fan and could be LAMB

found at most home games with her son Thomas.

Wanda is survived by her three sons, Thomas Wren of Arvada, CO; Richard (Cheryl) Wren of Pueblo, CO; and Jeffery Wren of Littleton, CO. Five Grandchildren, Amy Wren, Brandi Wren, Matt Legg, Jake Wren and Wil Wren; Great-Grandchild, Maverick Wren; and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, greatnephews, extended family and friends.

She is preceded in death by husband, Marvin William Wren and parents, Harley Charles Hazelett and Dorothy Grace Hazelett.

A celebration of Wanda’s life will be held on Monday, November 1, 2021 at Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary, 7777 W. 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 at 1:00 p.m. Interment will follow at the Arvada Cemetary, 5581 Independence Street, Arvada, CO 80002:

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April 28, 1938 - September 20, 2021

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A vital and ‘lovely job’ Theresa Cuccio has been working with NICU babies for 33 years. She is currently a NICU nurse at Sky Ridge Medical Center.

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NICU nurses care for babies and families in trying moments

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hey are the last people parents want to see on what it supposed to be one of the happiest days of their lives. But, in a short amount of time, they become people who parents treasure, remember and appreciate forever.

These people are the nurses that take care of babies sent to the newborn intensive care unit, or NICU, after birth.

When having a baby, parents plan for and think about the happy moment when the little bundle of joy arrives. When a doctor orders a baby, especially those born prematurely, to the NICU, the happiness is replaced with a quick sense of fear, confusion, and anxiety.

Helping to settle and understand all of those emotions are the NICU

nurses.

Kirtley Ceballos, the fetal and neonatal director of patient services at Children’s Hospital Colorado, said that no matter where the hospital is located along the Front Range, nurses in every single NICU facility brings stability, kindness, understanding and the ability to educate parents on what to do now.

“NICU units are not just about caring for the babies,” Ceballos said.

“These nurses care for the entire family. They help moms hold these fragile babies, they interpret cries and teach parents how to understand certain facial expressions. They educate them on what they need to do.”

Whether it is helping a mother start pumping breast milk to help a baby who is too weak to latch on or teaching the new father how to overcome his fears and hold a baby that may be no bigger than his hand, NICU

nurses serve as support to parents as they provide care for a baby.

‘I just loved the babies’ NICU nurses are such experts that the quickness with which they can bathe, change a diaper, and get a baby resting peacefully in a bed can be intimidating to a new parent.

Longtime NICU nurse Theresa Cuccio, with Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, said because it is second nature for unit nurses to care for small babies, they just zoom through.

Sometimes they forget a parent is watching with a lot of anxiety, she said.

AnnMarie Buczyna, a fifth-year NICU nurse at the Level 3 at the Medical Center for Aurora, said teaching parents how to become comfortable caring for their new baby is one of her favorite parts of the job. Buczyna has worked throughout the Denver

metro area with babies, including Children’s Hospital Colorado.

“It’s everyday life in the NICU, but for parents it can be one of the scariest days of their lives,” she said.

“NICU nurses are happy to help both the parents and the baby.”

Cuccio, a NICU nurse for 33 years, said she has valued every moment of her career. The longtime nurse said in nursing school she spent a few hours observing babies in a NICU and was immediately hooked.

“I just loved the babies,” she said.

“NICU nursing is so much more unique that other areas. Here we must function as a team. You cannot do your own thing. We have a great team that comes together for the moments to celebrate and for the tough days. It is the nature of how we function, you are never on an island.”

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DFF returns with the theatrical experience in tow COMING ATTRACTIONS

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he latter half of the 2010s saw increased involvement in national and local elections, with more women running – and winning – than ever before. While national figures drew a lot of eyes, filmmaker Rebekah Henderson turned her eye – and camera – to campaigns happening right here in Denver.

“The film is really a love letter to the activist community and my friends,” Henderson said. “People do not know how hard local races are… and I wanted to tell a local story that is universal.”

The resulting film, “Running With My Girls,” follows the 2018 races of Shontel

Lewis and a cohort of candidates who ran as a group – Dr. Lisa Calderón, Candi CdeBaca, Shayla Richard and Veronica Barela.

“If you live in any city in America and are a black or brown person who is paying attention, you’ll see yourself in this film,” Henderson said. “It’s very much a reflection of my experience. I never stopped rolling because I didn’t want to miss anything.”

The film is part of the 44th annual Denver Film Festival, which runs inperson and online from Wednesday, Nov. 3 through Sunday, Nov. 14. All films will be screened in various theater settings

(the SIE FilmCenter, AMC 9 + CO 10, the Denver Botanic Gardens Sturm Auditorium and Ellie Caulkins Opera House) and about 50 will be available for streaming at home on Denver Film’s virtual platform.

Denver Film will require all festival patrons, guests, employees and volunteers entering venues or host sites to show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 with an FDA or WHO-approved vaccine.

The festival features about 233 films, including 140 feature-length films, shorts, SEE READER, P17

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Cuccio said NICU is unique because of the family aspect. Parents have such high expectations when they come into delivery that the thought of going to NICU can be tough, Cuccio said.

“You have to put yourself in their shoes,” she said. “As nurses, we are patient because we know this is not what they anticipated. These parents are thrown for a loop and the care their baby needs is different than they expected.”

AnnMarie Buczyna has worked in NICU’s throughout the Denver metro area, including her current position at the Aurora COURTESY PHOTO Medical Center.

‘OK to take a break’ In a lot of cases, Buczyna said NICU nurses have to act as a voice of reason for parents. Cuccio and Byczyna said so often parents, mothers especially, come into NICU blaming themselves, thinking they cannot leave the baby for a second.

“We let them know that we have the baby’s care first,” Cuccio said. “We let them know it is OK to put the baby down and walk away. It is OK to take a break.”

As time passes in the NICU, Cuccio said the goal is to teach these parents to do the work in feeding, changing and caring for the baby.

“As nurses, sometimes the best thing we can do is take a step back and be supportive,” Cuccio said. “We work to educate them and empower them.”

Cuccio said working with parents can be rewarding for NICU nurses as they watch them go from being scared to even hold their baby to being confident, and once the baby is strong enough, carrying them out proudly in the car seat.

Cuccio and Byczyna said NICUs are also unique in how patients come in.

Some days the unit will see no babies and the following day suddenly there is an onslaught of babies being born

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ofrendas created by local Latinx artists to honor lost loved ones, see fire dancers, watch Aztec dancers at Pirate’s, 7130 W. 16th Ave. and join a procession around the area.

For more information, visit the events tab at www.facebook. com/40westarts.

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music videos and episodic content, according to provided information.

Some major highlights (and awardseason contenders) include “Spencer,” featuring Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana, Will Smith’s “King Richard,” and “Jockey,” which stars Clifton Collins Jr. – who will be in attendance to receive the 2021 John Cassavetes Award.

Attendees can also put themselves in the world of film, thanks to a range of virtual reality and immersive experiences taking place at the Festival Annex at the historic McNichols Civic Center Building.

For local filmmakers like Henderson, being part of the home film festival reflects the importance of community - not only as it applies to filmmaking, but as it applies to improving the lives and future of those around you.

“The film is really community made, and shows that when we band together, we have this power,” she said. “I want people to see it. I want people to get inspired by it.”

For information and tickets, visit www.denverfilm.org/denverfilmfestival/dff44/.

Remembering family members with 40 West Arts Día de los Muertos celebrations have been gaining popularity over the last decade or so, and it’s exciting to see the way so many have embraced this holiday with its Aztec roots. In that spirit (pun), 40 West Arts, the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council and Pirate: Contemporary Art are teaming up for an Art Crawl of Memories.

The free event will be from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, in the 40 West arts district, 1560 Teller St. in Lakewood. Visitors can view

that need the added care.

The time patients are with NICU can range from six hours to months, Cuccio said. Sometimes a situation ends in tragedy and others end with a baby going home after months of treatment.

Cuccio recalled a “Christmas miracle baby” who came early while her parents were visiting Colorado.

The baby needed a lot of time to get stronger. Seeing that baby girl leave in the arms of her happy parents was a day to celebrate, Cuccio said.

Cuccio and Byczna said they can see the impact they have on families for years after they leave NICU. Each year, hospitals often do reunions where NICU nurses get to see parents and the children they have treated.

Cuccio said parents are so grateful for the caring services nurses provide that they come back year after year to continue saying “thank you.”

Cabello said going beyond the baby and family care, NICU nurses are the ones doctors turn to the most. Doctors value their opinions in deciding treatment options for babies because they are the ones with them the most, she said.

With no plans of slowing down, Cuccio summed up her career as a “wonderful experience.”

“It’s great to be a part of a new family’s experience,” she said. “It is a lovely job.” www.clyffordstillmuseum.org for all the necessary information.

Clyfford Still Museum celebrates a decade in Denver The Clyfford Still Museum, 1250 Bannock St. in Denver, has opened a new exhibit called A Decade of Discovery: Clyfford Still in Denver, which celebrates a decade of the museum’s operation and the discoveries that have been made over the years.

According to provided information, the museum “has made countless discoveries as the staff inventoried and assessed the Museum’s vast art and archival holdings, worked to better understand visitors’ interests and evaluated the artist’s legacy in an ever-changing world.”

The exhibition runs through March 6, 2022, with numerous events hosted throughout. Visit

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The World Is a Beautiful Place at the Globe Hall Connecticut’s The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die have quite the band name, but don’t let it put you off - they make some of the most exciting and dynamic indie rock around right now. They just released “Illusory Walls,” their fourth and possible best album to date, delving deeper into prog rock than ever before.

The group will be stopping by the Globe Hall, 4483 Logan St. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30 and will be joined by openers Bent Knee and Sunsleeper. Get tickets at https://globehall.com/event/theworld-is-a-beautiful-place-and-i-amno-longer-afraid-to-die-w-bent-kneesunsleeper/.

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Día de los Muertos is almost upon us Experience the colorful, Mexican tradition right here in Jeffco

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The Day of the Dead — Día de los Muertos — is officially celebrated Nov. 1 and 2, but events can be found throughout Jeffco and the rest of the metro area from late October through Mid-November.

This joyful holiday honors loved ones and family members who have passed from this life to the next with calaveras (sugar skulls), Mexican Marigolds and ofrendas (altars) containing the departed’s favorite food and drink, along with photos, mementos and pan de muerto, a sweetened bread.

Friends and family typically come together to tell stories of those who’ve died, keeping their memory alive in the hearts of their loved ones.

Día de los Muertos will be celebrated in a special exhibit at the Lakewood

Colorful calaveras are among the most recognizable symbols of Dia de los Muertos.

Arts Council (6731 W. Colfax Ave.) beginning Sunday, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m.

The show runs through Nov. 19.

Pirate: Contemporary Art’s Día de los Muertos exhibit (7130 W. 16th St.) runs through Nov. 5.

Crown Hill Cemetery (7777 W. 29th Ave.) will

be the scene of a hauntingly fun celebration Oct. 30. Dancers, music, face painting, sugar skull decorating and food trucks should make this the most fun you’ve ever had at a cemetery.

The Arvada Library (7525 W. 57th Ave.) is hosting a Día de los Muertos

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art exhibit that closes Nov. 6, and a Community Celebration, Oct. 29, from 5 - 8 p.m. featuring food, music, art and traditional Aztec dancing.

Nov. 5, from 6 - 9 p.m., at the Colfax Art Crawl in the 40 West Arts District will have ofrendas made by local artists, fire dancers

and works of art created by local elementary school students. Food trucks will be on the scene and a visitors can parade the district.

Just down the road, at 4923 West 38th Avenue, Enigma Bazaar will celebrate Day of the Dead Oct. 30. This high-tech party features the instrumental band, Atlas, a Mexico City style dance party, food by Chef Edwin Sandoval-Cruz and an opening DJ set from 89.3 FM’s La Molly.

Nov. 1, at 10 a.m., the Douglas County Library (8357 North Rampart Range Road #200, Littleton) will have a special bilingual Día de los Muertos story hour for kids of all ages.

And although technically not in Jeffco, Denver Botanic Gardens celebrates the Day of the Dead (1007 York St.) Nov. 6, starting at 9 a.m. The event runs through 4 p.m. and features a Mexican market, Aztec dancers, art demonstrations, music, altars, a costume contest and more. Tickets are $15 for adults with free admission for children under 15 and Gardens members.

Camp Christmas moves to Lakewood Holiday magic is under construction at Heritage Belmar Park

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Camp Christmas, a light-filled Holiday extravaganza, started in Au-

rora in 2019. Pandemic constraints forced creator Lonnie Hanzon to go virtual in 2020. But this year’s production, currently under construction at Lakewood’s Heritage Belmar Park, promises to be the biggest yet.

Billed as a “fantastical wonderland of lights, dazzling decorations, music and memorabilia,” Camp Christmas will open for business Nov. 18 and run through Jan 2, 2022.

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Hanzon, an artist and storyteller, has spent nearly four decades dazzling clients like the Houston Zoo, HGTV and the State of Colorado with unexpected visual creations.

But he said the recent convergence of media forms has made the work all the more special.

“I’m happy as a clam because I’m finally in the spot where it’s storytelling — it’s truly magic work in that we use every language we can get ahold of and work really hard to try to weave good storytelling, good structure and art together,” he said.

In a walk-through pre-opening tour, Hanzon said instead of a coat check, the entrance to Camp Christ-

mas will feature an emotional baggage check, helping visitors let go of stresses they arrive with.

“It’ll feature everything you need to let it all go,” he said.

From there you’ll head to Camp Director Lonnie’s cabin, where the semi-fictional camp director dreams up Camp Christmas magic. Campers will then make their way to Lonnie’s Vintage Cabin, featuring vintage Christmas decorations.

Hanzon said the event is designed with safety for multiple-generational families in mind.

“People that are comfortable going inside places can go into five different indoor places, but the show can also be a totally outdoors experience,” he said.

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Ralston Valley takes down Columbine on the gridiron

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

LAKEWOOD — Ralston Valley junior Diano Benallo had perhaps the biggest tackle of his life Oct. 22 at Jeffco Stadium.

With No. 6-ranked Ralston Valley and No. 5 Columbine locked up in a 14-14 tie midway through the third quarter the Rebels line-up to punt on fourth down from midfield. What transpired next was the beginning of a trio of unanswered touchdowns to give Ralston Valley a 35-14 victory.

Columbine senior Wes Jones was lined up to punt the ball away, but a low snap and a free runner from the outside forced him to tuck the ball and run. It looked like Jones would pick up the first down, but Benallo came up to make the tackle three yards short of the line to gain.

“I saw the punter drop the ball and I was going to do my best to contain him,” Benallo said of the key tackle.

“Everyone else did their job on the field. It took all 11 guys.”

Ralston Valley would take advantage of the good field position with a 51-yard scoring drive over 8 plays.

Junior quarterback James Wochner capped off the drive with a 13-yard touchdown run to give the Mustangs a 21-14 lead.

Ralston Valley got another 3-andout by the Rebels on the next drive.

A nice punt return by senior Bubba Harr gave the Mustangs the ball on Columbine’s 32-yard line. Wochner hooked up with sophomore Hunter Hamilton for a 6-yard touchdown with 8:56 left in the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 28-14.

It was the second touchdown pass of the game by Wochner, who has shared time behind center with senior Zach Friedman and sophomore Logan Madden this season.

“He (Wochner) played well so we rolled with it,” Ralston Valley coach Matt Loyd said. “He did a really

Ralston Valley seniors Trevor Pearce (85) and Bubba Harr (1) celebrate at 22-yard touchdown catch by Harr in the first quarter Oct. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS 22 at Jeffco Stadium. The Mustangs grabbed a big 35-14 victory over Columbine.

good job. There was some really good stuff out of the offense, but when you play Columbine it’s up to your defensive effort and they came through.”

The defense set up the final score with senior Davis Brickle making a tackle for loss on a fourth-down attempt midway through the fourth quarter. Ralston Valley took over

on Columbine’s 37-yard line. Two players later Wochner scored on his second rushing touchdown of the night to make the final score 35-14.

“There are a lot of plays in a game, but we had a couple of chances to make big plays tonight and we did,” Loyd said. “That was the key.

When you get a team going for it on fourth down and you get the stop

that’s big.”

The Mustangs opened the scoring with an impressive 80-yard scoring drive on the first offensive possession of the game. The touchdown drive was capped up by a remarkable play by Wochner who was able to slip out of a few tackles before SEE RALSTON, P25

Columbine wins fourth straight with OT victory

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

A number of Columbine and Arvada West players track the ball after a corner kick Oct. 20 at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Rebels grabbed a 2-1 overtime victory to PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS enter the playoffs on a four-game winning streak.

ARVADA — It took a little overtime work, but Columbine’s boys soccer team captured its fourth straight victory to close out the regular season Wednesday, Oct. 20.

A direct free-kick in the 85th minute by senior Davis Hovey was served into the goal box where Columbine senior Andrea D’Arcangelo was able to get a head on it. The ball was perfectly placed into the back of the net to give the Rebels a 1-0 overtime victory against Arvada West at the North Area Athletic Complex.

“All I was thinking was put the ball in a good spot. Float it in,” Hovey said. “I knew we had a ton of guys in there. We have Andrea and a lot of other guys who are good at heading the ball. I knew we had a really good chance. I was confident

somebody could get something on it.”

The goal ended the scoreless game and pretty much ended any chance for A-West (6-6-3, 3-4-1 in Class 5A Jeffco League) to make the postseason.

“It was a perfect ball. A perfect cross,” D’Arcangelo said. “All I had to do was put the ball into the goal.”

The goal coming in for Columbine and A-West was not to be playing their last game of the season. It was the 5A Jeffco League and regularseason finale for both the Rebels and Wildcats, but both still have hopes of making the 32-team field for the 5A state tournament that begins Oct. 27.

“Obviously the boys want to win every game,” Hovey said of the Rebels (10-5, 5-3). “A win going into SEE COLUMBINE, P24

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Q&A: Emma Stutzman, Pomona runner Pomona cross country star sweeps Jeffco League Championships, Regionals en route to state

BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Pomona junior Emma Stutzman is no stranger to winning on big stages. Stutzman repeated as 5A Jeffco League champion and 5A regional champion on Oct. 15 and 21, respectively and now has her eye on a bigger prize: the state championship.

The Arvada Press spoke with Stutzman ahead of the Oct. 30 state championships in Colorado Springs, which Stutzman finished third in last year.

Their conversation has been edited slightly for clarity.

What was your mindset going into this season?

I knew that there was always the possibility that a new freshman would come along, or some of these juniors and sophomores would get faster, but after last year, I kind of had that expectation that I was going to be pushing myself to be winning these races, knowing I’d be pretty disappointed if I wasn’t winning them.

How do you manage expectations?

I’ve turned it into a motivation point rather than a stressor, like saying, ‘I want the articles written about me, not somebody else, I want that to be our title, I don’t want this freshman to beat me.’ Making sure that I’m using it to push ma and not thinking about ‘what if this goes wrong,’ and thinking of it as, ‘I’m going to get the articles, I’m going to have my name on that title,’ and using that to kind of push myself in the race and push myself in training.

What was your game plan going into League Championships and Regionals?

League’s was different because we had a different game plan; we just wanted my first mile to be as fast as

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the playoffs is huge. It keeps our momentum. If we would have lost we would be playing a tougher seed.”

Columbine dropped a trio of conference games in mid-September. The Rebels were able to put that in the rear-view mirror to go on the current 4-game winning streak where they have allowed just two goals.

A-West closed out its season with three straight losses. The Wildcats had a tough final three conference games against league champion Valor Christian, Lakewood and A-West.

“It was a good game,” D’Arcangelo said. “We played good and (Arvada West) played good. I think we played better in the end.”

The Rebels had the best scoring

Pomona’s Emma Stutzman in action.

I could possibly make it, and then try to make the next two as fast as I could after doing that really fast first mile.

But getting out in front of all the girls so quickly was pretty exciting, just being out by myself and knowing I don’t have to worry about any of these other girls, like I’m good, I can worry about my time, my pace, how I’m feeling.

And then with regionals, our plan was to keep with the pack for the first mile and a half and then break away, and with that one, I really just got used to the course, there was a pretty decent sized hill. And that’s a big part of our training, is trailing on hills to where when we get into these races, they don’t scare us. So, rushing up that hill, and then knowing I had a gap on the second-place finisher was really motivational and exciting.

How does having a co-educational practice regimen and team environment impact your training?

I’ve run with the boys most of the time, so having a close team with the boys and the girl’s team definitely helps on that standpoint, and we all get to joke around with each other.

We aren’t super sensitive on many

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topics, so we kind of joke about everything.

We all have fun together and push each other, and we’re all super competitive so when the boys beat me in a rep, they’ll kind of talk trash, and when I beat them, I’ll talk trash, so it’s just fun.

What’s it like having your sister, Jordain, a freshman, on the team this year?

We get home and she’ll be like, ‘Oh, practice was horrible,’ and I’ll ask her, `What did you did you do?’ and she’ll tell our parents and I’ll be like, ‘That’s not that bad.’

So, it definitely changes the aspects of practice because I’ll say something at home and she’ll bring it up, or I’ll do something at home and she’ll bring it up and I will laugh and joke about it, and then she’ll do something at home and I’ll bring it up.

Both of your parents were Pomona athletes. What is it like to have your whole family be Panthers?

My mom was a running, I’m pretty sure she did the 200 and the 400, and then she did cross country her senior year along with volleyball.

She didn’t practice with the team, so

Pomona junior Emma Stutzman breaks away from the rest of the pack during the start of the Class 5A girls race at the Jeffco League cross country championships Oct. 14 at D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School. Stutzman won the 5A girls race by more than a minute.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

she wasn’t as close as our team now and she thinks it’s great because her team wasn’t as close (as we are).

My dad played football and then he was a league champion wrestler for Pomona.

It’s helpful because we’ll look back and my mom will be like, ‘Oh, I remember doing that,’ or ‘I remember this, I remember that,’ and my dad, he kind of just teases us a lot. When I first joined the team, my grandparents were asking us what the school colors were and stuff and I was like, ‘black, silver and red,’ and he was like, ‘it’s scarlet.’

And every day we walk by their pictures and it’s like, ‘Oh, yeah, that’s my dad.’ All the wrestlers have figured out that he was my dad, they saw the wall and I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s my dad right there.’

What are your expectations at state?

I definitely want to place withing the top two. I really want to be sticking with (Cherry Creek’s) Riley Stewart) for as long as I can. She’s definitely always been a big competition for me, so being able to stick with her and be just as close to her as I can is definitely what I’m shooting for.

chances in the scoreless first half.

A-West senior goalie Asher Sharp had a few nice saves, including making a diving stop to the ground on a direct free kick by Columbine junior Ty Santangelo.

A-West nearly ended it early in the overtime period, but junior goalie Chase Heck made his best save of the game minute before D’Arcangelo’s game-winning goal.

It looks like Valor, Lakewood, Columbine, Ralston Valley and Chatfield should make the playoffs. All were within the top 32 of the RPI standings when the regular season ended Saturday, Oct. 24.

“I’m excited about these playoffs,” Hovey said.

Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools.

For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.

Arvada West senior Sean Nelson, left, stumbles as Columbine junior Ryan Seaton tracks down the loose ball Oct. 20 at the North Area Athletic Complex. Columbine took a 2-1 overtime victory in the regular-season finale for both teams.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Columbine sophomore Josh Snyder finds some open room to run Oct. 22 at Jeffco Stadium. The Rebels were outscored 28-7 in the second half as Ralston Valley took a PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS 35-14 victory.

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firing a pass to Harr for a 22-yard touchdown with 9:20 left in the first half.

“I just kept my eyes downfield the whole time,” Wochner said of his first touchdown pass. “I when I was scrambling I saw him (Harr) open. It just worked out.”

Columbine answered with a 15play drive, but Ralston Valley junior Jason Thome was able to jump on a fumbled handoff exchange to give the Mustangs the ball on either own 15-yard line.

The Rebels tied things up midway through the second quarter with a 27-yard touchdown run by senior Wes Jones to send the game tied going into halftime. After a 51-yard touchdown pass from Columbine quarterback Brock Zanetell to Jones tied it up at 14-14 with 6:59 left in the third quarter it was all Ralston Valley. “(Columbine) has an amazing program and do a great job,” Benallo said. “Everyone at Ralston Valley contributed to this win tonight. It’s not a one-man show.”

Ralston Valley faces rival Arvada

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West (7-2, 3-1) at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at NAAC. The Wildcats took care of business with a dominating 42-21 win over Lakewood on Thursday. It was a bounce back win for A-West after losing to Pomona 42-14 the week before.

“We aren’t moving to the playoffs yet,” Loyd said. “We are just focusing on next week.”

The Mustangs are in-line to grab a top-8 seed and a bye in the opening round of the playoffs with a win next week over A-West.

Columbine closes out its regular season on the road at the North Area Athlete Complex. The Rebels face No. 9 Pomona at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28, at NAAC. The Panthers (6-3, 4-0) will be attempting to sweep through the conference.

The Panthers actually clinched the conference title with Ralston Valley’s win against Columbine. Pomona went on the road Friday night defeated Mullen 21-7.

“Unfortunately we did,” Benallo said of helping rival Pomona to wrap up the league title. “We are ready to go next week.”

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Jeffco soccer a family affair for Sawaged brothers After transfer request denied, Nathan and Anthony Sawaged face off as rivals

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Anthony Sawaged wanted to play his senior season of soccer with his brother Nathan at Ralston Valley.

However, when the last-minute addition of a few unlikely players to Anthony’s Pomona Panthers squad blocked a potential transfer to RVHS, the boys settled for the next best thing — facing off as rivals.

Going into his senior season as Pomona’s captain, Anthony felt uneasy about the Panthers’ prospects, or even if they could field a team at all.

“We built up a program at least this year, because we started off with 13 people on the team, and then we actually got some of the wrestling team to join us,” said Anthony.

“The wrestling team knew we needed players and they were like `We’ll get our conditioning up and try to build the program up.’”

Had the Panthers failed to field a team, it would have opened the door for Anthony to join Nathan, a freshman, at RVHS and circumvent CHSAA’s transfer eligibility rules, which typically call for a player to sit out one season after a transfer.

Anthony Sawaged, left, and Nathan Sawaged vie for a loose ball.

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soccer,” said Anthony. “I just think it would have been a really cool experience. Soccer has been my life, and just sharing it with my brother would just add on to that.”

“I felt good that he wanted to play with me,” said Nathan.

“But I got excited that we’ll face each other.”

Anthony said he was accepted back into Pomona’s program with open arms. He added that he would have lost his core friend group at Pomona if he had gone through with the transfer.

“When I came back, my coach said, `No hard feelings.’

They all were excited for me to go back there,” said Anthony.

My friends were saying we’d have a playoff year to show me that we’re still a good team, they had some revenge feeling in them, but they accepted me well. I think in the end it worked out.”

The Sawaged’s father, Sam, said the boys started playing soccer when they were kids because of his positive experiences with the sport.

“I felt like it’s the most suited game. I played soccer growing up in the Middle

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By June he was well into creative design for the project and his crew has been hard at work since then, trying to make the opening deadline.

“It’ll take every available minute to get it done,” he said.

There’s Beauty Camp and Gift-O-Rama (where you can buy gifts and have them wrapped). Across the way, you’ll find Sweetsville Studio where Hanzon himself will be creating a “durational” gingerbread display. He’ll be baking, assembling and doing sugar work on a miniature version of Camp Christmas. He says he picked up a love for working with sugar while creating elaborate window displays for Neiman Marcus in Texas.

If you’re chilly, you’ll be able to purchase gourmet hot cocoa from Sweetsville Diner before moving on towards Dollhouse Village, a series of 20 structures built at dollhouse scale.

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Further down a path illuminated by thousands of lights, campers will find the Camp Lodge with electric sheep taking up residence out front.

There’s a fairy bar and a pink room, and Santa himself will be present — but you won’t see him until you’ve passed by the lightbulb tree and LED chandelier.

There’s plenty more, but some things about Christmas should remain a mystery — except the icicle laser harp — no need keeping that under wraps.

Nathan, left, and Anthony anticipate the play.

East — Jordan. I went to high school there and came to do college here in Virginia,” said Sam. “I played in little leagues in and out just because I loved the sport. It keeps your endurance high and mentality fresh and it helps a lot with your physical and mental health.”

“Everyone in our family has been playing soccer for their whole life. We just carried that on and it’s just our favorite sport,” said Nathan.

The boy’s seasons took different paths, as Nathan’s Mustangs finished 6-1-1 in 5A Jeffco League play, good for second in the league, while Anthony’s Panthers squad

ALCORN FROM PAGE 14

A job with an internship that’s going to one day spawn an opportunity for a great job back in my home town. Seems like a long way, for a person like me, who has spent the entirety of his life within about 10 miles of Wadsworth, to go to start a process like that. But, then, gotta respect the courage to pick up and

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struggled to a 1-7 league record.

When the boys faced off against each other in September, it was the younger Sawaged who came out on top, as RVHS cruised to a 4-1 victory against Pomona with both brothers getting the starting nod.

“When it’s 10-0 I hope you cry,” Nathan told his brother chidingly.

Sam said he didn’t pick a side in the matchup. “(I’m) confused. I am not going to be cheering for either, but for both of them together,” Sam said before the showdown.

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And the day ended in a helicopter piloted by a thoroughly American young man. Graduated high school, joined the Army, served for six years — all stateside — then took advantage of the G.I. Bill to get an avionics degree and get licensed to fly helicopters. As we were buzzing over “The Strip,” he pointed out The Strat, the hotel that used to be call The Stratosphere, and offhandedly remarked about the roller coaster that circles

the top floors of the hotel. My wife — who, I point out, is in the helicopter with me — says of the coaster “No way, not a chance.”

And the pilot responds, “I’m with you.”

You’re with her? You? The guy cruising around at an altitude of 2700 feet in a Volkswagen attached to two spinny things? You’re afraid of a roller coaster?

“Sure,” he answers. “Something goes wrong up here, I can do something about it. Something goes

wrong on that…” He didn’t need to finish the thought.

All in one day in one strange place. What a country!

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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Legal Notice No. 411631 First Publication: October 28, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Je ffco Transcript Pu lic Notice N O T IC E O F H E A R IN G U P O N A P P LI C A T I O N F O R A N E W T E N IQUO ICENSE O F M A R M A LA D E LO U N G E LLC D / B / A : M A R M A LA D E LO U N G E 5665 O DE DS O T D A R V A D A , C O 8 0 0 0 2 Notice is hereby given that an application has been presented to the City of Arvada Local Liquor Licensing authority for a Tavern liquor license from Marmalade Lounge LLC, d/ b/ a M armal ade Lo u ng e , located at 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, CO, whose controlling officers are: Danielle and Jo hn Everson, Owners, 5665 Olde

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Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, CO, United States The license would allow sales of malt, vinous and spirituous liquor by the drink for consumption on the premises at 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, CO 80002.

Said application will be heard and considered by the City of Arvada Liquor Licensing Authority at a virtual meeting to be held at 5 : 3 0 p .m. o n T h u rs day, N o v e mbe r 1 1 , 2 0 2 1 . The application was submitted on October 1, 2021.

For further information call Sarah Walters, Deputy City Clerk, at 720-898-7544.

Dated this 28th day of October, 2021 /s/ Sarah Walters Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO Legal Notice No. 411629 First Publication: October 28, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Je ffco Transcript

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Notice is hereby given that an application has been presented to the City of Arvada Local Liquor Licensing authority for a Retail Liquor Store license from Arvada Ace, LLC, d/b/a r a a ce i uor Store located at 10000 Ralston Road, r ada, CO, whose controllin o cer is Nika Rahmani-Azar, Owner, 10000 Ralston Road, Arvada, CO, United States The license would allow sales of malt, vinous and spirituous liquor in sealed containers not for consumption on the premises at 10000 Ralston Road, Arvada, CO 80004.

Said application will be heard and considered by the City of Arvada Liquor Licensing Authority at a virtual meeting to be held at 5 : 3 0 p .m. o n T h u rs day, N o v e mbe r 1 1 , 2 0 2 1 . The application was submitted on October 4, 2021.

For further information call Sarah Walters, Deputy City Clerk, at 720-898-7544.

Dated this 28th day of October, 2021 /s/ Sarah Walters Deputy City Clerk CITY OF ARVADA, COLORADO Legal Notice No. 411630 First Publication: October 28, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Publisher: Je ffco Transcript # # #

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