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Arvada City Council recognizes local philanthropist, extends gift card drive Shelley Long wins BPW Woman of the Year, Marshall Fire fundraiser donations continue BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Arvada City Council held a business meeting on Jan. 24, with most councilmembers returning to the dais after weeks of discussing how to hold meetings in light of the recent Jefferson County Public Health Department mask mandate. Council recognized the Northwest Metro Business and Professional Women’s Organization’s 2021 Woman of the Year and discussed the recent Arvada Resiliency Taskforce’s gift card drive to benefit victims of the Marshall Fire. Councilmember Bob Fifer attended the meeting via Zoom because of a persistent cough, while Councilmember John Marriott Zoomed in due to not being in compliance with JCPH’s order. Woman of the Year City council recognized Arvada resident Shelley Long for earning the Northwest Metro Business and Professional Women’s Organization’s 2021 Woman of the Year award. Long is the co-founder of Grace Church, a congregation in Arvada that works to aid people without housing. In 2016, Long started the Facebook group One By One Helping Arvada Homeless, which now has over 2,400 members. In 2020, One By One Helping Arvada Homeless raised and paid for 322 hotel nights for 71 different individuals, costing nearly $20,000 and providing shelter on sever weather nights. “Tonight, we recognize a truly phenomenal member of the community for the work she’s done,” Councilmember Lauren Simpson said. “City council would like to thank Shelley for her work in our community.” Long said she felt humbled by the award and emphasized her
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Man sentenced to 24 years-to-life for child sexual assault at ARC Thrift Store in Arvada Ronn Gregory Wyman, previously convicted of murder, sentenced for January 2020 incident BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
their lives,” Long said. Long said her favorite part of her work was being able to see the progress of the individuals she serves. One family Long has worked with since the early days of One By One sought out the organization when they were homeless
A man with an extensive criminal history was sentenced to 24 years-tolife by the First Judicial District Court on Jan. 27 after a child sexual assault incident that took place at the ARC Thrift Store in Arvada on Jan. 12, 2020. Ronn Gregory Wyman, 63, was convicted on May 12, 2021 of Sexual Assault on a Child - Victim Less Than 15 after assaulting an 11-year-old girl at the thrift store. Wyman has an extensive criminal record and was released from prison in Nov. 2018 after serving over 20 years for second-degree murder. On Jan. 12, 2020, a mother called Arvada Police after her daughter reported that a man had grabbed her buttocks inside the store. The mother reported that she chased Wyman out of the store and physically blocked him from driving away. When police arrived, they took Wyman into custody and confirmed through security camera footage the 11-year-old’s statement that Wyman had been circling her and making eye contact before grabbing her. Wyman has an extensive criminal history which includes sexual offences against children dating back to 1987. At that time, he was convicted for indecent exposure in front of children in California. The next year, he was sentenced to a year in jail for attempted kidnapping of a child. Wyman again faced kidnapping and indecent exposure charges in 1989 and was sentenced to 16 months in prison for indecent exposure in 1991. In 1993, Wyman was convicted in Denver for second degree murder and
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Councilmember Lauren Simpson (left) presents Shelley Long (right) with a recognition for winning the Northwest Metro Business and Professional Women’s PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN Organization’s 2021 Woman of the Year award.
love of working with people in need. “I am very grateful and thankful and feel very undeserving, honestly. There are so many amazing organizations in our community and people who are doing so much more. it’s a privilege to get to meet people on this level and just see the power of people improving
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19-month investigation into July 2020 Arvada gang shooting complete Incident left one dead; arrest warrants issued for 10 suspects BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COMMUNITYCOLORADOMEDIA.COM
A 19-month-long investigation into a gang shooting that occurred on July 11, 2020, in the 5900 block of Lamar Street in Arvada has been completed. The incident left one gang member dead, two gang members with gunshot wounds, a community member with life-long brain injuries and two additional community members with serious injuries. Ten suspects were charged with 33 criminal counts, and as of Jan. 26, all 10 suspects have been arrested in four states. The Arvada Police Department partnered with municipal, state and federal agencies throughout the investigation. Arvada Police responded to reports of a shooting at 10:50 p.m. July 11, 2020. The investigation found the altercation occurred between members of the Mongols motorcycle club and the Hells Angels motorcycle club.
Mugshots of the ten individuals arrested in connection with the gang shooting. Top row from left: Gregory Lawrence Moore Jr., Leon Matthew Dennis, Chadwick Gene Swopes, Jared Chadwick, Saint George Michael Gonzales. Bottom row from left: Kenneth Wayne Tischler, Vincent Eugene Dominguez, Phillip Raymond Garcia, Daniel Ruben Goint, Rafael Vargas Lozano.. COURTESY OF ARVADA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Hells Angels member William “Kelly” Henderson was fatally shot in the altercation. Ryan McPherson, the singer of Nightwolf, a band that was playing at a nearby bar, rushed to help a man with a gunshot wound and was assaulted by gang members. Nightwolf drummer John Akal
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said the band was playing a show at Jake’s Roadhouse and finished its first set of the evening around 10 p.m. At that time, the band members heard the roar of motorcycles up and down the street. Akal and McPherson stepped outside to get some air when McPherson noticed a man lying in the street. McPherson ran to help the man while Akal went inside the bar to warn patrons and staff that an altercation had taken place. Within seconds, McPherson was down in the street as well. “Someone inside the bar said something about seeing a motorcycle speed off — 30 seconds between when I got in the door and saw him out there,” Akal said. McPherson was beaten with a helmet and run over by a motorcycle. Akal said McPherson suffered multiple head injuries, a broken leg and other broken bones. He was in the hospital for a month and is still recovering from his injuries, according to
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sentenced to 28 years in prison and five years of probation. He was released early in 2015 after serving 20 years but returned two more times due to parole violations. First Judicial District Senior Deputy District Attorney Donna Billek said that with Wyman’s history and the incident in Arvada, he cannot safely be a member of the community. “This case was just another in a long line of sexual offenses
Akal. The 10 suspects arrested are facing charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault and other offenses. ATF Special Agent in Charge David S. Booth commented on the results of the investigation and praised the work of the law enforcement agencies involved in tracking down suspects in Colorado, California, Utah and Florida. “These violent defendants have been removed from the street because of the perseverance of dedicated law enforcement men and women from Arvada PD and multiple other agencies,” Booth said. “We will not stand for violence, and this case illustrates the time and effort we will put in to remove these destructive individuals from our communities.” Akal said McPherson has moved to New York to be with his family. “He’s a great guy and a great talent,” Akal said. that the defendant has committed against vulnerable, young children,” Billek said. “With his background, this sentence was appropriate as the defendant has repeatedly made it clear that he can’t be safely managed in our community.” In Colorado, severe sexual offences come with an indeterminate sentence that requires a minimum number of years in prison, after which point offenders can then be released into the community after partaking in sex offender treatment. Because of Wyman’s criminal history with children, that minimum number of years was tripled in this case.
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Dog freed after hours in drain Arvada Fire Department rescues dog from storm drain with help from City camera operators STAFF REPORT
A dog was rescued from a storm drain it ran into near the Apex Center over the weekend of Jan. 24 after Arvada firefighters worked with City of Arvada waste water camera operators to
bring the dog to safety. The dog was stuck in the pipe for hours after it was unable to turn around and too scared to continue onward, according to the Arvada Fire Protection District. The camera operators deployed cameras from both ends of the pipe and the dog was able to follow them to safety. Had the cameras not been utilized, the pipe would have needed to be cut to free the dog, according to ADPD. The dog has been safely reunited with its owners.
Arvada firefighters work to rescue a dog from a storm drain near the Apex Center. COURTESY OF ARVADA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
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Why Aren’t More Homes Going on the MLS Amid This Record Shortage of Listings? This January, only 3,222 homes in metro Denver (defined for this purpose as within 25 miles of the State Capitol) were entered on REcolorado, the Denver MLS. (On Jan. 30, only 846 of them were still active.) That’s a big drop from January 2020, which saw 3,904 new listings. In January 2019 (prepandemic) there were 4,258 new listings. I find these statistics surprising, given what a perfect time it is to put one’s home on the market. We’ve had a seller’s market throughout the pandemic, but this month it became a sellers market on steroids, partly because of the Marshall Fire, which destroyed over 1,000 houses, putting even more pressure on the inventory of homes for rent and for sale. Of those 3,222 new listings this January, 2,309 went under contract before month’s end, and the median time on market before they went under contract was a mere 3 days. Only 188 (8%) of them lasted more than a week before going under contract. Of the 2,309 homes which were listed this January and went under contract before the month’s end, 199 of them also closed in January, and the median listing closed at 4.2% over its listing price. Two of those new listings were my own. In last week’s column I mentioned one of them which went under contact
for $130,000 or 26.2% over its listing price in a bidding war which produced 25 offers. My other listing went under contract for $20,000 over asking price in a bidding war involving six buyers. Between just those two listings, there were 29 losing bidders who are still, presumably, out there waiting for more homes to bid on. Any new listing, if priced appropriately, should sell quickly and, frankly, for more than they will appraise for — but that’s not a problem because, as we all know, a home is worth what a willing buyer will pay, and I’m not seeing problems with homes appraising, especially when the listing agent can show the appraiser multiple arm’s length contracts for close to the same price. Even so, it is common practice now for winning bidders to waive appraisal objection, meaning they agree to bring additional cash to the closing if their lender won’t lend them the contracted amount because of a low appraisal. Buyers are incentivized to purchase now more than they were last year, because it’s quite clear that mortgage interest rates which have hovered around 3% for many months have started rising. By the end of 2022, we may see interest rates for mortgages in the 4% range. On a $500,000 loan, 1% extra interest equates to an additional $417 per month
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on your mortgage payment. That’s a strong incentive to buy now. With the ranks of buyers swelling because of these and other factors, why aren’t homeowners putting their homes on the market? The number one reason I encounter is that would-be sellers don’t want to be a buyer in this market. Being a buyer is very frustrating, and although sellers know they will be able to sell quickly, they worry about being able to buy a replacement home. They understandably don’t want to end up homeless. This problem is mitigated if a seller can make an offer that is not contingent on the sale of their current home, and that may be more possible than you think. For example, if you have a lot of equity in your current home — say, for example, you owe $50,000 on your existing home, but it’s worth $700,000 — you can probably get a credit union to give you a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) of 80% of your equity minus what you owe. In the above example, that would be about $500,000. The nice thing about a HELOC vs. a regular mortgage is that you don’t pay any interest until you draw on that line of credit, such as at the closing on your replacement home. Then you put your current home on the market, sell it quickly, and pay off the HELOC at closing, having paid roughly one month’s interest on that $500,000 loan. I like credit unions because they are non-profit member organizations, and the closing costs are much less than with other lenders. If the line of credit is small enough — say, 50% of your equity — credit unions have been known to waive a full appraisal, saving several hundred dollars. If you have a lot of money tied up in stocks that you don’t want to sell, you can borrow against them, then pay off the borrowed amount when you sell your current home. If you have a large bal-
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and living in a dilapidated van in the King Soopers parking lot at 64th Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard. Long said that when she first started working with the couple, one was two weeks clean from a meth addiction and the other had been in and out of prison for drug0related offenses. “Fast forward, they’re clean, they own their own business — a towing company — they’ve remodeled a Coachman they live in on his parent’s property. They had 30k in the bank through all the principles they learned from One By One and this budgeting process they paid off all of their bills, his court fines, they both work consistently,” Long said. “And it’s a tearful thing to sit and watch people, by their own hard work and a little bit of encouragement from the community step forward and make those kinds of dramatic changes,” Long continued. “And we get to see that over and over.”
Arvada Mayor Marc Williams thanked long for her contributions to the community and for sharing her story. “Thank you for your hard work and for sharing that great success story,” Williams said. “That’s what keeps us going, is those kinds of success stories.” Gift Cards In response to the Marshall Fire, the Arvada Resiliency Taskforce set up a gift card drive to provide aid for those who have been affected. The drive was initially slated to run from Jan. 3 to 14, but due to the outpouring of support, it will continue for the next few weeks. Simpson said that the drive has raised about $65,000 so far but added that the taskforce’s nonprofit partner in the fundraiser said they were going through about $10-20,000 in gift cards a day to support victims of the fire. Simpson said that donations can still be made at the Arvada Chamber of Commerce offices. “Huge personal thank you from myself and Councilmember (Lisa) Smith for the support this commu-
Williams recalled Dannemiller’s enthusiastic attitude and her accomplishments with Apex, which include passing a $25 million bond and getting the Fitzmorris Recreation Center, Secrest Recreation Center and Apex Tennis Center built. “She did an incredible job on (Apex) when she was here. We got some great projects and we’ll always have fond memories of Lauri at various ribbon cuttings and diving into swimming pools and things of that nature for the great projects we partnered on,” Williams said. Whisler died on Jan. 12 and was a realtor and football coach in the local area. “Someone who I considered an institution in Arvada for many years, Duane Whistler, who was a realtor in Arvada for many years. (Whisler was) very involved in the community and was a coach and coached many, many students as a line coach in football and was a classic individual who gave back to his community in so many ways,” Williams said. The next Arvada City Council meeting will be on Feb. 7.
nity delivered for the gift card drive that we did,” Simpson said. “If you are still inclined to donate, the box at the Arvada Chamber of Commerce offices at 7305 Grandview (Avenue) in Olde town will stay open for a couple of weeks to get those late donations in and they go to a really good cause.” Williams commended Simpson and Smith for their role in heading up the fundraiser. “I want to commend both Lauren and Lisa for taking the bull by the horns on this issue and really showing how caring Arvada is and really led the entire metro area in terms of its recognition of the plight of our neighbors to the north, so thank you both for your tremendous work,” Williams said. Recent passings Williams recognized two community members who have recently passed away; Lauri Dannemiller and Duane Whisler. Dannemiller was the executive director of the Apex Parks and Recreation District for over six years, and died from cancer on Jan. 16 at the age of 60.
Bird scooters launch in Arvada Los Angeles-based company wins city’s micromobility bid to provide G-Line connectivity starting Jan. 26 BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Birds have landed in Arvada. The city announced on Jan. 25
that Los-Angeles based company Bird Rides will be the first partner in the new Shared Micromobility Pilot Program, which was approved by a city council vote on Aug. 16.
The scooters became available on Jan. 26. The scooters will be located in a one-mile radius of Arvada’s RTD G-Line stops in an effort to increase accessibility to the train. Riders will be able to rent scooters through the Bird mobile app on a per-minute basis at no cost to the city. Arvada Manager of Mobility and Planning Innovation John Firouzi said that the idea for the pilot program came from a desire to increase connectivity to the G-line. “It started with the citizen’s Transportation Advisory Committee coming to City Council with a solution for first and last mile connectivity to G-Line stations,” Firouzi said. “At the time, when they were doing their analysis on different options, we looked at a one-mile radius of each G-line station that serves Arvada, which includes the last station on the line which is technically in Wheat Ridge. But we still considered that as part of the service area and looked at the entire corridor, which we are considering our mobility innovation corridor.” The pilot program will run for
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“As new shared micromobility devices are added into the community, we want to make sure that users are aware of the rules to operate and park these devices,” Van Bruggen said. “By having a standard set of rules for the devices, we can mitigate concerns related to users and non-users safety.” Firouzi said that his staff held four public meetings to gauge community response to the program and received mixed responses. “We had originally planned for three public meetings,” Firouzi said. “We made that four.
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Green Mountain teens will stay in adult court Denver judge denies request for high school students charged in deadly arson BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Denver Judge Martin Egelhoff denied a request Jan 25 to move the cases against 17-year-olds Kevin Bui and Gavin Seymour to juvenile court. The two are accused of starting a deadly house fire in the 5300 block of North Truckee Street in Denver’s Green Valley Ranch area on Aug. 5, 2020. Egelhoff’s decision came after a three-day hearing earlier this month to determine if adult cases against the suspects should proceed. In his ruling, Egelhoff wrote that both teens could be rehabilitated in juvenile detention. However, he declined to send the cases to juvenile court.
“In a case such as this, where the result of the defendant’s conduct is the loss of not one but five human lives; the total destruction of the home of two families; and the devastation of multiple families and communities, both locally and abroad, the community has a legitimate and significant interest in the most severe and consequential punishment commensurate with the immeasurable harm occasioned by the defendants’ conduct,” Egelhoff wrote. “Indeed, in nearly 23 years as a judicial officer, this Court has not witnessed a case of such gravity, consequence and loss as that presented herein.” Both Bui and Seymour were students at Lakewood’s Green Mountain High School at the time of the incident. They, along with another teen
who was 15 at the time, were arrested in January 2021 after cell phone records indicated a phone linked to Bui was used in the area of the arson at the time of the fire. Bui and Seymour were both charged as adults and are facing up to 60 felony counts including first-degree murder, attempted murder, firstdegree and second-degree assault, first and fourth-degree arson and first and second-degree burglary according to a statement from the Denver District Attorney’s Office. The blaze that consumed the house located at 5312 Truckee St. took the lives of five Senegalese immigrants. Djibril Diol, his wife Adja, and their 2-year-old daughter. Hassan Diol and her infant daughter Hawa Baye also were killed in the fire. According to police reports, two other adults and a child were able to escape the blaze. In recently unsealed court documents, the family members who es-
caped said they woke up to the sound of a smoke alarm, saw that the house was filled with smoke and were able to jump to safety from a window. The documents also said the father who escaped tried to re-enter the house through the front door, but was unable to get the electronic keypad to unlock the door. Bui admitted to the crime in an interrogation after he was arrested. In the interview, he told police he’d targeted the house because he believed someone who had stolen a phone from him lived there. More than 200 pages of text messages have been presented in a separate federal gun and drug case against Bui’s sister, Tanya. The messages, spanning from July through September 2020, implicate Kevin in delivering illegal drugs to clients for his sister. In one text occurring before the arson incident (referring to the house he was targeting), he wrote, “They gonna get theirs like I got mine.”
Bennet and Perlmutter join mayors on crumbling bridge tour Federal Infrastructure money to fix distressed overpasses coming soon BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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Wheat Ridge Mayor Bud Starker and Arvada Mayor Marc Williams joined Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Executive Director Shoshana Lew in Wheat Ridge Jan.
24 to tour the I-70 Ward Road bridges and 44th Avenue bridges. A statement from Perlmutter’s office said the bridges, constructed over 50 years ago, were in need of repair after decades of wear and tear. “Thanks to funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), CDOT will be able to move forward with many bridge projects
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Republican Tim Reichert has entered the race for the congressional seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Ed Perlmutter. The newly redrawn CO-07 District is more rural, which could lead to a closer race in PHOTO COURTESY REICHERT CAMPAIGN. November.
the 1970s in a time of inflation and a stagnating economy in a lower-income family made him keenly aware of what a lot of people are facing right now. Early in January, Perlmutter announced that he would not seek re-election in the coming November election. Democratic Colorado State Senator Brittany Pettersen launched her bid for the seat two days after Perlmutter’s announcement.
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it’s time for new structures that’ll last another 75 years,” he said. “And the money is being allocated by the state and the federal government to basically rebuild more bridges in Colorado and across the country, than since the beginning of the Interstate Project.” He said the number of jobs — onsite doing construction and all of the subcontractors will be a boon for the next 10 years. “These are very big projects — very labor-intensive projects that will be good for jobs now, but also good for getting people around for the next 50-75 years, and also keep us competitive with the rest of the world,” he said. Wheat Ridge Mayor Bud Starker said city, state and federal partners have all been working together to make the bridge projects possible. “The bridges are old and out of date — at the end of their life,” he said. “Replacing them is going to lead to a lot of increased safety for
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Lakewood goalie goes for gold in Beijing USA Hockey player with hometown ties is ready to defend gold medal BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
USA Women’s Hockey will be defending the gold medal when they compete in the 2022 Beijing Games. And goalie Nicole Hensley, who grew up in Lakewood, says the team is ready for the challenge. “For us, defending the gold doesn’t really feel any different,” she said. “In our minds, we kind of feel like the underdog since we got silver in the most recent World Championships.” Hensley said there’s a hunger on her team to win. And what happened four years ago isn’t what they’ll be focused on. Instead, she said, they’ll just take each opponent as they come. Hensley first got into playing hockey when she was seven years old, inspired by the Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup in 2001. “I had a neighbor across the street named Hayden who was always out in the cul-de-sac on his rollerblades, shooting in a net,” she said. “I went out and joined him one day, and pretty soon, we were playing every day after
school.” Her friend Hayden’s dad hooked her parents up with the local hockey association information, and the rest, as they say, is history. Hensley said she started playing with the Foothills Flyers, a boys’ team, unaware that there was a girl’s league, and stuck with the guys until her junior year of high school when she switched over the Colorado Select. Four years of college followed. And then — Team USA. Asked about the mental game of being in goal, she said having a short memory is key. “They always say that if you’re thinking about the last great save you made, you’re looking to get scored on,” she said. “That’s the biggest challenge as a goaltender — you have to stay in the moment.” Hensley said the position is unique in that you’re kind of playing an individual position in a team sport. But having a good group of goalies and other teammates helps to alleviate the stress. “It’s the type of position where you have to be able to let things roll off your back, to be able to keep your mental game sharp,” she said. The USA Women’s Hockey Team plays its first game of the 2022 Olympics, facing off against Finland, Feb. 3.
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Officials predict 80% omicron immunity by mid-February COVID numbers remain high but continue to drop BY JOHN DALEY CPR
Colorado is still seeing extraordinarily high levels of coronavirus transmission and hospitalizations. But those numbers appear to have peaked and are now falling. State pandemic modelers, citing new projections, say they expect the epidemic curve to keep dropping in the next few weeks. “It is encouraging to see this modeling report suggest we have moved beyond the peak of our omicron surge, and that we should continue to see declining COVID-19 transmission in Colorado in the coming weeks,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, state epidemiologist, in a health department press release. Still, the Colorado COVID-19 Modeling Group estimates a large number of the state’s population, one in 19 Coloradans, is currently infectious. But immunity to the omicron variant is “high and rising,” according to the state. Modeling estimates a notable 80 percent of the state’s population will be immune to omicron by mid-February. Infection numbers have hit unprecedented levels this month, but
models project it will drop sharply in the coming weeks, potentially back to low levels (below 1 percent) by the end of February. The health department said there’s still plenty of uncertainty around the estimate. And while infectious disease experts are seeing similar trends nationally, they are cautioning that the coronavirus has broken all the rules and a troubling new variant could pop up at any time. “If we fast forward to the end of late spring, early summer, so May, will there be a new variant? Probably,” said Dr. John Swartzberg, a clinical professor emeritus and expert in infectious diseases at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. “But we’re going to have a very different, from an immunity perspective, a very different population.” “Hopefully we’ll have more people vaccinated and boosted,” he added. Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped for the 8th straight last week to 1,526. But that number is still extremely high after the omicron wave arrived on the heels of the delta surge. Ninety-one percent of intensive care beds are in use, as of Jan. 24, and only 135 of a total of roughly 1,500 ICU beds are open. Staffing remains extraordinarily tight, with more than half of hospitals anticipating a staff shortage
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in the next week, and about a third of facilities anticipating an ICU bed shortage. The seven-day positivity rate fell again on Jan. 24, as it has been for the past two weeks, down to 22.82 percent. On January 11, that figure was nearing 30 percent, or six times the 5 percent threshold epidemiologists regard as worrisome. Cases also appear to be dropping sharply, though the true picture is hard to gauge. Many people are now taking COVID-19 tests at home, officials worry most people are not reporting their results to the state. Herlihy urged Coloradans to stay cautious and keep following public health guidance to help protect themselves and others. That includes getting vaccinated, getting a third dose as soon as it is time,
wearing a mask in public, and steering clear of large gatherings. “Together we can work to ensure case rates continue to decrease in Colorado,” she said. The projections are based on COVID-19 hospital census data through Jan. 23, and vaccination data through Jan. 14. The modeling group includes scientists at Colorado School of Public Health and the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, plus experts from the University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Denver, and Colorado State University. This story is from CPR News, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr. org.
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VOICES Aging in place: the topic of the decade
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e entered this decade not knowing how much our lives, and this world, would have changed when the pandemic arrived in America. GUEST But despite the COLUMN changes the pandemic has brought to our community, Lisa Smith one sentiment remains the same for our aging population—people want to age in place and live independently for as long as they can. Last November, AARP released its “Home and Community Preferences Survey” study, which showed that 77% of adults 50 and older want to remain in their homes for the long term. That number has remained consistent for more than a decade. As residents continue to age, we need to think about how we take care of older adults in our community. And part of accomplishing that is ensur-
ing that older residents have access to home modifications and repairs that help them live independently regardless of their income. Thankfully, those services are already offered in Arvada through a city partnership with long-time housing nonprofit Brothers Redevelopment. During my time as an older adult case manager, I often found that even if the resources or supports are out there, many are unaware of them. Arvada residents should be aware of the Safe and Accessible Arvada and the Arvada Help For Homes programs. The Safe and Accessible Arvada program offers the following services for low and moderate income, elderly and disabled households: Roll-in and step-in shower conversion Wheelchair ramp construction Wide tread exterior stair installation for walker access Door widening for wheelchair/
walker access Grab bar and hand-held shower installation Carpet to solid surface upgrade for wheelchair/walker mobility The Arvada Help for Homes program offers these services to residents: Home safety services such as electrical, plumbing Code compliance repairs and alterations Sidewalk, concrete step and porch repair Fence and gate repairs Tree limb removal Roll-under sink/counter installation Home painting services Studies have shown that falling is the leading cause of injury, accidental death, and premature placement in a nursing home among older adults in the country. But research from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that in-home falls can be reduced
by nearly 40% with communitybased programs that help older adults make modifications to their homes. Arvada strives to be an inclusive community where everyone can be safe in their homes, and these free programs are ways that we accomplish those goals.These programs help Arvada residents continue to live independently while also allowing aging adults stay safe in their home. The Safe and Accessible Arvada and the Arvada Help For Homes programs are all about preserving quality of life and protecting our neighbors. If you’re an older adult in Arvada who is in need of home repairs or modifications, I hope you consider these free services. Learn more about these programs at https://arvada.org/ residents/city-neighborhoods/ safe-and-accessible-arvada. Lisa Smith, Arvada City Council
A crisis in the world of the American male
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rstwhile Presidential candidate Andrew Yang put an important and fascinating thread up last week on Twitter related to… (What? I Twitter. I’m old, but, I can Twit.) This thread of Mr. Yang’s highlit several points, some of which you’ve seen in this space before: only 40% of college enrollees are male only 30% of high school valedictorians are male boys are 2-3x more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD boys are 5x more likely to spend time in juvenile detention more men age 18-34 live with their parents than with romantic partners There is a crisis in the world of the American male, and it’s not getting any better. Now, before I go too far down this road, let me be clear—crystal clear— that this is in no way an attempt to denigrate the gains that women have made in the culture. More women are getting better educated, more women are populating the C-suites of major corporations and more women are achieving political power in this country. As a father of daughters,
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I see all of this as a GREAT development. But, also, as a father of daughters (Abu al-Banat, for fans of West Wing), I have seen the struggles my daughters have gone through trying to find boyfriends who are their equals and peers, who are worMichael Alcorn thy of respect and who give respect and who are capable of managing “adult” responsibilities and being real partners. Fortunately, right now, they are both in excellent relationships, but it’s taken a while. I also see this in the schools. As a retired teacher who occasionally substitute teaches, I can say that the boys struggle. Most of them are torn between trying to meet expectations in a system that is designed away from their strengths and trying to fit into a social hierarchy that resembles a pack of stray dogs and a culture that seems to value clown behavior above achievement. One thing Mr. Yang did not point
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out in his thread was the absurdly high number of boys who have to grow up in this day and age without a father in the home. By some estimates, fewer than a third of all boys live in the same household as their biological father; in some communities about half live in households with no adult male at all. And while it’s true that some fathers are toxic, I would say the street pack is almost always toxic. And before anybody goes off about how “chauvinistic” it is for me to think that only a man can teach a boy to be a man, let me state this: I had no idea how to be a man until I had children, but I was raised by a great role model. My parents held me accountable and made me act the part; but, until I held my own child, it was just an act. Becoming a dad made everything my dad ever did, instantaneously, make sense. It’s different. Also, it’s not just men in the homes—think about the cultural portrayal of man and dads. Disney and Nickelodeon are populated by dads who are buffoons, “Cobra Kai” is mostly absentee dads, “Stranger Things” has an absentee dad,
“Friends” has two dads who are divorced and one who’s cheating on his wife, “Married with Children,” “The Simpsons”… you get the picture. I think, realistically, the last popular culture dad who was a good, respectable and strong figure was Heathcliff Huxtable. The models are broken, too. Think I’m overreacting? Look at the statistics from the last 22 months on boys, drug overdoses and suicides. They will depress you. I’m glad Andrew Yang is talking about this—he seems to be the only one. It’s all well and good that our state reps want to help us clean out our junk drawers, but really important and catastrophic things are bubbling beneath the surface of our society. And I think we need to start talking about it. 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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Combat food waste with composting
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y name is Lila Narracci. I am 10 years old and I’m very concerned about our environment. When I go outside, I usually see some sort of trash. It usually has something to do with food, but we can help change that. We can help create a cleaner community. Compost When you make your own compost bin you can save money on soil if you like to garden. If you put your wasted food in a bin with worms, the worms will eat the food and make it into soil. The soil that the worms create is rich and better for growing plants. My favorite part of composting is feeling like I’m doing something to help the earth. If you don’t like to garden, then you can pay a company and they will take your compost and make it into soil for other people. Listed below are some companies and what they charge: SustainAbility: $2 for drop off of 5 gallons of compost Denver Compost Collective: $5 a week for a 1.25 gallon pail Places to buy worms: Lowes garden center, Walmart garden center, and fish tackling shops. Fish tackling shops are not recommended because they don’t always have the right kind of worms. You can also use red worms. (Don’t use earthworms, they are not meant for composting!) According to National Overview, food composting “rose to 2.2 percent (680,000 tons) in 2000, 5.3 percent (2.1 million tons) in 2015 and 6.3 percent (2.6 million tons) in 2017. In 2018 the food composting rate was 4.1 percent (2.6 million tons).” Food waste According to Feeding America, 108 billion pounds of food is wast-
ed in the United States each year. “That equates to 130 billion meals and more than $408 billion in food thrown away each year,” reads the Feeding America website. “Shockingly, nearly 40% of all food in America is wastLila Narracci ed.” When all this food is wasted, it goes to the landfill and rots. World Wildlife Fund claims, “wasted food isn’t just a social or humanitarian concern—it’s an environmental one. When we waste food, we also waste all the energy and water it takes to grow, harvest, transport, and package it. And if food goes to the landfill and rots, it produces methane—a greenhouse gas even more potent than carbon dioxide. About 6-8% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced if we stop wasting food. In the US alone, the production of lost or wasted food generates the equivalent of 32.6 million cars’ worth of greenhouse gas emissions.” Most people in the U.S. waste 1 pound of food every day, but there are so many ways you can help. If you’re having a party, try to know how many guests you’re having. Make sure not to get too much food. If you have leftovers, send people home with some of the leftovers so that they also don’t have to buy more food. If you’re not having a gathering and you have leftover food but not enough to keep, then get a compost bin to help create a clean, green earth!
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Lila Narracci, 5th grader at West Woods Elementary School
LETTER TO THE EDITOR School choice debate As the school choice debate heats up, does Mr. Jay Gubersky’s argument against this hot issue hold water? I do not believe so. Say I park a fire truck outside my house in case of a fire, as Mr. Gubersky cites as an example. Does this say I am against the Fire Department? That I don’t agree with the way they fight fires? Or what if I do have firearms to protect me and mine. Again, does this mean I’m against police and how they do their job? Absolutely not. I still greatly depend on them all even if I have that fire truck and legal weapons. I gladly pay taxes
for their services. If I’m for school choice (of which I am a strong proponent), it simply means I disagree with how they teach my child and what they teach them. I do not rely on them for my safety. Therefore, if I have an alternative and my tax dollars follow my child, I have the freedom to choose differently. Many parents do not have that freedom because they cannot afford private, charter schools, etc. I for one, do not want my taxes to go into a system that does not work for my family any longer. Fair competition benefits all. Sandi Diebel, Arvada
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Mary Catherine (Dolan) Haggblom October 4, 1934 - January 11, 2022
Mary Catherine Haggblom, 87, of Arvada, CO, died peacefully at home from pancreatic cancer on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Mary was born October 4, 1934, in New York City, NY, the youngest daughter of Patrick and Catherine Dolan. Mary is survived by: Husband, Peter Richard Haggblom, of Arvada, CO; daughter, Maureen Haggblom (Darrin Lawless), of Eagle River, AK; daughter, Christine Alfonso (James), of Devils Lake, ND; daughter, Lisa Haggblom, of Willamina, OR; granddaughter, Kathryn Alfonso, of Asheville, NC; grandson, Aidan Alfonso, of Spokane, WA; grandson, Owen Alfonso, of Tempe, AZ; and nephew, Patrick Beard (Mary Ellen Regan-Beard), of Brooklyn, NY. She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Nancy Beard, of Brooklyn, NY.
Mary’s parents were from Ballinamore, Counties Cavan and Leitrim, Ireland, and immigrated to the United States in 1928, settling in New York City, NY. Mary worked at A. Sulka & Company before graduating from Cathedral High School in 1952. She worked at Equitable Life Assurance before marrying Peter on May 25, 1957, in The Bronx, after Peter returned from his tour of duty with the US Navy. In 1963, after their daughters were born, they moved from Brooklyn to Staten Island. Peter worked for United Airlines and transferred to Stapleton Airport in Denver, CO, so they moved to Arvada in 1972. She worked as a teacher’s aide at Swanson Elementary School in Arvada from 1972 to 1997. In Colorado, Mary, Peter, and their
children enjoyed (to various degrees) skiing, camping, boating, fishing, and horseback riding. Mary enjoyed dancing, singing, ceramics and other crafts, pets, and was a member of St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Arvada for fifty years. She was a friend to wayward animals, and she and Peter were avid world travelers. Her idea of a perfect home was one without a kitchen, as she unashamedly expressed her distaste for spending time in the kitchen (but always had a kettle ready for a cup of tea). Mary valued her friendships across the miles and never lost touch with her New York friends. Her Colorado friends included folks from United Airlines, American Legion/ VFW Post, St. Anne’s, Swanson’s, and her neighborhood. She celebrated her last birthday lunch with “The Girls,” her Arvada friends. In her later years, she enjoyed time in her flower garden in the front yard and summer evenings on the backyard deck. Mortuary services provided by Archdiocese of Denver: Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services of Colorado. Funeral Mass is Friday, February 18, 2022, 10 am, at Shrine of St. Anne Catholic Church, 7555 Grant Place, Arvada. Burial follows at 1:15 pm at Ft. Logan National Cemetery, 4400 West Kenyon Ave., Denver. Reception in Mary’s honor follows at 2:30 pm at American Legion Wilmore-Richter Post 161, 6230 W. 60th Ave, Arvada. Donations can be made to Lutheran Medical Center, SCL Health Hospice, 3210 Lutheran Pkwy, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, 303-425-8000, Lutheran Medical Center | Wheat Ridge, CO | SCL Health.
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Dianne Marie Hillman Dianne Marie Hillman, 73 of Thornton, Colorado, beloved wife of James Hillman (Jim), passed away peacefully at her home on January 19, after a battle with cancer. Dianne worked for Adams 12 Five Star Schools from 1982-2013. Dianne is survived by her husband Jim, son Chad, DAVIS
daughter Nicole, 4 brothers, 2 sisters and 5 grandchildren. Services will be held at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 11385 Grant Dr Northglenn, on Monday January 31, at 11:00am with reception immediately following service.
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Pandemic, popular Netflix series stir interest, ire BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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hile waiting out the coronavirus, it appears the world got ‘board.’ Who knew all it would take to reignite global interest in chess was a raging pandemic and unsupervised access to the internet? No, seriously. As public health orders canceled concerts and closed theaters and restaurants, we looked inward—and online—for ways to occupy time and connect with others. We made masks. We howled at the moon. We binge-watched. And “The Queen’s Gambit” was one of our favorites. The Netflix miniseries, set in the 1950s and ‘60s, is a coming-ofage story of a fictional teenage chess prodigy based on the 1983 Walter Tevis novel of the same name. It follows the life of orphan Elizabeth Harmon and her substance abuse struggle as she rises through the ranks to become a world chess champion. It was a story we liked—a lot. Within the first three weeks of its October 2020 debut, the sevenepisode drama had toy stores scrambling to keep chess sets on the shelves and online buyers coming up with empty carts and backorders. Market research firm NPD Group reported unit sales of chess sets jumped 87% in the U.S., and chess book sales rose by an astronomical 603%. “The idea that a streaming television series can have an impact on product sales is not a new one, but we are finally able to view it through the data,” said NPD toy industry advisor Juli Lennett in a November 2020 statement. “The sales of chess books and chess sets, which had previously been flat or declining for years, turned sharply up-
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ward as the popular new series gained viewers.” Online gaming platforms also saw dramatic increases in memberships and active users. Chess.com Director of Technology at Saad Abdali said traffic to the online chess site tripled after the pandemic hit. He published a July 20, 2021 tech blog discussing how the site handled the dramatic user surge and said that in March 2020 alone, the number of daily active users rose from 280,000 to more than 1 million. The Queen’s Gambit accepted Tucked away in a south Denver hotel ballroom, the Denver Chess Club MLK Memorial Chess Tournament gets under-
way. The room’s atmosphere is ripe with heavy sighs and a constant hum from the ventilation system. The two-day, five-round Swiss tournament held Jan. 15-16 attracted more than 90 local players. While 23-year-old tournament director Andrew Starr admits he is ”a little on the young side for a tournament director,” he says the turnout for the in-person event was exceptional. Starr circles the room, observing the players—and spectators that gather to view the more exciting games. He admits a great deal of the SEE CHESS, P14
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director’s job is reminding folks of the tournament’s strict silence policy. ”It’s expected (that spectators are) to be silent at all times,” he said. “As a tournament director, that’s my big sticking point.” The CU grad student and Grandview High School alum said he’s pleased with the wildly popular Netflix series. “The top thing I liked about it is that better than any other pop culture piece, it accurately represents the chess world without making it inaccessible to general audiences,” Starr said. And that’s important. As Starr points out, there are many elements of chess culture that the public tends to get wrong. ”I think one of the biggest misconceptions about chess players is that they’re these bizarre, quiet recluses,” he said. “I think it’s because Bobby Fischer is the most famous American chess player, and that’s how he was.” Lauded for his stunning 1972 World Championship win against Soviet defending champion Boris Spassky, Grand Master Robert James Fischer was also known for his eccentric and often exaggerated paranoid behavior. Fischer made numerous antiSemitic outbursts throughout his career, and in 1992 was indicted for ignoring an executive order from President George H.W. Bush. The order, which imposed restrictions on relations with Yugoslavia, made Fischer’s famous rematch with is Spassky illegal, based on its location in Belgrade. In front of the world press, Fischer spat on the presidential order and said, “This is my reply.” Colorado Chess Hall of Famer Richard “Buck” Buchanan has been a staple in the Colorado chess community for more than 40 years. He’s organized and directed countless chess tournaments and says everybody’s a little different when it comes to chess culture. ”Basically, chess players have varied personalities as would any other group that you want to meet,” Buchanan explained. “I don’t want to generalize about the culture because that’s one of the rich things about chess. It’s part of the human experience. It’s an art form. It’s a competition. It’s fun, and it’s got room in it for all kinds of creativity, discovery and excitement.” No longer just ‘old white guys’ In the U.S., the 1950s and ‘60s were periods of drastic contrast, so say many historians—the ‘50s being the post-World War II decade of prosperity and conformity. In comparison, the ‘60s brought about change and rebellion. The ongoing Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union played heavily into the miniseries storyline. It was a period when men dominated the chess scene, and only a handful of female players got the opportunity to compete professionally. “The show framed the main
character as one young girl against a bunch of old Russian men,” said Starr. ”And that’s just how it was in Fischer’s day. But now, things are a little different.” Chess is no longer just about “old white guys,” he said, adding that the game and the players are more diverse, vibrant and respectful now. In his opinion, the game is also becoming much younger. And he might be right. Last year, Tanitoluwa “Tani” Adewumi, a 10-year-old Nigerian refugee living in New York, became America’s newest chess master at the tender age of 10, according to the U.S. Chess Federation, making him the 28th youngest person to achieve the status. And at just 15, Cherry Creek High School students Neil Bhavikatti and Vedanth Sampath are among the highest-ranked players in Colorado. “No discussion of chess culture would be complete without talking about women in chess,” Starr said. “I think that both evolving social norms and the impetus of ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ have propelled more girls into playing, which personally, I think is excellent, but there are some contentious issues regarding female chess players that may be worth talking about.” One of those is the concept of women-only tournaments. Starr supports the idea. He says all-female tournaments may help break the ice and encourage more girls and women to give the game a try. Another point of contention, Starr says, is the concept of separate titles for men and women. “I know that as a man, I can’t speak for the opinions of all women, but I do join a sizable number of female chess players in saying that women’s titles are a little demeaning. Among other requirements, a grandmaster (GM) title requires a rating of 2500, whereas a woman grandmaster (WGM) only needs to obtain a rating of 2300. which, to me, carries the implication of women being weaker chess players,” he said. “While men have obviously had far more success in the chess world than women, I chalk this up to young boys being steered into chess and young girls being steered elsewhere.” It’s complicated, Starr said, but the trend is women are starting to see more mainstream success in chess. The Queen’s Gambit declined Born in the Soviet Union in 1941, Nona Gaprindashvili would become the first woman to be awarded the grandmaster title by the World Chess Federation. During her career and reign as Women’s World Chess Champion, which spanned 1962-1978, she successfully competed against some of the strongest male players in the world. Many of them are Russian. Mentioned by name in “The Queen’s Gambit,” Gaprindashvili was not pleased with the series or how it portraited her. In fact, she was pretty hot. In September 2021, she filed a $5 million lawsuit against Netflix, citing false light invasion of privacy and defamation per se. The 80-year-old, now living in
Tbilisi, Georgia, is seeking a trial by jury. Her suit, filed in the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, centers around allegations that “Netflix brazenly and deliberately lied about Gaprindashvili’s achievements for the cheap and cynical purpose of ‘heightening the drama’ by making it appear that its fictional hero had managed to do what no other woman, including Gaprindashvili, had done.” And that was face men at the highest levels of chess competition. The internet as a game-changer The game of chess dates back more than 1,500 years. Often referred to as the game of kings, chess sets have taken many forms, from rudimentary carvings to elegant and ornate masterpieces crafted from gold and silver. Now, chess, like most everything else, can be found online. For some players, the number of resources available makes online chess attractive. But not to everyone. Vedanth Sampath, who participated in the Denver Chess Club’s recent in-person tournament, said he’s not a fan of online chess, primarily because of cheating or what some players call “computer doping.” Doping is essentially using a computer program or an application to obtain an unfair advantage during play. Not just limited to lower-rated players, grandmasters have also been snared. Some players have even mastered monetizing chess by live-streaming their games on platforms like Twitch. A February 2020 article by CNBC News reports 25-year old chess master Alexandra Botez “brings in over $100,000 a year as a professional chess streamer.” Neil Bhavikatti says popular streamers help bring new players to the board, and Twitch has positively affected the game. “The game going online brings in such an enormous amount of people to the game,” Starr said. ”It makes it a lot easier to get good very quickly.” So will chess over-the-board become a relic of bygone days? It’s hard to say. When asked what chess needs to stay relevant in the future, Buchanan said, “It just needs to be played—and it seems to be doing a pretty good job.”
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Ralston Valley takes trifecta against rival Arvada West BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
ARVADA — Just less than 30 percent of Ralston Valley boys basketball team’s wins so far this season have come against one team — Arvada West. The Mustangs (11-6, 2-0 in Class 5A Jeffco) managed to defeat rival A-West (7-8, 1-1) for the third time this season Jan. 26 on the Wildcats’ home court. “It’s awesome,” Ralston Valley senior Zach Akin said of the trio of victories over the Mustangs’ chief rival. “It’s tough to beat a team three times. It feels really good, especially to beat them in their house. It’s a good win to start league for sure.” The Arvada-area rivals faced off at the Fairview Tournament before winter break and then matched up again in a non-league game back on Jan. 14 at Ralston Valley High School. Despite the third different location, it was the same result with the Mustangs taking a 61-41 win this time around. A-West coach Jeff Perriott’s squad did give Ralston Valley a better test from just a dozen days ago. The Wildcats came out with a lot of energy taking an early lead. “He is such a good coach and such a good game planner, we knew he SEE BASKETBALL, P17
Arvada West junior Zion Thomas (middle) goes up for a shot against Ralston Valley’s Tanner Braketa, left, and George Patterson during the Class 5A Jeffco League game Jan. 26 at Arvada West High School. The Wildcats suffered a 61-41 loss despite a teamhigh 12 points by Thomas. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Arvada West senior Amanda Neff, middle, attempts to split Ralston Valley juniors Elyssa Cardella, left, and Cianna Wilder during the first half Jan. 26 at Arvada West High School. Ralston Valley won 38-15 to end a 7-game winning streak by A-West. PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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ARVADA — Saying Ralston Valley’s defense was stellar on Jan. 26 would be an understatement. Ralston Valley — No. 8 in this week’s CHSAANow.com Class 5A girls basketball rankings — put an end to Arvada West’s 7-game winning streak in a 38-15 victory for the Mustangs. “Very good,” Ralston Valley coach Jeff Gomer said of the defensive effort. “We’ve been very good defensively. Offensively we’ve struggled at times and we have the ability to putting up points. We’ve been able to lean on the defense.” Ralston Valley (11-4, 2-0 in 5A Jeffco) held the Wildcats (12-4, 1-1) to a season-low 15 points. A-West made just four field goals in the conference game at Arvada West High School. “Defense was our No. 1 priory,” Ralston Valley senior Saya Sabus said. “Once you establish yourself on defense you can grow your offense. That is what we were really focused on. From the start, we had the focus that we weren’t going to lose to A-West.” A-West scored 5 points or less in every quarter. Senior Amanda Neff had a team-high 6 points, which included going 4-for-4 from the freethrow line. Ralston Valley’s offense wasn’t a juggernaut by any means. The Mustangs was held to single digits in every quarter until pouring in 13 points in the fourth quarter to push the lead above 20 points. Ralston Valley’s lone senior — Saya Sabus — was scoreless in the first half before finishing with 7 points on the night. Freshmen Sophia Sabus (Saya’s younger sister) and Kailey Townsend combined for
Ralston Valley junior Elyssa Cardella (3) drives on Arvada West freshman Saylor Swanson (5) during the boys/girls varsity doubleheader Jan. 26 at Arvada West High School. The Mustangs’ defensive was impressive in a 38-15 victory.
23 points to help hand A-West its first loss since Dec. 14. “It’s been a rival a long time before I came into it,” Saya Sabus said. “It definitely was a high priority to win this game.” Saya Sabus has been a staple for Ralston Valley’s girls basketball program for four years. She has averaged nearly 12 points per game since her freshman year and is nearing the 1,000-point career mark. The senior guard has already announced her commitment to play hoops at Colorado School of Mines next school year. “It’s a tremendous relief,” Saya Sabus said about heading to Mines, currently ranked No. 5 in Division II. “Knowing that I have something to look forward too and work toward.” Wednesday was also the confer-
ence opener for Ralston Valley, who along with the rest of the 5A Jeffco League will attempt to knock off the defending state champion Valor Christian during conference play. “Valor is good without question,” Gomer said of the top-ranked team in 5A. “We don’t want to concede anything. This team is pretty resilient.” Ralston Valley played a pretty tough non-league schedule that included No. 3 Monarch and facing 4A’s No. 2 Mullen twice. The Mustangs dropped a non-league game against No. 9 Columbine before winter break. Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.
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Ralston Valley junior Josh Rillos (11) elevates for a jumper in the lane over Arvada West junior Ethan Kerstiens (35) during the boys/girls varsity doubleheader Jan. 26 at Arvada West High Schools. The Mustangs managed their third victory this season PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS against the Wildcats with a 61-41 victory.
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would have something new against us, especially being the third time around,” Ralston Valley coach Chris Braketa said of Perriott. “I respect Jeff a lot. He has helped me out a lot being a young coach.” What helped the Mustangs pull away a bit in the second half was a 11-0 run midway through the third quarter. Akin led the charge in the 22-point quarter for Ralston Valley. The senior guard had 9 points in the quarter, including a pair of 3-pointers. “That third quarter has been big for us all season,” Akin said. “We’ve had a lot of close games going into halftime and then we breakout in the third quarter. It was good to do that again tonight.” Ralston Valley took a 45-28 lead going into the fourth quarter. A-West senior Adam Espinosa scored 7 points early in the fourth quarter to cut the Mustangs’ lead to 49-37, but Ralston Valley answered with a 10-0 run to put the game out of reach. Freshman Tanner Braketa poured
in 7 of his team-high 14 points in the final quarter. Akin finished with 13 points while the Mustangs had seven other players contribute in the scoring column. “We are really nine deep. Those guys can score and to give them the confidence that they are all good players,” Coach Braketa said. “When we are all scoring we are pretty hard to beat.” A-West was led by junior Zion Thomas. The Wildcats’ starting guard finished with 12 points, most coming on drives to the basket. “(Thomas) was hard to keep out of the middle tonight,” Coach Braketa said of Thomas. “He did a really good job tonight getting into the paint and making things happen.” It was Ralston Valley’s conference opener with the Mustangs’ have a bye during the first night of league play in the 9-team league last week. “Everyone wants to win league,” Akin said. “Games matter all season, but these league games now matter a little bit more.” Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.
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Whoop! Beer it is! Craft beers and bands converge at UllrGrass Festival BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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t seems Ullr, the Nordic god of winter, is pleased. Hundreds of grateful beer fans and music lovers reveled in the beautiful weather and warm temperatures at the 2022 UllrGrass Festival, held Jan. 28-30 in Golden’s downtown
Parfet Park. The three-day festival is the creation of Chris and Susannah Thompson, longtime Golden residents who felt the city needed a signature winter event. Festival-goers come in their best Viking attire to celebrate live music and craft beer. UllrGrass is a volunteer-powered non-profit event that benefits the Kids Music Project by Coral Creek, which delivers music education and performance to kids in Colorado. SEE P23 FOR MORE PHOTOS
Serving up some smiles—and suds, Brianna Witherow (left) and Lindsay Hayes (right) of Barrels and Bottles Brewery in Golden were among the many local craft beer vendors at the 2022 UllrGrass Festival.
Music fans — and beer fans — pack Golden’s Parfet Park for the UllrGrass Festival, Jan. 28-30. The annual event made its return after a two-year hiatus.
From left, Raequel Rhoades, Cara Frangipane, and Monica Johnson embrace the magic of Golden’s 2022 UllrGrass Festival. Attendees are encouraged to come dressed in PHOTOS BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY their finest Viking attire.
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Named for the Norse god of winter, Golden’s 2022 UllrGrass Festival welcomed warm temperatures and blue skies — and some of the area’s best craft beers. The three-day event brought music and craft beer fans to Golden’s Parfet Park.
Ryan Evans, left, co-founder and CEO of Bruz Beers, mugs it for the camera with some happy attendees at this year’s UllrGrass Festival. Along with a jam-packed lineup of music, the festival is a showcase PHOTOS BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY for some of the area’s finest craft beers.
Bluegrass band Hunker Down gets the party started on the Ullr Saloon stage. Based in Winter Park, Colorado, the band kept the energy high for attendees at the 2022 UllrGrass Festival, Jan. 28-30 in Golden.
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