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Arvadans plan benefit concert for Marshall Fire victims
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Jeffco Public Health Executive Director Dawn Comstock resigns Tumultuous year as agency head comes to an abrupt end BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
herself waiting for an opportunity to help the victims, something she believed the Denver music community would have done in the past. Her phone didn’t ring. “I kept watching the newspaper and listening to the news — 20 years ago, the day after the fire, every musician in town would have been calling each other to say, `Hey let’s do this.’ No one was calling me to say anything. I was not happy. I couldn’t figure out; am I being left out? Then I realized that maybe no one was talking,” Miller said. At that point, Miller decided to take it upon herself to do something. She isn’t alone in her efforts. Joining her cause are Arvada mainstays Debbie Hansen, owner of La Dolce Vita Coffee Shop in Olde Town, as well as fellow musician Warren Rubin, an accomplished guitarist and soundman known to some as `The Amp Whisperer.’
Jefferson County Public Health Director Dawn Comstock has resigned. Comstock offered her resignation during a closed-door Board of Health meeting Feb. 7. It was accepted after a unanimous vote of the Board. The special Board of Health meeting was held almost entirely in Executive Session, keeping its contents private. Board President Cheri Jahn released a statement after Comstock’s resignation was accepted. “Dr. Comstock has been a committed public servant, and this board is grateful for her public health expertise and guidance throughout the past year. She offered her resignation to the JCPH board today, and we have accepted it,” Jahn said. “We will begin the process of transitioning her position once her resignation is complete. We are grateful for Dr. Comstock’s service and look forward to keeping the public updated as we put together a transition team and search for the next director of JCPH.” Board member Kimberley Krapek told the Denver Post that Comstock will be put on paid administrative leave to give the department time to finalize the details of her resignation. Comstock’s resignation comes after just one year in the position. Hired in February 2021, Comstock previously worked as an adjunct professor for the Colorado School of Public Health. Comstock’s time at JCPH came amid heated debates about Jefferson County’s implementation
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Benefit concert organizers hold an impromptu meeting at La Dolce Vita Coffee Shop. From left: Maria Steele, Warren Rubin, PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN Hazel Miller, Debbie Hansen.
Local musicians look to rally support for those affected by Marshall Fire at Feb. 20 fundraiser BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
“Let’s play some music, make some money, and give em’ the money.” It wasn’t quite that simple for Hazel Miller and company, but the result might not be far off. Miller, a singer whose performance credits include Red Rocks and the White House, has spent the last few weeks tirelessly organizing a benefit concert, dubbed the “Concert for Our Neighbors” to aid those affected by the Marshall Fire. The benefit is set to take place on Feb. 20 at the Arvada Elks Lodge. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Proceeds from the event will go to victims of the Marshall Fire,
with Brighton-based nonprofit Let Your Light Shine taking on the task of allocating funds to families affected by the fire. In addition to performances from Miller and local acts Twenty Hands High, Dive Bar Diva and Soda Blue, the benefit will also include a silent auction and food trucks. 100% of proceeds will go to victims of the fire, according to the event’s organizers. Miller said she was inspired to help because the fire hit close to home. “We were on stage at the Broadmoor (Hotel) doing a private party and my guitar player got a text from his dad, whose house was just blocks away from where the fire stopped… We found out the next day that his dad’s house was ok, but we also found out about a week and a half later that an old friend of ours — 25 years we’ve known this guy — was the first person they found dead,” Miller said. The proximity of the tragedy hit Miller hard, and she found
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Perlmutter sponsored SAFE Banking Act passes House as part of America COMPETES Act Additional provision funds wildfire research BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The America COMPETES Act, including provisions authored by Rep. Ed Perlmutter, was passed Feb. 4 in the U.S. House of Representatives. Perlmutter’s contributions, The SAFE Banking Act and an additional wildfire research focus in the National Science Foundation for the Future Act, address issues that are top of mind for many in his CO-07 Congressional District. In a press release about the Act’s passage, Perlmutter’s team said the America COMPETES Act will make transformational new investments in research, innovation and American manufacturing to ensure that America can continue to be a beacon of excellence in science and technology in the world. The inclusion of the SAFE Banking Act in the America COMPETES Act marks the sixth time the legislation has passed the U.S. House. Most recently, SAFE Banking passed
the U.S. House as part of the FY22 (fiscal year) National Defense Authorization Act in December 2021. Despite having 40 bipartisan cosponsors in the Senate, the legislation still has not been taken up for debate and a vote in the U.S. Senate. “Cannabis-related businesses – big and small – and their employees are in desperate need of access to the banking system and access to capital in order to operate in an efficient, safe manner and compete in the growing global cannabis marketplace. The SAFE Banking Act is the best opportunity to enact some type of federal cannabis reform this year and will serve as the first of many steps to help ensure cannabis businesses are treated the same as any other legal, legitimate business,” Perlmutter said. “I’m glad to see it included in the America COMPETES Act and I will keep pushing to ensure it remains in the final package negotiated with the Senate.” In addition to the SAFE Banking Act, Perlmutter was able to include an amendment during the Science, Space and Technology Committee’s markup of the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Future Act to expand the NSF wildfire risk and
resilience research. Perlmutter’s amendment ensures NSF’s wildfire research includes a focus on wildfire science and the impact wildfires have on air quality, human behavior, and how to improve early detection. “Colorado just experienced the most destructive wildfire in our state’s history, making it more important than ever we improve our understanding of wildfires so we can better prepare for and mitigate the effects of wildfires to protect peoples’ lives, their homes, and our natural resources,” Perlmutter said. “This amendment will ensure NSF supports researchers, like those at the University of Colorado, to further their work in wildfire science.” According to Perlmutter’s press release, the America COMPETES Act will ensure a significant increase in funding for Manufacturer’s Edge, Colorado’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program as well as ensure science agencies such as the Department of Energy (DOE), National Science Foundation (NSF), and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are well-equipped to succeed in the 21st Century.
Jefferson County Public Health Director THE WHITE HOUSE Dawn Comstock has resigned.
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Jeffco Public Health lifts mask order for county including schools New guidance follows recent changes in other metro counties BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Effective Friday, Feb. 18, residents in Jefferson County, including students in Jeffco Public Schools, will no longer be under Public Health Order 21-006, which requires masking for all individuals over the age of three in all public, indoor spaces. Masks will continue to be required on school buses where federal mandates take precedence
over local policy. Privately owned businesses also will have the right to require masks. The change comes as a result of Jefferson County Public Health’s (JCPH) Board of Directors voting to rescind mandates in place since Nov. 23, 2021. Prior to the vote, JCPH board members debated pros and cons of keeping the mandate in place before ultimately deciding to let the Public Health Order expire. Officials said it’s possible the mask mandate could expire sooner than Feb. 18, if data indicates an earlier lifting of the mandate is warranted. In their own statement emailed to parents and students in the district, Jeffco Public Schools officials said based on public
health data and trends provided to the public, the district strongly supports an earlier rescinding of masks should JCPH decide to do so. A statement posted to the Jeffco website Jan. 31, foreshadowed the Feb 3 announcement, saying JCPH will continue to work with public schools to mitigate spread of the virus while prioritizing in-person learning. “As discussions continue about how to move forward into the next phase of mitigation strategies, JCPH is proud to work closely with and support our schools in their efforts,” said Christine Billings, head of the Office of Pandemic Response at JCPH. “It will continue to be vital to preserve the health
and safety of school-aged children and all the adults who work in and interact with our schools — especially those who may be medically fragile or are not yet eligible for the vaccine. JCPH will work handin-hand with all our community’s school leaders to ensure programs and policies that help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in schools, as well as preserve and prioritize inperson learning.” Despite the forthcoming change in guidance, Jefferson County continues to experience high levels of COVID-19 transmission. Current data from the county COVID dashboard shows a 7-day Cumulative Count and Incidence rate of 3,080 new cases and a 7-day Average Test Positivity rate of 15.1%.
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showings and no offers, so I went back to offering 2.8%. Nowadays, however, because of higher home prices, lower co-op commissions are less of an impediment. I am back to offering 2.5% so I can charge a lower listing commission on higherpriced listings, and they’re still selling immediately. I did a little research to quantify the effect of the lower co-ops and found that 30% of the homes which sold in one day were offering between 2% and 2.6% coop commission, with 2.5% most common. The homes that took 10 to 12 days to sell had twice as many offering less than 2.8% co-ops, so it appears to have had an effect, but the homes still sold relatively quickly. It seems only right to me that higher priced homes should carry lower listing commissions and lower co-op commissions, so I did some research on that too. The MLS does not show listing commissions, but I was able to research co-op commissions which, to a certain extent, should reflect the listing commission, since agents are reluctant to give away more than half their listing commission to buyers’ agents. What I found surprised me. Of homes that closed in the last 30 days, I found that 46% of the closings under $450,000 offered less than 2.8% co-ops. This was a much higher percentage than homes which sold between $1 million and $1.3 million. Only 26% of those offered less than 2.8% co-op. And most shocking of all, only 16% of the homes that sold for $3.4 million or more offered less than 2.8% co-op. There’s currently a foothills listing for $27.5 million that is offering 2.8% co-op commission. The lucky broker who sells that listing will earn a commission of $770,000 for writing that contract. And, of course, the listing agent is getting about that much for putting it in the MLS. That seems excessive to me. That brings up the topic of whether real estate agents generally are over compensated — a belief that generates con-
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Development to begin on Trailstone, last development in Candelas Master Plan The 196-acre development will feature 675 homes, eying spring 2023 construction of homes BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Crews will begin work this month on Trailstone, the final major development in the Candelas Master Plan. The 196-acre development spearheaded by Arizona-based Taylor Morrison will feature 675 homes and a trail network that connects to the city’s. The project is expected to be ready for occupancy by late 2023 or early 2024, according to the City of Arvada’s Director of Growth and Economic Development Ryan Stachelski. Stachelski said that although further development will continue in west Arvada, Trailstone will be the last piece of the Candelas subdivision. “In the Candelas neighborhood, this is the last large-scale housing development, but there are other large pieces of land up there that will have housing that aren’t considered Candelas,” Stachelski said. Matt Rankin, Taylor Morrison’s Denver division Vice President of
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Operations, said that the developer was drawn to the plot of land because of Taylor Morrison’s previous work in the Arvada area and because of the natural amenities of the site. “We’ve had other projects in Arvada, we’ve always appreciated Arvada as far as it having a rich history as a city, and certainly love Olde Town Arvada and the arts district,
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so when the last big piece of Candelas came up was really something we jumped at and are really excited about,” Rankin said. It being the last big piece in Candelas, we’re really excited about keeping with the natural topography of the site, and a lot of open space, for residents to enjoy the open space, as well as we’re building a lot of trails
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“You had me at Hazel,” Rubin said. Rubin added that although he wasn’t as closely tied to fire victims as Miller, he felt a neighborly urge to help, nonetheless. “When you read about something like this in the paper and it happened in another state, it’s nowhere near as impactful as if it happens to your neighbors,” Rubin said. “It was so close; it was a scenario I had never imagined. So, even though I don’t know anyone there personally, they’re my neighbors.”
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family homes. Development will take place in two phases; phase one will begin this month and is expected to deliver 410 lots, while the second phase will follow with an additional 265 lots and is expected to close in 2023. “I think there’s such a shortage of housing in the Denver Metro Area and there’s such a need at every stage of our homebuyer’s life, in order to have different products available, we figure we can hopefully serve the most number of buyers and the most number of people and get the most residents into the Arvada area,”
The trio began planning about a month ago, an intensive process Miller and Rubin say they had little experience with. Luckily, Hansen knows her way around a fundraiser. “I knew I wanted to do more than just give,” Hansen said. “In the past, I’ve organized fundraisers, but this is my first time working with a nonprofit and doing it to this scale. It’s been a learning experience, but it’s coming together great. I know this is going to be a great show.” Miller called a number of local nonprofits to see which would be the best fit for the event, and settled on Let Your Light Shine due to the organization’s grassroots feel - husband and wife duo
Ellen and Marc Kammerzell run the nonprofit, which usually works with those experiencing homelessness, with the help of about 20 volunteers. Ellen Kammerzell said Let Your Light Shine has 137 verified families on their list and will work with each family individually to allocate funds. Kammerzell added that when Miller first called, she thought she was being duped. “To be honest, I thought it was a scam, but it wasn’t. It was the Miss Hazel Miller who wanted to partner with us in this amazing event to help those affected by the fire, so how can I not say yes to that? It was really easy,” Kammerzell said. While Miller’s notoriety has surely garnered the concert some
Rankin said. Amenities in the development will include 5 acres of parks, a trail system and an amenity center that Rankin said would likely include a pool. When asked about environmental concerns raised by groups including the Rocky Flats Downwinders pertaining to Candelas’ proximity to the former nuclear plant, Rankin said that Taylor Morrison had done their due diligence on the plot of land and hadn’t found anything of concern. “We do environmental studies, both from a `How are the soil and the water in that area?’ as well as understanding what the impact of our community will have on the community as well as the infrastructure. I certainly understand the concern
of a lot of residents, but in our preliminary due diligence before we acquired the site, we didn’t see anything that was of any big concern,” Rankin said. Stachelski said that he sees more commercial development as the next step in Candelas’ evolution. “Houses started to come out of the ground in late 2011, early 2012. It’s remarkable how quickly we’ve seen growth. What people consistently ask for is more commercial. Those are driven by rooftops; rooftops come before retail,” Stachelski said. What this’ll do is make the area more marketable for future commercial opportunities to support new residents,” Stachelski continued. Sales for Trailstone will commence in 2023.
additional perks, both she and Rubin credit Hansen’s work behind the scenes as the driving force of the event. For her part, Hansen prefers to defer recognition to others. “Debbie is the motive force behind an astounding array of good things that happen around here,” Rubin said. “We ought to start calling her `Queen Mother’ just to piss her off,” Miller quipped. “I could go for that — from a distance,” Rubin said. “Out of swinging range. I ain’t stupid,” Miller concurred. Tickets and other information for the Concert for Our Neighbors can be found at arvadansinsupport.org.
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The curious case of Lewis Ralston Local namesake spent about a week in Arvada during his lifetime BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
If you’ve noticed a spike in developments named “Ralston” in Arvada, you’re not alone. Ralston Commons, Ralston Creek Townhomes, Ralston Gardens and the Shops at Ralston Creek are becoming part of the city’s landscape as part of the Arvada Urban Renewal Authority’s Ralston Fields tract, which is 19 years into its 25-year timeline. The newcomers join local mainstays including Ralston Valley High School, Ralston Creek, Ralston’s Crossing Event Center, Ralston Discount Liquors and Ralston Road, all of which have borne the appellation for so long that it’s become part of the local lexicon — but how did that become the case? AURA Executive Director Maureen Phair said that the “Ralston Fields” name was chosen by a member of AURA’s board of directors because it’s a “Name that is present in the area.” The namesake for these sites is Lewis Ralston, a prospector from Georgia who is largely credited with the first documented discovery of gold in Colorado. Ralston’s
The Ralston Creek bed, where Lewis Ralston made the first documented discovery of gold in Colorado.
discovery took place in 1850 in the tributary of Clear Creek, now known as Ralston Creek. While fellow local pioneers Benjamin Wadsworth and George Swadley spent large portions of their lives in the area, Ralston spent — at most — 8-10 days of his life in what is now Arvada. He departed Arvada shortly after his
discovery and returned for another brief stay less than ten years afterwards. To discern why Ralston’s name has become so deeply tied to Arvada, one needs to explore the events of his life. Early years Lewis Ralston was born in 1804 in on a farm near what would
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eventually become Pendleton, South Carolina. Little is known about Ralston’s childhood. In 1825, Ralston moved to a Auraria, Georgia, a small town in Lumpkin County which is now uninhabited. Then, the area was SEE RALSTON, P7
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known as Cherokee country. That year, Ralston met Benjamin Parks, Jr. and the two became business partners supplying horses and cows. Ralston moved to his own plot of land and married a woman of Cherokee decent named Elizabeth Kell in 1826. In 1828, Parks found a shimmering rock while walking along a deer path, a discovery that some historians credit with ushering in the Georgia Gold Rush. Ralston began mining for gold on his land and had some success in the venture but would lose all of his property in short order. Ralston found himself squarely in the middle of the Trail of Tears. With the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, the forced removal of Native Americans from their ancestral homelands began. In Georgia, this meant the removal of Cherokee people, largely in response to the budding gold rush in the region. Because Ralston had married a woman with Cherokee lineage, he was included in the Cherokee rolls and therefore was in danger of having his property and belongings confiscated by the state. In 1830, Ralston signed an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America in an effort to keep his land and property. In 1832, his land was awarded to Henry Slaughter in a lottery, requiring Ralston and Kell to vacate the property. The
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Ralston Creek Trail marker and bridge at Gold Strike Park.
couple, along with their slaves and children — they had 15 children between 1825 and 1857 — moved to another plot of land in Auraria. First trip to Colorado In January 1848, a crew building a sawmill for John Sutter discovered gold in California. A woman named Elizabeth Jane “Jenny” Cloud had found employment with Sutter, and wrote home to her family in Auraria, Georgia, notifying them of the discovery. As news travels in small towns, word got back to Lewis Ralston, who joined an expedition of Cherokee waggoners headed to California in 1850, following the Cherokee Trail, blazed the year before.
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During the trip, the group camped near a tributary of Clear Creek. On June 22, 1850, the waggoners had a lay by after crossing the Platte. While everyone fixed their wagons, Lewis Ralston went down to the creek bed with his gold pan to search for gold. Ralston’s sojourn proved to be fruitful, as he returned to camp with a small amount of gold in his pan — “about $5 in value then worth several days of labor,” according to Lindstrom. Ralston tried to convince the wagon train to stay in Colorado and search for gold, but their sights were set on California. SEE RALSTON, P18
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Centenarian WWII vet stays sharp at 103 by reading up, hosting podcast “An Okie from Muskogee” I was born on January 12, 1919, in Muskogee, Oklahoma — so I’m an Okie from Muskogee. I have three sisters, no brothers. I was born there, and the next thing I know, I was living in old Mexico when I was four years old, and I remember that date exactly because my youngest sister was born there in Mexico in 1923. My family came out of old Mexico shortly thereafter and I went to school in Mangum, Oklahoma. When I was ten years old, in 1929, that was when the Great Depression hit, and my dad lost his job in Mangum, and he got a job in Shamrock, Texas — that’s just across the border. I finished junior high and high school in Shamrock. I graduated from high school in 1935 — I was 16 years old. I worked my way through college taking dictation, and it just so happened that I won a scholarship at a business college in Fort Worth, Texas, and my agent there said `If you can take dictation and learn how to do it, I can get you a job at college that would pay for your room and board.’ So, did that in the summer of ‘35. When the fall semester started, I enrolled in West Texas State Teacher’s College as an agronomy major. I lived on the college farm with about 30-40 other boys, a lot of whom milked cows for their room and board, and I sure was glad not to have to do that, cause’ I was milking cows at home with my dad since I was 10-years-old. I got my degree in three years and I was teaching high school mathematics in Texas; they were mostly farm kids. When the school year was over, I was anxious to get married to my childhood sweetheart, and teaching school wasn’t paying enough for that.
Jasper on his 103rd birthday.
“I’m gonna marry that girl” I met Mary Grace Ellison one semester at college — she was the sister of a friend that I knew. I saw her one day drinking from the drinking fountain and said ‘I’m gonna marry that girl.’ She came in 1936, she graduated high school in Segundo, Colorado. It wasn’t long till’ I was dating her, and somehow or other we got to talking about marriage. I was 17 when I met her, and that was too young to start talkin’ marriage, but we did. She agreed to be engaged to me, and in 1939 I did marry her after I got enough of a job to get married. I took a position in Mesa, Texas as a bookkeeper, but you can’t keep books every day, so during my free time I learned how to be a butcher and how to cut meats and steaks. We decided to go ahead and get married and struggle through, as young people were doing — and that was in the middle of the Great Depression. SEE ELLISON, P10
Jasper and Mary Ellison in a wedding photo dated 1939.
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1939, November the 26 — that was our anniversary date, and we lived together for 72 wedding anniversaries —72! That’s kind of a record in itself, I think, most people don’t get married that long. We were both 93 when she passed in 2012. When we got married, we said we’d have two boys and two girls; and that’s what we did. We had James, Cherry, Mary Louise and Jon. I’ve got 12 grandkids, 18 greatgrandkids, 6 great-great grandkids. World War II In `41 they bombed Pearl Harbor. In `42 I tried to enlist in the Marines, the Navy and the Air Corp, but they turned me down because I was 21 with two kids. I spent the first part of the War being a soil conservationist for the government in Texas. They decided they could use me in 1944. They drafted me as a private and I went to basic training in Fort Sill, Oklahoma to be a field artillery loader. When I got out of basic training there, my Sargent said, `You ought to go to OCS.’ I didn’t know what OCS meant, but that was Officer Candidate School. So I went, and four months later I was an officer as a Second Lieutenant. And they were going to put me on the front lines in field artillery, but my First Lieutenant said, `You’re not going, the CIC wants you.’ I didn’t know what CIC was, but that’s the Counter Intelligence Corp. I went to Maryland to learn how to be a spy. By that time, it was 1945, and the war was over in Europe. It still went on for another few months there in Japan. But they wanted to send me to Germany anyway. I said, `The war is over, I’ve got a wife and two kids at home, they need me, you don’t need me now.’ And they said `No, you’re going to Germany.’ And that’s where they sent me for two years. My main job in Germany was to go over and keep a pulse on the German people, the local population and see how they were taking the defeat, looking for hotbeds of dissention. We were also looking
The extended Ellison family at a reunion a few years ago.
for old Nazis to see if any of them were trying to hide out within the population there - never found one of those, though. When I got back to the States, I found that young people my age were established with jobs and businesses. I felt a little angry because the Army had kept me from starting a career. They let me go in 1946. While I was in the War, Mary took the kids up to her family in Colorado. I was sending money home, and when I got back, we went to Texas, back to my soil conservation job. We were living in Dimmitt, Texas, and there was no place in that town I could even rent a room. I took an old barrack and remodeled that on a small piece of land. I got a job at a factory near Fort Worth building F4 fighter planes. I rose up the ranks of that place during the `50’s and got into cost accounting with them. Around that time, Martin Marietta sent a headhunter town to Texas who talked me into going up to work for Martin. That was in 1960, and I moved to Colorado then. Life in Arvada When we were moving here, I was looking for housing in Lakewood, looking for housing in Arvada. They were building new additions there, in Arvada, and I selected one that I liked the position of, and that’s where I am right now. There didn’t used to be anything
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west of us. At that time, there didn’t used to be anything west of Oak Street. The Ralston Creek ran down the edge of the division, and this old barn across the creek there, that was the edge of Arvada at the time. After Mary and I retired, we built a house in Perry Park, down by Castle Rock, but my son Jon stayed here. We moved back to a retirement home in Arvada, and after she passed, I moved back in with Jon and his family. I retired from Martin in 1981. The highlight of my career there besides building rockets was being on the team that got the Mars Viking Landers built. I’ve been retired for 40 years. First decade I was retired, I got together with a friend of mine and we went gold mining throughout Colorado, we went hunting and fishing and all of that stuff. After being retired a couple of years, Martin hired me back as a consultant. They shipped me off to Virginia and Florida, Washington D.C.; they had me doing cost estimates on things I’d never heard of. I traveled around with Mary until I finally retired for good. I took all of the correspondence courses I could. That’s how I got up to be a Lieutenant Colonel, was from doing those courses. What Jon and I are doing now is every morning having a Facebook Live, sitting around a potbelly stove, chewing the fat. We started that a little over year ago, at the beginning of the pandemic since we weren’t going out or seeing anyone.
It’s a way to let us do something with family and friends and talk about stuff. We talk about anything that comes to our mind. We have people joining us from Japan, Indonesia, all over joining our `Coffee Talk with Dad.’ I have poor eyesight, poor hearing, but I feel great! I can tell you the Gettysburg Address, the first 100 digits of pi — you can take any number from one to 99 and cube it and give me the cubed number, and I can tell you the original number within ten seconds. I don’t think 100 people in Colorado can do that. Nobody ever asks me to recite pi, so I stopped at 100 digits. I listen to a lot of audiobooks. I’m interested in what’s happening in mathematics — I’m just amazed. They didn’t even know what they do now when I was in high school and college. On a typical day, Jon and I do our Coffee Talk with Dad for an hour or so, then I listen to my current audiobook, then Sudoku. Take it one day at a time. Don’t get in a hurry, smell the roses and taste the honey. Life’s too short to be in a hurry. The first time I was in the paper was in 1935, in Wheeler County, Texas, for raising a championship cow. I sold those cows, and it gave me money to get into college. If you know someone we should cover in My Name Is …, or if you would like to be featured in the segment, contact Rylee Dunn at rdunn@coloradocommunitymedia. com.
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When is it time to give the entire responsibility to the individual who is making the decision for themselves in a pandemic?” Before I start, can you for a minute imagine Thomas Jefferson ever asking that question? If you didn’t have a chance to listen in on the entirety of the Jefferson County Public Health Board meeting last Thursday—and, geez, I don’t know why you would—that was, to my mind, the one, most important, salient question asked in the whole meeting. A meeting which, if you haven’t heard, ended with the Board voting to end the mask mandate for the entire county on Feb. 18. So many questions. Why Feb. 18? That was the date proposed by one Board member who thought it an amicable compromise offer between what everybody kept saying—the 11th—and…. Nobody knows. Is Feb. 18 halfway between the 11th and never? Because nobody ever brought up the 25th, or, for that matter, any other date. The 18th came out of mid-air, and the rationalization for that was then the Board could be reassured about the trend-
line. Where did the 11th come from? It became clear—only because it was said about 15 times in the meeting—that the 11th was the date that the JeffCO Schools personnel had asked for, to give them time to adapt. It is, however, strange to me that, literMichael Alcorn ally, within hours of the health board coming to their conclusion, the school district put out a missive in which it encourages the health board to move their time frame up. Also, in the health board meeting, it was mentioned that the school district had been pushing for the 11th for some time now. Why does JeffCO Schools feel the need for such lead time when districts as large and diverse as Aurora and Cherry Creek were given just over two days to make their transitions? I don’t know. Speaking of other districts, as one board member pointed out, “Tricounty removed the mask mandate Jan. 31, Denver is allowing it to
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expire today, Broomfield removed it today, Larimer County will end the mask mandate Feb. 12th ….” So, why is JeffCO so much later? That was not specifically addressed—except, perhaps, to point back to the school district—though that member did note that “… if Jefferson County does not do this, and all the other counties around us do, I think we’re in serious trouble.” She pointed to business going elsewhere, and to the deterioration of the appearance of solidarity with neighboring jurisdictions. The overall rationale, the tone of the meeting, was one of caution—I would characterize it, perhaps, as tinged with fear. One board member admitted, “I support the older people, who are afraid to go out, which is one that’s easy for me to understand, because that’s the situation I’m in.” And the same board member later lamented that there seemed to be an inescapable erosion of the trust, by the public, of the board and the public health bureaucracy. I can’t imagine why. As Bill Maher put it so succinctly Friday night, “How much wrong do you get to be while still holding the default setting for people who represent ‘the sci-
ence?’” The New York Times (not an antivax, anti-mask mouthpiece) put out a graphic last week charting the omicron wave, comparing states with mask mandates to states without such mandates. The graphs are nearly identical: from Nov. 1 through Dec. 20, non-mask states were actually slightly lower; at the peak of the wave, between Jan. 10 and 17, nonmask states had about a 16% higher case rate; by the first week of February, the two lines were one, diving towards zero faster than a Jamaican ski jumper. And then USA Today puts out a graphic showing that suicide and fentanyl overdoses have killed six times the number of 18- to 45-year olds as COVID. Decisions are made by people who show up. Remember that in November. 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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or every minute of anger, you give up 60 seconds of peace of mind.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson The title of this column comes from an old proverb. And it seemed such an appropriate reminder for the current state of the world we are living in today, that I wanted to share it with you. I also wanted to share something else with you. I believe in the awesome power of hope. I believe that there is more goodness in the world than bad. And I believe there are more people doing good things than bad people doing bad things. And I believe that there are far more kind and gentle people in the world than there are angry people. Yet what seems to make the news and find its way to our social media feed and stories are the angry, violent, and hateful events that are taking place. So, it could easily make us all wonder if what I said I believe in, in the paragraph above, is true. I was fascinated by an article I read last week about a young woman who decided to go back to a
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phone that can only make and receive calls and send and receive text messages. Her reasons resonated with me and mirrored some of what I wrote about in a previous column last month. The need to stop scrolling and being Michael Norton so preoccupied with what’s happening on our phones and being more involved with the people right in front of us. Although I agree with her reasons about being more present in the moment and involved in life, I also think that we are being fed so much negative information that we can’t help but fall into the trap of becoming angry, lashing out at others and saying things we normally wouldn’t say. Or we spend hours being angry and depriving ourselves of hours of finding peace of mind. I started using this made-up word to describe what I see as the
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problem, attackusation. When I do watch the news or read online stories it is no longer about someone just attacking someone else physically or verbally, they feel compelled to attack their opinion, decision, or action and then go after them on a personal level making accusations that are most often false. And they aren’t satisfied with attacking or accusing just that person, they attack and accuse their family and friends. Is this really what has become of our society? Let’s go back to what I said earlier that there is more goodness in the world than bad. Andrew Carnegie said, “You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but you don’t go into the mine looking for the dirt, you go in looking for the gold.” If we want to find the bad, we can find it for sure. The question is do we want to? And if we do, why? I mean some people go around looking for the bad like there is some kind of prize or reward for finding the bad. None of us has all the answers, but I do know that I can pass along a few simple suggestions. First, turn
off the sources where we are being fed the negative fuel that drives our anger. Second, focus on the good, the goodness, and the good people that are all around us. And lastly, change our vocabulary to avoid words of anger and hate to words of love, gentleness, kindness, compassion, and forgiveness. Will these three little suggestions work? They will work if you apply them. How about you? Is it time to change your input so you can change your output? Are you searching for the bad or are you looking for the good? And is it time to change your vocabulary and focus on words of hope and encouragement? I would love to hear your story at mnorton@tramazing.com, and when we can turn away the wrath and anger for the good and kind, it really will be a better than good year.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Response to recent articles on unions The Arvada Press is rapidly becoming the bully pulpit for the Democratic Party and the liberals who run our state. Two reprints from the Colorado Sun highlight efforts to increase union pay and control in the state. “Colo teacher shortage highlights need for more school funding, union boss says,” fails to look at this from a taxpayer/parent perspective. Our kids spent the last two years in inef-
fective remote learning and many teachers agitated to keep schools closed. The extraordinary benefits teachers receive, early retirement, summers off, health care in retirement and a pensions are never mentioned. A better idea, dissolve the teacher’s union, pay the good teachers more to keep them and fire the bad ones? The next reprint, “State Considers bill on whether to let local
public workers unionize,” reveals our liberal legislatures “payback” to unions by expanding collective bargaining. Two union friendly bills have already passed; the final dagger to freedom of choice is being proposed for 2022. It’s clear that Democrats fear their failed policies and fee increases will cost them house and senate seats so they are rushing through bills for big labor. Hardly a recipe for careful
deliberation and good laws. Having been a union member, (USW Local 12075), managed union and non-union workforces and negotiated union contracts for a major corporation, it’s clear that unions simply drive up costs, prevent good employer/employee communication and waste valuable time that organizations should be using to service customers and taxpayers. Tom Helmreich, Arvada
Black History Month: remembering Edna and John Mosley COLUMN BY GREG ROMBERG
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s we celebrate Black History Month this February, let me introduce you to two giants in Colorado history, Edna and John Mosley. Edna Mosley was the first African American to be elected in Aurora when she won a City Council seat in 1991. She had been involved with a variety of community activities and was victorious for an at-large seat as a Black woman. I first met her when I was part of a team chosen to provide Federal lobbying services for Aurora in 1994. The primary reason Aurora needed a lobbyist was to oppose closer of the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center and then to advocate for its redevelopment when it was clear it would no longer be an Army hospital. As an integral part of the military community and a city councilwoman, Edna was one of the leaders in our efforts. The first time we went to Washington together, she mentioned that she’d need some time to herself to visit her niece. It wasn’t until we had gotten home that she let it slip that her niece was California Congresswoman Maxine Waters. The fact that her niece was one of the most powerful members of Congress wasn’t as important
as that being in Washington was an opportunity to see her. And that was Edna Mosley in a nutshell. She was a lady in every sense of the word. She was among the most gracious people I’ve ever known, but Columnist in her own quiet way, also among the toughest. She was smart, driven, strategic and always motivated to make things better for others. She was a founder of the Woman’s Bank and has been inducted into both the Colorado Black Hall of Fame and Aurora Women’s Hall of Fame. When I first met John, he just told me he was Edna’s husband, but as I got to know him, he (somewhat reluctantly) gave me more insights. He was a Tuskegee Airman and a pilot in World War II who had retired as a Lt. Colonel. He had been a National Merit Scholar. In college at what was then Colorado A&M, he was the first Black football letterman, was on the wrestling team and was later inducted into the CSU Athletics Hall of Fame. I was there when he was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.
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Since their deaths, Edna in 2014 and John in 2015, their contributions continue to be remembered. A P-8 school in Aurora bears their names and is a daily inspiration to children to achieve things and provide service like John and Edna. An outpatient clinic at Fitzsimons is named for John. When the Stapleton neighborhood in northeast Denver was renamed, one of the final names considered was Mosley. Colorado is a better place be-
cause of Edna and John Mosley and their accomplishments. As we celebrate Black History Month, we should remember them and their service to our state and country. Greg Romberg had a long career in state and local government and in government relations. He represented corporate, government and trade association clients before federal, state and local governments. He lives in Evergreen with his wife, Laurie.
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Our beloved father Dennis Duane Whisler was a precious child of the lord and was escorted by angels home to be with Jesus on January 12, 2022. Dennis was born to Edwin and Rosalie Whisler on October 30, 1942 in Rockford, IL. Edwin and Rosalie both grew up in Centerville, IA. Edwin was a welder, a craft he learned in World War II. It was his welding which brought him to Colorado, so he could supervise the construction of the Federal Center in Lakewood, CO. Rosalie worked nights as a bartender at Clancy’s, so she could take care of her three boys during the day. Dennis grew up moving around a lot with his parents, in search for a place to call home. He found that home in 1963 when he moved to Colorado and met Lynne. They were married on June 9, 1964 and were married for 57 years before her death on September 20, 2021. Dennis lived a full life. He graduated with a Bachelors of Science from University of Colorado, he taught high school health and driver’s education classes, coached youth and college football, and
became the Arvada Neighborhood Realtor. Dennis joins his wife (Lynne Marie), parents (Edwin and Rosalie), his brother (Darrell Shane), and his son-in-law (Dorian Noel) in Heaven. He is survived by many loving family members including Jannelle Marie Schlensog and her husband Oliver; Gregory Shane Whisler, and Shaylyn Marie De Long. He also leaves behind grandchildren and great grandchildren beginning with Jeffrey Langnes, his wife Lauren and their children Katelynn and AJ (Andrew Jonathan); Barrett Langnes, his wife Kristen; John Moore, Jamal Schlensog, Stratton Whisler, Luka Lamperouge, and Genevieve (Evie) De Long. His niece, DeAnna Hardwood and her husband Troy, his brother Russell Whisler and his wife Lauri, as well as special members to the family, Troy and Tenicia Lowrie and Tony and Nita Palone. Thank you for your friendship throughout the years. If you would like to do something for Duane’s family, please consider donating to the Dorian De Long Arts and Music Scholarship Foundation at https://www.ddamscholarship.com.
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Local couples reflect on joys, challenges of working together BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Quality time is described as one of the five love languages, but couples must figure out how much time is best. For couples who work together, that can be challenging. Oftentimes, work dominates conversation and decision making at home. Disagreements from home linger at work, or vice versa. The couple coordinates work schedules around children or other responsibilities, while also trying to find time for date nights. Then again, who better to work alongside than someone who has the same values, goals, interests, motivations and work ethic? “Sometimes, it’s fun working together,” Dustin Barrett said. “Sometimes, it’s not.” Dustin and Amy Barrett own and operate Tables, a restaurant in Denver’s Park Hill area, and Amy said she couldn’t have done it during the last two years with anyone else. “He’s the only person I’d be in business with,” she said. Ali and Dave Meyers, who both teach at Evergreen High School, said they appreciate having someone who understands stories about work and can offer professional advice. “I’m very happy with my life, and I’m very happy with my wife,” Dave said. Justin and Tyler Fukae have been working shoulder to shoulder lately at their Georgetown store, Sabel. Tyler recently left his full-time job, and since then, he and Justin have been prioritizing Sabel and quality time as a couple. They’ve found their personalities and backgrounds perfectly complement each other. Justin focuses more on customer interaction and merchandise curation, and Tyler handles the store’s bookkeeping and management. “It’s like, `Look at what we created together,’” Justin said. “We see both of ourselves in it. I don’t think the store could run without both of us.” Amanda and Ryan Cooper, who run Cooper’s on the Creek in Georgetown, said they try not to let work impact their home life and vice versa. But, they acknowledged, the two are ultimately one and the same. SEE PARTNERS, P15
Lakewood’s Tyler and Justin Fukae opened Sabel in Georgetown last year and are launching a second location on Denver’s South Pearl Street. The two said the business, which offers products that are both sustainable and practical, combines both of their talents and is something one couldn’t run without the other. “We see both of ourselves in it,” Justin said.
Tyler and Justin Fukae prepare a package for customers Jan. 28. The two typically work at their Georgetown store, Sabel, on Mondays, but said they’ll likely take off Valentine’s Day to go on a day trip and have a nice dinner. PHOTOS BY CORINNE WESTEMAN
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“I think strong partners in life make strong business partners,” Ryan said. “Both kinds disagree, but you get through it because you have come to a consensus.” Running Tables Amy and Dustin Barrett’s wedding registry included items they wanted for their restaurant, Tables. The two opened the chic American eatery at 2267 Kearney St. in 2005 and were married a few months later. The two met while working at Denver’s Strings restaurant, where Amy hired Dustin. When they initially opened Tables, the two were in the kitchen together, but Amy moved to more front-of-house duties when they had their daughter. The Barretts, who live a few blocks away from Tables, said every evening at the restaurant is unique. There’s an adrenaline rush to the business, Amy explained, as variables evolve throughout the night. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent employment and supply chain crunches have been some of the toughest challenges they’ve ever faced in their working lives. Amy said it’s been even more difficult than when Tables first opened, and it’s required a lot of problem solving, Dustin added. Still, they’d rather work together than work for anyone else, the Barretts said. They understand each other’s decisions, and there’s an existing level of trust between them, Amy said. While Dustin said he’s seen other couples’ relationships suffer from working together, he and Amy have accepted that their work lives and home lives are intertwined. “This place is part of us,” Dustin said of Tables. Chemistry in biology class Evergreen’s Ali and Dave Meyers say they have more in common than just biology. They’re both former college
athletes, and they both love outdoor activities. The two met 18 years ago while working at Evergreen High School. Ali, who’s an EHS alumna, described how they were initially friends until Dave asked her out. Now, they’ve been married 12 years and have two children. And though they work at the same school, the two don’t really work together. He and Ali work with their respective students and have minimal interaction throughout the school day. Still, the biggest hurdle has been scheduling, they said. Dave, who teaches honors and AP biology, described how they’ll have parent-teacher conferences at the same time and need to find someone to watch their children. However, having the same work schedule also means they have the same days off. Ali, a former biology teacher who’s now an intervention specialist, said being in the same profession means she and Dave have the same values. They’ve ultimately helped each other become better teachers. “My life is here; it doesn’t feel like a job,” she said. “My friends and family are here. My community is here.” Feeling like home After being busy with work, school and military service, Lakewood’s Justin and Tyler Fukae wanted to start a business together. The two met almost five years ago in New Orleans. Justin moved frequently for military service, but once he was discharged, the two started Sabel last year. The store at 507 Taos St. in Georgetown offers sustainable yet practical wares, and the Fukaes are opening a second location on Denver’s South Pearl Street. Before leaving his job last month, Tyler worked on Sabel in his spare time. Now, they’re enjoying working side by side in Georgetown and wonder how the second location will impact that dynamic. Tyler said he’s enjoyed seeing a side of Justin he usually doesn’t — in his element at Sabel. For anyone looking to start a business with their significant other, Justin recommended: “It’s about knowing your talents, about respecting them, and trusting that they’ll do their part.” Stars align over Clear Creek If someone had asked Georgetown’s
Amy Barrett confirms reservations for Valentine’s Day while she and her husband, Dustin, go over Tables’ operations Jan. 28. The Barretts said they always work on Valentine’s Day, because “it’s like tax day for an accountant,” Amy explained. PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN
Ryan and Amanda Cooper will be working at their restaurant, Cooper’s on the Creek in Georgetown, on Valentine’s Day. Amanda said the two don’t really celebrate ValPHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN entine’s Day, as it’s more fun to work.
Amanda and Ryan Cooper 15 years ago if they could work together, they would’ve said “no.” But, as Amanda said, “It’s different when it’s your livelihood and something you build together.” The Coopers have worked in the service and hospitality industry their entire careers and met 19 years ago while working at a San Diego restaurant. They married 12 years ago and moved to Denver, where Amanda is from. In September 2015, they were asked to consult for someone opening a restaurant in Georgetown and were eventually invited to run it. They decided they would do it if
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No. 6 Green Mountain boys hoops gets revenge against Golden BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
GOLDEN — Green Mountain boys basketball team atoned for its lone conference loss in a big way Feb. 4. The Rams — No. 6 in the CHSAANow.com Class 4A rankings — took a solid 60-51 road victory against Golden. The Demons (10-7, 6-4 in 4A Jeffco) had handed Green Mountain a 10-point loss back on Jan. 12 on the Rams’ home court. “They’re tough and this atmosphere is great,” said Green Mountain coach Mike Puccio, who had a brief stint as an assistant coach at Golden. “I coached here in 2005 with John Anderson. This place is different. It’s awesome.” Green Mountain (14-2, 9-1) returned the favor extending its winning streak to seven games while remaining atop of the 4A Jeffco League standings with five conference match-ups remaining. “It’s awesome,” Green Mountain senior Corbin Jantzer said of getting payback against the Demons. “Especially to do it on the road on their court.” With a strong vocal Green Mountain student section directly behind the Rams’ bench, Green Mountain’s offense got clicking in the fourth quarter scoring 25 points in the final eight minutes. Jantzer (17 points) and fellow seniors Cayson Pearson (12 points) and Cooper Francy (11 points) led the charge in the final quarter combining for 22 points in the final quarter. “We were dialed in tonight. I thought both teams played great,” Puccio said. “I felt like it was going to come down to whoever had the run late just like last time.”
Golden used a strong fourth quarter and made 5-of-12 3-pointers in the win last month at Green Mountain. The Rams’ perimeter defense was on point the second time around holding the Demons to 1-for-12 from 3-point range. “I thought both teams played really good defense,” Golden coach Lou Vullo said. “I think they just made more shots than we did. We missed a lot around the basket.” Senior James Lacey led the Demons with 14 points while making Golden’s lone 3-pointer. Demons’ leading scorer — Richie Pruett — was held to just nine points with Jantzer getting the assignment to shutdown one of the top players in 4A Jeffco. “He (Pruett) is a great player for sure. He was our main focus defensively coming in,” Jantzer said. “My job was try to take him out of it. I hope I did a good job.” Green Mountain’s biggest led came in the fourth quarter when it pushed the lead to 50-35 midway through the fourth quarter. The Demons cut the lead to 50-43 with less than 2 minutes to play. Pearson hit a big bucket with 1:50 left in the game to get the Rams back on track. The Rams made eight free throws in the final minute to seal the victory. Green Mountain had a big rebounding advantage of the boards while holding the Demons under 20 points in each quarter. “We tell them every night that shots will go and shot will miss,” Puccio said. “At the end of the day how we guard guys and the glass (rebounding) is what we can control.” Green Mountain does control its own destiny when it comes
Green Mountain senior Luke Davis, 3, goes up for a layup over Golden seniors Richie Pruett, 1, and Logan Brewer, 35, during the second half Feb. 4 at Golden High School. The Rams took a 60-51 road victory to remain atop the Class 4A Jeffco League.
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Golden senior Richie Pruett, 1, drives in the paint while being covered by Green Mountain senior Corbin Jantzer on Feb. 4 at Golden High School. Green Mountain split the season series with Golden taking a 60-51 victory.
Golden senior Zach Weiler, 0, drives baseline on Green Mountain senior Luke Davis, 3, in front of the Rams’ bench Feb. 4 at Golden High School. Green Mountain won 60-51 PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS in the Class 4A Jeffco League game.
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ny and all muscles lose their strength if they’re not used. Even comedic ones. So, when it comes to putting on a production after two very strange years, it’s understandable that rust needed to be shaken off at first. “All of us haven’t flexed these muscles in a while,” said Geoffrey Kent, who is directing “The Liar,” the first show at the Arvada Center of 2022. “The process might have started a little slower than normal, but the central muscle of the theater is collaboration. We’re learning to collaborate together again.” “The Liar” - the first of the Arvada Center’s three repertory shows for the season - runs at the center’s Black Box Theatre, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., through Sunday, May 22. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, 1 p.m. on Wednesday and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Audiences are required to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 and must always wear a mask. The comedy is written by David Ives and adapted from a 17thcentury play by French playwright Pierre Corneille hilariously demonstrates the reason many of the romantic comedy cliches have stuck around as long as they have. Because they still work, centuries later. A string of misunderstandings, mistaken identities and outright fabrications build to laughs aplenty, all moved forward several
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to winning the league title. The Rams finish the final two weeks of the regular season with conference games against Evergreen, D’Evelyn, Standley Lake, Alameda and Wheat Ridge. The tallest order on paper looks like the home game against D’Evelyn on Friday, Feb. 11. The Jaguars (14-4, 10-2) are just a game in the loss column behind the Rams. “It’s never looking that far forward to be honest,” Puccio said of the huge game next Friday
hundred years to 1960s Paris. “I like moving plays to places where audiences can connect to them. I don’t want people to get nothing out of it thinking, `Gee that was a long time ago and we’re not like that Clarke Reader anymore,’” Kent said. “The sets and costumes are glorious and overall, I think the word is euphoria. The show is loose and free like in the 1960s and audiences should leave the play in a great mood and ready to be adventurous.” It’s also fitting that “The Liar” premiered not long before Valentine’s Day because it celebrates the humor and power of searching for love - something that has inspired and entertained as long as we’ve been telling stories. After all, there’s a reason romantic comedies are so popular - because it’s fun (and dare I say it, moving) to watch people fall in love. “There’s no other production of this show like ours and I’m excited to see it grow over its run,” Kent said. “The show isn’t just escapist - it can be empowering to see a bunch of people fall in love because it reminds you to do that or reinvest in that love if you already have.” For information and tickets, visit
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artists in the permanent collection of the Denver Art Museum, Kirkland Museum, the grandson of cutting-edge artist Jack Bilbo, numerous Art Department University professionals, both out of town and local,” that information states. To learn more, visit https://foolproofcontemporaryart.com/.
Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Kacey Musgraves at the Pepsi Center It’s not often that one of the strongest voices in pop and country are encapsulated by the same person, but that’s been the case (wink wink nudge nudge) since Kacey Musgraves released her breakthrough album “Golden Hour” in 2018. Last year she finally released “star-crossed,” the ying to “Golden Hour’s” yang. The new album is more far-reaching and adventurous than any of her previous work, but her knack for melody and lyricism remains as vibrant as ever. In support of the album Musgraves is finally taking to the road with a brief tour and fortunately for all of us, Denver is one of the stops. She’ll be joined by openers King Princess and MUNA at the Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Get tickets at www.ticketmaster.com. Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.
night at home against D’Evelyn. “We talk about staying humble and staying hungry. Hanging a league banner would be great, but we want to be playing our best basketball in February.” Vullo has the same mentality with his Demons heading into the upcoming postseason. “This is a great experience rolling downhill toward the playoffs,” Vullo said. “It was a great atmosphere with two great teams playing great defense. We just fell a little short.” Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.
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He spent few days, three perhaps, looking for gold in the creek which would eventually bear his name, according to local legend. Ralston had little success in California and returned to Dahlonega, a town in Lumpkin County Georgia in about 1851. “Green” Russell Party In 1857, William Greeneberry “Green” Russell had heard about Ralston’s gold from Samuel Ralston, a relative of Lewis’. In the fall of that year, Russell began corresponding with John Beck, who was the leader of the 1850 expedition when Ralston found gold. Russell and Beck agree that Russell will form a party of folks from Georgia, while Beck will for a party of folks from Oklahoma, and the two would meet in 1858. In May 1858, Russell’s party, including Lewis Ralston, met up with Beck’s in Great Bend, Kansas. By June 16, the combined BeckRussell party arrived at Bents Fort in southeastern Colorado and headed north for Ralston Creek. The party arrived on June 24. Panning in Ralston Creek and the nearby tributaries proved to be a futile endeavor for the group. By June 28, Beck’s party announced they are going to depart. The next day, 42 people from that party and five from Russell’s party departed, leaving about a dozen men at Cherry Creek, including Ralston. Ralston, on his way home, arrived in Wyandotte County, Kansas, with two associates and was interviewed by the local newspaper on Sept. 18.
The group didn’t have much luck at Cherry Creek or Ralston Creek, but in July 1858, Russell and Sam Bates found a small placer deposit which contained gold near the mouth of Little Dry Creek, located in what is now Englewood. Russell set up a camp at the confluence of Cherry Creek and the Platte River, later naming it after his hometown in Georgia: Auraria. The Colorado Gold Rush would follow the next year, in 1859, spurred in large part by the Russell Party. Later Years In 1863, Ralston became a private in the Confederate Army at age 59. After the war, Ralston and Kell moved to Dalton, Georgia, a small town in Whitfield County, where the family was enumerated in the 1870 census. His death likely occurred later that year, but details on his date of death and burial are scarce. Ralston did not become a widely known figure until long after his passing. Lois Lindstrom, the first president of the Arvada Historical Society, is responsible for much of the cataloging of Ralston’s life, and for lobbying for a historical designation for Gold Strike Park. In 1995, Lindstrom’s work was endorsed by History Colorado, which verified that Ralston made the first documented gold find in Colorado at what is now Gold Strike Park. There are now at least four parks in Arvada that bear Ralston’s name, as well as a slew of other establishments. Editor’s note: All historical information reported in this article is courtesy of Lois Lindstrom’s book “Ralston’s Gold’” and local historian Nancy Young.
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