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VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 37

Q&A: Mark Deven, Arvada City Manager Fired Douglas

County Schools Superintendent hired in Jeffco

Outgoing city manager shares vision for Arvada’s future

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On Feb. 15, Arvada City Manager Mark Deven announced his retirement after 11 years with the city and a 41-year career in public service. Deven will remain in his position as city manager until Oct. 7, during which time the city will search for his successor.

During his tenure, Deven oversaw a period of significant change in Arvada that included western expansion, increased urbanization and the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arvada Mayor Marc Williams commended Deven for his service and congratulated him on retirement.

“Mark Deven has delivered excellent service to the Arvada community, our City Team and the City Council throughout his 11-year tenure with the City,” Williams said. “His passion for public service is evident every day. On behalf of the entire City Council, we wish him the very best in his well-deserved retirement.”

Deven expressed gratitude for the city team and citizens of Arvada for their support and collaboration over the past decade-plus.

“I want to really try to convey how grateful I am to be able to come here, how grateful I am to the city council in terms of their support for what our team has done over the last 11 years and grateful to the community for their support and their love of this community and the city team.

Without them, we can’t do what we do,” Deven said.

In light of his retirement, the Arvada Press sat down with Deven to discuss his time in Arvada, his decision to retire and his vision for where the city should go from here.

Editor’s Note: This conversation has been edited for clarity.

Arvada Press: What brought you to Arvada 11 years ago?

MD: I saw Arvada as an excellent opportunity to expand my career as a city manager, as well as a great place to live and work.

Embattled educator finds new employment despite ongoing controversy over recent dismissal

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

AP: Many longtime Arvada residents have pushed back against high-density development in the city. How do you respond to that feedback?

MD: I would add managing growth. The way I read that, is that for many of our longtime residents, let’s say the residents who

Corey Wise has joined Jeffco Public Schools’ team of community superintendents for the remainder of second semester.

According to a District spokesperson, Wise is temporarily filling a vacancy that was created when Dave Weiss was hired as Jeffco’s Chief of Schools in February.

In a written statement, the District said they are fortunate to have an experienced leader joining the team to provide support to schools and principals during a time of transition.

“Our community superintendents are part of the school leadership team and play a vital role in the success of our schools.

They serve as a link between the schools, the community and the district,” the statement read. “In addition, they oversee school management and assist school staff with response to parental concerns, monitoring and evaluating school effectiveness, student achievement and implementation of curriculum.”

Wise is currently weighing legal action against Douglas County School District (DCSD) in the wake of his dismissal by a recently elected conservative school board majority consisting of Becky Myers, Mike Peterson, Christy Williams and Kaylee Winegar.

Previous reporting by Colorado Community Media found that in a letter dated Feb. 18, Denverbased civil rights law firm

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Outgoing Arvada City Manager Mark Deven (center) with city teammates at the anCOURTESY PHOTO niversary of the city’s mission, vision and values in 2018.

So that was the main impetus of the job.

I felt like I made totally the right decision. Arvada is a welcoming place with engaged citizens and city council.

AP: How does Arvada today differ from the Arvada you walked into 11 years ago?

MD: The Arvada that I walked into was in good shape; my predecessor Craig Kocian did a fine job of managing Arvada through the Great Recession. And so, when I got here, there wasn’t a lot to fix.

My goal was to build upon previous success and establish some new initiatives that would improve on what was already a very good organization. I think what we really sought to do was to create a much more data driven organization and also a commitment to an updated mission, vision and values, and much more focus on strategic planning and performance management.

AP: As the city expands, what challenges are posed to the city team from a development perspective?

MD: While we’ve made signifi-

cant investments in our infrastructure, we need to continue to do that. some parts of our infrastructure are 50, 60, 70, 80 years old. There’s constant reinvestment around that.

I think the workforce is facing new challenges. Like a lot of places, we’re looking at the employees that seek more engagement.

Obviously, we’ve got some social issues that we need to deal with — homelessness is probably the number one.

We have to make sure that we’re working closely and equitably with all segments of our community — geographically, from a socioeconomic standpoint, we have to make sure that our services are being effectively and equitably delivered.

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MY NAME IS… MICHAEL JOCHUM

‘I still have to play music,’ longtime touring, session drummer finds his way back behind kit with Rough Cuts Backing up rock stars When I moved to Colorado in 2002, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I literally sold my house in Sherman Oaks in Southern California for $1 million and moved the next day and bought a house in Denver with my ex-wife.

It was such a culture shock coming here in the first place. I didn’t know anything about Colorado except for stops here playing the Gothic, the Fillmore, the Pepsi Center, Red Rocks. But I never spent any time in Colorado, ever. So, it was so foreign to me.

I also thought when I got here that nobody would care what I’d done in the music industry. I mean, who cares? It was what I did for a living. That was how my mind worked. I was so done with the music business and I felt that my career as a drummer was over and I needed to do something else. Seemingly, all of the thoughts of me being a musician were extracted from my mind.

I was a sideman, I’m not a rock star. I backed up the rock stars.

All of the sidemen in Los Angeles, during the milk and honey days of our session work, didn’t get the due they deserved, or a lot of the credit.

I had this idea that I could move to Colorado and go back and forth to Los Angeles and do the sessions.

But then I was like ‘What am I doing here?’ There’s no music here, I’m not through, I’m 50 years old, I’m not ready, and that’s when I ended up coming back to Colorado and that’s when there was a huge transition in my life, in my personal life, as well as, in 2014, finding a band and a group of musicians I could align myself with and start playing again so I didn’t have to travel back and forth.

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Jochum (second from left) with his new band; Ryan Chrys and the Rough Cuts.

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All the music connections I still had were in Los Angeles. I was never a band guy, and Denver is a band scene. There’s no session work, there’s no recording work in Colorado; it’s all in Los Angeles.

It didn’t work very well. And in

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all honesty, it just accelerated my drug addiction and alcoholism until 2005 when I got sober. And I’ve been sober 17 years now. But it was that tip of the iceberg that put me over the precipice of my addictions. I did that until 2005, when I finally went, on one of my trips, I auditioned for the band Korn. And I got the gig. And I ended up playing with those guys for the next four and a half years, and with Jonathan Davis on tour.

‘I still have to play music’ Between 2009 and 2011 I did my yoga teacher training with my wife, Karen. We got married in 2014, I started playing drums again in 2014, everything kind of happened and solidified my life in Colorado.

Although I still feel like a fish out of water. I hate the snow. I hate the cold. I’ve never been skiing. The mountains don’t draw me in like some sort of magnetic force.

I taught yoga for a while, I taught for a couple of years, I did workshops, but that kind of ended when I got with this band and got on the road again.

I didn’t play one note in Colorado with any band or anybody until 2014, and that’s when I decided that I needed to play still. I still have to play music. I tried retiring in Belize, but the problem with Belize is — it’s great, it’s cheap, it’s beautiful, I meditated every morning, I ran, I walked to the San Ignacio, which was the hub of the little town where I lived; that’s all I did for a year.

Ryan Chrys and the Rough Cuts So why is Michael sitting in a van with sometimes four other people, with all of our equipment, and driving eight hours to a bar and play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. to make $50?

Because I have to have it.

It came at a really pivotal time and at a time when I really needed it. I would literally walk to the end of the earth and oftentimes risk falling into the abyss with Ryan Chrys. He’s the most dedicated, loyal guy. I’ve never seen anybody who’s as wholeheartedly all-in as Ryan.

You don’t see that kind of dedication in Los Angeles. You don’t really have personalized relationships in Los Angeles as I didn’t realize you could have in Denver.

And I wasn’t looking for it. I talked to Ryan, his drummer was going to leave the band and I had several people that knew I was back to playing again reach out to me. I said, “I don’t know man — country music?”

I have to qualify that by saying for the most part, I hate country music.

I respect the music of Waylon and Willie and the Hanks, and certainly Dolly, and Linda, but on the same token — I’m a jazz guy. I come from a jazz background, and I thought I could make a living being a jazz drummer, but it doesn’t work that way. I found out quite quickly, at 21 years old, that I can’t make a living doing this jazz thing, I’ve got to do something else. And that’s why I immersed myself in the studio scene in Los Angeles.

I called Ryan, I said, “Hey, I heard that you need a drummer.” He was in Montana; he was on his mother’s ranch right outside of town and had to walk to this corner of the ranch to get cell reception. And we talked for an hour and a half. It was like we’d known each other forever.

I said when he got back from Montana, when I got back from Los Angeles, I’d audition. The only gig I’d ever auditioned for was the Korn gig. Ever. My ego said, “I don’t audition really, doesn’t he know who I am?” Kind of stupid of me, but I had this kind of “I’m too good SEE JOCHUM, P4

CORRECTION A story which appeared in the Feb. 17 edition of the Arvada Press with the headline ‘Arvadans for Progressive Action lobby for affordable housing, diversity and inclusion’ incorrectly quoted Kathleen Flynn as stating the half-life for plutonium

is 110 years, when Flynn actually stated that the half-life of plutonium is 24,110 years. The Arvada Press regrets this error. To report any corrections or clarifications, please email kfiore@coloradocommunitymedia.com.

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Funding announced for new USGS facility on Mines campus DCSD Superintendent Corey Wise listens to public comment at a Douglas PHOTO BY JESSICA GIBBS County school board meeting.

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Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC,and Allen Vellone Wolf Helfrich & Factor P. C. wrote to DCSD’s General Counsel Mary Kay Klimesh,

saying they represent Wise “with respect to the termination of his employment” with the district.

On top of that, details of his contract reportedly obligate DCSD to pay Wise nearly $250,000 for terminating him “without cause.”

National and state leaders talk benefits of Jeffco infrastructure project

BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter and Colorado School of Mines President Paul Johnson announced Feb. 18 the authorization and initial funding for the construction of a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) building to support en-

ergy and mineral research on the School of Mines campus.

The initial funding of $167 million, will come as part of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) passed in late 2021. Perlmutter, Bennet and Hickenlooper were instrumental in helping to secure the funding needed to replace an aging office and lab facilities currently housed at the Denver er Federal Center.

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‘Buy Before You Sell’ Is Being Offered by Many Companies, but How Much Will It Cost You?

Unless you’re wealthy, you probably aren’t in a position to purchase your next home without the proceeds from selling your current home. And in this hot seller’s market, it’s hard to win a bidding war when your offer needs to be contingent on the sale of your current home.

There are several companies that offer to solve this problem.

You’ve probably seen the TV commercials by Orchard and other companies saying they can make it possible for you to buy a home before selling your own, and perhaps you’re wondering whether you should work with them.

Since I’m often asked what I think of such companies, I decided to make it the topic of this week’s column.

It’s not obvious from Orchard’s website exactly how they work, so I clicked on their link for reviews curated by Trustpilot. I like Trustpilot, because they allow you to view only the one-star reviews, which can be more informative than their five-star reviews. (I recommend doing that on any business.)

From what I read it appears that they make an “offer” of a “guaranteed price” for your home, giving you the impression that they will buy the home, but the reviews I read gave me the impression that they actually put your home on the market after you move into your new home. They charge you rent on that new home, so it sounds like they actually own that home until your home sells. It’s somewhat confusing.

Some of the one-star reviews complained about poor customer service, unreturned calls, and reassignment of the agent serving the client.

I completed a form as a prospective seller/buyer on their website in hopes of getting some of these questions answered.

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I did notice that on their website they say that you get their special service for the “standard 6% commission,” which is interesting in the light of what I wrote recently, that there is no “standard” commission, and that the average listing commission nowadays is in the mid-5’s.

There are clearly some expenses associated with such a program, in addition to paying rent and the higher listing commission. And there’s the issue of dealing with sometimes less experienced agents than at an established conventional brokerage such as Golden Real Estate.

Now I’d like to describe some of the ways one can get around the problem which Orchard and other such companies are offering to solve.

For starters, if you own your current home free and clear or with a lowbalance mortgage, you can apply for a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) for up to 80% of its current value at a credit union, bank or using a mortgage broker such a Wendy Renee of Fairway Independent Mortgage who has her of-

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A HELOC is like a mortgage (or second mortgage if you have a low-balance first mortgage), but it’s only a line of credit, so you pay no interest on the funds until you draw them. You can’t get a HELOC when you home is on the market, but this strategy is assuming that you won’t put your home on the market until you’re under contract for your new home, and you don’t draw the funds from your HELOC until the closing of the home you’re buying. Thus, at most you’ll only pay one or two months’ interest on the HELOC funds while you go about listing and selling your current home. The HELOC, like your primary mortgage, is paid off at the closing of your current home.

Bridge loans are another option, but they carry a higher interest rate.

If you’re okay with selling your home before you start house hunting, I have a strategy for that. In this seller’s market you have the ability (if you price your home right to trigger a bidding war) to dictate the closing terms on the sale of your home.

For example, you could demand and get a 60-day closing and a 60-day postclosing occupancy agreement (PCOA).

That’s a total of 120 days from when you go under contract for the sale of your current home until you close on your replacement home. Most contracts

that fall do so based on inspection, which typically is scheduled 7 to 10 days after going under contract. Once you are under contract and “past inspection,” your contingent offer is almost as welcome as a non-contingent offer.

The 60-day limit on the PCOA is due to mortgage lenders’ requirement that you take possession of your new home within 60 days to qualify for an owneroccupant interest rate instead of the higher investor interest rate. There is a totally legal way to go beyond that 60day limit while still having the PCOA specify a 60-day term. The PCOA has a paragraph in which a per diem penalty is specified for failing to give possession to the buyer. If that penalty is, say, $100 per day, that’s $3,000 “rent” for another 30 days’ occupancy. If, as is typical, the 60 days was rent-free, then paying $3,000 for the 3rd month feels even more reasonable.

Under the terms of the PCOA, the buyer can evict you and sue for damages, but if you have discussed this possibility ahead of time, it may grant you that needed 5th month to close on your replacement home.

As I wrote last week, Rita and I are selling our home and moving into Avenida Lakewood, a 55+ rental community, with an April 1 start date. We will require a mid-April closing on our current home, so we’ll require no PCOA and will have two weeks for a leisurely move to our new apartment.

Do you have experience with Orchard or another such company? Call or email me to share your experience and maybe I’ll have a follow-up in a future column.

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have a lot of respect for her. The band’s done two shows in front of her place. So, to me, that’s the Arvada Music Scene. It seems to be in Olde Town. That’s pretty much as far as I’ve gotten. I’ve played at the Arvada Center — does Arvada have a music scene besides that?

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for these Denver musicians” thing going on, which was kind of ridiculous of me. Not understanding the dedication that all of these folks have to their music, to each other, to the loyalty to their bands, the loyalty to other bands. It took me another year or so to really get that and have the upmost respect for people who are struggling to make a living playing music in this town.

So, we talked, I auditioned and I got the gig. And we’ve been doing this thing ever since for the last six years.

‘The Arvada Music Scene – is there an Arvada Music Scene?’

I wasn’t really introduced to the “Arvada Music Scene”— is there an Arvada Music Scene? I live five minutes from Olde Town, so we met Debbie (Hansen) and Josh (Crouch) at La Dolce Vita, and then I met Warren (Rubin), the soundman with Dive Bar Diva.

A couple of years ago, before my fourth spinal cord surgery, my wife and I knew Debbie and we would go in there and have coffee and walk Olde Town — when it was the old Olde Town, when the streets weren’t blocked off. I was born with Spina bifida.

I’m so lucky. I’m so grateful to have five kids — three of my own and two step kids — and six grandkids. Being functional enough, going on age 64 with this

Jochum back behind his drum kit.

thing, I’m going to have my seventh surgery on March 3. I asked Debbie, “Would you mind hosting a spina bifida benefit?”

We donated the money to the pediatric spine center at CU Health, so that was when I solidified my relationship with Debbie and Warren; he did the sound.

My sister in arms Susan Phelan, she’s our bass player, and Ryan, the three of us did the benefit and the rest was history with them.

And then, I guess it must be two years ago, that Ally (Skiba)

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opened the Electric Cherry. I’m a vinyl collector. I have like 3,500 pieces of records — that’s down from 8,000. I’ve culled that down, and part of the reason that I’ve culled that down is because of Ally. She has vinyl in her shop, and she has clothes and this and that. Karen and Ally became close friends right away, so then Ally started hosting concerts in front of her place.

She’s done so much to revitalize the energy of Olde Town, really energizing a town that’s been inundated with tragedy. So, we

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‘I needed to find a home’ When I moved to Arvada, it was like a cow town to me. Arvada was old fashioned — they were still smoking in restaurants, all that stuff. I couldn’t believe it. Little silly things that used to really get to me and they don’t anymore.

There are more people in Arvada now. It doesn’t seem as small town-ish as when I moved, and it’s only because of the volume of people. I sound like I’m disparaging Arvada, which I’m not, because that’s not necessarily true for most people — but for me, it was sort of a cultural wasteland.

And it wasn’t until I met a few people in 2014 when I finally got into the music scene in Denver that I experienced some really good music, some great people playing that music, an appreciation of great music and great musicians. It was only because of my ignorance of Denver and of Arvada that I just had this weird sort of prejudicial idea that “No town is ever going to compete with what I experienced my entire life in Southern California.”

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Jochum drumming with Ryan Chrys and the Rough Cuts.

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Which is really unfair, and that’s another thing that Ryan did, is he pulled me up from the ashes in a way and said, “Hey, we’re going to make music together, man, and you’re going to

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Michael Jochum with his family; Jochum has five kids and six grandchildren.

get in this band like you should have when you were 18.” Which I never did when I was 18 because when I was 18, I was sitting in a 100-piece orchestra playing the Loveboat theme.

I wasn’t the guy that was in bands — most musicians will make that transition from the van to better work, a better musical situation. I never did that, so

I feel like I’m completely doing things in reverse in my mid-60’s now.

It fuels my musical soul. But I had to come across the people that I felt the most comfortable with, who have turned out to by my best friends. And I feel that way about Olde Town Arvada as well; that whole scene. Between Ally and Warren and Debbie and

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Josh — I needed to find a home really, to finally feel comfortable about living in Arvada. And I did.

I feel like I did.

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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have been here 50 years or longer, or somewhere in that 30 to 50 year timeframe, they’ve seen Arvada transition from a pretty small community to the 8th largest city in Colorado and part of the larger Denver metropolitan area.

That brings about a lot of change. that brings up expansion — in our case, mostly to the west. it brings about more density in terms of multifamily kinds of building — apartments, townhomes, things like that.

While it creates more vibrancy in our Olde Town area, the favorite shops and the favorite places may no longer be there. I think for longtime residents, that’s probably disconcerting. In talking to people who have been here a long time, that’s been the feedback I’ve received.

AP: In dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2021 Olde Town Shooting, how have you been able to prioritize the needs of the city in the time of tragedy?

MD: Over the last two years, the prioritization of the city’s needs, the community’s needs has been ever changing. We have had to adjust, pivot almost on a weekto-week, month-to-month basis, especially early in the pandemic when I think the entire nation was trying to figure out what we were dealing with — conflicting public

Deven and city team members at an Arvada Chamber of Commerce Event.

health orders and some limitations on people’s freedoms with closures and things like that.

For a while, we thought we were really battling for the survivability for small businesses and our community institutions. So, we had to take a lot of quick action.

We took action around business loans and grants. We took action

with the closure of streets in Olde Town to provide more space for people to be able to shop and dine.

We had to close off public facilities and then re-open them again.

There were shifting priorities and we just had to work through it.

And it certainly was taxing.

And then of course, the tragedies of last summer. Our organization and our community grieved for what happened. We had to support our employees that were hurting, community members who were hurting.

We had to deal with the fact that in Olde Town, where people always felt safe, they didn’t feel safe anymore. So, we had to adjust for that. So, it’s been a challenging time. But what we’ve learned through that is that we’re a resilient community and our organization, our people that work here, are resilient. our city council’s resilient. Through that, we really were truly Arvada Strong.

AP: In your previous position as the city manager of Woodland, California, you guided the city through the Great Recession as many neighboring cities faced bankruptcy. How did dealing with that challenge prepare you for handling Arvada’s response to Covid-19?

MD: When it first hit, we were projecting all kinds of calamity and catastrophe. But, a couple of things happened quickly; the federal government took decisive action with the Cares Act and other decisions that lessened the blow, and then we took decisive action, at first offering loans for businesses, and then, once the Cares Act funds reached us, turning those into grants.

Working with businesses such as through the Olde Town street closures, we also worked with businesses that needed to expand into their parking lot to create more space. So, we were very decisive, we were focused on trying to protect jobs and businesses, also trying to give people opportuni-

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ties as much as possible to return to somewhat of a normal life. And i think that all helped us to get through the pandemic in the most positive way we could.

AP: How did the culture you’ve built here with the city team help facilitate the formation of the Arvada Resiliency Taskforce?

MD: Our vision statement is ‘We dream big and deliver.’ It’s more than a motto; it’s something we believe in — if we can align ourselves with our community partners, our business partners, our community residents, we can defeat anything. And the Arvada Resiliency Taskforce is a great example.

From day one, we worked with the Chamber of Commerce to reach out to businesses, whether they were Chamber members or not. Assist them any way we could. Personal protective equipment, help with understanding the ever-changing public health regulations, funding and stuff like that.

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It’s time to recognize metro Denver’s best by voting in Colorado Community Media’s 2022 Best of the Best contest, which gives readers a chance to weigh in on what they love most about their communities.

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Contest voting opened March 1 and will continue through the end of April 15. Readers can vote on their favorites in 17 different categories, including automotive, beauty and wellness, community, entertainment and lifestyle, events, finance, fitness, food and beverage, home and garden, medical, pets and animals, professional, real estate, religion, retail, retirement and travel.

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War II. The U.S., along with N.A.T.O. allies, has imposed strong economic sanctions, but President Biden has declared no U.S. service personnel will engage in the fighting.

In the wake of the developing events, politicians and aspiring politicians alike have offered their thoughts on the situation through a variety of sources. Here is some of what they had to say.

U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07): “Vladimir Putin will be held accountable for Russia’s reckless and unjustified attack on Ukraine and its people. I support the swift and

severe response from the Biden Administration and our allies to hold Russia accountable for their actions.

The U.S. and our allies should use every tool in its toolbox to punish Russia while continuing to support Ukraine’s sovereignty and the Ukrainian people in the wake of continued aggression by Russian military forces.”

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But we didn’t hesitate, we saw a void that needed to be filled and we filled it. And we did so with other community partners and people who supported small businesses and so forth to keep everything rolling.

One thing I really want to make sure I stress is that this job really needs to pay strong attention to three important groups; one is the city council, the other is the community, and the third is all of our employees. And if you can work with all three of those constituencies and create a unified, collaborative approach where everyone’s working together, then a city manager can be successful.

If you lose one, sooner or later you lose the other two. So, that’s where my focus has always been, is making sure I’m paying close attention to all three.

AP: How do you weigh citizen’s input with city council’s priorities?

MD: Part of citizen input would be our community survey, our engagement from Speak Up Arvada, community meetings, input received through things like our Ask Arvada customer request system, the emails and other contacts our city councilmembers have, work through our neighborhood engagement program.

So, from that kind of feedback,

we know for example, that infrastructure is extremely important; management of traffic; quality of life in neighborhoods; keeping our parks system vibrant and relevant to the community. And of course, being really good stewards of our financial resources.

AP: What’s behind your decision to retire?

MD: One thing about these jobs is you don’t hold them forever.

It’s almost like a public trust.

You’re appointed and you have a responsibility to work very hard and leave the community in a better place than you found it; try to build on the success of the people that came before you and then turn it over to someone else who will likewise build upon your success and make it even better.

And so, after 11 years of doing this job, I felt like it was time to pass the baton. And the fact that it was 41 years in local government service, it’s time to pass the baton to someone else and root them on and enjoy their success.

AP: You’ll be staying on as city manager until October.

MD: I wanted to give the city council and everyone else that’s a stakeholder as much notice as possible. I wanted to make sure that we had an adequate timeline for the schedule to conduct the process of recruiting and selecting someone to be the next city manager.

AP: Are you going to be involved in that process?

MD: No. the outgoing city manager has no role in picking that person’s replacement. It’s up to the city council.

but what I was really hoping for when I came here 11 years ago was to do exactly what seems to be happening right now, which is to finish here and grow roots here and to stay here.

AP: What will you be working on until then?

MD: There’s a ton of things that we’re working on and will continue to work on. We’re trying to find ways to better address the issues around homelessness.

Certainly, there’s infrastructure projects and things like that that are continuing, such as right outside our front door here, and I’ll be responsible for putting together the next twoyear budget for 2023 and 2024. and of course, we’ve got the next city council retreat, which is on March 4. So, we’re preparing for that.

AP: What qualities would you like to see in your successor as city manager?

MD: I would like to see the city look for someone who will continue with the alignment of the major community priorities with the work that we’re doing day to day. Continue and frankly, expand on our community engagement.

This is something that I think we’re doing well right now, but find other ways, more ways to engage with the community, particularly at the neighborhood level.

And see through some of these big projects, obviously the bond projects, our water infrastructure projects, and continue to do the best that we can to manage development.

I think Colorado is going to continue to grow and we’re going to need to continue to manage that as best we can so that it doesn’t disadvantage the residents who are here and also embraces the people who would choose to come here.

AP: What are some of your plans for retirement?

MD: My dear wife has many projects for me to spend time doing. We’re going to do some traveling. And then eventually, as things settle down, I’ll want to find ways of serving the community, perhaps through volunteer work or something along those lines. I’m not going to sit around.

AP: Do you plan to stay in Arvada?

MD: Oh yeah. I’m from California. My wife and I have 5 kids, and four of them have moved here from California. The fact is that when they came out to visit, they saw what a beautiful place we had landed in, and eventually, four of the five came out here and moved. So now we have grandchildren and extended family and things like that.

We’re not going anywhere.

Home is here. In fact, all four of the kids live in Arvada.

AP: How did Arvada become your family’s home?

MD: It’s a wonderful place to call home. There are some that will spend an entire career working in one place. That was not me, I did move around as opportunities presented themself,

AP: Assuming you’re still here 11 more years from now, what does Arvada look like in your best-casescenario at that point?

MD: My hope is that the renewal of the city’s infrastructure would have progressed, that our community is highly engaged and remains supportive of city government and invested in their neighborhoods and other community institutions — schools, churches, things like that.

And that as a community, we grow closer together, across all interests and political beliefs.

I believe the community will grow more diverse. If you look at the demographics of Colorado, there’s definitely a trend of more diversity, so hopefully we embrace that was well.

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nation demands all free nations join together to oppose Russia’s tyrannical invasion, stand with Ukraine and recommit to our own democracy but standing up to authoritarians here at home.”

Laurel Imer, Republican congressional candidate: “I am lifting up innocent Ukrainian families in prayer. They do not deserve war on their doorstep.

Make no mistake: Putin is a tyrant and an enemy of the United States. But this shouldn’t come as a surprise to our leaders. Putin has said he would expand his sphere of influence for decades.

The failed leadership of the Biden administration not only gave him the perfect opportunity but also has left our country ill-prepared. Under Trump, we had energy independence, secure borders, a booming economy, and a strong military. None of this would have happened under Trump and even if war did kick-off, we wouldn’t be worrying about paying our bills.

With that, I ask this question: who is colluding with Russia now?”

Erik Aadland, Republican congressional candidate: “As a combat veteran, I have seen the horrors of war firsthand, and they are not to be taken lightly. What we are currently seeing in Ukraine right now does not justify a full-scale war with Rus-

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sia. No intelligence indicates this is anything more than a military skirmish. Those who have never served in war should be very cautious about advocating for military action. This is nothing more than wag the dog, and could have easily been avoided through better leadership. First, we need to exhaust all diplomatic solutions and economic sanctions. We must also be clear on the U.S. interests in Ukraine that would cause us to get more deeply involved. Additionally, we have to be ready for war by turning on the Keystone pipeline and becoming energy independent once again. Then, and only then, when our country is secure with energy and our military is prepared, and we have determined that U.S. interests would best be served, should we have further involvement. What are we trying to achieve in Ukraine and how are

U.S. interests best served? Those are the questions that must be answered before American lives are put on the line.”

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Tim Reichert, Republican congressional candidate: “Americans must stand with and pray for the people of Ukraine.

One way that Joe Biden can help the people of Ukraine is by defunding Vladimir Putin, whose armies are funded by high oil prices. In addition to other sanctions, Joe Biden can unleash American energy on the world by dropping his opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline and returning to reasonable permitting policies on Federal lands. These actions would reduce inflation here at home, increase our energy independence, supply our European allies, and help reduce cash flow to Vladimir Putin’s armies.”

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After taking a hiatus in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Arvada Winterfest returned to Olde Town on Feb. 26, filling McIlvoy Park with festive cultural celebrations, ice sculptures and carriage rides.

This year’s Winterfest included performances by the Colorado Asian Cultural Heritage Center, the Wick School of Irish Dance and Mariachi Sangre Mexicana. The festivities were kicked off with a pet parade and ugly sweater party, and a large ice sculpture of a fish commenced shortly after.

The festival is an annual event put on by the Arvada Festival Commission in partnership with the Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District. BID Executive Director Joe Hengstler said the event was one of the last to take place in Olde Town before the initial COVID-19 lockdown and added that the event serves as a kickoff to the festival season.

“This was one of the last festivals that happened in Olde Town before the pandemic. Now we’re back,” Hengstler said. “Since the beginning of the festival we have seen it grow more and more and seen the community really support the Winterfest. It’s a chance to kick off the festival season for the year.”

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VOICES Enjoying the humor and irony in life

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Quando Dio vuole castigarci ci manda quello che desideriamo”— When the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.

Go ahead, raise your hands. I won’t hold it against you: how many of you, on or about Dec. 20 asked for snow?

Had enough, yet? (Yes, by the way, my hand is up.)

And, while we’re at it, how many of you, toward the end of last September, made some offhand remark about wishing the Colorado Rockies would just stop playing baseball. I mean, they were bad last year—not as bad as predicted, but still, very bad. And, to add insult to injury, they traded their best player away, and— somehow—got their trade partners to take an additional $50 million off our hands. I mean, sure, they were an embarrassment on almost every sporting level, but wouldn’t you rather be getting ready for Spring Training and pitchers and catchers reporting right now, than staring at the next month of sports after the Super Bowl with nothing but meaningless basketball and hockey games (which you can’t watch, anyway, thanks to Comcast and Kronke) until March

Madness?

It’s cruel, isn’t it, the way the calendar is set up? We hit Jan. 1, and, of course, what is foremost on everybody’s mind?

New Year’s resolutions. And what is the number one New Year’s resolution?

Some variation on losing weight, or Michael Alcorn eating healthy, or getting in shape. So many people “pray” to lose weight. And yet, come Jan. 1, what’s laying around the kitchen? Leftover candy and cookies and Christmas goodies. Then, when you finally manage to sort through all that junk, what populates the first aisle of every grocery store and drug store? Valentine’s Day candy. Okay— tough nut, but doable. Just survive to Feb. 14t. And, finally, you walk out of the grocery store, proud of yourself for not loading up on candy, and, BOOM. There’s the Girl Scout, right outside the store, with boxes and boxes of cookies. And… it’s all for a good cause, right? But, those only last

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for so long, and then, finally! You’re…

AUGHHH it’s time for Easter candy!

Really, it’s almost like the whole weight loss resolution needs its own day, completely separate from the calendar year. Maybe, like, April 9.

It’s after the holidays (most years, Easter is before then), the weather is starting to turn, so there’s that whole “Summer body” thing starting to creep up on you, and, maybe, there’s enough guilt from St. Patrick’s Day celebrations to motivate some discipline.

Okay, we got the masks off our kids in schools. Yippee, right? But for two years now, teachers have had the luxury of knowing that, after lunch, the kids in their rooms would be hidden behind masks; or, more to the point, their breath would be, er, masked. Not any more. Parents, you may want to stop packing Funyuns in your kids’ lunches. Just sayin’…

And, finally, I’ve been trying to find the humor, the snark, or just whatever in relation to the (seems to be approaching) end of the pandemic, or at least to it dominating our lives.

It’s taken two years of “prayers” for us to get to this point, but it seems

to finally be here. There’s the meme about people getting fired for losing their ability to mask their facial expressions when people say dumb things in live meetings (for the record, was a weakness of mine long before the pandemic); or, perhaps, the jokes about impending catastrophic shortages of real pants, now necessary since we won’t be so able to hide our lower bodies behind Zoom screens.

But, maybe it’s all much more mundane than that. This weekend’s experience for me was a ridiculous and unfathomable density of traffic around every single shopping establishment. Cuz, sure—a little road rage will be exactly what the doctor ordered after the last two years. Have a great week!

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.

A time for rebirth and reflection

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ave you noticed an influx of birds to your neighborhood?

The population of robins has boomed around here. I swear a few of them have soot on their feathers. Did they flee the conflagration to find refuge in my backyard? They’re welcome if they did, but I’m hoping amid the rebuilding in Boulder County, some habitat gets restored.

No, actually; in the aftermath, I hope everything improves in the next go-round. So much healing can come from the ability to apply the pain of the past toward a better future. That doesn’t happen if everyone simply races to reset everything as if nothing had ever happened.

Indeed, nothing puts a person in their place like the force of nature.

My grandmother once told me that if life sent me to my knees, I should stay there a bit and contemplate. The best time to examine and assess is when humbled by circumstance.

Perhaps those dealing with devastation of the Marshall Fire will commit to some reflection, to go deeper into what they really want and why. Such work requires so much more effort.

But to neglect it would be a type of moral failure for individual homeowners as well as officials in their

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broader communities.

In that vein, I humbly offer a few suggestions hoping they may inspire others.

The first is to realize opportunities for innovation. For instance, groups of homeowners could organize into cohesive units, a powerful tool for determining the nature of a neighborhood. They might bargain for lower insurance rates and expedite paperwork with various planning departments. Blocks could be sited in a way that promotes sociability rather than uniformity--as in a campus quad. As a large group, they could then contract for high-volume reductions in material costs and labor.

Perhaps those materials needn’t include prohibitively priced lumber which is treated with highly flammable chemicals. What about the flame resistant and awesome natural cooling of straw bale walls which can be finished with concrete siding products? And wouldn’t it just be so perfect if some ambitious brainiac somewhere innovates a process whereby the junk and garbage we dump into landfills could be baked and compressed into flame retardant

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bricks of construction quality? All over the planet, refuse would become commodity and would thus disappear from rivers and oceans. Timbered land would remain intact to scrub the air clean. Housing design would no longer be limited to geometric angles.

And if non-tradespeople can help construct a home for Habitat for Humanity, they certainly should be allowed to labor on their own future dwellings. In the cooperative group model, neighbors could assemble at one another’s sites to form walls or run wire for the day. Sort of a 21st century barn raising. So much more than a structure emerges from people working together.

Some people don’t want to rebuild.

What to do with the open lots?Money from Great Outdoors Colorado could be used to purchase land on which to build habitat pods. Add a couple park benches as well so that while the robins are roosting in trees, neighbors could meet and discuss the progress of their new homes. Perhaps they’d contribute to a community garden as well.

One crucial factor will determine the course of any of these ideas or many others that will spring up like February crocuses. That is leader-

ship. The sources of the right mixture of initiative and innovation comes from one of the true gifts of the American spirit. Anyone can step forward! Of course, officials from the feds to state to the cities and county work through the may discover new and improved ways of engaging in a real-world version of Sim-City. In addition, good ideas can come from all that love being expressed by the larger Colorado community. But successful futures require great financial input and elbow grease from the corporate world, from the scientific and professional sectors as well as enduring encouragement and acceptance by local governments. With patience and perseverance, vision and courage expand into shared visions and courage multiplied so to spread beyond burn scars.

Maybe among the robins we’ll see a Phoenix or two. What wonderful world this could be.

Judy Allison has enjoyed a long and varied career in media and has written for newspapers, magazines, cable TV, government entities and elected officials. She and her dog Torrey the Wonder-Bouvier wander through many neighborhoods in the region.

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A historic figure for modern times

ometimes, a person becomes a legend whether they planned to be or not.

It is a safe bet that Kate Slaughterback, an infamous Greeley frontierswoman, didn’t plan on going down in history as Rattlesnake Kate. But that’s how things happen sometimes.

And now Kate’s story is being told on the stage thanks to a collaboration by Aurora native and musician Neyla Pekarek (formerly of The Lumineers) and playwright Karen Hartman.

“Audiences are going to come away empowered. It’s a show about strong women,” said Gina Naomi Baez, who plays Celia in the production. “The show is really for everyone and very inspiring to see all the trials the characters go through and triumphs they have.”

“Rattlesnake Kate” is making its world premiere at the Wolf Theatre in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts through Sunday, March 13.

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. most days, with several matinees at 2 p.m. and two 8 p.m. performances as part of the Colorado New Play Summit.

Directed by Chris Coleman and featuring choreography by Dominique Kelley, the musical is based on the true events of Slaughterbeck’s life, including the event that made her famous: About 100 years ago she “fought tooth and nail, armed with a single rifle and a `No Hunting’ sign, to save her son from 140 rattlesnakes,” according to provided information.

The event made Kate (played

by Alyse Alan Louis) a worldwide celebrity, but her story goes beyond that – after she became famous, she still had to fight to find a partner, be treated as an equal and ensure other women get a fair shake.

The musical had its first reading at the 2019 Colorado New Play Summit and ended up being the first musical commissioned by the DCPA

Theatre Company. The creatives behind it spent some time working on it in New York City and that’s where Baez first came upon the project.

“This is the longest process I’ve been a part Clarke Reader of – I’ve done a new musical before, but I came in at the end of the process,” she said. “Celia is Kate’s friend and the only woman you see her confiding in and getting advice from. She’s really sassy and speaks her mind.”

Getting to see how a character develops from the initial idea to a fully realized creation has been fascinating for Baez. She said they played around with many ideas for her and ended with her being a more feminine, discrete woman – but one no less strong for that.

Since the show is brand new, audiences get the rare treat of seeing something they aren’t familiar with. And the premiere being in the same state as the actual woman is from adds an extra layer to everything.

“It’s great to hear the audience reaction since they’re seeing all this for the first time.

They don’t know what to expect yet,” she said. “If you’re from Colorado, you’re going to walk away being really proud to be from here.”

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LSO highlights the importance of timing In life, timing is everything.

The Lakewood Symphony Orchestra is celebrating this truth with its “Timing is the Key,” concert, held at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway.

The show will feature Sarah Switzer playing the viola in the

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performance of Viola Concerto in D Major, Op. 1. Switzer is a recent Yale University graduate, where she served as the principal violist of the Yale Symphony Orchestra for three years. Other included pieces will be Mozart’s Divertimento in F Major, K. 138, and Humperdinck’s selections from Hansel and Gretel.

The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 10. For information and tickets, call 303-987-7845 or visit www. lakewoodsymphony.org.

CJRO brings early summer to Arvada Center While we’re not quite in summer weather yet, the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra is bringing a little Brazil to the Arvada Center with Brazil Calling: Featuring the Music of Antônio Carlos Jobim.

The performance will be at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 5 at the center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Guest artists include pianist Victor Mestas and Carl Dixon on percussion, and they’ll

be joined by vocalist Heidi Schmidt. The orchestra will be led by artistic director Drew Zaremba.

Tickets are available at www. coloradojazz.org/concerts.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Hiss Golden Messenger at Bluebird Theater The New York Times wrote the following about the music made

by North Carolina’s Hiss Golden Messenger: “There is just something about Hiss Golden Messenger’s music that makes it feel like a golden-hued summer day even when it’s not.” I really can’t put it any better than that.

Hiss Golden Messenger will be bringing some of that suntinged music to the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5.

Get tickets at www.bluebirdtheater.net/events.

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

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LIFE

After decades of decline, populations flutter back.

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Walk into Westminster’s Butterfly Pavilion and head into Wings of the Tropics, where about 2,000 butterflies flutter in a tropical garden filled with plants, trees and humidity.

Near the entrance there is a hatching exhibit where cocoons transform into butterflies. Peer in the window next to the display, and Shiran Hershcovich may be working in the lab with others to make community science come alive.

Hershcovich is a lepidopterist, a person who studies butterflies and moths, and most recently, she discovered monarch butterflies may be making a comeback in Colorado.

“We are enthused to find that monarchs in Colorado showed an approximate 180% increase from the mean over the past seven years of our monitoring efforts,” Hershcovich said.

This rise in monarch numbers in the state is the most significant increase in the past 30 years, according to the 2021 Colorado Butterfly Monitoring Network report. The network — which Hershcovich describes as “people-powered” — sends community scientists out into designated areas and trails to count butterflies across Colorado. Butterfly-monitoring programs also operate across the country, including California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Texas.

This is the ninth annual report from the net-

work, and 2021 stood out as having the highest number of volunteer hours recorded since the program’s inception.

Important invertebrates As pollinators, butterflies help keep ecosystems alive, Hershcovich explained. By pollinating native plants, they are propagating biological systems, and they serve as important food sources at every step in their life cycle.

They also indicate healthy ecosystems because butterflies are picky eaters. The monarch’s host plant is milkweed, and it will only reproduce on milkweed. Therefore, if its host plant is decimated, the butterfly will be the first to disappear.

In addition, butterflies help connect people to species of insects.

“They are great ambassador animals,” Herschcovich said. “They can be a great gateway point into loving insects. If we started with roaches, it would be pretty hard to get people on board.”

The monarch’s steady decline According to Herschcovich, there are two populations of monarch butterflies: Eastern monarchs and Western monarchs, with the Rockies sitting in between the two.

And while the recent increase in monarchs is promising news, Herschcovich noted the species has been in a steady decline for decades. Since the 1980s, the Western monarch saw its population decline by 99%, and the Eastern monarch population has decreased by around 80% since the 1990s, Hershcovich said.

Even so, the species continues to be denied federal protection from the Endangered Species Act. “Monarchs are one of them too, but they just didn’t make it to the priority, and they didn’t meet all the criteria, I guess,” she said.

Without government protection, Hershcovich said, conservation becomes vitally important, and that’s where community science can make a difference.

Volunteer conservationists Community scientists can be anyone — a neighbor, a teacher, the average Joe. All it takes is some time to train and explore.

Steve Chady, the Pavilion’s longest serving

volunteer at eight years and a wannabe lepidopterist since age 12, is one of those community scientists. Between May 15 and Sept. 15, he heads out to Broomfield County Commons Park six times to complete the same walk while counting as many butterflies as he sees.

“If you enjoy outdoors and you’re passionate about the environment, it’s a way to contribute to conservation,” Chady said.

“Everyone comes with a built-in scientist,” Hershcovich said. “Science is just being curious and having that sense of exploration and looking

‘They can be a great gateway point into loving insects.’

Shiran Hershcovich, Lepidopterist

for answers.”

Without 61 volunteers counting butterflies across Colorado, the monitoring study would not be possible, and the effort is always looking for more volunteers. In total, the group counted 124 Eastern monarchs in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Douglas, El Paso, Gilpin, Jefferson, Larimer, Ouray, Routt and Weld counties.

“We only know those numbers because of community scientists, so it’s people dedicated to the cause, who are going out and donating their time to count monarch populations,” Herschcovich said.

She said the percentage increase in monarchs recorded this year took into account volunteer hours to provide a more accurate number. Because the report relies on volunteers, some years see more hours counting butterflies than others.

Counting butterflies aids conservation efforts.

Herschcovich noted that conservation can seem like a major problem with only major solutions, and she sees that line of thinking applied to climate change as well. Yet, she believes some answers can be simpler than most folks may think.

“Community scientists really take matters into their own hands and revolutionize what we can do for conservation,” she said.

Climate change, wildfires, droughts, urbanization, herbicides and many other factors contribute to the decline of butterflies, and Hershcovich said it all comes SEE MONARCH, P15

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down to habitat.

“When there are big droughts and water sources disappear or diminish, the host plant (ex. Milkweed) habitat also diminishes, and when we expand urban zones, we also essentially erase healthy habitat for monarchs, and when we plant gardens instead of planting native plants — we put grassy lawns — that’s also removing additional habitat,” she said.

She said the 2019 and 2020 fire seasons were probably linked to the large declines during those years.

On the flip side, she explained the increase in monarchs — both nationally and across the state — is likely due to more favorable climate condi-

A monarch butterfly.

tions such as milder temperatures during the breeding season and better rainfall.

She also noted decreased use of pesticides and more monarch conservationists planting milkweeds and native flowering plants to support the species as other factors contributing to the rise in monarch numbers.

“While it’s difficult to point to a single cause of increase, it’s likely an aggregation of behaviors and conditions that have boosted monarch numbers around the country,” she said.

Colorado residents can help restore monarchs and other butterflies by planting native plant species in their own yards, and the Pavilion has those plants for sale in the spring.

“Everyone gets to participate in creating a safer world for monarchs and invertebrates in general, and really ecosystems,” Herschcovich said.

Community scientist and the Pavilion’s longest serving volunteer Steve Chady, left, and lepidopterist Shiran PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI Hershcovich, right.

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Colorado Preservation re-lists 5 priority sites for program’s 25th anniversary Arvada’s .04 Trolley marked as ‘saved,’ return to Olde Town slated for summer

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In recognition of the program’s 25th anniversary, Colorado’s Most Endangered Places has given priority status to five historic sites for the 2022 calendar year. A program of Colorado Preservation, Inc., Colorado’s Most Endangered Places announced this year’s sites on Feb. 8 and will spend the next year working to organize preservation efforts for them.

The Dearfield Farming Colony, Iglesia de San Antonio, Southern Ute Boarding School Campus, Stranges Grocery and Union Pacific Pumphouse were re-listed as priority sites this year, as the program wanted to focus on sites that have previously been listed as priority locations but hadn’t seen much progress, according to Kim Grant, director of Colorado’s Most Endangered Places.

Two sites, including Arvada’s .04 Trolley and the Reiling Dredge, were marked as “saved” by the initiative, meaning they’ve reached goals set for their restoration.

The .04 Trolley — which ran from Denver to Arvada and Golden and was the last streetcar to operate in Denver — is set to return to Arvada this summer, where it will be displayed at an exhibit at the intersection of Grandview Avenue and Saulsbury Street, along the current RTD GLine Route.

Grant said the .04 Trolley helped put Arvada on the map during its run from 1902 to 1950.

“This was the last streetcar on the line. When it got back from its run from Arvada, they shut it down,” Grant said. “The car is historically significant as the last streetcar in Denver, but it also helped put Arvada on the map.

The streetcar helped turn Arvada

The preserved .04 Trolley in a restoration facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

from a slow rural farming community into what it is today.”

The trolley was listed as a priority site in 2014 and has been undergoing restorations in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in preparation for the move back to Arvada.

Railroad historian Wally Weart purchased the trolley from the Forney Museum of Transportation and led the charge to get the trolley restored, which he said was no small task.

“The trolley got a push because of the Endangered Places list.

Most of the trolley from the waist down had to be replaced – it was already shaky,” Weart said. “The site near the Grandview Bridge, that’s just a stone’s throw away from the original Arvada Junction, so people who are riding the Gold Line will see it.”

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George’s Café to close after 18 years in Arvada Popular Wadsworth Boulevard hangout spot will serve customers until March 6

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After 18 years in Arvada, George’s Café will serve its last customer on March 6. Co-owner George Karavasilis posted a farewell message for customers on Feb. 21 stating that the Wadsworth Boulevard mainstay is closing because George and fellow Co-owner Deanna Karavasilis are retiring.

Over the years, George’s became known for its breakfast burritos as much as its philanthropic efforts in the community. The Café held a number of bake sales and fundraisers for Arvada High School and raised money in 2020 to help AHS students pay off their lunch debt.

Prior to moving into the current

storefront, the Karavasilis’ operated a similar restaurant in Westminster for six years.

In George’s Facebook post, shared in the Arvada Neighbors group, he called the closure ‘bittersweet’ and thanked all of the café’s patrons over the years.

“It is time for us to retire from working. It is bittersweet for us as we love our employees, our wonderful customers and the community that has supported us and that we have supported over the years. We will truly miss everyone,” George wrote in the post.

Fans of George’s Café shared and commented on the post in droves. As of Feb. 23, the post has over 1,000 reactions and 200 comments, many from longtime customers of the establishment.

Facebook commenter Jen Smith thanked George for his hospitality and his restaurant’s friendly feel over the years.

“George you have watched my son Max Grow up. Each time we came in or when he came with my parents.

He turns 15 this year and I always thought his frist (sic) job would be a

Exterior of George’s Cafe.

PHOTO BY RYLEE DUNN

bus boy for you. Thank you ate (sic) always treating my son just like one of your own children. Giving him ice cream or even giving him a few bucks for being a good kid. You and your family are one of a kind people. And you’ll be missed,” Smith wrote.

Commenter Charmaine Freeny thanked George and Deanna for their philanthropic work in the community.

“Congratulations and thank you

for all you’ve done for the community, especially Arvada High School. Way back in 1998 your and our son played soccer for AHS and you guys hosted the team’s banquet. Enjoy your retirement,” Freeny wrote.

George confirmed on the Facebook post that the café’s last day would be March 6. The Karavasilis’ declined a request from the Arvada Press for comment.

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Perlmutter for his contribution in pushing for the funding.

“This is a significant down payment for the construction of a new U.S. Geological Survey building,” Bennet said. “I’m incredibly grateful for Congressman Perlmutter’s leadership on this issue.”

Perlmutter said the new stateof-the-art facility will be a tremendous asset for both Mines and USGS, and support the important work of researchers, scientists, and students in Colorado.

Haaland spoke of the importance of the new facility in maintaining critical scientific research of her department.

“Science is at the heart of Interior’s mission, and we are committed to empowering the agency’s scientific and technical experts to use the best available technology to guide our work,” she said. “This investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help maintain and enhance the necessary infrastructure to provide unique research and operational capabilities in critical minerals research, energy resource evaluation and other essential energy and mineral program priorities for the USGS.” The USGS and the Colorado

Sen. Michael Bennet speaks during a press conference in Golden.

Sen. John Hickenlooper addresses the crowd during the announcement of a new USGS facility.

School of Mines first announced their long-term partnership in 2018, but the relationship between Mines and USGS goes back more than 40 years, with both the USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center and its National Earthquake Information Center located on the Mines campus.

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Defense leads Arvada West girls hoops first-round playoff win

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — The single-digit temperatures outside carried into Arvada West High School’s gym Feb. 22.

The No. 24-seeded Arvada West Wildcats held No. 41 Broomfield to single-digit points in every quarter of the first-round Class 5A girls basketball state tournament game.

A-West grabbed its first home playoff victory in more than a decade.

“I think our team is very skilled defensively and that is where it always starts,” A-West senior Amanda Neff said after the 46-22 win over Broomfield. “Once you get that juice going on the defense then everything will come on offense.”

The Wildcats held a 15-10 lead in the opening seconds of the second quarter after Broomfield junior Mary Kreiger scored on the first possession of the quarter. It would be the last Eagle point for nearly 13 minutes of play.

A-West (16-8 record) went on a 19-0 run to eventually grab a comfortable 34-10 lead until Broomfield junior Nina Lucas finally ended the scoring drought for the Eagles with 3:03 left in the third quarter.

“I wasn’t as nervous this year because I know the roster we have this year is full of a bunch of talent,” A-West senior Jasmyn Williams said about the playoff opener. “We had a lot of confidence this year.”

A-West entered the postseason on

a 3-game losing streak. The Wildcats dropped 5A Jeffco League games to Columbine, Valor Christian and Chatfield over the span of eight days.

The string of defeats dropped A-West to fifth in the conference standings.

“With the three losses we still brought it hard in practice,” Williams said of the skid to end the regular season. “No matter the outcome I know this group is going to fight back. All of us have the want that I feel hasn’t always been there in past years. With all of us wanting it, it came out to this outcome.”

Neff was huge on both ends of the court in her final game at home. The senior forward finished with a gamehigh 15 points.

“I kind of had the idea in my head playing my last game (at home) I wanted to come out strong,” Neff said of her scoring six points early in the opening minutes of the game.

“I wanted to be a leader for the team.

I’ve had a few games this season where I’ve been on and off. This game I wanted to be a strong scorer and leader.”

Broomfield (8-16) finally started hitting some shots cutting A-West’s lead to 18 points, but Neff slammed the door with a long jumper and 3-pointer a minute apart early in the fourth quarter to push the Wildcats’ lead back up to 43-22.

“Amanda hit a couple of really big shots when we were cold,” Meeks said.

Williams had a strong game with 11 points. The A-West point guard was

Arvada West junior Payton Reed, right, posts up against Broomfield sophomore Kenna Duplechin during the first-round Class 5A state playoff game Feb. 22 at Arvada PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS West High School. The Wildcats won 46-22.

able to help spread the ball around with eight different players scoring.

Junior Ellie Pugliese added 10 points for the Wildcats.

“We have four great seniors, but those two are our leaders and captains for a reason,” Meeks said of Neff and Williams. “We are going to miss them. To get them a home playoff game and a home playoff win is a far cry from where we were when they first got here. I’m happy for them.”

A-West moved onto the second round and faced Regis Jesuit on Feb. 25. The Raiders just edged the Wildcats 47-44 to advance to the Sweet 16.

A-West held Regis to just 26 percent shooting, but the Raiders won the game at the free-throw line going 13for-19 from the charity stripe.

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

Ralston Valley boys hoops wins 9th straight to earn spot in Sweet 16

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Ralston Valley’s boys basketball team finished out the game Feb. 26 like it would like to finish out the season — strong.

The No. 15-seeded Mustangs outscored No. 47 Fountain-Fort Carson 23-6 in the fourth quarter to win the second-round Class 5A boys basketball state tournament game going away. Ralston Valley won 79-47 to advance to next week’s Sweet 16.

“It was a good one,” Ralston Valley senior Zach Friedman said after the win. “We definitely had a good week off and a good week of practice.”

The Mustangs (17-6 record) took advantage of the bye after going through the 5A Jeffco League undefeated and grabbing a top-16 seed.

“We were focused and had a good week of practice,” Ralston Valley senior Zack Akin said after pouring in 20 points, including three 3-pointers in the second half.

Akin and freshman sensation Tanner Braketa led the way for the Mustangs. Braketa had a gamehigh 25 points in his first postseason game. Akin and Braketa combined to go 7-for-15 from 3-point

range. Overall, Ralston Valley shot 53 percent from the field.

“Those guys did a great job,” Friedman said of Braketa and Akin knocking down five 3-pointers in the third quarter to keep pace with Fountain-Fort Carson’s scoring barrage. “They really do a good job on the outside spacing the floor. No matter if its mid-range or long-range (shots) there are going to get it done.”

The Trojans (8-16) hung around scoring 20 points in the third quarter. Senior Caleb Whitehead had 10 points in the quarter to give Fountain-Fort Carson a fighting change. However, it seemed like anytime the Trojans looked to make a run Braketa or Akin would answer with a 3-pointer.

“That third quarter has been good to us all year,” Akin said.

“We hit some big 3-pointers in that quarter and buried them for sure.”

Ralston Valley really sealed it in the fourth quarter. Eight different Mustangs scored as Coach Chris Braketa was able to empty his bench in the final few minutes.

Ralston Valley faces No. 2 Fossil Ridge in the Sweet 16 on Wednesday, March 2, after press deadline.

The Sabercats (23-1 record) took a SEE RALSTON, P19

Ralston Valley senior Zach Akin, right, puts a floater over Fountain-Fort Carson junior David Sanchez on Feb. 26 at Ralston Valley High School. Akin had a 20-point night in his final home game of his career. The Mustangs defeated the Trojans 79-47.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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Ralston Valley freshman Tanner Braketa launches a 3-pointer during the first half Feb. 26. Braketa scored a game-high 25 points in the Mustangs’ 79-47 victory over FountainFort Carson to advance to the Sweet 16 of the Class 5A state tournament.

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76-53 home victory against Monarch up in Fort Collins on Saturday afternoon.

“Honestly, we are the underdog,” Coach Braketa said going up against Fossil Ridge. “They are the No. 2 seed for a reason. We are playing really well right now. I like our group.”

The Mustangs are on a 9-game winning streak with their last loss coming back on Jan. 18 against Rangeview.

“We have really gelled as a team,” Friedman said. “We are

ready to make a run. All along our goal has been to make it to the Coliseum. On Wednesday night we’ll get that opportunity to get there.”

It was the last home game of the season for Ralston Valley with the road game Wednesday and a win sending the Mustangs to the state quarterfinals at the Denver Coliseum on Saturday, March 5.

“It’s kind of surreal being the last home game,” Akin said.

“Great to get a win. Couldn’t be happier.”

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

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