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Two local coffee chains opening locations in Arvada in spring, summer 2022 Corvus Coffee opening location on 58th Place in March, Ziggi’s Coffee on 92nd Lane to follow this summer

Latter-day Saints deliver help by the truckload Church donates 50 tons of food to Lakewood Action Center

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Coffee lovers in Arvada will have two more options for places to pick up their morning cup of Joe, as local chains Corvus Coffee and Ziggi’s Coffee are opening locations in town this spring and summer. Corvus Coffee is set to open its location at 9528 West 58th Place on March 26, while Ziggi’s will open its location at 18168 West 92nd Lane in summer 2022.

Corvus Coffee Roasters was founded in 2010 and began with a location on Broadway in Denver that opened in 2012. The chain has since expanded to include locations in the Denver Tech Center and Littleton.

The Arvada location will be Corvus’ fourth café.

Ziggi’s Coffee began with a shop in Longmont that opened in 2004.

The chain now includes 48 locatons nationwide, 37 of which are in Colorado.

Corvus is owned by husband and wife Philip and Autumn Goodlaxon.

They showcase single origin coffees from farmers around the world.

The Arvada location will showcase products from The Fox and Raven Bakery in Littleton.

The Arvada Ziggi’s location is owned by local franchisees Natalie Lord and Zdenek Dendis, who have been residents of west Arvada for the last three years. This is Lord and Dendis’ third Ziggi’s franchise, having previously opened stores in Thornton and Westminster.

Construction is underway on the Arvada location of Ziggi’s Coffee.

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Close to 100,000 pounds of donated food made its way to an ordinary warehouse in Lakewood.

From there, those food items will go on to do extraordinary things, like helping Jefferson County families in need stretch an already taut dollar.

The two semitractor-trailers, traveling from Salt Lake City, Utah, arrived on March 17 and 18 at The Action Center, all courtesy of Latterday Saint Charities, an organization that is part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Kerry Shaper, communication director for the Columbine Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, said the 50-ton donation was made possible through church member donations and items produced on church-owned farms and facilities.

The donation came about after county commissioners and church members met in December.

“I think it was Commissioner Tracy Kraft-Tharp who mentioned that foodstuffs were low in some of the pantries,” said Chris Jensen, president of the Colombine Stake.

“And that’s when we went back to seek a little help with Latter-day COURTESY ZIGGI’S COFFEE

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Saint Charities.”

The donations could not have come at a better time.

“One of the things we heard very loud and clear is that there has been a sharp increase in the number of families needing help—35%, I believe,” said Tharp, who was joined at The Action Center by several other Jefferson County elected officials. “But what we’ve also heard is that the pantries are empty.”

Action Center Executive Director Pam Brier noted that before the pandemic, her organization typically had enough food to meet the needs of the community, but lingering economic effects have pushed more families into more challenging situations.

“I think it’s harder and harder to make ends meet in our community,” said Brier. “The cost of living across the Denver metro is continuing to climb—the cost of housing, and now, nationally, with inflation happening at such a dramatic rate, I think families are really really struggling to make ends meet.”

But during COVID, Brier said the need to help others jumped exponentially, so much so that The Action Center needed to bring more food through the doors.

That became challenging.

For the first time in its 53-year history, the organization had

Inside a Lakewood warehouse, Pam Brier, executive director of The Action Center, far left, speaks with elected officials from Jefferson County and representatives from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over a 24-hour period, the communityfocused organization received a 50-ton donation of shelf-stable food from the Latter-day Saints Charities. The hefty helping of PHOTO BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY help will be distributed among partner food pantries across Jefferson County.

to begin buying its own food to supplement donations—something they’ve continued to do for the past 24 months.

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A forklift driver carefully unloads boxes of shelf-stable food outside The ActionCenter warehouse in Lakewood, Colorado. The boxes are part of a 50-ton donation made to the non-profit community organization by the Latter-day Saints Charities.

PHOTO BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY

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she said. “But on top of that, we did need to purchase food. And so we continue to do that, so for a contribution like this from the LDS Church is so helpful, not just to The Action Center, but to the many other pantries we serve.”

More than just groceries While most folks know The Action Center as a free grocery, Brier says The Action Center is also a valuable resource for clothing and financial assistance.

“We’ve been doing a huge amount of rent assistance work, especially during COVID,” she said. “We’ve given out $4 million of rent assistance across the county.

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A conveyor rack inside The Action Center warehouse in Lakewood, Colorado, stands ready to help volunteers organize and distribPHOTO BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY ute close to 100,000 pounds of donated food from Salt Lake City—a gift from the Latter-day Saints Charities.

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That means that the property taxes for 2023 and 2024 will be based on what your home and other real estate could have sold for this coming June 30th. Given the crazy surge in home prices, you could see a 30% or higher juimp in your property’s assessed valuation and therefore a 30% or higher jump in your property taxes for the next two years.

The chart below shows the likely impact of the current run-up in home prices in June of each even-numbered year since 2012, according to REcolorado, Denver’s MLS. Although your home’s valuation will be based on the sales of comparable homes near yours during the 24 months prior to June 30, 2022, the fact that the median sold price of residential properties metro-wide will have increased by over 30% from June 30, 2020, suggests that your home’s

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I have estimated (conservatively) that the median sold price in June will be $570,000 because the median sold price was already $540,000 in February. That is already a 27.7% increase over June 2020.

That, however, is an average for the entire Denver Metro area, defined for these purposes as within 25 miles of the state capitol. There are locales within the metro area where the increase in values over the last 24 months have approached 50% or more.

Here is how that metro-wide 27.7% average increase of Feb. 2022 over June 2020 breaks down by county: Denver County—19.5% Jefferson County—30.1% Douglas County—31.9% Adams County—28.6% Arapahoe County—27.1%

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Boulder County—40.7% Clear Creek County—(-17.5%) Gilpin County—42.4% The appreciation also varies greatly within each county. Here in Jefferson County, these are the variations based on postal address: Golden addresses—16.0% Littleton addresses—21.0% Arvada addresses—32.0% Lakewood addresses—29.1% Evergreen addresses—61.5% Edgewater addresses—21.1% Wheat Ridge addresses—44.0% So, keep an eye on what homes similar to yours are selling for in April, May and June of this year to get a sense of what the county assessor’s valuation of your home will look like when you get the assessor’s postcard in May 2023.

About 50 readers have requested “neighborhood alerts” from me. These are email alerts regarding all real estate listings within your particular neighborhood. Usually these alerts cover a certain subdivision or ZIP code, but they could be structured to include only listings

which are comparable to your own home. For example, if you have a 1970s ranch home, I could set up an alert that only includes ranch-style homes built between 1960 and 1980 within a half mile or a mile of your home. This will give you the best indication of how the value of your own home may be increasing (or not). Feel free to email me at my email address below to require such an alert or to modify the alert I am already sending you.

Registrations Have Surged for April 2nd’s Electric Vehicle Roundup

According to the registration website at www.DriveElectricWeek,info, 44 attendees and 18 EV owners have registered for this twice-annual event on South Golden Road during SuperCruise.

What excites me about this year’s event is that The Net Zero Store will be up and running in our former real estate office whose parking lot is the venue for the EV roundup. Attendees interested in all aspects of sustainability, not just EVs, will be able to come inside and chat.

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‘I think it’s harder and harder to make ends meet in our community.

The cost of living across the Denver metro is continuing to climb—the cost of housing, and now, nationally, with inflation happening at such a dramatic rate, I think families are really really struggling to make ends meet.’

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In addition to that, The Action Center also helps families with emergencies and small bills that don’t always meet the criteria for other financial assistance programs, such as an unexpected car repair.

There’s also an emergency bill pay program, an energy assistance program, and a free clothing bank.

“All of these different pieces come together to help us help a family manage their monthly bills, whether they are saving money on clothes or saving money on food or getting through an emergency,” explained Brier. “It’s all intended to keep people on track, to keep people housed, to keep people fed, and that’s what The Action Center is here for.”

Donations are amazing According to Tawney Eisenbraun, marketing and communications director for The Action Center, the Center gives out around 10,000 pounds of food per day.

“So 100,000 pounds of food goes very quickly,” she said.

However, even the smallest efforts can be of the biggest help.

It can be as simple as organizing a donation drive within your own neighborhood.

“We need things like cereal,” she said. “We buy Cheerios and Fristed Flaskes, but people love

A forklift driver carefully stacks boxes of shelf-stable food outside The ActionCenter warehouse in Lakewood, Colorado. The boxes are part of a 50-ton donation made to the non-profit community organization by the Latter-day Saints Charities. PHOTO BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY

variety, so host a cereal drive; host a food drive that collects hearty soups, rice beans, those kinds of shelf-stable goods.”

Both Brier and Eisenbraun emphasized a critical need for personal hygiene items—soap, shampoo, and conditioner.

Feminine hygiene items also

are needed.

For more information about how to help, visit www.actioncenter.org Members of the public may also bring donation items directly to The Action Center donation dock located at 8755 W. 14 th Ave., Lakewood, Colorado.

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Pam Brier, Action Center executive director

“We can do so much more when we all come together,” said Brier.

“There’s a role for all of us in helping all of the boats to rise and so I think that’s the most important lesson…look at what we can accomplish together.”

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Wheat Ridge calls for public art entries City to commission works of art to enhance Improve Wadsworth STAFF REPORT

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Fed-up conservatives started organizing Now they’re winning — and they don’t plan to stop

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Loveland grandmother Mickie Nuffer grew more concerned by the day as she watched people on television shouting about “defunding the police” and later, in her own county, when businesses required proof of vaccination to enter.

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vative women who never before attended a caucus or canvassed a neighborhood are organizing in living rooms across Colorado.

Tompkins formed Liberty Girls in Douglas County, which has grown from about 20 women who first gathered in her house for coffee and snacks a year ago to more than 300, all standing, she said, for God, country and family.

Nuffer is creating her own version, called the NoCo Ladies for Liberty, with about 250 members in Larimer, Weld and Boulder counties. Marriott, meanwhile, started Arvada Grassroots Conservatives, which also includes men. And in the Douglas County town of Castle Rock, a group called We the Women formed last year.

The rise of the liberty mom voting bloc is the latest in a line of suburban-women influence on elections, from the middle-class “soccer moms” of the 1990s, to the “security moms” after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, to the “rage moms” exasperated by Trump and racial injustice.

Liberty Girls worked to flip Douglas County School Board Tompkins, feeling helpless about the state of the nation, logged onto a Facebook group for conservative women in Colorado and began sending private messages to women in the group who were her Douglas County neighbors. Immediately, she had 30 women who were interested.

Their first meeting last March turned into an emotional, fourhour bonding session, as women circled their chairs in Tompkins’ living room and unloaded about how the pandemic had affected their families. One woman who was pregnant with her fourth child told the group her toddler had regressed and had received no services. A Cherry Creek teacher said she left her job because she couldn’t stand the level of politics that had seeped into classrooms. “How are we in this place?” Tompkins recalled them asking. “How am I going to raise my kids?”

But, going forward, the group hasn’t been about venting. “I didn’t want this to be a group

where we sat around and grumbled and cried,” Tompkins said.

She got to work setting up workshops so the Liberty Girls could learn about the upcoming school board race, held in November, and the caucus process where voters gather by precinct in the spring to start selecting GOP candidates.

As the group grew, Tompkins, who used her maiden name in this story, vetted each person, requiring that anyone who wanted to attend first call her to answer questions about their politics.

She said she does this to prevent an interloper or a mole with a hidden tape recorder from infiltrating one of their meetings.

The caution is necessary, she said, in a time when people are divided and attacks are sometimes vicious, particularly after the new conservative school board abruptly fired the superintendent, setting Douglas County parents against each other.

Liberty Girl meetings are a place where “you can speak your truth and not be censored or canceled,” she said.

The meetings grew so quickly that Tompkins started placing chairs on her second floor, where a foyer with a railing overlooks the living room. They called it mezzanine seating.

Liberty Girls’ first big push was the school board election, where four conservative candidates were attempting to flip the left-majority board that had been in power since 2018. They packed school board meetings. They knocked on doors, reaching Douglas County residents who no longer had kids in school and hadn’t kept up with school politics. They spoke of mask mandates, Zoom classrooms and 10-day school quarantines.

And they won.

In February, three months after the new board was elected, the 4-3 majority fired Superintendent Corey Wise and is now searching for his replacement.

But the Liberty Girls’ work is far from over, Tompkins said. On caucus night in early March, 60 Liberty Girls were elected as delegates, precinct committee chairs and election judges. The group has hosted candidates in a heated race to replace the county’s longtime sheriff and is working

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A drink lover’s tour of greater Arvada

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really want to write another column this week highlighting some more local businesses that I find interesting. But, looking at the list this week, I’m afraid you’re all gonna think I’m an alcoholic.

Or that my mother will think that.

Oh, well. What can you do? She’s known me for a while, so…

I wrote in December about a fine winery we visited, which is just the other side of I-25 from Arvada.

Well, it turns out, there is another fine winery less than a mile from there. Its energy is very different from Ballistreri, but in many ways, Kingman Winery is just as or more charming. The lady who greets you at the door is probably the owner; if it’s not, it’s likely her sister. Whichever it is, they’ll happily escort you to the back room—partitioned off by barrels of fermenting wine— where you can sit at a table in relative peace and quiet. And then they will patiently and gregariously guide you through their selections of wines, and regale you with the clever etymology of the names of their wines. Also, it makes a great place to host an event.

Wander closer to HITTING home, and you can HOME find another winery right down in Olde Town. Silver Oaks has that same quaint air as Kingman. You walk in, and the décor is what jumps out at you first: bottles.

Bottles everywhere.

There’s really no Michael Alcorn mistaking the nature of the establishment. Unlike the other places I’ve mentioned, it is brilliantly located.

Have a meal in Olde Town, walk around enjoying the atmosphere, and, hey, look! There’s this great little place to have a glass of wine to top off the night. Right before you call for your Uber.

Get to Olde Town a little earlier in the day, and you can walk into a recessed little grotto, sit amongst the beautiful foliage, and baste… uh, I mean, bask. Bask in the warmth of our little hamlet, and sample another broad selection of wines, as well as some cheeses, nuts and

fruits at Flights. The last time my wife and I went, it was one of last summer’s 95+-degree days, so you might want to bring a hat. Or some sunscreen. But you really must sit outside—it’s wonderful.

Within walking distance of the house (no need for an Uber) is one of what seems to be an endless supply of new breweries around town, The Luki Brewery. A great selection of beers (mostly ales), an open, welcoming environment, very effective firepits outside, and, I must say, more than a couple of dogs are likely to greet you. Very low-key, very accessible, and very close to my house—many things to recommend it.

And last but not least on my alcoholics’ tour of greater Arvada is the brand new Colorado Tap House, located, well, just off the bike path.

Which, I have to say, has the potential to set me up for some … interesting last miles home this summer.

My first impression from this weekend was of an establishment that was extremely well-conceived. Two floors, a large, open patio which will (if spring ever actually arrives) be

well-shaded by giant cottonwood d trees, a rooftop patio, two spaces for u s live music, a couple dozen taps, a wall of whiskeys and wines, good p 1 thought given to the interior design, garage-style doors, with both u self-contained food and a regular o rotation of food trucks. I have no powers of prophecy (just look at my e NCAA Tournament Bracket), but I m think this place could make a nice e y run. w The world is open again, the b clocks have changed, the sun is higher in the sky and soon the days d will be noticeably longer than the nights. Get out and around our little t corner of the world and enjoy some t f of your neighbors working hard and taking risks to make our little a m corner a nicer place.

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.

Change may be on the way for daylight saving time

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realize that I’m probably in the minority, likely a minuscule minority, but I don’t think it’s a big deal to change our clocks twice a year to go into and come out of daylight saving time. I like that going back to standard time in the fall makes sure that it is light when most work and school days start during the winter.

There is momentum in both Congress and the Colorado legislature to shift to year-round daylight saving time, and it looks possible, if not likely, that the change is on the way.

A lot of things have changed since daylight saving time was first widely

adopted in the United States over 100 years ago. One of the arguments to shift clocks forward in the spring was to save energy. When it stayed light one hour later, people didn’t need to turn on lights as early each night. That argument has become obColumnist solete as the things that consume much of our energy use now, such as central heat and air,

home appliances, televisions, and computers, didn’t exist when daylight saving time started and when they are used doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with if it is light or dark outside.

Most of the arguments against changing back and forth between standard and daylight savings times have to do with the impacts of one less hour of sleep when we spring forward. There are studies that suggest that the hour of sleep that is lost as we make the transition each spring leads to depression, increased traffic accidents and work injuries

and a decrease in productivity in the first several days as we adjust our sleep schedules each year.

According to Sunrise-Sunset.org, if we had been on year-round daylight saving time while we were on standard time in the 2021-2022 season, the sun would not have come up before 8 a.m. in Colorado from Dec. 1 to Feb. 7. If we make the shift to permanent daylight saving time, it will be necessary for us to identify and address unintended consequences of most people’s days beginning in the dark

came out of COVID is parents now know the propagandizing their students have been exposed to; gender identity issues, hatred of our country, pitting our children one against the other based on race, etc. To be very clear, I do not object in any way to our country’s factual history being taught. It’s extremely important for children to see how far we as a country have come. We are still

learning and growing from one another.

We also now have more transparency where our teacher’s unions stand. They do not seem to have our students’ best interests as they propagate the issues above with less focus on academics.

I am not trying to be vague here as he says, but the topic is school choice and our tax dollars that go toward public education and the

indoctrination therein. His response is typically expected talking points. Let the parents simply decide what is best suited for their values and what they desire for their children. Most importantly, let their tax dollars follow them.

We are the ONLY ones who know what’s best for our children.

Just for the record, I do not have children in school.

Sandi Diebel, Arvada

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Don’t forget to prioritize your health

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ecently I was diagnosed as having kidney stones. I paid $150 out of pocket to have some CT imaging done to discover that. While it is certainly unpleasant to have them, those stones are not my major health problem. The imaging discovered a 1.5 inch mass on one of my kidneys.

That sort of news is a major wake up call. In hindsight, that $150 was one of the best expenditures I have ever made in my life because the mass on my kidney was discovered. As of this writing, I have not yet had a biopsy done to determine whether this mass is malignant or benign, but that will certainly be done as soon as possible.

The doctors I have seen tell me that there is no rhyme or reason to why these masses occur. They furthermore state that the chances are overwhelming that this mass is malignant, but they also note that I

have a few behavorial traits which increase the odds of this being benign.

That’s nice, but hopes are not effective treatment, they are wishes. I intend to treat this growth as malignant until it is proven othColumnist erwise, and have already engaged in behavorial modification to do just that. While doctors may not be able to pinpoint a reason, that does not mean an individual cannot examine themselves to see how this invader took up residence in them. In my case, I have had a lot of stress in my life over the last 10 years. The stress in large part was unavoidable and is now frankly over.

My mass was discovered “in time,” which means that the odds are very

good that I will get well. There may be pain and suffering along the way. If I follow the orders of doctors, then I will not only conquer and defeat this tumor, I will also annihilate it so that it cannot make a return appearance. I am sharing my circumstances for several reasons.

Get your body scanned regularly. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Find out what sort of undetected dangers may be lurking in your body. I was told by one doctor that this tumor was discovered “in time.” Implicit in that statement is that some are not discovered in time. Get ahead of potential dangers. There may be none in your body. If so, then great. But if something exists, I hope you discover it “in time.”

Listen to your body. If something feels seriously wrong, then address what is wrong. Your body rebels when you tax it beyond its

normal capacity for endurance.

This also means eliminating vectors of stress in your own individual lives.

Prioritize. I owe it to myself and the people who love me to do my best to get well. Indeed, I shall. But that means some things that have been important to me are going to go by the wayside for a little bit of time. That does not mean I cannot return to them, it just means that right now my overall health is more important.

The medical system is very stressed right now and I suspect I will discover this in more ways as I undertake this journey. Regardless, I hope that some will view my circumstances as a warning and engage in preventative behavior to live as long as possible.

ROMBERG

through a worldwide pandemic have shown us anything, it is that people are remarkably resilient. We can and do adjust to a wide variety of changes regularly. For the people like me, who support changing our clocks twice each year, the transition

to year-round daylight saving time is one more thing we’ll learn to live with.

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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LIFE shots at the signs.

Street signs can clear up confusion about what jurisdiction someone is in, but they also can reveal deeper stories about a particular area.

Here’s a look at some of the eye-catching signs across metro Denver counties and what you might not know about the history behind some of them.

Street signs carry little-known history in metro Denver counties

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The sign for Shangri La Drive in Denver, pictured on March 10, sits off Leetsdale Drive near Colorado Boulevard.

PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD

If you’ve ever sat at a red light in rush-hour traffic in the Denver metro area, you may have wondered about the meaning behind the different logos and colors on nearby street signs.

In the City of Denver, the signs are simple enough — the logo of mountains and the sky sit above the name “Denver.” But some signs have a different logo even though they’re also in Denver.

In the southeast suburbs, drivers might think they’re in Aurora until the green signs on side streets start to look a bit different.

And in Adams County, the signs sometimes feature an American flag image to discourage people from firing gun-

Denver mansions In east Denver, there are many normalsounding street names: Elm Street. Birch Street.

Cedar Avenue.

And then, there’s Shangri La Drive.

A tiny, tucked-away road that almost forms a half loop off of Leetsdale Drive near Colorado Boulevard, Shangri La Drive was apparently named by Harry Huffman, a movie-theater and liquor-distribution magnate who had a mansion built on the hill.

The road was named to honor the impressive home, which was modeled after the Shangri-La lamasery — a monastery of lamas — featured in the popular 1930s movie “Lost Horizon.” That’s according to the book, “Denver Streets,” by local historian Phil Goodstein, as cited by Denver city staff.

And that’s not the only mansion in that area. More difficult to see from the street is the mansion known as “Cableland” on Shangri La Drive. It’s the former home of Bill Daniels, the wealthy cable-television businessman and philanthropist.

Before he died, Daniels donated Cableland to the City of Denver in 1998, partly to serve as the official Denver mayor’s residence. No mayor has ever chosen to live there, but the mansion is used for official city events and city meetings and is made available for other events, including fundraisers and other gatherings held by nonprofits and qualified charitable organizations.

Denver’s dual logos The use of Denver’s newer logo for certain street signs — the “D” logo with a building, the

sun and mountains within the D — doesn’t carry any particular meaning that’s different from the old logo, which is two red mountains outlined in white, with a blue sky and yellow sun, all above the word “Denver.”

Denver began using signs with the “D” in 2010, according to Vanessa Lacayo, a city spokesperson. The city still has some signs with the older logo on it.

“We try to be good stewards with city dollars, so we don’t replace things that don’t need to be replaced and try to honor the life cycle of the material and replace things as they fail,” Lacayo said.

Don’t mistake Adams County A large chunk of the map directly north of Denver — roughly north of 52nd Avenue — contains buildings that may have addresses that are listed as being in Denver even though they’re in unincorporated Adams County.

“Unincorporated” means an area is not within a city or town and is generally overseen by a county government.

The addresses are marked as “Denver” because the city listed with a property’s mailing address is based on zip codes that are used by post offices rather than being based on city boundaries, said Christa Bruning, Adams County spokesperson.

In those unincorporated areas north of Denver, you’ll see street signs with the A-shaped Adams County logo.

In some parts of Adams County, street signs bear images of the American flag to deter people from shooting signs with bullets.

“American flags are placed on signs in some areas as a mitigation measure where we have experienced issues with signs being shot,” the county said in a statement. “The flags have been successful as many residents seem disinclined to shoot signs displaying the American flag.”

A previous Adams County logo was established in 1985 and was the logo used on street signs until the current logo was designed and implemented in August 2009, according to the county.

A community with gates in Littleton If you drive far enough northwest in the City of Littleton, you’ll run into an area called Bow Mar South, near the small Town of Bow Mar. But Bow Mar South is a neighborhood, not a municipality, even though it has its own logo on street signs.

For example, the logo of a bird at Bell Flower Drive and Bowles Avenue denotes the area is within the Bow Mar South Homeowners Association, according to Tim Weaver, traffic analyst for Littleton.

“We used to put different items on signs when a neighborhood asked for them,” a statement from Littleton city staff said.

Decades ago, Littleton annexed land in Bow Mar South, meaning it brought it into the Littleton city boundaries.

Littleton annexed the area that is managed by the Bow Mar South homeowners’ association in 1973, according to Littleton city staff. A small part of the association area is outside of Littleton, including a few lots in the northwest part of the subdivision, Weaver said.

The area isn’t just another neighborhood.

It includes gates on Blue Sage Drive that close to block traffic.

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Construction of the traffic gates was partly funded by the City of Littleton, and the city and HOA operate the gates together, according to city staff.

Other gates that restrict or block traffic to or within neighborhoods in Littleton sit in Coventry and The Greens, according to city staff.

Some areas in Littleton have street signs that are white and include the City of Littleton logo.

Littleton first began installing the white street signs with the logo in 2015, according to staff.

The city decided to install the white street signs with the logo in an effort to help people tell which areas are in the city and which are not, Weaver said.

The new signs were also rolled out in an effort to “show our new branding,” Weaver said.

Similar to the case of Denver addresses popping up in Adams County, it can be confusing to tell what is and isn’t in Littleton because many properties’ mailing addresses in south Jefferson County are listed as being in “Littleton” even though Littleton is mostly contained within Arapahoe County.

Asked whether Jefferson County has considered putting its county logo on street signs in unincorporated areas to help clear up that confusion, the county said in a statement: “The county has the capability of putting logos on street name signs; however, there is a significant cost in terms of material and labor to this effort. Each of the cities within Jefferson County utilize logos on their street-name signs, helping a traveler to know when they are within a municipality within the county or within an unincorporated area within the county.”

Arapahoe County distinguishes land It can also be difficult to tell when you’re in Centennial and when you aren’t. Centennial’s boundaries twist and weave throughout much of the city to create a complex map.

Parts of east Centennial are sandwiched between parts of Aurora, and some portions of unincorporated Arapahoe County sit in that area too.

Some streets that sit outside of city boundaries have been getting marked with the county’s logo, generally in recent years, said Luc Hatlestad, county spokesperson.

“There may have been logos on signs here and there prior to 2012, but putting logos on street signs wasn’t county procedure until around 2012,” Hatlestad said.

‘Identity’ in Englewood Englewood updated its official city logo in recent years from the green circular symbol to the new symbol with leaves — a change that led to some street signs in the city having the new logo and some still having the old one.

“The current logo was adopted in late 2015 following input from

A crowd gathered at night at the mansion known as “Cableland” on Shangri La Drive in Denver. The building is the former home of COURTESY OF DANIEL BECK VIA CABLELAND WEBSITE Bill Daniels, the wealthy cable-television businessman and philanthropist.

the 2014 citizens survey and from citizen input received through the Englewood Forward process,” said Christopher Harguth, city spokesperson.

Englewood Forward is the city’s 2016 comprehensive plan. In general, a comprehensive plan can affect a city’s priorities for housing, parks and open space, and transportation.

“Results indicated many residents were looking for an updated community identity,” Harguth said.

Updating the city logo on overhead street signs, such as those on traffic signals, will be complete in 2022, and the updating of all the ground-mounted streets signs was completed in 2021, according to Harguth.

One of the notable areas with street signs that don’t bear a local government’s logo is the Arapahoe Acres neighborhoodin Englewood, which has wooden street signs that are unique to that neighborhood.

A small exception in Centennial Drivers in the east Centennial area may notice another area that could add to confusion about boundaries — the Greenfield neighborhood along Smoky Hill Road.

The neighborhood has its own logo on street signs even within Centennial’s city boundaries.

The signs are connected to the local metro district, according to Anna Bunce, Centennial traffic engineer.

“The original street signs installed with the construction of this neighborhood (or) metro district, which included the kites (logo), predate the city’s incorporation. Our best guess is that the signage was installed around 1996 (to) 1998,” Bunce said.

Centennial was legally estab-

lished as a city, or “incorporated,” in 2001.

In general the city of Centennial started installing Centennial-logo street signs that are blue rather than green in 2013, according to Bunce.

When asked why the city made that change, Bunce said, “This predates existing (city) staff, but our best guess is related to more effective branding and differentiation for Centennial. With the nature of Centennial’s boundaries, this is an effective way to communicate and reinforce where someone may be in terms of jurisdiction.”

Douglas County adds logo Douglas County had no logo on street-name signs prior to an inhouse competition for a new Douglas County logo that occurred in the early to mid-1990s, according to Wendy Holmes, county spokesperson. The winning logo was the early “DC” and “ribbons” design seen in the county’s logo today.

“We place logos on most of the street-name signs in unincorporated streets and roads maintained

by Douglas County,” Holmes said.

“Logos on street-name signs are also useful as they indicate ownership of the roads for law enforcement personnel and road maintenance crews throughout the metro area and Douglas County.”

Different in Weld Weld County doesn’t typically put a logo on road-number signs in unincorporated Weld County, according to Jennifer Finch, spokesperson for the county.

“However, some of the signs — older signs — are a particular shape and will say ‘WCR’” and a number, Finch said. “There are county logos, specific to the project, found on some Highway 85 signs — also called the Centen-

A sign near traffic signals, pictured March 14, says “Blue Sage closed when flashing.” The Bow Mar South area includes gates that close in order to block PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD traffic.

nial Highway in Weld County — and there are signs with the Weld County Road 49 logo along that road as well to commemorate that special project.”

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A week of top-notch musical options

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don’t know how it happened, whether it’s just the result of musicians making up for about two years of missed touring, good karma returning or just how it crumbles, cookie-wise, but Denver and the surrounding areas are spoiled with a bevy of fantastic concert options. So many that I’m devoting my entire column to five of the best bets for an evening out.

Any live music fan will tell you that there’s nothing like a good homecoming show. The atmosphere is always a bit more electric when the audience recognizes the performers as their people.

It’s been six years since the Colorado Jazz Repertory Orchestra (CJRO) played the Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St., but that time afield ends at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 with Back by Popular Demand: The CJRO Returns.

“We got our start at the Lone Tree Arts Center and were there for about two-and-a-half years,” said Art Bouton, the bandleader who founded the orchestra in 2012. “In that time, we’ve turned from a one-person shop to an organization that has a payroll that can pay the best professional musicians to perform.”

The reintroduction show will feature classic big band numbers like “Take the `A’ Train,” “You Make Me Feel So Young,” “Moanin,” and “More Today Than Yesterday,” as well as some new arrangements featur-

ing the work of artistic and music director Drew Zaremba. Vocalist Marion Powers will be featured in the concert, which Bouton said will show how much the orchestra’s skill has grown.

Clarke Reader “It means a tremendous amount to come back to Lone Tree, especially because on the jazz side, we’re the professional equivalent of the Colorado Symphony,” he said. “If you’re a lover of classic big band or jazz of any time, you’ll really be pleased with this concert.”

Tickets can be purchased by calling 720-509-1000 or by visiting www.coloradojazz.org/concerts or call the LTAC box office at 720-509-1000.

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try. We’re activists for medical freedom. We are activists for the truth. And we want to preserve our constitution. Everyone should carry the constitution around and know exactly what it says and know when our rights are being infringed upon.”

Her enthusiasm, and that of many others, was obvious at GOP caucuses at ThunderRidge High School, where about 150 voters met by precinct, separated into various classrooms and a computer lab.

Fired-up attendees talked about secretary of state candidate Tina Peters, calling her a “good guy” despite her involvement in an election tampering scandal, disgust over Colorado’s sex education law that requires lessons to include dialogue on consent, and anger at term-limited Douglas County Sheriff Tony Spurlock for supporting Colorado’s red flag law that allows a judge to temporarily remove a person’s firearms. Outside the high school, one woman shouted “Red wave!

Red wave!”

Stu Parker, chairman of the Douglas County Republicans, said voters — particularly women — are more engaged than they’ve been in years. “They got involved in the school board race and started to understand what’s going on,” he said. “They saw what happened in the pandemic

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its way up the ticket toward the Republican candidates for governor and U.S. Senate.

Members aren’t told which candidates to support, only how to get involved in the process.

“We are really wanting to stand on our own, apart from the GOP,” Tompkins said. “We are a group of intelligent women who are getting smarter.”

Jen Masten, a Highlands Ranch mom and member of Liberty Girls, attended caucuses for the first time in her life earlier this month and was elected a delegate for the next two years, meaning she’ll attend assemblies and have a role in selecting candidates for the GOP ticket.

“I thought I was doing my due diligence by showing up and voting Republican and being on the PTO and by finding people that I really liked that were running and being behind them,” Masten said. “What Liberty Girls has done for me is educate me, and it’s educated me without telling me what to do, but how to do it.

They said, ‘Here is what caucus is. Go do your thing.’”

Masten summed up the group this way: “We’re women that love God, our family and coun-

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After several years touring with Dead & Company (and some COVID-related delays), Mayer is

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Tyler, The Creator and Vince Staples at Ball Arena Over the last 15 years or so, Tyler the Creator and Vince Staples have been making some of the most adventurous, forward-looking rap in the genre, and in 2021, both shared topnotch albums.

Tyler’s “Call Me If You Get Lost” is one of his best and most beautiful records yet and Staples’ self-titled latest effort showcases his lyrical power while using beats both skeletal and haunting.

People looking for an example of hip-hop mainstays who are still evolving and getting better as a result, shouldn’t miss Tyler, Staples, Kali Uchis and Teezo Touchdown at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29 at Ball Arena, 1000 Chopper Circle in Denver.

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Nation of Language at the Bluebird Theater New York’s Nation of Language are one of the best modern purveyors of the kind of new wave music that made some of the best music of the 1980s.

But there’s nothing derivative about their music and the way and they are fed up and wanting change.”

Loveland group fights to preserve Christian values, against abortion Nuffer, in Loveland, said the collective energy is coming from a desire to improve life for her children and grandchildren.

She decided to start NoCo Ladies for Liberty after Sherronna Bishop, a former campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, interviewed Liberty Girls founder Tompkins. Bishop, who calls herself “America’s Mom,” posts her interviews with conservative politicians and activists on her website.

At first, Nuffer dismissed the idea of leading a group, telling herself she was “just a mom and Nana.” Then the 59-year-old decided not to “disqualify” herself, realizing that her status as a mother and grandmother was her “greatest strength and my largest ‘why.’”

“I do not want to see my family continually stripped of their constitutional rights,” she said, adding that she regrets not doing more sooner in life to “preserve our American way of life, founded on our Judeo-Christian values.”

Nuffer, who is a health coach, heard Tompkins speak on Jan. 20.

And on Feb. 10, she had 38 women in her home who came despite a

they use synths is both propulsive and groovy.

On both of their two albums - including last year’s stellar “A Way Forward” - the group has produced collections of songs that are so good they both sound like greatest hits records.

They’re stopping by the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, which is the perfect venue for their tunes. Get tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.

Beach House at the Mission Ballroom I’m not sure when the exact point is that a band turns into a hall-of-fame band, but with nearly 10 albums in about 15 years, Baltimore’s Beach House work like they’re racing to build one of the best discographies in indie rock. The duo - Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally - have consistently explored the fuzzy, reverb-drenched reaches of their sound and, in the process, created some startingly lovely music.

In February the band released “Once Twice Melody,” one of their most luminous albums yet.

You can catch them at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 30 at the Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St. in Denver.

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Reader@hotmail.com. snowstorm. Nuffer, who also vets attendees, wanted like-minded women to learn together in a non-intimidating environment, one where no question about the political process was too elementary.

She and a few others circulated an invitation promising “conservative community, cocktails and civics,” and invited the local GOP chairman to teach a room full of women enjoying wine and cheese about the caucus process.

A month later, 26 women from the group were elected as delegates, 16 as election judges and nine as precinct committee chairs — and that’s just among the 71 who attended the NoCo Ladies for Liberty’s last meeting.

They’re also holding forums for the local sheriff’s and state House seats, and women from the threecounty group are considering branching out to start their own groups in their hometowns. NoCo Ladies for Liberty is also working on a website to communicate with each other, since many of its members quit Facebook over the platform’s censorship policies.

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Golden edges Pomona in girls soccer action at NAAC

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — It was a little shaky at times, but Golden’s girls soccer team improved to 2-0 in on the season March 15 at the North Area Athletic Complex.

The Demons — No. 9 in the latest CHSAANow.com Class 4A rankings — took a 3-1 victory over a scrappy Pomona squad. However, Golden coach Larry Harding knows there is plenty of room for improvement.

“That was not a well-played game,” Harding said. “Don’t sugarcoat this thing. It wasn’t pretty.”

Golden took an early 1-0 lead on a goal by junior Melanie Darr in the 7th minute. Senior Jenna Ricketson made a nice run, but a Pomona defender kept the ball out of the net on the first shot. Darr was able to get the rebound and get the ball across the goal-line, but the Demons couldn’t get another goal past Pomona sophomore goalie Teagan Anna in the first half. Pomona evened things up 1-1 with a goal from freshman Emily Abeyta in the 24th minute.

The game was tied 1-1 at halftime.

Golden junior Izzi Kimble scored on a penalty kick in the 49th minute to give the Demons a 2-1 lead, but Golden failed to find the back of the net until the final few minutes of the game.

The Demons could breath a little easier when a free kick from sophomore Jada Goodman was placed perfectly to senior Anna Kennedy. The senior midfielder was able to head the ball into the back of the net with just over a minute to play in regulation-time.

“Throughout the game I wanted to get the opportunity to hit it into the goal,” Kennedy said. “I finally lined it up right and was ready for it.”

Golden held on to the 2-goal victory.

It was the second win in back-to-back nights. The Demons took a 2-1 victory over Discovery Canyon 24 hours earlier at NAAC. “We definitely need to work on things,” Kennedy said. “I think in the second half it got a little better, but we weren’t playing like we can.”

The Demons weren’t able to get any scrimmages in due to the weather heading into the back-to-back games.

Even practice have been held inside Golden gym because of the snowstorms last week.

“Once we get some actual practices in we’ll be more put together,” Kennedy said. “Once we build some team chemistry I think we’ll be good.”

Golden had one more game before spring break. The Demons (2-1 record) traveled to Erie on Thursday, March 17, suffering a 1-0 loss. Golden dives into the always competitive 4A Jeffco League in the last week of March.

“It’s going to be a tough league,” Harding said.

Pomona playing a tight game against Golden was a good sign for the Panthers what went 1-9 during the shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.

Golden senior Jenna Ricketson, 2, attempts to settle a ball to her feet while getting pressured by Pomona sophomore Maya Marsh on March 15 at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Demons took a 3-1 victory.

Pomona sophomore goalie Teagan Anna is able to make a sliding save on Golden sophomore Erika Olsen, 14, during the non-league game March 15 at the North Area Athletic Complex. The Panthers hung tough against the Demons, but Golden eventually grabbed a PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS 3-1 victory.

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Ralston Valley cruises in opener on the baseball diamond

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Ralston Valley senior Kris Levensteins had himself a day on the baseball diamond March 14.

Levensteins picked up a completegame victory on the mound and belted a pair of deep home runs in the Mustangs’ 16-1 season-opening victory against Northfield at Nate Jurney Field.

“I was just going up there trying to hit strikes hard,” Levensteins said of his approach at the plate. “I saw myself a good fastball in the zone and a good hanging curveball.

I was just trying to hit the ball hard and they went over.”

The senior got the Mustangs (2-0 record) on the board with a 2-run home run in the bottom of the first inning. A 2-run triple by senior Andrew LaPerle later in the inning pushed Ralston Valley’s lead to 4-0 after the first.

Senior Markus Hamre hammered a 2-run home run over right field with two outs in the bottom of the second inning. Levensteins followed that up with a solo home run deep to left field to make the lead 7-0.

“With the weather what we’ve done most is hit,” Ralston Valley coach Brad Madden said of the rough weather since tryouts March 7 has limited teams to inside batting cages last week. “Obviously with our two big boppers — Hamre and Kris — came through big and gave us a spark. Those are our two seniors that have played a ton for us.”

Levensteins was solid on the mound giving up just a single run in the top of the third inning to break-up his shutout bid. The senior finished with seven strikeouts over the three innings.

He did get into a little trouble in the top of the first inning after getting two quick outs, but responded with getting a strikeout of Northfield sophomore Brady Peterson with a pair of runners on base.

“I just found myself overthrowing a little bit,” Levensteins said of the first inning. “I just dialed it in. I knew they couldn’t hit my stuff if I just got it over the plate. Had to just refocus and come down with the adrenaline a little bit.”

Madden was pleased what he got out of Levensteins in his first start.

“It’s great to score 16 runs and cruise through it, but for him to get through a little adversity will pay off in the long run,” Madden said of Levensteins getting out the first first inning. “That was nice to see him buckle down in the first. It was good outing for him.”

Ralston Valley was able to induce the 15-run mercy rule after three innings thanks to a 9-run bottom of the third inning. LaPerle started off the third inning with a solo home run. Hamre drove in his third and fourth runs of the game with a 2-run single.

Senior Ian Baldwin ripped a 2-run single. The Mustangs took advantage of six walks and a hitby-pitch in the inning, ending the

Ralston Valley senior Andrew LaPerle, middle, is greeted by teammates after his solo home run started off a 9-run bottom of the third inning for the Mustangs on March 14.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Ralston Valley defeated Northfield 16-1.

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BEST Ralston Valley senior Brayden Miracle, right, celebrates the first of two home runs by senior Kris Levensteins on March 14 at Nate Jurney Field. The Mustangs defeated NorthPHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS field 16-1 in three innings.

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game when senior Ricky Stonerook walked with the bases loaded to driving in Ralston Valley’s 16th run.

“We are excited,” Levensteins said. “Coming out here and getting a win Day 1 is awesome. We’ve got a lot of momentum and keep it going one game at a time.”

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16-10 thanks to five home runs by the Mustangs on Tuesday, March 15, before heading to Arizona for the Mustangs’ annual spring break trip.

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

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Federal money secured for Jeffco projects Infrastructure improvements and funding for STEM education just two of many causes that will receive funds

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The U.S. House passed a Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations package March 17. Included in federal dollars headed to Colorado will be $7.6 million for projects in the state’s 7th Congressional District.

Rep. Ed Perlmutter celebrated the inclusion of 10 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests he made to secure money for his district.

Projects include infrastructure improvements, critical services for domestic violence victims, retrofitting a new health clinic for children and funding to support STEM education and workforce development programs across Jefferson and Adams Counties, according to a press release from Perlmutter’s office.

“Each of these projects have the ability to make a real difference in people’s lives and support critical investments in our communities,” Perlmutter said.

“I’m glad to see Congress finally pass a longer-term spending bill which invests in workers and our communities, creates jobs, and continues to help build a better America.”

Local projects that will be funded

include $300,000 to Red Rocks Community College to support the College’s Reach, Reason, Connect and Create Initiative to increase diversity in hightech skill jobs and preparing the next generation of Colorado’s workforce.

“This is a wise investment that will validate the value of government, industry and education partnering to insure Colorado has a well prepared workforce,” said Geri Anderson, Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs, Red Rocks Community College.

Another beneficiary of the federal funding is Savio House, an organization that provides in-home therapeutic treatment to children and their families. As part of Perlmutter’s requests, Savio House will receive $300,000 to support their Family Residential Program and create the first treatment program in the nation that allows a parent needing addiction treatment, their partner, and their children to receive holistic, full-family care in an innovative residential setting in Lakewood.

Norma Aguilar-Dave, Executive Director of Savio, commented on the impact of the funding on her organization.

“We are honored by Congressman Perlmutter’s advocacy for families in his district impacted by substance use. Federal support for this project demonstrates our government’s desire to end generational cycles of addiction,” she said. “The project will be the first in the nation to provide a safe and stable living environment for an entire family while they receive the support they need to heal.”

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part been our social interaction with other women.”

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in the group, who were jarred by a person shouting in an air horn to drown out the words of the antiabortion speakers, a woman who was topless and a request by police that the NoCo group stay within the bounds of yellow tape for their own protection, Nuffer said.

Women in the group are getting involved in ways they would never feel comfortable doing alone, she said. NoCo Ladies for Liberty is restoring a lost sense of community among women, Nuffer said.

“We do better in community,” she said. “The way that our country has changed, our lives have changed, women now, many of them have to go to work. What has happened is when we’re working a 9-to-5 job, trying to raise our children, something has had to give. It’s in large

‘A bunch of passionate momma bears’ Marriott, who has a 14-year-old daughter and 17-year-old son, has scheduled candidates for city council all the way to the governor’s office to speak to her Arvada group.

Plus, the group connects via Zoom to meetings of the Liberty Girls and other groups around Colorado when a statewide candidate is speaking at a meeting, said Marriott, a property manager.

“We are just a bunch of passionate momma bears,” she said, echoing language used by Republican women all the way up the ticket.

Women are leading the GOP in this year’s statewide elections, including for governor, the U.S. Senate and secretary of state. Heidi Ganahl, a University of Colorado regent and the Republican frontrunner to challenge Democratic Gov. Jared Polis, calls herself a

vative candidates for the school board, though they lost, and fought against former Jefferson County Public Health Director Dawn Comstock, who resigned last month.

Marriott was particularly active in fighting against COVID-19 testing for students in order to attend sports practice.

The Arvada group has grown from 10 to about 130 people.

“It was really the moms that stood up and started to fight,” Marriott said. “It was eating me up and I thought, ‘I have to take this and turn it into something constructive.’ We have to fight for our freedom.”

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“mom on a mission.” Deborah Flora, who is emerging as a top Republican in the race to unseat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, said she’s running “because I want to be able to look at my children in the eye, and yours, and we have to be able to say to them, ‘We did everything that we could do in this day to hand them the same liberty that we enjoy.’”

As Marriott’s group has grown, gathering in her house for her creamy Italian sausage pasta and another member’s now-famous soups, she’s booking candidates for various races and scheduling educational workshops. The group has held a concealed weapons class, a session on the U.S. Constitution and events on “prepping,” including how to grow microgreens and prepare in other ways for a massive food shortage. Some in the group have volunteered for election audits, analyzing Jefferson County ballots from 2018 and 2020.

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