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VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 51

Jefferson County moms team up to fight baby formula shortage

Arvada West, Lakewood musical theatre programs recognized at Bobby G Awards “Tony’s of Colorado high school musical theatre” recognize local high school programs STAFF REPORT

Julia Walker’s trunk full of donated baby formula ready to be picked up by parents.

Julia Walker, Kristen Gustafson and Emily Swanson pool efforts to get formula to local parents in need

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When a nationwide baby formula shortage hit Colorado, Emily Swanson wasn’t thinking about herself.

Swanson — a mother of two and a Lakewood resident — wasn’t personally affected by the shortage, as her newborn son isn’t on formula, but saw social media posts from friends who were impacted and wanted to help.

“I was seeing all of my friends back in Texas posting (about needing formula) and I was at the grocery store one day and I was like, ‘Hey, our formula aisles are pretty stocked,’” Swanson said.

She then took a picture of the

stock and sent it to a friend, asking if they needed any of the available formula. The friend said they did, and Swanson sent the formula to them. From there, Swanson decided to ramp up her efforts.

Swanson formed a Facebook group and invited her close friends from her home state of Texas to see if she could help any of them get formula. The group was so successful that its membership grew into the thousands. One of those members was Kristen Gustafson.

Gustafson — an Arvada resident who is on the Board of Advisors at A Precious Child, a nonprofit based in Broomfield that helps children in need — had been posting pictures of formula aisles in Swanson’s group and wanted to combine their efforts.

One day, a photo Gustafson posted in Swanson’s group prompted a response from Julia Walker, the founder of Hope, Connection and Community; an Arvada-based nonprofit that aims to help the less fortunate. Through HCC, Walker had been connecting parents in need with formula, and the two decided to combine their efforts.

“We just thought it would be a

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good way to bridge HCC and APC,” Gustafson said. “It really just made sense. We’re out here beating the streets together, let’s just join our efforts. Individually we’re little pieces of thread; together, we’re rope.”

Walker and Gustafson got Swanson involved — Swanson said she wanted to work with a nonprofit to be able to provide tax-write off incentives for prospective donors — and the three put their heads together and devised a plan to coordinate formula resources for parents in need.

Through HCC, the trio has raised over $15,000 in donations, which they are using to cover costs to provide formula to parents in need for free. Walker said that moms on WIC benefits get priority, but the nonprofit does not want to turn any parent away — though it aims to help local parents first.

“There is a group of us who are scouring stores day and night,” Walker said. “We are watching and getting alerts on our phones when inventory is available and at what locations… We have other local SEE FORMULA, P2

Jefferson County high schools were honored at the 8th Annual Bobby G Awards, a celebration of Colorado high school musical theatre productions organized by the Denver Center for Performing Arts. 41 productions across 18 counties were evaluated, with 29 schools receiving nominations.

Arvada West High School and Faith Christian Academy took home honors for Outstanding Performance by a Chorus and Outstanding Achievement in Hair and Make-Up Design, respectively. Arvada West’s production of “The Addams Family” and FCA’s Kaylie Bookout, Josie Lessig and Jessica Nelson were honored for the school’s production of “The Little Mermaid.”

Lakewood High School received three nominations for its production of “Anastasia,” with Noah Schuster’s performance as Dimitry nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Morgan Fritzler’s performance as the titular Anastasia nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role and the show SEE THEATRE, P3

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Arvada Farmers Market returns for summer 2022 Local farms, bakers and artisans back in Olde Town through September STAFF REPORT

The Arvada Farmers Market returned to Olde Town Arvada on June 5, with local artisans and artists peddled their goods from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Olde Town Square. The Farmers Market will be held every Sunday through Sept. 25.

Some of the vendors spotlighted

by Arvada Farmers Market organizers are 3rd Bird Kombucha, Oliko Ginger Beer and meal craft company Healthy by Design.

A row of vendors at the Arvada Farmers Market in 2021.

A shopper peruses the stands at last year’s Farmers Market. PHOTOS COURTESY OF OLDE

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moms who are being our eyes out there and saying, ‘I found it here,’ and if we can grab it for us, we reimburse them. It’s quite a village worth of an effort.

“I can understand the worry and the concern that is, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re buying up our supply and shipping it out,’” Walker

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An empty formula aisle at a grocery store in Jefferson County.

continued. “So, our efforts are all local to Colorado. This is not an Arvada-specific effort, but a lot of our efforts have always been to support our local community.

But since this is such a large issue, we aren’t just isolating our support to residents within Arvada.”

Walker said that moms from Thornton, Northglenn, Aurora, Wheat Ridge and other local municipalities have come to HCC for formula and Gustafson added that the trio has received formu-

la donations from Kansas, South Carolina, New Hampshire and other states.

Swanson said that although she isn’t usually a team player and she, Walker and Gustafson all come from different walks of life, she’s enjoyed working with them and says the trio has formed a unique bond.

“Not only has it been awesome to meet other really strong, powerful, incredible women that I wouldn’t have had an opportunity to meet otherwise, but it’s like

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we talk all the time now,” Swanson said. “And not just about this.

We became fast friends. We’re like girlfriends now. I very much anticipate remaining friends with them after this is all over.”

Donations can be made directly to HCC through its fundraising website. Parents in need can message HCC through their Facebook page to get on their waiting list. Walker said that although WIC parents will be prioritized on the waitlist, no parent will be turned away.

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New Colorado teachers eligible for loan forgiveness

BY ERICA MELTZER CHALKBEAT

Colorado student teachers will have access to up to $22,000 in stipends, and teachers who started their careers during the pandemic and have stuck with it can qualify for up to $5,000 in loan forgiveness, under a bill signed into law this week.

Removing Barriers to Educator Preparation dedicates $52 million

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receiving a nomination for Outstanding Overall Production of a

from federal relief money to getting new teachers into the classroom and keeping them there during a time when schools across the state are grappling with shortages. Fewer teachers were entering the profession before the pandemic, and shortages have only worsened.

“A lot of teachers, people who want to be teachers, actually drop out of educator prep programs because they can’t afford it,” said state Rep. Cathy Kipp, a Fort Collins Democrat.

“They can’t afford to work for free and pay tuition and not be able to hold down a second or third job.”

Kipp sponsored the bill with fellow Democrats state Rep. Barbara McLachlan of Durango and state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger of Arvada, as well as Republican state Sen. Don Coram of Montrose.

The new law also covers the costs of test fees for eligible educators and creates alternative ways of getting a license for teacher candidates who

struggle to pass Praxis exams.

Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill to applause at a ceremony Thursday in which he also signed a slew of other education bills, including a major funding increase that lawmakers hope will lead to higher teacher pay and make staying in the classroom more attractive.

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Ralston Valley High School’s production of “Newsies” scored nominations for Miguel Castillo’s performance as Jack Kelly in the Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and

Maya Thomas’ portrayal of Les in the Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role.

Overall, over 3,500 students were evaluated, with 522 participating in workshops held

by DCPA Teaching Artists. The Bobby G Awards returned this year after going virtual in 2020 and being cancelled last year.

This year’s ceremony was held on May 26 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House.

This story was originally published

by Chalkbeat Colorado. More at chalkbeat.org.

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MLS Statistics Appear Not to Support the Claim That the Real Estate Market Is Slowing Down

We all know that the real estate market has slowed down since the dramatic April increase in mortgage rates — right?

Eager to document and measure that slowdown, I checked the statistics available to me as a member of REcolorado, the Denver MLS. At right is a chart of the figures I garnered at press time.

Analyzing that chart, you can see that while there are fewer active listings this May than a year ago, there are roughly the same number of sold listings — and they went under contract just as quickly, with a median days on the MLS (DOM) of just 4. And, more significantly the median sold price this May was nearly $100,000 higher than May 2021, with a slightly higher ratio of sold price to listing price. April’s statistics year-over-year were even more impressive.

The smaller chart is a 7-day residential “Market Watch” widget that I copied and pasted from the MLS on Sunday evening.

Although I don’t know how to replicate what that chart would have looked like a year ago, it’s safe to say that it’s much

different — and does not paint the same picture as the larger chart above it. It definitely shows a vibrant market with lots of new, pending and closed listings, but the number of price reductions must be significantly higher than they were a year ago — and 10 times the number of price increases.

So, what does all this data mean for the average homeowner thinking of listing his or her home for sale?

The number of price decreases suggests to me that too many sellers are starting out with a listing price that might have worked in the past, but that is too aggressive for the current market. While the median days-on-MLS is still only 4, you can be sure that those listings lowered their prices a week or more into their time on the MLS. At the same time, that low dayson-MLS number tells you that the sellers who price their home correctly out number those who do not. Good for them. That’s the group you want to be in!

Another obvious conclusion is that

An Apple ‘AirTag’ Can Help You Find Your Stolen Car

News media is full of reports about the increase in the theft of cars and trucks. This is not a problem for owners of internet-connected cars like Tesla, which you can follow on your app and even limit its speed (15 mph is good!), but what if your car is not connected that way and gets stolen?

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Pictured at left, it’s about the size of a quarter and about as thick as 2 or 3 quarters. Put it under a seat or floor mat or any other place in your vehicle and know that if it is not where you left it, you’ll be able to tell police where it is.

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while the dramatic increase in mortgage interest rates has impacted many buyers, there are enough buyers who are paying cash or are not deterred by the higher rates, which are, after all, still historically low.

(When I bought my first home in 1983, I enjoyed a subsidized interest rate of “only” 13%!)

Bottom line: Sellers should price their homes less aggressively. Buyers should focus on homes with a DOM over 10 days.

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Hate crimes are on the rise Here’s what you can do to help prevent them

will roll out training for K-12 schools and colleges and universities starting in July. The project is in partnership with two groups born out of the Columbine massacre — the Frank DeAngelis Center and NicolettiFlater Associates — and it’s funded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This is an edited transcript of our conversation.

BY RACHEL ESTABROOK COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

In the time since a gunman killed 10 people inside a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, it’s becoming clear that the suspect left warning signs about his attack, which is being investigated as a hate crime due to his racist online writings. His actions and words raised red flags in school and in online communities, but no one intervened to help prevent the attack.

Colorado is a hotbed for research and developing strategies to help prevent bias-motivated crimes, and experts here have ideas about what people can do in their daily lives to help stop attacks like the one in Buffalo, or a similar one in an El Paso Walmart in 2019, which targeted Latinos. It’s not just mass murder making this prevention work urgent right now: The AntiDefamation League has noted 204 instances of white supremacist propaganda and incidents in Colorado in 2021 and 2022.

Psychologist Rachel Nielsen spoke with Colorado Matters about strategies for prevention.

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How can we stop hateful ideologies from taking root?

The educational culture and the values of a school have a lot to do with mitigating these things early on in life, because freedom of speech goes so far in the U.S. A lot of hate speech falls under freedom of speech. So it comes down to our communities, our schools, and our faith organizations to draw the line about what we find culturally and socially acceptable way before it’s something criminal.

In mission statements and value statements of school, for example, is it written in school policy that it’s unacceptable and there are consequences for saying something racist to a peer? It really does come down to everyone taking up the charge and pushing for a positive, diverse, inclusive environment at schools.

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How can an inclusive message be taught when prominent figures, including Congresswoman Lauren Boebert in Colorado, promote racist ideas like “replacement theory”?

I don’t think it’s ever too late, but these things do ebb and flow in our country. In recent years, we definitely have seen more racist attacks in the name of white supremacy or alt-right rhetoric.

It is becoming mainstream.

That’s part of the problem for young people, because their critical thinking is still developing.

They’re not sure where to get correct information. When they hear disinformation or misinformation come from people in power, like politicians, a vulnerable young person might be more likely to believe that this is the case, and then that becomes fuel on the fire for someone who’s already angry, has a sense of personal grievance, and then latches onto a hate ideology.

Many people will espouse hate beliefs and not violently attack another individual. But when that voice becomes more of a mainstream opinion, then you can have people who are vulnerable to this pathway to violence who are more emboldened, because it is more familiar and common.

What should I look out for in terms of red flags before someone potentially becomes violent?

Usually, we notice that our loved ones are changing in some way. What we found in bystander research is that friends and family have the greatest influence and the greatest opportunity to catch it early, well before it would come onto the radar of a professional, like a mental health counselor or an educator. So we encourage that when somebody starts – for the first time – saying things about violence or hate, or suggesting that that’s the answer to social or political issues, that we confront that by having a conversation and not shying away from it.

How should I have that conversation?

Social media can be one of the worst places to have a conversation about ideologies, because it easily becomes divisive. A face-to-face conversation would be best, since there can be some dialogue.

If someone says something that I have never heard them say before, like something racist, as uncomfortable as that would be, I would want to say, “I’ve never heard you talk like that. Why are these things appealing to you?

What’s changed with you?” Actually express concern about them, that something is off and they’re becoming angry and blaming

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people, which is really a warning sign.

If, instead, you come with the opposite opinion, or try to use facts to dispute someone’s beliefs, sometimes it ends up having the effect of making you impossible to talk to. They think you’re the “other,” or shaming them, and they will pull away, and then maybe they won’t express these things to you, but they can continue to get more strident.

What if I’m worried about getting someone in trouble by calling the police?

There’s federal research that found that in any given attack, there are three people, usually friends and family, who had real information about what their loved one was going to do, but they probably didn’t know what to do with it.

The top reason that people don’t report the information is that they’re afraid to get their loved one in trouble and they don’t want to overreact, or for the loved one to get mad at them.

This is especially true with teens and young people; they don’t want to get their friend in trouble, or they don’t want to get in trouble with them.

Luckily, in Colorado we have Safe2Tell. That works well for these kinds of concerns, about a kid who may have a gun on campus or has insinuated that they will hurt somebody. But the

problem is, very much like what happened in Buffalo and even at the King Soopers in Boulder in 2021, once these kids graduate from high school, they don’t necessarily fall on anyone’s radar.

Are there times when intervention has really worked?

This is really where Colorado excels. Ever since the Columbine massacre in 1999, with the creation of things like Safe2Tell, along with collaboration between mental health and law enforcement for people in crisis, we are very quick at thwarting attacks when there’s evidence of a plan, a target, weapons – but those are all right on that edge of attack, and sometimes that’s just within days or hours of something happening.

We have thousands of calls that go through Safe2Tell in a given year, and you don’t hear about all of the suicides and guns on campus and attacks that were thwarted because it’s their private business.

Editor’s note: This was written and published shortly before a gunman opened fire on May 24 at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two adults.

This story is from Colorado Public Radio, a nonprofit news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support CPR News, visit cpr.org.

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Arvada celebrates Trails Day for the 20th year Majestic View Nature Center hosts celebration of getting outdoors STAFF REPORT

The Majestic View Nature Center celebrated National Trails Day on June 4 with a host of activities for nature lovers to show their appreciation for the city’s natural resources. This year’s Trails Day celebration was the 20th time Arvada has recognized the occasion.

Festivities began with a trail stewardship program in the morning consisting of a cleanup initiative around Oberon Lake. In the afternoon, booths, a kid’s zone, crafts and a scavenger hunt took place.

“The spirit of National Trails Day is making communities connected and taking care of those connections,” Majestic View Nature Center Director Anna Hoover said. “Making sure everyone feels comfortable with trials, access to trails, making the trails we have better than how we found them.

“I think it’s really cool that the nature center gets to be the spearhead of this event,” Hoover continued. “It’s historically been done with a lot of nature minded community groups and residents who come together and appreciate the amazing trails and parks that we have here.”

The scene at the Nature Center on Trails Day.

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Colorado gasoline prices among nation’s lowest Drivers in other states take more of a beating at the pump

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

The third week of May was a brutal one for the U.S. economy, especially for those with money to invest.

In Colorado, the economic news seemed a little more upbeat.

The state’s unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in April, the lowest since before the pandemic.

More Coloradans are back to work, with 15,400 returning to jobs in April.

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This and other Colorado job data was released May 20, but more on that below.

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Coloradans also pay less taxes on gas than most Americans, he added. The state had the 10th lowest motor-fuel tax per gallon, of about 22 cents. A new 2-cent gas tax to help pay for transportation projects in the state was just delayed by lawmakers by nine months and now starts in April.

“That, of course, doesn’t include other taxes like local taxes and a new gas fee that’s being delayed, though it would add only 2 more cents per gallon. The delay isn’t providing much relief — at least not at the pump,” he said. “However, the state gas tax makes up a big chunk of total taxes and is relatively lower than what many Americans pay.”

Gas prices and inflation The data tracks closely with the weekly gas price report from AAA. This week, Colorado had the fourth lowest average price for a gallon of regular gas. The states with lower prices were Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma, which had the lowest at $4.03.

Colorado’s cost jumped a penny from last week, to $4.137 a gallon and was up from a year ago’s $3.089, according to AAA. Colorado is at the highest per-

gallon price in 22 years, which is how long AAA has tracked Colorado data.

Nationwide, gas prices averaged $4.589 a gallon. On the other end, California averaged $6.061.

But being the least-impacted state in an uncertain economy doesn’t change economist Kishore Kulkarni’s outlook: it’s dismal. We’ve been hugely impacted already. Gas is averaging $1 or more per gallon than it was a year ago. In fact, the rising gas prices may have finally gotten everyone to notice inflation, but those who earn less may start seeing recent wage gains canceled at the gas pump.

Blame the Russian war on Ukraine, said Kulkarni, who teaches at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Both countries produce crude oil and all of that production is being impacted, not to mention sanctions and bans on Russian oil.

“We use a lot of gasoline.

We use almost one-fifth of the world’s gasoline stock,” Kulkarni said. “And that has really started the whole thing of the recent inflation, the expected inflation in the future, as well as the actual inflation in the U.S. economy. And both are increasing. And because we don’t see an SEE GAS, P9

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end to (the war) for a while, at least, this is going to get worse.”

The U.S. produces 20% of the world’s oil while also consuming 20%, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Other inflationary factors were already underway before the war, Kulkarni added. Supply chain disruptions in the pandemic created shortages that caused prices to jump. Unprecedented government pandemic spending, which many Americans received directly in their bank accounts, led to the Fed increasing the money supply. It’s now at $21.8 trillion compared with $15.5 trillion in February 2020.

“We have a perfect storm brewing because of all these different reasons in the U.S. economy, and in a way,” Kulkarni said, “it’s not surprising that we have gotten to 7.9 to 8% inflation, which is the highest in the last 42 years.”

A big problem with financial crises is that they don’t hit all people the same way. Even in the pandemic, many higher-paid workers could work from home, avoid getting sick by staying away from crowds and cut down on gas consumption.

“Financial crises are never equitable. They don’t care about

the differences in the economy, the poor suffer a whole lot more than the rich,” Kulkarni said.

“And the same thing happens with inflation. Inflation is inequitable because it hurts the poor more than it hurts the rich.”

There’s not an easy solution, but he suggests looking at programs to reduce poverty so people are overall better off to start with — protect the income of the lower-wage workers.

“The situation can turn around,” he said. “Let’s suppose we have a stoppage of war, some kind of peace where the pipeline of Russia starts flowing again.

Suppose we have a reduction of gasoline prices because of that.

Suppose OPEC countries actually do say ‘Let’s increase the supply of oil to the maximum capacity’ then oil prices will go down and inflation can be blocked. Interest rate increases are going to slow down our demand structure, which is a step which was needed for a while. … But in that scenario, if we go back to the peacetime quickly then we probably turn around.

Otherwise, I don’t know when this is going to end.”

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VOICES Childhood escapades of summers past

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ambling along behind the dog through the neighborhood early on a school day I note something about the faces of parents as we exchange greetings. Their eyes seek in meeting mine a reassurance that in spite of tragedy, life nevertheless trundles on. The best I could offer was my usual smile before the dog yanked me down the street.

Perhaps that was all that was needed from me: an expected response in a world knocked askew. But I want to implore this to parents who fret over letting their kids wander from their arms: Don’t allow your fear to overtake their childhoods.

In days well before kids discovered the seductive evils of social media, most small towns around here used open refuse dumps on their outskirts.

Yet people did not worry about the possibility of injury or trash-borne illness.

It was a more self-reliant era so folks just weren’t too concerned in general about legal liabilities. It was such a great time to be a kid.

There was a particular band of little boys whose mothers — like most in that day — turned them out after breakfast on fine summer days and preferred not to see them again till din-

ner. If you’re thinking how neglectful they were, imagine how neurotic they would consider today’s moms. History does not care about current values.

Anyway, the boys happily fulfilled their mothers’ wishes and found all kinds of enterprising ways to pass the time Judy Allison between meals. One of the stops on their regular routes through town was the dump. Crawling over mounds of trash, they sought treasures cast off by others. But they had to beware of the dump’s caretaker who would mete fearsome punishment if he caught them.

One day as the boys scoured the leavings, one of them spied the caretaker and whistled a warning. They scrambled into a nearby shack to hide.

As they stood in the semi-darkness giggling, waiting for the all clear, one of them noticed on the workbench a large box of Baby Ruth candy bars of the type stocked by drugstores which sold

A RUMMAGE AROUND THE ATTIC

each bar for a nickel.

Eureka! What great luck to stumble upon booty even the caretaker desired.

Of course the boys began to devour all that candy as if they would never taste it again. After downing a couple bars apiece, their pace slowed. One of the boys cracked open the door to check on the whereabouts of the caretaker, which allowed in some sunlight.

“Hey,” one of the boys looked down at his half-eaten morsel. “This Baby Ruth is a-wigglin!”

Everyone looked at the candy in their hands. Everyone’s Baby Ruth was a-wigglin because the bars were crawling with maggots. The boys threw down the candy and high-tailed it out of the shack unconcerned now about the caretaker because they were busy running full speed away from the worms.

Fast forward a few years, and the story has become legend among their families. The vagabond boys grew into citizens who contributed significant amounts of time and talent toward making their town better. Serving as firemen and councilmen — two as mayor — and ad-hoc volunteers for all sorts of civic improvements, they stepped up not only because their

generation did that, but also because they so loved their hometown. In part because of their childhood escapades.

Good news, then, the arrival of a new state law protecting parents of freerange kids who are finding adventures on their own and thus developing into adults not stunted by helicopter moms and dads. No wonder maturity arrives reluctantly in today’s young people.

It was a constant rash of over-reactions to kids being seen in neighborhoods without adult escorts which prompted the law titled Reasonable Independence for Children. More than 80 percent of calls reporting possible child neglect were going unfounded as cited by a Denver Post account. The sub title of the law should have been something like: “The World is Not as Bad a Place as You Fear.”

Now, about the time those little boys got caught skinny dipping in the farmer’s newly harvested haystack...

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 WonderBouvier wander through many neighborhoods in the region.

Key information on upcoming Jefferson County Primaries

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hile Election Day for the State Primary is June 28, mail ballots are already on their way to Jeffco voters. That means there’s no need to wait until the last minute to cast your vote! And since this is the first primary in two years, and there may be questions about this election, here is everything you need to know to participate in the primary as soon as your ballot packet arrives.

When to vote: Key dates June 6: We opened all 24-hour drop boxes, and mailed ballots to all active Democratic, Republican, and unaffiliated registered voters.

June 13: If you have not yet received a ballot, call our Elections office at 303-2718111.

June 20: This is the last day to return your ballot by mail to ensure it arrives in time, and the first day in-person vote centers are open.

June 28: Election Day. You can use any drop box up until 7 p.m., or if you need additional services (same day registration, replacement ballot, etc.), you can use any vote center up until 7 p.m. as well.

Where to vote: Drop box and vote center locations As always, we recommend returning

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your ballot to any of our 24-hour drop boxes. The boxes are secure, accessible, and available until 7 p.m. on Election Day. Check the location sheet in your ballot mailing packet or visit VoteJeffco.com to find your nearest drop box — many of them do not even require you to get out of your car. The location sheet and our website also have a list of in-person vote center locations in case you need additional services.

If you prefer to return your ballot by mail, we recommend doing so no later than June 20, and affixing one Forever stamp to your envelope.

GUEST COLUMN George Stern

Who can vote: Democrats, Republicans and unaffiliated voters If you are registered as an unaffiliated voter, you can vote in either party’s primary – but you may only vote in one of the two primaries.

Registered Democrats will receive a Democratic Party ballot in the mail.

Registered Republicans will receive a Republican Party ballot in the mail.

Unaffiliated voters will receive both ballots, but they may only vote and return one of the two. If you return two voted ballots to us, neither will be counted.

Protecting the vote: Election security As always, we take election security extremely seriously. And thanks to the Colorado election model, security experts on both ends of the political spectrum have called our state one of the safest in which to cast a ballot.

First, voting by mail means there is a paper trial. We send you a paper ballot, you return that paper ballot to us, and we store that paper ballot for two years after the election so it can be audited or recounted at any time. Indeed, we conduct a bipartisan audit after every election, and have been doing so for five years. Next, our election judges verify the signature on every ballot envelope against a signature we have on file for a registered voter who has proven their identity. That’s why it’s so important that you sign your envelope before returning it to us.

Additionally, every step of the process – from verifying those signatures to picking up ballots from drop boxes – is conducted by teams of bipartisan election judges who have undergone FBI background checks. Finally, all of our drop boxes and ballot processing are on 24-7 video surveillance, and the ballot processing is open to election watchers of both political parties at all times.

If you still have questions, or simply want to see this process in action, I invite

you to tune in to a virtual tour of our facility via Facebook Live (you do not need a Facebook account to watch) on June 27. I am happy to answer any questions you have during the tour.

After you vote: Ballot tracking and results For additional peace of mind, we encourage all Jeffco voters to sign up for ballot tracking alerts. Through a program called BallotTrax, you can receive notifications by phone, text, or email when your ballot is on its way to you (most voters have already received those), as well as when we have received your ballot back and processed it for counting. Visit VoteJeffco.com to sign up. At that same site, you will also be able to access election results after 7 p.m. on Election Day. If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact my office. How ever you plan to vote this election, and whoever you plan to vote for, we just hope you’ll do it! Jeffco has a long history of setting record turnouts in the state, and we want to keep that up this year.

George Stern is the Jefferson County clerk and recorder. He lives in Golden where he also serves as a volunteer firefighter.

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What’s that buzz?

A pollination syndrome in your garden

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une is the time of year gardeners of the Denver-metro area are busy growing crops in hopes of an end-of-summer bounty of fruits and veggies to be harvested.

Leading up to this harvest, gardeners tend diligently by fertilizing, pinching and, of course, watering.

But there is one more thing that is essential to a good backyard harvest, and that is the right pollinator to finish the job. In this day of age, it is no secret that we rely on pollinators for plant biodiversity and crop sustainability. But did you know it sometimes takes a specific pollinator to be able to fertilize those veggie flowers in your garden?

Some pollinators, specifically certain species of solitary bees and bumblebees, use distinct vibrations made by contracting their flight muscles to help extract pollen from flowers. They hold on tight to the flower and start vibrating away — in doing so, the bees incidentally fertilize flowers as they busily visit them. This term is known as buzz pollination, or floral sonication.

This is important because in some flowers’ morphology, the pollen is crammed tightly into the anther - the part of the plant that holds the pollen - and can only be released from the tip through pores or slits (the technical term is poricidal). The classic example one can think of is by looking at a nightshade family (i.e. Solanum, or tomato) flower, where the pollen is tucked away in the center yellow, column-like tubes protruding from the flower. Without sonication, most insects are unable to access the nutritious pollen that is packed in this way. But, in buzzing and booming away at the perfect frequency and amplitude, bumblebees can access this nutritious meal and meanwhile drop off pollen from earlier stops they make, therefore fertilizing flowers as they go.

As mentioned above, not all pollinators are capable of this buzz pollinating. Only about half of all bee species can generate the frequencies

GUEST COLUMN Brooke Palmer

OBITUARIES PFENNINGER

Mark William “Mark” Pfenninger May 29, 1932 - May 16, 2022

Mark W. Pfenninger Prescott,AZ. - Dr. Mark W. Pfenninger 89, formerly of Evergreen Co. died peacefully May16, 2022 Mark was proceeded in death by his parents, his brother, William “Bill” W. Pfenninger; and one daughter, Deborah L. “ Debbie” Myers.

He is survived by his Wife, Shari Pfenninger of Prescott, Arizona.

Daughters: Kathy Robert and Mary (Thomas) Doering Son: Bradley (Kathy Leonard) Pfenninger Grandchildren: Christina Myers (Tea Dildy) Jacob Myers Ashley Pfenninger Michelle WILLIAMS

Robert (fiancee Philip Greene) Andrew Doering Lindsey Pfenninger ( fiancee Keenan Lilyquist) Sarah Doering Great Grandchild Lorraine Lilyquist A Celebration of life will be held at 10:00 am on Thursday, June 16 at Rockland Community Church in Golden, Colorado.Livestream is available at www.

Rockland Church. Interment and reception will follow at Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary & Cemetery, 7777 West 29th Ave., Wheat Ridge, Co. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made in honor of Mark W. Pfenninger to Mount Evans Hospice (Camp Comfort Angels Project) of Evergreen Co.

John Harvey Williams

November 16, 1957 - May 18, 2022

John Williams of Arvada, CO passed away unexpectedly.. He was an active member and mentor of various AA communities, Salvation Army, the Hornbuckle Foundation, and The Elks Club . Besides motorcycle riding, his passions included fishing, jet skiing ,range shooting, boating, camping ,and traveling.

He never missed an opportunity to helps those in need with encouragement, and showing them the light of the Lord. Born in Pittsburgh Pa., and has lived in Colorado since an early age. His vocations included Climax mine in Leadville, Mountain Bell Denver, Real estate appraisal, nursing at Denver Health, and owner of Westminster Arms, one of the most respected gun shops in Colorado.

He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Traci , his son Ryan Hinderlighter, daughter Tarra O’Leary, sister Constance Williams Erickson, Brothers Neil Williams, James de Steiguer, and Edwin Williams. He will also be missed by his Boxer dogs Rocco and Ruby.

John led many hearts and souls to the Lord , was known for his positive attitude, and was blessed with many friendships.

Johns’ memorial will be held at Red Rocks Community Church, 7100 Wadsworth Blvd. at 2 pm Friday, June 10th followed by a celebration of life at the Arvada Elks Club located at 5700 Yukon St. Arvada ,CO. 3 to 6 pm. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Johns name to Hornbuckle Foundation. Org

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required to release pollen — this buzzing mechanism is restricted to bumblebees and many types of solitary bees. Oddly enough, honeybees are unable to pollinate in this manner. Although the honeybees can do some of the pollinating, they are not as efficient in producing the same high crop yields that the bumblebees can.

The type of flower morphology that requires buzz pollination assistance is also limited to certain species of flowering plants — the more well-known ones include tomato, eggplant, tomatillo, kiwi and blueberry. If your veggie garden is full of tomatoes and eggplant, that means a lot of it will necessitate bumblebees and solitary bees to ensure flowers are fertilized with resulting fruits being made. There is, however, still room for the bustling honeybee in the veggie garden.

Some crops do not have a need for those special mechanical vibrations to access pollen, including squashes and gourds.

Next time you hear those humble,

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Physalis philadelphica, a tomatillo, is an example of a flower that requires buzz pollination to ensure fertilization.

PHOTO BY BROOKE PALMER

bumbling bumblebees happily a-buzzing away in the garden beds, hopefully you will give some praise and remember their important role to the crops we grow and eat every day.

Brooke Palmer is a horticulturist and the greenhouse production coordinator for the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Harriet Jane (Frazier) Hargrave October 2, 1952 - May 10, 2022

Harriet Jane Hargrave of Carrollton, Missouri, formerly of Arvada, Colorado, passed away peacefully with family by her side, at 4:41 p.m., Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at her home in rural Carroll County.

Harriet lived innovatively and was granted an earthly life of sixty-nine years, seven months, and eight days.

On October 2, 1952, in Osborne, Kansas, the Lord blessed the home of Floyd Keith and Harriet Frances (Carey) Frazier with their daughter. She graduated from Iver C. Ranum High School with the class of 1970.

After graduation, she attended Colorado State University, graduating in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in Home Economics.

Harriet was united into marriage in Denver, Colorado, on June 7, 1974, to Richards J. Hargrave, and this union was blessed with a daughter, Carrie. She was a member of DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) and Mile Hi Church in Lakewood, Colorado, a Center for Spiritual Living.

Harriet started quilting seriously in 1974.

Her early quilting career included craft shows and teaching adult education classes. In 1981, Harriet opened a quilt shop, Harriet’s Treadle Arts in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Her specialties were free-motion embroidery, machine arts, and machine quilting. In 1982, Harriet attended a Mary Ellen Hopkins seminar where streamlined techniques and innovative design ideas were showcased.

This led Harriet to visionary thinking and developing new techniques and began to teach quilting. As a result, she was worldrenowned in quilting. In the late 1990s, she was voted one of the “88 Leaders of the Quilt World.” With her bestselling book Heirloom Machine Quilting, Harriet created and inspired a new generation of machine quilters.

She also authored Mastering Machine Appliqué and From Fiber to Fabric and coauthored The Art of Classic Quiltmaking.

In 2009, Harriet and her daughter, Carrie,

began writing the Quilters Academy series. The fifth and final volume was released in December 2015.

Harriet developed batting with Hobbs Bonded Fibers and designed fabric for P&B Textiles and Marcus Brothers. She traveled nationally and internationally for 37 years, teaching thousands of women and men to quilt. At the age of seven, Harriet and her family left their farm in north-central Kansas due to the dry wells and moved to Denver. However, she visited her aunt’s family farm every summer, and she would often say. “You can take the girl off the farm, but you can’t take the farm out of the girl,” which later enticed her to retire in 2017, closing the store, selling her home, and moving to a beautiful 40-acre farm in Carroll County. She loved the farm life, which involved her four horses, teaching her five-year-old grandson Zachary to read and write, and re-establishing the gardens.

She was headstrong in her political beliefs.

Harriet is survived by her daughter, Carrie Jones, and her husband, David, of rural Carrollton, Missouri; Her best buddy and grandson, Zachary Ian Jones; and a sister, Linda Sue Thompson, of Chandler, Arizona.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Thursday, June 2, 2022, at Morningside Manor 13251 W 64th Avenue, Arvada, Colorado, 80004, with Rev. Norm Bouchard officiating the service.

Refreshments will be served following the service.

As an expression of sympathy and in memory of Harriet, contributions are suggested and will be donated to Missouri Forget Me Not Horse Rescue.

Online Condolences may be left to the family on our website, www.fosterfuneralchapels.com or connect at the Facebook page: Foster Family Funeral Chapel and Cremation Services, LLC.

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Wildfire art creates beauty out of tragedy

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Robert Nesladek carves wood. He works in a sawdustfilled studio behind his house in Arvada, which he has owned for 47 years.

He uses two wood lathes to carve out bowls, vases and other works of art from wood charred by wildfires. One of those lathes was handed down from his grandfather to his dad, then to his uncle and now to him.

He started working with wood after he quit drinking.

“I had to find something to keep my hands busy,” he said.

Out of a devastating event, wildfire art aims to create something beautiful — a vase, a painting or a poem.

Nesladek transforms the wood burned by wildfires into beautiful shapes. He said burned wood takes on different characteristics because of the intense heat that dries out the log.

“It puts a lot of that charcoal gray color into the wood, and it just kind of runs through it,” he said. “It just is really nice to work with.”

Starting out, the wood is filthy.

“As soon as you touch it, you think ‘I’m not going to even mess with that stuff. It’s just nasty,’” he said. “But as soon as you get the bark off, it’s clean inside, and it’s dry.”

Nesladek turns the wood on the lathe quickly and shapes it with different chisels and blades. Once the burned charcoal coating the wood is removed, he starts to mold the center of the wood that endured intense heat but

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wasn’t directly touched the fire. After he reaches the shape he wants, he applies a clear stain.

“It amazes me how something so nasty, so devastating, can turn into something so beautiful,” Nesladak said.

Painting from within Creating art from wildfires can also help begin the healing process after such a tragedy.

For Alissa Davies, of Boulder, that involves intuitively painting emotions onto canvas.

After the Marshall Fire, Davies said she and her community felt an extreme sense of loss and fear.

“We’ve had these wildfires in our community, and every time the wind blows, we all feel this kind of collective trauma,” she said. “What’s going to happen to this place?”

Davies describes herself as an intuitive artist — stepping up to a canvas with no idea of what the end result will be. She looks inward to get in touch with her feelings and then paints.

After the Marshall Fire, she returned to her studio to begin addressing her emotions and out came Firescape 1, 2 and 3.

“We all are very affected by external events that happen around us,” she said. “(Painting) is just a highly therapeutic process for me.”

She said fires come with an immense, intense energy that she channeled into the paintings. She said she experienced those feelings even though she didn’t lose a house to the fire, but instead, she channeled the hardships of those who did.

She champions art therapy programs in Boulder and surrounding communities where people can learn to get in SEE FIRE, P13

Radha Marcum

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Robert Nesladek with three vases he created out of the leftover wood from a PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI wildfire.

Alissa Davies posing in front of her series “Firescape.”

A closeup on a vase made of wood PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI torched by a wildfire.

PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI

The wood lathe Nesladek uses to PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI carve his wood.

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Call for spring. Conjure winter’s end. Bandage

Firescape 1, 2 and 3 by Alissa Davies.

PHOTOS BY LUKE ZARZECKI

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touch with their emotions and put them onto paper.

Those programs give people space to freely create art. She touches on her semester in college at the Art Institute of Chicago where it wasn’t so free.

Her painting classes created an intense environment with critiques and competition from professors and students.

The art therapy classes were different, she said, in that they created a more encouraging environment.

“There’s that level of acceptance,” Davies said. “Instead of thinking art is for the precious few, it gives people the view that we all really know what to do with paint. It might not be pretty, and it might not look like what’s in our head, but that’s OK, and it’s better that way.”

For those affected by the Marshall Fire, art therapy can begin those conversations, both verbal and not.

“It’s always important to talk it out, but I think those nonverbal ways of expressing are equally as powerful and helpful,” Davies said.

Sometimes, it just takes a few breaths and a blank canvas.

To get in touch with her emotions before she paints, Davies mediates. While painting, she turns off her mind and moves very quickly.

“I’m constantly turning my canvas,” she said. “You can click over into that flow state, you know that feeling of when time kind of gets weird, it’s suspended. It’s bliss.”

Burning wood Radha Marcum of Boulder started writing at age 7 on her mother’s typewriter.

Fast forward to today, and she’s a poet creating poems rooted in ecological, social

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“I grew up in the West, so wildfire has always really been in my awareness,” she said.

In 2019, she began writing more about wildfires. The burning of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris triggered her new topic.

She visited the cathedral with her husband within weeks of the roof burning.

Replacing the ceilings, made of oak beams from Europe’s ancient forests, remains almost impossible because those forests are long gone, she said.

“At the same time that we were losing this magnificent human-made structure, we were also losing nature’s cathedral,” she said. “I think of the old growth forests in North America.”

It reminded Marcum of visiting the Redwood forests in Northern California.

“Thinking about the history of people who have been in these places, whether it’s a cathedral or a forest, there’s a sense of continuity, and so when you lose a forest or you lose a cathedral, you’re losing that sense of continuity with ancestors and which people would come before you,” she said.

Hence, she started writing about wildfire, and the Marshall Fire made the topic even more personal for her.

“When it happens in your backyard, and when you’re watching the effects in real time, that I think is profound,” she said.

“I think in art, and in poetry, in our writing, we have the opportunity to meditate on what is happening right here, right in front of us.”

For her, that can mean looking at specific changes in her surroundings. One example she points to is a poem about a plum tree in her backyard that she moved inside due to the drought.

Another poem looks at smoke drifts and ashes falling in her backyard. Those ashes, she said, are forests, people’s homes or wildlife. Some float in from other places.

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“There’s a connection between different parts of the country, between you and the landscape, between the ecology, the trees, the wildlife,” she said. “We’re all affected by these events, whether or not they’re burning our structures, or they’re burning the forest.”

Marcum sees her poems as an invitation to readers to recognize the events happening around them. “(It’s about) connecting with what’s really going on, rather than being sort of numb and overwhelmed by the news or by statistics,” she said.

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SPORTS D’Evelyn baseball bows out against back-to-back 4A state champs

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

COLORADO SPRINGS — D’Evelyn junior Tate Aurich was the most challenging obstacle Ponderosa faced on its path to a second straight Class 4A baseball state title.

Ponderosa dominated the 8-team double-elimination state tournament held May 27, May 28, June 3 and June 4 in Colorado Springs. The Mustangs had a perfect 5-0 record while outscoring their opponents 65-13.

Ponderosa claimed its second straight state title with a 11-1 victory over Cheyenne Mountain on June 4 at UCHealth Field in Colorado Springs to complete the undefeated state tournament run.

The only pitcher really to hold Ponderosa in check during the state tournament was Aurich. In the Final 4 game June 3 at UCHealth Field, D’Evelyn and Ponderosa were tied 2-2 going to the seventh inning. Aurich had thrown 111 pitches allowing just a pair of runs in the bottom of the first inning.

“I was treating it like any other game,” said Aurich, who finished the season with a 7-2 record on the hill with a 2.25 ERA in 65.1 innings pitched. “I had success all season.

Just treating it like another day. I could feel the intensity. There were a lot of big moments for sure.”

The high-powered Mustang offense managed just four hits off Aurich.

In fact, the junior struck out the side in the top of the sixth inning before hitting the maximum number of pitched allowed. D’Evelyn coach Dan Porreco had to lift Aurich after he left the mound in the top of the sixth inning.

“I’m not surprised because he is such a bulldog,” Porreco said of Aurich’s performance. “He would have thrown 200 pitches today if you would have let him. If you would tell him he is throwing tomorrow he would do it. That is just the kind of kid he is.”

For Aurich to have the type of season and outing against Ponderosa was in doubt a year ago.

“I just wanted to be back out there super badly,” Aurich said of his return to the field this spring. “That was huge motivator for me. I didn’t want to take it for granted. I wanted to enjoy it while we are out here.”

Aurich was in a car accident midway through his sophomore season and suffered a back injury that kept him off the field for the Jaguars’ run to the Final 4 last year.

“A year ago today I was in a pretty bad place,” Aurich admitted after missing the second-half of the season last after the car accident. “The boys picked me up last year and they showed it out again this year. It was a great season.”

It wasn’t a great top of the seventh inning for D’Evelyn with Aurich now a spectator from the dugout.

D’Evelyn catcher Kannon Perry fouls off a pitch at the plate during the Class 4A baseball state tournament game Friday, June 3, at UCHealth Field in Colorado Springs. Ponderosa defeated D’Evelyn 8-2 — scoring six runs in the top of the seventh inning — on the PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS way to the Mustangs winning their second straight 4A state title.

Ponderosa scored six runs on five hits. Freshman Ryan Kim, junior Colin Kim and senior Troy Benko all took the mound for the Jaguars in the seventh inning.

“Going 2-2 through six innings was great,” Porreco said. “They (Ponderosa) are a very good team. We did hold them, but it was whoever scored first after the delay was going to win this.”

A rain/lightning delay halted the game just as the start of the fifth inning began. D’Evelyn offense couldn’t get on track as Ponderosa senior relief pitcher Tyler Slattery faced the minimum of nine batters in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.

“With the rain delay you just never know,” Porreco said. “It just went their way.”

D’Evelyn’s lone two runs were scored in the bottom of the second inning. A drive to center field by senior Ryan Jolton scored junior Heath Perry and freshman Blake Young scored on an error by the Mustangs’ centerfielder on the single.

The Jaguars finished the season with a 19-10 record. D’Evelyn had a rough start out of the gates with a 5-game losing streak early in the season.

“I’m proud of them,” Porreco said.

“We’ve fought hard and they played

D’Evelyn junior Jack McMann (7) is greeted at home plate by fellow juniors Heath Perry (33) and Colin Kim (3) after McMann’s 2-run home run in the top of the fifth inning against Palisade on Saturday, May 28, at Mountain Lion Field in Colorado Springs. The Jaguars won the elimination-game 13-2 to keep their season alive.

really well this last two-thirds of the season.”

D’Evelyn will graduate seven seniors, but have a handful of returning starters.

“We are going to miss the seniors for sure, but these juniors have some talent and we’ve got some young up-

coming talent,” Aurich said. “I think we’ll be back next year and make it further. We’ll win it next year.”

Dennis Pleuss is the sports information director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage, go to CHSAANow.com.

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Jeffco Public Schools inducted its Jeffco Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022 on June 2 at The Vista at Applewood. This year’s inductees (from left to right) Parker Orms, Jodi Reinhard — pictured Jackie Garramone excepting for Reinhard who passed away last PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS winter, Kyle Sand, Monica Abelein and Mark Collings.

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The Hold Steady at the Bluebird Theater We could all use a positive jam or two these days and that’s what Minneapolis’ The Hold Steady specialize in. Over the group’s eight albums and almost 20 years of touring they’ve built

up a rabid fanbase thanks to Craig Finn’s incisive character sketches and the group’s barband soundscapes.

Last year they released one of their most acclaimed albums in years in “Open Door Policy,” but they’re stopping in Denver as part of a tour that was supposed to be in support of 2019’s great “Thrashing Thru the Passion.”

The group is finally playing a three-night run at 8 p.m. June 16 and 9 p.m. June 17 and 18 at the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave. The Hold Steady is truly one

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Arvada throws an epic pool party Who doesn’t love a good pool party? Arvada’s Fitz Fest provides that on a large scale, with activities for everyone, whether they get in the pool or not.

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Ordinance #4803 An Ordinance Zoning Certain Land in the City of Arvada for 7850 Alkire Street

a 2.5 acre parcel of land from Jefferson County P-D (Planned Development) to City of Arvada RN-32.5 (Residential Neighborhood 32.5) and Amending the Official Zoning Maps of the City of Arvada, Colorado, approximately located at 7850 Alkire Street.

Legal Notice No. 414127 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the Arvada City Council to be held on MONDAY, June 27, 2022, at 6:15 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City Council will hold a public hearing on the following

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CB22-058 An Ordinance Amending Section 38304, Smoking Prohibited, of Division 3, Smoking Restricted in Public Places, of Article VII, Air Pollution, of Chapter 38, Environment, of the Arvada City Code.

CB22-059 An Ordinance Authorizing an Intergovernmental Agreement By and Between the City of Arvada and the State of Colorado, Department of Higher Education, State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education Acting By and Through Red Rocks Community College for a 100 Year Lease of a Parcel North of Red Rocks

Community College for the Construction of a Health and Fitness-Focused Park.

CB22-060 An Ordinance Authorizing the Master Intergovernmental Agreement by and between Apex Park And Recreation District and the City of Arvada Governing the Lease and Maintenance of Certain Facilities and Parks and Amending the Ground Lease for the Indoor Turf Fields on the Stenger/Lutz Sports Complex.

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Ordinance #4804 An Ordinance Adding Article V, Entertainment Districts and Common Consumption Areas, of Chapter 6, Alcoholic Beverages, of the Arvada City Code Legal Notice No. 414128 First Publication: June 9, 2022 Last Publication: June 9, 2022 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press

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