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WHISKY AND MUSIC

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Dear readers and supporters: Today begins a new chapter for this newspaper and Colorado Community Media, and we’re excited to share updates on our move to a new printing facility, why that matters and news of the upcoming launch of a revamped website. In June, we learned that the facility that prints our portfolio of two dozen weekly newspapers and magazines would be closing this month. At the time, we pledged to nd a solution that would ensure little to no disruption to our printing and distribution schedule. We conducted a comprehensive analysis of options, aiming to keep costs down and changes as minimal as possible while understanding that Colorado’s Front Range has limited printing facilities available.

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A bartender from Balcones Distilling serves whisky to a Whiskey Fest attendee.

PHOTO BY LILLIAN FUGLEI

Arvada celebrates Whiskey Fest during last Second Saturday of the summer

BY LILLIAN FUGLEI LFUGLEI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Olde Town has wrapped its Second Saturdays Summer Concert Series and Street Festival for this year, nishing up the summer of fun with one extra event to set it apart.

While the Aug. 12 festival had all the same booths, music and food as the last three, this month it was also home to the Olde Town Whiskey Fest.

e Olde Town Whiskey Fest featured over 30 distilleries for ticket holders to sample from. One area of Second Saturday was set aside for Whiskey Fest, so ticked holders could sample whisky and enjoy the larger fest at the same time.

Along with Whiskey Fest, Second Saturday featured a wide variety of vendors — from psychics to tie-dye — for participants to shop from, as well as several food trucks.

Split between stages on Grand-

view Ave. and in Olde Town Square, live musicians serenaded the crowds in Olde Town. is month’s musicians included Bradley Stroz, e Dollhouse ieves, e Barlow and Buckstein.

Whiskey Fest ticket holders were able to sample whiskies from over 30 distilleries.

The streets of Olde Town were filled with booths for Arvadans to peruse and shop from.

Families dance along to music by The Dollhouse Thieves during Second Saturdays Summer Concert Series and Street Festival. PHOTOS BY LILLIAN FUGLEI

The Barlow plays music for attendees on the Grandview Stage.

‘Community Solar’ Makes Solar Available to Condo Owners and Apartment Dwellers

Driving around the metro area and elsewhere, you have probably noticed huge installations of solar panels on open land and wondered who built and who benefits from them. Installations, such as the one north of 64th Avenue on Highway 93, are owned by community solar companies or nonprofits.

The concept of community solar is to rent or sell portions of such installations to individual consumers. The kilowatt-hours generated by those solar panels are then credited to the usage on subscribers’ electric meters.

It’s a perfect solution for people who live in an apartment or condo building where they can’t install their own solar panels. The really neat thing about community solar is that when you move, your solar generation is merely reassigned to

July Real Estate Market Analysis

Denver’s real estate market has undergone notable shifts this year when compared to past averages. Typically, around 8,757 active homes are on the market in July. However, this year, the number of homes for sale was under 6,000.

Many sellers have chosen to stay in their current homes. High interest rates reduce the motivation for homeowners to move, even if downsizing to a smaller property. Meanwhile, potential buyers face the same challenges due to higher interest rates. Many have postponed their real estate plans, hoping for more favorable rates in the future.

These trends have resulted in decreased transaction volumes across the industry. This pattern is expected to continue through 2023. Benchmarked metrics closely resemble market activity from 2013 to 2019, with one notable deviation. This year, we're observing more frequent and larger price reductions in both size and quantity of properties.

your new electric meter — no need to buy new panels.

Small businesses can also take advantage of community solar. Golden Real Estate, for example, moved in Nov. 2021 from its solar-powered office on South Golden Road into a storefront on Washington Avenue in downtown Golden. Community solar is the only way that we can continue to be solar-powered since we can’t install solar panels.

Denver-based SunShare describes itself as the nation’s oldest community solar company with over 10 years’ experience building and maintaining “solar gardens” across the state. Their website says that they have

New State Laws Limit Provisions Landlords Can Put in Leases

If a landlord rejects a prospective tenant’s application, the landlord must now provide a copy of the background report they used, and tenants are allowed to challenge that report’s contents.

One new law prohibits landlords from requiring that tenants waive certain legal rights in their leases, such as the ability to participate in class action lawsuits or jury trials. It also prohibits landlords from charging renters a penalty if the renter doesn’t give notice that they aren’t renewing their lease, unless he suffered an actual loss because he didn’t receive notice.

The new law also limits how much landlords can charge in third-party fees, such as for pest control or trash collection.

Under the law, income requirements are capped at double the cost of rent. Proponents have said that some landlords have required that tenants make three to five times as much as they’d pay in rent.

The law also caps security deposits at double the cost of a month’s rent, and it limits how a landlord can use a prospective tenant’s credit or rental history.

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built 116MW of solar panels and have 14,000 subscribers and three utility partners. Learn more at MySunShare.com

Community solar was legalized in Colorado in 2010 with the passage of the Community Solar Gardens Act (HB 1342). The following year, SunShare opened for business, and in 2015 the Colorado Energy Office partnered with GRID Alternatives to construct a community solar demonstration project to serve lowincome Coloradans.

Colorado Springs Utilities was the first utility to create its own solar garden for 278 subscribers in 2011. That 0.5-MW installation has since grown to a 2-MW installation serving 435 customers.

Community solar can be a good deal for rural landowners, providing a predictable revenue stream for otherwise nonproducing acreage.

Renting or buying photovoltaic panels in a solar garden costs money, so you’re still paying for electricity, but the rule of thumb is that what you spend on commu-

nity solar is about 10% cheaper than buying the same amount of electricity from the utility.

Some of us don’t worry about the size of the savings but simply “go solar” because it’s the right thing to do.

To learn more, in addition to visiting SunShare’s website, I suggest Googling “community solar Colorado.” You will find other companies offering community solar, learn the history of it in Colorado, and decide whether it is right for you.

You may find that existing solar gardens are sold out and you’ll be put on a waiting list for a future solar garden.

Whether you are putting solar panels on your own property or subscribing to a solar garden, consider upsizing your investment instead of basing it on your current usage, since the chances are that you’ll be buying an electric vehicle and you’ll want electricity from the sun to power it, too. Xcel Energy allows you to install solar panels based on twice your last 12 months’ usage for that reason.

Do You Have Concerns About Your Home’s Water Quality?

We’ve all heard about the health effects of lead in household water, notably in Flint, Michigan. Our water utilities may not be using lead pipes, but you may have lead service pipes if your house was built before 1951, and copper service lines installed before 1987 could have lead in their solder. Also, plumbing fixtures installed before 2014 might not meet today’s lead-free standards. Bottom line: You might consider having your water tested not only for lead but for other hazards.

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Price Reduced on Bungalow in Denver’s Park Hill

Now $639,900

$700,000

Set at the back of a quiet, off-the-beatenpath cul-de-sac, this home at 460 Ammons Street will check all the boxes for many house hunters. It has lots of light with the floor-to-vaulted-ceiling north-facing windows in the main-level living room/dining room and the nearly half-acre lot with plenty of room for gardening. The expansive rock driveway includes so much space for guest parking and all your toys -- boat, RV, trailer, you-name-it! There are RV hook-ups for water, sewer & electrical. Riding lawn mower is included. No HOA to limit your use of this country-like property. You'll make good use of the wrap-around composite deck! The roof was replaced in 2017 with architectural hail-resistant shingles to save on insurance premium. HVAC was new in 2018, and the sewer line was replaced in July 2021. The Belmar shopping district and light rail are each 1.5 miles from this home. Visit www.LakewoodHome.info to take a narrated video tour of this listing inside and out, including drone footage. Then come to our open house on Saturday, Aug. 19th, 11am to 1pm. Or call listing agent Jim Smith at 303-525-1851 to request a private showing! See how many boxes this home checks for you!

This charming brick ranch is at 2670 Kearney Street in the sought-after Park Hill neighborhood, minutes from City Park, the Denver Zoo, and the Denver Museum of Natural History. Downtown Denver is a 15-minute drive away. The home is on a double lot with extensive flower and vegetable gardens. Both the bathroom and kitchen have been updated, the latter with new granite countertops and a Bosch dishwasher. New double-pane Anderson windows are throughout the house. Inside, one can find original hardwood floors across the main level. The main sewer line was replaced in 2009. The other kitchen appliances and the A/C unit are about five years old. Outdoor amenities include a newer storage shed, a children's play structure with swings and a slide (removed if you don't want it), and a large concrete patio. There's an attached two-car garage (unusual for this 1946 home) and a non-conforming third bedroom in the basement. Perfectly situated on a tranquil, wide street, the house is just a block from McAuliffe International Middle School. A new roof was installed two weeks ago. Take a video tour, including drone footage, at www.ParkHillHome.site, then call listing agent Greg Kraft at 720-353-1922 to request a private showing.

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Arvada’s Youth Fire Academy teaches youth fire safety

BY LILLIAN FUGLEI LFUGLEI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Many children have dreams of becoming re ghters when they grow up. Arvada’s Youth Fire Academy helps them, at least partially, achieve that dream.

Each summer, Arvada Fire runs a three-day Youth Fire Academy for children ages 11-14. e academy focuses on giving kids a hands-on learning experience to educate them about re safety and the work re ghters do.  “( e academy) really just kind of highlights the di erent things

and programs that the re department has,” said Amber Jones, community risk reduction specialist at Arvada Fire. “If you want to be a re ghter, I think it’s a really good thing, but it’s more so activities that you can just use in everyday life.”

Each day of the academy focuses on a di erent theme. e rst day teaches participants about the daily life of a re ghter, through activities like gear stations, re truck tours, physical tness and even playing with a re hose. Other activities on the rst day focus on teaching the value of teamwork.

“We nd that important because, again, everything that we do for the re department is communication-based, it’s also teamworkbased,” Jones added. “So we have to be good communicators and we have to be good teammates and, and leaders as well.”

e second day focuses on emergency medical services. Participants are taught CPR and basic rst aid, as well as stop the bleed techniques.

“We break them out into groups and they get to do teddy bear rst aid,” said Jones. “So they all get a teddy bear that they can learn how to do bleeding control on as if that teddy bear was a real person.”

e last day of the academy in-

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Arvada’s Youth Fire Academy helps children learn about the daily lives of firefighters, through many activities like trying on firefighting gear.

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e most notable change is the size of our newspapers. Moving to a di erent press, regardless of which option we landed on, necessitated altering the page size. at means a slightly smaller page.

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Despite the change, you can still expect the same volume of local news stories, advertisements and other features we’re committed to providing to you.

We also had to make tweaks to some delivery times, as well as more closely aligning some of our publications geographically. As a subscriber, you may not even notice these changes; the goal was to streamline our work behind the scenes to keep production and delivery as consistent as possible.

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pants in dark rooms and learning how to get out as re ghters. is day also includes a graduation for participants.

“Kids are only allowed to go through your re academy once because it’s so popular and we

news. Even as we evolve digitally, we know many of our subscribers appreciate the experience of a newspaper, and we’re continuing to explore longer-term options for consistent printing in the years to come.

In terms of our digital evolution, we’re extremely excited to soon be launching a new website that will allow us to publish more quickly. I’ll dedicate an upcoming column to these improvements, but will share a few speci cs here, too:

- Our publications will soon be under one umbrella, meaning you can easily shift from one local news source to another to learn

want to make sure that everybody gets a fair shot at it,” said Jones. “So they get a certi cate at the end and a T-shirt.”

ough this year’s academy has already passed, the program runs annually, generally at the end of

more about communities across the region.

- With more multimedia elements, including audio and videos, we’re making our stories more inclusive.

- e website will be easier to navigate and update as news happens. ere’s much more to come on that front, and I look forward to sharing additional details soon. In the meantime, thank you for your support of local journalism –– we couldn’t do this without our members, advertisers and readers.

Linda Shapley is the publisher of Colorado Community Media.

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“It’s a great time. We usually have really great groups and kids,” said Jones. “... We always receive really great feedback. e parents are really happy. e kids all have fun.”

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Olde Town Arvada becomes entertainment district

City Council passes resolution to create Olde Town Entertainment District

BY LILLIAN FUGLEI LFUGLEI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arvada City Council passed a resolution to create an entertainment district in Olde Town Arvada.  In a meeting on Aug. 7, council voted 6–0 to create the Olde Town Entertainment District. It is the rst entertainment district in Arvada. Lauren Simpson was absent from the meeting. is resolution comes just over a

year after city council voted to allow entertainment districts. In June 2022, council passed an ordinance allowing for their creation. To be eligible, an area must be under 100 acres and have 20,000 square feet of businesses with liquor licenses.

Arvada’s Business Improvement District applied for the Olde Town Entertainment District, which is 41.5 acres and includes 28 businesses in Olde Town.

“We’re happy to facilitate Olde Town becoming an entertainment district in order to facilitate new opportunities for businesses in Olde Town,” said Joe Hengstler, director of the BID. is does not lift open consumption laws in Olde Town, but

Suspected Flying J sexual predator taken into custody

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce has arrested a man believed to be a sexual predator near Beaver Brook Trail, and investigators think he is the person who has been targeting female hikers in Flying J Ranch Park in Conifer.

Sheri ’s deputies apprehended Glenn Braden, 20, of Evergreen after dark on Aug. 8 after they say he exposed himself to two separate, lone female hikers at Stapleton Park near the Beaver Brook Trail, according to a release from the Je co Sheri ’s O ce.

Braden has been booked into the Je co jail in connection with three counts of unlawful sexual contact and ve counts of indecent exposure, the release said. His mugshot is not being released pending photo lineups with multiple victims associated with this case.

Deputies were dispatched to 27500 Stapleton Drive near Chief Hosa at 6:15 p.m. after Je com received a 911 call from a female hiker who encountered a man along the trail, the release said. e man, wearing a gray T-shirt and green sweatpants, approached the hiker, exposed himself to her and began masturbating. e victim ran from the man and reported the incident. A couple minutes later, the man confronted another lone female hiker and exposed himself. He also attempted to grab one of the two victims before they ed, according to the release.

Deputies and park rangers saturated the area, and after an intense two-and-a-half-hour search, were able to locate a man hiding in the woods, the release said. A short foot chase ensued, and the man was taken into custody. He was wearing

Map of the new Olde Town Entertainment District. The district is 41.5 acres and includes 28 businesses in Olde Town. IMAGE COURTESY OF THE CITY OF ARVADA

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Je co Public Health: Warning and prevention tips on West Nile Virus

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment reported the rst human case of West Nile Virus in Je erson County. e virus was found in mosquitos in seven Colorado counties, including Je co. e department has also reported a historic level of mosquito populations due to the heavy rains this season.

e excess mosquitos, the rst human case of West Nile Virus and detection of the virus Je co’s mosquitos prompted the warning. Je erson County Public Health warns that there is a high risk of West Nile Virus infection right now in the county. Residents are warned to take precautions to prevent infection.

According to Je co Public Health’s statement on the virus, the best way to prevent infection is to avoid being bitten.

“West Nile Virus is a virus that does not discriminate — any outdoor activity can increase your risk of exposure,” said Cody Katen, infectious disease epidemiologist for Je erson County Public Health. “While many people only experience mild symptoms, some cases can progress to severe disease a ecting the brain, with the potential of decreased quality of life or even death. Prevention is simple, visit JCPH for things you can to do protect yourself and your loved ones.”

Je co Public Health Department’s

statement on the virus states a few ways to prevent the virus, and both deal with preventing mosquito bites.

“Everyone should take precautions to avoid mosquito bites,” the statement reads. “Protect yourself, your family and your community from mosquito bites and WNV by sticking with the four Ds: Drain, Dusk/Dawn, Dress and DEET.”

• Drain any standing water around the home. Mosquitoes are attracted to such areas.

• Dusk/Dawn are the times of day when mosquitoes are prevalent. Je co Public Health urges residents to avoid outdoor activity between dusk and

female hiker and touched her butt. He ed the area and was not located by law enforcement.

dawn, or during evening and early morning hours.

• Dress to protect the skin from bites. Wear long sleeves and long pants when outside.

• DEET-based products or alternatives, when sprayed on the skin and clothes, will prevent mosquito bites. Public health recommends choosing a DEET concentration to match the amount of time that you will be outside. Use a DEET alternative for children under 6 months of age.

For more information on the Je erson County Public Health’s warning and the West Nile Virus, check out the department’s website.

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the same clothing described by both victims.

Sheri ’s deputies have been looking for a man after six incidents in Flying J and one at Alderfer ree Sisters Park. Extra patrols were in the area near Flying J, and signs were erected at trailheads to warn hikers about the potential danger.

e rst report occurred on April 3 in Flying J Ranch, when a naked man approached a

On June 13, a naked man confronted a female victim and began masturbating at Alderfer/ ree Sisters Park. In Flying J, he contacted a woman on July 11 and three women on July 18 in which he fondled two victims, masturbated and engaged in sexual conversation.

On July 24, the man confronted a female hiker while masturbating, and then grabbed the victim and tried to rip o her clothing.

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The first human case of West Nile Virus this season has been reported in Je erson County. PHOTO COURTESY PEXELS

Sheri ’s deputies apprehended Glenn Braden, 20, of Evergreen after dark on Aug. 8.

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Je co Baby Café celebrates World Breastfeeding Week with support

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Je erson County’s breastfeeding mothers got to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week on Aug. 7 with Je erson County Public Health’s Women, Infants and Children program, Mothers Milk Bank and the Baby Café.

e event took place at the Belmar Library in Lakewood, where an activity room in the back of the library was lled with gifts for the mothers, rocking chairs for giveaway, free breastfeeding support clothing and space for the babies to play in.

is is not the rst meeting for the mothers, Mother’s Milk Bank or Je co Public Health. ey all come together weekly for a support group called Baby Café. e group meets every Monday at the Belmar Library.

WIC Lactation Program Supervisor Kelsie Revera explained that the group is part of a network of breastfeeding support groups licensed by Baby Café and facilitated by Mother’s Milk Bank.

e Baby Café at Belmar Library is the only one run by Je co Public

Health. According to Rivera, the Baby Café licensing ensures quality and also connects the Je co group

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everywhere.

“Baby Café is always going to be supervised by a certi ed lactation consultant,” Gregory said. She added that everyone present has been to lactation training — even the Je co WIC consultants who are always present.

“So, it’s not just facilitating peerto-peer support between the parents,” Gregory said. “But the people facilitating the group are trained breastfeeding professionals.”

Some of the Je co WIC lactation consultants present are also bilingual. It is a much-needed feature of the Je co Baby Café for a few reasons, according to Jacqueline Morales, breastfeeding peer counselor for Je co WIC. She explained that there is a language barrier that often causes moms who do not speak English to give up on breastfeeding prematurely.

Morales added that the bilingual services let moms get the help they need when struggling with breastfeeding.

to a larger network. is means options for breastfeeding families.

“(Baby Café) is a more recognizable group. Everything is kind of run a similar way,” Rivera said. “And so, families will know what to expect if they bounce around to di erent Baby Café groups. ey just know what to expect. It’s beautiful.”

Mother’s Milk Bank, based in Arvada, facilitates several groups in the Denver Metro area. It is a program of the Rocky Mountain Children’s Hospital Foundation. According to its website, the organization is a nonpro t and has become one of the largest nonprofit milk banks in North America. It distributes about 700,000 ounces of donor milk each year. About 80-90 percent of that donor milk goes to neonatal care units across the U.S.

Gregory Lenna Gregory, donor relations and outreach manager, said that Baby Café is a feeding support group, which is why it has lactation specialists present and available at every meeting. It’s a part of the standard for groups

“So, for them to have somebody to talk to is extremely important,” Morales said. “Sometimes I don’t have the answer. And I’ll ask one of (the other lactation consultants). Even somebody who doesn’t speak Spanish at all. I’ll ask them their opinion or how they would say something and then we’ll come back to the family.”

Moreles helped translate a mom’s comments to the Je co Transcript about breastfeeding.

Lady Winston and her baby are regulars in the group. She explained why she needed the support.

“ e rst couple of days, it was very hard to know if the baby was getting enough milk,” Winston said. But she explained that she learned how to listen to her body to get cues to understand the baby’s feeding.

“As time went by, my breasts were telling me they were full. So, I was able to nurse the baby. Now, I know that the baby is getting enough,” she said.

WIC Lactation Consultant Andrea Perez also speaks Spanish and

Jacqueline Morales (center), breastfeeding peer counselor for Je co WIC helps breastfeeding mom Lady Winston (right) weigh her baby before feeding. The baby is then weighed after feeding to gauge how much breastmilk is received during the feeding. Doing this reassures mothers and also works to help catch issues in feeding.

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Meet Arvada musician Deva Yoder

BY LILLIAN FUGLEI LFUGLEI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Coming from a family of musicians, Deva Yoder learned to play guitar on a discarded Christmas gift.

“We gave my mom a guitar for Christmas, but she didn’t want to cut her nails,” said Yoder. “So I ended up playing it. I just grabbed some Beatles books and started teaching myself.”

With a musician for a father, Yoder grew up surrounded by music. Often, there would be musicians over at the house jamming in the basement, Yoder said.

“I remember the wife of one of my dad’s friends,” Yoder said. “She sat in on drums when she was like eight months pregnant. And I just remember watching her and just being amazed that a woman could be that condent.”

Growing up around music has in uenced Yoder’s own experience having a family.

“ ere was this full circle moment when I was pregnant with my daughter and I was drumming,” Yoder said. “And I was like ‘Oh right, I’m just like her.’”

Originally from the Midwest, Yoder moved to Colorado in 1996. She began playing open mics and getting to know other musicians in the area, whom she admired for their do-ityourself attitude.

“You don’t need any labels,” Yoder added. “ at’s kind of my attitude — scrappy, like doing this on my own and not giving my rights away.”

Yoder describes her music as indie-folk-rock. She released her second album, “Be Well,” in May. e album was written throughout the pandemic, then produced.

“When we came back in the studio, we were like, ‘What can we use? What do we need to redo?’” she said.

For Yoder, it was important to write the album for herself — without considering anyone else’s opinions.

“I had a sense of non-attachment to it,” she said. “Like, this is what I want, but I’m not attached to the outcome, either.”

“I still listen to it,” Yoder added. “I’m like, I love that part. I love that part…I love who I play with. I can trust them to (create) something beautiful.”

Yoder’s “day job” also revolves around music. She plays at local retirement homes for residents.

“Sometimes they’ll get up and dance,” Yoder said. “(Or) they’re singing along with me. It’s a beautiful thing. I really am enjoying it. I’ve been doing it for over a year. I’ve never been happier in a job.”

To learn more about Yoder, her music and upcoming shows, visit her website at devayoder. com.

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rather allows businesses to apply for licenses for common consumption areas. Interested businesses would have to create a promotional association to oversee the area and apply with the Arvada Liquor License Authority for a common consumption area license.

Common consumption areas would likely be small and would have to be closed o to motor vehicle tra c. All businesses that touched the common consumption

area would have to apply for the license together as a promotional association.

e promotional association that runs a common consumption area would be responsible for enforcement. In other words, the businesses that run the area would ensure that customers stayed within the correct area while consuming alcohol.

“I’m absolutely supportive of the direction (Business Improvement District) is taking Olde Town,” said council member Bob Fifer during the meeting. “You’re making old town more of a good, well-rounded experience.”

Yoder began playing music at a young age after growing up surrounded by musicians.

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Je co’s new district maps revealed

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Je erson County Clerk and Recorder has unveiled the new district maps.

ey are the result of redistricting, a process that the county undergoes every decade to determine where the new boundary lines for each district are drawn. is year, County Clerk and Recorder Amanda Gonzalez opened up the process to public input.

“Je co residents are the experts on their own communities,” Gonzalez said. “So, it was really important to engage community members in the map drawing process. ey helped us understand their priorities and we made signi cant changes as a result of their input.”

Traditionally, according to the county clerk’s redistricting presentation, drawing the district lines happens in meetings that are only open to county and state o cials. Gonzalez explained that in the state of Colorado, counties with ve commissioners must open their process to public input.

“Je co only has three commissioners, so that didn’t apply to us,” Gonzalez said. “So, we had mostly the old process, which was the clerk could draw the map in a back room. And then, it could be voted on at a meeting where the commissioners say, ‘OK, where do I live? Yeah, that looks good to me.’”

She wanted something much more transparent and something that included the people who live in the county.

Gonzalez and her team started with the original district line map. en, worked with Tufts University to create a mapping tool called Distrctr that allows county residents to create their own maps. e Clerk’s team then hosted a series of public meetings where Gonzalez explained the process, and how to use Distrctr. During those sessions, Gonzalez also took comments from everyone.

e maps, comments and suggestions were used to create a second map that Gonzalez presented to the Je erson County Commissioners. On July 18, the commissioners drew up a third map that, according to the clerk’s o ce, “took the best parts of the rst two maps and combined those with additional priorities they

and their constituents have.”

After more public comments, Map 3 was created. e commissioners then voted to con rm the map that was released on Aug. 8.

Gonzalez added that the maps were created without consideration of partisan politics.

“I purposefully didn’t look at the partisan lines in the various districts,” she said. “ at was just important to me.”

She went on to explain that other concerns were more important, like urban/rural distinctions, wild reprone areas and other concerns from the public and the commissioners.

According to a statement from the county clerk’s o ce, 45 community members attended the two public meetings. e o ce received 15 public comments and more than a dozen draft maps (which you can nd on Distrctr). e clerk’s o ce statement shows that the redistricting message reached approximately 4,000 people on social media and about 13,000 people via email and individual outreach.

e resulting map is thus the re ection of the county clerk, the county commissioners and the county residents.

“Redistricting has a long history of being led by politicians, for politicians’ best interests, in closed meetings and back-room dealings,” Gonzalez said. “I’m so proud that Je co had the most transparent, most inclusive redistricting process in Colorado,

and our map is better for it.” e new maps will be used to de ne Je co’s commissioner districts starting this November through the

next ten years.

For more information on redistricting, check out the Je co redistricting webpage.

The final Je erson County district map was unveiled on Aug. 8 by the Je co Clerk and Recorder. The new map will be used in November and for the next 10 years. IMAGES COURTESY JEFFCO CLERK AND RECORDER

Preliminary Map 1 is the map that the Je co Clerk and Recorder used to start the redistricting process. In June 2023, Je erson County residents were invited to o er comments, suggestions and their own versions of the district map.

It’s August, which means it’s back to school for millions of children and young adult Americans. August also presages Banned Book Month: September.

Unless you live under a rock, you’re aware that open reading and the free exchange of ideas are under withering re in an ongoing crusade against the First Amendment. According to the American Library Association (ALA), there were 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022. It was the highest number of attempted book bans since ALA began compiling data about censorship in libraries more than 20 years ago. at nearly doubles the 729 challenges reported in 2021. Also in 2022, a record 2,571 unique titles, a 38% increase from the 1,858 unique titles in 2021, were targeted for censorship. Of those titles, the vast majority were written by or about members of the LGBTQ+ community and people of color. Of the reported book challenges, 58% targeted books and materials in school libraries, classroom libraries, or school curricula and 41% targeted materials in public libraries.

The top 13 targeted books:

1) “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe

2) “All Boys Aren’t Blue” by George M. Johnson

3) “ e Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison

4) “Flamer” by Mike Curato (tie)

5) “Looking for Alaska” by John

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Green (tie)

6) “ e Perks of Being a Wall ower” by Stephen Chbosky

7) “Lawn Boy” by Jonathan Evison

8) “ e Absolutely True Diary of a PartTime Indian” by Sherman Alexie

9) “Out of Darkness” by Ashley Hope Perez (tie)

10) “A Court of Mist and Fury” by Sarah J. Maas (tie)

11) “Crank” by Ellen Hopkins (tie)

12) “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews (tie)

13) “ is Book Is Gay” by Juno Dawson

But defenders of the First Amendment are ghting back with their voices and their money. is past June, a couple of mind cleansers in San Diego launched their own self-righteous sneak attack. ey checked out and held hostage nearly all the LGBTQ books from a display in the Rancho Peñasquitos branch of the San Diego Public Library. In an email to the head librarian, they said they wouldn’t return them unless the library permanently removed what they considered “inappropriate content.” e stunt was nothing short of literary ransomware. e librarian was dumbstruck, but soon after she got a big-time gift. Actually, lots of gifts. Boxes and boxes

packed with copies of the books the hostage-takers checked out started to arrive at the library. Apparently, e San Diego Union-Tribune got wind of the nefarious ploy and reported on it. Roughly 180 people, mostly San Diegans, gave more than $15,000 to the library system with the city anteing up over $30,000 more toward more LGBTQ-themed materials and programming.

e ALA points out that polling shows that voters across the political spectrum oppose e orts to remove books from libraries and have condence in the professionals at libraries — and schoolteachers — to make good decisions about their collections. It’s a no-brainer why: ere is nothing more un-American than censorship, and an increasing number of Americans are seeing the crusade against free thought and expression for what it is.

According to a Fox News poll in March of this year, book banning by local school boards was the fourth most concerning issue among parents. Seventy-seven percent were extremely or very concerned about it. at was up 11 points since May 2022, when 66% were extremely or very concerned. It turns out that moms are more worried about book banning (80%) than dads (73%), but both statistics indicate a high degree of anxiety about the crusade to purify thought. e poll also indicated a seven-point drop, from 80% to 73%, in anxiety about what is being

taught in public schools.

e poll shows that parents and the public at large are becoming more educated about the truth of the situation and are moving from discomfort to outrage. I take that as a glimmer of hope that the war on freedom of thought is being counter-attacked more forcefully.

I continue to be inspired by Dr. Azar Na si’s heroic story about hers and her female students’ attempts to read books from Western literature in theocratic Iran. In “Read Dangerously: e Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times,” Na si addresses the war theocrats are waging on freedom of thought here in America — the land of the free — and shows how it impacts our everyday lives. She also reminds us how it is through literature, from new releases to the Great Works of literature, that lovers of freedom can ght back. In this epic struggle, every free-thinking American is a combatant. Consider taking the ght to the enemy by reading books from the Top irteen list and/or from the multitude of books — even classics like “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Of Mice and Men” — that have been banned or faced banning over the years. I know what will be on my September reading list.

Jerry Fabyanic is the author of “Sisyphus Wins” and “Food for ought: Essays on Mind and Spirit.” He lives in Georgetown.

Preventing child tra cking is everyone’s fight

Irecently traveled to see some friends for a splendid weekend over the Fourth of July. My itinerary took me through the Salt Lake City airport for a nonstop ight to my destination. In the airport restroom, I was saddened to see a sign over the sink which instructed individuals how to recognize someone who was trafcking children, and more importantly what to do about it. It made me sad because there would not be such a sign unless something bad had happened to warrant law enforcement and airport authorities to post it.

When I returned to Denver, I was

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invited by a friend to view the movie “ e Sound of Freedom” in a local theater. I confess that I had not heard of the lm beforehand and going into the theater I thought I was going to view a sad documentary. e lm is a drama about rescuing sexually exploited children. I will not divulge anything further about the lm except to mention the most memorable line in the lm: “God’s children are not for sale!” Because I think it is important

to see this lm, I will also tell you that I “paid it forward.”

If God’s children are not for sale, it is important to think of what it means when God’s children are for sale. It means that children are commodities to be bought and sold by the highest bidder for whatever purpose they need. If children are commodities, they can be traded like gold, silver and pork bellies. But what of the child who is having these things happen to them over and over again? Don’t they have a say in the matter? To state the painfully obvious comparison, slavery in all forms has been outlawed in this country for a long time.

Children are not sexual beings.

ey have the potential to have that happen by choice once they become adults but as children they are sexually innocent. at innocence is something that is still largely respected and should always be respected. at is why there are age-of-consent laws and laws against the sexual abuse of children. Society views this as a serious matter as it should, none of us should want to live in a country or world where children are for sale like commodities.

To prevent the sexual abuse of children via child tra cking and in other ways is everyone’s ght. It is one

Benchmark Theatre explores gun rights

The issue of gun rights is one that almost everyone has an opinion about and has the rare distinction of being one that is literally costing lives as more and more time goes on.

All of this makes tackling guns on the stage no easy feat. But those are just the kinds of stories Lakewood’s Benchmark eatre, 1560 Teller St., lives to tell. And that’s what they’re doing with the world premiere of “Jeremiah.”  e show runs through Saturday, Sept. 2. Performances are at 8 p.m. ursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Written by Tami Canaday and directed by Kate Poling, the show follows four young men (Brandon Billings, Nate Cushing, James Giordano and Kaden Hinkle) who get enmeshed in a situation involving a gun.

We spoke to Poling about the show, the cast and more.

Interview edited for brevity and clarity.

What drew you to the production?

e challenge of exploring toxic masculinity and gun culture in a way that everyone in the audience can hopefully relate to. I think theatre can shine a light on issues in really powerful ways, and the opportunity to narrow a wide-ranging and hot-button topic to a slice of life in Aurora was a fascinating and enticing challenge.

Tell me about working with the cast?

Because this is a world premiere, we are developing these characters without precedent, and it’s been wonderful to work with a group of actors who are nding the humanity of these characters. It would

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cause that I think everyone can agree should end in our politically fractured country regardless of whether you are progressive, conservative or whatever. California recently strengthened its criminal code and made the penalties for child tra cking in California stronger. is is one area where

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Myra Jean Beatty

January 1, 1935 - July 18, 2023

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Myra Jean Beatty (née Mann) of Arvada Colorado born January 1st 1935 in her Grandparents home in Rawlings KS passed away July 18th at the age of 88. She was the oldest child of Orville and Anne Mann.

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be easy to create stereotypical characters, and I think my cast has done an excellent job of cutting through that to create fully rounded characters. Every character is both hero and villain, and, hopefully, the audience will nd a connection to each of them.

With a topic as challenging as the one covered in “Jeremiah,” how do you go about addressing it?

I think approaching the topic with understanding is the key. While I have my opinions about guns and gun control, the only way to tell a story that doesn’t alienate people is to re ect and understand all sides, and let those sides be re ected within the play. What do you hope audiences come away with?

I hope every audience member sees themselves re ected in some way. I hope they have a conversation about guns. No matter what side of the gun debate they might be on, I hope every person can connect to the story being told in a way that maybe opens their mind just a little bit. If people are still thinking about this show the next day, I feel like we’ve done our job.

For information and tickets, visit www.benchmarktheatre.com/ tickets-jeremiah.

Go back in time at Corral Blu s e Denver Museum of Nature

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Colorado would be well served to follow the lead of California. Together, people of goodwill and determination can come together and say no more to this horrible occurrence. It ends now! Indeed, God’s children should never be for sale by anyone in any place at any time. Once that becomes a reality, the world will have a better future, especially in the eyes of children.

Joe Webb is the former chairman of the Je co Republican party.

She graduated from Goodland High School in 1952 and shortly thereafter moved to Colorado to pursue her education in nursing. After graduating magma cum laude with a BSN in nursing from Denver University/St Luke’s in 1956, Myra practiced at Lutheran Medical Center and Saint Anthony’s Medical Center.

In 1956 she met Richard (Dick) Beatty. ey married on June 14th 1957, and were married for 67 years.

Myra went on to have a successful and rewarding career as a nurse practitioner, specializing in infectious disease. During her career, Myra received a number of awards and certi cates for her leadership and nursing skills, including recognition in Who’s Who in American Nursing. In addition, Myra was a respected nursing instructor. During her long marriage with Dick, they traveled the world including China, Alaska, Hawaii, and Europe. Together they raised two children, daughter

Linda and son Richard (Rick). Myra was an accomplished piano player, cook, and seamstress. She loved everything lemon, sparkly hats, co ee with friends and the Hallmark channel. Most of all she was a loving and caring mother and grandmother, and a giving friend to so many. ere was not a person she met whose life she didn’t impact. Myra was always the epitome of class and sophistication. As the saying goes, “they broke the mold” and with Myra this is true. e world was a better place because of her, and her legacy of goodness, kindness and love is unmeasurable. Proceeded in death by her parents, brother Darrell, and husband Dick. She is survived by her brother Steve, daughter Linda (Doug) Bell, and son Rick (Cristi). 5 Grandchildren, Andrea (Chris) Geo (Meghan), Megan, Kristen (Armani), and Erin (Dylan). 5 great grandchildren, Isaac, Kendra, Noah, Logan, and Liam, and many many friends.

Rosary will take place on August 16, 2023 beginning at 10:00 AM at St Joan Of Arc, 12735 W 58th Ave, Arvada, Colorado 80002. Following the Rosary, Mass will begin at 10:30 AM.

earning about history is more fun when you experience it.

at’s why the metro area has a wide range of places to experience Colorado’s history rsthand. Museums, tourist attractions and more provide venues for adults and children to get hands-on learning about Colorado history from the Jurrasic age to the 1900s.

From dinosaurs to mining and railroad history to early home and school life — the metro area has plenty of locations where families can have fun and learn a bit in the process.

Living history museums enable visitors to experience the everyday home life of ordinary people who toiled on Colorado’s farms, ranches, factories, mines, smelters and more, according to Kevin Rucker, a senior lecturer in MSU Denver’s history department.

For example, “visitors are able to visualize and empathize with what it took for women to take care of a household and raise families,” he said.

Rucker pointed to the Four-Mile House, Golden Prospect Park, Littleton Heritage Museum, Black Western History Museum, Molly Brown House as a starting point for all of the living history locations in the area. Colorado Community Media takes a look at some of the places in the metro area that provide hands-on history.

Who doesn’t love dinosaurs?

Morrison is home to two spots where families can learn about dinosaurs — Dinosaur Ridge and the Morrison Natural History Museum.

logic and paleontological features. Visitors can check out the area themselves or with volunteers and geologists to learn about the dinosaurs that roamed the area. ere’s a museum and gift shop at C-470 and Alameda Parkway, and Dinosaur Ridge has Dinosaur Days throughout the year.

Close by is the Morrison Natural History Museum on Highway 8 just south of downtown Morrison, where families can learn more about dinosaurs. e museum is also a research center, so in addition to visiting the museum, people can take archeological trips.

Stegosaurus Day is always fun for kids as they try their hands at peeling away rocks to nd fossils.

Gold rush

Clear Creek County has several locations to learn more about Colorado’s mining history. At the Phoenix Gold Mine southwest of Idaho Springs, history comes alive as visitors go underground in a gold mine, pan for gold to try to strike it rich themselves and more.

Mine owner Dave Mosch, whose family has lived in Colorado since the 1860s,

called the Phoenix Gold Mine fascinating for those who haven’t seen up close what mining was like, especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He noted that the mining-support industry also brought people to Colorado — building houses, operating shops and providing personal aspects of life to miners.

“Colorado is a beautiful place, but what originally brought people here was the gold,” Mosch said. “ e more you understand mining, the more you understand the growth of our state.”

He and all of Clear Creek County are proud that the Colorado gold rush began in 1859 in the county.

Trains and more trains

e founder of the Colorado Railroad Museum understood how big the railroads were to settling Colorado.

“Bob Richardson (the founder of the museum) realized that people needed to know how it all got started, how people traveled to Colorado and how hard it was,” Roni Kramer, director of education for the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, explained. “It is important to see every aspect of people’s beginnings and how they got here on the train. Honestly, it’s such an interesting story.”

While adults may be more interested in historical tidbits, children have the opportunity to check out all areas of di erent train cars. ey ring bells, move through

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Dinosaur Ridge has interpretive signs along two miles of trails that explain the local geology, fossils, and many other geo- Halloween fun at the Colorado Railroad Museum includes a zombie train ride.

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kitchen and bunk cars to see how people traveling by train ate and slept, and more. And who wouldn’t love to have a birthday party in a caboose?

e railroad museum continues to get more interactive, Kramer said, with train rides, turntable demonstrations, art activities, a locomotive simulator and more — everything to please train lovers and train novices alike.

A farming life

Daily life on the plains in Colorado evolved between the 1860s and the 1890s, and the Littleton Museum has two working historical farms for visitors to learn about what life was like then. Historic interpreters in period clothing are happy to explain trades and skills of the time, plus they maintain the gardens, pumpkin elds and livestock.

According to the Littleton Museum, great care has been taken to ensure that plants and animals are historically accurate for the time period they represent.

e 1860s farm is a pioneer homestead during Littleton’s settlement period, a time before train travel, when oxen-drawn wagons were the main source of transportation. e schoolhouse at the farm, the rst in Littleton, showed how residents were moving forward to establish a formal township. e 1860s farm also has an ice house, sheep shed and barn.

e 1890s farm, which has a barn, tool shed, and privy, also has a working blacksmith shop, which was important to farm communities.

e shop depicts blacksmithing in 1903, when electricity reached Littleton.

The importance of history

“History is important,” Kramer said, explaining that people need to learn to appreciate how difcult it was to settle Colorado.

Rucker added that farmers in the early settlement days of Colorado worked from dawn to dusk just to survive. In addition to farming and raising animals, families tended gardens, and women taught school, did laundry, took in boarders, and sewed and mended clothes to make extra money to buy necessities. It was a di cult way of life, something people should understand and appreciate.

“It was just the reality of the time,” Rucker said.

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Dinosaur Ridge

Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily 16831 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison Dinoridge.org

Morrison Natural History Museum

Opens at 10 a.m. daily

501 Highway 8, Morrison www.morrisonco.us/335/Morrison-Natural-History-Museum

Colorado Railroad Museum

17155 W 44th Ave, Golden Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily coloradorailroadmuseum.org

Phoenix Gold Mine

Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily 800 Trail Creek Road, Idaho Springs Phoenixgoldmine.com

Littleton Museum

10 am and 4 pm Tuesday through Sunday 6028 S. Gallup St., Littleton www.museum.littletonco.gov

Visitors wait to take a tour at the Phoenix Gold Mine near Idaho Springs. The mine is one of several spots in the county to experience what mining was like after the gold rush started in Colorado in 1859. Clear Creek County was the location of the start of the state’s gold rush.

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Gen Z unsure about college, a new poll finds

Colorado counselors say reality is more complicated

BY JASON GONZALES THE COLORADO SUN

Gen Z believes education after high school is necessary. ey’re just not so sure about going to a four-year university.

It isn’t that the generation born between 1997 and 2012 doesn’t want to get a bachelor’s degree, according to a recent study by the ECMC Foundation. e cost

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& Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., is home to a new bilingual exhibit that takes visitors back millions of years thanks to a newly discovered collection of fossils at Corral Blu s near Colorado Springs.

After the Asteroid: Earth’s Comeback Story shows visitors how Earth recovered after the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that wiped out the dinosaurs. It features fossils from the nd, multimedia storytelling, art stations and much more.

of tuition, student debt, and not feeling prepared keep them from heading to a university. Some are more open to certi cate programs, apprenticeships, two-year degrees, and on-the-job training as viable paths to a career.

e general attitudes of Gen Z students, documented in the report by the foundation that pushes for higher education improvements, tracks similarly to what Colorado college counseling groups hear. Advisors say students they talk to are recovering from an unprecedented pandemic and they’re more cost conscious about their educa-

Anyone who wants a glimpse at what our state was like in ancient times should visit   www.dmns.org/ visit/exhibitions/after-the-asteroidearths-comeback-story/.

A screaming good time at Lakeside I can’t really think of a cleverer idea than Denver Film’s annual Summer Scream fundraiser being hosted at Lakeside Amusement Park, 4601 Sheridan Blvd. in Denver. It just the perfect blending of purpose and novelty, making for the perfect evening.  is year’s event is from 6 to 11 p.m. on ursday, Aug. 24 and will feature a tribute to the 90s with live comedy, music and magic perfor-

tion. Gen Z students are putting nancial security rst.

“ ey’ve seen so many people just operate to survive during the pandemic,” said Melissa Muniz, the Latin American Educational Foundation student services and program manager.

With those attitudes in mind, counselors say there’s a balance in helping Gen Z students understand how to approach their education. About 65% of students say posthigh school education is important, the report says. And almost 60% say they can be successful without a four-year degree.

mances, as well as a little pro-wrestling. And that’s not all — audiences also get unlimited rides and nightlong open bars.

Tickets are on sale at denver lm. org.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — The Swell season at Levitt Pavilion ere are a few situations where art and life blend in really beautiful ways and one of my favorites of this century is  e Swell Season, the duo made up of Ireland’s Glen Hansard and the Czech Republic’s Markéta Irglová. ey were a group before taking on the roles of two star-crossed lovers in the

Having a four-year degree has bene ts. State data shows having a bachelor’s degree can open opportunities for more secure and higher-paying jobs that Gen Z students seek. Residents with a bachelor’s degree are also more mobile.

Nonetheless, nancial worries persist about the high cost of tuition at a four-year university or the debt students might be saddled with after they graduate. e study says six in 10 teens worry about how to pay for their education.

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seminal indie musical, “Once,” which earned them an Academy Award. Not long after they stopped performing together but stayed close and they have reunited this year to tour the country.

e Swell Season will be performing at Levitt Pavilion, 1380 W. Florida Ave. in Denver, at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 20 with opener Lizzie Weber. eir music is wistful and gorgeous and I know this will be a fantastic night under the stars.  Purchase tickets at www.axs.com.

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

Thu 8/24

Chuck Shadow at Beacon w/ JVCKPOT, NoizeyxFlo & Slick Portal @ 8pm The Beacon, 2854 Larimer St, Denver

Fri 8/25

Dan Bublitz Jr: Comedy Garage Showcase @ 9pm Banded Oak Brewing Company, 470 Broadway, Denver

Thee Sacred Souls @ 9pm Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave., Den‐ver

Sat 8/26

Mon 8/28

Wed 8/30

GRIZZLY GOPHER BAND AT THE VIEWHOUSE - BALLPARK @ 5pm

ViewHouse Ballpark, 2015 Market St, Denver

Jay_Martin @ 7pm

Mangiami, 5614 Olde Wadsworth Blvd, Arvada

Sun 8/27

Duran Duran at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO with Bastille and Nile Rodgers & CHIC @ 7pm Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 W Alameda Pkwy, Morrison

Tue 8/29

Chief Adjuah @ 7pm Holiday Theatre, 2644 W 32nd Ave, Denver

Sugar Lime Blue: Live: El Ran‐cho Colorado - Evergreen, CO @ 5pm El Rancho Brewing Company, 29260 US-40, Evergreen

Live Music on Tap - Holly Vose @ 1pm / Free Colorado Tap House, 14982 West 69th Avenue, Arvada. info@col oradotaphouse.com, 720-8268326

Pilot The Machine @ 8pm Hi-Dive, 7 S Broadway, Denver

Luh Tyler @ 7pm Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St,, Denver

Dave Abear Acoustic Duo De Loop - The Local @ 7pm The Local, 2731 Iris Ave, Boulder

Guerilla Toss - Live at Lost Lake "Day Zero" @ 7pm Lost Lake Lounge, 3602 E Colfax Ave, Denver

TheState @ 8pm Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place, Denver

at can hold them back. Students do have options in Colorado, and it’s true that some students can get what they want out of their education from a shorter-term program.

But the study shows not enough students feel they get the counseling they need to make the decision. About 63% said they need guidance on nances and 48% said they need education and career guidance. “ ey’re operating from this place where they want to nd something they love, they want to nd something they’re passionate about doing,” said Muniz, whose nonpro t pushes for greater access to higher education among Latino and Hispanic students. “But they question how they are also going to have stability so that they can provide for themselves and for their families.”

Gabriel Guindon, Denver Scholarship Foundation college access director, said counselors always make sure students know about Colorado’s talent pipeline report that says about 92% of the top jobs statewide require schooling beyond a high school diploma. e Denver foundation helps students realize their college dreams through advising and nancial aid. Students also should get advised individually to nd the best t, whether that’s academic, nancial, or social, he said. Guindon o ers advice on how to pay for a fouryear degree, but he doesn’t steer students just toward universities.

He tries to help students see that an education beyond college is necessary and at their ngertips.

Gen Z’s openness toward other options expressed in the survey aligns with some of Colorado’s higher education priorities. Colorado’s higher education strategic plan calls for students to get a return on what they pay, help more low-

income students get into programs after high school, and for colleges to work more closely with employers.

e state has been investing more in programs that connect post-high school education and industries that need more trained workers. Sometimes these programs lead to a bachelor’s degree and sometimes they don’t.

e state wants more high school students to leave with a certi cate or credential that can lead to a job and has free high school programs where students can attend collegelevel classes and earn credit.

Colorado now o ers free college and training in a range of elds where there’s a shortage of workers, such as teaching, re ghting, and law enforcement. ese programs can help students nd a track that ts their interests and o ers good job prospects after completion.

ese programs expanded on Colorado’s CareForward program, which provides free education for health care elds.

Other examples include schools

such as Colorado Mountain College, which partners with local employers to create practical training for students to get jobs on the Western Slope. Community colleges such as the Community College of Aurora have also cut some arts and humanities programs to focus on courses that prepare students

Sachs Foundation President Ben Ralston said Gen Z attitudes he’s observed are also reactions to issues that should be challenged. e national survey says students want their interests to lead to ful llment

Ralston, whose nonpro t supports Black Colorado students, said he’s heard from many students who want to learn business or engineering because they care most about the money they’ll earn. Some students, however, have no interest in those careers and won’t nd ful llment, he said.

Adults shouldn’t forget a fouryear education also can lead to jobs that may not pay as much, but help create a more robust society through art, literature, or teaching, he said. It’s on state leaders to help make jobs with high societal value worth the time students spend getting educated for them and to help students nd value in creativity.

For instance, Ralson said Colorado needs more Black educators. e foundation and Teach for America Colorado have teamed up to provide nancial and career development support to Black educators, through learning groups and a salary incentive.

Sachs Foundation Chief Operating O cer Pamela Roberts said Gen Z notions about higher ed also can be challenged simply by o ering them information. Not every student has to go to an Ivy League school and most students realize that college is more a ordable than they expect depending on where they go.

Muniz said, however, students too often don’t get the information they need to make dreams a reality.

“ ey know what it takes and they know what they might want to do,” she said. “But some of them are just lacking that con dence or lacking that ability or the resources to really understand how to take advantage of these opportunities.”

Chalkbeat is a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools.

has diversified its college o erings to include more short-term options.

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TOWN HALL on WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Proposed for 60th and McIntyre

5 times bigger than the Amazon Warehouse Defeated in 2021

Truck Traffic, Noise, and Pollution

Tuesday, August 22, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Storyline Church Sanctuary 14605 W 64th Ave, Arvada, CO

Constellation Real Estate Partners of Texas proposes a 500,000 sq ft warehouse distribution center at 5950 McIntyre, a 40 acre brownfields site with residual contamination.

• 3 Distribution Warehouses, the size of JeffCo’s “Taj Mahal”

• 144 semi-truck bays on site

• 628 parking spaces

• 24-hour operations

• Air and noise pollution

• Not Compatible with the residential neighbourhood

Join your neighbors to learn more about the proposal and how to demand sustainable and compatible development

Overview of the Proposed Development include members of McIntyre Neighbors United, a grassroots organization of 18 HOAs

To discuss environmental issues Mr. Fonda Apostolopoulos, P.E., Hazardous Materials & Waste Management Division, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Voluntary Cleanup Coordinator/ State Project Manager will be attending

RTD will let metro-area youth ride free all year

BY SARA MARTIN CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Denver-area youth will be able to ride for free to school, the mall, work, and just about everywhere they go beginning Sept. 1 under a new Regional Transportation District pilot program.

e free fares for youth 19 and younger riding buses and the light rail system will start following the conclusion of the RTD’s summer free fares for everyone campaign, designed to encourage the use of public transportation and curb pollution during July and August.

Until recently, youth customers ages 6-19 were eligible for a 70% discount fare and children ve and younger could ride free with a fare-paying adult. Now, “youth customers ages 19 or younger won’t pay for RTD services during the pilot program implementation,” according to the RTD website.

e new pilot stems from a broader study on the structure of fare pricing and equity. Prices are going down for most riders and the fare structure is simpli ed to four price options.

In Denver, most high school students are ineligible for yellow bus service, limiting transportation options for them to get to school. Denver Public Schools pays for passes to ride public RTD buses to and from school, but students must live more than 2.5

miles from their school.

Facing driver shortages and rising costs, the Denver schools have cut bus service for some middle and elementary schools for the next school year and are o ering limited service to the Denver School of the Arts. e district must still provide yellow bus service for high school students with disabilities, recent refugees who attend the district’s “newcomer centers,” and English-learning high schoolers in the district’s bilingual programs.

For free rides,drivers may ask kids to show a school- or government-issued ID, according to Bill Sirois, RTD senior manager of transit oriented communities.

RTD plans to collect ride data two ways: transportation operators will key in information on their keypads, and surveys will be sent out throughout the school year. RTD wants to know if riders are taking advantage of the opportunity and if their opinions have changed on using more public transportation.

“We’re excited and we’re hoping for big success. We’ve reached out to a lot of the school districts and got some good feedback in terms of contacts to work with to collect data and hopefully see some good results,” Sirois said.

RTD has projected that it will cost the system $3.5 to $4 million in the

next year to o er free youth fares. e youth fare program ends Aug. 31, 2024. To continue the program, RTD o cials want other organizations to help fund a part of the project.

DPS did not respond to requests for comment on this story.

Last fall, RTD initiated the CollegePass program which provided unlimited free rides to all students whose universities opted into the program. Colleges paid for it in di erent ways. Some included a fee into a student’s tuition; other schools footed the bill.

e college program was renewed for another year with the addition of semester passes for higher education institutions that didn’t participate in the CollegePass program. e SemesterPass will be an opt-in program for individual students who use public transportation rather than the institutions paying for the entire student body. e pass costs $75 per student each month.

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The free fares for youth 19 and younger riding buses and the light rail system will start following the conclusion of the RTD’s summer free fares for everyone campaign, designed to encourage the use of public transportation and curb pollution during July and August. STOCK PHOTO

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helps moms who do not speak English as their rst language. She said the service is vital to Latina moms.

Spanish-speaking mothers need communication and support like English-speaking moms because breastfeeding is tough in the rst few months, Perez added.

“If there’s that language barrier, then it’s going to be very hard for them to continue to breastfeed for three months or longer,” Perez said. “So, then we provide this service, and we could help them achieve that goal and explain to them the breastfeeding and support.”

e mothers in the group later talked about support outside the group— from family and friends.

“Just like o ering a quiet place to go especially when (the baby) gets to that kind of stage where they are so easily distracted,” said Cloe Brooks.

Brooks was the rst winner of the rocking chairs that the Je co Baby Café was giving away.

Another mother, Yarely Reyes said that breastfeeding can be iso-

lating so a little company is helpful.

“Most of the time you don’t get anyone to talk to,” she said. “So, they could do that.”

e mothers, lactation consultants and others present all agreed that there needs to be more spotlight on breastfeeding. at’s why they were celebrating World Breastfeeding Week, which is the rst week of August each year. e U.S.

also recognizes August as National Breastfeeding Month.

Gregory wants everyone to know that breastfeeding support is family support.

“Yes, we have breastfeeding information, but we’re really open to whatever is working for your family,” Gregory said. “We want to make sure that everybody gets what they need.”

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You can find more information on the Baby Café online at BabyCafeUSA.org.

Je co’s Baby Café is one of many sites. It meets Mondays at the Belmar Library. You can find more information on the Je erson County Public Health webpage at je co.us/public-health.

Check out the Mother’s Milk Bank website at milkbank.rmchildren.org for more information on the organization.

Each mom visiting the Baby Cafe celebration received a bag full of goodies, including breastfeeding supplies and toys for baby.

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Athlete sets a self-supported mountain summiting record

BY CODY JONES SUMMIT DAILY NEWS

Erin Ton has long been a trailblazer in the world of mountain trail running. From trekking up rocky, mountain slopes in high heels, to climbing the equivalent of Mount Everest by lapping Boulder’s Mount Sanitas 23 times, Ton has not only pushed her body’s limits throughout the years, but has continued to ful ll her love for climbing mountains in Colorado’s High Country Born and raised on the Front Range, Ton developed a love for the outdoors at an early age. However, it wasn’t until she was home from college in summer 2018 that Ton was able to check hiking a 14er o her “true Colorado native” bucket list.

“I hiked Mount Elbert with my sister and my dad,” Ton said. “At the time I thought it was the hardest thing I had ever done, but a couple days later we went back and did Grays and Torreys. I was just hooked. I caught the bug and just kept chipping away at them.”

While Ton was summiting 14er after 14er, she began to notice that she was getting up the peaks with a decent amount of speed compared to her friends, family and other hikers. Eventually this led Ton to break into trail running and truly start chasing after feats in the mountain endurance community.

After numerous outdoor adventures into the thin

Erin Ton poses for a photo while at the top of Capitol Peak. The peak was the final one of 57 as she strove for the women’s self-supported speed record which she set at 14 days, 10 hours.

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mountain air, Ton decided to set her eyes on a new and daunting athletic feat: the fastest known women’s self-supported Colorado summer 14ers time.

Consisting of 57 of Colorado’s 58 14ers — all but Culebra, which requires a climbing permit — the daring feat requires a large amount of preplanning, endurance, tness and physical and mental strength. On top of the route already being lled with physical challenges, no woman before Ton has ever attempted to complete the route completely self-supported, meaning Ton had to drive from trailhead to trailhead, carry her own food and did not have a crew helping her out.

With no real roadmap for how to achieve the women’s self-supported record, Ton said she looked towards the men’s self-supported summer 14ers record (14 days, 17 hours) and the women’s supported summer 14ers record (14 days, 14 hours) for guidance as she was planning out her attempt.

“It really is a logistical puzzle, which I personally enjoy,” Ton said. “A lot of it was actually molded o of supported e orts in the past, with the only di erence being that everything had to be designed as a loop connecting multiple peaks and starting and ending at the same trailhead or it had to be an out and back. I couldn’t start on one end of a mountain range and end on the other side.”

Besides planning the route and logistics of the trip. Ton also spent several weeks making sure her body was in the best shape possible heading into the record attempt.

“ ere were a lot of big vert weeks,” Ton said. “For the entire month leading up to the start of the record I was putting up 100 mile weeks with 40,000 feet of elevation gain. A lot of that is not redlining or sprinting, but it’s just building an e cient aerobic base and building those strong power hiking legs. You don’t necessarily need to be the fastest on each of these peaks individually to complete the record, you just need to be good at going, going and going.”

Ton o cially began her record attempt on July 16, quickly bagging Windom, Sunlight, North Eolus and Eolus peaks before moving onto the Wilson Peak group in southwest Colorado the following day.

From the start of the attempt, Ton was constantly on the move, either climbing or descending a grouping of peaks, shoveling calories into her mouth to stay properly fueled, driving to the next trailhead or snagging a few minutes of sleep.

roughout the journey, she was challenged by many things, but the weather started to play a signi cant role when Ton was in the process of summiting ve peaks in the Crestone Peak area of the Sangre de Cristo Range.

Ton successfully reached the top of Humboldt, Kit Carson, Challenger and Crestone peaks in sunny conditions when she received a text from Chris Tomer, her weather forecaster, that weather was quickly approaching the area.

“ e clouds came rolling in fast,” Ton said. “Cracking thunder, lightning, rain which eventually turned to hail. Fortunately, I was able to nd a little rock cave shelter to take shelter in for about an hour.”

Eventually the storm clouds dissipated, allowing Ton to climb

for a short period before another powerful thunderstorm crashed over the peaks. A couple hundred feet below the summit of Crestone Needle, Ton once again was forced to take shelter and wait out another storm.

With Ton’s phone dead, her Garmin inReach running out of power and in light clothes, she started to worry if she was going to be able to make it o the Crestone traverse before night fell over the area.

“I was stuck in a tricky situation,” Ton said. “I wasn’t prepared to be up there overnight if it took that long for the storm to pass.”

She debated sending out a search and rescue message out on her Garmin inReach before it died, but knew that may be overkill if she ended up getting up Crestone Needle and back down without a problem.

Eventually, Ton was able to summit Crestone Needle and make her way down, but the experience alone in the Crestones shook Ton, making her debate if she even wanted to complete the rest of the record attempt.

“I have only had a few close calls in the mountains before and that was one of them,” Ton said. “It kind of made me evaluate some things.”

Instead of bailing from the project completely, Ton decided to pivot to some “easier” 14ers in the Sawatch Range, which she has done dozens of times before.

Although the Class 2 peaks in the Sawatch Range did give Ton a fair amount of con dence, her lack of sleep made her continue to question if the chasing after the record was worth the risks.

“I went into this project leaving the sleep element out,” Ton said. “ e rst three days, I moved really fast through the San Juan peaks and I only got an hour and a half of sleep those rst three

days. It catches up with you fast.” In severe sleep deprivation and swirling summer storms, Ton made a rm shift from chasing after her personal time goal of 12 to 13 days, to just nishing the attempt.

She ultimately persevered and was able to set the rst ever summer 14ers women’s self-supported fastest-known time record with a time of 14 days, 10 hours. Ton nished the record on Capitol Peak in Pitkin County on July 30, with her friends and family coming out to support her in completing the 365-mile, 159,356 vertical feet, trek across the Colorado High Country.

“I was really happy to nish on Capitol,” Ton said. “It was super meaningful to me personally, because I remember when I climbed all the 14ers for the rst time, I was looking at pictures of the nice edge on Capitol and thought, ‘No way I would ever do that.’ Now, it is cool to re ect back on my progress. I am not a super emotional person, but I did shed a few tears.”

Since claiming the record, Ton has taken a few hours to recover, but has already ventured out the door to do some easy climbs in Boulder and the surrounding area. She doesn’t know if she will ever reattempt the women’s summer 14ers record, but she does have several ideas for her next big feat of endurance.

“I had been contemplating going after the women’s self-supported record for the Colorado Trail late September, early fall time, prior to starting (the 14ers record),” Ton said. “I am going to see how recovery goes and how my body is holding up, but I always have a long list of mountain adventures I want to do.”

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Survey says: ‘Use shot clock for high school basketball’

Shot clock debate resumes for prep hoops, inches toward conclusion

BY STEVE SMITH SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

To loosely paraphrase Skakespeare, “to use a shot clock or not to use a shot clock.” at is the question before the Colorado High School Activities Association.

CHSAA’s rst board meeting of the academic year included the results of a survey on shot clock use. CHSAANow.com said three in ve athletic directors and district athletic directors wanted a shot clock in high school basketball. Seven in 10 metro area schools supported it; more than half of the rural schools didn’t. More than 300 people participated in the survey.

Former Frederick girls basketball coach Brett Andersen (he’s the current girls coach at Fort Morgan High School) and former Horizon boys basketball coach Brandon

Brown – now the coach at Eaglecrest High School in Aurora – would rather see a shot clock.

“Overall, it’s the best thing for the development of our athletes and our brand of basketball,” Brown said. “We played club basketball with a shot clock this year. ( ere were) minimum clock malfunctions, the game was faster. And it forces teams to execute end-of-quarter/end-of-game situations without stalling it out. I’m a big fan of the shot clock.”

e board also heard some concerns, such as cost, availability of workers and potential disadvantages for weaker teams. CHSAA states more than half of the United States will be using a shot clock by the end of the next school year.

CHSAA’s board plans to continue conversations. e goal is to present a recommendation to the association’s legislative council in time for its January meeting. Earlier this spring, CHSAA’s basketball committee “strongly” recommended use of the shot clock “In the near future.”

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e sixth foul in a quarter (a change from the previous ve fouls per half) will put the opposing team “in the bonus.” It also means two free throws per common foul for the balance of the quarter instead of a one-and-one scenario. Team fouls reset after each quarter.

e national basketball rules committee proposed the rules this spring, and the NFHS board agreed.

“ e rules committee studied data that showed higher injury rates on rebounding situations and saw this as an opportunity to reduce opportunities for rough play during rebounds,” said Lindsey Atkinson, NFHS director of sports and liaison to the basketball rules committee.

Her comments appeared on the NFHS website. “Additionally, resetting the fouls each quarter will improve game ow and allow teams to adjust their play by not carrying foul totals to quarters two and four.”

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