Arvada Press October 5, 2023

Arvada settles lawsuit with family of Olde Town shooting victim

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e City of Arvada has settled for $2.775 million in a wrongful death lawsuit led by the family of Johnny Hurley, who was killed by police in the 2021 Olde Town shooting.

Hurley’s family sued over his death, which occurred on June 21, 2021 after Hurley had killed a gunman who had just killed Arvada Police O cer Gordon Beesley.

Hurley was killed by another o cer who mistook him for the perpetrator.

Ronald Troyke fatally shot Arvada Police O cer Gordon Beesley in a planned attack in Olde Town Square, at which point Hurley — who was shopping at the Army & Navy Surplus Store across the street — rushed out and fatally shot Troyke.

Arvada Police O cer Kraig Brownlow was one of the three APD o cers who immediately responded to the shooting, and, mistaking Hurley for Troyke, Brownlow fatally shot Hurley.

“Law enforcement should use deadly force only when they are certain there is an imminent threat,” Hurley’s family said in a Sept. 28 press release. “ e decision to shoot Johnny was incorrect.”

At a Sept. 28 press conference, Hurley’s mother, Kathleen Boleyn, called the settlement a “satisfactory conclusion” and thanked her legal team for their e orts, saying she was “relieved to not have to go through the stress of trial.”

In November 2021, the First Judicial District Attorney’s o ce declined to press charges against Brownlow. On June 21, 2022 — the rst anniversary of the shooting —

Hurley’s mother, Kathleen Boylen, led a civil lawsuit against the City of Arvada, the Arvada Police Department, as well as Brownlow and APD Chief Link Strate individually.

In 2020, Colorado passed a law eliminating quali ed immunity for police o cers — meaning o cers can be individually prosecuted for actions committed while on duty.

Brownlow resigned from the Arvada Police in good standing shortly after the shooting, APD Public Information O cer Dave Snelling said. Brownlow has not reached out to the Hurley family, according to Boleyn.

Boleyn said she’s working to forgive Brownlow because “the only true closure is through forgiveness.

“I hope he needs forgiveness to continue to live a better life,” she continued. “Forgiving does not absolve someone of accountability or having to face consequences, but I think it’s necessary to move forward.”

e law rm representing the Hurley estate, Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC, represented the mother of Elijah McClain in her lawsuit against the City of Aurora concerning McClain’s death, which occurred after he went into cardiac arrest in Aurora Police custody.

e McClain family was awarded $15 million in the settlement, the highest sum awarded in a police settlement in Colorado history at the time.

e law rm is also representing the family of Destinee Delaraompson in their lawsuit against APD over Delara- ompson’s death in a 2021 o cer-involved shooting.

When asked how the monetary settlement stacked up to previous settlements earned by Rathod Mohamedbhai LLC, attorney Qusair Mohamedbhai said the settlement amount re ected a calculation based on jurisdiction and other factors.

“Every case is di erent and we’ve certainly had cases that were less… Every jurisdiction is di erent and the amount is often-

times people doing a calculated risk of what a jury would,” Qusair Mohamedbhai said. “I wouldn’t say that this number is somehow less and therefore Johnny’s death means less or Johnny’s life means less. Quite the opposite, this is almost $3 million, and I think that if you check really high pro le cases nationally, I think you’ll nd that this case is very much among the upper end.”

e City of Arvada released a statement on the settlement and also agreed to look into the possibility of constructing a memorial to honor the victims of the shooting.

“Recognizing that this was a horri c set of circumstances for all involved, the parties have agreed to settle this matter,” the city’s statement read. “In reaching a settlement, the parties acknowledge the tragic loss of O cer Beesley and Mr. Hurley and acknowledge Mr. Hurley’s heroic actions under trying and unusual circumstances.

“ ese men were loved by their families and friends; they were valued members of their communities,” the statement continued. “In light of this, the parties have agreed to explore the possibility of a memorial to commemorate the events of that day.”

e settlement does not call for any procedural changes to APD policy or admission to liability from APD or Arvada, according to Omeed Azmoudeh, the lawyer representing the Hurley family said during the Sept. 28 press conference.

Boleyn has been vocal about calling for changes to Colorado law to mandate that o cers warn people before ring their weapons while on duty.

“We think a warning was appropriate in this case but this case is not the case to mandate warnings in every case going forward,” a lawyer representing the Hurley family said.

Documents released by APD in 2021 showed that Troyke planned

Don’t Miss This Saturday’s Tour of Metro Denver Green Homes and EV Roundup

The first Saturday in October is the occasion each year for the Metro Denver Green Homes Tour, originally known as the Golden Solar Tour, started over 25 years ago. It is sponsored now by New Energy Colorado, and I’m on the steering committee for it.

My assignment, because of my experience shooting narrated video tours for our real estate listings, is to produce narrated tours of each home on the tour. The videos will be posted at NewEnergyColorado.com, which is also where you can register for the tour at $10 per person. On that website you can also view the videos I created of homes that were on the tour in prior years.

Because I produced all those videos, I have, in effect, already been on the tour, and I can highly recommend it. Even if you already know “a lot” about solar power, heat pumps, insulation, etc., I can assure you that you will learn new and useful things, as I did, that you may be able to apply to your own home.

Following the self-guided tour, which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, October 7th, there’s a Green Expo and Reception 5-7 p.m. at the American Mountaineering Center (AMC), 710 10th Street in downtown Golden, featuring many of the vendors for the products and sustainable features which you will learn about on the tour. (Golden Real Estate, as a sponsor of the tour, will also have a booth at the Expo, so come say hello!)

The expo and reception, which includes appetizers and local beverages, is free to the public, so you’re welcome even if you haven’t purchased a tour ticket.

The AMC is your starting point for the tour (enter from the parking lot behind it), although you can get your ticket online and go straight to one of the 15 homes on the tour.

If you do register for the tour inperson at the AMC, you may be able to carpool in a Tesla with volunteers from the Denver Tesla Club — an opportunity to experience an electric car and ask

Habitat for Humanity ‘Turns Pumpkins Into Houses’

As it has for over 20 years now, Jeffco Interfaith Partners is selling pumpkins to raise money for building yet another Habitat for Humanity home. This coalition of both Christian and non-Christian faith groups has sold over a million dollars worth of pumpkins and has used those proceeds to help finance 23 Habitat homes since the late 1990s,

The coalition operates two pumpkin patches — one on the campus of Mile Hi Church at Garrison and Alameda in Lakewood, and another on the grounds of Community of Grace Church on Wadsworth Blvd. at 78th Avenue.

The Lakewood patch opens this Thursday and runs from 10 a.m. to dusk 7 days/week through Halloween. The Arvada patch opens next Thursday, Oct. 12, with the same hours.

The pumpkin sales benefit not only Habitat for Humanity. They also benefit the native-Americans who grow them in the Four Corners area of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. They cost more than the ones you could buy at your local supermarket, but 40% of the purchase price is tax deductible, and you’re supporting a great cause.

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questions of an EV owner.

In the parking lot behind the AMC will be the Electric Vehicle Roundup from 3 to 5 p.m. In addition to the privately owned EVs, there will be a couple dealers (Audi and Lucid) there with their EVs that you can test-drive. And don’t miss the eco-friendly tiny home in the AMC parking lot. A short walk away you can visit a solar growing dome.

Pedego Golden is bringing some of their electric bicycles to the EV Roundup that you can take for a spin.

If you read this column in time, you might want to attend the free presentation tonight, Thursday, Oct. 5, at 7p.m.

on “Winning Strategies for Going Solar with Xcel Energy’s Time-ofUse Pricing.” It will be held at Jefferson Unitarian Church, 14350 W. 32nd Ave. New Energy Colorado, is a non-profit with deep roots in Colorado’s solar and environmental communities. It works as a 501(c)(3) non‐profit organization to provide education on energy issues to citizens. They believe that an informed citizenry will play a vital role in the transformation from centralized fossil fuel energy to a system built on renewables and more customer choice.

All-Electric Net Zero Energy Subdivisions Being Built

The incentives built into the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) have spurred developers — mostly on the Western Slope so far — to build entire subdivisions in which homes have no natural gas service and are powered entirely by

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the shooting as an act of retaliation against law enforcement o cers, for, among other things, McClain’s death.

“Without my son, my life is diminished,” Boleyn said. “Without Johnny’s heroic spirit, the world is diminished.”

Troyke’s letters read, in part:

“I dedicate the killing of A.P.D. to AurorA (sic) P.D. since there (sic) [illegible] in the limelight. I’ve been fooled most of my life as to really what kind of people you really are and I’ve came to a conclusion you government people you sociopaths that wear that bade (sic) and those we never see that work behind the scenes. You are exactly the same people you arrest…”

He added in another part: “Today I will Die I will be a Hero in the eyes of millions for killings pigs I did what I did because I cant believe what you pigs get away with.”

Johnny Hurley’s mother, Kathleen Boylen, and sister address the press at a press conference discussing the family’s settlement of their lawsuit against the City of Arvada and the Arvada Police Department.

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4 key takeaways from Ralston Valley Coalition Arvada City Council forum

Over 150 residents heard from candidates at a forum co-hosted by Colorado

Community Media

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Arvada residents heard city council candidates weigh in on issues at a forum hosted by the Ralston Valley Coalition and Colorado Community Media at the Apex Community Center — with some candidates’ responses raising eyebrows in the crowd.

Topics discussed at the Sept. 26 forum included transportation, public safety, homelessness and green spaces.

In attendance were Mayoral Candidates John Marriott and Lauren Simpson, District 2 Candidates Michael Gri th and Shawna Ambrose, District 4 Candidate Bob Fifer and At Large Candidates Bob Loveridge, Kathleen Kennedy and Sharon Davis. District 4 Candidate Jessica Fenske was the only member of the eld not present at the forum.

e free event was attended by roughly 150 community members. e forum was moderated by Colorado Community Media

Editor-In-Chief Michael De Yoanna and longtime TV journalist Tom Mustin.

1. Transportation

e candidates addressed numerous transportation issues facing the city, including the completion of the Je erson Parkway, Arvada’s de nition of truck routes (which became a contentious topic during the Amazon warehouse public hearing), tra c light timing and bus routes.

Marriott elicited the rst crowd reaction of the night — a sparse smattering of boos — when he suggested the city work to com-

plete the Je erson Parkway; a project that’s been stalled as the City and County of Broom eld pulled out of the project in 2020. Arvada sued Broom eld in 2022 over the issue.

“We should be in favor of building the Je erson Parkway,” Marriott said. “One of the things that happens in Arvada is, there is a signi cant amount of tra c that cuts through from the north to the south that doesn’t originate in Arvada, nor is it going to Arvada — and the Je erson Parkway can help with that.”

Gri th shed light on a fundamental aw in Arvada’s tra c light system; they are triggered by timers in individual tra c lights, not a connected, timed system as is the standard. e District 2 candidate said he would work to correct that facet of the city’s infrastructure.

“Our city uses an archaic tra c timing system,” Gri th said. “So, our signals are all done by a timer in the machine — in the actual light. So, instead of it being an actually connected, smart system, it’s done manually. One of the things that we’re going to deliver is a full model — one that’s travel demand model, and one that’s synchro-model — that measures ow rates and measures turning movements.

“And we can plug in di erent scenarios into that model for trafc signals and all kinds of upgrades to see what works best for our money,” Gri th continued.

Fifer voiced his displeasure with Arvada’s bus access — the city only has two RTD routes. Fifer said he would be in favor of the city pulling out of RTD’s bus system in favor of putting together its own system.

“We are the fth largest city in the metro (area) and we only have two bus lines,” Fifer said. “How can we be environmentally sound and help and contribute if I don’t even know what RTD is — in fact,

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RTD knows I would rather us opt out of the tax and let’s do our own little thing here and let the city handle the issue.”

2. Public safety

Candidates were asked how they would support the Arvada Police Department — which, at the time of the forum, was down 35 o cers, according to Public Information O cer Dave Snelling — combat rising crime in the city.

At large candidate Loveridge said that while he would like APD to retain its four-year degree require-

ments, he would like the department to take a look at alternative routes to achieving that requirement.

“I don’t want to see us reduce the requirements, because I think it’s very good to get a four-year degree,” Loveridge said. “But I think we may want to take another look at that, as Warren Tech o ers high school students a two-year criminal justice program, then go to Red Rocks (Community College) which also has a two-year criminal justice program — now there’s your four years.

“And being trained in what they’re going to be doing, I think, would be super good,” Loveridge

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Candidates answered questions that were submitted by attendees, covering issues facing Arvada such as homelessness, development and infrastructure.

PHOTO BY LILLIAN FUGLEI

Arvada Elks seek questions from residents for Oct. 17 Mayoral Forum

Candidates John Marriott and Lauren Simpson set to participate in public discussion

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Arvada Elks are seeking input from residents as they plan a Mayoral Forum set for Oct. 17 at the Elks Lodge in Olde Town Arvada, located at 5700 Yukon St., Arvada. The event will feature both may-

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Fellow at large candidate Kennedy said she would like to see Arvada criminalize public drug use.

“Some other cities have done things now where they are making it illegal for public drug use,” Kennedy said. “And they are increasing the crime to make it a No. 1 o ense where someone will go to jail if they’re convicted, up to a year…Instead of the 90 days in jail, where someone may not want to get o their drugs, this will give them the opportunity to think about getting the help they need.

“We need therapeutic court intervention for crime so we’re not going forward with that,” Kennedy continued.

Simpson and Marriott both mentioned dealing with personal run-ins with car theft and break-ins, with Marriot supporting lengthening criminal sentences for auto theft.

Simpson said she was in favor of dealing with di erent types of criminals accordingly and wanted to expand APD’s mental health coresponder program and the Arvada Municipal Court’s One Small Step program.

“We have to di erentiate between heavy crime — which is committed by career criminals — versus people who are committing crimes of either convenience versus people who are committing crimes of, frankly,

oral candidates, John Marriott and Lauren Simpson, and be open to the public. Simpson and Marriott are both members of the Elks — an organization that puts together philanthropic events and community gatherings for local causes.

Moderating the debate will be Arvada Press Community Editor

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instability,” Simpson said. “What we can be doing is expanding our coresponder program… and investing further in our One Small Step Program.”

3. Homelessness

Many candidates at the forum spoke in favor of the city’s recently adopted plan to manage and coordinate homeless resources between existing service providers.

Fifer said he would like to see the city prioritize helping those headed towards homelessness rather than the “criminal element” that he said also exists in the community.

“I’d like to put more money into keeping people from becoming homeless and stop — the criminal element is taking our tax dollars and hard work and degrading our sense of community and gure out a di erent way to deal with them,” Fifer said.

Marriot said he would like to see Mission Arvada, which is a homeless ministry located at e Rising Church, move out of Olde Town.

“As far as the Rising, as a church in Olde Town, if they’re operating as a church, they should be (in Olde Town),” Marriott said. “But their homeless outreach, their dispensing of homeless services, is clearly being done in an inappropriate place, and I would like to see them relocated.”

4. Green spaces

Candidates were asked speci cally how they would protect Arvada’s equestrian community, which has been a ected by sales of facilities by

landowners in recent years.

Davis said the two City of Arvadaowned equestrian facilities would remain city-owned, and said she hopes developers work to incorporate green spaces in their developments, especially when transforming rezoned areas.

“ ose two facilities will be protected; they’re city-owned,” Davis said. “ e bigger issue is the boarding, and how to get the horses to and from those properties. As you know, the Sable’s sold their property and now it’s condos and townhomes. Unfortunately, we can’t stop people from selling their lands…but on that property is Little Raven Park, so there are ways developers are preserving our natural areas.”

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Arvada Historical Society celebrates city’s founders at Cemetery Tour

20th Annual Cemetery Tour draws history bu s and curious residents

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Arvada Historical Society celebrated its agship event’s 20th anniversary with this year’s edition of the Cemetery Tour. is year’s event, held at the Arvada Cemetery on Sept. 23, highlighted the early founders of Arvada — some of whom arrived

when the town was still called Ralston Crossing.

As is the case every year, the Cemetery Tour featured members of the Historical Society portraying historical gures in full costume. is year, Michael ompson played Benjamin Wadsworth, Lynn Laidig played Matilda Reno, Karen Miller played Laura Minges and Craig Haggit played William Graves.

Over 100 people came out to the event, which is roughly the same attendance the society has drawn in previous years.

Craig Haggit portrays blacksmith William Graves at the 2023 Arvada Cemetery Tour at the Arvada Cemetery. COURTESY ARVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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“Feedback that we received indicated that people really enjoyed being able to associate Arvada today with those founders,” Miller, the Historical Society’s president, said.

Benjamin Wadsworth

Born in western New York, Wadsworth and his wife Mary Ann, along with their two children, moved to Kansas Territory before settling in Empire, Colorado in 1861. Likely due to a re on Silver Mountain, the family left Empire in 1869 and settled in Ralston Point shortly thereafter, according to History Colorado.

Wadsworth began work to construct a townsite, helping to build schools, the Methodist Church, and the Post O ce, which doubled as his him — making him Arvada’s rst postmaster.

Mary Ann picked the name “Arvada” for the budding town, formerly known as Ralston Crossing. e city is named after her brother-

in-law, Hiram Arvada Haskin. Wadsworth was killed in a runaway horse accident in Denver in 1893 while taking a church window to be repaired. Center Boulevard was renamed in his honor following his death, begetting the Wadsworth Boulevard we know today.

Wadsworth, Mary Ann, their two children and Haskins are all buried together at the Arvada Cemetery.

Matilda Reno

Matilda Reno and her husband Louis moved to the Arvada area around 1863, where the family became one of the two founding families of Arvada, along with the Wadsworths.

e Renos continued to live in Arvada long after the town’s founding and are both buried at the Arvada Cemetery. e family is the namesake of the Reno Park Historic District.

Laura Minges

e daughter of town founder George Swadley, Minges is largely considered Arvada’s rst historian. Minges’ diaries, preserved pictures and letters allowed future generations to learn about Arvada’s

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Her grandchildren worked with the Arvada Historical Society to archive her collections, and the society nominated Minges and Swadley for induction into the Je erson County Historic Commission’s Hall of Fame.

William Graves

Born in Illinois, Graves moved to

Arvada with his parents in 1860. In 1868, Graves opened Arvada’s rst blacksmith shop. He also owned a threshing business that helped farmers harvest wheat. Graves served as a District 1 Jefferson County Commissioner from 1892 to 1898. He also served as the president of the District 2 Arvada School Board from 1885 to 1906. Graves died in 1912.

Michael Thompson portrays town founder Benjamin Wadsworth at the Cemetery Tour. COURTESY ARVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Report from Burning Man 2023

After a quiet year of preparation and premature eulogies, Burning Man roared into the news this August. ere were unplanned res, protesters and three hurricane-fueled rainstorms that turned the Nevada desert into a sea of mud.

Before it even got going, the event known for its whimsical art, leave-no-trace ethos and sharing economy began with a brief disruption by climate activists blocking its entrance. e 10 protesters from the “Seven Circles Alliance” chained themselves to a trailer in the middle of Highway 447 and put up handmade signs proclaiming “Abolish Capitalism,” “Burners Unite” and “Ban Private Jets.”

In other pre-event excitement, I saw an SUV and attached trailer burst into ames due to some bad choices in gasoline storage. en a campmate of mine fell o one of those electric, one-wheel skateboards, breaking several ribs and other bones.

Within minutes, Josh, who had come from Mexico, was picked up by a playa ambulance. Within hours he was own to Reno for a better diagnosis and surgery, and within days, repaired Josh was back with one steel plate and six screws.

Mere seconds after returning, he was back at work with his one good arm. is was his rst time at Burning Man, but like me, he was there to help get its basic structures ready to welcome this year’s 73,000 people, all coming to the middle of nowhere in Nevada.

In my 26 years of helping out and writing about Burning Man, I’ve talked about its art that you’d see nowhere else, a clown committing a felony, clothing-optional celebrators, aming objects and soul-crushing dust storms. It still is all that times 10, but this year it added several days of mud to the mythology.

You may think you know mud, but there is no mud like the playa mud of the Black Rock Desert, some 100 miles northeast of Reno. Once it was part of Lake Lahontan, which was more than 500 feet deep about 14,000 years ago. After its water evaporated, a deep layer of silt got left behind, and now even a small amount of rain can turn that silt

into a mud bog.

Around midnight on Aug. 20, Hurricane Hilary sent a lot of rain our way, and by morning the water was ankle-deep outside my trailer.

e sun did not shine for 36 hours, roads were closed and nobody could get in or out.

As people nally emerged from their shelters, looking relieved, the sound of squelching lled the air. Playa mud is mean. It aspires to be quicksand, but it is not quite as cinematic or deep enough. It can only eat shoes and tires. e best way to get around on foot seemed to be bare feet protected by plastic bags.

What is the opposite of sticky? Slippery. e mud, angered by not being able to eat shoes, turned slick and big splashes could be heard. A op in warm mud might sound like a pleasant spa experience until you realize there is not enough water in Nevada to get it o . And a op can leave bruises.

Playa mud also does not want you to drive. Either your wheel wells ll up with a chocolaty donut of collected mud or you will spin holes axle-deep. In either case you will be laughed at rst and rescued much later.

is happens even in the summer when wet mud lurks under a dry,

cracked surface, daring you to cross it. I took the dare one July and sat there for a long day until someone more experienced pulled me to solid land. Lesson learned, mud respected.

Astute Burning Man historians will also remember the great rainstorm of 2014, though this year was di erent. is downpour lasted much longer and put a stop to everyone’s setup schedule as hundreds of postholes sat waiting for their posts.

Finally, the sun did shine and people rejoiced on their islands. ey shared food and drink. Animals crawled up on shore, traded their ns for legs, stood upright and continued their journeys. e playa mud had exacted its price and let humans roam free to return to their o -playa lives.

Weeks after the great splashing, it had all become an embellished myth with wild exaggeration and heroic stories to be shared. Some will claim it was epic.

Dennis Hinkamp is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonpro t dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. He lives and writes in Utah.

‘Blasted’ challenges theater, audiences alike

Ithink most of us can remember our rst rated R movie viewing experience — it’s one of those coming-of-age milestones we all hit at some point. But what about your rst R-rated theater experience? ose are a bit rarer to come by.

Providing that experience is just one of the reasons to see “Blasted,” the searing new production at Lakewood’s Benchmark eatre . Its mature and challenging storytelling provides a heartbreaking window into the harshness and inhumanity of war.

“It’s the most aggressive and intense thing we’ve produced,”

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said Neil Truglio, Benchmark’s artistic director and director of the production. “We believe our audiences are brave and looking for challenges, so we had to ask ourselves if our company is as brave as we say we are.”

“Blasted,” written by British playwright Sarah Kane, opens Friday, Oct. 13 and runs through Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Bench-

mark eatre, 1560 Teller St. in Lakewood. Performances are at 8 p.m. ursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

e cast features Jayce Johnson, Josh Levy and Hillary Wheelock as three people being irrevocably changed by the warzone they nd themselves in. e play is Benchmark’s way of grappling with the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war and ts squarely into the season’s theme of “casualties.”

“We always wonder why we don’t see plays like this more regularly, and I think it’s because this one digs into a lot of dark places,” Truglio said. “As artists

we are always looking for new challenges and want to do the play that scares us.”

e production required a couple new additions to the creative process — a military expert to help create credible soldiers and Amelia Morse, an intimacy coordinator. Both were able to help the actors create characters and scenarios that will feel real and visceral for the audience.

“I always say, where else but Benchmark are you going to see something like this,” Truglio added. “Because we have this

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intimate space, we can take risks that others haven’t. If we’re going to put theater in a room like ours, we should really be exploring all edge of the form.”

As is always the aim with anything Benchmark does, “Blasted” will undoubtedly spark conversation. And according to Truglio, that just means the company is doing its job. By tackling something as provocative as this show will also hopefully bring in new audience members.

“As a company, we’re always looking at where the audience of the future is and how we can speak to them now,” he said. “Denver’s audiences are so capable and I don’t believe this show is too hard for anyone. We’re hoping they will take the risk and the challenge and be as brave as we know they are.”

Visit www.benchmarktheatre. com/ for tickets and information.

An immigrant story told through dance Dance is one of the best art forms for the blending of di erent styles and themes, and you’ll nd a beautifully artful combination at Nava Dance eatre’s production of “Rogue Gestures/ Foreign Bodies.” e show will be at Northglenn’s Parsons eatre ,

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Dr. Thomas Wicke for Je co School Board

As a parent and grandparent here in Je erson County, I was excited to hear about omas Wicke, a candidate for Je co school board. We believe parents should have a meaningful role in their child’s education and omas, also, values putting parents in the driver’s seat.

Too often we hear stories of the school district superseding parents or favoring teachers over parents. Parents should be able to opt their children out of surveys or courses they disagree with. And school sta should never undermine parents when it comes to their own child. Yet we’ve seen this happen, even recently.

Dr. omas Wicke has a track record of involving various stake-

1 E. Memorial Parkway, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7.

According to provided information, the show explores American immigrant stories through Bharatanatyam dance. Speci cally, it looks at South Asian immigrant women who arrived in the county in the wake of the 1965 Immigration and Nationally Act. Get tickets at https://bit.ly/ NGARTSNAVAdanceRougeGestures.

LSO goes all in on Beethoven at opening concert

e Lakewood Symphony Orchestra is gearing up for another year of top-notch classical music with its inaugural program, “All Beethoven All the Time,” which features two of the composer’s most dramatic works — the Violin Concerto in D major and the unforgettable Symphony No. 5.  e concert will be at 7:30 p.m. on ursday, Oct. 12 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway. Violinist Emily Switzer, a current member of the Minnesota Orchestra, will be joining the orchestra for the night.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 is one of the classical music world’s most well-known works, which means hardcore classical fans and those with only a passing interest will be enraptured by the evening. Get tickets at www.lakewoodsymphony.org.

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holders to come up with a reasonable solution for problems. In fact, the US government asked omas to consult with them after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans. omas knows how to solve problems. is skill is vitally needed in our school district that is upsidedown nancially and has been in the news for agrant disregard for parents, such as supporting the recent teachers union letter telling sta to circumvent federal and state privacy laws.

We need a voice of reason on the school board. is is de nitely omas Wicke! He’s got the skills and the character we need to speak on behalf of parents! Vote your ballot for omas Wicke for school board!

Karen Morgan, Arvada

THE ART OF ARTISTS SHARING THEIR LOVE FOR HORROR

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Whether it’s putting a personalized spin on a classic character or creating brand-new monsters and ghouls, artists in the horror genre nd endless possibilities when it comes to their artwork and how they choose to express themselves.

“ e genre of horror is the most expansive,” said Xander Smith, a concept artist in the entertainment industry. “You can do anything with it… you can go to the deepest depths of the human psyche.”

Among his many titles, Smith is also a digital sculptor and 3D modeler, where he has worked on shows like “American Horror Story” and “Scream Queens” as well as blockbuster movies like “Godzilla vs. Kong.”

Smith was one of dozens of artists state and nationwide who joined local artists at the Colorado Festival of Horrors in Lone Tree from Sept. 15 to 17 to share their love for art and horror.

Many of these artists were inspired by a memory of their childhood that they had with a family member either watching horror and sci- movies, reading comic books or looking at magazines.

Sources of inspiration

Creator and artist Barry McClain

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things to make them look a little bit di erent, or more dynamic, interesting or scary,” she said.

Although she didn’t start showing her art until last year, Numri said she has found the most supportive and amazing friends in the horror community.

Di erent forms of art

said he was drawn into horror because of his mom, and he couldn’t be more grateful.

While growing up, McClain’s mom used to tell him about the makeup in horror movies, like when an actor would bite on a blood bag to make blood come out their mouth. She also read Fangoria Magazine on a regular basis.

”I used to look through this Fangoria Magazine all the time and I was just enamored with all the blood and guts,” McClain said.

Along with reading various horror comics and watching “Tales from the Crypt,” McClain started to draw monsters.

As an adult, McClain now draws horror posters and works for Troma Entertainment.

Part of his drawing process includes watching horror movies and using the references as accuracy to inspire his own work, McClain starts by drawing with pencil and ink before scanning it onto the computer, where he then colors it in on Photoshop.

Although he does artwork for the sci- and action-adventure genres, McClain said that the horror genre is his favorite because it’s more fun and also, the subject matter, storytelling and messaging is so broad.

It may be hard to believe, but there are always positive messages in horror movies, he added. ese types of movies tend to involve some kind of comeuppance and stories often teach moral values, which is what gravitates McClain to the genre.

McClain has re ected that in his own comic book, “Billy the Kit.” It’s

a horror Western story about faith and how the main character’s world is bigger than what his “bubble of faith” is, which he learns as he gains his power.

Additionally, McClain likes to teach other artists how to market themselves. He said it’s not about marketing sexuality or race, it’s about entertainment.

“I want to be seen as an artist, not a Black artist,” McClain said.

For Joe Oliver, an artist in Littleton, creating horror-themed pieces is cathodic to express and speaks to primal instincts.

“I think it’s the most honest expression of emotions that connects with people,” Oliver said. “Everything can be horror and I think a lot of the time because we’ve experienced sadness and horror, it allows us to appreciate the good as well.”

In addition to doing artwork for comic books, Oliver has also worked for Fangoria Magazine, Alamo Drafthouse and Macaulay Culkin.

He said the easiest way to create something unique is to create stu you want to see. Using pencil, pen and digital, Oliver creates everything from cartoon to graphic images and uses di erent e ects to express those pieces.

“I love di erent techniques and I try to do di erent styles based on what I’m feeling and how best to express that idea,” Oliver said.

Dee Nurmi of DC Custom Creations LLC uses glow-in-the-dark paint to add a playful yet haunting e ect to her paintings.

Painting characters from “ e Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Courage the Cowardly Dog,” Numri said she is a cartoonist at heart and has always had her own weird style.

“I’m able to kind of translate that into my pictures and warp some

From scriptwriting to video editing, from costume design to building a prop, art is in every aspect of the horror genre.

Daniel Crosier, mixed media artist and co-founder of Colorado Festival of Horrors said whether it’s traditional sketching or digital art, there will be people who love it and people who are put o by it.

After using 3D programming to create costumes and props with the costume department for “American Horror Story,” Xander Smith is currently working with Arti cial Intelligence.

“Even though the market is ooded with machine-made imagery, humans tend to value it less,” Smith said.

As a professional artist with experience in Hollywood, Smith said that he is seeing a lot of support for traditional artists, however, only time will tell.

While thinking about what to draw in front of a room full of people, Smith was inspired by the fashion design as it is often di cult to combine creepy and elegant.

Smith was not the only artist who likes to dabble with fashion, Colleen Cole uses her artistic talent to create costumes and clothing items, specically hand-sewn skirts with pockets.

She combines her love for horror and sewing by making made-to-order skirts with designs found online, including a glow-in-the-dark fang design.

Cole is also the owner of Commanding Cosplay LLC, a cosplayer, designer and model. She makes her own costumes and does makeup herself and creates amazing images.

“I’ve always enjoyed Halloween,” said Cole. “Making costumes as characters that I either love the aesthetic or the character itself, is a lot of fun for me.”

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Artwork for the third Colorado Festival of Horror. The three-day interactive experience took place Sept. 15-17 at the Marriott Denver South at Park Meadows.

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Artist Dee Nurmi poses with her glow in the dark paintings of characters from films and cartoons. She also brought stickers and smaller pieces of artwork.

PHOTO BY HALEY LENA

Colleen Cole, cosplayer and comic creator, sews a colorful “Star Wars” skirt before hanging it up as part of her collection at her booth.

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a portfolio of his work and stickers he had made, artist Joe Oliver at his booth at the 2023 Colorado Festival of Horror. In between talking with guests, he had a sketch pad in front of him and continued to draw.

PHOTO BY HALEY LENA

Missing Arvada teen Ayla Reyes comes home thanks to Arvada police

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Missing Arvada teen Ayla Reyes was found and returned home on Sept. 25, according to her family.

Arvada Police Department con rmed but was not at liberty to divulge many details at this time, as the case is ongoing, according to APD Public Information Ofcer Dave Snelling.

However, Julie Mitchell, Reyes’ aunt, did share an update with the Je co Transcript via text message.

“Great news,” she said. “After seven weeks, Ayla was found by police Monday.”

According to APD, Reyes was in the company of a 30-year-old male suspect.  e suspect and police got into an altercation that led to an o cer’s hospitalization when he and Reyes were found, according to Snelling.

Snelling said the suspect is looking at multiple charges for an outstanding warrant for his arrest and added that other charges and information could be forthcoming.

Mitchell wanted the public to know how grateful the family was for the help and support while her niece was missing.

“ anks so much to everyone for your care and concern,” she said.

Ayla Reyes had been missing since Aug. 7. Arvada Police found her on Sept. 25 in an incident that led to an arrest, a hospitalized o cer and possibly more charges in the future.

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JCSO Animal Control O cers provide aid in Maui

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e largest wild re in Hawaii history was set by brush res fanned by the winds of Hurricane Dora on Aug. 8. According to Je co Animal Control Supervisor Christine Padilla, those winds made the Maui re di erent from the wildres she has seen in Colorado.

“ e Maui re was so fast because the winds were from a hurricane. ey were going from what I heard was 90 miles an hour,”

Padilla said. “So, the re spread so quickly that there was no escaping it.”

e res have been all over the news and social media. e news focus has been on the human casualties, but Padilla said there was another community a ected — the animals of Maui.

“ e mission came through NACA, the National Animal Control Association,” Padilla said. “ ere was a request for an assist that came through and one of my o cers had seen it and said ‘Hey, I really would like to go.’” Padilla got the request and did a little research before deciding that she wanted to go as well. In fact, other members of the team also wanted to help their Maui colleagues.

“We passed it on to our manager, then through our IMT and the Undersheri ,” Padilla said. “ e Undersheri approved for us to get deployed.”

Meanwhile, the Maui Humane Society was posting updates about their work. People had problems getting into the burned areas for several days. When they nally got in, the job was much bigger than they expected. Maui

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The remains of a home in Maui. JCSO Animal Control Supervisor Christine Padilla said her duties while in Maui took her to homes where little remained. Her job there was to retrieve any deceased animals.

Shown here on the left, JCSO Animal Control Supervisor Christine Padilla with a rescued pet rabbit and Kristi Boucher, an Animal Control o cer from Bothell, Washington. Padilla said animal control o cers and experts from across the US came to assist the Maui Humane Society. PHOTOS COURTESY CHRISTINE PADILLA

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Society CEO Lisa Labrecque wrote an open letter on Sept. 5 describing the experience, including the need for help.

“When we got there, Maui Humane Society and the animal control there seemed very stressed,” Padilla said. “ ey’d been working super long hours. ey hadn’t had any time o . ey were exhausted.”

Padilla said she went to work immediately to help.

“ ey were very grateful for our work,” she said. “And we were grateful to come and help and do whatever we can do just to ease the load plus all the stress. ( e Maui team) knew people who had lost their homes and their animals. ey were doing the best that they could.”

Padilla said her team took care of the animal control needs on the north side of the island, where the town of Lahaina was burned down. “We essentially did animal recovery in the area,” she said. “ ey would give us addresses to go to and then we would go on to the properties and recover the deceased animals.”

She said the job included scanning the deceased pets for RFID chips. Padilla collected the owners’ contact information and handed it over to the Maui team members. ey handled the job of contacting the owners.

Padilla added that her team also had duties to help feed and water the strays and wild animals in the burn zones.

“I think the third day got me a

little bit,” Padilla said. “We ran into a man there who was working in the re zone. And he had lost a lot.”

Padilla talked to the man, asking about his experience with the re. She didn’t realize where she was standing until he told her. “He said, ‘Yeah, well, that’s my auntie’s house. at’s my uncle’s house. And that’s my cousin’s house.’

e houses were burned to the ground.” She said these conversations with survivors helped her gain perspective on the gravity of the losses from the re.

“For the houses that did survive, there’s no electricity, they don’t have it,” Padilla said, choking up a bit as she spoke. “At the time we were down there, you couldn’t use the water. So, they’re dealing with

that. Some people have generators, some people didn’t have anything.”

Padilla added that many still chose to stay home despite the hardships, including air contamination.

“ e air wasn’t great. ey were testing and returning positive for lead and arsenic in the ash. So, when we went in, we had to wear booties, and a respirator or M95 mask, and gloves,” she said. “ e EPA workers and other people that were working in the zone as well

were fully in PPE.”

Padilla said her interactions with the residents of the towns were mixed, which was understandable due to the circumstances.

“Some people were angry. ey wanted to hold somebody accountable,” Padilla said. “Other people were just grateful that they survived. ese people were trying to gure out what they were going to do. ey lost their jobs, their homes, family members, their pets.”

Padilla said that the struggles of the people of Maui are not expected to end quickly. She is back now, but the Je co Animal Control is not done helping the Maui Humane Society.

“I was there for a week. One of our other o cers is down there this week. And then we have two more going in October,” Padilla said.

She added that JCSO is not the only agency sending o cers. e Maui Humane Society sent the call across the country and many other agencies answered.

“ ey plan on having animal control from other agencies out there to do their animal recovery through the end of October,” Padilla said. For more information on the Maui Humane Society, go to MauiHumaneSociety.org. Follow the Je co Sheri ’s O ce on Instagram to see updates as other o cers deploy to help the Maui animal community.

JCSO Animal Control Supervisor Christine Padilla said her primary job was retrieving and cataloging remains from the fire zone. She is shown here doing the somber job. COURTESY CHRISTINE PADILLA

What’s happening in Je erson County?

Locals honored, banned book chats, pumpkins and more

BY JO DAVIS JDAVIS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Banned books and pumpkins are just some of the topics of conversation in Je erson County this week.

Lakewood’s Stefka Fanchi appointed to Colorado Housing and Finance Authority

Lakewood resident Stefka Fanchi was recently appointed to the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority board of directors. Fanchi served as the President and Chief Executive O cer of Elevation Community Land Trust. Before that, she served as the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Colorado.

Fanchi joins the 11-member board of the CHFA. e agency invests in a ordable housing and community development by o ering nancial resources to communities in Colorado.

For more information on Fanchi’s appointment and the CFHA, check out CHFAInfo.com.

Join Colorado Press Women, State Sen. Lisa Cutter and attorney Rachel Johnson in a Banned Books Week Chat

Banned Books Week is Oct. 1-7. You can end the week with Colorado Press Women, State Sen. Lisa Cutter and local attorney Rachel Johnson for “Book banning and information suppression: What the media needs to know,”an event from 10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Oct. 7 at the Columbine Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton. According to the announcement, Cutter will discuss a bill to “help address the repression of a minority viewpoint in libraries and bookstores around the state.” e bill is in the works for the upcoming legislative session.

“Johnson, local legal initiative attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, will talk about the case in Crested Butte that involves a request from the Crested Butte News for the name(s) of people who requested books be pulled from the local library and information suppression and its e ect on the media,” the announcement said.

Pre-registration is required. For more information and/or to register for the event, email Gay Porter Nelson at gpdenileon@gmail.com.

Send a letter to Congressman Chuck Schumer to get pay raises for wildland firefighters

State Sen. Michael Bennet and 12 others from the Colorado legislature are asking US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for reghter pay raises. e group met with wildland re ghters in Grand Junction recently to discuss the issue of pay raises and bene ts for these workers.

According to the announcement, over 22,000 federal re ghters got short-term pay raises that will run out unless there is a permanent line in the Presidential budget for 2024. After listening to re ghters speak about their hardships, Bennet committed to asking Schumer to move forward with the Wildland Fire ghter Paycheck Protection Act.

“Wildland re ghters work incredibly dangerous jobs to keep Americans safe, but they’re not getting paid what they should get paid,” Bennet said. “As we face a hotter and drier future, wild res are not going to stop and re seasons will only get longer – and if Congress fails to act soon, we could lose the expertise

of a generation or more of federal wildland re ghters. We must pass legislation immediately to ensure our wildland re ghters receive the pay and bene ts they deserve.”

You can help by sending a letter to Congress. Find text for a letter and more information at Bennet.Senate. Gov.

Colorado Christian University inaugurated its 22nd president

Colorado Christian University 8787 W. Alameda Ave, Lakewood, inaugurated its 22nd president, Eric K. Hogue on Sept. 27 at the CCU Event Center. Hogue comes to lead the 109-year-old university from a position as the vice president of university advancement.

Hogue’s background includes a political candidacy and a long tenure as a media professional. He’s also an author and pastor. For more information, go to CCU.Edu.

Come out for the 1st Annual Pumpkin Festival at the Arvada Community Garden

e Arvada Community Garden is hosting the 1st Annual Pumpkin Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 14 at 9195 W 57th Ave, Arvada. According to Bill Orchard,

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Ralston Valley boys soccer stays undefeated with win over Arvada West

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handful of scoring opporthe back of the net in the e Wildcats nearly took

chances from close range, and a shot wide kept it tied “Being 1-1 at halftime it’s a clean slate. Anything can happen in the second half,”

really good in the second half. Even if we don’t start o well we pick it up. I had faith we could put it away.” Ralston Valley did put it away with goals by senior

Paulsen (74th minute) to

junior Leo Day that sailed over Ralston Valley goalie Evan Bierman.

“All the credit to them (A-West). We came out and played really great for those rst 20 minutes creating a ton of chances, but not necessarily nishing them,” Doody said. “

around and

us.

second-half goals. “I was certainly happy to get that

conference games remaining starting with Lakewood on Tuesday, Oct. 3, back at NAAC. Ralston Valley in on path for a possible top seed for the 5A state tournament if the Mustangs can roll the

“We are building toward something hopefully really good at the end of the season,” Doody said.

Dennis Pleuss is the sports information director for Je co Public Schools. For more Je co coverage, go to ColoradoPreps.com and CHSAANow.com.

ey turned

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ey gave us some trouble. Credit to (A-West coach Ben Gantenbein) and his team. ey made it di cult

Ralston Valley junior Daxton Politis (22) and Arvada West sophomore Jonathan Trinkle (9) battle to get to a goal kick during the Class 5A Je co League opener Friday, Sept. 29, at the North Area Athletic Complex. Ralston Valley took a 3-1 lead to stay undefeated on the season.

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Chatfield football shuts out Arvada West in 5A Je co opener

BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ARVADA — Instead of attacking the guy with the football, Chat eld senior Avery DeWeese got the opportunity to tote the rock Friday night at the North Area Athletic Complex.

e 6-foot-1, 215-pound defensive end opened the scoring against Arvada West with a 5-yard touchdown run late in the rst quarter. It began a scoring binge for the Chargers that ended in a dominating 42-0 win in the Class 5A Je co League opener.

“ e touchdown,” DeWeese said of his rushing scoring trumping his sacks on the night. “I have always wanted to score a touchdown. I haven’t played running back since my freshman year. It was just a special moment.”

Chat eld played the role of spoiler on homecoming night for A-West. e Chargers poured it on in the second half after grabbing a 14-0 lead a halftime with DeWeese’s touchdown run and a punt return for another score by senior Dagan Myers just before halftime.

“Special teams is a big focus for this team,” Myers said of his 46yard punt return for a score minutes after DeWeese’s touchdown. “All the blockers did great. I really didn’t need to make a play on it. It was all the blockers.”

Myers — son of former Colorado State University all-American safety Greg Myers, who played ve years in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys — sprinted past the A-West sideline after elding the short punt to continue the wave of touchdowns for Chat eld.

“ at was a big momentum

swing for us. We needed that,” Chat eld coach Kris Rosholt said of the punt return by Myers. e Chargers’ o ense got going in the second half with a pair of third-quarter touchdowns to extend the lead to 28-0.

Chat eld quarterback Jake Jones hooked up with senior Drew Rohlman for a 33-yard touchdown on the rst drive of the second half. Rohlman had three touchdown catches the previous week in a 4521 victory over rival Dakota Ridge.

Jones pushed it to a four-touchdown lead with 1:13 left in the third quarter on a 41-yard touchdown run. In the opening minute

of the fourth quarter Chat eld senior Ben Weber intercepted A-West sophomore quarterback Logan Duhachek and returned it for a touchdown to make it a 35-0 advantage for the Chargers.

“ e defense took what happened last week to heart. ey felt like they didn’t play their best against Dakota,” Rosholt said of the Chargers giving up 21 points to Dakota Ridge. “ ey put together a really good week of practice and hats o to my defensive coaching sta for putting together a great game plan.”

e scoring ended and running clock started when junior run-

ning back Cory Bahl added his rst rushing touchdown of the night from 14 yards out with just over 7 minutes to play. Bahl was the workhorse all night long in the Chargers’ running game.

Chat eld — No. 6 in the Class 5A CHSAA Selection & Seeding Index at the start of Friday night action — was riding a 2-game winning streak heading into conference play. e Chargers’ lone loss during non-league was a 34-17 loss to No. 1 ranked Cherry Creek (6-0) back on Sept. 8.

“We have had issues putting four quarters together and playing good in all three phases (o ense, defense and special teams),” DeWeese admitted. “We did all three tonight and I think we got a little peek at what our potential can be as a team. I’m utterly pumped for the rest of the season.”

Chat eld is back home next Friday night. e Chargers host Pomona (0-6, 0-1) at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at Je co Stadium. e win Friday kept the Chargers up with conference favorites Columbine (6-0, 1-0) and Ralston Valley (5-1, 1-0) in the race in one of the toughest leagues in 5A.

“Prior to playing high school football I had no idea how good Je co football was,” DeWeese said. “I have a lot of respect for all of our teams in our conference.”

A-West will also be at Je co Stadium on Friday and will attempt to end its current 3-game losing streak. e Wildcats square o against Lakewood (0-6, 0-1) at 4 p.m. Oct. 6 at Je co Stadium.

Dennis Pleuss is the sports information director for Je co Public Schools. For more Je co coverage, go to ColoradoPreps.com and CHSAANow.com.

Chatfield senior quarterback Jake Jones (13) threw for a touchdown and ran for another score in the second half as the Chargers’ o ense got on track against Arvada West after some first-half struggles. The Chargers didn’t struggle in the Class 5A Je co League opener with a 42-0 win over the Wildcats.

PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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master gardener and longtime caretaker of the gardens, the pumpkin festival replaces the annual Festival

of Scarecrows. which was canceled this year because of a location con ict.

“ is would have been the 27th Annual Festival of Scarecrows which has happened every year since 1996, even during the COVID years,” Orchard said. “But this year

there was a con ict with the use of the Olde Town Square with the Jackalope Art Fair. e organizers decided to cancel this year’s festival.”

Orchard said Community Garden president Heather Fiedler is behind the move. She decided to have the festival in the gardens.

Visitors can expect free activities like crafts for the kids, community garden tours and access to the UPick Pumpkin Patch, along with the Giant Pumpkin and Giant Squash contests.

For more information, email BillOrchard@juno.com.

FROM PAGE 13

For my money, e 1975 are

the most important band of the 2010s and if their run continues, that could hold true for the 20s as well. ere’s just something about the way the group, lead by gossip lightning rod Matty Healy, blends alternative pop and electronics with confessional lyrics that get under into my mind and set up

shop. Last year’s album, “Being Funny in a Foreign Language,” was one of their strongest yet. ey don’t miss.

e1975 will be performing at Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre , 6350 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. in Englewood, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7. ey’ll be joined

by Dora Jar for a night that will be entertaining above all things.   Get tickets for this one at www. axs.com.

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

Legals

City and County

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT at the meeting of the Arvada City Council to be held on MONDAY, October 2, 2023, at 6:15 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada CO, City Council will hold a public hearing on the following proposed ordinances and thereafter will consider them for final passage and adoption. For the full text version in electronic form go to www.arvada.org/legal-notices, and click on Current and recent Legal Notices to access legal notices. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions. The full text version is also available in printed form in the City Clerk’s office. Contact 720.898.7550 if you have questions.

CB23-025, An Ordinance Amending Various Sections of Chapter 102, Utilities, of the Arvada City Code Pertaining to Water Users Rates and Bimonthly Service Charge.

CB23-026, An Ordinance Amending Section 102206 of Chapter 102, Utilities, of the Arvada City Code Pertaining to Wastewater Users Rates and Bimonthly Service Charges and Section 102-355 of Chapter 102, Utilities, of the Arvada City Code Pertaining to Stormwater Users Rates.

CB23-027, An Ordinance Appropriating Funds for Fiscal Year 2024.

CB23-028, An Ordinance Certifying the City of Arvada Mill Levy for 2023 for the Board of County Commissioners for Jefferson and Adams

Counties.

CB23-029, An Ordinance Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 70, Personnel Rules, of the Arvada City Code.

Legal Notice No. 416987

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 5, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AVAILABILITY OF FIRST SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO 2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT

The City of Arvada prepared a Consolidated Plan for the period of 2020 through 2024. An Annual Action Plan must be submitted for each year during that term. In addition to the $ 423,831 the City of Arvada receives for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual allotment, The City of Arvada is allocating an additional $565,751.58 from a revolving loan, program income, and prior year resources for a total of $989,582.58. The City of Arvada is required to complete a substantial amendment documenting the use of additional funds.

The proposed First Substantial Amendment to the 2023 Annual Action Plan outlines the proposed use of an additional $565,751.58 in the 2023 Annual Action Plan Community Development Block Grant Funds for housing rehabilitation.

The City invites all citizens, public agencies, and other interested parties to review the proposed First Substantial Amendment to the 2023 Annual Action Plan and provide comments. The public comment period on the proposed First Substantial Amendment 2023 Annual Action Plan is from October 5, 2023 through November 3, 2023. Comments can be mailed to the address below.

A copy of the proposed draft First Substantial Amendment to the 2023 Annual Action Plan is

available for public review at the:

Housing and Homelessness Programs Division Annex Building 8001 Ralston Road Arvada, Colorado 80002

Between the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., weekdays.

A Public Hearing will be held for comment on the proposed First Substantial Amendment to 2023 Annual Action Plan

THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD:

At 5:30 P.M., October 17, 2023, in Anne Campbell Room, Arvada Municipal Building, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:

Please contact Nicholas Ashmore at nashmore@arvada.org, between 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.,weekdays.

Legal Notice No. 416986

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 5, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

The following ordinances were adopted by the City Council of the City of Arvada on second reading following the public hearing held on October 2, 2023:

Ordinance #4856 An Ordinance Vacating a Parcel of Right-of-Way Located at Approximately Marshall Court and West 55th Place, City of Arvada, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado for the Family Tree Affordable Housing Development.

Ordinance #4857 An Ordinance Amending Article IV, Engineering Code of Standards and Specifications, of Chapter 78, Public Improvements, of the Arvada City Code, Thereby Repeal-

ing the Existing Engineering Code of Standards and Specifications for Design and Construction of Public Improvements dated July 26, 2022 and Adopting a New Code Titled Engineering Code of Standards and Specifications Dated August 21, 2023.

Legal Notice No. 416988

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 5, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

NOTICE OF ELECTION

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the electors of the Jefferson Center Metropolitan District No. 1 (“District”) of the City of Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. regarding the submission of a ballot issue relating to the imposition of ad valorem property taxes, under the provisions of Article X, Section 20, of the Colorado Constitution.

The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election by the Designated Election Official, Craig Sorensen, c/o McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, telephone number 303-592-4380. The place of deposit for mail ballots and walk-in polling place for voting at the election will be at said office.

Not sooner than October 16, 2023 and no later than October 23, 2023, the Designated Election Official shall mail to each active registered elector of the District a mail ballot packet.

The walk-in polling place shall be open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. beginning

not sooner than twenty-two days prior to the election, October 16, 2023, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date of election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an eligible elector of said District for the purpose of said election is a person registered to vote pursuant to the “Colorado Uniform Election Code of 1992”; and (i) who is a resident of the District, or (ii) who, or whose spouse or civil union partner, owns taxable real or personal property within the District, whether said person resides within the District or not. A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property within the District shall be considered an owner of taxable property for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible elector.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voter ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official at the address set forth above no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election. Return of absentee voter ballots and replacement ballots may be received by the Designated Election Official at the above address, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. beginning on October 16, 2023, until the day prior to the election, or between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on the date of the election.

Jefferson Center Metropolitan District No. 1

By:/s/ CRAIG SORENSEN

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 416985

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 5, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press

### Arvada Legals October 5, 2023

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