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WINNING AT LIFE
Cordova receives Mary Ciancio Memorial Distinguished award By Tammy Kranz
Brighton High School’s Brandon Pettinger gives his mom, Ginnissa Pettinger, the game ball after she threw out the first pitch of the game during Tuesday night’s rival baseball game against Brighton and Prairie View. Ginnissa was diagnosed six months ago with ovarian cancer and found out last week she’s now cancer-free. Photo by Michelle Boyer
tkranz@colorado communitymedia.com Health issues have not stopped Veronica Cordova from giving a lot of time and energy to her community. Cordova, 60, has battled breast cancer, has had stomach and back surgeries and a knee replacement. Despite these ailments, she has spent 40 years as a dedicated volunteer — starting at the age of 17 teaching children how to read. She currently volunteers 18 hours weekly at food banks, volunteers for the Adams County Sheriff’s Operation free Bird program, makes Christmas stockings for children, founded the Goat Hill Neighborhood Group and is gearing up now to get a community garden started for the season. “I figure God gave me the body to do what I can for his people,” Cordova said. “If they need my help and I can do it for them, I will.” This willingness to do what she can for others has earned Cordova the 2014 Mary Ciancio Memorial Distinguished Service Award for her 40 years of extensive volunteering. The Community Reach Center Foundation Board has presented this award to a volunteer in the community since 1980.
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Vaccine bill should sting a bit less Senate passes watered-down effort to bolster immunizations By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com For those who were opposed to the original language in a proposed child vaccination bill, the new version shouldn’t hurt a bit. What began as legislation aimed at increasing vaccination rates in Colorado wound up being a record-keeping access bill, with the state Senate on April 23 instead passing a watered-down version of an immunization awareness bill. The original version of House Bill 1288 would have required parents of school children to become better educated about the value of immunization before opting
their kids out of vaccinations for personal or religious beliefs. Numerous changes were made before the bill made it to the Senate floor. Supporters say the bill still creates good policy because it allows parents to see vaccination records at schools and day Report care centers, to see how many children have received vaccinations for preventable illnesses like measles or whooping cough. That could be important information to a parent of a child with a weakened immune system. That child may not be able to receive vaccinations and would be particularly susceptible to illnesses carried by other students whose parents opted them
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out of receiving immunizations. “This is really a service to medically fragile children,” said state Sen. Irene Aguilar, D-Denver, a bill sponsor. Bill supporters said that by schools being required to have immunization data available to the public, parents will be able to make better decisions as to where they send their kids to school. “This bill will have an impact on the (immunization) rates and will be able to protect children from vaccine preventable childhood diseases,” said Sen. Jeanne Nicholson, D-Black Hawk. But the bill has fewer teeth than when it was introduced in the House in February. The original bill would have required parents who want to opt their children out of being vaccinated to first consult with a doctor about the benefits and risks of immunization. It would also have required an opt-out child to watch an online video having to do with immunization benefits and risks. The original legislation received bipartisan support in the House, passing that chamber on a vote of 42-19. But after the requirements that were part of the House bill were stripped away by the Senate, Aguilar said she did not have the support to get the original bill through the Senate. Many Republicans like Sen. Owen Hill of Colorado Springs, still opposed the bill, even after it had been stripped of much of the original language that concerned GOP members.
Hill said that it’s not the government’s business to dictate to parents that their children should receive vaccinations that are “unscientifically proven.” “I am concerned that we’re setting a dangerous precedent here that somehow we know what’s best; that somehow we in this room can determine what parents should and shouldn’t be doing,” Hill said. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 19-16, with just one Republican — Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango — voting with all Democrats. Aguilar assured Republicans that she would not agree to the original requirements making their way back on to the bill, through work of a post-passage conference committee. Rep. Dan Pabon, D-Denver, the House bill sponsor, said he needs to speak with Senate members “to see how firm they are on their position” before he decides whether to make changes to the bill in conference committee. Pabon was not pleased that the bill got gutted in the Senate, saying the legislation was a victim of “misinformation, innuendo and rumor.” “I think it’s extremely disappointing when you look at who is left unprotected in the Senate version of the bill — those children with immune compromised diseases who are going into facilities where there are huge numbers of unvaccinated children,” Pabon said. “They could be coming down with diseases that we’ve cured.”
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World of homeless youths hits home From the apartment balcony, in the hours just past midnight, he could see beams of light from patrol cars cutting through the blackness in the grassy area near Denver Skate Park. Cops looking for the homeless, he guessed. A few hours later, as the day began to awaken, Nick Santulli, 18, and his two companions left their friend’s apartment to burn some time near downtown Denver before heading back to their suburban Castle Rock homes. A young man and his friends, their shirts stained with dirt, bulging backpacks on their shoulders, passed them on the sidewalk. “You guys want to come get some breakfast?” the young man asked. Without hesitation, a curious Nick said OK. A chance encounter. A risk taken. A turning point. The simple yes would build a bridge between two vastly different worlds and, in the end, make a difference in both. “It was the defining moment of my senior year,” Nick said. “It’s not necessarily changed my life, but it’s altered my life and how I see things and the kind of direction in which I want to live my life.” ••• On that early July morning, they caught a bus, then the light rail. A 30-minute trip to a brick building near the 16th Street Mall. A line of young people waited to step inside, where another 100 or so ate breakfast burritos in the kitchen or clustered in the lobby, seeking the simple comforts of food, sanctuary and fellowship. The sight of so many girls and boys in their teens and early 20s without a place to call home or a family to care for them struck Nick hard. As he sat at a table and ate, he asked questions and listened. Intently. A boy told him how he and his mother, although she was no longer in his life, had been on and off the streets for most of his 17 years. Another young man recounted how he’d jumped from foster home to
foster home, from friend’s couch to friend’s couch, finally, to the street. It was, Nick thought, the tales of heartrending movies and songs. When he returned home later that day, just 30 miles south yet so very far away, he brought their stories with him. “You wouldn’t guess where I ate breakfast this morning,” Nick said to his mom. “A homeless shelter.” ••• Urban Peak. It is the only nonprofit that offers a full convergence of services to homeless youths in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas. Last year, it helped 1,700 youths from 15 through 24 years of age, providing food, clothing, GED instruction and a multitude of other educational, mental health and job services. Its drop-in center is always busy, its 40-bed shelter usually full. A 2013 Denver-area survey found 921 youths on the streets. They are there for all kinds of reasons: physical, sexual and emotional abuse; parents who sell them for drugs and alcohol; mental illness. Some, at 18, have aged out of the foster care system. Others have been kicked out of homes because of their sexual orientation. The tragedies are staggering. As Dan Hanley, director of development and public affairs, recently said: “We are the voice of the 1,700 youth who don’t have one.” ••• In August, just after the start of the new school year, Nick — a passionate musician and shy transplant from Texas who favors shoulder-length hair and cowboy boots —
sat in a circle of students on the floor of his newsmagazine classroom at Castle View High School, sharing highlights from the summer. As he quietly described his encounter with the homeless, the staff became intrigued. The story inspired a theme for the first issue — “Going Outside the CVHS Bubble” — with Nick writing the main story about homeless teens. He reached out to Urban Peak, toured the facility, learned about its services. He later explored the grassy space near Denver Skate Park and the 16th Street Mall to find homeless youths to interview. “It was really hard to approach them,” Nick remembered. “I mean, I’m going to high school in Castle Rock and they’re on the streets in Denver.” He returned to Denver three times for more interviews to make sure he understood how to tell their stories. “It was weird at first,” Nick said of walking up to strangers to ask such personal questions. But “I would call it a pivotal moment in my life.” ••• On April 14, the school kicked off Make a Difference Week. More than 1,800 students crowded onto the gym bleachers. A selection process had winnowed about 10 charities and nonprofit organizations to three finalists, including Urban Peak, nominated by the newsmagazine staff. Students overwhelmingly voted it the recipient of this year’s fundraising efforts. The goal: $15,000, a few thousand more than needed to keep Urban Peak open for a day. “We want to turn this outside of our walls for one week,” student government adviser Bob Sutterer said to the students. “These are people just like you who are also talented, who also have great energy, who need a little bit of help.” Charlie Annerino, a representative from Urban Peak, walked to the middle of the floor. “A lot of times, they (homeless youths) feel like they don’t have any support,” he told the young audience. “Just looking around
at this gym, that’s not true at all. … It is so powerful to see people your age care about this issue and be passionate about doing something.” Mid-week, Annerino, Hanley and three others from the organization spent the day talking to 33 classes about the issue of youth homelessness. By the end of the week, students had raised $12,168. “It’s remarkable,” said Chris Weiss, Urban Peak’s development manager. “Castle Rock is 30 miles away from the epicenter of homelessness. To raise $12,000 for us is remarkable.” ••• In less than a month, Nick graduates. He is headed to college and a life, he hopes, where he has the opportunity to help others. It is an ambition nurtured by what evolved from a chance encounter with some homeless youths one early summer morning. “I didn’t imagine it would have been the major direction of my senior year,” he said. “If I hadn’t have done that article and done MAD Week, I probably wouldn’t have stayed on track as much. It kept me kind of headed straight, I guess.” Urban Peak, for its part, never imagined the kindness that would surge from a suburban high school in a community so removed from the everyday struggles of the discarded youths it serves. The connection, Weiss said, makes this world a better place. Nick wants to do more at Urban Peak in the coming year. “I’d really like to work in the kitchen,” he said. Where he first saw the reality of wounded humanity. And where this unfinished story of compassion began. Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. Her column earned first place in the 2013 Colorado Press Association Better Newspaper contest. She can be reached at ahealey@coloradocommunitymedia.com or 303-566-4110.
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A red sweater day Lou Ellen Bromley “Celebrate You” was the theme for the Volunteer Recognition luncheon on Friday at Eagle View Adult Center in Prairie Center Parkway. Sue Corbett, director of Volunteer Services introduced guest speaker Gwen Crawford, who spoke to the large group of volunteers saying “As you advance in age you become more comfortable with who you are and don’t worry about what other people think of you, and can more freely celebrate yourself.” Crawford is the author of “I’m Celebrating My Birthday Today!” a book of strategies for living life fully. She passed out copies of her book to all the guests at the luncheon. Live music was provided by “Heartlander’s” duo Deb and Greg Beveridge from Thornton and a photo booth was provided by Max Garcia owner of Double Exposure photo booths. Garcia provided the guests with a variety of funny hats, glasses and masks to wear to have their pictures taken. Council members Mark Humbert from Ward 4, Ken Kreutzer from Ward 3, Cynthia Martinez from Ward 2,
J.W. Edwards from Ward 4 and Mayor protem Kirby Wallin were among the guests having their pictures taken. Sherrie Gossert, a volunteer at Eagle View Adult Center stated “I think its important for council members to come to this event and show their support, I am happy to see so many here today.” The Special Recognition Awards, also know as the Red Sweater Awards have been given to outstanding volunteers at the Brighton Senior Center, now the Eagle View Adult Center for the last 18 years. The luncheon is an opportunity to recognize all of the volunteers, and to honor three outstanding people by presenting them with the Red Sweater Award, sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank of Brighton. The three people who receive the Red Sweater Award are very special because they are recommended for the honor by other volunteers at Eagle View for their outstanding service. This years Red Sweater winners are John Hines, Dave Thomas and Judy Schissle. Their names will be listed with the previous 57 award winners, several of whom were present Friday wearing their red sweat-
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Good moods are catching. Pass yours along. The Dia del Nino (Day of the Child) event was held in Brighton last Saturday, April 26. Pictured above is the No Mo Violence Dance group. Photo by Michelle Boyer
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The City of Brighton recently announced its intent to compete for the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a national competition that aims to dramatically improve America’s energy standing by challenging communities across the U.S. to rethink their energy use. More than 50 communities have signed letters of intent to compete for the prize. “We are excited to work with our community partners to develop a plan that will allow the City of Brighton to rethink how we do things and focus our efforts on becoming more energy efficient in the future,” Brighton Mayor Dick McLean said. “This is a forward-thinking initiative and we are honored to have been selected to compete.”
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With today’s press conference, the Georgetown University Energy Prize’s Application Phase is now officially open for the nearly 9,000 eligible U.S. communities with a population between 5,000 and 250,000. During this Application Phase, the city will work closely with United Power, Xcel Energy, Adams County Office of Sustainability, and local energy efficiency experts to develop an energy-saving plan before June 30, 2014. “The city of Brighton continually focuses on fostering a community engaged, energy efficient city which strives to bring innovative and sustainable infrastructure, programs, and businesses to city. As our efforts continue, we hope to lead the region in energy efficiency and sustainable community engagement,” Brighton City Manager Manuel Esquibel said. Once the City of Brighton’s plan has been submitted, it will be evaluated against applications from other interested communities and considered for potential advancement to the Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and Finals. The prize contest will conclude in 2017, when one winning
community is awarded a $5 million prize purse for use on energy efficiency programs that help ensure the continued implementation of its long-term energy-saving plan. “Many homes, schools, businesses, governments, and individuals have already begun to do their part in reducing energy consumption — but it’s not enough,” said Dr. Francis Slakey, Executive Director of the Georgetown University Energy Prize. “In order to fully realize the benefits of energy efficiency initiatives, we must commit to addressing our national energy problem together, one community at a time.” To learn more about the Georgetown University Energy Prize and to track the competition’s progress, visit www. guep.org, or follow the Prize on Twitter (@GUEnergyPrize) or Facebook (www.facebook.com/guenergyprize). For more information about the City of Brighton’s efforts and ways you can get involved, please visit www. brightonco.gov/sustainability or contact Murphy Robinson at 303-655-2000.
Library renamed in honor of educator Kniss served 33 years as district teacher, eight years as Board of Education member Staff report Former colleagues, community members, family and friends gathered April 12 to celebrate the renaming of the Brighton High School Library in honor of longtime educator Joan Kniss. The library will now be known as the Joan R. Kniss Library and Resource Center. Kniss, an Arvada native, began her career in 27J
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Retired School District 27J educator and board member Joan Kniss stands at the entrance to the Brighton High School library, renamed April 12 in her honor. Courtesy photo as a student teacher. She spent 10 years as an English teacher and counselor
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where she spent the majority of her teaching career as an English teacher. She was honored as Colorado Teacher of the Year in 2001. She taught for two years at the new Thimmig K-8 as a sixth- through eighth-grade teacher before returning to Brighton High School as an instructional coach. She retired in 2005. Kniss was then elected to the School District 27J Board of Education to represent District 4. She served as board president for two-and-a-half years and was twice honored as a recipient of the Colorado Association of School Boards’ McGuffey Award winners. She retired from the board in November 2013.
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Bill an opening to greater transparency A bill introduced late this legislative session deserves support from all who want to ensure public officials make their decisions in the open and preserve the right to call them out in court if they don’t. House Bill 14-1390 clarifies Colorado’s open meetings law, stating that anyone can challenge a perceived violation of the law, not only those directly affected by the action. In the equivalent of the session’s ninth inning — the General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn May 7 — the bill was introduced last week and quickly passed its first committee. It remains to be seen whether the bipartisan measure, sponsored in the House by Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, and Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, can gain final passage before the session’s conclusion.
our view We’re hoping it does, or at least is revisited next January. If not, a Jefferson County judge’s head-shaking ruling in late March could set a dangerous precedent. In January, Arvada’s mayor and city council held a special meeting to fill a vacant seat. The process the officials used to fill the opening on the council prompted an Arvada resident to file a complaint. “The Mayor and Council decided to vote by secret ballot, and employed a process of elimination of any candidate(s) who received an insufficient number of votes in each round (the votes for each
round were tallied publicly but the identity of the individuals casting each vote was not disclosed),” District Court Judge Margie Enquist wrote in her March 30 finding. Sounds like the plaintiff was on to something — state law forbids secret ballots in most cases. But hold on: The judge found that Russell Weisfield did not “have standing to bring his claim.” The reason? He did not “articulate any direct, specific impact this voting procedure had on him or his legally-protected interests.” Case dismissed. That’s not how it’s supposed to work. Are we to assume that only the unsuccessful finalists for the council position could have legally challenged the process? If so, that’s an enemy of the very trans-
parency elected leaders so often, at least publicly, espouse these days. Allowing only a select few to protest the actions of public officials is disenfranchising to the masses. “The very point of the (open meetings law) is transparency in government for all citizens, not just people who are directly affected,” Gardner told the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition last month. “Every citizen ought to have standing.” While the judge ruled that Weisfield was not injured by the council’s actions, HB 14-1390 would take any such idea out of play, stating that any person denied rights under the open meetings law has “suffered an injury in fact.” We hope state lawmakers will — very publicly and very quickly — vote for that.
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It is National Immunization Week, do you think everyone should have their child immunized and should there be a law making this mandatory? I believe in getting basic immunizations. I am not crazy about everyone needing flu shots because I’ve never got one and I’ve never had the flu. I’m for limiting government involvement. Pete Phibbs, Brighton
Yes, everyone should be immunized. No, the government should not be involved. Erin Cory, Mead
It depends on what type of immunization. For example, everyone should get tetanus shots, I don’t believe in the HPV shots. Matt Illa, Minnesota
I believe in child immunization, but I don’t believe the government should be involved at all. It is still a personal choice for parents. Jeremy Barrett, Mead
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The kids are alright Eh, what’s wrong with these dern kids these days?!” (You have to try to imagine this in the voice of some cranky old person who just shoo’ed kids off of his front lawn.) Wow. How many stereotypes can get packed into one sentence? ANYway ... Actually, I would have to say that the answer to that original question is “not much.” And, in fact, a great many things are very right with kids these days. I was drawn to this conclusion because of a special event I witnessed a couple weeks ago. The Arvada Rotary Club has a scholarship competition called “Speak Up,” and, for the past several years, they have invited a handful of high school seniors, chosen through an application process, to come and speak in front of a meeting of the Rotary. All of those chosen to speak already won scholarships, and two of the speakers for the evening won even larger scholarships. This year, the theme of the event was “Engage Rotary, Change Lives,” and the students had to prepare a six- to eightminute speech on that theme. Let me just stop you right there: how many of you, when you were 18, were comfortable delivering a 6 – 8 minute speech in front of your mirror, much less a room full of strangers? This is a daunting task for adults — so much more so for high school students. And what I witnessed that night ran the gamut: there were students whose shyness was palpable, but did not deter them; there were students who were very focused on delivering exactly what the guidelines for the speech called for, and took care of business in a very professional manner; and, as always at such gatherings, there were a couple students who love the microphone and the stage, and took their turn to entertain the gathered crowd. But, for their differences, there were a couple common threads that ran through all of the speeches: service, engagement, and the power of human connections. This assembly of student leaders, representing each of the four high schools in Arvada, demonstrated poise and courage
just by speaking; but what they spoke of demonstrated that, at least with this group, the typical, selfish attitudes we assume of teenagers is simply not the norm. With this group — and I would love to think that they represent a large and growing segment of the youth population — the level of maturity and selflessness on display is such that many other generations would do well to study and emulate. This has, actually, been my experience in most of my professional life, as well. Certainly, there are students who are not mature, whose worldview begins and ends in the mirror — but that can be said of a great many adults, also. But, by and large, I’ve always thought that teenagers, and particularly high school seniors, possess a wonderful mixture of hopefulness, naïvete, and energy, such that there truly isn’t much that they can’t accomplish if they all get moving in the same direction. So, take heart: the leaders of the next generation are capable of things to rival any of their forebears. Get out of their way, and see what they can do! And, yes, I was at this event because my daughter was one of the invited high school seniors. For the most part, she’s always been a lot more comfortable expressing herself through dance than through words, but, Sunshine, you were amazing! I am very proud of you! Michael Alcorn is a music teacher and fitness instructor who lives with his wife and three children. He graduated from Alameda High School and the University of Colorado-Boulder.
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GOP hopefuls target Hickenlooper in debate But candidates may have to overcome image problem to win the seat By Vic Vela
vvela@colorado communitymedia.com Three Republican gubernatorial hopefuls tried to stand apart from one another — while getting in plenty of shots at Gov. John Hickenlooper along the way — during an April 24 debate. The event, held two months before voters cast ballots in the GOP primary, yielded few surprises, with the candidates speaking in near lockstep on issues that included gun control and the Affordable Care Act — issues they believe will resonate with voters in a general election. But the candidates also addressed a confounding reality for the Republican Party — the fact that they’ve held the governor’s seat just once over the last 40 years. There was a little bit of soul-searching going on when asked whether they felt their party has branding problems. “We have not articulated our values in a practical and positive way,” said Secretary of State Scott Gessler. Three of the four GOP candidates for governor took part in the KUSA-TV debate in Denver: Gessler; former Congressman Bob Beauprez; and former state Senate Minority Leader Mike Kopp. Former Congressman Tom Tancredo did not take part in the debate. To take over the governor’s mansion again, Republicans will have to win the seat from a sitting governor who currently
is the favorite in the race. A Quinnipiac University poll released the day before the debate shows that Hickenlooper enjoys a 7 percentage-point advantage over his closest Republican competitor. Beauprez acknowledged that the last several years have been “a tough era” for Republicans. But he contends that the Report GOP is finally in a good position to win over voters, due in part to a state and federal government that he feels has overreached in several areas. “At this moment in time, I think our brand is on the rise for a very obvious reason,” he said. “There’s two philosophies. One believes that people are the problem and that they need to be regulated and controlled. The other believes the people are the solution.” The candidates all took shots at Hickenlooper’s leadership style. Though they acknowledged that Hickenlooper showed leadership following the Aurora theater shooting, they criticized the governor for later signing gun-control legislation as a response to the massacre. All three candidates said they would work to repeal those gun laws, if elected. And Kopp said that Hickenlooper hasn’t done enough on wildfire-mitigation efforts. “The fact of the matter is, the governor has not shown leadership on this,” Kopp said. “His big announcement this spring regarding his wildfire reforms was a big nothing burger.”
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As far as policy, the three candidates sounded familiar, conservative themes for positions on issues that separate them from Hickenlooper and other Democrats. They blasted the Affordable Care Act, with Kopp saying he would push for legislation that would allow Colorado to opt out of Obamacare’s health insurance exchange program. “I don’t want to be a party of implementing such bad policy,” Kopp said. “We’re adding a new level of government and to me two wrongs don’t make a right.” The debate over Obamacare prompted the debate’s only sharp exchange. As Senate minority leader, Kopp fought against Obamacare implementation. But Gessler said that those efforts weren’t good enough. “What we need is someone who is going to lead to overturn that,” Gessler said. “Despite the efforts heard earlier, we’ve failed in this state.” That drew a terse response from Kopp. “Mr. Secretary, with all due respect, when I was advancing this agenda you were nowhere to be seen,” Kopp said. They also said they would move forward with the execution of Nathan Dunlap — a death row inmate who killed four people at an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in 1996. Hickenlooper has taken heat from Republicans since he granted Dunlap a temporary reprieve last year. The candidates said they did not support raising taxes to generate money for schools or prisons. And they all said they would push to repeal a law from last year that allows undocumented students living in Colorado to attend state colleges and universities at in-state tuition rates. For the most part, the candidates wanted nothing to do with gay rights issues. Beauprez and Kopp said they had no in-
tention of overturning last year’s law that created civil unions in Colorado. Although Gessler said he would “have to look at the bill,” he did indicate that overturning the law “is on the table.” The candidates all affirmed their prolife stances, but Beauprez didn’t seem very interested in talking about abortion. He said that pursuing a law to outlaw abortion “would not be on the agenda right now for anyone on this campaign.” “I think it’s an issue that is trumped up in every political campaign for obvious reasons — to divide good people on a very difficult issue that really isn’t simply resolved,” he said. Kopp had no problem talking about his desire for an abortion ban. “I am pro-life and would absolutely stand up for legislation that creates life without exceptions,” he said. The candidates were also asked about the baggage they might bring to the race. Beauprez — who lost badly in a 2006 gubernatorial race with Bill Ritter — said he has learned from his mistakes in that “very difficult” campaign. Gessler was asked whether a cloudy ethics image would be a barrier in the campaign. He was found to have violated ethics laws by the state’s ethics commission for using state money to attend a Republican event in 2012. Gessler said the ethics commission is unethical itself. “We have a corrupt ethics commission in the state of Colorado,” Gessler said. “It is controlled and dominated and run by Hickenlooper re-election supporters who are personally financially interested in seeing him re-elected.”
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Stanley Leslie Stolte
Feb. 26, 1939 – Apr. 12, 2014
Vicki Picotte of Northglenn tries out her new ramp after it was installed by volunteers with the Home Builders Foundation of Metro Denver. Courtesy photo by Home Builders Foundation
Volunteers modify homes for disabled By Tammy Kranz
tkranz@coloradocommunitymedia.com For a year now, the effects of multiple sclerosis have made the simple process of entering and leaving her Northglenn home a tiring process for Vicki Picotte. “It was hard to get up and down my steps because I had to lift up my walker and by time I got to my van my legs were shaking and I was exhausted,” she said. Through acquaintances of her sister, Picotte heard about Home Builders Foundation (HBF) of Metro Denver, a nonprofit that partners with the homebuilding industry to provide free home modifications for people with physical disabilities who cannot afford it. Workers with the Foundation recently installed a wheelchair accessible ramp that allows her to become more self-sufficient. “I still have energy when I leave my house — it’s beyond the greatest gift,” Picotte said. “I can’t say enough about their generosity. To know people are out there who can do this for you — it’s humbling.” The experience was a memorable one for Mike Drennen as well. Drennen with Alpine Lumber served as the project captain for the work done at Picotte’s home. “That was the most rewarding project we’ve done thus far,” he said. “Her sister called me while we were there telling me what a difference we were making in her sisters life. This was the kind of project that defines why we do what we do.”
Beth Forbes, executive director of HBF, said that annually the foundation completes the most projects in Adams County out of the eight counties it serves. The other counties include Arapahoe, Broomfield, Boulder, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and Jefferson. “Last week alone we completed a project in Brighton (vertical platform lift installation) and conducted a site visit at 78th and York,” Forbes said during an April 21 interview. “We continue to receive application on a rolling basis, many of which are from Adams County.” A Thornton resident received an accessible bathroom remodel by the HBF and just this past weekend, volunteers with the foundation installed a ramp. “We know that it is making an immediate and profound impact on their life and their ability to be independent,” Forbes said of the recent Northglenn and Thornton projects. In order to be eligible to receive modification help from HBF, the person must live in the eight counties it serves (as mentioned above), there has to be an accessibility need (such as they cannot access their home from the outside or certain parts of their home) and they must exhibit a financial need. “In general, the projects we approve are based on timing and need as well as funds and volunteers available to complete the project,” Forbes said. “We typically review about five to eight new projects a month.” For more information on HBF, call 303551-6721 or visit www.hbfdenver.org.
Stanley “Les” Stolte, 75, a longtime resident of Arvada, Golden and Brighton, Colorado passed away April 16, 2014. He was born February 26, 1939 in San Luis, Colorado to Stanley and Virginia Stolte. A Memorial Victory Celebration will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 5 at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 2470 Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, CO 80214. Les is survived by his wife of nearly 56 years, Carolyn of Spring Hill, Kansas: daughters, Sharon (Tommy) Howell of Overland Park, Kansas, Susan (James) Hurley of Gardner, Kansas, son Russell (Pam) of Brighton, Colorado. Grandchildren: Sam, Hanna, Molly, Cooper and Kristin (Bobby) Strain. Brother, Robert (Barbara) Stolte of Arvada, Colorado, sister, Kathy (Bill) Austin of Arvada, Colorado. Preceded in death, parents Stanley and Virginia Stolte, sister Karen (Justin) Capps. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lakewood.
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Have Mersey: ‘1964’ coming to Red Rocks
‘Varekai’ adapts Icarus By Clarke Reader
creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Don’t fly too close to the sun. That moral, culled from the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, has permeated culture in the centuries since the story was first told and Icarus’ fall has been told in countless ways and mediums. It’s a safe bet that none of the retellings have the cinematic grandeur and poetic motion of Cirque du Soleil’s “Varekai,” which will be dazzling audiences in Broomfield. “Varekai” will be at the 1st Bank Center, 11450 Broomfield Lane, May 7-11. Showtimes will be on May 7 through 10 at 7:30 p.m., May 9 and 10 at 4 p.m. and May 11 at 1:30 and 5 p.m. According to information provided by Vanessa Napoli with Cirque du Soleil, “Varekai” has been touring around the world for 11 years, but this is the first time it has come through the west metro area. The title comes from the word for “wherever” in the Romany language, and Napoli said the title reflects the ability of the show to harness the imagination and take the viewers wherever they want. As the story begins, Icarus finds himself falling out the sky into a magical forest filled with fantastical creatures, and Icarus must learn to use his legs again while finding his way through this new world. The show is directed by Dominic Champagne, and honors the nomadic soul, as well as the circus tradition. Gymnast and performer Emily McCarthy, originally from the United Kingdom, has been performing with “Varekai” for a little under two years, after being spotted by the organization during a competition. “I started working with them in Montreal, and we’ve toured ‘Varekai’ in Argentina, Peru and other places in South America, and are now working our way through the US,” she said. “I trained in Montreal for a month before being integrated into the performance.”
McCarthy is a slippery surface performer, which creates the illusion of skating by the gymnasts flinging and catching each other on a specially designed sliding surface. “It’s a team act, and since WHAT: Cirque du Soleil’s we do around six “Varekai” to eight shows a WHERE: 1st Bank Center, week, that keeps 11450 Broomfield Lane, us in constant Broomfield training,” she WHEN: May 7 - 11 said. “I get Wednesday, May 7 - 7:30 thrown around a p.m. lot, and it’s a lot Thursday, May 8 - 7:30 p.m. of fun.” Friday, May 9 - 4 and 7:30 The show also p.m. features Russian Saturday, May 10 - 4 and swings, clown 7:30 p.m. acts, juggling Sunday, May 11 - 1:30 and and aerial hoops 5 p.m. and straps. COST: $40-$100 The intricacy INFORMATION: www. and vividness of cirquedusoleil.com/varekai the costumes are one of the major factors in Cirque du Soleil’s international reputation, and McCarthy said “Varekai” is no exception. Violaine Corradi drew inspiration from the energy and eclecticism of world music to create the score for the show. Hawaiian ritual, 11th century troubadours from the south of France, traditional Armenian melodies and gospel music with contemporary arrangements are meshed together to bring the world to life. The seven-piece band — which includes a bandleader/keyboards player, a second keyboard player, drummer, percussionist, bassist, violinist and a wind instruments player, plus two singers— one male and one female — play live and adapt to the actions on stage. The cumulative effect of the costumes, music and movement is one of absolute wonder, which McCarthy said will dazzle everyone in the audience. “It’s a family show, and definitely out of this world,” she said. “It’s something people will have never seen before, and is a great experience.” For more information, visit www. cirquedusoleil.com/varekai.
IF YOU GO
Tickets are on sale for “1964” The Tribute, celebrating the iconic music of the Beatles and the Fab Four’s Colorado debut concert at Red Rocks. The tribute to the British Invasion starts at 8 p.m. Aug. 22 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre (doors open at 6:30 p.m.). Here’s your chance to relive musical history with what’s being touted as “the No. 1 Beatles show in the world” that is “hailed by critics and fans alike as the most authentic and enduring Beatles concert live on stage.” In celebration of this historical event, “1964” will kick off the evening with the 10 songs the Beatles performed at Red Rocks in 1964. Come experience what it was like at the beginning. For more information on “1964” The Tribute, go to www.1964site.com. This concert is a benefit for Colorado Public Television 12. Tickets are $32 (plus service charges) for general admission (the original 1964 concert tickets were $6) and are available at www.ticketmaster.com and all Ticketmaster centers. To charge tickets by phone, call 1-800-7453000. Group sales through Channel 12 at www.cpt12.org or by calling 303-2961212 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
`Memphis’ meets Arvada
For its 38th season, the Arvada Center announced a three-play, three-musical lineup, led by the first locally staged production of the Tony Award-winning best musical, Memphis. The Arvada Center is reducing its total show output next season, while maintaining its ongoing collaboration with Creede Repertory Theatre. “As one of the region’s largest professional theaters, we are committed to artistic excellence and to producing inspiring work that will engage our audiences’ hearts and minds,” Arvada Center Executive Director Philip C. Sneed said in a press release. “As we look to the future, we must also ensure our financial sustainability, so that we can continue to provide the quality our patrons have come to expect.” The Arvada Center has had seven shows each of the past four seasons. Next year the total will be six. The Arvada schedule also includes: She Loves Me, The Last Romance, Harvey, The Archbishop’s Ceiling and A Man of No Importance.
Larkburger, take me home
Larkburger, the popular local burger joint, has been getting lots of tweets from Colorado students attending colleges out of state hoping for a Larkburger being sent to their dorm. So, Larkburger teamed with Frontier Airlines to bring a Colorado student back for a taste of home. To enter “Craving Colorado,” entrants must submit a video via Larkburger’s Facebook page (or post to Instagram and Twitter using #CravingColorado) in which they explain what they miss about their home state. The winner
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Majestic Athletic, in partnership with the Colorado Rockies and Major League Baseball, celebrates a special day for local baseball fans by inviting them to don their official Rockies team jerseys in a show of baseball fan pride for the Rockies home game on May 2. Rockies Jersey Day, presented by Majestic Athletic, encourages fans to proudly wear their Rockies jersey to work, school or the home game that evening to celebrate their love for the sport and the hometown nine. “We always encourage our fans to wear their Rockies jerseys and colors,” said Greg Feasel, Rockies executive vice president and COO. “However, designating a special day for our fans to proudly wear their favorite Rockies jersey is a great way to honor the history of baseball, our team and the community.”
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entrance? Kirk Montgomery is leaving; former Rocky Mountain News columnist Sam Adams and ex-Fox 31 anchor and former 9News sports anchor Ron Zappolo are joining forces on a regular weekend gig at Channel 9; and David Krause left 9News to return to The Denver Post (return, who does that?). And now longtime weekday morning sports anchor Susie Wargin is leaving to join the real estate business, The Post reported. Wargin told The Post she’s had her real-estate license “since June (and) my mom’s been in the business for 38 years (with RE/MAX). It’s a good family decision for me now. Mom wants to hand down the business and I’d be an idiot to refuse.” The Pro Challenge cycling series, which ends Aug. 24, likely may be Wargin’s last fulltime assignment at 9News. She has been the morning sports anchor at 9News since 2004.
Eavesdropping on a woman with a 6-year-old who wanted to try Motto Sparkling Matcha Tea at Whole Foods in Colorado Springs: Not knowing if the “Tea for Life” was kid-friendly, the woman asked a store employee if it was something kids would like. The employee’s response: “Well, King Soopers kids don’t like it, but Whole Foods kids do.” Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for BlacktieColorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktie-colorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.
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Writer seeks Victory Mail cartoons for third book By Crystal Anderson
canderson@ coloradocommunitymedia.com While she never received one, Sheryl Jones, Harry Chrisman’s adoptive daughter, loved her father’s Victory Mail cartoons. Now, she’s seeking more. After enlisting in the military in October, 1942, when he was 37, Chrisman began sending letters, mainly cartoon drawings, to his sweetheart, Catherine, and his mother to assure them he was well. “It was a way for him to reassure his mother and his wife he was alright, and maybe bring a smile to their face,” Jones said. Victory Mail, known as VMail, was a form of microfilm correspondence used by soldiers and their families during World War II. According to the Smithsonian Institute, the system was created to reduce shipping space after seeing an influx of letters between American soldiers and their loved ones. “On any piece of paper he might be able to find, blowing away in the wind, he’d draw cartoons on it and post them on his tent,” Jones said. “The guys got the biggest kick out of it.” Chrisman’s cartoons depicted his
experience in the Army. Stationed on Christmas Island, in the South Pacific, Chrisman drew about the everyday actions of his unit; the emotions, such as boredom, soldiers went through; and the interactions between the soldiers and officers in his unit. Censorship was prevalent throughout World War II, and while Chrisman’s cartoons depicted the humor, depression and happenings of Army life, they always passed the censors, as they provided light in a time that was dark for so many. “He found out and he writes about it (in the book), if it was a cartoon and it was supposed to be funny, it would pass the censors like you can’t believe,” Jones said. “And so he was able to get some messages through about how he was and where he was and so on.” Chrisman died in 1993, leaving behind his cartoons to Jones, who promised to have them published — and now she has. In a three-volume collection, Jones has worked over the last 20 years to collect, scan, pen, print and publish the collection of cartoons. The first volume is available now, with the second will be released in early November. For the third volume, Jones will feature Chrisman’s drawings about natural history, poetry and the cartoons he drew for others. She is currently seeking any VMail cartoon penned by Chrisman to
Strewn across his book of cartoons, next to a love poem he wrote, are Harry and Catherine Chrisman’s dog tags from World War II. Photo by Crystal Anderson add to the book. “I would like them (others with cartoons) to know they’re not gone, they’re still here, and theirs is valuable too. I think they’re a part of history; it’s the softer side of World War II.” Over his time in the war, from 19421945, Chrisman wrote more than 403 VMail letters and cartoons to his wife
and mother, and many more for his fellow military men. Today, 69 years after he penned his last cartoon, Chrisman’s dogtags lay, not with him, but strewn across the pages of his book. To submit a VMail cartoon or inquire about the books, please contact Sheryl Jones, sheryljones@comcast.net.
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Eye for Art talent sought Eye for Art program seeking artists for “Tantalizing Summer Perspectives” Art Show The City of Brighton announces a call for artists for its “Tantalizing Summer Perspectives” art show. Brighton celebrates with a summer to fall art show with this opentheme show. Artist submittals are being accepted through May 16, 2014 for this show which is slated to run June 16, 2014 to October 3, 2014 at Brighton’s City Hall building, locat-
ed at 500 S. 4th Ave. Artwork from local and regional artists is selected by committee for display throughout Brighton City Hall for a 16-week period of time. Artwork may include, but is not limited to: oils, watercolors, charcoal, graphite, photography, mixed media and sculpture of various media and theme. The Eye for Art Program provides new, emerging and established artists with a high-traffic location for their artwork. As
part of the program, active participating Eye for Art artists who submit for public display and their work is available for purchase may be considered for permanent acquisition through the program when funding becomes available. The Eye for Art committee meets to review and recommend any of the yearly displayed artwork to be acquired for permanent placement within the city each year. Artists not already registered as an art-
ist or art group are asked to register and retrieve submittal forms at the “Call for Artist Interest” Link at the City of Brighton website at: www.brightonco.gov/401/Eye-forArt-Program. Please contact Laurie Maier, Eye for Artwork Coordinator, at 303-655-2034 for additional information. Brighton is a proud supporter of arts and culture.
Prairie View top students named The top 15 students at Prairie View High School were recently honored April 30 at Buffalo Run golf course. Martin Lozano is the valedictorian and Navdeep Singh is the
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Council reviews future of school district By Lou Ellen Bromley Brighton City Council hosted a combined meeting Tuesday with both District 27J school board members and Commerce City City Council members to discuss long-range plans for the growth of the school district and the need for more schools to be built to provide classroom space for both Brighton and Commerce City students in the 27J School District. The borders of 27J school district cross both city limits, and housing developments continue to increase between the two cities, bringing more families with school-age children into the district. The board of education estimate the student population will increase to 17,000 by the fall of 2014.
Terry Lucero, operations department manager for 27J, told council members that the school district is looking into a mill levy override and a bond issue for the next general elections. The school district has not received a bond to build new schools in eight years. An override of a mill levy was voted down in the last election by residents. Youth Services Manager Tawnya Russel presented a short video on community schools and discussed with both city councils the benefits of a community school located near North Elementary and South Elementary. A community school, supported by the city of Brighton and school dis-
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trict 27J, could offer another welcoming safe place for students and their families. Brighton families that are in need of help can find resources at the school for health, nutrition, education and other services offered within the city. City Manager Manuel Esquibel said, “The role the city plays in addressing school issues is by giving support and assistance to schools that need extra help.” Council members from Commerce City expressed interest in developing their own community schools, hoping to offer the same services and support to their community and will be watching Brighton’s progress with the schools development with interest.
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ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) You might need to do a bit more investigating before making a career move. You do best when you come armed with the facts. A personal matter still needs tending to. TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Your creativity plus your good business sense once more combine to give you an important advantage in a difficult workplace situation. An ally proves his or her loyalty. GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Avoid rushing into something just because it offers a break from your usual routine. Take things a step at a time to be sure you’re moving in the right direction.
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CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) Bouncing back from a disappointing incident isn’t easy, but you should find a welcome turn of events emerging. Spend the weekend with someone special. LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) An incomplete project needs your attention before someone else takes it over and uses it to his or her advantage. There’ll be lots of time for fun and games once you get it done. VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Doubts involving a potential career change need to be resolved quickly so they don’t get in the way when you feel you’re finally ready to make the big move. LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) looking to blame someone for a workplace problem could backfire if it turns out you’ve got the wrong “culprit.” Best to get more facts before acting on your assumptions. SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) patience might still be called for until you’re sure you finally have the full story that eluded you up till now. A trusted associate could offer valuable guidance. SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) look into your recent behavior to see if you could have caused the coolness you might now be sensing from a loved one. if so, apologize and set things straight. CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Easing up on your social activities allows you to focus more of your energies on a long-neglected personal matter. You can get back into party mode by the weekend. AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) A dispute with a colleague can be resolved peacefully once you both agree to be more flexible about the positions you’ve taken and allow for more open-minded discussions. PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Volunteering to take on added responsibilities could be a risky way to impress the powers-that-be. Do it only if you’re sure you won’t be swept away by the extra workload. BORN THIS WEEK: Your sense of self-awareness allows you to make bold moves with confidence. © 2014 King Features Synd., inc.
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Brighton tops Prairie View By Michelle Boyer
Last week’s rival baseball game between Brighton and Prairie View ended with Brighton on top 2-1. Brighton has extended their overall record to 11-6, while Prairie View is 11-4-1. “The Brighton game was what this city is all about,” said Caleb Dameron, PVHS center fielder. “High school baseball should be all about playing under the lights in front of the whole city and all about your fans. The atmosphere is a whole other level, and brings out things in players that haven’t been seen before. “Both teams have so much heart and talent. My team has gone through some hang-ups, but that hasn’t let us up one bit. I know we’ll look back on that game and grow on it to make us a better team come playoffs. The scariest thing about our team … we’re not near to playing to our fullest ability,” Dameron said. Dameron said he knows his team will make some noise the end of the year, and his team isn’t finished yet. He’s been playing baseball since the Tball days, back when he started to walk. “There’s never been a summer without it being filled with baseball,” he said. “I took a year or so off from baseball when I moved to Colorado, and when I was playing football. A baseball coach (Kevin Blount) a parent from another team asked me to play for his baseball team that summer in the Brighton area. I played baseball with him until high school, and he’s the main reason of where I’m at today. He helped motivate and teach me things that have helped both on and off the field.” “Center field has been my home all four years on the varsity level, and all through little league,” Dameron said, adding that he’s always been the fastest kid on the field. “That’s just where I belong.” He said this season the team has a very different mentality. “We’re among ‘family,’ and we strive for nothing, but the best,” Dameron said. “Every player had put in the work all off season long and all season they’ve all had the attitude and mindset to push themselves to
be the best they can be.” As a captain of the team and a leader at PVHS, Dameron said it’s his goal to change the mentality this year in everything the team does and so far it’s shown. Dameron played football until his sophomore year in high school. “I was always a running back,” he said. “I also kick returned and was a punt returner. Once again, I always was the fastest on the field. I used to think football would be my favorite sport, until I made varsity baseball as a freshman. I knew baseball was my calling, so I quit football to focus on it. I’m still hassled to this day to keep playing football. Baseball is a game within a game and the easiest game to fall in love with. I love every aspect of baseball from the grind to the games every step is all one focus to be successful in baseball and I love every bit of it.” The high school senior is a three year allstate and all-conference academic, and going for his fourth year this season. He made center field all-conference his sophomore and junior year. He received the Thunderhawk Award and is a Triple Crown national champion, a four year varsity letterman and has a batting average of over .400 with 15-plus stolen bases each year. He’s only had two errors during his high school career from center field. “Baseball is my life,” Dameron said. “I do everything for God’s glory. He’s the one who provides me with all my strength and success. I owe it ALL to him. God has blessed me with so much and so many amazing things and people around me. My family and friends are more than I could ever ask for and are nothing, but the best. I live for this sport and these people. Your talent is God’s gift to you, what you do with it is your gift back to God.” Dameron will play baseball at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling next year. He plans to study business/computer technology and move into a four year college after he finishes his first two years of school. He wants to also continue playing baseball at the university level in the future. Prairie View hosts Adams City Thursday, while Brighton plays at Thornton. Both games start at 4 p.m.
Caleb Dameron keeps a sharp eye on the action. Photo by Michelle Boyer
Smith thrives on tennis court By Michelle Boyer Kendal Smith started playing tennis seriously the summer before 2011. “I spent the summer in Florida with my grandparents and played tennis every day,” she said. “My grandparents really got me into it, and really encouraged me to try out for the Prairie View High School tennis team.” The Prairie View junior is the No. 1 singles player this season.
“My season so far has been challenging, and very fun,” she said. “My record this year is three wins and five loses. I’m working on improving my record before the end of the season. “My favorite match this season was Brighton versus Prairie View, because of the amount of fun we have each year playing against them. It’s nice to see your friends and play against them for the rival match. As a whole, PVHS is playing our hardest and doing well. Our goal was to improve from last season and overall we’ve
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accomplished that goal and are continuing to meet our goals daily.” Smith said her team is very close-knit and they have a strong relationship making for strong bonds that never can be broken. Besides playing tennis, Smith enjoys competing in the water. This year was her first year as a member of the Brighton High School diving team. “Both tennis and diving are sports I enjoy equally, and I can’t say I have a favorite,” she said. “Both teams are wonderful to be a part of and have had a great impact on my
high school career.” She already has her eyes on attending the University of Northern Colorado or Metro State College after she graduates in 2015. She wants to become a pediatric nurse because of her passion for helping children. Prairie View has their regional tournament at Doherty High School Thursday and Friday. Brighton’s tennis regional tournament finishes out this Thursday at Redstone Park.
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7) Who did Tommy Morrison beat to win the WBO world heavyweight boxing title in 1993? Answers 1) Mel Ott, with 61. 2) He won 380 games in five years with the Montreal Expos. 3) San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick, in 2013. 4) Arizona’s Luke Walton averaged 6.26 assists per game in the 2001-02 season. 5) Boston (1973-74), the New York Islanders (1978-79), Philadelphia (1979-80) and San Jose (2008-09). 6) In 1990, Argentina lost to West Germany, 1-0, in the final. 7) George Foreman. 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Sometimes, you just can’t fit in “Stone Cold” by C.J. Box 2014, Putnam $26.95 / $31.00 Canada 371 pages Sometimes, you just can’t fit in. You stick out like a sore thumb, totally unable to melt into the crowd. You feel like you have a neon sign across your shoulders; one that says “I’M NEW!” Yeah, you’re self-conscious then but, if you’re Game Warden Joe Pickett, you get used to it. And yet, as in the new book “Stone Cold” by C.J. Box, standing out could get a man killed. Anyone who’d seen Nate Romanowski on that nearlymoonless night would’ve instantly known he was a pro. Romanowski had studied the Scoggins compound, he knew how to get inside, and he knew Henry Scoggins was a jerk, that nobody would really miss him. Nate knew where all the security weaknesses and surveillance cameras were – except one. So when Joe Pickett was shown trail-cam video weeks later and he spotted his friend Nate dragging something, he knew that trouble was mountain-high. For some time, the Feds had been nosing around northeastern Wyoming, where folks kept mostly to themselves. In that atmosphere of solitude lived a certain Wolfgang Templeton, a man who owned half the county and most of the people in it, and whose name repeatedly rose during investigations of high-profile disappearances, including that of Scoggins. Was it just coincidence? With a ruse of “helping” Medicine Wheel County Game Warden Jim Latta with a project, Pickett headed for the corner of the state, noting the beautiful land and the poverty of its people. Pickett had promised his wife that he’d avoid danger, but keeping safe wouldn’t be easy when there were so many questions. Why, for instance, did Latta seem afraid of the county’s judge? Why did he look the other way while a couple of Templeton employees poached wild game at will? Who was the cold-eyed dandy on Templeton’s ranch? And why did everybody seem to know where Pickett was going, even before he got there? Perhaps most vexing of all was the question of Pickett’s friend Nate, and Nate’s covert activities. It pained Pickett to imagine how Nate was involved — although not as much as it would hurt if he kept snooping… If you’re in need of a hot mystery, get this, because “Stone Cold” fits. Reading parts of “Stone Cold” is somewhat like going on a scenic vacation that takes a bad turn – in a good way. Author C.J. Box lets his main character, Joe Pickett, savor the land, and it’s gorgeous. We’re treated to descriptive images of colorful mountains and harsh beauty, where even scrub takes on a relaxing aura and invites us to linger just a bit. It’s easy, therefore, to be lulled into forgetting exactly what you’ve got in your hands. But then Box brings us abruptly back to his novel, in which few can be trusted and everything seems off. We’re soothed, then we’re hit with an uppercut of thriller that makes us reel – and makes us want more. This novel is part of a series but can definitely be read by itself, so if you’re in need of a hot mystery, get this. You won’t be sorry because, for you, “Stone Cold” fits.
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“Ms. Cordova knows her community and how to help. Whether for a child, a senior, a family or an organization, you can count on her to be there,” said Rick Doucet, CEO at Community Reach Center. “The number of years she has served as a volunteer (more than four decades), along with the quantity and quality of her work made her the perfect Mary Ciancio Award recipient this year.” This year’s award was given at a dinner reception April 17 at Stonebrook Manor in Thornton. “To be recognized after this long I am so thrilled. I wasn’t prepared for that. I thank them so much for thinking of me,” Cordova said of the award. Other people who were recognized at the event for their volunteering efforts include Juanita Brito of Thornton, Bob Duensing of Thornton, Joan Kniss of Brighton and Anita Mercado of Commerce City.
Adams County Sheriff Doug Darr was given the 2014 Marjory Ball Mental Health Advocacy Award for his commitment to improving access to mental-health services in Adams County. Darr has worked with multiple agencies to create programs that support people with mental health issues and supported training law enforcement officers regarding the realities of mental illness, Doucet said. “He partnered with Community Reach and the 17th Judicial District to create the Community Engagement Supervision & Evaluation Program (CESE), which focuses on diverting non-violent, mentally ill offenders out of the jail system and into intensive treatment and community-based supervision,” said Doucet. “Thanks to Sheriff Darr’s support and leadership, hundreds of offenders have successfully completed the program since its start in 2007. Fewer than 7 percent have re-offended.” Darr said it felt great to be recognized, but the most important thing is working together to help others. He also credited Community Reach Center professionals for their hard work.
Veronica Cordova, left, winner of the 2014 Mary Ciancio Memorial Distinguished Service Award, and Sheriff Doug Darr, winner of the 2014 Marjory Ball Mental Health Advocacy Award, presented by Community Reach Center at a dinner Thursday, April 17, at Stonebrook Manor in Thornton. Courtesy photo by Jennifer Forker/Community Reach Center. “The number of people with serious mental health issues that we come into contact with has been increasing for years,” he said. “It has a substantial impact on public safety. Years ago we decided that
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