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Downtown merchants show spirit for holidays

By Lou Ellen Bromley bromleyclan@hotmail.com

Mayor Dick McLean, J.W. Edwards and utilities department employee Liz Escatel untangling a string of lights. Photo by Lou Ellen Bromley

Council building float Council members, with the help of other city staff members, work on the city of Brighton’s float

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Brighton City Council members and several other city employees got together Thursday morning in the garage at Elmwood Cemetery to help build the holiday float council members will ride in the Festival of Lights Parade Dec. 13.

This is the third year council has had a float in the parade. Before 2012, they rode in golf carts along the parade route.

“Riding in the float is much easier than in the golf carts,” Mayor Dick McLean said.

The first float council helped build and rode in was for the 125th anniversary of the city of Brighton in 2012, also for that year’s Festival of Lights parade.

This year’s float was designed by Dianne Secord, a member of the Parks and Recreation Department.

She was also the unofficial team leader during the construction of the float Thursday morning. ”We started building the float last week,” public

information manager Kristen Chernosky said. “We have a lot more help today. The Elmwood cemetery staff has also worked on the float during the last week, helping get quite a lot done.”

Mayor Dick McLean and council members Mark Humbert, J.W. Edwards and Joan Kniss arrived early to help string lights and secure the decorations for the ride downtown.

A variety of activities is planned for Dec. 13, starting at 10 a.m. with a free children’s movie at the AMC theater, at the Pavilions shopping area. Activities will get started in historic downtown Brighton at 11 a.m. with merchants having special sales and entertainment. The 19th annual Winter Festival will begin at 2 p.m.; activities include a petting zoo, a teddy bear tree and the Tree Lighting Ceremony at the old City Hall building on 4th St. and Bridge St. Santa Clause is also scheduled to pay a visit to the children of all ages, and the Festival of Lights Parade will start at 5 p.m. with marching bands and 75 fully lighted entries. This holiday event is sponsored by the city of Brighton, United Power, Baker Hughes, Discount Tires of Brighton, Historic Downtown Brighton, Brighton Urban Renewal Authority, and Big Country 97.9 radio station.

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Second time’s a charm Orion test launch a success

By Ashley Reimers

areimers@coloradocommunitymedia.com Although it was 4 a.m., Morning Star Yazzie and Ariyah Castro, both 11, were full of energy as they waited to see a rocket burst into the atmosphere.

“It’s pretty exciting to be here,” Yazzie said.

Yazzie, Castro and 13 other members of Girls Inc. took part in the Dec. 4 Orion launch watch party at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Girls Inc., the official watch party sponsor, partners with Lockheed Martin to provide STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education mentoring programs and inspire girls.

The trip to the watch party was part of the Rocket Girls program, which teaches the girls how to build and launch their own rockets.

“The girls are already engaged in STEM and Orion continues on Page 3

People wait patiently for the launch of Orion on Dec. 4 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Due to wind and other issues, Orion ended up staying grounded until a second attempt on the morning of Dec. 5. Photo by Ashley Reimers

Brighton’s downtown shops are showing their holiday spirit this month with a variety of events in their stores to encourage people to shop downtown and have some fun at the same time.

Several downtown businesses are involved in a holiday window decorating contest to see which of the business can come up with the most festive window display.

Each participating store will create a window display that can include window paintings, decorations and lights, designed to highlight their store’s holiday spirit.

After the windows are completed, a picture of each will be posted on the Historic Downtown Brighton Facebook page, where people can vote for their favorite.

The store with the most votes will win a prize for their store.

Downtown merchants will also feature the “Elf on the Shelf” contest from Dec. 13 through Dec. 24.

One of the downtown merchants will hide an elf on a shelf inside of their business, then take a picture of the elf and post it on the Historic Downtown Brighton facebook page.

The first person to find the elf will win a prize provided by that store.

Then the store owner will pass the elf along to the next participating store owner until each participating store has had the opportunity to hide the elf and give out a prize.

A different prize will be given to the customer that finds the elf at each store.

Downtown merchants will also present “12 Days of Christmas” celebrations from Dec. 13 through Dec. 24. Participating stores will feature special sales an offering hot chocolate, hot cider or other treat to shoppers coming downtown.

The downtown merchants will be inviting other Brighton business to come downtown and set up a display to promote their small business, and offer treats on the 13th as well.

Special sales and promotions will continue to be offered each day in each participating downtown store until the 24th of December.

The punch card promotion started on Small Business Saturday will still be going on along with the other holiday events.

For every $25 spent in one of the participating downtown business, customers will receive a punch on their card.

After customers get six punches, the card can be turned in to any of the participating businesses and be entered in a drawing for $1,000 in merchandise.

All of these fun events are being offered to encourage people to shop at all the local small business in Brighton during this holiday season.

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Oil, gas discussions to proceed Council voted to continue with public hearings

By Lou Ellen Bromley

bromleyclan@hotmail.com Brighton City Council voted to continue with public meetings on the proposed amendments to Brighton’s municipal code regulating the issuing of permits to drill and develop oil and gas within the city limits of Brighton.

The council heard recommendations from city staff asking for extra time to continue public hearings to allow residents to comment on the proposed amendments and give representatives of the oil and gas industry an opportunity to take part in the

discussions.

Brighton’s current municipal code governing permits for oil and gas development inside city limits is more than 10 years old and does not take into consideration changes in the industry’s technology or new Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission regulations. Several concerns being looked at by the city involve the protection of the city’s groundwater supply, noise regulation, traffic control and air quality.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission recognizes the city’s concerns about protecting its domestic water supplies, and in July adopted a new order which sets specific requirements by the industry to protect groundwater in and around Brighton. These requirements include buffer zones to prevent drilling of new oil and gas wells within 500 feet of an existing city

water well and within 300 feet of a river, stream, lake or irrigation ditch that is part of the water supply of the city. This ruling also states that additional water testing will be required within a one half mile radius of any existing city water well.

Anyone with concerns or questions about the proposed code amendments being considered by the city are invited to attend a public hearing Jan. 6.

City Council members also approved two ordinances regarding a traffic-signal system improvement program to interconnect several of Brighton’s traffic signals to provide better control and the regulating of traffic lights. A grant of $424,000 through the Traffic Signal System Improvement Program (TSSIP) will fund this project. The second ordinance approved by council is an intergovernmental agreement with the

Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) for the design and construction of certain traffic-signal system improvements.

Mayor Dick McLean also announced the “Sock it to Em Work Day” proclamation, to kick off the city’s program to collect socks for the homeless.

“Socks are the most-needed item by the homeless because they wear out so quickly and are seldom donated,” McLean said. He declared Dec. 10 as Wear no Socks to Work Day to recognize the need for sock donations. Anyone wishing to donate new socks for the homeless can bring them to the lobby at City Hall, 500 South 4th Ave., during business hours through December 31st.

A basket provided by the city is inside the lobby for all sock donations.

Charity begins at home Family raising money for toy drive

By Lou Ellen Bromley bromleyclan@hotmail.com Julie Gabeau and her children are on a mission for charity.

Gabeau, an employee of Bomgaars in Brighton, has decided to help the Kiwanis Club of Brighton with its annual

toy drive to provide toys for children of needy families for Christmas. With the help of her two children — Alex, 10, and Faith, 8 — Julie has started the “Loaves of Love” project, selling homemade loaves of bread to raise money to purchase toys.

Baking breads in her spare time and selling them for $5 per loaf, Gabeau hopes to fill not just the Kiwanis donation box inside the lobby of Bomgaars, but the entire front lobby.

Gabeau said she has done baking projects in the past to help raise money for

other causes, like the families of cancer victims, but this is her first year to help raise money for Christmas toys.

“It has always been in my heart to help my neighbors when they are in need, and I feel there is a need now to provide a happy Christmas to every child by providing them with a toy for Christmas,” Gabeau said.

Gabeau and her children plan to set up a table in front of Bomgaars to sell the baked goods until Dec. 15th. She said that Bomgaars is very supportive of her proj-

ect and is providing her a place to sell her breads in the front of the store.

Bomgaars is a great place to work,” she said. “Although Bomgaars is a small chain store, they have a hometown attitude and are happy to support Brighton anyway.”

The store has donated $100 to “Loaves of Love” in support of Gabeau’s project.

She and her children will sell the bread during business hours and on weekends.

She also takes orders. To reach Loaves of Love, call 720-579-2280.

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it I should do something about it. So I did,” said Sean Johnson, who runs his own personal-trainer business.

Sean and his wife, Teri, Johnson have filed paperwork with the state to put forward a ballot measure that would mean the time we set the second Sunday in March, Mountain Daylight Time, would remain in place year round, thus doing away with falling back to Mountain Standard Time on the first Sunday each November.

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learning about rockets,” said Chris Homolac, a Lockheed Martin mentor. “So it was really exciting for them to have the opportunity to experience a real launch and take it to the next level.”

Unfortunately the girls and about 500 other people left the museum disappointed after a failed launch attempt. Due to wind delays and other issues, Orion remained grounded at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida until a second attempt the following morning, which took off without a hitch.

Orion is part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s goal of sending humans to asteroids and Mars. and on Dec. 5, Orion orbited the Earth twice, spending around 4.5 hours in the atmosphere before splashing down into the Pacific Ocean.

Orion was designed to go farther into space than previous rockets, and involved contributions the work of many Colorado companies.

The spacecraft was designed by Jefferson County-based Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and its cameras and antennas were

Others say people with special needs are impacted by time changes.

Kristine McAllister of Pueblo has a 24-year-old daughter who has a seizure disorder and must take her medication at specific times of the day.

“It wreaks havoc on our lives every six months,” McAllister said. “She’s non-verbal, and her cognitive abilities are decreased.

You can’t explain to her that you get to sleep in an hour or have to get up early because she doesn’t get that.”

“She couldn’t care less what the clock says. She can’t change what her body is telling her, so she gets very angry because she doesn’t understand.”

The Johnsons have a lot of work to do so that voters can weigh in on the measure in 2016. To qualify for the ballot, they must collect 86,105 valid signatures from registered voters.

A similar effort failed in the Legislature in 2011.

And the Johnsons may be facing an uphill legal battle. Language in the federal Uniform Time Act indicates that Colorado may not be able to make Mountain Daylight Time permanent.

Johnson said he is aware of the law and has been communicating with lawyers about the possible hurdle.

“I’m not sure about what the strategy is going to be, but I don’t think it’s going to be an issue,” he said.

Johnson said recent press coverage has resulted in people from all over the state contacting him to say they support his effort and offering to volunteer to collect signatures. Johnson also has set up a website: stopthetimechanges.com.

“A lot of people want a longer evening to walk their dog and to be able to attend after-school sports and activities,” he said.

“That’s what I’ve heard the most — real, personal reasons and the effects on families.”

provided by Ball Aerospace in Westminster.

It launched into space on a Delta IV Heavy rocket made by United Launch Alliance, based in Centennial.

Lockheed Martin principal engineer Darrell Williams has been invested in space travel since college after he watched Apollo 17 take off in 1972. Since then, he’s worked to make sure mankind got back in space.

“Typically through the years,we don’t see this much excitement revolved around space,” he said. “So it’s really great to see people actively engaged in what’s going in the space program.”

Mark Walsh, of Denver, was up early for the first launch attempt, and not just for the fun of it. A ULA employee, he worked on the admissions and separation systems for the rocket. He said he was pretty anxious in the hours leading up to the launch, but was confident the spacecraft would make it in the air.

“It’s a good vehicle, but it’s a pretty big mission with a lot of stuff riding on it,” he said.

Orion’s next mission around the moon is set for 2017,followed by its first manned mission in 2021. The spacecraft has a maximum capacity of six people, but would mostly likely only host four.

In 2032 Orion is scheduled to launch for Mars in 2032. The trip there should take

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Strategies in coping with grief during the holidays

By Ashley Reimers

areimers@colorado communitymedia.com For some, the holidays aren’t always a jolly time, especially for those grieving the loss of a loved one.

“As much as people look forward to the joy of the holiday season, for those who have experienced the death of a loved one, the holidays can become overwhelming with feelings of depression, uncertainty, sadness or anxiety,” said Donna Wilcox, a spiritual care and bereavement coordinator at Heartland Hospice.

“These feelings can make getting through the holidays especially difficult.”

To help support people dealing with grief,

Heartland Hospice in Westminster is offering free drop-in grief group sessions to the community the second Thursday of every month.

The session is 9-10 a.m. and on Dec. 11 at Heartland, 8774 Yates Drive No. 100.

During the session, Wilcox educates the group on what grief is, discusses the challenges people may face during the holiday season and offers coping strategies. Wilcox also touches on the physical effects and intellectual/cognitive effects of grief.

“There are many ways to cope with grief, but one suggestion I always give families is setting a place at the table for the person who’s passed away,” she said. “Then give each person an index card to write down a memory of that person. The memories can then be read

during dinner. You’ll laugh and cry, but it’s a chance to spend a moment remembering that person.”

Other coping tips include creating a memory box, focusing on others in need through volunteering, staying physically healthy by exercising, getting adequate sleep and being mindful of unnecessary triggers. Wilcox also suggests that when faced with holiday traditions, be mindful of things that can be handled and of what needs to be changed.

“Let others know of the changes you intend to make,” she said. “Do not pressure yourself to keep everything the same as previous years.

And let others know when you commit to attend an event you reserve the right to change your mind if the day arrives and you are not up

to going.”

For people unsure of attending the drop-in session, phone calls are welcome as well as individual sessions. Stacey Deitz, administrator at Heartland Hospice, said just a quick phone call can be a means of opening the door for people grieving.

“Once someone calls and becomes interested, he or she may end up feeling more comfortable setting up an individual time or stopping in at a session,” she said. “We just want to find a way to support people in whatever avenue they want us to support them in.”

For more information on the grief sessions, call 303-926-1001.

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Fan-tastic fun cheering on the Broncos I have been a Denver Broncos fan for some 50 years. I’m not kidding. Watching the Broncos on Sunday was practically a religion growing up. In fact, we watched all types of football. While other kids learned the state capitols, I learned college mascots, and I needed only a few notes to name that fight song. High school football in Monte Vista was the original Friday Night Lights.

While I was in graduate school at the University of Northern Colorado, the December commencement fell on the same day as the Division II championship, so the college president announced the score throughout the ceremony. We won.

For years in Colorado Springs, Saturdays in the fall – rain, shine, or snow – were spent tailgating at the Air Force Academy and cheering on the Falcons, whose games, by the way, are some of the best pageantry in all of college football.

But ah, the Broncos. My dad knew how important it is to be a true fan; he always said he bled orange. So year after year, season after season, my Sundays (or Thursdays or Mondays) in front of the TV or at the stadium are simply nonnegotiable.

I’ve always been the very definition of “fan” (derived from the word “fanatic,”

by the way), through the up-and-down years and the lean years, during the Elway reign, and then for the series of line-ups that followed. And of course, the past couple of years with Peyton Manning have been quite a ride.

Now, because it’s December and the season of giving, I’m going to share some important ways I’ve learned to cheer on the Denver Broncos, especially through this run-up to the playoffs.

First, we wear our orange and blue, whether or not we’re not going to the game. My own collection of Broncos wear had been somewhat limited, but after receiving a sweet hoodie for my birthday, I’m all decked out when I make that last-minute grocery store run for a veggie tray and hustle through the selfcheckout with the other fans. We nod and smile and we know.

Second – again, even if we’re not in the stands – we pay attention when the other team drops the ball, literally.

We get the cue from the announcer, which can be heard clearly even on TV, and right after he says a “pass is…”, we scream “inn - comm - pleeeeeeeete!” If we’re doing it right, the people next door will hear us and wish they were having as much fun.

Finally, when we’re rockin’ the stands at Mile High (it will always be Mile High Stadium to me), watch Peyton Manning.

No, seriously, watch Peyton Manning.

When Denver has the ball and Peyton waves his hands for quiet at the line of scrimmage, let’s give it to him. We can save our screams and cheers and exhortations for the defense, because we know that’s when we really make a difference. We’re known as the best fans in the universe for a reason.

Loving the Broncos fiercely throughout the years may be as complicated as an Adam Gace/Peyton Manning game plan, but they can’t do it without us. At least that’s what I grew up believing.

Andrea Doray is a writer who’s pretty sure she has orange blood as well…her dad would be proud. Contact her at a.doray@ andreadoray.com.

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“For me it always seems easiest to get everyone gift cards. Then they can go get whatever they want.”

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LEFT: Gov. John Hickenlooper, with tribal leaders in the background, gives a Dec. 3 Capitol speech on the atrocities that occurred during the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. RIGHT: Cheryl Wanstall LittleBird, a Northern Arapaho tribe member from Wyoming, is overcome with emotion while listening to Gov. John Hickenlooper give a Dec. 3 Capitol speech on the atrocities that occurred during the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. Photos by Vic Vela

Ceremony recalls massacre in 1864 After 150 years, Sand Creek still stains Colorado history

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com The mood was somber and the details were sobering at a Dec. 3 ceremony at the Colorado Capitol, marking the 150th anniversary of the Sand Creek Massacre, in which dozens of American Indians were slaughtered by U.S. Cavalry troops.

On the west steps of the Capitol, Gov. John Hickenlooper issued a formal apology on behalf of the state to descendants of the victims in an attempt to clean wounds that may never fully heal within tribal communities.

“I am sorry for the atrocities of our government,” Hickenlooper said.

On Nov. 29, 1864, in what is now eastern Colorado’s Kiowa County, as many as 200 Arapaho and Cheyenne Indians — mostly women and children — were killed by U.S. troops.

Most of the Indian warriors were away hunting bison when Col. John Chivington gave attack orders. Many of the victims were sleeping or were trying to surrender to Chivington’s army of 600 troops.

Hickenlooper provided graphic details of the slaughter — which he described as an “unthinkable nightmare.” They included the killing of an Indian boy who was used as “target practice” and the slaying of tribal leaders by troops who ignored the American and white surrender flags they hoisted.

The massacre was the culmination of territorial conflicts that grew more intense as Rocky Mountain gold drew large numbers of white settlers to the West.

The Indians thought they were protected by federal treaties that recognized Indiancontrolled land in parts of the West that included much of eastern Colorado.

However, the discovery of gold intensified relationships between Indians and white men seeking riches. Shortly thereafter, the Civil War erupted, bringing cavalry troops led by Chivington to Colorado to fight Confederate armies.

Chivington’s army remained in the state after fighting off the Confederates and, with the backing of then-Gov. John Evans, began taking a hard line against the Indians, leading to a series of attacks that culminated with the violence at Sand Creek.

Hickenlooper said Evans had a culpable role in the attacks and his lack of leadership resulted in a “deep moral failure that warrants condemnation.”

“We should not be afraid to criticize and condemn that which is inexcusable,” the governor said.

Cornell Sankey, lieutenant governor of the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes of Oklahoma, said what happened that day “will not fade from history.”

“For some, it would be too convenient to forget the darkest moments of our history,” he said. “For others, it would be too easy to hold on to anger, resentment and bitterness.

Instead, we are here today to honor those lives that were lost and to remember the evil of which men are capable.”

Lawmakers in attendance included state Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton. Salazar plans to sponsor bills during the upcoming legislative session aimed at furthering American Indian causes. They include bills that would offer instate tuition for students living outside of Colorado with tribal ties here and separate legislation that could do away with Indian-themed mascots at state schools.

“It’s very important to think about tomorrow,” Salazar said in a private interview. “We need to make a commitment to rectifying these inequities.”

Rep. Tim Dore, R-Elizabeth, said in a separate interview: “We cannot tomorrow forget about this remembrance.”

“If humans are to survive, we have to be

able to live together in a peaceful manner,” Dore said.

In an eerie moment when history overlapped, ceremony attendees were temporarily distracted by student marchers who were protesting police actions in Ferguson, Mo., where a black man was killed by a white officer, causing controversy and fury in black communities.

As the Ferguson protesters marched across the street from the Capitol (the two events were unrelated), they chanted, “Hands up, don’t shoot.” The chant was intended to evoke the events from Ferguson, but it was not lost on some in the audience outside the Capitol that the chant also applied to the Sand Creek Massacre — where some Indians were killed trying to surrender.

The ceremony at times proved to be overwhelming for Cheryl Wanstall LittleBird, a Northern Arapaho tribe member who made the trip from Wyoming to attend the event.

LittleBird wiped away tears and clutched a young family member while the governor provided details of the slaughtering.

“How could I not?” she said, when asked what brought her to tears. “These were our people. We were here way before others were.

As long as I’m alive I’m going to remember.”

Share the magic of the season I grew up in a house with a lot of people.

Those of you who read my column two weeks ago — and had an abacus handy — were able to figure out just how big my family is. So, for me, with all those people in such a confined space, I learned to put a premium on my time to myself. When I got home from school, and the house was empty, I was a happy camper!

I think that’s why, even to this day, I am, by nature, an introvert (and never mind the irony of the peculiar psychology of the introvert who writes about his life in a public forum every week). But, even at that, I have always sought out groups — I am, after all, a musician and a public schoolteacher. I suppose there’s something to be said for life being easier for an introvert who belongs to a group.

In fact, I think life, in general, is easier for people who belong to groups. Well, except, maybe, groups like Ochlophobics Anonymous or Koinoniphobic Konnections. But, for most of us, the sense of belonging to something, of having a place to go where everybody—or where at least one somebody— knows our name, and where they’re always glad we came, is a powerful force in our lives.

And I’ll save you a trip to the dictionary: ochlophobia is the fear of crowds, and koinoniphobia is the fear of groups. And, no, the use of those in this context is in no way an attempt to minimize the pain of these conditions or to yadda yadda yadda.

I’ve written about this before, in the context of Thomas P.M. Barnett’s great geopolitical strategy book, “The Pentagon’s New Map.” His thesis is that “disconnectedness defines danger.” And, while he talks about it on a geopolitical scale, I believe it applies just as much on a small scale.

I was thinking about this because a little town a few miles to the north of Denver is mourning the suicide deaths of three Frederick H.S. students in the last few weeks. A similar rash of suicides hit Douglas County H.S. last year, and it’s baffling. Suicide is a tricky thing: I don’t think we know anything except that these students were disconnected, at the very least, from people who could have

recognized their pain and intervened. And easy answers escape us: one of the kids was, reportedly, a popular kid, a star athlete, one who does not fit the mold.

Regardless, the sad reality is that three families and an entire community are facing the holiest season of the year with an emptiness that can never be filled. One can only pray that their response is to build stronger and wider the cords of the net that bind communities together.

On a slightly larger scale, the same disconnectedness has fueled the major news story of the month. The mobs in Ferguson and Staten Island grow out of the sense of an entire community that they are “outsiders,” that the opportunities and protections of American life have skipped them by, a sense fed by the deaths of members of their communities.

That sense fuels an outrage that finds expression in generalized mayhem. The irony that their destructive behavior hurts their community the most is lost on them — irony is a luxury for those who are “connected.”

I guess my point is this: if you, like I do, find a magic and a joy in this season that seem ready to burst out of your being, then share that with somebody else. Take that spirit and use it to build new cords to those in our community who have no one. This is a horrible season to be disconnected, but, perhaps, the hope that is embodied in this season makes it the best time to forge new connections.

Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His first novel, “The Accidental Christmas,” is available at MichaelJAlcorn.com.

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December 11, 2014

Brighton basketball keeps fight alive Tabor back in the game and stronger

By Michelle Boyer

Mkboyer8@gmail.com For shooting/point guard Adam Tabor, basketball is a sport he plays because it’s fun and he likes the atmosphere it brings.

“It’s fast and quick play,” he said. “I do play other sports, but unfortunately I couldn’t play football this year because of my elbow injury. I don’t really have a favorite sport that is an outlier compared to the others. It’s more based on if I’m in that season or not, but if I had to pick one, I’d choose baseball.”

The 6-foot tall senior has been playing basketball since he was 6 years old when he started playing rec center basketball league.

“I started the sport, because I saw my older brothers playing it, and I thought it looked fun,” he said.

It’s been pretty bittersweet for Tabor to be back playing basketball this season.

Over the summer he had Tommy John surgery on his shooting/throwing arm. He hurt it playing defense in the Prairie View double overtime game last season, Feb. 7, 2014 in the first quarter of the game.

“I was very devastated when I found out I had to get the surgery,” he said. “I knew my baseball season was over as well.

The recovery was very difficult and painful. Rehab was very tough, but well worth it. I believe I’ve come back five times stronger than before, and I chose to look at it as a blessing in disguise,” he said. “I couldn’t even describe the feeling once I was cleared to play a sport again. I was so eager and excited to get back out on the court, but I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to get back to where I was before the injury.”

Shooting and swishing a three-pointer is Tabor’s favorite thing about basketball.

“Nothing feels better when you hit a three, besides winning the game with a good team win,” he said. “I definitely believe that I’m more of an offensive asset.

I like to score, but don’t get me wrong … defense wins championships.”

Adam Tabor passes the ball while Mullen’s Trey Boeyink tries to make his attack. Brighton was defeated by Mullen in their season home opener 54-48. Photo by Michelle Boyer Tabor believes in his team this year.

“We have many reasonable and reachable goals that we as a team want to and can achieve, if we work as a team,” he said.

“One of our main goals is to win our conference. Another goal we have is more of a goal as a community. We want to bring

everyone together and support the community and town by show our support putting in the time and effort.”

He would definitely like to play baseball in college.

“I think that I’m best at pitching, and it’s what I like the most,” he said. “The No.

1 best feeling in the world, ahead of swishing a three-pointer, is striking someone out by blowing a fastball by them, or with a nasty curveball. In college besides playing baseball, I would like to study mortuary science and management and someday take over my dad’s business.”

Diving into a new sport PVHS senior discovers new passion

By Michelle Boyer

Mkboyer8@gmail.com Prairie View High School senior Quincy Balaun is jumping right into the deep end: This is her first season diving on the Brighton High School girls’ swim team.

“I’ve never swam before,” she said.

“A friend mentioned it to me after I stopped playing volleyball, and I’ve enjoyed it so far. I did swim when I was little, and I’d always loved it, but never thought of doing it competitively until this year.”

She was given the opportunity to try diving and has begun the season learn-

ing six dives in order to compete and then will be on the junior varsity team until she has 11 dives mastered.

“Each new dive I successfully complete becomes my favorite dive,” she said. “My goal this season is to make varsity, to letter and possibly to even qualify for state.

“It’s really nice having Coach Aubrey Todd there to help me through it all. Everyone is very supportive and I love the technique behind each dive.”

Balaun said one of the main reasons she enjoys diving so much is because each dive requires such finesse and control of the body.

She’s undecided on the school she’ll attend next year, but will study to receive a bachelor of science in nursing.

Brighton hosts Aurora Central Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

Prairie View High School senior Quincy Balaun practices her back dive during practice. This is her first year on the Brighton High School girls’ swim team. Photo by Michelle Boyer

PREPS SCHEDULE AND SCORES Thursday: BHS wrestling at Loveland, 7 p.m.

PVHS boys’ basketball at Centaurus Invitational, TBD

Monday: PVHS Hoops Tournament, 3-10 p.m.

BHS 50, Standley Lake 41

PVHS boys’ basketball vs. Littleton, 7 p.m.

PVHS wrestling at Broomfield, 7 p.m.

Pomona 58, BHS 51

BHS girls’ basketball at Centaurus Invitational, TBD

Saturday: BHS girls’ basketball at Centaurus Invitational, TBD

Tuesday: BHS girls’ basketball vs. Rocky Mountain, 7 p.m.

PVHS girls’ basketball at Steamboat Springs Tournament, TBD

PVHS Hoops Tournament, 3-10 p.m.

Mullen 54, BHS 48 Girls’ Basketball- Rocky Mountain 84, PVHS 30

PVHS wrestling duals vs. Adams City, 7 p.m.

PVHS girls’ basketball at Steamboat Springs Tournament, TBD

BHS girls’swimming vs. Aurora Central, 4:30 p.m.

PVHS boys’ basketball at Centaurus Invitational, TBD

Wednesday: BHS boys’ basketball at Windsor Tournament, 5 p.m.

Friday: PVHS girls’ basketball at Steamboat Springs Tournament, TBD

BHS wrestling at Horizon, 8 a.m.

PVHS Hoops Tournament, 3-10 p.m.

Pomona 58, BHS 41

PVHS wrestling at Roosevelt High School, 8 a.m.

Scores: Boys’ Basketball- PVHS 57, Littleton 41

Bear Creek 71, PVHS 40

BHS boys’ basketball at Rocky Mountain, 7 p.m.

BHS 40, Mountain Range 32 Bear Creek 54, BHS 32

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Prairie View keeps the tradition alive Fifth Annual Hoops Tourney starts next week

By Michelle Boyer

Mkboyer8@gmail.com Prairie View High School’s basketball program will host its Fifth Annual Hoops Tournament starting Monday and finishing Saturday, Dec. 20.

The girls will play Monday, Wednesday and Friday; while the boy’s will play Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

The games will start at 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. The tournament will have a bracket layout with each team guaranteed three games during the week. Finals for the girls’ team will be on Friday, while the boys will play their final game on Saturday night.

Prairie View boys’ basketball Coach Tim DeBerry said the school does the Hoops Tournament each year because it’s fun with basketball happening at the school all day.

“The kids like to come and watch, and since it’s our finals week it makes it more of a home tradition and overall it’s just neat to do,” he said. “The tournament is just something I’ve done at every school I’ve coached at before too.”

“Myself, and Coach DeBerry spent years travelling all the way down to the Elizabeth Tournament. We decided that we wanted to host a tournament and invite schools to come to Prairie View,” Coach Rachel Parker said. “It’s been a great experience to run the tournament. The tournament wouldn’t be such a success without all of our parent and teacher volunteers.”

The boys’ tournament will include Douglas County, Broomfield, Monarch, Loveland, Legacy, Mountain Range, Prairie View and Northglenn.

The girls’ tournament will start Monday, but is pending on what teams will be involved for the games.

Coach DeBerry said tournaments are great for teams because that’s what every team is shooting for ultimately at the end of the season. “You get the back to back days playing, along with all the basketball atmo-

At center Lovell Norris goes up for a rebound during the game against Littleton Dec. 4. Prairie View won the season opener 57-41. The team is hosting the annual Hoops Tournament starting Monday through Saturday, Dec. 20. Photo by Michelle Boyer sphere and different teams to help enhance your team’s ability,” he said. “The tough part about it is most coaches feel they can’t

practice for the games, and it states in the end how teams are playing.”

Both coaches said the Hoops Tourna-

ment is a great opportunity to see some great competitive basketball games all week.

Cross Country youth finish strong at AAU Meet

By Michelle Boyer

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Five Brighton youth attend Amateur Athletic Union Cross Country Meet with Coach John Martinez in Lawrence, KS on Dec. 6. Courtesy photo

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Coach John Martinez took five Brighton Cross Country athletes to the Athletic Amateur Union Cross Country Meet in Lawrence, Kansas on Dec. 6.

“The kids had a great run, and the weather was a cold 30 degrees,” Martinez said. “We all had a great time.”

All participants ran in a 3K (1.86 miles) race.

Jackson Parrill finished 10th overall.

He placed fourth in the 9-10 year old with a time of 11 minutes, 45 seconds.

Erin Lee finished 47th overall and 18th in her age group of 9-10 year olds with a time of 14:16.70.

Ella Lee was 50th overall, and 31st in the 9-10 year old group with a time of 14:37.40. Eli White finished 75th and 33rd in his 11-12 age groups with a time of 12:34.80.

This was a personal best time for Eli White.

Chase Addison placed 61st overall and in his age group of 13 year old boys 27th, with a time of 16:16.60 in a 4K (2.48 miles).

Addison also finished his race with a personal best time.

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TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Your Bovine determination helps you deal with an unforeseen complication.

And, as usual, you prove that when it comes to a challenge, you have what it takes to take it on.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Although a romantic theme dominates much of the week, all those warm and fuzzy feelings don’t interfere with the more pragmatic matters you need to take care of.

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LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) No time for a catnap -- yet.

You might still have to straighten out one or two factors so that you can finally assure yourself of the truth about a troubling workplace situation. Stay with it.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) News from an old friend could lead to an unexpected (but nonetheless welcome) reunion with someone who had once been very special in your life. Be open to the possibilities.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) It might be time for a family council. The sooner those problems are resolved, the sooner you can move ahead with your holiday preparations. Don’t let the opportunity pass you by.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) Take some time out to give more attention to a personal relationship that seems to be suffering from a sense of emotional neglect. Provide that much-needed reassurance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) Cheer up. That unusual circumstance that might faze most people can be handled pretty well by the savvy Sagittarian. Look at it as an opportunity rather than an obstacle.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Someone you believe has hurt you in the past might now need your help. Reaching out could be difficult. But the generous Goat will be able to do the right thing, as always.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Prioritizing is an important part of your pre-holiday scheduling. Try to give time both to your workday responsibilities and those personal matters you might have neglected.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) With the vestiges of your anger about that painful incident fading, you can now focus all your energy on the more positive aspects of your life, including that personal situation.

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FRIDAY FEAST YOU ARE in for some fun today. We’re serving cheese potato soup, a sandwich and cookies from Sterling House. Then, The Crooners, a singing group from Heritage Todd Creek, will entertain. Program is at noon Friday, Dec. 12, at Eagle View Adult Center, 1150 Prairie Center Parkway, Brighton. Sign up by Wednesday, Dec. 10. Call 303-655-2075 or go to www. brightonco.gov.

VOA HOLIDAY LUNCH TAKE PHOTOS with Mr. & Mrs. Claus starting at 10:30 a.m., and then enjoy lunch at 11:15

a.m. Thursday, Dec. 18, at Eagle View Adult Center, 1150 Prairie Center Parkway, Brighton. Seating for the lunch is limited. Reservations needed; call about costs at 303-6552075. Go to www.brightonco.gov.

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET A WHITE-BEARDED gentleman claiming to be the real Santa Claus brings about a genuine

“Miracle on 34th Street” in the Prairie Playhouse’s musical adaptation of the popular holiday favorite. Show times are 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18; 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12 and Friday, Dec. 19; and at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 and Saturday, Dec. 20 at the Armory at Brighton Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St., Brighton. Go to https://prairieplayhouse.com/productions/miracleon34th to purchase tickets.

LOW VISION GROUP A FREE drop-in program for ages 55 and older with visual impairments meets 1-2 p.m.

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Holiday entertaining tips Be mindful of healthful perspectives

By Ryann Nickerson

Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at CU Anschutz As a host, cooking for a group can be a challenge, especially when some members have special dietary needs like diabetes. Around the holidays, it can be hard to stick to a healthy routine, but if you have diabetes, it is essential to make smart eating choices.

You can provide guests good options at your holiday gathering by using these tips from the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes in the School of Medicine at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus: Many adults with diabetes can drink alcohol and should follow the same guidelines as the general public: an average of up to one drink per day for women and up to two drinks per day for men.

Provide sugar free mixes for drinks instead of high calorie mixers like regular soda, tonic, juice or margarita mix that are all packed with carbohydrate and sugar.

Make a few changes to your favorite “classic” recipe: choose low-calorie or baked (not fried) options. Provide a meal with a good mixture of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

Vegetables and squash make healthy and tasty side dishes. Watch the use of saturated fats, processed fats and simple sugars, which are unhealthy in general but are dangerous for people with diabetes. Go homemade.

Most store bought foods often have unpronounceable ingredients that should be avoided.

After the “big” meal, encourage everyone to take a 30 to 40 minute walk. Aerobic exercise is good for all of us, especially those with diabetes.

Everyone is different based on health-status and medications that are being taken, so there is no “right” meal. But you can help your guests have a healthy, delicious holiday season.

In America, there are 24 million individuals living with diabetes, not including the 6 million who have diabetes but haven’t yet been diagnosed. Another 86 million Americans have pre-diabetes, a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal but are not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. And the incidence of the diabetes is increasing dramatically.

For more information on National Diabetes Awareness month and the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at CU Anschutz, please call Ryann Nickerson at 720.726.0378.

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