Northglenn Thornton Sentinel 052622

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Week of May 26, 2022

ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

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VOLUME 58 | ISSUE 42

State of the Region highlights Adams County accomplishments Annual event features speeches by Governor Polis, business innovators BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Adams County leaders presented the State of the Region on May 18, with

Legacy High School graduates Leyna Tryhane, left, and Padmasri Pujari pose for a picture prior to graduation May 18 at the Coors Events Center in Boulder. Tryhane will attend the University of Washington, while Pujari wants to work a year, then enroll either at University of Colorado Boulder or Colorado State PHOTO BY STEFAN BRODSKY University. See more photos from graduation on pages 3-7.

Rock Creek HOA secures a win in lawsuit against RMMA Airport and home owners association are appealing judge’s ruling BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport could face lawsuits from homeown-

ers after a judge ruled the airport violated avigation easements against Rock Creek Master HOA regarding noise, according to Boulder County Court documents. The home owners association, which is located in Boulder County northwest of the airport, has sued the airport and pointed to five easements it claimed the airport violated, but the court only ruled in favor of one.

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“The Court finds that the contours of the 1988 Master Plan have been exceeded by the sustained operation of aircraft as shown by the Contours provided in the 2000 Master Plan,” Senior District Court Judge Stephen Enderlin Howard wrote in the bench trial order. “Basically, the airport — the sound, the operations SEE AIRPORT, P2

politicians and business executives championing the county’s work over the past year. Speakers included Lynn Baca, chair of Adams County board of commissioners, and Gov. Jared Polis. They were followed by a panel featuring Same Bailey, manager of economic development for Amazon, Doug Campbell, co-founder SEE REGION, P8

FRCC students head to final round of national innovation challenge Project entry features floating drone that separates oil from water BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cristian Madrazo used to work in construction. “I’m just 22 years old,” Madrazo said. “I lived in Colorado my whole life, so just that average Colorado construction worker.” Now, he attends Front Range Community College and is headed to Washington,

D.C., as a finalist for a national innovation challenge that will be held in June. The Community College Innovation Challenge, led by the American Association of Community Colleges, has challenged students for the past six years to apply science, technology, engineering and mathematics to find new solutions to real-world problems. Madrazo attends FRCC and is working toward an associates degree in general engineering for transfer to a four-year college. Prior to that degree, he earned an associates in business. SEE INNOVATION, P2

FARM-FRESH FARE From farm to tables, summer’s markets are open.

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