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MOLCAJETE GUACAMOLE Ingredients 2 ounces white onion, small diced 1 ounce jalapeno, seeded and small diced 1 garlic clove, mince finely 2 ounces Roma tomatoes, seeded and small diced 1 tablespoon cilantro, small rough chop 1 lime juiced 2 teaspoons salt 2 avocados
Kachina Southwestern Grill Executive Chef Jeff Bolton mixes up some guacamole during a cooking demonstration on May 5.
Southwestern food ignites the taste buds
Directions Combine garlic, onion, jalapeno, lime juice and salt in molcajete. Grind into a pulp. Smash avocadoes into molcajete. Fold in cilantro and tomatoes. Serve with tortilla chips.
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, Kachina Southwestern Grill in Westminster hosted a cooking demonstration with Executive Chef Jeff Bolton. The cooking class included instruction and a tastings of molcajete guacamole, pork adovado Tamales, queso fundido and white chocolate Chile flan. The class also included a tequila flight, highlighting Kachina’s signature tequilas. Cooking demonstrations are offered once a quarter and fill up quickly. Each attendee goes home with the recipes and an education on how to prepare the foods at home. For more information or to reserve a spot, visit www.kachinagrill.com.
PHOTO BY ASHLEY REIMERS
Ingredients for various Cinco de Mayo dishes.
Students help renovate Thornton building POSTAL ADDRESS
New culture center renovations done by Adams 12 students By Ashley Reimers
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Victoria Medina, a junior at Bollman Technical Education Center, focuses on drilling into a wall at a building on Dorothy Boulevard in Thornton. The city of Thornton is partnering with teachers and students at Bollman Technical Education Center to transform the building into offices for the Thornton Arts and Cultural Center. Photo by Ashley Reimers
Students at Bollman Technical Education Center, BTEC, are taking their classrooms skills and applying them to a real world project. For the past few months, students from all five Adams 12 high schools have been doing construction work on a city-owned house in Thornton. The teens are renovating the vacant building on Dorothy Street into offices for the Thornton Arts and Culture Center. “We contacted Bollman to see if they’d be interested in helping us with this project,” said Andy Jennings, Thornton golf and parks manager. “We wanted to offer an opportunity for students to get some experience outside of the classroom.” In the beginning, students spent about nine hours a week doing framing and drywall work. Now,
since it’s close to the end of the school year, students are spending about 2 hours at the work site. BTEC construction instructor Aaron Cooper said the students are working in a regular construction site, doing tasks a contractor would do. “It’s always exciting to extend the classroom into real life scenarios,” he said. “Preparing our students for careers is a big part of what we do at Bollman. We want to make sure they are career ready when they go into college.” The project will most likely last another year. Jennings said after the students finish painting and texturing, professionals will come in and do the finishing touches, like the flooring. He said learning how building permits work and what to expect from a building inspector is great experience for the future. Senior Remus Melendez agrees. “Working on this project has been really cool and really fun,” he said. “I’ve learned a lot which is great because I want to go into some kind of construction later in life.”
Safeways in area to close down By Ashley Reimers
areimers@coloradocommunitymedia.com By mid-June nine Safeway stores in the Denver metro area will be closed, including one in Westminster and a second in Thornton. The news was announced by Safeway officials on May 9. Kristine Staaf, director of public affairs, said the stores set for closure have not been profitable “for quite some time.” “Despite the best efforts of the company and our employees, we have not been able to
reposition them to better compete in the market place,” she said. Staaf said the stores were evaluated for more than a year, but ultimately the business analysis indicated that they needed to cease operations. Safeway said it was making every effort to place store employees affected at other Safeway supermarkets. “This was a very difficult decision made after long and careful deliberation,” Staaf said. Safeway stores at 3904 E. 120th Ave. in Thornton and 12900 Zuni St. in Westminster are
being nixed. Customers can shift their shopping trips to nearby locations at 6775 W. 120th Ave. in Broomfield or 771 Thornton Parkway in Thornton. Other Safeway stores closing: • 560 Castle Pines Parkway, Castle Rock. • 16921 E. Quincy Ave., Aurora. • 22675 E. Aurora Parkway, Aurora. • 1955 S. Sheridan Blvd., Denver. • 7500 S. Pierce St., Littleton. • 1730 S. Buckley Road, Aurora. • 8200 S. Quebec, Centennial.