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City steps up recycling efforts Northglenn reaches out to residents about benefits

By Tammy Kranz

tkranz@coloradocommunitymedia.com The city of Northglenn’s efforts to get residents to recycle is slowly but steadily paying off, announced the director of public works.

David Willett updated City Council on the recycling outreach program during the March 7 study session.

He said that the city’s sanitation customer base is 9,370 and there are about 5,500 recycling carts out in the community — so there is a 60 percent participation rate. The city’s goal is 70 percent, or 6,550 households.

The city began curbside recycling in June 2011. At the end of 2012, the city recycled 15,872 tons of waste, had an 8.7 percent diversion rate, with a 49 percent participation rate (4,600 households). At the end of 2013, the city recycled 15336 tons of waste, had a 9.7 percent diversion rate, with a 56 percent participation rate (5,280 households).

“We’re trying to get up to 13 percent, which is a pretty big jump,” Willett said of the diversion rate.

In December 2013, a committee was formed to address how to increase participation and recycling volume. Some of those efforts included mailing out recycling guidelines to customers, publishing City continues on Page 22

Northglenn workers, from left, Keith Kovach, Don Woods, Daniel Martinez and Chuck Mason Sr sort through trash Feb. 20 as Director of Public Works David Willett watches. The workers sorted the trash as an effort to show residents how much is being dumped into the landfill that could be recycled. Photo by Jason Rogers, city of Northglenn

Former deputy re-sentenced for assault on 15-year-old Sentence went from five-year prison sentence to two years probation Staff Report

student athletes work one-on-one with the students with disabilities.

“As these student athletes work with their teammates with disabilities, they are learning life skills like compassion, empathy and understanding,” he said. “And for the students with disabilities, they are able to be part of their school and represent their school in way they’ve never had the opportunity to do before.”

Mindy Watrous, president and CEO of Special Olympics Colorado, was impressed with the debut game at Mountain Range, especially with the amount of student support shown for both teams. She said it’s been fantastic working with Adams 12 to start a Unified Sports Program and gives

A formal sentencing hearing was held Friday for former Adams County Deputy Sheriff David Morrow, 31, whose 5-year prison sentence for assaulting a 15-yearold boy was reduced to 2 years probation.

Morrow previously was sentenced to the minimum mandatory five years in prison after a jury convicted him of second-degree assault, third-degree assault and child abuse (M2) following a trial in August.

Adams County District Judge Katherine Delgado granted a motion to reconsider the sentence filed by Morrow’s defense attorney and reduced the sentence to probation in an April 3 written order. The District Attorney’s Office opposed the reconsideration of sentence.

“We are disappointed in the court’s ruling,” said District Attorney Dave Young.

“We stated our objections to the reconsideration of the defendant’s sentence at the hearing on March 5. The jury convicted the defendant of an offense that carries a mandatory sentence. It’s unfortunate that this was not recognized in the re-sentencing ruling.”

As conditions of probation, Morrow must undergo anger management counseling, participate in a victim empathy group, pay restitution for the victim’s medical bills and have no contact with the victim or his family. The victim was not present at Friday’s hearing.

On June 12, 2011 at about 1:10 a.m.

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Mountain Range High School Mustang Nirvana Maldonado runs through a fan-filled tunnel after her name is announced during the first unified basketball game on April 8 at Westminster High School. The Mustangs took on the Horizon Hawks in front of a packed gym. Photo by Ashley Reimers

New sports program highlights social inclusion

By Ashley Reimers

areimers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com For the first time in the Adams 12 Five Star School District, student athletes and students with disabilities came together on one court, competing in a unified basketball game on April 8. In front of a packed gym, the Mountain Range Mustangs, the home team, took on the Horizon Hawks in a game where winning and losing wasn’t the most important thing. Instead, the goal focused on inclusion and teamwork.

The game was the first of five in the new Unified Sports Program in Adams 12.

Collaborating with the Colorado Special Olympics, the athletic department and student support services worked for a year to integrate the program and offer a co-ed POSTAL ADDRESS

basketball league that consists of teams from all five comprehensive high schools made up of students with and without disabilities.

Eddie Hartnett, director of district athletics and activities for Adams 12, said the Unified Sports Program is a nationally renowned program found in many other districts in and out of Colorado. He said the program is dedicated to social inclusion through shared sports trainings and competitive experiences.

“We are really excited to have the program in the district,” he said. “It’s been quite the learning experience or all of us, the students, administration and the coaches. But the program is also impacting all of us at the same time. It’s been very positive.”

Hartnett said it’s really special to see the

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Portrait of peace a work in progress The lyrics drift softly through the quiet, cobblestoned courtyard.

“Good day, sunshine good day, sunshine gooood day, sunshine…”

A youngish man with vivid blue eyes, in faded jeans and black velvet jacket, strums a guitar and sings, the music stand in front of him holding a repertoire of Beatles songs, at his feet a black hat for donations from appreciative listeners. He seems oblivious to the people milling around, hearing only the melodies and words that lift him beyond the wall that stretches behind.

But the wall, which is why he is here, can’t be ignored.

It is a psychedelic, graphic explosion of color, an ever-changing riot of words and swirling graffiti’s reason for being has been long buried under more than 30 years of layers of paint.

For those who remember, though, like Jan, 36, the guitarist who wouldn’t give his last name, the wall, just across from the French Embassy in Prague, is testament to the energizing and lasting power of the universal ideal of peace — even if the passage of time has somewhat obscured the message.

The Lennon Wall.

Also known as the Peace Wall.

Or the Graffiti Wall.

“It’s really getting twisted,” Jan says of how the wall is viewed by thousands who visit each year. “It bothers the local people — they don’t like the way it is now… But I’m sure John Lennon would like it this way. I don’t think he would have liked to have his face on it.”

That’s how the wall, the phenomenon,

started — with an immense portrait of the day.

John Lennon following his death on Dec. The battle on the wall continued until 8, 1980. Depending on the source, either the Velvet Revolution that led to the fall of an art student from Mexico or Communism in 1989. a group of students painted his Since then, the wall has become a face on the wall that forms the popular tourist destination. back of a 14th century churchAlthough many phrases reflect yard. The wall also had a the pleas for love and goodwill that recessed niche that Lennon championed, Beatles lyrics resembled a and sayings of social and polititombstone and cal justice have been became a mock replaced in good grave, of sorts, measure with for Lennon. such commonAlthough place scrawls the ex-Beatle as “Filmore never viswas here” and ited the Czech “Auntie Mary Republic, was here” and many young the over-sized Czechs, living “Happy Birthday, under the thenHRABAL!” Communist repeated regime, quickly several built him into a times along pacifist hero the wall’s LOG ON & for their length in cause. At white spray VOTE TODAY! that time, paint. And OR COMPLETE THE the govern“Fred” spread BALLOT ON PAGE 24 ment had wide in banned chubby, green www.northglenn-thorntonsentinel.com western bubble letters. pop songs, The original even sendmessage, for ing some many, seems long Czech musicians forgotten. to jail for playing But for some, the them, according to wall is a living, breatha website about the wall. ing, morphing work of art In the beginning, people scrawled of which Lennon would surely Beatles lyrics and epitaphs to Lennon have approved. Nate Margolis, 21, an art under cover of night. In the light of day, student from Maryland studying this sepolice whitewashed the walls, only to have mester in Prague, has visited several times. them covered again in words at night.

Today, he spray paints an eye on the wall Over time, the wall became a voice for the in silver-gray. young Czech opposition; some created a “This is kind of a new revolution of art,” movement called “Lennonism.” They used he says, noting it’s one of the few places the wall as a medium for their grievances in the world for legal graffiti. “It changes. and painted political slogans against In 15 minutes, it’ll probably be something the government, always at night. Police completely different.” continued to obliterate their efforts during Kayleigh McAdams, 20, who is visiting

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Margolis and was a huge Beatles fan as a child, felt it was important to see the wall and leave something significant behind.

Near the sidewalk, she painted “Infinitum Nihil,” Latin for “nothing is forever,” as she interprets it. The saying, representative of past events in her life, is tattooed on her right foot.

“It’s just a meaningful thing that I try to live by each day,” she says, hoping “somebody will actually be able to read it and know what it means.”

Jan, the guitarist, has sung at the wall for the past three tourist seasons. The season depends on the weather — the nicer it is, the longer the season. Last year, the cold stayed away and he played and sang for eight months.

He has loved Beatles music since he was a boy. “It’s my favorite band,” he says simply. “I like the vibe…”

As a Prague native, he has watched the wall’s evolution. It could be no other way than how it is today, he says. Free. Open to anyone to paint anything.

“It’s the only way you can keep it,” he says. “Otherwise, it would be a museum with John Lennon’s face and rope. It would be … boring.”

But if he could give those who visit a thought to leave with, it would be this: “Give peace a chance, in your mind, in your mind … it’s not always easy.”

On this day, as sunlight filters through trees just beginning to leaf, “Love is a beautiful chaos” leaps from the wall in bold, red paint. And if you look closely, you’ll spot a blue face of John Lennon in a corner.

No matter what is painted, Margolis says, Lennon’s face can always be found amid the crazy quilt of expression, a soft and subtle reminder of why the wall even exists.

A throng of tourists suddenly crowds the small courtyard, jostling to read the wall and leave their inscriptions. Jan, an unperturbed island in the middle, begins to sing: Healey continues on Page 3

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thornton news in a hurry City’s animal control honored

Thornton’s Animal Control Unit will receive the Colorado Animal Control Agency of the Year Award, from the Colorado Association of Animal Control Officers.

The team will be honored on April 23, at a banquet at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

In 2013, due to a retirement, training of a new officer, and light duty for one officer, the unit operated with only two officers, for part of the year. Through the adversity, the unit was dispatched to 6,495 calls for service and impounded 1,170 animals and maintained their daily duties, which included rabies vaccinations, rescuing helpless animals from injury, disease and starvation, or giving sanctuary to thousands of homeless animals, and assisting with roughly 300 animal vaccinations at Thorntonfest (the City’s summer festival.)

In 2013, the State of Colorado mandated that police officers receive aggressive dog training by 2015. During 2013,

Thornton Animal Control Officers created a training program with both educational information and hands-on training, even creating behavioral videos using animals at the Adams County Animal Shelter and a video of officers handling dogs in the field. Thornton Animal Control Officers added a personal touch to the training by bringing in their own dogs to provide police officers with positive, friendly interactions with bully breed-type dogs. This training was so successful that the Thornton Animal Control Unit received a Unit Citation Award from the Thornton Police Department, and high praise from those who went through the training.

Egg Scramble set Thornton’s Easter Egg Scramble takes place Saturday, April 19, at the Thornton Community Park Ball Fields, 2141 E. 95th Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Bunny arrive at 9:30 a.m. to welcome the children, then at 10 a.m. sharp the scramble starts, ending at

northglenn news in a hurry City grants temporary easement to Suncor At the request of Suncor Energy, the city granted a temporary easement to the company for a defined portion of the Fox Run Open Space. The easement is to be used to facilitate the construction of a 16inch pipeline that will be buried entirely in RTD’s FasTracks North Metro Line right of way, which is adjacent to the easement area. The temporary easement gives the company additional space for construction logistics. RTD came to an agreement with Suncor on the pipeline in 2012.

Construction is scheduled to begin in late spring and should take approximately two months. The agreement requires Suncor to return the effected areas to their previous state when the project is

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the district credit for their hard work in implementing and supporting the program.

With a focus on inclusion, Watrous said the program in Adams 12 will bring student body together.

“This program really changes the culture within a school and also reduces bullying,” she said. “It teaches students that

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Morrow responded to a call about a disturbance at 8790 Welby Road in Adams County. According to court records and evidence presented during the trial, the 15-year-old boy, who appeared highly intoxicated, was taken into custody and transported by ambulance to the hospital

completed.

In return for the easement, Suncor will make a payment of $80,000 to the city. $40,000 of the total sum will be paid to the city’s General Fund. The rest will be used for a public project. At this time, the city is investigating potential projects.

City hosts free shred event Anyone can drop off electronics, personal papers and old or unused medications from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 26. The drop off area will be at the northwest corner of the Northglenn Marketplace, Interstate 25 and 104th Avenue.

Please enter the site from the main shopping area or from Huron Street, as traffic will be diverted out on to Kennedy Drive.

everyone has their own special, unique gift. And many times student athletes realize that they are more like their teammates with disabilities than they are different.”

Horizon junior Josh Ralphs joined the unified team because he wanted to help other students have the same opportunities he has in his school when it comes to athletics. After the first game, he was excited about the opportunity and is looking forward to more games.

“The game went really well and better than I expected,” he said. “I had a lot of fun.

I can’t wait for the other games.”

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Children up to age eight are invited to participate. Each age group (walking -2, 3-4, 5-6 and 7-8) will have their own Easter Egg Scramble. Children should bring their own baskets to collect eggs and candy.

At the sound of a horn, children in four age groups scramble for plastic Easter eggs containing prizes and candy. The entire event lasts only a few minutes.

Parking is available at Community Park (Thornton Parkway and York Street), the Community Building (2141 E. 95th Ave.), the Community Center (2211 Eppinger Blvd.) and on side streets. This is a very popular event and parking spaces go fast, so arrive early. There is no event parking at the Church of God 7th Day (corner of Eppinger Blvd. and Gaylord St.). There is no rain date.

Ryan named a finalist for managing partner Patrick Ryan, of Thornton, was named

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a finalist for Texas Roadhouse Managing Partner of the Year award, which is the company’s highest honor. He was chosen from a pool of more than 400.

The award recognizes the Managing Partner who best displays characteristics of an operational leader. Ryan and the other 19 finalists will be judged on seven criteria: Legendary Food, Legendary Service, Legendary Marketing, Legendary Culture, Legendary People, Legendary Profits and Legendary Pride and Passion.

The Managing Partner of the Year will be announced at the company’s annual conference in Amelia Island, FL. later this month. The winner will receive a new Corvette, a check for $25,000, a lead crystal replica of a Texas Roadhouse restaurant, a Managing Partner of the Year ring, and a gold belt buckle.

Ryan has been the Managing Partner of the Thornton location at 10310 Grant Street for 14 years. This is his fifth nomination for Managing Partner of the Year and third time as a finalist.

stones and filling the afternoon air with the chorus of hope.

Maybe, just maybe, the message isn’t lost after all.

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“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”

Spontaneously, unexpectedly, a swell of voices joins in.

“I hope someday day you’ll join us, And the world will live as one.”

The words echo, bouncing off the

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 303566-4110.

Good moods are catching.

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because parent contact information could not be obtained from him. The ambulance attendant had restrained the juvenile’s hands and feet because of his verbally combative behavior. Morrow struck the juvenile on the face with a closed fist as he passed by the teen who was restrained on the ambulance gurney.

Morrow was placed on administrative leave without pay on July 12, 2011, after charges were filed by the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, and was later fired.

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April 17, 2014

Learning, expressing through the arts Mapleton hosts annual districtwide art show

By Tammy Kranz

tkranz@coloradocommunitymedia.com Almost 270 students in Mapleton will be showcasing their art pieces at this year’s event, which is opened to the public from 4-6 p.m. April 23-30 in the MEC/ MESA Project Center on Skyview Campus, 8980 York St. in Thornton. The district will host an opening night reception at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, April 23, and hand out awards from 6-6:30 p.m. at the Rosa Auditorium.

The art show is one of Mapleton’s longest running community events, and has been happening more than 30 years. All Mapleton schools and all grade levels are welcome to participate. The students’ pieces represent various mediums in the show, including drawing, painting, ceramics, metal work, glass, paper mache, and even sticky notes and packaging tape.

Alicia Molinaro remembers when she was young going to different art shows with her mom and grandparents.

Molinaro is now an art teacher at Global Leadership Academy and has been the coordinator for the annual Mapleton District Art Show for the past years.

“I think that our students will have these same memories and possibly realize they could go to college, or start a career using their art talent,” she said. “The art show is a great way for students to be acknowledged for their talents in the visual arts.”

Karla Allenbach, executive director of Learning Services, said that art is an important element of public education and that there are Colorado State Standards in the Visual Arts that students must meet.

“Art is a recognized content area,” she said. “Many of the art projects our students complete are linked to instructional units in classrooms and support units of study.

Learning art and through the arts allows us to address the different learning modalities of students. Research shows strong correlations between arts and learning — in particular there is evidence of linkage between the arts and improved math and reading skills.”

“The district art show has been a wonderful community and family engagement event that celebrates and showcases our student creativity,” Allenbach said.

Every student that participates will receive a certificate and the winning students receive another certificate, ribbon and art supplies.

For more information on the art show, visit www.mapleton.us or call 303-8531000.

Alexandra Reza Riveria, first-grader at Global Village Academy, holds up her painting that will be showcased in the annual Mapleton District Art Show. The district will host an opening reception 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, at MEC/ MESA Project Center. Photo by Tammy Kranz

Flood bonds community year later

By Michelle Boyer Last year’s flooding ran through Bratner Gulch and crested over, washing out two main arenas in the Adams County Regional Park that were utilized for 4-H riding events.

“The arenas have a sub-grade, base and top layer; all with different types of sand and it washed all that away,” Vince Hamilton, vice-chair of Adams County Horse

Committee said. “In the horse world when competing, it’s better for a horse to walk on something like sand, rather than dirt that gets compacted and re-compacted. Safety is a condition with needing to have the sand.”

Hamilton said everything in the arenas was washed out, and even large amounts of debris, including a huge TV was amid the mess.

“We had to decide how to fix the are-

nas,” he said. “We figured we could possibly utilize Federal Emergency Management Agency money, but we had to wait.

Our first ride was coming up April 12, and we didn’t want the kids to not be able to ride in the first event, called the Summer Series. Our committee opted to start contacting lots of companies and individuals for donations.”

Ames Construction, and Varra were among the biggest contributors to the project with $56,000. Varra supplied all the sand, while Ames Construction donated all the transportation, man hours, fuel as well as all the re-grading and compacting of the two arenas. Ames also donated all the fencing in one of the arenas. Sand and Gravel, High Plain Cattle Supply (replaced posts and fencing all at cost), Fastenal and many other local companies contributed toward the project.

More than 50 volunteers who were 4H

kids, parents and members of the community helped with the tearing down and rebuilding of the arenas.

The teardown happened in November, with the rebuild happening over the past two weekends to allow for the April 12 riding event.

“It took a lot to get that much work done,” Hamilton said. “It’s a logistic nightmare trying to incorporate with several companies concentrating on their own business to take time out to donate their own time and money to support the 4-H kids.

“It was an extreme sense of satisfaction to know that all the parents were willing to work that hard for all the 4-H kids to have a place to ride this summer in preparation for Adams County Fair.”

The 110th Anniversary of the Adams County Fair is this year, running July 30 to Aug.3.

ADAMS COUNTY NEWS IN A HURRY Romito Foundation hosts beer tasting, silent auction

The second annual Romito Foundation Beer Tasting on the Hill Silent Auction will be 7-11 p.m. Friday, May 9, at The Brittany Hill in Thornton. There are 2 ticket types available — VIP which includes a Crawfish Boil and General Admission for $60 and General Admission which includes beer tasting, food and live music by Swerve for $40. The foundation is seeking event sponsors as well as silent auction items.

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support, call Amy Smith at 303-229-2217 or Kolleen Hancock at 520-275-4388.

The Romito Foundation is dedicated to helping children and young adults with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in the community.

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Boy works hard to share autism awareness

By Ashley Reimers

areimers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com From the outside Max Boyer looks like the average 12-year-old kid. But on the inside, Boyer deals with life and situations a little differently. The ups and downs of each day come a little harder for the high functioning autistic Eagleview Elementary fifth grader.

To help others understand his struggles, Boyer has turned to his passion for art by creating drawings that describe what he’s feeling inside.

“I knew I had autism, I didn’t quite understand it. Then I was informed that I can’t get rid of autism, there is not cure for it,” Boyer said. “Everyone is so confused with me and how I’m so different, but I’m stuck with autism, it’s in my body. And my artwork expresses to everyone how I feel.”

Now, with help from his mom Rebecca Miller, Boyer is compiling his artwork into a book called Hi My Name is Max. I have Autism. Each drawing also comes with an essay written by Boyer to help describe what the drawing is portraying.

Watching her son’s dedication to the book is almost mind boggling for Miller.

To say she’s extremely proud would be an understatement. Miller’s watched Boyer’s struggles over the years, but she’s also

watched his amazing growth into the kid he is today. Although she’s always had faith in her son, not everyone was on board. It wasn’t until attending Eagleview Elementary School in Thornton that Boyer began to prove the naysayers wrong.

“When Max was little he was kicked out of so many different schools. People would say he’s unteachable and would never learn to read or write,” she said. “And then he went to Eagleview and started in their autism program and that was the major turning point. Now he’s at reading level and doing amazing, learning new things every day.”

Boyer’s drive to write the book is also part of his effort to bring awareness to autism. This month he also spent time in different classrooms at Eagleview talking with his fellow classmates and answering questions about autism as part of National Autism Awareness month, which is April. He said he wants people to understand him better and to realize that he’s actually more like his classmates rather than different.

“For the younger kids I read a story to them in case they don’t understand my art,” Boyer said. “The stories might be easier for some kids to understand autism.”

Boyer will also be speaking at the annual Walk Now for Autism Speaks on May 10 at Rockies Field. His artwork will also be on display during the walk, which raises

Max Boyer, 12, with Jessica Ross from Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism. Boyer, who has autism, will be speaking at the Walk Now for Autism Speaks event on May 10 at Coors Field about his work in spreading awareness on autism. Courtesy photo money and awareness for autism.

“We never gave up, and look where we are today,” Miller said. “If this book can make life easier for just one person it’s all worth it.”

Miller is currently seeking out publishers. She’s hoping to have the book published in the next couple months. Once

Deputy charged with sexual assault on child Staff Report Adams County Sheriff’s Deputy Henry Ford, 37, has been charged with incest and sexual assault.

Ford appeared in court Tuesday and was advised of the filing of charges of sexual assault on a child as a pattern of conduct (F3) sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust (F3), sexual assault on a child

(F4) and aggravated incest (F3) from Aug. 1, 2013 to April 9, 2014.

A bond reduction hearing is set for May 2 at 2:30 p.m. in Division 2 of Adams County Court. A pre- Ford liminary hearing is set for 3 p.m. in Division 2.

By Ashley Reimers

areimers@colorado communitymedia.com The first of two public meetings was conducted on the future Clear Creek Valley Park site in south Adams County. The meeting on April 10 was hosted by the Hyland Hills Park and Recreation District and MIG, the design firm on the project.

Located immediately north of Interstate 76 between Lowell Boulevard and Tennyson Street, the Clear Creek Valley Park site is an 86-acre parcel owned

by Hyland Hills. With assistance from Adams County Open Space grant money, in 2002 the district began the process of acquiring the land. In 2007, the district developed a multi-use design plan for the area to include trails and open space.

The goal of the public meeting was to solicit input from the community on the design plan, hear comments and answer questions. Since the original design plan was developed in 2007, Paul Kuhn MIG senior associate said it’s important to hear from the residents now on what they want in the park.

“The 2007 plan is a good plan, but things can change and we want to hear from people on what they want changed and what they want to stay the same,” Kuhn said. “We want to make sure we are hitting all of the right notes.”

Terry Barnhart, a plan-

ner with Hyland Hills, said it’s important to have a plan that meets the needs of the district. Ideas for the park include a wide range of uses including: multiuse turf field, children’s play area, picnic shelters, walking trails, fishing and piers at the multiple ponds, paddle boating, sand volley ball courts, amphitheater, farmers market and a skate park. During the meeting, attendees participated in a dot priority exercise to vote for the most important aspects wanted in the park.

“In 2007, we decided to have 70 percent remain as open space and trails and 30 percent would be a more active area,” Barnhart said.

“We are sticking to that plan.”

Because of the multiple ponds in the park, some residents were concerned with mosquitoes and others were concerned with the future of the tree farm in the area.

“The district monitors the mosquitoes in all of our ponds, to the mosquitoes shouldn’t be an issue,” Barnhart said. “As for the tree farm, we plan on keeping it but it could be moved.

We are exploring the possibility of working with District 50 in maintaining the farm.”

For people who missed the first public meeting, a second is scheduled for 7 p.m. on May 8 at Carl Park Community Center, 5401 Meade St. in Denver. For more information on the Clear Creek Valley Park site, visit www.hylandhills.org.

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NORTHGLENN/THORNTON scHOOL NOTEs Library renamed after former 27J teacher, board member

children and 17 grandchildren — five of whom are students in the district.

On Saturday, the Brighton High School Library was renamed as the Joan R. Kniss Learning and Resource Center. Kniss worked for 33 years as a teacher in School District 27J before she retired in 2005. She then served eight years as a director on the School District 27J Board of Education. She stepped down in November 2013. Kniss was honored as Colorado Teacher of the Year in 2001 and was honored twice as a Colorado Association of School Boards McGuffey Award Winner.

Kniss and her husband, Adam, have six

27J principal resigns District 27J is searching for a new principal at North Elementary School after the immediate resignation of Rick Bucher. Paula Redig, a retired school administrator, began work at the school Wednesday, April 9, and will serve for the remainder of the year.

27J board considers ballot question Over the past several months, a group of community members, known as the

Quality Schools Initiative committee, has met to discuss a possible recommendation to the 27J Superintendent of Schools regarding a bond issue and/or mill levy override on the November 2014 ballot.

27J residents will begin receiving a mailed copy of a report from this group on their work and their potential recommendations. It also available by clicking on this link: Quality Schools Initiative Community Report . Please take the time to review this report as you may be contacted this month to take part in a telephone poll regarding this information.

Counselor of the month named Jesse Field, counselor at Pathways in Adams 12 Five Star Schools, was named the February Counselor of the Month by College in Colorado. Field is a first-year counselor and department lead at Pathways. His support of students as well as staff helped him earn this recognition.

Grant awarded to D12 teacher Stukey Elementary first-grade teacher Sandy Kressin was awarded the CenturyLink Teachers & Technology Grant. The $4,844 grant will be used to purchase tablets for Kressin’s classroom.

Venue announced for the Boldly Authentic Fashion Show Benefit Staff Report Eldeen Annette Portraiture is pleased to announce that it will be producing the high-school seniors fashion show at The Armory Performing Arts Center in Brighton on May 1.

Recently known for hav-

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Guests are invited to attend the Boldly Authentic Fashion Show at 7:30 p.m. at The Armory, 300 Strong St., Brighton, on Thursday May 1; doors open at 6:55 p.m.

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trends they are likely to be wearing in their senior portraits later this year.

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House passes bills pumping $500 million into K-12

dards and adds $13 million in funding for charter school facilities.

The bill also incorporates $40 million in retail marijuana revenue that will go toward school construction in rural parts of the state.

The legislation will also provide schools with $110 million of the money that was stripped away by the Legislature during lean budget years. “(The bill) begins the process of rebuilding K-12 funding that was struck hard during the past five years of Colorado’s recession, within the parameters of our current state budget,” said Rep. Millie Hamner, DDillon, a bill sponsor.

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vvela@colorado communitymedia.com A pair of funding measures that will provide schools with nearly $500 million in new revenue passed the House with bipartisan support last week.

Although the bills received Republican votes, several House GOP members raised concerns that the efforts don’t go far enough in backfilling recession-era budget cuts, or giving school districts more control over financial and transparency matters.

The bills passed the House on April 10, with lawmakers first giving overwhelming bipartisan support to the Student Success Act. The bill would provide $20 million aimed at helping kids meet mandated third-grade reading stan-

Republicans also spent a great deal of time arguing against a Democrat-sponsored amendment aimed at providing greater transparency over how school districts are spending state dollars.

Republicans offered a softer transparency amendment, out of concern that Democrats were burdening school districts with too many requirements. That effort failed.

Rep. Carole Murray, RCastle Rock, a Student Success Act bill sponsor, was one of two Republicans to vote for the School Finance Act and the only one to vote for both school-funding bills.

Murray told her Republican colleagues that she understands their concerns on those issues, but that she and others worked hard to “come up with the best possible bill we can.”

“This is an amazing product that we have all been part of together,” Murray said.

Felony drunken-driving bill advancing

By Vic Vela

vvela@colorado communitymedia.com A bill that would create a felony DUI in Colorado is gaining momentum at the Capitol.

The House on April 10 gave initial approval to legislation that would require prison time for drunken drivers who rack up their third DUI in a seven-year period, or for their fourth total.

The bill would create a class 4 felony for such offenses, which carries a possible prison term of two to six years. Colorado is one of only a handful of states that does not have a felony DUI law.

The bill sponsor, Rep. Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, has been trying for the last few years to pass this type of legislation.

However, his efforts have

hit stumbling blocks, primarily due to the incarceration costs that come with the bill.

“It does cost money to engage in the protection of the individuals of the state of Colorado,” Waller said.

This year’s effort carries a hefty price tag as well.

Last week, the House Appropriations Committee approved $2.9 million in general fund dollars for the bill to become a part of next year’s budget.

The cost to the state will increase substantially over the next few years. The cost will rise to at least $15 million and then at least $26.8 million in subsequent fiscal years, according to an analysis by the Legislative Council.

Rep. Dan Pabon, DDenver, thanked those who worked “so hard to find this money.”

“This is an expensive

bill,” Pabon said. “This is an expensive cost to incarcerate this many offenders.

And this money isn’t just found.”

Helping the legislation move forward was a compromise on treatment options that came out of a recent House Judiciary Committee hearing.

The compromise came about from growing concern over the bill not focusing enough on helping alcoholics and drug addicts receive treatment.

The amended version of the bill requires that courts consider “all reasonable and appropriate alternative sentences” before prison time becomes an option,” the bill’s fiscal note states.

Pabon said the “exhaustion of remedies” portion of the bill will ensure courts do everything they can “to put these people on the path to recovery before prison.”

The House gave initial approval of the bill following an unrecorded voice vote on April 10. The bill was scheduled for a final vote on April 14, and was expected to advance to the Senate with large bipartisan support.

Although it has momentum, it is not a foregone conclusion that the bill will become law. Last year, the bill passed the House, but never received a vote in the full Senate.

But there are lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who want to see the measure become a reality.

“This is a very serious offense,” said Rep. Beth McCann, D-Aurora. “We’ve talked about the fact that people need treatment and they get treatment, but it still doesn’t keep them from driving.”

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How to make pizza JUSt a Bit HealtHier

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izza may have had humble beginnings, but today it is one of the most popular foods worldwide.

More than five billion pizzas are sold across the globe each year, and pizza accounts for 10 percent of all foodservice sales.

Although pizza has many positive attributes, few consider pizza a healthy meal.

Laden with cheese and high-calorie meats, pizza is often referred to as a guilty pleasure.

However, there are a variety of ways to make the pizza you love better for your body.

• Downplay the cheese. Pizza originated in Naples, Italy, and it has been said the first pizzas were comprised of just dough and sauce and no cheese. Restaurants that favor more authentic pizzas of the past will not rely heavily on cheese when preparing their pizzas. Instead of ordering a pizza with extra cheese, opt for minimal cheese to add just a subtle component of flavor to the pizza.

Such an alteration to the recipe can reduce the saturated fat and cholesterol in pizza by a considerable amount.

• Savor the tomatoes. Tomatoes provide a bevy of health benefits. The carotenoids, specifically lycopene, found in tomatoes have a number of beneficial properties,

including preventing the oxidation of LDL cholesterol. According to a report from researchers at Athens Medical School that was published in Nutrition Research, a daily 70 gram portion of tomato paste containing roughly 33 mg of lycopene was associated with an improvement in flow-mediated dilation, a measure of a blood vessel’s ability to relax. Tomatoes can help lower blood pressure, and they provide other heart benefits as well. Enjoying extra sauce on pizza and supplementing with sliced, cooked tomatoes can help make pizza healthier.

• Choose whole-wheat crust. More restaurants are adding whole-grain pizzas to their menus. By switching to a whole-wheat crust, you can boost your fiber intake by as much as 50 percent. High-fiber foods help to regulate cholesterol levels in the blood and help you to feel fuller longer, reducing the likelihood that you will overeat. Fiber also helps the digestive tract by making a person more regular. Whole-grain foods have a lower glycemic index than processed grains as well, meaning they won’t cause rapid blood-sugar spikes, which can be advantageous to those with diabetes.

• Top pizza with vegetables. Instead of salt- and fat-heavy meats like pepperoni, ham or sausage, top your pizza with fresh vegetables. Peppers, tomatoes, olives, broccoli, and spinach each deliver a wealth of

vitamins and minerals, and are a great way to add more fiber to your diet.

• Opt for thin-crust. Different areas of the country and the world favor different types of pizza. In the United States, New Yorkers prefer thin-crust pizza while the Windy City is synonymous with deep-dish pizza. While the debate continues as to which type of crust is better, switching to a thinner crust may have certain health benefits. Thick crusts pack more calories into each and every slice. When paired with cheese and other toppings, a slice of deep-dish pizza, while delicious, may contain more calories than is wise to eat in one sitting. Brick-oven pizza parlors generally offer whisper-thin crusts sparingly touched with cheese, sauce and basil to produce the classic Margherita pie, making such pizza a healthier alternative than New York- or Chicago-style pizza.

• Pair pizza with salad. One way to make pizza healthier is to avoid overindulging. It is easy to overdo it with pizza, but try to cut your portion size in half, replacing that extra slice of pizza with a salad or side order of steamed vegetables to fill up without overindulging.

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Bill sponsor hangs up on House GOP cell phone effort, for now whip steps down Measure hits obstacles, but likely to return next year

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com An effort to revive a bill that sought to restrict most uses of cell phones while driving has failed to move forward.

However, the bill will be studied by a special committee over the summer. And the bill sponsor said he intends to introduce the legislation again next year.

The bill would have required drivers to use hands-free cell phone devices and would have put penalties in place in an effort to keep motorists from being distracted by their phones.

Last month, the bill, sponsored by Rep. Jovan Melton, D-Aurora, failed to receive enough support to clear a House committee. But the committee gave Melton the option to bring back the bill.

Melton intended to present another version of the bill to the same House Transportation and Energy Committee on April 10, but instead decided to push the effort back a year because of procedural barriers.

“Basically, we can’t make changes because we’ve already gone through that piece of the bill,” Melton said.

The revived effort occurred too late in the calendar for the bill to be reconsidered for changes to parts of the legislation on which the committee had already ruled.

Melton said that the bill changes sought to address committee members’ concerns that caused the effort to fail in the first place.

The original bill would have created a “primary offense” for motorists who use their cell phones while driving through school zones and construction areas, meaning police could have imposed a citation for the mere act of being on the phone.

Everywhere else, the violation would have been considered a “secondary offense,” meaning drivers could only be cited for talking on their cell phones so long as they were initially stopped for another violation.

Because some committee members questioned whether a primary offense law would have led to enforcement challenges for police, Melton decided to make all violations a secondary offense, a change that he said earned the support of the Colorado State Patrol.

Committee members also wondered whether there was enough teeth in the bill.

For that, Melton had intended to set the maximum fines for violations at $100 for the first offense and $200 for the second — doubling the bill’s original intent.

But there were other logistical issues to deal with, such as clarifying what types of hands-free devices drivers would be allowed to use and the extent to which they can use phone applications.

“The bill didn’t die because people didn’t disagree with the policy,” Melton said. “It died because people didn’t quite agree how we’re getting to the solution.

I feel like we found the right solution but unfortunately, because of procedure, we can’t make the necessary changes.”

The bill will get special attention over the summer by the Transportation Legislative Review Committee, which looks at legislation in depth without the deadlines that bills face during a legislative session.

“We have a much better chance of getting a good bill out that has an effect going through the TLRC,” the committee chairman Rep. Max Tyler, D-Lakewood, said.

Melton said he is looking forward to reviving the effort next year.

“After the bill died, I got a number of emails and phone calls from people all over the state saying, ‘Please don’t give up on this issue; this is truly about public safety,’ ” Melton said.

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Adams County Republican resigns on heels of vote to force him out

By Vic Vela

vvela@coloradocommunitymedia. com A House GOP rift has led to an unexpected resignation from a party leadership post.

Rep. Kevin Priola, R-Henderson, announced his resignation as House minority whip on April 14, four days after an unsuccessful Republican caucus vote that sought his ouster.

Priola will remain a state representative.

A senior Republican House member sought to replace Priola in his leadership role, a day removed from his role in a vote on an education bill.

Priola did not side with Republicans on a school district transparency amendment to the bill, which angered many in his own party — including one who hurled an expletive toward Priola on the House floor.

Although he acknowledged that the majority of his party wanted him out as whip, Priola believes he did nothing wrong.

“I didn’t want this to be the story of the last month of the session,” Priola said. “We have a lot of bills we’re working on. At the end of the day, I believe I made the strong conservative vote for real transparency for tax payers and for parents, down to the local school level.”

Rep. Chris Holbert, R-Parker, called for a vote to replace Priola as party whip — a position that is charged with rounding up votes among party members — during a hastily-called GOP caucus meeting that was announced just before the House adjourned its morning business on April 10.

Holbert sought to replace Priola with Douglas County Rep. Polly Lawrence, who is still considered to be a candidate for the post.

“Rep. Priola either doesn’t want to do the job of whip or doesn’t know how to do the job of whip,” Holbert said.

Holbert and other Republicans were upset over Priola’s handling last week of a whip count involving a GOP amendment to the Student Success Act, a bipartisan education bill.

The failed GOP amendment, which dealt with transparency over school financial operations, competed with a Democratic transparency amendment that ultimately made it on to the bill.

Priola did not support the GOP amendment, nor did he work to whip votes in favor of it. Priola said that the

prevailing amendment ensured that school districts would provide the public with greater transparency in a more uniform statistic system.

“I believe I took the conservative vote,” he said. “I firmly believe that what I did was the right thing. It’s just that there’s a strong faction in our party who want school districts to do whatever they want, no questions asked.”

Holbert said that’s not the point.

“Rep. Priola has every right to vote the way he thinks is right or wrong on any bill and that’s what he did,” he said.

“But the disappointment was that he did not inform the leadership that he was working against the (amendment).”

After the vote on the amendment, Holbert walked up to Priola at his desk and hurled an expletive toward him and walked away.

Holbert said his comments came during a moment of frustration.

“Tensions were probably running a little higher than normal,” he acknowledged.

The initial effort to replace Priola was unsuccessful. There was confusion among the caucus as to whether members could fill a leadership seat without it being vacant, or without someone submitting a resignation.

Holbert felt that it was OK for the caucus to convene to replace leadership posts at any time. That logic wasn’t accepted by all party members.

“If your analysis held true, then there would be mass chaos,” Rep. Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, told Holbert.

After recessing for a while to confer with party members, Rep. Kathleen Conti of Littleton, the caucus chairwoman, determined that the effort to replace a non-vacant leadership post was improper. That prompted a vote among the majority of party members to adjourn.

But there clearly was sentiment among party members to discuss replacing Priola. Both Priola and Holbert said there would have been enough votes to oust Priola, had a vote gone forward.

Holbert said the move by Priola to resign was for the best.

“I think this was a good decision for him,” Holbert said. “I wish we could have done this last week. But I think a significant majority of his caucus agrees with his decision.”

Priola said he’s looking forward to having more free time to spend with his loved ones.

“My colleagues, probably the majority of them, want me to go,” he said.

“I don’t want to fight and hang on to something when I could spend my time with my family.”

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Delegates who converged on Boulder for the Republican State Assembly on April 12 also picked candidates for other key statewide races. The results included the clearing of opposition to U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, who can now set his sights exclusively on Democratic incumbent Mark Udall in the race for a Senate seat this fall.

Coming into the assembly, at least one gubernatorial candidate looked like a sure bet to get on the ballot — Secretary of State Scott Gessler. But delegates made room for another hopeful: former state Senate Minority Leader Mike Kopp.

In a crowded GOP field, Kopp will have the top line when Republican voters fill out their ballots in the gubernatorial primary in June. That’s because Kopp surprised many by emerging with the top vote count among the 3,900-plus delegates.

“It’s always nice to have the ‘big Mo,’ “ said Kopp, who represented the southern part of Jefferson County in the state Senate from 2007 -11. “Our message worked, our organization worked. So, phase one is complete and now we’re excited to move into phase two.”

Kopp’s nomination speech — held inside the University of Colorado’s Coors Events Center — took on a fighting theme. Kopp talked about being an underdog who takes down “giants” and referenced his own background as an Army ranger who doesn’t know the meaning of the word surrender.

“Surrender is not a Ranger word and it’s not a conservative word,” Kopp said.

Kopp’s 34 percent of the delegate vote tally edged Gessler’s, who also made the primary ballot by garnering 33 of the delegate vote.

Gessler’s speech included plenty of red meat for the conservative crowd. He touted his pro-life stance and conservative economic principles. He also called on Republicans to stand up to

Grant Van Der Jagt (center) and Larry Strohl fill out their ballots at the Republican state assembly on April 12. Van Der Jagt and Strohl were delegates from Centennial. Photo by Vic Vela Democrats and push back against the rival party’s agenda.

“I am tired of weak-kneed Republicans who think that every Democratic attack spells disaster,” Gessler said.

“They roll over instead of standing up.”

Kopp and Gessler will join former Congressman Tom Tancredo on the ballot this fall. Tancredo skipped the assembly nominating process, instead opting to gain ballot entry through a petition, which he has done.

Candidates can either seek a ballot spot through the delegate process or by submitting enough signatures to gain ballot entry.

Former Congressman Bob Beauprez — who lost a governor’s race to Bill Ritter in 2006 — is also attempting to petition on to the ballot.

Those who sought ballot placement through the assembly needed at least 30 percent of the delegate vote.

That didn’t happen for three other gubernatorial candidates, including state Sen. Mike Brophy of Wray, who garnered just 19 percent of the vote.

Gardner prevails in Senate race

Meanwhile, Gardner emerged as the overwhelming favorite among delegates to challenge Udall this fall.

By carrying 73 percent of the vote, Gardner ensured that he would have no primary opposition.

Gardner — who is regarded as a rising star in GOP politics — is seen among Republicans both here and at the national level as the party’s best shot at picking up a U.S. Senate seat.

Gardner has been highly critical of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s signature legislative achievement.

In his speech to delegates,

Gardner blasted Obamacare as the “biggest and worst government boondoggle in American history,” and attempted to tie Udall to the Democratic president.

“The president has made our biggest problems worse and our greatest assets weaker,” said Gardner, who will give up his post as the representative for the 4th Congressional District. “And Mark Udall was just along for the ride.”

Those failing to collect the necessary 30 percent of the delegate vote included state Sen. Randy Baumgardner of Hot Sulphur Springs, who garnered just 23.8 percent of delegate support.An open Attorney General seat will feature a GOP primary battle between Deputy Attorney General Cynthia Coffman and state Rep. Mark Waller, of Colorado Springs.

Coffman will earn the ballot’s top line after earning 69.3 percent of the vote among delegates. Waller eked out a ballot spot, with 30.7 percent of the vote.

Whoever emerges from the GOP primary will take on the Democratic AG candidate, former Adams County District Attorney Don Quick.

As for the Secretary of State’s race, El Paso County Clerk Wayne Williams was nominated by acclamation as the GOP nominee for Gessler’s vacated seat.

Williams did not face opposition for the nomination and is expected to square off against Democrat Joe Neguse this fall.

The Democrats held their own assembly in Denver the same day. However, there were no questions going into the assembly who their candidates would be.

Hickenlooper, Udall, Quick and Neguse all were officially nominated at the Democratic State Assembly.

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Whereas, siblings live outside the touch of time “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” — Desmond Tutu My sister was out of town on National Siblings Day, April 10, so I sent her an email to tell her I was thinking of her.

“Right back atcha,” she replied.

We have shared many such messages over the years, in times of celebration and sorrow, in person, on the telephone, through the mail, and now via text, email, or other electronic greeting.

In the U.S., 79 percent of all children have siblings while growing up, and I am lucky enough to be among them. My baby sister, who is 22 months younger, is in my earliest memories … and every one of them since.

Gov. Hickenlooper’s 2014 Siblings Day proclamation for Colorado, among the WHEREASes of this official document, that Siblings Day reminds us that the bonds with our siblings are a gift, that it is vital to cherish our brothers and sisters. In

my family, we have always known this.

Rose Macaulay, an English writer, says of siblings that we also know “one another’s faults, virtues, catastrophes, mortifications, triumphs, rivalries, desires, and how long we can each hang by our hands to a bar.” From a swing set in the backyard to the larger-scale playgrounds of adulthood, my sister and I have traveled many of these paths together.

New York Times writer Erica Goode says that sibling relationships “outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface

after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance…” I consider myself fortunate that my periods of distance from my sister have been brief and infrequent, and that cell phones and plane tickets eased these somewhat.

The author Susan Scarf Merrell writes that our siblings “resemble us just enough to make all their differences confusing, and no matter what we choose to make of this, we are cast in relation to them our whole lives long.”

I find this an interesting way to look at my own siblinghood. To many, my sister and I are very much alike. We’ve even been referred to as twins, which always tickles us. On the other hand, those who know my sister and me well would argue for both our similarities and our distinctions – distinctions that, yes, I sometimes do find confusing, just as my own differences must confound her.

Yet, as Clara Ortega writes, “To the

outside world, we all grow old. But not brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other’s hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time.”

In 1999, then-Gov. Bill Owens’ Siblings Day proclamation stated that the deep connection between siblings is usually the longest relationship of a person’s life.

I had never really thought about it quite this way, but my sister has. In fact, just a couple of years ago on Feb. 14, I received a greeting card from her in which she wrote, “You have been my Valentine my whole life.”

Right back atcha, Baby Sis. Andrea Doray is a writer who is grateful for friends who feel like sisters, and for a sister who is a lifelong friend. Contact her at a.doray@andreadoray.com.

question of the week

What are you most proud of this legislative session?

With the end of the legislative session fast approaching, we went to the Lakewood legislative group’s April town hall to ask what the elected officials are most proud of this session.

“We’ve produced something that is really a balanced budget and have done a lot to help the least among us, with issues like child care costs.”

Rep. Max Tyler

“Child care has been addressed this session, which has been great. I’ve also been able to focus on a grant scholarship program, which is really important to me.”

Rep. Brittany Pettersen

“We’re doing work to help the rural areas, which sometimes get forgotten about a bit, and I think we have a good focus on education.”

Sen. Cheri Jahn

“The budget we just completed I think really shows our focus – building jobs and giving millions to flood relief. We’ve starte addressing education needs, but there is still more to do.”

Sen. Andy Kerr

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A springtime scattershot Some days, my brain is way too much like a gerbil. That is, completely unable to hold onto a single thought for any useful length of time. So, for today, all you’re going to get is a series of quick hit observations that snuck past my distractedness over the last few weeks.

I notice that the Gunther Toody’s in Arvada has closed; at the same time, two new stores have opened in the area: an ARC collection site, and a Goodwill store over in West Woods. I’m not exactly sure what that says about the state of the economy, but it doesn’t exactly scream “recovery” to me.

I’ve been a fairly outspoken critic of the public schools’ testing regime over the last couple years, for a myriad of reasons.

So it’s only fair that I point out when they get it right: the new regime, the CMAS, is all computerized, which means it will be more useful to guide instruction and it occupies a much smaller space in the learning day. Bravo!

My daughter, the 12 year old, had another hamster die on her last week. We discovered him, hiding in his cage and in distress, and we tried to nurse him back to health, but to no avail. Of course, there were tears and trauma. But, by the next morning, she was back to her normal self again. That is one of the unheralded benefits of pets: they teach children about death. No, it’s not anything like losing someone close to you, but it does teach children, from an early age, that death is merely another journey, one which we all must take. And, by the way, no more hamsters in our house, let me tell you!

One of the really interesting things we do in the schools these days is “conflict management.” This is when we train students to act as mediators between other students who are having a disagreement.

The conflict mediators are trained by school personnel. In an unrelated/completely related news, the teachers’ union

declared an impasse and walked away from contract negotiations with Jeffco schools last week. No, no point ...

Apparently, over the course of the next year and a half, there are going to be four lunar eclipses. It’s very odd for them to be bunched up like that, and it is thought to be a portent of big events. All we need now is a comet, a black cat, and a ghost, and we’ll have something Shakespearian.

Like, maybe, somebody who can write taking over Hollywood.

The publication date of this edition of this paper is April 17. On this day in history, the Allies conducted their final bombing of Dresden in 1945. In several separate “carpet-bombing” raids, the Allies reduced huge parts of the city to rubble, including a fire that burned over 1,600 acres of the central city, and resulted in somewhere in the vicinity of 2,500 German deaths, mostly civilian. Less than two weeks later, Hitler committed suicide and the war in Europe was over; less than four months later, we would drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and war would be completely over shortly thereafter. Now, I am in no way endorsing or condoning that sort of wanton destruction — in fact, I rather deplore it. I am merely bringing it up to point out that America did, once upon a time, really fight wars to win.

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Bucking a national trend “take away” is that public school districts need to reinstate or ramp up vocational programs which are aligned with the construction industry.

The Denver metro area is an exception to a national trend that is a positive factor on our regional economy and job creation.

No, it is not the amount of tax revenue generated by the sale of recreational weed.

It is the number of construction jobs which have been added to the area.

Certainly, the major redo of Denver Union Station and the RTD FasTracks Program have been a major contributor to this encouraging trend. The Denver area ranked among the top 10 out of 339 metropolitan areas last year in creating construction jobs. According to the Associated General Contractors of America, 3,600 construction jobs were added over the past 12 months since February, 2013.

approximately 10,000 people have been working at one point or another on the RTD package of commuter rail lines, maintenance facilities and Union Station.

So, what is the “take away” from this good news shared by Mr. Simonson?

A lesson

Disturbing trend

The contractors association chief economist, Ken Simonson, noted that construction employment in the Denver region had gone from a low of 64,300 jobs in February, 2011 to 77,500 as of this February. That increase represents an impressive 21 percent jump compared to a national increase of only 9 percent.

And speaking of the FasTracks and Union Station construction projects,

Timely to reinstate voc ed programs

Simonson pointed out that the lag in construction work, along with the lack of qualified construction workers does not bode well for the economy across the country. Construction firms reported that two-thirds of contractors are already having a hard time finding qualified workers.

He stated that “79 percent of contractors expect the shortages to remain bad, or get even worse, over the coming year.” The

I know that over the years Adams 50 School District has significantly reduced its vocational program offerings. I recall the “hay day” of the Career Enrichment Park (CEP) with a variety of constructionrelated courses. The CEP even offered construction training and hands on-work in building houses, welding and masonry work.

The school district would be wise to return to a higher emphasis in the vocational training arena. This focus could lead to more local high school students finding meaningful employment and at the same time begin a longer-term self-sufficiency trend in south Westminster and the southern part of Adams 50 School District. As we have learned from the past, college is not for every student. Plus, the increasing cost of attending college is prohibiting more and more graduating high school students from attending college.

A worthy strategy

The Associated General Contractors of America has announced its plan to prepare a generation of skilled workers to establish career and technical training programs. Their targeted partners in this goal are school districts, construction firms and local construction associations.

The time could not be better for public school district to ramp-up or re-establish related vocational training and to interface with the Colorado Community College system which is already in place to carry such career opportunity to the next level.

As the City of Westminster moves forward on its South Westminster Strategic Plan to interject new “life” into the area on a long-term basis, construction vocational training programs through Adams 50 School District would be a worthy strategy.

Perhaps an intergovernmental agreement could be achieved with the City financially supporting the renewal of these training opportunities.

Bill Christopher is a former Westminster city manager and RTD board member.

Are you too busy for a friend?

This article was given to me by my brother-in-law in Minnesota. He is the greatest of friends with lots of us.

Here it is: Too Busy for a Friend...

One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name.

Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.

It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers.

That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each students on a separate sheet of paper and listed what everyone else had said about that individual.

On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Before long, the entire class was smiling. “Really?” she heard whispered. I never knew that I meant anything to anyone!” and “I didn’t know others liked me so much” were most of the comments.

No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. She never knew if they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn’t matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another. That group of students moved on.

Several years later, one of the students was killed in Vietnam and his teacher attended the funeral of that special student.

She had never seen a serviceman in a military coffin before. He looked so handsome, so mature.

The church was packed with his friends. One by one those who loved him took a last walk by the coffin. The teacher was the last one to bless the coffin.

As she stood there, one of the soldiers who acted as pallbearer came up to her.

“Were you Mark’s math teacher?” he asked. She needed “yes”. Then he said, “Mark talked about you a lot.”

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After the funeral, most of Mark’s former classmates went together to a luncheon.

Mark’s mother and father were there, obviously waiting to speak with his teacher.

“We want to show you something” his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket.

“They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.”

Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. The teacher knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which she had listed all the good things each of Mark’s classmates had said about him.

“Thank you so much for doing that”, Mark’s mother said. “As you can see, Mark treasured it.”

All of Mark’s former classmates started to gather around. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, “I still have my list.

It’s in the top drawer of my desk at home.”

Chuck’s wife said, “Chuck asked me to put his in our wedding album.”

“I have mine too” Marilyn said. It’s in my dairy.

Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn and frazzled list to the group. “I carry this with me at all times” Vicki said and without batting an eyelash, she continued. “I think we all saved our lists.”

That’s when the teacher finally sat down and cried. She cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again.

baseball again in Denver.

That’s all I got. Happy Easter, everyone!

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Also on this day in history, the first professional baseball game was played in Cincinnati. I continue to be optimistic that, one day, we’ll have professional

Michael Alcorn is a music teacher and fitness instructor who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. He graduated from Alameda High School and the University of Colorado-Boulder.

The density of people in society is so thick that we forget that life will end one day. And we don’t know when that one day will be.

So please, tell the people you love and care for that they are special and important. Tell them before it’s too late.

And one way to accomplish this is forwarding the message on. If you do not sent it you will have once again passed up the wonderful opportunity to do something nice and beautiful.

Remember you reap what you sow.

What you put into the lives of others comes back into your own.

Stay well, stay involved and stay tuned.

Vi June is past Democratic state representative for House District 35. She is a former mayor of Westminster and a former newspaper publisher. A Westminster resident for more than four decades, she and her husband, Bob, have five grown children and eight grandchildren.

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Tochtrop says goodbye to political office District 24 senator looks forward to more family time, traveling

By Tammy Kranz

tkranz@coloradocommunitymedia.com Sen. Lois Tochtrop is retiring from public office.

Tochtrop, who represents District 24, will be term limited after this year and said she is done with being a politician.

“Frankly, I’m tired,” she said. “Sixteen

years is a long time, I enjoyed it tremendously but I am ready to retire.”

Tochtrop was elected in 1998 to House District 34. She was then appointed to Senate District 24 in 2004, and elected to that position in 2006 and then re-elected in 2010. She said she has served longer than anyone else currently in the General Assembly.

District 24 covers Westminster, Northglenn and parts of Thornton. Tochtrop said that although she is a Democrat, she thinks she got support from Republican and unaffiliated voters because she always remembered who she represented and voted how

her district wanted.

“I feel like I have done good for the state of Colorado and its citizens, but it’s time to move on,” she said.

Tochtrop wants to travel more in her retirement and already has plans for two trips — on May 12 she will be going to Las Vegas and in June she will go to Illinois for her granddaughter’s college graduation.

She vows to spend more time with her family, which she said she missed doing while serving in the public sector. She also wants to spend more time with volunteer work, raising awareness on the genocide in Armenia.

Tochtrop will host her last town hall with Rep. Cherylin Peniston, who served District 35 at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 19, at Ciancio’s at Hyland Hills, 9650 Sheridan Blvd. in Westminster. The legislators will give a summary of this session and answer questions from attendees.

Tochtrop serves as chair of the Senate Business, Labor & Technology committee; and as a member on the Agricultural, Natural Resources & Energy, Joint Agriculture & Natural Resources, Legislative Audit committees and on the Legislative Council.

Tochtrop works on last bills of political career Retiring senator focuses on telecom reform

By Tammy Kranz tkranz@coloradocommunitymedia.com One of the last bills sponsored by Sen. Lois Tochtrop this legislative session and in her political career is reminiscent of one of the first bills she worked on as a freshman legislator.

Senate Bill 14-130 increases the person-

al needs allowance to residents of a nursing facility or an intermediate care facility with people with intellectual disabilities from $50 to $75 monthly.

Tochtrop, D-District 24, used to work in long-term care facilities and remembers that patients would run out of discretionary funds long before the need did.

“These are folks that, many of them, worked all their lives and because of some unfortunate circumstance, end up in longterm care,” said the retiring legislator.

Tochtrop, a registered nurse, said one of the first bills she worked on when she was

elected into her first public office 16 years ago was increasing this fund from $34 to $50 per month.

Tochtrop, who serves as chair of the Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee, said that most of her time this legislative session has been spent on telecom reform.

The state’s telecom regulations have not been updated since the 1980s and the whole industry has changed, the senator said. She added that back in the 1980s, there was no Internet and cell phones were the size of bricks and not widely popular.

One of the issues she said she hopes to tackle is building out broadband for rural areas in Colorado.

“This expands (Internet) services around the state and modernizes the telecom industry and brings it up to the 21st century, which many states are doing,” Tochtrop said.

She said that claims that legislators are trying to eliminate 911 service or landlines are falsehoods.

“People can continue to have land lines, we are not taking that away,” she said.

thorNtoN oN the record Thornton City Council voted on the following during its April 8 regular meeting.

Council members in attendance were Mayor Heidi Williams; Jenice “JJ” Dove and Mack Goodman, Ward 1; Mayor Pro Tem Val Vigil and Eric Montoya, Ward 2; Beth Martinez Humenik and Sam Nizam, Ward 3; and Eric Tade and Janifer Kulmann, Ward 4.

IGA with CDOT Council unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement between the city and the Colorado Department of Transportation that provides federal funding for software and traffic signal equipment procurement for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the city’s Central Traffic Signal System Replacement Project. At the completion of all phases, the city will replace 109 traffic controllers, traffic signal uninterrupted

power supply will be installed at 22 signals and serial communication equipment for 71 traffic signals will be upgraded to Ethernet communication equipment.

The 2013 Government Capital Fund included $2,336,000 for the full estimated cost of all five phases of the project. $25,000 of these funds is for as-built drawings and the environmental assessment. COOT will reimburse the City up to $609,000 upon completion of Phase 1 of the project and up to an additional

$329,000 upon completion of Phase 2.

Building Code Advisory appointment Council unanimously approved the resolution appointing John Soper to the Building Code Advisory Board for a fouryear term, beginning March 1, 2014, and ending March 1, 2018.

The next regular meeting will be 7 p.m.

April 22 at City Hall, 9500 Civic Center Drive.

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Breach of trust must be fixed Dear Neil: I caught my husband telling another woman on the phone that she is beautiful. They work together. When confronted, he told me she recently split with her husband, and that he was consoling her. I have been suspicious for the past year, but when I brought it up he would brush me off. He says he has not had sex with her, but his phone account shows many calls over the past 12 months.

He says he loves me and wants nothing more to do with her, but I am struggling to believe anything he says. We had only been married for 7 months when these calls began. I feel like a fool and am leaning toward leaving. This goes against my morals. The only thing keeping me married is that I love him. Please help.

No Longer Trusting in Queensland, Australia Dear No Longer: It’s difficult to encourage you to end a new marriage based on only on your suspicions, without really knowing if your suspicions are true or not.

Here’s what you can do. First, you’re going to have to set some very firm boundaries with your husband about what is and what is not acceptable behavior in your marriage, because it appears that he doesn’t have firm or strong boundaries on

his own.

Also, you had to discover this instead of him willfully sharing what he was doing and who he was taking with. He is apparently close friends with another woman you know very little about, and his conversations with her are private and personal, and not shared with you at all.

So there also needs to be an agreement about transparency, openness and sharing personal information, and a willingness to not hold any secrets at all from each other — including friends, phone calls, texts, emails and all other forms of communication.

Third, you could tell your husband that since there has been a breach of trust with this woman, that you don’t want them to have contact after work hours. If there is any such contact, you can tell him that you want to be included in all their phone

calls and/or meetings also.

Forth, something needs to come from him that attempts to correct this breach of trust. He needs to go way out of his way to show you — and to reassure you — that you are truly his one and only, and that something like this will never happen again. And I don’t mean only verbally — he has to show it as well. You just might be able to regain trust for a man who is willing to go way out of his way, consistently showing you he is committed to you, and consistently being more aware of your trust and secrecy concerns.

If these recommendations do not give you peace of mind, there is a fifth option, but be forewarned, this option is more risky and takes more gumption. When your husband isn’t around (but his phone is) you could call her — from his phone.

Tell her who you are, that you know that she and your husband are in a relationship, and ask her if she will talk with you about how emotionally invested they are with each other.

There is no guarantee she will be open or honest with you, but if she is, you can have a woman-to-woman conversation with her, and you can ask her if it is a romantic relationship, if it is a sexual relationship, has he ever said that he loves her,

and any other information you would like to know. She might refuse to talk with you, or even hang up on you — which would not be proof, but it would sound like there is something she is trying to hide. But if she cooperates, that might assist you in deciding what to do with your marriage.

She could say that their relationship is not romantic or sexual, that he has just been a friend to her, and you will have no way of knowing whether that is the truth or not. So, the bottom line is that you may never know the full truth about their “friendship.” If your husband is willing to do the top four recommendations — and does them well, and keeps doing them — would that be enough for you? The rule of thumb is that you can trust the person who is willing to go way out of his way, consistently, over time — and does nothing to re-injure trust.

who simply do not pay attention to rabbits, squirrels, prairie dogs and yes even Canada geese and ducks feeding in grass areas close to roadways. Not only is it inexcusable and can be avoided, road kill results in the loss of urban wildlife within the substantial open space acquisitions and preservation we enjoy in our northern communities. Open space without abundant wildlife and birds is shortchanging the enjoyment we all can garner from the natural order of nature, even in a high populated urban setting.

If we are more sensitive to protecting and avoiding interfering with wildlife and birds, we essentially can have what some might call a “natural zoo,” housing wildlife, birds, habitat without fences, the ability to observe birds and animals in their natural setting without confinements. We can create a legacy today and assure a wildlife legacy into the future for our communities and families.

Neil Rosenthal is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Westminster and Boulder, Colorado. His column is in it’s 22nd year of publication, and is syndicated around the world. You can reach him at (303)758-8777, or email him through his website: www.heartrelationships.com. He is not able to respond individually to queries.

A time to watch out for urban wildlife Spring is the most sensitive and risky season of the year for urban wildlife, be it birds or small animals. Spring is the nesting and birthing time of year. It finds neighbor geese, ducks, song birds, cottontail rabbits, squirrels and all wild creatures searching out protective and safe nests and remote habitat to give birth. And close on the heels of birth is the movement of young wildlife among the population of people, traffic and pets. Unfortunately when wildlife prepares for nesting and birthing sites, they are at more risk than their counterparts in the countryside. That risk is what you and I as urban people present for our wild animals and birds.

In some cases, fortunately, those who enjoy our urban wild creatures take extra effort to protect nesting animals and birds.

One good example is what the City of Westminster has done at 120th Avenue and Federal Boulevard, where a great horned owl pair have chosen a high tree nest for the past four or five years. A nest in the midst of a high traffic intersection seems like a most unlikely nesting site. The City has coned off the area so cars cannot park and disturb the nesting owls. That is good and commendable wildlife protection.

Conversely, further north on Zuni Street at 132nd Avenue is a storm water detention pond that has excellent, dense cattail growth on the perimeter of the 10 acre pond. Ducks and geese are drawn to the quiet water, along with an assortment of other bird species.

Last year two pairs of Canada geese established nests on a small island in the middle of the pond surrounded by water. It appeared as many as four pairs of mallard ducks selected nests nearby in the midst of the cattail stands. One could see the geese coming and going to their nests, but only the sound of the nesting hen mallard could be heard from the cattails.

The sad and disappointing end result for the nesting waterfowl was that people waded out into the pond to “look” at the goose nests and others allowed their dogs to disturb the cattail duck nests. The nests were either destroyed or abandoned due to this interference. The pond could have been the home and a viewing laboratory of the small goslings and ducklings as they would have matured and ultimately make their way into the local population of waterfowl everyone enjoys.

Another act of carelessness, far too evident in the spring is man’s lack of attention and caution when driving. Far too many small animals are run over by drivers

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Below, Erick Johnson is a long time Jeffco art teacher, who is getting his first show at the Arvada Center. Johnson’s work are inspired by an interest in taking things apart.

Below right, Wes Magyar had his first taste of being in an art show at the Arvada Center in 1993. Now he has his first solo show in the Center. Courtesy photos

Time once again for Easter eatin’

Arvada Center shows highlight art’s legacy

By Clarke Reader

creader@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Jefferson County Schools has produced some exceptionally talented students in its time, and that is thanks not only to the students’ own creativity, but dedicated artists who have dedicated their time teaching the next generaWHAT: 43rd Annual Jeffco tion.

Schools Foundation High The three School Art Exhibition, Erick spring exC. Johnson: Pay Attention hibits at the — Jeffco Teacher Solo ExArvada Center hibition and Wes Magyar: honor the work Means to an End - Jeffco done by both Alumni Exhibition students and WHERE: Arvada Center teachers, while 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. showcasing Arvada what the artists WHEN: Through May 11 of tomorrow are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Mondayworking on.

Friday The 43rd 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Annual JefSaturday fco Schools 1-5 p.m. - Sunday Foundation COST: Free High School Art INFORMATION: 720-898Exhibition, Erick 7200 or www.arvadacenC. Johnson: Pay ter.org/galleries Attention — Jeffco Teacher Solo Exhibition and Wes Magyar: Means to an End — Jeffco Alumni Exhibition will all be on display at the center’s three galleries through May 11.

The galleries, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., are open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.

“These are three totally different shows,” curator at the center Collin Parson said.

“This is the second year we’re doing the alumni show, but with exhibits from Erick and Wes, I think it really shows how important the arts education is, and how it fosters artists.”

For the Jeffco Schools Foundation show, which is on display in the Main Gallery, Parson estimated there are around 500

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pieces on display from 23 different high school, all selected by art teachers and then juried by guest jurors.

The mediums on display include ceramics, sculpture, crafts and fibers, drawing, painting, black and white photography, digital photography, computer generated, jewelry, nonwearable jewelry, and printmaking.

“The Jeffco Schools exhibit was my first juried show, and I remember that it felt like a really big deal,” Magyar said. “Especially since it was juried, you didn’t know if you were going to get it or not, so it felt like a real show.”

Magyar began his artistic career at the Arvada Center’s Jefferson County High School Art Exhibition in 1993.

In the Jeffco Alumni Exhibition, which is on display in the Theater Gallery, Magyar has the chance in his solo show to expand on ideas that has been on display in other shows at the center.

“All the pieces on display here are part of a larger narrative about making a living in society and what we need to survive versus what we do to survive,” he explained. “A lot of these images can be either funny or disturbing.”

Magyar’s high school art teacher, Erick C. Johnson, is examined in the Jeffco Teacher Solo Exhibition in the Upper Gallery.

Johnson’s work consists of sculptures and wall constructions — he is perhaps best known for the Bottom of the Ninth the neon public art piece on the side of Coors

Field.

Johnson said he became interested in how things work from his father, who when something broke down, would take it apart to fix it.

“There’s constant experimentation and something kinetic about these things,” he said. “It’s a bit like puzzle making.”

Both Johnson and Magyar spoke about the importance of art education remaining a focus in schools, despite the pressure downgrade arts for other topics.

“People kind of see art education as a luxury item, but the goal is to teach creativity and innovation,” Magyar said. “Critical thinking is one of the most important things I learned from art school.”

Seeing the work of students and Magyar brought up a lot of memories for Johnson — something art teachers all over the county can relate to.

“The kids are really dynamic and willing to try a lot of different things,” he said.

“I had some incredible times with these students.”

For more information, call 720-898-7200 or visit www.arvadacenter.org/galleries.

Looking for an Easter feast?

Here are just a few suggestions for this Easter Sunday: Second Home Kitchen + Bar is hosting an Easter Sunday Pajama Brunch that will feature an a la carte menu with classic brunch dishes, bottomless mimosas, and Cherry Creek’s Best Bloody Mary Bar. The Easter bunny will lead egg hunts at 10 and 11 a.m. and noon.

A family-style Easter dinner of three courses will feature a choice of spiced honey and apricot-glazed Berkshire ham, Colorado lamb loin and Harris Ranch beef tenderloin.

Second Home Kitchen and Bar is located at 150 Clayton Lane in Cherry Creek North. Call 303-253-3000 for more information or reservations.

Kachina Southwestern Grill in Westminster is serving a Wild Wild West Brunch with family-style breakfast dishes with a Southwestern twist from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Offerings include green chile deviled eggs, pinon-crusted French toast and chocolate chile beignets. Bottomless mimosas and a Bullseye Bloody Mary Bar will be available for $10.

Kachina Southwestern Grill is located at 10600 Westminster Blvd. Call 303-4105813 for more information.

The Fort, the Morrison landmark restaurant, is celebrating Easter with three amazing three-course, prix fixe menu options. All prix fixe entrees will be served with a Famous Fort salad to start and a slice of carrot cake with huckleberry cream cheese frosting for dessert.

Entree choices include: Grilled Kurobuta ham steak with pineapple huckleberry compote, served with Fort potatoes and fresh vegetables. $35 for adults, $22 for kids.

Grilled lamb T-bone with tamarind honey, served with mashed potatoes and fresh vegetables. $40.

Oven roasted orange-chile glazed rabbit with tart cherries, served with bulgur pilaf and fresh vegetables for $42.

A limited traditional menu also will be available.

Call 303-697-4471 or visit www.thefort. com/Reservations.htm for reservations.

Lone Tree schedule announced

The Lone Tree Arts Center unveiled its 2014-15 season on April 7 and it will include more than 50 different productions in its fourth season.

LTAC will continue to produce its own theatrical series, Guys and Dolls in Concert, Home for the Holidays and The 39 Steps. These three shows follow in the footsteps of such successful productions as Hank Williams: Lost Highway and Sylvia. The balance of the season (which starts Oct. 22-26 with the Guys and Dolls Concert) features national and international touring groups as well as outstanding regional performing organizations such as Wonderbound, Buntport Theatre, and the Colorado Symphony.

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GIRLFRIENDS NIGHT Echter’s Garden Center presents Girlfriends Night Out, a benefit for Ralston House, a child advocacy center in Jefferson, Adams and Broomfield counties that helps young people and their families start healing after the trauma of abuse. Half the cost of tickets will benefit Ralston. The event is 5-8 p.m. Thursday, April 17. Call 303-424-7979 to purchase tickets.

ACUPUNCTURE AND Allergies, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17.

Free; registration required.

GERMANY DANCERS The Armory Performing Arts Center presents Remix, dancers from Frankfurt, Germany, at 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 19 at 300 Strong St., Brighton. Call 303-6552026 or go to www.brightonarmory.org.

THURSDAY/APRIL 17 TRAVEL SERIES Majestic View Nature Center presents “The Extraordinary Faces of Costa Rica” from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17, at 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Register at 720-8987405. Join adventure traveler and videographer Carolyn Adam on an exploration of Costa Rica. For ages 10 and older.

THURSDAY/APRIL 17 CREDIT COACHING What is a credit score and why is it important? Learn how to increase your credit score and how to disrupt misreported information on your credit report. Find out how to pull your credit score from the three major credit reporting agencies. Workshop is from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, April 17, at the Northglenn Recreation Center, 11801 Community Center Drive. Register in advance for this workshop by contacting Jeanette Sánchez at jsanchez@northglenn.org or 303-450-8935.

THURSDAY/APRIL 17, 30 HEALTH CLASSES Bridges Integrative Health and Wellness at Lutheran Medical Center is offering community health and wellness services and classes at 8300 W. 38th Ave. Free parking is available. Space is limited. Go to www.WellnessAtBridges. com or call 303-425-2262 to register or for information and costs. Upcoming classes are: BABY YOGA camp, 8:45-10 a.m. Fridays from April 4-25.

PRENATAL YOGA, 8:45-10 a.m. Mondays through April 28.

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opera star Nathan Gunn, who will give an intimate recital in the 500-seat venue.

“Our rapidly growing audiences are hungry for a wide range of culture and entertainment and the 2014-15 season features a very full plate of offerings designed to satisfy all kinds of tastes,” said Executive Director Lisa Rigsby Peterson.

“We see our role as serving as a welcoming and accessible performing arts center that offers something for just about everyone in a given season. As we enter our fourth season as a producing and presenting theater, we look forward to building our regional reputation as one of the Denver area’s most diverse and exhilarating arts organizations.”

Get fit at Civic Center

We all love the Civic Center EATS food-truck fest (which returns Tuesdays and Thursdays starting May 20), but now we can be calorie-neutral thanks to Civic Center MOVES — a free fitness series for all fitness levels set among the beauty of downtown Denver’s historic Civic Center.

Produced by the Civic Center Conservancy and made possible by fitness partners Im’Unique, Denver Parks and Recreation, the November Project and Pearl

THURSDAY/APRIL 17; Recurring/Through May 29 ART EXHIBIT The North Metro Arts Alliance and the SCFD are sponsoring a juried exhibit of works by Colorado artists April 14 to May 29 at Westminster City Hall, 4800 W. 92nd Ave. The show was juried by Doug Dawson, Colorado artist. An opening reception is 5-7 p.m. Thursday, April 17.

FRIDAY/APRIL 18 EGG HUNT The ninth annual Flashlight egg hunt is 7-9 p.m.

Friday, April 18, at the Northglenn Recreation Center, 11801 Community Center Drive. The Flashlight Egg Hunt is a twist on a childhood favorite for youth ages 9-14. This hunt takes place after the sun goes down, so bring a flashlight for searching.

Some eggs are filled with candy, others have great prizes.

Once the eggs have been collected, everyone goes inside for refreshments and the grand prize giveaway. Check-in is at 7 p.m., followed by the hunt at 8 p.m. Registration is required.

Call 303-450-8800 or go to www.northglenn.org/recxpress to register.

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FAMILY DISCOVERY Find your roots at family discovery day 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at 12995 W. 72nd Ave., Arvada, in the Alkire building across from APEX. Hosted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; go to https:// familysearch.org/. Open to the community. Free classes and informational booths. Learn how to interview yourself or family members for a historical record, and take a peek at the 1940 Census to get started. Visit the Arvada Family Discovery Center page on Facebook and link to the class registration page. Not all classes require registration. Check out https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/arvada-stake-family-discovery-daytickets-10881098659. Your wireless device and flash drive are encouraged.

SATURDAY/APRIL 19

MINERAL SHOW The Colorado Mineral & Fossil Show is

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Friday, April 18, to Sunday, April 20 at the Ramada Plaza Denver Central, 4849 Bannock St., Denver. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission and parking; suitable for all ages. Contact Regina Aumente at 505-867-0425 or mzexpos@gmail.com. Go to www.mzexpos.com/colorao_spring.html.

EASTER WORSHIP Risen Savior Lutheran Church, 3031 W. 144th Ave., Broomfield, plans an Easter worship service for families at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 19. The Risen Savior Volunteer Puppet Ministry will lead worship with “It’s All Because of Jesus.” The real story of Easter and why it matters. Bring the whole family, grandparents, neighbors, friends, all the aunts

Street Fitness, the free classes will take place at different times of day Mondays through Thursdays, beginning April 21.

More details on the fitness providers, class descriptions and schedule are available at www.civiccenterconservancy. org/event-civic-center-moves_78.html.

Civic Center MOVES classes will meet in various areas of Civic Center, including the Great Lawn, the Broadway Terrace, the Greek Theater and around the Seal Pond; look for the Civic Center MOVES flag for the class location. To keep up with any schedule changes, please follow Denver’s Civic Center Park on Facebook at www. facebook.com/denverciviccenter.

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ART SHOW The 12th annual Distric 50 Art Show, featuring artwork from all levels and media, will be on display April 21-24 at Westminster High School, second floor. An opening reception is from 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, April 18.

Colorado tippers among best

Colorado again fared well in a study of tippers.

In an analysis of tips by customers of the GrubHub delivery service, for the year from March 28, 2013, to March 27, 2014, Colorado (15.7 percent) finished third among the states, behind South Carolina (16.1) and New Hampshire (16).

And the most generous cities in the survey were all from Colorado. Boulder tipped 16.2 percent on average, followed

by Denver at 15.7 percent and Fort Collins at 15.4 percent.

It’s unclear why the Centennial State cities are so nice to the delivery person.

“We have no idea why that is, but a hat tip to Colorado diners for their generosity,” company spokeswoman Allie Mack said.

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TOWN HALL State Sen. Rachel Zenzinger hosts a town hall meeting, in partnership with Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 19, at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. The meeting will feature a discussion with experts on the Colorado state budget, and will expand into discussions about fiscal and economic issues facing Coloradans. Chris Stiffler of the Colorado Fiscal Institute and Sen. Mary Hodge of the Senate Joint Budget Committee will provide insight.

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EGG HUNT West Woods, 17201 W. 64th Ave., Arvada, will have a children’s Easter egg hunt at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 19.

The hunt is open for children up to the age of 10. Call 303-2094394 before the event to sign up so we can be sure to have enough eggs for everyone to find some.

MONDAY/APRIL 21 COLORADO WATER Water may become the most disputed natural resource of the 21st century. Population growth, climate change, urbanization and other factors have put increasing pressure on a finite resource. Competing water interests have affected Colorado’s history for over 100 years. The legal right to divert and use water in Colorado has been debated, legislated and litigated since before the time of statehood in 1876. Join Active Minds from 1-2 p.m. Monday, April 21, as we seek to understand our water history, the current challenges, and what the future holds for our use of this precious resource.

Program takes place at Keystone Place at Legacy Ridge, 11180 Irving Drive, Westminster. RSVP at 303-465-5600.

TUESDAY/APRIL 22 BOOK CLUB The senior book club will discuss “Dandelion Summer” at its next meeting at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at the Northglenn Senior Center, 11801 Community Center Drive.

To reserve a copy of the book, stop by the senior center or call 303-450-8801. For people ages 55 and over.

TUESDAY/APRIL 22 LIFETREE CAFÉ How to pick up the pieces and go on with life after a crisis will be explored at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at Lifetree Café, 1800 E. 105th Place, Northglenn. The program, titled “After the Attack: Picking Up the Pieces and Moving On,” features the filmed story of a woman who was assaulted in Your Week continues on Page 18

taurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktiecolorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

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Easter Worship Holy Week

Easter

Maundy Thursday Service April 17, 7:00 p.m.

Sermon: Ò A New CommandmentÓ

at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church

April 20

Worship Service 8 a.m. & 10:45 a.m.

Breakfast Brunch 7 a.m.

Easter Egg Hunt 9:30 a.m.

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Easter Sunday Service April 2014 April 20, 10:30 a.m.

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Westminster Presbyterian Church Deadline April 10 3990 W. 74th (74th & Bradburn) - 303-429-8508

Lutheran Church of the Master 14099 W Jewell Ave, Lakewood

303-988-6400

St. John’s Lutheran Church (ELCA)

11040 Colorado Blvd.

Thornton, CO 80233

Maundy Thursday (4/17): 7:00pm

stjohns05@gmail.com (across from Thornton Recreation Center)

Good Friday (4/18): 7:00pm Easter Services (4/20):

7:30 & 9:00am Ð Classic Worship 10:45am Ð Worship with Act of Grace Band

Thursday, April 17 @ 7:00 pm: Maundy Thursday Service

Friday, April 18 @ 7:00 pm:

SATURDAY, April 19

EASTER

Golden First Presbyterian Church

Saturday, April 19 @ 7:00 pm:

Maundy Thursday:

7:00 pm, April 17th, 2014

Easter Day “By his death he has destroyed death, and by his rising to life again he has won for us everlasting life.”

8235 W 44th Ave Wheat Ridge CO 80034 Office: (303) 424-1118

Join us for Holy Week starting April 13, 2014 Palm Sunday (April 13) • 8:00 a.m. Learning Center Pancake Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt Fundraiser • 10:00 a.m. Worship Service

Maundy Thursday (April 17)

Join us Easter

ØJeffco Brass Breakfast with the Bunny & Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 19, 9-11am

6750 Carr Street • Arvada, CO 80004 • 303.421.5135 www.arvadaumc.org

• 7:00 p.m. A solemn Tenebrae Service of the Passion of Christ in the Sanctuary

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Easter egg hunt and breakfast following service.

• 7:00 p.m. Worship, hand-washing and communion

Good Friday (April 18)

Church of the Beloved

Holy Thursday, April 17th, 6:30PM. Last Supper and Washing of the Feet

9:00 am, April 20 , 2014

April 20, 8 &10am with

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April 18 11:30 a.m. & 6:45 p.m.

HOLY WEEK SERVICES:

Sunday

Rev. Bruce H. Swinehart St James Episcopal Church

GOOD FRIDAY

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Sunday, April 20 @ 9:00 am:

SUNDAY, April 20 8:00 a.m. Traditional 9:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Contemporary

April 17 11:30 a.m. & 6:45 p.m.

South Golden Road at W. 16th Ave. 303-279-5591

The Great Vigil of Easter

Risen Savior Lutheran Church 3031 W. 144th Ave., Broomfield www.rslc.org 303-469-3521

4:00 p.m. Family Featuring Puppet Ministry and Contemporary Music

MAUNDY THURSDAY

Good Friday Service

• 6:30 a.m. SONrise Worship - Arvada Cemetery • 10:00 a.m. Worship and decorating the Flowering Cross

EASTER WORSHIP SERVICES

303.457.2476

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Easter Sunday (April 20)

Celebrate Christ’s Resurrection

Good Friday, April 18th, 6:30PM The Passion and Veneration of the Cross Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 19th, 9 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 20, 8 a.m.

The Ecumenical Catholic Communion offers a wonderful way to celebrate your Catholic faith. We invite you to join us for a rich, familiar Mass, a small caring community and Communion open to all: families, singles, divorced, remarried, gay or straight and non-Catholics. There are five ECC parishes in the metro area including Longmont and Ft. Collins.

10500 Grant • northGlenn For more information, call 303-489-7046 www.churchofthebeloved-ecc.org

Easter Morning Service Sunday, April 20th ~ 10am • Choir Presentation • Easter Message • Blossoming of the Cross • Nursery & Pre-School activities available.

Good Friday Candlelight Communion Service, April 18th ~ 7:00pm

Everyone is welcome!

5592 Independence St. www.arvadapc.org 303-422-3463

Shepherd of Love Fellowship 13550 Lowell Blvd., Broomfield www.shepherdoflove.org Info: 303-466-5749

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Easter Worship @applewood baptist church HE IS RISEN AS HE SAID

EASTER DAY Festival Services

Resurrection Celebration Services at 8 am, 11 am and 6 pm on Sunday, April 20.

Bible study at 9:30 am for all ages

Sun. Apr. 20, 8:00 & 10:30 AM, and 1:00 PM en Espanol 9:15 AM Potluck Brunch

Intercession Episcopal Church

Child care for ages birth thru kindergarten during all services.

3101 East 100th Avenue

Applewood Baptist Church 11200 W 32nd Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO www.applewoodbaptist.com

(Corner of 100th Avenue & Steele in Thornton)

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Easter Worship April 20th, 9 a.m.

Breakfast and egg hunt at 10:15 a.m.

6774 W 66th Ave, Arvada, CO 80003 66th Avenue and Pierce Street (303) 421-5197 • www.StAndrewArvada.org

Celebrate Easter We invite you to join us as we

Maundy Thursday April 17, 6:30 p.m.

The Stations of the Cross & Communion Service Children are welcome and will have their own activities

EastEr sunday schEdulE • 8:30 – 11:00 a.m. Youth breakfast in Great Hall • 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship Service Chancel Choir and singing the Hallelujah Chorus • 10:10 a.m. Easter Lesson and Egg Hunt downstairs for kids of all ages • 11:14 a.m. Go4th Contemporary Worship Service with our praise band New Faith Childcare available at all services

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April 17 – Maundy Thursday 7 p.m. – Worship Service

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6:30 p.m. – International community dinner 7:30 p.m. – Worship Service with South Metro Saints Covenant Churches

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her home-and the man who attacked her. Participants in

the Lifetree program will discover how both the victim and attacker were able to move on with their lives and eventually reconcile. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for conversation on life and faith in a casual coffeehouse-type setting. Contact Andy Pryor at 303-452-3787 or andyp@northglenn.cc.

TUESDAY/APRIL 22 LIFETREE CAFÉ How to pick up the pieces and go on with life after a crisis will be explored at Lifetree Café at noon and 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 22, at 5675 Field St., Arvada. The program, “After the Attack: Picking Up the Pieces and Moving On,” features the filmed story of a woman who was assaulted in her home and the man who attacked her. Participants in the Lifetree program will discover how both the victim and attacker were able to move on with their lives and eventually reconcile. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@peacelutheran.net.

TUESDAY/APRIL 22, 29 FIRE BASICS Majestic View Nature Center presents “Fire without Matches” from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, April 15, 22, 29, at 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Register at 720-898-7405. This three-part class is for ages 10 and older, and it will cover the basics of fire making.

WEDNESDAY/APRIL 23 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM Covenant Village of Colorado

welcomes Abby Stokes, author of “Is This Thing On?” at 10 a.m.

Wednesday, April 23, at Covenant Village of Colorado, 9153 Yarrow St., Westminster. Stokes has helped almost 250,000 people understand and navigate the latest technology and tools

including the Internet, computers, tablets, “smart” phones and email. Space is limited. Visit www.covenantcolorado.org or call 877–341-0295.

THURSDAY/APRIL 24 NIGHT OUT Adults with Developmental Disabilities will

have a friends night out from 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24.

Program is Cookies and Canvas. The group will make their own masterpiece. Cookies will be provided, but not dinner so please eat before coming. Meet at the FRIENDS office, 11851 Saulsbury St., Broomfield. Register by Monday, April 21.

Contact Molly Coufal, evening/social program director, at info@ friendsofbroomfield.org or 303-404-0123.

THURSDAY/APRIL 24 NIGHT SKY Majestic View Nature Center presents “Jupiter and its Moons: Viewing the Night Sky” from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Register at 720-8987405. Presented by Denver Astronomical Society.

FRIDAY TO SUNDAY/APRIL 25-27, MAY 2-4 YOUTH THEATER NORTHGLENN Youth Theatre presents “Narnia” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 25-26 and May 2-3, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27 and May 4, at the D.L. Parsons Theatre, 11801 Community Center Drive. Tickets are available at 303-450-8800.

FRIDAY TO MONDAY/APRIL 25-28; MAY 1-3 BRITISH FARCE “Run For Your Wife,” by Ray Cooney, is presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, May 2, and Saturday, April 26, May 3, at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 27; and at 7 p.m. Monday, April 28 and Thursday, May 1, at Unique Theatre, 500 E. 84th Ave., Suite C-1, Thornton. Show is PG-13. Visit crtc.ticketleap. com to purchase tickets.

SATURDAY/APRIL 26

AFRICAN VIOLETS African violet expert Trudy Brekel will talk about the basics of African violet care and demonstrate some handy tips and tricks to help you feel like an expert at a program at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at West Woods, 17201 W. 64th Ave., Arvada. Brekel will even show us how to put down some leaves and go into repotting and why it is important to repot. Call to reserve your seat, 303-209-4394.

SATURDAY/APRIL 26

FREE FIESTA Join Community Reach Center at the 10th annual El Día de los Niños Fiesta, 1-4 p.m., Saturday, April 26, at Brighton High School, 270 S. 8th Ave., Brighton. Carnival games with prizes, inflatable bouncers, arts and crafts, bicycle obstacle course, door-prize drawings, community resources for parents – and more. Each child who attends will take home a free book of choice. The event is free and open to the public.

SATURDAY/APRIL 26 LOCAL AUTHOR Preethi Burkholder will present “17 Women

Who Shook the World” at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Forney Museum of Transportation, 4303 Brighton Blvd., Denver. Autographed copies of Burkholder’s book will be available for sale. Visit www.forneymuseum.org for cost and more information.

SATURDAY/APRIL 26 MARCH FOR BABIES Thousands will join in the March of Dimes annual March for Babies, the nation’s oldest walk fundraiser honoring babies born healthy and those who need help to survive and thrive. The 3-mile walk begins at 10 a.m.

Saturday, April 26, at City Park. To register, visit www.marchforbabies.org. New this year is a Run for Babies 5K. Go to www. active.com to register and form information.

SATURDAY/APRIL 26 MUSICAL The Armory Performing Arts Center presents “Poptastic the Musical” at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at 300 Strong St., Brighton. Call 303-655-2026 or go to www. brightonarmory.org.

SATURDAY/APRIL 26 SPRING CLEANING Discard unused medicine, shred papers

and recycle electronics from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 26, at the northwest corner of Northglenn Marketplace, 104th Avenue and I-25. The service is free, except for televisions or computer monitors, which cost $10 to recycle. Donations will be taken for Metro Denver Crimestoppers. Contact Officer Jim Gardner at 303-450-8851 or jgardner@northglenn.org.

SATURDAY/APRIL 26 FAMILY HISTORY The W.I.S.E. family history society presents

John Mears, who will discuss Scots-Irish Research, at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at the Denver Public Library, 14th and Broadway, in the 7th floor training room. Mears is a professional genealogist who presents seminars for the Colorado Genealogical Society and teaches beginning, Irish and German genealogy classes at Arapahoe Community College. Go to www.wise-fhs.org.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY/APRIL 26-27 HOME SHOW The Tri-Lakes Women’s Club will have its 38th annual Pine Forest Antiques, Home Décor & Garden Show and Sale 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 26, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at Lewis Palmer High School, 1300 Higby

Road, Monument. Proceeds benefit qualified nonprofit and public service organizations and public schools in the Tri-Lakes Area. Go to www.TLWC.net for details.

COMING SOON SUNDAY/APRIL 27 ART AUCTION The closing bid party for Horses and Happiness: Honoring Claire Davis, an art auction benefit, is Sunday, April 27, at Wildcat Coffee, 11651 W. 64th Ave., Arvada.

Jennifer Moorehead and other local artist are participating. A virtual version of the show will run simultaneously on So All May Create’s www.buy-local-art.co. Proceeds from the artwork will benefit the Clair Davis fund, which broadly supports Arapahoe High School and the surrounding community with support for mental health care, anti-bullying programs, and other community needs.

SUNDAY/APRIL 27 BACKYARD FARMING Learn from the experts how to start a backyard vegetable garden, what plants are most appropriate for Colorado, and everything you ever wanted to know about how to prepare your soil. You will also learn about local community groups where you can connect with other passionate backyard farmers and also how to get extra harvest to local food pantries for our neediest neighbors. Program is at 11 a.m.

Sunday, April 27, at West Woods, 17201 W. 64th Ave., Arvada.

Call to reserve your seat, 303-209-4394.

TUESDAY/APRIL 29 LIFE’S MYTHS Commonly held myths about happiness and life will be discussed at Lifetree Café at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, at 1800 E. 105th Place, Northglenn. “Life’s Myths: What You Believe That’s Wrong” features a filmed interview with Oliver Burkeman, author of “The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can’t Stand Positive Thinking.” Admission is free; snacks and beverages available. Contact Andy Pryor at 303-452-3787 or andyp@northglenn.cc. Go to Lifetreecafe.com.

WEDNESDAY/APRIL 30 DINNER THEATER Northglenn Youth Theatre presents Narnia dinner theater at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 30, at the D.L. Parsons Theatre, 11801 Community Center Drive. After the musical adaptation of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” enjoy a catered lunch in the senior center. For information on costs and to RSVP, call 303-450-8801 or drop by the senior center. Intended for ages 55 and older.

THURSDAY/MAY 1 MADD FASHION More than 20 class of 2015 models representing seven area high schools will take to the runway at the Boldly Authentic Fashion Show to Benefit Mothers Against Drunk Driving at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at the Armory Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St., Brighton. Tickets are available at www.eldeenannette.com or at the door (slightly higher price at the door). All proceeds will benefit MADD. THURSDAY/MAY 1 MAY DAY The City of Federal Heights plans a May Day celebration 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at Carstens Park. Go to www.fedheights.org.

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Growing friendship in the garden “Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening” by Carol Wall c.2014, Amy Einhorn Books $25.95 / $28.95 Canada 295 pages Every day, all spring and summer long, you try to go to bed.

First is the flower bed, with waves of yellows, pinks, and reds. Then there’s a garden bed filled with the promise of lunch. Sheets of plants make the beds you love.

Carol Wall hadn’t known the appeal of such a bed; in fact, she hated plants until she met someone who taught her not to.

In “Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening,” she spills the dirt on a friendship that changed everything.

No doubt about it: the Wall’s yard needed TLC. Dick Wall hated mowing, so the grass was wild and overgrown. Trees needed pruning, holly scraped the windowpanes, and azalea bushes – which Carol Wall hated – stood in defiance on one side of the house. That’s how it was on that March afternoon when Wall noticed her neighbor’s new gardener.

She knew that the man worked with Sarah at the local garden shop, and he made Sarah’s yard flourish. If he could do

magic there, Wall imagined that he might at least be able to dig up those detested azaleas. She asked if he could work for her and, within days, Wall met Giles Owita.

He was slender and gentlemanly, with a brilliant smile and calming demeanor that contrasted with Wall’s tendency to worry.

He had a deep understanding of horticulture – she was later embarrassed to learn how deep — and despite her overwrought ideas for what he called her “compound,” he knew what she wanted more than she did.

And thus, a fifty-something West Virginia white woman became friends with a middle-aged emigrant who hailed from Kenya.

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FOOTBALL CAMP A free youth football camp for kids in first through seventh grades is 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3, at Standley Lake High School, 9300 Wadsworth Blvd., Westminster.

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FRIDAY AND Saturday/May 2-3 ANNIE BROMLEY East Charter School presents “Annie Jr.” at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, May 2-3, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 3, at Prairie View High School, 12909 E. 120th Ave., Henderson.

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SATURDAY/MAY 3 GALA THE sixth annual Invest in Kids Gala is at 5:30 p.m.

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lessons, their friendship grew like the plants they tended. Owita supported Wall through breast cancer and the death of both her parents. Wall came to the rescue of Owita and his family during his health crisis. Theirs was an easy friendship, but Wall sensed reluctance from the Owitas to relax.

They were quiet and reserved. They never burdened anyone with their problems and were embarrassed when they had to accept help. Wall could never understand why – until she learned the truth…

There’s one important thing I know about “Mister Owita’s Guide to Gardening”: bring a box of tissues. Maybe two.

I don’t think I’m ruining anything by telling you that; this is, after all, a book about two people who couldn’t possibly be more different, but who became extremely important to one another. There’s bound to be emotion in that kind of story, but author Carol Wall infuses joy in it, too, as well as a sense of mystery and delightful humor. I loved that and, though you won’t normally find a memoir described as a page-turner, that’s exactly what I thought this memoir was.

This is a book for gardeners and non-

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Mondays adult survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse Northglenn Women’s Group meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays. WINGS provides therapist-facilitated, peer-support groups in which survivors are believed, accepted and no longer alone. For more information, call 303-283-8660. denver thyroid Cancer Support Group meets7-8:30 p.m. Mondays at Montclair Recreation Center Lowry, 729 Ulster Way. For more information, call 303-388-9948. an edgar Cayce study group meets at 1:30 p.m. Mondays

near 80th and Sheridan. Call Bernita at 303-261-7175. The meeting is free.

grief recovery A 12-week Grief Share program meets at 6:30 p.m. each Monday at Arvada Covenant Church, 5555 Ward Road.

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Colorado Blvd. Beginners are welcome; World Champion Lindy Hop dancers Mark Godwin and Shauna Marble, along with other dancers will provide instruction. Cost is $5. For more information, go online to www.markandshaunaswing. com/weekly_dances/.

northglenn afg Al-Anon meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 11385 Grant Drive. For more information, go online to www.al-anon-co. org. northglenn-thornton rotary Club meets at noon Tuesdays at Red Lobster, 1350 W. 104th Ave. in Northglenn.

For more information, email NorthglennThorntonRotary@ hotmail.com.

la leche League of Broomfield meets 10 -11 a.m. the second Monday of the month at Brunner Farm House, 640 Main St.

north Jeffco Republican Women’s Club seeks to educate and activate the community. The group meets every second Tuesday of the month at the 911 Driving School, 9100 100th Ave., Suite B-4, Westminster. Check-in is 6:30 p.m. and the meeting begins at 7 p.m. There is no charge to attend, but RSVP is requested. sjbradley64@gmail.com.

lifering secular Recovery meets at 6 p.m. Mondays at Washington Park United Church of Christ, 400 S. Williams St. This is a nonprofit, abstinence-based peer-support group for recovering alcoholics and addicts. For more information, call 303-830-0358 or go online to www.unhooked.com.

northwest area Newcomers and Social Club, serving the women of north Jeffco and northwest Denver metro, meets every meet every fourth Tuesday of the month. For information, place and reservations, call Susan Dittman at 303-673-9266 or Patti Bloomquist at 303-940-7478.

open Mic Living Water Unity Spiritual Community presents open mic night – celebrate your teen self 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Mondays at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. This program gives teens the opportunity to express their performing art including voice and instrument, acting, poetry, stand-up comedy, mime, etc. Open to all students in sixth to 12th grades. Email bellbottoms809@gmail.com.

north Metro Newcomer and Social Club meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month for lunch and a program. We welcome all women who would like to meet new friends and find new activities. Call Peggy Frances at 303-215-9627 or Karen Dowling at 303-422-7369.

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paletteers art Club meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday

of the month at the Northglenn United Methodist Church, 1605 W. 106th Ave. Meetings are open to artists and art lovers who are age 18 or older. Meet other artists and learn from monthly art demonstrations. Call Pat at 303-451-0017.

study group Chabad of NW Metro Denver Jewish Center hosts a thought-provoking discussion on the weekly Torah portion. Drawing from the wisdom of the Talmud, Kabbalah and Chassidic Mystical Masters, the study group focuses on the relevance of the bible stories and Torah’s teaching to our modern lives. The class is from 7-8 p.m. Mondays at Chabad, 4505 W. 112 Ave., Westminster. Refreshments served. For costs and the topic of the weekly discussion, visit www.

COJewish.com/torahstudy or call 303-429-5177. The class is led by Rabbi Benjy Brackman spiritual leader of Chabad of NW Metro Denver. tuesdays adaMs county Genealogical Society Newcomers and experienced genealogists are welcome. We meet at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Hunter Douglas, 1 Hunter Douglas Circle, Thornton (on the southeast corner of 128th and Washington). A different guest speaker is featured each month. For additional information, www.adamscountygenealogysociety.com. let go and Let God AFG Al-Anon meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 12021 Northaven Circle in Thornton. For more information, visit www.al-anon-co.org.

Metro north Chamber Leads Tuesday group meets at

11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Lone Star Steakhouse, 237 E. 120th Ave. in Thornton. For more information, call Alan at 720233-5873.

MaMa talk, a support group for moms before and after

baby, meets from 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at the TriCounty Health Department, 10190 Bannock St., Suite 100, Northglenn. Call Margaret at 303-255-6214.

narcotics anonyMous Group meets at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesdays at 3585 W. 76th Ave. in Westminster. For more information, go online to www.nacolorado.org. new swing Swing dancing comes to Thornton 8:30-11 p.m. Tuesdays at Taps and Toes Dance Studio, 12720 N.

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articles in its monthly newsletter and filing a recycling sorting video, which is on the city’s website, www.northglenn.org , and on Channel 8.

The video shows Northglenn workers sorting through trash on Feb. 20 as an effort to show residents how much is being dumped into the landfill that can be recycled.

“Hopefully it came out good so people can really appreciate how much recycle materials are in there,” Willett said. “It was about half the pile.”

The city also dropped off 80 recycling carts — 20 in each of the four wards — to residents not already recycling.

“Out of the 80, only 20 were out in the street, and three said (they) didn’t want to participate,” he said.

overeaters anonyMous meets from 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Tuesdays at Westminster United Methodist Church, 3585 W. 76th Ave. Contact Laura at 303-428-9293.

rocky Mountain Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities: 10 a.m. Tuesdays at Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance): 11-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, yoga at Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Ave.; 6-7 p.m. Thursdays, fitness training, at Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Ave. (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtn-teamsurvivor.org. tae kwon do Learn self-defense, get a workout and

increase self-confidence. Two classes available on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the city of Westminster recreation division: peewees (ages 5-8), from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and ages 9 and up, 6:30-8 p.m. Classes at the MAC, 3295 W. 72nd Ave. Call 303-426-4310. Visit www.hupstaekwondo.com and www.ttatkd.com.

talking ideas Toastmasters Club meets noon-1 p.m.

ness, including family and friends, may benefit from A-NAMI support. For more information, contact (303) 853-3770; s.bain60@gmail.com.

ing and presentation skills in a fun, instructional, nurturing environment. For more information visit http://9407. toastmastersclubs.org/.

arvada Biz Connection (http://www.meetup.com/ Arvada-Business-Connection/) is an informal networking event that brings together local entrepreneurs. Meetings are Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at various restaurants in Olde Town Arvada. A $5 fee is collected from each attendee, which is then donated to a local charity at the end of each quarter. The 4th Quarter Charity is the Dan Peak Foundation who assists families in need. http://danpeakfoundation. webs.com/. For information, call Micki Carwin at 303-9979098.

Music teachers Association Suburban Northwest meets from 9:30 a.m. to noon the first Wednesday of the month at Community in Christ Church, 12229 W. 80th Ave., Arvada.

Meetings are open to the public and include refreshments, business meeting and program featuring music teaching professionals from around the state lecturing on the latest teaching developments.

flatirons view Toastmasters meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month at The Depot at Five Parks, 13810 W. 85th Ave. in Arvada. Polish your speak-

rocky Mountain Submarine Veterans meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at American Legion Wilmore-Richter Post 161, 6230 W. 60th Ave. in Arvada.

Active duty, reserve, retired, veterans, interested public and their ladies are cordially invited. For more information, go online to www.rockymountainsubvets.com.

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tops co 538, a weight-loss support group, meets Tuesdays at St. Martha’s Episcopal Church, 76th and Bradburn.

Weigh-in is from 6-6:45 p.m., followed by the meeting. For information, call 303-429-5923. westMinster optiMist Club meets at 7 a.m. Tuesdays at the Egg & I, 799 Highway 287, Broomfield. For more information, call John Swanborg at 303-466-5631 or email him at jswanborg@comcast.net. wednesdays northglenn Moose Lodge 2166 hosts men’s meeting

nights at 8 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 11449 York St., Northglenn. Call 303-457-3391.

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However, he added that some residents may have missed the recycling day, or did not have enough in the cart to pull it to the curb. He said he believes some of those households may start recycling as the program establishes itself.

The city provides curbside recycling to all single-home residents at no additional cost. Recyclables are picked up on every other normal trash days. Residents interested in recycling should call the city at 303-450-4004.

As a reminder, recyclable items include: flattened cardboard, magazines, office paper, junk mail, phone books, paperboard (cereal boxes, paper towel rolls), brown paper bags, newspapers and inserts, glass bottles and jars, aluminum cans, foil and pie tins, steel cans and empty aerosol cans, plastic containers No. 1-7 and beverage cartons.

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Running thRough the Rain

Westminster woman was inducted into Hall of Fame

By Ashley Reimers

areimers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com

Voris Struck of Thornton runs on Riverdale road Sunday morning, He said he wasn’t about to let rain mixed with snow keep him from having a morning jog. Photo by Mikkel Kelly

When Christine Arguello was a little girl, she never expected to become a United States District Court Judge. Instead she kept her focus on earning the best grades possible in order to reach her goal of becoming a lawyer, proving those around her that a Hispanic girl from a small town could indeed be a force in the courtroom, in front of the gavel and later behind it.

“I’ve always wanted to do challenging things in my life and try out different jobs,” she said. “And as a judge, that was definitely challenging and learned I could also do a good job at it.”

Because of the outstanding contributions Arguello has made in her life, including becoming the first Hispanic to be appointed to a Federal District Court and becoming the first Hispanic Chief Deputy Attorney General for Colorado, Arguello was inducted in the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame on March 20. She is among nine other women to receive the honor that recognizes women in Colorado who have made significant and enduring contributions to their fields of endeavor, elevated the status of women, helped open new frontiers for women and for society and inspired others by example.

“I was thrilled to hear the news of the induction and very surprised,” Arguello said. “I never thought as a little girl that I would ever be receiving such a high honor and also be part of Colorado’s history.”

Working as a United States District Court Judge keeps Arguello pretty occupied, but there’s one part of her job she’s truly passionate about: her Dream Team, which is a group of attorneys, students and other legal professionals headed by

Arguello Arguello, that volunteers in pipeline community projects geared toward encouraging youth from diverse and historically-underrepresented backgrounds to consider a career in law.

Arguello said the Dream Team meets with students to motivate and inspire them to go to college, graduate school and later law school through their personal stories.

When Arguello shares her story, she makes sure to remind students to dream big and remember that hard works goes a long way.

“I didn’t have money to go to college, but I worked really hard and always kept in mind the dream I had of becoming a lawyer,” she said. “I’ve always had the mentality that whatever job you have, you do it to the best of your ability, no matter what the job is. Put in 100 percent always do your best, that’s my message to students.”

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Pitcher Noah Draper of Mountain Range is having a strong season with good numbers. Photo by Brent New

Draper makes his own comeback story

By Brent New Depending on his attitude, Noah Draper’s coaches told him he could be one of the best things or worst things for Mountain Range in the 2014 season.

Nobody could have seen this coming though.

After a 2-5 record last year on the mound, a year filled with poor body language and even worse defense behind him, Draper tallied another jaw-dropping milestone to his remarkable comeback season when the senior threw the school’s first nohitter in a 9-0 win over Poudre at Mustang Ballpark on Tuesday.

His 83-pitch gem for Mountain Range featured a blend of four pitches that kept the Impalas off-balance all game long. By the end, Draper struck out first 13 batters he faced, finished with school-most 18 Ks and walked just one over seven unblemished innings.

It was practically perfect.

“It was unbelievable really. Before the year the coaches told me I could be a big reason why we do great or bad this season and that drove me,” said Draper, who is 2-1 with a 1.22 ERA this year. “It’s my senior year, I thought. I didn’t want to just go through the motions like I did last year. I wanted the most out of my last year.”

He’s stuck to the basics to do so. Tuesday, Draper rarely missed with his upper80s fastball. Out of the 21 batters he faced, the Mustangs senior threw a first-pitch strike to 16 of them.

His slider, curve and change-up were thrown in and helped him more and more as the game went on.

“He has grown so much as a pitcher and leader for us,” Mountain Range coach Jeremy Lustik said. “Sometimes his attitude wasn’t great on the mound last year. Like our defense would make mistakes behind him and he just let it get to him.”

This season, the defense is a little better.

Tuesday, second baseman Brandon Weins

made a circus catch on a Keaton Bartlett blooper with one out in the sixth inning.

Then, Draper did the rest, striking out three of the next four batters, including Austin Broyst on five pitches to end the game.

“I had no idea I had a no-hitter going or the number of people I had struck out until the seventh inning,” Draper said. “But even if I’d given up a hit or something, it wouldn’t have messed up my mindset like it could’ve last year. I’m just thankful to be out here.”

Draper, who is committed to Garden City Community College, also went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and a triple.

Wohlford wins, raising record to 7-2

By Scott Stocker Horizon’s Abby Wohlford was certainly on her game last week on the Horizon High School tennis courts. However, the rest of the squad couldn’t come through as hoped as the Hawks had their wings clipped by Lightning, 6-1.

Wohlford won, 6-1, 6-0, to improve to 7-2 on the season in Number one singles with her victory against the Hawk’s Isabelle Boucher. Boucher dropped to 2-4 in a match that only took 45 minutes and certainly much quicker than either player had envisioned.

“I felt strong today with both my forehand and backhand strokes working well,” Wohlford said. “I’ve been serving better, that’s for sure. It’s fun to play Isabelle as we’ve known each other for a long time.

Right now, I’ve got to be concentrating on my game to get ready for a chance at state.”

Boucher knew from the start she was in for a rough go on the court.

“Abby has just gotten so much better since the start of the season, but it’s certainly fun to play against her,” Boucher said. “Her serve came in flat against me and I just couldn’t seem to get them up.”

Alex Le, Horizon’s coach, knew that it was going to be a tough day all around, but he had nothing but confidence in his No. 1 ace player.

“Ashley’s a junior and just seems to bring up her level every year,” Le said. “She has just made so much great improvement. We certainly hope she qualifies for state and I think her confidence will lead her in that direction. I just love the way she covers the court with so much determination.”

Legacy’s coach, Glenn Gielas, had also

hoped for a closer match between the opponents top players, yet he certainly was well pleased with the way the rest of his squad handled it’s matches.

“Isabelle was not as consistent as she has been in the past matches,” Gielas said.

“She and Abby have fun against each other.

Abby was certainly in fine tune today.”

From there, though, the day belonged to Legacy as the Lighting struck.

Sisters Daryl and Josie Mitzel won their respective No. 2 and No. 3 singles matches.

Daryl defeated Horizon’s Morgan Fischer, 7-5, 6-1 while Josie came through with a 6-0, 6-6 (7-1) victory. It certainly took Daryl longer to beat Fischer as their first set took one hour, 15 minutes.

“I felt we were pretty even in our match,” Daryl Mitzel said. “I was off to difficult start, but I just was able to dig down and finally follow through. I’m feeling confident and certainly want to finish the season on a good footing. I’m 6-1 right now.”

Fischer dropped to 7-3 on the year with the loss.

“That was my longest first set of the year,” Fischer said. “I just need to stay consistent and smart. I was able to stay with her through that first set and we had some great volleys. I just want to go strong the rest of the season.”

Josie Mitzel got off to a quick start in her match against Crouch, but she found the going a lot more strenuous in her second set.

“We just seemed to play slower in the second set and she came back,” Mitzel said. “I just wanted to also take my time and not rush. I wanted to place my shots and stay motivated.”

“My first set was one in which I didn’t seem to react well,” Crouch said. “In the

second I was able to adjust, but couldn’t pull it out at the end. It wasn’t that bad of a match, though.”

The only match to go three sets came about at No. 1 doubles. Horizon’s Savannah Bundy and Kelly Fodness zipped to a 6-3 victory against Legacy’s Ellie Puls and Sabrina Grough, but lost the next two sets, 5-7, 4-6.

“They were certainly very competitive against us,,” Puls said. “We just had to hold our heads high and go against their best shots. After that first set, we got ourselves under control.”

Added Grough, “They gave us a good match. But Ellie and I were able to work off of each other and to make our shots count.

It was a tough match all the way through for us.”

Legacy’s No. 2 doubles tandem of Antonela Miocevic and Amanda Bagnato defeated Horizon’s Leilani Osmundsen and Lindsey Wilderman, 6-2, 6-4. One thing here, just getting the girls names right is a fun thing to accomplish.

“We played smart, our timing was on and we were consistent,” Miocevic said.

“They gave us some fine competition and it something you want to have at this time of the season.”

“We made small mistakes at the net,” continued Bagnato. “We’ve practiced hard this season and that’s helped things work out well. We just want to get our play at the net going in the right direction.”

Legacy’s No. 3 and No. 4 doubles were able to make short work on the court this time around. The No. 3 combo of Holland Russo and Jessica Wentworth defeated Horizon’s Lauren Martinez and Julian Hosner, 6-0, 6-1. At No. 4, Megan Atkins and Marianne Selle beat the Hawks Portian Peter

and Payton Swinbank, 6-0, 6-0.

“We were really moving our feet and I have a good teammate with Jessica,” said Russo after the duo improved to 4-2 on the season. “Today we were really coming together.”

Said Wentworth, “We were also playing with a lot of fun and hitting the ball where we wanted it to go. We just didn’t want them to strike hard or get back in the match.”

Atkins and Selle upped their season record to 5-2 and again, this match didn’t take a long time.

“We worked well and connected with each other on the court,” Atkins said. “We’re not where we want to be, but we were able to get the points in good fashion.”

“We never played together before this season,” said Salle, who is an exchange student from Havgesund, Norway. “That’s because this is the first season that I’ve ever played high school tennis. We don’t have this back home. It’s made my year so much more enjoyable.”

LEGACY 6, HORIZON 1 No. 1 singles: Abby Wohlford, H, defeated Isabelle Boucher, 6-1, 6-0. No. 2 singles: Daryl Mitzel, L, defeated Morgan Fischer, H, 7-5, 6-1. No. 3 singles: Josie Mitzel, L, defeated Jordan Crouch, 6-0, 6-6 (7-1). No. 1 doubles: Ellie Puls/Sabrina Grough, L, defeated, Savannah Bundy/Kelly Fodness, H, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. No. 2 doubles: Antonela Miocevic/Amanda Bagnato, L, defeated Leilani Osmundsen/Lindsey Wilderman, H, 6-2, 6-4. No. 3 doubles: Holland Russo/Jessica Wentworth, L, defeated Lauren Martinez/ Julian Hosner, H, 6-0, 6-1. No. 4 doubles: Megan Atkins/Marianne Selle, L, defeated Portian Peter/Payton Swinbank, H, 6-0, 6-0.

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SportS quiz 1) In 2013, Tampa Bay’s Matt Moore became the youngest A.L. left-hander (23) to start a season 8-0 since who?

2) Who was the last Pittsburgh Pirate to lead the N.L. in saves for a season?

3) In 2012, the Arizona Cardinals became the second team in NFL history to win their first four games, then lose their next six. Who was the first?

4) When was the last time before 2013 (Gonzagx) that a team not from the six major men’s college basketball conferences was No. 1 in the final AP regular-season poll?

5) Gordie Howe (1,767) and Mark Messier (1,756) are one-two on the NHL list of most games played. Who is No. 3?

6) At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Norway’s Marit Bjoergen became the oldest woman (33 years, 324 days) to win an individual cross-country gold medal. Who had been the oldest?

7) In what year did golfer Tom Watson win his last PGA major?

Answers 1) Babe Ruth was 22 when he did it in 1917 for Boston.

2) Dave Giusti, with 30 saves in 1971.

3) The Philadelphia Eagles, in 1993.

4) UMass, in 1996.

5) Ron Francis, with 1,731 games.

6) Italy’s Stefania Belmondo won a gold medal in 2002 at 33 years, 27 days.

7) The 1983 British Open was the last of his eight major titles.

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SALOME’S STARS FOR THE WEEK OF ApRil 14, 2014

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) professional relationships grow stronger. But you might still need to ease some problems with someone in your personal life. One way could be to try to be less rigid in your views.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) You might be too close to that perplexing personal situation to even attempt to make a rational decision about it right now. Stepping back could help you gain a wider perspective.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Being asked to choose between the positions of two friends is an unfair imposition on you. it’s best to reject the “demands” and insist they try harder to work things out on their own.

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GALLERY OF GAMES

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) A change of mind about a workplace decision might be called for once you hear more arguments, pro and con. A personal event suddenly takes an unexpected (but pleasant!) turn.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) Romance once again looms large for single leos and leonas, with Cupid favoring Taurus and libra to inspire those warm and fuzzy leonine feelings. Expect another workplace change.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) A surprise gift -- and, happily, with no strings attached -- could come just when you need it to avoid a delay in getting your project done. Expect education to dominate the week.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Someone close to you might ask for your support as she or he faces a demanding personal challenge. Offer it, by all means. But be careful you don’t neglect your own needs at this time.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) An unexpected development could put your relationship with a partner or spouse to an emotionally demanding test. But your determination to get to the truth should save the day.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) A recent agreement appears to be coming apart over the surfacing of unexpected complications. You might need to have expert advice on how to resolve the situation.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Your keen business sense helps you get to the truth about a suspicious business deal. Expect to have many colleagues rally to support your efforts in this important matter.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Someone who once moved in and out of your life through the years might now want to come back in on a more permanent basis. Give yourself a lot of time to weigh your decision.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Showing frustration over a delayed workplace decision might get someone’s attention, but not necessarily make him or her move any sooner. Best advice would be to be patient and wait it out.

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