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VOLUME 16 | ISSUE 46
Allendale Elementary to close next year Despite last-minute pleas to continue operation, Arvada school’s days are numbered BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Olde Town Arvada water tower lit up in Arvada West High School’s colors. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE CITY OF ARVADA
Olde Town Arvada water tower lit up in Pomona High School’s colors.
The water tower’s lighting system was updated to a computerized LED program in 2018, which allows for the city’s facilities team to easily switch colors in celebration of different events, according to Arvada Chief Communications Manager Ben Irwin. In the past the water tower has been lit red to honor first responders, purple to mark a year of the COVID-19 pandemic and rainbow to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month in June. Irwin said that the idea to honor graduating seniors in a similar
The final slide of the presentation said it all. “The decision of leadership staff is to consolidate the Allendale Elementary school community in the Spring of 2021.” And with that, the school’s 57-year run is coming to an abrupt end. Teachers, parents and Jefferson County Education Association members gave public comment to protest the closing of the school during the April 13 Jeffco School Board Study Session meeting. Joshua Kaus, father of two Allendale students, was one of those who spoke. He said he went to Allendale as a child and moved back into the house he grew up in, to give his children the same education he valued in his own upbringing. “When I heard about the talk of Allendale closing, just three weeks ago, it broke my heart,” he said. Other concerns commonly voiced — Allendale students have missed out on choice open enrollment window; staff have missed critical time in locating new positions and the District not adhering to processes for closing a school — something more than one speaker brought up. Indeed, there is a detailed policy in place for how the district is supposed to handle school closures. District document FCB-R, states that a report on a closure will be distributed six months prior to study and/ or action on any school closure — something not done in this case. When public comment closed, Susan Harmon, School Board President, talked about standards the district looks for in a school. “Our district vision calls on us to deliver engaging learning experiences for all students,” she said. “In order to do this, four conditions for learning must be
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Olde Town Arvada water tower lit up in Arvada High School’s colors.
Olde Town Arvada water tower lit up in Ralston Valley High School’s colors.
Olde Town water tower lights to honor graduating seniors Tower will be illuminated in school colors throughout May BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Continuing a tradition that began last year, the Olde Town water tower will bear the colors of seven local high schools on different dates in May to honor each of the school’s graduating senior classes. The water tower will feature the colors of Arvada High School May
The Early College of Arvada’s graduation date is set for May 14; Arvada May 20; Pomona May 20; Arvada West May 21; Two Roads May 21; Ralston Valley May 21 and Faith Christian Academy May 27. 7, Two Roads Charter School May 8, Arvada West High School May 14, Faith Christian Academy May 15, Pomona High School May 21, The Early College of Arvada May 22 and Ralston Valley High School May 28. The water tower will be lit at sunset and display the school’s colors until sunrise, with time varying by day.
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Ralston Valley put on lockout due to threat Threats received on Monday and Tuesday as school goes on lockout BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Ralston Valley High School was put on lockout due to a threat received through Colo.’s Safe2Tell anonymous
reporting system on April 19. The threat was received at approximately 12:50 p.m. and the school was put on lockout for over 45 minutes. A lockout involves closing off a school’s exterior doors while classes continue inside. Arvada Police said the threat was investigated and determined that there was no danger to the school community.Students were released through a safe release plan. More threats were received on
Tuesday as well, triggering another Ralston Valley lockout, according to Arvada Police Department Public Information Officer Dave Snelling. The first threat was received by Ralston Valley School Resource Officer John Zubrinic and came from outside the school, said Snelling. APD officers and Jefferson County School District R1 security officers were dispatched to RVHS, Pomona High School, and Arvada West High School. Pomona and Arvada West did
not go into lockout. “Everything went well according to plan,” said Snelling. “Officers responded, R1 schools responded. A strategic plan was made for a safe release and kids were released to buses and the parking lot, surrounded by cops and security. “The school resource officer (Zubrinic) was in the school at the time,” Snelling said, “and was able to respond, be in contact with staff and start working with them.”
Phase Two of Ralston Road reconstruction to begin April 26 Construction is estimated to take 24 months BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Phase Two of the Ralston Road reconstruction project is slated to begin on April 26 and will last an estimated 24 months, effecting the section of Ralston Road between Yukon and Garrison Streets. One lane in each direction will remain open during construction. The reconstruction project aims to expand the travel lanes of the east-west corridor of Ralston Road from nine feet to 11 feet in width. The center turning lane will be expanded to 12 feet wide, and an eight-foot-wide walkway will be added for pedestrians and cyclists. Traffic lights along the roadway will be updated and the city will carry out additional beautification measures. The corridor carries more than 23,000 cars per day, with the Arvada’s comprehensive plan estimating that number will rise in coming years as the city’s population continues to grow. Phase One of the project began in Feb. 2020 and included renovations to the section of Ralston Road between Upham and Yukon Streets. The first phase - paid for by grants from the state and the Denver Regional Council of
Map of Phase Two of the Ralston Road reconstruction project.
Governments — is about 70% complete, according to Arvada’s Infrastructure Manager of Communications Rachael Kuriowa. Phase Two of the project will be funded by money made available
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from the passage of ballot measure 3F, passed in 2018. The ballot measure allotted $15 million for the Ralston Road renovation. “The intent of the project is to increase the safety and comfort of everyone that uses the roadway,” said Kuriowa. “On Ralston Road there were high incidents of side-swipe accidents, people were really uncomfortable walking in the corridor, so the intent is to reduce accident, help people feel more comfortable, and increase pedestrian and cyclist access for a major thoroughfare.” Beginning April 26, the southern side of the intersection of Olde Wadsworth Bouldevard and Ralston Road will be closed, with the closure estimated to last for two weeks. The intersection will remain passable with one lane staying open on each side. During Phase Two, RTD buses will continue their usual routes
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and local businesses will remain open and accessible to the public. While the project has caused congestion on the thoroughfare, some local businesses are excited for what the project will bring down the line. Trawesh Gyawali, a server at Yak and Yeti Restaurant and Brewpub located near Ralston Road and Yarrow Street, said the project hasn’t impacted business too severely. “(The renovation) has slightly narrowed customers,” Gyawali said, “but it does not affect us in the number of people that come in too much. I believe and I hope that when it’s done it will make the road more accessible. I think it’s alright — it’s affecting us a little bit, but we’ll survive.” A public forum regarding the renovation project and the commencement of Phase Two was held on April 15.
CORRECTION In last edition’s culture column by Clarke Reader the name of Miners Alley actress Heather Lacy was misspelled.
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Home Buyers Have Widely Differing Needs, Wants and Motivations
During my two decades as a licensed real estate agent and Realtor, I’ve met and worked with a wide variety of buyers and sellers and grown to appreciate their varying needs and motivations. Allow me to share some of that with you. Among buyers, I’ve identified at least five types: First-time home buyers: This group has always enjoyed a wide variety of programs to meet their special needs. By the way, you are deemed a “first-time” homebuyer if you have not owned a home during the past 3 years. The primary need for this group is attractive and obtainable financing. The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) has long had programs that require as little as $1,000 out-of-pocket to get into a home, and they offer classes for first-time homebuyers to help them succeed as homeowners. The motivation to change from renter to owner is well understood. Homeown-
ership is the number one method of wealth creation. Not only are the taxes and interest on your home tax deductible (with some limitations now), but your home may well appreciate in value as much as or more than the money you pay for it each month. Then, when you sell, your capital gain on it will be mostly or entirely tax free. With such incentives, the first-time home buyer is highly motivated and rewarded for buying a home. Move-up buyers: Homeowners frequently need to buy a bigger home or simply want to buy a more luxurious one. Typically, this is when children are born or adopted, but with Covid-19 we’ve seen homeowners who need more space to work at home, not just temporarily but long-term. Employers have learned that workers can be just as productive working from home, and employees are liking the lack of commuting time and expense — if they can have a good home office. Downsizing buyers: Empty nesters rattling around in 5-bedroom homes with
Golden Real Estate Wins Golden Sustainability Award Back in 2010, Golden Real Estate was awarded the “Sustainability Award for Business” from the City of Golden for the brokerage’s solar-powered office. Eleven years later, we have been awarded this recognition a second time because of how much further we have taken our passion for sustainability. Back in 2010 we had a 5kW solar array on our roof — enough to power our office, but little else. We had a couple other features — sun tunnels to daylight our office reducing the need for artificial lighting, extra insulation to reduce the amount of natural gas needed to heat the office, and we accepted polystyrene (aka Styrofoam) for recycling. Now, we have two ground-mounted solar arrays adding another 15kW of solar power, providing enough electricity to heat our office with heat pumps and power our five agent-owned Teslas as well as offering free EV charging to the general public. We had our gas meter removed in 2017 and now our Xcel
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lawns to mow and bushes to trim are wanting, if not needing, to have a simpler life in a smaller home — perhaps a “lock-and-leave” patio home or townhome where they can travel and not worry about their home while they’re gone. Many of these homeowners have long ago paid off their mortgages, or their mortgage is small enough that they can buy a newer, smaller home and live mortgage-free. Taking out a home equity line of credit on their paid-off home could give them the cash to buy the replacement home without it being contingent on the sale of their current home, which also allows them time to transition from one home to the next. That’s just one strategy that I can share with you if you are in this group. Investors: I don’t work much with investors, preferring to work with people who buy a primary residence, but I have broker associates with extensive experience serving this group of buyers. With the bidding wars going on currently, investors, especially fix-and-flippers, are
having trouble buying homes with enough margin to make a profit on reselling them later on, but it can be done. Relocation buyers: In last week’s column I wrote about “climate refugees” relocating to Colorado from the coasts and other areas with high climate risks. That’s their motivation. Their need is to find the right city, community and home to buy despite being new to Colorado. That’s where they need us the most. Yes, we can give them tours and answer their questions after carefully listening to their needs and wants. Before they even come to town, I like to send them listings and then FaceTime them as I preview homes of particular interest. In just the past month I sold an Arvada listing to a couple from Minnesota and a Denver listing to a couple from Los Angeles. Both went under contract based solely on my video tours and only saw the home in person when they came for the inspection a week or so later. They could have canceled that sale upon inspection, but neither did. They both loved the homes.
How High Are Bidding Wars Pushing Up Home Prices?
We’ve all heard some crazy examples of bidding wars in which homes have sold for way over their listing prices, so I took a snapshot of just one day’s closings, limited to a 15-mile radius of downtown Denver. That takes in an area from Broomfield to Highlands Ranch and from Golden to Aurora. It doesn’t include the City of Boulder. The day I chose was last Friday, April 16th. The source was REcolorado.com. I limited my search to homes, condos and townhouses that were on the MLS at least one day and no more than 6 days before going under contract. Those are the homes with bidding wars. I divided the results into homes which sold up to $500,000 and those that sold for more. On that day there were 48 closings up to $500,000. The median home sold for 4.7% over its asking price. It was a tri-level home in Aurora listed at $420,000 which sold in 3 days for $440,000. Only 3 homes sold for the listing price and 2 sold for less. The highest ratio was 25.8% for a home
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in Aurora that sold in 1 day. There were 68 homes that closed on April 16th for more than $500,000. The median home in that group sold for 8.3% over its listing price. It was a 1950 ranch in Denver’s North Hilltop neighborhood listed for $600,000, which sold in 3 days for $650,000. The highest overbid in this group was 18.8% for a 2-story home in Westminster listed for $425,000 that sold in 5 days for $505,000. Only 5 sold for the listing price and 4 sold for less. To get a statistically meaningful number of closings over $1 million, I looked at 68 such closings from April 1-16. The median ratio was 4.3% over listing price. The highest was for a 1954 bungalow in Denver which was listed at $965,000 and sold for $1,205,000, 24.9% over listing. Note: These statistics reflect the bidding wars that were taking place during late March, when most of these listings went under contract. Today’s bidding wars are even more intense. Stay tuned!
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Arvada inventor modernizes wheelchair safety Jered Dean co-founded LUCI, the first power chair accessory with ultrasonic sensors BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Jered Dean didn’t set out to revolutionize power wheelchairs. A former engineering professor at Colorado School of Mines, he simply wanted to make a motorized chair that was safer for his niece, Katherine. Katherine, now 20, has cerebral palsy and struggled with running into things with her wheelchair at a young age. In response to one particularly dangerous close call, Dean got to work designing sensors for Katherine’s chair that could detect drop-offs and uneven surfaces and stop the chair from tipping over or running into things. Dean completed the attachment for Katherine’s chair and attended the International Seating Symposium with his brother — Katherine’s dad — Barry shortly thereafter, hoping to find an existing product that was similar to his sensors. The Deans were shocked to find that no such product existed. “We really thought we’d go find what we were looking for,” said Dean. “Because what I created was off-the-shelf parts and built in the garage. So, we thought `we’ll look at the real deal, because this has got to be a problem somebody else has solved.’ And when we went to that convention, we didn’t see it. And we didn’t see any indication that the major companies were working on it. “At that point,” Dean continued, “Barry and I sat down and said, `maybe we need to do this.’ And it took a while to convince ourselves that we were going to start a company because that wasn’t where we started — we weren’t itching to run down this road and start a company and all that. But the doors kept on opening and we
were blessed to be introduced to some amazing people and advisers, and so we kept walking down the path.” Dean added that at the time, there was nothing in the way of similar safety features available to wheelchair users in the U.S. “There was nothing available to folks like my niece when it came to the things we would expect on any other vehicle,” said Dean. “You go to buy a car, you expect that it’s going to have breaks and airbags, and most of them now have some sort of driver assistance system. That’s not the case in the world of power chair users.” That disparity prompted Dean to co-found LUCI with his brother Barry in 2017. The company now produces five sensor models and plans on announcing more models in the future, according to Dean. LUCI sensors can be attached to Permobil M3, M5 and F3 power chairs. LUCI is named for the Beatles song `Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ —Katherine’s favorite. The company has a research and development facility in Arvada and a manufacturing facility in Broomfield. The company has approximately 20 employees, according to Public Relations Representative Ellis Metz. The Arvada R&D facility features a slew of obstacles that allow LUCI’s engineers to test the sensors in real-life scenarios. “We have a small team of engineers here,” said Dean of the Arvada facility. “It’s a warehouse with a small office up front and the bulk of the warehouse is built into a mock home with a bunch of different sensors and lighting, flooring, funky angles and hallways — all sorts of test equipment.” Dean added that the units are assembled in LUCI’s Broomfield facility, and that a good portion of the company’s vendor area is located in the state. According to the company’s website, each year there are 175,000 trips to the emergency room on account of wheelchair injuries.
Lineup of three of LUCI’s wheelchairs at the company’s Arvada R&D facility. PHOTOS COURTESY OF LUCI
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Supporters research options to save Jeffco Fairgrounds Renewed call for county to consider second ”deBrucing” measure BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A little over a year after the Jefferson County commissioners broached closing the Jeffco Fairgrounds in response to budget cuts, the decades-old facility has reached what Jeffco County Manager Don Davis says is a sustainable level of service. However, members of a new county board tasked with preserving the agricultural, equine and youth activities the facility has long hosted say doing so has come at the cost of making severe cuts to the facility’s offerings and left it in a precarious long-term position. “The whole revenue piece has got to change somehow because it’s got us in a stranglehold,” said Lisa Stavig, a member of that board, about provisions of the state TABOR law that have the effect of severely limiting the amount of money the county can spend on the fairgrounds without having to make cuts to other programs. “They’ve cut and cut to the bare bones, and there is nothing else they can cut there unless we close.”
The impact of TABOR on county operation and the fairgrounds came to the forefront last year when County Manager Don Davis announced that the county would need to cut $12.5 million from its budget for 2021 to comply with a TABOR rule limiting how much property tax revenue the county can collect each year. Complying with that rule creates particular challenges for the county when it comes to the fairgrounds because any revenue generated there counts against the overall TABOR cap on the amount of revenue the county is able to collect. That meant that plans to simply increase the amount of revenue generated by the fairgrounds would only force the county to not collect or reimburse tax revenue, not fixing the budget problem, Davis repeatedly said. Ultimately, the commissioners voted to approve the plan directing county staff to maintain the aspects of the fairgrounds facility and its operations that are most instrumental to preserving the agricultural, equine and youth activities that take place there, while putting an end to operations that do not support that purpose. One year later, the county has managed to successfully do just that, Davis said. However, he also said that means the fairgrounds will have to offer much more limited programming than it has in
the past without much possibility of adding new programs. Given the limitations of that level of “sustainability,” Stavig and the other members of the Youth, Equine and Agriculture activities board told the commissioners on April 14 that the county needs to consider taking steps to allow the fairgrounds to increase its budget without impacting that TABOR cap. To that end, members of the board told the commissioners during an April 14 presentation that they have begun researching different possibilities to accomplish that. During the meeting, several possibilities were presented, including creating a special district to provide services at the fairgrounds that would not be subject to the same TABOR restrictions as the county is or turning the fairgrounds over to a nonprofit that would operate the fairgrounds. Other possibilities include turning the fairgrounds over to Jefferson County Open Space, reducing costs by cutting back on landscaping and energy use, or creating advertising and sponsorship opportunities at the fairgrounds for businesses that would generate more revenue. However, members of the board acknowledged that many of those possibilities would present challenges of their own. For example, JCOS’ charter limits what the
properties it manages can be used for, which would likely preclude it from taking over the entire fairgrounds. That’s why Stavig said the best solution might be to go back to the voters with a ballot measure that would remove the TABOR cap on county revenue collection. In 2019, 54% of Jeffco voters voted against 1A, a ballot measure that would have done just that. “I think going back to the voters and saying let us keep all the revenue at the fairgrounds is probably the strongest and best thing we can do,” Stavig said, “because then it opens us up, and we can start looking at revenue generation and that kind of thing.” While the board said all of the possibilities mentioned will likely require more research and consideration, Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper said they represented “a good list of ideas as we look forward.” However, she also warned that the situation at the fairgrounds is a likely harbinger of things to come for the county as it continues to navigate how to operate under TABOR’s limitations. “I think the stranglehold you talked about and that your board is working through could be the story of other departments throughout the county,” she said. “Those are issues that we will be looking at across the board in future years.”
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Meet the new Jeffco Public Schools superintendent Tracy Dorland takes charge of state’s second biggest district BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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‘I grew up in Jeffco, I raised my family in Jeffco and it’s my home.’ Tracy Dorland, Jeffco Public Schools superintendent the front end of really important work and decisions, that the right systems and structures are in place to collaborate and make sure people understand their voice can be heard. She said it’s important when clear decisions are made for people to understand why they were made, and in some cases, why something wasn’t able to be done. She describes herself as a collaborative leader who wants to bring voices to the table, while acknowledging it can be tough to get everyone on the same page for every decision. “But I do believe that if you can process the work in the right way, you can get to decisions that while people might not all agree, most people can accept and understand it.” Another thing Dorland brings to the table that could help her hit
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fashion came about last year, when the Coronavirus pandemic put many in-person graduation events on hold. “Last year when a lot of the major graduation events were starting to get postponed,” said Irwin, “a lot of people were looking for ways to support our graduating seniors and try in whatever way possible to make that a special time, even if it’s not what everyone hoped it would be. “We got a request from city council,” Irwin continued, “asking for anything the city could do to honor the seniors, so our team did some brainstorming and our communication team decided to change the water tower lighting on specific days for the school colors.” Irwin added that the city’s facili-
ties team now has experience with using the LED program’s color codes which allows them to more easily discern which shades will look best on the display. The team tests each color scheme in the morning to ensure that the display is working properly. Arvada Mayor Pro Tem Dot Miller said the color schemes has been well received by seniors and their families and gives graduates a unique local experience to remember. “I think they love it,” said Miller. “What makes it unique is it stands so high and can be seen from so far. I’ve seen senior pictures with the water tower, I’ve seen campaign pictures with the water tower behind it, professional business shots with the water tower in the background. “The city is so proud of our graduating seniors,” Miller continued, “I hope that lighting up the water tower for them shows them how much we really do care.”
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The City of Arvada is moving forward on their construction of the W 72 nd Ave. widening project. This one-mile stretch includes a tunnel under a railroad crossing the City said to be necessary to alleviate an existing two-lane bottleneck heading West at Kipling St. The issue is that the bottleneck will only be moved one-mile West to Simms St. and no further. There are an additional two miles of widening and two-lane road to connect to the new 8 million-dollar Indiana and 72nd Ave. intersection, which only has two lanes in all four directions. It was stated to cost an additional $30 million with no future plans for finish. Prior to the Coronavirus outbreak the City stated that the annual bond payment was $5.5 million but only had $4.5 million available.
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Casa Bonita parent company files for bankruptcy Chapter 11 may not be the end of Lakewood restaurant BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Summit Family Restaurants, owner of Casa Bonita, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy April 6, in Arizona. According to reporting from Denver 7, despite the bankruptcy filing,
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status. There are also important conversations to be had around equity in the district, she said. As for learning loss or disruption due to COVID, Dorland says she’s interested in looking at the data. “I believe the pandemic has changed the way we educate kids and changed the way they’ve learned for the last year and a half” she said. “And I know that there are impacts from that. But I believe for us to make really meaningful decisions about how to support students as we emerge from the pan-
Summit President, Bob Wheaton, is hopeful the Lakewood icon will reopen by Memorial Day. He said one of the biggest challenges they are facingis staffing back up after being closed since March 2020 due to Covid-19 restrictions. Summit previously filed for Chapter 11 protection in 2011, after they were unable to agree on terms for payment of a legal judgment against the company but continued to operate Casa Bonita without closing. Part of a chain that started in Oklahoma City in 1968, Casa Bonita
demic, we really need to be taking a close look at the data.” She said looking at data from end-of-year assessments for this year and beginningof-year data from fall assessments will be a good start. She thinks district-level data will play a role. She also referenced an upcoming meeting about summer learning opportunities for students who need them. “My No. 1 priority is to be visible and get to know our schools,” Dorland said when asked about her first priority after officially starting on April 19. “That’s the bottom line. Just getting to know people and beginning to build relationships will be No. 1 for me.”
opened in Lakewood in early 1974. It was designated as a historical landmark by the city in March 2015. Best known for its cliff divers, mariachis, sopapillas, and unmistakable pink facade, the restaurant has become a must-see attraction for generations of Coloradans. The restaurant obtained pop-culture cult status in 2003, when it was featured on an episode of Cartoon Network’s South Park. Casa Bonita’s website currently has a bulletin at the top of the home page saying, “Casa Bonita is re-
opening soon!” Meanwhile, a GoFundMe fundraising effort, launched by a group of self-described Casa Bonita super fans not directly affiliated with the restaurant has been running since before the bankruptcy announcement. So far, the campaign has raised more than $39,000 of a $100,000 goal. The group has also launched an informational website, www.savecasabonita.org, to drive donations and raise funds through selling Casa Bonita-themed merchandise.
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in place and sustained over time. Those conditions are, a commitment to equity, high expectations, a professional model of teaching and educator learning.” Harmon said those conditions allow students equitable opportunities, access to high-level standards aligned to instruction, highly qualified teachers, and staff that are knowledgeable and prepared to deliver current and best practices in instruction. “The decrease in enrollment at Allendale over the past five years has limited our ability to deliver on these promises for the students and staff,” she said. Renee Nicothodes, Chief of Schools, Elementary, lead a presentation about the closing of the school that started by listing the challenges Allendale has faced. Enrollment, programming, staffing, funding and operational challenges have all played a role in the decision about its possible closure. In the last five years, Allendale has seen an overall decrease in enrollment of 45% with an annual average decline of 13%, Nicothodes said. Current enrollment for this year is 117 students, of which 88
‘The decrease in enrollment at Allendale over the past five years has limited our ability to deliver on these promises for the students and staff.’ Susan Harmon, School Board President are attending in person. The neighborhood the school is located in has also seen a steep decline in elementary-aged children. To make things more difficult, 37% of Allendale students who are currently doing remote learning are planning to stay remote next year. Nicothodes said that could bring the number of students attending Allendale for in-person learning next year to under 100. School choice is also a big factor. Currently, 62% of students who live within Allendale’s boundaries choose to attend a different school. In fact, there are more students within the boundary that choiceout than students who attend the school. District staff say there are budgeting concerns too. Nicothodes said the District continues to remain focused on the student
experience, but it’s hard to separate the budget conversation from the overall conversation around Allendale. “It is important to know how that (the budget) affects the student experience,” she said. Reduced academic and extracurricular offerings are two of the biggest issues the school faces. Nicothodes used a comparison of programs offered at Fremont and Campbell Elementary schools, both small, but with closer to 200 students, to programs that would be offered at Allendale in 2021-22 if it were to remain open. The difference was vast. When it comes to staffing, Allendale is so limited that the Principal teaches math sections every day. An instructional coach teaches Kindergarten. There’s a first/ second grade split class with one
teacher, a fourth/fifth split class with one teacher and a third-grade class with one teacher. Nicothodes said the District spent $675,000 in subsidies in the 2017-19 timespan to keep Allendale operational. With projected enrollment of 90-100 students for 202122, and the available funding, the budget would pay for 4-5 teachers and a principal, leaving as little as $50,000 to pay for all other positions and resources. Steve Bell, the District’s Chief Operating Officer, said low enrollment numbers impact efficiency levels, taking a toll on things like food and nutrition services, transportation and custodial services. Other financial hits are on the horizon as well, as Allendale is projected to transition out of Title 1 status. For the 2021-22 school year, the school’s Title 1 funding will be reduced by 50%. For the 2022-23 school year, Allendale will receive no Title 1 funds. The District has come up with ways of “softening the landing” for students who transition out of Allendale for the 2021-22 school year including the offer of guaranteed placement in neighboring Campbell or Fremont. A priority hiring pool has been created for staff members who will need to find a new place to work.
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“The act of absorbing art is an act of connection.” —Connie Zumpf, Colorado poet.
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pril is National Poetry Month (please don’t stop reading at the word “poetry”). In fact, April 2021 marks the 25th anniversary ALCHEMY of this celebration of poets and poetry. Launched by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month reminds us that poetry matters. I know, I know … sometimes just the Andrea Doray thought of reading a line of poetry can be intimidating. For many of us, in our first exposure to poetry, we were directed to seek the “right” interpretation, the “right” meaning. The truth is, there is no “right.”
Interpretations are subjective, a collaboration between the poet and the reader. Educator, writer and artist Neil De la Flor puts it this way: “I love work that’s accessible. I also love work that I don’t understand but can ‘access’ through wonder and imagination.” Mark Doty, an accomplished and critically acclaimed poet and writer, describes the accessibility of poetry this way: “I invite those of you who are uncomfortable with sentences that don’t go all the way to the end of the page to substitute ‘literature’ for ‘poetry’ when you hear it.” Literature makes other people more real to us, Mark says. He quotes contemporary American poet Elizabeth Alexander, speaking as a teacher to her students in one of her poems: “ ‘Poetry,’ I tell them, ‘is the human voice, and we of interest to each other, are we not?’ ” Yes, Elizabeth … we are. And during these rough times –
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Trash plan is rubbish We do not agree in any manner with this trash collection scheme! We fully understand Arvada is a fee crazy, money grubbing city, and, in our view, illegal and fraudulent behavior. We did not agree, or vote on any part of this high-handed scheme and will not, I repeat, will not pay a single penny for service we do not use nor agreed to use. The company they choose lost most all the homes in our area, due to poor service. We know Republic as being known for leaving the trash for several days, crappy drivers with bad attitudes, trash mouths and very poor equipment. Why would anyone want them back on their streets? Free enterprise is the hallmark, or use to be, of the US but since Biden and the ever present growing fascism, the governments think they can shove anything down your throat. Not a Trump supporter either. Now your percent’s do not mean much! As for the four council members who suddenly decided this action, this is still America. We still have a Constitution. We still have a Bill of Rights even after the Federal and State Government tried so hard to remove these through this flu theater, there are still enough of us out here that will tell Arvada City Council to kiss our you-know-what. We will not accept this. The Greene Family, Arvada SEE LETTERS, P15
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pandemic, political turmoil, violence – poetry is a beacon, a call to action, a comfort, a connection that shares the human experience. Mike Henry, executive director of Lighthouse Writers Workshop, Denver and the West’s premiere literary center, tells me that workshops are busier than ever, online and virtually. “Folks are turning to writing and other creative endeavors to help deal with the pandemic and its isolation,” he says. My friend and fellow Lighthouser, Connie Zumpf, agrees. Connie’s poem, “The Summer After the Summer of 2020,” was recently published on “Global Poemic, Kindred Voices in the Era of Covid-19.” I asked Connie about her motivation and inspiration for lines such as these: “Oh, how a body craves the spark from a body in the flesh / sharing breath from everyone’s words …” She replied with two words: Zoom fatigue!
“In our circles of families and friends, conversation is physical, right? We live in bodies designed to see and need presence in the flesh,” Connie says. “Art reminds us that we are not alone in our loss, despair or rage .Art that communicates hope reminds us that these, too, are part of the human experience.” If ever we’ve needed to be connected, to share in this human experience, it is now. And, as a poet myself, I celebrate National Poetry Month firm in the belief that poetry matters, that our interpretations of the human voice – as expressed in the lines and words of poetry – can be accessed by those of us who seek to share the human experience. Andrea Doray is a writer who agrees with Archibald MacLeish, from his “Ars Poetica” (“the art of poetry”), published in 1926: “A poem should not mean / But be.” Write to Andrea at a.doray@andreadoray.com.
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e have failed. I say this to my generation. We have failed in this: is it not the unspoken (or HITTING spoken) desire of HOME every generation of Americans (at least since the industrial revolution) to make the lives of their children better than the lives we had? Isn’t that, as parents, educaMichael Alcorn tors, public policy citizens, what we’re supposed to do? And, in any way, have we come close to achieving that? I know — I like to make fun of millennials as much as anybody. But, seriously, they didn’t do this to themselves: they’re not the ones who insisted on not keeping score, they’re not the ones who provided orange slices at halftime, and they’re not the ones who gave trophies even to kids who never showed up at practice. But, those aren’t really the bigger problems they face. There is a certain softness and lack of resilience that we bred into them with all of those small offences, but then we turned them loose into a world that requires more resilience and mental fortitude
than we ever did. We have created a world in which my daughter, going out apartment hunting last week, has to attempt to build a personal budget around rent which is almost three times as much as my first mortgage. And, I get it — I’m old, and inflation does its thing. But if her salary right now is twice what mine was at age 25, and her housing costs are thrice what mine were, then how far behind is she falling every month? So, what kind of an apartment can she find on that budget? Not bad, really. It’s a decent upgrade in quality and space from where she’s lived before, and the neighborhood is significantly better, so we’re quite happy about that. She’ll share the cost with a roommate — like I did with my wife — so there’s also that opportunity to learn the all-important life skill of living with another human. So, it’s all a part of what was supposed to happen at this point in life for her. But renting is throwing money away — the trick is owning, right? The problem with that is that rent is so high that no millennial can set aside the money necessary to accumulate that all-important down payment. Sure, there are down payment assistance programs and the like, but those require credit, and the process
of building credit is not quite as simple as you’d like it to be. And then there’s the issue of college debt. The College Board estimates that the average cost of a year of schooling at a four-year public university in 2019-20 was roughly $22,000 — that is almost the exact amount of money I had between scholarships and savings to get me through *four* years in Boulder, and I accumulated so little debt as to not be worth mentioning. The average college graduate these days has almost $30,000 in debt. So, here’s your carousel: assuming you survive school shootings, the opioid epidemic, and awful teenage suicide statistics, we absolutely expect you to go to college, where you will accumulate enormous debt getting a degree that 40% of the time is useless (only 60% of U.S. jobs require degrees, and that’s a dubious number), then go out into the world to live in a rat den that costs most of your salary, whereupon we will add your student loan payments at the least opportune moment, and place you in a world where your only social contact is in your phone. And then we will point you towards a house that you can’t possibly afford and expect you to feel pretty good about your
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Time to start thinking about running for political office Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part column on how and why to run for local office.
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f you read a lot of media in this state, the overwhelming theme about the Colorado Republican Party is that it is either dead or on life support. That is because of a long series of disappointing electoral losses. While it is true there have been losses, I have been given the advice more than a few times that the best time to start a business is during a recession. Applying this to the political world, the best time to run for office as a Republican is when your party is on the ropes. Jefferson County will choose seven elected officials in the November 2022 election. They are assessor, clerk & recorder, commissioner in District 3, coroner, sheriff, surveyor and treasurer. The redistricting commission selected through Amendments Y and Z will always be redrawing the bound-
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Cancel this Amazon purchase It is imperative that we disallow the construction of an Amazon Distribution Center next to Ralston Creek and Maple Valley Park. Not only will such a structure destroy to beauty of the Ralston Creek Trail, but it will forever adversely affect the wildlife, the stream, and the air quality in Arvada. Dozens of mature trees will be cut down which will mean fewer birds and other wildlife that depend on the plants. Dozens of beautiful homes are
aries for districts in both houses of the legislature and congressional districts. Colorado will be getting an additional seat in the U.S. House of Representatives due to our population growth. The work of the redistricting commission will be complete this fall, and the boundaries of those districts will become public knowledge. Until then, any such conversation about them will be speculative. What I wish to do both this month and next month is describe the process of candidacy from the seed of an idea to successful election. I am doing this because I like the idea of walk-ons to a team actually winning a starting position. If you are an ordinary citizen, with a little luck, but mostly hard work and determination, you too can win political office and serve our county and state with the aim of making it a better place to live. The term “establishment” is unnecessarily thrown
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near the proposed site and the quality of life of the owners as well as the value of the homes will be forever damaged. The proposed traffic access routes to Indiana will undoubtedly snarl traffic. If Amazon needs another distribution site they should build it in an industrial area. Near the railroad would be logical perhaps, but not along a lovely bike/walking trail by a stream. Please write the Jeffco Commissioners (about the annexation) and Arvada City Council members and demand that they quash this bad idea. Kathleen Flynn, Arvada
around to suggest that the political process on the Republican side is filled with people who will thwart you at every turn if you have political ambitions. That isn’t the case. The much vaunted “establishment” is just a name tossed about to label others with whom the name caller disagrees. You would think as a former party chair that I am “establishment,” but I assure you I am not. Finally, if you have ambitions of running for office, the time to at least think about it is now. If you wish to think about running, two questions need to be asked. What am I qualified to do and what do I wish to accomplish in office? I myself have never worked in law enforcement or surveying, therefore I would be unqualified to run for the position of sheriff or surveyor. If you wish to make a statement about the national debt, a run for Congress or U.S. senator would be a more appropriate office to seek rather than a county office. Figure out where you would best
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future. And then make fun of you for being snowflakes. Sorry, kids. We had good intentions, but we really screwed this up for you. If we could have known all our systemic “fixes” were gonna mess things up so bad, we
Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His new novel, “Valkyrie’s Kiss,” which is a finalist in the ScreenCraft Book Competition, is available now at michaeljalcorn.net. His opinions are not necessarily those of Colorado Community Media.
Joe Webb is the former chairman of the Jeffco Republican Party.
Jennifer Lynn Radell 5/4/1949-1/5/2021
Jennifer Lynn Radell passed away peacefully the evening of January 5, 2021 after a twoyear bout with stage 4 cancer. Jenny, 71, was an Arvada resident for more than 20 years and an active member of the community, helping out at the Arvada Community Food Bank and practicing tai chi with friends at the Apex Center. She lived her first half-century in the Midwest, where she spent her formative years in Youngstown, OH and the Chicago, IL suburbs of Wheaton and Winnetka. A graduate of Wheaton North and the University of Michigan, Jenny worked in employee benefits consulting at a Willis Towers Watson precursor before leaving in the early 1990s to raise her two children. She was an avid gardener and horticulturalist who
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would have withheld the orange slices. Ya’ know, to toughen you up a bit.
serve and then begin the process of exploring a candidacy. In the beginning, before you decide to run, you ought to survey the field and figure out what will happen. Who else may be contemplating a run for the office you seek? Does the office you seek have an incumbent? What could be a good campaign strategy? These are questions you should ask either the Jeffco GOP chair or the Jeffco Democratic chair. Introducing yourself to the local party chair is a good starting point for information. You should also ask yourself a question: What is the worst thing that anyone can say about you? Negative campaigning is a reality. You ought to have a hard look at what could be placed about you in the media. Next month, I will speak about fundraising, and what should be done to succeed in both the primary and general election.
once singlehandedly recreated a 19th century Illinois prairie in her backyard. Jenny couldn’t match that in Colorado but instead became an expert in xeriscaping. She was a talented seamstress, and her many quilts will be treasured for generations to come. Despite her illness, when COVID-19 stuck, she worked arduously to make colorful masks for family, friends, and community members. Jenny is predeceased by her beloved husband, Nicholas J. Radell, and survived by her children, Andrew Beemer (Devon) and Shana Miller (James), her brothers Bruce (Suzanne) and Robert (Juan) Moeng, and her grandchildren Kai (14), Lucas (12), Olivia (9), Nathan (7), and Dylan (3).
Flora Jane Hansford 2/2/19429-4/10/2021
Flora Jane Hansford (Finley) of Arvada passed peacefully and surrounded by family on Saturday, April 10. She was born on February 2, 1929 in Samoth, Illinois to Bartlett and Lydia Finley. Flora was preceded in death by her loving husband Luther Eugene Hansford, her parents, four brothers, and four sisters. Flora is survived by her children Edward Hansford of Buena Vista, Deborah Tietz of Keenesburg, Susan Hansford of Los Angeles, California, and Della Moore of Arvada. Her beautiful family includes daughter-in-laws and son-in-laws, Kelli Terry, Carla Hansford, John Tietz, David Gohn, and Todd Moore, ten grandchildren, fifteen greatgrandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Flora was a loving, caring, and passionate wife, mom, grandma, great-grandma, great-great-grandma, godmother, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend to many. She had a beautiful smile that could light up a room. Flora taught others how to love deeply and unconditionally, and always had a house filled with family and friends. Most gatherings centered around her love to cook and to make sure no one left her home hungry. She will be missed immensely. Donations can be made to a charity of your choice, or the Community Table, 8555 West 57th Avenue, Arvada, CO 80002 in memory of Flora Hansford. A visitation will be held at Aspen Mortuaries (Arvada) on Tuesday, April 20, from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. A private burial will be held at the Arvada Cemetery.
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Pat R. Johnson, 86, of Arvada passed away on April 10, 2021 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Findlay, Ohio she was the only daughter of Burgess and Dorothy (Mayhugh) Reese. Pat attended the University of Florida and the University of Colorado. For over 30 years, Pat worked as a professor of physical education and volleyball coach at Metropolitan State University in Denver.She will be remembered for her pioneering efforts in the field of women’s athletics and equity in sports. Pat had a life long passion for golf, skiing, and the outdoors. Pat is survived by her partner, Karen Davidson, her
daughter, Diana Golden (Tim Golden), grandchildren Nicholas and Shannon, as well as Karen’s daughter, Rebecca. A Celebration of Life with light refreshments will be held on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm at the Horan & McConaty Reception Center, 7577 W. 80th Ave. Arvada, CO 80003. Due to gathering limitations and to make sure all who attend can social distance, please RSVP to Pat’s family at this email: prjmemorial@gmail.com to let them know you’ll be joining. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Colorado Coaches of Girls’ Sports Ruby Miller Scholarship Fund P.O. Box 1750 Arvada, Colorado 80001.
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Skiers bid the slopes adieu as Echo Mountain caps off longest season ever BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The last day of the skiing season is perhaps a little like the last day of school. Some are more than ready for summer, while others are reluctant to say goodbye. Either way, skiers and snowboarders were eager to get in as many runs as possible Sunday morning during Echo Mountain Resort’s final day. Between the fresh powder, blue skies and occasional sun peeking out of the clouds, skier Kirk Moyer remarked: “We couldn’t ask for a better last day.” Echo Mountain, which sits along Highway 103 between Evergreen and Idaho Springs, typically closes in March, but last month’s snowstorms helped extend the season. Despite the recent snowfall, the resort wasn’t able to keep its runs open any later because staff members were moving onto other jobs, General Manager Fred Klaas said. However, the resort plans to continue tubing operations on the weekends through May 2. Given the weather and the pandemic, the 2020-21 season was both challenging and incredible, he stated. In the fall, Echo Mountain wasn’t sure whether it would be able to open because of COVID-19 restrictions, Klaas described. Fast forward to mid-April, and the resort is capping off its longest season ever. “We’re a young resort; we’re trying to figure out what operations can look like,” he said of staying open later in the season. Kirk and Kim Moyer, who recently moved to Clear Creek’s Echo Hills neighborhood, said they appreciated that the resort was able to extend its season. The two visited Echo Mountain about a dozen times this year, and Kim said it was a good spot to learn to ski. She appreciated the variety of visitors’ experience levels and the friendly atmosphere. Kirk said the two of them will be back next season. “It feels like a little gem to have this mountain,” he continued. SEE ECHO, P17
A group of skiers take in the view from Echo Mountain Resort Sunday morning.
Snowboarders ride the lift Sunday during Echo Mountain Resort’s final day for skiing and snowboarding.
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Cameron, 2, and Rae Peters, both of Evergreen, ride the conveyer to the top of Echo Mountain Resort’s beginner area Sunday morning.
New Thornton Arts exhibit unites range of cultures COMING ATTRACTIONS
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udiences aren’t the only ones missing cultural events like art shows during the pandemic shutdown the creatives have also been missing the opportunities to have their work seen and connected by viewers. Which is one of the reasons the Thornton Arts and Culture’s newest exhibit, Nations United: Bringing Communities Together, is so thrilling. The exhibit - presented by Thornton Arts, the Denver American Indian Festival, the Chicano Humanities and Arts Council (CHAC) and the Metropolitan State University of Denver Chicana/o Studies Department - features American
Indian and Latinx works. “This is our first live show in a long time, and we’re so excited about it,” said Brenda Garule, executive director of CHAC. “It’s been difficult deciding to terminate so many of our shows, especially with no income coming for many of our artists. We’re so happy to have this chance to showcase our artists at Thornton.” The in-person exhibit is hosted at the OZ Gallery, 9209 Dorothy Blvd., and runs through Friday, June 25. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tuesday through Friday. Walk-ins are welcome with a maximum of 10 people in the gallery at one time, or guests can secure a timed
entry ticket. CHAC, located in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District and committed to supporting the creativity and history of Chicanx and Latinx people, has been coordinating with the other organizations on the art for the exhibit. Pulling from such an assortment of artists, including Metro students and senior citizens, means that the works on display are as nuanced and varied as the people themselves. “This is one of the most diverse exhibitions we’ve had, and it all started through a connection with the Denver American InSEE READER, P17
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Evergreen’s Condojani family was likewise enjoying the final day of the season, with dad Marc saying, “It’s beautiful — a perfect snow day.” Because of the pandemic, Marc said the only time he really leaves the house is to buy groceries. The big exception has been this season’s 15 or so trips to Echo Mountain, which he said is a great outlet and a safe way to be outdoors. Even though the family plans to start mountain-biking soon, Jordan Condojani said Sunday was about getting in as many runs as possible. While the Condojanis and others were finishing their ski season, Boulder’s Gen Golsch and Elliot Robles were just getting started.
The two had been wanting to ski all season, but hectic schedules prevented them from going earlier. When they saw it was Echo Mountain’s last day, they decided to make time. “I haven’t been skiing since I was 12,” Golsch said. “ … It’s really freeing.” The two appreciated the resort’s proximity to the Denver area and its affordability, and plan to return next season. Denver’s Katy Irani and her 2-year-old son Zane Lambert were also visiting Echo Mountain for the first time Sunday. Irani said she heard good things about the resort’s beginner area and wanted to bring Zane so he could experience outdoor skiing after attending an indoor class. While she hadn’t gotten to ski much this season either, Irani said of Echo Mountain: “It’s got good energy. … We will be back.”
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dian Festival, which has been held in Thornton for years,” said Alisa Zimmerman, Thornton Arts and Culture manager. “It’s a real feast for the eyes, with vibrant colors and subject matters. The mediums include everything from metal sculpture and oil to mannequins dressed in traditional clothing.” According to Garule, about 25 artists are participating in the show. Not only does this highlight the wide range of talent in these communities but provides a much-needed creative outlet during what has been an extremely trying time. And that outlet will hopefully educate and inspire others. “We hope this exhibit provides more exposure for these artists in our community, and we’re happy that Thronton is the place where all these different groups can show their work together,” Zimmerman added. “A show like this shows the richness of cultures in our community, and we hope it piques their interest in seeing more.” Details and tickets can be secured at ArtsThornton.Eventbrite.com. A car seat murder mystery Any mystery fan knows that few things are more fun than a good whodunnit - and Westminster’s Orchard Town Center, 14780 Delaware St., is giving people an interactive who murder mystery that can be enjoyed and solved from their car. The live-film production of “A Midnight Masquerade” by The Murder Mystery Company will be hosted from 8 to 10 p.m. on Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24. The drive-in and -family-friendly mystery will be a staged Zoom projection onto a 40-foot screen and audi-
Evergreen’s James Myers, 12, wears a sumo wrestler costume as he prepares to hit the slopes Sunday morning at Echo Mountain Resort. PHOTOS BY CORINNE WESTEMAN
ences try to solve the crime. Guests will even receive clues through their phones, and by using all the information they will make a guess as to who the perpetrator is. Those who get it right will be entered to win a $150 gift card to Target. Costumes are encouraged and tickets cost $45 per car (which includes a $20 gift card for dinner from an Orchard restaurant). Buy your ticket at www.eventbrite. com/e/dinner-and-a-murder-tickets-142909246403. Clarke’s Concert of the Week - Ratboys from Schuba’s Tavern Chicago’s Ratboys certainly aren’t going to win any awards for their name choice, but their blend of emo, alt-country and indie rock makes for a bewitching brew that is only getting stronger with each release. Their most recent album, 2020’s “Printer’s Devil,” had the misfortune of being released right as COVID-19 started shutting things down. So, you should look it up if you’re one of those who missed it it’s one of the year’s best. In celebration of a decade as a group, Ratboys will be hosting a live stream performance and retrospective film from Schuba’s Tavern in Chicago. The event begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 29, and will feature the band performing songs from across their discography and telling stories about their time together. Visit https://ratboys.bandcamp. com/ to get a spot. Streaming style - ‘The Great Gatsby’ To my mind, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is one of the handfuls of books that actually lives up to the hype. Zachary Andrews, who adapted “Dracula” into a radio play format in October for the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., is returning for this new production of the classic novel. In addition to adapting the book,
Denver’s Katy Irani and her 2-year-old son Zane Lambert ride the conveyer to the top of Echo Mountain Resort’s beginner area Sunday morning, as others ski and snowboard down the Full-Send run behind them.
he also created original music and sound design. Sydnee Fullmer joins Andrews in the performance. The radio play runs through Saturday, May 15. Once a ticket is purchased, it has unlimited listening until the end of the run. Visit
https://arvadacenter.org/events/ the-great-gatsby-a-radio-play for the details. Clarke Reader’s column on culture apears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.
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Immigrant group’s cookbook seeks to bridge differences ‘Together at the Table’ celebrates global value of good meals with good friends BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The tastes of dozens of countries are collected in “Together at the Table,” a new cookbook from Littleton nonprofit Immigrant Pathways Colorado (IPC). With recipes like hummus from Lebanon, mojitos from Peru, stew from Ethiopia and egg rolls from Vietnam, IPC board members say they hope the cookbook conveys the diverse backgrounds represented in America — but also commonalities. “It reflects that common element we all share: sitting down to share a meal with family and friends,” said IPC board member Connie Shoemaker at an April 13 book launch event. “The table is a place of memory, where we become aware of who and what we are. That’s bound up in the food we eat — it’s a way of preserving past and heritage.” Proceeds from the cookbook go to IPC’s One-Immigrant-At-A-Time program, which provides selfdevelopment grants to immigrants, refugees and asylees who are in the country legally and live below the poverty line. Grants can be used for activities like English classes,
applying for citizenship, green card renewal and seeking professional training. Proceeds will also go toward scholarships to attend Arapahoe Community College. The cookbook includes 171 recipes from 66 contributors from 43 countries on nearly every continent. Included in the book are eight dividers printed with the stories of immigrants and their descendants, who share how food is woven into their cultural heritage. Among those is Nisren Hussein, whose family’s experience inspired the creation of the IPC. Hussein and her husband Raad are Kurds, a long-persecuted ethnic minority in Iraq. Growing up, Hussein’s family of nine had little access to fruit, fresh vegetables and meat as a result of war and economic sanctions. Hussein recalled her mother spending hours every day making flatbread to sell, often leaving her hands cracked and broken, aching to the point that Hussein had to lift the oven cover for her mother. Hussein later married Raad and had two children, but was forced to flee Iraq after anti-coalition forces discovered Raad was working as an interpreter for American troops. Army Col. Joe Rice, a Littleton resident, arranged for the Husseins to come to his hometown, and tasked IPC founder Susan Thornton and friends with setting the family up with a place to stay, jobs, and money to get on their feet. The experience inspired Thornton
“Together at the Table,” a new cookbook from Immigrant Pathways Colorado, features recipes from around the globe. Proceeds go to the group’s efforts to help imPHOTO BY DAVID GILBERT migrants on their feet.
and others to create IPC after realizing that small grants could make a world of difference to immigrants in need as they sought to become Americans. For Hussein, who contributed a recipe for Iraqi-style stuffed grape leaves to the cookbook, settling in Littleton was a blessing. “The air smelled beautiful when we walked out the door our first morning in Colorado,” she recalled in her segment in the cookbook. “It
was like breathing life.” Shoemaker said she hopes the cookbook furthers IPC’s goals: “To bridge the gaps between cultures through education, sharing stories and learning about one another.” “Together at the Table” is available at all Tattered Cover locations, including Aspen Grove. It can also be ordered through IPC’s website at ConnectingImmigrants. org/cookbook. IPC asks for a $20 donation.
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For county and state, clinics key tool in fight for vaccine equity in Jeffco Polis promises Jeffco will see more events like one that delivered 1,000 doses at Lakewood shopping center BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As a member of the public health staff team working to ensure the distribution of vaccines is as equitable as possible in Jeffco, part of Marius Nielsen’s job is to hone in on the county communities where people are being vaccinated at lower rates. “We’re trying to see who is being left behind,” Nielsen said. “And then we work with organizations to say “in your community where’s the best location and how do we reach people and what is the best approach to distributing the vaccine here?” At this point in the vaccination effort, no Jeffco community has bee left behind more than the Sheridan Boulevard corridor in Lakewood, which Nielsen said has some of the lowest vaccination rates not only in Jeffco but nationwide. Nielsen said that statistic is the result of many challenges, including a large number of residents who lack health insurance and thus experience with the medical system. The area also has a high number of residents who don’t speak English. “There’s also lots of language barriers which come into play because a lot of the information that has been put out about the vaccine is going out in English,” said Nielsen. “And so what a lot of folks have access to is what they are seeing on social media, which creates hesitancy.” Few people know more about the reality of those challenges and
NEED HELP GETTING A VACCINE? Call Jefferson County’s COVID Vax Information Center at 303-239-7000. Por Espanol, 303-330-2766. what it takes to break through them than Sandie Weathers, who lives in the area and has been closely involved with helping its Spanish-speaking residents access food and other resources during the pandemic as a volunteer with the Conectando community organization (formerly Adelante Jeffco). For months, Weathers has been hoping to help organize an event that would literally break down those barriers by bringing vaccines directly into her community. On April 14, that vision became a reality as Weathers and Conectando collaborated with JCPH to hold a vaccine equity clinic in the Alameda Crossing Shopping Center that put 1,000 Pfizer shots in the arms of area residents who didn’t even have to get out of their cars. While the parking lot of a busy shopping center might seem a surprising place to give out vaccines, Weathers and Nielsen both said that choice of site was no accident. “This is the community,” Nielsen said. “This is where people live, work and play and we wanted to meet people where they are and make sure they can get vaccinated in a place where they are comfortable and with people they are comfortable with.” The location also made sense given the intention of the clinic to be highly targeted to reaching residents of the neighborhood. To do so, Weathers and other volunteers hit the pavement to talk to people at nearby businesses and get them signed up for the clinic. Conectando also reached out to the many area residents who have accessed services through its Community Navigators Warmline
A nurse holds syringes filled with vaccine before distributing them to stations at the PHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO clinic.
to get as many of them as possible signed up. Among the 1,000 people to receive a shot was Josselin Medrano, who works at a new Mexican restaurant in the shopping center. Medrano said she signed up for the clinic after Weathers came in to tell the staff about the clinic. The restaurant’s owner, meanwhile, volunteered to donate burritos for the site’s volunteers, a move that Weathers said un-
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derscores the communal nature of the clinic and the effort that supported it. Weathers, in turn, distributed goodie bags containing the cards of businesses that helped support the event to those that came to the clinic. “We were appreciative of the publicity that (the clinic) was going to give us and wanted to give back,” said Josselin through SEE VACCINE, P21
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Weathers’ translation. As Weathers visited various businesses to sign people up for the clinic, she was struck by the number of people who expressed concerns not about the vaccine but how much it would cost them. “People don’t even know that it’s free,” she said. Governor promises more equity clinics in Jeffco The Alameda Crossing clinic is one of several that have taken place in Jeffco in recent days as both the state and county increase their focus on getting vaccines into harder-to-reach communities. Gov. Jared Polis said the state has so far partnered with local organizations such as Firefly Autism and the Queen of the Vietnamese Martyrs to put on nine equity clinics focusing on different communities in Jeffco as of April 15. Polis told Colorado Community Media that while the state is able to provide vaccines and help with logistics, the success of those clinics rests with the community partners that are involved. “It really takes a community partner that has the trust of the community and the ability to help communicate and organize people to get vaccinated,” said Polis. “That’s really what we look for and we’d love to partner with anybody through our equity partnership team to do that.”
Sandie Weathers, volunteer with the Conectando community organization
Sandie Weathers at the equity vaccine clinic she helped organize at the Alameda Crossing shopPHOTO BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO ping center in Lakewood.
Polis said Jeffco residents can expect to see even more equity clinics in the coming weeks, plus the county’s first visits from the state’s mobile vaccination units, a bus that can “pull up and provide up to 500 vaccines at a time.” That’s because the state is projecting vaccine supply will soon outstrip demand across the Denver metro area. “We’ll be there with supply exceeeding demand in the Jeffco region within two weeks,” he said on April 15. “And that mans it’s not so much that people don’t want the vaccine, they do, but
people are vaccine lazy or hesitant and we have to reach them where they are. They don’t want to do an online booking and they don’t want to look for it but if it’s available and easy for them in a setting they trust with community members they will go in to protect themselves.” But Polis said the state still has work to do to reach people in Jeffco’s non-English speakers. “Jeffco is a very diverse county and so there are a lot of folks that we are doing that cultural specific outreach to,” he said. The governor also said that he
is hopeful those ongoing efforts, and the inroads and connections with those communities that result, are serving as a catalyst for change that will endure after the pandemic ends. The increasing prominence of telemedicine is one example of how innovations resulting from the pandemic will save people money and increase convenience over the longterm. “I think we take the learning from the last year and we need to be able to utilize new ways of doing things that might work better and be more efficient,” he said.
AWRSAY 2021 Student Recognition Since 2001, the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth (AWRSAY) has recognized youth who have overcome a major life obstacle or adversity. AWRSAY seeks to acknowledge these deserving youth by providing recognition to all and, in the case of high school seniors, scholarship opportunities to Red Rocks Community College. We hope that through community encouragement, support and recognition, Arvada and Wheat Ridge youth will grow to be confident members and leaders in our communities. AWRSAY is entirely volunteer-driven. We encourage you to become involved by nominating a deserving youth or supporting AWRSAY through funding, mentoring, or youth employment. Please join us in congratulating the 2021 AWRSAY Recognized Students and Scholarship Awardees! Recognized Students Sydney Huyser Trey Bellamy Juanita Lewis Arreola Casey Shade Aden Baca-Tarango John (JP) Borsheim Isabella Ciotti Damian Dunning Edwin Ferguson Trevor Figaszewski Ashlyne Gomez Addison Lenchner Breanne Elizabeth Richards Daniel Rosales Alivia Nuanes Kathryn Woodcock Tayler Paine Reanna Mendez Samantha Bowes Romely Carreon Kaleo Conley-Nakamura Blake Janney Ismael Luevanos Julissa Nunez Oceguera Eduardo Toledano
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Founder Scholarship Awards Founders Scholarship Awards are special recognitions in honor of the significant contribution and dedication of those individuals who had the vision to bring our community together for the Arvada-Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth. AWRSAY Founder – Duane Youse (Arvada Jefferson Kiwanis) AWRSAY Founder – Bill Johnson (Jamie Johnson – Community Member) AWRSAY Founder – Dan Macy (Career Counselor / Academic Advisor Red Rocks Community College, Arvada Campus) AWRSAY Founder – Curt Gilmore (Jane Gilmore – Community Member) AWRSAY Founder – Diane Hegeman (Retired VP of Instruction, Arapahoe Community College) AWRSAY Founder – Ron Sloan (Director of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Retired; Arvada Jefferson Kiwanis)
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Jeffco lays out two-phased plan for return to normalcy County will move to dial Level Blue this week
period, JCPH will closely monitor hospitalizations as a metric to measure how many severe COVID-19 infections there are in the county. Phase 2 will last until Aug. 15. The health order lays out criteria for how JCPH will then be able to move the county to more restrictive levels of the current COVID-19 dial if hospitalizations increase beyond certain thresholds. For example. Jeffco will return to Level Blue if it sees more than two COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 county residents in a 14-day period. It will then move to Level Yellow if it sees more than three COVID-19 hospital admissions per 100,000 people in a 14-day period. During Phase 1, the Five Star program, which allows approved business to operate at one level below the county’s current level on the COVID-19 dial, will be suspended. However, Five Starapproved businesses will be able to operate at one level lower if the county ever has to move beyond Level Clear in Phase 2. According to JCPH Executive Director Dawn Comstock, Jeffco consulted with leaders from other Denver metro area counties, to determine the path forward following the state’s retirement of the dial. “We are confident this brief phased approach will allow our community to work to get our recent increase in COVID-19 transmission back under control, while we race to quickly vaccinate as many people as we can and prevent another surge
MASK ORDER Under the new reopening plan phases, JCPH’s local mask order, Public Health Order 20-008, remains in effect. Under that order, all residents and visitors must wear a face mask in indoor spaces when six feet of social distancing cannot be maintained. However, that order includes exceptions for situations such as sitting in a restaurant or receiving a personal service such as a facial where removing the mask is necessary to receive that service.
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COVID-19 restrictions just got looser in Jeffco as the county charts what it hopes will be a path out of the pandemic and back to pre-COVID normalcy. On April 13, JCPH announced via its website that it had “issued a new public health order through the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and back to a full reopening.” According to the announcement, the order was issued in anticipation of the state retiring the COVID-19 dial and associated public health order that have dictated COVID-19 policy in the state’s counties for much of the pandemic. Last month, the state announced that it would repeal the dial on April 16 and pass a new public health order granting county governments greater control over whether to enforce restrictions.
ity with six feet of distance between parties while offices can operate at up to 75% capacity. Bars can also reopen at 25% capacity. Jefferson County has been operating in Level Yellow, the next most restrictive level after Level Blue, since April 9 after the county announced its COVID-19 metrics had exceeded the threshholds for remaining in Level Blue. The new order states that Jeffco will operate in Level Blue for 30 days and there will be no adjustment of restrictions during that period. Phase 2 Then, on March 15, the county will move to Phase 2 of its reopening plan and start operating in what the statement calls “a new dial level” called Level Clear. In Level Clear, all business will be able to operate in 100% capacity with no restrictions. However, the county says indoor mask requirements may still apply. During Phase 2, which JCPH is billing as an observation
Phase 1 Under the new order, which took effect on April 16, Jeffco will move into Phase 1 of the reopening plan laid out by the order. In Phase 1, both businesses and individuals will be able to operate under the rules and restrictions of the current dial’s Level Blue. In Level Blue, restaurants and gyms can operate at 100% capac-
driven by more-contagious variants,” Comstock said in a statement. “At the same time, our local businesses can better plan for the near future.” Several of those other metro area counties, including Adams and Arapahoe counties, will also adopt the same two-phased approach. However, the county commissioners in Douglas County, which is part of TriCounty Public Health along with Arapahoe and Adams counties, voted unanimously on April 13 opt their county out of following the Tri-County order establishing the phased approach and instead proceed with no restrictions. Recently, Jefferson County has seen increases in its COVID-19 seven-day case incidence rate and test positivity rate. During April 5-11, there were 891 cases of COVID-19 (152.8 per 100,000) in Jefferson County, and the test positivity rate during the same time period was 5.0%. That seven-day case number grew to 171.8 by April 15. According to the release, the two phased approach was developed in part because of advice from the Colorado School of Public Health Modeling Team to Governor Polis stating that it has concluded that delaying policy changes in Colorado until mid-May will prevent large numbers of deaths and hospitalizations. However, the release states that JCPH expects vaccine coverage to be sufficient to control COVID-19 transmission in Jeffco by late May.
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The 2021 edition of the Golden Rotary Ethics in Business Awards program may look different, but the ideals it seeks to honor remains the same. For the first quarter of 2021, the program honors Golden business couple Aimee and Dean Valdez for exemplifying strong ethics while conducting quite a few businesses in their community. Aimee and Dean own five businesses in Golden: The Old Capitol Grill & Smokehouse, Bella Colibri, Miners Saloon, Ace Liquor and The Brick Room. Together, they serve as directors on five local boards: Golden Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Development Authority, Miners Alley Playhouse, Golden Visitor & Information Center and the On Tap Credit Union. EIB 2021 For the past 15 years the Rotary Club of Golden has
held an Ethics in Business Awards program, which has honored businesses and nonprofits in the Goldenand broader Jefferson County community that display the highest standards of ethical behavior. Traditionally two recipients are chosen by the students in the ethics class at the Colorado School of Mines from nominations submitted by members of the community. Each nominee submits an essay about their business’ ethical practices, which is then evaluated by the students. The program has normally featured a luncheon attended by 300 or more local businesspeople, government officials and community leaders to recognize the EIB award nominees and winners for their adherence to high ethical standards. Earlier this year, Golden Rotary decided that the outlook for the COVID situation was too uncertain, thus making any planning for such a celebration of the awards risky. Feeling that EIB nominees deserve much more than significantly reduced recognition, Golden Rotary decided to hold the ethics program in a modified form, meaning nominations will not be sought in 2021 and thus no awards
Aimee and Dean Valdez stand in the entryway of one of their restaurants, Bella Colibri. The name in Italian means beautiful hummingbird. The hummingbird in the entryway was painted by Golden artist PHOTO BY CHRISTY STEADMAN Alyssa Graves.
ceremony will be held. Instead, Golden Rotary plans a year-long Celebration of Ethics in Business in various ways during 2021. Each quarter the Club will honor a local person or organization that has made valuable contributions to the community and/or demonstrated particularly
ethical business behavior. In addition a video will be produced and published in which these organizations describe their activities. Other forms of publicity will identify each quarter’s awardees, including various media and the Club’s website www.goldenrotary. org. Finally the Club plans
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ARVADA — There was no winner April 12 at the North Area Athletic Complex. Arvada West and Valor Christian ended the top-10 Class 5A boys soccer match-up in a scoreless tie after 100 minutes at the NAAC. “Neither team could find the back of the net,” Arvada West senior goalie Jacoby Landskov said. “At the end of the day soccer is about scoring and neither one of us did.” The tie between the then No. 7 Wildcats and No. 9 Eagles actually helped out unranked Lakewood win the 5A Jeffco League title. The Tigers (6-2-2, 6-1-1 in league) leaped over Valor (8-1-1, 6-1-1) and A-West (6-1-2, 4-1-2) in the conference standings. Lakewood’s 1-0 overtime victory over Bear Creek on April 16 at Trailblazer Stadium clinched the league title. It was be the first boys soccer league champion for Lakewood since 1995. “It’s been a crazy season. We lost to Lakewood early so we’ve felt like since Game 2 in league we’ve been playing for our playoff lives,” Valor coach Brian Shultz said. “I would image Lakewood is pretty happy.” Valor wrapped up second in 5A Jeffco with a 6-0 home victory in the snow over Dakota Ridge on April 15. The top two teams in the league earn an automatic bid to the 16-team state tournament that begins with the first-round game on either Wednesday, April 21, or Thursday, April 22. A-West is in tougher spot. The Wildcats looked to be in-line to win a third straight conference title less than two weeks ago. A-West was undefeated and 4-0 in league play, but a 1-1 tie against Lakewood (April 8) and 2-0 loss to Chatfield (April 10), along with another tie versus Valor puts the playoffs in doubt for the Wildcats. “Not a whole lot to say really,” Landskov said after the tie against Valor. “It is really disappointing. Both sides played great tonight. It just stinks to not come out on top and now not win in three games.” A-West pretty much had to defeat rival Ralston Valley on April 15 at the NAAC for any chance to more than likely get one of the four at-large playoff bids. The Mustangs grabbed a 1-0 lead on SEE TIE, P25
Valor Christian sophomore Duncan Voeglie (13) and Arvada West senior Gabe Schultz (19) battle for possession Monday, April 12, PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS during the Class 5A Jeffco League game at the North Area Athletic Complex.
Standley Lake boys soccer ends 3-decade long drought by winning league crown BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
LAKEWOOD — It has been a long time coming for Standley Lake’s boys soccer program.
The Gators — No. 10 in the latest CHSAANow.com Class 4A boys soccer rankings — hadn’t won a conference title since 1990. That ended Tuesday, April 13, at Lakewood Memorial Field.
“I kind of had a feeling,” Standley Lake coach John Cole said of the Gators’ run to history. “Those guys are the hardest working men in show business right now. I’ve been fortunate to line them up and
push them out.” Standley Lake (8-2, 7-1 in 4A Jeffco League) wrapped up the elusive conference title with a 1-0 victory SEE SOCCER, P31
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Arvada West junior Owen Welch (17) tries to breakaway from Valor junior Jaden Claycamp (10) during the scoreless tie Monday, April 12, at the North Area Athletic Complex. PHOTO BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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the Wildcats before snow postponed the game to Monday, April 19. The game was schedule to be resumed on Monday after press deadline. “We just have to win against Ralston Valley and see what happens from there,” Landskov said. “We can’t worry about anyone else.” Landskov was solid recording his sixth shutout in net this season against Valor. Valor had several set pieces that gave the Eagles scoring chances. The best scoring opportunity for Valor came in the first half. Sophomore Zac Brooks deflected a corner kick that looked to beat Landskov, but A-West sophomore Josh White was in the right place
on the far post to keep the ball out of the net. A-West senior Noah Kanagy and sophomore Luke Schultz both had hard shots saved by Valor freshman goalie Dennis Polzin a minute apart in the second half. “He (Polzin) has been fantastic all year and his strength is in the air. We are such a possession team that is what most teams try to do is put balls in the air against us,” Shultz said. “We have two other great goalies too. We are blessed that way.” The best scoring chance in the two 10-minute overtime periods came off the foot of Valor senior Tyler Eagan, but his direct free kick was just wide left midway through the first overtime. Dennis Pleuss is the Sports Information Director for Jeffco Public Schools. For more Jeffco coverage go to CHSAANow.com/Jeffco.
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Retro Colorado plates likely coming back Tags with green mountains would be available for an extra fee BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
The green mountains are (really) poised for a comeback next year. Colorado lawmakers are quickly advancing legislation that would make the state’s retro license plates — green mountains instead of white ones — available for an upcharge as soon as 2022. That’s thanks to Senate Bill 69, which also would require Coloradans to get new plates when they purchase a new or used car. The retro plates would cost up to $75 extra, with $25 of that going to a disability support fund.
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over D’Evelyn. Standley Lake senior Kellan Bundgaard put in the eventual game-winning goal in the 45th minute. “There is no winning without believing,” Bundgaard said. “I think every single person on this team contributed. Everyone wanted this.” The Gators had one conference game remaining against Alameda International, but there is no possible scenario where Golden or Evergreen could catch Standley Lake after the win April 13. “It feels amazing. Everyone on this team feels like my best friend,” Standley Lake senior goalie David Crosbey said moments after the Gators were handed the league championship plaque. “This isn’t just a league
State Sen. Kevin Priola, a Henderson Republican and champion of the legislation, tried last year to bring back the green license plates, but the 2020 bill was vetoed by Gov. Jared Polis because of a problem with the legislation. It allowed the state Division of Motor Vehicles to collect new fees but not spend them. “We encourage the sponsors and the General Assembly to bring this bill again next session,” Polis, a Democrat, wrote in his veto letter. Priola listened — and made some changes. Last year’s bill would have switched all new Colorado plates to the retro style. But under the 2021 bill, the white mountains stay put as the default plate and the old school option is a specialty plate like one you might buy if you’re a University of Colorado alumnus or a fan of Nolan Arenado’s former baseball team. The one hitch: If not enough
people want the retro plates, they may not become available. That seems unlikely, though. Access to the retro-style plates is just a perk of the legislation. Priola says the real reason for the bill has to do with public safety. Right now, motorists can keep their license plates forever. That’s problematic because over time the numbers fade, making it difficult for law enforcement to read them and impossible for toll-road cameras to scan them. Priola was recently driving to the Capitol and saw a Toyota Corolla with a rear license plate so faded it looked like the numbers were covered in Wite-Out. Also, people have been known to skirt registration fees by paying rates for older vehicles attached to their old plates even when they purchase a new car. Older cars have
cheaper annual registration fees. Priola said the goal is to protect state coffers from being drained by people abusing the system that way. “It forces folks to actually be upholding the law,” he said. If you like your license plate’s numbers and letters and don’t want to change them when you buy a new car, you would be able to keep them for a fee under Senate Bill 69. (In case you are wondering, there are currently 180 license plate types in Colorado.) Senate Bill 69 cleared its first committee hearing with unanimous support on March 8.
title. It’s a league title with the boys.” The Gators reeled off eight straight wins after an openingseason, non-league loss to Arvada West. The condensed season hasn’t effected Standley Lake. In fact, the Gators have won six games in eight days from April 6 to April 13. Standley Lake had won four 1-goal games during the 8-game winning streak. D’Evelyn (2-5-2, 2-4-2) wasn’t about to just hand the Gators the league title. The Jaguars have been in every game they have played this season and April 13 was the same story. The game was scoreless though the first half until Bundgaard found the back of the net five minutes into the second half. “Kellan’s goal was huge. It was very big,” Crosbey said. “I expect nothing less from Kellan. He always pulls through, but D’Evelyn brought it to us tonight.”
Standley Lake junior Seth White set up the game-winning goal making a run deep toward the end-line before slipping a pass to Bundgaard. White was actually taken down hard by D’Evelyn senior Caulin Martinez in the first half. Both Martinez and White received yellow cards for the incident before halftime. “We knew first team to put in a goal was going to win it,” Bundgaard said. “Seth had an interesting first half when it got a little heated. He carried through and put it to me for my 13th on the season, lucky 13.” The lone goal was all the Gators needed. Standley Lake’s defense held up and Crosbey managed his sixth shutout victory of the season. “My heart was beating,” Crosbey said of the couple of set pieces by the Jaguars that nearly tied the game late. “This was our league title on the line.”
The Gators close out their regular season against Alameda on Saturday, April 17, at Trailblazer Stadium. The league finale was postponed due to the snowstorm that hit the Denver Metro Area on April 15. Standley Lake suffered a 3-2 loss to end the 8-game winning streak for the Gators. The 4A state will be a 16-team tournament. Standley Lake actually had a Cinderella run to the 4A state Final 4 in 2015. The Gators were the No. 11 seed, but knocked off No. 6 Niwot and No. 3 Battle Mountain before losing to No. 2 The Classical Academy in the semifinals. “I think our goal is to go all the way,” Crosbey said. “We have a lot of ambitious people on this team. Our goal is to win state.”
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