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VOLUME 17 | ISSUE 1
Shooting in Olde Town
Community members gather on the corner of Ralston Road and Olde Wadsworth Boulevard to watch the procession.
PHOTOS BY RYAN DUNN
Three dead including one APD officer and suspect BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Arvada police are investigating a shooting in Olde Town Arvada that resulted in the death of Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley. The shooting took place near Olde Town Square and the Jefferson County Library — located approximately at the intersection of Olde Wadsworth Boulevard and West 57th Avenue — around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, June 21. Arvada Police Department PIO Dave Snelling confirmed to reporters that three people died. Among them an APD officer, an adult male civilian that was described as “a Good Samaritan” by Snelling and the shooting suspect. “This is an active investigation,” APD Deputy Chief Ed Brady said during a 5:10 p.m. press conference. A veteran officer with the Arvada Police Department was shot and killed. Another person was transported to an area hospital. At this time, we believe this person was shot and killed by the gunman. We are working to identify this individual.” “Our thoughts and prayers go SEE SHOOTING, P6
Arvada Police Department Deputy Chief Ed Brady, center, addresses the media at a press conference June 21, flanked by Arvada Mayor Marc Williams, left, and two law enforcement officials.
DONATIONS FOR OFFICER BEESLEY Arvada Police Officer Gordon Beesley, a 19-year member of the APD and a School Resource Officer at Oberon Middle School, was identified as one of the victims in Tuesday’s shooting. Donations to Beesley’s family can be made to cofallenhero. org.
The Arvada Police Department has asked the community not to set up GoFundMe accounts for Beesley, stating that the Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation is the only official donation site. Beesley’s family has requested privacy at this time, according to APD.
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Alex Reid, the production manager for Rheinlander Bakery located in Olde Town, said he was working in the bakery when he heard what sounded like a firecracker go off, followed by two more. He said it sounded like the shots were coming from the square area at 57th and Old Wadsworth, near the library. Reid said his staff moved quickly at that point, ushering employees and customers to a secluded stock room further in the building, where the group barricaded themselves in. They waited until police arrived, who eventually ushered everyone out the back of the building and to safety. Reid said his employee Caeliegh Cole was at the front of the bakery when it happened, and reacted quickly, even ushering in people from off the street to get them to safety. “Amazing teamwork ensued,” said Reid, “from every one of my employees. Caeliegh Cole was the front of house employee that got people off the street and locked the front door. She was so quick to respond.” Cole said the sight of people fleeing the apparent gunshots prompted her to spring into action. “I was standing near the front and I heard shots,” said Cole. “It took me a second to realize what it was, and I saw people running outside — I saw families and kids. I went up, ran for the door, I called everyone I could inside. “It was a mom and her daughter,” Cole continued, “and they had been customers — the daughter was still holding a cupcake — and there was a father and his three kids, and I helped them all inside and I told them to go in the back past the counters … with all the employees.” Cole said at that point she realized she hadn’t grabbed the key to the front door and retrieved it before trying to close and lock the door as quickly as possible. Rheinlander’s slow door closer prompted SEE BAKERY, P6
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Registration is still open for Wild Ideas, this year’s theme in the Jeffco Library Summer Challenge. Book lovers of all ages can participate. Simply log onto to www.jeffcolibrary.org and click on the Wild Ideas logo on the home page or call 303-235.5275 to sign up. Summer offers kids a great chance to have fun and unwind from school. But there’s also the potential for the summer slide, a phenomenon where kids tend to forget some of what they learned the previous year. According to a Brookings Institute study by David M. Quinn and Morgan Polikoff, students lose more than one month of learning during summer break, with more acute losses for lower-income students. This year, there’s also potential for increased learning losses due to COVID-19 disruptions. In fact, attendance at Jeffco’s Summer of Early Learning (JSEL) literacy program has doubled this year. With that in focus, the Jeffco library thinks reading throughout the summer and completing activities is another way to keep kids’ minds sharp, so they are ready for the next school year. Schools also benefit when you SEE READING, P3
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CORRECTION An article in last week’s edition covering the Arvada United Methodist Church’s Pride Month celebration incorrectly identified Dr. Amy
Gearhart as the bishop of the Mountain Sky Conference that AUMC belongs to. Rev. Karen Oliveto is the bishop of that organization and
spoke alongside Rep. Brianna Titone at the Pride event, while Dr. Gearhart is the pastor of AUMC. The paper regrets the error. To
report any corrections or clarifications please call 303-566-4129 or email gwallace@coloradocommunitymedia.com.
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participate in Wild Ideas. When you register for the Library Summer Challenge, select the school you or your child will be attending. Then, as your kids log their reading and activities, the points will automatically count toward the school competition. “We want to be innovative, resilient, lifelong learners,” said Tobye Ertelt, a digital teaching librarian at Oberon Middle School, one of the winners in last year’s school contest. “The more you read, the
Learn more or register today at jeffcolibrary.org/summer-challenge/ more vocabulary you get, the more your brain strengthens. Exercising your brain over the summer is important to keep everything fresh, both for children and adults.” Ertelt and those at Oberon Middle plan to be school contest champions in 2021 and have already promoted the prizes among students. The $800 Oberon won last year went directly back to students with the purchase of student-selected
books, including novels, graphic novels, e-books and nonfiction books, for the library to increase excitement about reading. “I am so very proud of our students. They are so dedicated, competitive and excited about the Library Summer Challenge. The school plans to use its win last year to motivate students,” Ertelt said. “We want to stay on top, so we’re going to use that as leverage.” You and your kids can earn great prizes as you log your reading and complete activities that count toward the goal of earning 500 points. Each minute of reading equals one point and each activity counts as 25
points. You can get a midway prize at 250 points and a finisher prize at 500. Every 500 points you earn after reaching the 500 mark enters you into the grand prize drawing for a new iPad. Track your progress by downloading the Beanstack mobile app. or pick up a paper tracker at any Jefferson County Public Library location. If you participated in last year’s program, sign in using your previous account. If this is your first time, create a new account for yourself or your family. Then, start logging your activities and reading time.
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Winning a Bidding War Is Harder Than Ever for Buyers. Here Are Some Ideas for Succeeding. It is a lot harder working for buyers these days. You’d be hard pressed to find a buyer’s agent who hasn’t lost more bidding wars than he has won for his clients. I don’t mind admitting that has certainly been true for me. Last Sunday, however, I had a big success. My buyer fell in love with a patio home that backed to her alma mater, a Jeffco high school. Like her, the seller was a single woman, so maybe there was some sympathy there — I wouldn’t know. It’s not accepted nowadays to present “love letters” from buyers, because they could lead to a fair housing violation, but it is okay to say things in a cover message with the contract written by me, not the buyer, so I made a point of saying that my buyer was an alum of that high school and relished buying this house. I don’t know if that helped either, but it didn’t hurt and it didn’t constitute a fair housing violation. What did help was that I learned from the listing agent that while the seller was moving out of state, she was going to move her furniture to a friend’s house in the greater metro area. We have a moving truck which we make available to our buyers and sellers, but we can also offer it free to another agent’s client if it will help us win a bidding war. That did the trick for my buyer in this situation, and it also saved her several thousand dollars. Here is how and why. In our offer we added an “additional provision” that Golden Real Estate (not my buyer) would provide totally free moving of the seller’s furniture anywhere in the Front Range, using our own moving truck and personnel, moving boxes and packing material. Then, instead of a typical “escalation
clause” offering to beat any competing offer by one or two thousand dollars (or more), I wrote that “buyer requests the opportunity to match any competing offer in order to retain for the seller the above mentioned totally free moving benefit.” It worked. We were told the dollar amount of the best competing offer and were allowed to match, not beat, it. My buyer is now happily under contract for her dream home. Any agent could make the same offer on behalf of his or her buyer, paying for the cost of moving. It’s just that we have the economy of having our own truck and moving personnel. Since I’m often on the listing side of a bidding war, I have seen other strategies used by agents hoping to win a bidding war for their clients. A common one is to make a quick first offer that is substantially over the asking price but with an early acceptance deadline, hoping to get it under contract before anyone else can submit. This can pose a dilemma for the listing agent when his strategy, like ours, is to wait four days so that every possible buyer gets a change to compete. Agreeing to accept an early offer like that should be the seller’s decision, however, not mine. Yes I gave my word that we would not sell the home in less than four days, but now I modify that promise by saying that, “in the event the seller wants to accept a particularly attractive early offer, we will give sufficient notice to every agent who has set a showing so that they can accelerate their showing and offering schedule.” We don’t want any buyer or their agent to be blindsided. As we like to say, “the only way a buyer will lose out is if he or she drops out.”
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Abuse of Lockbox Access Is Serious But Rare Access to listed properties has changed significantly over time. Long before I became a real estate broker, an agent wanting to show a listed property might have to go to the listing office to sign out the keys and bring them back after the showing. That approach would certainly not work in today’s market where 10 or more showings might be scheduled in a single day. Then we saw the introduction of lockboxes, usually with alphabetic dials, like those padlocks on high school lockers. When I first confronted one of those lockboxes as a new agent, I had forgotten which way to turn first, and I took way too long to open the lockbox. It was quite embarrassing. They don’t teach that skill in real estate school! Lockboxes with numeric push buttons are more common now, and they are my favorite for two reasons. First, you can open them in the dark, since you remember where each button is located. Second, no one will know what the code is by looking at it after you open it. Lockboxes with dials allow a buyer to look at the lockbox after it is open and memorize the code for unauthorized use later on. Agents should never allow their buyers to know the lockbox code, nor should they give it to another agent, inspector or
vendor without approval from the listing agent. Writing the code on a listing sheet or other paper which could be seen by the buyer is a no-no. I record the code for individual showings on my iPhone where only I can see it. If I’m showing several listings, I print out the agent instruction sheet for me, giving my client a version which does not have the lockbox codes. Abuse of lockbox or other access is a serious matter that can subject a broker to suspension or loss of his/her license. Electronic lockboxes are struggling to gain acceptance in our market, although they are quite common in other markets. These boxes will only open for agents when they are allowed access, preventing them from returning on another day or at another time without additional permission. Codes are unique for each showing agent, allowing listing agents and their sellers to know exactly when each agent came and left. The main reason electronic lockboxes have not caught on here is that abuse of the mechanical lockboxes has been quite rare. We have insurance to protect our sellers from losses related to unauthorized access, but in two decades as a listing agent, I have never filed a claim, just as I have never had a loss sustained during an open house.
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76 years late, 102-year-old World War II vet recieves medals in ceremony Flaherty served as a medic in the Pacific theater BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO PALBANIBURGIO@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Retired Major General Steven Best pinning a medal onto Reverend Edward Flaherty, Jr. PHOTOS BY PAUL ALBANI-BURGIO at the Xavier Jesuit Center.
HONORS AWARDED Honors awarded to Reverend Flaherty, Jr. Army Good Conduct Medal American Defense Service Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two
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Time is running out. With less than 2% of America’s World War II veterans still living — and the youngest of those that remain now well into their 90s — there just won’t be much time left to right past wrongs when it comes to properly honoring those who fought for America in the deadliest war in world history. So on June 18 Congressman Ed Perlmutter and retired Major General Steven Best took the opportunity to do just that by awarding Reverend Edward Flaherty, Jr. with five medals he had earned as a result of his heroic service during the war, 76 years after the fact. Flaherty spent four years in the Army, where he served mainly as a medic in the Pacific theater who played what Perlmutter described as “a critical role in treating his fellow soldiers wounds and injuries while assisting with evacuations of casualties.” Perlmutter said members of his office began looking into Flaherty after a priest who knows Flaherty contacted a Denver city councilman about recognizing Flaherty. The councilman then reached out to Perlmutter’s office. “We found that you were entitled to a number of different medals that you never received when you left the war in 1945,” said Perlmutter. “And so it is our pleasure to be able to recognize you today for the service you provided.” The five medals Flaherty received included the Good Conduct medal, which is awarded for “exemplary behavior, efficiency and fidelity.” He also received the honorable service lapel button, which was awarded to soldiers who were honorably discharged at the end of the war, and a medal awarded by the Philippines who played a role in the nation’s liberation from the Japanese, as well as a flag that was flown over the US Capitol. Flaherty, who learned that the ceremony would be taking place only moments before those in attendance began to arrive, expressed appreciation for the ceremony even as he
Medals pinned on Reverend Edward Flaherty, Jr’s shirt.
joked that he “would’ve fled to the mountains” if he had known it was coming. “All I can say is thank you for all of these commendations, most of which I don’t feel worthy of accepting but I do appreciate it,” he said. “I hope that spirit that invigorated us in World War II, Korea and so on will be passed to the younger generation today.” He then went on to bemoan what he described as “the explosion of violence and hatred and venom” that characterizes a significant portion of the country. “I think most of the trouble today is simply that people don’t know what life is all about,” he said. “We’re inundated with so many material things that they overlook seeing the prime goal of every single human, namely God. He created all of us himself and that’s where we’re all headed, whether we like it or not.” In his remarks, Best, who regularly helps honor veterans at such ceremonies, said honoring Flaherty was particularly special because he continued to serve his country even after taking his uniform off by serving as pastor, teacher and the chaplain for Lowry Air Force base. Flaherty, who is 102, currently lives at the Xavier Jesuit Center near Regis University and the border of Denver and Jefferson County but will soon be heading to St. Louis, a move which added additional urgency to the ceremony. “He has been just a quiet force in our community for a very long time,” said Perlmutter. “And so it is a great pleasure and privilege to be able to participate in today’s ceremony.”
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Cole to forcefully pull the door shut, adding to the panic. After securing the front door, Cole ran upstairs to the stockroom where staff, customers and passersby were seeking shelter. Cole said that upon arriving to the stockroom, she discovered that one of the women she had brought in from the street had sustained an injury while trying to evade gunfire. “Everyone upstairs was really panicked,” said Cole. “One of my co-workers was sobbing in tears, and we are missing some people — they ended up being in a downstairs closet. One lady had been hit by some shrapnel or one dude said she might have been burned by a casing or something. It was a really tiny burn on her back, but it was bleeding a little bit. “But luckily,” Cole continued, “the father I ushered in was a doctor. He took a look at it and she was pretty OK, I just had her sit down and we just sat there, and I tried to comfort my co-workers and the kids because their dad was on the phone.” After a while, Reid went downstairs to stand lookout for police officers. Once they arrived, Reid showed the responding officers to the people barricaded in the stock-
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room and the downstairs closet. The police then escorted everyone barricaded out the back door and to the parking lot behind the Elks Lodge. After a debriefing period, all those sequestered at Rheinlander’s were allowed to go home. The woman who sustained an injury fleeing the shooting was treated by EMT’s and discharged without being admitted to the hospital, according to Cole. Arvada Mayor Marc Williams said effort of good Samaritans like Cole is on-brand for the Arvada community. “It is quintessential Arvada,” said Williams, “that everyone pulled together to protect each other and keep each other safe.” Cole added that being in an active shooter situation is one of her worst fears and took solace in her response to the situation despite the dire circumstances. “I have nightmares about things like this happening,” said Cole, “and it’s definitely one of my worst fears. I guess I’m proud of myself to know that when faced with one of my worst fears I ran to help rather than doing nothing. I also feel kind of stupid for running right toward the danger. But everyone has told me that they’re really proud of me. “I’m just glad nothing happened to me or anybody I was trying to help,” Cole continued. — Ryan Dunn
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out to the victim’s families and friends,” Brady continued. “One suspect has been shot and killed, and his identity will be released by the coroner’s officer... We are not searching for anyone else.” Brady also confirmed that there was no further threat to the public and the department was not looking for additional suspects. He said the area shelter-in-place order has been lifted, though portions of Olde Town would remain closed to the public, pending the ongoing investigation. Beesley was a 19-year member of the Arvada Police Department who was a School Resource Officer at Oberon Middle School in Arvada. Beasley was working patrol at the time of the shooting while school is out for summer. At 1:15 p.m. APD officers responded to a call of a suspicious incident in Olde Town Square near the library. Just after 1:30 pm. APD began to receive calls of shots fired in the area and an officer hit by gunfire. A shelter-in-place order was put in place during the incident and lifted late in the afternoon. Another shelter-in-place was issued by APD around 5 p.m. “out of abundance of caution” and lifted around 8:45 p.m. A press release sent out by APD on Monday night called the shooting an “isolated incident” and added that the local community should “expect to see officers
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in the area throughout (Monday) evening and into (Tuesday).” Arvada Mayor Marc Williams said he is hopeful that Olde Town will rebound from the tragedy. “We don’t have all the details of this yet,” said Williams. “I truly believe it’s an isolated incident. Olde Town remains safe; it’s a great place to be. We will bounce back from this. I know that our merchants, our restauranteurs and our patrons love Olde Town, and they will not allow this horrible incident to destroy the great things that happen in Olde Town.” Williams added that this was the first time an APD officer has been killed by gunfire in the line of duty. “This is a real gut punch,” said Williams, “because we’ve never had an officer fall in the line of duty to gunfire. We had two officers years ago, one was an accident where he was doing a stop and was hit by a vehicle and the other was a scuba diving training episode. “For this never to have happened here makes it tough,” Williams continued, “and to have it happen in the heart of our Olde Town — I don’t know if it could be worse, but it makes it more impactful for us.” Surrounding police departments, including Edgewater, Brighton, Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Northglenn, Thornton, Commerce City, Broomfield, CU Police, Boulder, Adams and Jeffco Sheriff’s Department responded
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to the scene. The Olde Town Arvada Water Tower was lit up blue Monday evening in remembrance of the fallen Arvada Police Department officer. Olde Town Arvada Business Improvement District Director Joe Hengstler thanked businesses in the popular retail and commercial district for their actions in responding to the shooting. “We are all beyond saddened and stunned by the events that unfolded in Olde Town Arvada today and are still processing the tragedy with the rest of the community,” said Hengstler in a statement. “We thank our many businesses that took swift and careful action to keep patrons and passersby as safe as possible. “We stand strong with our businesses and our hearts go out to the community,” Hengstler continued, “the Arvada Police Department, and all others affected. Arvada is a resilient city and will endure in the days and weeks ahead.” Colorado Governor Jared Polis issued a statement on the shooting. “We are closely monitoring the troubling situation in Arvada,” said Polis’ statement. “My thoughts are with the family and friends of the officer who was tragically killed in the line of duty while swiftly and bravely responding to protect civilians in the area.” Donations to the family of the fallen APD officer can be made
Police cars from an assemblage of law enforcement agencies line up for the procession honoring Officer Gordon Beesley. PHOTOS BY RYAN DUNN
at cofallenhero.org. Hengstler said the Olde Town BID needed to coordinate with businesses, the city of Arvada and other stakeholders to determine when the district would re-open to the public. Arvada City Hall closed on Monday and remained closed through Tuesday “to ensure space and other resources are available to the Arvada Police and other public safety partners responding to Monday’s shooting in Olde Town,” according to the City of Arvada’s Twitter account. Arvada Municipal Court was also be closed, and trials rescheduled.
Law enforcement officials gathered at the scene in Olde Town Arvada on the afternoon of June 21, following reports of a shooting.
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Pitching in to keep Jeffco’s summer learners fed The Action Center, one of many community partner organizations getting it done for students BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The countywide effort to feed hungry children and families across Jefferson County is a collaborative effort. That’s the message from Carolyn Alexander, the senior director of operations for The Action Center, which is based in Lakewood but serves the needy countywide. “There are 15 sites doing enhanced summer learning and we have over 10 agencies that are participating and getting free groceries out to those 15 (school) sites,” Alexander said while overseeing a morning food distribution. She talks about the program as she moves through the parking lot of the Lakewood church where food is being boxed and separated. The food will soon be picked up from this site and driven to participating schools. “Food Bank of the Rockies has a free food program that they’ve been enhancing over the last several months. So, non-perishable goods like soup, pasta, rice — things like that are coming from Food Bank of the Rockies as part of that pro-
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gram,” she says. “And the school district added $25,000 and we’ve added up to $25,000 for buying some of the food. And another agency, Jeffco Eats, added some money into it (the program) as well.” In the boxes this day, aside from the non-perishables, recipients will find Colorado ground beef, frozen sausage, cooking oil and string cheese that had been purchased to add some protein variety to staples that are normally given out. Alexander said some weeks there will be eggs and milk as they try to enhance SEE CENTER, P18
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On June 11, crews broke ground on construction of the Colorado Tap House, a facility located at 14982 W. 69th Ave that will feature familyfriendly amenities and an expansive list of beers on tap. Eric Zeitlow, who co-owns and co-founded Colorado Tap House with his wife Jen, said the project is slated for completion in December 2022 or January 2023. Once completed, the Tap House will include an outdoor patio, 820 square foot private event room, fire pits and a game area complete with bocce ball, corn hole and other lawn games. Zeitlow said the Tap House will be a family-friendly environment that he hopes will become a social hotspot in Western Arvada. “It’s a place for people to hang out with their family and friends and socialize,” said Zeitlow. “We’re really after the local community. We’re going to have some slushie machines for the kid, a game area down by the trail that’ll have a giant Connect Four. The whole outdoor area will be dog friendly, so setting will be dogfriendly and family-friendly.” The Zeitlows are 25-year residents of Arvada, and said they grew tired of not having a local hangout SEE TAP HOUSE, P11
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to socialize at, prompting them to start Colorado Tap House. Despite the fact that neither Zietlow has a background in restaurant management - Eric has a background in computer systems management, while Jen was a paralegal - they felt motivated to bring such a locale to their neighborhood. “For years, we always said ‘Where are the restaurants? Where are the places to hang out?’” said Zeitlow. “We finally got to the point where we said, `Maybe we can bear the burden of that and bring it to West Arvada.’ It’s just a great community that is desperate for places in the local area that they can go and hang out.” Arvada City Council approved the Zeitlow’s proposal for the Tap House on March 2, 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic slowed progress in moving forward with construction. Zeitlow said he had been working with the City to get the final development plans approved and working with the builder to make sure everything was ready to go as soon as conditions were right to begin construction. While the Colorado Tap House will not brew its own beer, Zeitlow said it will feature the best the state has to offer, in addition to newly trendy drinks like hard kombucha and well cocktails. “Basically,” said Zeitlow, “it’s the best of Colorado, all under one roof.”
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he 2021 session of the Colorado General Assembly adjourned June 8, completing a session in which majority DemoGUEST crats utilized their significant COLUMN majority by passGreg Romberg ing most elements of an ambitious agenda. Among those priorities were a transportation funding plan that will invest $5 billion over the next 10 years, tax policy changes that will eliminate or lessen tax exemptions for a large variety of businesses and industries, requirements for health insurance providers to offer products at lower rates, a series of gun control measures, police reform and criminal justice initiatives, data privacy, school finance and climate change. Bills to limit crimes for which suspects could be jailed and to make
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Nancy, Lauren, John, David and Bob As a nearly lifelong Arvada resident, i have not been bashful to voice my displeasure with council on past issues. it would be remiss of me now, not to say a heartfelt “thank you” for denying Amazon’s Project Indiana proposal! good for the five of you who voted to deny the desires of this big corporation. Thank you for putting the desires of the community ahead of the tax revenue that would have accrued to the city ... had this project been approved. Mark W. Salley, Arvada Dear Mr. Williams It seems to me that your statement concerning the City Council vote on the Amazon Warehouse project was a little like sour grapes. You stated that you would have preferred that the issue be put before the entire city for a vote. This would have had the enormous effect of diluting the voice of those most impacted by this proposed project. Why not have the entire metro area vote on this issue, or even the whole state? No, what was done did SEE LETTERS, P13
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that resulted in an extreme agenda out of touch with the beliefs of most Coloradans. It’s clear that the most progressive Democrats and most conservative Republicans will agree with their parties’ spin. It’s less clear how more moderate members of both parties and unaffiliated voters will view things. 2022 election results will be impacted additionally by how redistricting lines drawn by the newly established independent commission works out. Most current legislative districts are not particularly competitive. To the extent possible, a legal responsibility of the commission is to make districts competitive. It will be in those truly competitive districts that we’ll see how Coloradans view the legislature’s work.
provided for large increases in state spending and significant increases to the state’s budget reserve. There were significant differences between the House and Senate as to how partisan differences played out. The Senate acted in a largely collegial fashion and found ways to work in which the state budget and significant police reform passed with large bipartisan majorities. Conversely, Republicans in the House utilized a much more obstructionist strategy, voting as a block against a wider variety of issues and exercising delaying tactics that slowed down the process but did little or nothing to effect final outcomes. And now the dance around how the public will view legislative actions begins in earnest. With eyes firmly on 2022 elections, Democrats will characterize legislative achievements as promises made and promises delivered while Republicans will portray it as an overreach
it easier for employees to sue their employers for sexual harassment or discrimination failed in the closing hours of the session. The session was unique in that it featured a month-long recess to address concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. There was also limited access to the State Capitol that changed the ways in which the public was able to participate in and influence legislative action. That recess provided lawmakers with extra time after the budget was adopted to focus on a large number of issues that typically would not be addressed in the closing days of a legislative session. Legislators made draconian cuts to the state’s budget in 2020 because of revenue estimates that the pandemic would decimate the state’s budget. The economy rebounded much more quickly than expected and higher state tax revenues, coupled with federal stimulus assistance,
Greg Romberg is president of Romberg and Associates. He lives in Evergreen with his wife, Laurie.
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n honor of Father’s Day, I present… a movie list! I believe there are certain traits that men, especially family men, exhibit in their HITTING purest form that are HOME worth emulating and reproducing. And, of *course* women are capable of exhibiting all of these traits — I just believe that they should be expected of Dads. So, “a movie list?” you ask. Listen, being a Dad is very Michael Alcorn serious work — but that doesn’t mean we have to take ourselves too seriously. So, with no thought to overall quality of the movie, merely the praiseworthy elements of the healthy masculine mindset represented within (often in quotes), and in no particular order, here is my Father’s Day Movie List. *The Thirteenth Warrior* Never heard of this? I’m not surprised. From the prolific mind of the late Michael Crichton, this one tells the story of an Arab (Antonio Banderas — yeah, I know) who is added to the company of 12 Norse warriors who are tasked with “slaying a dragon.” The dragon turns out to be a horde of barbaric tribesmen who have made a habit of annihilating whole villages, and the company has to overcome superstition and superior
numbers to accomplish their task. There are brilliant elements of the warrior’s brotherhood, sacrifice, and humor throughout, but it’s on my list because a) I am fascinated by Norse mythology, and b) “Lo, there, do I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. They do call to me, they bid me take my place among them, in the Halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live … forever.” *Live Free or Die Hard* In my opinion, the second-best of the five Die Hard movies, this one has two very strong things going for it. One, an excellent bad guy, played with narcissistic relish by Timothy Olyphant; and two, the best part of the movie is about the pain and sacrifice John McClane (Bruce Willis) is willing to go through to save his daughter. “That’s what makes you that guy.” *The Last Samurai* This Tom Cruise vehicle from the early 2000s tells a loose version of actual events in late 19th century Japan. It is on my list for three reasons. One, when told of the final outcome of the Battle of Thermopylae, Katsumoto (the Last Samurai) smiles about a “good” death. Two, the scene of the death of Katsumoto’s son is one of those moments of perfect art. The mix of pride, anguish, and resolve that flash across the face of Ken Watanabe in the span of two seconds is … perfect. And three, “to see life in every breath. That is the way of the warrior. That… is Bushido.”
*42* Excellent telling of the integration of baseball in 1947, and the courage it took, especially between Jackie Robinson (Chadwick Boseman) and Branch Rickey (Harrison Ford). But my favorite scene is when Pee Wee Reese (Lucas Black) — a big star in 1947 — puts his arm around Robinson and waves to a hostile crowd in Cincinnati in pregame, to signify solidarity with his black teammate. Courage isn’t always about physical danger. *Patriot Games* The best, in my opinion, of the Jack Ryan movies, this one has Ryan (Harrison Ford) intervening in an Irish Republican Army attempt to assassinate one of the British royals. For his troubles, the IRA crosses the ocean and attempts to kill his whole family at a dinner event in his honor. This one is about not being an idle bystander in the face of evil, and then doing whatever has to be done to protect your family. *The Replacements* Like I said, *not* necessarily about the overall quality of the movie. This occasionally sophomoric football movie, starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman, is on the list because of one quote: “Greatness, no matter how brief, stays with a man.” Obviously, that is not a gender-specific sentiment, but that idea is the reason I spent a career trying to push students
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ong ago I lived out of a suitcase and performed in a soul band for six years. The band was the Satisfactions, a mix of Midwestern and BACK Washington, D.C. musicians that CHANNEL played one-to-fourweek bookings in nightclubs. We played a half-dozen major cities and many smaller ones — International Falls, Minnesota to the far north; Joplin, Mikkel Kelly Missouri to the south; Camp Springs, Maryland to the east; and Casper, Wyoming to the west. It was a simpler time. I had a suitcase, three suit bags, a tough Jean-Paul Germain gray raincoat and my guitar gear. My one monthly bill was $90 for Blue Cross health insurance. My father was a hospital ad-
ministrator and my mother was a registered nurse and community leader. One promise I knew to keep for them was to never go without health insurance. I made an appointment and secured my own policy before finishing my music degree. Soon thereafter, I jumped at the chance to travel and perform. Night life on the road was loud and jazzy, but I do remember my quietest Christmas ever at the Midway Motor Lodge in Elkhart, Indiana. I remember the eerie lapse of life in the hallways of the deserted motel and the half-present expression of the front desk clerk who drew the short straw to cover Christmas Eve graveyard shift. I chose not to squeeze in a trip home to Albuquerque. So there I sat with a parcel from my parents on the small circular side table in my motel room. I explored the gifts inside. I found something small in folded red holiday wrap-
ping paper at the bottom of the box. Inside the paper was my father’s Naval Aviator Badge from his days flying Douglas A2D planes from an aircraft carrier. I knew how much the Navy meant to him. I was in awe of his service, photos and great stories, but I wasn’t quite sure what to make of this gift. I said my thanks in a holiday phone call back home, where everything was festive and fortissimo. The moments flew by with scant talk of the badge. I put it with my other jewelry, and it has been with me ever since. A few years later, my father — at age 56 — made a fast exit from this world when he fell into a coma because of an undiagnosed brain aneurysm. Weeks after his service, I mentioned the badge in the red wrapping paper at a small gathering. A friend who had heard about this gift softly looked into my eyes and
told me it was his way of telling me I had “earned my wings.” She said he was proud I had finished my degree and was very proud I was on an adventure. Suddenly I felt my heart swell. My thoughts spun in all directions. Every so often, I remove the badge from the paper. I think back and feel his affirmation. I love the confident folds in the paper that reflect how he did most things, especially driving — fast. This paper I cherish has no words on it. And his aviator badge is true treasure. I am amazed how quiet gestures have such lasting power. Here’s to dads everywhere and the many, many ways they show love and support. Happy Father’s Day.
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limited experience that fatherhood is mostly about overcoming your own mistakes, failures, and limitations. Some argue that only a Dad can teach a son how to be a man, but I would say I had no idea how to be a man until I had a child that I was responsible for. I don’t know how my own dad made it look so easy, but, for me, it’s daily effort. Having his example, and some of these sentiments, in my mind, makes it all possible. Salute!, Fathers. I hope you enjoy your day, know how important you are, and show up again tomorrow, trying to point your children into the future.
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to exceed their own expectations. *Field of Dreams* Because this is the most father-specific of the baseball movies. Young dads, do yourself a favor: start to record some of your thoughts and dreams and ideas of who you are now. Because someday, your kids will “only know you when you were old, and worn down by life.” Your dreams and aspirations fuel their dreams and aspirations — don’t hide those from them. Whereas Mothers are mostly revered (rightly) for all they do to nurture children, it has been my
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allow the essentially unanimous voice of those most affected by this project to be heard. With such a gigantic outpouring of opposition to this project, I find it extraordinary that anyone on the council could vote in favor. A two vote swing could have either made this unanimous in defeat or a marginal victory over the citizens. If this vote had gone against the overwhelmingly negative position of the citizens, it would have indeed been a sad day for democracy in Arvada. You certainly don’t need to be reminded who you work for or why you are in the position you are in. Whether elected, employed or appointed; those of you in govern-
Mikkel Kelly is an interim editor at the Englewood office for Colorado Community Media. He is former editor of the Westminster Window and Golden Transcript. Father’s Day will be Sunday, June 20.
Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his
ment have a fiduciary responsibility to the citizens. Some of you have been in office a long time; please don’t forget why you are there. Richard Kuberski, Arvada Heartened by hearing Last Monday, I spent 8 hours at City Hall watching and listening to the Amazon hearing. I saw community members from across the city come to be heard. I saw children holding signs of protest off Ralston Road. I saw city staff passing out water and snacks to residents. It was truly an encouraging moment to see a community come together, in a civil way, to express their thoughts. In a time where all we see is polarization at the national level, it is refreshing to see such civility in our streets. Thank you, Arvada. Lisa Smith, Arvada SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
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‘Communal experience’ of movie theaters returns With theaters open and without government limits, struggling industry gets reprieve Here are some movie theaters that are listed as open:
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fter long stretches of staying closed amid the coronavirus pandemic, the nation’s major movie theater chains reopened locations in recent months. And with capacity restrictions on businesses now lifted around the Denver metro area, the traditional moviegoing experience appears to be on its way to a full return. It’s a change that could help people’s “reintegration” into socializing, said Vincent Piturro, a professor of film and media studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver. “If you haven’t seen friends in a year and a half: ‘Hey, let’s see a movie.’ It’s a sort of a soft landing for socialization,” Piturro said. The Regal and Cinemark theater chains have reopened locations in Colorado, and nearly all of AMC’s Denver-area theatres reopened at the end of 2020 or in the first few weeks of this year. Those AMC theaters had closed in March 2020. “I believe most or all reopened for a period of time in the summer and fall of 2020 and then closed again in accordance with local directives,” said Ryan Noonan, a spokesperson for AMC Theatres. As of May 16 this year, several Denver metro counties are now operating in what they call “level clear,” generally with no local restrictions — and that’s likely to continue unless things take a turn for the worse. Some counties, such as Douglas, had already been living under no local restrictions. AMC theater capacities are still slightly reduced, with ticketing systems blocking the spots on either side of a party’s seating — but aside from that small precaution, the theaters may remind crowds of how moviegoing felt before the pandemic. Seeing movies again may serve as a “boon to our psyches” on the way to returning to normalcy, Piturro said. “We’ve gone to movies our whole lives — we may not have gone to bars our whole lives or certain restaurants our whole lives,” but movies were a constant presence, Piturro said.
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‘You can’t duplicate that at home’ The return of in-person movies comes as a relief to an industry that took a big hit amid the pandemic, but it doesn’t mean theaters’ troubles are over. “It’s one of those things where we have to step back and ask ourselves: How was the industry doing prior to the pandemic?” said Darrin Duber-Smith, an expert on marketing at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Streaming services, such as Netflix and Disney+, had served as competition for theaters long before the pandemic, Piturro said. Theater attendance was declining for several years before COVID-19, Piturro and DuberSmith pointed out. Fighting to adapt, theaters have made changes in recent years such as adding morecomfortable chairs and serving alcohol and higher-end food — trying to “increase the luxury,” Duber-Smith said. One feature that “really took off during the past year” is AMC’s private theater rentals, said Noonan, the AMC spokesperson. That’s a program that allows customers to reserve an entire auditorium for a private party of up to 20 people. “The moviegoing experience is just that: It’s an experience. It’s going out. It’s an event. You can’t duplicate that at home,” Piturro said, pointing to the “oohs and ahhs” and “the communal experience.” ‘Will they go out?’ In the long term, though, the pandemic may serve as “a nail in the coffin” for the theater industry in its current form, Duber-Smith said.
AMC Theatres • AMC Highlands Ranch 24 — 103 W. Centennial Blvd. (just west of Broadway and south of the C-470 highway) • AMC Westminster Promenade 24 — 10655 Westminster Blvd. (north of 104th Avenue, just east of U.S. Highway 36) • Aurora, AMC Arapahoe Crossing 16 — 6696 S. Parker Road in the east Centennial-Aurora area (north of Arapahoe Road) • AMC Brighton 12 — 250 Pavilions Place (near Main and Egbert streets) • AMC Castle Rock 12 — 3960 Limelight Ave. (near Meadows Parkway and Prairie Hawk Drive) • Littleton area, AMC Bowles Crossing 12 — 8035 W. Bowles Ave. (east of Wadsworth Boulevard) • Parker, AMC Twenty Mile 10 — 18625 Stage Run (east of Twenty Mile Road and north of Mainstreet) *All AMC movie theatres in the Denver metro area are open, according to AMC. Alamo Drafthouse • Westminster — 8905 Westminster Blvd. — north of 88th Avenue, west of U.S. Highway 36 (recently opened June 18) • Littleton — 7301 S.
Santa Fe Drive — at Aspen Grove Way (tentatively expected to open Aug. 13) Regal Theatres • Denver, Regal UA Colorado Center and IMAX — 2000 S. Colorado Blvd. (just south of Interstate 25) • Sheridan, Regal River Point and RPX — 3565 S. Platte River Drive (south of U.S. Highway 285, to the east via River Point Parkway) • Lakewood, Regal UA Colorado Mills IMAX and RPX — 14500 W. Colfax Ave. (near Colorado Mills Parkway) • Centennial, Regal SouthGlenn — 6901 S. Vine St. (west of University Boulevard and south of Arapahoe Road) • Lone Tree, Regal UA Meadows — 9355 Park Meadows Drive (east of Yosemite Street) Cinemark (includes Century Theatres) • Lakewood, Century 16 Bel Mar and XD — 440 S. Teller St. (east of Wadsworth Boulevard and south of Alameda Avenue) • Century Aurora and XD — 14300 E. Alameda Ave. (east of Interstate 225) Harkins • Arvada 14 — 5550 Olde Wadsworth Blvd. (south of Grandview Avenue)
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t this point in the pandemic, some events are marking their second COVID-19 iteration. While this certainly isn’t the ideal situation, it has allowed organizers to fine-tune their offerings, providing participants with an event that can be thoroughly enjoyed by fans old and new. Season 7 of SeriesFest is just such an event, and as Randi Kleiner (who co-founded the annual event with Kaily Smith Westbrook) explained, putting on last year’s all virtual festival was a bit like being back in college. The event allows television fans to immerse themselves in events and programming, including premiere screenings, conversations with creatives and industry insiders and samples of exciting pilots. “We were learning everything last year,” she said with a laugh. “This year we’re
aiming for a much smoother experience, including the way we scheduled the event and the amount of shows and panels we’re hosting.” This year’s SeriesFest — centered around the theme of What’s Next? — remains entirely virtual, and runs from Thursday, June 24 through Sunday, July 11. The festival will primarily be showcased on the Eventive virtual platform, which for viewers to stream their selected films on Roku, AppleTV or their computer or mobile device. To connect viewers and creatives, the event will also host events on Topia (a virtual party environment) and Run The World (a workshop and community event site). “We’ve really expanded what we’re doing with workshops and networking events, as well as parties, in virtual spaces,” Kleiner, who is CEO of the event, said. “It’s nice to
something creative and different, and this helps us to have more people participate, including lots of high-caliber talent and people from the industry.” Some highlights from this year’s festival include screenings of Amazon’s “The Underground Railroad,” The CW’s “The Republic of Sarah” and Hulu’s “This Way Up,” as well as Innovation Talks featuring Ann Dowd (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) and Jennifer Gardner. Comedy fans won’t want to miss a look behind the scenes of “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” featuring the utterly hilarious correspondents Desi Lydic and Dulce Sloan. A key aspect of the mission of SeriesFest is cultivating opportunities for female directors, according to provided information, and as such, it is working with the SEE READER, P15
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Amid changing consumer habits, he’s expecting a “bailout,” where movie-production companies will “vertically integrate” by buying out theaters, keeping them running so movie producers can still profit from them. “Is (the industry) going to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels? I don’t think so,” Duber-Smith said, adding that even the prepandemic level of activity wasn’t adequate. Piturro, the film professor, takes a more optimistic view, arguing that movies aren’t going to have to compete with online services but, rather, will compete with other forms of in-person entertainment such as baseball games or the opera. “I see younger crowds (likely) going to the movies in record numbers and the older crowd, without kids, going back to the theaters as well, especially whose kids have left the home,” Piturro said. “The wild-card is the middle-age demographic: those with kids at home. Will they go out to the movies? They were the group that stayed home in bigger numbers in the pre-COVID years. This is the group that we are unsure about, and this is the group that other entertainment venues will vie for.
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Shondaland production company on a third cycle of “‘Women Directing Mentorship,’ a competition designed to discover aspiring directors with a unique voice, and provide a launchpad for their career.” As Kleiner points out, the real heartbeat of SeriesFest is the Independent Pilot Competition, which gets to the core mission of elevating independent stories and voices. This also allows viewers to get involved, because they can vote for their picks for the audience award. “We’ve had a lot of success in the virtual space and have broadened our audience, especially into the international world,” she said. “The most difficult aspect of the transition from in-person to virtual
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Public health officials strongly encourage anyone who is not fully vaccinated to wear a mask in indoor public settings and to avoid large gatherings. Generally, indoor settings pose a higher COVID-19 risk than outdoor settings, particularly when social distancing is difficult and when customers are inside for extended periods of time, said the Colorado State Joint Information Center, which takes questions for the state public-health department. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists the
risks of certain activities depending on whether individuals are vaccinated. For unvaccinated individuals, movie theaters are considered one of the riskier activities. See more information at tinyurl. com/CDCactivitiesrisk. Asked if a person can catch COVID-19 from sharing popcorn, candy or drinks at a theater, the joint information center said: “COVID-19 spreads primarily through respiratory droplets, but it’s possible someone could touch a surface or food item that has the virus on it, and then touch their own mouth, nose or eyes. “We do not believe COVID-19 commonly spreads this way, but we would recommend that unvac-
cinated individuals get their own food and beverage servings,” the center said. Coloradans ages 12 and older can get vaccinated, and more than 1,400 vaccine providers are located across the state, according to the center. Find an appointment near you by visiting covid19.colorado. gov/vaccine/where-you-can-getvaccinated. The state’s COVID-19 website provides recommendations for COVID-19 safety for indoor event settings, which include movie theaters. The advice is not part of a public health order but illustrates “best practices,” the joint information center said. It’s located at covid19.colorado.gov/indoor-events.
“Still, either way, I see a positive trend in moviegoing in the near future,” Piturro said, noting that “the long-term prospects are a bit cloudier.” Piturro envisions theater crowds having a “spillover effect,” bringing more patrons to nearby bars and restaurants before or after they attend a movie. “I think that’s healthy for the overall economy,” Piturro said. Duber-Smith expressed skepticism about whether increased
numbers of theater patrons will help shopping centers to rebound, though. He expects the theater industry itself to shrink although some theaters may expand. “Overall, I think you’re going to see a reduction in the number of movie theaters,” Duber-Smith said. People won’t fully return to movie theaters in the next few months, Piturro expects. He noted his own concerns about COVID-19 even though he’s been fully vacci-
nated for several months. “It’s my job to watch movies for a living, and I haven’t been to a theater yet,” Piturro said, noting fears of virus variants. “I’m planning to come back to theaters in the fall for sure.” For now, he’s anticipating delving back into that environment. “For me, there’s nothing better than sitting in a dark theater … getting lost in a world for 2 1/2 hours is really one of the great experiences for me,” Piturro said.
is the community aspect, but that’s a challenge we’re up for. We have stories from all over world, new voices and new talent, and it’s great to see all of it on screen.” For details and viewing options, visit www.seriesfest.com.
people won’t want to miss. For more details, visit www. northglenn.org/pride
Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Avifauna at Walker Fine Art Denver’s Avifauna blends electronic and folk music together to create a swirling blend of atmospheric music and voices, provided by Meagen Svendsen and Mark Penner-Howell. According to the group’s own description, “Svendsen’s lyrics draw on her life as an inveterate world traveler and nature enthusiast.” For one night, Avifauna will be performing at a pop-up event at Walker Fine Art, 300 W. 11th Ave., No. A, in Denver, from 8-10:30 p.m. on Friday, June 25. The free event will include more than a performance — there will also be a multi-media art installation by band members. More information at www.eventbrite.com.
Northglenn hosts first PRIDE Night event Northglenn is celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community with its first ever PRIDE Night event, held at E.B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park, 11800 Community Center Drive, from 5 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 26. Hosted by the DISE (Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity) Board, the evening will include a Northglenn Youth Theatre PRIDE program, a drag show hosted by former Northglenn Resident Evelyn Evermoore and a Silent Disco hosted by neva.summer. This will be a fun and inclusive event that
Botanic Gardens get Shakespearean at Midsummer As a long-time Anglophile, you have to appreciate the beauty of a well-crafted English garden. So, it’s fitting that the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York St. in Denver, is welcoming the official start of summer with Midsummer Nights Tours, held from 6 and 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 24 through Friday, July 2. According to provided information, the “tour celebrates the long days of summer by focusing on the edible, medicinal and mischievous properties of the plants that played important roles in Shakespeare’s works.” You can’t go wrong. Visit www.botanicgardens.org/ york-street/tours/midsummernights-tours.
Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.
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Casa Bonita opens for guided tours No food yet, but still surprisingly satisfying BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The fountain in front is dry, but the doors are open. Familiar sounds of mariachi music are piped through speakers in the ceiling, and strings of flicker lights illuminate the faux Mexican village facades. Free tours are being offered at Casa Bonita every hour from 11 a.m. - 9 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. There are T-shirts and trinkets available near the entrance, but the real draw is a chance to see a place so intertwined with Colorado lore in a way you’ve never seen it before— empty. There’s a strong smell — (cleaning fluid?) when I enter on this particular day. Perhaps it’s just the smell of a building that’s been closed to the public for more than a year. Workers, some in knee-high rubber boots, make their way to and fro. There are an impressive 16 people, mostly tourists, waiting to go on the 2 o’ clock Friday tour — five of which are surprisingly patient children who appear to be between 7 and 11-years old. A charming sheriff, complete with hat, sidearm, badge and friendly smile leads the tour. She has a thorough knowledge of Casa Bonita history and trivia. The tower, for those who don’t know, is 85 feet tall. We’re warned before embarking on the tour that it will take at least 30 minutes but in reality it took closer to an hour. A Lakewood institution since 1974, the sheriff says they plan to reopen for dining and entertainment under new management, but with the same owners, in September. Even for those who’ve been to Casa Bonita several times, the enormity of the structure — 52,000 square feet — is hard to describe. To say there’s too much information given wouldn’t be fair, but details are covered in, well, great
A view from the Casa Bonita tour.
detail, including the process for ordering food (when the restaurant is open). The waterfall is 30 feet high, although on this day it’s not running. In the pink dining room, the ceiling was built curved to improve the acoustics. The sheriff and kids let loose with a rip roaring ‘Yee Haw’ to prove it works. It works remarkably well. Faux rocks that make up large amounts of the place were made from chicken wire and concrete. The sheriff says they took a year to construct before being installed in the restaurant, which had been a Joslin’s retail store in a previous lifetime. The pool, 14 feet deep, is filled. In the past, divers are said to have made their jumps from 30 feet in the air, but the sheriff says a recent visit from safety inspectors put an end to that. They do, however, still dive from 25 feet above the pool — a respectable feat for a suburban strip-mall restaurant next door to a dentist’s office. At Black Bart’s hideout, the kids make a beeline for the legendary glowing skull. The adults meander
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the typical non-perishable (rice, beans etc.) offerings. The boxes also contain fresh fruits and vegetables. “It’s not a huge amount of food per family,” she said. “But it’s a well-rounded amount of food per family.” The $25,000 kicked in by the District is from federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency
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Colorado Symphony plans in-person season September will be start of 49 live indoor concerts BY MAGGIE DONAHUE DENVERITE
Colorado Symphony has announced its 2021-22 season. Starting in September, the orchestra will perform 49 live indoor concerts featuring a lineup of renowned guest artists at Boettcher Concert Hall in downtown Denver. The season is the orchestra’s first regular programming since COVID-19 closures began in 2020. In the last year and a half, the orchestra has put on several virtual performances and played 18 live shows at Red Rocks. Members have also performed in small ensemble concerts at venues like the Denver Botanic Gardens’ Evenings Al Fresco, the Denver Performing Arts Complex Galleria and Denver Zoo. The season will open Sept. 1719 with a guest performance by Grammy-winning pianist Emanuel Ax, who will join the orchestra to perform pieces like Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto, Barber’s Adagio for Strings and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. This year, the orchestra plans to highlight talented and diverse composers, guest performers, soloists and conductors, including music by women composers Clarise Assad, Gabriela Lena Frank,
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Joan Towers, Jessie Montgomery and Florence Price. “As we look ahead to the return of normal in-hall operations, we’re excited to build on the successes we’ve enjoyed over the past decade by coming out of this pandemic with renewed energy and purpose,” said Anthony Pierce, the orchestra’s chief artistic officer. “This season will be a true celebration for our musicians and patrons alike, providing live symphonic music and shared concert experiences that will be thrilling for people of all ages.” Guests can buy season subscriptions now, as well as “Flex Passes,” or six-ticket vouchers for prime seats to any show of the season. Individual tickets will go on sale Sept. 1.
2021-22 season concerts Sept. 17-19: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with Emanuel Ax Oct. 1-3: Dvorak Symphony No. 9 “From The New World” Oct. 15-17: Brahms Symphony No. 1 conducted by Christopher Dragon Nov. 5-7: Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Nov. 19-21: Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 with Natasha Paremski Dec. 3-5: Elgar Enigma Variations Jan. 7-9: Marin Alsop conducts This story is from Denverite, a nonprofit Denver news source affiliated with CPR News. Used by permission. For more, and to support Denverite, visit denverite.com.
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Firefly Autism not just for children BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Tobin Truslow and Jesse Ogas outside Firefly Autism center in Lakewood. PHOTO BY BOB WOOLEY
Firefly Autism, a Lakewood-based organization that’s been helping those diagnosed with autism for more than 20 years, is seeing new programs and possibilities emerge as COVID finally starts to retreat. Jesse Ogas, Executive Director/ CEO of the nonprofit says Firefly had just moved into its newly purchased and renovated facility at 20th Avenue and Hoyt Street when COVID appeared on the horizon. They quickly transitioned to a virtual model, and since reopening to in-person services, have been successful at keeping the virus at bay. “Firefly continues to innovate and change the landscape of autism treatment across our communities in Colorado,” Ogas said. “But we’re also now recognized as leaders, nationally and internationally, for the work that we’re doing.” He says the new building allowed them to open a diagnostics clinic and begin offering sibling support programs. It also allowed them to create one of the most needed programs for older individuals with autism. The Adult Social Skills program is a place for adults on the spectrum to come together, seek treatment and share the trials and tribulations of living with autism. Although Firefly has been working with adults for years in a home-based model, the new center has opened new ways to serve this often-overlooked group.
FUNDRAISING FOR FIREFLY Laugh Yourself Blue is a fundraising platform for Firefly Autism on June 24. This year, in an effort to be COVID cautious, the event will have limited (sold out) seating at the Seawall Ballroom. But if you didn’t get a ticket, there’s still a chance to participate through at-home viewing and exclusive VIP watch parties. The evening’s headliner will be star of stage and screen, D.L. Hughley, whose son Kyle was diagnosed on the spectrum at age 3. Find more information about the event at www.laughyourselfblue.com
FOR MORE INFO You can learn more about adult autism and Firefly at www.fireflyautism.org “We’ve got several groups of likeminded individuals that are problem solving. It’s a space for them, alongside of a Board-Certified Behavioral Analyst,” Ogas said. “They begin to become a support group for one another and talk about solutions. They become a resource for other individuals in the group.” The need for such a program became clear to Ogas while giving a tour of their old facility to a donor. “At the end of the tour, he looked like he was irritated, and I asked if he was okay, and he said, “where was Firefly when I was growing up?”” SEE FIREFLY, P22
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Masterpiece Cakeshop loses transgender birthday case BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Lakewood’s Masterpiece Cakeshop is back in the news — this time, for refusing to make a cake for transgender attorney Autumn Scardina. In the case, Denver District Court Judge A. Bruce Jones ruled last week that the cake shop violated Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) by refusing to bake a blue and pink birthday cake Scardina ordered to celebrate her transition from male to female. Scardina attempted to order the birthday cake the same day in 2017 that the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear Masterpiece
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He said the man told him he’d been diagnosed with autism in his midsixties and was dismayed that he’d lived his whole life without understanding what was at the root of so many of his issues. He told Ogas if he’d been diagnosed earlier in life, so many things would have made more sense. That said, an autism diagnosis can be difficult to receive. Ogas says there’s a lot of stigmas that comes with it. So, Firefly is really focused on helping people understand what autism is and what it isn’t. “Contrary to the old belief that
Cakeshop’s owner Jack Phillips’ appeal in a different case in which he was sanctioned by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission for refusing to make a wedding cake for same-sex couple Charlie Craig and Dave Mullins in 2012. In 2018, Phillips partially prevailed in that case when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Colorado Civil Rights Commission showed anti-religious bias when it sanctioned him for refusing to make the same-sex wedding cake. The Scardina case was conducted virtually in March 2021. During the hearing, Scardina said Phillips had maintained that, as a Christian, he opposed making the same-sex wedding cake in 2012 because it involved
a religious ceremony but would sell any other type of product. Scardina said she called Masterpiece Cakeshop to place her order for the transgender birthday cake as a way to call Phillips’ bluff. In his decision, Jones reasoned that baking and decorating the requested style of cake was not a form of compelled speech. Therefore, the cake shop, and the cake decorator do not have a valid First Amendment claim that outweighs CADA’s antidiscrimination provisions. He also stated the average person would perceive the message presented by the cake to be Scardina’s, not that of the cake decorator. “The anti-discrimination laws are intended to ensure that members of
our society who have historically been treated unfairly, who have been deprived of even the every-day right to access businesses to buy products, are no longer treated as ‘others,’” the judge wrote. “This case is about one such product — a pink and blue birthday cake — and not compelled speech.” Jones ordered Masterpiece Cakeshop to pay Scardina $500 — the largest fine the statute allows, for refusing to make her cake as requested. The newspaper contacted Phillips for comment. He declined but provided contact information for his attorney to make arrangements for an interview. At press time, an interview has not been scheduled.
kids would grow out of it, we know that autism is a life-long journey,” he says. “Not just for the individual — for the entire universe that circles that individual.” He says whether they’re working with a child of eighteen months or a seventy-year-old adult, they’re creating support systems to help ensure success — not just for the individual, but of the entire family unit. “When you meet a person on the spectrum, they are totally unique. There’s not another person on the planet just like them,” Ogas said. Another goal on Firefly’s list is doing away with stereotypes that only make life harder for those who’ve been diagnosed with autism and may actually prevent others from seeking
a diagnosis. “The bottom line is autism is a different way of being — a different way of looking at the world,” he says. “There’s so much power when you’re able to look through a different lens and able to communicate in a different way.” Tobin Truslow, Firefly’s Director of Development, stressed the importance of the holistic treatment offered at the facility. “Because of our all-encompassing approach, you can get a diagnosis for autism, but autism is only one factor of the diagnosis,” he said. “Here, we’ve got speech therapy, occupational therapy, mental health, physical therapy. We’ve proven through data and science that we’re the best clinic
you can go to.” Recently, Firefly has been holding vaccination clinics to serve in another way. “We were what you call an equity clinic, taking care of folks on the (autism) spectrum, folks with developmental disabilities, taking care of our elderly who had not been able to get a vaccination. We were taking care of our Asian and Latino and African American communities. So, we are taking care of the community as a whole,” Ogas said. “We’re firm believers that you’ve got to give back to the community in which you serve. That’s how you build strong communities.” You can learn more about autism and Firefly at www.fireflyautism.org.
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Alamosa to Arvada: running for Cameron A-West alum runs 280 miles to raise funds for RVHS’ Cameron Holland Scholarship Fund BY RYAN DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Justin Andrade, an Arvada West High School and Adams State graduate, ran from Alamosa to Arvada over the course of seven days to raise funds for the Cameron Holland Scholarship. The scholarship, which is given annually to one student at Ralston Valley High School, honors the memory of Cameron Holland, a RVHS student who died in a car accident in 2019. Andrade ran a total of 280.1 miles — an average of 40 miles per day — from May 31 to June 6, concluding his journey at the Cameron Holland street sign near 72nd Street and Indiana Street. Andrade’s run raised $4,000 on nearly 80 contributions as of June 7, according to Kristen
Supporters gather near Cameron Holland’s sign near 72nd and Indiana on June 7, the 18-month anniversary of Cameron’s passing.
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Cameron Holland running track at RVHS before his passing.
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Justin Andrade and Delaney Holland pose with ribbons won with the Campbell COURTESY OF KRISTEN ADAME Elementary School Running Club.
At the finish line. From left, David Holland, Justin Andrade, Kristen Adame, Delaney COURTESY OF MELISSA ANDRADE Holland.
Campbell Elementary School Running Club. From left, Arianna Hakim, Delaney HolCOURTESY OF KRISTEN ADAME land, Alyssa Smith, Justin Andrade.
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Adame, Cameron Holland’s mom. Adame said she expected more contributions to come in throughout the month of June, as some donations were pledged per mile Andrade ran. Andrade is a childhood friend of Holland’s sister, Delaney Holland, and grew up running with Delaney at Campbell Elementary School. Justin was a four-year varsity cross-country runner at Adams State and graduated in May. Justin’s mom, Melissa Andrade, said the extraordinary feat was in line with her son’s character. “It’s not terribly out of left field,” said Melissa. “He’s a really sort of driven person and he likes pushing himself and always seeing what he can do to be better. I do recall a time when we did drop him off at college freshman year that he said he was going to run home and at that point in time, it was more of a `yeah, OK.’ But then this year rolled around and he’s like, `yeah, I’m doing it.’’” “That’s just the sort of person Justin is,” Melissa continued. Adame said that with the money Justin’s run raised, she hoped to give out more scholarships in the future. “Our next goal would be to be
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able to give two scholarships a year at Ralston Valley,” said Adame. “There’s a GPA requirement, the sanctioned CHSAA portion, and then two letters of recommendation — and they kind of have to fill out an application with some questions … a lot of it comes down to trying to find someone who has the same character traits as Cameron.” Adame continued to say that the main character traits listed as criteria for the scholarship are kindness, generosity and honor. Applicants for the Cameron Holland Scholarship must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and participate in at least two CHSAA-sanctioned sports. “I was devastated to hear that Cameron passed,” said Justin. “He was a great guy, an amazing athlete, a very good human. I can’t really imagine how difficult that would be for his family, so I’ve always wanted to do something for Cameron, and I’m fortunate enough to be able to be doing this.” Justin said the motivation of running for Cameron helped fuel him and put him in the mindset of taking the trek in stride. “Each day I got closer,” said Justin,”confidence began to build. I think that’s the important thing when trying to overcome a distance that far. They say you eat an elephant one bite at a time. So how do you run 280 miles? One step at a time.”
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A New Zealand aerospace company is joining the race to create a horizontal take-off and landing spaceplane that will fly from Colorado above the earth’s atmosphere and fly back down before landing on a runway. The Colorado Air and Spaceport signed a memorandum of understanding June 15 with Dawn Aerospace from Christchurch, New Zealand. James Powell co-founder of Dawn Aerospace and who works in New Zealand, joined Adams County Manager Raymond Gonzales remotely via Zoom to sign copies of the agreement. The copies had been signed ahead of time The new agreement will create a working relationship bewteen Dawn and the Spaceport as well as an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct test flights and spaceplane launches from the Spaceporti in Watkins, just southeast of Denver International Airport. Gonzalez praised the agreement. “It truly has been a collaborative
Co-founder James Powell of Dawn Aerospace in New Zealand with the model spaceplane that will be developed as a reusable COURTESY OF DAWN AEROSPACE horizonal take-off and landing vehicle that will be tested and launched at Colorado Air and Spaceport.
effort, and we’ve enjoyed getting to know this innovative company, their products, and people,” Gonzalez said. “It’s not only a partnership between Colorado Air and Spaceport and Dawn Aerospace, we have the full support of the Colorado Space Coalition and the Governor’s Office of Economic Develop-
ment and International Trade. “We look forward to furthering our place in the aerospace industry,” he added. “Partnering with extraordinary companies like Dawn Aerospace, their type of technology launching horizontally using a typical airport runway that will open up many options
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the entire industry. “This represents a really important step for our company and expanding our capability globally and leveraging the flight heritage and the developments that we’ve been working on in New Zealand this week,” he said. “We do it as a paradigm shift in the spaceflight industry.We think that this will enable vastly more capability in spaceflight. Bringing this to a global market is important for us. We think it’s an important strategic difference in doing that we can to expand this and bring this to a global audience.” Milestones of spaceport Adams County began its pursuit for a spaceport site operator license through the FAA office of commercial space in 2011 and received an operator license in August 2018. The state renamed the sleepy Front Range Airport in Watkins and gave it new purpose as the Colorado Air and Spaceport. Adams Deputy County Manager Jim Siedlecki said, “With such a robust aerospace industry in Colorado there was immediate interest from potential partners domestically and across the globe.” Colorado Air and Spaceport already established a relationship with PD Aerospace from Japan. It’s building a reusable horizontal take-off and landing passenger spaceplane that will fly above the earth’s atmosphere sitting in zero
gravity for up to 10 minutes and, as the earth rotates, will fly back down landing in Paris within 60 to 90 minutes. That project’s potential completion is in 2024. Reaction Engines from the United Kingdom is on site at Colorado Air and Spaceport developing a hybrid rocket engine and a hybrid or a proprietary spaceplane. They are also are conducting breakthrough testing on its thermal management system on the east side of the spaceport. An addition to spaceport is New Frontier Aerospace Co., developing a hypersonic space aircraft that will have the capability to deliver important packages quickly around the earth within the atmosphere. “New Frontier is specifically working on rocket engine testing and controllability testing for its vehicle. So, we’re very excited to have them on board as well,” said Dave Ruppel, director of Colorado Air, and Spaceport. Colorado Air and Spaceport is one of the 12 FAA-licensed commercial spaceports in the United States. Of the 12, eight are horizontal launch-only facilities, and six are dual-use facilities, such as the Colorado Spaceport. The dual-use facilities are active commercial airports that have compatible spaceport operating runways. “I think Colorado is a unique place because as the No. 2 aerospace economy in the country, we have a tremendous part of the industry here. There are lots of aerospace-type jobs. We’ve got nine of the prime aerospace companies that have major operations here in
the state of Colorado said, “ Ruppel said. “We have state support from the governor’s office, the Federal delegations, the state delegations, the economic development organizations, and local municipalities, not just supporting the aerospace industry, but also support for the Colorado Air and Spaceport,” he added. Spaceport plans Colorado and Air and Spaceport has plenty of room to grow, with a roughly 7,000-acre business park development and heavy rail surface park development to the south. Another 700 acres to the east have the potential operations to support companies that are interested in sites for their businesses. The main facility has FAA-licensed horizontal launch site capability with two, 1,000-feet runways. They have several hangars and an air traffic control tower with approach capabilities to support both aviation and aerospace capabilities. “We’ve completed an airport master plan and just completed the spaceport master plan so that we can look at the infrastructure developments that are needed, both for space uses and the aviation uses to make sure that we dovetail those together very carefully,” said Ruppel. “Adams County is completing a sub-area plan to make sure that we have compatible types of businesses and operations, both around the facility and on the facility.” Dawn Aerospace plans Dawn Aerospace is a space transportation company and built
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Legal Notice No. 410798 First Publication: June 17, 2021 Last Publication: July 8, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice CORRECTION NOTICE The following ordinances were DENIED by the City Council of the City of Arvada on second reading following the public hearing held at 6:15 p.m. on June 14, 2021: Ordinance 4765 An Ordinance Annexing Certain Land Into the City of Arvada, 6700 Indiana Street, 6702 Indiana Street, 6710 Indiana Street, and a Portion of 6720 Indiana Street in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado. Ordinance 4766 An Ordinance Rezoning Certain Land Within the City of Arvada, Project Indiana, from Jefferson County A-2 (Agricultural) to City of Arvada IL (Industrial, Light) and Five Parcels from City of Arvada CG (Commercial, General) to City of Arvada IL (Industrial, Light) and Amending the Official Zoning Maps of the City of Arvada, Colorado, Generally Located at 6730 Indiana Street, 14725 W. 66th Place, 14785 W. 66th Place, 6700 Indiana Street, 6702 Indiana Street, 6710 Indiana Street, and a Portion of 6720 Indiana Street. Legal Notice No. 410847 First Publication: June 24, 2021 Last Publication: June 24, 2021 Publisher: Jeffco Transcript
Misc. Private Legals Public Notice Mile High Development and Brinshore Development will submit an application to the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA). The purpose of this application is to request an estimated $1,000,000 in annual State Low Income Housing
Tax Credits (LIHTC) for an estimated total State LIHTC of $6,000,000. The present value of these credits is estimated to be $4,200,000. Mile High Development and Brinshore Development will also submit an application to the Colorado Division of Housing (DOH) to request $1,200,000. This funding will be used to develop 102 rental units at 5790 Garrison Street, Arvada, CO 80002. The total cost of this development is estimated to be $30,193,976. The request of funding is to benefit persons with low and moderate incomes by increasing the availability of affordable housing in Arvada. It is not the intent to cause displacement from any existing housing; however, if persons are displaced from their existing residences reasonable housing alternatives shall be offered. All interested persons are encouraged to contact the applicant for further information. Written comments should be sent to info@milehighdevelopment.com and will be forwarded to CHFA for consideration during the application process. Members of the public are invited to attend an online public hearing scheduled for Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 4:00 PM (MDT). Please join via the link https://global.gotomeeting.com/ join/773789949 or dial in (872) 240-3311 Access Code: 773-789-949. Legal Notice No. 410845 First Publication: June 24, 2021 Last Publication: June 24, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press
Misc. Private Legals Public Notice Cornerstone Housing Group, LLC will submit
applications to the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) and Colorado Division of Housing (DOH). The purpose of the applications is to request 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credits, State Affordable Housing Tax Credits, and $840,000 in funding from the DOH to develop 72 units of rental homes at 5430 W. 64th Ave., Arvada CO. The requested funding from CHFA and DOH is to benefit persons with low and moderate incomes by increasing the availability of affordable housing in Jefferson County. It is not the intent to cause displacement from any existing housing; however, if persons are displaced from their existing residences reasonable housing alternatives shall be offered. As required by the Colorado Act 39-22-2102(5) (a), applicants for State Affordable Housing Tax Credits must conduct a public hearing in the community in which the proposed project is located. Cornerstone Housing Group, LLC will hold a virtual public hearing on July 8, 2021 at 5:00 PM. Attendees may join the meeting by video conference at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81817334480?pw d=dk9BaEJ6STJIcVduT1FxbHdXUjNaUT09 or by phone at (346) 248-7799, Meeting ID: 81817334480# Passcode: 626023# If reasonable accommodations are needed for persons attending the public hearing, please contact Cornerstone Housing Group, LLC. Written comments should be sent to 209 S. 19th St., Suite 100, Omaha NE 68102 or blucas@ cstonellc.net and will be forwarded to CHFA and DOH for consideration during the application process. Legal Notice No. 410808 First Publication: June 24, 2021 Last Publication: June 24, 2021 Publisher: Golden Transcript Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press
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