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Some local businesses hope liquor license ballot measure fails BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Jovani Ortiz is riding in on his baby dinosaur. Jovani was one of the many kiddos that turned up at Fort Lupton High School Oct. PHOTO BY BELEN WARD 26 to wander the school hallways, looking Tricks and Treats. See more photos on page 7.
Police, teachers weigh in school shooting discussion Weld RE8 discussing letting teachers carry arms BY NINA JOSS NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
On Sept. 11, 1992, a student at Palo Duro High School in Amarillo, Texas brought a gun into the building. He opened fire after a pep rally, shooting and wounding six other students.
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Steve Reams, a survivor of this shooting, now serves as the Weld County sheriff. In reflecting on the experience, he wondered if the situation could have turned out better had teachers been armed. “I remember teachers trying to figure out how to shield students and trying to figure out how to subdue or take on the suspect without any tools to do so,” he said. “I watched what happened and I can definitely see… if all those teachers had been armed,
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how that would have probably turned out much differently.” Reams is not the only person considering the idea of armed school staff. As the national community wrestles with the pros and cons of the idea, the Weld RE-8 school district has joined the conversation – with a diverse array of opinions coming from community members.
Mollie Stephans walked into Westminster’s Pecos Liquors for the first time to pitch Loveland Aleworks’ newest beer. The answer she got was promising. “We’ll be in touch,” said Jazz Singh, the owner of the store since 2018. Stephans is one of the small brewery’s 10 employees. She makes sales calls to local liquor stores up and down the Front Range, asking that they put Aleworks’ beer on shelves. The personal touch is what makes the company unique, she said. But the owners the Aleworks said that may need to change if voters approve Proposition 124 in the upcoming election. The ballot initiative will increase the number of retail liquor store licenses an individual may own. The current maximum is three. The number would rise to eight by 2026, 13 by 2031, 20 by 2036 and be unlimited by 2037. With the increase, large retail stores like King Soopers, Safeway and Total Beverage would be able to sell alcohol in more locations. Opponents of the measure argue that will funnel business away from the local and neighborhood stores. “It’s hard to tell ahead of time, but we will almost have to change the way that we sell our beer and change the things we pride ourselves on,” Stephans said. “One big thing for us is we want to keep Colorado as local as possible.” Most of Loveland Aleworks’ accounts are local liquor stores. That’s because they’re able to meet with owners directly. When they get a green light from a store, it can happen on the spot or shortly after.
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