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Teachers, district at crucial moment Union, board face decisions that could open door to strike By Crystal Anderson canderson@coloradocommunitymedia.com This week is a momentous one within the Jefferson County School District, which could end up with a relatively stable school year, or an impending teacher strike. Through a series of meetings, teachers in the union are deciding whether or not to ratify a 10-month collective bargaining agreement. If they do, the board of education must then either accept or reject the agreement. Their decisions will directly impact the 46-year relationship the union has had with the district, the jobs of more than 5,000 teachers and Jeffco’s 86,000 students.
City races starting to heat up Divide hinges on issue of continuity of leadership By Clarke Reader creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com This year’s election season in Lakewood actually started last December, and the following eight months have seen 14 candidates enter the field. In the spring, yard signs started popping up like dandelions in residents’ yards and in front of businesses, and they’ve
only flowered as summer waned. And there’s still two months to go. This year’s municipal election will be a big shake-up for the city: In addition to a new mayor after eight years with Bob Murphy, half the council seats will open up due to term limits. Only the Ward 3 race features an incumbent (Pete Roybal). Change is coming to city leadership. Despite the importance of these choices, voter turnout for council elections has been declining in Lakewood. According to information provided
by City Clerk Margy Greer, in the 2011 election there were 106,600 registered voters with 46.98 percent turnout, and in 2013 there were 98,766 registered voters with only 30 percent turnout. “Things get started here so early because there is so much apathy among voters,” said Joe Margotte, owner of Chicago Style Beef and Dogs. Margotte has been involved in countless community projects and organizations, Races continues on Page 5
Project prepares food for Haitian orphanage About 600 volunteers package ingredients for nutritious meals By Tom Munds tmunds@coloradocommunitymedia.com Representatives of three organizations joined forces at the Rocky Mountain Roller Hockey Arena in Lakewood Aug. 22 and, in about four hours, packaged ingredients for thousands of meals being sent to an orphanage for special-needs children in Haiti. Activ8Sports, a Christian sports organization, spearheaded the activity and the enlistment of volunteers, while Rocky Mountain Hockey Arena provided the location, and Feed the Starving Children provided all the materials and ingredients for the events. “We felt this would be a good project for us, and we worked with Justin BaanHofman, who had organized a mobile pack project last year in cooperation with the Feed the Starving Children organization out of Minneapolis,” said Scott Food continues on Page 5
Colton Vigil operated the machine that heat seals the bags of ingredients for ready-tocook meals that will be sent to an orphanage for special needs children in Haiti. Vigil, a Lakewood resident, was among about 600 volunteers who took part in the Feed the Starving Children program called a mobile packing project. The volunteers packed more than 132,000 meals in the afternoon long effort. Photos by Tom Munds
Teacher contract ratification For the past four decades, the Jefferson County Education Association and the Jefferson County School District have come together to create a collective bargaining agreement, serving as a guideline for teachers and administration. However, a new board majority elected in 2013 has fought with the union over many issues. That majority — of Ken Witt, Julie Williams and John Newkirk — is facing a recall election, which has the union’s blessing. This year, negotiators met over the past five months for more than 150 hours to craft a new collective bargaining agreement. On Aug. 6, both parties signed a tentative agreement to accept the document, which has now gone to the union’s full membership for approval. Several teachers said accepting the proposed contract was the right thing to do, but they were disappointed in the 10-month length of the agreement, which is far shorter than a traditional multi-year agreement. “JCEA members should ratify — it gives us protection while we stand by the parents and community during the recall” of the board majority, said Colleen Keefe, a teacher at West Woods Elementary School in Arvada. “WNW (Julie Williams, John Newkirk and Ken Witt) will commit political suicide if they do not ratify the CBA themselves, and there isn’t enough Koch money to buy commercials to do that damage control.” The union’s voting deadline was 8 a.m. Aug. 26, after the newspaper went to press. (For coverage on the decision, go to coloradocommunitymedia.com.) Should the agreement be rejected, union representatives said they would request negotiating teams reconvene to create a new contract the membership could accept. Once accepted by the union, the contract will go to the Teachers continues on Page 5
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JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRY A glimpse of the people in our community
LUANNE AND JOE MARGOTTE Owners and operators of Chicago Style Beef and Vienna Beef Hall of Fame inductee From Chicago to Lakewood LuAnne: We moved to the current (restaurant) location in 2002, but we started our business in 1997. It was nice in our first place, but it was small - it only seated 16 people. Luckily, we had a good summer when we first opened, so we were able to seat people outside. Joe: I first came to Colorado in 1964, but then I went back east, and other places like that, but came back every now and then. We eventually came here for good in the 90s. Establishing a Lakewood landmark Joe: Restaurants have always been an avocation for me, and we started this because there was nothing like it, and we missed the food. It’s always been a family operation . People who grew up in the Midwest were weaned on this kind of stuff, and everyone learned what a Chicago hot dog is. LuAnne: This became a place where people would bring their friends, especially Chicagoans, who would bring their Colorado friends. One of the first questions they used to ask is what part of Chicago are you from? We still get many police officers and firemen coming in. In the Vienna Hall of Fame. . . Joe: It’s something we talked about it for years, but that was all. LuAnne: Diane (Margotte’s daughter) asked us to come in at 2 but when we got here they said we didn’t have to work.
LuAnne and Joe Margotte. Photo by Clarke Reader Then I kept seeing people I know — people from the Elks Lodge, West Colfax Community Association, and others — started coming through the door. And then when Joe came in, everyone started singing “For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow.” Joe: The recognition is for years in business. And we’ve sold a lot of hot dogs. We’re one of the few places outside of the Chicago metro area to receive the recognition. On retiring … Joe: We are retired! LuAnne: I’ve retired three times! Joe: We’re always on the go — we go to ward meetings, Elks meetings and others. We go to a lot of social functions. We’ve slowed up on dancing a bit… LuAnne: But we still go and listen to the music. We dance more now than we ever did in Chicago. Joe: People ask why we don’t go traveling or anything, but we did all that when we were young. We’ve been there, done that. And I travel every day just sitting on my deck — it’s all so serene, and you can see the whole city spread out. Written by Clarke Reader. If you have suggestions for My Name Is . . ., contact him at creader@coloradocommunitymedia.com.
Library board to add mill levy initiative on November ballot A mill levy initiative to restore services and secure the future of the Jefferson County Public Libraries will be placed on the November 2015 ballot. Jefferson County Public Library Board of Trustees is seeking to increase the library’s mill levy from a maximum of 3.5 mills to a maximum of 4.5 mills. In addition to stabilizing the libraries’ finances, the additional revenues will help fund the following operations: • Expand business hours at all Jeffco libraries and improve service in underserved areas • Restore the book and materials investment • Update computers, Internet access and other technology • Repair and refurbish library buildings The one-mill increase will cost owners of a typical Jeffco home about $1.95 more per month in property taxes. Former state senators Mike Feeley and Norma Anderson have agreed to co-chair a volunteer campaign committee to support the mill levy initiative. For additional information, visit www.yesforjeffcolibraries.com. Free concert in the courtyard of Jeffco buildings The public is invited to attend a free outdoor concert from 2-4 p.m. Aug. 28 at the lower level patio of the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jefferson County Parkway in Golden. The concert will be put on by the Central States Shrine Association Band, which is performing as part of four-day multiple state Shriners convention. The Shriners are part of a network consisting of 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children that specialize in spinal cord injuries, orthopedic birth defects and severe burns, as well as cleft lip and pallet, scoliosis, brittle bone disease and others. Shriners provide all care and services regardless of the families’ ability to pay.
Quilt Museum’s Big Annual Garage Sale The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum is having its annual garage sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 29 in the alley behind the museum, which is located at 1213 Washington Avenue in Golden. The event is free to attend and open to the public. Visit www.rmqm.org or call 303-2770377 for more information. Fire department safety and preparedness day The community is invited to attend the sixth annual Safety and Preparedness Day hosted by the Golden Fire Department and University of Colorado Burn Center. The event takes places from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 12 at Fire Station #1, which is located at Washington Avenue and 10th Street in Golden. The event is free and the entire family is encouraged to attend. People can take advantage of a car seat check station, live fire demonstration, face painting and tours of fire trucks and ambulances. Refreshments will be available, and prizes will be given away. Coyote exploration event for preschoolers The Preschool Nature Nuts program is offering an opportunity for preschoolers to learn about coyotes. The coyote studies will be offered at 10:15-11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Sept. 9, Sept. 10 and Sept. 12. The event takes place at the Lookout Mountain Nature Center & Preserve, 910 Colorow Road in Golden. This program is specifically designed for children ages 3-5 years, with an accompanying adult. The adult event is free to attend, however, space is limited and participants must register. Resgistration can be done online at www.bit.ly/LMNCEventbrite. Additional information can be obtained by emailing the center at lmnc@ jeffco.us or calling 720-497-7600 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday.
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Lakewood opposition stalls corrections plan County mulls decision on men’s facility in new city location By Christy Steadman csteadman@coloradocommunitymedia.com After nearly four hours of public comment on Aug. 18, Jefferson County commissioners passed a motion to postpone their consideration of signing a purchasesale agreement concerning the proposed relocation of a men’s community corrections facility. The community corrections program is currently operated out of the historic New York Building at 1651 Kendall St. in Lakewood. The purchase-sale agreement is contingent on getting a special use permit for a proposed new location near West 8th Avenue and Quail Street in Lakewood. The decision for the permit will be made by the city of Lakewood’s planning commission, and is a topic item for the Sept. 2 meeting. “Safety is a definite concern among the residents,” said Diane Duffey, local resident and president of the Daniels Welchester Neighborhood Association. “But that’s not the whole story to this.” Residents worry about the increased number of offenders that would reside in the area, she said. A women’s community corrections facility is about 1,000 yards from the proposed site for the men’s facility. It has a capacity of 140 people, and the men’s facility would have a capacity of 250 people. That’s a potential total of 390 offenders
between the two facilities, and because the two facilities would be in such a close proximity, neither the men nor women would be set up for successfully completing the program, Duffey said. Plus, a juvenile assessment center is also nearby, she added. “The clustering is our main concern,” Duffey said. “We’ve looked at the studies. Other counties don’t put so many together.” The area has a lot of vulnerable community members, she said. A school is a couple blocks away, on 10th Avenue; a public health building that serves families and children is nearby; and the Developmental Disabilities Resource Center is directly across the street from the proposed site location, Duffey said. Also, she said, “the perception of additional crime will drive away businesses.” Day-to-day operations of the community corrections facilities are contracted to Intervention Community Corrections Services, a private, nonprofit community corrections agency, said County Manager Ralph Schell. The agency provides transitional services for offenders who have either been approved for diversion from the Department of Corrections or are transitioning from prison facilities to the community. Offenders may also be sent to the facility as a condition of their parole and, in some cases, for mental health programs. Community corrections provides mandatory responsibilities including work placement, money management, curfew, drug screenings and volunteer educa-
tional courses. “The program is important to the entire community,” Jeffco Commissioner Donald Rosier said. Without it, the individuals would either be released out onto the street with no supervision or go to jail. “The long-term health of the program is important,” Commissioner Casey Tighe added. The New York Building was built in 1922, and has been county-owned since 1993. For a number of years, the county has been searching for a new location, Schell said. The building is in need of maintenance work, he said, estimating that it could cost up to $5 million to get the building up to code. Funding the new facility is the county’s responsibility. The county has entered into an agreement with Littleton Group LLC for the design-build and purchase of a $14 million building at the proposed location. Already budgeted is $9 million, and the county expects an additional $5 million to come from the sale of the New York Building, which is under contract with NY16Kendall LLC, Schell said. In a separate agreement, Littleton Group LLC has agreed to purchase the New York Building for $5 million should NY16Kendall not follow through with its purchase, Schell said. NY16Kendall has until Oct. 22 to complete the purchase. Popular opinion among residents is that the county should spend the money on the work that needs done to the New
‘Safety is a definite concern among the residents. But that’s not the whole story to this.’
Diane Duffey, local resident and president of the Daniels Welchester Neighborhood Association York Building, Duffey said. “They’re already engrained in the community there,” she said. Although public transportation is easily accessible at the proposed location, there are more bus lines where the facility is currently located, Duffey said. In addition, the individuals in the program have a community garden on-site, and the New York Building is beautiful with “a lot of character,” she said. “They’ll lose all that.” A good location for a community corrections facility is an oxymoron, Commissioner Libby Szabo said. One person may think a certain location is the best place for it, while another person may be completely against it, she said. “No matter where it’s proposed to be located, there will be concerns among the neighbors,” Schell said.
CORRECTION A story about the inaugural Muralfest in Lakewood, which appeared in the Aug. 13 edition of this paper, misidentified an artist in the cutline. The lead photo with three individuals was by the Art Street Group, not by Sandy Toland. Toland and her mural were pictured, but she was incorrectly described as artist Kathy Casper Gevargis. The newspaper regrets the errors. To report corrections and clarifications, call 303-566-4129.
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Dogs learn joy of swimming Day at pool is filled with interaction, happiness By Clarke Reader creader@colorado communitymedia.com There’s a parenting philosophy that says if your children are afraid of the water, the best recourse is to toss them in. It’s a little trickier when it’s your dog that is afraid of the water. During the annual Bark-nSplash event at Lakewood’s Morse Park Pool, dogs of all sizes and skill levels take to the water, but some take a little coaxing. It’s particularly strange when your dog (in this case I’m talking about my family dog Jack, an English springer spaniel) never has any problem diving into the muddiest water he can find when there’s a couple ducks floating along, minding their own business, but can’t seem to summon up the will when there’s nothing living to chase. So first, we go to the kiddie pool. Watching dog owners take their pets to the kiddie pool so they can get used to the water, then moving up to the metal platforms in the adult pool so the dogs can see they’re safe, before finally getting them to swim is like watching your entire childhood pass by in 10 minutes. When Jack seems comfort-
A swimming dog in action at the Bark-n-splash event at Morse Park Pool. Photo by Clarke Reader able enough in the big pool that he doesn’t immediately scramble (about as gracelessly as possible) up the side and out of the water, then we try tossing a toy for him to retrieve, but then the problem becomes getting him to pay attention. There are just too many distractions: dogs belly flopping into the water with the kind of fatigueless energy that only dogs seem to capable of; yips, growls and barks of the other dogs chasing each other around the pool; and owners shouting out every name imaginable. The best part about these owners is they’re all
dog lovers, so they never shy away from helping another dog climb out of the pool, or smile forgivingly when your dog dries himself off right next to them (sorry again). Finally Jack’s attention is focused on the task at hand, and he takes a few tentative steps off the platform and begins swimming to the toy. There’s a moment when you worry you’re going to have to go after him, but then, like the pro I always suspected he was, he retrieves it and begins swimming toward you. Suddenly, you understand what it’s like to be a proud parent.
City manager earns award Lakewood City Manager Kathy Hodgson has received a 2015 Outstanding Women in Business award for making a difference in metro Denver. The Denver Business Journal names winners in several categories each year during a luncheon ceremony, and Hodgson won in the education, government and nonprofit category. She has been Lakewood’s city manager since 2009, and during that time she has helped attract more than $200 million of private investment along the West Colfax and light-rail W Line corridors. Lakewood also has helped create a regional law enforcement training academy, crime lab, a joint SWAT unit and, most recently, a regional records system with other law enforcement agencies in Jefferson County. LWV announces slate of meetings The League of Women Voters celebrates its 95-year history with the first meetings of the 2015-2016 program year. The Lakewood meetings will be at the following times: 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Westland Meridian, 10695 W. 17th Ave. Call Darlene at 303-238-8996 for information. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Jeffco LWV Office, 1425 Brentwood St., Suite 7. Call Lucinda at 720-2545741 for information. 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at Cason Howell House, 1575 Kipling St. Call Susan at 303-988-5847 for information. Grace Covenant picnic scheduled The annual community picnic will be held at Grace Covenant Church at 10101 W. Mississippi Ave., Lakewood, on Sept. 27 from noon to 3 p.m. This year the church will be honoring local heroes — first responders and military personnel. There will be free food, games, crafts, entertainment and door prizes. Everything is completely free. For more information, go to www.gracecovenantlakewood.org. Arts council opens new show The Charlie and the Girls Art Show at the Lakewood Arts Council Gallery features works done by Colorado artists, and begins Aug. 30 and runs through Sept. 25 at the LAC Gallery, 6731 W. Colfax Ave. A reception for the Charlie and the Girls Art Show will be at the LAC Gallery, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9. Hurry continues on Page 9
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School recall petitions easily clear hurdle Validity ruling means total is more than twice needed By Crystal Anderson canderson@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Jefferson County Clerk deemed the names collected to recall three Jeffco school board members as 90 percent sufficient late Tuesday, Aug. 18, bringing the total to more than twice the number needed to trigger a ballot question.
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and has seen many civic leaders come and go. “Most people don’t even know who the mayor is. It’s hard to get people active here.” More and more businesses are voicing their support for candidates, with more expected to endorse as November gets closer. Cassie Stenstrom, mayoral candidate Adam Paul’s campaign manager, said this allows business owners to share with customers and the community which candidates they believe in. (Mayoral can-
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Russomanno, Activ8Sports president. “We put out the word, they advertised on KLove Christian radio station, and we have about 600 volunteers here today to pack the meals.” The Highlands Ranch resident said many of the Aug. 22 volunteers were special-needs individuals, which he said is important because the meals they are packing are going to an orphanage in Haiti for children with special needs. He said he considered the day a success as the volunteers from all over the metro area packed a total of 132,192 meals that will be sent to the Haitian orphanage. When volunteers moved to packing stations, Colton Vigil rolled his wheelchair up to the edge of the table and staffed the machine that heat-sealed the plastic bags containing meal ingredients. “I go to Red Rocks Church, and when they said they were looking for volunteers for this project, I signed up,” the Lakewood man said. “I did one of these events before, but I wanted to be a part of this one because the food is going to help children with special needs.” Adults and children from around the metro area took their places at the packing stations. At one station, Jaden Dunham of Westminster Cub Scout Pack 216 was hard at work while at the next packing station, Allie Taylor of Castle Rock pressed down on the device that heat-sealed the meal packets. Kelly Raab and her two children, Josie, 10, and Calvin, 13, were among the volunteers preparing the plastic bags that were to be filled with the ingredients for the meals.
“Oh, elated,” said Tina Gurdikian, one of the recall organizers, following the news. “I’m super excited. I wish it hadn’t taken so long, but I’m really excited to hear we had roughly 90 percent validity — that’s awesome.” On July 28, Gurdikian and co-organizer Wendy McCord, and other recall supporters, dropped off 28 boxes of petitions seeking the removal from office of Ken Witt, John Newkirk and Julie Williams — the Jeffco school board majority. “There are some who would like us to
challenge the recall petitions that were certified today with a legal protest due to their wildly inaccurate and inflammatory language — but I won’t,” Witt said in an Aug. 19 release. “I am looking forward to this dialogue with our fellow parents in Jeffco and to the opportunity to share the successes of Jeffco Schools.” Each of the three board members tout many of their actions while in office, such as tying teacher pay to performance, working to equalize funding for charter school students and improving academic
achievement. With the petitions cleared, the clerk must wait 15 calendar days before setting the three recall questions on the ballot. This period allows for any member of the community to protest the recall. Should a protest be submitted and deemed valid, the questions will not make the ballot, which must be set by the clerk no later than Sept. 4. Three successor candidates, Brad Rupert, Susan Harmon and Ron Mitchell, have announced their intent to run.
didate Ramey Johnson’s campaign did not return a request for comment). The council elections are supposed to be non-partisan, and Marian Metsopoulos, of the Lakewood Historical Society, said she’s been struck by how council, for the most part, hasn’t been politically controlled in the city’s history. Cheryl Cheney, chair of the Jefferson County Democrats, expressed similar sentiments, and added that the organization only supports candidates for council if asked — something that rarely happens. “Lakewood candidates take the non-partisan requirement very much to heart,” she said. The Jefferson County Republican Party was asked for comment for this story, but
did not reply. While the divides may not be partisan, that certainly doesn’t mean there isn’t a heated debate between what some call “establishment” candidates (those running with the support of current elected officials) and their opponents. The divide comes from a desire by some to maintain what Murphy has referenced numerous times as a “continuity of leadership,” but for those who disagree with council choices, that continuity is not what they want to see. This debate is going on among neighbors and various sites online, and is coming right to the doorstep of some residents, who are receiving a Lakewood Watchdog newsletter in the mail. The
anonymously written paper focuses on issues like the storm water fee increase, single trash hauler and high density concerns — issues that have been hot topics for anti-establishment candidates. Former city council candidate Dan Smith is listed as the president of the newsletter, but did not return requests for comment. The debate and discussions show every sign of getting more intense as the election draws nigh — a reflection of the commitment many residents have to their city. “We believe in Lakewood,” Margotte said. “We love Lakewood and want to see it move in the right direction.”
“I signed up through my company and asked my children to join me,” the Littleton resident said. “I think this is an awesome project. It is well planned, well organized and will help feed a lot of kids.” Josie said she, too, thought this was a special project, and she liked the fact they were helping provide food for kids who don’t even have enough to eat. The volunteers attended a short briefing and then moved out onto the floor of the roller hockey rink to staff one of the 32 packing stations. It just took a few minutes for all volunteers to fit right into the well-organized process. There were volunteers of all ages hard at work. For example, John Reynolds was scooping up cups of white rice for the mixture while at an adjacent station, the youngest “volunteer” at the event, 10-month-old Aliyah Gochanour, was in a pouch carried by her mother, Tanesha Gochanour of Littleton Feed the Starving Children works with local organizers around the country to hold mobile packing events, providing the ingredients that are mixed together in plastic bags that hold what is needed to make six one-cup meals. When the ingredients in one plastic bag are cooked in hot water, it becomes six one-cup servings of a hot cereal-like blend. On Aug. 22, there were four ingredients blended together in the packages. There were small scoops of vitamin meal and mixed dehydrated potatoes and carrots. Next a cup of soy meal and a cup of white rice were added to the mixture. The mixture was placed in a plastic bag weighing between 380 and 400 grams. The bags were heat-sealed and packed into boxes, the boxes were stacked on pallets, and the pallets were wrapped in plastic to make them ready to be shipped to Haiti.
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board of education for approval during its Aug. 27 meeting, the first board meeting of the school year. School board’s role A favorable vote by the board could alleviate some teacher concerns for the current school year. If agreed to, the contract would take effect and representatives from the union and the district will work to implement the procedures this year. Those representatives would meet again next spring to re-evaluate and renegotiate the contract, discussing which processes worked and which didn’t. When asked, board members Lesley Dahlkemper, Jill Fellman and Witt said they wanted to discuss the matter further following the Aug. 27 board meeting, but stated they wanted to retain and reward effective teachers and do what’s in the best interest of students. Dahlkemper said she appreciated the time that went into the negotiation process on both sides, and did not want to speculate on the potential outcome ahead of Aug. 27. She did comment on some of the contract terms however, calling the amount of the 1 percent pay raise for teachers and the 10-month contract length as “insulting.” Newkirk and Williams did not respond by press time. A district spokesperson also declined to talk about what might happen if the contract is not approved by teachers and the board. “We remain confident that we will reach an agreement with JCEA prior to Aug. 31,” said Michelle Balch Lyng with Novitas Communications on behalf of
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the district. “It is premature to speculate about what will happen if we do not.” Strike on the line “Teachers have really mixed feelings,” said Erin Murphy, a teacher at Alameda International High School in Lakewood and member of the JCEA Community Organization Action Team. “They want learning conditions to be protected by an agreement, but the 10-month duration feels like a set-up to cut out teachers’ voices starting next June — it’s a tough choice. If the TA is ratified, I hope the board majority will honor that and vote to accept the agreement.” If the union does not have a contract in place by Aug. 31, the date its current contract expires, the membership will need to decide what to do. Over the past few months, JCEA and Jeffco schools supporters have participated in several informational gatherings, such as a kickoff meeting for the union’s “Summer of Action,” where it began informing citizens about the board’s actions, hosting community talks to discuss the board and to openly discuss when and how to strike. To call a strike, the union’s membership must vote to do so. The union must also file a Notice of Intent to Strike with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment no less than 40 calendar days prior to the strike date, according to Bill Thoennes, public information officer with that office. Upon receipt of the notice, the Department of Labor has 20 calendar days prior to the strike date to make the decision, approving or denying the legality of the strike. As of press time, Thoennes said his department had not received any notice from the union. JCEA communications director Scott Kwasny said the union remains committed to bargaining a negotiated agreement and avoiding such an action.
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The dreaded system failure It’s a little-known fact, but I have been known to waste many hours watching movies that I’ve seen many times before. Because, of course, this leads to every man’s second favorite sport: quoting movie lines. So, last week I was watching “Live Free or Die Hard.” John McClane (Bruce Willis), a cynical attitude, witty one-liners, a really good villain, and completely unbelievable but very entertaining stunts. It has everything I need in a one hour, 30-minute time killer. But there are some clever parts of this movie. The villain hires a team of brilliant computer guys to invent computer codes which, when put all together, allow him to break into government networks and create all kinds of chaos. Terrorism for a digital age. It’s a brilliant system; and the movie, it turns out, raises a very interesting larger idea. Systems, it turns out, are kinda difficult. See, systems are made up of lots of little pieces, and you need really smart people with a singular focus to come up with the pieces. Then, you need somebody to design the links and the bridges that allow two pieces to talk to each other in a way that doesn’t screw up the workings of any of the individual pieces. That takes a different sort of specialization, but an equal kind of really smart. But, for the whole thing to work, somewhere behind the scenes has to be somebody overseeing the whole project, giving it purpose and direction — a Mastermind. The mastermind would have to be smart
enough to keep all the little pieces working, but, also, to see the big picture and know how all the little pieces contribute to the whole and what the whole accomplishes. And, you know what? Systems, it turns out, usually su-- . . . stink. Michael Alcorn My daughter’s best friend has a horrible HITTING blood disorder called HOME idiopathic thrombocytopenia — I.T.P. It’s extremely rare, and each case of it is a little different, so having a doctor who is familiar with the individual patient is very important. This girl has been lucky — she’s had one primary doctor with her for the last 10 years, and it’s been a huge advantage. The problem is, the doctor is retiring soon, and years before she really needs to. It turns out, the system she works in, the American Health Care System, is so bad, so burdensome, so difficult to navigate that she would rather retire than continue to deal with it. And this is after the grand fix that is the Affordable Care Act. Actually, according to surveys, the ACA actually made the system vastly worse, causing many doctors to get out before they need to. The little pieces don’t work well, the
larger pieces don’t do what they were supposed to, and the grand whole was designed by Congress ... not exactly what anybody thinks of as “a Mastermind.” Yeah, sure, it is legal, according to the Supreme Court, and there are some elements of it that are nice. But, the whole of it is still a gargantuan, bureaucratic mess. But that’s not the only bad system. Every year, thousands of smart, talented, enthusiastic young teachers leave education because the system is so messed up. And, no, I’m not just talking Jeffco under the new school board — 33 percent of new teachers, system-wide, quit before five years. That’s talent, dedication, and great intentions leaving our kids because the system is too much of a burden. And remember the financial system circa 2008? Systems are hard, maybe too hard for any one person to try to tackle any more. And it doesn’t help that we are becoming a specializing society, from STEM programs as early as sixth grade to year-around sports to magnet schools and the like. We love turning out the cogs, when what we really need are a lot more masterminds. Or, at least, the wisdom to recognize that we need to exercise a lot more oversight over the systems we foist upon society. Michael Alcorn is a teacher and writer who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. His third novel, “Gameplan: Inside Hell, Inc.” is now available at MichaelJAlcorn.com
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good.” However, in what must have been an attempt at clever wordplay, a car wash posted a billboard telling us that “A reviewer said our vacuums suck.” I’ll bet they don’t mean that “our vacuums are not good.” Besides, although it is common enough in casual speech now, this used to be a bad word because of the sexual connotation that made it a crude expression in
the first place. And then there are the stand-ins — flippin’, freakin’ and the like — used as adjectives to replace the “f” word. I’m thinking of commercials that have been in our market, such as one for a theme park, which advertised that it’s “so flippin’ fun,” or another for wireless connections that are “so flippin’ fast,” in the words of an apparently real person trying out the service. But wait … how about the Toyota ad that urged us to “Go fun ourselves”? Toyota must
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Let’s put an end to profanity in ads I have written before about profanity in mass media advertising, and I’ve gotten some pretty strong responses. Some people thanked me, saying that, as parents, it’s hard enough to keep quality in their children’s lives. Others, however, took issue with my position that profane expressions — and the words and phrases that stand in for them — have no place in mass media. In fact, one person called me a prudish, puritanical, liberal nanny. Clearly, he has no idea what an oxymoron is. Let me say here that I don’t care if you use swear words in private conversation (just please keep it private). But I sincerely believe that swear words and their euphemisms are offensive to the point of being vulgar in mainstream media advertising. No, I don’t mean TV programs — though I am often left with my mouth hanging open at what gets said or implied there — I mean ads in prime-time television and radio, on billboards and in print. And, sure, what cable outlets and the Web can get away with is pretty darn graphic, but I’m talking about what you and I and our families are exposed to on a daily basis. For example, there’s the word “suck,” which is usually employed to mean “not
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have gotten some serious blowback on that one. They stopped saying it in the voiceover for the TV commercials, although it still appeared on the screen, and I wonder if anyone can even read this phrase without knowing what it stands in for. Before you think I consider myself above all this, let me tell you that I have also been guilty of such a thing, on a more minor scale. As a copywriter in the 1980s, I created an ad for a geotechnical company that read “Dammed if we do, but not if we don’t” to describe their containment services. Instead of being effective, the ad was considered frivolous and rude. I haven’t been tempted to use profanity in wordplay since. I know, I know … my view might be oldfashioned, and, yes, I remember these ads, but not for their effectiveness. I’m reminded instead of the derogatory meanings these words and phrases represent. They’re not only unnecessary — the purpose is simply shock value — they’re also just plain offensive. Andrea Doray is a writer who swore to swear off swearing herself … ask her how it’s going at a.doray@andreadoray.com.
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Growing a backbone in a relationship Dear Neil: Two years ago, one of my friends introduced me to his daughter, and she and I got close very fast. She moved to my town, and wants me to take on a father role to her 5 year old child. But she is disrespectful and jealous, and this relationship has cost me a lot of money. I am miserable, depressed and anxious. I want to leave, but I feel responsible for her since she moved here for me. How Do I Get Out of This in Beaumont, California
Dear Out of This: You’re going to have to grow a backbone and tell her how you feel, and tell her you are thinking of ending the relationship with her. You do not have to take care of her financially and be the stepfather to her child if you don’t want that job. It appears that you don’t want to hurt her feelings, but you are ignoring your feelings, which simply doesn’t work.
But before you end this relationship, look carefully at what your girlfriend could do that would make this romance worth staying in. As an example, would you have any interest in growing into a stepdad Neil Rosenthal role over time, rather than quickly as SOUND she has been asking of you? Is she finanADVICE cially leaning on you too heavily? Is there something you’re wanting from her that you’re not getting, but would make a huge difference to you? If you want out, tell her that. Perhaps you will need to help her get on her feet
financially for awhile so she is not left homeless and penniless, but create an exit strategy for yourself. Your feelings and wishes count also. Dear Neil: I am 25, and have had a five year relationship with a boyfriend who lives in India. We have only met online, but we Skype twice a day. He is talking about plans for our future, and thinking I am the one he wants to marry. But I don’t want to marry him. I don’t know what is wrong with me. He is an awesome guy, and I don’t want to lose him. What Should I Do in Canada Dear Canada: An online/Skype relationship with someone you’ve never actually met is not a real relationship. It’s a hopeful fantasy, but it’s not real. How does he treat waitresses? How does he relate to his friends and family, and how would he relate with yours? How affectionate is he?
How possessive or jealous? What is he like as a lover? You don’t know. If you don’t want marriage with him, be honest and tell him that — and let him know you’re not committed to a future with him. Someone you can share experiences with will be more satisfying than a Skype relationship, no matter how awesome the guy is. Perhaps it is time you started dating guys where you live. You’ll hopefully find someone who you can touch and hold.
Neil Rosenthal is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Westminster and Boulder, Colorado. His column is in its 24th year of publication, and is syndicated around the world. You can reach him at 303758-8777, or email him through his website: www.heartrelationships.com. He is the author of the new book: “Love, Sex and Staying Warm: Keeping the Flame Alive.”
Explaining Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) In a May 17 opinion piece, “No Longer Wanting to Die,” in The New York Times, writer Will Lippincott discussed his years-long battle with treatmentresistant depression and the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) that helped him manage his depression. DBT may have saved this man’s life; at the very least, the therapy helped the author engage in a better quality of life. Yet few people outside of professional therapy know the term. What is DBT really about? Who can benefit from this therapy? And what DBT services do we have in the Denver area? DBT was developed in the 1980s by cognitive psychologist Marsha Linehan, who was looking for a more validating approach to cognitive psychology. Since that time, DBT has been tested with numerous clinical populations; it’s now considered an evidence-based practice, which means scientific results about its effectiveness exist, are valid and support its use. Experts agree, and clients view DBT as a high-quality and beneficial therapy approach. DBT is rooted in cognitive psychology, which generally understands that our thoughts, feelings and actions work in
conjunction. DBT adds more to this concept, allowing for a therapist to provide emotional support to a client as well as working on changing behaviors that might be causing daily-life difficulties. Stephanie A DBT-oriented Majka-Nava therapist helps clients improve ASK A their skills in four THERAPIST resiliency-focused areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness and emotion regulation. Mindfulness refers to being fully aware of the present state and remaining focused on the here and now. Distress tolerance is learning how to cope with pain and stress in tough situations instead of attempting to change the situation (or other people). Interpersonal effectiveness focuses on improving communication skills so clients can maintain healthy and supportive relationships.
Finally, emotion regulation refers to being aware of one’s emotions and working on changing them, e.g., learning how to become less negatively reactive in a stressful situation. DBT commonly integrates multiple aspects of therapy. Clients often will have a primary therapist with whom they meet regularly. This professional provides emotional support and reinforces techniques to help clients change specific behaviors. Clients also are encouraged to attend group sessions, where they learn and can practice the four resiliency-building techniques already discussed. DBT initially was developed to be a very intensive process, but the techniques have been proven effective during regular therapeutic visits. DBT, which has been widely researched, has been used to help individuals who have severe depression, an eating disorder or have engaged in self-
harming behaviors or attempted suicide. It’s been proven to reduce psychiatric hospitalizations and premature termination of therapy. Community Reach Center and other mental health agencies in the Denvermetro area currently have DBT groups and therapists with DBT training. For anyone in Adams County who may be interested in joining a DBT-oriented support group, please call Community Reach Center at (303) 853-3500. Other information is available at www. CommunityReachCenter.org. For more information about DBT, visit the Linehan Institute at www.BehavioralTech.org. Stephanie Majka-Nava, MSW, LCSW, is a therapist at Community Reach Center, a non-profit mental-health center with five outpatient offices in Adams County. For more information: www.CommunityReachCenter.org; (303) 853-3500.
Making a big change isn’t a one-day thing So the other day I received an email from local merchants who shared their initial experiences with trying to make a change in their business based on some of the information they had found in my previous columns. They were particularly focused on creating a positive work environment where people felt empowered and respected, and where customers felt appreciated. Their goal was to reduce turnover of staff and increase customer loyalty. They knew that if they really wanted to experience different results, the changes would have to start at the top, meaning the ownership would have to change the way they ran the business. I love reading the emails that you all send in, and as I began reading this particular email I was initially so encouraged by the owners’ intent to truly make a change. That feeling of encouragement was quickly replaced with concern as I continued to read the rest of the story. You see, they took the first step in deciding they wanted to change. They even identified the things they wanted to change and improve. The ownership even started to demonstrate a new attitude fueled by a positive outlook and an even more positive attitude. They shared with me that they even stopped using curse words in the business to try and clean up everyone’s colorful use of language. In the words of the owner, the problem was that, “This whole positive approach just doesn’t work. We tried it, and it just doesn’t work.” Sadly the rest of the email spoke to the fact that employee turnover was higher than ever and they felt like they were treading water with customers and maybe even losing some of their business. So the final question in the email was this, “So now that we know the positive approach doesn’t work, what other bright ideas do you have?” A little
snarky, a little sarcastic, but I sensed they really wanted help. As we exchanged emails and had a chance to speak by telephone I was able to find out what had really happened. They tried the positive approach for Michael Norton only one day. That’s right, one day. At MINDSET the first sign of conflict or interaction with an employee or customer where things went bad, they immediately reverted to their old habits and comfort zone of responding negatively and even a little, or maybe a lot, in a combative way. If we are to experience true change in anything that we do, we cannot give up or give in at the very first challenge that comes our way. We have to be committed to the change we want to see and experience in our personal and our professional lives. Habits are hard to break. And many of us may have tried for a day, or maybe even a week, to make a change and just like our business owners, we gave up. If we want to truly change something in our lives or something about ourselves, we must make a commitment to that change. How about you? Can you look beyond the events and circumstances of today to see a better tomorrow for yourself? Are you able to be committed to the change you want to see and experience? I would love to hear all about it at gotonorton@ gmail.com. Michael Norton is a Colorado resident, the former president of the Zig Ziglar Corporation, a strategic consultant and a business and personal coach.
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2016 budget gets a first look
Budget overview: From a financial standpoint, the city is on relatively firm ground, Dorr told council during his presentation. While on this steady footing, it is important to keep in mind market instability and the limits put in place by TABOR, he went on to emphasize. For next year, revenues are forecasted to increase by 3.4 percent over 2015 in charges for services, sales tax, motor vehicle use tax, and property taxes, with a forecasted TABOR refund of around $2.8 million.
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he proposed 2016 budget for the city will include spending for new police staff, reinvestment in city playgrounds and investment in the creation of a new slash facility. City Council reviewed these details at an Aug. 24 study session, where the group had the opportunity to learn about the proposed budget for next year, how the 2015 budget is meeting expectations and even a preliminary glimpse into 2017. “We have core community values, and everything we do as a city should connect to these values,” said Larry Dorr, finance director for the city. “We’re doing well on all of these as a community.”
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Department updates: There will be new expenditures in several departments, including $400,000 for Microsoft Office, $975,000 for new police staff and $200,000 for a building plan reviewer. Police Chief Kevin Paletta told council the changes to police staff were the result of a Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) workload assessment, and will include an increase of eight officers and two community service officers. He said these personnel additions will allow for further operating alignments to increase productivity and efficiency.
Proposed additions: Due to the city’s solid financial footing, City Manager Kathy Hodgson proposed the addition of three one-time expenditures to the budget to address areas in need of funds. The first addition is $1 million from the reserves for the city’s playground program, which would add around three new playgrounds at sites still to be determined. The second addition is $800,000 to the city’s median improvement program. Finally, $800,000 would be held in reserve for the creation of a slash facility somewhere in the city. Since the closure of the Rooney Road Recycling Center, there hasn’t been a place for residents to recycle hazardous materials, Hodgson said.
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Council comment: Council inqu ired about topics as diverse as the wait time for building permits in other municip alities, raises for police officers, and funding increases to mitigate some of the damage from the Bear Creek Lak e Park flooding. As it was the last budget study session for many of the term-limited cou ncil members, several took a moment to thank staff for the work they’ve been doin g for years. “I know the city is in good hands with the leadership staff in place,” said Ward 2 councilwoman Cindy Baroway. “Th is city continually looks for ways to improve things and make it better for the citizenry . The changes I’ve seen in the city have just been phenomenal.”
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For information about the show or the Lakewood Arts Council call 303-980-0625 or visit www.lakewoodartscouncil.org Xcel Energy scam goes around A Lakewood business owner reported receiving a phone call from a person who demanded immediate payment of an Xcel Energy utility bill or service would be terminated. The caller was not from Xcel Energy, but a scammer looking for some fast money, according to an Xcel Energy release. Unfortunately, the business owner paid and lost that money. Xcel is asking customers to follow these precautions: If anyone posing as an Xcel Energy representative attempts contact, demands immediate payment of bills and threatens to turn off your power if not paid, hang up. If someone insists on bill payment with a specific brand of prepaid debit card, hang up. If anyone calls and says a bill was overpaid, and wants the bank account number so a refund can be deposited into your account, hang up. It’s also important to request to see the Xcel Energy identification cards of people claiming to be Xcel employees. Call Xcel at 1-800-895-4999 if unsure of account status and if a scam call is received. Visit xcelenergy.com for more information about avoiding scams and
Action Center requests school supplies The Action Center’s annual School Supply Distribution serves more than 5,000 Jefferson County students with much-needed supplies so they can be successful in the classroom. With standard school supplies running $93 per child, many struggling families face the frightening decision to cut into the utility bill or rent money to get their children ready for school. To support the ever-growing need for school supplies, the center asks the community to support the school supply drive. The community can drop off donations or make an online contribution through The Action Center’s GoFundMe campaign (gofundme.com/theactioncenter). The following items are most needed: notebook paper, spiral notebooks, two-pocket folders, folders with brads, highlighters, scientific calculators, flash drives, colored pencils, markers, scissors, pencil erasers, pencil bags or boxes, backpacks, loose-leaf paper and glue sticks. School Supply Distribution donations can be dropped off at The Action Center’s receiving dock, 8755 W. 14th Ave. Dock hours are weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Saturday 9 a.m. to noon. Applications available for NPP program Applications are available for Lakewood’s Neighborhood Participation Program, which provides city grants to fund improvements in neighborhoods.
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During the 21 years of the program, it has helped pay for items such as sidewalk and bicycle path connections, picnic facilities and playgrounds at neighborhood parks, community gardens, artwork and more. A total of $160,000 is available for grants to neighborhoods in 2016. To be eligible, projects must provide a general benefit to the neighborhood and must be located on public property. A group representing the neighborhood must submit an application to the program. Project proposals compete directly with other proposals and are evaluated based on criteria including the benefit to the neighborhood, health and safety, compliance with the Lakewood Comprehensive Plan and the Community Resources Department’s Comprehensive Master Plan as well as neighborhood support and maintenance requirements. Lakewood City Council makes the final selection of the projects to receive grants. Applications and additional information are available at www.Lakewood.org/ NPP. The deadline to apply is Friday, Sept. 18. For more information, contact Holly Boehm at 303-987-7507 or holboe@lakewood.org. Action Center in need of volunteers The Action Center needs strong volunteers to pack, sort, move and stack in-kind donations. Volunteers must be able to consistently lift 20 to 40 pounds and must be able to start immediately. Volunteers shifts are available Monday through Saturday and are three to four hours long.
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The Action Center serves nearly 30,000 individuals in need annually. For more information or to sign up, please contact Lorraine at 303-237-7704 or lorrainea@theactioncenterco.org. Heritage Center takes part in Blue Star plan The Lakewood Heritage Center will serve the nation’s service members this summer as a 2015 Blue Star Museum, offering free museum admission to active duty military personnel and their families. The Blue Star program is a collaborative effort involving the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and more than 2,000 museums in all 50 states to offer free admission to museums from Memorial Day through Labor Day. This year’s Blue Star museums represent history, fine art, science, nature centers and children’s museums. The free admission program is available to any bearer of a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), a DD Form 1173 ID card, or a DD Form 1173-I ID card and up to five family members. This includes active-duty Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel as well as members of the National Guard and Reserve, U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and NOAA Commissioned Corps. The complete list of participating museums is available at www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums and has more than doubled since the first year of the initiative in 2010.
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How to overcome common obstacles to losing weight Metro Creative Connection Diet, exercise and maintaining a healthy weight are essential elements of a healthy lifestyle. Adapting to a new diet and embracing a new exercise regimen requires a strong commitment, but so, too, does maintaining a healthy weight once those pounds have been shed. Losing weight can be difficult, and many people who set out to shed a few extra pounds encounter a handful of common obstacles along the way. These roadblocks do not disappear once weight has been lost, which only highlights the long-term approach men and women must take as they look to lose weight and keep pounds off for the long haul. The following are a handful of obstacles men and women may face as they look to lose weight and keep weight off for years to come. Snacks Snacking is perhaps the biggest obstacle to weight loss many men and women will face. Choosing the wrong snacks can compromise your efforts to lose weight, but the right snacks can provide energy boosts without negatively impacting your waistline. Rather than high-calorie snacks that offer little nutritional value, choose low-calorie alternatives. For example, instead of fried tortilla chips, opt for reduced-sodium baked chips instead. In lieu of ice cream on a warm afternoon, choose low-fat yogurt, which can be just as refreshing without all those empty calories. Restaurants Dining out is another potential obstacle for men
and women trying to lose weight. Avoid buffet-style restaurants or those establishments you know serve especially large portions. When dining out, ask to swap high-calorie side dishes with vegetables when possible, and choose nutritional, low-calorie entrées that won’t compromise the hard work you put in all week eating at home. Busy schedules One common obstacle that compromises even the most dedicated weight-loss efforts is a hectic schedule. Commitments to career and family can make it easy to veer off course with regard to diet. Planning is often an effective way to overcome a hectic schedule. Plan meals in advance so you are not tempted to order takeout or delivery after a long day at the office. Use weekends to schedule and plan your weeknight meals, preparing meals in advance when possible and using a slow cooker so your meals are cooking while you’re at the office and ready to eat the moment you arrive home at night. Setbacks Setbacks are another common obstacle that can threaten weight-loss goals. Everyone experiences a setback or two as they attempt to lose weight and keep that weight off. Don’t allow such setbacks to derail your weight loss efforts, and don’t beat yourself up when a setback occurs. Respond by rededicating yourself to your weight loss efforts, and before you know it, you will be back on track. Men and women can expect to face some common obstacles as they attempt to lose weight. Anticipating those obstacles is a great way to ensure they don’t derail your weight-loss efforts.
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Golden finish to USA Pro Challenge Dennis and BMC cap successful campaign
By Glenn Wallace gwallace@coloradocommunitymedia.com In the final day of competition for the state’s biggest bike race, Rohan Dennis held on to his overall lead and helped show just how dominant he and the rest of Team BMC had been. After seven days of racing hundreds of miles over some of the highest terrain the field of 158 world-class cyclists have ever seen, Dennis of Australia still had enough energy left to break off the front of the pack and try for a sprint win in Denver. The move electrified the crowd in Golden’s Parfet Park, where spectators could watch the Pro Challenge finale on a jumbo screen. Dennis was quickly caught up by the main pack as it surged for the line. At the very end, it was between John Murphy of Team UnitedHealthcare and Boulder’s Taylor Phinney (BMC) to see who could cross the line first, and Murphy had the edge. “The run in, it was always going to be a fast and furious one,” Kiel Reijen (USA) of UnitedHealthcare said after the race. “It was great that John was able to finish
USA Pro Challenge men’s winner Australian Rohan Dennis, in the yellow jersey, paces himself in a pack of riders as they charge through the streets of downtown Golden. Photo by Tim McClanahan it off. We knew he was the fastest guy today.” The day’s race started in Golden, looping around North Table Mountain, before making the iconic climb up Lookout Mountain’s switchbacks, then plunging down to the plains, through Wheat Ridge and Lakewood, before ending in a series of laps around a downtown circuit, and a
USA Pro Challenge men’s racers take a corner in downtown Golden as they race stage 7 on Aug. 23. Photo by Tim McClanahan sprint finish. Even before the slopes of Lookout, a breakaway had formed, eventually getting as much as 1:45 ahead of the main group. Dennis, riding for the dominant Team BMC, looked comfortable, sitting near the front of the peloton for much of the day, even as the last two breakaway riders survived until caught on the final circuit lap. Brent Bookwalter (BMC) and Rob Britton (Team Smartstop) rounded out the overall leaders podium for the men. BMC was clearly the team of the tour. In addition to the one, two finish, the
team also added stage wins by Bookwalter and Phinney as well as the team title — all this despite not bringing the 2014 USA Pro Challenge defending champion Tejay van Garderen to the competition. The green sprint jersey went to Reijen of UnitedHealthcare. Dennis was also given the King of the Mountains jersey. Geoghegan Hart Tao from the Axeon squad was the best finishing rider under 23, earning him the Best Young Rider jersey. The most aggressive rider award went to Javier Megias of Team Novo Nordisk.
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Race could mark biggest crowd of any female cycling event in U.S. history
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The fifth annual USA Pro Challenge will always be remembered as the year women pro cyclists first took part in the state’s biggest professional bike race. “This race alone has made my comeback worth it,” said Kristin Armstrong, overall winner of the inaugural Women’s USA Pro Challenge. “This is historical. I’m so happy and proud to be part of this moment. I’m happy to do whatever I can do to help grow this sport.” Making the stage and jersey wins even sweeter for the riders, this year’s prize purse was identical to that of the traditionally much-better-paid men. Stage 1 of the women’s race took place Aug. 21, and was an 8.5-mile time trial in Breckenridge. Armstrong won the stage with a 1.2-second lead over Team Twenty16 teammate Allie Dragoo. The next day, the women raced 58 miles from Loveland to Fort Collins, and Stage 2 was won by Tayler Wiles of DNA Cycling. Stage 3 on Aug. 23 was won by Coryn Rivera of UnitedHealthcare Professional. She was awarded the green jersey for the tour’s best sprinter.
The women raced a 1.5-mile criterium loop in downtown Golden. The official starting line was at 13th Street and Washington Avenue, and started off going up a hill described as “just amazing, that extra little oomph,” by Strava Most Courageous Rider jersey winner Amanda Miller of Visit Dallas. The women also endured two sharp turns on the course. “If you weren’t entertained by that, then you shouldn’t be coming to bike races,” said Sean Petty, Women’s USA Pro Challenge race director. The women put in a great three days of racing, Petty said, adding that seeing the turnout of excited fans supporting the inaugural women’s race brought tears to his eyes. Dan Dwyer, co-chairman of Golden’s organizing committee for the USA Pro Challenge, said he knew Golden would deliver an enthusiastic crowd. “According to race organizers,” he said, “the final women’s stage in Golden was quite possibly the largest attended women’s race in U.S. cycling history.” It was amazing to watch the riders, said Susan Mroz of Denver, who came to race day in Golden to support the Amy D. Foundation team. “Hopefully this is the start for more visibility in the racing circuit,” Mroz said. Naked Women’s Racing teammates Melissa Langdon of Arvada and Natalia Ptas of Denver came to cheer on a teammate competing in the USA Pro Challenge, Kimberley Turner.
USA Pro Challenge winner and Olympic gold medalist Kristin Armstrong, in the yellow jersey, leads the pack of racers in downtown Golden on Aug. 23. Photo by Tim McClanahan “Women’s racing is getting bigger every year,” Ptas said. “It’s awesome that they’re promoting women’s racing.” At a Stage 3 press conference, USA Pro Challenge Queen of the Mountain jersey winner Mara Abbott of Amy D. Foundation said Aug. 21-23 would count as one of the most amazing weekends of her life. “I’m so grateful to have been able to compete this week, but if we want this to
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the On a summer morning when many Colorado teens were still sleeping in, dozens of Jeffco high school students arrived for a full day of work as trail stewards. The day’s schedule was mapped out on a picnic table next to several waiting buses. The Trail Stewardship Team is operated by Jeffco Open Space, and they’ve never had a shortage of hard work for these teens who got a paycheck for helping maintain or upgrade a vast trail system that covers 227 miles. “We like having the kids out on the trails. It creates a stewardship that will go on for generations. Some of our TST crew leaders were also within the program as students,” said Chris Barker, the Trail Services Coordinator for Jeffco Open space. Jeffco Open Space was able to
Jeffco Students Spent the Summer Working for Jeffco Open Space complete a lot of trail maintenance that they wouldn’t have been able to do without their help. The work these teens did on the trail systems was not easy. “One thing becomes painfully obvious fairly quickly. If you’re going to be a member of this Jeffco trails crew, you’ve got to hike, a lot!” said Jeffco Multimedia Specialist Jack Maher as he followed the teens on a grueling day of work. The teen trail stewards were armed with picks, shovels, hard hats and a lot of water, as they spent their summer working in all kinds of weather, doing all kinds of hard physical labor. “It’s definitely hard work. Toward the beginning of the program, some of the kids aren’t in proper shape for trail maintenance and trail construction, but throughout the program, they
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build up their muscular endurance and, pretty soon, they’re good to go,” said Clark Frisbie, a Jeffco Open Space Crew Leader. All that hard work has its rewards, though. “It is really good; you’ll see hikers come on down and thank you for the work that you’re doing, and I’ll go out with my family and hike the trails that I fixed, and it’s nice,” said Frisbie. Daniel Henkel, a sophomore at Wheat Ridge High School said, “I feel proud and accomplished at the end of the day when I go home and take off my boots. It’s really rewarding, actually. You know that you made a significant contribution.” For others, working as a trail steward strengthened a love for the outdoors. “I’ve always been a city girl, so I haven’t always liked the outdoors as
Jeffco Summer Reading Program Expanded to 30 Schools The Jeffco Summer of Early Literacy (JSEL) program helps stave off summer slide among young readers. Students in the program spent three hours each morning, five days a week, for sixweeks receiving literacy instruction to prevent summer literacy loss and increase reading proficiency. “[It also helps students make] literacy gains throughout the summer so that they’re ready to go when they come back in the fall,” explained Denise Delgado, Executive Director Jeffco Schools Foundation. The Jeffco Schools Foundation began the program in 2012 with four schools. JSEL has been so successful that the District has increased its support to expand the program to 30 schools and serve even more Jeffco students this year.
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much, but definitely being out here three times a week, eight hours a day, and being out in this nature really helps my love for the outdoors more,” said Wheat Ridge High School junior Anngelica Reseigh. Jeffco Open Space appreciates the work these teens contributed, and are glad to have these energetic students as part of the summer team. “They love it. It gives them the opportunity to work hard and create a great work ethic and they also get paid to do it,” said Barker. Frisbie echoed Barker saying, “As long as they’re trying their best, that’s what I’m looking for. As long as they’re giving 100% effort, that makes me happy.”
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MESSAGE FROM THE JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
What are your hopes for the class of 2028? Ken Witt P R E S I D E N T
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As you venture from your home to the to your first years of school, my hope is that you always see this big world you are entering through the eyes of opportunity and adventure. Recognize that every day is a chance to improve yourself and the world around you. Realize that your happiness and success depend on your own efforts, and that education and hard work are the keys to reaching your goals. Show kindness in all situations and give more than you take from others, letting generosity rather than jealousy guide your decisions and perspective. Though you may forget where you acquired them, many of the best life lessons are learned in these first few school years, so have some fun, anxious to bring warmth and laughter with you, rather than just wishing someone else did.
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“Always remember: You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” – A.A. Milne, Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh
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Dear Jeffco Community, Summer has ended, and we have begun a new school year. Like every beginning, this fresh start brings continued opportunity to grow as individuals and as a community. Jeffco Schools celebrated many accomplishments last year. We remained focused on student growth and achievement, we gave principals and our communities greater input into their schools, we solicited community members and staff to develop the Jeffco 2020 Vision, and we planned for significant shifts in the Jefferson and Alameda areas to drive student achievement. But, we have much to look forward to this year. The 2015-16 school year marks the start of full implementation of district-wide Student Based Budgeting (SBB), which will give parents, teachers, and administrators the opportunity to better align school resources within their communities. We also are excited to continue our work to implement the Jeffco 2020 Vision. Last spring, we involved multiple stakeholders in a conversation about the competencies a student graduating in 2020 from Jeffco needs to have. Now, the vision will inform Jeffco’s strategic plan for educating our kids moving forward. This school year, we hope our teachers feel empowered and prepared to educate and inspire students through connecting students’ college, career, and life aspirations. Additionally, we made great strides toward restoring Jeffco’s fiscal health and we plan to continue on that path this year. With the partnership of students, staff, parents, and community members, great things lie ahead in Jeffco Public Schools. We hope you, as a community, will continue to support Jeffco schools, our students, and our staff as we look forward to a positive and productive school year.
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This month, the Class of 2028 will walk through the doors of schools across Jeffco for the first time. A strong start in kindergarten makes a huge difference in a child’s academic success. Jeffco teachers are educating our future doctors, artists, lawyers, writers and educators. Kindergartners – you are off to an amazing adventure! Lose yourself in a Dr. Seuss book… think your way through a cool math puzzle… or draw a picture about your favorite imaginary hideaway. Meet new friends and learn from each another. Together, you will achieve even more than you think possible. We can’t wait to see what you become!
John Newkirk S E C R E T A R Y Dahlkemper
Here’s hoping that you’ll look at life and never stop inquiring Here’s hoping that you’ll face life’s knocks with grit that’s unexpiring Here’s hoping you’ll appreciate your public education And the sacrifices that it took to bring about this nation Here’s hoping that your freedom stays unfettered and unbounded And that you’ll leave the place a little better than you found it.
Jill Fellman T R E A S U R E R Newkirk
Warm regards, Dan McMinimee Fellman
As Bruce Springsteen said: “The night’s busting open – these two lanes will take us anywhere”. That is true of your K-12 experience in Jeffco – it can take you anywhere! My best hope for the class of 2028 is that each and every student reaches for the stars and achieves their dreams. The best advice I can offer is simply to keep all of your options open. Learn as much as you can. Be mindful that content learning is important, but so is “process” learning. Teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving are skills that will serve you well in all content areas. Relationships, with both your classmates and your teachers, are also extremely important. The relationships you develop now can truly last a lifetime! No matter what path you choose, find your passion. If you can dream it, you can do it! Never stop dreaming of all the possibilities that are ahead of you.
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“This is a very successful intervention program for our students, and that’s why we wanted to ramp it up from the number of schools we’ve had in the past to the 30 schools that are participating this year at different sites,” said Dan McMinimee, Jeffco Public Schools Superintendent. It was the third year Lisa Nolan has been involved with JSEL as principal at Lasley Elementary. In that time, she has seen first-hand how well the program works. “Students are learning at great lengths…they’re involved in their own learning…and our teachers are enjoying it because they have freedom … to work with students on more of a one-to-one basis. The studentteacher ratio is one to 15,” said Nolan.
The JSEL program uses the routines and structures from the literacy programs used throughout the regular school year, which keeps the learning consistent and helps the program to be successful. Students and teachers don’t have to adjust to a new way of learning. Instead, they can focus keeping and improving upon literacy skills. “It’s great to be able to come into summer school and…not lose anything, but also be able to actually gain,” said Nolan. “Our data has shown that students were able to actually [improve] in their learning. They grew much quicker than they had when they left school. It really does help them quite a bit.”
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The Fun Fantastic Summer at Mountair Park
Molholm Elementary students kept their minds and bodies active this summer at a half-day summer camp created just for them. The camp was made possible through a partnership with the City of Lakewood and Molholm’s 21st Century Community Learning Center. The usual summer learning and meal programs couldn’t be held at the school this year due to maintenance work, so the City of Lakewood stepped in to provide Mountair Park for the camp. The city’s recreation staff, along with the Community Learning Center created an excellent and fun program for these students. Without these programs, many students would lose a large amount of the academic progress they made during the school year. The camp provided an opportunity to prevent any summer learning loss that might occur, and also got the kids outside to enjoy the beautiful Colorado summer. “We’re really pushing to get kids outside and play outside and be
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outside; it’s Colorado and they should be playing outside,” said Marissa Mallory from the City of Lakewood. “We really focus this specific camp on getting them outdoors; getting them out in the sun in this nice park that Lakewood has just re-finished for us.” Many of these students spent previous summers hanging out at home watching television or playing video games. The camp helped keep them active, and provided new experiences they might not have had otherwise. “We’re always outside. [It’s] nice weather. [We] stay active for summer, stay healthy,” said camper Mason Miller. The camp began each morning with time focused on literacy. The counselors read to the kids and had them read silently, as well, to keep their reading skills sharp and avoid any drop-off during the summer. Next, the kids participated in fun activities that had an academic purpose. Just don’t tell them that.
A new school year has just begun, but already Jeffco Public Schools is looking ahead to what graduates will need five years from now. The Jeffco 2020 Vision is a way to pull together a clear picture about the outcomes Jeffco wants its students to have in the future – it’s a vision statement that begins with the end in mind. “It’s a shared blueprint for what we want kids to achieve, as well as a way to get there,” explained Syna Morgan, Chief Academic Officer. “We’ve described the five competencies, now we need to have a clear definition of what does it mean to be successful; what does it mean to be a successful, critical thinker; what does it mean to be civically engaged?” The purpose of the Jeffco 2020 Vision is to enhance the educational experience for all students, as well as to provide them the skills they will need to successfully navigate both their personal and professional lives after graduation. It is the work of a diverse group of people who care deeply about Jeffco Public Schools and what future Jeffco grads are going to need in an increasingly competitive and challenging world. Stakeholders from across the district were included in the conversation to define a successful graduate. “We decided that we wanted to have a vision development process that really represented the stakeholders that care about the education of our students, so we pulled together about 80 individuals from the school district and county,” said Morgan. Over the course of several months, Jeffco students teamed up with Jeffco teachers, administrators, parents, local businesspeople, and others to identify key competencies necessary for 2020 grads. “We involved students in this discussion so they could have input into what they want to see in classrooms,” said McMinimee. The end result was a community vision for the Jeffco 2020 graduate and beyond. “In 2020, there may be very different skills that are necessary so we’ll always need to be re-visiting and staying current with what student needs are,” said Morgan. The next step is developing a strategic plan to figure out how best to breathe life into this vision across one of the biggest school districts in Colorado and the country. The vision will serve as a guide, and each school will be able to personalize the experience for its students. “The exciting part for me is to watch the creativity and collaboration among building principals, their accountability committees, and their teachers as they take this framework and say ‘here’s how we’re going to actualize this in our building with our kids, with the kids that we know so much about,’” said McMinimee. The vision has been determined, but now the hard work begins. “We have some fabulous teachers and some great administrators. I’m really confident with their creative and collaboration skills that they’re going to have a great opportunity to be successful,” said McMinimee.
“We do several different activities that have learning hidden in them so they may think it’s a game, or they may think that they’re playing but they’re still getting things like literacy or science,” said Mallory. The kids also took field trips to museums, the Wildlife Experience, and spent time learning about urban farming at the Sprout City Farms Garden adjacent to Montair Park. Kids chose their own vegetables and flower seeds to plant, and they checked the progress twice a week. “We get to grow watermelons, carrots, all of that kind of stuff. They’re
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teaching us lots of stuff. Teaching us how to be creative, making things,” explained camper AJ Gai. The camp only cost ten dollars per session and there were two sessions. If campers needed funding or a scholarship, organizers were happy to help. Campers also were provided meals twice a day thanks to another partnership with Lunchbox Express. The kids got to stay active during the summer, while also working to prevent summer learning loss – and they had a blast. It doesn’t get much better than that.
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Teacher Compensation Increases Jeffco Public Schools values the efforts and dedication of its teachers and wants to attract, retain, and reward those who help students succeed and make classrooms soar. That’s why over the past two years, compensation for effective and highlyeffective teachers has increased. “Research has demonstrated that more effective teachers can produce bigger gains for our students, year over year,” said Amy Weber, Chief Human Resources Officer. “We want to be a district that hires and retains effective teachers and compensation is a part of that.” For the 2015-2016 school year, the Board approved $15.6 million in compensation increases from $19.5 million in state funds. Compensation increases this year represent 80 percent of new money from the state. Included
in this compensation are increased Public Employee Retirement Association (PERA) costs, which represent an increase of $3.7 million in 2014 and an expected $3.2 million this year. PERA is a state requirement that provides a retirement plan to Jeffco Schools’ employees. Implementation of the Affordable Care Act is mandated and ensures that all eligible Jeffco employees are offered healthcare coverage. Compliance with ACA also uses dollars that would be otherwise available for compensation. “We made some difficult decisions around budget this year given competing budget priorities,” said Jeffco
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Superintendent Dan McMinimee. “Jeffco has dedicated the maximum dollar amount to compensation from money by the state without sacrificing resources for students and building needs for increasing the capacity of the school district.” Due to the level of state funding and budgeting priorities, the performancebased compensation increases for 2015 will be, on average, one percent. Although this is lower than last year’s increase, it is the second year of increases following several years of salary freezes. Implemented in the fall of 2014 by the Board, compensation in Jeffco for teachers is now tied to overall performance in the classroom, as measured by an evaluation rubric developed collaboratively with the District, staff, and Jefferson County Education Association, to ensure that all students have an effective teacher in every classroom. In the fall of 2014, “highly effective” teachers received the highest ongoing increase at 4.25 percent and “effective” teachers received a 2.43 percent increase last year. “Jeffco Schools always wants to be able to reward its employees with greater
compensation. Obviously, a one percent raise is not as much as we would like to give, and we recognize that cost of living in Colorado has increased,” said Weber. “To ensure we keep our most effective employees in our classrooms, we are continuing to find ways to increase pay moving forward.” After research showed that Jeffco Schools was not as competitive in compensation with surrounding districts, Jeffco Schools raised starting teacher salaries to $38,000 per year to attract the best teachers for the classroom. As a result, and to make compensation more fair, compensation for hard-working, veteran teachers also increased to equal levels of new-hire pay, which was something that was not previously done. This means that many Jeffco Schools employees will see raises above the one percent performance raises. The hard work and dedication of Jeffco Schools’ teachers and staff continue to make a huge impact on the lives Jeffco’s students, and Jeffco Public Schools is doing everything it can to reward those who make a difference in the classroom.
vocabulary to ensure that they grasp concepts they will need as they progress in their academic careers. “Students may understand the content, but they may not understand the academic language used in teaching that content. We want to ensure they have the language needed to successfully communicate their understanding of the content,” said Quanbeck. The final pillar, and possibly the most important as it provides the structure for teachers to be learners in their practice, is “Professional Learning Communities” (PLCs). Educators from all the schools in the Jefferson area are working together on improving instruction to best support, reach, and educate each student. Teachers will have additional professional development and planning
time to meet in their PLCs. This pillar is essentially the vehicle for doing the work of the other two pillars. Teachers will spend more time developing an understanding each students’ distinct needs, which will enable them to be very thoughtful in how they approach instruction to best meet those needs. The plan will be monitored throughout the implementation this year with regular observations of teacher practices, evaluations of student achievement on common classroom assessments as well as district interim assessments. The plan will continue to be evaluated and adjusted based on the analysis of the progress monitoring. This fresh approach supports Jeffco Schools’ “one-size-fitsone” strategy to significantly improve student achievement.
The Pillars that Support Jefferson’s Student Growth Jeffco Schools is undertaking an entirely new approach to driving student achievement in one of its most challenging areas, the Jefferson articulation area. The area has struggled to make systemic progress in helping the diverse learners in the community close the performance gap on State assessments. District leaders knew something bold had to happen to significantly increase student achievement. That’s when area principals and District Leadership including Achievement Director Karen Quanbeck, Achievement Director Robin Techmanski, and Chief School Effectiveness Officer Terry Elliott came together to create the Jefferson Area Plan. “This plan is focused on better understanding our students, their families, their communities, and their distinct academic needs in order to positively impact student achievement,” said Quanbeck. Most visibly, Jefferson area schools are changing facilities. Seventh and eighth graders who would have attended Wheat Ridge 5-8 are attending the newly constituted Jefferson Junior/Senior High School, which now serves seventh through twelfth grade students. Fifth and sixth graders from Wheat Ridge 5-8 will attend
Stevens Elementary, which has a new home at the old Wheat Ridge 5-8 campus. But, it’s what’s happening inside the classrooms that could be a game changer for students attending Jefferson Area schools. Jeffco Schools set out to significantly improve student achievement by engaging the faculty, parents, and the community. The plan is divided into three pillars. The first of the three pillars is titled “Culture and Engagement.” Jefferson High School’s student population is comprised of a rich diversity of students, both socially and economically, and it is critical that teachers and staff understand the culture of the community in order to understand how to best engage and support their students’ efforts to master the rigorous Jeffco Schools’ curriculum. Jefferson area educators are working with the district’s student engagement office, as well, to reach out to and work along with all the stakeholders in the community. The second pillar is “Language for Achievement.” The Jefferson area serves a body of 2,251 students that is 88% at-risk, as well as ESL, students who are may be lacking a language-rich environment prior to entering school. Jefferson’s teachers are focused on building students’ academic
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Student Based Budgeting in Jeffco Beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, Jeffco Public Schools will use Student Based Budgeting (SBB) district wide. The move to SBB follows a national trend in education toward more localized school funding where the money follows the student to the school he or she attends. “Jeffco Public Schools is a large and diverse school district, and SBB will provide the opportunity to better align resources to each individual school’s goals and standards,” said Jeffco Superintendent Dan McMinimee. “SBB provides funding at the school level, eliminating the one-size-fitsall, centralized budgeting style. This also creates an opportunity to better align resources to each school’s needs, priorities, and goals.” With a more localized budgeting style, the community can be more involved as well. It will create additional transparency around district spending and allows for more
recommendations on priorities from the community. There is also potential for new ideas and unique perspectives from the public. Schools will benefit from SBB by having more autonomy and flexibility with their budgets. Site-based decisions on staffing and spending will be made by principals, and with staff and community input. It also
creates more flexibility in how each school/principal can meet districtlevel expectations. For example, principals can incorporate programs to help at-risk students get and stay caught up, or provide more advanced placement classes, reading intervention programs, or offer students more concurrent enrollment for college credit.
www.jeffcopublicschools.org “This new way of budgeting is very positive for the Powderhorn community and a powerful tool to implement the vision the school and the community have for our students,” said Denein Cusak, principal at Powderhorn Elementary School. “We have been able to keep class sizes at moderate to low levels, and to hire a new teacher for a grade with a large number of students before the school year began. Additionally, we added a technology elective, which has allowed us to better use the technology we purchased in partnership with the community to create a solid tech knowledge base among our students.” How will SBB work in Jeffco? Resources will follow students to the schools they attend based on the October count. Each school will receive a base factor per-pupil, and if enrollment increases, schools will receive additional funding for the additional students. Base factors have also been determined by the school level (elementary, middle, and high school), as well as defined elements that need to be funded. Once those elements are fulfilled, schools have the autonomy to spend additional funds to meet their unique needs. The district will offer ongoing training and support for all principals to help guide them in the budgeting process.
Jeffco Schools to Participate in National Effort to Protect Student Data The issue of data privacy is a big concern across the country. In Jeffco, not only are parents and community members concerned about their own data security, but the security of their children’s data at school. Jeffco
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By Sandy Cohen Associated Press The idea of the high-tech, emotionless super-soldier is so popular in movies, it’s practically a convention. The “Terminator” and “Bourne” franchises, and even last year’s animated “Big Hero 6,” imagine characters programmed to kill and the would-be world destroyers who want to control them. The same formula is at work in “Hitman: Agent 47,” a stylized shoot-em-up based on a video game, of which no previ-
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“It gives the artist the opportunity to have intimacy with the crowd,” Bishop said. Being enclosed by Creation Rock and Ship Rock, along with the stadiumstyle seating and the Denver skyline in the backdrop, ensures each concertgoer doesn’t get the feeling of being “lost in a sea of people,” Bishop said. Live music performances provide an opportunity for everybody to feel welcome, Hammerle said. With the expanded popularity of social media, and the luxury of being able to download music at home, it’s important for people to experience the bonding that happens at live shows, Hammerle said. “People like the community,” he said. “They like coming out and connecting with other fans and like-minded people. Plus, they like to interact with the bands.” And the performBill George of Littleton performs on the patio at the Buffalo Rose in Golden ers like to every Wednesday. George is a multi-instrumentalist who has been performinteract with ing live for 35 years. A musician has to have fun while performing, he said, their fans, and added that he is always happy when he is entertaining a crowd. Photos Hammerle by Christy Steadman said. George agrees. “Some people come no matter who’s playing,” he said. “Then there’s those who come week after week to hang out with me.” George has about 500-600 cover tunes that he can play live, he said, and he will talk with the audience members he sees regularly at his shows, and write down their recurring requests. Music continues on Page 22
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“Playing it live can take people back to a different time in their life,” George said. “I prefer to play what the audience wants to hear. It’s important that I leave them with a good feeling.” That feeling comes from being involved and going to live shows, Hammerle said. Swinging Noose Productions has been booking shows at the Trailside Saloon in Thornton for about four years. Trailside is a great place for shows because there are not a lot of venues up north that host live shows and bring a variety of music, Hammerle said.
“Every Saturday night, (Trailside) has live music, and it’s transformed into a fun and exciting venue,” he said. The Healz, a new ska-punk band from Denver, travels a lot to perform, drummer Bee Vaz said. “It’s nice to travel to different places,” she said. The Healz play shows at venues in central and south Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, so a Sept. 5 show at Trailside will be the band’s first performance at a venue up north. “We’re hoping it brings out a new crowd,” Vaz said. “We’re excited to see new faces.” Hammerle is proud of the local music scene, which covers all genres of music, but it is sometimes difficult to get people excited about a band they have never heard of, he said.
FIND THEM! Bill George: Catch his show from 3-7 p.m. every Wednesday on the patio of the Buffalo Rose, weather permitting. Free entry, all ages permitted. Buffalo Rose: 1119 Washington Avenue in Golden; 303-278-6800; www.buffalorose.net; Facebook. HOZIER: www.hozier.com; Facebook. Kristian Bush: www.kristianbush.com; Facebook. Red Rocks Amphitheatre: 18300 West Alameda Parkway in Morrison; 720-865-2494; www.redrocksonline.com; Facebook. Swinging Noose Productions: www.
snp5280.com; Facebook. The Healz: Catch a show at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 at Trailside. The Healz will perform with five other bands. Cost is $6 at the door, 18+ show. Find The Healz on Facebook. Trailside Saloon: 10360 Colorado Boulevard in Thornton; 303-457-0660; Facebook. “Sing us a song, you’re the piano man. Sing us a song tonight. Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody… And you got us feeling alright.” — “Piano Man” by Billy Joel, released Nov. 2, 1973
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played a role in development of the Twin Cities dance and club sound of the 1980s as a founding member of Prince’s band, The Time. In 1985, he launched his solo debut, then rejoined The Time in 1988. He tours regularly. Main Stage will also present Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers at 5 p.m. Monday. Hornsby has collaborated with Bob Dylan; Crosby, Stills and Nash; and Stevie Nicks — and played over 100 shows with The Grateful Dead. The rock band Kansas will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday on the Main Stage and Seattle-based singer, songwriter and spoken word artist Mary Lambert will perform at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Other stages include the KBCO World Class Rock Stage, KYGO Country Stage and Colorado Heritage Stage. The Kidz Stage and KidZone will feature magic, puppets, clowns, play equipment and free handson craft activities. There will be carnival rides Sept. 5-7 for kids and adults. More than 50 Colorado restaurants and food establishments will offer a variety of small portions/tapas to full meals. The Fine Dining Area will host some of Denver’s finest restaurants, and opportunities to try out international treats at booths should intrigue adventurous eaters: Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Thai, Greek, Italian, Mexican and more … Fine Art in the Park will display original works in many mediums and featured artists will demonstrate Navajo weaving and culture, spinning, rug braiding, lace crocheting, felting and blacksmithing.
Morris Day and The Time will appear on the Main Stage at Taste of Colorado at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 5. The Time was Prince’s band, and Day was a founding member. Courtesy photo
The Marketplace will also include home products and services such as window installation, kitchen remodeling, cookware, basement refinishing and salons and spas.
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On the round-about at South Golden Rd. and West 16th Ave. Sunday Praise & Worship................... 9:00 am Fellowship Time ................................. 10:00 am Church School ................................... 10:30 am
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Larimer Square savior recalled in new book My former Denver Post colleague Mike McPhee has immortalized Dana Crawford, one of Denver’s true visionaries, in his just-released book “Dana Crawford — 50 Years Saving the Soul of a City.” Crawford is deservedly credited with saving Larimer Square, a once-crumbling block in Denver’s seedy lower downtown — long before former Denver Post columnist Dick Kreck dubbed the area LoDo. Larimer Square, one block of high-end boutiques and restaurants, will be forever beholden to Crawford’s vision, perseverance and forward thinking that turned it into one of the most sought-after addresses in the city. To buy the book, go to www.mikemcpheebooks.com/books.html. Honor Society opens Honor Society Handcrafted Eatery, a hybrid restaurant where customers order Chipotle-style at the counter then have the food delivered to their table, has officially opened its doors to the public at 1900 16th St. Honor Society will be open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Sunday for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For more information, go to www.eatwithhonor.com. Mellow Mushroom hits the road Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers is launching the Mellow Mushroom Bake Bus Brewery Tour, which will be traveling through Colorado Sept. 5-12. The fully loaded mobile pizza kitchen will be bringing the groovy Mellow Mushroom experience, complete with hot pizza slices to enjoy with ice-cold local brews, to various
Colorado breweries including stops at New Belgium’s Tour de Fat in both Fort Collins and Denver. The Mellow Mushroom Bake Bus features giant windows for pizza lovers to catch the stone-baked pizza Penny Parker process. The bus also blasts tunes MILE HIGH while serving hot pies. LIFE Stops on the Mellow Mushroom Bake Bus Tour include Grist Brewing Company, Highlands Ranch, 4-9 p.m. Sept. 10, and Elk Mountain Brewing, Parker, 4-9 p.m. Sept. 11. More info at www.facebook.com/MellowMushroomDowntownDenver. The Melt comes to Colorado The Melt, a rapidly growing fast casual restaurant chain based in San Francisco, is moving into Colorado, marking its first expansion outside of the restaurant’s home state of California. The chain’s first of five planned Colorado locations opened last week at Park Meadows mall, with four other Front Range locations set to open before the end of the year. The Melt’s chef-inspired menu features 100 percent all-natural, wholesome and fresh ingredients to create an expansive offering of comfort food favorites such as: premium burgers, grilled cheese, fries, mac ‘n’ cheese and homemade soups,
along with wine and a selection of locally brewed Colorado beers. The Melt has emerged as a leader in the fast casual restaurant space, recently earning honors as one of FastCasual.com’s Top 50 Brands of 2015. Along with the Park Meadows location, The Melt plans to open four additional metro Denver locations before this year is over, including: 16th and Champa, Denver; Village at the Peaks, Longmont; Southwest Plaza, west of Littleton; and Foothills Mall, Fort Collins. For more information, go to www.themelt.com/ round_up. Arvada Center has ‘Fever’ The Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities will open its 2015-16 theater season with the musical “Saturday Night Fever,” directed by Rod A. Lansberry, on Sept. 15. “Saturday Night Fever” is based on the Paramount/RSO film and the story by Nik Cohn and features all the great Bee Gees hits including “Stayin’ Alive,” “How Deep Is Your Love,” “Night Fever,” “If I Can’t Have You,” “You Should Be Dancing” and more. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1 p.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 4. Preview performances are at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 11, 12 and 13. Insiders’ talk-backs with cast members are offered on Sept. 25 after the 7:30 p.m. performance and Sept. 30 after the 1 p.m. performance. To purchase tickets go to www.arvadacenter. org/on-stage/saturday-night-fever-2015 or call 720-898-7200.
Weisberg says adieu Glory Weisberg, the tiny woman who wields a big pen when writing about the movers, shakers and philanthropists in and around Greenwood Village for The Villager newspaper, abruptly retired after 30 years at the suburban paper. Weisberg found the job opening in the Yellow Pages and called it “a match made in heaven.” But why does want to retire now? “I’m 73 and realized that being on my feet for at least 90 minutes, photographing honorees and committee chairs and members during reception/silent auction hours, then having dinner with up to 1,400 people in cold ballrooms, then listening to the nonprofit event program for another several hours was getting harder for me and for (husband) Dave as well,” Weisberg said via email. She added, “This was initially supposed to be a parttime position. I would have loved it going back to that, but at this age, it’s time to move on.” Overheard Eavesdropping on Facebook: “I am playing golf this morning. Hide the children and cars.” Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, restaurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktiecolorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at parkerp1953@gmail.com or at 303-619-5209.
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ONGOING ACTIVITIES, ONGOING/ BUSINESS GROUPS MONDAYS Golden Chapter, Order of DeMolay meets at 7 p.m. every first and third Wednesday in the town of Golden. Walt Disney, Mel Blanc and Walter Cronkite are counted among its alumni. DeMolay is an organization for young men between the ages of 12 and 21 that offers character building, leadership training, and life skill development. We offer many activities, academic opportunities and scholarships. Please contact the chapter for more information. Email demolaygolden@ gmail.com or www.coloradodemolay.org and visit Golden’s page under the Chapter tab by clicking on the Golden photo. Golden Nar-Anon family group meets from 7:30-9 p.m. Mondays at Calvary Episcopal Church, 1320 Arapahoe St. We ask that people enter on the east side of the church and follow the signs to the upstairs meeting room. Call the Nar-Anon Family Groups World Service Organization at 800-4776291 or go to Nar-Anon.org. Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club meets from 7-9 a.m. Mondays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, 10151 W. 26th Ave., Lakewood. Meeting fee is $5 (cash preferred). Order from diner menu (pay on you own). Call Fred Holden at 303-4217619 for information. Republicans, especially students, youth and women, welcome to join. Open mic Living Water Unity Spiritual Community presents open mic night – celebrate your teen self 4:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. This program gives teens the opportunity to express their performing art including voice and instrument, acting, poetry, stand-up comedy, mime, etc. Open to all students in sixth to 12th grades. Email bellbottoms809@gmail.com. Wheat Ridge Rotary Club meets from noon to 1:30 p.m. Mondays for lunch at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center, 4005 Kipling St. Come as our guest and learn about our service projects for the community. TUESDAYS Arvada Sunrise Rotary Club meets from 7-8 a.m. Tuesdays at The Arvada Centre For The Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. for a breakfast
meeting. Come join us as our guest and learn about our community service projects and what Rotary does in the world to help people. Denver Apple Pi, an Apple/Mac computer user group, meets from 7-9 p.m. the third Tuesday each month at the Applewood Community Church (downstairs), 12930 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. Program varies each month. We welcome those interested in learning more about their Apple or Mac computer. Visitors are welcome to see if you like our more mature group. More information may be found at denverapplepi.com. Golden Rotary meets from 7:15-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Rolling Hills Country Club, 15707 W. 26 Ave., Golden. This active organization reaches neighbors in need. We build, support, and organize. We save lives locally and globally. For additional information visit www.rotayclubofgolden. org or contact Pat Madison at 303-279-1021. Federal employees The Lakewood Chapter of Retired and Active Federal Employees meets each second Tuesday at the Episcopal Church, 10th and Garrison. Call Ann Ornelas at 303-517-8558 with questions. Rocky Mountain Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtnteamsurvivor.org. WEDNESDAYS American Legion Auxiliary presents Burger Nite, 5-7:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Post 178, 1655 Simms St., Lakewood. Members, their guests and active military invited for varied food and reasonable prices. Visit www.alpost178.org. Arvada Biz Connection www.meetup.com/ Arvada-Business-Connection/ is an informal networking event that brings together local entrepreneurs. Meetings are 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays at various restaurants in Olde Town Arvada. A $5 fee is collected from each attendee, which is then donated to a local charity at the end of each quarter. The 4th Quarter Charity is the Dan Peak Foundation who assists families in need. For information, call Micki Carwin at 303-997-9098.
Arvada Jefferson Kiwanis meets 7-8 a.m. Wednesdays at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., for a breakfast meeting. We invite you to join us for great fellowship, interesting programs, and the satisfaction of serving your community. This Kiwanis organization supports the Arvada Community Food Bank, the school backpack program, Santa House, Ralston House, and many other local organizations. For information or to visit a meeting, call Brad at 303-431-4697. Arvada Rotary meets 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesdays at Indian Tree Golf Club, 7555 Wadsworth Blvd. The club engages in a variety of community service projects, with emphasis on assistance to and support of Arvada’s youth. Visitors are always welcome. For additional information visit www. arvadarotary.org or call Dave Paul at 303-4319657. Buffalo Toastmasters meets 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays at the Jefferson County Government Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden. Toastmasters is an international organization that is a fun and supportive environment to learn and practice public speaking and leadership skills. All are welcome. More information is available at www. buffalotoastmasters.org. Concordia Lutheran Church Choir meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at 13371 W. Alameda Parkway in Lakewood (the church nestled close to Green Mountain). The choir assists in Concordia’s traditional worship service three out of four Sundays per month. If you have a desire to sing and are interested in joining, please contact 303-9895260. Foothills Music Teachers Association meets 9:30 a.m. to noon the third Wednesday of each month. FMTA is a local group of independent music teachers, affiliated with Colorado State Music Teachers Association and Music Teachers National Association. Call Kathy at 303-988-9565. Golden Elks Lodge meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 16795 W. 50th Ave. Contact golden2740@hotmail.com or 303-279-2740 for more information, or to learn how to join. Music Teachers Association Suburban Northwest meets 9:30 a.m. to noon the first Wednesday of the month at Community in Christ Church, 12229 W. 80th Ave., Arvada. Meetings are open to the public and include refreshments, business meeting and program featuring music teaching
professionals from around the state lecturing on the latest teaching developments. Order Sons of Italy in America/Denver Lodge 2075 meets every third Wednesday of the month at 5925 W. 32nd Ave., Wheat Ridge. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. and meeting follows at 7 p.m. Lots of fun activities planned for summer meetings. Everyone welcome. Call 303-238-8055. Professional women NW Metro Business and Professional Women meets the first Wednesday of each month from September to May. Our mission is to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. Call Marcia at 303-827-3283 to RSVP. THURSDAYS Arvada Associated Modelers hosts training night 4-8 p.m. Thursdays from May to September (weather permitting) at the Arvada Airpark, 7608 Highway 93, Golden. (Pioneer entrance between Leyden Road and 64th Avenue). We welcome anyone interested in learning to fly radio control models to take an introductory flight with an instructor. No previous experience is needed and the club provides radios and airplanes. Training is free and open to everyone. Visit www.arvadamodelers.com/pilot-training/.
Business spirituality Business Honoring Spirituality meets 7-9 a.m. every Thursday at the Community Center of Mile Hi Church, 9079 W. Alameda Ave., Lakewood. Meetings include networking, a brief meditation by a licensed practitioner, guest speaker and breakfast. For additional information, visit www.bhsmilehi.org or call Patty Whitelock at 303-274-0933. CERTUS Professional Network meets for its Lakewood networking event from 9:30-11 a.m. the third Thursday of the month at Panera Bread, 650 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Build your network, grow your business, network less. Our events are structured to connect professionals with the resources, power partners and leaders to expand their business and the business of others. Open to all industries, includes 30 minutes of open networking and organized introductions to the group. Cost: $12 non-CERTUS members at the door. First participants pay half price. RSVP not required. More info about CERTUS™ Professional Network at http://www.CertusNetwork. com. Community Coffee Join Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp Clubs continues on Page 26
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THINGS TO DO ARTS, CRAFT FAIR VENDORS
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Vendors and exhibitors are needed for the fourth annual arts and crafts fair at Stober Elementary in Golden. More than 45 booths (8x8) are available. Applications are being taken from now through Sept. 3. Contact Anne Drobny at annedrobny@gmail.com for an application. Fair hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24.
EVENTS JEFFCO BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBER TO SPEAK Jefferson County Republican Men’s Club welcomes Susan Kochevar, presenting “What You Need to Know from a Person Who Ran for Office and Survived to Run Another Day – Why and So What?” at its Monday, Aug. 31, meeting. The club meets 7-9 a.m. Mondays at Davies’ Chuck Wagon Diner, 10151 W. 26th Ave., Lakewood. Meeting fee is $5 (cash preferred). Order from diner menu (pay on you own). Call Fred Holden at 303-421-7619 for information. Republicans, especially students, youth and women, welcome to join. Future speakers: Monday, Sept. 14, Casper Stockham, president of Denver’s American Conservatives of Color; and Monday, Sept. 21, Rob Natelson, U.S. Constitution Scholar.
STREET SURVIVAL DRIVING CLASS The Tire Rack Street Survival class Saturday, Aug. 29, runs 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Colorado State Patrol Track, 2054 Quaker St., Golden. The class will teach local teens how to arrive alive. Students are taught in their own cars so the skills they learn can be directly translated to their daily driving experiences. Forms, schedules and information available at www.streetsurvival.org. CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC The new Arvada Community Food Bank Foundation has joined with the Red Rocks Community College Foundation to host the Charity Golf Classic on Monday, Aug. 31. Lunch will be available for all golfers at the end of 9 holes, and cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served at the 19th Hole after 18 holes. Tournament is at West Woods Golf Club, 6655 Quaker St., Arvada. Go to www.acfbfoundation.org/
THEATER/SHOWS
EXPOSING ABUSE DISCUSSED
COMMUNITY THEATER PRODUCTION Colorado ACTS presents a community production of “Hamlet.” Using the No Fear Shakespeare translation, follow Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, as he faces many troubles throughout his story. Performances are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28-29 at 11455 W. I-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Tickets available at 303-456-6772 or www. coloradoacts.org.
How to break the cycle of abuse will be considered at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field St., Arvada. The program, “Blowing the Whistle on Abuse: One Courageous Teenage Girl Tells Her Story,” includes a film of a young woman who was abused by her father for 11 years. Participants will also get a glimpse of the cost of her going public with the abuse she experienced as well as the freedom that came when the abuse ended. Contact Polly Wegner at 303-424-4454 or pwegner@peacelutheran.net.
CHILDREN’S THEATER ‘CINDERELLA’
CONSCIOUS BUSINESS BOOK CLUB
Red Rocks Community College presents the fairy tale classic “Cinderella,” by special arrangement with the Chicago Kids Company. The musical version of Cinderella features book and lyrics by Jesus Perez and original music by Paige Coffman. This interactive adaptation runs less than an hour and provides high-energy fun for young audiences. The show and music is being directed by RRCC musical theater instructor Kelly Jo Eldredge and choreographed by RRCC dance instructor Melissa Trader. “Cinderella” show times are 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 at the Lakewood campus of Red Rocks Community College (west end, lower level). Tickets are $5. For information and reservations, contact Kelly Jo Eldredge at 303-914-6458 or theatre@rrcc.edu.
Business owners and entrepreneurs are invited to a monthly meeting where they can get to know each other better, pick each other’s brains, expand their business acumen, and drink wine from a box. The Conscious Business Book Club meets 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Green Spaces, 1368 26th St., Denver. Event is free. RSVP required. Contact Allison Parks at allison@theconsciousgroup.com, or go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/866205653460292.
FALL THEATER CLASSES Registration is now open for Colorado ACTS Theater fall classes. Classes include The Snow Queen, We Don’t Want to Grow Up, Wizard of Oz, Jungle Book Creative Drama, Molly Brown and the Miners, A Christmas Carol, Murder by Indecision, and Super Saturday classes. Register at www.coloradoacts.org. Classes take place at Colorado ACTS Theater, 11455 W. I-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge.
COMEDY VETERAN HEADLINES 2 SHOWS Last Comic Standing veteran Chris Voth will headline two shows in Arvada, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at West Woods Golf Club, 6655 Quaker St., Arvada; and at 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at Odyssey Beerwerks, 5535 W. 56th, Arvada. Voth recently appeared on “The Late Late Show” and is a nationally touring headliner. He will be joined by Wade Ridley and Steve Young and the shows will be hosted by Bob Meddles. Tickets are available at www.SlapHappyEntertainment.com. E-mail SlapHappyEnt@gmail.com.
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HEALTH COMMUNITY HEALTH, WELLNESS CLASSES
MUSIC/CONCERTS CONCORDIA CHOIR SEEKS VOICES Concordia Lutheran Church Choir is starting its fall choir program and is looking to add new voices. The choir is a great cross section of the community and welcomes newcomers who have a desire to praise God with their voice. Concordia Lutheran is directed by Dr. Jill Schroeder-Dorn of Colorado Christian University. The choir meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. The choir assists in Concordia’s traditional worship service. The church is at 13371 W. Alameda Parkway in Lakewood. Contact 303-989-5260.
Lutheran Medical Center offers community health and wellness services and classes from Thursday, Aug. 27 to Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 8300 W. 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Free parking available. Health coaching also is available. Contact Shannon Levitt at 303-425-8045 or Shannon.Levitt@sclhs.net for details on coaching. For information on classes offered, or to register for classes, go to www.WellnessatBridges.com or call 303-425-2262. COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES A number of community blood drives are planned in the area. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact the Bonfils Appointment Center at 303-363-2300, unless otherwise noted. Go to www. bonfils.org. Upcoming blood drives are: Sunday, Aug. 30, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Rockland Community Church, 17 S. Mount Vernon Country Club Road, Golden.
EDUCATION MONDAY NIGHT TALKS Training With Grace presents free Monday Night Talks on various dog training topics. Attendees should bring note-taking materials and questions. Talks are free, and donations for Favor’s Project are accepted. Some talks have openings for dogs; those whose dogs participate are asked to make a donation to the Grace Fund. Talks are from 7-8 p.m. Mondays at Training With Grace, 9100 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Go to www.TrainingWithGrace.com or call 303-238-3647. Upcoming dates and topics: Aug. 31, Boundaries. YOUR BABY CAN TALK
BONE BUILDERS, BONE BREAKERS It’s never too late to build bone health; however, drinking milk is not enough. That’s why 10 million Americans have osteoporosis. Bones are living tissue that respond to bone-building care throughout life. Support lifelong bone health by knowing how to get all the nutrients your bones need. Program is 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3, at Natural Grocers, Green Mountain, 12612 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood. Go to www.naturalgrocers.com/ gm.
The sixth annual Caring for Karen Sue golf classic is Saturday, Sept. 12, at Applewood Golf Course, 14001 W. 32nd Ave., Golden. The deadline to sign up is Tuesday, Sept. 1. The four-man best-ball scramble-type tournament begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shotgun start. Competitions are planned for longest drive, closest to pin and longest putt. Lunch is provided after the round, then a raffle and silent auction. Go to www.CaringforKarenSue.com for information. Contact Dave Danielson at 720-329-7782 or daveydan21@yahoo.com. Enjoy local and regional foods and other goods at the Arvada Farmers Market, which is open 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Sunday through Oct. 4 in the Olde Town Square. Go to http://arvadafarmersmarket.com/ arvada.php
ART SHOW The Charlie and the Girls Art Show features works done by Colorado artists. It opens Sunday, Aug. 30, and runs through Friday, Sept. 25, at the LAC Gallery, 6731 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood, in the Lamar Station Plaza next to Casa Bonita. A reception for the Charlie and the Girls Art Show will be 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the LAC Gallery. Call the LAC at 303-9800625 or visit www.lakewoodartscouncil.org.
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ART/FILM
Signing Smart classes for hearing infants and toddlers (ages 5 months to 2 years) and their adults start in September, on Wednesday and Friday mornings, at Full Moon Books, 6th and Garrison in Lakewood. Caregivers learn how to integrate ASL signs and Signing Smart strategies into daily life while babies play, interact, and learn. The play classes meet weekly for 45 minutes; each class focuses on a different theme, such as food, toys, sports, outdoor signs, or animals. Contact Rina Coury at 303-777-7078 or rina@SigningChild.com, or go to www. signingchild.com/find-a-class/.
FLICKS IN THE SQUARE
CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM
Fun, family-friendly flicks in Arvada’s historic Olde Town Square include “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” on Friday, Aug. 28. Bring blankets, lawn chairs and picnics. Movies begin at dusk. Admission is free. Go to http://visitarvada.org/category/events/monthlyevents/august/
Metropolitan State College of Denver offers a continuing education program for adults. Most classes are 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, for two to four weeks, and cost varies. Most take place at the Student Success Building on the Auraria Campus, with other classes taking place at the South Campus (I-25 and Orchard) and the Center For Visual Arts on Santa Fe Drive. For list of classes, go to www.msudenver.edu/learnon or call 303-556-3657. Application not required. More information on Facebook www.Facebook.com/msudenverlearnoninitiative.
ANSEL ADAMS: MASTERWORKS Foothills Art Center, 809 15th St., Golden, presents “Ansel Adams: Masterworks,” a traveling exhibition of photographs by Ansel Adams, through Thursday, Aug. 30. Exhibit hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Go to http://foothillsartcenter.org/fac/portfolio/ansel-adams-masterworks/
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on the fourth Thursday of each month to talk about issues that are important to you. Community Coffee will be 7-8 a.m. at La Dolce Vita, Ice Cream Room, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada; and from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Panera Bread, 10450 Town Center Drive, Westminster. Golden Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and third Thursdays at Buffalo Rose Events Center, 1119 Washington Ave., Golden. For information, contact Ed Dorsey at 303-829-5195, or go to or go to www.goldenlionsclub.org. Golden Men’s Support Group meets 7-8:45 p.m. Thursdays near the National Renewal Energy Lab. Call Roger at 720-289-6396 or Terry at 303-748-3748. Investors’ meetings The Rocky Mountain Inventors Association meets 6:30-8:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month (excluding November and December) at Vesta Technology, 13050 W. 43rd Drive, Suite 300, Golden. Presentations in marketing, manufacturing, engineering, finance, business and legal, followed by networking. Go online to www.rminventor.org for details. Rocky Mountain Team Survivor, a health, education and fitness program for women of all abilities who have experienced cancer or are currently in treatment, offers weekly free, fun, supportive activities. Tuesdays, 10 a.m., Boulder Creek Walk (meet at Boulder Public Library main entrance). Tuesday, 11-11:30 a.m., Yoga, Boulder Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Avenue. Thursdays, 6-7 p.m., Fitness Training, Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, 311 Mapleton Avenue (entrance on Maxwell Avenue.). Learn more at rockymtnteamsurvivor.org. Salty Dog Sailing Club If you love to sail or want to try, if you don’t have a boat, if you have a boat but don’t sail enough because you cannot find a crew, the Salty Dog Sailing Club is for you. The club meets the second Thursday of the month at members’ homes. Members come from all along the Front Range because this is the only such club available. Dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. with the business meeting commencing at 7 p.m. Go to www.saltydog.org for meeting locations and directions. Stuck in the Middle, a social support group for spouses and caregivers of those with chronic illnesses, meets at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays. You’ve been a caregiver for years, your spouse or family member has moved to a facility and now you are faced with the isolation of living alone. Or your loved one is at home and you need time for yourself. Would you like to meet others in similar situations? SITM meets in member’s homes. Call or e-mail Karen, 303-422-1196 or sitm@comcast.net; or Bonnie, bonnieforsitm@earthlink. net, for information. Fridays CalmUp Journey Prefer to help yourself rather than do the coaching or psychotherapy thing? Let me share with you free information about the CalmUp Journey, a one-page self-examination worksheet for men and women. Join me for coffee or tea from 8-9 a.m. most Fridays at Whole Foods Market Belmar, 444 S. Wadsworth Blvd. in Lakewood. Let me know you’re planning to be there so we’re sure to connect. Contact www. DrLorieGose.com or 303-500-2340. Golden Gate Community Grange, 25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road, has meetings at 7 p.m. the second Friday of the month. Activities include yoga, dances, eggmania, special wildlife programs, holiday craft fair. Grange hall available for rental for weddings, parties, reunions, etc. Call Rich Phillips at 303-277-1933 or go to www. goldengategrange.com. New members welcome. Grand Piano Show Patrice LeBlanc performs
August 27, 2015 from 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Grappa Mediterranean Bistro, 1027 Washington St., Golden. Go to www.grappabistro.com. Call 303273-8882 for reservations and information. HeartPULSE Learn how to take an active role in your health and wellbeing. HeartPULSE meets 7-9 p.m. the first Friday of every month at The Cloisters, 2103 S. Wadsworth Blvd. Contact HeartPULSE for information on cost. Each session features an educational presentation, energy exercises, and ‘healing’ meditations. Contact heartpulse@att.net. Game On meets 1-4 p.m. at Community Recreation Center, 68th and Wadsworth. The North Jeffco Senior Friday Club meets weekly to play cards and board games, including bridge, pinochle, canasta, hand & foot, majong, billiards and dominoes. No RSVP. All supplies provided and refreshments. Monthly pot luck/catered meals. Golfing and bowling opportunities, too. For information call Bob Stremel, 303-9054315. South Jeffco Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. Fridays at Fox Hollow Golf Course, 13410 W. Morrison Road, Lakewood. Contact Bruce at 303-919-3741. Saturdays Colorado Citizens for Peace meets 10:30-11:30 a.m. every Saturday at the intersections of West 52nd and Wadsworth Boulevard to try to bring an end to the wars. Signs will be furnished for those who do not have them. Contact Cindy Lowry at 303-431-1228 or waylonthecat.lowry@yahoo. com. Grand Piano Show Patrice LeBlanc performs from 6-9 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays at Grappa Mediterranean Bistro, 1027 Washington St., Golden. Go to www.grappabistro.com. Call 303273-8882 for reservations and information. LifeRing Secular Recovery is a network of support groups for people who want to live free from alcohol and other addictive drugs. Meetings are at 6 p.m. Saturdays at 6655 W. Jewell Ave. Unit 100. Appointments and membership is not required. LifeRing’s approach to sobriety focuses on empowering individuals through the strength of sober conversation. Go to www.liferingcolorado.org. Rocky Mountain Shipwrights is a wood ship modeling club that meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Rockler’s Woodworking and Hardware Store, 2553 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver. The club also has a workshop at 9:30 a.m. the first Saturday of the month at the Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, where we work on our models and get help from experienced modellers. Go to www.rockymountainshipwrights.org for information. Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1071 meets at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at Elks Lodge #1777, 1455 Newland St., Lakewood. Beforehand, join the group from 8-10 a.m. for a low-cost breakfast at the Elks Lodge. Chapter helps all veterans with health care, benefits, employment and training, monetary assistance and other veteran’s issues. Go to www. vva1071.org for more detailed information or call 303-870-2428. Sundays Colorado Carvers Club. Join us to develop or expand your interest in all types of wood carving. Colorado Carvers Club meets at 9 a.m. the second Sunday of each month at Maple Grove Grange Hall, 3130 Youngfield St., Wheat Ridge. Meetings include carving time and discussion. Go to www.coloradocarvers.org. Free waltz/polka lessons Polka Lover Klubs, Denver Kickers, 16776 W. 50th Ave. in Golden, meets 3-7 p.m. Sundays. Live music. Beautiful dance floor. Admission $4 members, $6 nonmembers. Annual membership $15. Contact Leo at 720-232-0953 or leoincolorado@gmail.com.
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Sprint are proposing to collocate wireless communications antennas at a top height of 140’ on a 140’ water tower at the approx. vicinity of 7710 Reno Drive, Arvada, Jefferson County, Colorado 80002. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Tyler Jacobs t.jacobs@trileaf.com, 1821 Walden Office Square Suite 510, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 (630) 227-0202. Want To Purchase minerals and other oil/gas interests. Send details to: P.O. Box 13557 Denver, CO 80201
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Ralston Valley grad making mark in baseball Minor-league pitcher part of Marlins farm system By David Driver Special to Colorado Community Media ABERDEEN, Maryland — The minor league baseball season got off to a slow start for Jordan Holloway, 19, the Ralston Valley High graduate who is in the Miami Marlins farm system. But the right-handed pitcher with the Batavia (New York) Muckdogs is making up for lost time, and here on Aug. 18, just north of Baltimore, Name: Jordan Holloway he was Age: 19 a memHeight/weight: 6-4/190 ber of the N o r t h Hometown: Arvada squad in School: Ralston Valley the annual New Major league Y o r k organization: Marlins P e n n Minor league team: League Batavia, New York All-Star Muckdogs game at Ripken League: New York-Penn Stadium. Notable: He was selected Memto the New York-Penn bers of the League All-Star game, All-Star which was held Aug. 18 t e a m s near Baltimore at Ripken were inStadium. He pitched the troduced fifth inning and allowed on the two runs for the North in a field at 4-2 win over the South. Camden Yards in Baltimore before the Orioles beat the Oakland A’s to complete a four-game sweep on Aug. 17. The Orioles tweeted out a photo of some of the New York-Penn League All-Stars. “It feels amazing, especially being so young. It is definitely an honor,” said Holloway in an interview Aug. 18, noting that several All-Stars were from Division I college programs and were several years older than him. Holloway, one of the youngest players in the game, pitched the fifth inning for the North and allowed two runs as his team beat the South, 4-2. He began this season in extended spring training, which means he didn’t
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Jordan Holloway, a Ralston Valley grad, now plays in the minors. Photo courtesy David Driver
start the minor league season in early April with a full-season team. Then he injured his oblique late in extended spring training. “That set me back a little bit. Being so young I have a lot more to work on,” he said. Holloway was then sent to low SingleA Greensboro, North Carolina, in June to make two starts. He was 0-1 with an ERA of 7.00 before he was sent to Batavia of the New York-Penn League, where the season began June 19. “I went up there for two spot starts to keep rolling,” said Holloway, who felt the Marlins wanted him to keep pitching while some other extended spring training players had a week off. In his first 10 starts with the Batavia he was 3-5 and overall this year is 3-6, 3.72 in 12 starts at two levels with 36 walks and 36 strikeouts. He has not allowed a homer in his minor league career, covering 84 2/3
innings. He was named the Pitcher of the Week in the New York-Penn League on Aug. 3. “I started off really well and struggled in the middle a little bit,” said Holloway. “We smoothed my mechanics a little bit.” He was drafted in the 20th round by the Marlins in 2014 and made his pro debut in the Gulf Coast League, where he pitched in 10 games, with six starts, and was 1-3 with an ERA of 6.41. Holloway said he has benefited from being teammates with older players. One of his catchers from Batavia, Brad Haynal, played at Division I San Diego State. “I think it is cool. Being out of high school you can pick their brains and see their point on things,” he said. Haynal, who also made the All-Star team, said Holloway has showed improvement in his recent starts. “He has come a long way. He is one of the youngest guys in the league. His curve
is over the top and his changeup is underrated,” Haynal said. The Arvada product committed to Division I Nebraska-Omaha in high school but would have attended a junior college in Arizona had he not signed with the Marlins. “Everything kind of went into place. It didn’t matter when I was drafted,” he said of signing with the Marlins. His fastball hit 97 at the end of extending spring training but normally he throws his fastball around 92 to 94. “I would rather sit at 92 or 94 and hit my spots” than throw harder and be out of the strike zone, he said. His father, Brian, came to Maryland for the All-Star game, along with a friend of Jordan’s. After the All-Star game, Holloway was headed to Ohio as his Batavia prepared for a road series against Mahoning Valley, a farm team of the Cleveland Indians.
No pressure to change football protocol High school officials give little weight to NFL deflation controversy By Jim Benton jbenton@coloradocommunitymedia.com In Colorado high school ranks, officials will continue to judge the inflation level of footballs by feel. George Demetriou, Colorado High School Activities Association rules interpreter, doesn’t believe there will be any extra awareness paid to the issue in the wake of the NFL’s Deflategate controversy. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots allegedly played with underinflated footballs during last season’s AFC championship game, leading to an investigation. “The preference for the softer ball for the kicking game has been around since the beginning of football and that will continue, but I don’t think that we’ll see anything different because of what happened with the Patriots,” Demetriou said. Demetriou explained that each team presents two balls for use, and game officials squeeze the balls to feel if they are underinflated or overinflated. Some officials might have a pressure gauge, but officials reportedly can get a feel for the footballs that reveals just as much as a gauge. The National Federation of High
In the high school ranks, as in the NFL and NCAA, footballs are required to be inflated between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds per square inch. Photo illustration School Associations, the NCAA and NFL have the same standard of footballs being inflated between 12.5 and 13.5 pounds per square inch. Bert Borgmann, CHSAA assistant commissioner, hasn’t seen any controversies over the inflation of footballs in Colorado. “The NFHS protocol is similar to the
NFL’s, and balls are checked prior to each game,” he said. “In the time I have been here, I have never had an issue with it, and Harry (Waterman, an assistant commissioner who oversees football) said he has not experienced an issue in his eight years over football. If there is an issue, the officials will simply pull the ball out of the
game.” Jaron Cohen, Ponderosa’s coach, revealed that only once has he had to inflate a football. “Referees check two game balls, squeeze them and say either let air out, put some in or you’re fine,” said Cohen. “It’s not very regulated, just a squeeze test and maybe once in my career I’ve been told to put some air in.” Douglas County coach Gene Hill said he’s had a couple footballs rejected by game officials. “We’ve had a couple balls kicked out for being underinflated,” said Hill. “We don’t do it on purpose. It just happens. My son is the ball boy and they’ll come up to him and say, ‘Hey, tell your coach fill the balls up.’” “We have an equipment guy that does it. They don’t check the air pressure itself, they just squeeze it and if they feel like it is too low they will give it back to us to fill it up.” Legacy coach Wayne Voorhees said he never even thought about the inflation of footballs until Deflategate surfaced. “We always make sure they are pretty firm because I believe it is easier to throw, but I have never actually looked at the pressure listed on the ball or even measured as we have inflated them,” he said. “I doubt anyone at the high school Football continues on Page 30
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Pete Mitchell desire a harder ball, but Valor Christian’s Dylan McCaffrey and Marc Muma of Legend like softer balls. “You can spin the ball easier and throw the ball harder, especially at altitude,” said Caplis. “When you are playing in Colorado you have this wind that comes through in the fall, and if there is less air in the ball, the wind is just going to knock the ball down. The receivers get a little mad but at least the ball is getting to them.” Muma favors minimum inflation. “I feel I can grip it a little better than a harder ball,” said Muma. “It’s easier to catch if the ball is softer. If it’s hard and we’re throwing it hard, it’s just going to bounce off their hands and maybe a softer ball gives them some cushion.”
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Amputee wakesurfing clinic has strong start Veteran from Golden among those taking part at Standley Lake By Corrie Sahling csahling@coloradocommunitymedia.com Country music blared through speakers as a small boat glided over the water to the middle of Standley Lake — the sun was strong, the water was a comfortable temperature, and Army veteran and double above-knee amputee Travis Strong of Golden was gearing up to try wakesurfing for the first time. On Aug. 22, the region’s first-ever amputee wakesurfing clinc was held at Standley Lake, thanks to a collaboration between three companies — Tommy’s, a water sports products provider, Freedom Innovations, a company focused on creating lower-limb prosthetic solutions, and Hanger Clinic, which provides orthotic and prosthetic solutions in care clinics. There were about 20 participants of all ages, a great turnout for the first year, according to organizers of the event. Before anyone even got on a boat, the participants spent time with experts like a local physical therapist and adaptive sports instructors — they stood on a wooden board on the ground and learned the proper positions to stand in to be the most successful. After learning what to do, the participants were given a tether to tie to their prosthetic limb(s) so they wouldn’t be lost if they fell off, and the boats started taking trips to the middle of the lake. Strong was on the second boat to go out — he was excited but skeptical. “I’ve never done any water sports before, just winter sports like mono skiing,” Strong said. “So we’ll see how this goes.” While on his second deployment to Iraq in 2006, Strong’s Stryker was hit by an explosive in Baghdad. The explosive ripped through Strong’s vehicle and his legs. He fought for his life at a field hospital, and then spent months in hospitals and in extensive rehabilitation, and he also recieved custom-designed prosthetic legs. Strong’s prosthetics didn’t look like most others around the event — he was wearing what Hanger em-
ployees called “stumpies.” They are shorter, do not have a bend like a knee does, and there are round rubber and metal discs at the end instead of prothetic feet, all of which is part of a design to make it easier for Strong to walk. Strong doesn’t let his injury affect the way he lives. He has competed in multiple Tough Mudder events and is going to participate in this year’s race as well. “Just because this happens,” Strong said, gesturing at his legs, “doesn’t mean your life is over.” He said he’s the kind of person who doesn’t want to give in — which provides motivation for things like trying wakesurfing. After cruising out on the lake for a few minutes, the boat stoped and Strong was instructed on how everything was going to work — from where to position the bottom of his prosthetics on the board to how to hold the rope attached to the boat. A few quick splashes later and Strong, along with a volunteer, was in the water with the wakesurf board, but it was not time to shift the boat in gear yet. A crucial component of success is being able to put pressure on the board so it will sit against the bottom of Strong’s prosthetics. Once this manuver was practiced a few times between Strong and the volunteer, it was time to give it a go. Strong’s daughter Maddie, 11, accompanied him on the boat. Up until this point, she sat mostly quiet in the back corner of the boat, keeping an eye on her dad. When the boat started moving and Strong’s first attempt ended quickly, Maddie began to chew on her fingernails. “I do this when I get nervous,” she said, pausing. “I’m nervous about everything when it comes to him.” She was chatty with those still on the boat, but never said anything to her dad until he was back on board with her. After each attempt that got Strong closer and closer to wakesurfing, the boat would stop and the four men who made up the crew would talk about what went well and what needs to change. The position of Strong’s prosthetics was moved to give him better leverage, another volunteer jumped into the water to help guide the board more and it was decided to give more gas to the boat to try and pop Strong up on top of the water faster. After initial fixes, Strong was able to get up on the board several times, each time lasting for a few seconds.
Cheers would break out and encouragement was yelled and hollered and the boat’s horn was honked. When the session was over and Strong was back on the boat, Maddie told her dad “good job” and let him know he looked tired. ”Do you want some real water to drink, instead of lake water?” she asked her dad, handing him a water bottle. Strong expressed that wakesurfing is hard, the hardest part being balance. ”I don’t have feet to feel, so I’d get up and I couldn’t tell what I needed to do,” he said. Flordia Gorgia Line blasted through the speakers as the boat glided back to the dock, ending this session of wakesurfing, but the boat crew insisted that this was not the last time they would see Strong — he would get to try again. Back on the dock, Strong spoke with other participants and Maddie excitedly went with a family friend to sign a waiver — she was going to get to go tubing with her dad later in the day.
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August 27, 2015
Pickleball goal is to help veterans Tourney to aid former servicemen who suffer from brain injuries By Crystal Anderson canderson@coloradocommunitymedia.com May 26, 2007, was a day Sgt. Jourdan Smith will never forget. During a routine clearing operation in Baghdad on his second tour of duty, Smith was seriously shot in the leg, ending his military career. From this, and his exposure to multiple deployments and combat tours, the resulting injury left him with post-traumatic stress disorder, and a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, changing his life forever. And Smith, a participant in the Operation TBI Freedom program of the Rocky Mountain Human Services agency, is not
alone. This year, more than 490 Colorado veterans with traumatic brain injuries are being served or have been served under Operation TBI Freedom. This program provides veterans with holistic services to help them and their families adapt their routines to the varying needs and circumstances associated with the injury. The program has helped Smith socialize with other veterans with TBI, adapt and implement changes in his daily routine and feel more comfortable with his decisions. Operation TBI Freedom is an opportunity, Smith said, that is worth embarking upon. “I would tell others with TBI that this program is an incredible opportunity to learn more about what you have gone through and how to make progress so that people with a TBI can learn and adapt and grow from this experience,” he said.
Helping veterans like Smith is the reason Ken Marquardt and Mike Miles decided to create the Pickleball for Heroes Tournament. With a passion for both pickleball — a badminton-tennis cross paddle sport — and helping U.S. veterans, Miles and Marquardt came together a few years ago and decided to host the regional event as a benefit, one they hope will continue on. Held Sept. 3-7, Pickleball for Heroes will be a friendly tournament with more than 200 players from across the country playing in 12 divisions based on age and skill level. “This event sets the stage for recognition of people in our community who are true heroes,” Miles said. “This is not
geared towards individuals so much as it is to groups, such as firefighters, police officers, educators, military personnel, and that’s what this park is all about and that’s what this event is all about.” Over the course of four days, players will compete in various divisions throughout the event. A double-elimination tournament, each player will play until they lose twice. Along with the games, the event will have an event to honor Operation TBI Freedom participants and military personnel as well as a Sunday-night party for all players and families. This year, 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the services and clients in the Operation TBI Freedom program. “The story here is recognizing our heroes and the contribution they make to our lives,” Miles said. “The quality of life we’re able to live is because of these people and we need to give something back to them.”
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