Week of November 24, 2022
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 156 | ISSUE 49
Competing in a Winter Wonderland
City Council unanimously approves quarry expansion in south Golden Martin Marietta, Jeffco Open Space to proceed with land swap BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Redshirt junior wrestler Weston DiBlasi, center, wins a 125-pound match for Colorado School of Mines.
COURTESY OF HANNAH WIEST AND MINES ATHLETICS
Mines’ winter sports season underway BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
James Naismith invented basketball in 1891 to keep athletes in shape and give them an “athletic distraction” during the harsh Massachusetts winter. Now though, as Colorado School of Mines athletes might contend, the winter sports season has evolved into a true destination rather than a mere layover between fall and summer. Mines’ basketball, wrestling and swimming seasons are underway, with the women’s basketball team looking to three-peat its conference
Sophomore swimmer Olivia Kisow competes for Colorado School of Mines.
SEE SPORTS, P4
INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 19
With the final step complete, Martin Marietta Materials’ longdiscussed plan to exchange land with Jeffco Open Space and expand its 284-acre aggregate quarry is underway. On Nov. 15, the Golden City Council approved an amendment to the quarry’s development plan, allowing it to expand into 64 acres south of the current site along U.S. 40. The county approved rezoning the property to allow mining on 48 acres earlier this fall. City Council’s approval included a condition that Martin Marietta have contact information available on its main website, so people can easily submit complaints about truck traffic, dust, etc. Company representatives readily agreed to this condition, along with other monitoring and recording mechanisms recommended by city staff and the Planning Commission. With Golden’s approval in hand, Martin Marietta and JCOS are proceeding with their long-discussed land swap.
COURTESY OF SAM BOENDER AND MINES ATHLETICS
SEE QUARRY, P2
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