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More gun bills reach governor Background checks, magazine limits await signature By Vic Vela vvela@ourcoloradonews.com Two more gun bills await Gov. John Hickenlooper’s signature, following another week of polarized debate on firearm-related legislation in the General Assembly. A bill that would put in place universal background checks on gun sales and transfers has now cleared the General Assembly, after getting one last round of debate in both the House and Senate on March 15.

House Bill 1229 had previously passed both chambers, but lawmakers had to take up the bill again to deal with some minor amendments. Earlier in the week, on March 13, the House also passed House Bill 1224, which limits high-capacity ammunition magazines to 15 rounds. That bill had already passed the House last month, but lawmakers in the lower chamber had to vote on the legislation again in order to deal with amendments from the Senate. As was the case with earlier votes on these bills, debate was lengthy and at times emotional. Democrats continued to make the argument that background checks and

magazine limits must be put in place to prevent more criminals from terrorizing a state that is no stranger to mass shootings. And Republicans argued at length that the bills would do nothing to further community safety and would only make it more difficult for law-abiding citizens to exercise their Second Amendment rights. The same Democratic lawmakers who voted against the bills did so again last week. Reps. Ed Vigil of Fort Garland, Steve Lebsock of Thornton and Leroy Garcia of Pueblo all voted against putting in place magazine limits. Vigil also voted against the background checks bill, along with Sen. Lois Tochtrop of Thornton. All Republicans voted against

me why I’m bald.” Wheat Ridge Police Crime Prevention Sgt. Kevin Armstrong hosted a St. Baldrick’s head-shaving event on March 16 for the sixth year to raise money in support of childhood cancer research. This year was the second time the event was hosted at Amici’s. “It’s a cause I believe in,” Armstrong said. “Shaving my head is a small sacrifice when it comes to poor kids suffering from cancer.”

Armstrong joined about 20 people in shaving their heads Saturday to raise awareness of childhood cancer. The event raised about $5,000 for the St. Baldrick’s foundation, which grants money to fund childhood cancer research. Though the money raised goes to St. Baldrick’s, Saturday’s event had a special guest of honor — 6-year-old Aiden Zeibeck, a neighbor of Armstrong’s in Gilpin County. “It’s kind of special to be here,” said Crystal Zeibeck, Aiden’s mother. “It’s a little overwhelming to see so much support.” Aiden was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma in May 2012. Rhabdomyosarcoma is cancerous tumors on the muscles attached to the bones. “It was scary,” Zeibeck said. “He had five months of chemotherapy and now he’s been in remission for six months.” Zeibeck said it was great to see so many people out to support childhood cancer research. “I didn’t really know about St. Baldrick’s before, but once I found out I thought it was great,” she said. “It’s awesome to see so many people help fund research and find a cure.” Wheat Ridge firefighters and police officers joined Armstrong in shaving their heads as well as adult cancer survivors, including several women who proudly shaved their heads in support of children facing serious illness. Arvada resident Stacey Lister faced her own battle with breast cancer and has been cancer-free for three years and was at the event to get her head shaved. “I think (St. Baldrick’s) is great,” Lister said. “The more I read about it and the lack of funding for childhood cancer, it’s something really needed to help kids have a chance.” Every three minutes parents around the

both measures. House Bills 1224 and 1229 join the previously passed House Bill 1228 — which requires that gun buyers pay for their own background checks — as three major pieces of Democratic-sponsored gun-control legislation that have now reached Hickenlooper’s desk. The governor is expected to sign all three bills into law. Two other gun-control bills continue to work their way through the legislature: Senate Bill 195, which bans exclusive online training for those seeking concealed handgun permits; and Senate Bill 197, which would prohibit domestic-violence offenders from having access to guns.

St. Patrick’s Day cancer cause quite the buzz Wheat Ridge police officer, residents raise $5,000 in support of St. Baldrick’s By Sara Van Cleve

svancleve@ourcoloradonews.com While most people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the tradition of wearing green, a Wheat Ridge officer has started a new tradition of instead wearing a pin that says “Ask

Three-year breast cancer survivor Stacey Lister of Arvada has her head shaved for the first time in support of St. Baldrick’s childhood cancer research foundation.

Aiden Zeibeck, 6, was the sponsored child of a St. Baldrick’s head shaving event March 16 at Amici’s, 4300 Wadsworth Blvd. Zeibeck was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a tumor of the muscles attached to the bone, in May of 2012. After five months of chemotherapy, he has now been in remission for six months. Photos by Sara Van Cleve world are told their child has cancer, Armstrong said, which totals 175,200 children per year. “A lot of money goes to adulthood cancer research, but not nearly as much goes to childhood cancer research,” Armstrong said. “It’s great to see so many people give donations and get their heads shaved.” Armstrong said he plans to continue to host St. Baldrick’s events near St. Patrick’s Day in the coming years to continue to support childhood cancer research.

New park concept unveiled for site at 44th, Kendall Design features playgrounds, fields, picnic areas By Sara Van Cleve

svancleve@ourcoloradonews. com A master plan for new park near 44th Avenue and Kendall Street has been created 15 years after the city acquired the land.

A 2.5 acre site located north of 44th near Kendall was acquired in 1998 to build a neighborhood park, as outlined in the City of Wheat Ridge Park and Recreation Department Master Plan. According to the Wheat Ridge Parks and Recreation Depart-

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ment, the project is being funded through the Conservation Trust Fund’s lottery proceeds and Wheat Ridge’s share of Jefferson County Open Space tax. Additional funding of $211,000 has been provided through an open space grant. The park is budgeted to cost about $800,000. After two public meetings where design consultant DHM Design gathered citizens’ input on what they would like to see in the park, DHM unveiled a master plan for the yet-to-be-named park. “We’re excited about this plan,” Bill Neumann, a principal with DHM Design said. “We think it incorporates a lot of the comments that folks had.” The concept was presented to the public on March 13 during a public meeting; the plan still has

to be approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission and City Council. The Parks and Recreation Commission was presented with the plans on Wednesday, March 20, and council will hear the proposition on Monday, April 1. The plan presented to the public features a figure-eight like sidewalk — the outer loop of which is 900 feet long — and a number of recreational amenities. The proposed park would feature two playgrounds — one primary for younger children and one intermediate for older children. The details of what each playground will look like have not yet been determined though, Neumann said. The plan also outlines two picnic shelters as well as a few picnic

tables that are not under shade. In the public meetings, many residents said they thought two shelters would be better than one to allow guests some privacy while using them. The park would also feature two grassy areas with berming to allow picnic seating and flat areas to allow play as well as a half-court basketball court with two hoops. Two parking lots are also included in the design — one off West 44th Avenue and one off West 44th Place. Pedestrians and Park continues on Page 25

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Real ‘R-word’ should be ‘respect’ Brenden VanBruwaene, 16, looks intently, seriously, at the camera as he starts the public service announcement. His words are simple and direct: “When I hear people saying retarded, it makes me feel upset and … sad a lot. That’s what I feel.” Brenden would know. He is a sophomore, a friend to all, who walks through school halls listening to music with his headphones and iPod and flashing happy smiles. He has big dreams — to be a famous actor or singer someday. He also has Down syndrome, a fact of life Brenden will passionately tell you has shown him how important it is to be kind and respectful to everyone. He doesn’t hear the word “retard” much, but he was called it once last year. A friend stood up for him. Still, he hurt. “This is,” he says, “not right.” Brenden knows — which is why he and his school have joined a nationwide campaign to eradicate what they call the R-word as it is used today. Words are powerful. When strung together in careful and thoughtful precision, like a meticulously embroidered tapestry, they are beautiful, magical. They touch, inspire, break down barriers and connect us. But tossed about ignorantly, without attention or respect for meaning, and words wound. They tear us down and apart. “With any word, it’s not what you say,” Karen Riley says, “it’s what you mean when you say it.” Riley is an associate professor and chair of the educational research and policy department at the University of Denver’s Morgridge College of Education. She also has spent many years working with children who have neurodevelopmental

disorders, such as Down syndrome. In its clinical form, she notes, the word retardation is benign. It connotes anything that doesn’t move at the rate it should be moving — it’s slower or retarded. But that’s not how the word, in any of its derivative forms, is generally used today. “We know what it means,” one high school sophomore said, “but we just have a different definition for it.” The definition: An expression of exasperation. Stupid. Riley tells her students this true story: A mother pulling into a school accidentally bumped into the car parked in front. The driver of the parked car said to the mother, “What are you, a retard?” The mother then proceeded to help her child, with Down syndrome, from her car. The man apologized profusely. “Would it have been OK if she didn’t have a child with Down syndrome?” Riley asks. “As long as nobody is there to hear it, is it OK to use that word? If you know it’s hurtful, then why do we say it at all?” Retard, of course, isn’t the only word in this category. There’s the N-word, the derogatory term for African-Americans, and gay, which when used to mean dumb or ridiculous also implies homosexuals are lesser than others. Kim Gorgens, an

assistant professor of psychology at DU and past chair of the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Disability Issues, would argue that even words like crazy and cripple fall into this classification. “These words become episodes that are so denigrating and so harmful to groups of people,” she says. “Recognizing how you play a part in that problem is really powerful.” But the R-word — with its connection to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities — faces a unique battle. “These are our most vulnerable members of society,” Riley says. “It’s difficult for them to advocate for themselves. … As a society, isn’t it our responsibility to make sure you’re not disrespected? If you can’t defend yourself, isn’t it our responsibility to do so?” Soeren Palumbo, whose sister has an intellectual disability, thought so. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, he and Tim Shriver, a Yale University graduate, started the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign in 2009. Advocacy also has come from the federal government with Rosa’s Law, passed in 2010, which replaces “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability” in all federal legislation. Today, the Spread the Word campaign is a youth-driven effort by Special Olympics and Best Buddies, organizations that work with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and provide resources to schools to promote the campaign. The official annual day of awareness is the first Wednesday in March. “It’s been a huge platform for a lot of

young people in the schools,” says Mandi DeWitt of Special Olympics Colorado. Colorado, she adds, is one of eight states with the highest youth participation in such activities. At Castle View High School in Castle Rock, where Brenden attends school and where he was elected this year as Homecoming Royalty for his class, hundreds of students signed a pledge to stop using the R-word. As part of the campaign, they stopped at tables at the cafeteria’s entrance to scrawl their names on banners. “I’ve been saying that word for a while now,” one young man said. “I’ve not been the kindest. This is sort of a way to make me stop saying that.” “My friend said it the day before,” another student said. “I told her to not say that — `It insulted me.’ That’s not the way I am.” Pam Baker, Brenden’s special education teacher, fought back tears as she watched student after student sign the pledge. “They were part of history,” she said, “paving the way for others not to hear the word retarded and make it extinct.” In the cafeteria, the public service announcement plays. Students sitting at the tables look up at the screen. There’s Brenden. “I say `retarded’ is the wrong word to say,” he says to his audience. “And that’s what I know.” That’s what we should all know. Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@ourcoloradonews.com or 303566-4110.

JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRY Chickens and bees for backyards

Jefferson County Commissioners will talk about the birds and the bees at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 26. The commissioners will consider a proposed change to county ordinances that would allow for expanded chicken and bee backyard cultivation for Jeffco residents. A draft of the changes can be found on the county’s Planning And Zoning page, www.jeffco.us/ planning. For more information, or to comment on the proposed changes, contact Heather Gutherless at 303-271-8716, hgutherl@jeffco.us or Nina Ruiz at 303-271-8732, nruiz@ jeffco.us.

Counties. The academy will be from 7-9:30 p.m. every Tuesday, April 23 to June 25. According to the DA’s press release, the 10-week course will attempt to “demystify the criminal justice system and provides an inside look at prosecution and law enforcement in the First Judicial District.” The academy will be at the District Attorney’s Office, 500 Jefferson County Parkway in Golden. Call 303-271-6800 or go to 222. districtattorney1.com for more information or to register. Space is limited and an application is required. Applications are due by April 5.

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community, neighbors and visitors who use Apex Park is planned from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, and Tuesday, April 2, at the Jefferson County Open Space (JCOS) office, 700 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 100, Golden, CO 80401. The Apex Park Trailhead is at the junction of County Highway 93 and Highway 40 near Heritage Square in Golden. Anyone interested in the park is encouraged to send an email toapexpark@jeffco.us to be included in an email contact list to receive updates and notices regarding the park. The county is especially seeking public input on issues of shelter, grading and drainage, permanent restroom, water fountain, handicap parking, and other typical park entry elements.

Odom demonstration planned

Community activists are planning a protest rally against former County Commissioner John Odom at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 26, in front of the County Courthouse and Administrative Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway. Odom walked off the job seven weeks early without explanation, but still received a commissioner’s salary and benefits, at an estimated cost of $15,583 to tax payers. “He owes the taxpayers this money!” protest organizer Judy Denison said. Denison has called on Odom to donate the money to Jefferson Center for Mental Health, an organization that Odom voted to cut by $140,000 during last year’s budget process.

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A Bell Middle School seventh-grader talks about freshwater habitats with City of Golden Community and Economic Development Director Steve Glueck. Photo by Glenn Wallace

Showcasing results Bell’s iSTEM program shows results By Glenn Wallace

gwallace@ourcoloradonews.com It was iSTEM Showcase Night at Bell Middle School on March 14, and there were many sights to see. Among them: A young man displaying encyclopedic knowledge of the animals of the Gobi Desert; a seventh-grader matterof-factly describing how she rewrote the school’s website code “so it would look better”; and a young woman who now knows how to use a green screen and a computer tablet to make it look like she’s anywhere in the world. “That was good, but I accidentally wore a green shirt that day,” seventh-grade iSTEM student Quinn Cusack said. “I just looked like a floating head.” For the showcase students in twos and threes were tasked with researching a different environmental biome, then creating a fact sheet, web site, diorama display and more to present at the showcase. Emily Struck, the young girl who rewrote the coding to improve the default website template her team was given to use, said she did learn quite a bit about the boreal forest. “But really, it was just a really cool way to learn about all this technology,” Struck said. STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) education have become popular with educators in recent years

who saw a lack of student involvement and achievement in those fields. Educator Andrea Schulz was no exception, so last year she asked to start up a new STEM program, built from scratch at Bell to serve as a pilot program for the entire Jeffco Public Schools system. “We added the ‘i’ for innovation,” Schulz said. “The kids really take pride in their work, and really see how it’s applicable.” According to Schulz, the 60-student program quickly developed a waiting list this year. Next year Schulz said they hope to double the size of the program, to offer it to eighth graders as well. She said the flood of applications for next year guarantee a waiting list for the coming year as well. Deer Creek Middle School has already imported the program as well. The innovation continues too: iSTEM students have already begun work on an ambitious aquaponics system, which will include the raising of 20 tilapia fish this spring. “We’re kind of like guinea pigs,” Cusack said. “We get to go out and do stuff, instead of just reading a textbook all the time.” Every student spoken with for this story expressed the same enthusiasm, and an appreciation for the hands-on nature of the program. Bryan Douglass, whose daughter is in iSTEM, said his whole family loves it. “She’s a lot more engaged now, and not just with education, which is phenomenal,” Douglass said. “And it’s kind of invigorated the school.” The iSTEM program has one more community showcase planned for later this year.

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Libraries teach students to be tech-smart Twelve topics in 12: weeks: School libraries in transition By Vic Vela

vvela@ourcoloradonews.com Ryan Livingston didn’t need to pull a rabbit out a hat, or locate a quarter from behind a child’s ear to amaze a group of befuddled second-graders from Lakewood’s Paterson Elementary School. “These are called encyclopedias,” he said with books tucked under his arms, right after blowing the dust off the covers during a recent instructional period. “Look at the date on here,” Livingston said, pointing to the large “2002” one of the books. The students responded with a drawn out, “Whoooa.” Livingston wasn’t trying to get the children to thumb through massive – and, their case, archaic – texts to get information for their biography assignments. Rather, he was demonstrating how much easier it is to use technology to access the things they’re looking Patterson Elementary School teacher-librarian Ryan Livingston helps third-graders Thien Thien Nguyen, left, and Mira Mizda with an online assignfor – without having to lug around ment on March 13. Photo by Vic Vela books that weigh more than they do. But, wait a second. Livingston is videos that teach them how we use having to deal with budgets that have been fending for themselves. a ... librarian, isn’t he? Shouldn’t he tools to change phases of matter. were about to be ripped apart with We’d need a lot more district supbe all into books? “It’s fun to watch,” said 9-year- chainsaws. port. And they don’t have the man“We’re not librarians anymore, old Mira Mizda, who took a break The school district was faced power to do that.” we’re teacher-librarians,” Livings- from bobbing her head up-and- with the very real prospect of havThen, taxpayers came to the reston said. “Honestly, I never take a down while watching an on-line ing to slash more than $60 million cue. In November, voters approved book out and sit and read to the video of dancers singing songs from its 2013-14 budget, as a result two mill levy increases, including kids. That’s not my role any more. about matter. “I learn better by of state funding losses. That would My role is about teaching and tech- watching the videos.” have meant layoffs, and it would ballot issue 3A, which pumped $39 nological literacy.” Gone are the days of the card- have greatly affected teacher-li- million into the district’s budget. The money allowed schools like Patterson’s library looks like ... catalog shuffling librarian with brarian positions at schools like Patterson to hold on to full-time well, a library. The walls are plas- the pencil protruding out of her Patterson. tered with water color-painted blue hair. Many of today’s school In Livingston’s case, the cuts teacher-librarian positions. masterpieces that pay homage to librarians are much more. They are would have required him to split And that’s a very good thing, “The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat” sto- teachers of technology, and they his time between Patterson and seeing as how children these days ries. Below them, tempting book are invaluable parts of modern day another school, meaning he would were born into a digital world that titles like “An Adventure with Polly schools. serve as a part-time teacher-librar- requires technological guidance Polar Bear” and “Tracking and “A teacher of students and a ian to 900 students. from people like Livingston. Taming Dragons” sit inside easy- teacher of adults,” said Patterson If that would have happened, “It is a virtual world,” Larson to-reach bins. Principal Beth Larson. “If Ryan is Livingston – who is also the school’s said. “And students are using comBut away from the books is Liv- gone for a day, you just cross your International Baccalaureate cooringston’s world: The computer lab, fingers and hope for the best.” dinator – said he would have gone puters a lot more. And not even where he’s not reading Dr. Seuss to back to teaching in classrooms, PowerPoint; they’re beyond that. Facing challenges a bunch of sleepy children. leaving big shoes for Patterson to They’re so far beyond that I can’t tell you 100 percent where they are But it was as recent as last fall fill on the technological front. He’s overseeing interactive les“It was scary,” Larson said. “If he because they are so much farther sons, where students sit in front of when principals like Larson around computer monitors and watch cool Jefferson County came close to was here half time, teachers would than I probably ever will be.”

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Sequestration socks Jeffco State and county cuts affect vulnerable By Glenn Wallace

gwallace@ourcoloradonews.com The most vulnerable in Jefferson County, including the homeless and the developmentally disabled, will be among those most affected by automatic spending cuts, known as sequestration. Jefferson County Community Development Director Kat Douglas said programs offering rental assistance and homeless shelters face immediate cuts. She said the county would be cut between $100,000 to $150,000 for 2013. “The people who are hurting the most are those who need those services,” Douglas said.

Douglas said once the Department of Housing and Urban Development decide on how to apply the budget cuts, they will hand off the reduced funding to states, who then in turn will have to decide how to divvy up the reduced funding to counties and cities. “And so far, nobody has any answers for us,” said Douglas. The only news so far is not encouraging. The state will fund Jeffco at 50 percent of its usual allocation, and hopefully increase that amount once HUD has decided what it is doing. Douglas said the county usually signs grant contracts with area nonprofits at the start of March, but have had to reduce those contracts in half, or not offer them at all this year. A similar air of uncertainty surrounds education funding. According to the White House, sequestration will result in $16.5 million less money

Pet legislation stirs division Feel-good animal bill hits snag By Vic Vela

vvela@ourcoloradonews. com It’s hard enough getting Democrats and Republicans to come together on much of anything without throwing cats and dogs into the mix. Our four-legged friends are getting caught in the crossfire over a bill that seeks to designate cats and dogs that have been adopted from Colorado animal shelters and rescues as the state pets. Sen. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood, who is the sponsor of Senate Bill 201, said he wanted to recognize “the excellent work that our rescue groups and our shelter groups do in finding homes for dogs and cats that truly need them.” Jennifer Strickland, director of community relations and development at Golden’s Foothills Animal Shelter, said the bill “makes a lot of sense.” “I think any opportunity to be able to bring awareness to how wonderful shelter pets can be is a great thing,” she said. The bill will cost taxpayers just $650, in order to update state artwork and brochures, according to the Colorado Legislative Council. Kerr said he did not want to single out specific breeds in his bill, knowing how much controversy that could have led to. “This is a bill to bring all the factions together,” Kerr

said. “Cat people and dog people can come together and support the bill. But don’t expect certain animal groups to roll over and play dead as the bill makes its way through the Legislature. “We don’t understand why it’s a bill,” said Dan Anglin of Anglin Public Affairs. “It doesn’t make any sense.” Anglin represents the Colorado Federation of Dog Clubs, which puts on dog shows in the state, as well as the Colorado Pet Association, which represents animal breeders, retailers and groomers. He claims the bill would “create a perception” that it’s better to adopt animals from shelters, as opposed to seeking other avenues. “This bill puts into state statute that the state pet is how you acquire it,” Anglin said. Rep. Kathleen Conti, RLittleton, originally was a House co-sponsor of the bill, but she said she plans on removing her name from the legislation, having looked it over more closely. Conti, a former pet groomer, said she “is very supportive of our local shelters,” but she, like Anglin, is uncomfortable in recognizing certain dog adoption groups over others. “How about we recognize what the dog ends up doing to help society and helps people, like service dogs?” Conti said. “I’d far rather see something like that than simply focusing on where you get the pet from.” Conti said she probably will vote no on the bill, but that she’s “not going to actively fight against it.”

for Colorado students this year. Roughly half of that money would have gone to Title One programs — targeted at lower income students who qualify for free or reduced lunches. The other half would be for children with disabilities. “These are populations we care deeply about and we want to do everything we can to give them a bright future. They’re hard cuts to make,” said Heather Beck, chief academic officer with Jeffco Public Schools. The Jeffco school district enrolls about 10 percent of the state’s children. “But I don’t know if the state is just going to hand down a straight percentage of cuts to us or not,” Beck said. The new academic fiscal cycle begins July 1, which should be when the cuts go into effect, though Beck said she had not received confirmation of that. She says even if the cuts do come down, the district has

Pot recommendations a handful Task force creates much work for lawmakers By Vic Vela

vvela@ourcoloradonews.com It’s 166 pages long and it contains 58 regulation recommendations — some will be more complex and controversial to deal with than others. So it’s no wonder that state lawmakers are going to have to work overtime to get through a report from the Amendment 64 Task Force in time to meet a deadline for putting in place rules dealing with November’s voter-approved marijuana legalization in Colorado. A newly created legislative committee began its work on implementing the task force regulations on

March 15. The Joint Select Committee, which is made up of Democrats and Republicans from both houses of the General Assembly, heard testimony on how best to go about crafting pot rules that must be ready for enforcement on July 1. If lawmakers can’t create legislation this session that deals with a myriad of issues — such as putting in place protections for children, figuring out how to deal with tourists, and how the new marijuana industry is taxed — then the state’s Department of Revenue will put rules in place without input from lawmakers. “We’d prefer not to implement rules without the guidance of the General Assembly,” said Department of Revenue head Barbara Brohl, who also is the co-chair of the task force that was put in place by Gov. John

Edwin Ernesto Rivera Gracias wanted for murder Staff Report Last week the FBI announced that a man wanted for the brutal beating and stabbing of a Colorado man would be placed on the agency’s Top 10 Most Wanted list. Edwin Ernesto Rivera Gracias is charged with the murder of Richard Limon. The body of 69-yearold Limon was dumped on the side of Lookout Mountain Road above Golden in 2011.

A reward of up to $100,000 is being offered for information leading Edwin Ernesto directly to the arrest Rivera Gracias of Rivera Gracias, who is a member of the violent Mara Salvatrucha gang — MS-13 — and is believed to be in El Salvador. Today we are asking for media and public assistance in bringing this dangerous fugitive to justice,” James Yacone, spe-

cial agent in charge for the Denver regional office said in a statement. Gracias is described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing about 170 pounds, with short brown hair and no facial hair. He has several tattoos, including the inscription “Maria” on his left chest, “MS 13” on his back, “El Salvador” on the back of his right arm, “503” on the back of his left arm, “LA” on his right forearm and “Nena” on his left hand. “Elevating Rivera Gracias to the Top 10 list sends a message,” said Special Agent Phil Niedringhaus. “No matter where you are

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Hickenlooper. Because of that, the committee’s House chairman, Rep. Dan Pabon, DDenver, said members should expect to meet several times through the remainder of the session in order to complete their work. “We are going to have, I’m sure, a lot of discussion and debate about what should and shouldn’t be included in this legislation ....” Pabon said. As if their job isn’t difficult enough, committee members also must take into consideration the federal government’s role in all of this. The state still doesn’t know whether the U.S. Department of Justice will intervene in Colorado’s new marijuana industry, by way of federal drug enforcement or even a lawsuit. “This is a concern for everyone in government and everyone in the state,” Brohl said.

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enough reserve funding budgeted to forestall any reduction to teaching staff or services for one year. Beck said that if sequestration is not reversed, the district would be looking at $9 million in less revenue over the next five years. “That will mean teacher loss, program loss,” Beck said. Across the state, sequestration cuts will hit many sectors. An estimated 12,000 Department of Defense employees will face furloughs. Army and Air Force spending will be reduced by $65,000. Program funding for children, seniors, veterans and law enforcement will also be effected. Beck says for now at least, all that can be done is to wait and see, and keep fingers crossed. “We’re sticking on the optimistic side of things and hope Washington can figure these things out.”

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r serques-By Glenn Wallace ld begwallace@ourcoloradonews.com over Jefferson County’s budget departgramment has been recognized with the “highest award in governmental buds willgeting,” for its 2012 report. 0 De- The Board of County Commisfacesioners officially recognized the acg willcomplishment and presented the ng forDistinguished Budget Presentation orce-Award to Budget Department Director Christina Caputo and five of her canbudget and management analysis ngersteam at the March 12 board meeting. “Its attainment represents a sigsidenificant achievement by our budget figureand analyst team,” District 2 Commissioner Casey Tighe said, calling it

an example to other municipalities. The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada judges submitted budget reports based on 27 “best practice” criteria, according to District 1 Commissioner Faye Griffin. The award is given to budget departments who rank proficient or outstanding across all 27 criteria. The county’s 2012 budget, which detailed $476.2 million in expenditures, achieved that goal. “Thank you commissioners for acknowledging this award,” Caputo said, on behalf of her staff: Tim Nejedlo, Carl Tippin, Pat Heckmann, Chris Lindsey, Louise Milburn and Nancy Duncan. Also during the March 12 meeting, the commissioners reported on how their previous week’s trip to Washington, D.C., for the National Asso-

ciation of Counties (NACo) legislative conference went. “It’s amazing how, in Jefferson County we have our issues, we have our struggles, but we have it better than a lot of other counties,” Chair Donald Rosier, District 3, said. Griffin noted that NACo had produced a video that made what she said was an important point. “Really, all of the services that people use come from the county,” Griffin said. Tighe said the Colorado delegation specifically asked federal officials to make some determinations regarding how the federal government will handle the state’s decriminalization of recreational marijuana, following the passage of Amendment 64. “I just hope someone will help resolve some of this confusion in a prompt manner,” Tighe said.

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Bill seeks privacy for child victims Judges would gain leeway in clearing courtrooms By Vic Vela

vvela@ourcoloradonews.com A bill that would give judges greater discretion when deciding whether to clear a courtroom during testimony involving cases of child sex abuse is making its way through the legislature. Under Senate Bill 198, courts would have the option of closing the courtroom to the public and the press “when it is in the best interest of the child” who is involved in the case. That includes when sexually explicit photographs of children are being shown, or when a child is testifying

about sexual abuse. The bill also would allow courts the option to close the courtroom whenever forensic interviewers provide testimony that is “directly related” to the child. The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Cheri Jahn, D-Wheat Ridge, said during a March 13 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee that “we absolutely need to make this clear in our statutes.” “It is just putting the child in such a horrible place (whenever they have to testify about abuse in front of others),” Jahn said. Tammy Pitzen, the program manager of the Colorado Springs-based Safe Passage, which assists children who are going through abuse cases, said that having children testify

about sexual assault in front of TV cameras and strangers ends up “revictimizing” them. “We ask child sex assault victims to do what none of us would feel comfortable doing,” Pitzen said. Jahn said that she “worked out First Amendment concerns” before presenting the bill. A committee-approved amendment to the legislation that was presented by Colorado Press Association changed the language to say that the court could close the proceedings “if it determines that the best interest of a child in a closed proceeding overrides the public interest in an open criminal proceeding.” The bill passed the committee unanimously and is expected to breeze through the legislature.

Wheat Ridge On the ReCORd Wheat Ridge City Council voted on the following items at the March 11 meeting. In attendance were Mayor Jerry DiTullio, Councilmembers Kristi Davis District II, Joyce Jay District II, George Pond District III, Mike Stites District III and Joseph DeMott District IV.

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Council approved payment to All Copy Products Inc. in an amount not to exceed $70,000. The money is part of the 2013 IT budget and is used to finance the operation of the city’s 17 multi-function copiers.

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widening of 32nd Avenue

Council approved two separate requests pertaining to the project to widen 32nd Avenue from Braun Court to Wright Court. The first request allows the city to employ additional engineering services from Martin and Martin Consulting Engineering. The cost of additional design is $40,850 with an additional $50,000 for engineering services rendered during construction. Secondly, council voted to appoint Vision Land Consultants Inc. to perform inspections for the 32 Avenue project. The contract with Vision Land Consultants calls for the company to be paid a fee of $45,590, with

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Kipling Trail design contract expanded

Council approved a contract amendment for Bohannan Huston, the company that oversees the design and land acquisition of the multi-use Kipling Trail Project. The amendment accounts for an additional $168,000 paid to Bohannan Huston. The director of public works is authorized to issue change orders up to the total contract and contingency amount of $405,533.02.

Wheat Ridge extends franchise agreement with Comcast

Wheat Ridge’s franchise agreement with Comcast is set to expire April 1. Denver and Aurora are still negotiating with Comcast. Therefore, council extended the agreement until Dec. 31, 2014, to allow the negotiations to finish.

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A land with problems, a nation with laws The comments of Weld County Sheriff John Cooke, reported in the Greeley Tribune, are making waves and being picked up in national news. His words put him squarely in an informal group of so-called rogue sheriffs. According to news reports, Cooke said he is not interested in enforcing two particular bills – one expands background checks on firearms purchases and the other limits ammunition magazines to 15 rounds. In other reports, El Paso Sheriff Terry Maketa, who takes umbrage with the legislative process and bills being developed for gun control, seems to be part of the club. Yeehaw. Many of us like to think there is a little bit of frontier left in the culture of Colorado life. Some like to think being on the frontier means having the right to

OUR VIEW be left the heck alone and not bother with too many laws. But even out West — now and in decades gone by — we expect the guy behind the star to stand with the law, whether right, wrong or otherwise — it’s the law. That’s why we appreciated the comments of Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson, who broke his silence on the thorny gun debate and voiced some choice words worth repeating in full. “For a public safety professional to suggest they can determine the constitutional-

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ity of an issue and establish public policy based on that ill-conceived notion, would be tantamount to a police officer arresting an individual, determining guilt and sentencing the individual to incarceration in the county jail,” Robinson said. “This is not how our principle-based, constitutional system, functions. We are a nation of laws.” Robinson has it right, but in trying to understand the others, we don’t have to look far. The more than 1,700-word position paper by the County Sheriffs of Colorado opposes limiting magazines — calling for the need to have enough rounds to end a threat — and opposes extending background checks and registration, stating the government “does not have the right to know who owns a firearm or for what reason when used for lawful and peaceful

purposes.” Further the paper strongly states it is not the appropriate time to introduce gun control legislation because decisions likely will be made on “emotion rather than reason” following the recent shootings in Aurora and Sandy Hook. It suggests that gun control bills be tabled for “at least a year to encourage rational deliberations before any decisions are made.” Given these perspectives, it is easy to see why some sheriffs are riled with the actions at the Statehouse. So we commend all cool-headed sheriffs who know their roles through thick and thin, and perhaps understand that the debate involves tough questions the citizenry and its lawmakers must face involving the constitutional right to bear arms and pressing concerns about gun violence.

Make time to be a family Let’s see if any of this sounds familiar to anyone out there: Today I will get done with my day job, go immediately to one school to pick up my two littlest kids, then swing up to the high school to pick up the older and go home. We’ll be home for seven minutes before I have to go again to run the oldest to her job, which includes a side trip to pick up a friend who works at the same place. Forty minutes later, I will return home to pick up the other kids, who have to be run to the store to pick up supplies for a school project. Bring these guys home, try to sling together a meal, and, just about then, it’s time to go pick up the oldest one from her job. By the time I get home and settle in, it’s bedtime for the littlest one. And this is just what a day looks like that I don’t have any personal training to do, or days in which it’s not the daughter’s job but the dance studio carpool. And I know it sounds like I’m complaining — but I’m not. I love being able to be this involved in my kids’ lives. And, yes, it would be easier if the older one would drive, but certain events which shall not be mentioned have made that untenable, even if we had another car for her. The reality is that my level of activity is not that unusual. In fact, I probably have it easy — just ask the soccer mom who has two kids in competitive soccer who practice four days a week and have games all day Saturday, with out-of-town tournaments one weekend a month. My sister had a daughter doing that with softball — all year long! For goodness’ sake, my nephew just went to Albuquerque to compete in an archery competition (he took second) and he’s

only 8! And I know there’s another scenario, a harder one — the one in which a single parent is trying to do it all. But for now, I’m only addressing the self-inflicted complications. Keeping kids engaged and busy is a good thing; keeping families running around like chickens with their heads cut off is not. Like most aspects of American culture circa 2013, we have completely lost our sense of balance. I call it the Tyranny of Youth, but the reality is that we adults have done this to ourselves. No sport is just for fun, kids don’t play “pick-up” games anymore, and the rare parent who tells their kid “no” is constantly confronted with the myth that they’re not providing enough for their children. Y’know what? It’s OK to say “no” every once in a while, whether that’s to the kids or to a job, just because it’s nice to have the whole family together. It’s good to recenter in the home. The kids will survive missing one activity; I wonder if they’ll survive missing their family. Michael Alcorn is a music teacher and fitness instructor who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. He graduated from Alameda High School and the University of Colorado-Boulder.

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Every month is Women’s History Month When I was little, yet old enough to start questioning the order of things, I asked my parents why we had a Mother’s Day and a Father’s Day, but no Kid’s Day. The answer, of course, was that every day is Kid’s Day. With this same spirit of questioning, I ask why we have a Women’s History Month, and not a Men’s History Month. The answer, of course, is that every month is Men’s History Month. Please…hear me out. Women in America have been always been asking: Hear me. And, originally, that’s why March — as initiated by Congress in 1987 and by presidential proclamation since 1995 — is Women’s History Month, so designated to pay tribute to our nation’s women. Few people would argue that the history of the United States belongs to all of us … the full history, that is. The contributions of this country’s women should be seamlessly integrated into the history books and not treated as “special.” Special, no. Extraordinary, yes … as extraordinary as any person’s deeds are in the chronicles of the United States. It’s easy to point to momentous activities by American women because there seem to be few of them. The women’s voting rights movement is one just one example, and commemorations of the March 3

suffragists’ march on Washington 100 years ago abound during this year’s Women’s History Month. As they should. To most of us today, the concept of barring about one half of the country’s population from voting for the direction of its future (and arresting those who try) is perplexing, if not downright bizarre. Suffrage alone deserves its tribute, yet an examination of the reasons why women even needed this century-long campaign shouldn’t be confined to Women’s History Month. Justifiably then, the actions of our nation’s heroic women such as Dolley Madison, Harriett Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Clara Barton, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Abigail Adams — who in 1776 asked her husband, John, at work on the Declaration of Independence, to “remember the ladies” — should also all be credited. (The Declaration’s wording to this day still specifies that all men are created equal.) Where would America be without Rosa Parks, without Gloria Steinem,

without Sandra Day O’Connor, without women like my mother who served in World War II or those who left the “Cult of Domesticity” to keep the nation functioning at home during that time? If you are saying here that I’ve left out thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of important and even infamous women from my list, you are exactly right. That’s why women’s history is way too big to be cuddled into one month a year. Women of all ages and all ethnicities are making history now, right alongside our men, whose achievements, by the way, I respect equally with those of women. The goals of Women’s History Month are admirable: To promote awareness of women’s contributions to society. However, doesn’t such a celebration also demean the very citizens it aims to honor by emphasizing that these contributions are so unusual they need such a celebration? Please … hear me: Every month is Women’s History Month, and we shouldn’t need a calendar to remind us. Andrea Doray is a writer with a reminder also that the Equal Rights Amendment to eliminate bias on the basis of gender, first introduced in 1923, has never been ratified. Contact her at a.doray@andreadoray.com.

Freedom. What is it? What makes it uniquely American? Three things are very important to me — America, the American flag and freedom. One cannot think of one without the others. My grandparents were immigrants from Mexico. Because of their sacrifices for freedom, and to escape inherent inequality, they worked hard and passed on to my mother the importance of embracing her culture,while accepting new traditions in a country with such an

abundance of differences. I was immersed in a culture of love, affection and a great pride for my Hispanic heritage, along with an appreciation for a world different from my own. Freedom is not worth having if it does not allow us the freedom to make mistakes. Freedom allows us the right to accept challenges so we can improve ourselves. The flag is not only the symbol of America, but reminds me of my priceless heritage, life, liberty and the right to pursue happiness, where one may freely worship, think, write,

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hills Art Center in Golden and dedicated the Carol and Don Dickinson Sculpture Garden at Foothills Art Center. Carol’s other accomplishments included being named Living Legend in 2005 in Golden, Colorado, and she was named in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who of American Women. Carol is survived by her Daughter Lauren Dickinson, her Sister Mary Ann Roberts, Half-brothers Robin, Rex, and John Rittgers and a HalfSister Dixie Russell. She will also be sadly missed by many dear friends. A Funeral Service was held for Carol at the Calvary Episcopal Church, 1320 Arapahoe Street, Golden, Colorado on Friday, March 15, 2013. In lieu of flowers offerings to commission a sculpture, “Beauty,” may be sent to the Foothills Art Center, 809 15th Street, Golden, Colorado 80401.

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Christ on the Mountain Catholic Church Holy Week Services

Holy Thursday Mass – March 28th at 7:00 p.m. Traditional Stations of the Cross – March 29th at 3:00 p.m. Good Friday Service – March 29th at 7:00 p.m.

Easter Masses

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VFW ‘casino’ to raise funds for veterans American Military Family hosting annual fundraiser with ‘funny money’ gambling, music and more By Sara Van Cleve

svancleve@ourcoloradonews.com Residents can have a night at a “casino” and support a good cause for just $20 Saturday, March 20. American Military Families is hosting its fourth annual Casino Night from 6-1 p.m. March 30, at the Veterans of Foreign War Post 4171, 15625 W. 10th Ave., in Golden. Casino Night is a fundraiser for American Military Family’s combat veterans emergency assistance program, which provides funds to military members and veterans’ families when an emergency comes up and they can’t afford to address it, such as a car breaking down or rent being due. “It’s for when there is more month than money,” said event organizer and AMF Gold Star Mom Michelle Benavidez of Arvada. Tickets to the event are $20, which provides attendees with $200 of “funny money” to participate in gambling. Attendees don’t use actual money to gamble, but

instead fake money to play poker, craps, roulette, blackjack and more. “You can learn something you don’t usually try,” Benavidez said. “Since it’s not real gambling, the dealers will take the time to teach you how to shoot craps or whatever game you’d like to learn.” Attendees can also buy more fake money to gamble with — $5 for $50 in fake money, $10 for $100 and $20 for $250. Because the event consists of gambling not using real money, the event is open to people 16 and older. The night will also feature light hors d’oeuvres, auctions, karaoke, music, dancing and cocktails for sale from the VFW. Raffles and door prizes, such as gift cards and gift baskets, will also be given out. Raffle tickets are $1 for one or $5 for six. “It really is a fun event,” Benavidez said. “Everybody has a blast.” The money raised is donated to AMF and used to help military members, veterans and their families. The event has raised between $4,000 to $5,000 over the past three years. Tickets can be bought online at www. AMF100.org or can be purchased at the door. Attendees who buy tickets online will receive three door prize tickets; tickets bought at the door come with one. For more information, visit www. AMF100.org.

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Join us for Holy Week starting March 24, 2013

Easter Season!

Palm Sunday (March 24) • 8:00 a.m. Preschool Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser • 10:00 a.m. Worship Service and Preschool/ Children’s Church program

Holy Thursday, March 28

Maundy Thursday (March 28)

Supper

• 7:00 p.m. Readings, Labyrinth and Lord’s Supper (Fellowship Hall)

YOU ARE INVITED TO

• 7:00 p.m. A solemn Tenebrae Service of the Passion of Christ in the Sanctuary • 6:30 a.m. SONrise Worship - Arvada Cemetery • 10:00 a.m. Worship

7:30pm

Good Friday, March 29

Good Friday (March 29)

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Easter Sunday (March 31)

6:30pm & Worship Service

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Celebrate Easter We invite you to join us as we

Services at 9 and 11:14 a.m. Breakfast served 8:30 to 11 a.m. Easter Egg Hunt for families at 10:10 a.m.

Palm Sunday Service • March 24 • 9 a.m. Maundy Thursday Service • March 28 • 7 p.m. Lakewood United Methodist Church

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REAL estate ESTATE agent AGENT spotlight SPOTLIGHT of OF the THE week WEEK Real Motenia Rose-Deaver What do you enjoy doing when you’re not working? What is one tip you have for someone to buy a house? One of my hobbies (aside from work) is yoga. Yoga is a Know the city, know the construction and be sure your passion of mine. I am very intense about life; and I find agent understands your needs. All of Colorado real es“Moe Deaver” yoga gives me the balance I need. When I crave rest, it’s tate is my territory. I have no boundaries. I have helped REALTOR®

yoga, family, hiking and sitting on my front porch enjoying a nice summer breeze or beautiful winter view.

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What is one tip you have for someone looking to sell a house? Clean, clean, clean!! Clean homes sell! If you want to sell your home, creating a tidy atmosphere will make buyers feel like your house is “Home Sweet Home”. I love working with my clients to show their homes in the best light. I’ve definitely built many strong friendships with clients over vacuum cleaner and dust cloth.

Where were you born? I was born in Fort Polk, DeRidder, Louisiana on an Army base camp. I’ve been living in Denver since December of 1981. How long have you worked in real estate? I’ve been working in real estate for over 20 years, since 1991.

over 1,250 families. My clients are always impressed by my knowledge and determination in finding them a place to call home.

What is the most unusual thing you’ve encountered while working in real estate? I had a man call me who wanted to buy his neighbors house. He said the neighbor was willing to sell it to him for a ridiculously low price, almost half. I asked them to come in to the office so that I could meet this generous man. I was shocked when this very giving man turned out to be the Deacon of my church who had baptized all my children. This happened 15 years ago and we still laugh about it. The generous Deacon is still very much in my life and has performed more memorable ceremonies for our family.

Dedication, Determination, & Friendship Based Customer Service

What is your specialty and what does that mean for people you work with? My specialty is people! I’m a very social person and I love making people happy. What is the most challenging part of what you do? The market has so many twists and turns that I have to be ready for anything. I’m not a person who likes to keep things routine, so change makes my job more exciting. I’m a gowith-the-flow kind of gal, so bring me a challenge and I’ll take it!

Fighting Foreclosure & Promoting Hope intricacies of the short sale and because the banks really do not want homeowners to walk away, the team discovered the power of negotiation and the value of consistency in tearing down red tape. Thanks to their patience, persistence and a lot of hard work, Your Hope Team now has access to a bounty of valuable knowledge and resources to help those facing foreclosure fight it with discretion and dignity.

Since 2008, 3.7 million Americans have lost their homes to foreclosure according to a recent report by Corelogic. Today, there are 1.4 million homes currently in the foreclosure process. No matter the reason for falling behind, facing foreclosure is scary. Families in danger of losing their homes can be overwhelmed by stress and fear. They don’t know what their options are or where to turn for help. That is where Moe comes in.

It is imperative that homeowners in distressed situations have an agent who can deal with the complexities of a short sale. Your Hope Team can expedite this process, with an immediate plan of action that can bring relief and hope when it is needed most.

Motenia Rose-Deaver, “Moe” is a real estate agent in Jeffco and a top local producer. When the market took a devastating dive in 2007, she saw the desperation of the community. Homeowners, caught off guard, were facing a horrible crisis and had no idea where to find a path to relief.

The goal of Your Hope Team is to offer the emotional support to give homeowners a sense of being back in control of their lives, their homes and their dignity. These are hard times and they are determined to try to share their knowledge, experience and strength.

Moe decided to devote her time and talent to helping these homeowners in need. Adding to her 20+ years of experience in real estate, Moe became a Certified Distressed Property Expert in 2008 and has been pulling off the seemingly impossible since then.

“The only thing stronger than fear is HOPE!!”

Are you one of the following...

In January 2008, Moe formed a group called, “Your Hope Team” to reach out to the Jefferson County community and Denver Metro area. Moe and her team immersed themselves in the foreclosure process, determined to learn the inner workings. Along the way, they became well versed in the

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ou are in the driver’s seat when For this, concrete, instead of wood, champiit comes to the quality of the fea- ons them all. tures and fixtures in your dream “Wood framing is outdated now,” Blyth home. continued. “Concrete, on the other hand, Indeed, building from the ground up is a saves the forest, eliminates toxicity, and degolden opportunity to create the most energy livers superior structural, environmental, efficient and environand human health benmentally friendly house efits. Nudura walls are Eco-Friendly materials and production techof a lifetime -- and for niques are the new norm in new construction. pre-assembled forms, those committed, good each one stacked, reinadvice is readily available. forced, and then filled with concrete. Once locked together (like Lego) the system creSo where does one begin? ates a solid, monolithic wall. This advanced “Create a checklist for the latest technol- method has shown to deliver energy savings ogy in walls, windows, siding, drainage, so- of up to 70 percent and delivers a building lar power, water management, ventilation, envelope up to three times more sound resisplumbing, heating and cooling systems,” says tant, four times more fire resistant, and nine Nudura marketing manager, Todd Blyth. times stronger. More information is available “An energy efficient checklist would also in- online at www.nudura.com. ■ clude the most insulated building envelope. Metro Creative Services

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needed from May to September 2013 for hydrant painting & assisting with valve maint operations. Requires clean MVR, ability to operate motorized equip & lift 50 pounds. www.pwsd.org for application & more info.

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Constructors, Inc. is seeking Formwork Carpenters & Laborers, Concrete Finishers, Pipefitters, and Millwrights (process equipment installations) for large wastewater project located in Denver area. Applications will be taken at 9780 Pyramid Ct, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112, from 8-5 M-F. Send resumes to Careers@westernsummit.com or call (303)325-0325. WSCI is an EEO Employer.

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Painting

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Westin guest so impressed

Miguel Cervantes (William Michals) and his manservant (Ben Dicke) act out what becomes “Don Quixote” in a prison in Spain in the Arvada Center’s “Man of La Mancha.” Photos courtesy of Arvada Center

A gritty take on ‘Mancha’ Historical look at the man behind the knight By Clarke Reader

creader@ourcoloradonews.com

D

on Quixote” is one of the most famous works of literature every written, but not many people know the life of its creator, Miguel de Cervantes. The musical “Man of la Mancha” is based on actual events that happened to Cervantes, and takes the audience on a thrilling ride into a play within a play. “Man of La Mancha” will play at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., from March 26 through April 14. Performances will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1 p.m. Wednesday and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. “You’ve never seen ‘Man of la Mancha’ like you have at the Arvada Center,” said director, Rod A. Lansberry. “This is definitely a darker, and grittier version of the show, but the situation and roughness really dictate that.” The story takes place in a prison, run by the Spanish Inquisition, where Cervantes (William Michals) and his manservant (Ben Dicke) are awaiting judgment for crimes they didn’t committ. While waiting, their fellow prisoners decide to hold a trial of their own against Cervantes, and if he is found guilty, his possessions — and life’s work — will be destroyed. In an effort to have his possessions spared, Cervantes offers a play, with all the prisoners participating, as his defense. The play tells the story of Alonso Quijana,

If you go WHAT: “Man of la Mancha” WHERE: Arvada Center 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. WHEN: March 26 through April 14 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays 1 p.m. Wednesdays 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays COST: $53-$73 INFORMATION: 720-898-7200 or www. arvadacenter.org

an old gentleman who gets so swept away by the chivalric novels he’s read that he renames himself Don Quixote, and takes his “squire” Sancho to go questing in the Spanish countryside. The show is unique in many ways, one of which is that the majority of actors remain on stage the entire time, because as Lansberry said, they are in a prison, and there is nowhere else they can go. For the actors, the story is less a way for the story of Don Quixote to be told on stage, and rather an examination of Cervantes and the times he lived in. “Everything in this is centered on Cervantes’ relationship with the other prisoners,” said Michals. “He’s entertaining people in his defense. He’s really giving his story of being inspired, and has to be convincing.” Jennifer DeDominici, who plays the prisoner Aldonza and Dulcinea in Cervantes’ story, said her character goes through a massive transformation during the show, and she is curious about how much that change is there waiting to be discovered, and how much requires Cervantes’ efforts. A lot of time and effort has gone into the

set, lighting and sound, to create a visceral feeling of being in the violent Inquisition. “It really goes to the idea of how do the prisoners drive the storytelling,” Dicke said. “We’re really making use of the environment, and the set really lends itself to that.” While the Arvada Center is taking a new look at the classic, people who love standards like “To Dream the Impossible Dream” will not be disappointed. “Anyone who loves this play is going to love this version of it,” Michals said. For tickets and more information, call 720898-7200 or visit www. arvadacenter.org.

Miguel Cervantes (William Michals) acts out his story of Don Quixoteto save his possessions in the Arvada Center’s “Man of La Mancha.”

One of the best parties I have attended lately took place March 13 inside the $5 million refurbished meeting spaces inside The Westin Downtown Denver Hotel. The event, which showed off the new digs of the mezzanine-level Continental Ballroom, renamed the Confluence Ballroom, as well as the ballroom foyer and all breakout meeting rooms. To unveil the renovation, The Westin’s sales team partnered with Destination Services Design Team to transform the space into specialty rooms such as a Molecular Microbrew bar, a Rock ‘n’ Roll sushi station and a soothing Spa-Ception room. “A major component of the project was leveling the mezzanine-level fixed-seat Tabor Auditorium to create an additional 3,000-square-feet of flexible meeting space,” said Tom Curley, the hotel’s general manager and owner Starwood’s area managing director. “This new space, called the Platte River Room, allows the hotel to service groups more effectively by offering additional dining and meeting space options.” Yes, the spruced-up space looked lovely, but the most outstanding aspect of the party was something I’ve never seen done in catering before: a salad martini bar. When I glanced over to that food station, I thought, “Oh no, another mashed potato bar. No thanks.” But when I saw socialite and philanthropist Susan Kiely munching salad in a martini glass, I had to investigate. Rather than heavy mashed potatoes, the station offered a healthy selection of salad ingredients mixed in a martini shaker (not stirred) with your choice of salad dressing. Bravo and brilliant!

In the limelight

The 23rd annual Limelight Awards, which recognizes outstanding people and places that over the past year have embodied the true spirit of LoDo, took place Thursday in the refurbished McNichols Civic Center Building, on the corner of Colfax and Bannock. (Frankly, not my favorite space for an event because there is mostly metered parking and no valet.) But the event, despite the number of guests who were ticketed for expired meters, was a festive celebration put on by the LoDo District Inc. This year’s awards went to: Cares Award for philanthropic contributions to the neighborhood: Carol Ann and Paul Rothmann for the Downtown Denver Children’s Playground. Spotlight Award for a successful marketing campaign that brought activity to the area: Tom and Diane Coohill, owners of Coohills restaurant at 1400 Wewatta, for the Beats on the Creek concert series. Legacy Award for development projects that contribute to LoDo’s culture of historic preservation and innovation: Wazee Supper Club. Service Award for those who go above and beyond to aid LoDo District Inc: Rob Grey, LoDo District Vice Chair. New Business Award for a new neighbor who has made a notable impact: Springhill Suites Denver Downtown at Metro State.

Party with a view

The already hot Ballpark Neighborhood restaurant scene turned up the heat with the fundraiser opening of VIEWHOUSE on March 14. Parker continues on Page 21

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The exclusive invite party gave media and other guests an hour to peruse the new space before opening the doors to supporters of the Ballpark Neighborhood Association. As advertised, the eatery featured an eclectic spread of bar bites from chef Jose Guerrero (from Roy’s Cherry Creek, Mao and Pizza Republica), Colorado-centric cocktails and microbrews and the spectacular view from the rooftop patio bar. VIEWHOUSE is a Denver corporation comprised of principals Brad Manske as managing partner and nightclub king Francois Safieddine as landlord and money man.

Wings and things

Can pigs fly? They do at Grillin’ Wings & Things at 723 S. University Blvd. (southwest corner of University and Exposition). The new fantastic wings joint (I tried them recently and can you say finger-lickin’ good?) features pig wings (lip-smacking mini pork shanks served “special grilled” ndedstyle tossed in a choice of sauces), along mil-with egg-cellent chicken wings grilled or e Thedeep-fried. Chicken tenders and jumbo shrimp newalso grace the menu, along with salads and entalwraps. Sides include deep-fried corn on Ball-the cob, garlic parmesan fries, and beernd allbattered onion rings. The sauces are a standout with everystin’sthing from honey hot to sweet ginger Thai Ser-to spicy garlic chili. Many of them are glupaceten-free. cular Grillin’ Wings also serves wine and beer. ationFly on over and check out this place.

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Adieu

Bid adieu to The Big Easy Creole Kitchen, at 250 Steele St., which closed this month after less than six months. The good-food restaurant owned by George Gastl, a native of Denver who lived in New Orleans and cooked at the Palace Cafe, served New Orleans favorites including turtle soup, crawfish etouffee, gumbo, blackened shrimp and sweetbreads. No word on whether Gastl plans to reopen The Big Easy Creole Kitchen elsewhere. The lower-level space has been a challenge to other restaurateurs as well. Jesse Morreale, owner of El Diablo on First and Broadway, operated Sketch in that space, but later changed the concept to Tambien with chef Sean Yontz. That restaurant eventually closed.

Grobbie alert!

Popular recording artist Josh Groban will perform a special concert with the Colorado Symphony on July 7 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. March 22 at www.ticketmaster.com. No doubt his fame will make this concert a sellout for the Colorado Symphony, which had been nearly fatally wounded by lackluster ticket sales. Smart move on the Symphony’s part in this partnership. 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. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

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Suicide drives gun-death numbers Laws might do little to bring down toll By Kevin Vaughan and Burt Hubbard I-News Network

During the 12-year span between the mass shootings at Columbine High School and Aurora, Coloradans used guns to kill themselves about four times more frequently than they used them to kill each other, an I-News analysis of death certificates found. The analysis, which covered the years 2000 through 2011, also found that white residents disproportionately committed suicides with guns while minorities were disproportionately victims of homicide shootings. In the wake of the July 20 attack at the Century Aurora 16 theater, which left 12 people dead and more than 50 injured, state legislators introduced a flurry of gun-control measures, some of which made their way through the legislative process while others did not. The bills have sparked sometimes-emotional debate and prompted large protests as gun rights activists and supporters of the proposals beseeched lawmakers and Gov. John Hickenlooper. Earlier this month, a plane circling central Denver towed a banner that read: “Hick: Don’t Take Our Guns.” But people on both sides of the debate said the reality of Colorado’s firearms deaths — that more than three-quarters of them are suicides — means the proposals may do little to put much of a dent in the overall loss of life involving guns. “I think that really goes much more to the issue of responsible ownership — that if you know you’ve got someone in your home who is struggling with depression, or something like that, you

really ought to take active steps to either not have one or make sure if you do it is locked up,” said Tom Mauser, who has worked to pass gun-control measures in the nearly 14 years since his son, Daniel, was killed at Columbine High. “These are not suicide-reduction bills, and no responsible person would claim they are,” said David Kopel, a law professor at the University of Denver and research director at the Independence Institute who testified against some of the gun proposals. “They are, at their best, and their ideals, crimereduction bills.” I-News analyzed data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment on deaths from firearms between 2000 and 2011, the latest year available. The information comes from death certificates. It found: • Suicides accounted for 76 percent of the 6,258 deaths from guns over the 12 years, while homicides comprised 20 percent. The rest were either accidental, legal shootings by law enforcement officers, or unexplained. Nationally, about 60 percent of gun deaths are suicides. • Gun suicides were disproportionately committed by white residents, while homicide victims were predominantly minority. White residents, who make up 70 percent of the state’s population, accounted for 88 percent of the gun suicides. On the other hand, 58 percent of homicide victims were minorities, who comprise 30 percent of the state’s residents. Blacks were victims in 21 percent of the homicides, but only make up 4 percent of Colorado’s population. Latinos were victims in 34 percent of homicides, while comprising 21 percent of the state’s population. • Gun death victims were overwhelmingly male. They accounted for 85 percent of all deaths

GUN DEATHS BY COUNTY What the numbers say about gun deaths between 2000 and 2011 in the region covered by Colorado Community Media: COUNTY

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498

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77

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52

6

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Totals include deaths by suicide, homicide, accidents, legal shootings by law enforcement officers and unexplained shootings. Source: I-News research

Gun Deaths in Colorado

In the dozen years between the mass shootings of Columbine in 1999 and Aurora in 2012, the vast majority of gun deaths in Colorado were self-inflicted.

All Gun deaths 6,258 SUICIDE 4,744

HOMICIDE 1,263

Gun Deaths by Age 1,400

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TOTAL

1,200

OTHER*

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565

600

236

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29

45

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737

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465

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21 to 30 yrs.

31 to 40 yrs.

41 to 50 yrs.

51 to 60 yrs.

61 to 70 yrs.

More than 70 yrs.

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involving guns and 87 percent of suicides using guns. • Those over age 70 had the highest rate of overall deaths from guns, 18 for every 100,000 residents of that age group. They were almost exclusively suicides. The 21-to-30 age group had the highest rate of homicides, about 5 for every 100,000. I-News also calculated gun death rates by county and found wide geographic disparities. Based on the number of overall gun deaths during the 12 years, the highest rates were in Montrose, Mesa, Fremont and Pueblo counties among medium- and large-sized counties — those with populations of more than 40,000. The lowest rates were in Eagle, Douglas, Weld and Boulder counties. Denver and El Paso counties had the highest number of overall deaths involving guns, 831 and 804 respectively, but their rates per 100,000 residents ranked them in the middle among the counties. Denver did have the highest number of residents killed in homicides, 342 over the 12 years or 5 per every 100,000 people, followed by Pueblo and Adams counties. El Paso County had the highest overall death toll from gun suicides, 596 over the 12 years, but Mesa had the highest rate of residents killing themselves with guns among larger counties, 15.6 per 100,000 residents. Lanny Berman, a psychologist who is executive director of the

American Association of Suicidology, said the issue of guns and suicide is complex — and confusing. Overall in the United States, the percentage of suicides committed with guns has fallen in recent years even as the overall number of suicides hasn’t changed much. “I’d like to think that it’s come down because there’s been a lot of public education and work in that area,” Berman said. “That said, hanging deaths have increased, and we can’t figure out how to engage restricted access to ropes and other forms of ligature. I can argue safe storage of a firearm, and convince some people that’s wise, but belts, and guitar straps and anything else one might use to hang themselves with, I have no argument.” People whose suicide attempts are unsuccessful don’t necessarily go on to kill themselves, Berman said. “The people who have been rescued off the Golden Gate Bridge — a very small portion of them go on to die by suicide,” he said. “If you can intervene — in this case by restricting access — people change their mind, good things happen, they get into treatment, time changes a lot of things. Who knows what, but things happen and people don’t necessarily stay suicidal. That’s just what we know about being suicidal, it waxes and wanes and is highly responsive to the moment. So change the moment and you’re going to save lives.”

Mauser, who said he backed the measures introduced this year because he believed they represented reasonable efforts to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn’t have them, also lamented the reality that when a gun is involved the odds of surviving a suicide attempt are small. “You’re more likely to survive some of the other things,” Mauser said. “You’re not going to survive a gunshot to the head.” Kopel, who said as a “card-carrying Roman Catholic” he was opposed to suicide, also expressed little hope that legislation could do much about the majority of gun deaths. “The vast majority of gun deaths are suicides, and of those, they are hugely skewed to males and hugely skewed to older populations,” he said. “I think it’s highly unrealistic to think that any form of gun control is going to reduce suicide in this group.” I-News is the public service journalism arm of Rocky Mountain PBS. Contact I-News or learn more at www.inewsnetwork.org. Contact Kevin Vaughan at kvaughan@inewsnetwork.org or 303-446-4936. Contact Burt Hubbard at bhubbard@inewsnetwork. org or 303-446-4931. Visit this and other stories at www.inewsnetwork.org.

YOUR WEEK: OPEN HOUSE, EASTER THURSDAY/MARCH 21 MEET ARTIST The Wheat Ridge Cultural Commission presents its fifth Meet The Artist event in our monthly series. Thursday, March 21, features photographer and Wheat Ridge city councilwoman Joyce Jay. Joyce will exhibit her work from 5:30-7 p.m. at Anthony’s Vision in Gold, 6789 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge. Joyce will give a presentation about her work at 6 p.m. HOA ANSWERS 2013 is shaping up to be a year with the potential for a large number of bills that may affect community associations and the trades that service community associations. A panel of experts from the Legislative Action Committee will provide an update of activity this year, and help answer any questions participants may have. This special update program will be from 8-9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, at the Courtyard at Marriott, 1475 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver. Breakfast will be served. Call 303-951-4973 or visit www.hoa-colorado.org.

ALL STARS The 20th annual Jefferson County All Stars industry appreciation awards will take place from 7-9 a.m. Thursday, March 21, at Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. The event honors companies that significantly contribute to the economic vitality of Jefferson County. Register online at www.jeffcoedc.org for ticket information and to register. Cal 303-202-2965. THURSDAY/MARCH 21, TUESDAY/APRIL 2 OPEN HOUSE Jefferson County Open Space is beginning an information exchange process regarding plans to formalize the Apex Park Trailhead at the junction of County Highway 93 and Highway 40 near Heritage Square in Golden. Open houses are planned from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, and Tuesday, April 2, at the Jefferson County Open Space office, 700 Jefferson County Parkway, Suite 100, Golden. Details about the project will also be posted on the Apex Park website and comments will be taken through April 17. Neighbors, visitors and community members interested in Apex Park are

encouraged to send an email to apexpark@jeffco.us. You will then be included in an email contact list to receive updates and notices regarding the park. This schedule will be posted at http://jeffco.us/openspace/openspace_T56_R4.htm.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY/MARCH 21-23 SPRING MUSICAL Golden High School’s Stage

Right Productions presents its spring musical, Stephen Sondheim’s “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” running March 15-16 and March 21-23 in the Golden High School auditorium. Contact Golden High School via email at goldentheater@ jeffco.k12.co.us for tickets. Contact Scott Hasbrouck at shasbrou@jeffco.k12.co.us or the main office at 303-982-4200 for information.

THURSDAY/MARCH 21 TO APRIL 5 APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED Learn about the criminal justice system and get an inside look at prosecution and law enforcement in the First Judicial District at the District Attorney’s Citizens Academy,

running from April 23 to June 25. Applications for this 10-week course are being accepted now through April 5. Participation in the academy is free, and is open to residents of Jefferson and Gilpin counties. Visit www.districtattorney1.com or call 303-2716905.

THURSDAY/MARCH 21 TO MAY 31 JUNIOR GARDEN camp Star Acre Farms and the Jefferson Conservation District offer a junior master gardener certificate course for students entering third through eighth grades. Kids will engage in hands-on farm activities such as planting, growing, and harvesting and discuss topics like water conservation, insects and plant disease, soil types, etc. Classes meet from 8-10 a.m. (third through fifth grades) and 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (sixth through eighth grades) for eight weeks, from June 11 to July 30 at Star Acre Farms, 8412 N. Alkire St., Arvada. Space is limited. Contact Kaitlin Fischer at 720-544-2869 or Kaitlin. Fischer@co.nacdnet.net to sign up today.

FRIDAY/MARCH 22 EASTER CONCERT The Colorado Mormon Chorale will perform its free Easter concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, at 7080 Independence St., Arvada. Celebrating its 30th year, the 80-member Colorado Mormon Chorale is made up of volunteers from all over the Denver-metro area. The concert will also feature a brass quartet of two trumpets and two trombones. Doors open at 7 p.m. Visit coloradomormonchorale.org. FRIDAY CINEMA Living Water Spiritual Community presents its Friday Cinema program at 7 p.m. Friday, March 22, at 7401 W. 59th Ave., Arvada. Participate in discussions, sharing of viewpoints, life experiences, and a whole lot of fun. Popcorn and candy are available. Discussion will follow the feature presentation. Some films may have language or subject matter unsuitable for children. Call Kay Ford Johnsen at 720933-4964 or email kayfordjohnsEn@aol.com. Your Week continues on Page 24

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WHEAT RIDGE NEWS IN A HURRY Kiwanis hosting Easter egg hunt, visits with Easter Bunny Saturday

The Wheat Ridge and Arvada Kiwanis is hosting its annual Easter egg hunt at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at Panorama Park, West

35th Avenue and Fenton Street. The Easter egg hunt is for children between 2-9 and they need to arrive by 9:45 a.m. The event is free and children must bring their

own basket to collect eggs. The Easter Bunny will also be at the park to greet egg-hunters. For more information, call the Wheat Ridge Parks and Recreation Department at 303-231-1300.

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YOUR WEEK & MORE: TAXES, CONCERTS & CLASSES Your Week continued from Page 22

SATURDAY/MARCH 23

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY/MARCH 22-23

JUNK SALE The Action Center is gearing up to host the Spring Beautiful Junk Sale March 22-23 at the Jefferson County Fairground’s Exhibit Hall, 15200 W. 6th Ave., Golden. Proceeds from the sale go back into programs at the Action Center that feed, clothe and shelter struggling members of the community. The sale is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 22, and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 23. A special early bird sale is at 7 p.m. March 22 for a separate admission charge. Get $1 off regular sale admission if you bring two or more non-perishable food donations. Visit www.theactioncenterco.org or call 303-237-7704.

AAUW LUNCHEON A Meet the Authors luncheon, fundraiser sponsored by the Foothills Branch of the American Association of University Women, is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Mt. Vernon Country Club. Registration begins 9:30 a.m. Colorado authors Walter Borneman, Laird Hunt and David Wroblewski will speak during the luncheon. Cost includes for a buffet luncheon and the program. Proceeds from the luncheon will raise funds for fellowships and postdoctoral grants to women. Reservations must be made by contacting Linda Robertson at 720-2897525 or lindarobertson@comcast.net. CONCERT THE Denver Pops presents

“Beautiful Melodies” with the Golden Concert Choir and the Harmony Chorale

OVERWEIGHT?

at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Grant Avenue United Methodist Church, 216 S. Grant St., Denver. Visit www. denverpopsorchestra.org for tickets and more information.

IRISH NIGHT Corned beef and cab-

bage dinner hosted by Trollheim Sons of Norway Lodge is scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at Trollheim Lodge, 6610 W. 14th Ave., Lakewood. The Wick School of Irish Dancing will provide great entertainment, and our Butikken will be open for shopping. Come and enjoy this once-in-a-year celebration. Call 303989-4496 for reservations.

SCOTS-IRISH RESEARCH Wales,

Ireland, Scotland, England Family History Society presents John Mears on “Scots-Irish Research: Records from 1600 to 1860” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Central Denver Public Library, 10 W. 14th Avenue Parkway. This class will discuss the descendants of Presbyte-

offers early spring classes for gardeners. Call 303-424-7979 or visit www.echters. com. Admission is free and no registration is required, unless otherwise noted.

rians from lowland Scotland who settled in Ulster (the northernmost province of Ireland) in the 17th century, and subsequently immigrated to America. There will be a review of American records to research and the records that remain in Ireland. Internet and other resources will be discussed as well. John Mears, a professional genealogist has taught seminars for the Colorado Genealogical Society as well as beginning, Irish and German genealogy classes at Arapahoe Community College and at seminars throughout Colorado. He has worked in family history centers in Detroit, Albany and Littleton. John and his wife have made three research trips to Ireland. Additional information for the Wales, Ireland, Scotland, England Family History Society is at www.wise-fhs.org.

SATURDAY, MARCH 23: “Orchids: Easier Than You Think,” from 10-11 a.m. “Garden Under Lights – Bringing Sunshine Indoors,” from 1-2 p.m. “Sweet and Sassy Succulents,” from 3-4 p.m. SUNDAY, MARCH 24: “Terrarium Workshop,” from 11 a.m. to noon. Space limited; registration required. Call 303424-7979; fee for materials. “FAIRY GARDEN Workshop,” from 2-3 p.m. Create a retreat for the fairies in your life and enjoy the magic. Call 303424-7979. Fee for materials.

SATURDAY/MARCH 23, 25; April 6, 8 TAX ASSISTANCE Seniors’ Resource Center, in partnership with the Internal Revenue Service, is offering free tax help for those in need of help through the

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Word-of-mouth best marketing tool Your office is like a petri dish. Someone lets loose with a minor sniffle and – boom! – you’ve all got colds. A little runny nose and everybody’s fighting the latest bug, the community hand-sanitizer bottle becomes the new hang-out spot, and the workplace is a real barrel of fun. Wouldn’t it be great if your business caught on and spread as quickly as the latest ailment? It might, with the help of “Contagious: Why Things Catch On” by Jonah Berger, published by Simon & Schuster. A hot new lunch spot. A yellow rubber band worn around the wrist. That cute new car that everybody wants. Those are examples of social contagion, and while it might seem that those things enjoyed instant popularity upon release, it’s actually very hard to get products to catch on. The best (and arguably most cost-effective) way for marketing contagion to happen is by word-of-mouth. People love to share, show off and talk about the hottest product or place. The thing to remember is that you have to know how to harness buzz correctly – and the right way, says Berger, is by STEPPS. Present your product as Social Currency. People want to look cool by impressing others with that which is unique. Do something no one expects, make people feel like insiders, be remarkable, and they’ll about you because it makes them look remarkable, too. Tie your business to a Trigger. Learn to position yourself to be top-of-mind by taking advantage of environmental cues that already surround your potential customers. Harness Emotion. There’s a reason that heart-tugging videos and tick-you-off posts go viral. Happiness is good, but anger can work, too. Monkey see, monkey do isn’t just a saying. Do what you do in Public and don’t be

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bicyclists will also be able to enter the park off both streets via sidewalks. The park design was also created with water drainage in mind. Currently, with the lot sloping to the north, water drains to the northeast corner. After the park is built, it will be directed to the northwest corner. “We’re going to pick it up and carry it into the swale and then water from (the west side of the park) will follow the west edge,” Neumann said. “We have a civil engineer on our team, so we’ll be working with them to secure drainage for the parking lots and the best way to accommodate the drainage here.” The park design was met with approval

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from about 15 residents in attendance at the March 13 meeting, including District II City Councilwoman Joyce Jay. “I think it’s fabulous,” Jay said. “I think there are so many features that work for different types of families and uses. I think it’s really well designed and thought out to maximize the area. I’m very pleased with it, as well it’s very attractive. We’ve waited for that for a long time. I’m really delighted it’s here now for District II citizens.” If approved by the Parks and Recreation Commission and City Council, construction is anticipated to begin this fall and be completed in spring 2014. For more information on the project and to see the design, visit www.44thandkendallpark.com.

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By Staff Report Wheat Ridge Police are continuing their search for missing Wheat Ridge woman Leann “Annie” Meyer. Meyer last spoke to a friend over the phone on Feb. 23 and spoke with her employer via text on Feb. 25. She has not been seen or heard from since.

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hicle storage area. It will be searched and forensically processed. Initial investigation indicated the car was parked in the location it was found for several days. US Bank is offering an $8,000 reward along with Crime Stoppers reward of $2,000 for information that leads to the location of Meyer. Anyone with information regarding Meyer is asked to call the Wheat Ridge Police Department tip line at 303-235-2947. To make an anonymous tip, call Crime Stoppers at 720913-7867.

ART LEAGUE The Wheat Ridge Art League will meet from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at the Active Adults Center, 6363 W. 35th Ave., Wheat Ridge. After the business meeting, local well-known artist Lori Williamsnon will present a demonstration of drawing. Anyone who paints or would like to paint is welcome to come and learn to try new mediums and techniques. Residents of any Denver Suburb are welcome to attend. Artist Lori Williamson will conduct a workshop for interested artists April 6. Contact one of the emails or numbers following. For information, call 303-278-8247 or 303421-1356, or email lartus1@msn.com or douglass@comcast.net. LIFETREE CAFÉ The hidden world of hoarding will be explored at noon and 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Lifetree Café, 5675 Field St., Arvada. The program, titled “Surrounded by Stuff : Understanding the Hidden World of Hoarding,” features a short film of a woman whose hoarding caused her such shame she wouldn’t let a plumber into her home to fix broken pipes. Lifetree representative Craig Cable said the program offers help for those who hoard, and for those who live with hoarders. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Snacks and beverages are available. TUESDAY TO THURSDAY/MARCH 26-28 KIDS’ CAMPS Golden History Museums offers three half-day camps over spring break for kids ages 6-11. Camps last from 9 a.m. to noon March 26-28, and take place at the Astor House Museum, 822 12th St., Golden. Sign up for one camp, or all three. Camp themes are “My Story,” on Tuesday, March 26; “Community Voices,” Wednesday, March 27; and “Made in Golden: Jolly Rancher” on Thursday, March 28. Visit www. GoldenHistory.org. WEDNESDAY/MARCH 27 ORAL HISTORY A special oral history program will be presented by the Arvada Historical Society at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, at the McIlvoy House, 7307 Grandview Ave. Radio host and Colorado Sports Hall of Fame recipient Irv Brown will lead a program about coaching history at Arvada high schools. Irv Brown was a basketball coach at Arvada High School before continuing his career in coaching at Metro State and the University of Colorado, working as an NCAA referee, and having an extensive career in broadcasting. Additional coaches who will join him include Tom Nichols, Dennis Duncan, Tom McCormick, and Ben Pyatt. Complimentary refreshments will be served. Each oral history

is recorded on DVD and available for purchase at the McIlvoy House. The event is free and open to the public. For more information call 303-431-1261.

WEDNESDAY/MARCH 27, APRIL 6 LECTURE SERIES Golden History Museums celebrates Women’s History Month with a lecture series and a tour through the 12th Street Historic District. Peggy Lyon wraps up the series Wednesday, March 27. Lyon, a local musician and member of the Jefferson Symphony Orchestra, will perform music composed or inspired by Colorado women and speak about the history of the pieces and the connection to Colorado. THE TOUR on April 6 includes three homes in the 12th Street Historic District. After meeting at the Astor House Museum, attendees will learn about the homes’ early inhabitants, include Eliza West, draftswoman Alice Gow, and domestic servant Emily French. The tour will include a discussion on architecture and the history of the area. TICKETS ARE required for all the lectures and the tour, and are only available by calling Golden History Museums at 303-278-3557. THURSDAY/MARCH 28 COMMUNITY COFFEE Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp wants to hear from you. The next Community Coffee is from 7-8 a.m. Thursday, March 28, at La Dolce Vita, 5756 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Come and chat about issues important to you. Community coffee is planned the fourth Thursday of every month.

COMING SOON COMING SOON/MARCH 29 BOWLING FUNDRAISER Join the American Lung Association from 6-8 p.m. Friday, March 29, for an evening of bowling, food and drink while helping send kids to Champ Camp. Profits from Bowling for Better Breathing will fund full and partial scholarships for youth to attend Champ Camp, Colorado’s longestrunning summer camp for children with asthma. These scholarships create an opportunity for young people, regardless of family income, to learn how to manage their asthma. There will be a silent auction, beer and food. This event will be held at Bowlero Lanes in Lakewood. To register, visit the events page at www. lungcolorado.org or call Durban Swartz at 303-847-0270. COMING SOON/MARCH 30 BUNNY EXPRESS Hop on the Bunny Express train from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at the Colorado Railroad Museum. The train features the 1880s

vintage passenger coach and experience what it was like to travel 100 years ago. The Easter Bunny and Spike the Railyard hound will hand out saltwater taffy from Enstrom Candies. The train departs every 30 minutes from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Purchase tickets online at ColoradoRailroadMuseum.org.

CONCERT SWEDEN’S Crucified Barbara will perform Saturday, March 30 at Jammin Joe’s, 9262 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Crucified Barbara is touring in support of its third album, “The Midnight Chase,” which released in 2012 on Nuclear Blast Records. The new music video for “Rock Me Like The Devil,” taken from The Midnight Chase, can be streamed. COMING SOON/APRIL 1, MAY 14, JUNE 4 LECTURE SERIES Unique Lives & Experiences welcomes lecturers, artists and celebrities who will share perspectives from their lives. The series is at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in Denver. On Monday, March 11, the series welcomes Vicente and Marta Fox, Mexico’s former president and first lady. The series also includes Jane Goodall, primatologist and conservationist, on Monday, April 1; Sissy Spacek on Tuesday, May 14; and Dionne Warwich on Tuesday, June 4. The lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 1-866-449-8118. Visit www.uniquelives.com. COMING SOON/APRIL 2 HIKING COURSE Wilderness Trekking School is a fun, comprehensive course on hiking in the Colorado mountains; on- and off-trail, map and compass, nutrition, gear, weather, handling an emergency, traveling on snow, and more. At the American Mountaineering Center in Golden, Colorado Mountain Club presents five Tuesday evening lectures plus four field sessions and a graduation hike (on your choice of Thursday, Saturday or Sunday) to teach you how to travel safely and confidently in the backcountry. Learn and practice new skills, meet new friends. Visit http://cmc.org or call 303-279-3080 to join the CMC today. More information available at http://www.hikingdenver. net/schools/wts. COMING SOON/APRIL 3 TO MAY 22, ON WEDNESDAYS WILDLIFE ART Discover wild animals from Australia, South America and Africa, from giant lizards and poisonous frogs to deadly snakes. Use a variety of fun art techniques to examine these fascinating inhabitants of our planet. The eight-week session for ages 6-12 meets from 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesdays from April 3 to May 22 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. Bring

a healthy snack each week. Register by March 29 at www.arvada.org/nature. Instructor is David Sullivan.

COMING SOON/APRIL 4 ATTRACTING BUTTERFLIES Are you iffy about insects but bursting about butterflies? Would you like to learn how to attract butterflies to your garden at home this spring and summer? Join Majestic View Nature Center from 5:306:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, and go home with the know-how and some materials to get you started on your garden. The center is at 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. For ages 10 and older. Sign up early; visit www.arvada.org/nature. COMING SOON/APRIL 4-5 MUSICAL AUDITIONS The Arvada Center will have auditions for the musical “Curtains” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 4-5 at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Chorus dance call is in Denver on April 8, and New York City auditions are April 15-17. Call the Arvada Center Box Office at 720898-7200 to schedule an appointment time. Actors must be 18 years & older to audition.

RECURRING EVENTS ARVADA RUNNING Club is offering $1,200 in college track or cross-country scholarships to one or two graduating high school girls for the 2013-14 school year. Eligible students must live in Arvada and/or attend an Arvada-area high school and plan to participate in a formal track or cross-country program during their freshman year in college. This is the third year in a row the club has offered scholarship funds. Applications are available on Arvada high school Naviance websites. For more information, contact arvadarunningclub@gmail. com or ltkrapes@msn.com. RECURRING/MONTHLY SKATING PARTY Lace’EmUpSkating plans free skating parties 4-5 p.m. Sundays, March 24, May 5 and June 9 at Foothills Ice Arena , 2250 S. Kipling St. in Lakewood. Registration required at www.LaceEmUpSkating.com. RECURRING/THROUGH MARCH 27 PRESCHOOL FUN Jody Weiland teaches about a different kind of animal from 10-10:45 a.m. Wednesdays from March 6-27 at Majestic View Nature Center, 7030 Garrison St., Arvada. This four-week session includes fox, ants, raccoons and coyotes. Enjoy a glimpse into their wonderful worlds, using books, stories, crafts, and games. Program for ages 3-6 years. Sign up early; call 720-898-7405 or visit www.arvada.org/ nature to register and for information on costs.

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Farmers’ 2013 campaign starts with win over Roosevelt Wheat Ridge pitching shaky but big bats come out for opener By Daniel Williams

dwilliams@ourcoloradonews. com WHEAT RIDGE - The boys of summer are back, even if it is still technically winter. And with little time to prepare for the season Wheat Ridge still came prepared and beat Roosevelt 14-6 Friday in the Farmers’ season opener at Everitt Middle School. Wheat Ridge was fuelled by several big offensive performances including senior Tyler Kubasta’s 2-for-4 afternoon where he drove in four runs. But despite their big number on the scoreboard longtime Wheat Ridge coach Adam Miller wasn’t happy with the way his club looked in their victory. “We weren’t very good offensively we have a lot of work to do,”

Miller said. “We really haven’t had a lot of time to get outdoors to get ready but we will take the win.” Still, the Farmers scored seven second inning runs to set the tone, and then added four more runs in the third inning and Roosevelt was never able to respond offensively. “We could be really good offensively if we want to be,” Kubasta said. “We just need to prove it on the field.” But Roosevelt’s offensive struggles weren’t necessarily because of outstanding Wheat Ridge pitching. Actually, it was quite the opposite. While the Farmers did throw well at times the Farmers’ staff also looked shaky at times and gave Roosevelt life. But Wheat Ridge was sloppy in the process, way too sloppy for coach Miller. “We had a couple big innings that were the difference in the

‘We really haven’t had a lot of time to get outdoors to get ready but we will take the win.’ Wheat Ridge coach Adam Miller

Junior pitcher Nick Ricigliano delivers against Roosevelt. Photo by Danny Williams game. That is a quality team over there. But we were sloppy and we need to clean it up if we want to keep winning,” Miller said. Roosevelt had a few big offensive outputs of their own. AJ Clayton went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs and Kane Kratz went 2-for-4 with an RBI. “We could have held them to just one or two runs if we weren’t

so sloppy but it is early in the season and we will clean it up,” Wheat Ridge senior Ryan Girtin said. The Farmers are still upset from last season’s early exit from the playoffs. Wheat Ridge went 11-9 last season but was bounced by Canon City 11-1 in the first round of the playoffs. Miller hopes his team learned something from that loss and uses

it as motivation for the 2013 campaign. “We remember what it felt like losing early last season. This season we plan on making a run,” Girtin said. Wheat Ridge (1-0) will face Boulder Creek on Monday at 12:30 p.m. in the first round of the Coach Bob National Invitational in Arizona.

Sixth straight state title not in cards for Faith Christian Eagles still have season to remember with run to Great 8 By Daniel Williams

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Junior David Hawkins makes a shot over a defender. Photos by Mark Noone

FORT COLLINS - Their reign is over but what a tremendous storm it has been. Faith Christian boys basketball team didn’t win their sixth consecutive state championship but what they did this season will go down as just as memorable of an achievement. The Eagles went from a downtrodden team in the middle of a rebuilding season to a No. 21 seed that made yet another magical run through the state basketball tournament. But Faith Christian’s reign over the 3A basketball world finally ended out as they were beaten by No. 4 Brush 47-43 in the Great 8 of the 3A Colorado High School State Basketball Tournament Thursday at the Coors Event Center. “We had a great run,” Faith Christian coach Andrew Hasz said. “And even though our season didn’t end exactly as we planned I am still just really proud of our guys and everything we accomplished.” Sophomore Spencer Bazz led the Eagles with 16 points and senior Christian Cambier chipped in with seven points, but Faith Christian wasn’t able to close the gap that Brush opened up early in the contest. The Eagles were only able to generate six points of offense in the first quarter and as a result they were forced to play catch-up over the final three quarters of the game. Faith Christian wasn’t able to overcome a complete team effort from a Brush team that was one of the elite teams in 3A all season. Brush was led by junior Geoffrey

Dunkers and his 16 points. But don’t pity Faith Christian too much. They just capped off one of the dominate runs in the history of Colorado high school athletics. Coach Hasz has led the Eagles to five straight state championships — and nearly a sixth before they were finally brought down by Brush. However, how they got to the Great 8 this season is what was so special. The Eagles finished their season 16-11, but at one point in their season they were 2-6 and that was before they later dropped four of five games in the middle of their season. Instead of throwing in the towel and declaring their campaign as a rebuilding season, the Eagles instead came together and soared to 11 victories over their last 13 games. “After our loss to our rival Holy Family in late January we were all a little bit distraught in the locker room. We knew we were better than that and that is when the light went on for us and we started to play really good team basketball,” Cambier said. And while they aren’t able to raise another banner in their gym’s rafters as state champions, this season has certainly been special in its own right. “We started to get used to each other and used to playing for each other and we started winning. It took a while for us to find our chemistry but once we did we turned into a pretty good team - a team to be proud of,” Hasz said. After the Brush loss in the Great 8 the Eagles won two more consolation games (4846 win over Sterling on Friday, and a 66-42 win over Colorado Academy on Saturday) and finished their season as the fifth best team in all of 3A hoops.

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