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Week of December 15, 2022
ADAMS & JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
WestminsterWindow.com
VOLUME 78 | ISSUE 8
Students, kids ‘not surprised’ at Club Q shooting BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Jaded. Angry. Not surprised. “It’s only a matter of time until it happens to me.”
All these words and phrases came up when two teachers at Northglenn High School and a psychologist studying school safety described how students felt after the Club Q shooting and school safety in gen-
eral. Lindsay Brown and Victoria Bull, the two sponsors of the Gender and Sexualities Alliance at the school, said the first meeting after the shooting that took five lives at an
FLIPPING THE SWITCH
LGBTQ+ bar in Colorado Springs, students weren’t shocked. “They’re so jaded,” said Brown. Brown said she felt heartbroken SEE CLUB Q, P4
Northglenn won’t revisit Standley Lake boating Letter puts kibosh on Westminster’s efforts to bring boating back BY LUKE ZARZECK LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Santa — flanked by Christmas elves — and Thornton Mayor Jan Kulmann, flanked by City Councilors Julia Marvin, flip the switch PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR on the stage at Thornton’s Winterfest Dec. 9, turning on the lights for the entire festival. See more on page 8.
Northglenn Mayor Meredith Leighty sent a letter, signed by the eight other council members, declining Westminster’s request to meet regarding bringing boating back to Standley Lake. “Northglenn’s water in Standley Lake is irreplaceable, valued at more than $209 million dollars. There is no level of risk that our community is willing to accept when it comes to protecting our drinking water supply,” the letter reads. That means unless Northglenn changes their minds, Westminster will have to wait until 2030 to renegotiate the Intergovernmental Agreement. According to Thornton Spokesperson Todd Barnes, the agreement needs all three cities to agree to amend it. The move comes after Westminster held a study session on Nov. 21 discussing the possibility of SEE BOATING, P6
INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 10 | LIFE: PAGE 12 | CALENDAR: PAGE 15 | SPORTS: PAGE 16
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Colorado plays host to USA Climbing’s national championship P12