Care is in touch with technology - Local Color magCare is in touch with technology In keeping with its mission, Platte Valley Medical Center opened its first off-site Medical Plaza

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Health & social servicesCare is in touch with technologyIn keeping with its mission, Platte

Valley Medical Center opened itsfirst off-site Medical Plaza in

February 2009 to bring specializedcare forwomen andchildren intheReunion,FronterraVillage,andTurnberryneighbor-hoods.

Locatedin theTurnberry

Marketplace at 104th Avenue andColorado 2, services providedinclude obstetrics, gynecology, andpediatrics.

Opening the office in the newerneighborhoods is both convenientand responsive to community needs.Their full mission is: to provideexcellent quality comprehensivehealth services, which are afford-able, convenient, and responsive tocommunity needs.

“We are extremely excited to opena specialized Medical Plaza dedicat-ed to serving the women and chil-dren in the north metro corridor,”

said Platte Valley Medical CenterPresident and CEO John Hicks.“This new endeavor will offer a con-venient, one-stop location forOB/GYN and pediatric serviceswith room for growth in comple-mentary subspecialties.”

Obstetric and gynecology servicesare provided by Anna M. Kelly,M.D. Dr. Kelly believes educationand health promotion go hand inhand. She enjoys teaching womenhow their bodies work to help themmake healthy choices.

She specializes in preconceptionhealth care and strives to offerpatients the opportunity to have themost healthy, successful pregnanciespossible. Dr. Kelly also stays up todate with the latest treatmentoptions for breast cancer, hormone-replacement therapy andmenopause.

Pediatric services are provided byJoseph Smith, M.D., and DebraCampbell, D.O., from PremierPediatrics. This is the second loca-tion for Premier Pediatrics. Theyalso have offices in the medicaloffice building at Platte ValleyMedical Center. They offer preven-tive medicine and complete care forpatients from infancy through ado-

lescence (birth to 21 years old). For more information visit

www.pvmc.org/turnberry, or call 303-287-0584 (OB/GYN) or 303-655-1685(Premier Pediatrics).

The Medical Plaza is one of themore recent advances since PVMCopened at its new Prairie Centercampus in July, 2007.

When comparing year-end 2007and 2008 data, the results tell it all:

• Admissions in theTelemetry/ICU/Stepdown Unitincreased 59 percent;

• MRI procedures increased 31percent;

• Medical/Surgical patient censusincreased 23 percent;

• And minor surgical casesincreased 25 percent.

Since August 2007, “the growthhas been a rewarding experience forall the departments,” Hicks said,“but the most rewarding aspect ofthe new hospital has been the abilityto serve a broader geographic baseof patients.”

In 2008 alone, PVMC added thefollowing enhancements:

• Spine services, including spe-cialized spine surgical procedures,are now available;

• Infectious disease specialists

Yaisa Banek of Henderson undergoes a blood-pressure screen-ing (from volunteer Colleen Moseng) during 9Health Fair in Aprilat Platte Valley Medical Center, above, left. Local Color photo

At right, PVMC has opened a new physician office in the Turn-berry Marketplace. Obstetric, gynecology and pediatric care areavailable at the clinic. Photo courtesy of PVMC

As one of the few remain-ing community-owned,nonprofit hospitals inColorado, PVMC is notowned or operated by alarge health-care systembut governed by a com-munity board of directorswhere decisions are madeat a local level.

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have enhanced care on the medical/surgical unit;

• Custom-Fit KneeReplacement™ services using OtisMed MRI technology to build cus-tom knees forpatients;

• And an expand-ed cardiovascularservice line wasadded with the open-ing of the area’s firstCardiacCatheterization Lab.

The CardiacCatheterization Labwas made possiblethrough a partner-ship with ColoradoHeart Institute. Thenew Cath Labopened with diag-nostic services in2007 and will expandwith interventionalservices in 2009.

The hospital’sSecure Level IISpecial Care nurseryis equipped witheight private rooms that allow momand baby to stay together. PVMC isfully prepared for infants who areborn up to 32 weeks premature.This enhancement was made possi-ble through an expanded partner-ship with The Children’s Hospital.

“We are very proud of ourdepartment and our Level II SpecialCare Nursery,” explains CarriMontgomery, Women’s andNewborn Center director. “It is trulywonderful that we are able to pro-vide our community with state-of-the-art equipment, a beautiful facili-ty, and a skilled competent staff totake care of our patients.”

The Medical Imaging Departmenthas also added new technology thatprovides for better patient comfortand image accuracy. The depart-ment is 100-percent digital, whichallows for all patient images (mam-mography, nuclear medicine, X-ray,ultrasound, CT and MRI) to be sentto physicians immediately, anytimeand anywhere there is Internet

access. Exam times have been cut 35percent thanks to the addition oftwo completely digital X-ray rooms,and a new Women’s Imaging Centerwas built to offer bone density

exams and breastimaging services.

Patients also don’thave to travel far toreceive a Custom-FitKnee Replacement™.The new service pro-vides the patient witha knee replacementthat is unique to theirown knee anatomy.This procedureallows for a less inva-sive surgery, smallerincision length, lessblood loss, a quickerrecovery, less timeunder anesthesia, noadded risk of cardiopulmonary complica-tions, and up to 40percent less boneremoved from thefemur.

The TrivexSystem™, a new, less-invasive pro-cedure, offers relief from painfulvaricose veins. The new procedureallows the surgeon to visually con-firm the removal of the varicosevein, takes about 50 percent lesstime than traditional methods,allows for easy vein removal with aminimal number of incisions perleg, and minimizes bruising andhematomas.

The hospital also offers threeoperating rooms that are fullyequipped with i-Suite® OR technol-ogy. This innovative technologyincludes image-guided equipment,real-time documentation of proce-dures and consultation, voice acti-vation control, and touch panels.The operating room of the future isat PVMC today.

Platte Valley Medical Center willcelebrate its 50th year of providingquality health services to the com-munity in 2010. To learn more aboutPVMC, visit pvmc.org. u

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Fast factsThree, 3-story buildingsMore than 287,301 square feet

78-bed patient tower

58,319-square-foot medicaloffice building

Future buildout potential of sixstories, 300 beds

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Senior CenterSeniors exercise their options

Step into the Brighton SeniorCenter on any weekday andyou’ll find activity around

nearly every corner.In one upstairs room, Ron Ames

moderates discussion on recurringtopics in the national and interna-tional news. At the second class inthe new series on Mondays, he andabout seven others talked about thehealth-care system.

It was immediately followed inthe same classroom by an exerciseclass set to rock music and taughtby storyteller and fitness trainerLois Burrell. In another room, peo-ple worked on craft projects. On themain floor, people played pool; oth-ers sat at tables and talked.

The center gives Brighton’s sen-iors (55 and older) a place to play, tolearn, to get help with day-to-daylives.

Last year about 21,000 peopleparticipated in the Brighton SeniorCenter’s recreational programs fromshopping trips, theater excursions,business tours to athletic competi-tions, and classes from exercise,banking, hospital care, to paintingand, most recently, discussion ofcurrent events.

Almost 12,000 people are in thesenior center’s service area, many ofthem served by OutreachCoordinator Ermie Marquez.

“Services include anything fromthe Volunteers of America meal pro-

gram, health clinics, helping peoplewith Medicare Part D, helping themfill out unemployment forms, socialservices forms …,” said SueCorbett, Senior Center director.

“We also have a very active vol-unteer program,” she said. “Ourvolunteers put in more than 10,000volunteer hours last year, more thanthat, but that’s just what theyrecorded.”

She said that about 145 peopleare on the center’s volunteer list.“The come and go. I’m interviewingtwo today,” she said.

She said some volunteers workone time a year on a particular spe-cial event, like the annual SpaghettiLunch on the last Saturday inJanuary, and others work four orfive times a week.

She said generally there’s onemajor event a month: February is

Random Acts of Kindness month,April is Volunteer RecognitionMonth, May and September havebeen Help for Homes months whenthe Senior Center makes bag lunch-es for members of each paintingteam, and November is the annualcraft fair.

“Others we kind of make up aswe go,” she said.

Youth played a part in anotherregular Senior Center activity:

“We have a unique grandparentsraising grandchildren program,”Corbett said. “We’ve been doingthat for five years: Allison Taborstarted it when she was in ninthgrade, and she’s in college now.”

She said that the program contin-ues, though. “Another familystepped up to the plate – two sistersand their mother.”

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Health & social services

Services are in Brighton unless otherwise noted.

General social servicesAdams County Social Services 7401 N. Broadway,Denver, 80221. 303-412-8121 (adoption)

7190 Colorado Blvd., Commerce City, 303-287-8831(clothing, household items, community resource office)

303-227-2334 (temporary assistance to needy families,Medicaid, baby care/kids’ care)

303-604-1043 (child care assistance program)

303-227-2353 (adult services)

303-412-5212 (child protection and crisis line)

303-227-2233 (child-support enforcement program)

303-227-2378 (Low-income Energy Assistance)

303-227-2350 (food)

303-453-8600 (employment, job training)

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Al-Anon, 303-659-2065,and Alcoholics Anonymous303-659-9953, 147 S. Second Place

Amend, 1401 Bridge St., Nos. 10-12, domestic abuse,drug and alcohol abuse counseling, 303-453-1000

A New Image76 S. Main St., 720-748-9590 or 720-685-8360; [email protected]

Child Care, Preschool Presbyterian Children’s Center510 S. 27th Ave., 303-659-6632

ABC Learning Center and Preschool39 S. 3rd Ave., 303-659-0360

Brighton Montessori School203 S. 3rd Ave., 303-659-0515

Express Preschool (School District 27J) 303-655-2945

Clothing, Household ItemsSalvation Army, Brighton Service Extension, P.O. Box 1071, 303-659-6560

Warm Hearts, Warm BabiesP.O. Box 1266, 303-919-5413

Counseling and support Adams County Children and Family Center, 7401 N. Broadway, Denver 80221, 303-412-5212

Amend, 1401 Bridge St., #10-12, 303-453-1000

Community Reach Center 1850 Egbert St., 303-853-3600; 24-hour line 303-853-3500

Pennock Center for Counseling Ministry of Care 211 S. 21st Ave., 303-655-9065

Project Safeguard, Brighton Office County JusticeCenter, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, 303-637-7761

Crisis Intervention Adams County Victim Advocate Sheriff’s Department,4201 E. 72nd Ave., Suite C, Commerce City, 80022720-322-1240, 1241, 1242 ... 1258; 24-hour 720-322-1313

Brighton Police Dept. Victims’ Services Program,3401 Bromley Lane, 303-655-2300 (24-hour number)

Community Reach Center30 S. 3rd Ave., 303-853-3600 (24-hour, 303-853-3500)

Project Safeguard, Brighton Office County JusticeCenter, 1100 Judicial Center Drive (walk-in temporary-protection-order clinic for battered women offered dailyat 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.), 303-637-7761

Ricardo Falcon Memorial Community Center29 N. Main St., No. 108, 303-659-5736

Victim Witness Assistance Program1100 Judicial Center Drive, 303-659-7735

Disability ServicesAdams County Head Start7111 E. 56th Ave., Commerce City, 303-286-4141

ARC of Adams County11698 Huron, No. 106, Northglenn, 303-428-0310

Education Services BUENO Center for Multicultural EducationCU, 605 S. Kuner Road, 303-654-1000

CSU Adams County Cooperative ExtensionNutrition Program, Adams County Regional Park9755 Henderson Road, 303-637-8100

Emergency ShelterAlmost HomeP.O. Box 596, 231 N. Main, 303-659-6199

American Red Cross – Mile High Chapter NorthBranch, 5378 Sterling Drive, Boulder; 303-442-0577

Salvation Army, P.O. Box 1071, 303-659-6560

Employment, Job TrainingAdams County One-Stop Career Center1931 E. Bridge St., 303-659-4250

BUENO Center for Multicultural EducationCU, 605 S. Kuner Road, 303-654-1000

Rocky Mountain SER18 N. Main, 303-659-5128

Financial AssistanceUnited Power Round-Up FoundationP.O. Box 929, 303-659-0551

FoodBrighton Food Pantry, 178 S. Sixth Ave., Tuesday &Thursday, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. 303-654-1040

His Hands Ministries Food Cupboard, 49 S. Third St.(Wed. noon-3 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m.-2 p.m.) 303-655-9409

Meals on Wheels of Brighton, Senior Center, 575Bush St., 303-659-0978

Nutrition Services Dept., Brighton School District 27J,849 Bush St., 303-655-2986

SHARE Colorado, 303-428-0400. Local host sites Zion Lutheran Church-B, 575 Bush Ave. (BrightonSenior Center) 303-659-5496

Zion Lutheran Church,14th & Skeel, 303-637-0821

His Sanctuary Church, 9484 Longspeak, 303-650-1005

WIC Program, Tri-County Health Dept.; 1295 E. BridgeSt., No.102, 303-659-2335

Health & Medical ServicesRocky Mountain Poison Center, 303-739-1123

Salud Family Health Centers30 S. 20th Ave., 303-659-4000

Tri-County Health Dept.1295 Bridge St., No. 102, 303-659-2335

Tri-County Health /Platte Valley Medical CenterImmunization Clinic, 1850 E. Egbert, 303-451-0123

Home careHarmony Angels Foundation 441 S. Seventh Ave., 303-659-6992

Home Helpers, www.homehelpers.com, 303-659-9888

Housing AssistanceAdams County Housing Authority7190 Colorado Blvd., Commerce City, 303-227-2075

Almost HomeP.O. Box 596, 231 N. Main, 303-659-6199

Brighton Housing Authority22 S. Fourth Ave., Room 101, 303-655-2160

Colorado Foreclosure Hotline Coloradoforeclosurehotline.org, 1-877-601-HOPE

LegalBrighton Police Dept., Victims Services Program3401 Bromley Lane, 303-655-2300

PATHS, 29 N. Main St., 303-659-7426

Project Safeguard, County Justice Center, 1100Judicial Center Drive, Room 250, 303-637-7761

Victim Witness Assistance Program1100 Judicial Center Drive, 303-659-7735

Parenting SupportCSU Adams County Cooperative ExtensionFamily and Consumer Sciences Program; 9755 Henderson Road, 303-637-8100, ext. 8113

Utilities AssistanceAdams County Low-income Energy AssistanceProgram (including repairs) 7190 Colorado Blvd.,Commerce City, 303-227-2378

United Power Round-Up Foundation P.O. Box 929,Brighton, 303-659-0551 u

Social services offer help in times of need

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Places of worship In Brighton unless otherwise noted

Abundant Life Center650 E. Bridge St., 303-637-0313

Brighton Church Of God295 N. 12th Ave., 303-659-0467

Brighton United Methodist Church625 S. Eighth Ave., 303-659-2022

Calvary Chapel 161 E. Bridge St., 303-659-1886calvarychapelbrighton.com /[email protected]

Chapel Hill Church of the Nazarene10 Chapel Hill Drive, 303-659-0745

Church Of Christ102 S. Fifth, 303-659-1420

Community Baptist Church15559 County Road 2, 303-659-6487

Community of Christ607 Strong St., 303-637-9001 [email protected]

Elmwood Baptist Church 13100 144th Ave., 303-659-3818 Elmwoodbaptist.org / [email protected]

First Baptist Church17801 E. 160th Ave., 303-659-2818Fbcbrighton.org /[email protected]

First Presbyterian Church510 S. 27th Ave., 303-659-2192brightonfirstpres.org

Grace Evangelical Free Church36 S. 12th Ave., 303-659-6807

Grace Lutheran Church400 Cherry, Lochbuie • 303-536-4734

Harvest Fellowship60 S. Eighth, 303-654-9894

Iglesia Nueva Esperanzo 124 N. Main, 303-637-9921

Lighthouse Baptist Church16429 Ventura Court, 720-685-7748

Living Stones Community Church356 Longspur Drive, 303-637-0122 livingstonesworship.org

Northern Hills Christian Church5061 E. 160th Ave., 720-685-1717

Pathway Assembly of God 133 S. 27th Ave., 303-659-9759

Seventh-Day Adventist Church 567 E. Bromley Lane, 303-659-1999

St. Augustine Catholic Church 675 E. Egbert St., 303-659-1410

St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church 76 S. Third Ave., 303-659-2648

Summit of Peace Lutheran Church 4661 E. 136th Ave., 303-452-0448

Templo Misionero Betel14761 Brighton Road, 303-655-0248

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints • 1454 Myrtle St.,303-659-4806

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Welcome Table Christian Church630 S. Eighth Ave., 303-637-0858welcometablechurch.org

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• Help for Homes will brightenBrighton for a fourth year (with apainting project on May 9).• Hundreds of Brightonians will

walk to fight cancer at July’s Relayfor Life event.

• Culturefest and the new SoleStroll 5-kilometer walk-run thatwill be part of the fest.• The brand new Rangeview

Library DistrictBrighton BranchLibrary and therenovatedArmory togetherwill create theBrightonCultural Center.• The 14thannual Festivalof Lights andWinter Fest willilluminateanotherDecember night.

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Lifestyle and leisureBrighton-area services at a glance

Emergency: Dial 911

Brighton Phone NumbersAdams County Sheriff . . . . . . 303-654-1850

City Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-655-2043

City General Information . . . . 303-655-2000

Code Enforcement . . . . . . . . . 303-655-2025

Fire Department . . . . . . . . . . . 303-659-4101

Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-659-2572

Police Department . . . . . . . . . 303-655-2300

Post Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-659-8258

Recreation Center . . . . . . . . . 303-655-2200

School District 27J . . . . . . . . . 303-655-2900

Senior Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-655-2075

FOODAdams County Food Distribution Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-286-4190

His Hands Ministry Food Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-655-9409

SHARE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-659-5496

Brighton Food Pantry . . . . . . . 303-654-1040

Weld County Food Bank . . . . 303-857-0238

HEALTH RESOURCESAlzheimer’s Association . . . . . 303-813-1669

American Cancer Society . . . 303-758-2030

American Diabetes Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720-855-1102

American Heart Association. . 303-369-5433

American Lung Association . . 303-388-4327

Arthritis Foundation . . . . . . . . 303-756-8622

Brighton Counseling Center. . 303-659-6280

Colorado Aids Project . . . . . . 303-837-0166

Parkinson Association of the Rockies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-830-1839

Pennock Center for Counseling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-655-9065

Platte Valley Medical Center . 303-498-1600

Rocky Mountain Stroke Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-730-8800

SUPPORT GROUPSAlzheimer’s Support Group . . 303-426-4408

Caregivers Support Group . . . 303-426-4408

HOUSINGAlmost Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-659-6199

Brighton Housing Authority . . 303-655-2160

Community Housing Choices. 303-831-4046

LEGAL ASSISTANCEAdams County Consumer Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-659-7720

Colorado Civil Rights Division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-894-2997

Colorado Legal Services . . . . 303-837-1313

Metropolitan Lawyer Referral Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-831-8000

MISCELLANEOUSAdams County Social Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-287-8831

Better Business Bureau . . . . . 303-758-8200

Drivers License/Northglenn . . 720-929-8636

Foreclosure Hotline. . . . . . . 1-877-601-4673

Income Tax Assistance . . . . . 303-654-6163

LEAP (Heating Bill Assistance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-227-2378

United Power Round Up Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-659-0551

TRANSPORTATIONAccess-a-Ride RTD . . . . . . . . 303-299-2960

Call-n-Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-994-3549

RTD Customer Information . . 303-299-6000

ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS

HEALTH & WELLNESSBrighton Senior Center Health Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-655-2075

Medicare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-800-633-4227

Plan De Salud . . . . . . . . . . . 303-659-4000

Senior Vision Connections . . 303-595-6633

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT LENDINGBrighton Senior Center . . . . . 303-655-2075

Elks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-659-2802

FOODMeals on Wheels . . . . . . . . . 303-659-0978

Volunteers of America Sr. Lunch Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-655-2075

HOUSINGApartments

Pine Cone Village . . . . . . . . . 303-659-4246

Vernon Park Apartments. . . . 303-659-6764

Brighton Village . . . . . . . . . . 720-685-9977

Assisted Living

Aladdin (Keenesburg) . . . . . 303-732-4856

Bee Hive Homes. . . . . . . . . . 303-857-1921

Inglenook at Brighton . . . . . . 303-659-4148

Mountainview Gardens. . . . . 303-659-8670

Sterling House . . . . . . . . . . . 303-637-9500

Nursing Homes

Brighton Care Center . . . . . . 303-659-4580

Cottonwood Care Center . . . 303-659-2253

MISCAARP state office . . . . . . . 1-800-554-5376

Brighton Senior Center/Outreach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-655-2075

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Golfers take their prac-tice swings before theinaugural BrightonEarly Rotary Golf Tour-nament at the HeritageTodd Creek course inJune.

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It’s become an annual event for real ducks to infiltrate the annu-al Chamber of Commerce Duck Race on the Fulton Ditch. Therace raises money for the Education Foundation. The realwaterfowl opted against going through the finish chute with theplastic ones. This year’s race will be Sept. 4.

Mayor JanPawlowskiaddresses themedia on Aug.15, the day Gov.Bill Ritter (inbackground)announced thatVestas BladesAmerica wouldbuild blade andnacelles facili-ties in Brightonas well as aresearch-and-developmentfacility. It isexpected to beopen in latesummer.Local Color photo

in pictures

The Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet in November obvi-ously was a super event. Community Development DirectorMarv Falconburg and his wife, Tracie, dressed as Batman andSuper Girl for the event at Heritage Todd Creek.


No, that isn’t a cardboard cutout in the back row: It’s then-Sen.Barack Obama, who stopped in Brighton on Oct. 25, to meet cam-paign workers at their office in the Safeway shopping plaza.

Photo by Monica Rehm

Construction was well under way in March on the HolidayInn Express, between JC Penney and the Platte Valley Medi-cal Center at Prairie Center. Local Color photo

Food contests have become popular events at Culturefest.Mojo’s sponsored the contests, including one to determinewho could eat the most hot wings. Local Color photo

Shoppers at the Brighton Saturday Market peruse produce fromMiller Farms. The Market was held from June through September,except for one rained-out day. Local Color photo


Youth Kids join conversation Youth is served in Brighton. Youth serves Brighton, too.A new director has taken over the

Robert M. Shopneck branch of theBoys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver,at 1800 Longspeak St.

Though new to Brighton, DanRuybal is not new to the MetroDenver clubs: He was a club mem-ber as a youth for eight years atwhat is now the William E. CopeBranch.

The 1977 graduate of Mesa StateCollege later completed an intern-ship at the Cope Branch and washired as its athletic director. Within ayear, he was branch director at theArthur E. Johnson Branch and latertransferred to the J. Churchill OwenBranch.

In some ways it’s a new experi-ence for the Thornton resident: asuburban rather than urban-styleclub; a facility built specifically as aBoys & Girls Club, rather than aconverted supermarket as the Copeclub is.

In other ways it’s much the same:It’s kids and their families.

“Dan is dedicated to helping kidsreach their highest potential, and heoperates on a firm-but-fair policy,”said Rick Cope, senior branch direc-tor of the Boys & Girls clubs ofMetro Denver in a news releaseannouncing Ruybal’s new position.“Club members value Danimmensely as a mentor and a rolemodel.”

He began his duties with the clubFeb. 23, replacing Scott Hyde, whostarted as the Shopneck Club direc-tor months before it opened inAugust 2007.

A drive is ongoing this year toraise awareness and operating fundsfor the club, which had a presence inBrighton even before it opened,helping provide tutors for NorthElementary students in a projectbegun by Brighton Early Rotary.

Chief Clint Blackhurst is a fan ofthe club because of its positive pro-grams for youth. Blackhurst waskeynote speaker at a January OpenHouse for the club.

www.bgcmd.orgYouth serve

It started with Juan Luna, aBrighton High School senior.

Last fall he became the first teenmember of an adult-based Brightonboard or commission.

Luna, also a member of the youthcommission, won’t be the only one,though. The City Council inFebruary began the process toenable other Brighton teens to serveon those commissions, starting withthe Parks and Recreation AdvisoryBoard.

Members of the YouthCommission, formed in 2006, pre-sented their annual report to thecouncil at a study session and reiter-ated one of its initial goals to haveyouth serve in government either asvoting or nonvoting members. Itbegan hammering out the details fora presentation at a March meeting.

The Youth Commissioners notedin their presentation that theappointments don’t necessarily haveto come from the commission. Theywant them open to all interestedBrighton youths.

2008 was a productive year for thecommission, highlighted in July bythe opening of Grace House, onSouth Third Avenue. Use of the for-mer parsonage for St. Elizabeth’sEpiscopal Church was donated tothe commission, whose memberscompleted a lot of the necessary ren-ovation work and successfully con-verted it into a downtown meetingand gathering place for Brighton’syouth that is shared two days aweek with the Probation Office.

Youth Commission programs atGrace House include classes on

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things that interest young people,whether it’s home repairs and deco-rating, craft projects or buildingradio-controlled cars.

The commission is also spear-heading an effort to turn the city“green.” It is attempting to findsponsors for recycling bins at CityHall, downtown businesses andparks. Learning from the teens, theCommunity DevelopmentDepartment already is attempting tobecome more of a paperless officeand has espoused the values ofrecycling.

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Members of the Brighton Youth Commission perform cleanup and landscaping dutiesat their new headquarters at Grace House. The commission offers classes and a placefor youth to gather at the former Episcopal church parsonage. Local Color photo

Youth Commission mission state-ment: Powerful New Voices on aJourney for Change!

The Brighton Youth Commission isa body of 20 adolescents and sixadults who were appointed on May19, 2008 to study investigate, plan,and implement matters affectingyouth in the City of Brighton

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To find other events, visit the Chamber’sCommunity Calendar page under CommunityInfo, www.brightonchamber.com

Look for updates on community events at:

• www.brightonco.gov

• www.plattevalleyplayers.org

• City Special Events Office, 303-655-2218

• Barr Lake, 303-659-6005

• Brighton Library, www.rangeviewld.org303-659-2572

• Also look for updates on community eventsin the Local Color magazine calendar atwww.localcolormag.com.

MarchBrightonmusic and Orchestra SpringConcert, 4 p.m., March 22, First Presbyter-ian Church, 510 S. 27th Ave., free

BJAA Chow Mein and Shrimp Dinner, 11a.m.-4 p.m., March 29; Fairgrounds; thisBrighton Japanese American Associationevent is a benefit for the programs the groupsupports

AprilFamily Concert, 11 a.m.-1 p.m, April4; Rec Center Brighton Park, music,ventriloquist, giant puppet, bike give-away, sponsored by the Brighton Cul-tural Arts Commission, free

16th Annual Eggstravaganza, noon,April 4; Rec Center; treats for infants,egg hunt for children 3 to 11; free

9Health Fair; April 18, 7 a.m.-noon,Platte Valley Medical Center, 1600Prairie Center Parkway

Family Concert and antique car show,April 25, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Brighton HighSchool, Ninth and Skeel, featuring HighVoltage Band

Fine Arts at Four, April 26, 4 p.m.; FirstPresbyterian Church, 510 S. 27th Ave.; CUBuffoons a cappella music ranging from the1950s to today, free

MayBoots & Pearls, Platte Valley Medical Cen-ter Foundation fundraiser, May 8, 6-10 p.m.;Werth Manor, proceeds support program andservices at PVMC, 303-498-3860

Mother’s Day Tea, May 9, 2 p.m. AdamsCounty Museum, 9601 Henderson Road

Teen Battle of the Bands, May 9, noon-5p.m., Rec Center Brighton Park, sponsoredby the Brighton Cultural Arts Commission,303-655-2176

JuneCulturefest, downtown Brighton, June 6, afull day of fun activities, Krazy Daze sidewalksales, booths, games, carnival rides, enter-tainment, Taste of Brighton, free

Brighton Sole Stroll, 5K / Fun Run / Walk

Family Concert, June 6, noon-5 p.m., at theCulturefest Main Stage downtown

Rocky Mountain Senior Games, June 10-14 in Greeley

Summer months, Brighton Market

JulyFamily concert, July 4, Friendship Park,Eighth and Southern; before the fireworks, 6-9 p.m., Chris Daniels & the Kings and Tidal-wave, sponsored by the Brighton CulturalArts Commission

Fireworks in thepark, July 4th; Friend-ship Park, Southernand Eighth

Relay for Life, July10-11, 6 p.m; RecCenter

Chamber 26thAnnual GolfTournament, July20, The Ranch

AugustCounty Fair Parade – Aug. 1, 10 a.m.;downtown Brighton

103rd Annual County Fair, Aug. 5-9, Fair-grounds

Plowboy Poetry Gathering, Aug. 8, 2 p.m.Adams County Museum

SeptemberHonk, Platte Valley Players production,www.plattevalleyplayers.org

Annual Duck Race, Sept. 4; Benedict Park,Chamber of Commerce benefit

Community Shred, Sept. 19

14th Annual Family Heritage Day, Sept.26, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Adams County Museum

OctoberMoonlight Gala Dinner/ Dance; AdamsCounty Museum benefit

Fine Arts at Four, First PresbyterianChurch, 510 S. 27th Ave., free

NovemberChamber of Commerce Annual Banquet

DecemberWinter Festival, Dec. 12, downtownBrighton, activities begin at 11 a.m.; WinterFestival runs 2-6 p.m.

Festival of Lights Parade, Dec. 12,evening, downtown

Christmas Tea, Dec. 12, 2 p.m.; AdamsCounty Museum

Family concert, Dec. 31, sponsored by theBrighton Cultural Arts Commission

2010 • Watch for details

JanuaryAnnie, Platte Valley Players production,www.plattevalleyplayers.org

Spaghetti Luncheon, Senior Center, pro-ceeds benefit the Brighton Senior Olympicathletes

FebruaryFine Arts at Four, First Presbyterian, 510 S.27th Ave.

9th Annual Fitness Fair; midweek evening,Rec Center

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Lifestyle and leisureA year of local activities

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BJAA Chow Mein Dinner


Just for fun • Brighton historyWhat was the cost of a three-bedroom Brighton home in 1922? And what was the population that year? Thechart below shares those and other interesting facts and figures between 1887 and 1987. It is reprinted from History of Brighton,Colorado, and Surrounding Area: 1887-1987 (second printing, © 2006). It is printed with permission of the Brighton HistoricPreservation Commission. The second edition can be purchased at Brighton City Hall in the City Manager’s office.


Just for funBrighton from A to Z

Ais for Armory and therebirth of the historicbuilding; and for Art

Café exhibits and workshops.

Bis for Barr Lake State Park,and its bonanza of birds,beasts and fish.

Cis for Culturefest, ourcommuni-tywide

summer celebra-tion.

Dis for theannualDuck

Race, a Chamberof Commerceevent to benefiteducation – on anew date this year,Sept. 4.

Eis forEggstrava-ganza, which

brings smiles to chil-dren’s faces. It’s also for enter-tainment of the musical varietyfrom Brightonmusic and FineArts at Four.

Fis for Fairgrounds, which isalso the Adams CountyRegional Park and the

home of the Adams CountyHistorical Museum and CulturalCenter.

Gis for golf at the manyarea courses; the annual

Chamber GolfTournament; and thenew disc golf coursein Benedict Park.

His for highereducation,made avail-

able through FrontRange CommunityCollege, Aims com-munity College andColorado StateUniversity; and forHabitat forHumanity, whichbuilt two new homesin Brighton in 2008.

Iis for imagination and theRec Center programs thatlet you use yours.

Jis for JC Penney that openedits doors in Prairie Center inMarch; it’s also for Brighton

JapaneseAmerican Park, where you canplay tennis or baseball, have apicnic and remember our her-itage.

Kis for Kids Nite Outevery Friday at the RecCenter.

Lis for library, the BrightonBranch of the RangeviewLibrary District opening at

Fourth and Strong this fall.

Mis for the downtownmarkets held duringthe summer and for

movies on 12 screens at theKerasotes Theatre in the BrightonPavilions.

Nis for North Main Street– explore Brighton’soriginal business district.

Ois for Observatory Parkat 795 S. 22nd Ave.,renamed for the many

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Duck Race on Sept 4


free public star-gazing eventsheld there by the BrightonAstronomy Group.

Pis for Platte Valley Playersand the group’s perform-ance; and the Prairie

Playhouse children’s troupeorganized in 2008; it is also forPlatte Valley Medical Center.

Qis for a quiet place towatch the sunset: thePeace Garden above

Benedict Park.

Ris for the RaptorEducation Foundation,newly located in Brighton;

and for Rocky Mountain BirdObservatory, which holds anannual Birding Festival everyfall.

Sis for the Shopneck Branchof Boys & Girls Clubs inBrighton; and for the

Senior Center, home of theFriday Feast, and many educa-tional and outreach programs.

Tis for Turkey Trot, theannual 5k walk/run/stroll.

Uis for Union PacificRailroad; originallynamed the Denver

PacificRailroad, its track throughdowntown Brighton was a keyin the town’s history andgrowth.

Vis for Vestas Americaswind power systems, set-ting up shop in Brighton

to build wind turbine blades andnacelles; and V is for VeteransPark, a gateway to Brighton andan entry point for South Plattefloat trips.

Wis for the WinterFestival, including theFestival of Lights

parade … and for BrightonWelcome Home for the city’smilitary personnel.

Xis for X-treme skating atthe new Brian AragonSkate Park open in the

Adult Sports Complex at 1101Judicial Center Drive.

Yis for the YouthCommission, young peo-ple whose mission is

“Powerful New Voices on aJourney for Change”; it’s alsofor Youth Sports Complex at1100 Voiles.

Zis for the Ziebice Gateplay structure planned forour Sister Cities Park; and

for the petting zoo that comes tothe County Fair every year

Ziebice Gate.

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Lifestyle and leisureActive lives: It’s how parks roll

Unseasonably warm weatherhas attracted users to two ofBrighton’s newest park

additions.“If the sun is shining and there’s

no snow on it, I have seen 50 to 60people on it,” said Brighton Parksand Recreation Director GaryWardle of the new Brian AragonSkate Park.

Named for a Brighton residentand world-class in-line skatingchampion, the new skate parkopened in October at the AdultSports Complex on Bromley Laneand Justice Center Drive.

Aragon demonstrated his skills atthe sunny opening ceremony Oct.18.

Only a week earlier, though indamp, cold weather, Brighton’s newnine-hole disc-golf course was dedi-cated at Benedict Park.

Another young Brighton resident,Camden Farmer, with friend andfellow Brightonian David Nunez,spearheaded the disc golf projectand fundraising effort with the helpof Mark Heidt, Parks andRecreation assistant director. Farmermade one of the ceremonial disctosses at the Oct. 11 dedication, thenwas among the 50 participants toplay in the opening tournament.

Cost to build the course was$6,500, part of which was funded byan Adams County Open Spacegrant. Local businesses sponsor theindividual “holes,” and volunteersmixed, poured and smoothed theconcrete for the tee pads and toanchor the pins.

On dry days this winter, Wardlesaid, he has seen groups of discgolfers among the park users.

Though the new improvementsdidn’t add to the overall 235 acresof community and neighborhoodparks and the 671 acres of open

World Champion aggressive in-line skater Brian Aragon demonstrates his skills duringthe October grand opening of the park named in his honor. Local Color photo


space, they were part of an overallimprovement effort throughout thecity parks system.

Improving the amenities has beena theme in time of tight budgets in acity where there are plenty of oppor-tunities and places for relaxing,playing or just enjoying the scenery.

One such improvement was thecontinued irrigation installation andthe shift from asphalt to concrete onthe Brighton Memorial Trail. Lastyear, the department landscaped thetrail from Southern Street to JessupStreet and irrigated from Jessup toBromley Lane.

More recreation opportunitiesloom in the near future for KenMitchell Lakes Park and OpenSpace: The city has received grantsfrom Great Outdoors Colorado andAdams County Open Space for anew fishing pier and boardwalk.

“Since it is an augmentation lake(for local water supplies) the fishingpier will be in an area where it isdeep enough that fish can stay asthe water levels go up and down,”said Heidt.

A boardwalk will run along theshoreline and connect to the pier.

In addition to the $131,000 fromAdams County and $250,000 fromGreat Outdoors Colorado (lotteryproceeds), the city also is seeking aFishing is Fun grant from theDivision of Wildlife, as well as otherstate grants. The city will make upthe difference of the price tag for thepier, boardwalk, sign and restrooms.It is expected to be completed thisDecember or in January 2010.

Ultimately the boardwalk andpier will be a side trip for the localColorado Trail connection fromBrighton to Denver. Brighton’s shareof that trail, about 2.05 miles from E-470 to Ken Mitchell Lakes Park, willcost about $1. 2 million and isrequired by its funding to be com-pleted by the end of 2010.

Like other trails in Brighton, itwill match the new standard of con-crete, and will be 10 feet wide.Recently the City Council included

it and the 52-85 Trail portion thatruns from Interstate 25 to the PlatteRiver Valley near Fort Lupton aspart of the city’s Trails and OpenSpace master plan.

Brighton’s trails system was, infact, a model for the 52-85 Trail.

Wardle praised Heidt for his workon the project since the beginning,fostering cooperation among thecommunities involved (Dacono,Frederick, Firestone and FortLupton) to make the trail cohesiveyet include unique features of eachcommunity. For the moment, Wardleand Heidt said, the trail portionleading north from Brighton to FortLupton are not in plans until land orrights of way are acquired for them.

Adams County, meanwhile, willbe working on its portion of theColorado Trail this year, from 104thAvenue to E-470, having receivedapproval for funding three bridgesacross the Platte River in its portion.

Among amenities at existingparks, the city has completed a newconcession stand and sports office atthe Adult Sports Complex on JusticeCenter Drive near Bromley Lane andis re-roofing and expanding thedugouts at the Youth SportsComplex between Jessup and Voiles.The east parking lot at the youthcomplex, now gravel, will be paved,and the concession stand and rest-room will be renovated.

The gravel parking lot at VeteransPark also will be paved and its rest-rooms renovated.

In partnership with BrightonSister Cities, the Parks andRecreation Department will add aplay structure at Sister Cities Park,at about 32nd Avenue and SouthernStreet, resembling the gate toBrighton’s sister city, Ziebice,Poland. The local Sister Cities chap-ter already has raised more than$10,000 for architectural design andother preliminary work. Total proj-ect cost is estimated at $68,000. Aspart of its fundraising efforts, SisterCities is selling note cards bearingink drawings of 12 different

Brighton buildings. Polish artistZygmunt Wojtasik has created thedrawings. The city is helping byseeking grant money for the project.

Plans for restoration of theBromley-Koizuma-Hishinuma prop-erty, on Bromley Lane near 15thAvenue, also are finally takingshape, Wardle said, with the CityCouncil awarding a contract on Feb.17 for a historic assessment andmaster plan for the farmstead onceowned by Emmett Bromley the manbehind the formation of AdamsCounty.

Completion of that master plan isexpected in 14 months, and Wardleexpressed the hope that the depart-ment could obtain funding so thefarm buildings could be painted thisfall to better protect them from theelements.

Wardle said public meetings willbe held to help Parks and Recreationdetermine suitable uses for arestored Bromley-Koizuma-Hishinuma Farmstead. u

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BJAA Park (Brighton Japanese AmericanAssociation): 6.5 acres1220 Longspeak St. Playground, ADAaccessible, restrooms, drinking fountain,tennis courts, shelters, picnic tables, base-ball field, open play area, parking lot, trees.

Benedict Park: 28 acres1855 Southern St. Playgrounds, skateboardpark, drinking fountain, horseshoe pits,xeriscape with memorial garden/sculptures,Carmichael Loop Trail, grills, shelter rentals,restrooms, outdoor swimming pool and vol-leyball court, open play area, sport fields,ADA accessible, picnic tables, two play-grounds, four shelters, parking lot; and newthis year, a nine-hole disc golf course.

Brian Aragon Skate Park:1101 Judicial Center Drive; In-line skating /skate park, barbecue grill, picnic tables,restrooms, and shelter. Park is named forBrighton’s own Brian Aragon, worldchampion aggressive in-line skater

Brighton Park: 25 acres555 N. 11th Ave. Playgrounds, ADA fishingdeck at ponds, shelter rentals, picnic tables,grills, restrooms, trail, volleyball & basketballcourts, horseshoe pits, open play area,drinking fountain, all adjacent to 55,000-sq.foot Recreation Center.

Brighton Sports Complex 25 acres + 25 undeveloped acres1111 Judicial Center Drive. Heavily-usedadult softball complex with four lighted fieldsfor night games, snack bar, ADA accessible,drinking fountains, lighted playground, shel-ters, picnic tables, benches, parking lot,scenic views. No animals are allowed. Com-plex completely fenced. Contact RecreationCenter for more details and directions.

Campbell Park: 13 acres650 Southern St. In-line hockey rink, four

lighted tennis courts, baseball fields, futurepark expansion, no shelters or restrooms.

Colorado Park: 6.5 acres265 Miller St. Playground, two lighted tenniscourts, basketball court, 2 shelters, grills,picnic tables, open play area, horseshoepits, trees, restrooms, drinking fountain withdog bowl, ADA accessible, parking onstreet.

Community Gardens: 0.5 acre395 S. 14th Ave. Garden space for rentthrough Recreation Center. 303-655-2200

Dave Lockman Park: 3 acres605 Tumbleweed Drive. Playground, picnictables, benches, drinking fountain, openplay area.

Dewey W. Strong Park: 8 acres468 Longspur Drive. Soccer fields, baseballfield, open play area, trail, scenic views,ADA accessible, shelter, restrooms.

Fourteeners Park: 3.4 acres4889 Mount Massive Drive. Playground,trail, open play area, picnic shelter, tables.

Friendship Park: 0.25 acre999 Southern St.

Girls’ Softball Field: about 2 acres801 Southern St. ADA accessible, shelters,picnic tables, info boards.

Kenneth Mitchell Park & Open Space: 8acres (total 400 acres)889 Kinglet Court. Playground, shelters,grills, picnic tables, restrooms, benches,trees, open play area, trail, basketballcourts, scenic views, ADA accessible, park-ing lot.

Happy Tails Dog Park1111 Judicial Center Drive

Malcom Park: 2 acres16 N. 5th Ave. Adjacent to North ElementarySchool. Shares playground, baseball field,benches, trees, basketball court, culturalstatue with gazebo, parking lot, No shelterw/picnic table or restroom.

Montoya Park: 1.5 acres221 N. 9th Ave. Playground, basketballcourt, restrooms, horseshoe pits, shelter,grill, picnic tables, drinking fountain, base-

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Observatory Park: 12.5 acres795 South 22nd Ave. Playground, shelters,picnic tables, open play area, trees, scenicview, trail, ADA accessible, parking lot.

Outdoor Pool: part of Benedict Park1701 Skeel St. Open Memorial Day throughLabor Day weekend. Giant water slide, div-ing board, wading pool, sand volleyballcourt and special events at pool during sum-mer. Check with Recreation Center for info,fees, and pool-rentals.

Pheasant Ridge Park: 9.5 acres200 Ocotillo St. Trail, sport fields, play-ground, open play area, drinking fountainand off-street parking.

Preserve Park: 2.98 acres320 Chapel Hill Drive. Shelter, playground,basketball courts, open space field, grill,water fountains.

Robert L. Bergman Park: 3 acres90 N. 42nd. Playground, benches, picnictables, open area and drinking fountain.

Ron Cox Baseball FieldRockies Field of Dreams950 Southern St.

Rotary Park: 3 acres490 Meadow Lane in the Brighton EastFarms subdivision, a neighborhood park

Roy H. Mayeda Park: 5 acres30 Jessup St. Playground, picnic shelter,table, restroom, open play area, native turf,trees, basketball court, drinking fountainwith dog bowl, hard- and soft-surface trails.

Sister Cities Park: 3 acres3469 Rock St. Sugar Creek subdivision,1/2-mile east of 27th Ave.

Thomas Donelson Park: 14.54 acres4500 Midland St. Two soccer fields, rest-rooms, a shelter and playground.

Veterans Park: 4.5 acres405 W. Bridge St. Playground, shelter, grill,picnic tables, benches, restrooms, openplay area, trail, parking lot, South PlatteRiver view. Next to Morgan Smith NatureArea for bird or animal watching with bench-es along the crushed fine trail.

Water Tower Park: 14.79 acres4204 Crestone Peak St., in Brighton Cross-ing. Football fields. Concession stand/rest-rooms to be built this year.

Youth Sports Complex: 8 acres1111 Voiles St. Four baseball fields, rest-rooms, snack bar, picnic tables, drinkingfountain, parking lot.

TrailsBrighton Lateral Trail Begins off Bromley Lane at 3469 Rock St.Trail, follows the Brighton Lateral Ditch fromBromley Lane to Southern Street.

Brighton Memorial ParkwayThe Parkway is a 3,600-foot-long asphaltbike/hike path that winds from BromleyLane to Southern Street. There are foursmall shade shelters with back-to-backbenches at intervals along the trail, memori-al plaques honor local residents who havemade significant contributions to the com-munity’s parks and recreation programs.

Bromley Park Community TrailThis “newer” trail is on the far east side ofBrighton, just west of Interstate 76 at BridgeStreet. Take the Bromley Lane exit off I-76,turn north on the frontage road and proceedto Bridge Street. The trail ends at Bromley Park Community Park.


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Gas Line Trail (Northgate)A 0.28-mile trail from Southern Street toMount Shavano Street.

Gas Line Trail (Brighton East Farms)A 0.63-mile trail from Longspeak Street toBaseline Road.

I-76 Trail • A half-acre trail from LongspurDrive to 50th Avenue.

27th Avenue/Buckley Trail.1.81 miles from Southern Street to 136thAvenue, homeowners’ association maintain

North Outfall TrailA combination of two trails, Fulton Ditch andNorth Outfall trails. Mainly follows FultonDitch, and ends at the Recreation Center.Connect to the trail on the east side ofBrighton at Bridge Street and 22nd Avenue,or on the north side of Brighton at the Recre-ation Center, 555 N. 11th Ave. There areyoung shade trees and some nature view-ing, a trail circles Brighton Park.

South Platte River Trailhead460 W. Southern St. ADA accessible, withasphalt pathway. You can hike/bike this one-mile easy trail along the Platte River. Waterfountain with a drinking bowl for your pet.This trail goes through a riparian area withwildlife, lots of cattails, and bird viewing.There is a shelter with a picnic table, bench-es, and an information board and parking.

Southern Street TrailJust off of Telluride Street this trail goes eastand west along Southern Street. This trail isa rather short, but well worth the visit.

Open SpaceBerry Property89 Miller St. This 5-acre area is AgricultureConservation Easement of Open Space.Currently inaccessible to the public.

Getz/Morgan Smith Nature AreaThis natural area begins in Veterans Park,405 W. Bridge St., just North of Colorado 7.The trail follows the Platte River north of thepark. The user walks along a soft-surfacetrail through 30 acres of a riparian corridor.

Ginsburg Property14390 Brighton Road. This 40-acre area isAgriculture Conservation Easement of OpenSpace. Currently inaccessible to the public.

Mattive property16101 E. Bromley Lane. This 13-acre area isAgriculture Conservation Easement of openspace. Currently inaccessible to the public.

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By Dawn Blunt, publiceducation specialist

What’s new with your fire depart-ment?

The Greater Brighton FireProtection District is constantlygrowing and changing.

New equipment and expandedprograms will be possible, thanks tonearly $1 million in grants receivedby the fire department in late 2008.

• One of two Federal EmergencyManagement Administration grantswill help the district hire three newfirefighters. Funding is applied at agradual percentage over four years,at which point the department willbegin funding the positions on itsown.

• A $300,000 grant from the stateDepartment of Local Affairs willhelp pay for a new firetruck andeducational programs.

• A second FEMA grant, andgrants from Walmart and FactoryMutual Global Insurance also willbe put to use by the district.

In all, the grant money will beused to purchase two new watertenders, a new brush truck and anew engine.

The district also will add trafficpre-emption devices on U.S. 85.

The programs to be maintained orexpanded will include the district’sfree car-seat checks, free smokedetectors and life-safety-skills edu-cation programs for youth andadults.

Fire-prevention programs will becontinued and expanded with thehelp of some of the grant money.

Several firefighters and other FireDistrict personnel have been trainedto inspect and instruct on properchild-safety seat installation in anyvehicle. If you need to make sureyour car seat is appropriate for yourchild, call or make an appointmentto ensure a certified technician isavailable. The trained technicians

also make sure your child is proper-ly secured in the seat.

The goal of the program is todecrease the number of child-pas-senger injuries in traffic accidents.

One of the best actions anyonecan take for a family is to make surethe home has working smoke detec-tors. Call the main headquartersnumber and arrange for a crew tovisit your home and install smokedetectors.

The district also provides educa-tion for preschool through adultages. A projector and screen are tworecent acquisitions to add an audio-visual element to the programs on

topics such as fire prevention.We have the availability to pro-

vide many training opportunities. If you have questions or would

like us to visit your business to helpyou with an exit plan, or just toteach your employees how to use afire extinguisher, please call.

Our fire stations are always open.If you want to come chat or bringyour child to see the trucks, pleasestop by. Or you can make anappointment just to make suresomeone will be there.

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Public safetyCommunity pride wears a badge

By Mark Humbert

Police Chief Clint Blackhurst isbeaming with pride, and hehas plenty to be proud of.

At a City Council meeting in earlyFebruary, the department’s Explorerprogram was honored for winningteam and individual honors at anannual national competition inArizona.

Immediately after that, he stoodat the front of the City CouncilChambers to commend the team-work of police, fire, paramedics andother city personnel who assistedlocal residents confronted withemergencies.

Then Mayor Jan Pawlowskireminded the audience thatBlackhurst himself was honored inMay as Police Chief of the Year atthe Colorado Association of Chiefsof Police, receiving the Charles K.“Pat” Steele award.

All incidents point to a depart-ment that doesn’t just write ticketsand arrest people, but an organiza-

tion that works as a team, some-times with others in the community,to make it a mission not just to solvecrimes, but to solve problems – allmaking Brighton a better place tolive.

One could say it starts at the top,with the chief, who has led theBrighton Police Department since1994 and has been in law enforce-ment for 38 years. His tenure withthe city includes an interim stint asassistant city manager.

When interviewed about 2008highlights, Blackhurst failed to evenallude to his own recognition, whichalso included in May receiving the2008 lifetime achievement awardfrom the city’s Hispanic AdvisoryCouncil.

Capt. Al Sharon wrote in thenomination that Blackhurst has “ledthe department with a high degreeof professionalism and moralintegrity. During his tenure thedepartment has more than doubledin size, and Blackhurst has been per-sonally involved with information

technology and data management aswell as the careers of his officers.”

The chief, however, might cite adepartment-wide mind-set of com-munity service, part of the overallconcept of community policing

Assistant to the Chief Rich Kellypointed out that during the pastyear, officers of the department hadan opportunity to interact officiallywith the community 49,000 times –the number of calls for service forthe department (about 133 calls aday, 365 days a year).

“That’s something we are tryingto impress on all employees,” Kellysaid. “Those 49,000 calls for servicewe do every year involve an interac-tion with somebody.”

Community policing is not abouta program,” he added. “It’s a wholemindset of officers and what theytry to do daily.”

“They don’t just look at the call,”said Blackhurst.” They look at theroot cause and ‘what are the long-term solutions to the issue.’”

The chief said the Boys & Girls

Officer Heather Stricklin shows her patrol car to a young girl atEggstravaganza. Chief of Police Clint Blackhurst gesturestoward an approved display of graffiti that decorates an elec-

tronics cart at the Brighton Boys & Girls Club during the clubopen house on Jan. 21. He was keynote speaker at the event.

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Club is a perfect example of a moreefficient tool to address a youthproblem.

“In this case, kids who don’t havesomething to do (often) gravitate togetting into trouble,” he said. “Ifthey have active supervision andsomewhere to go, it makes a hugedifference in the crime picture andthe general quality of their life andtheir neighborhoods.”

“You go to the club and see activi-ties after school there … taking idletime and providing activities, anopportunity to do homework andhave good, wholesome fun withsupervision.”

For traffic, Blackhurst said, “youdon’t just write tickets, you look forthe root of the problems and solveproblems.”

He alluded to an observation byOfficer Mario Hernandez about traf-fic issues on 120th Avenue nearPrairie View high school and middleschool. Hernandez evaluated theproblem and, without being asked,completed a full report that includedpotential solutions.

One of the biggest challenges ofthe past year for Brighton’s policewas the Democratic NationalConvention in Denver. Brighton sentabout 20 officers to assist DenverPolice and at the same time main-tained coverage on Brighton’sstreets.

“For a long time we had an emer-gency schedule in the books for abig event (that would be difficult tohandle) staffwise,” Blackhurst said.

The result, 12-hour shifts, at leastdoubled the manpower on thestreet.

“We never had the opportunity totest that schedule.

“It (the staffing plan) was prettyinvisible,” said Kelly. “We didn’treduce services or skip any routinecalls. Out of every three investiga-tions, two resulted in criminal fil-ings. We also had over 1,000 hoursof volunteer time from differentgroups – victim services, reserveofficers.”

Blackhurst said Brighton has oneof the few reserve units in the state.

“If we could track that, we proba-bly have one of the longest-runningreserve units in the state – since1968,” he said. “This is a real sourceof additional staffing for us, plus wehave hired a lot of reserve officers asfull-time officers. It shortens thetraining time.”

He said there’s always a riskwhen hiring new officers regardinghow well they will do in the field,despite thorough background checksand the interview process. He saidobserving the reserve officers for ayear or two provides a better idea

how they will perform. The explorer program has similar

advantages. The program for olderteens – up to age 21, provides per-sonnel for special events and givesthe youngsters a taste of all aspectsof police work. Brighton’s Explorertroop numbers from 15 to 16 youngadults who undergo a rigorousscreening process to determine com-mitment to the program. Their par-ents also must approve the timecommitment of their children in theprogram.

Some graduates of the program,


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such as Monce Portillo, Levi Slagleand Andrea Heredia completed theExplorer program, then underwentpolice-academy training and becamefull-time officers.

“Team-building is almost immedi-ate,” Blackhurst said. They are sup-portive of each other and when dis-cipline needs to occur, peers “doleout the punishment but help (thedisciplined Explorer) work throughit.”

When it came to competition thisyear, Brighton’s troop could fieldonly six members to compete at thenational event in Arizona. One ofthe troop’s advisers, Sgt. KeenanWaters, went to competition officialsand requested that the unprecedent-edly small team be able to competeas its own group. In the past it hadcombined with other teams. Watersand the other advisers, EricaGardner and Paul McClendon, werepleased to receive the exemption tocompete. Then, as a team, it placedsecond in hostage-negotiation tacticsand third in rapid deployment.Explorer member Thomas Quaylealso won fourth place in the firearmscompetition.

One of the new programs in theregular force is the crisis-interven-tion team.

“It’s so different and such animportant skill, to deal with an agi-tated person in a crisis,” Blackhurstsaid. A pin on an officer’s uniformdesignates the team members whohave trained specifically for the cri-sis team.

Another recent change is an over-lapping of shifts to allow officers atraining day each month. It makes iteasier for officers to maintain certifi-cation in firearms, first aid, drivingand skills such as arrest control, vic-tim advocacy and, recently, to learnmore about identity theft.

Brighton residents can learn first-hand about the job of a police officerthrough the Citizens Academy,which had been dropped the pasttwo years because of budget con-straints, but returns late this sum-mer.

On a personal note, Blackhurstsaid, Doug Enfeld, who retuned lastsummer from a tour of duty in Iraq,has been promoted to sergeant. Thechief said as a sergeant major in theArmy, he benefited from military

training, including modern manage-ment techniques.

Blackhurst also is proud of aplanned police memorial, to beinstalled across Bromley Lane fromthe police station.

Then there are the department’sthespians: Led by Michele Kany,several officers participated in thefirst of what is expected to be aseries of informative and education-al video shorts.

Blackhurst gave a great deal ofpraise to city videographer AndyBergey. Look for them on Channel 8.

Team effort extending beyond thedepartment aided Brighton residentstwice during winter 08-09,Blackhurst said.

A break in the fire-sprinkler lineat Brighton Village spurred police,fire, Street Department crews, theRed Cross and others into action tofind places for residents of the sen-ior apartments to stay while repairswere effected. The mobilization wasmore impressive because it occurredabout 5 a.m.

Another incident involved resi-dents of a trailer court on NorthMain Street, who were withoutwater. The first complaint came tothe receptionist at City Hall. Fromthere, police, fire, streets, public util-ities and the CommunityDevelopment Department, as well ascity administration, jumped intoaction to come up with a short-termsolution and to attempt to find along-term fix to the problem – onprivate property.

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The six-memberBrighton PoliceExplorer Troop

returned from nationalcompetition with three

trophies. They are,from left, Josh Dietrich,

Michael Gonzales,Shannon Cvancara,

Thomas Quayle, CoryBrown and Mario

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