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January 23, 2014 Jefferson County, Colorado | Volume 90, Issue 24

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Hiring of Jeffco attorney deniedBoard delays hiring decision until new superintendent is on boardBy Crystal [email protected]

Jeffco Schools board of education de-nied the hiring of Executive Employee Re-lations candidate Nicole Tuescher by a 3-2

vote at the Tuesday, Jan. 16, meeting.President Ken Witt, First Vice President

Julie Williams and Secretary John Newkirk voted against the hiring after a board dis-cussion about philosophical ideals, legal counsel, need and urgency.

“We need to empower the incoming su-perintendent, to fill key positions that are vacant presently,” Witt said following the meeting. “We have both adequate legal counsel for the district as well as employee relations that can’t be covered up by the HR (human resources) department adequate-

ly in the interim.”Prior to the discussion about the execu-

tive director appointment, Newkirk made a motion to move the item to an executive session, which was met with disapproval by First Vice President Lesley Dahlkemper and Board Treasurer Jill Fellman, as well as remarks and boos from the audience.

“We have a CEO in our superintendent who leads our organization and identifies the best talent to meet the needs to contin-ue to drive this district forward,” Dahlkem-per said. “I would recommend that any

conversation that is had, be had publicly, if there are concerns the board has, we ad-dress those and are public about it.”

The motion to go to executive session failed 3-2 with Dahlkemper and Fellman opposed. Two-thirds majority approval is required to enter an item into executive session.

“I would also like to remind us all, sever-al hours ago we heard testimony from Lisa

Community corrections to look for new facilityBy Amy [email protected]

Intervention Community Corrections Services, or ICCS, has teamed up with county officials to find a more up-to-date location.

ICCS is currently located at the historic New York Building on Kendall St. in Lake-wood. The build-ing was built in 1922 was part of the Jewish Con-sumptive Relief Society of Denver which originally used the building as the men’s tu-berculosis ward. Until the 1970s, when the build-ing was then turned into a de-tox center that provided other services for of-fenders, at least 10,000 patients were treated for TB in the 50 years the JCRS per-formed research and treatment.

A new facility is desired by Jefferson County in order to provide adequate space for the convicted offenders’ classes and group therapy sessions, better client over-sight, and cost savings, Gregg Kildow, ex-ecutive director for ICCS said. The county estimates the deferred maintenance of the property to be more than $5 million.

“The electricity in this building is ar-chaic for what our needs are as well as the plumbing,” Kildow said. “As far as the big ticket items that do need attention that is the county’s obligation and I don’t think there’s money to do that from the county to continue this as community corrections.”

The Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design has shown considerable interest in absorbing the two and one half story build-ing into its campus that stands in its singu-lar architectural beauty.

Touring the ICCS facility it becomes ap-parent the building is in fact dated, with

ICCS by the numberS

As of October 2013, there were 218 criminal offenders assigned to ICCS. Below is an example of the highest offender populations based on convicted crimes.Controlled Substance Pos-session level II: 22Sexual Assault on a Child: 16Theft: 14Aggravated Motor Vehicle Theft: 11ID Theft: 8Second Degree Burglary: 8Second Degree Assault: 7

By Clarke [email protected]

Lakewood beer connoisseurs have a new watering hole in CAUTION: Brewing Company, the city’s first production microbrewery and taproom.

Set up at 1057 S. Wadsworth Blvd., the taproom and covered patio offers seating for 70 people to try its brand of

specialty beers.“We’re

working to create unique beers using as many in-gredients as pos-sible from Colorado,” said Danny Wang, co-owner of CAUTION with his wife, Betty. “We want to make balanced beers, and every beer we make has a reason. There was a thought process that went into it.”

According to Betty, the company started in north east Denver, near the Stapleton area. They were a production only company when the began, with a flag-ship beer called Lao Wang Lager, which mixes in Asian spices.

“We started by sending the beer to the Lao Wang

Noodle House in Denver, and tried

to spread it to other noodle, pho and sushi joins,” Betty said. “We wanted to give people a craft

beer to go with their favorite Asian dishes.”In May 2012 they expanded and opened a tap room and

started really growing, and since Betty and Danny live in Lakewood and go to the Jefferson County Brew Fest, they were looking to open up a location in Lakewood.

“We’ve been eyeing this space for the past year and a half. We thought it would be perfect for a little brewery,” Betty said. “We’re looking to have food trucks come in on Fri-days, and hoping to start trivia nights, open mic nights and maybe some karaoke.”

CAUTION: Brewing Company co-owner Betty Wang talks with patrons at the company’s Lakewood location. The company had its grand opening on Jan. 18. Photos by Clarke Reader

The brewing room at CAUTION, which will offer six of its flagship beers at its Lakewood location.

City’s first production microbrew and taproom opens

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Here’s to living life to ‘The Max’Topher Barber climbed the tall, alu-

minum ladder, stopping just even with the old, wooden sailboat hanging upside down from the ceiling. He carefully drilled the framed picture of his dad — also up-side down — to the center of the stern.

A friend handed him a bottle of cham-pagne and Topher tapped the boat, pour-ing a little onto the rim. “We now christen thee,” he said, “the S.S. Max Barber.”

The small gathering of people below him raised their glasses and cheered. “He would like that,” one man said, nodding assuredly as he walked away.

The tribute, sealed as dusk darkened the wintry mountain lake outside the restaurant windows, reflected the man whose gargantuan and colorful presence was notably absent.

“Upside down is perfect,” said Dan Sherwood, Topher’s longtime friend, as he sat at the bar, under the sailboat. “Max was a kind of renegade who didn’t conform to much. So why conform to gravity?”

Max Barber died unexpectedly Dec. 17 from an aneurysm that occurred while he was driving. He was 68. A successful contractor and owner of the popular Max Gill and Grill on South Gaylord Street in Denver, he also received national recogni-tion in 1991 when he saved two people who fell through thin ice on Grand Lake.

But to Topher, he was so much more. He was an exuberant, energizing force who grabbed tight to life and made it an exhilarating ride.

“He never let a blade of grass grow beneath his feet,” Topher said, pausing, looking at the beer in his hand. “He’s my dad and he was my best friend ... It’s going to be hard without him.”

Although Max had homes in Denver, Florida and France, the cabin he built with his hands in the mid-1980s in Grand Lake — on the water nestled between historic Lemon Lodge and the Grand Lake Yacht Club at the end of the town’s main street — was his favorite.

On the shores of the state’s larg-est natural lake, the town counted 447 residents in the 2000 census. Its one main road veers off Highway 34, just before the western entrance to Rocky Mountain National Park, and leads through a short, straight stretch of western-style buildings that have remained largely unchanged for years.

“This is his home,” Topher said. “He loved being near the water, being in a small town. He loved that this town is a dead end. It was the end of the road.”

It was Topher’s most consistent home, too.

“I love this place,” he said. “Both me and my brother met our wives up here. My life wouldn’t be the same without Grand Lake. We wouldn’t be who we are without this place.”

Growing up, Topher and his brothers Tyler and Todd spent every summer at the lake. Topher and Tyler worked at Pancho and Lefty’s, the eatery popular with locals and weekenders that’s just a one-minute-walk from the cabin. They learned how to sail — Topher even taught sailing at the yacht club.

Max bought them a boat and they often competed in the annual weeklong regatta — but never won. “ ... we were always at the back of the pack and that always bummed him out,” Topher said.

Last summer, two days before the regatta, Topher decided to compete when a friend who is an accomplished sailor offered to crew. Midway through the week,

Max left for an already planned vacation in Michigan. Topher was tied for first; Max eagerly awaited his daily updates.

“It came down to the last race and we had to finish first — and we did,” Topher said. “I could hear the pride in his voice and knew he had tears in his eyes.”

In late October, after returning from a month in France, Max headed to Grand Lake to winterize the cabin. Topher went with him. They blew out the sprinklers, cut firewood, hung out.

“Just me and him,” Topher said. “It was perfect. I have no regrets about how our relationship ended. ... We told each other how we felt about each other — we loved each other.”

On Jan. 10, Topher, who lives in Broom-field, decided to check on the cabin, make sure the heat was working, that pipes hadn’t frozen — and meet up with some friends to share a few stories and laughs.

On the passenger seat of his Subaru, he placed a ceramic cowboy boot with a lasso around its heel — the urn holding some of his dad’s ashes, which also include the remains of a December Wall Street Jour-nal, his favorite paper; his red, alma mater Cornell cap; a favorite Hemingway coozie; and the photo of his three sons when they were just boys, wearing cowboy hats, which he always kept in his wallet.

Topher also brought a framed picture of a grinning Max, wearing a tropical shirt and white captain’s hat and holding a beer next to his cheek.

A winter storm swirled gusting snow, creating moments of white-out as he slowly drove Berthoud Pass, reminiscent of the first time he, his brothers and Max had driven to Grand Lake.

“Pop,” Topher said, “we aren’t turning around, are we?”

At the cabin, he set the boot and pic-ture on the dining room table, grabbed two beers — the one for Max snug in another Hemingway coozie — and tuned the CD player to Alabama’s “Mountain

Music,” his dad’s favorite and the cabin’s theme song.

Then he talked to Max.And he cried.The next afternoon, Topher strolled

into Pancho and Lefty’s and settled at the bar to talk with friends in the familiar eclectic atmosphere where 1,500 beer cans — all one-of-a-kind — line shelves along the walls. Also on the walls are photos of several longtime locals who have died. Hanging from the ceiling are a chair lift, a kayak, and a dummy of a man with a se-rape sleeping in a hammock, a margarita glass in his hand.

And the old, wooden sailboat.That’s when it hit.“ ... to make that boat his — The Max,”

Topher said. “He’s in the bar area look-ing out on the lake. It just makes so much sense.”

In mid-February, a celebration of life for Max will be held at his Denver restau-rant. Those who come should wear happy colors. No black. No tears.

Because Max wouldn’t want crying, Topher said.

He loved life too much.Topher tells this story about the Grand

Lake cabin:“We’re known for staying up way too

late there and having Lemon Lodge rent-ers yell at us. One day, a couple of Lemon Lodge renters come up and say they’re try-ing to go to bed ... and how much longer will you guys be staying up?”

Max glanced at his watch, then looked up.

“We’ve been partying for 23 years here,” he said, “and think we’ve got 23 more to go.”

Cheers.

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at [email protected] or 303-566-4110.

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Douglas County, Colorado • Volume 26, Issue 8

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C-470 talks in final stretchCoalition expects

to make expansion

decision soonBy Ryan Boldrey

[email protected]

After months of public outreach, town

halls and community surveys, the C-470

Corridor Coalition expects to decide by

March or April how to pursue expanding

the busy freeway corridor from Interstate

25 to Kipling Street.

“I think overall people are saying there

is something that needs to be fixed when

it comes to the congestion,” said Jack Hil-

bert, a Douglas County commissioner who

serves as chair of the coalition’s policy com-

mittee.According to the coalition, eastbound

travelers from Kipling to I-25 face delays of

more than 11 minutes during the morning

rush hour, and westbound travelers are de-

layed as much as 18 minutes in the evening.

Growth along the corridor is expected to

increase by more than 30 percent over the

next 20 years.

Beginning with a series of telephone

town halls in July, the coalition has been

busy presenting three options to citizens

and area business leaders: tolling any addi-

tional lanes and keeping the existing lanes

free; tolling all the lanes, old and new; and

raising property or sales taxes to pay for ad-

ditional new lanes.

“The one thing that has come across

clear,” Hilbert said, “is that there is just no

way in the world you could go back and toll

existing roadways. No matter what is decid-

ed, existing (lanes) will remain free.”

Hilbert said the coalition is leaning to-

ward a decision to toll any new or addi-

tional lanes to pay for construction and

maintenance. He said this will be discussed

heavily at the coalition’s January and Feb-

ruary meetings, when they go over results

from a recent telephone survey conducted

by Hill Research Consultants.

“If we go that route, construction could

start in early 2014, if not sooner,” he said.

“If we pick a financing option that requires

a vote (raising taxes), that obviously pushes

it out further. But I don’t think those two

options are what I am hearing citizens say.

I’m hearing citizens say `yeah, fix it, but we

want someone else to pay the taxes.’”

Raising taxes was a popular option in the

early town hall surveys, but according to

Hill’s survey only 9 percent of people were

in favor of increased property tax and 42

percent favored increasing sales taxes. De-

spite the higher numbers, 42-41, in favor of

sales taxes over tolling one new lane, the re-

port suggested that there was not sufficient

support to secure passage in an election as

required by TABOR.

Possibility of four lanes now

Hilbert said there is a possibility that

C-470 could expand sooner rather than lat-

Stay aware, legislators tell businesses

GOP lawmakers

speak to local alliance

By Jane Reuter

[email protected]

State leaders urged Douglas County

business owners to stay aware and get in-

volved in issues that could impact them as

lawmakers take their seats at the state Capi-

tol for the new legislative session.

Democrats have regained control of the

Colorado House, and maintain their ma-

jority in the state Senate, and Republican

members of the Douglas County legislative

delegation said that could impact business

owners. Four of them were on hand for a

Douglas County Business Alliance-spon-

sored legislative kickoff session held Jan. 3

at Lone Tree’s Sky Ridge Medical Center.

“The bills you need to be cautious about

aren’t going to be the ones grabbing the

headlines, so it means you really do have

to pay attention,” outgoing House Speaker

Frank McNulty said. “They’re the ones that

are going to have the highest impact on the

economy.”

McNulty urged business owners to

“show up at the state Capitol,” testify and

bring supporters when issues of concern

are on the table.

From left, state Rep. Chris Holbert, state Rep.-elect Polly Lawrence and outgoing state House Speaker Frank McNulty address the Douglas County Business Alliance on Jan. 3 during

a legislative kickoff session. Photo by Jane Reuter

Coffman to focus on veteran assistance

Congressman sees

difference between

self, fellow Republicans

By Ryan Boldrey

[email protected]

A 20-year veteran of the U.S. armed

forces, Congressman Mike

Coffman (R-Aurora) plans

to focus much of his efforts

in the new congressional

session on veteran affairs.

The recently re-elected

representative for Colo-

rado’s 6th District said that

he intends to focus on is-

sues ranging from transi-

tion into the citizen work-

force to how the country

can better take care of vet-

erans suffering from post-traumatic stress

disorder.

“I think the real concern is in looking at

the unemployment rates for veterans, par-

ticularly those coming out of Iraq and Af-

ghanistan, and how it is significantly higher

than the general population,” Coffman

said.One way Coffman hopes to defeat this

is by working from the inside out. Near the

close of the last session he introduced a bill

that would force the Department of Veter-

ans Affairs to hire qualified veterans before

hiring from the outside.

“Only about a third of the people that

work (in the VA) have actually served in the

military,” Coffman said, “and I just think

that there’s a culture there that’s not re-

sponsive to the veterans. … In my experi-

ence, people who have served in uniform

are much more likely to understand the

challenges of those who are in the military

and are getting out of the military.”

It’s Coffman’s military background that

also has him in the midst of a movement to

restructure some recent cuts to the Depart-

ment of Defense.

“I think we need to go forward with these

cuts,” he said, “but I think they could be

done in a way that doesn’t compromise our

national security. There was no attention to

detail paid to these cuts. I think that they

thought it would never happen, so the no-

tion was `let’s just do an across-the-board

cut to the Department of Defense.’

“It just isn’t rational. We’re cutting pro-

grams that are essential and giving the

same weight to programs that are essential

to our national security to programs that

probably should have gone by the wayside

a long time ago or have little value.”

Coffman said he fancies himself differ-

ent from many members in his own party

in that a lot of Republicans don’t support

any cuts to defense spending. Some of the

things on the table in Coffman’s eyes in-

clude: troop levels in Europe; whether U.S.

allies should be more involved in cost-shar-

ing; whether we should retain some of our

permanent overseas bases; are there func-

tions being handled by active-duty military

that could be handled by the reserve at a

cheaper cost; and are there weapons sys-

tems that are being developed that aren’t

critical.“I’m looking at being very specific in

coming up with cuts that I think will realize

the same dollar amount but will not com-

promise our security,” he said.

Coffman

mike Coffman’s views

On fiscal resolution: “I like the tax piece, the fact that

most of the Bush tax cuts remain permanent for the vast

majority of American people I thought was a win. On the

negative side, it wasn’t at all balanced with cuts, and we

are, in fact, going to spend even more money now. We’ve

got to be serious about the deficit and the debt and this bill

certainly wasn’t serious about it at all.”

On proposed high-capacity magazine ban: “Person-

ally, I feel that there ought to be a limit. I think this notion

that there shouldn’t be any regulations at all is wrong. That

said, the question about high-capacity magazines should

be decided by state legislatures, because there will inher-

ently be varying standards for different parts of the coun-

try. I feel that 100 rounds is too much but that is an issue

that must be debated and decided by the Colorado General

Assembly and not in Washington, D.C.”

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Jefferson County, Colorado • Volume 8, Issue 34

Candelas construction under way with housing options

Dozens of homes being built in

new sustainable development

By Sara van [email protected]

New homes — and much more in the

coming years — are starting to pop up in

west Arvada.The homes are part of the Candelas resi-

dential and commercial development.

Candelas is at Indiana Street and Can-

delas Parkway, just north of Coal Creek

Canyon Road. The proposed Jefferson Park-

way would run generally southeast of the

residential area. The residential portion of

Candelas is being developed by Terra Causa

Capital and GF Properties Group.

The neighborhood offers something for

everyone, said Creig Veldhuizen, a manag-

ing director with Terra Causa Capital.

“All of our builders so far, we have five of

them all in the same community, are offer-

ing different products and at different price

points,” Veldhuizen said. “They all have

different features and architectural flairs.

There’s a product for everyone.”

Builders include Century Communi-

ties, which offers homes starting in the

$300,000 range, and Richmond American,

which offers homes starting in the $500,000

range and higher. The other two confirmed

builders are Standard Pacific, with homes

starting in the low $300,000s and Ryland

Homes, starting in the low $300,000s. Both

made solar panels standard on the roofs of

their houses. The fifth builder has not been

confirmed. While the homes are all differ-

ent, the entire neighborhood is committed

to being sustainable and using renewable

energy, Veldhuizen said.

“When we went through the zoning pro-

cess, Arvada had some very high hopes for

the property in terms of making it a sustain-

able community,” Veldhuizen said. “They

held us to those standards and we shared

that vision.”Sustainability can be seen throughout

the community, Veldhuizen said, from so-

lar-powered street lights and tiles to solar

panels on the roofs of homes. The biggest

sustainability feature of the community,

though, is its recreation center.

“The recreation center is a $3 million fa-

cility,” Veldhuizen said. “It’s that expensive

because we’re committed to sustainability.

It’s going to be LEED silver certified, and it

may reach LEED gold.”

LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Envi-

ronmental Design, certification means the

building meets green standards set by the

U.S. Green Building Council.

The recreation center will be heated and

cooled by a geothermal heat pump system

and will feature 15 kilowatt solar panels on

the rooftop to offset most of the electricity

used, as well as many other sustainable fea-

tures, Veldhuizen said.

The most significant sustainability fea-

ture Candelas has though is its sustainabil-

ity trust, he said.“It’s the first of its kind in the state of

Colorado,” he said.Each builder who buys lots in Candelas

pays a fee of $3,000 per lot into the trust be-

fore building. If they build the homes with

qualified renewable energy systems, such

as solar panels, geothermal heat pumps

and other technology, they get a rebate of

the majority of the fee.

If the builder chooses not to build the

homes with sustainable qualities, the fee

sits in the trust and is available to the home-

owner to use to retrofit their home with sus-

tainable improvements, Veldhuizen said.

More than just sustainable living is

drawing residents out to Candelas though.

“One thing is the natural beauty of the

sites and the view,” he said. “Residents have

a 360-degree view from any home site. They

can see Standley Lake, the Flat Irons, down-

town Denver and Pikes Peak on the Front

Range. The natural beauty of the site is one

of the most defining characteristics of it.”

The coming development over the next

few years is another draw, Veldhuizen said.

Candelas, including residential, com-

mercial and open space will include 1,500

acres.The development, once completed,

will feature 1,500 single family, detached

homes, 1,000 or more higher-density units

and several million square feet of retail and

commercial space.“It’s kind of a city within a city of Ar-

vada,” Veldhuizen said. “They’ll integrate

and complement each other. There’s a tre-

mendous amount of open space in the

plan. Between parks, open space and trails

systems, we’ll have nearly 200 acres of open

space. There’s a significant commitment to

open space and building area where resi-

dents can enjoy the views and outdoor rec-

reational aspect of the community.”

Its proximity to Boulder, Golden, the

mountains and other locations where peo-

ple “work, dine and play” is another selling

point, Veldhuizen said.

So far, about 30 homes are under con-

struction and nine homes are already built

and occupied.Charlie McKay with Church Ranch Com-

panies, the commercial developer, said de-

velopment hasn’t started yet for the com-

mercial part of the community, but there

has been interest from convenience stores

and grocery stores to build there, as well as

some other potential clients.

“We’ve been at it for many years and

we’ll continue to work on it for many years,”

McKay said.For more information about Candelas,

visit www.liveforward.com.

The new Candelas neighborhood is taking shape with houses in the low $300,000s off Highway 72 and Candelas

Parkway in west Arvada. Photo by Andy Carpenean

Governor outlines challenges

State of State covers gun

control, civil unions, marijuana, economy

By vic [email protected]. John Hickenlooper acknowledged

that “there are no easy solutions” to issues

involving guns, but said a debate on how

best to deal with firearm-related violence is

something “our democracy demands.”

The Democratic governor, addressing

the General Assembly during his annual

State of the State speech Jan. 10, also prof-

fered his opinion on one area of gun con-

trol that is certain to be one of the most

passionately debated topics lawmakers will

take up this legislative session.

“Let me prime the pump,” Hickenlooper

said. “Why not have universal background

checks for all gun sales?”

That suggestion certainly caught the at-

tention of lawmakers on both sides of the

aisle.“It is just completely unenforceable,”

House Minority Leader Mark Waller, R-

Colorado Springs, said of Hickenlooper’s

call for all sales of guns — including those

involving person-to-person transactions —

be contingent on background checks.

But Democrats applauded the gover-

nor’s stance.“He made some risky points,” said Rep.

Tracy Kraft-Tharp, D-Arvada. “He wasn’t

afraid to jump into that.”

Gun control, one of many issues that

legislators are expected to take up over the

next five months of the session, was just

one area that Hickenlooper addressed. Eco-

nomic matters, civil unions and, of course,

regulating the marijuana industry were also

touched on during his 40-minute remarks.

Common ground soughtTaking on the issue of gun violence is a

top agenda item for this Democratic-con-

trolled General Assembly, especially on the

heels of last year’s Aurora theater killings

and the December massacre at Sandy Hook

Elementary School in Connecticut. But just

talking about guns has always been a dicey

political issue, as the governor acknowl-

edged.“Some point to guns, others to a violent

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RTD chief looks aheadGeneral manager Phil Washington outlines projectsBy Darin [email protected]

Regional Transportation District General Manager Phil Washington declared high ex-pectations as RTD continues several trans-portation projects targeted toward the Den-ver metro’s northern region.

Washington highlighted several projects during a Jan. 4 legislative breakfast hosted by Louisville-based nonprofit 36 Commuting Solutions at the Omni Interlocken Resort.

“The Denver-metro region will be the greatest city in the West,” Washington said. “I really believe that, and I believe that it can be done through the transportation investments that we’re making in this region.”

However, he said RTD’s journey to accom-plish these projects has not been an easy one.

In May 2012, the 15-member RTD board decided against placing a 0.4 percent sales tax increase on the general election ballot to fund FasTracks. This means if current finan-cial projections remain as they are, the North Metro and Northwest lines will not be com-pleted until 2042.

But Washington said he is convinced these two projects will be done way before the pro-jected completion dates and noted the trans-portation district has made significant strides in the past two years. In that time, Washing-ton said RTD has either begun construction or contracted work out for 77 percent of its planned FasTrack network projects, includ-ing the Gold, West Rail, U.S. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), East Rail and Interstate 225 Rail Lines.

“Of course we’ve had our challenges, but I always like to say that it’s not all about the knock down — the knock down being the challenges — but the get up,” Washington said. “We’ve had these challenges, but we’re getting up off the canvas, and we’re getting them done pretty quickly.”

Washington also said work on the nearly 6.5-mile segment of the Northwest Rail Line to the future Westminster station is about 33 percent complete. This rail segment, which is being funded through RTD’s federally-funded $1.03 billion Eagle P3 Project, is also part of the planned Gold Line through Arvada and Wheat Ridge that is expected to be opened by 2016, according to current RTD projections.

Washington said he has high hopes for the 18-mile Colorado Department of Transporta-tion-led U.S. 36 BRT (bus rapid transit) proj-ect between downtown Denver and Boulder.

“We want bus rapid transit on U.S. 36 to be one of the best BRT systems in the country, so we are committed to that,” Washington said.

To achieve this goal, Washington said RTD is striving to offer BRT riders new ser-vices, such as free WiFi service and a cashless-fare collection option through its recently-launched Smart Card system.

Washington said the BRT project, which is dovetailed with the 17-mile U.S. 36 Express Lanes Project between Federal Boulevard in Westminster and Table Mesa Drive in Boul-der, is expected to be fully completed by the end of 2015.

“That is the opening day for bus rapid transit on U.S. 36, and if you know me, you know I do not miss deadlines,” Washington said. “We will meet that schedule.”

As a part of the U.S. 36 Express Lanes proj-ect, a new managed lane in each direction of the highway will be added to accommodate buses and high occupancy vehicles.

In all, Washington said RTD has pledged about $135 million to the completion of its BRT system and the U.S. 36 Express Lanes Project. Lori Frasier, a 36 Commuting So-lutions board chairwoman, said she was pleased with Washington’s positive message on the U.S. 36 BRT Project and said the pros-pects of a mixed bus and rail line will bring significant benefits for the region.

“We’re really excited about that,” Frasier said. “It kind of brings the best of buses and the best of rail together, so it will be a whole new experience for us.”

All work and all playHyland Hills chief retires after decades of expanding Water World

By Ashley [email protected]

It all started at a Laundro-mat in 1969. Greg Mastriona had graduated college and was looking for a recreation job, when his wife Pam happened to run into the wife of the execu-tive director of the Hyland Hills Park and Recreation District.

“She told my wife that she was sure her husband would give me an interview,” Mastrio-na said. “I was very fortunate to be in the right place at the right time. That’s where is all started.”

Mastriona started his 43-year Hyland Hills career as a golf course assistant superin-tendent, before becoming the executive director in 1972.

Over the years he had an in-tegral part in growing the dis-trict, as well as becoming the visionary behind Water World.

But as of Jan. 1, he no longer leads the district; he’s enjoying the slower-paced life of retire-ment.

“I’ve been very fortunate to work for a great organization, board and staff,” he said. “We had a lot of teamwork, and I’m very proud of the staff, and I have so many good memories and experiences.”

Mastriona plans on taking in some golf and fishing during his retirement.

He said he doesn’t have any major plans, but looks forward

to traveling with Pam, who re-tired eight years ago.

The break is well-deserved after years of dedication to not only the Hyland Hills District, but the community.

His leadership and vision have resulted in many facili-ties including Adventure Golf & Raceway, the Greg Mastriona Golf Courses at Hyland Hills, the Ice Centre at the Prome-nade — a collaboration with the city of Westminster, the MAC (Mature Adult Center) and of course, Water World.

He said he’s also extremely proud of the many programs the district sponsors for chil-dren in the district.

“The best part of the job is seeing the smiles of the kids,” he said. “Knowing that the pro-grams and the facilities are be-ing used and enjoyed by the kids, that’s pretty neat. You can’t beat that.”

But before many of these fa-cilities and programs could be-come a reality, something had to be done about the lack reve-nue in the district when Mastri-ona became executive director in 1972. At that time, the district was burdened with debt.

That’s when Mastriona came up with the idea to build a wa-ter park. He says many people thought it was crazy to build a water park in Denver, but the idea soon proved to be a popu-lar one.

Mastriona went to the voters in 1979, and by a ratio of 14 to

1, a $2.7 million general obliga-tion bond issue passed to build the park.

The park began with just two water slides, but grew the fol-lowing year with the addition of the wave pool and four slides. Next came Surfer’s Cove and Thunder Bay in 1984, followed by River Country in 1986.

“River Country really put Wa-ter World on the map because it had tube rides and at that time all the slides were body slides,” he said. “We then built the first family ride, Raging Colorado, which allowed for people to interact on the ride. That was pretty cool.”

Since then, the park has grown to 48 attractions built over 67 acres, featuring rides like Voyage to the Center of the Earth, Mastriona’s favorite, and the most recent addition, the Mile High Flyer.

“Voyage was built in 1994, and we still have hour-long waits,” Mastriona said. “It’s a five-minute ride, that’s fast and features robotics. It’s still right on top, even though it is getting a little competition from the Mile High Flyer.”

Mastriona’s work in the field has made an impact in the community in more ways than one, but it’s also the work with his former employees that has made a great effect on those around him.

Joann Cortez, communica-tions director for the district, has worked for Mastriona for 15 years. She said as a boss, he never once raised his voice and always treated her with respect.

“If I had to go in a different way, Greg was direct about it and did in a kind, respectful way,” she said. “I think the aver-age tenure for the management staff is way over 20 years, and that is a testament to our leader. He’s just been great.”

It’s clear Mastriona will be

missed by the Hyland Hills family. Board president Don Ciancio said he has the high-est regard for his overall perfor-mance and commitment to the district. He said Mastriona did a superior job for the district and will remain a pillar for the Hy-land community and a valued resource for the district.

Going forward, Mastriona said he will take with him the many memories and experi-ences he’s made over the years, and will remember the great or-ganization, staff and board he worked with. But for those who need a little reminder of the for-mer director, just take a look in the top of his old desk.

“I always had a candy drawer that anyone could grab from, and I made sure and left it full,” he said.

Greg Mastriona, former executive director of Hyland Hills Parks and Recreation, stands next to a gondola at Water World. Mastriona has retired after 43 years. Photo by Andy Carpenean

In the Know

DiD you know?

Hyland Hills Park and Recreation District was established in 1955, and was the first park and recreation district in Colo-rado. The district serves nearly 110,000 residents in a 24-square mile area located in southwest Adams County and including areas of Westminster and Arvada located in Adams County, parts of Northglenn, Thornton and, Federal Heights. For more information on the district, visit www.hylandhills.org.

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Colorado Special District Association Outstanding District Manager of the Year

Colorado Park and Recreation Associa-tion Manager of the Year and Fellow Awards

University of Northern Colorado Outstanding Alumni Award

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School board member resignsGerken’s seat will be filled within 60 daysBy Jane [email protected]

Douglas County School Board Vice Pres-ident Dan Gerken resigned the week of Jan. 7, and already has stepped down from his seat. He cited growing family and work ob-ligations.

Board President John Carson said the group will begin the process of finding his replacement during the Jan. 15 board meeting.

Gerken was elected to the board in 2009, and his term was set to expire in November. He did not re-turn calls for comment, but Carson said there is no mystery surrounding his resignation from the education reform-fo-cused board.

“We depend on people being willing to take a lot of time out of their lives and work and families to do this,” he said, noting board members invest at least 20 hours a month to the unpaid post. “Dan has served selflessly in that capacity for over three years now. I greatly appreciate what he’s done for our school district.”

Carson said Gerken first approached him about resigning shortly after the new year.

“I tried to talk him out of (resigning), but he made his decision,” he said.

Though the board has often been criti-cized for its fast-paced reform efforts, Car-son said he doesn’t believe that was a factor in Gerken’s resignation.

“If you run for office, you have to be pre-pared for that,” he said. “Speaking for my-self, the reason I got involved in public edu-cation was to make some changes in public education that I think have been needed for a long time. I know Dan felt that way as well.”

In seven years on the board, Carson said this is the fourth vacancy filled by appoint-ment.

“It’s not an infrequent occurrence,” he said.

The board has 60 days to fill the empty seat. Any candidate must live in Gerken’s district — District D — which extends from Castle Pines to the southeast corner of the county.

Potential school board candidates must be at least 18 years of age, a 12-month resi-dent and registered voter of the district, and have no direct or indirect interest in district contracts. All current school board mem-bers are registered Republicans, but the of-fice is officially nonpartisan.

“We’re just looking for people that are interested in improving public education, continuing to make our school district the best, and keep making it stronger,” Carson said.

Gerken, a father of two, lives in Castle Pines with his wife, Gina. He is chairman and co-founder of Gerken Taxman Inter-ests, a commercial real estate investment and development company.

Gerken Gov. John Hickenlooper gives his State of the State address to a joint session of the Colorado General Assembly on Jan. 10 at the state Capitol. Guns, marijuana, civil unions and the economy were among topics of Hickenlooper’s speech. More coverage, Pages 10-11. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen

An opening stAtement

Procedure attacks cancer point-blankMan could get more time with familyBy Jane [email protected]

Father of three Timothy Forehand wants more time with his young daughters. A new procedure for patients with his form of liver cancer may give him several more months.

That’s a precious gift to a man who a year ago was told he likely wouldn’t survive for one more month.

Forehand underwent surgery to install the device that’s expected to extend his life Jan. 8 at Sky Ridge Medical Center. He among the first patients in the United States to undergo the process, and Sky Ridge is the first of a handful of centers permitted to perform it pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

The Dallas man was diagnosed with ocular melanoma in January 2012. The fast-growing eye cancer already had spread to his liver, where tumors typically are lethal.

“It’s a devastating diagnosis,” said Dr. Charles Nutting, who performed the pro-cedure. “Survival is only a couple months.”

The procedure performed last week concentrates chemotherapy treatment to Forehand’s liver, instead of his entire body, so high doses of cancer-fighting chemicals can saturate the organ. The idea, Nutting said, is to “try and really beat up the tumors as much as you can.”

The drug-infused blood is then collect-ed as it leaves the liver, filtered to remove as much of the chemicals as possible, and returned to the body. The method not only targets and intensifies the treatment, but minimizes side effects.

“Normally, in chemotherapy, you have to give so much poison the patient can’t handle it,” said Dr. Krishna Kandarpa, chief medical officer with the company that cre-ated the filtration device, Delcath Systems. “Now, you can isolate it to the liver instead of the whole body.”

The procedure is minimally invasive, requiring three small incisions into which catheters are inserted.

It is not a cure. Rather, it slows the tu-mors’ progress, typically prolonging the

lives of ocular melanoma patients by about six months. Some have lived an additional three to five years.

Even six months, Kandarpa said, is re-markable. “In the oncology world, people get excited if you get 15 days, a month (of life extension),” he said.

Forehand, speaking from his Dallas home three days post-surgery, said he was exhausted but looking forward to recov-ery and a return to his normal pattern. That means hanging out with 5-, 10- and 11-year-old daughters and his wife.

“We spend as much time as we can to-gether, and that’s a lot,” he said. “I don’t really worry about prognosis anymore be-

cause it’s all irrelevant. I don’t think one day at a time. I live my life the way anybody would. I do my best to enjoy my life with my family.”

Kandarpa sees its treatment in ocular melanoma as “a platform” from which re-searchers can work toward treating other tumors.

A significant delay in a tumor’s progress, Nutting said, is a step toward the cure he believes someday will come.

“What we’re trying to do is help mini-mize the impact of the disease, trying to make them feel better for a longer period of time until we can find that next magic bul-let,” he said.

Doctors and nurses prepare Timothy Forehand for surgery Jan. 8 at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree. The Dallas man was diagnosed a year ago with cancer that has since spread to his liver. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen

‘What we’re trying to do is help minimize the impact of the disease, trying to make them feel better for a longer

period of time until we find that next magic bullet.’Dr. Charles Nutting

Gov. John Hickenlooper gives his State of the State address to a joint session of the Colorado General Assembly on Jan. 10 at the state Capitol. Guns, marijuana, civil unions and the economy were among topics of Hickenlooper’s speech. More coverage, Pages 10-11. Photo by Courtney Kuhlen

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Father of three Timothy Forehand wants more time with his young daughters. A new procedure for patients with his form of liver cancer may give him several more months.

That’s a precious gift to a man who a year ago was told he likely wouldn’t survive for one more month.

Forehand underwent surgery to install the device that’s expected to extend his life Jan. 8 at Sky Ridge Medical Center. He among the first patients in the United States to undergo the process, and Sky Ridge is the first of a handful of centers permitted to perform it pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

The Dallas man was diagnosed with ocular melanoma in January 2012. The fast-growing eye cancer already had spread to his liver, where tumors typically are lethal.

“It’s a devastating diagnosis,” said Dr. Charles Nutting, who performed the pro-cedure. “Survival is only a couple months.”

The procedure performed last week concentrates chemotherapy treatment to Forehand’s liver, instead of his entire body, so high doses of cancer-fighting chemicals can saturate the organ. The idea, Nutting said, is to “try and really beat up the tumors as much as you can.”

The drug-infused blood is then collect-ed as it leaves the liver, filtered to remove

Doctors and nurses prepare Timothy Forehand for surgery Jan. 8 at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree. The Dallas man was diagnosed a year ago with cancer that has since spread to his liver.

‘What we’re trying to do is help minimize the impact of the disease, trying to make them feel better for a longer

period of time until we find that next magic bullet.’



Tenn., while the “Hey Jude” supports

St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

“We want to give back, so we’re

supporting animals, because we love

animals, and humans,” Wirth-Klein-

bub said.

Cupcakes not sold by the end of

the day are also donated to local food

banks. While the shop is new and has

been a learning experience, the sisters

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required by TABOR.

Stay aware, legislators tell businessesaren’t going to be the ones grabbing the

headlines, so it means you really do have

to pay attention,” outgoing House Speaker

Frank McNulty said. “They’re the ones that

are going to have the highest impact on the

McNulty urged business owners to

“show up at the state Capitol,” testify and

bring supporters when issues of concern

are on the table.


Coffman to focus on veteran assistancerestructure some recent cuts to the Depart-

ment of Defense.

“I think we need to go forward with these

cuts,” he said, “but I think they could be

done in a way that doesn’t compromise our

national security. There was no attention to

detail paid to these cuts. I think that they

thought it would never happen, so the no-

tion was `let’s just do an across-the-board

cut to the Department of Defense.’

“It just isn’t rational. We’re cutting pro-

grams that are essential and giving the

same weight to programs that are essential

to our national security to programs that

probably should have gone by the wayside

a long time ago or have little value.”

Coffman said he fancies himself differ-

ent from many members in his own party

in that a lot of Republicans don’t support

any cuts to defense spending. Some of the

things on the table in Coffman’s eyes in-

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it comes to the congestion,” said Jack Hil


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more time with his young daughters. A new procedure for patients with his form of liver cancer may give him several more months.

ago was told he likely wouldn’t survive for one more month.

the device that’s expected to extend his life Jan. 8 at Sky Ridge Medical Center. He among the first patients in the United States to undergo the process, and Sky Ridge is the first of a handful of centers permitted to perform it pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

ocular melanoma in January 2012. The fast-growing eye cancer already had spread to his liver, where tumors typically are lethal.

Charles Nutting, who performed the procedure. “Survival is only a couple months.”

concentrates chemotherapy treatment to Forehand’s liver, instead of his entire body, so high doses of cancer-fighting chemicals can saturate the organ. The idea, Nutting said, is to “try and really beat up the tumors as much as you can.”

ed as it leaves the liver, filtered to remove

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New restaurant takes stir-fry to the next level

By Ashley [email protected] dining at HuHot Mongolian Grill

in Westminster, it’s more than just a meal,

it’s an experience.The new restaurant opened on Dec. 23

in the Orchard Town Center and is offering

a spin on Asian stir-fry.“HuHot allows people to create their own

meal just the way they like it,” said HuHot

Top Tier Colorado president Jay Warwick.

“People can make it as healthy as possible

if they want, and they can eat as much as

they want.”To start off the HuHot experience, guests

create their own custom stir-fry meal

with as many vegetables, noodles, meats

and sauces as desired. Once the creation

is complete, the bowl is handed off to a

grill chef who stir-fries the meal right in

front of them.As an all-you-can-eat restaurant,

guests can create as many stir-fry bowls as

they want.“The key words for us are fun, healthy,

different and unique. It’s an experience and

a conversation piece,” Warwick said. “It’s a

fun place to eat because not only do you get

to create your own meal just the way you

like it, hot, sweet or salty, you get to watch

people cook it and engage with the chefs.”

Manager Greg Thomas has been work-

ing in HuHot restaurants for 10 years. He

said the simplicity of the HuHot mod-

el and the atmosphere is what sets the

restaurant apart.“It’s very simple and there is so much

movement and so much going on to ob-

serve. It’s great for kids and families and

even for first dates,” Thomas said. “People

can actually care their food and see exactly

what goes into the food. It’s very simple and

if you like vegetables, this is the place.”HuHot Mongolian Grill also partners

with Home Front Cares, a nonprofit orga-

nization that provides responsive emer-

gency financial aid and other support to

Colorado service members, veterans and

military families.Warwick said every Monday a portion

of the sales are donated to Home Front

Cares and once a year a full day’s sales

are donated.“The average grant is about $1,000,” he

said. “The money helps out with every-

thing from rent to grocery money to car

payments. It’s such a good cause and it

fun to have the opportunity to be involved

with that.”HuHot also offers appetizers, desserts,

beer and wine. It is open from 11 a.m. to 4

p.m. for lunch and 4 p.m. to close for din-

ner every day and in the Orchard Town Cen-

ter, 14697 Delaware St. in Westminster. For

more information, visit www.huhot.com.

Criss Seal, national training chef for HuHot Mongolian Grill, left, gets flames going on a Mongolian grill as other chefs prepare dishes for customers at the new restaurant in the Orchard Town Center in Westminster, Thursday, Dec. 27. Photo by

Andy Carpenean

‘The key words for us are fun, healthy, different and

unique. It’s an experience and a conversation piece.’HuHot President Jay Warwick

Lawmakers gear up for session

By Ashley [email protected]

The election is over and now the real work begins for Colorado’s legislators. Some are veterans in their position, and some are rep-resenting their constituents for the first time.House District 35 Rep. Chery-

lin Peniston is beginning her last two-year term this year. She’s been representing the

Westminster area for the last six years, so she knows her way around the state Capitol. For this upcoming legislative

session, she is focusing on early childhood education, tanning limits for minors and expansion of

the Family and Medical Leave Act. She said she plans to bring up

the legislation on the Early Child-hood Readiness Commission, which was established through House Bill 09-1343.“The Early Childhood Readi-

ness Commission is a legislative body that is involved with what is happening in the state in early childhood education and health care,” she said. “I was carrying out that bill to continue it on and it got lost in the political cross fire. So I am working with Sen. Evie Hudak to get that put in place.”Last session Peniston’s tanning

bill, HB 1170, was postponed in-definitely. Peniston is bringing it back again for the upcoming ses-sion.

The bill notifies parents of their child’s use of commercial artifi-cial tanning devices by requiring parents to sign a permission form listing the potential risks and to stay on-site with a minor less than 14 years old.The last bill Peniston is work-

ing on is the expansion of the defi-nition of who can use the Family and Medical Leave Act. She said the bill would allow

for more people to be considered in using FMLA, like domestic part-ners, grandchildren and grand-parents.

“This will go along with the civil union bill that will definitely be passed this session,” she said. “This bill would take care of those other important family members.”

Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, who rep-resents District 21, is new to the legislative floor, but is ready to bring the wants and needs of his constituents in Westminster to the state level.

He said the legislation he is sponsoring this year reflects the concerns he heard from the com-munity members on their porches and in front of their homes during his campaign trail. He is focusing on stewardship

of taxpayer resources, financial security and community trust with law enforcement.He said he is working on a bill

to save Colorado millions of dol-lars be determining a better way to pay for the required hospital-ization and inpatient treatment

for the inmate population.“Other states, including Ala-bama, Washington and Louisiana, have adopted similar policies and have witnessed tens of millions of dollars in savings for their taxpay-ers,” he said.This year Ulibarri will be work-

ing with the Office of Economic Development and International Trade to encourage the growth of the advanced manufacturing in-dustry in Colorado. He said jobs are needed in Colorado that sup-port working families and the lo-cal economy.“I’ll be sponsoring legislation

that ensures individuals that have faced financial adversity during Lawmakers continues on Page 7

I’ve written before about agent evaluations and described how www.RatedAgent.com (where all Golden Real Estate agents are listed) bases its ratings on actual surveys mailed to cli-ents after each closing. The responses to these surveys produces an overall rating from 0 to 5. (My rating is 4.7.) How detailed is the survey? About a month after closing, clients are sent a differ-ent survey depending on whether they are a buyer or a seller. Here are some of the ques-tions asked of buyers: 1. Did your sales associate provide

written/electronic competitive or comparable market analysis prior to you making an offer?

2. How satisfied were you with the counseling and needs assess-ment provided by your sales associate?

3. How satisfied were you with the

thoroughness of the search pro-cess to find a property that met your needs?

4. How satisfied were you with the availability of your sales associ-ate? 5. How satisfied were you with your sales associate's knowledge of the area, community, and properties? 6. How satisfied were you with the assistance your sales associate provided in negotiating the price and terms of

the purchase? 7. How satisfied were you with the

quality and frequency of commu-nication provided by your sales associate?

8. How satisfied were you with your sales associate's attention to details and assistance from con-tract to closing?

9. What was your overall satisfac-tion with the results and service provided by your sales associ-ate?

10. How likely would you be to use the same sales associate to assist you in the future?

11. How likely would you be to use the same real estate company to assist you in the future?

12. How likely are you to recom-mend the services of your sales associate to a friend, neighbor, or relative?

13. How likely are you to recom-mend the services of the real estate company to a friend, neighbor, or relative?

14. What was your primary reason for selecting your sales associ-ate?

Here are some of the ques-tions asked of sellers: 1. How long did you expect your

property to be on the market before it was sold?

2. How long was your property marketed by your sales associate and broker before you accepted an offer?

3. How satisfied were you with the market-ing plan developed

and implemented for the sale of your property?

4. How satisfied were you with the price and terms of the sale?

5. How satisfied were you with the assistance your sales associate provided in negotiating the price/terms of sale?

6. What was your primary reason for selecting the sales associate you chose to market your prop-erty?

All those questions had multiple-choice answers from which to se-lect. Following them, however, there was an open ended “Comments” field in which clients could say whatever they want to say. One of my sellers said he thought he should have gotten a higher price for his home. All the

others were positive. The point is that they are not edited, and you get a true picture of the agent. By contrast, the company behind the Five Star Professional program advertised in 5280 Magazine does not reveal who is surveyed, what is asked, or how clients responded. If your agent doesn’t appear under your city at www.Rated Agent.com, ask him or her to sign up for this service — which, by the way, is free to all Realtors.

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JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRY Annual Bene� t Dinner

The American Alpine Club will be hold-ing their annual benefi t dinner in celebra-tion of the pioneers of Yosemite. This year’s keynote speaker will be climbing legend, Yvon Chouinard. The celebration will start on Friday, Feb. 7 at the American Mountaineering Center at 710 10th St, Golden, CO 80401 and with a climber’s gathering at Earth Treks Climbing Gym. The dinner will be held on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Sheraton Denver Downtown hotel in Denver which will include live and silent auctions, awards and wine. For more information including tickets go to: americanalpineclub.org/p/2014-annual-benefi t-dinner.

Je� co Public Library supports early learningJeffco Public Library has partnered

with TRIAD and Jeffco Human Services to support Jeffco’s Child Care Assistance Program and the Triad Early Childhood Council as they work to increase access to quality child care for infants and tod-dlers from families with low income. The library will present story time at licensed child-care centers and provide literacy materials to staff, parents and caregivers. Jeffco’s Child Care Assistance Program and Early Childhood Council were awarded $483,738.68 from the Colorado Depart-ment of Human Services to address the is-sue by providing child-care facilities with materials, resources and coaching to help support services.

Je� co Public Health O� ces MovingThe County’s public health offi ces

will be moving from their Golden and Lakewood offi ces to a new location at 645 Parfet Street in Lakewood. While they move, offi ces in Golden will be closed on Friday, January 24. Services will re-open to the public on Monday, January 27. Public Health’s offi ces at 260 South Kipling Street in Lakewood, including clinic services, health communications, WIC, immuniza-tions and nurse home visitation programs will be moving on Wednesday, March 5, Thursday, March 6 and Friday, March 7, 2014. During this time services to the pub-lic will be closed. Limited clinic and other services will be up and running at 645 Par-fet Street by Monday, March 10, 2014. The

main switchboard phone number for the new location will be 303-232-6301, with most other phone numbers remaining the same. Stay tuned for any updates at jeffco.us/public-health or call 303-232-6301.

Tux’s and T’s Event The Applewood Business Association

will hold a night of fun and games on Friday, Jan. 31. “Dress Up-Dress Down-Or Mix It Up But, Just Come Dresses” starts at 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Vista at Applewood Golf Course. There will be fun, food, drink, casino games and silent auc-tion. Tickets are $25 per person or 12 pack for $250. To purchase tickets go to www.ApplewoodBusiness.com.

NEWS IN A HURRY Rock Steady returns to Link Rec center

Rock Steady is a recreational climbing competition for ages 6 and older and all abilities.

The event is on Saturday, Feb. 1. The youth events are from 9 a.m. to noon and adults are 12:45-5 p.m. at the Link Recre-ation Center, 1295 S. Reed St.

The event includes climbing, awards, raffl e prizes and music.

Registration is $25 in advance and $35 the day of.

LAC hosting art supply saleThe Lakewood Art Council will host

its art supply sale at the LAC Gallery, 85 S. Union Blvd.

The event will be from Feb. 3 to 27. The sale will take place along with a Small

Works exhibit in the downstairs gallery.Donated art supplies are being

requested for delivery to the gallery on Saturday, Feb. 1, 10 a.m. to noon.

A public reception will be held at the gallery on Thursday, Feb. 6, 6:30-8 p.m.

Call 303 980-0625 or visit www.lake-woodartscouncil.org for more informa-tion.

LWV host open space discussionThe Jeffco League of Women Voters has

been working to document the League’s actions which help to create Jefferson County’s open space funding and policy.

Results of the Jefferson County League of Women Voters Open Space Legacy Project will be reviewed at the three small group meetings in Lakewood this month.

The fi rst meeting will be 9:15 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 29, at Westland Meridian, 10695 W. 17th Ave.

The second meeting will be 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 1425 Brentwood, Suite 7.

The fi nal meeting will be 9:15 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Cason-Howell House, 1575 Kipling.

To learn more about the Jeffco LWV, visit www.lwvjeffco.org.


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Growing in placeLakewood-based construction company goes to work in Highlands RanchBy Clarke [email protected]

More than 200 Highlands Ranch Stem High and Academy students were on hand on Jan. 9 to sign and hoist the 40-foot cen-ter beam of the school’s 30,000-square-foot addition.

Teachers and staff from the school, 8773 S. Ridgeline Blvd., were also at the site to celebrate the start of construction by Him-melman, a Lakewood-based construction company.

“This is something we like to do with our projects — gather support from the end user, which in this case is the kids,” Barry Himmelman, president of the construction company said. “We believe that if we get them involved they will carry on the pride of ownership for as long as they’re there.”

The goal is to have the addition finished by April.

Himmelman said the hoisting of the center beam symbolizes the completion of the hardest part of the project and now work can move forward on interior works.

This is the beginning of a relationship students will have with the company, as they take a hands-on role in creating the 3-D renderings of the addition.

“We own this — we’re nerds and our stu-dents are the ones who get really excited by this kind of work,” Dr. Penny Eucker, Exec Director of the STEM school said. “The kids get to be part of the history and are just giddy over this.”

STEM High and Academy raised $3.3 million in bonds to fund this addition, be-cause space is so limited at the school that overflow students are going to class in a nearby hotel until the project is finished.

The project is an example of the school’s philosophy, which encourages partner-ships with businesses, technology and higher education.

“3-D modeling is something our stu-

dents learn to do here, so we decided to open up some of the designs for them,” Eucker said. “Himmelman has really em-braced the learning style of the students and with each step, the partnership be-tween us has deepened.”

Himmelman said he hopes the involve-ment sparks some desire in the students to learn more about engineering and design.

“This is considered unique but we’re hoping it becomes traditional for compa-nies,” Himmelman said.

The 40-foot beam that students signed being hoisted into place at the addition for the school. Photo by Clarke Reader

Family Tree group refocuses its profileOrganization to raise awareness of approaches to abuse, homelessnessBy Hugh Johnson

Family Tree, a 37-year-old, non-profit organization in Wheat Ridge, has undergone a rebranding initiative focused on raising the organization’s profile in the Denver metro area.

Family Tree’s main goal is to in-crease public awareness about the way in which it deals with homelessness, child abuse and domestic violence. Instead of being an organization with programs designed for three separate issues, Family Tree seeks a deeper un-derstanding of how the three are con-nected and uses that knowledge to empower those who walk through the door.

By using a more comprehensive approach, Family Tree provides im-mediate aid for victims along with the tools to help them rebuild and sustain new lives. For example, a mother and her children might stay at Family Tree’s domestic violence shelter and upon leaving, seek supportive services from Family Tree’s Homelessness Program

or obtain vouchers to shop at Family Tree’s Treasure Trunk Thrift Store, also located in Wheat Ridge.

Dana Juniel, Family Tree’s director of public relations and marketing, said the rebranding process has caused the organization to look at how they are perceived by the community. The end result is a strong message to the pub-lic that changes the way people view these issues.

“Family Tree is the only organiza-tion in the Denver metro area work-ing to address the interconnected-ness among these issues and for that reason, we are changing the way in-dividuals, families and communities see, respond to and overcome them,” Juniel said. “By leveraging our deeper, broader and more holistic approach, Family Tree is empowering individuals to discover their own strengths to cre-ate lasting, positive change.”

Family Tree looks to extend its outreach through powerful partner-ships, education programs and special events. In June, Family Tree will host its 21st Celebration of Achievement din-ner. The dinner will honor Family Tree clients who have successfully trans-formed their lives. Family Tree will also recognize one person, group or orga-nization with the 2014 Community

Award. Juniel believes the dinner is a great opportunity for the community to experience what makes Family Tree so special.

Through rebranding, Family Tree looks to increase awareness of the is-sues of child abuse and neglect, do-mestic violence and homelessness, while broadening their base of sup-port.

The new Family Tree logo features the tagline “Empowering change, transforming lives.” Courtesy photo

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BLOGGING THE ARTS New 40 West site highlight’s areas artists By Clarke Reader [email protected]

40 West Arts has earned its reputation over the past several years as Lakewood’s hub for creative activity, and has drawn blogger Liz Black to the area to chronicle the artistic development.

The 40 West Artsphere blog launched on Nov. 21 and has already taken a look at the 40 West Arts Festival show and the work of resident William Jude Rumley.

“This is a great addition to our commu-nications, and gives a third party voice to what we’re doing here,” said Bill Marino, executive director of the Lakewood-West Colfax Business Improvement District. “Liz has a unique perspective on what’s going on here, and represents the new demo of young people that are coming to the area.”

Black has lived in Colorado for 14 years, and she and her husband have lived in the West Colfax area for around fi ve years.

“We moved to the area because we wanted to be close to the light rail and we thought it would be a good fi t for us,” Black said.

While she has no formal background in art, Black said she has been interested in it

for a while and started taking classes and now paints.

“I always had an interest in what an artist is thinking and their process,” Black explained. “I began volunteering with 40 West, and I thought that since blogging is a new media to get the word out that this would be a dream project for me.”

The best part for Black is getting to know the artists and how they go about their works.

“My approach to the project so far has been pretty organic,” Black said. “I keep an eye out for things that speak to me. There are so many styles out there that I just have to be aware.”

Black sees herself as a kind of medium

for artists to get the word out about their work, goals and how they approach their craft.

“When I started out I was a little nervous but the response has been overwhelmingly positive,” she said.

The growth the area has experienced as a result of the light rail and 40 West’s pres-ence has been fascinating for Black to see and be a part of.

“I’m really looking forward to showcas-ing the artistic changes in the area and the overwhelming sense of creativity,” she said. “I want to try to open a door for read-ers to see how these artists work.”

To read Black’s blog, go to 40wartsphere.wordpress.com.

Public help sought in � res investigation West Metro working with Lakewood Police, CBI on case By Clarke Reader [email protected]

The West Metro Fire Rescue, Lakewood Police and Colorado Bureau of Investiga-tions are still investigating a series of sus-picious fi res that occurred in late October.

The fi res happened in the area of W. Al-ameda Ave. and S. Estes St. before 6 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Fifteen vehicles, one motorcycle and two residences were dam-aged or destroyed in the fi res.

“We collected a lot of information since the event and we have received a lot of leads from the public,” said fi re marshal Bruce Kral.

West Metro Fire Rescue investigators have determined the fi res were intention-ally set and the situation is being called ar-son. Damage to the parking structure, cars and motorcycle as well as the homes and contents is estimated to be near $250,000.

“Physical evidence is always going to be damaged when you’re dealing with fi re, and so this is the time when public help becomes vital,” Kral said.

Dozens of leads from citizens have been followed up on and several persons

of interest have been interviewed accord-ing to information provided by West Met-ro. Evidence from the fi re scenes has been analyzed with the help of the laboratories at the CBI and security camera footage is being used. An evidence detecting canine and a bloodhound have also been used to investigate the situation.

There was another fi re of a suspicious nature in the area on Nov. 2 and due to some similarities has not been ruled out as being related to the Oct. 22 fi res.

In response to these events Lakewood police have increased their presence in the neighborhoods and there has been no further activity since they started.

Kral is advising community members to keep an eye out for suspicious activity in their neighborhoods.

“The more information we have, the sooner we will solve this,” he said. “No in-formation is too small.”

Some things residents should be aware of is keeping their cars parked a reason-able distance from structures, make sure their smoke detectors and fi re extinguish-ers work and keep doors to homes and ve-hicles locked.

Anyone with additional information re-garding this crime is urged to contact West Metro Fire Rescue at 303-989-4307 or the Lakewood Police Department at 303-987-7111.

Best Buy robbed Police requesting help in locating suspect By Clarke Reader [email protected]

Lakewood police are asking for resi-dents’ help in locating a man believed to have robbed a Lakewood Best Buy and pepper sprayed one of the employees who tried to stop him.

The robbery happened around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at the Best Buy located at 384 S. Wadsworth Blvd.

The suspect is white or Hispanic in his mid-twenties. He is around 5-feet-10-inches tall and weighs around 170 pounds. He was carrying a black shoul-der-slung satchel and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, gray beanie

cap, black jeans and black and white shoes.

According to information sup-plied by the police, after spending a short time in the store the suspect left through the front doors with electronic equipment he had not paid for. A loss prevention offi cer attempted to stop the man and the suspect sprayed him in the face with what is believed to have been pepper spray.

During the confrontation, the loss prevention offi cer was able to retrieve at least one piece of the electronic equip-ment. It is possible the suspect may have had additional items from the store in a satchel he carried.

Detectives are asking anyone who may have information as to the identity of the suspect or that would assist them in their investigation to call Lakewood Police Detective Bryan Feik at 303-987-7111.

Coalition wins 2090 case By Clarke Reader [email protected]

The 2090 Coalition has won the case for the 2090 Wright St. property.

In a ruling issued on Thursday, Jan. 16, Judge Margie Enquist of the Jefferson Coun-ty District Court ruled that the property is owned by the City of Lakewood and must be used as park or open space land. The land cannot be developed, sold, or leased with-out a majority vote of the citizens.

“I felt excitement and vindication read-ing the ruling,” said 2090 Coalition co-chair Heather Wenger. “We’ve always focused on two issues — that the city owns the land and the use of it as park land — and she (En-quist) agreed with us.”

The city issued a statement saying it is reviewing the ruling.

“The court has declared that Lakewood owns the land based on a document that is not a deed, which is the customary way land ownership is transferred,” the statement said. “Given that, the city is currently exam-ining the details of the ruling for their long-term ramifi cations.”

The statement further said the court’s ruling also is clear that Jeffco Public Schools has held the recorded title to 2090 S. Wright St. since 1977 and unequivocally states that the City of Lakewood never held title to the land.

The trial over the fate of the property be-gan after Enquist dismissed the Jefferson County School District, City of Lakewood and 2090 Wright St. Coalition’s applications for summary judgment on ownership in Oc-tober.

Jeffco Schools fi led a quiet title on the land in 2012 after the rezoning of the prop-erty was withdrawn.

After dismissing the summary judgment applications, Enquist heard from all parties involved and concluded the trial on Nov. 7.

“Based on a totality of the evidence pre-sented and consideration of the applicable law, this Court fi nds that on Aug. 1, 1981, the district’s rights to use of the property were rendered null and void and the city’s future interest in the property automatical-ly came into effect without any action re-quired on behalf of the city,” Enquist wrote in her decision.

She also noted that while the city had fi led a disclaimer, it was not effective to eliminate the city’s title to the property, and wrote that “the property may not be leased or sold without a favorable vote on the question of such lease or sale by a majority of the registered electors of the city voting thereon.”

In the city’s statement it states that the court ruled the city and city council acted with transparency and did not violate the Colorado Open Meetings Law.

There is still a chance for the city or Jeffco schools to appeal the decision, so Wenger said the situation is not over yet.

“So much money has been spent and there has been a lot of questioning of how it was spent. We’re hoping that any further decisions to pursue this will be voted on by the council with public comment,” she said. “Mayor Murphy said we would let the courts decide and we’re hoping this doesn’t go any further because they don’t like the decision.”

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Time for major immigration reformColorado is home to roughly half a mil-

lion immigrants, about a third of whom are undocumented, according to a report by the Center for Immigration Studies. More than 11 million undocumented immigrants are estimated to be in the United States.

In Colorado and across the nation, in-dustries like farming and construction rely on the labor provided by workers who are not in the country legally. To that end, the way of life enjoyed by so many Americans is dependent upon them.

The system, however, under which these immigrants work, live and learn is broken. Few would argue against that point. But what’s to be done?

Spearheaded by a bipartisan “Gang of Eight” — which included Sen. Michael Bennet, of Colorado — a comprehensive immigration-reform measure passed, with support from a number of Republicans, through the Democrat-controlled U.S. Sen-ate last June. The bill, S. 744, went nowhere in the House, though.

Early signs are that the Republican-controlled House has no plans to take up a single comprehensive bill this year either, but will instead address immigration in a

piecemeal fashion of multiple measures.It is encouraging that the House plans to

address this critical issue, and in fact, there are reports that Speaker John Boehner aims to unveil the principles of the plan before the end of the month. But as they forge ahead with a plan of their own, we urge House leaders to embrace the primary tenets of the Senate-passed measure.

For one thing, S. 744 is good for busi-ness. A letter sent to the Senate last June in support of the bill was signed by myriad business organizations, including the Den-ver Metro, South Metro Denver and U.S. chambers of commerce.

In part, the letter said:“America’s current immigration system

is broken and does not meet the needs of our citizens or businesses. Improvements to our nation’s immigration policies are long overdue and are essential to con-

tinued economic growth. We especially applaud the efforts of the bipartisan `Gang of 8’ for their leadership on this issue and commend the entire Senate for your hard work on this difficult and controversial issue.”

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, hardly a stronghold of liberal ideals, is one of the most outspoken proponents of compre-hensive immigration reform in general and S. 744 in particular, touting a study that says the nation’s economy would stand to grow by $1.5 trillion over 10 years.

S. 744 — also known as the Border Secu-rity, Economic Opportunity, and Immigra-tion Modernization Act — takes a truly broad-based approach to reform.

Among other things, the bill calls for:• More than $40 billion of initial funding

to shore up border security.• Mandatory use by employers of an

electronic employment verification system known as E-Verify.

• Creation of a Registered Provisional Immigrant program that includes back-ground checks and mandates the payment of application fees. RPI status may be renewed after six years and immigrants can

pursue lawful permanent residence after 10 years, if they remain employed, pay taxes, pass background checks and meet English proficiency requirements.

• A faster track to lawful permanent residence for undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children and for agricultural workers.

• A path to citizenship, for those who fulfill the RPI requirements, which would take 13 years or more.

That last point, the path to citizenship, has been one of the more controversial aspects of the bill and was met with large resistance by House Republicans last year. We’re not sold on the necessity of it being part of an immigration overhaul, but we understand and appreciate the importance it plays for both lawmakers behind the bill and for immigrants whose dream includes citizenship.

With worker shortages looming and wasteful spending rampant on a current system that isn’t getting the job done, S. 744 is, on the whole, a beacon of hope. Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives would do well to follow the light — and act now.

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See the big game in person?The Denver Broncos are going to the Super Bowl! But would you ever consider physically going to the Super Bowl yourself considering travel, price of tickets, hotel, parking, $10 beers, etc., etc.? Or is the stay at your home/man cave experience in front your own big screen TV equal to or even better than freezing your butt off at the stadium? We asked several of our readers these tough questions and got these responses:

“The last game day experience I had was a bad one for numerous reasons. I definitely won’t be spending my money for a regular season game again. But I would consider a big game like the AFC Championship or Super Bowl.”

Will Petersen, Littleton

“I think staying at home and watching the game is very underrated. It’s warm, TVs are so good today and you don’t have to worry about all the things that go along with going to the game.”

Michael Joycox, Broomfield

“I would definitely want to go see my team in a Super Bowl, I hope every true fan of their team would. I don’t care what the price or what I have to do to get a ticket. I am going!”

Christopher Dolge, Arvada

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Too good to be true? By the time you read this, we’ll know

whether the Denver Broncos advanced to the Super Bowl … and whether you purchased counterfeit tickets for the show-down.

The chances of both happening are pretty high. The Broncos will likely put the Patriots away. And, as of this writing, single tickets to the AFC Championship game in Denver are going for as much as $500 to $1,200 each on Craigslist.

When they went on sale at 10 a.m. Monday after the Broncos’ victory over the Chargers, game tickets were snatched up in fewer than 15 minutes, and people got a “sold out” message online as early as 10:01 a.m. Many people have had to turn to resell tickets, where prices can be 400 percent over face value.

None of this, actually, is bad. Fans who believe (in the Broncos or, less reasonably, in the Patriots) are quite willing to pay big bucks for the big game and this secondary market is the only way to get there.

The problem is that many of these the tickets are fake.

The Broncos, the NFL, and Denver police are warning fans about counterfeit tickets, especially those with prices that seem to good to be true. These fake tickets look like the real thing—but they don’t behave that way. The solution, we’re told, is to purchase game tickets only through Ticketmaster and NFL Ticket Exchange.

Of course, however, many tickets resold by individuals are legit. But it’s difficult to tell the difference.

NFL tickets aren’t the only counterfeit offerings out there. For example, the FTC recently took action against four weight-loss companies. It’s no secret that weight loss is an American obsession — maybe as big as scoring tickets to championship games — especially now when we are set-ting goals for the New Year such as eating healthy and getting more exercise.

But most of us do feel that we could use some help, and weight-loss products are

big business.The problem is that many of their

claims are fake.According to the FTC, one of the biggest

offenders is the company that manufac-tures and markets Sensa as a powder users sprinkle on their food to spur weight loss — a pitch that seems too good to be true.

Personally, I don’t particularly subscribe to the theory that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is … lots of just such good things have come my way through the years.

But I’ve also fallen prey to offers that weren’t what they said they were.

Usually this was because I wanted to believe … wanted to believe that the hotel I booked online really was on the beach. That the discounted sunglasses with the popular logo were genuine. That if I sent a complete proposal outlining my strategy for someone else’s business problem, I would get the job. (I don’t do that any-more.)

So, the lesson I’m taking away from this news of deceptive advertising, unscrupu-lous scalpers, and ticket counterfeiters is caveat emptor—let the buyer beware.

But I still do want to believe. And if I’ve learned anything else from this too-good-to-be-true football season, it’s that if we believe, good things can and do happen.

Andrea Doray is a writer who’s always believed in the Broncos because they are the real deal. Contact her at [email protected]

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Road to more funding looks rough Nearly two years of discussions and

18 months of research on transportation funding options crashed to the fl oor with a thud last Friday in the Lookout Room at the Taj Mahal in Golden.

MPACT64 was created as a statewide forum where the Metro Mayors Caucus could meet with Club 20, the Progres-sive 15 and Action 22, representing all 64 counties across Colorado. Following the economic collapse of 2008, state budgets have kept squeezing down on transporta-tion funding. This has reduced available dollars at every level of local government. These reductions have been exacerbated by the diminishing effectiveness of the state gasoline tax as more fuel effi cient and alternative fuel vehicles continue to enter the fl eet.

Although highways and transit have been funded primarily with user fees, including the gas tax, for nearly a century, these no longer generate revenues that match the increase in demand for high-ways and transportation services. Polling has found a widespread hatred of gas tax increases for nearly 20 years despite the fact that the tax has not been increased since 1992. The only alternative that would continue to maintain the historical

“user pays” principle would be a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) levy.

Once again, polling fi nds this option is little more attractive than gas taxes, while being poorly understood and raising privacy concerns. Consequently, MPACT 64 surveyed Colorado voters last year to determine what revenue option would prove the most popular, or least unpopu-lar, with voters.

The answer was a hike in the state-wide sales tax. MPACT64, together with contractors and other organizations concerned about the deterioration of state roads, developed a ballot proposition that would impose an additional seven-tenths of a cent sales tax statewide in order to raise $600 million annually in additional revenues. These dollars would be divvied

up between state and local governments in accordance with the existing state formula for distributing transportation revenues. After the crushing defeat of the proposed hike in state income taxes to fund K-12 schools this past November, in which question 66 was defeated by a near-ly two to one margin, MPACT64 decided to test the appeal of its sales tax proposal.

Maria Garcia Berry and Roger Sherman of CRL Associates delivered the bad news to supporters last week. Some 52-percent of those polled would vote no, while only 42-percent leaned yes. And 80 percent of the no voters are intensely opposed and just half the yes voters are strongly favor-able. Support in rural areas, which would be the primary benefi ciaries of increased spending, only mustered 35 percent sup-port. The suburbs barely produced 50 percent support, while Denver came in on the statewide average at 42 percent. The consultants, to their considerable credit, advised their clients that they should wait for a more propitious political climate somewhere over the horizon. Only 4 percent of those polled reported trans-portation funding as a priority. 33 percent placed jobs and the economy at the top of the list. And, a surprising 46 percent sug-

gested additional government effi ciency is needed — suggesting belt-tightening as a source of revenues.

While it is apparent this is not a good time to attempt to raise taxes, there were few clues as to the virulence of voter resis-tance. The MPACT64 pollsters speculated that the state’s much touted economic turnaround may only be reaching a sliver of residents, while the vast majority of Colorado taxpayers continue to struggle with reduced incomes and pinched personal budgets. Others speculated that only a comprehensive proposal similar to Referendum C approved in 2005, which included assistance to schools, roads, higher education and human services held the potential for creating a winning coalition.

Miller Hudson is a former state legisla-tor with 30 years involvement in regional transportation issues, having served as Executive Director of the Colorado Inter-mountain Fixed Guideway Authority’s I-70 Mountain Corridor monorail study. He continues to monitor Front Range transit planning and can be reached at [email protected].

NEWS IN A HURRY

Another take How can the headline in the Jan. 16

edition note “Jeffco school board legal costs may rise,” when the reporter covered only related salary costs and provided no listing of past (i.e. $400,000 plus for out-side legal help) or projected expenditures in the text of her article?

If she speculated that costs of laptop computers may rise, would you waste print on that?

How would repeated public discussion

of the minority board members’ desire to waste public time, and remain legally ‘invincibly ignorant’ of their tasks, benefi t Jeffco taxpayers or students?

Might not a responsible business oriented board, such as we now have, ac-tually be able to fi nd some expenditure(s) to cut?

Is this a continuation of the campaign to smear or hamstring the new board.

Russell W HaasGolden

See you at the top — or over it If you have ever experienced skiing

with a group or with your family, you just may be familiar with this statement, usually shouted from a chairlift down to a family member or friend on the slopes, or even spoken into a cell phone when two parties have been separated from one another, “I will see you at the top.”

Although I have been skiing in Colo-rado for the past 18 seasons, this still happens to our family, as a matter of fact it happened a couple of weeks ago as I was skiing with two of my children. We became separated and as I was going back up the chairlift I found myself shouting down to my son, “I’ll see you at the top!”

And spending as much time skiing each year as I do, I have had the opportunity to hear the phrase “See you at the top or meet me at the top” with great frequency.

This statement has special meaning for me for other reasons too. Zig Ziglar’s fi rst book is titled “See You at the Top.” Millions of people have been impacted by

this book as it is a guide to personal and professional success. Having worked with Mr. Ziglar and his family for many years, just hearing the words “See you at the top” brings back incredible and wonderful memories for me.

Where is the “Top?” It’s all relative right? I mean the “Top” for you may be different than the “Top” for your neighbor or coworker. When we are skiing and get separated it’s easy to identify where the top actually is on the mountain. But in life, the “Top” can be a tricky thing for some

people to identify with or just have a hard time seeing happening for themselves.

The book, “See You at the Top” focuses on things like having a healthy self-image, the importance of a positive attitude, building winning relationships, setting and achieving goals, and living with hope. So you see, it’s not targeted at any specifi c role or job type, it is a book that was writ-ten to meet people, all people, wherever they are on their success journey.

Mr. Ziglar didn’t stop there though, as he continued to motivate and inspire millions of people around the world, he

changed the ending to each one of his talks. Instead of ending with, “I will see you, and yes I do mean you at the top,” he changed it to “Hey I am going to see you, and yes I do mean you, not just at the top, I am going to see you over the top.” That little change and reminder at the end of his talks or seminars made all the differ-ence for me personally in the pursuit of my goals as I know there is always more to strive for.

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The longest-running stage play in the world will open up the Arvada Center’s 2014 season with plenty of mystery, dry humor and wit to go around.

Agatha Christie’s classic “The Mouse-trap” has been delighting audiences in London’s West End for 61 years, and will run at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wad-sworth Blvd., Jan. 28 through Feb. 23.

Performances will be Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Wednes-day at 1 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Due to increased demand 1 p.m. matinees have been added on Thursday, Feb. 6, 13 and 20.

“Agatha Christie is one of the most translated writers in the world and ‘The Mousetrap’ is one of the works that Christie-philes know best,” Pat Payne, director of the show said.

According to Payne, “The Mousetrap” tells the story of a group of strang-ers stranded in a country inn during a snowstorm. There is a murder and a de-tective shows up to investigate the case, and as he does everyone comes under suspicion as secrets and past misdeeds are revealed.

“I’ve directed other Agatha Christie plays, and I love her characters and sto-ries,” Payne said. “There are lots of red herrings in the story and it really keeps the audiences guessing.”

The ending is historically famous, as is the dedication the keeping that

ending secret from people who haven’t seen the show. Payne said the theater is looking to maintain that secrecy and is hoping people who know the ending won’t spoil it for others.

The cast is made up of some Arvada Center favorites as well as Kathleen Brady, a veteran of the Denver Center Theatre Company, who is making her debut at the center.

“I’ve never done an Agatha show before, but I’m really enjoying it,” Brady said. “There is such a diverse number of characters and there aren’t a lot of similarities between them, which makes it interesting.”

Brady plays Mrs. Boyle, who she describes as a woman who used to be wealthy, but is now having a hard time adjusting to the mannerisms and changes of the times. She’s not used to the way things are, Brady added, and is straight forward and honest about what she thinks.

“I love grand dames who are a little step out of the times,” Brady said.

Graham Ward, who was last seen at the center in “Around the World in 80 Days,” plays Detective Sergeant Trot-ter. Ward describes the detective as someone who is trying to put the case together but doesn’t quite take things are seriously as everyone else.

“We don’t know much about him outside of the case,” Ward said. “All the other characters are trying to make transformations and get through things but he’s focused on solving the case.”

Ward said one of the most challeng-

ing parts about Trotter is the cockney slang accent that occasionally slips out.

For Payne, who is a very collabora-tive director, putting the show together has been a great process thanks to the people he is working with.

“With a cast and crew who are so talented it makes things as a director very easy,” he said. “The design staff just comes in and creates — they are con-tinually adding details to the set.”

Payne, Brady and Ward said the show has something for everyone, and is a great whodunnit for mystery fans.

“I think of it as dessert because it’s such a yummy piece of theater,” Payne said. “The mystery is fantastic — we sold you the whole seat, but you’re only going to need the edge of it.”

For tickets and more information call 720-898-7200 or visit www.arvadacen-ter.org.

Arvada Center hosts Agatha Christie’s masterpiece

Bronco, wife a dynamic duo in magazine

Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker and his country star (pregnant) wife, Jessie James Decker — arguably the NFL’s cutest couple — are featured in an eight-picture spread in the February edition of GQ magazine and on www.gq.com.

The couple are snapped in provocative poses — cooking together (at least licking the bowl), canoodling in bed, bubble-bathing, “working out” in the home gym, horsing around among memorabilia — with Decker clad in distressed jeans (how distressed can they be when they fetch up to $700 a pair) and James in her unmen-tionables.

The point of the article — other than to feature titillating photos of a ridicu-lously attractive couple — is a denim discussion.

“When Denver’s newly ascendant star Eric Decker isn’t wearing his Broncos uni-form, he’s kicking back in jeans with his (pregnant!) country-singer wife, Jessie James, and the crew of their reality series, `Eric & Jessie: Game On.’ Here, he sports the season’s best beat-up, broken-in, and distressed denim — the kind you (almost) never want to take off.”

Read more at www.gq.com/style/fashion/201402/eric-decker-jessie-james-distressed-jeans#ixzz2qaoEpHUX.

Strahan, Letterman talk ManningLate-night talk show host David Let-

terman used his national forum to ask the question on many football fans’ minds when former football great, talk-show host and Fox-TV NFL analyst Michael Strahan guested on the show recently.

“I’m so tired of people screaming, ‘Omaha’...,” Letterman told Strahan, referring to Broncos quarterback Pey-ton Manning’s favorite cue at the line of scrimmage. “Why does he do that?”

“Because (he) likes the steaks,” Strahan said.

Letterman also questioned why Man-ning moves around so much prior to the snap.

“When he goes to the line he looks like he’s got another job,” the talk-show host said. “He looks like he’s working part-time at a gift card store picking out stuff, running around, ‘Oh my God,’ we’re out of ribbon.’ Then he comes back and takes the snap. Is he the first guy to be so darn busy at his second job as a quarterback?”

“I don’t think anybody has made it look as difficult as Peyton,” Strahan said. “I’m still not buying all that is necessary. I think he says, ‘I’m doing all of this so kids at home think I’m cool.’ There’s no way, Dave, the other 10 guys on offense understand all that stuff. They’re not that smart.”

Fort Collins 4th drunkest cityFort Collins has earned the dubious

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And every time I hear someone else shout it from a chairlift or from the slopes I am reminded that the “Top” is only a temporary destination in our life journey and pursuit of happiness and success. It’s the attitude of going further, beyond the top, that drives me to want to work harder at my goals. For me it is about going “Over the top.”

What do you think about when you hear the words, “See you at the top?” Where is the “Top” for you? Have you ever imagined what could be beyond the “Top” or as Zig says, “Over the top?” for yourself? I would love to hear all about it at [email protected] and when you do seek the top or going over the top it will defi nitely be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is a resident of High-lands Ranch, the former President of the Zig Ziglar Corporation and the CEO/Founder of www.candogo.com.

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the drinking habits of residents in met-ropolitan areas based on their binge and heavy drinking rates.

What city took the top spot on the drunkest cities list? Fargo, N.D. Have you been to Fargo? If so, you’ll totally under-stand this ranking because — especially in the winter when temperatures plunge to negative numbers that should never be seen by human beings — there’s nothing else to do.

Here’s the complete list: 1. Fargo, N.D.; 2. Columbus, Neb.; 3. Missoula, Mont.; 4. Fort Collins; 5. Brookings, S.D.; 6. Milwau-kee, Wis.; 7. Lawrence, Kan.; 8. Tallahassee, Fla.; 9. Bozeman, Mont.; 10. Lincoln, Neb.

Read more at www.bustle.com/articles/12130-38-million-americans-have-a-problem-with-alcohol-the-10-drunkest-american-cities.

Sharpe to speak at fundraiserBroncos former tight end and 2011

Pro Football Hall of Famer turned TV NFL analyst Shannon Sharpe will be the keynote speaker at The Journey, the Junior League of Denver’s fundraiser to support literacy efforts in the Denver metro area, on March 13.

A lesser-known fact about Sharpe is his dedication to literacy and education. It wasn’t until his early teen years that he learned to read, guided by his grandmoth-er’s infl uence.

All proceeds support the Junior League of Denver’s focus, which is changing lives through literacy in the Denver metro area. The March 13 event starts at 6 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center. Tickets are $125 per person. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.jld.org or call 303-692-0270.

Hitting the sweet spotSweet!Longmont-based Robin Chocolates

(www.robinchocolates.com/), owned by Robin Autorino, has been named one

of the top 10 chocolate makers in North America for 2013 by “Dessert Profes-sional,” the leading trade publication for chocolate, pastry, baking and ice cream professionals.

“We are tremendously honored,” said Autorino, who founded Robin Chocolates in 2008. “Our passion is making bold, beautiful and delicious chocolates and pastries, and it is enormously satisfying to be recognized for our work.”

Robin Chocolates is a family-run busi-ness where Autorino’s husband, Chris, handles the company’s artwork and website.

“One rule I learned in the military is that precision counts,” she said. “If it doesn’t look perfect and taste great, I won’t sell it.”

Readers and visitors to the shop at 600 S. Airport Road, Longmont, can mention the code #topchocolateshop for 5 percent off all orders through the end of January.

Heritage Square items on saleAfter a 25-year run, Golden’s Heritage

Square Music Hall closed Dec. 31 cit-ing lack of funds to fi nance productions. Heritage Square is putting all of its con-tents — costumes, scenery, props, theater equipment, photo memory books and CDs — up for sale 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 23, 24 and 25.

Call Jane at 303-434-1204 with ques-tions or to set up an appointment for theater items, call Scott Koop at 303-233-1198.

OverheardEavesdropping on Andrew Hudson’s

Facebook page: “New job on AH jobs list! Governor, state of New Jersey.”

Penny Parker’s “Mile High Life” column gives insights into the best events, res-taurants, businesses, parties and people throughout the metro area. Parker also writes for Blacktie-Colorado.com. You can subscribe and read her columns (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) at www.blacktie-colorado.com/pennyparker. She can be reached at [email protected] or at 303-619-5209.


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Girls basketball

Alameda 56, Arvada 54While Arvada was up by eight points at halftime, Alameda came back scoring 15 points in the third and 19 points in the fourth. Sophomore Preshus Nash scored 27 points, senior Jocelin Acevedo scored 13 and junior Alejandra Pena scored 12. Holly Dock had nine rebounds, Jailene Pierce recorded eight, Nash had seven and Pena had six. Pena had seven blocks in the game.

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Tigers win latest ‘battle for Lakewood’Lakewood has taken step forward; Bears improving tooBy Daniel [email protected]

LAKEWOOD - The battle for Lakewood went to Lakewood High’s boys’ hoops which outlasted a scrappy Bear Creek team 49-40 Wednesday at Bear Creek High School.

A pair of seniors both played the role of savvy upperclassmen doing just enough to hold off a Bear Creek team that made a sec-ond half push after lackluster first half.

Diego Jimenez scored 13 points and de-livered six assists, with a couple of those as-sists going to fellow senior Guy Young who scored 12 points and pulled down eight rebounds.

The duo managed to find points on a night where they were hard to come by.

The Bears put themselves in an early hole as they failed to get their offense in action scoring only six points in the first quarter, going into halftime down 23-13.

However, their defense kept the Tigers close as they attempted to pull off a second half comeback behind a pair of their own seniors.

DJ Miles, one of the best scorers in Jef-fco, wasn’t at his best on Wednesday night, but his 15 points helped get Bear Creek back in a game that could have easily be-come a blowout.

The Bears kept the Tigers close behind tough defense and big three pointers made by senior Robert Mendez.

But Bear Creek, despite being a much

improved unit this season, could never close the gap.

Bears head coach Marty Clark is still one of the newest coaches in Jeffco taking over Bear Creek’s head coach taking over for Zach Morris.

But it is obvious his program is better than they were last season and looks head-ed in the right direction.

The Bears (5-8, 1-5 in 5A Jeffco) were 4-4 this season before dropping four straight games.

However, the five wins Bear Creek cur-rently has matches their win total over the last three years combines (three games last season and one game in 2011-2012).

Bear Creek will play at Standley Lake Saturday at 7 p.m.

Lakewood on the other hand went from average 5A Jeffco team last season to a team that can compete for a league title and maybe make a playoff run.

The Tigers (9-5, 4-3 in 5A Jeffco) have won five straight games after dropping three straight in mid-December.

Red hot Lakewood will play at Dakota Ridge Thursday at 7 p.m.

With the Bears’ crowd in full force both teams wait for the rebound while Bear Creek’s Robert Mendez is on the free throw line on Wednesday. Photo by Dan Williams

Wheat Ridge can’t close in on Green MountainSlow starts have cost the Farmers potential wins this seasonBy Daniel [email protected]

WHEAT RIDGE - A sloppy second quarter cost Wheat Ridge in a 64-57 loss to Green Mountain Wednesday at Wheat Ridge High School.

The Farmers outscored the Rams in the three other quarters combined, but a 21-11 second quarter cost Wheat Ridge the league game.

Turnovers and Green Mountain con-trolling the glass led to the big quarter for Rams fuelled by Daniel Brughelli.

The senior had 16 points and eight re-bounds, but he was just one of four Rams who had a hot hand on the cold winter night.

Green Mountain had four players score at least 12 points including senior Mitch Schafer who has 12 points and seven

rounds.“That was a good win for us tonight

against an improved Wheat Ridge team,”

Green Mountain coach Derek Van Tassel said. “We needed everyone to chip in order to get this win and everyone did.”

The Farmers outscored the Rams in the second half by six points but they could never close the 13 points halftime deficit despite a big scoring night from senior Ste-fan Hackethal.

Hackethal scored a game-high 20 points, and fellow senior Xavier Drieling spurred on Wheat Ridge’s second half run with his 11 points and eight rebounds.

But the Farmers couldn’t close the gap and slow starts have hurt Wheat Ridge in several of their losses this season.

“We need to play a full four quarters and we won’t keep putting ourselves in these positions,” Wheat Ridge coach Tommy Dowd said.

The loss brings the Farmers to a 5-7 overall record (2-2 in 4A Jeffco). However, Wheat Ridge has been much improved since their 1-4 start to the season winning four of their last six.

The Farmers will play at Golden Friday at 7 p.m.

Green Mountain (6-6, 3-1 in 4A Jeffco) had won three consecutive games before falling to Golden 54-45 on Friday.

The Rams will host Alameda Friday at 7 p.m.

Wheat Ridge’s Tyler Wagner licks his chops while waiting for a rebound as he boxes out Green Mountain’s Mitch Schafer on Wednesday. Photo by Dan Williams

Mustangs hold off Grandview, rest of JeffcoJeffco league having a strong season in both 4A and 5ABy Daniel Williamsdwilliams@ coloradocommunity media.com

ARVADA - Ralston Valley girls swim-ming narrowly beat Grandview 310 to 309 to win the Jeffco Invitational Saturday at Meyer’s Pool.

The Mustangs beat Grandview and 23 other schools including two of the elite 4A teams in the state in Jeffco’s Evergreen and D’Evelyn.

Evergreen finished third overall and as

the top 4A team with 302 total points and six other Jeffco teams finished in the top 11 including D’Evelyn in sixth place with 162 points and Lakewood in eighth with 121 points.

But Ralston Valley did just enough to win the invitational by winning seven of the 12 events, with two Mustangs winning two individual events each.

Senior Erin Metzger-Seymour won two events winning the 100 Fly (00:55.71) and the 200 Free (01:51.76), and senior Mad-eline Myers won both the 200 Individual Medley (02:02.94) and 500 Free (04:56.22).

In addition, both seniors were on the winning 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay teams.

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won the 100 Back in 00:55.78 narrowly beating Pomona’s Lauren Sale and Gold-en’s Sarina Sabadeanu. McCormick also took second in the 200 Individual Medley.

Valor Christian, which will rejoin 4A Jef-fco next season, had a pair of wins when sophomore Brooke Stenstrom won the 100 Free in 00:53.14. The Eagles also won the 200 Free Relay.

Thompson Valley’s Eryn Eddy won the 50 Free in 00:24.90.

Chatfield junior Averly Hobbs was the best diver at the invitational recording 452.40 points and beating out a pair from Evergreen who finished second and third.

Lakewood had a strong showing as a

team that included freshman Rebecca Ster-ling making it to the finals in two events where she recorded personal best times in both the 100 Fly and 100 Free.

Golden finished in 11th as a team with 73 points and Wheat Ridge finished 15th as a team with 36 points.

Top Ten Team Points Totals:1) Ralston Valley 3102) Grandview 3093) Evergreen 3024) Thompson Valley 2265) Valor Christian 1806) D’Evelyn 1627) Chatfield 1558) Lakewood 1219) Pomona 10210) Arvada West 77


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Alameda 56, Arvada 54While Arvada was up by eight points at halftime, Alameda came back scoring 15 points in the third and 19 points in the fourth. Sophomore Preshus Nash scored 27 points, senior Jocelin Acevedo scored 13 and junior Alejandra Pena scored 12. Holly Dock had nine rebounds, Jailene Pierce recorded eight, Nash had seven and Pena had six. Pena had seven blocks in the game.

Wrestling

Alameda InvitationalZak McMillon (170) pinned Heritage’s Alejandro Leon in four minutes and Ruben Moya (220) pinned Heritage’s Jimmy Pallotto in three min-utes. Chris Nguyen (138) lost to Patrick Bou-dreau from Heritage. Mikayla Lewis (120) lost to Mark Morgan from Heritage in one minute.

D’EVELYN HIGH SCHOOL

Girls basketball

D’Evelyn 70, Alameda 20Lexi Reed � nished with 16 points in a game against Alameda. Katie Cunni� scored 10 and Mallory Seemann scored nine. Madison Berres

had eight points, eight rebounds and three blocks. Emily Lusk had seven rebounds in the game. Al-ameda junior Alejandra Pena scored nine points for her team.

UPCOMING GAMES

Girls basketball

FRIDAY7 p.m. - Alameda vs. Green Mountain7 p.m. - D’Evelyn @ ArvadaSATURDAYNoon - Alameda @ Denver SouthTUESDAY7 p.m. - Alameda vs. Wheat Ridge7 p.m. - D’Evelyn vs. Green Mountain

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LakewoodSPORTS No. 1 A-West wins in deep � eld By Daniel Williams [email protected]

ARVADA - In what could be a prequel to the state tour-nament the state’s No. 1 5A team Arvada West lived up to its reputation and won the Arvada West Invitational Satur-day at A-West High School.

The Wildcats with a 193.5 team score defeated all four of the other top fi ve ranked teams in the state, as well as several other top ten 5A teams in Colorado.

Thompson Valley (the No. 2 ranked 4A team in the state) fi nished second with a team score of 179, Rocky Moun-tain fi nished third with 150.5 team points, Cherry Creek fi nished fourth with 105.5 team points and Coronado fi n-ished fi fth with 98 team points.

Last year’s 5A state team champions Pomona fi nished tied for seventh with Chaparral with 82 points and Bear

Creek fi nished tied with Central Grand Junction with 51 points.

But it was A-West who stole the show in their own tour-nament as they recorded three individual titles to hold off Thompson Valley.

Arvada West junior Payton Tawater at 145-pounds, Tony Silva-Bussey at 170-pounds and junior Devin Rothrock 195-pounds were all individual tournament champs.

In addition, the Wildcats had six other wrestlers fi nish in the top four.

“We think we have taken that next step as a program but it is tournaments like these that you have to come out here and prove it,” Arvada West coach Ron Garnieri said.

Bear Creek as a team might have fi nished outside of the top ten but they might have the best pound-for-pound wrestler in Colorado in senior PT Garcia.

The two-time state champion showed off during his

title match at 132-pound quickly pinning Greeley West se-nior Adrian Delacruz at 1:20.

“PT was really good throughout this tournament,” Bear Creek coach Steve Burdick said. “But I am also happy with the way our entire team performed against some of the best teams out there.”

Also, Pomona senior Josh Rosales outlasted Bear Creek’s Jaysen Yakobson and won a 9-5 decision in the 120 title match between two of Jeffco’s best.

And Rocky Mountain’s Dan Macoubrie beat Pomona’s Daniel Chavez 7-0 in a decision.


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ICCS, a private nonprofit community corrections agency, provides transitional services for offenders who have been ap-proved for either diversion from the De-partment of Corrections or offenders who are transitioning from DOC prison facilities to the community. Offenders may also be sent to ICCS as a condition of their parole and in some cases, for ICCS’ mental health programs.

Community corrections is different than the traditional DOC in that it aims to pro-vide a more realistic approach to offender rehabilitation by providing mandatory re-sponsibilities including work placement, money management, curfew, and drug screenings to volunteer educational cours-es in reading, math and sciences. Life in ICCS may be just as rigid as the DOC, but the offender may have more opportunities to ditch the criminal mentality and learn to become more self-sufficient.

“It’s not about rehabilitation it’s about habilitation,” Kildow said. “Many of these people have never learned; a lot of people just haven’t learned the right way to do things.”

The success rate of convicted offend-ers finishing ICCS is about 60 percent, with mental health offenders seeing a lower success rate, according to Kathy Otten, di-vision director for justice services at the Jef-fco department of human services.

Recommendations for offenders to

ICCS are based on the final decision of the Jeffco Community Corrections Board that has been provided information by the probation or parole departments and divi-sions. Last year, around 1,700 recommen-dations were given to the board with 600 of those qualifying for ICCS. Justice services are working toward providing a database showing the number of recommendations that were handed out as sentences from district court judges, Otten said. This year, about 226 all-male offenders are housed in ICCS with a 280 maximum capacity.

Clients typically share rooms with two to four people at a time in a spacious room that allows for one TV, and a DVD player. Bathing facilities are that of a typical dor-mitory style and rooms are to remain un-locked unless residents are not home. Head counts are performed frequently through-out the day and consistent communication with work release offenders is a require-ment that could violate their sentence if not followed.

The security office which is a hive of ac-tivity in ICCS has at least six staff members who monitor cameras, client check-ins and check-outs, and assist with medication in-takes. Clients at ICCS are expected to take care of their own health and must seek out their own health care providers.

“That’s a great hole,” Kildow said be-cause “they don’t qualify for Medicaid” since they are considered in custody. They also do not qualify for the Affordable Care Act for the same reasons.

“We’ve been good neighbors in this community since 1977,” Kildow said. “Our clients are located in the community, and they’re either in here working on issues or out there in the community getting servic-es, being with family or with different treat-ment providers,” he said. “They’re working their way back, they are not out commit-ting crimes in the neighborhoods — they don’t do that.”


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Elliot, saying how important and critical this position is, that we need to act on it and that it is critical that we move now,” Fellman said.

Throughout the discussion, Witt, Wil-liams and Newkirk raised concerns about making key employee decisions without the opinion of a new superintendent ex-pected to be hired later this year and con-cerns about the need for an urgent, addi-tional aspect of legal counsel in the district.

Resigning Superintendent Cindy Ste-venson will complete her tenure with the district June 30, and the process to hire a new superintendent is ongoing.

“We’ve had excellent representation over the years from Caplan and Earnest,” Williams said. “Why can’t we do a tem-porary hire, with Earnest and Caplan to

continue that representation until a new superintendent comes ... and then the new superintendent can choose who she wants.”

Stevenson addressed their concerns and informed the board about the roles of the position and reminded the board this position is a crucial part of the JeffCo school district framework.

“What I can tell you is that I’ve been doing this job for 12 years, I consider both departments essential,” Stevenson said. “You’ve heard from our associations ear-lier, they consider it essential, it really is part of the glue that makes Jeffco a great organization.”

Following the discussion, the board vot-ed to not hire the candidate for the execu-tive director in favor of allowing time for the new superintendent the opportunity to weigh in on the discussion and use existing representation and staff in the interim.

The audience was silent following the vote.


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roads, parks, buildings, andother town properties, and

perform handyman services, i.e.mechanical, carpentry, electrical,

and plumbing as required.Hourly salary based on

qualifications and experience.Send resume to

TOL, P.O. Box 310Larkspur, CO 80118FAX 303-681-2325

or [email protected].

For questions regarding thisposition call

Town Hall at 303-681-2324

MedicalNurse LPN, MA or RN

part-time 25-30 hours per weekMonday, Wednesday, Friday

Hours 8:30-5:30.Some Saturdays 9-1pm.

Fun/Busy Pediatric office nearPark Meadows area and Castle

Rock location. Please faxresume to 303-689-9628 or email

[email protected]

ClericalPart time, temporary tax season

clerical position for local CPA firm.Email resume to

[email protected]

Supervisor of HistologyFull-Time for AmeriPath located

in Arvada, CO:AmeriPath, is a national leaderprovider of cancer testing with

Anatomic Pathology andMolecular Diagnostics expertise.

The supervisor would beresponsible for the day-to-day

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technical and support staff.In conjunction with the

Department Manager, ensuresthat all departmental policies andprocedures meet the standards

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NOW HIRING POLICE OFFICERSThe City of Black Hawk, two (2) vacancies for POLICE OFFICER I. Hiring Range: $53,959 - $62,052 DOQ/E. Unbelievable benefit package and exceptional opportunity to serve in Colorado’s premiere gaming community located 18 miles west of Golden. The City supports its employees and appreciates great service! If you are interested in serving a unique historical city and enjoy working with diverse populations visit the City’s website at www.cityofblackhawk.org/goto/employee_services for more information or to apply online for this limited opportunity. Requires High School Diploma or GED, valid Colorado driver’s license with a safe driving record, must be at least 21 years of age, and must be Colorado POST certified by date of hire. The City accepts online applications for Police Officer positions year round. Applications will remain active for one (1) year from the date of submission. EOE.

SeekingThe Castle Pines North Metropolitan District is accepting applications for the full-time position of Parks and Open Space Manager. Under the general supervision of the District Manager, plans, schedules, coordinates, and supervises the work of crews performing landscaping, turf maintenance, tree maintenance and repair projects of District owned parks and Open Spaces and trails. Oversees and evaluates the Community Center building maintenance, trails, and all storm water ponds the District is responsible to maintain. Serves as District representative in all new projects assigned to Parks and Open Space. Plans and coordinates the Districts water conservation program, and holds community events to present the program orally and to encourage the proper use of water. Produces educational and promotional publications as required. For the full job description and desired qualifications please see our website at www.cpnmd.org

ApplyApplicants are encouraged to submit examples of conservation programs, community outreach communications or other examples of community based programs that they have developed or have been in charge of. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Castle Pines North Metro District is a special district that was established in 1984. The Metro District provides water, wastewater and storm water services and oversees the District-owned parks, trails and open spaces within the community. The Metro District currently serves the Castle Pines North population of nearly 10,000, and has more than 3,200 residential and business customers. Website: www.cpnmd.org

Parks and Open Space Manager

Employment Opportunities

PLEASE SUBMIT LETTER OF INTEREST AND RESUME TO:Mail: Castle Pines North

Metropolitan DistrictAttn: Jim Nikkel, District Manager

7404 Yorkshire Dr. Castle Pines, CO 80108

E-mail: [email protected]

ApplicationDeadline: FEBRURY 10, 2014

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SeekingThe Castle Pines North Metropolitan District is accepting applications for the full-time position of Parks and Open Space Manager. Under the general supervision of the District Manager, plans, schedules, coordinates, and supervises the work of crews performing landscaping, turf maintenance, tree maintenance and repair projects of District owned parks and Open Spaces and trails. Oversees and evaluates the Community Center building maintenance, trails, and all storm water ponds the District is responsible to maintain. Serves as District representative in all new projects assigned to Parks and Open Space. Plans and coordinates the Districts water conservation program, and holds community events to present the program orally and to encourage the proper use of water. Produces educational and promotional publications as required. For the full job description and desired qualifications please see our website at www.cpnmd.org

ApplyApplicants are encouraged to submit examples of conservation programs, community outreach communications or other examples of community based programs that they have developed or have been in charge of. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Castle Pines North Metro District is a special district that was established in 1984. The Metro District provides water, wastewater and storm water services and oversees the District-owned parks, trails and open spaces within the community. The Metro District currently serves the Castle Pines North population of nearly 10,000, and has more than 3,200 residential and business customers. Website: www.cpnmd.org

Parks and Open Space Manager

Employment Opportunities

PLEASE SUBMIT LETTER OF INTEREST AND RESUME TO:Mail: Castle Pines North

Metropolitan DistrictAttn: Jim Nikkel, District Manager

7404 Yorkshire Dr. Castle Pines, CO 80108

E-mail: [email protected]

ApplicationDeadline: FEBRURY 10, 2014

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