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Fallen officer’s funeral held todayJames Davies first officer in Lakewood killed in the line of dutyBy Clarke Readercreader@ourcoloradonews.com

Lakewood police officer James Davies, 35, was accidentally shot and killed around 2 a.m. Friday morning by another Lake-wood police officer.

Davies is the first officer in the depart-ment’s 43-year history to be killed in the line of duty.

Davies is survived by his wife, Tamara, and two young children; a daughter, Chloe, 6, and a son, Ethan, 2.

He was a six and-a-half-year veteran of the force and was assigned to the Special Enforcement Team within the department. Davies was in uniform when he was shot.

“Davies was the type of officer who went above and beyond and that’s why he was there, doing his job,” said police public in-formation officer Steve Davis.

Davies was mistakenly thought to be an armed suspect and shot by officer Devaney

Braley, 35, who has been on the force for 11 years.

“You can maybe imagine the anguish the other offi-cer is going through. We feel like we have two victims,” Davis said.

The shooting occurred at the home of Joe Anthony Ruiz, 37, 1940 Eaton St., ac-cording to Davis.

Ruiz has been arrested for and is being held on suspicion of possession of a weapon by a previous of-fender and tampering with physical evidence, both of which are class 6 felonies.

According to Pam Russell, public information officer for the Jefferson County District Attorney’s office, he has not been charged with either crime.

Davis said officers were near Ruiz’s home due to an unrelated call, when they heard gunshots, and Ruiz was seen firing shoots in the air on the front porch of 1940 Eaton St.

Ruiz and two other men were taken into custody after the gunshots, but officers were not certain if there were other people in the home, and so set up a perimeter

around the house.Officer Davies was in the backyard of

the house, and was less than 10 feet away from Braley, with a fence between them, and was mistakenly taken for a suspect and fired upon.

Lakewood police have been investigat-ing with the help of several other neighbor-ing agencies including Jefferson County Sheriffs, Edgewater and Denver.

The Critical Incident Response Team, which is made up of several agencies and investigates any officer involved shooting, has also been working at the scene.

Lakewood legislators — Sen. Betty Boyd, Sen.-elect Andy Kerr, Rep. Max Tyler and Rep.-elect Brittany Pettersen — released a joint statement saying, “We were shocked and saddened to learn that a Lakewood police officer was killed in the line of duty

this morning. As elected representatives of Lakewood we know how deeply this touch-es our community, and we ask that you join with us in holding the deceased officer, his family and his colleagues in our thoughts and prayers.”

Davis said that he appreciates the help from the other agencies and the support the Lakewood Police have received.

“We appreciate the outpouring of love and calls of condolences. The chief does, we all do,” he said. “I don’t think it could have been a more tragic set of circum-stances.”

Davies’ funeral will be at 10 a.m., Thurs-day, Nov. 15, at the Denver First Church of the Nazarene, 3800 E. Hampden Ave.

Donations to the family can be made to the Foothills Credit Union, 7990 W. Alam-eda Ave., by calling 720-962-8200.

Lakewood police cars surround a house near the 5800 block of Fenton Street in Lakewood. A Lakewood officer responding to a call was shot and killed in the area early Friday morning. This is the first Lakewood officer to be killed in the line of duty. Photo by Andy Carpenean

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Getting the gold for the greenFederal Center campus recognized for sustainabilityBy Clarke Readercreader@ourcoloradonews.com

The Denver Federal Center is setting the standard for green government campuses nationwide, and has the metal to prove it.

The DFC has become a Gold Leader in the State of Colorado’s Environmental Leadership Program (ELP).

The ELP is a statewide environmental recognition and reward program that is run by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Division of Envi-ronmental Health and Sustainability.

The DFC joined the ELP in 2000 accord-ing to Sally Mayberry, public affairs special-ist, and became a Silver Leader in 2007.

There is no one effort or area that pushed the DFC into qualifying for gold status, but rather the culmination of many different areas coming together to cut down on the campus’ environmental impact.

Charles Rienhardt, sustainability pro-gram manager for the campus, said it was quite an adventure to take a campus the size of the DFC and make it as sustainable as possible.

“You have to look at every aspect that could impact the environment, and put in place procedures and controls to make sure nothing goes to waste,” he said. “It requires things like a robust recycling program, making sure we’re running our boilers in the most efficient way possible, and we have our solar panels reducing pollution.”

Rienhardt called the process a constant cycle of “plan-do-check-act” to keep the continuous improvement process running. Plans are made in a particular area, often-times making use of the latest technology, and then the plans must be executed, and then checked to make sure they having the desired environmental effect.

“To be one of the most green campuses in the country, we have to be continually looking for ways to improve the process,” Mayberry said.

Not only is the DFC a leader in the area of sustainability, but educating others on how sustainability can be shared is extremely important.

According to Mayberry, communicat-ing about the practices being used on cam-pus is something the DFC does frequently. Sometimes this communication is in the form of webinars given by Rienhardt, and often it’s giving tours of the campus, partic-ularly the solar panel areas. Students from

area schools come to see how the panels benefit the campus.

A project that the DFC is examining in the future is the campus’ water supply, Mayberry said, and how the campus can use less water more efficiently.

“We have 6,000 employees on the cam-pus, and so it’s quite a challenge to keep

this running,” Rienhardt said. “We’re always looking to the future in the process.”

At the end of 2011, GSA completed an additional seven million kWh of solar photovoltaic work. The 29,302 new panels bring the site total to 35,464 solar panels and will increase the site energy produced from solar energy from 2 percent to 17 percent of the DFC’s electrical needs annually. Photo courtesy of E Light Wind & Solar

‘Davies was the type of officer who went above and beyond and that’s why he was there,

doing his job.’Steve Davis, public information officer

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First time at polls is vote of confidence As Sianna Elmanouzi sat at the kitchen

table in early October marking her pick for president on her mail-in ballot, her mind rewound to fi fth grade, when her teacher conducted a class poll on who students would vote for if they could.

And then she fast-forwarded. “Wow,” she thought. “I’m 18 years old and I’m vot-ing. This is so cool.”

Jake Price, 20, walked into a voting booth on the University of Colorado campus on Halloween to make his choice. The feeling that followed took him a bit by surprise.

“To fi nally vote was very empowering,” he said. And regardless of who was voting for whom, “you could kind of feel this unity that we were all there expressing our American rights. That was pretty cool.”

Unquestionably cool.The fi rst time I voted, in 1980, I was

20, a junior in college and Ronald Rea-gan trounced Jimmy Carter in a historic landslide. Back then, voting booths had curtains to ensure privacy, and I remember the excitement, the goosebumpy-feeling that my vote gave me an infl uential seat at the country’s table.

Since then, I’ve cast my ballot for presi-dent eight more times. Incredible, really, when you think about it, that we live in a country in which the four-year cycle of popular elections has continued uninter-rupted and unchallenged since just after the 1788 ratifi cation of the U.S. Constitu-tion.

The privilege is profound.And there’s nothing quite like exercising

it for the fi rst time.“You really feel the power that your vote

has — your voice,“ said Chrissy Faessen of Rock the Vote, the national organization that spearheaded efforts to register voters between 18 and 29 years old.

Sianna, who is studying political science at CU, and Jake, a fi nance major, agree. So do Kyle Tosch, 19, an environmental and civil engineering student at Colorado State University, Chace Griffi n, 20, a business

fi nance major at CSU, and Grace Shea, 19, a history and secondary education major at CU.

“It’s exciting to feel that you actually mattered,” Kyle said.

Kyle and his peers are part of the much-touted 46 million-strong youth vote that helped shaped this election’s outcome — 19 percent of all votes came from the 18- to 29-year-old sector, 1 percent more than in 2008. They favored Obama by 60 percent to 36 percent and swing states such as Florida, Ohio and Virginia were won by voters under the age of 30, Rock the Vote numbers show.

Faessen wasn’t surprised. The organi-zation’s 25-city national bus tour found energy and enthusiasm on college cam-puses, she said, and an understanding of what was at stake — students’ potential livelihood.

A sense of urgency permeated the decision-making process.

Sianna and Grace became involved in campaigns — Sianna with Romney’s, Grace with Obama’s. They manned phone lines, sent out mailings, canvassed neighbor-hoods. Along with Chace, Kyle and Jake, they watched the debates and conducted their own independent research, searching for information free from bias.

“We wanted to make sure we were all educated and not just voting the way our parents voted,” Kyle said.

The issues of paying for college educa-tion, health care, the economy and jobs weighed heavily.

“It’s scary to think if one candidate leads us down the wrong road how impactful

that will be,” Jake said. “Not only for me, but I think about having children some day and what the economy is going to be then and what the overall cultural environment will be.”

Grace has watched her mother, who dealt with health care issues when she was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago, also struggle fi nancially. “Depending on which direction you go,” she said, “life could be really different for some of us.”

They all believe their votes, regardless of whom they supported, made a difference.

“We are the ones who are going to be dealing with the consequences,” Grace said. “We need to have our voices heard.”

“It’s a domino effect,” Chace said. “My single vote may not matter, but if I don’t vote, that may infl uence others to not vote and, in the grand scheme of things, a group not voting will defi nitely have an impact.”

On election night, Kyle and Chace sat in their living room, doing homework and switching between the Nuggets game and election returns on TV. Grace nervously watched CNN in her sorority house. Jake dejectedly listened to a scratchy car radio broadcast returning from a church meet-ing.

And, depending on where she was, Si-anna followed results on TV, her laptop and her phone. Wearing a 2012 Romney T-shirt, she didn’t realize Obama had won until she walked into her dorm lobby, crowded with

cheering students.“I felt defeated,” she said. “With so

many fi scal issues at stake, I thought Rom-ney was the better candidate.”

Grace and Kyle were elated.“I had a great sense of pride that our

voices … were heard and made a differ-ence in this election,” Grace said.

Regardless of which candidate they supported, all fi ve students say this fi rst election experience inspired confi dence in their nation and fueled a sense of patriotic pride and civic duty.

“Feeling as though you have a voice in the say of your country is a rather rare commodity in this world,” Jake said.

Research shows casting a ballot as a young voter makes one more likely to be-come a lifelong voter.

As Faessen said: “It’s not just about voting every four years for the president of the United States. It’s really about your continued participation and infl uence on shaping your country’s democracy.”

These young voices make it clear our democracy is in excellent hands.

And that is unquestionably cool.

Ann Macari Healey’s column about people, places and issues of everyday life appears every other week. She can be reached at ahealey@ourcoloradonews.com or 303-566-4110.

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Roundabout planned for Lamar Station Changes to make area more pedestrian friendly

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Preparations for the West Rail Line will bring a new roundabout at the intersection of Lamar Street and West 14th Avenue.

In addition to the roundabout, a new section of sidewalk and bicycle lanes will be added, all funded by a $1 million grant from a Hazard Safety Elimination Program, ad-ministered by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT).

According to Ben Waldman, principal traffi c engineer, as part of the planning pro-cess for the West Rail Line, the city complet-ed a survey of the stations and found that the Lamar Street Station is going to be one of the few stations that is walk-up only. This means there will be scant parking places.

“The station is really intended for people to walk to, but there’s not a lot of pedestrian connectivity in the area,” he said. “The city looked at how we could help make the con-nectivity better and safer.”

In addition to the connectivity issues, the intersection has a high rate of accidents, and so by slowing the speeds down to 15 mph in the roundabout, Waldman said he hopes the number of accidents will be reduced.

Aside from safety and connectivity, an-other aspect of the work done in the area is to include it in the 40 West Arts District.

According to Alexis Moore, a planner with Lakewood, the Lamar Street Station became part of the 40 West Arts District Urban Design and Mobility Plan based on input from neighbors in the area, and was adopted by City Council in January 2011.

“There’s a great opportunity for public

art in the center of the roundabout,” she said. “This is a great concrete example of the plan we have moving forward.”

Waldman said that construction is not expected to begin until the summer of 2013, after the light rail line has opened.

“We’ve already met with the West Met-ro Fire and Rescue Department, affected neighborhoods, and the 40 West. Arts Dis-trict,” he said. “We’ll be meeting with indi-vidual home owners in the coming weeks.”

According to information provided by

the city, properly designing the improve-ments to match the surrounding area will require collecting land survey information along 14th for 400 feet east and west of La-mar and along Lamar for 400 feet north of 14th to south of West 13th Avenue.

The city needs residents’ help by allow-ing surveyors to collect information on their property.

Residents with concerns can contact Ken Nyhoff, Lakewood’s engineer for the project, at 303-987-7939 or kennyh@lakewood.org.

LAKEWOOD NEWS IN A HURRY Man found in parking lot

At 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, Lake-wood police responded to a man down in the parking lot of a bar at 1050 S. Wadsworth. Upon their arrival, offi cers found an unre-sponsive 34-year-old man. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. According to information released by police, it is believed that the man was asked to leave the bar after becoming belligerent with patrons. He returned to the bar, and was escorted out again. Detectives believe there was a physical altercation between the vic-tim and one or two other males — Thomas John Perez, 44, and Vincente Matthew Baros, 29.

Perez and Baros have been arrested for second-degree murder, and are currently in the Jefferson County Jail. The investigation is ongoing, and the police are waiting for autopsy results from the Jefferson County Coroner’s offi ce.

The Rink at Belmar opensThe annual tradition of kicking off the

holiday season with the opening of the Rink at Belmar, 408 S. Teller St., continues at 11 a.m. on Monday. Free skating will be avail-

able 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on that day with a toy donation to Cops Fighting Cancer, a holiday toy drive for patients at the Children’s Hospi-tal. The toy drive will continue through Dec. 6, with donation boxes in the Belmar Secu-rity Offi ce, 7112 W. Alaska Drive. The Rink is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Adults skate for $6 and children under 12 skate for $4 per hour. Skate rental is available for $3. For more information, including dates for special events like Teacher Apprecia-tion Night, call 303-742-1520 or visit www.belmarcolorado.com.

LWV host legislative breakfastThe Jefferson County League of Women

Voters will host new and returning stage leg-islators for breakfast from 7-8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6. The breakfast will be at the Clements Community Center, 1580 Yarrow St. Registra-tion is required for the event. The cost is $15. The register, send checks payable to LWV Jeffco along with names to: Jeffco League of Women Voters, 1425 Brentwood, Suite 7, Lakewood, CO 80214.

Registrations must be sent by Nov. 16.

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Candidates recounting on it � ree Jeff co races could be subject to recount By Glenn Wallace gwallace@ourcoloradonews.com

Election Day has passed but the race is still on in three Jefferson County races.

Tightest of the races is the one for District 2 county commissioner. With all 262 county precincts reporting, appointed incumbent John Odom leads challenger Casey Tighe by only 133 votes.

“It’s exciting. We just needs to count up all the ballots and see who won,” Tighe said.

Odom said he had no comment on the state of the election, only that he trusted in county Clerk and Recorder Pam Anderson and her department to determine the election win-ner soon. The RTD race for District M, which is entirely within Jeffco, is also likely to trigger a mandatory recount, as Natalie Menten cur-rently leads Matt Cohen by 119 votes.

A ballot recount is done whenever the per-centage of victory is one-half of 1 percent or less of the winner’s vote total.

In the state Senate District 19 race, the vote results fall just outside that range, with Demo-crat incumbent Evie Hudak beating Republi-can Lang Sias by 332 votes.

But with Jeffco’s Clerk and Recorder’s Offi ce still sifting through more than 7,000 provision-al ballots that were turned in on Election Day, any three of those races could move in or out of the threshold.

“That’s entirely possible,” said Josh Liss, deputy of elections for Jeffco. “But what we’ve seen in recent years is that the provisional bal-lots seem to refl ect what we see on election night.”

Liss said the provisional ballots had to be processed, followed by the offi cial certifi cation of the election results. If the numbers of those certifi ed results still triggered the need for a re-count, then the county would have until Dec. 13 to do so.

“But we know everyone’s anxious to fi nd out who won. If we can we’d like to get any re-count started that last week of November,” Liss said.

The optical vote-counting machines used by Jeffco, which Liss described as “simple and reliable,” would be checked for accuracy. Then the recount would begin, which in the case of the Odom and Tighe contest would involve recounting every ballot in the county. The pro-cess is expected to take three to four days.

Liss said the county’s equipment is rarely wrong the fi rst time around though.

“I don’t think we’ve ever seen a recount in Jeffco where the result changes.”

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AWRSAY accepting nominations for scholarships By Cassie Monroe c m o n r o e @ o u rc o l o r a -donews.com

Scholarships are not only for students with high aca-demic performance or out-standing athletic abilities.

A group of service clubs make up the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth (AWRSAY), a group focused on bringing schol-

arships to students who have overcome challenges in their young lives.

The AWRSAY board is now accepting nominations for the recognition ceremo-ny at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at Arvada West High School.

Fifteen students will win scholarships ranging from $900 to $1,200 to use to at-tend Red Rocks Community

College. Another 45 students will be recognized by the group.

Nominations are due by Dec. 14, and the board will choose the scholarship win-ners by Jan. 7.

According to Dan Macy, RRCC advisor and AWR-SAY board member, these awards are for students who may have otherwise been missed through traditional awards.

“I get to see a lot of the students in my role as an ac-ademic advisor,” Macy said. “It’s very rewarding seeing them start college, and stay with the program.”

Former scholarship win-ners were nominated for awards because of their strength in overcoming ma-jor adversity in their lives in-cluding health issues, drugs and crime within their fam-ily.

Students can be nomi-nated for the awards from seventh through 12th grade. Anyone is able to nominate a student, but most often teachers and school coun-selors are the ones to nomi-nate students.

To nominate a student fi ll out a nomination packet, which all high school coun-selors will have available.

Otherwise contact Bev Craddock, community out-reach at Jefferson County Public Schools, at 303-982-6800.

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Gateway group outlines shopping Website off ers guide to dining, shopping in city By Clarke Reader creader@ourcoloradonews.com

Lakewood is a gateway to both Denver and the Rockies, and a new website has been launched to let vis-itors know what the city has to offer.

The Lakewood Shop at Gateway-Guide.info offers a one-stop location shopping, dining and living experi-ences in the city.

The site is managed by the Alam-eda Gateway, which is made up of members of the Alameda Gateway Community Association and the Al-ameda Corridor Business Improve-ment District.

According to Ken Parks, mem-ber relations director for the Alam-

eda Gateway, the site was developed with the help of the city to let people know about the options in shopping and transit available.

“We feel we have a downtown now, and it’s time to let people un-derstand that getting around Lake-wood is very rewarding and very easy,” he said.

According to Parks, the organi-zation started focusing on creating a more robust website when they looked at their marketing and real-ized how many people were com-ing from other areas like Denver and Littleton to spend time in Lakewood. The group wanted to take the social media road, and the Lakewood Shop was born.

“We really want to promote busi-nesses within the AGCA and ACBIA and looked at how to director traf-fic to stores,” said George Valuck,

executive director of the Alameda Gateway. “We want to feature the uniqueness of the area and promote it through as many ways as we can.”

The Shop wants to focus less on big chains like Target and Old Chi-cago, and more on stores and restau-rants that are special to Lakewood. All businesses in the city are invited to become involved with the Shop, Parks said.

“Any way we can get the word out about the businesses in Lakewood is what this is all about,” Valuck said.

There will be a kickoff event on Dec. 7 at Belmar Block 7, 445 S. Saulsbury St., that will give people a chance to experience the Lakewood Shop and see some new art exhibits at the gallery.

For more information or to get involved, call 303-274-1807 or visit GatewayGuide.info.

Blossoming Mind celebrates 11 years By Clarke Reader creader@ourcoloradonews.com

Nearly everybody has heard the advice to follow one’s passion, but not everyone heeds it.

Shari Gordon, owner of The Blos-soming Mind, has been for the past 11 years.

After 10 years working out of her home, she was inspired to set up shop at 8830 W. Colfax Ave., when she had a moment of clarity.

“I asked myself what would I re-gret?” Gordon said. “I realized not getting more out there with my work would be one of those things.”

Gordon works with Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), hypno-therapy and energy healing to help cli-ents with unresolved emotional issues as well as physical ailments.

“Everyone has stuff that happens in life, from marriage issues to fi nancial ones, and I work with people to help with stress and to change behaviors,”

she said. “Even when we know con-sciously what to do to change, it can be hard to get there.”

Gordon started out working in the telecommunications industry, but when her marriage ended she found herself on what she called “my own healing journey.”

She became interested in holistic healing when dealing with a back is-sue. She went to a chiropractor, who then referred her to a massage thera-pist.

At the end of her massage session, the therapist did some Reiki, and Gor-don said it felt really good.

Reiki is a Japanese form of healing that focuses on using a person’s hands to transfer healing energy.

“I started learning Reiki during the weekends, and then more and more work with holistic areas,” she said. “I’ve studied a lot of different energy healing techniques since. I just follow my passions and whatever is interest-ing to me.”

The techniques she’s studied in-clude essential oils, hypnotherapy and Access Bars therapy.

Gordon compares the work she does with people to cleaning up a computer.

She helps clients to get rid of old fi les and make room for better soft-ware.

“These methods are helpful for quitting smoking, weight loss, deal-ing with fears and phobias and stress,” she said. “People don’t think of doing some of these things after an illness or trauma because they don’t know about it, but it can be really benefi cial in healing.”

As a member of the West Cham-ber, she has kept her business going not only through word of mouth from clients, but also through the Chamber and through classes and speaking en-gagements.

For more information call 303-570-5661 or visit www.theblossoming-mind.com.

JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRY

Missing woman foundAn 83-year-old woman who went

missing on Nov. 7 has been found. The south Jeffco woman, who

suffers from short-term memory loss, had been driving to meet her husband in Denver but never ar-rived.

Jeffco Sheriff’s Department an-nounced that the woman was found safe by the morning of Nov. 9.

Birthday for Jeffco Open SpaceIt was in 1972 that Jefferson

County voters approved a one-half percent sales tax for “planning for, developing necessary access to, acquiring, maintaining, administer-ing and preserving open space real property or interests in real prop-erty, and developing paths and trails thereon for the use and benefit of the public.”

And with that, Jefferson County Open Space became a reality.

The citizen’s group PLAN Jeffco led the effort to create Jeffco Open Space, aimed at protecting open lands throughout unincorporated

portions of the county.Early acquisitions included Mat-

thews/Winters Park near Interstate 70 and the Hogback; Hiwan Home-stead, Apex Park and Mount Falcon Park.

To date, 52,000 acres, 28 Parks and 210 miles of trails for hikers, mountain bikers and horseback rid-ers have been created and main-tained through open space funding.

The cities and recreation districts within the County benefit from the Open Space fund and program.

A portion of the Open Space sales tax is distributed through a motor vehicle registration formula directly to the cities for parks and open space purposes.

Cities compete with the Recre-ation Districts for supplementary grant funding for capital and land

purchase projects.

County Comprehensive Master PlanJeffco will host a public meet-

ing to discuss a draft version of the county Comprehensive Master Plan today from 4-7 p.m. in the Quad Room (Rooms 1552AB/1565AB) at the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Facility, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, in Golden.

Staff will make two identical 15 minute presentations outlining the changes to the Plan, the first at 4 p.m. and the second at 5:30 p.m. Staff will be available to discuss the draft and answer questions.

There will also be map displays available to review.

Information, and a draft version of the plan are available at jeffco.us/planning/.

HAVE A STORY IDEA?Email your ideas to Jefferson County Reporter Glenn Wallace at GWallace@

ourcoloradonews.com or call him at 720-409-4787.

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Double trouble in DeWild trial Twin brother’s confession at heart of case against DeWild By Glenn Wallace gwallace@ourcoloradonews.com

The term “double jeopardy” had new meaning in a Jefferson County courtroom last week, as the murder trial of Daniel DeWild got underway, with the defendant’s identical twin brother David serving as the prosecu-tion’s star witness.

Daniel DeWild, 40, stands accused of fi rst-degree murder and conspira-cy to commit murder in the death of his estranged wife Heather (Springer) DeWild.

She was last seen alive on July 24, 2003, just one week before her di-vorce was to be fi nalized.

Her body was found wrapped in plastic and buried in a shallow grave in Clear Creek Canyon two months later. The DeWild twins, and David’s wife Roseanne DeWild, were charged with fi rst-degree murder in Decem-ber 2011.

The following July, David met with the Jeffco DA’s offi ce, and worked out a plea agreement for his “truthful testimony” against his brother, in ex-change for a reduced sentence.

Roseanne DeWild’s charges were

dropped, after investigators became convinced that she was not part of the murder plot.

With the defendant’s table and the witness box only a few yards from each other, the twins appeared to never make eye contact.

“How close were you to your brother,” Chief Deputy DA Bob Wein-er asked David DeWild, whose testi-mony fi lled up most of day two and part of day three of the trial.

“Very close,” David said.“How close are you now?”“I think we’re going our separate

ways,” David replied.Under direct examination David

described how his brother grew in-creasingly angry about his impend-ing divorce, and began talking about wanting to kill Heather DeWild.

He said the two made plans about where to hide the body, and how to cover up evidence.

Defense attorneys raised ques-tions about David’s trustworthiness

after lying to investigators for nine years, and raised the theory that Da-vid was the one with motive to kill.

“David, did Heather reject your advances in 2003? Did you kill her in 2003? Or did you just not want your brother to go through the same kind of painful divorce you did?” Defense attorney Tom Ward said during cross-examination.

On July 24, 2003, Daniel asked Heather DeWild over to his house. She brought their children, ages 3 and 5.

David testifi ed that he was in the garage when his twin lured Heather DeWild there to kill her.

“He throws her to the ground. He picks up a rubber mallet and hits her in the head,” David said to the court.

“She didn’t know what was going on. She looked to the left and to the right. She looked me right in the eye and had a look like `help me,’” David said. “I’m the last thing she saw and I didn’t help her.”

Treatment addresses attention disorders Neuro feedback off ers alternative to medication By Clarke Reader creader@ourcoloradonews.com

Wave Neurofeedback offers a new treatment option for people dealing with attention, mood and learning disorders.

Bridget Abare, who runs Wave, 1746 Cole Blvd., Suite 225, is a licensed clinical social worker and has been working with individuals and families coping with serious issues for several years.

She heard about neurofeedback two years ago and wanted to know more.

“It seemed like something that I could add to my practice as another way to help my patients,” she said. “I opened Wave a year-and-a-half ago, but was working out of my home. In September I was able to open an ac-tual location.”

Neurofeedback is an alternative treatment to medication, which Abare said is not currently discussed or of-fered to enough people.

She said that so often people are given medication so quickly that they are never told about alternatives. Both

adults and children can use neuro-feedback.

According to Dr. Steven Stockdale, a clinical psychologist who consults with Abare, neurofeedback helps peo-ple to retrain their brainwave activity.

During a patient’s fi rst session, a brain-map is created, which provides a picture of the electrical activity going on in the brain.

Once the map is created and the areas that need work are located, sen-sors are placed on the head and the patient is coached on how to alter their brain wave activity.

“The method has been around since the ’60s, but with the advanced technology, it’s become a growing technique that more people are us-ing,” Stockdale said. “People are now able to run these programs off their

laptop, which takes the method out of the lab and into clinical practices.”

Abare said that the therapy has proved very effective in treating atten-tion disorders like attention defi cit-hyperactivity disorder, anxiety, stress and has even been helpful with As-perger’s and autism.

She said that by the 10th session most see results, but how many ses-sions a patient will ultimately need de-pends on the person and their brain.

Abare said that her experience in social work and training in neurofeed-back have made her very well versed in how to best help people.

“(Abare) is very competent, and does great work,” Stockdale said. “She’s really great with patient care.”

To learn more call 303-949-6479 or visit www.waveneurofeedback.com.

Blue jeans mean green for charities Monthly events lets employees wear jeans for money

By Clarke Reader creader@ourcoloradonews.com

The type of jeans a person is wearing may be scrutinized for style, but for city of Lakewood employees, wearing jeans is all about the money.

A program launched for city employees lets them wear jeans an extra day at work once a month for $5, all of which goes to a

‘She looked me right in the eye and had a look like ‘help me.’’’

David DeWild

‘It seemed like something that I could add to my practice as another way to help my

patients.’Bridget Abare, clinical social worker

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Blue jeans mean green for charitiesMonthly events lets employees wear jeans for money

By Clarke Readercreader@ourcoloradonews.com

The type of jeans a person is wearing may be scrutinized for style, but for city of Lakewood employees, wearing jeans is all about the money.

A program launched for city employees lets them wear jeans an extra day at work once a month for $5, all of which goes to a

different charity every month.Kim Wonders, a business support spe-

cialist in the City Clerk’s office, organized the program based on a similar project she heard about through her husband.

“I thought it would be a great idea, and we were able to get authorization to do this,” she said.

Teri Colvin, who works as a coordinator for the Advisory Commission for an Inclu-sive Community (ACIC), shares office space

with Wonders, and thought launching the program would be a great idea.

“It seemed like a really easy and fun thing to do to raise money, and who doesn’t like wearing jeans an extra day?” she said. “It’s really a no-brainer, and so easy, so why not?”

November’s jeans day will be the sixth one, and according to Wonders, $2,254 has been raised by all the days.

“I think our lowest day was around $300 and our highest was around $750,” she said. “We send out an e-mail that goes to all city employees, and they choose to participate

if they want to.”So far money has been donated to or-

ganizations like Ralston House and this month’s funds will be donated to the Jeffer-son County Action Center.

For December Wonders said they are planning on donating to Metro West Hous-ing Solutions.

Colvin said she has spoken to other or-ganizations about the jeans days as a way to fund raise for charity, and gives updates to the ACIC on how much is raised each day.

“We’ve had a really positive reaction and the employees love it,” Wonders said.

Sometimes we are just not that important after allThe other day as I was reviewing my

upcoming calendar I realized I was double booked on a few days, so I began to try and determine if there were meetings I could possibly reschedule or delegate to some-one else.

In my head I was really focused on rescheduling the meetings because they all seemed very important, and of course I felt like I was the only one who could possibly lead the meetings and deliver the best pos-sible outcome.

And so I was staring at the large dry erase calendar in my office that was filled with appointments as my wife came by.

She had asked what I was doing and so I told her. Her immediate reply, too immedi-ate if you ask me, was this, “You sometimes think you are more important than you really are.”

Ouch, and it still stings a little as I write this, because it’s true.

The truth hurts sometimes.She pointed out that I am too quick to

want to handle everything and be involved in every opportunity and initiative and that I needed to trust the very capable, smart, and talented people on my team.

Maybe she overheard some coaching I had done or read something I had written about delegation in the past, and was now serving me a heaping helping of my own advice.

How about you? Are you that important? Are you the only one who can get the

job done, or are there people, processes and technology that you can rely on to take some of the burden or pressure off of your

busy schedule? Big question, right? It’s a big question

because we first have to determine what is truly important to us and what our priori-ties really are.

Every one of us will have the order of our own priorities. Some will consider rela-tionships with their spouses, children and close friends as first on their list.

Others will place their emphasis on their faith. And there are many of us who prioritize our lives and schedules around our work. Then there are the folks who seem to have money as the highest on their list of things most important.

Based on where we all are at the present moment, our priorities could easily shift, as each of the above could be increasingly more important at any given season of our lives.

As I reflected on my own importance or lack thereof, I realized I could delegate a couple of the meetings and avoid a trip or two here at the end of the year.

There are people who can complete the task effectively and productively without me, and I can focus my energy and time of other things, things that do matter most.

Just like many of you, work and money are a priority for me too. But perhaps I have deluded myself and have made excuses that both were so important that I have accepted placing my family and faith behind work and money. Big mistake.

There is a framed poster on my office wall with one of my favorite quotes and reminders by Forest E. Witcraft that reads, “A hundred years from now it will not mat-ter what my bank account was, what sort of house I lived in, or kind of car I drove … but the world may be a different place be-cause I was important in the life of a child.”

There it is in big print on my wall, right in front of me, I have to pass by it every day I come in and out of my office.

And there are pictures of my children, my family and my friends all over my of-fice, once again right in front of me. I have memories of others so very important in my life embedded in my mind and held in

my heart, not only right in front of me but a part of me.

Yet, I had to be reminded that maybe, just maybe, I am really not that important after all.

Now please don’t take this out of con-text.

I know we are all important in the lives of other people in both our personal and my professional life. I get that.

But I think I will accept the fact that sometimes I can allow myself to simply be … not that important.

I would love to hear all about your priorities and importance, or lack thereof at gotonorton@gmail.com, and I hope that this will be a better than good week for you.

Michael Norton, a resident of Highlands Ranch, is the former president of the Zig Ziglar organization and CEO and founder of www.candogo.com

‘It seemed like something that I could add to my practice as another way to help my

patients.’Bridget Abare, clinical social worker

MORE JEFFCO NEWS IN A HURRYRidgeway case to cost

The high profile murder case involving Jessica Ridgeway suspect Austin Sigg will have a high cost as well.

The Colorado Judicial Department has authorized $30,000 be sent to Jefferson County out of the court security cash fund, to help handle the cost of handling the increased public and media attention associ-ated with the case. Aurora courts received similar funding for the prosecu-tion of the Aurora shooting suspect.

“There are just so many people and media that want to be there,” said Jeffco Sheriff’s Depart-ment Grant Specialist Beth Mundell.

According to Mundell, the $30,000 grant was greatly appreciated, but would not cover all of the county’s additional costs.

The Jeffco District At-torney’s Department is anticipating extra costs as well.

Last week incoming DA Pete Weir came to the Board of County Commis-sioners and said the Ridge-way court proceedings were likely to be lengthy — “several months if not one or two years.”

Weir said new legisla-tion allowing for a “reverse-transfer hearing” would also mean added time and resources spent defending

the DA’s decision to charge the 17-year-old suspect as an adult. For the 2013 budget, he requested at least two additional staff members to help with the workload, and to not draw workforce away from hundreds of other ongoing cases.

Community input for librariesJefferson County Public

Library (JCPL) has sched-uled four community meetings throughout the county.

The purpose of the meetings is to provide an

update on library services, solicit input from library patrons and other Jeffer-son County residents and respond to community concerns.

Meetings will start at 10 a.m. and are currently scheduled for the following dates and places:

Saturday, Nov. 17, Ar-vada Library, 7525 W. 57th Avenue, Arvada

Saturday, Dec. 1, Col-umbine Library, 7706 W. Bowles Ave., Littleton

Saturday, Dec. 8, Evergreen Library, 5000 Highway 73, Evergreen

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WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER

A year of yes for voters of the north The day after the election one enthusi-

astic voter exclaimed voters in the Jefferson and Adams counties regions said yes to everything.

Well not everything.But voters in the two counties did

say yes to legalizing recreational use of marijuana in Amendment 64 and yes to Amendment 65, which urges support for a federal amendment to back limiting campaign contributions and spending. Further, Jefferson County voters said yes to a property tax increase for Jeffco school district for ballot questions 3A and 3B.

And in Adams County, voters said yes to increasing the number of commissioners from three to fi ve beginning in 2014.

Although we endorsed 3A and 3B we didn’t expect it to pass by such a strong margin nearing 60 percent for 3A.

We noted in our endorsement that Jef-

fco Schools did its best to tighten its belt and plan ahead starting about fi ve years ago, so we give them credit for its efforts and credit again for passing the ballot questions.

Question 3A will bring $39 million per year to help the district keep down class sizes and other efforts and although 3B wasn’t the most handsome bond because it didn’t promise a new building or specifi c centerpiece improvement — it will update and renovate schools.

So now we ask the district to do a good

job in return of sharing with voters where the funds will go through the next few years.

As for Ballot Question 1A to add two commissioners, we thought Adams County, which is known to balk at tax increases — such as in the early Scientifi c and Cultural Facilities District tax proposal and some RTD measures — would say forget about it.

Apparently the black eye that the Qual-ity Paving incident left was enough for many people to say fi ve heads are better than three.

Here, too, we urge the benefactor — the county — to give the voters the most bang for the buck. After the board goes to fi ve members, we want to hear about how the commissioners are increasing connectivity, ethical oversight and effort to the good of the county.

The logic and potential revenue from tax for Amendment 64 may have been enough for voters to back recreational use of marijuana. With the medical marijuana centers already anchored in Colorado, it just didn’t seem like a stretch to go this direction and not wait for other states to try it out fi rst. We hope the costs, lawmak-ing and legal issues don’t make the state regret its decision. We appreciated Gov. John Hickenlooper’s comment that federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so “don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfi sh too quickly.” We are not about to celebrate anything about this yet.

We appreciate that voters made tough choices on Election Day. We especially appreciated the yeses to Jeffco Schools. Sometimes when money is tight and the chips are down people nonetheless just dig deeper into their pockets.

OUR VIEW

Truth, service missing from duty My son is going through a “superhero”

phase right now. His favorite movies are “The Avengers,” “Iron Man” and “Spider Man,” his favorite toys are his “Batman” Legos, and, best of all, the other day as we were about to cross the street, he looked to one side, extended his hands toward an oncoming car, and squeezed the inside fi ngers of each hand towards his palms and “shot webs” to stop the car.

Nope, no dolls for this little guy — he’s all about the imagination and saving the world.

And sound effects — turns out superhe-roes make much better sounds than dolls. I remember days, way back when, that I used to dream about having superpowers. My power of choice was fl ying, the power of unassisted fl ight always seemed like the coolest of all the superhero skills.

Y’know, talking to fi sh and running re-ally fast are all well and good, but, for my money, fl ying was always the way to go.

These days I want a different superpow-er, though I suspect it’s just as much of a thing of fantasy as fl ying. I want the ability to heal; more specifi cally, I want the ability to heal the divide in this country.

After the most expensive — and most negative — campaign in history, the coun-try has returned the president to 1600 by the slimmest of popular margins, returned a strong Republican majority to the House of Representatives, and sent more Republi-cans to governor’s seats than two years ago.

In other words, the country has voted for divided government, partisan gridlock and more bickering.

Even more telling, I saw a graphic the other day that showed you could drive from the Canadian border to the Mexican

border, and from the Pacifi c Ocean to with-in about 20 miles of the Atlantic Ocean, all without passing through a single county that voted for President Obama.

People in Jefferson County know all about this divide, because we enjoyed the glorious distinction of being a “swing” county.

That’s why the candidates spent so much time here, and why we were bur-ied in ugly advertising for the last nine months.

And, for all that, I really doubt that any-body’s minds were changed.

Sure, there were a handful of people who didn’t make up their minds early who were infl uenced by the late barrage of advertising.

But for the most part, this became an argument, not about which way was better, or which principles should guide us, but about who was the scariest person for the next four years. Hardly the stuff of Wash-ington, Jefferson and Lincoln.

We should expect better. And I’m going to start to propose a way forward, starting with First Principles. Maybe we can’t all agree on First Principles, and maybe we can; I’m not reaching into any deep arcane list for my FPs. I’m going to try to keep it

pretty simple. Ignore this if you want, and forgive me if

this sounds preachy or sanctimonious, but I suspect that our revulsion over the last nine months will be repeated in four years if we don’t start to force change. And if our revulsion becomes the norm, then how can we hope to bring the country together?

First of all, we have got to start making our First Duty to be to the Truth. I know some wit said “truth is the fi rst victim of any campaign,” but I don’t think we should be so casual with the Truth.

It’s not good enough to spin, or to inter-pret, but we should just speak to the Truth. If your party, your candidate, your issue, your organization is reluctant to deal with Truth, then there has to be a consequence for that. We can’t continue to return cor-rupt people to government and places of power, and then wonder why government is corrupt.

And secondly, can we re-prioritize Service? On this week, when we honor our veterans, let’s honor their service and sacri-fi ce by remembering that nobody ever took an oath to a party or president — they took oaths to the Constitution and served for the person on their left and on their right.

Maybe I’m making too much of this; then again, maybe we’ve all just lowered our expectations too far.

There is no Superman to save us from ourselves, though, if we continue to let the political season be this trivial.

Michael Alcorn is a music teacher and fi t-ness instructor who lives in Arvada with his wife and three children. He graduated from Alameda High School and the University of Colorado-Boulder.

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Despite more money, reform neededMany of us are pleased that Jeffco

Schools 3A and 3B passed. Now it’s critical to turn our attention to next steps.

One of the public comments from the mill/bond opposition prior to the election was that there are clearly two sides: one that believes all the district needs is more money and another that believes concrete reform steps must be taken.

Among all the data and back-and-forth around the campaign, that comment — more than others — showed a fundamen-tal misunderstanding of what Jeffco voters want. Most voters want both adequate funding and appropriate reform.

We now know that Jeffco voters af-fi rmed the fi rst part of this equation, resoundingly approving 3A and 3B.

Now it’s time to focus our energy on improving what we can. Much is already in progress. For instance, the state and the district are working hard on review-ing teacher compensation and evaluation processes, issues at the heart of many voters’ concerns. Other reform issues are important and exciting: Questions around achievement, school choice, charters, on-line learning, school day and year lengths, relationships with community colleges, state mandates, and language, STEM, and “academy” opportunities, to name a few.

With less fi nancial worry, let’s roll up our sleeves and give constructive, substan-tive input!

Jeff LamontagneLakewood

3A, 3B approval sends a messageVoters in Jefferson County sent a

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“So many people settle for simply hanging orna-ments on their trees, but there is so much more you can do by adding fi ll-ers that really refl ect your own personal taste and style,” he said. “Mixing in ribbon, fabrics, fl orals, feathers and other natu-ral elements create fl air and personality.”

Griffi th said the hot colors for 2012 range from soft pastels to rich jewel tones. Popular or-naments this season refl ect the Victorian era, with glittering gem-stones and rhinestones being extremely popular.

Instead of the tradi-tional tree topper, con-sider using twigs or

other natural elements arranged out of the top of your tree.

If you don’t have enough room for a tradi-tional sized tree, corner trees or the fl atter profi le trees are an excellent fi t for smaller spaces. Or, Griffi th suggests you may want to go in an entirely different direction.

“I am into repurposing and recycling, so I took the branches of an old artifi cial tree and wired them together to create swags, and then deco-rated those with combi-nations of fabrics, bows and ornaments,” he said. “You can hang swags on a mantel or place them on top of a door frame. They’re a fun family proj-ect, and you can even create them with dif-ferent color stories or themes for each room in your home.”

While most people know Replacements as the world’s largest retail-er of old and new china, crystal, silver and col-lectibles, the company has a vast selection of ornaments from around the globe.

You can fi nd decorat-ing and entertaining tips at www.replacements.com, while Replace-ments will post addi-tional ideas throughout the upcoming holiday season on its Facebook page.

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A year of yes for voters of the northThe logic and potential revenue from

tax for Amendment 64 may have been enough for voters to back recreational use of marijuana. With the medical marijuana centers already anchored in Colorado, it just didn’t seem like a stretch to go this direction and not wait for other states to try it out first. We hope the costs, lawmak-ing and legal issues don’t make the state regret its decision. We appreciated Gov. John Hickenlooper’s comment that federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so “don’t break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly.” We are not about to celebrate anything about this yet.

We appreciate that voters made tough choices on Election Day. We especially appreciated the yeses to Jeffco Schools. Sometimes when money is tight and the chips are down people nonetheless just dig deeper into their pockets.

percent approved issue 3A and 54 percent backed 3B.

These are huge wins for our kids — and our community. Great schools benefit us all.

They improve our quality of life, attract businesses and protect our property val-ues. Most important, they educate future citizens who one day will cast their own votes.

3A will generate $39 million each year to maintain classroom size; restore two days of school; and ensure students have access to instrumental music, teacher librarians, electives and Outdoor Lab. 3B will provide $99 million in funds for repairs to aging schools.

For the average Jeffco homeowner, these measures cost $36 a year — and will provide a strong return on taxpayers’ investment.

Our students outperform the state in all grade levels and content areas on 2012 state tests.

Our high school graduation rates tie for second in the nation among the 50 largest school districts.

More Jeffco students are pursuing post-secondary education.

The class of 2012 earned $54 million in college scholarships.

And there is always room for improve-ment! We will continue to leverage every taxpayer dollar for student success.

In Jeffco, the win for 3A and 3B also

demonstrates what a community can ac-complish when it puts children first.

Thousands of volunteers with Citizens for Jeffco Schools, led by co-chairs Kelly Johnson and Jonna Levine, walked door-to-door, called voters, waved signs at busy intersections and much more.

Chambers of commerce, mayors, city council members and others across Jef-ferson County stood up and said this is the right thing to do right now.

Today, we get back to work analyzing student achievement data, pinpointing classroom strategies that get results, and making sure our graduates are ready for college, the workforce and life.

But we’ll savor the support of a com-munity that came together on Nov. 6 to

ensure every child in Jeffco receives a great education and we promise that we will be good stewards of the taxpayer dollars you have entrusted to us.

On behalf of the Jeffco school board members who voted to put these measures on the ballot, thank you Jeffco voters for believing in our kids and the teachers, principals and support staff who touch their lives every day.

Lesley Dahlkemper, President, Jeffco Schools Board of Education

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Jill Fellman, Secretary, Jeffco Schools Board of Education

‘Totally MAD’ covers magazine’s 60-year historyThere are many things you still wish you

had from your childhood.Freedom to play, for one. The ability to

make a fool of yourself and not care. How about your old toys? You’d be rich right now if you still had them.

Oh, and that pile of comic books and magazines that you stored in your bedroom closet. You wish you still had those, too. Just holding them would take you back to being a kid again, which is why you’ll want “Total-ly MAD: 60 Years of Humor, Satire, Stupidity and Stupidity,” edited by John Ficarra and published by Time Home Entertainment.

When Bill Gaines inherited Educational Comics (known as EC) in the early 1950s, the company’s output was mostly “kiddie comics.” Gaines, however, was creative and wanted to experiment. He came up with a horror comic he called “MAD,” changing EC into Entertainment Comics.

Gaines was somewhat of an eccen-

tric. His MAD office was filled with paper, rubber stamps and a life-size King Kong head. He was “unshaven, unkempt, and sometimes off the rails.” Once, after MAD changed offices, he had lunch at a nearby restaurant, then informed the management that he would bring guests to their estab-lishment several times a week if he didn’t have to wear a tie. They insisted on ties. Gaines never ate there again.

During Gaines’ years at the head of MAD, the magazine consisted of 48 pages of black-and-white drawings. There were occasional, thicker issues but the standard had no frills. And it was “Cheap” – as little as a dime an issue in the early days.

In 1956, MAD’s toothy spokeskid made his debut.

Gaines didn’t like Alfred E. Neuman at first, and had to be convinced that there were ”endless possibilities” for the iconic mas-cot. Alfred’s presence led to a lawsuit for copyright infringement at one point, but the magazine won. The “What? Me, Wor-ry?” kid didn’t worry and neither, report-edly, did Gaines. In 1997, five years after Bill Gaines’ death, MAD was re-organized, re-populated with a few new artists, and “re-launched.” Its appearance had altered slightly, it cost more, it now accepted paid ads, and its presence was cemented in pop culture.

So who didn’t grow up with MAD Maga-zine? If you did, you’ll find “Totally MAD” to be (almost-but-not-quite) completely fun. This history of MAD Magazine is not a thor-ough, detailed one but I didn’t mind that. Just reading the little-known stories is great, like joining a secret club. That’s enough to satisfy big kids who grew up with Dave Berg, Sergio Aragones, Dick De Bartolo, Don Mar-tin, and – surprise! – Chevy Chase.

The disappointment is that many ar-ticles are mere samples. You’ll get half a TV satire. Two pages of what was once a multi-page gag. It doesn’t happen everywhere, but it happened enough that the tease made me, well … mad.

Still, this is pure nostalgia for former kids of all ages, and fans will love it anyhow. If your funny bone and hip attitude were shaped by a gap-toothed smile and eight-issues-a-year, then “Totally MAD” is a book you’ll wish you had.

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“So many people settle for simply hanging orna-ments on their trees, but there is so much more you can do by adding fi ll-ers that really refl ect your own personal taste and style,” he said. “Mixing in ribbon, fabrics, fl orals, feathers and other natu-ral elements create fl air and personality.”

Griffi th said the hot colors for 2012 range from soft pastels to rich jewel tones. Popular or-naments this season refl ect the Victorian era, with glittering gem-stones and rhinestones being extremely popular.

Instead of the tradi-tional tree topper, con-sider using twigs or

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If you don’t have enough room for a tradi-tional sized tree, corner trees or the fl atter profi le trees are an excellent fi t for smaller spaces. Or, Griffi th suggests you may want to go in an entirely different direction.

“I am into repurposing and recycling, so I took the branches of an old artifi cial tree and wired them together to create swags, and then deco-rated those with combi-nations of fabrics, bows and ornaments,” he said. “You can hang swags on a mantel or place them on top of a door frame. They’re a fun family proj-ect, and you can even create them with dif-ferent color stories or themes for each room in your home.”

While most people know Replacements as the world’s largest retail-er of old and new china, crystal, silver and col-lectibles, the company has a vast selection of ornaments from around the globe.

You can fi nd decorat-ing and entertaining tips at www.replacements.com, while Replace-ments will post addi-tional ideas throughout the upcoming holiday season on its Facebook page.

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Garage Sales

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Antiques & Collectibles

Commercial, stainless steel USRange with double oven, 4 burners,and 36" griddle. Restaurant Range,natural gas. 4 burners 25" x 36"Griddle Double oven, each 21" x26.5" with racks 36" high Backguard with shelf total dimensions60" L x 31"W x 59.5"H Was work-ing when bought from restaurant,we haven't used. We had inten-tions of remodeling our kitchen.Those plans have changed.

These double ovens with the greatgriddle sell for around $2,000. Weare asking $700 to move it quickly.303-243-1425

Appliances

Maytag Dryerused for 1 year $150 720-746-8214

Arts & Crafts

Englewood High School Holiday Craft Fair andEnglewood UnleashedChili Cook-offSaturday November 17th 20129am-3pm, Free admissionEnglewood High School3800 SOUTH LOGAN STREETEnglewood 80113Something for everyone, make uspart of your Holiday Season

$20 microchip implanting DDFLSpay Neuter bus will be on site.

Fri, Sat & Sun Nov. 16, 17 & 188am-4:30pm

4570 Quay St., Wheat RidgeLots of homemade items & gifts

St Rose of Lima Craft Fair

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1345 W. Dakota Ave.Denver, Co 80219

11040 Colorado BlvdThornton, CO 80233

303-457-2476

St. John’s Annual Holiday Bazaar

Sat. Nov. 10th 9a -4p

Come do yourHoliday Shopping!

All kinds of homemade cra�s and other items.

Facepainting

Arts & Crafts

Christmas Gift& Craft Fair

November 17th9am-4pm

Over 20 crafters & food concessions

St. StephensLutheran Church

10828 Huron Dr., Northglenn

Building Materials

Steel BuildingsPrices Reduced

Wholesale/Factory offersOn discounted deals

Big & Small Source# 18X(800) 964 8335

Firearms

Douglas County CommemorativeWinchester Rifle. #4 of 10, 24Kgold plated, engraved, $2,000.Serious inquires call 719-783-2234.

Rossi Ranch HandLarge loop lever action pistol type

caliber capacity 6+1 action44 Magnum 12" round barrel.

303-421-8512

Firewood

Bulk FirewoodLogs, various hardwoods,

random links, you load, you haul.$60.00 for pick up load.

Split firewood also available.303-431-8132

Furniture

Cut/Split/Deliver$202.25 a cord for Pine, Fir &Aspen some areas may requirea delivery charge.Scrap Metal hauling also available303-647-2475 or 720-323-2173

FULL SIZE SOFAExcellent condition, earth tone$150.00 OBO 303-470-1829

Miscellaneous

American Standard Jet BathtubHinged Shower Door 66x26 3/4Traditional Ceiling Fan with light2 Traditional & 2 Modern ChandlerReasonably priced, will accept fairoffer303-794-3600

Moving - Newer Singer sewingmachine $30

CD Player, 2 speakers $50(303)806-0232

Musical

PianoMoving must sell KIMBALL consolePiano and Bench, Maple, Greatcondition $450 (303)806-0232

Sporting goods

Quality 8' Oak Pool Table3 piece 1" slate, like new, and in-cludes accessories worth $600

Asking $1200 for all. Call 303-456-8181

Tickets/Travel

All Tickets Buy/SellNFL-NBA-NHL-NCAA-MLBWWW.DENVERTICKET.COM(303)-420-5000

Wanted to Buy

BUYING COINS andCOIN COLLECTIONS 1964

or earlier US coins.Paying 20 times the face value.

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Garage Storage needed ASAPfor 3 months until remodel com-plete. Call Phil (303)669-3845

PETS

Cats

Free To Good HomeCalico house cat.303-706-0282

Dogs

Blue and Fawn XXL Pit Bulls forsale. Born on October 31st, 2012UKC Registered. Taking depositsnow with only 8 left. 1-719-232-4439

English Setter puppy.Champion blood lines, orange &

white female $500.00.Call Mike 303-807-2540

Other Pets

2 Holland Lop Bunnies (303)818-2825

Autos for Sale

1972 International Pickup withtopper, ¾ ton, 61K miles $4,0001972 gold International pickup withtopper, ¾ ton, 2WD, senior owned,great condition, 60,555 miles,$4,000. 719-687-7669

Autos for Sale

2005 Infiniti FX 35.Gold w/tan interior. Sun roof, Bosesound system. Great conditionmust see...100,000 miles.

$17,500.00 OBO 303-907-3505

Majestic Towing& Recovery, LLC

999 Vallejo Street,Denver, CO 80204

720-775-2702Please be advised the following

vehicles are for sale:01. 1997 White Chevy Tahoe -VIN #101915

02. 1995 Green Saturn Sedan -VIN #215101

03. 1964 Burg Plymouth Valant -VIN #572674

RV’s and Campers

1991 FordE350 Winnebago

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1993 Olds Cutlaswith brake unit. 303-422-0254

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Construction

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Electricians

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Hauling Service

"$$$ ReasonableRates On:

*Trash Cleanup: old furniture,mattresses, appliances, etc.

*Replacement of Decorative Rock*Hauling: trash, old sod, debris.

*Gutter cleaning.*Storm Damage Cleanup,

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Heating/ Air Conditioning

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efficiency furnace & AC availablewith rebates. Licensed & Insured.

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S & H Heating and Cooling is a family-owned company doing business in the Denver area for 65 years with the same phone number the entire time!

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House Cleaning

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House KeepingResidential and commercial

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303-431-5227

RVK Window &House CleaningResidential/Commercial

detailed cleaning.8 years experience

Radek 720-202-8325

Landscaping/Nurseries

LANDSCAPE

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RON’S LANDSCAPINGSpring Clean Up, Raking,Weeding,

Flower Bed Maintenance, Schrub RetrimmingSoil Prep - SodWork

Trees & Schrub Replacement also SmallTree & Bush Removal

Bark, Rock Walss & FlagstoneWork

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Lawn/Garden Services

$$$ Reasonable RatesOn:

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debris. *Gutter cleaning. *StormDamage Cleanup. Refs.

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A&M Lawn ServiceLandscaping, Xeriscaping

Flagstone or Pavestone,Shrub & Tree Installation &

Removal & Pruning

Sprinklers, Landscaping Design &Installation, Patio & Walkways,

Sod & Soil Amendments,Retaining Walls, Water Features,

Lawn Maintenance, Commercial &Residential, Weekly Mowing,

Fertilization, Aeration,Power Raking & Vacuuming,

Sprinkler WinterizationStarting @ $35

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303-791-5551

Servicing Castle Rock,Littleton, Highlands Ranch

and Parker

Since 1980

Columbine Lawn& Sprinkler

Sprinkler Blowouts $40Aeration $40

Fertilization $30Gutter Cleanouts $35 and up

Licensed Plumberand Custom Contracting

Hardwood Floors,Fencing, Remodels,

Snow Removal

Tony 720-210-4304

Masonry

30 yrs experiencedbrick layer

Patios, brick laying, block work,pavers, & tile work.

Brick fireplaces & chimneys.Call Matt (303)419-3424

Medical

Spinal Adjustment $25.00.David Goodfield 720-540-7700

see my ad in theProfessional Service Guide

Wheelchair with pad $150 303-520-7880

Painting

Bob’s Painting,Repairs & HomeImprovements

30 yrs experienceFree estimates303-450-1172

Painting

Interior / Exterior

power washingdecks & fences.

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Specializing inre-paints & new

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Your neighborhood painter for over 25 years.

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Interior & Exterior painting.References

303-466-4752

PAINTER30 years

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References

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Deck Repair

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Plumbing

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West MetroLIFE Lakewood Sentinel 17

November 15, 2012

Ex-gridder didn’t fritter

There are plenty of stories about for-mer Broncos who lived the high life only to crash and burn post their NFL career.

But former wide receiver Rod Smith has avoided slipping into the “fortune, fame then falling flat on his face” cycle. His story is told as part of an Oct. 31 Forbes story headlined, “Not broke: How NFL players stay financially stable after the game ends.” To read the whole story, go to forbes.com and enter “NFL” in the search field.

Smith recounts being 10 years old and watching an episode of “Where Are They Now?” on HBO.

“There was a guy on the show who played in the NFL and then became homeless. When I saw that, I thought, `When I get into the NFL, there is no way I’m going broke,’” Smith told Forbes.

Forbes also cited a 2009 Sports Illus-trated report that said within two years of retiring, 78 percent of NFL players face financial stress.

Smith hung onto his frugality through-out his 14-year NFL career in part because he joined the pros as an un-drafted player in 1994. At his alma mater, Missouri Southern State University, he completed three degrees in business, economics and finance, and marketing and management, the story said.

“I didn’t get drafted, so that helped me build financial stability,” Smith told Forbes. “I had a chance to be in the NFL, but not a chance to be in the NFL life-style, because I didn’t have the income for it.”

On the Broncos practice squad mak-ing $60,000 a year, Smith didn’t attempt to keep up with the financial luxuries of other players in the locker room.

Now in retirement, Smith has kept up a practice he started in the Broncos locker room under the leadership of former head coach Mike Shanahan of mentoring younger players about financial respon-sibility.

“I appreciate Shanahan because he let me teach a financial class to the rook-ies,” Smith said in the story. “Nobody was teaching me these principles. I learned them from watching people.”

Il Mondo Vecchio bids arrivederciIl Mondo Vecchio, the much-lauded

Denver salumi producer, will shut its doors on Nov. 30 due to increased regula-tory requirements and pressures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The production facility at 1174 S. Cherokee St. famously produced salami, pepperoni, bresaola and other cured meats along with fresh sausages for local restaurants and markets, as well as for eateries in out-of-state cities including San Francisco, Seattle and Houston.

Mark DeNittis and business partner Gennaro DeSantis have owned and oper-ated Il Mondo Vecchio under the local USDA watchdog for three years. When a representative from the national USDA went on an inspection, the salumeria was put under more fierce scrutiny.

“Il Mondo Vecchio has had three solid years of uninterrupted business growth and has never had one instance of food safety violation, issue or complaint,” DeNittis said in a written statement. “In August, the USDA imposed additional requirements on Il Mondo Vecchio’s pro-duction methods.

New talent On the EdgeFour playwrights get chance to shine in theater’s season finaleBy Clarke Readercreader@ourcoloradonews.com

The Edge Theater will sound its reputa-tion of pushing boundaries with the works of four local playwrights in the final perfor-mance of the season.

“On the Edge: A Festival of New Plays” be-gan on Nov. 9 and will run through Dec. 2 at the theater, 9797 W. Colfax Ave., and features a new play every weekend.

Tickets are $10 per show. “Crasher/Host-ess” by Ellen K. Graham kicked off the festi-val and ran Nov. 9-11.

“In our second season we really wanted to make a commitment to new works. We’re giving local playwrights an opportunity to get their work produced, which is hard to do,” said Rick Yaconis, executive and artistic director of The Edge. “For these shows, the stars are the writers, not the actors or direc-tors.”

The writers of the four plays were chosen from the theater’s On Your Feet workshop,

which gives playwrights a chance to refine their work with other writers. Yaconis said the theater received a lot of scripts when they put out the call about the festival, and honed the numbers down from the top 40 to the top 20 and finally, the top four.

“Room No. 12” by Haley Johnson — Nov. 16-18Johnson has acted in two of the Edge’s

previous productions, and while she said she tends to watch a lot of comedy, when it comes to her writing, she focuses on the dramatic. Her play focuses on a women and a girl who go through a horrific experience together and how their relationship changes based on what they’ve gone through.

“It’s a story some people may love, some may hate, but you won’t be able to walk away indifferent,” she said.

Johnson is an actor primarily, and said that most of her writing has been in more of a short story format, which is how “Room No. 12” started. She said she has enjoyed the process in taking it to a play format.

“I wrote it with the lead as someone I could see playing the role of,” she said. “But it’s been really fun seeing other people breath life into it by doing things I’d never thought of before.”

“Gifted” by Carrie Printz — Nov. 23-25Printz has always had an interest in multi-

ethnic stories, especially since they have be-come more common in American society, and decided to tackle the subject in “Gifted.”

“The play is about the family of a 15-year-old boy. His father is Indian and his mother is Caucasian, and he’s going through a bit of an identity crisis about his culture,” she said. “At the same time, he is very, very smart, and has an opportunity to go on a game show to show it.”

Printz is a journalist for a medical pub-lication, and became interesting in writing plays about four years ago, so she started taking classes.

“I’ve never seen the whole play acted out before, and there’s really nothing quite like it,” she said. “I’m excited to see it come to life.”

“Straight Sitting” by Melanie Tem — Nov. 30-Dec. 2

Tem’s play is inspired by actual events that happened in Evergreen, when a child was killed during a “re-birthing” therapy session, and asks the audience to examine some serious questions.

“It’s not the story of what happened in Ev-ergreen, but it was inspired by it,” she said. “The therapists are trying to help, and it’s an extremely complex situation I want people to think about.”

Tem is a social worker, but said she has al-ways had a second career as a writer, and has had other stories published before.

“I really enjoy the fluid and collaborative nature of plays,” she said. “The number of places where you can get a production like this are pretty small, so Rick and The Edge are taking a bit of a gamble.”

Audiences who attend all four shows will have the chance to vote for which play de-serves a full production in the 2013 season.

There will also be a panel of seven judges, including Yaconis and his wife, a local the-ater critic and two representatives from the Colorado Theater Guild, deciding on which play wins the top prize.

Ellen K. Graham, the writer of “Crasher/Hostess,” works with the play’s director, Rick Yaconis, on staging a scene. “Crasher/Hostess” was the first production of the festival. Courtesy Photos

Laura Lounge (portraying Constance) and Brock Benson (portraying Tog) act out a scene from “Crasher/Hostess.”

IF YOU GOWHAT: “On the Edge: A Festival of New Plays”

WHERE: The Edge Theater

9797 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood

WHEN: Nov. 9 through Dec. 2

Fridays and Saturdays — 8 p.m.

Sundays — 6 p.m.

COST: $10 per show

INFORMATION: 303-232-0363 or www.theeproject.com

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After two months of sharing informa-tion and collaboration back and forth between Il Mondo Vecchio and the USDA as well as various attempts to modify the production methods, Il Mondo Vecchio has determined that the impact of the regula-tory requirements on dry cured sausage products was detrimental to the quality of the product and therefore, (we) are forced to close the doors.”

DeNittis said that his company and the USDA came to an impasse. “(We) could either change (our) methods to a process that has been validated by the USDA such as fermenting (cooking the product) or adding nitrites, nitrates, acids or copious amounts of salt, all resulting in what IMV believes to be an inferior product or stop production.”

They chose the latter. The public is still

invited to attend the weekly Friday after-noon Loading Dock Friday product sales until the end of this month.

All proceeds benefi t the Denver Schol-arship Foundation and its mission to in-spire and empower Denver Public Schools students to achieve their quest for college. For tickets, contact Abigail Whiteing at 303-640-6568 or awhiteing@denverschol-arship.org. More information at www.denverscholarship.org.

Wiley WeilRockmount Ranch Wear owner Steve

Weil never met a celebrity he didn’t like, especially if they buy and wear his shirts in concert. So recently when rock icons Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfl er were on tour for two shows in Denver, Knopfl er and the band stopped and shopped at Rockmount in LoDo. The bass player wore his Rock-

mount denim shirt (No. 640-DT, Weil tells me) at the show.

“This is one perk at Rockmount, not knowing who is going to drop by unexpect-edly,” Weil said.

Dylan has been to Rockmount and has many shirts, including the one he wore when he received the Medal of Honor from President Obama earlier this year.

Rev up for Restaurant Week(s)The ninth annual Denver Restaurant

Week(s) will be held from Feb. 23 to March 8. DRW restaurant participants will once again offer diners a multicourse dinner for two for the “Mile High” price of $52.80, not including tax and tip.

Registration for Denver Restaurant Week for restaurants were to open this week. Questions: Contact Valerie Farrell at 303-571-936 or drw@visitdenver.com.

Early bird gets best pricesCome to Lakewood’s recreation centers

from 3-9 a.m. Nov. 23 (yes, you read that right) to save up to 50 percent on recre-ation passes, classes and leagues.

Carmody Recreation Center will open at 3 a.m., and the other three facilities will open at 5 a.m. The fi rst 250 people to take advantage of the deals will receive a mys-tery goodie bag and a chance to win a $750 Belmar gift certifi cate. For more informa-tion, visit www.Lakewood.org/BlackFriday.

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. She can be reached at penny@blacktie-llc.com or at 303-619-5209.

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Ruth Cobban, 92, passed away on October 28, 2012. She lived in Lakewood for over 50 years. Remembrances of her are cherished by her husband of 70 years, Dr. William A. Cobban of Lakewood; daughter Georgina Egbert of Hardin, Montana; and sons Robert of Lakewood and Bill of Cañon City.

Ruth Cobban

Wilma G. Long 1920 ~ 2012

Wilma G. Long, owner and president of Lakewood Travel Agencies Inc., passed away on Tuesday, November 6th at her home in Lakewood, she was 92.

Wilma was born in Gresh-am, Nebraska to Ada and William “W.G.” Hills.

Her father was in the oil, land and cattle business, her mother was a school teacher. Wilma worked most of the time as a young girl with her father, serving as a per-sonal assistant in his busi-ness, keeping the company’s books, handling many of the �nancial transactions and helping to run the company. Wilma went on to college at Nebraska Wesleyan Universi-ty where she received her BFA degree in Music. Her love for the arts, particularly music, never waned. Her true call-ing was in business.

Wilma married Richard Long, her husband of 31 years, in 1945. �ey moved to the Denver area in 1958 to manage the family’s oil busi-ness.

�e Longs purchased Lakewood Travel, a two-person travel agency located on West Colfax. Lakewood Travel, under Wilma’s lead-ership, grew and �ourished, quickly becoming an agency of nearly seventy employees with multi million dollar an-nual sales and prestigious international travel a�li-ations. Amongst her many

accolades, Wilma was the �rst person in Colorado to receive CTC status, “Certi-�ed Travel Consultant”, in 1976. Wilma was also elected into the former Continental Airlines Hall of Fame in 1978 as Travel Agent of the Year, Frontier Airlines top awards for performance and Lake-wood Travel received Top 20 Awards from United Airlines.

After rede�ning travel standards of excellence, Wil-ma ended her brilliant career selling Lakewood Travel to American Express Travel in 1984.

Wilma served on count-less boards in the Denver area over the years including United Bank of Lakewood, Villa Merchants Association, the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, the Colorado Philharmonic and the Wood-side Group of Travel Agen-cies.

Flags were �ying half- mast at �e Lakewood Country Club on Tuesday where Wil-ma was a long time member.

Richard Long passed away in 1976. Wilma is survived by her three children, Sherry Long, Leslie (Butch) Hosmer and Billy (Lisa) Long, her two grandsons, Austin and Colbourne, her long time partner and best friend Bart Hegarty, his children and grandchildren. Wilma also leaves behind her beloved “grand dogs” Cowgirl and Finn.

Faye Steuck

Faye Steuck, 61, of Gold-en, passed away on Tues-day, Oct. 30.

Originally from Detroit, she was a 1979 graduate of the National University of Health Sciences in Lom-bard, Illinois, moving to Golden in 1980.

She served that com-munity for over 30 years in the practice of chiropractic and nutritional medicine, enthusiastically embracing the importance of treating body, mind and spirit.

She enjoyed living and working in Golden and es-pecially loved taking walks along Clear Creek by the library and Lions Park. She raised her two daughters in Golden and always appre-ciated how fortunate she was to live in such a beauti-ful community.

She is survived by her husband, Greg Steuck, daughters Melissa Martin (Matt) Raia and Diana Mar-tin, and grandson Martin Raia. Also siblings Sheila, Mark and Neil Stephenson of Michigan, and many nieces and nephews.

A Celebration of Faye’s Life is planned for Sunday, Nov. 18 at 2:00 p.m. at Foot-hills Chapel at 1950 Ford St. in Golden.

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YOUR WEEK & MORE THURSDAY/NOV. 15

SILENT AUCTION Oberon PTSA will have its spaghetti dinner and silent auction at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at Oberon Middle School, 7300 Quail St., Arvada. Call 303-982-2020.

SYMPHONY CONCERT Lakewood Symphony presents “In the Style of the Boston Pops,” featuring baritone Steven Taylor, dean of the school of music at Colorado Christian University, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 Allison Parkway. Tickets are available by calling 303-987-7845 or at Lakewood.org/Tickets.

THEATER AUDITIONS The Arvada Center will have auditions for “Blithe Spirit” by appointment only, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 15, at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Call 720-898-7200 to schedule a time. Actors must be 18 years and older to audition. The show runs from Jan. 22 to Feb. 17. Visit www.arvadacenter.org.

SILENT AUCTION The Lakewood Symphony presents “In the Style of the Boston Pops!” an evening of music including Broadway, light classics and other pops. Steven Taylor, baritone soloist, will perform Shenandoah, the Toreador Song, the Music of the Night and more. The silent auction has something for everyone. The event is from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Lakewood Cultural Center, 470 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. For ticket information, call 303-987-7845 or go online at www.Lakewood.org/Tickets.

ISLAMIC FAITH Join Active Minds as it explores the sometimes violent re-action from parts of the Muslim world to what many deem as “free speech” in other parts of the world. The program is planned from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at Atria Inn at Lakewood, 555 S. Pierce St., Lakewood. RSVP at 303-742-4800.

FALL PLAY Golden High School’s

Stage Right Productions will present its fall play, “Night of January 16th,” by author Ayn Rand. Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Nov. 15-17, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17 in the high school auditorium. Cash and check accepted at the door. For advanced ticket purchase, call 303-982-2813 or email at goldentheater@jeffco.k12.co.us. For other information, contact Scott Hasbrouck at shasbrou@jeffco.k12.co.us or 303-982-2813.

THURSDAY TO MONDAY/NOV. 15- 19

CHRISTMAS COLLECTION Faith Mountain Church in Lakewood will be bustling with activity as shoeboxes packed full of goodies for needy kids overseas are dropped off by local individuals and families as part of Op-eration Christmas Child. Winnie Barnes is the collection site coordinator and can be reached at 303-980-1683. Ad-ditional local collection sites in Wheat Ridge, Arvada, Golden and Evergreen can be found at www.samaritans-purse.org.

THURSDAY TO Tuesday/Nov. 15- 20

FOOD DRIVE Revolution Chiropractic will have a food drive for the Arvada Food Bank. New patients who make a donation of $10 can receive their initial appointment for free. Call Revo-lution Chiropractic at 303-284-9875 or email to revolutionchiros@gmail.com. The special will be honored through Nov. 20.

FRIDAY /NOV. 16

BLOOD DRIVE Belmar Library Com-munity Blood Drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, inside Bonfils’ bus at 555 S. Allison Parkway, Lakewood. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact Bonfils’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfils.org.

GARAGE SALE A multi-home fall garage sale to benefit Misha May

Foundation Dog Training and Rescue is from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at a private home at 8415 W. Third Place in Lakewood. Items for sale include furniture, tools, cloth-ing, kitchen gadgets and more. For information, or to volunteer, email mishamayfoundation@gmail.com.

WINE TASTING Tickets are available for the sixth annual Wines for the Holidays wine tasting from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, at the Standley Lake Library, 8485 Kipling St., Arvada. The event will help support the Arvada Community Food Bank. Reservations must be made in advance through the Arvada Festivals Commission at https://winetasting.webconnex.com/winetasting.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY/NOV. 16-17

THEATER SHOW Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen presents “The Little Mermaid Jr.” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, and at 2 and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Center/Stage Theater, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreeen. Purchase tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com.

FRIDAY TO Sunday/Nov. 16-18, Nov. 23-25, Nov. 30 to Dec. 2

THEATER FESTIVAL See a new play every week for four weeks at The Edge Theatre: “Room #12” plays Nov. 16-18; “Gifted” plays Nov. 23-25; and “Straight Sitting” plays Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. The theater is at 9797 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. Visit www.theedge-theater.com or call 303-232-0363 for tickets and information on the shows.

SATURDAY/NOV. 17

CRAFT FAIR Golden Gate Grange will have its annual Holiday Craft Faire from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. Free admission, cookies and coffee. Four miles west of Route 93 in Golden at 25201 Golden Gate Canyon Road. Call Jayne 303 215-9257 or

Mary 303-277-0134.

ALZHEIMER’S CARE In recogni-tion of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and National Fam-ily Caregivers Month, Home Instead Senior Care is offering free Alzheimer’s CARE training workshops for area families. The next training is at 8 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at 6191 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge. RSVP at 303-463-1900 or aallen@denverhisc.com.

ANIMAL RIGHTS Misha May Foundation Dog Training and Rescue President Doug Torza leads a seminar on Animal Rights, Animal Welfare and Animal Advocacy Through the Ages from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Doggie Delights, 1432 S. Broadway, Denver. Includes a vegan lunch with gluten-free options. Discussion will continue during lunch. Fee is discounted if paid by Friday, Nov. 16. For information, email mishamayfoundation@gmail.com or call 303-239-0382, or use the Paypal button at www.mishamayfoundation.org to register and pay for this class.

SATURDAY/NOV. 17 AND DEC. 8

ALZHEIMER’S WORKSHOP Home Instead Senior Care is offering a free educational workshop for those caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s

disease or other dementias. The work-shop will cover how to manage behav-iors, learn engagement skills and how to care for yourself while caring for a loved one. Two workshops are planned from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 17, and Saturday, Dec. 8, at Home Instead Senior Care, 6191 W. 44th Ave., Wheat Ridge. RSVP at 303-463-1900.

SUNDAY/NOV. 18

STRANGER AWARENESS An Arvada Police Department volunteer will host a stranger awareness class from 1-2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Stanley Lake Library. The class is geared for children in kindergarten to third grade, but all ages are welcome. Attendance is on a first-come basis. Check the Arvada Police Department website for additional classes to be scheduled and safety tips at arvadapd.org. Questions can be directed to childsafety@q.com.

THEATER SHOW The Littleton Catholic home-school satellite class of Colorado ACTS performs “Anne of Avonlea,” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Colorado ACTS Theater, 9460 W. 58th Ave., Arvada. Tickets available at the door.

CONCERT SERIES St. Paul’s Episco-pal Church, 9200 W. 10th Ave., Lake-wood, presents its 2012-13 concert series. Season and individual tickets are available. Email olssoncolo@comcast.net or call 303-279-2932. All concerts take place in the St. Paul Sanctuary. Concerts are:

NOV. 18: Confluence a cappella choir will present “The War Between Men and Women,” based on James Thurber’s cartoon series of the same name, at 3 p.m.

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LakewoodSPORTS20 Lakewood SentinelNovember 15, 2012

OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF OUT OF BOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBOUNDSBY THE NUMBERSNumber of points the

P o m o n a f o o t b a l l team has outscored

its past four opponents since losing to Ralston Valley on Oct. 12. The Panthers have lit up the scoreboard to the tune of 153 points while hold-ing their foes to 52.

Number of points the R a l s t o n Valley foot-ball team has al-

lowed this postseason. The Mustangs beat Cas-tle View 45-0 in the fi rst round, and then pound-ed Fort Collins 42-0 last week.

Yards of offense R a l s t o n Valley sur-r e n d e r e d in the win

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Yards of offense the Mustangs picked up in the win over Fort

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FOOTBALLNo. 7 Pomona (9-2,

4-1) at No. 2 Ralston Valley (10-1, 5-0), Friday at 7 p.m. at

North Area Athletic Complex

It’s an all-Arvada 5A quarterfi nal as Pomona looks to gain a measure of revenge against cross-town rival Ralston Valley. It won’t be easy as the Mustangs, who beat the Panthers 30-22 on Oct. 12, have arguably been the hottest team in the state since falling to top-seeded ThunderRidge in the third game of the year. Get to the NAAC early – this should be a great one.

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Mustangs methodical in playoff win over Rams By Jim Benton jbenton@ourcoloradonews.com

PARKER - There were no surprises in last Friday night’s Class 4A playoff game between Ponderosa and Green Mountain at Sports Authority Stadium.

Green Mountain coach Tom Ward coached at Ponderosa for eight seasons so both teams were familiar with each other.

And, the result of the game was familiar, at least to Ponderosa.

Ponderosa, the second seed in the play-offs, remained unbeaten as the Mustangs used a stout defense and quick strike offense to notch a 35-7 fi rst round playoff victory. The Mustangs (11-0) will travel to Colorado Springs Friday night for a quarterfi nal game against tenth-seeded Mesa Ridge (8-3). Pon-derosa held the Rams to 82 yards of total offense. The Mustangs managed only 245 yards but took advantage of Green Mountain mistakes and scored quickly to force the visi-tors to play catch up.

“Tom coached with us,” Ponderosa coach Jamie Woodruff explained. “He knows us pretty well. We couldn’t run the trap very well and they couldn’t run the trap very well.”

Ponderosa took a 7-0 lead on its second possession of the game when the Mustangs moved 37 yards in three plays with quar-terback Tanner Augustine scoring on an 11-yard run. Then the Mustangs scored 14 points in 10 seconds to assume a 21-0 lead.

Green Mountain punter Derek Stein dropped the snap, tried to scramble but his attempted punt was blocked by Adam Lange. Stein broke his leg on the play.

Ponderosa capitalized with Augustine tossing a 6-yard TD pass to Corry Williams with 1:46 left in the fi rst quarter.

On Green Mountain’s next play, Nathan Kirkegaard recovered a Rams’ fumble and after a fi ve-yard penalty, Dylan Spradling ran eight yards for a touchdown to pushed the Mustangs up by three touchdowns with 1:36 to play in the fi rst quarter.

“The turnovers really hurt and the punter dropping the snap” said Ward. “The fi rst se-ries we stopped them, gambled by kicking into the wind, they fumbled and we didn’t get it.

“We knew what they were going to do and they knew what we were going to do. We had to try things. It was one of those things where physically we didn’t match up. It was pretty obvious.”

Williams, who rushed for 129 yards, scored his second and third touchdowns of

the game on runs of seven and 33 yards as the Mustangs went up 35-0 before Green Mountain managed to score with 2:18 to play in the game. A bad snap on a Ponderosa punt resulted in the Rams taking over at the Mustang 19-yard line.

“Anytime you can win 35-7, you are al-ways happy,” said Woodruff. “We played well but we can play better. We have to get bet-ter.”

Ward thinks the Mustangs have the mak-ings of a championship team.

“I coached with these guys,” he said. “I knew what they would do and we had a good

defensive game plan but offensively, they are just solid on defense. They have a chance to go all the way.”

Green Mountain, seeded 15th in the play-offs, suffered its third consecutive loss but fi nished the season with a 7-4 record.

“Nobody thought we would win seven games,” said Ward. “I had 15 seniors and they didn’t win a game as freshmen. They came a long way.

“Hey, I’m not disappointed. We didn’t want to play these guys (Mustangs), just be-cause they’re my buddies. We played hard and that’s always good.”

Ponderosa outside linebacker Kelton Good (36) attempts to stop the run of Green Mountain Rams running back Eric Lenz (25) at Sports Authority Stadium. Photos by Ron Chenoy-US PRESSWIRE

Green Mountain running back Josh Einerston (24) returns a punt during the game against the Ponderosa Mustangs at Sports Authority Stadium.

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defensive game plan but offensively, they are just solid on defense. They have a chance to go all the way.”

Green Mountain, seeded 15th in the play-offs, suffered its third consecutive loss but finished the season with a 7-4 record.

“Nobody thought we would win seven games,” said Ward. “I had 15 seniors and they didn’t win a game as freshmen. They came a long way.

“Hey, I’m not disappointed. We didn’t want to play these guys (Mustangs), just be-cause they’re my buddies. We played hard and that’s always good.”

Ponderosa outside linebacker Kelton Good (36) attempts to stop the run of Green Mountain Rams running back Eric Lenz (25) at Sports Authority Stadium. Photos by Ron Chenoy-US PRESSWIRE

Tigers can’t duplicate magical runLakewood goes 1-1 at state volleyball tournamentBy Daniel Williamsdwilliams@ourcoloradonews.com

DENVER - After a successful run at the state championships last season, the Lakewood girls volleyball team looked to take this year’s tournament by storm.

Lakewood barely missed out on the title match in 2011, los-ing a exciting five-set match to Grandview in the semifinals. Re-turning a majority of the lineup this year, hopes were high that the team could go all the way.

“We still had a lot of our starting lineup from last year,” said junior Sara Fahrenbrook. “We just lost one of our outsides. It was a big loss, but our outsides this year made up for it, easy.”

Though the Tigers knew their shot a state was still strong, other teams seemed to count them out. With the newly ad-opted MaxPreps Freeman Rankings determining postseason, Lakewood fell to a deep ninth out of 12 teams in the Class 5A tournament.

Despite the low seed, Lakewood was still happy with its schedule to play Mountain Vista and Cherry Creek in pool play.

“I really liked our draw for the pool coming in today,” Tigers coach Liz Armbrustmacher said. “We really felt like we had a chance to make it through to the semifinals, which is pretty good for a team that everybody kind of discounted at the be-ginning of the year. Nobody thought we would make it this far.”

As the third seed in the pool, Lakewood would have to play both matches on the first day of the tournament, Friday Nov. 9.

Mountain Vista also felt confident about its shot in the tour-nament, which made it that much more shocking when Lake-wood came out in dominating fashion.

Even without libero Camille White, who injured her hand in regional play, the team instantly showed it was a legitimate contender with a 5-2 run to begin the match. The Tigers would continue their dominance through each game, building runs as much as 5-0 and 9-0. The Tigers would quickly earn a 25-20, 25-20, 25-23 victory over a stunned Golden Eagles squad.

“We wanted it really, really bad,” Fahrenbrook said. “We just played our hardest. We came here to play.”

After a quick one-match break, Lakewood faced up against a big Cherry Creek offense. Even with momentum in the Tigers favor, the Bruins had a confidence to be found at a school with a winning tradition.

After fighting tough in the first set, it still wasn’t enough to overcome the powerful Bruins squad. Though Lakewood tried attacks from every angle, the Cherry Creek defense gave up nothing to the normally mighty Tiger offense. The Bruins would

then cruise to a 25-22, 25-13, 25-19 victory.“Cherry Creek really played flawlessly today,” Armbrustm-

acher said. “They didn’t make an error. It’s hard to beat a team at this level when they are not making errors.”

Even with Cherry Creek producing one of the more com-manding performances in the tournament, Fahrenbrook still thinks her team was capable of more in the final match.

“They are a great team. I am not going to take anything from them,” she said. “They have great defense. They have a great outside. We could have put up a better fight.”

On day two of competition, Lakewood saw their chances of advancing to the semifinals fade slowly as Cherry Creek defeat-ed Mountain Vista in four sets to win the pool outright.

Cherry Creek would go on to narrowly lose to nationally

ranked Doherty in a tough five-set battle. Doherty then claimed the Class 5A title with a 3-0 trouncing over Grandview.

Despite the team falling short of its goal, the Tigers are proud of the season they put together.

“The girls worked really hard,” Armbrustmacher said. “They believed in themselves. They believed in each other. That’s pret-ty much all you can want from a team.”

Though the team will graduate star outsides Marie Zimmer-man and Maggie Steward, it will also return setter Fahrenbrook and 6-foot-1-inch middles Marie Gillcrist and Raegan Jackson giving the team hope once again to make a run at state.

“Next season I feel like we are going to have a great defensive team,” Fahrenbrook said. “We might be smaller, but we are go-ing to be very hard to beat. Don’t underestimate us.”

Lakewood’s Megan Gerali (No. 6) tries to get a ball past the Cherry Creek front line during state tournament play last Friday. Photo by Pam Wagner

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State football playoff capsules By Daniel Williams dwilliams@ourcoloradonews.com

5A state playoff quarterfi nals:No. 7 Pomona (9-2, 4-1) at No. 2 Ralston Valley (10-1,

5-0), Friday at 7 p.m. at North Area Athletic Complex* Game plan: This game is truly a clash of the titans and a

rematch of one of the best 5A games played all season. Ralston Valley - winner of the 5A North Metro league -

beat league runner up Pomona 30-22 on their Oct. 12 meet-ing. Pomona played good enough to win that day but their quarterback senior Alec Feland threw four interceptions. Ralston Valley senior Spencer Svejcar intercepted two of Fe-land’s passes that day and added 109 receiving yards.

Pomona junior running back Chris Marquez ran for 114 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the loss.

However, this time around could be a different story. Po-mona is coming off beating reigning state champion Col-umbine 42-22 and has won four straight games since their loss to Ralston Valley outscoring their opponents 153-52. But many also believe Ralston Valley is the best team in the state. They average 39.5 points per game and their one loss was a 29-25 road defeat to No. 1 ranked ThunderRidge. Moreover, Ralston Valley’s defense has not allowed a single point on the scoreboard this postseason, outscoring their two opponents 87-0.

* Extra point: Ralston Valley is the slight favorite going into this game and rightfully so. Their body of work this season is as impressive as any team in the state. However, Pomona has something extra and seems to be made of something special this season. The Panthers have grit, heart, swagger and have shown they are never out of a game even on days when they are not at their best. If Pomona doesn’t turn the ball over they can beat anyone. But if Ralston Valley brings their A-game on Friday they will be hard - if not impossible - to beat.

4A state playoff quarterfi nals:No. 6 Wheat Ridge (10-1, 4-1) at No. 3 Denver South (10-

1, 5-0), Friday at 7 p.m. at All City Field* Game plan: This game is a rematch of a lopsided 17-0

South victory over Wheat Ridge on Oct. 17. South shutout then No. 1 ranked Wheat Ridge on a soggy

afternoon looking more like the state’s No. 1 team that day. But that game might as well have been played in October of 2011 because the Farmers are a different team than they

were a month ago. Led by senior running back Davion Amos-White Wheat

Ridge has outscored their last four opponents 130-37, in-cluding last week’s 47-17 victory over No. 11 Cheyenne Mountain. South on the other hand might be the state’s best 4A unit. They have a pair of running backs in Pete Williams and Zachary Lindsay that have combined for over 1,700 rushing yards and 20 touchdowns, and their offense aver-ages over 414 yards of offense per game.

Be careful for quarterback Malik Tollerson, an athletic senior who has not only thrown 19 touchdowns this season but he also sports a quarterback rating of 107. Because of Tollerson’s athletic gifts South is able to be very creative in terms of their play calling.

* Extra point: This game will be decided up front. Both teams pride themselves on running the ball well and

backing it up with solid defense. While the game likely won’t be a shootout it likely will be a four quarter thriller because both teams are very evenly matched.

It’s too bad these two teams couldn’t have met later in the tournament because not only do both teams have champi-onship aspirations but they also have the good to get it done. Look for the team with the fi nal possession to win this game - and maybe the entire tournament.

In 2A football action:No. 6 Faith Christian’s season ended with an 18-13 loss to

No. 3 Bayfi eld Saturday at Bayfi eld High School.Faith Christian (8-3, 5-0), the 2A Plains league champion,

fell behind 18-6 after tying the contest 6-6 early in the sec-ond quarter. The Eagles defense made adjustments and held Bayfi eld scoreless in the second half and their offense rallied and scored an early fourth quarter touchdown.

But Bayfi eld’s defense as equally as tough, keeping Faith Christian out of the end zone over the fi nal 11 minutes of game and causing a pair of turnovers to help them advance to the semifi nals.

Bayfi eld (11-0, 7-0) will host No. 7 Platte Valley (9-2, 6-1) Saturday at 1 p.m. at Platte Valley High School.

Pomona’s Chris Marquez (14) and the Panthers will battle Ralston Valley Friday night for the chance to advance to next week’s semifi nals. Photo by Pam Wagner

Wheat Ridge and quarterback Willie Harris will take on Denver South Friday in the 4A playoff s. Photo by Andy Carpenean

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PLAYHOUSE SHOW The Festival Playhouse presents “The Man Who Wanted to Be Santa,” from Nov. 23 to Dec. 16 at 5665 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and at 2 p.m. Sundays. Call 303-422-4090 or visit www.festi-valplayhouse.com for information.

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MOVIE SHOWING The epic movie “Gandhi” will be shown Saturday, Nov. 24, at Arvada Mennonite Church Spirit of Joy Church of the Brethren, 5927 Miller St., Arvada. The movie will start at 4:30 p.m., and a break for Indian food will be at 6 p.m. The second half of the movie starts at 7 p.m. Movie is food, but a donation is being requested to cover the cost of the food. RSVP at 303-421-8466. Come for all or part of the evening.

SHOPPING EVENT Historic Olde Town Arvada presents Small Business Saturday on Nov. 24. Several Olde Town shops will have special off ers, and gift/trunk shows will be scattered throughout Olde Town shops. Visit www.historicarvada.org for a list of participating stores.

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MEET SANTA Meet Santa and his reindeer at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 W. 52nd Ave., Arvada. Santa will be at the garden center from 1-4 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 24, Dec. 1 and Dec. 8, and Sunday, Dec. 2. Bring your pets on Dec. 2 for a visit and photo with Santa. On Saturday, Dec. 1, the reindeer will

be visiting from the North Pole, from 1-4 p.m. On Sunday, Dec. 2, enjoy music of the Arvada Chorale from 1-3 p.m. Don’t forget your cameras, and please bring along a can or package of non-perishable food for Santa to share with the Arvada Food Bank. Call 303-424-7979 or visit www.echters.com.

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WREATH MAKING Create your own handcrafted wreath using fresh aromatic boughs at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, at Echter’s Garden Center, 5150 W. 52nd Ave., Arvada. This is a popular hands-on class; please bring pruners. Reservations required; call 303-424-7979. Visit www.echters.com.

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LIGHTING CEREMONY The Tesoro Cultural Center continues its southwest-ern tradition of lighting the farolitos (meaning `little lanterns’) to usher in the holiday season and to honor a member of the community who has en-lightened the hearts, minds and souls of others. The ceremony begins with

seasonal carols led by members of the Southwest Musicians, complimentary hot spiced apple cider, coff ee and bisco-chito cookies. The event is at 4 p.m. Nov. 25 at The Fort. Call 303-839-1671 or visit www.tesoroculturalcenter.org.

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BLOOD DRIVE High Point Financial Group, LLC Community Blood Drive is from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, inside Bonfi ls’ bus at 215 Union Blvd., Lakewood. For information or to schedule an appointment, contact Mike Stahl at 303-941-8588 or mike@highpointgrp.com.

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THEATER SHOW “Miracle on 34th Street,” with book, music and lyrics by Meredith Willson, will show Nov. 27-Dec. 23 in the Main Stage Theater at the Arvada Center. The Arvada Center is at 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. and provides free parking for all its patrons. Visit www.arvadacenter.org or call 720-898-7200.

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BLOOD DRIVE St. Anthony Hospital Community Blood Drive is from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, inside Auditorium A at 11600 W. 2nd Place, Lakewood. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Bonfi ls’ Appointment Center at 303-363-2300 or visit www.bonfi ls.org.

IMPROV SHOW Golden High School will present a fundraiser with its Improv Show at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, in the high school auditorium, 701 24th St. The show is a fundraiser for Broadway CARES benefi tting AIDS research and recovery programs. Checks and cash accepted at the door. For information, contact Scott Hasbrouck at shasbrou@jeff co.k12.co.us or 303-982-2813.

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