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July 31, 2014VOLUME 90 | ISSUE 50

LAKEWOOD CITY COUNCIL ON THE RECORD

During the July 28 regular meeting, city council approved a resolution reaffirming the Oak Street project area on the West Colfax corridor as a blighted area and ap-proved the purchase of solar power from the Clean Energy Collective.

Oak Street projectIn a 7-2 vote (with Ward 1 councilwom-

an Ramey Johnson and Ward 3 council-man Pete Roybal voting no, and Ward 2 councilwoman Cindy Baroway and Ward 4 councilman Dave Wiechman absent) council approved the reaffirmation of the blighted designation for the Oak Street project area.

That area is bounded by Quail Street on the West, West 17th Avenue on the North, Miller Street on the East and West 12th Avenue/West Collins Avenue on the South. The area includes both commercial and residential properties.

The designation is the same that city council adopted in 2005 as part of an urban renewal plan for the West Colfax Avenue Corridor Reinvestment Area, but in order for the Lakewood Reinvestment

Authority to undertake the Oak Street Project, the finding must be no more than seven years old — hence the reaffirma-tion.

“We just did a study so we have a plan — there is not a specific project in mind for the area,” said Mayor Bob Murphy.

Representatives from the Matrix Design Group — who conducted both studies — spoke, saying they found six out of the 11 criteria required to deem an area as blight, including deterioration of struc-tures, environmental contamination and factors requiring a high level of municipal services.

Council noted that the resolution doesn’t change much for the properties, since they’ve had this designation for the past nine years.

Residents in and near the area spoke out against the designation, stating that some property in that area is in good condition, and deeming the whole area “blight” hurt property values. They also expressed fears that the designation could lead to more drastic measures.

“Our shop is not a blight and this des-

ignation overwrites our rights,” said Kim Snyder, who owns a business in the area with her husband, Gaylen Foster. They added that this designation could lead to condemnation of the area and perhaps the use of eminent domain to clear them out of the area for development.

“The purpose of the designation is not to say every property is blighted, but in-stead just state that there are blight condi-tions present,” said Ward 1 councilwoman Karen Kellen. “It’s not a judgment on the properties, but it allows us access to tools to help development.”

CEC solar panelsIn a unanimous vote, council approved

the purchase of solar energy from the Clean Energy Collective (CEC) for solar energy from panels located at 21560 W. 56th Ave. in Golden. The city purchased 40 percent of the energy of the panels for $957,162 and will use the money saved to pay back the expenditure.

“We’re purchasing 20 years of power and it should only take us nine to 10 years to pay off that sum,” said Travis Parker,

director of the planning department. “It’s a high up front cost, but a high financial gain.”

Finance director Larry Dorr spoke about the costs and benefits of the purchase, noting that this kind of thing has been done by the city before when it invested in LED lights for signal lights and saved a lot of money in energy. He said there are variables like how much sunlight the state will be getting in the coming years and the changing electricity prices, but overall said it was a very favorable investment.

A few residents like Randy Little spoke against the purchase, saying the technol-ogy is not where it needs to be yet, and that the cost of maintenance and upkeep would negate any benefits.

Kellen said that technology has been greatly improved on and is a proven ben-efit to both the community and taxpayers.

The next council meeting is a study session at 7 p.m. on Aug. 4 at Civic Center South, 480 S. Allison Parkway.

— Compiled by Clarke Reader

Community Solar Garden opens in Je�coClean Energy Collective partners with XcelBy Amy Woodwardawoodward@colorado communitymedia.com

Clean Energy Collective (CEC), a growing developer in solar com-munity gardens, opened two new sites in Colorado — this time in Jefferson County, which will make it easier for Xcel Energy customers to go solar.

“It’s based on a model of com-munity use, and we want as many people to take part as possible,” said Todd Davidson, director of marketing at CEC.

Two solar arrays were built off Highway 93 on W. 56th Avenue in Golden. The Jeffco Community So-lar Arrays are expected to produce about 1,160,000 kilowatt hours of clean energy in its first year, which is enough to power 100 homes an-nually, the CEC reported. The com-pany predicts carbon dioxide emis-sions to reduce by over 38 million pounds over the 20 year agreement with Xcel Energy.

“This is a great example of what we’re doing in Colorado,” said state Rep. Max Tyler, HD-23 who carried the bill to reduce the state’s energy bill by 50 percent during the 2010 legislative session. He purchased five panels at the solar garden. “This is a great idea and I think Xcel is going to be moving forward and expanding it.”

The City of Lakewood has also reserved half of one solar array.

Out of the 12 operating sites built by the CEC, roughly six or seven of those sites mark Xcel as the utility provider. An additional four sites by the CEC are under construction, with two located in Denver opening Aug. 21.

“These projects provide a great opportunity for members of the community to participate in re-

newable energy who may not otherwise have the chance,” said Kevin Cray, marketing assistant at Xcel for the solar rewards and solar rewards community program.

The CEC has over 40 facilities operating across eight states and has developed partnerships with 18 utilities.

“Community solar, more than another innovation that I’ve seen lately, really has the power to push to make more individual and fam-ily owned and business owned power generators,” said Tim Re-hder, senior environmental spe-cialist at the Environmental Pro-tection Agency.

“It’s a strong argument that can be made that no company is doing more to further that model faster than Clean Energy Collective.”

For more information on CEC’s initiative in Colorado visit www.coloradocommunitysolar.com . Solar subscriber inquiries can be directed via email at [email protected] or at 800- 646-0323.

State Representative Max Tyler, HD-23, signs his solar panel during the open house dedication of Colorado’s newest Solar Garden in Golden by the Clean Energy Collective on Thursday, July 24. Photo by Amy Woodward

Love at �rst swingGreen Mountain opens outdoor pickleball courtsBy Clarke [email protected]

Ask Chris Beal — Colorado’s resident pickelball ambassa-dor — and she’ll tell you that the sport should come with a warning label about its addic-tive nature.

She’s been spreading the word about pickleball around the state for many years and Lakewood was one of the first places to listen.

On July 26, the city cel-ebrated the official opening of its outdoor pickleball courts at the Green Mountain Recre-ation Center, 13198 W Green Mountain Drive, an achieve-ment that wouldn’t have been reached without the support of Beal and other community sportspeople.

“If you play it three times, you’re addicted,” Beal said. “It’s grown and grown and become a sport for all ages — it’s one of the fastest growing sports in the area.”

The event on July 26 gave old hands a chance to play in the

new courts and offered demon-strations for those interested in learning.

“We’ve had indoor pickleball for many years and we even have an employee league,” said Sara Livingston, facility coordi-nator at the recreation center. “We all got a lesson and some of our local police officers have started playing.”

Ken Adducci, a resident who has been playing since Beal taught it to him, said one of the best things about the sport is that it’s less strenuous than sports like tennis, but still al-lows for a lot of movement.

“Many seniors enjoy it be-cause it’s somewhere between tennis and shuffleboard,” Beal

said. “It works on players’ reac-tion times and agility, which is part of why we’re seeing it show up in public schools.”

The social aspect of pickle-ball is also key, and was alive and well during the opening event. Players of all ages and skill levels were chatting in be-tween games, sharing tips and favorite places to play.

“It’s both fun and social, plus it provides great exercise,” said resident Suzanne Reinert, af-ter playing a game with several of her friends. “I’m excited to come back and play these new courts again.”

For more information, visit on the local pickleball scene, visit www.pickleballken.org.

Ken Adducci helps teach newcomers how to play pickleball at the new Green Mountain Recreation Center.

Players play pickleball at the new courts at the Green Mountain Recreation Center. The courts had an o�cial opening on July 26. Photos by Clarke Reader

2 Lakewood Sentinel July 31, 2014

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Chambers strive to make connections Networking is not a lost art, business groups’ leaders say By Chris Rotar [email protected]

High heels, ties knotted tight, cell phones set to silent mode.

Polite conversation permeates the room. Business cards are dealt with a smile.

Eggs, bacon, breakfast burritos.Captains of industry sip coffee. They’re

juiced.They are gathered at a chamber of com-

merce function, in a town near you, in hopes of gleaning the nuggets of wisdom that can take their business to the next level.

This morning’s presentation could be on commercial real estate sales, or it could be on the need to expand public transpor-tation. Some might say, however, that what happened in the minutes before — the handshakes, the eye contact, the heaping helpings of conversation — is the main at-traction.

No doubt, networking remains vital in the business world.

But are scenarios like the one above as important as they once were?

Name tag vs. hashtagLakewood resident Ernie Witucki was

the CEO of chambers of commerce in Colorado, Indiana and New Mexico in the 1960s and 1970s. He believes convincing chamber members to attend networking events can be a tough sell.

“It’s hard to get chamber members to break away from work,” said Witucki, who remains active in chambers in Jefferson County. “Social events are good, but you’re only reaching a very small portion of your members.

“Everybody’s in a rush today. It is tough to get chamber members to attend an event after, let’s say, 9 a.m. Once they get entrenched in their business, they try to protect their time.”

Enter technology.Most Denver metro-area chambers that

responded to a Colorado Community Me-dia survey say they are embracing the In-ternet’s role in facilitating connections.

Andrea LaRew, president of the Cham-ber of Commerce of Highlands Ranch, said there is no doubt online is changing the game. She sees businesses doing more with less manpower and, like Witucki, ac-knowledges members’ time constraints.

“We recognize that the Internet is often the fi rst place people go for answers,” she said. “Therefore, we have increased our online presence in an effort to meet our members’ needs.

“We are implementing new ways to en-gage our members through online com-munities, webinars, and new software that allows our members to communicate with each other.”

To Shiley Johnson, interim CEO at the Metro North Chamber of Commerce, the Internet is an essential tool if chambers are to remain relevant.

“In that regard, we have put technology to good use, creating a website that en-hances our sense of community,” he said.

In addition to their own websites, chambers can use tools like Facebook and Meetup.com to broaden their reach. At the same time, those and similar online tools can be utilized by businessmen and wom-en in lieu of chamber membership.

“The chamber is important, but there are lots of other new groups,” said John Brackney, former longtime president and CEO of the South Metro Denver Cham-ber of Commerce. “It’s hard to determine whether any of them are valuable or not. It’s easier to get the message out, but there are a lot of them. You get lost in all the mes-sages.”

Keeping it realDenver Botanic Gardens’ CEO Brian

Vogt, who preceded Brackney as chief of the South Metro Chamber, can testify to the benefi ts of technology’s evolution.

“First, fax machines were the greatest thing ever, then the Internet. You don’t have to print so many things, like newslet-ters and bulletins … It’s a huge cost savings, and a huge pain-in-the-neck savings.”

Just as it can promote going green, the Internet can be a handy alternative to at-tending networking events in brick-and-mortar buildings. But to many, a primary benefi t of joining a chamber of commerce is face time.

“While it’s true that many needs can be met on the Internet, I passionately believe that chambers of commerce will remain relevant because they are people-based,” said Donna Russell, a board member for the Lone Tree Chamber of Commerce.

“People still rely on other people. A busi-ness can create exposure for itself through the Internet, but there is only one way to bring a community together, and that’s by bringing them together and putting a face on personality, integrity and, ultimately, a professional.”

The same can be said for enticing peo-ple and businesses to town, chamber lead-ers say.

“Yes, people can go online and research a community,” said Pam Ridler, president of the Castle Rock Chamber of Commerce. “When they get here, though, you have to have that human connection. So we try to provide that kind of thing. How can we introduce people in the community? You can try to do it online, but to me, that isn’t long-lived.

“We create relationships.”— Jennifer Smith and Amy Woodward

contributed to this report.

TURNOVER AT THE TOP The faces of chambers of commerce, quite literally, are

changing.At least four metro-area chambers have had their top

o� cial step down so far in 2014. Several other area chambers, including the ones in Arvada, Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree and Parker, have seen turnover at the top since the summer of 2013.

But the Denver suburbs aren’t alone.“There’s a ton of turnover going on everywhere,” Dave

Kilby, president and CEO of the Western Association of Chamber Executives said.

“I tell people the chamber industry is an opportunity industry. Half of our CEOs in the West are 55 or over. There are people almost weekly that are leaving because of retirement. There are a lot of CEO searches right now.”

Retirement is one reason. But also, chamber leaders com-monly leave for a higher-paying post, Kilby said. In other cases, he said, the job just didn’t live up to the hype.

In any case, Kilby says, don’t look for a common thread in the Denver-area turnover.

“I think in every one of those CEO changes, there’s

probably a di� erent story,” he said. “There’s nothing in the water; it’s just a coincidence. You could go to a similar geography and � nd something similar.”

Below is a look at some metro-area chambers that have seen their president resign in 2014:

Golden Chamber of CommerceGary Wink (19 years)Resigned January 2014New president/CEO Dawn SmithMetro North Chamber of CommerceDeborah Obermeyer (15 years)Resigned May 2014Recruitment process in progressSouth Metro Denver Chamber of CommerceJohn Brackney (10 years)Resigned March 2014New president/CEO Robert GoldenWest Chamber of CommerceBrian Willms (2 years)Resigned May 2014New president/CEO Dan Rodriguez

PART 3 OF 3 PART SERIES

Lakewood Sentinel 3July 31, 2014

NOTICE OF A FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ANDNOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST THE RELEASE OF FUNDS

June 31, 2014

Jefferson CountyAttn: Scott SimkusLaramie Building

3500 Illinois StreetGolden, CO 80401

303-271-8373

Department of Local AffairsAttn: Tamra Hooper

1313 Sherman Street, Room 521Denver, CO 80203

303-864-7734

These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activit-ies to be undertaken by Jefferson County and the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA).

REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDSOn or about August 18, 2014 Jefferson Development and DOLA will submit a request to

the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of St. CharlesTown Company, LLC for the release of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)and HOME funds, under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of1974, as amended or Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Hous-

ing Act, to undertake a project known as Zephyr Line Apartments.ESTIMATED FUNDING: $250,000 under CDBG from Jefferson County and $345,000

from DOLA.PROJECT LOCATION: 1350 Allison Street and 7900 West 14th Avenue in Lakewood,

CO 80214NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT: Funds will be used to help construct 95

units of affordable housing, with 100% of the units affordable to households earning ator below 60% of area median income. This project will serve as a pioneering revitaliza-tion effort in the Wadsworth Station Area of the West Rail Line, an area which has seen

no new multifamily development since the 1960's. All monies awarded will be expen-ded directly on eligible costs to construct the project and there will be no funds alloc-

ated to administrative expenses and/or overhead.FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

Jefferson County and DOLA have determined that the project will have no significant im-pact on the human environment. An Environmental Impact Statement under the Nation-

al Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), therefore, is not required. Additionalproject information is contained in the Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at

the offices noted above and may be examined or copied weekdays (8:00) A.M. to(5:00) P.M.

PUBLIC COMMENTSAny individual, group, or agency disagreeing with this determination or wishing to com-ment on the project may submit written comments to Jefferson County and DOLA. Allcomments received by August 15, 2014 will be considered prior to authorizing submis-

sion of a request for release of funds.RELEASE OF FUNDS

Jefferson County certifies to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,that Scott Simkus in his capacity as Community Development Manager, and DOLA cer-tifies to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, that Tamra Hooper

in her capacity as Environmental Compliance Officer, consent to accept the jurisdictionof the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to theenvironmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development approval of the certification satis-fies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities, and allows St.

Charles Town Company, LLC to use Program funds.OBJECTIONS TO THE RELEASE OF FUNDS

U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development will accept objections to its re-lease of funds and Jefferson County’s and DOLA’s certification for a period of 15 daysfollowing the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whicheveris later) only if they are made on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was notexecuted by the Certifying Officer of Jefferson County and DOLA (b) Jefferson Countyand DOLA have omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations at 24 CFR Part 58; (c) thegrant recipient has committed funds or incurred costs not authorized by 24 CFR Part58 before the approval of a release of funds by the U.S. Department of Housing andUrban Development; or (d) another Federal agency, acting pursuant to 40 CFR part

1504, has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the stand-point of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accord-ance with the required procedures of 24 CFR Part 58 and shall be addressed to the

U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, Region VIII, Office 8ADE, 1670Broadway Street, Denver, CO 80202-4801. No objections received after 15 days fromthe date of request for release of funds will be considered by the U.S. Department of

Housing and Urban Development.Published in the Lakwood Sentinel on July 31st, 2014

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Public shooting range site spotted in Arvada By Amy Woodward [email protected]

Jefferson County is inching closer to its plans to build a public shooting range after identifying a potential site in the City of Arvada.

The Jeffco Public Shooting Range Working Group, comprised of 20 mem-bers including representatives from the Jeffco Sheriff’s Offi ce, the City of Lake-wood and the U.S. Forest Service, was organized earlier this year to present potential site locations as well as fund-ing options and operational consider-ations for a public shooting range.

The Pioneer Sand and Gravel Quarry in Arvada met all of the criteria mod-eled after the Northern Front Range Shooting Partnership, a coalition whose members include Boulder, Larimer, Gilpin and Clear Creek counties. There were fi ve defi ned criteria for the Jeffco Public Shooting Range with an empha-sis on location; minimum one half mile from residential and non-residential de-velopment, minimum one quarter mile

from recreational development, outside of front range mountain backdrop, lack of signifi cant wildlife and a 20 percent slope or less on a lot size of six acres.

“These criteria are very diffi cult to meet in Jefferson County,” said Tom Hoby, director of Jeffco open space.

The quarry site which warrants fur-ther discussion poses challenges how-ever with the Jefferson Parkway align-ment planned for the area as well as other development plans for the site.

A total of fi ve locations were recom-mended from the working group but the location in Arvada has the most merit to study further, Hoby said.

Although design plans are prelimi-nary, the shooting range is anticipated to accommodate outdoor pistol and rifl e shooting with up to 10-15 lanes for each gun type. The facility would be open to all shooting levels with possible room to host competitions.

Cost for land acquisition ranges between $60,000 to $1 million for the desired six acres which infl uences the county to fi nd sources of funding from grants and donors while fostering part-

nerships with public and private non-profi ts to manage the facility.

County commissioners expressed mixed emotions over the planning pro-cess which included further discussions with Arvada about developing a master plan for the area.

Their reaction is due to the 25-year history of the county’s initiative to de-velop a public shooting range. A master plan was created in 1993 by the county and the City of Lakewood but funding for site development which totaled $60 million halted the project.

Commissioners would like to get the ball rolling quicker on site development this time around.

“What I don’t want to do is keep repeating — we have a master plan,” Commissioner Don Rosier said.

Commissioners Faye Griffi n and Casey Tighe voiced similar comments.

“It was my hope the committee would have focused in on one location and said, ‘OK this works’ — to take it a lot further than it was taken,” Tighe said.

Further studies and discussions with Arvada will be ongoing.

Grainger Foundation donates to RRCC By Clarke Reader creader@colorado communitymedia.com

Students at Red Rocks Community College’s Fine Woodworking and Cyber Security programs will be getting a boost thanks to a donation from The Grainger Foundation.

The foundation, an independent, private

foundation based in Lake Forest, Illinois, donated $18,000 to Red Rocks Com-munity College Founda-tion in an effort to help provide students with growth towards self-di-rected learning, academic achievement and careers.

“Grainger has donated more than $140,000 to us over the years,” said Ron Slinger, executive direc-

tor of the Red Rocks foun-dation. “They donate to unique areas to keep the programs running.”

Slinger said what makes the Grainger donations unique is all donation decisions are up to indi-vidual branches instead of corporate headquarters. He said this gives Randy Kopp, Branch Manager of W.W. Grainger, Inc.’s, Den-

ver location a chance to decide for himself on what programs can best benefi t from the funding.

“We are proud to rec-ommend the programs of-fered by Red Rocks,” said Kopp in a statement. “We understand the need for providing students with

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Sandwiched in Belmar Stack Subs grows By Clarke Reader [email protected]

Word of mouth is probably the best way for word to spread, especially in the case of restaurants since it’s the mouth that the chef is aiming for.

In the case of Stack Subs, positive word of mouth about the quality of subs designed by Rick Koerner, has allowed the restaurant to open a second location in the Belmar shopping area, 420 S. Teller St. There will be a grand opening celebra-tion on Aug. 2-3.

“Our original location (95 S. Union Blvd.) was going really well and we’re get-ting great reviews so we thought we’d try another place,” Koerner explained. “This is a great location and I’m close enough to our fi rst place I can go back and forth.”

Getting set up at the Belmar location was a seventh month process and Koern-er said in some ways it was more diffi cult than getting the fi rst one off the ground. He noted it was challenging double his staff and fi nding time to go back and forth between the two locations.

What hasn’t changed for Koerner is the food — the subs, soups, salads and real ice cream milkshakes.

“We’ve got the best breads in town, which is the foundation of any good sandwich,” he said. “We have high qual-ity, fresh cut toppings and meats — that we cut daily.”

Koerner said that all the foot traffi c

that comes from the Belmar shoppers, especially being located so close to the movie theater and World of Beer — as well as all the apartments being built in the area has led to a lot of positive, early responses from customers.

“I didn’t know how well we’d be re-ceived but we’re looking forward to bring-ing our food to the community,” he said. “It’s good for us, good for the community — better for everybody.”

For more information, visit www.stacksubs.com.

Bread is the foundation upon which all Stack Subs sandwiches are built, and the restaurant also provides soups, salads and ice cream milkshakes. Photos by Clarke Reader

Getting into the math habit Lakewood company shares tips for all ages By Clarke Reader [email protected]

For many students, math is the subject they struggle with the most. From miscon-ceptions about how often math is used in daily life to not enough time to work on the subject, math has earned a reputation for the being one of the most diffi cult topics to master.

Teacher’s Professional Resources has found a way to change that whole atti-tude, and is taking its methods to libraries around Jefferson County.

Math events will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 5 at Evergreen Library, 2 p.m. on Aug. 8 at Arvada Library, 3 p.m. on Aug. 11 at Belmar and at 7 p.m. on Aug. 14 and 28 at the Lakewood Library.

There will also be a parent workshop on how to teach their children at 11 a.m. on Aug. 9 at the Lakewood Library and at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 15 at the Belmar Library.

“Everyone can learn math and everyone needs to do math at least a little in their lives,” said Debra Hansen, founder and CEO of Teacher’s Professional Resources. “Sometimes math education gets a little too computational and our events are more about developing problem solving skills.”

Teacher’s Professional started after Hansen — herself a former teacher — left the software industry and wanted to get back into education. Seeing that math skills were on the decline in the county, she thought the subject was something she should address.

“The company started with just one game and then we started receiving awards for what we developed,” she said. “We started doing events at schools to help

teachers use different strategies to teach math and it’s been a hands down success.”

The Belmar Library has already hosted one of the events, and Phyllis Francis, cir-culation staffer, said the event was very well attended and exciting to see how the children were able to learn math during the summer.

“This type of program gives kids a chance to learn math skills in a fun and en-gaging way. One of the library’s roles is to support the academic success of kids and teens,” she said. “Partnerships like these allow us to tap into the expertise of others to extend library services in a very effi cient and cost-effective way.”

Hansen said the key to the programs’ success is fi nding a way to make math fun for students of all ages.

“Math anxiety gets instilled in children early but math problems are not about how fast you can solve them,” she said. “We present a different way to visualize the problems and that’s an important thing to show the kids.”

For more information, visit www.teach-ersprofessionalresource.com.

Children and parents play Fishing For Number Facts, a math game at the Belmar Library. Courtesy photo

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olds)Aug. 8 - Arvada Library - 2 p.m. (8-12 year olds)Aug. 9 - Lakewood Library - 11 a.m. (parents)Aug. 11 - Belmar Library - 3 p.m. (8-12 year olds)Aug. 14 - Lakewood Library - 7 p.m. (8-12 year olds)Aug. 15 - Belmar Library 1:30 p.m. (parents)Aug. 28 - Lakewood Library - 7 p.m. (4-7 year olds)COST: FreeINFORMATION: www. teachersprofessionalresource.

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opportunities for growth and development in career and technical education.”

The Red Rocks Fine Woodworking pro-gram provides hands-on training from entry-level skills through master-level competencies, and the Cyber Security pro-

gram provides students with the skills nec-essary to protect computing systems and networks, including those related to infra-structure essential for national security.

According to Bill McGreevy, Dean of In-struction, the funding will affect more than 300 Fine Woodworking students and more than 2,400 Cyber Security Students.

“These are phenomenal grants — we couldn’t be more thankful for them,” Sling-er said.

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Judge rules in favor of WMFPDFollowing a three-day trial on the elec-

tion lawsuit filed by the Colorado Union of Taxpayers (CUT) and other plaintiffs against the West Metro Fire Protection District (WMFPD), in which claims were made regarding constitutional and statu-tory violations of voter secrecy and elec-tion conduct, Jefferson County District Court Judge, Stephen Munsinger, ruled in favor of WMFPD.

In his ruling, Judge Munsinger stated that “no election judge, designated elec-tion official, or any assistant to an election judge or official attempted to discover or actually did discover how any elector voted.” Judge Munsinger found absolutely no evidence of misconduct, fraud or cor-ruption by WMFPD and therefore upheld the certified results of the May 6 election.

The May 6th election saw a record level of voter participation with over 34,000 ballots cast.

Sprout City Farms receive Denver Foundation grant

Sprout City Farms received a Com-munity Grants Program grant from The Denver Foundation’s Economic Oppor-tunity Endowment Fund. Grant funds will support education and community wealth-building programs at Mountair Park (MAP) Community Farm.

In partnership with the City of Lake-wood, Sprout City Farms established MAP Community Farm in the spring , trans-forming an unused area of a city park into a living classroom and urban food oasis. The $20,000 of funding from The Denver Foundation will enable Sprout City Farms to work with the community to build skills and explore ways in which the farm can become a valuable resource to all mem-bers of the community.

Mountair Park Community Farm will offer a variety of food access and educa-tion programs during the 2014 season. Produce grown at the farm is already be-ing distributed to the community through a CSA (Community Supported Agricul-ture) program with free, work and paid participation opportunities.

Firehouse Subs hosting H2O for HeroesFirehouse Subs is hosting its first an-

nual H20 for Heroes program on Saturday, Aug. 2, at all Denver area restaurant loca-tions. To cut the heat and sub cravings, the restaurant invites the community to donate one case of bottled water in exchange for one FREE medium sub. The bottled water collected will be distributed to local fire departments through the H20 for Heroes program.

As Denver experiences record-breaking temperatures topping off at 100 degrees mixed with dry conditions, wildfires can spark at any moment. Past H20 for Heroes programs in the state of Arizona have raised more than 2,000 cases of water for first responders through this one-day event.

Restaurants participating in H20 for Heroes include: Belmar, 650 S. Wadsworth Blvd. (Lakewood); Northridge Center, 7961 Wadsworth Blvd. (Arvada); and Union One, 195 S. Union Blvd. (Lakewood).

Concrete repair to close trail in Bear Creek Lake Park

Construction will begin July 28 to repair a section of the concrete Bear Creek trail located south of the reservoir in Bear Creek Lake Park, 15600 W. Morrison Road. The work will replace sections of the trail that have been heavily cracked and bro-ken from freezing and thawing caused by the weather.

This project is funded in part by Colorado State Trails and Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) and is due for comple-tion by early October.

The project entails closing a mile-long stretch of the trail within the park. The attached graphic shows approximate clo-sure points and shows alternative, paved routes within the park. Additional small portions of the trail will receive repairs where cyclists will be asked to dismount their bicycles and walk around the repair point.

Updates will be posted to Lakewood.org/BCLP, and questions may be directed to 303-697-6159.

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Reforming over refunding“There are rich teams; there are poor

teams; then, there’s 50 feet of (garbage); then there’s us. We have got to think differ-ently!”

This line, from the movie “Moneyball,” brings to mind some of the arguments you hear in debates about public educa-tion. And while budgets have taken a hit in the last few years, you would think that American public schools were just like the Oakland A’s playing against the 1927 New York Yankees every game. But that is simply not the case.

According to a 2013 report from the Or-ganization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States spends more, per pupil, in absolute dollars, than any country on the planet. And in terms of share of overall economy, the U.S. spends significantly more than the average of the countries the OECD surveyed.

So, why does the U.S. score so poorly against other countries on international tests? Let me submit a thought: because other countries have already started to think differently, and they’re leaving us behind.

That is why I’ve devoted so much ink this summer to education reforms. Can we possibly keep up with the explosion of knowledge and technology? I doubt it. But we can equip students to cope better with change by spending more time and energy

trying to strengthen their brains through prioritizing the study of art and music, strengthening their bodies by giving them more physical education and recess, and introducing them to a globalized world by teaching foreign languages much earlier.

Do we make our students better by testing the way we do currently? Hard to imagine we do, when two out of three high school sophomores can’t do the math we ask of them on the test. But since way more than 33 percent of students graduate two years later, perhaps it has something to with the fact that the tests we give don’t matter. Which is why I’ve suggested a more focused and rigorous testing regime that has real consequences — and real rewards.

Do I believe every idea I’ve proposed is the absolute right solution? Probably not. And, even if I did, I don’t think I would get all that many people behind me. And even if I could, I have no illusions that the sort

of changes I propose would be anywhere within any budget on this planet.

My point in this whole exercise has been to demonstrate one thing: that real education reform looks a lot different than anything we’re talking about. It requires looking at what Elon Musk calls “first principles,” and then doing like Billy Bean and thinking differently. And nothing that is causing all the drama and stress in Jeffco comes even close to that.

So I choose not to believe the sky is falling in. This year, whatever the collec-tive bargaining agreement ends up saying, teachers will still work their tails off for your students, and two out of three sopho-mores will still not pass whatever test they have to take, AP American History students will still not know much about Thomas Jefferson (since the new Com-mon Core-aligned test doesn’t bother to ask about the author of the Declaration), and graduation rates will still inch up by an infinitesimal degree. Nothing much will change.

Which, I guess, depending on who you listen to, is also a lot like the sky falling in.

Michael Alcorn is a music teacher and fit-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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Diagnosing the state of Alzheimer’s Forms of dementia likely to increase as county ages By Amy Woodward [email protected]

Editors Note: This is part one of a four-part series, exploring the challenges of Alzheimer’s in the county. George’s name has been changed to protect his privacy. Future installments will be published in consecutive issues.

Experts call it the “silver tsunami”— the 850,000 centenarians living in the country by 2050 will represent one the largest pools of people to reach “senior status” in the country’s history.

In the nation, Colorado ranks third as the fastest growing senior population, according to the State Demographer’s Offi ce. Jefferson County alone is planning for a 54-percent increase of older adults between the years 2011 and 2021, the Colorado Department of Human Services reported.

But as offi cials prepare for the many impacts of an aging population, mental health is also on the forefront as experts warn of an associated rise in mental illness such as Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

In this four-part series which begins with a look at one man living with Al-zheimer’s, this special report will explore the initiatives of the nation’s leading organization on Alzheimer’s as well as law enforcement agencies who are ramping up services to address the care and needs of individuals and families affected by Alzheimer’s.

George and Alzheimer’sThe sun’s rays begin to break through

the overcast haze of an early April morn-ing just as George arrives at St. John’s Lu-theran Church in Denver. Stepping off the Access-a-Ride, he hangs his light jacket in one of the church’s community rooms when he is immediately greeted by fellow croquet players who meet weekly for a two-hour game, hot coffee and breakfast burritos.

George, 75 and retired, diagnosed the mental state of individuals since be-ing drafted into the Vietnam War as an Army psychiatrist. He was a former staff psychiatrist at Fort Logan Mental Health Center and eventually switched to geriat-rics psychiatry, performing nursing home visits and treating patients with Alzheim-er’s disease.

After more than 30 years observing and treating the mind, George fi nds himself surveying his own mental health after be-ing diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2002.

“It’s part of a grand experiment to see if I can live independently,” said George, who has been living on his own for the past 13 months. He is considered “high functioning” but George knows what lies ahead — he has been diagnosed with a terminally ill progressive neurological de-generative disease. He is one of 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, the sixth leading cause of death in the country with more than 500,000 senior deaths each year.

For now, George is adapting and is working with his primary care physician and researchers at the Mile-High Research Center in Denver, a clinic dedicated to investigative treatments for Alzheimer’s led by Dr. Jack A. Klapper.

“I do need people,” George said. “I’m kind of aware of being dependent on friends, groups of people, family.”

Since his diagnosis, George has been very active with the Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation’s Colorado Chapter. Through its numerous group sessions and activities, George has found a network of people with a mutual challenge. The chapter al-lows for leadership opportunities as well, and George, who used to play guitar, oc-casionally leads the music therapy group.

“They may seem like small things, but boy, I take great pride in preparing for it,” he said. “They let me give back. I don’t like to be in a position where I feel like a mooch.”

The Colorado Alzheimer’s Association provides resources for persons living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia including their caregivers. Its presence is part of the state’s Alzheimer’s Plan that identifi es the Colorado chapter as the spe-cialist that partners with state, county, city and community service organizations. The passing of a senate bill authorized the formation of the Colorado Alzheimer’s

Coordinating Council, which submit-ted an Alzheimer’s State Plan in 2010 to the governor, General Assembly and state departments. The report presented recommendations relating to the increas-ing incidence of Alzheimer’s in Colorado and assessed the state’s public and private ability to address the needs and care of an aging population affected by Alzheimer’s.

The Alzheimer’s Association expects Colorado to see a 46 percent increase, or 110,000 people living with Alzheimer’s by 2025. Currently, 63,000 people are living with Alzheimer’s statewide.

Although many unknowns exist as to what causes Alzheimer’s, doctors agree the older a person, the more likely he or she is to develop some form of dementia.

“By age 80 almost 50 percent of the population has some cognitive impair-ment,” said Dr. Robert Parker, professor and chief of community geriatrics at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. “We’re an aging popula-tion and we’ve got to learn how to deal with it.”

Parker has been practicing in geriat-ric medicine for 40 years. By the end of the year, he will retire from a career that has been emotionally rewarding to him. His expertise has led him to tackle other issues relating to Alzheimer’s including elder abuse.

Abuse and the need for care services are some of the most common topics sur-rounding not only seniors but also seniors with Alzheimer’s. Diagnosing forms of dementia is challenging, Parker said, with specialist and primary care physicians often missing the signs of the disease in their patients.

Statistics shared by Parker through the Alzheimer’s Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that by age 75, about 20 to 25 percent of adults have some kind of cognitive im-pairment undetected by physicians.

“The reason for that is the social skills are so well preserved that these people appear to be perfectly normal, they might even think that they’re normal,” Parker said. “It’s estimated that somewhere around 60 to 70 percent of the specialists miss mild to moderate dementia in their patients because they don’t spend enough time talking to them and they don’t listen. Primary care physicians are a little better they only miss 40 to 50 percent.”

George found it diffi cult to fi nd a defi nitive diagnosis for his condition with researchers in Denver often clashing with his primary care physician who took him off Aricept, a potent and critical drug

treatment for persons with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

At one point George said he was diag-nosed with depressive pseudo-dementia, depression that looks like dementia, after he reported having memory prob-lems as early as the 1980s when he was in his late 40s. Between 2002 and 2006, he was receiving two different opinions about whether or not he had Alzheimer’s although he was experiencing “fl uctuating memory loss.”

The prescription drug Aricept coupled with anti-depressants seemed to relieve symptoms, but it took researchers in Denver to convince his primary doctor to restart the medication, George said.

“If you think of the brain from front to back the prefrontal cortex is where executive function is, where the complex decisions are made,” Parker said. “The Al-zheimer’s disease usually affects the front

part of the brain and tends to go back-wards. So as we lose our cognitive abili-ties, we kind of lose them in the reverse order that we gained them as a child.”

George retired as a psychiatrist in his mid-50s when he found his memory was becoming fl aky. When driving, he often missed his exits on the highway. It is possible that George developed younger onset of Alzheimer’s. But again, medical professionals were unsure what was caus-ing his early symptoms.

George accepted the diagnosis by the Mile-High Research Center but differing medical opinions early-on left him con-fused and unsure of his mental state for years. He now maintains an awareness of his disease that offers no cure — only pre-paredness against a fading memory and the dangers it can pose.

George spends time writing letters to friends and even writes poetry when he is not participating during weekly activities with the Alzheimer’s Association. He logs his daily activities in a small calendar that he views often which helps him to remember what he did earlier in the week and what he has planned in the days to come. Photo by Amy Woodward

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia. It

a� ects memory, thinking and behavior with symptoms worsening over time. Abnormal protein buildup in the brain is believed to cause the symptoms. There is no cure. Treatment only slows symptom progression. The disease is most common in those 65-and-over, but “early onset” is occasionally seen in patients in their 40s and 50s.

— Source: The Alzheimer’s Association


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On the reading pathHow do we get children on this path?

We can read to children daily. Cuddle up together to associate comfort with read-ing. Make a fort with blankets and chairs, climb in with a few snacks, a fl ashlight, and read. Read before naps and bedtime or after a scrape. Give children an LED fl ashlight to help read under the bed covers. Read together when children are out of sorts. Show children that you fi nd comfort, knowledge, joy, and refreshment while reading a variety of materials.

Take children to the library at least once a week. Libraries have a wealth of materials and programs. Check out a wagon full of books.

In Toni Morrison’s new children’s book, “Please, Louise” she writes about a little girl who could be Maya Angelou.

A little child looks out the window on a sad colorless day. The child dresses up in yellow rain gear and heads out some-where with a little red wagon and a deter-mined look. She hurries past a man sitting

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ImaginationFinally, the child reaches a destination.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A little out of lineAs a longtime Lakewood Ward One res-

ident, occasional city council observer and conservative member of the com-munity I was appalled by the position of councilwoman Ramey Johnson, her stance and overall demeanor at Monday’s council meeting.

To councilwoman Johnson, I wish to share with you a few thoughts from the meeting and let you know that I tried to watch the entirety of the meeting on-line, but couldn’t stomach the 20-plus minute lecture you gave to your fellow council-members who were elected to represent Lakewood residents.

The hysteria invoked by your “gates of hell” comment are something out of the 1936 film Reefer Madness. In case you have not noticed, special interest money comes from all directions these days: right, left and center.

Your conclusions that the voters are not smart enough to know what is going on in our community and state is insult-ing. Furthermore, the fact that you wish to suppress democracy should be alarm-ing to all those who believe in demo-cratic governance. Asking the populous a specific question does not mean a secret agenda is being cloaked in the name of democracy. If you recall, the voters already

gave you that direction!While I don’t necessarily agree with

retail sales in Lakewood, I think it is dis-ingenuous of an elected official to try to deny putting the question directly to the citizens.

Having watched council meetings for some time, I have never seen such a selfish and self-serving display by a single member. I expect that in D.C. but not at the City of Lakewood. Shame on you for your rudeness and vindictive comments directed toward your fellow council-mem-bers and the disrespect shown to those who took the time to testify (regardless of side).

My issue is not solely with your vote, but the manner in which you conducted yourself. Three of your fellow council-members voted the same way you did, but they maintained a level of public dis-course befitting elected officials.

Lastly, I ask that you reconsider your position as Chairwoman of the Amend-ment 64 County Taskforce in light of your overblown rhetoric and attempt to deny your constituents a vote on the mat-ter. Regardless of which side a community member is on this debate, no one was well served by your actions Monday evening.

Dave Wakefield,Lakewood

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LIFEW E S T M E T R OLIFEW E S T M E T R O

Bartender mixes it up with best

Sean Kenyon, bartender extraordinaire at Williams & Graham, was named Ameri-can Bartender of the Year at the Spirited Awards July 19 in the Sheraton Hotel New Orleans.

Kenyon was among four finalists along with Jeff Bell (PDT, New York), Marco-valdo Dionysos (Smuggler’s Cove, San Francisco), and Bobby Heugel (Anvil Bar & Refuge, Houston). The Spirited Awards are held each year during Tales of the Cocktail, the world’s premier cocktail festival, bringing together the interna-tional spirits community for five days of what’s now, what’s new and what’s next in bartending.

“I am still stunned by the whole thing,” Kenyon told Eater Denver. “I didn’t think I was going to win. Someone from a sec-ondary market doesn’t have as much of a chance to win as much as people from the coasts, and with the guys from New York and San Francisco in the running, I just didn’t expect to win.”

According to Eater Denver, Robert Simonson, author and journalist for The New York Times, tweeted this after Ken-yon’s win:

“Jul 19 #spiritedawards win for @SeanKenyon likely to be biggest thing yet to happen to Denver cocktail scene, attention-wise. #totc”

What did Kenyon say in his acceptance speech? “I thanked my wife — I couldn’t do anything I do without her. I thanked my family at Williams & Graham — I love them. I thanked Steve Olson and Andy Seymour, two of my mentors. And I thanked my father; he never sat me down to tell me what to do, but I learned everything I know about bartending and hospitality from him. I prepared nothing for my speech because I am superstitious, but I ended with a call to young bartend-ers everywhere: Honor yourself, honor your peers, and honor your craft.”

Summer eatery week setDenver foodies, start your appetites.

The menus for the first Summer Denver Restaurant Week were listed July 23 at www.DenverRestaurantWeek.com.

For the first time, Denver Restaurant Week will offer a summer version Aug. 23-29 with more than 200 Denver restaurants offering multi-course dinners for the fixed price of $30 (tax and tip not included).

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Menus are listed on the website by cuisine and by neighborhood. Diners can also see which restaurants offer vegetar-ian options

Throughout this year’s event, diners will also be encouraged to enter to win “The Pursuit of Perfection in the Kitchen” sweepstakes, presented by Lexus, which will award two lucky winners private cooking lessons with top Denver chefs, Andrea Frizzi of Il Posto or Elise Wiggins from Panzano. Information on entering the contest can be found at Facebook.com/VisitDenver. The contest will run

Cities host outdoor �lmsBy Clarke [email protected]

Summer is the time to be outdoors, to relax with friends and family and enjoy the best panora-mas nature has to offer.

With drive-in theaters all but faded into cultural memory, cities have been picking up the torch and offering residents free ways to catch some favorite films while enjoying the summer weather.

Arvada, Golden and Westminster all have free outdoor movie events planned for August’s Fridays, offer-ing the perfect way to enjoy the tail end of the season.

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Golden’s Movies and Music in the Park, located at Parfet Park, 10th St. and Washington Ave., starts with the classic The Wizard of Oz on Aug. 1, and runs through Aug. 22

Wesminster’s Movie in the Park, located at Westminster Center Park, 4801 W. 92nd Ave., will be showing The Lego Movie on Aug. 15.

“This is something we’ve been doing for the past several years and our residents love it,” said Karen Miller, president of the Historic Olde Town Arvada organization. “We’ve got a really good series this year.”

Miller said that each movie has a specific business sponsor, who helps make sure things go smoothly during the evening and helps pick activities to do before the film starts, which is at dusk.

“Crowds start showing up early so we’ve been working with Healthy Places Arvada to bring some physi-cal activities to the events,” she said. “For Akeelah we’re going to have a kind of informal spelling bee and we’ve got a whole bunch of 60’s style activities during the week of Hairspray.”

Golden’s Movies & Music fea-tures local bands, from Flock of Beagles and Face to Mass Hipsteria

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Keys, Marbles, Sports mem, Tools,Boxes, School Desk and Jewelery,Toddler Clothes, Dolls, Art, Refrig,

Knives, Toys, Furniture, Snow-boards, Much More

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12945 Leesburg RoadSale will be on Friday – August 1st,Saturday – August 2nd, andSunday – August 3rd | Hours willbe 9:00am until 5pm daily.

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fridge, piano, sofa, wing back chair,red ruby glass, outdoor furniture,

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MERCHANDISE

Arts & Crafts

17th AnnualWinter Park Craft Fair

Aug. 9th & 10th.Sat 9-6 Sun 9-4

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Juried VENDORS neededfor holiday craft fair on November

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Columbine Knolls North EstateLiquidation Sale this Friday & Sat-urday 9 – 3 and Sunday 10 -2 at6426 South Saulsbury Street inLittleton 80123. Selling the entirecontents of the house including allfurniture, full kitchen, home décor,garage, Char Broil grill, patio fur-niture, large book and puzzle col-lection, sewing, crafts, lots of fabric,Christmas items, camping gear andmore can be found on our url whichis estatemovearvada.com. Anothergreat sale presented by CaringTransitions of West Denver Sub-urbs.

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Partnering in productionArvada brewing duoBy Crystal [email protected]

While running in the same social circles, Chris Hill and Josh Van Riper found they had one thing in common — beer.

Both Hill and Van Riper enjoyed craft beer and home brew-ing enough to begin working on their shared hobby together, not knowing they would become business partners later in life.

“My social circles meshed with Josh, who was already home brewing,” Hill said. “We started to brew together every Wednesday, and we just got into it.”

Formerly in the marketing and manufacturing industries, the pair under-stood the business practices to owning and running a businesses, but lacked passion for their respective careers. They instead found passion in hobbies, including traveling, outdoor recreation and beer.

“I’d been in manufacturing for a long time, and at different times run other companies or had my own companies,” Van Riper said. “When I was looking for a new course correction in my career, I thought, `What could I do with my interests and my background that isn’t too scary?’ — I’ve been brewing for around 20 years now, and I thought, I could do that.”

The two have been friends for more than 20 years. Hill worked in several bars up in Fort Collins, and often talked of opening a brewery with Van Riper. However Van Riper had already tried a career change, and attempted to launch a brewery with a different friend in a deal that would eventually fall through. Later, over a dinner with their wives, the pair discussed the idea again, and decided to open a brewery – finding the time was right.

“It was on and off and on again, and now we’ve never left the on again stage,” Van Riper said. “It was an easy sale for me. Let’s brew beer, it’s fun! Who doesn’t like that?”

The pair are now the co-owners and brewers of Odyssey Beerwerks, a micro-brewery in Arvada.

Opened in May 2013, the microbrewery, 5535 W. 56th Ave. No. 107, has swiftly grown in both in popularity and size. Recently doubling capacity, the brewery regularly produces 120 barrels, or 3,720 gallons of beer in six fermen-ters.

Located next to the brewery is a large tap-room, giving the duo the opportunity to mix what they enjoy best: people and beer.

“We love the taproom side,” Hill said. “From the area, Yak and Yeti is a brewpub, they focus on

Brews continues on Page 19

Odyssey Beerwerks Brewers, Josh Van

Riper and Chris Hill, left to right, stand in

front of one of their six fermenters during

a brewing day at the microbrewery. Photo

by Crystal Anderson


YOUR WEEK MORE EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Thursday for publi-cation the following week. Send listings to [email protected]. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

MUSIC/CONCERTSCHAUTAUQUA SUMMER CONCERTS

COLORADO CHAUTAUQUA in Boulder presents its 2014 summer concert season. All shows begin at 8 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at tickets.chautauqua.com, or at the Chautauqua box o� ce. Go to www.chautauqua.com for details. The lineup: Saturday, Aug. 9, Paula Poundstone; Sunday, Aug. 10, Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott; Tuesday, Aug. 12, B.B. King; Wednesday, Aug. 13, John Hiatt & The Combo and The Taj Mahal Trio; Thursday, Aug. 28, Ziggy Marley; and Saturday, Sept. 13, Steven Wright.

THEATER/PERFORMANCESREGISTRATION FOR FALL THEATER CLASSES

REGISTRATION is now open for Colorado ACTS fall classes, which include “Mother Goosed,” “Keeper of the Tales,” “Robin Hood” and “Fairy Tales for Di� erently-Abled.” GO to www.coloradoacts.org for information and to register.

FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS RETURNS

THE EDGE Theater will open a second year of its Festival of New Plays, with a di� erent play presented in a workshop production each weekend. (An audience vote will help de-termine which one gets a full production.) Location: 1560 Teller St., Lakewood. Tickets: 303-232-0363, theedgetheater.com. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 6 p.m. Sundays. Aug. 1-3 will be “Tales From the Peacetime Army” by Frank A. Oteri (trauma), directed by Danielle Lombardo.

BENEFIT AT THE BARTH

“ON GOLDEN POND” by Ernest Thompson is the 2014 choice for Senior Housing Options’ always-popular bene� t production. Larry Hecht and Billie McBride are featured. It will run at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays from July 31 to Aug. 30 at the Barth Hotel, 1514 17th St., Denver (one of SHO’s facilities.) Reserved-seat tickets cost $35 preferred, or $25. Contact 303-595-4464, ext. 10, or seniorhousingoptions.org.

‘TARZAN’ SWINGS INTO ARVADA CENTER

“TARZAN, THE STAGE MUSICAL” plays through Sunday, Aug. 3, on the Main Stage at the Arvada Center, 6901 Wadsworth, Arvada. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 1 p.m. Wednesdays; 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets: 720-898-7200, arvadacenter.org.

LEAPIN’ LIZARDS

POPULAR COMIC strip heroine “Annie” comes to life from through Sunday, Aug. 3, at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Presented by the Evergreen Players, performances are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets avail-able at www.evergreenplayers.org or 303-674-4934.

PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS NEIL SIMON COMEDY

MINERS ALLEY PLAY-HOUSE presents “The Odd Couple,” the award-winning comedy by Neil Simon, running through Sunday, Aug. 24. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 6 p.m. Sundays, with a 2 p.m. show on Sunday, Aug. 24. The playhouse is at 1224 Washington Ave., Golden. Call 303-935-3044 or go to www.minersalley.com for tickets and information.

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS CLASSIC ON STAGE

“A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE” by Tennessee Williams will play through Sept. 7 at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St., Aurora. Directed by Craig Bond. Haley Johnson, Kurt Brighton and Patrick Collins reprise their 2008 roles. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays; 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets available at 303-856-7830, vintagetheatre.com.

ARTELEMENTARY ARTS AND CRAFT FAIR

THE THIRD ANNUAL Stober Elementary School, Golden, arts and craft fair is from

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25. Booth space is available, and applications are being accepted now through Wednesday, Sept. 3. Contact Anne Drobny at [email protected] for an application.

EVENTSTAKE PHOTOS OF ANTIQUE CARS

FORNEY MUSEUM of Transportation presents Photography Club Saturdays. Build your portfolio with uninterrupted tripod photography time among antique cars. Sessions are o� ered the � rst Saturday of the month. Come for two hours before we open to the pub-lic. Registration required. Sessions limited to 25 participants. For a copy of the museum’s photo policy, including rules and regulations, email [email protected] or call 303-297-1113. 2014 dates are Aug. 2, Sept. 6, Oct. 4, Nov. 1, Dec. 6. The museum is at 4303 Brighton Blvd., Denver.

COMMUNITY BIBLE STUDY REGISTRATION

COMMUNITY BIBLE Study Denver Northwest will have registration day for women and children from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Arvada Covenant Church, 5555 Ward Road. We will study the Servants of God (Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel). This interdenominational 30-week study meets at Arvada Covenant Church and will begin Wednesday, Sept. 3. Contact Robin at 720-935-5024.

WINE FESTIVAL TO BENEFIT YMCA

THE FIFTH annual Solterra Wine Festival bene� tting YMCA of Metropolitan Denver is 2-7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at the Solterra Retreat, 15250 W. Evans Ave., just east of C-470 at the Alam-eda Parkway interchange in Lakewood. Go to www.solterrawinefestival.com for information and tickets.

SECOND SATURDAY STREET FESTIVAL

OLDE TOWN ARVADA presents its Second Saturday Street Festivals from 4:30-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at Grandview Avenue east of Olde Wadsworth. The festival is free. Go to www.oldetownarvada.org.

CRAFT BEER TRAIN

COLORADO RAILROAD Museum introduces Golden Craft Beer Train from noon

to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at 17155 W. 44th Ave., Golden. Celebrate the history and heritage of beer in Golden and Colorado. Sample beer from Golden-are craft breweries, grab a bite to eat from local food trucks and enjoy live music. Go to www.ColoradoRail-roadMuseum.org for information.

HEALTH/WELLNESSLED LIGHT SESSIONS

HIGHER MIND HEALING is o� ering free LED light sessions 4-7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at Soul Treasures, 5752 Olde Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada. To register or for information, call Joey Miller at 303-948-8175 or go to www.highermindhealing.net.

MAKE TIME FOR YOUR HEALTH

BRIDGES INTEGRATIVE Health and Wellness at Lutheran Medical Center o� ers a variety of community health classes in August. Month-long classes include prenatal yoga from 8:45-10 a.m. Fridays; mom/baby yoga camp from 10:15-11:15 a.m. Fridays; and restorative yoga 5:30-6:45 p.m. Fridays. Advanced foam rolling is 5:30-6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26; and stress relief: mind-body connection is 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27. Classes are at Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, 8300 W. 38th Ave. Free parking available. For cost information or to register, go to www.WellnessatBridges.com or call 303-425-2262.

EDUCATION

LEARN ABOUT BEES AND POLLINATORS

LITTLE ONES can learn about pollinators, what is considered a pollinator and why they are so important to gardens at a children’s class at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 31, at Country Fair, 17201 W. 64th Ave., Arvada. Children will color information sheets to take home, and the group will take time to go into the nursery to look for pollinators. Call 303-209-4394 for reservations.

LEARNING WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS

TEACHERS WILL EXPLORE a variety of simple and easy-to-do classroom strategies for developing students’ social and emotional intelligence at two-day workshop from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, and Sunday, Aug. 3, at Wilderness Early Learning Center, 2845 Wilderness Place, Boulder. Contact Tom McSheehy at 720-369-3000 or [email protected], or register online at http://teachingheartinstitute.com/teacher-workshops/

MONDAY NIGHT TALKS

TRAINING WITH GRACE presents Monday Night Talks 7-8 p.m. at 9100 W. 6th Ave., Lakewood. Topics include “Ding Dong!” on Monday, Aug. 4 (learn to sit politely for petting, management and training); “Manners, Manners, Manners” on Monday, Aug. 11 (learn how to teach good manners); ‘No More Jumping Up” on Monday, Aug. 18 (learn how to prevent jumping); “Boundaries” on Monday, Aug. 25 (teach boundaries to keep your dog safe). Contact www.TrainingWithGrace.com, email [email protected] or call 303-238-3647.

WALLEYE FISH FRY

RESERVATIONS OPEN Friday, Aug. 1 for the Trollheim Sons of Norway Lodge annual Walleye � sh fry, which is at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at 6610 W. 14th Ave., Lakewood. Reserva-tions must be made by Sept. 20. Call 303-989-4496. Event features Minnesota-fresh walleye, Scandinavian décor and entertainment.

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

COLORADO ACTS presents “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” a summer family and friends production, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 1-2 and Aug. 8-9; and a family matinee at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at 11455 W. 1-70 Frontage Road North, Wheat Ridge. Tickets available at www.coloradoacts.org or 303-456-6772. “Sleepy Hollow” is a suspenseful musical � lled with a variety of songs, and it is suitable for all ages.

FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR WOMEN

FUEL FINANCIAL presents “Women and Money: A Beginner’s Class” from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at the FirstBank build-ing in Belmar, 550 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood. Class covers � nancial planning including setting goals, creating a budget, IRA’s and more. Class is led by investment advisor Jo-Ann Holst. Go to www.fuel� nancial.com. RSVP to 720-287-5880. Event is free, and refreshments and planning materials are provided.

ANNUAL GARDEN PARTY

COUNTRY FAIR, 17201 W. 64th Ave., Arvada, plans its annual garden party from 4-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7. Sales, ra� es, food, drinks, music and vendors. View Hardy Boy’s trial � owers and plants and vote for your favorite. Call 303-209-4394 for reservations.

GOLDEN HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

ANYONE WHO graduated or attended Golden Senior High School in the 1970s are invited to an informal reunion from 5-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at the Blue Canyon “Underground” at 1224 Washington Ave. This event is the kicko� of the o� cial reunion for GHS classes 73-75 starting Saturday, Aug. 9 and Sunday, Aug. 10. For information on either of these events, call 303-829-3656.

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food as much beer; Arvada Beer Company is in Olde Town and that appeals to people there and they have the taproom; ours is produc-tion — we focus on canning and the taproom because we love people.”

With a focus on beers from around the world, the pair seeks to brew beers customers can’t fi nd anywhere else.

“We’re always trying new things, and we like to showcase new styles,” Van Riper said. “We’re big on quality and like to have fun.”

Currently, the brewery has 10 beers on tap, including fi ve fl agship beers, two rotating taps for stouts and India Pale Ales (IPAs), and three to four taps for whatever style the pair feels like creating.

“We like doing beers from differ-ent regions and putting our own spin on it,” Hill said.

Wanting to expand their market reach early on in the business, the pair decided to can and sell beer in local liquor stores — a route less traveled in the craft brewing world.

“We knew what we wanted to do. Yes we wanted to brew beer, but we put together a strong business plan so we can expand and can our beer so we can take it on our adventures,” Hill said.

With more than 230 microbrewer-ies and brewpubs in the state, shelf space is limited and only a handful of brewers decide to tackle the produc-tion side of the booming industry.

“We estimate that 50 or so pack-age their beer for sale at a Liquor Store,” said Steve Kurowski, a media representative with the Colorado

Brewers Guild. “Packaging and distribution is not something to take lightly; it’s a very competitive market and a brewery has to work hard to compete with the many other in-state and out of state craft and import brands on the shelf.”

With three of their most popular beers, the Heliocentric Hefeweizen, the Ghost Drifter Pale Ale and the Psycho Penguin Vanilla Porter al-ready on the shelf, the duo said they are looking to add two more beers, the Belgian Black and Scotch Ale, to their canning line-up later this year.

Aside from beer, the brewery of-fers a variety of aspects and hobbies to engage the community including food from area food trucks, trivia and game nights, live music, beer and food pairings throughout the week.

But for Hill and Van Riper, brew-ing is no longer a hobby, it’s a way of life.

“We do it because we love it,” Hill said. “It’s nice to think I could end up doing this for the rest of my life.” much beer; Arvada Beer Company is in Olde Town and that appeals to people there and they have the tap-room; ours is production — we focus on canning and the taproom because we love people.”

With a focus on beers from around the world, the pair seeks to brew beers customers can’t fi nd anywhere else.

“We’re always trying new things, and we like to showcase new styles,” Van Riper said. “We’re big on quality and like to have fun.”

Currently, the brewery has 10 beers on tap, including fi ve fl agship beers, two rotating taps for stouts and India Pale Ales (IPAs), and three to four taps for whatever style the pair feels like creating.

“We like doing beers from differ-ent regions and putting our own spin

on it,” Hill said.Wanting to expand their market

reach early on in the business, the pair decided to can and sell beer in local liquor stores — a route less traveled in the craft brewing world.

“We knew what we wanted to do. Yes we wanted to brew beer, but we put together a strong business plan so we can expand and can our beer so we can take it on our adventures,” Hill said.

With more than 230 microbrewer-ies and brewpubs in the state, shelf space is limited and only a handful of brewers decide to tackle the produc-tion side of the booming industry.

“We estimate that 50 or so pack-age their beer for sale at a Liquor Store,” said Steve Kurowski, a media representative with the Colorado Brewers Guild. “Packaging and distribution is not something to take lightly; it’s a very competitive market and a brewery has to work hard to compete with the many other in-state and out of state craft and import brands on the shelf.”

With three of their most popular beers, the Heliocentric Hefeweizen, the Ghost Drifter Pale Ale and the Psycho Penguin Vanilla Porter al-ready on the shelf, the duo said they are looking to add two more beers, the Belgian Black and Scotch Ale, to their canning line-up later this year.

Aside from beer, the brewery of-fers a variety of aspects and hobbies to engage the community including food from area food trucks, trivia and game nights, live music, beer and food pairings throughout the week.

But for Hill and Van Riper, brew-ing is no longer a hobby, it’s a way of life.

“We do it because we love it,” Hill said. “It’s nice to think I could end up doing this for the rest of my life.”


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“We started with just movies in 2002 and expanded to include music in 2005,” said Karlyn Tilley, com-munications manager with the city. “We make sure everything is family friendly, from the bands to the fi lms we’re showing.”

One of the things Golden has really expanded in recent years is bringing food trucks to the events. This year the events will feature the Cilantro Truck, Quiero Arepas, South Philly Cheese Steaks and Sweetwater Farms Ice Cream.

“We look for different kinds of food for people and we have pop-corn, of course,” Tilley said. “If visitors want to bring their own food, they are more than welcome.”

Attendees at all three events are invited to bring their own chairs, blanks and pillows to make them-selves comfortable, but these events

are wildly popular so be sure to get there early.

“We get people in the spring ask-ing about what movies we’re going to be showing,” said Miller.

For Tilley, and all involved, these events are a chance to celebrate with the community.

“It’s something more we can do for our community,” she said. “We’re really excited for this season — we’ve got some great bands and movies.”

And for even more outdoors mov-ie fun, with a side of music, there’s al-ways Red Rock’s popular Film on the Rocks series. The program continues to the end of the summer, with Who Framed Roger Rabbit? on Monday, Aug. 25 and The Big Lebowski on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Each movie will be preceded by a performance by local

musical acts. More information is available at http://fi lm.redrockson-line.com/fotr.


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through the end of Denver Restaurant Week.

TAG Burger on best listTAG Burger Bar, 1222 Madison St., owned by prolifi c

chef Troy Guard (TAG, Bubu, Guard and Grace, Los Chin-gones) was named among the 33 best burgers across the country, according to the second annual Thrillist.com list.

According to Thrillist, “Many of the burgers on this list (we have seven holdovers we couldn’t possibly change, and 26 new entries) embody a commitment to almost austere excellence, sacrifi cing the show-tricks of crazy meat toppings in favor of nailing the genuine article.”

Help Operation HomefrontOperation Homefront and Dollar Tree Inc. have joined

forces again to gather school supplies for military chil-dren across the country. The supplies can be purchased through Aug. 14 by customers at any of the more than 60 Dollar Tree and Deals stores in the metro area and placed in collection boxes in each store.

The Back-to-School Brigade program is a nationwide campaign by Operation Homefront and Dollar Tree. This is the sixth year that Dollar Tree has partnered with Operation Homefront for the program. Last year, Dollar Tree patrons donated more than $4.7 million of supplies

nationwide.Once the program ends, Operation Homefront vol-

unteers will collect and distribute the gifts to military children during the back-to-school season in August and September. Go to www.operationhomefront.net for more details on how to contribute.

Dollar Tree has stores throughout the metro area, including Lakewood, Westminster, Arvada, Aurora, Com-merce City, Federal Heights, Thornton, Littleton, Engle-wood, Northglenn, Highlands Ranch, Golden, Parker, Castle Rock and Denver.

Summer yoga at Red RocksDenver-based Core Power Yoga is partnering with

Denver Arts & Venues for the 2014 Yoga on the Rocks series that started July 26. And there are more Yoga on the Rocks events, Aug. 2, 9 and 16, at Red Rocks Amphithe-atre in Morrison.

Summer adventurers and yogis alike are invited to experience Red Rocks Amphitheatre from a new perspec-tive — the Downward-Facing Dog.

Hours for the event: 6 a.m. doors open; fi rst 500 people to arrive get a free yoga mat; 7 a.m. yoga class; 8 a.m. free snacks from Whole Foods Market in the Upper Plaza.

Individual sessions are $12 per person, per class. Tick-ets are only available at www.corepoweryoga.com/yogaon-therocks and each session is limited to 1,600 people.

A donation of $1 per admission will benefi t the Whole Planet Foundation, a nonprofi t that works to alleviate poverty by supporting more than 500,000 women entre-preneurs in 59 countries worldwide.

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


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IKEA-Mile High Sports hold back-to-school Olympiad10 boys and girls teams competeBy Daniel [email protected]

CENTENNIAL – IKEA is commonly known for a few different things. It is known for its huge selection of affordable put-it-together-yourself household items like shelves, desks and storage units.

It is also known for the massive sign off Interstate 25 and County Line Road. And lastly, it has spectacular Swedish meat-balls.

Well now IKEA is earning a new reputa-tion as a brand who gives back to the com-munity. IKEA paired up with Mile High Sports to produce the inaugural Back-to-School Olympiad Wednesday outside of IKEA’s massive facility.

The event pitted 10 different high schools teams together to compete against each other in eight skill based events.

Five boys teams — Dakota Ridge Foot-ball, Smoky Hill Boys Soccer, Kent Denver Boys Basketball, Holy Family Football and Cherry Creek Boys Soccer — competed against each other and against five girls teams: KIPP Denver Collegiate Dance, D’Evelyn Volleyball, Rock Canyon Softball, Rampart Volleyball and Dakota Ridge Vol-leyball.

Smoky Hill boys’ soccer and D’Evelyn volleyball were the winners and each team was awarded $500 that will go to their schools, courtesy of IKEA.

“The event was a giant success but only because all of the teams came out and competed for their schools,” said Doug

Ottewill of Mile High Sports.The 10 teams competed in eight dif-

ferent events including basketball, a foot-ball toss into buggies, a volleyball serving event, a hit targets with a soccer ball event, a chipping and putting golf challenge, an egg toss, a scavenger hunt and finally a bookshelf building event where the teams had to properly assemble a bookshelf.

“Every team who showed up today was awesome and we hope we can make this a huge annual event,” said Megan Thomp-son, IKEA marketing specialist who helped put on the event.

But if you didn’t have a chance to com-pete there is still a way you can help your school. Stop by the IKEA store in Centen-nial any time between now and Sept. 15,

and fill out a ballot for your school. The ballot boxes will be located in the “back to school” area by the checkout lines. The school with the most ballot entries will be given $1,500 for their school’s athletic and activities programs.

Every school in the state is eligible to win the $1,500, not just the schools who participated in the Olympiad.

Members from Team D’Evelyn, the winning girl’s team from the inaugural IKEA-Mile High Sports Back-to-School Olympiad, line up and take their turns competing in the soccer events Wednesday at IKEA. Photo by Dan Williams

Broncos no longer Super Bowl favoritesMost everyone in Colorado and many

in the Rocky Mountain region believe the Denver Broncos are on the cusp of win-ning a Super Bowl.

But as the 2014 NFL season approach-es it is interesting to hear what others around the country think about Denver’s Super Bowl chances this season.

While the Broncos were the majority pick to win a world championship of ana-lysts and experts going into last season, this season is different.

Despite the Broncos spending $120 million in free agency during the offsea-son to upgrade their defense, nationally they are not getting the same kind of love that they did last season.

Perhaps the fact that no team in NFL history has ever lost a Super Bowl and then went on to go back and win it the next year is in play.

Or perhaps the very ugly way that 43-8 game played out has scared folks away from picking the Broncos again.

Example: “Sports Illustrated’s” Peter King has Denver as the No. 6 ranked team going into this season. His reason: “Hav-ing a hard time getting That Game out of my head.”

King is right, the Super Bowl was an absolute disaster of epic proportions. But the Broncos also beat themselves in that game. It will be interesting to see what plays out when the two teams meet again early in the regular season.

ProFootballTalk.com has the Bron-cos ranked No. 3 going into the season,

but they don’t necessarily love Denver’s chances either saying: “Last year the Broncos’ most significant weakness was their pass defense, which is why the pass defense was the top priority in free agency. Can DeMarcus Ware, Aqib Talib and T.J. Ward turn that pass defense into a strength?”

That is a good question. But you have to give credit for the team addressing its defensive issues and besides adding sev-eral new starts through free agency, they also added cornerback Bradley Roby with its first round draft pick.

Moreover, when it is all said and done the Broncos could have five new starters on their defense.

However, others still like Denver’s chances this season, such as CBSSports.com senior writer Pete Prisco. Prisco picked the Broncos as his No. 2 team go-ing into 2014 saying: “They have added a lot of good players, but are also getting back some of the injured ones from last

season — Ryan Clady, Von Miller and Chris Harris among them.”

And Prisco has a good point. Peyton Manning was so good last season that he covered up a lot of holes that were made from a lot of missing injured players.

And while the Broncos were still good enough to make a run to the Super Bowl all of those missing players caught up with Denver.

In addition, Las Vegas still loves the Broncos, who along with the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks remain a 5-1 favorite to win it all in 2014.

While the Broncos window to win it all may be closing, John Elway still has it propped open and whether they get it done in 2014 or not, the team did a ton this offseason to try and close the gap that was 43-8.

Perhaps the experts not picking the Broncos in 2014 is exactly what this team needs.

Johnson darts to Pro Stock victoryTeammate Coughlin red-lighted in title raceBy Jim [email protected]

Images of the King of the Mountain lit-ter the Internet but none features Allen Johnson.

Johnson is the King of the Mountain, at least Thunder Mountain, the name at-tached to Bandimere Speedway in Morri-son.

On July 20, Johnson drove his Magneti-Marelli Mopar Dodge Dart to his third con-secutive Pro Stock championship at the Mopar Mile High Nationals and his fifth title in the past six years.

He now ranks second in wins at Bandi-

mere with six, and trails Bob Glidden, who captured seven Pro Stock championships at Thunder Mountain.

“This was the first race I every qualified at in 1996, and that was the only race out of 21 I qualified for that year,” recalled John-son, who now has 24 career wins and four this season. “I have qualified for every sin-gle race (here) since then. It’s very impor-tant to us. It’s almost like a championship to us to excite all the Mopar executives and everyone that comes out to support us, but it get tougher every year.”

Johnson, making his eighth consecu-tive appearance in the Mile High Nationals finals, beat Mopar teammate Jeg Coughlin Jr., who red-lighted in the title race. John-son had a run of 6.930 at 198.61 miles per Allen Johnson launches his pro stock drag racer o� the starting line during a recent National Hot Rod Association

event. Johnson won the pro stock championship July 20 at the Mile High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway in Mor-rison. This was Johnson’s third straight pro stock win at an NHRA event. It also marked the eighth straight year he has been in the pro stock �nals at the Mile High Nationals. Courtesy photoStock continues on Page 21


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hour.“This team continues to find a way

to do it,” said Johnson. ”We want to win here for Mopar.”

Mopar announced a three-year ex-tension of its sponsorship of the Mile High Nationals earlier in the day. The current 26-year Mopar sponsorship with Bandimere is the longest run-ning sponsorship in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.

“Mopar and the mountain and me, we’re married,” said Johnson. “We’re going to take that deal and run with it the next three years and break Bob Glidden’s record and be the king of the mountain for a long time.”

Johnson’s car might not have been as dominant as it was in past seasons but it was good enough for him to win again.

“We struggled a little bit, Saturday (July 19) especially,” said Johnson. “Friday (July 18) we were decent but we didn’t build on it. We had to start over. First round (of eliminations) we

were solid, and then something else start going wrong second and third round. In the final, Jeg, if he hadn’t red-lighted, he probably had us beat because he had the speed. He was on a really good run.”

Pro stock points leader Erica Enders-Stevens bowed out in the second round when she lost to Dave Connolly.

V Gaines of Lakewood, a 2013 final-ist, lost to Connolly in the first round of eliminations and Denver’s Shane Gray was also ousted in the opening elimination round. He lost to Chris McGaha.

In the qualifying, Johnson set a new track record of 198.90 mph on a cooler day July 18. He beat his own Bandimere mark of 198.70 mph.

Breakout boxResults from the Mopar Mile High

Nationals, held July 18-20 at Bandi-mere Speedway in Morrison.

ProTop Fuel - 1. J.R. Todd; 2. Brittany

Force. #1 qualifier - Tony Schumacher.Funny Car - 1. Robert Hight; 2.

John Force. #1 qualifier - John Force.Pro Stock - 1. Allen Johnson; 2. Jeg

Coughlin Jr. #1 qualifier - Jason Line.

Pro Stock Motorcycle - 1. Andrew Hines; 2. Michael Ray. #1 qualifier - Hector Arana Jr.

SportsmanSuper Stock - 1. Jackie Alley, Eagle,

Id; 2. Tyler Wakarusa, Ks. #1 qualifier - Carroll Warling, Brighton.

Stock Eliminator - 1. Brenda Grubbs, Magnolia, Tx; 2. Scott Burton, Golden. #1 qualifier - Todd Patterson, Augusta, Ks.

Super Comp - 1. Jeremy Demers, Carroll Ia; 2. Mitch Mustard, Arvada. #1 qualifier - Kariann Bombard-Gieck, Lakewood.

Super Gas - 1. James Kunkel, Wich-ita; 2. Bradley Johnson, Morrison. #1 qualifier - Dennis Keck, Wheatland, Wy.

Super Street - 1. Brian Percival, Lakewood; 2. Chris Bobard, Watkins, Co. #1 qualifier - Darrel Schwartz, Greeley.

Top Sportsman - 1. Ryan Julius, Brighton; 2. Dave Slatten, Fort Collins. #1 qualifier - Raymond Vettel, Phillips, Ne.

Top Dragster - 1. Branden M. Rhodes, Sterling; 2. George Slatten, Santa Fe, NM. #1 qualifier - Mike Can-delario, Brighton


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Golden native Howes completes Tour de FranceBy Daniel [email protected]

GOLDEN - Everyone knows how to ride a bike but no one rides one like Alex Howes.

Actually that’s not true. There are a few — but just a few — more cyclists in the world who can ride like Howes, but only because he is one of the elite cyclists in the world.

The Golden native and 2006 Golden High School native just wrapped up participating in his first Tour de France, one of the world’s biggest sporting events.

Howes was one of just nine American cyclists in the race and was selected from his Garmin-Sharp team who earned the right to participate “The Tour.”

To be selected is one thing to actually finish the grueling and even dangerous race is another. The Tour de France con-sist of 21 day-long segments (stages) over a 23-day period and cover around 2,200 miles of mountain. Dozens of top riders fail to finish the race each year, succumbing to crashes, illness and fatigue.

“It is something that Alex has worked very hard for,” said Alex’s mother Star Howes. “It has taken him a lot of dedication

and discipline to get to this point.”The 26-year-old University of Colorado graduate found

out just one week before the start of the 101st Tour de France that he was selected as one of 26 world class riders from his Garmin-Sharp team.

Howes said in a pre-race interview that he was nervous and excited as he braced himself for his first Tour de France experience.

“It’s nerve-wracking and it’s exciting. It’s one of those things where, in a way, it’s just like any other bike race but the difference is all your buddies back home, your parents and your family and your grandma and whoever else, they’re ac-tually going to read about you racing a bike for the first time,” Howes said in an interview with Velo News.

Howes successfully completed his first Tour de France, and he hopes that his Tour experience will be the first of many but in a super-competitive global sport like cycling opportu-nities like he had are rare.

And the humble Howes expressed that in several pre-race interviews, saying that he was going to soak up the once in a lifetime experience.

And it is fitting that Howes mentioned his family in those

interviews because he may owe some of his success to his other team back in Colorado.

Howes mother said that he came from a family that made cycling a “lifestyle,” and his father is a very solid amateur rider.

However, Howes is already also a global star, having super-fans all over the world including France and Japan. Howes resides in Boulder half the time and he lives in Girona, Spain, the other half, as he trains year around.

Howes riding resumé includes a first place finish (stage 2) at the 2012 Tour of Utah, a first place finish at the 2009 U23 Nationals Road Race.


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Christie visit leads to pot talkControversial N.J. governor talks marijuana, stumps for BeauprezBy Vic Velavvela@colorado communitymedia.com

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made no apologies for having previously called Colorado’s “quality of life” into question for its voter-approved marijuana legalization, during a July 23 visit here.

Not that anyone would have expected a “sorry, Coloradans” from the larger-than-life Republican and potential 2016 White House contender.

“I’m not one of those guys who is go-ing to change my opinion just because I’m standing in Colorado and go, ‘Well, what I really meant was…’” Christie told report-ers from inside Sam’s No. 3 Diner in down-town Denver. “No, I meant what I said.”

Christie was in Colorado to raise money for the Republican Governor’s Association and stopped by the diner to stump for fel-low Republican Bob Beauprez, the former Congressman who is challenging Gov. John Hickenlooper this fall.

Christie was joined by Beauprez at the diner, where he praised the former Con-gressman for having “the right vision for the future of Colorado.”

But much of Christie’s availability with the press was spent responding to com-ments he made about Colorado’s pot laws earlier this year.

During a New Jersey radio show in April, Christie blasted the state for allowing rec-reational pot use and sales.

“See if you want to live in a major city in Colorado, where there’s head shops pop-ping up on every corner and people fly-ing into your airport just to come and get high,” Christie said in April. “To me, it’s just not the quality of life we want to have here in the state of New Jersey and there’s no tax revenue that’s worth it.”

Christie reiterated his position during his Denver visit, saying that legalizing pot

“is the wrong thing to do from a societal perspective (and) from a governmental perspective.”

“… I think that diminishes the quality of life in a state that legalizes an illegal drug, a drug that is still determined to be illegal by the federal government and most other states,” he said.

When he wasn’t answering questions about pot, Christie was heaping praise on Beauprez, who is making his second run at the governor’s mansion in the last eight years.

Christie said he was encouraged by re-cent polls that show a neck-and-neck race between Beauprez and Hickenlooper. He also said he wouldn’t be visiting Colorado in his capacity as chairman of the Repub-lican Governor’s Association if he didn’t think Beauprez had a shot at winning.

“Listen, there’s nobody who is awake and alive here in Colorado who doesn’t be-lieve that this is a winnable race,” Christie said. “The only people who don’t believe (that) are just absolute, flat-out partisans.”

Christie was asked about demographic problems that continue to afflict the Re-publican Party at the national level. Those problems include consistent failures at winning over women and minority voters, making it increasingly difficult for the GOP to win in blue or purple states.

Christie reminded reporters that he is the governor of a Democratic stronghold and said that Republicans need to “cam-paign in places where we’re uncomfort-able,” in order to win over a more diverse group of voters.

“The fact is Bob’s not going to win this race by going to Chamber of Commerce lunches every week,” Christie said. “He needs to go every once in a while, but that’s not where he needs to spend his time. He needs to spend time in places where Re-publicans typically don’t get the vote you’re talking about.”

As for Hickenlooper, Christie said the Colorado governor has made “fundamen-tal errors” and “poor decisions” as gov-ernor. However, the New Jersey governor

refused to cite specific examples of those decisions.

A Hickenlooper campaign spokesman did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment, but the Colorado Dem-ocratic Party blasted Christie’s visit.

“By bringing Chris Christie and his scandalous New Jersey politics to our state, it’s pretty clear that Both Ways Bob is still lost on the Colorado way,” said Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Rick Palacio, through a statement that was sent in ad-vance of Christie’s trip.

“Instead of embracing Christie’s style of cronyism and corruption, Beauprez should denounce his visit the way Christie denounced Colorado’s way of life.”

Palacio was referring to a now-infa-mous bridge scandal in New Jersey, where a Christie staffer and some of his political appointees are alleged to have conspired to be politically motivated in conspiring to create traffic gridlock in a New Jersey town.

Beauprez responded to criticism of

Christie’s visit and the perceived baggage he brings as being “pure and utter non-sense.” Beauprez said Christie “took re-sponsibility and took action” as the bridge scandal came to light.

But some outside the restaurant strong-ly disagree that Christie took the appropri-ate action during the bridge scandal and would have preferred that the governor stayed in New Jersey.

“To me, that just demonstrates the type of leadership that he would demonstrate as governor of Colorado and that’s not what we need,” said Amy Runyon-Harms of the left-leaning ProgressNow Colorado, refer-ring to Beauprez’s association with Chris-tie.

Runyon-Harms was joined by a hand-ful of others who protested Christie’s visit from outside the diner, but the New Jersey governor paid them no mind.

“By the way, I welcome them here … this is a much lower turnout of protesters than I normally get,” Christie said.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks to reporters during a visit to Sam’s No. 3 Diner in downtown Denver on July 31 as Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez looks on. Photo by Vic Vela

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